The Spirit of Elijah

Acts 5
The reason Annanias and Sapphira died was because they lied to the Holy Spirit but it was also because the presence of God was so strong in Peter.
Acts 5:14Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number. 15As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter's shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.

If God were to manifest himself that strongly now in any one of us, people would be dropping dead left and right. Therefore, when we asked God why He can’t manifest himself like this in us as he did in peter, he said he can but there were some requirements first. Of course, the first one was obvious. We had to allow him to cleanse us first. Those who were and are willing to do that, have done so or are in the process of doing so. But because the presence of God is holy the people’s hearts must be turned back first. Which is why the spirit of Elijah must come before God can fill us as full as he did Peter.

Malachi 4: 5 "See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes. 6 He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse."

God will be sending angels from his presence to teach us. They are called messengers of the face.

Do not follow signs and wonders. Satan’s power is increasing as the wheat and the tares are growing up together. He will be able to perform signs, wonders and miracles. The falling away is happening. This is just one way. The people are wanting to see God’s power and the outpouring so badly that they are missing Jesus himself. Your focus should be on who he is, not on what he is doing.
The true church is being unified and it is not in a building. The true disciples hear their Father’s voice and are following him. We will stand up when he says it is time to stand up, as one, around the globe. Not one person will covet another’s position we will all be working in our own positions as part of the body of Christ. I have had a vision of this. We are going to be awesome. The Holy Spirit is going to come down and blanket the earth. I have seen this too. Be ready. Let go of everything but Him.

I hope this helped. I was asked to send this to you.

Your sister in Christ, Lisa

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The Mazzaroth

The Mazzaroth

Job 38:32Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
The Lord gave me this verse the other day and I thought to myself what in the world is a mazzaroth. I looked in other translations and it said constellations but something didn't sit right with me in my spirit so I looked up news on constellations. Come to find out that Arcturus is the great bear. The Great bear is only visible in the southern sky but right now the entire world is able to see him. Not only that, Orion is supposed to be exiting stage left with the change of the seasons but he is defiantly holding on right overhead in the sky. (Luke 21:25 "There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves,)
Yet still something wasn't quite right, like maybe I didn't have the whole story so I began to look up Greek definitions.

Mazzaroth means- a constellation but also raining(Used in 2 Kings 23:5); a sense of distinction; to set apart(nawzal). Which immediately I recognized because God has been talking about raining down His spirit upon us. This is the only time it is mentioned in the bible and somehow over time the meaning(the etymology) of the word has been lost in newer revisals of the Hebrew language. But, there were some cross references of some other words that were similar in the Greek and Hebrew which drew my attention.
They are:
mazzarah - which means to be crowned, consecration, dedication, especially of royalty.nawzal - the set apart definiton means - drip, shed by trickling, distill drop, flood, cause to flow, running water.
nawzeer - is the nazarite - separate.

All these definitions were interesting to me because anyone who has been listening to the Holy spirit knows that he has been speaking to us about being set apart. Some of us have even been impressed to take the vow of the nazarite. He has asked us to come out of the world, turn off the TV, give our money to him (the crown classes), These are obviously just examples. He wants every aspect, every minute detail of our very lives. Every decision he wants a part in. So, needless to say, I was listening at this point.

Here are the correlating scriptures to the word nawzal.(Lev. 15:31, Lev. 22:2, Numbers 6, Ezek 14:7, Hosea 9:10, Zech. 7:3)These are interesting because God has had us studying the tabernacle and the israelites in the wilderness after the exodus.

Not that this is scripture but definitely a note of interest, the Book of Enoch - Mentions the word Muzaloth as the eighth heaven which is a place of the changing of the seasons.(Jude 1:14-25 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied these things) The Lord has told several of us that the angel named the changing of the winds is at work. The prophet Amos calls it the day of the Lord.

So next step God sends me too is this: Gen 1:14, Gen 7:11, Gen 8:22
We know from history that Babylon invented astrology(not to be confused with astronomy) and changed everything. They changed the names of the zodiac and taught people to “read signs” everything that God said we shouldn't do. So, I have been studying the book of Daniel and in history I have learned that the visions of Daniel 2 and Daniel 7 are the same kingdoms. I believe this to be Daniel 2 as a view of human perspective (awe and wow) and Daniel 7 to be a view of God's perspective(vicious and destructive) Just for some background information I will reveal to you what I have been taught the visions to be (I realize people disagree on this but it is what I personally believe)

Babylon(King Nebuchadnezzar) is the head of Gold. He is also the Lion with eagle's wings. The word of God symbolizes Nebuchadnezzar and/or Babylon as both an eagle ( Jer. 49:22, Lam 4:19, Ezek 17:3) and a lion ( Jer 4:7 49:19, 50:17,44)

Medo-Persian empire (King Darius/Cyrus) is the chest and arms of silver. It is also the lopsided bear. This is believed to be because Persia grew to be much bigger than the mede empire. The three ribs in the bears mouth are believed to be their three major conquests: Babylon (539 BC), Lydia (546 BC), and Egypt (525 BC).

The Grecian empire (Alexander the Great) is the belly and thighs of bronze and the 4 headed 4 winged leopard. After his untimely death, Alex's empire was split into four parts and given to his four generals. Cassander, Lysimachus, Ptolemy, and Seleuces. (The Seleucid Dynasty had seven rulers until it came to Seleuces IV Philapator. His Brother Antiochus IV Epiphanes murdered him and gained control of the Seleucid dynasty which gained supremacy over the areas of Syria, Israel, and Mesopotamia)

The Roman empire is the legs of iron(out of this empire will come the feet and 10 toes) and the beast with 10 horns. The fourth beast is lacking description.
The rock that smashes is the coming kingdom of God.
(All information described from the book of Daniel was gained from Beth Moore's bible study Daniel. I would highly recommend it. All of this is a basic outline for informational purposes to explain the words given to me by God.)

So back to the point at hand (the Mazzaroth):
The development of Astronomy is believed to come from Babylonia around 1400-1000 B.C. with the Ea-Anu-Enlil tablets. Then came the records of celestial events and algebraic tables of celestial motions. The zodiac of Babylonia evolved around 420 B.C., before Berossos, Kidinnu, Naburiannu, and the Seleucid Babylonians appeared. China projects 1400 B.C. for the beginning of eclipses, then comet records, Calendars, and star catalogues. Some propose that they influenced Mexico. Astronomy in Europe began around 600 through 300 B.C. with the pre-Socratic speculations, then Aristarchus (heliocentric theory), Eratostenes, Hipparchus and Ptolemy. Ptolemy and Babylonia influenced the Arabs and India which led to the term manazil. The term manazil is an Arabic expression derived from an ancient Akkadian word that literally means 'Mansion'. In Antiquity it was used in reference to the so-called 'night residences' of the Moon and these 'signs' formed the Semitic Lunar Zodiac consisting of 28 manazils, each one being 12 degrees and fifty-one minutes wide. Mansion or mansions also see house as any one of the 28 divisions of the moon's monthly path [Middle English, a dwelling, from Old French, from Latin mansio, mansion-, from mansus, past participle of manere, to dwell, remain].
http://www.mazzaroth.com/Introduction/MazzarothDefined.htm#Masal

The names of the stars date back hundreds or even thousands of years, and after the collapse of the Greco-Roman civilization, this knowledge was preserved by the Arabs. During the Renaissance, the Europeans adopted many of these names and terms from the Arabic sources, which is why a majority of star names are Arabic in origin. In 1603, German astronomer Johann Bayer (1572-1625) instituted a system of assigning Greek letters to stars (Bayer designation), consisting of a lowercase Greek letter followed by the genitive name of the constellation. The letters are usually assigned to the stars in the order of their brightness within a given constellation.

So I began to think In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. John 14:2

In Genesis 7:11 the word month means - new moon. (There are 29 1/2 days from one new moon to the next) Gen 6:17, 7:6: The Place of the spring also fountain rise of the ocean also the flood gates of the heavens which is rain. The Gihon Spring to burst forth - comparative to the bursting forth of the deep during the times of Noah as he is going to burst forth his spirit now. (He keeps saying as in the days of Noah...)Gen 7:12 - this is comparative as well.

Mal 4:5 And Elijah will come or else I will come and strike the land with a curse. The word was means came to pass. As it was in the days of Noah so shall it be in the coming of man; or as it came to pass in the days of Noah so shall it come to pass with the coming of man.

2Chron 8:13 - according to the daily requirement for offerings commanded by Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons and the three annual feasts—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Tabernacles.

The word season mow'adah(2 Chron 8:13) - means appointment, fixed time, or season, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose) technically the congregation, by extension, the place of meeting, also a signal (as appointed beforehand)

a feast - an assembling, dance or pilgrimage.calendar cycles - Heb. mo’adhim, "appointed assemblies" of the Lord; Day and night determined by the sun, the week determined by the phases of the moon, month based on the recurrence of the new moon. The year was divided into two seasons, seed time or winter, and harvest or summer.Although no connection to the Hebrew word here, Muzaloth was the eighth heaven of the translation of Enoch, and a place of changing of the Season. Similar to the Hebrew mazzaloth in 2 Kings 23:5, RSV, "constellations," as a reference to Mazzaroth.

For Days - means a space of time (an age) and years - means a whole age 70x7 Daniel

Leo - The Lion - His enemies destroyed (also known as Arcturus, the great bear seen in the sky at this very moment by the whole earth. you can see this at about 9:30 pm)
Orion - The foot that crushes (I John 3:8) Swiftly destroying or destroyed.

Psalm 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament his handiwork.
We, the saints, have been praying for the glory of God (The active participation of God with His people) the heavens coming to the earth, Jesus coming. The New Jerusalem. Rev 5:5-12 says the angels mix the prayers of the saints with the judgements. (Also of not Psalm 147:4, Isa 13:10, Isa 54:5-8, Rev 19:6-8)

Here is what the Lord says to me The Mazzaroth is the two coming Judgements of water (which has passed) and fire (which is to come)

The Judge cometh, the judge shall reign.

Jude 1:14-15: Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied these things...
The prophet Amos called it the day of the Lord.

Time is moving Linear not cyclic.

The new testament church says things still happen in cycles because of man's self-centered nature. They don't have to, men's choices make them happen. Men continually make bad choices because their nature is anti-God. So, in general, the christian view is that time indeed contains stressful, repeating cycles, as Solomon describes, yet the new testament calls these cycles evil. Gal 1: 4

God is definitely moving his family toward the return of Jesus Christ, the day of the Lord (the seven one -thousand-year day) and the establishment on earth of his family kingdom.

Isaiah 55:6 -This is Jesus Christ's concept of time management.
Faithful and True Rev 19:11-16

Practical Application?

Find your Bethel (Gen 35:15) Find the place where God will talk to you and hold on to him. Tell Him you are not leaving until he blesses you. Walk through your “dark night of the soul” Bethel means house of God. Learn who God is to you. Don't just call Him your savior and friend, experience him as your savior and friend. This will be an altar in your life from darkness to light.
Rev 12: 10-11 God is calling us who are broken to step into the light of his love and be transformed. We will become pillars called “overcomers” and we will know the one who is faithful and true.
Rev 3:11-13 We are in a type of spiritual boot camp right now where we are learning to overcome the world so that we can go into the world and not be overcome by it. We are facing places of darkness but we are gaining authority through great adversity, and we are being prepared as a a great army of overcomers...through the blood of the lamb and the word of our testimonies.

It is time for the Elijah's, the warriors to rise up. The Lord says, I will rise up for the sound of the warriors. Watch out for them for they shall come to you, says the Lord, only by your perception. Let not the enemy blind your eyes, for those who are in this house, you have tapped into a sound that will release joy, celebration, boldness, and scare the hell out of the forces of darkness that have tried to intimidate you.

And the Lord remembered!

America has been set aside once again to pioneer a sound to the nations of the world. He says I have prevented Saul from coming to power. Watch me and I will turn it around in one day!He says the cloud is already in position and the rain is falling. Not as this world. When we think what God is really says doesn't matter we are presuming to add or subtract to His word. Passing our tests depends upon our faith. If we only depend on our eyes (our senses) we are very limited.

I will give you some words from Chuck Pierce that confirmed this to me:

You have a hidden testimony that I am revealing to you in this season. The spirit is causing discontent with the things that have held us earthbound. The Laodiceans were offered eye salve so they could see. Spiritual Seeing and hearing are important. There are two trapeze's swinging in the air. we are on one. If we wish to experience what Jesus wants for us we must jump on the other one. We can't hold onto one and jump to the other one. We will have a period of time where we are in mid-air holding onto nothing. Keep going. Don't stop you are halfway there. evaluate within yourself and move again.

Dance With The One Who Made You

Jesus is inviting us to dance with Him. The living, breathing word of God wants to dance with His children. He has consecrated His temple and He is about to release His sevenfold spirit. The Lord's army will take land after land after land. It will be a season of victory after a miserable season of defeat. We will follow Him in battle.

Job 39: 19-25
Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

Joshua 1: 1-9
After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, the LORD said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses' aide: "Moses my servant is dead. Now then, you and all these people, get ready to cross the Jordan River into the land I am about to give to them—to the Israelites. I will give you every place where you set your foot, as I promised Moses. Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates—all the Hittite country—to the Great Sea on the west. No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
"Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their forefathers to give them. Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."

It Is Time To Awaken

A Letter From Chuck Pierce:

Dear Friend and Watchman:
Following my trip to Strang Communications in Florida last month, Stephen Strang asked me to do a teleconference call with him. It was an amazing call. He asked very pointed questions about what I saw happening these next few weeks in the political, financial and spiritual arenas.
I have felt the Lord telling us to pray in a different way to produce an atmosphere of change.

Change is:
To be altered or pass from one state, form, quality or essence to a different state, form, quality or essence, or to undergo variation
A succession of one thing in the place of another
The removal and alteration of one order to produce another order
A business transaction
A revolution or a season produced by a revolution

With all of the questions I was asked by Steve, I can narrow down the answers into one sentence concerning our nation at this point in history: THERE IS NO MANTLE IN PLACE FOR US TO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DIRECT THE FUTURE OF A NATION INTO COVENANT PROSPERITY! We are being called to war these next few days. All the political candidates have pluses and minuses. All have wonderful qualities that could cause our nation to benefit in some areas. However, NONE are wearing God's mantle for our future yet!
I believe there will have to be a 21-day push in the Spirit, culminating on April 20, for us to see the atmosphere in our nation change. There is a spirit of deception that needs to lift so that voters are not deceived by all the political rhetoric from the candidates and media that is occupying the air of this land. We must hear God's voice penetrate this nation so we make the shift in our future.

The Power of God in Finland
Finland! This whirlwind trip was an incredible moment in time. The leader of the greatest renewal movement in Finland, Markku Koivisto, coordinated a large, national gathering hosted by Nokia Mission. This trip consisted mainly of flying. We arrived Saturday morning in Helsinki, then drove two hours to Tampere, where nearly 4,000 had gathered. The time of ministry from 2 PM to 8 PM was power-packed and historical. We drove back that same night and flew back to the United States early Sunday morning. The conference's focus was on Finland's relationship to Israel. I helped write a small booklet for this gathering to assist the people of Finland as they awaken to their role in supporting God's covenant plan for Israel. This book (in Finnish) included the prophecies that will help them war for their future and become a "Rahab" for the Jews in days ahead.
The power of God was so evident. The worship was incredible. The gathering was called "Momentum"--my word for the year! A historical shift occurred with the announcement of the 17 year movement (which has been Lutheran based) becoming a new wineskin for the future. Paul Wilbur was also present and continued ministering when we departed. Markku had been at a crossroads on whether to pursue the role as a Bishop in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland or let the Lord raise up something new that would create more movement and momentum in the land. This was truly the place to be in a Lutheran nation to decree the end of the first Reformation (begun by Martin Luther) with Lutherans who had embraced renewal. Boldly, we then declared that the next wave of Reformation was now in the midst of Finland!

The following 8-Day Prayer Focus will assist you in understanding:

The desperateness of the time that we are living in.
The intensity of the time to produce change in our lives and the atmospheres that surround us.
The economical shift that needs to occur in this season.
The disciplined, unwavering, single-minded need for God's children to stand in this hour.

This focus integrates Purim, Passover and Jesus' unwavering determination to release redemption in this hour. All three of these events were and are taking place during this time frame. We are in a key season like we have not known in the history of the generations that are presently on the earth. The nations are at a divine crisis point.

8-Day Prayer Focus: A Desperate Time to Awaken to the Reality of Change!
For the next several weeks this prayer focus is key for us. Even though it is an 8-Day Prayer Focus, there is enough revelation here for you to use repeatedly. Since we just finished Purim, let's begin by understanding its significance.
Overall, this 8-day focus is more devotional than most, including study suggestions to help you develop for such a time as this. This prayer focus is also more confrontational than usual because of this time frame. I would suggest you read through each day's focus in the morning and then go back and seek the Lord with the Scriptures at noon and at night.

Day 1: A Time to Embrace Change but not to be Tossed to and fro by the Wind!
The clear message of Purim is that anyone who plots to destroy the Jewish people will always fail. History is full of examples of this truth. Pharaoh plotted the destruction of the Jewish people in Egypt, but the Egyptian army was drown in the Red Sea. This is celebrated during the Feast of Passover. Haman's attempt to kill all Jews failed, which is celebrated at Purim. Antiochus Epiphanes tried to wipe out the Jewish people. His failure is celebrated every year during Hanukah. Hitler tried to blot out the Jewish race. Both he and his "Third Reich" were destroyed. Instead of annihilation, the state of Israel was born!
We must understand that God's covenant land will never be destroyed. By closely watching the world events that are centered around Israel, we can better understand God's sovereign plan.
Read Psalm 121; Read Exodus 2-6; Read Esther 1-4; Memorize Ephesians 4:2-16 (Review your positions and connections in the Body)

Day 2: 2008--A Year to Passover, Overcome, and Go Through into Freedom!
Purim fell approximately one month before the beginning of Passover. The Biblical Feast of Purim (Esther 9:18-28) is celebrated in the final month of the Hebrew calendar. I believe this is a significant timing so that we end a season in victory and are freed to cross over into our future.
Nisan, the first of months, begins at sunset on April 5. This leads us into our Passover season (Leviticus 23:4-8). Passover was the time of crossing out and over into freedom! The dates of this feast are very significant. Passover commemorates the final plague on Egypt when the firstborn of the Egyptians died and the Israelites were spared. Passover is linked with the power of the blood smeared on their doorposts (Exodus 12:11, 21, 27, 43, 48). Passover was also called the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Exodus 23:15; Deuteronomy 16:16) because only unleavened bread was eaten during the seven days immediately following Passover (Exodus 12:15-20; 13:6-8; Deuteronomy 16:3-8).
Unleavened bread reflected the fact that the people had no time to put leaven in their bread before their hasty departure from Egypt. The observances of Passover are found in Joshua 5:10-12 (the plains of Jericho near Gilgal); 2 Chronicles 30:1, 3, 13, 15 (during the reign of Hezekiah); and 2 Kings 23:21-23 (Josiah's unique Passover).
During New Testament times, large crowds gathered in Jerusalem to observe this annual celebration. Jesus was crucified during the Passover event. He and His disciples ate a Passover meal together on the eve of His death. During this meal, Jesus said, "This is my body, and this cup is the new testament in my blood" (Luke 22:7, 19-20). The New Testament identifies Christ with the Passover sacrifice: "For even Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us." The word denotes the lamb that was slain at the feast (Mark 14:12-14; 1 Corinthians 5:7). The use of wine (Luke 22:17, 20), of sauce with the bitter herbs (John 13:26) and the service of praise were introduced. Passover was a type of the great deliverance wrought by the Messiah for all of His people from the doom of death on account of sin and from the bondage of sin itself (1 Corinthians 5:7; John 1:29; 19:32-36; 1 Peter 1:19; Galatians 4:4, 5).
Get Ready to Crossover!

Day 3: 2008-- A Time for Leadership to Awaken and Overcome at the Gate!
The day related to Purim was the date set by Haman by casting lots (pur) to murder all the Jews in the kingdom. Because of the alertness of Mordecai at the gates of the city, and the fasting and intercession of Queen Esther of Persia and the Jewish people, this day became a day of battle with great victory for the Jews, as their enemies were destroyed. In the time of Esther, we find that the enemy had entered the gates and was planning to overthrow the covenant blessings God had for His people. In the book of Esther, Mordecai had exposed the enemy's plan and taken his authority at the gate. The Lord says in Matthew 16:18, "And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it." This is not a time for hell to prevail at your gate. Esther and Mordecai worked together for deliverance! Haman, who used astrology and the casting of lots, was overthrown by God's ordered timing.
I am praying for you to have favor at the gates and be raised up for a time such as this. Biblically, a "gate" is a place for contending, watching, making sacrifices in worship, doing business transactions, administering justice and giving public addresses. The gate is the object of a foe's attack, and therefore it must be strengthened (Judges 5:8).
Now, review your call to leadership and contending in days ahead. Read Isaiah 1. Also, read Matthew 16 to see Peter's revelation and then his emotional resistance to change.
God is raising up new Mordecais and Esthers to influence the world in days ahead. These individuals will do radical exploits in His name. Esther is a book where the destiny of God's covenant manifests, where legislating authority at the gates can be seen--the gate of a city was where all business transactions and legal matters occurred. The city gate was also the place where entrance into the city was either permitted or forbidden. A Biblical gatekeeper was one who guarded access to a place. Mordecai was a good gatekeeper. He knew the enemy had a plot and a plan.
The enemy will attempt to set a decree against you. Mordecai overheard the plan linked with Haman to annihilate God's covenant people in the land where Haman had prepared a noose for God's covenant people. Mordecai also knew he needed a connection to prevent the enemy's plan from prevailing. Esther was his connection; she had been positioned by God for such a time as this. Many of you are being positioned to see the plan of the enemy. Others of you are being positioned to be the connecting point to overthrow the enemy. I am praying that any plot of the enemy to try and stop the covenant blessings of your inheritance from coming forth in your life would be revealed. Find your divine connections and overthrow the enemy's plan!
Trusting in God is one of the ways that you overthrow a curse. With Passover beginning at sunset on April 19, we think of Moses! One of the keys to Moses' life was that he was ordained as a prophet from birth. Even though his insecurity would tell him he could not speak, God had ordained him as a prophet. His mother and father's faith would eventually result in delivering all of Israel. This would also give Moses authority to split the sea for the escape of God's people. He also would receive the law that would set the commandments and boundaries for mankind. There are new boundaries for you to obtain this month. Let the prophetic gift arise in you. Let a new level of deliverance begin. He waited 40 years to be found and put in service. Do not be discouraged. The Lord knows where you are.

Day 4: A Time of Spiritual Discipline and Preparation!
In our day, we are still in a time of battle and victory, a time of voluntary fasting. The Fast of Esther (Esther 4:14-17) is still relative for us today to enter into a new place of authority and gain favor. Men and women must work together this hour to defeat the enemy's plan. The key to Mordecai's life was his watchful eye at the gate on behalf of the King and God's covenant people.
The key to Esther was her positioning and preparation. The word "prepare" means "to make or get ready, to put together, to produce a frame for a future building, to gird oneself for action." This is a time to remember that in the midst of hostility, we can be prepared for "such a time as this." Through preparation and discipline the favor of God can rest upon us. Esther went to the king, gained favor and grace in his sight and was exalted into the royal position of queen.
What does this say to us? If we allow the anointing of God to rest upon us, and allow the beauty of holiness to surround and transform us, we can gain great favor. If we remove the leaven from our lives, we will be ready to depart into a new place, as the Lord leads.
Read Psalm 92; Read 1 John 1 and 2

Day 5: A Time to See Your Hidden Blessings Manifest!
Esther is a non-Jewish name. Her original Jewish name was Hadassah, but her Jewish identity was a secret. Esther became the bride of the king. The prophetic reference to the Church as the Bride of the King (with Jewish roots despite a Gentile appearance) is very interesting. Esther would not escape the fate of the Jews, just as the destiny of the Church is directly linked to the Jewish people (Israel). "Hadassah" (means Myrtle) is an evergreen tree with glossy leaves and white flowers. They were used for perfume and as seasoning for food. The myrtle tree had a religious significance for the Hebrews (Zechariah 1:8-11) and was a symbol of peace and joy. Ask the Lord to show you what is hidden that belongs to you. Ask Him to let you hear the blowing of the wind in the trees in a new way.
Read Isaiah 52; Read John 3; Read Matthew 13 about uncovering the hidden treasure.

Day 6: A Time of Confrontation and Overthrow of the Enemy's Stranglehold!
This is time to overthrow decrees that have been set against God's covenant people that would stop us from corporately advancing. Those anti-Semitic decrees hate God's sovereign plan for the Jews, as well as Christians that have been grafted into that plan. Nations that profess Christianity must rise up now.
Esther prayed and fasted three days prior to setting the wheels in motion to overthrow the enemy's plan. She had faith to go into the king's court because she was fully prepared at the end of those three days of fasting. Fasting helps prepare you for what you must face for your victory ahead. Esther was at the right place, at the right time and did the right thing. Therefore, she had victory over the enemy. Your faith can overthrow any decree the enemy has established against you. The enemy prepares a noose to tighten around God's promised plan for your life. Faith breaks the power of that noose. Declare your Haman's noose will be broken.
The Lord is releasing new revelation on strategies to overthrow the enemy's plan. There are times when we cannot win by pressing to overturn/reverse an unrighteous decree. Esther gives one example where a bad, evil law was irrevocable (according to the laws of the Medes and Persians). So the strategy the Lord gave to her (through the pagan king) was to make another law which would stand against the first law, enabling deliverance and life to come to the Jews. In this Purim Month, the Lord may be releasing similar strategies whereby we can counteract and overcome evil edicts and laws in our society and nation.
Securing victory and overthrowing our enemies can often involve several stages of war. Whereas, Esther and Mordecai successfully warred to secure a decree that would allow the Jews to protect themselves; this was only another step in their deliverance. It's quite possible the Jews could have survived the day that their enemies hoped to overpower them, solely based on the new level of fear their enemies had for the Jewish people. However, if they had not gone on the offensive and destroyed their enemies as their decree allowed them to, they would not have secured lasting protection. In that case, in due time, under new leadership (like the Hebrews in Egypt with a new pharaoh), the Jews could have been oppressed and targeted for destruction once again.
At the close of this Seven Year War Season, we must not be content to settle for preserving victories and the issuing of righteous decrees. Rather, we must fully war to the end of our battles to see complete deliverance and victory enforced, and the opposite of the enemy's plans occur.
This is a season to speak faith and ask for new revelation! Ask the Lord to anoint your speech and open your eyes to the revelation He is releasing at this time.
Day 7: Face Your Amalekite and Break the Power of His Noose!
In Esther 3:1, the evil Haman is described as being a descendant of the Amalekite king, Agag (1 Samuel 15:8). Therefore, besides the Book of Esther, another passage from the Tanach (Hebrew Bible) is read at Purim: Exodus 17:8-16. This is the account of Joshua's defeat of the Amalekites at Rephidim, as Hur and Aaron held up the exhausted arms of Moses. When Moses' hands, gripping the "Rod of God," became heavy, the warriors in the field began to lose the battle. Verse 12 says that with Aaron and Hur's support, Moses' hands remained steady until the coming down of the sun. In the Hebrew, the word "steady" is "emuna".
After the battle, Moses built an altar and named it, "YHVH-Nissi: the Lord is my Banner." The word "banner" can also be translated as "miracle." Study this and decree miracles are beginning to come into your atmosphere.
The spirit empowering Amalek is at the back of all anti-Semitism. Exodus 17:16 states that "The Lord has sworn, the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation." Deuteronomy 25:19 commands that His people are to join in with Him in the battle until the memory of Amalek is blotted out--Israel must not forget that!
Deuteronomy 25:17-18 further describes the tactics of the Amalekites: "They met you along the way and attacked among you all the stragglers at your rear when you were faint and weary" (emphases ours). So Amalek does not only seek to take occasion from the tiredness and exhaustion of leaders, he also lurks behind to pick off those inexperienced foot soldiers who are "faint and weary" and lagging behind. To remedy this, Israel developed a "rear guard" (see Numbers 10:25 and other places). The Hebrew for "rear guard" is "me'aseph"--its root is the same as for the verb "to gather." In ancient armies, old, experienced soldiers would be placed at the rear, not only to guard from enemies attacking from behind, but also to "gather" the loose ends--the stragglers--and to keep them pressing forward.
The word "Amalekite" means to toil or work under hard labor. This is a time for you to break out of legalistic, hard labor. The Amalekites were a nomadic tribe of formidable people that first attacked the Israelites after the Exodus at Rephidim. Amalek, the grandson of Esau (Genesis 36:12), inhabited the desolate wasteland of the northeast Sinai Peninsula and the Negev. They were the first to attack Israel after the Exodus (Numbers 24:20). This is where the Lord revealed Himself as Jehovah Nissi. He declared that we would war with Amalek from generation to generation.
The antichrist spirit today is linked into this Amalekite spirit. Israel won the initial battle (Exodus 17:8-16), and because of their atrocities, God commanded Saul to exterminate the Amalekites (1 Samuel 15:2-3). Saul disobeyed, and the Amalekites were not defeated completely until late in the eighth century B.C. (1 Chronicles 4:43). Haman the Agagite (Esther 3:1-10; 8:3-5) was thought by the Jews to be Amalek's descendant, from whence sprung Haman's hatred toward their race.
Prepare yourself and watch your Haman hang on his own gallows. Break all compromise. Watch your enemy overplay his hand, and you will end up victorious! Cross over and watch your new doors open!
Memorize Isaiah 26:4, Isaiah 28:6. Declare over your nation that the Amalekite structure will be revealed and overthrown.

Day 8: Pray the Prayer of Confrontation!
To confront someone or something means to face them in hostility or defiance, or to come with opposition. Unlike the prayer of travail, which brings forth new birth, the prayer of confrontation directly addresses a structure that has been set in place in opposition to God's will. This type of prayer not only outwits the devil, but it also humiliates him and his forces in the process. God allows us to enter into this type of encounter to show His power over the territorial spirit(s) to which a particular group of people has been in bondage. As the Lord displays that His power is greater than that of a given demonic structure, that structure begins to crumble, and those who were held captive are then free to follow Christ.
A wonderful Biblical model for this type of prayer was Moses' confrontation with Pharaoh. As Moses declared God's will to Pharaoh in the earthly realm, he was also confronting in the spiritual realm the gods of Egypt--false deities (territorial spirits)--linked with the oppression and captivity of God's covenant people. Through the plagues and destruction unleashed upon the nation of Egypt as a result of Moses' confrontation, God's plan was fulfilled, the power of oppression was broken and His people were released.
The Rod Becomes a Serpent (Exodus 7:8-12): Confrontation with serpent gods
The Nile Turns to Blood (Exodus 7:14-25): Confrontation with the Nile gods
The Plague of Frogs (Exodus 8:1-15): Confrontation with the frog god
The Plague of Lice (Exodus 8:16-19): Confrontation with the earth god
The Plague of Flies (Exodus 8:20-24): Confrontation with the god of toiletry
The Cattle Die (Exodus 9:1-7): Confrontation with the Egyptian cow goddess
The Plague of Boils (Exodus 9:8-12): Confrontation with the god of learning and medicine
The Plague of Hail and Fire (Exodus 9:12-35): Confrontation with the original sky god
The Plague of Locusts (Exodus 10:12-15): Confrontation with the god of the air, atmosphere and dry winds
The Plague of Darkness (Exodus 10:21-23): Confrontation with the sun god
The Slaying of the First Born (Exodus 12:29-33)
The tenth and most devastating plague was directed against a family of three deities. The first was Isis, the most important of all Egyptian goddesses, who assumed all the attributes and functions of virtually every other important goddess at some point in Egyptian history. Her primary functions were motherhood, marital devotion, healing the sick and the working of magic spells and charms. The second deity was Osiris, the god of the dead and the ruler, protector and judge of the deceased. The third deity was the son of Isis and Osiris, Horus the Child, a suckling child represented as a young boy sucking his finger. This final plague so overwhelmed the Pharaoh, and so thoroughly defeated the gods of Egypt, that the Israelites were finally set free. (Excerpted from the revised Future War of the Church.)
God's power has not diminished in the years since Moses! Power-encounters through the prayer of confrontation that see people released from demonic structures are going to become more and more common as we enter the future war of the Church. We need to enter into an expectant mind-set that believes God will display His power greatly over the earth and over demonic structures in order to see great throngs loosed from satan's grip. And from that mind-set, we must pray with unwavering faith prayers of confrontation, according to His will.
This is a season to move into power confrontations! Allow Holy Spirit to direct your prayers in a new way.

Blessings,
Chuck D. PierceGlory of Zion Ministries

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Stay Awake

Colossians 3:5-6
Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry. Because of these, the wrath of God is coming.

The war for a prophet's soul is for our eyes and ears. Continue to toss everything aside and give yourself to God. We need renewed vision.

We will be delivered somehow.

Delivered from the fire.
Builds faith

Delivered through the fire.
Refines faith.

Delivered by the fire.
Perfected faith.

Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego replied to the king, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and he will rescue us from your hand, O king. But even if he does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up."

So Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego came out of the fire, and the satraps, prefects, governors and royal advisers crowded around them. They saw that the fire had not harmed their bodies, nor was a hair of their heads singed; their robes were not scorched, and there was no smell of fire on them.

Full deliverance means no longer smelling like smoke.

Make us like this oh God! EVEN IF MY GOD DOES NOT DELIVER ME, I WILL NOT BEND THE KNEE!!!

We have been chosen by the God of all creation for a life worth living. Empty yourself out and be filled with God.

Staying awake in the house of prayer means to keep your focus on Jesus. Don't be distracted. We are in the last hour. Jesus is the light - no other source - the only means for seeing evidence of God. God's illumination cannot be measured. We must be beaten and hammered to be his light (Ex 25:31) The process is more than tedious and painful but the result = our heavenly form. Contimually bear the purifying fires of God to make yourself more pliable for shaping.

Let the Spirit of the LORD rest on you— the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of power, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD -
delight in the discovery of God's truth!

The Spirit of Elijah

By Dusty Kemp:

Howard Pittman died in 1979 of a ruptured aorta. While dead, he talked to Jesus, learned about demons, and was told his life was a religious abomination. He was astonished by how very few entered into Heaven while he was there. God sent Howard back with a warning for the luke-warm church to wake up, because Jesus was going to return soon. Often lost in his warning message, has been the prophecy Jesus gave him about an exciting time for the part of the church that would awaken!

I have been thinking about Howard a lot lately, because world events are unfolding exactly as he was told, especially US relations with Israel, and what appears to be materializing for the 2008 Presidential elections. I was reading through some of his writings and came across the prophecy he was given in Heaven. The following is an taken from Howard Pittman's book Placebo, written upon his return from the dead.

"God is in the process of recruiting an army with which He will shake this world one more time. By working through His soldiers, God will produce great miracles that will shake the established hierarchy of the so-called organized religion that is in this world today. These soldiers that God is now recruiting, will demonstrate the power of God to a greater extent than did the disciples in the Pentecostal age. Some will be even greater demonstrations than that of Elijah.

God's recruitment for this army has been going on for some time. Some of these soldiers have been brought up to a certain level of faith and placed in a "holding" position, where they shall remain until He has brought all the new ones up to that level. I declare unto you that you the soldiers who are being recruited now to join with those who have been recruited in the past, will bring to this world the spirit of Elijah.

The purpose is to make straight the paths of the coming of the Lord, for He is about to come again! You that sleep, now is the time to awaken! You that have been in that "holding" pattern for years, look up! You're about to be put to work! To the new recruit, I would say study the Bible diligently and seek the Lord's will in every aspect of your life. Time is short for your spiritual training, but you will be used in ways you never thought possible if you seek the Lord FIRST in your life.

"You who are to be chosen will be the soldiers of the latter rain as referred to in scripture. This recruitment is for the end of the great revival spoken of by the prophet Joel and begun on the day of Pentecost. The end-time of that great revival is the beginning of the latter rain, so you must prepare for the battle with the discipline of a professional soldier.

"Know this also. There shall be a time or process of "culling" those who are not qualified to be a member of this "Gideon's" army. Just as in Gideon's army in the Bible, only a select few will be fit for service in the army of Christian soldiers the Lord will use in the battle of the latter rain."


In light of the incredible miracles beginning to occur, this is awesome! In the past, there have been many intellectual and logical reasons that the Lord might be about to return, but never have we seen everything pointing to His return like we do today!

Elijahs of God, are you ready to arise and confront the demonic religious spirit in the world today, and prepare the world for the coming of the Lord? That spirit is the spirit of Jezebel that tried to kill Elijah himself, and did kill John the Baptist, who Jesus called "Elijah". It will try to seduce you. It is two faced. Be on guard against it, for it exists only to destroy prophets of God.

It is Holy Spirit-quenching religious. It makes you feel like you are "the only one". Clouds of depression, discouragement, and feelings of "what's the use" are common when it is near. Get out from under it all costs! If you have the call of God, you have been around it, maybe without even knowing it.

The Good News is that as we go forth in the spirit of Elijah, which is the Holy Spirit which we have that was upon our Lord Jesus Christ, we can look forward to the soon return of Jesus to take us home. Heaven sent a fiery chariot to pick up Elijah. Jesus is going to come get us Himself!

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Why did you sit among the sheepfolds?

In that song Of Deborah that I just posted the question was asked why did you sit among the sheepfolds? Jesus is moving! Jesus is coming back to get us! Don't sit among the sheepfolds. I finally understand what that verse means when the people satnd in front of Him and say Lord, we cast out demons in your name and we did healings in your name and he says depart from em I never knew you. it means He never knew you! Did you take the time to get to know him on earth? Do you know Him now? Is he your father now? Or is your life about walmart and soccer? Don't worry about the battle, the warfare. Don't resent your struggle. Your struggle is what makes you who you are! Your struggle is what turn you into the mighty man of valor like Gideon; from a shephard to a king! Your struggle produces your crown. And one more thing warfare precludes miracles. If someone is in a fight don't point your finger at them because they are next in line for God's power. Satan does not attack what he already controls. Jesus said the world hated me and it hates you! But praise God his perfect light interrupts the darkness! Psalm 30:5 - For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night , but joy comes in the morning. Do you know what that means? It means it Jesus may have died on the cross but he was also resurrected! It may be friday now but Sunday is coming! We are the army of the living God and Jesus is our commander in Chief. Camp beside your commander and your weapons of warfare are mighty. Our job is to seek the Lord and testify about what He has done. 2 Tim 1:6-8. Jesus desires a personal relationship with us. He isn't going to tell us all in His written word. And on that day when we see His face may He say, Father this one is with me! He's part of MY family. He or she is the reason I died on calvary. Let us know Him now! In the name of Jesus, AMEN.

Judges 5 - The Song of Deborah

Judges 5: The Song of Deborah
The theme of the song - The joy and blessing in being a willing instrument of God.

1 On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:
2 "When the princes in Israel take the lead,
when the people willingly offer themselves— praise the LORD!

-When the leaders lead
-When the people willingly offer themselves.

verses 3-5: Remembering God's preservation of Israel in the past.
3 "Hear this, you kings! Listen, you rulers!
I will sing to the LORD, I will sing;
I will make music to the LORD, the God of Israel.
4 "O LORD, when you went out from Seir,
when you marched from the land of Edom,
the earth shook, the heavens poured,
the clouds poured down water.
5 The mountains quaked before the LORD, the One of Sinai,
before the LORD, the God of Israel.

You went out from seir - a past victory God supernaturally won. When you marched out from the field of Edom - God's goodness didn't just start today

Verses 6-8; Describing life under Canaanite oppression.
6 "In the days of Shamgar son of Anath,
in the days of Jael, the roads were abandoned;
travelers took to winding paths.
7 Village life in Israel ceased,
ceased until I, Deborah, arose,
arose a mother in Israel.
8 When they chose new gods,
war came to the city gates,
and not a shield or spear was seen
among forty thousand in Israel.

Village life ceased in Israel - not only was life hard under Israel's oppressors, but they also confiscated all weapons so the Israelites could not fight.
Not a shield or spear was seen among them - Satan doesn't only want to oppress the christian, but he also wants to disarm the believer. He wants the believer to lay down the full armor of God that belongs to you in Jesus Christ. (Eph 6:12-18)

Until, I, Deborah arose - This is not pride. God works through willing individuals and she was willing.

Bless the leaders - My heart is with the rulers of Israel - she didn't only care for her job of leadership, she also had a heart for other leaders and their work. Her vision was bigger than just getting her job done. She wanted to see the kingdom of God advanced.
who offered themselves willingly with the people - leaders must also offer themselves willingly.

verses 10 - 12: victory remembered
10 "You who ride on white donkeys,
sitting on your saddle blankets,
and you who walk along the road,
consider 11 the voice of the singers at the watering places.
They recite the righteous acts of the LORD,
the righteous acts of his warriors in Israel.
"Then the people of the LORD
went down to the city gates.
12 'Wake up, wake up, Deborah!
Wake up, wake up, break out in song!
Arise, O Barak!
Take captive your captives, O son of Abinoam.'

speak, you who ride on white donkeys - leaders tell the people the great things God did.
Matt 5:
15 - 16: Hide it under a bushel? No! I'm gonna let it shine.
The common people needed to hear of God's great works it was the job of the leaders to tell them.

verses 13 - 18: The tribes that helped and the tribes that didn't.
13 "Then the men who were left
came down to the nobles;
the people of the LORD
came to me with the mighty.
14 Some came from Ephraim, whose roots were in Amalek;
Benjamin was with the people who followed you.
From Makir captains came down,
from Zebulun those who bear a commander's staff.
15 The princes of Issachar were with Deborah;
yes, Issachar was with Barak,
rushing after him into the valley.
In the districts of Reuben
there was much searching of heart.
16 Why did you stay among the campfires
to hear the whistling for the flocks?
In the districts of Reuben
there was much searching of heart.
17 Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan.
And Dan, why did he linger by the ships?
Asher remained on the coast
and stayed in his coves.
18 The people of Zebulun risked their very lives;
so did Naphtali on the heights of the field.

The Lord came down for me against the mighty - she remembered God's help and his help came from the tribes of Israel. (The people)

Why did you sit among the sheepfolds - not every tribe was helpful or joined in the battle.

verses 19-23: The battle described and a curse on an unhelpful city.
19 "Kings came, they fought;
the kings of Canaan fought
at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo,
but they carried off no silver, no plunder.
20 From the heavens the stars fought,
from their courses they fought against Sisera.
21 The river Kishon swept them away,
the age-old river, the river Kishon.
March on, my soul; be strong!
22 Then thundered the horses' hoofs—
galloping, galloping go his mighty steeds.
23 'Curse Meroz,' said the angel of the LORD.
'Curse its people bitterly,
because they did not come to help the LORD,
to help the LORD against the mighty.'

They fought from the heavens - the battle was fought from the heavens in the sense that God sent rain that made the canaanite chariots of no use.

Curse Meroz said the angel of the Lord - apparently the city of Meroz was of no help. God still accomplished his work, but the city of meroz was cursed because they had no part it in it. (This still applies to us today)

verses 24 - 27: praise for Jael for her killing of Sisera
24 "Most blessed of women be Jael,
the wife of Heber the Kenite,
most blessed of tent-dwelling women.
25 He asked for water, and she gave him milk;
in a bowl fit for nobles she brought him curdled milk.
26 Her hand reached for the tent peg,
her right hand for the workman's hammer.
She struck Sisera, she crushed his head,
she shattered and pierced his temple.
27 At her feet he sank,
he fell; there he lay.
At her feet he sank, he fell;
where he sank, there he fell-dead.

Most blessed among women is Jael - What Jael did would be condemned by many in the days of the judges, the responsibility to protect and bless a guest was an almost absolute command, and Jael killed a guest. Yest she is blessed here because her obedience to the cause of God was greater than her obedience to tradition and custom.

At her feet he sank - Deborah wanted to increase Sisera's shame by pointing out that it was a woman who ended his life.

Verses 28 - 30: Reflection on the soon disappointment of Sisera's survivors.
28 "Through the window peered Sisera's mother;
behind the lattice she cried out,
'Why is his chariot so long in coming?
Why is the clatter of his chariots delayed?'
29 The wisest of her ladies answer her;
indeed, she keeps saying to herself,
30 'Are they not finding and dividing the spoils:
a girl or two for each man,
colorful garments as plunder for Sisera,
colorful garments embroidered,
highly embroidered garments for my neck—
all this as plunder?'

The mother of sisera looked through the window - every death has consequences.

Vs 31 - Final praise to God and the long term effect of the victory.
31 "So may all your enemies perish, O LORD!
But may they who love you be like the sun
when it rises in its strength."
Then the land had peace forty years.

Thus let all your enemies perish - To love God is to hate his enemies. A man or a woman is defined as much by who their enemies are as by who their friends are.

Let us who love him be like the sun - How much better it is to be one of those who love him than to be one of God's enemies.

A Constant State

2 Chron 16:9 - The eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him.

Genesis 6:8-9 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD.
9 This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked with God.

When we are "in the spirit" we walk with God. Eceryday, all day holding His hand. Walking through life with Him. When we do what we want, we pull away from Him. I imagine my three year old snatching her hand from me and running in the wrong direction toward danger. (Like the street)

A constant state. day by day, hour by hour. step by step by step.

Nehemiah's wall: The sin and rebllion of God's people ultimately leaves them defenseless.

John 10:10 The enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy.

1 Cor 7:23 - You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of men. Jesus bought and paid for us we belong to Him.

Babylon: The tower of babel-
God's Command: Scatter over the earth (Gen 9:1)
Babylonians: build a tower, make a name for themselves and not scatter (Gen11:4)
God scatters them over the whole earth. (Gen 11:8)

God gets what God wants.

Isaiah 46: 9-11 - 9 Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me.
10 I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say: My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.
11 From the east I summon a bird of prey; from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose. What I have said, that will I bring about; what I have planned, that will I do.


People have visions of us, the new prophets the standard God has raised, with blood under our eyes. This is Jesus' blood and it is war paint.

Our only hope of resisiting the deep indoctrination of worldliness is our deliberate training in godliness, which is bible study, we won't be successful without it.

Tutor me Jesus, teach me to win.

God is building a bridge composed of scripture. God is the preacher. We are the congregation. The gospel is the good news of God's blessing on mankind. Every person, angel, demon - those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth will bow at the name of Jesus and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of the Father. What a vision! That is all it will take is the mention of His name.

God's promise is this: " I Will." anything God does, satan attempts to counterfeit.

Isaiah 14: 12-14 - 12 How you have fallen from heaven,
O morning star, son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
you who once laid low the nations!
13 You said in your heart,
"I will ascend to heaven;
I will raise my throne
above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,
on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain.
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High."
(See Ezekiel 28 too)

All sin is born from the words " I will"
Obedience is found in the words "Thy Will"

Jesus was the sacrifice. God provided the Lamb. God did it all. It has nothing to do with us and everything to do with God. God provided the lamb. God gave the only son that He had. God did not provide a sacrifice for us he provided one instead of us. You receive it with humility and gratitude on your knees. When God provided the lamb for Abraham instead of Isaac it says he looked up and saw the ram caught in the trees. There are no trees "up" on a mountain. Abraham looked up because when God called to him he had fallen on His face. Abraham NEVER wavered in his belief that God could perform His promise. (Romans 4:20-22) and it was credited to him as righteousness.

Resolve - to make clear or understandable, to decide, to find an answer to.

But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way. Daniel 1: 8

To resolve must be practiced every single day. Doesn't mean you won't be tested and tempted. If the decision to be Jesus' disciple were easy it wouldn't take resolve. godliness is never accidental. Neither is victory coincidental. They come from daily resolve. Consistency.

The lifeblood of integrity is becoming the same person no matter where we are - no matter who's around.

Integrity (Latin) entire- wholeness/completeness. complete - undivided.
Intedgrity not only calls us to live inside-out, it keeps the outside from coming in. Consistency in our walk and in our talk becomes a transportable cloak of protection around us, going anywhere we go. - Beth Moore

Daniel 1:17 - To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding of all kinds of literature and learning. And Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kinds.

Whatever Babylon (our culture) teaches us - God interprets for us. We read the language of our culture with the lens of God. We retain a God-centered worldview so that ultimately the world may view our God.

Resolve

Day in, Day out. Step by Step by Step.

We will do it on purpose or we won't do it at all. God's warning to Cain never seemed more corporate -

Sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you. - Gen 4:7

Building the Temple

The progression the Lord has taken with me since He called me has been absolutely astounding. The very first thing he ever said to me was "Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like the pattern I will show you." - Ex 25:9 So who is the tabernacle or temple now? The temple now is the church. He dwells and reigns within us. So the first thing he begins to talk about is the foundation. Isaiah 54: 2-3 - Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes. For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your descendants will dispossess nations and settle in their desolate cities. Then He says don't be afraid. And He start talking in Jeremiah 31:28 Just as I watched over them to uproot and tear down, and to overthrow, destroy and bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant," declares the LORD. He says we have lies and strongholds embedded in us from Satan and we have to do some reconstruction. We have to uproot the lies, and tear down the walls, overthrow the strongholds, destroy the destroyer, and bring disaster to the road he has built into the church. Then we can build the tabernacle or temple new and plant new seeds for the harvest. He used the example of this battle compared to the one Jeremiah fought in Jeremiah 30 - 32. Then He sends Jonathan to Nehemiah 5. Where the people are actually building the wall with a sword in one hand a trowel in the other. And despite that they are actually succeeding building the wall. They get half the wall built and satan says this isn't working so he changes the attack to come from within. Incidentally, that doesn't work either because God is all powerful and He always wins but there was much heart ache getting that wall built. Then He takes me to Haggai where what are they doing again? They are called to build the House of the Lord. He says give careful thought to your ways. you have planted much but harvested little. Again He says give careful thought to your ways. He says go get the materials and build my house so that I may take pleasure in it and be honored. He says His house is in ruin because the people are more concerned with their own houses, or their own affairs. So He says he is going to bring a drought on the land. And then the people feared the Lord. He said I am with you. So then the people began to work on the house of their God.

So he asks who even saw my house in its former glory. How does it look to you now? Does it seem to you like nothing? Be strong all you people of the land and work for I am with you. This what I covenanted with you and my spirit remains among you. Do not fear. The glory of this present house will be greater than glory of the former house. and in this place I will grant peace.

Then he goes on to talk about the priests and ask them about their rules. He says if you are carrying something Holy and you accidentally touch something does it make it Holy? and the priests said no. So he says if you touch accidentally touch a dead body does that make you unclean. and they said yes. So what he was saying is we can not touch someone and make them Holy but we can let "the world" get in us and make us unholy. I am the gatekeeper of me. What I see, what I hear.

So then he says one stone is laid on top of the other. step by step by step. When we turn to the Lord and abide in Him and do His will. This is our foundation. Hag 2:18 - give careful thought to the day when the foundation of the Lord's temple was laid.

He ends chapter 2 with from this day on I will bless you.
(a secret: verses 20 - 23 are about the tribulation and Israel)

Learning to Walk In It

The Lord says to me that a true prophet of God can both confront sin and lovingly care for sinners. I'll go wherever He wants me to go as long as he goes with me. I know I cannot learn on my own with the knowledge that I have already been given. I can only learn when he gives me more knowledge and understanding. but to get more I have to knock down the walls he told me to knock down first. Then He can build new ones in their place. This is the reciprocal indwelling he keeps telling me about. I put a DVD on for Hannah this morning and she kept saying, "it's not working Mommy." Over and over again. I kept saying back to her, "It will just calm down and wait. " Then The Lord says to me. DUH! I couldn't help but laugh. I have prayed the prayers and I walk with Him hand in hand day in and day out. In His time He will fulfill His plan. God could easily do His task without me being present but He summoned me to be a part of the battle so I could See/witness what He is going to do. For the church/ the body to be strong all positions - All areas of Jesus' authority must be present. And through Jesus in us He will fill all those positions. The Father sends Jesus to anoint us and appoint us then He sends His army to protect us.

1 Kings 1 - There were two major springs that supplied Jerusalem water. Adonijah was procaliming himself king at one and David was proclaiming Soloman king at Gihon. The real vs. the counterfeit. There is always a troublemaker. the Gihon spring was east - where God's glory and authority comes from. The Gihon spring did not provide a steady flow, but "gushes out at irregular intervals" . Twice a day in the dry season, four to five times a day in the rainy season. Water issues from a crack 16 ft. long in the rock. Gihon in hebrew means bursting forth. A new power is bursting on the scene to supply the church with security and authority.

Thank you Jesus that you don't give up on us even when we quit because we can't fathom your plan. Thank you for coming to get us when we wander away. Please give us your strength to do the tasks that you have appointed us to. I love you Lord. In Jesus name, Amen.