“Jesus Today” by Sarah Young
Hope for What you DO NOT SEE; EAGERLY wait for it with perseverance. Among the five senses, sight is often the one that people value the most. I created the world gloriously beautiful, and I want you to appreciate beauty when you see it. However, even more beneficial than sight is hope, which is itself a kind of vision. It enables you to see—through the eyes of your heart—things that are NOTH YET. The most stunning example of this is the hope of heaven. Your ultimate destiny is to share in MY GLORY! This is MY PROMISE to you, secured through MY FINISHED WORK on the CROSS and MY RESURRECTION. Practice hoping for things you do not see—both for this life and the next. Ask Me to guide you into hopes and dreams that are in line with My will. Train the eyes of your heart to “see” these blessings, while praying for My will to be done fully and ONLY. Discipine yourself to wait eagerly—with your focus on ME and the longed for outcome. Remain hopeful and expectant as you waith WITH PERSEVERANCE.
If we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance- Romans 8:25
The glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as WE are one.- John 17:22
Now faith is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things (we) hope for, being the proof of things (we) do not see and the conviction of their reality. (Faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses) –Hebrews 11:1
“Jesus Calling”- by Sarah Young
I AM YOUR STRENGTH AND SHIELD. I plan out each day and have it ready for you, long before you arise from bed. I also provide the strength you need each step of the way, Instead of assessing your energy level and wondering about what’s on the road ahead, concentrate on staying in touch with Me, My Power flows freely into you through our open communication. Refuse to waste energy worrying, and you will have strength to spare.
Whenever you start to feel afraid, remember that I am YOUR SHIELD, but unlike inanimate armor, I AM ALWAYS alert and active. My Presence watches over you continually, protecting you from both known and unknown dangers. Entrust yourself to My watchcare, which is the best security system available. I am with you and will watch over you WHEREVER YOU GO.
The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and He helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song, I PRAISE HIM- Psalm 28:7
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise—in God I trust and am not afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?- Psalm 56:3-4
Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. – Matthew 6:34
I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you- Genesis 28:15
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
His Presence is INTENSE
I got this today and was so stirred as i remember all the times He has drawn near to me. I must admit it makes me long to be in my glorified body knowing that this body can't contain the fullness until we all attain it.
Here is the e- mailed message:(Have an amazing Day with Daddy today)
Francis Frangipane:
The Intensifying Presence
We all know the unrepentant world is destined for the Great Tribulation, but as far as the living, praying Church is concerned, if we continue to climb toward the standard of Christlikeness, prior to the rapture there will be a season of great glory for true Christians.
In support of this holy goal, let me submit to you an encounter I had with the Lord in 1973. I was pastoring a small church in Hawaii and had been in a month of intense prayer and extended fasting, a time of drawing near to God. At the end of this period, I found myself awakened during the night by a visitation of the Lord. It was not as though I saw His physical features; I saw His glory and was overwhelmed by the intense fire of His presence. Immediately I was like a dead man, unable to move so much as a finger. Spiritually, however, my consciousness was heightened beyond anything I have known since. I was like one of those "living creatures" in the book of Revelation with "eyes around and within" (Revelation 4:8).
With my "inner eyes" I saw the truth about my personal righteousness. Recall, I had been in prayer and fasting; I felt good about myself. Yet suddenly the flaws in my life became unbearably vivid and utterly sinful. My iniquity was not as something I occasionally committed but as something I perpetually was. I saw many times when I could have been more loving or kind or sensitive. I also saw how selfish nearly all of my actions were.
Yet for all that was dark within me, I felt no rebuke from the Lord nor condemnation. No voice came from Heaven to convict me of my wrongs. The only voice condemning me was my own; in the light of His presence, I abhorred myself (Job 42:6, KJV).
Without any buffer of self-justification or deceit, I saw how far short of His glory I truly was. I knew why mankind needed the Blood of Christ, and no amount of personal attainment in and of itself could ever make me like Jesus. In the most profound way I understood that only Christ could live like Christ. God's plan was not to improve me but to remove me so that the Lord Jesus Himself could actually live His life through me (Galatians 2:20). In His indwelling would rest my hope of becoming like Him.
Outwardly, with "eyes around," I realized that the electrified atmosphere I felt in my bedroom was actually being broadcast from a very distant reality. Yet, though distant, the emanation of Christ's presence was like a burning fire upon my consciousness. A great procession of heavenly beings was descending through a night sky; I knew that this was a glimpse of Heaven coming to Earth.
In the forefront were angels of every class and order, each group in a splendor all its own. About a third of the way back was the Lord, and behind Him were innumerable saints. Yet I could not see into the depth of the Lord's glory, for those following Him had become part of His being.
The Lord was not only coming to judge the Earth but to fill this world with His glory. Let me repeat that, even though the Lord was far away, the radiance of His presence was a living fire upon my consciousness. The energy was almost painful.
Then, without warning, the procession came closer, not just to me but to our dimension. It was as though a mark in time had been crossed. Instantly I was utterly overwhelmed by the intensity of the Lord's presence. I felt that I could not – no, not for another moment – bear the increase of His glory. It was as though my very existence would be consumed by the blast furnace of His radiance. And in the deepest prayer I have ever uttered, I begged the Lord to return me to my body. Instantly, mercifully, I was cocooned once again in the familiar world of my senses and my bedroom.
What it Means
Night passed into dawn and I rose early, dressed, and went outside. With each step, I pondered the vision. The Lord brought my attention to the sun as it ascended above the eastern horizon. As I looked, I saw parallels between the radiance of the sunlight and the glory of the Lord. I realized in a new way that "the heavens are telling of the glory of God" (Psalm 19:1).
I saw that even though the sun is 93 million miles from the earth, we feel its heat and live in its light. It is inconceivably far away, yet its energy is also here. It warms us and in its light our life exists. So also the expanse of the Lord's presence emanates from His glorified body in Heaven. Physically He is distant, yet at times we actually feel the out-raying of His presence here; we are, in truth, warmed by His love. The glory of Christ, like the out-raying of the sun, is "safe" as long as He remains distant from us in Heaven.
But imagine if, with each successive decade, the sun were to steadily move closer to the earth. Radiation, heat, and light would increase dramatically. With each stage of its approach, the world as we know it would radically change!
So also will this world change spiritually as the person of the Lord Jesus and His Millennial reign draw near. The radiance of His presence will increasingly pour into the spiritual realms surrounding our world. And not only the "powers of the heavens will be shaken" (Matthew 24:29; Hebrews 12), but the very world as we know it will experience dramatic changes.
If the sun drew closer, the increasing heat and light would soon be all we would think about. While the righteous are experiencing "glory and honor and peace" from His presence (Romans 2:10), the same glory will cause terrible "tribulation and distress" to the unrepentant world (verse 9). The wicked will cry to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on us and hide us." From what? "the presence" of the Lord (Revelations 6:16).
Those hardened in sin will either find grace and repent or their hardness will deepen like Pharaoh's. Yet the same sun that hardens the clay also melts the butter. So as the Lord draws nearer, the prayer of the righteous will be, "Fill us with the presence of the Lamb!" The presence of Christ will be all that fills our minds. Those who love Him will experience the increase of His pleasure; they will taste the nectar of Heaven. Whether we are for or against the Lord, everyone's mind will be flooded with thoughts about God.
As it is written,
"For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze," says the Lord of hosts, "so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. But for you who fear My name the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall. You will tread down the wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing," says the Lord of hosts. Malachi 4:1-3
Simultaneously two events will manifest on earth, they will be the result of one, eternal source. The same increasing presence that causes wrath to descend upon the wicked will cause God's glory to be seen upon the righteous. For we who fear the Lord, the "sun of righteousness" will rise with healing in its rays.
This message was adapted from a chapter in Pastor Frangipane's book, The Days of His Presence.
Francis Frangipane
Ministries of Francis Frangipane
Email: francis1@frangipane.org
Here is the e- mailed message:(Have an amazing Day with Daddy today)
Francis Frangipane:
The Intensifying Presence
We all know the unrepentant world is destined for the Great Tribulation, but as far as the living, praying Church is concerned, if we continue to climb toward the standard of Christlikeness, prior to the rapture there will be a season of great glory for true Christians.
In support of this holy goal, let me submit to you an encounter I had with the Lord in 1973. I was pastoring a small church in Hawaii and had been in a month of intense prayer and extended fasting, a time of drawing near to God. At the end of this period, I found myself awakened during the night by a visitation of the Lord. It was not as though I saw His physical features; I saw His glory and was overwhelmed by the intense fire of His presence. Immediately I was like a dead man, unable to move so much as a finger. Spiritually, however, my consciousness was heightened beyond anything I have known since. I was like one of those "living creatures" in the book of Revelation with "eyes around and within" (Revelation 4:8).
With my "inner eyes" I saw the truth about my personal righteousness. Recall, I had been in prayer and fasting; I felt good about myself. Yet suddenly the flaws in my life became unbearably vivid and utterly sinful. My iniquity was not as something I occasionally committed but as something I perpetually was. I saw many times when I could have been more loving or kind or sensitive. I also saw how selfish nearly all of my actions were.
Yet for all that was dark within me, I felt no rebuke from the Lord nor condemnation. No voice came from Heaven to convict me of my wrongs. The only voice condemning me was my own; in the light of His presence, I abhorred myself (Job 42:6, KJV).
Without any buffer of self-justification or deceit, I saw how far short of His glory I truly was. I knew why mankind needed the Blood of Christ, and no amount of personal attainment in and of itself could ever make me like Jesus. In the most profound way I understood that only Christ could live like Christ. God's plan was not to improve me but to remove me so that the Lord Jesus Himself could actually live His life through me (Galatians 2:20). In His indwelling would rest my hope of becoming like Him.
Outwardly, with "eyes around," I realized that the electrified atmosphere I felt in my bedroom was actually being broadcast from a very distant reality. Yet, though distant, the emanation of Christ's presence was like a burning fire upon my consciousness. A great procession of heavenly beings was descending through a night sky; I knew that this was a glimpse of Heaven coming to Earth.
In the forefront were angels of every class and order, each group in a splendor all its own. About a third of the way back was the Lord, and behind Him were innumerable saints. Yet I could not see into the depth of the Lord's glory, for those following Him had become part of His being.
The Lord was not only coming to judge the Earth but to fill this world with His glory. Let me repeat that, even though the Lord was far away, the radiance of His presence was a living fire upon my consciousness. The energy was almost painful.
Then, without warning, the procession came closer, not just to me but to our dimension. It was as though a mark in time had been crossed. Instantly I was utterly overwhelmed by the intensity of the Lord's presence. I felt that I could not – no, not for another moment – bear the increase of His glory. It was as though my very existence would be consumed by the blast furnace of His radiance. And in the deepest prayer I have ever uttered, I begged the Lord to return me to my body. Instantly, mercifully, I was cocooned once again in the familiar world of my senses and my bedroom.
What it Means
Night passed into dawn and I rose early, dressed, and went outside. With each step, I pondered the vision. The Lord brought my attention to the sun as it ascended above the eastern horizon. As I looked, I saw parallels between the radiance of the sunlight and the glory of the Lord. I realized in a new way that "the heavens are telling of the glory of God" (Psalm 19:1).
I saw that even though the sun is 93 million miles from the earth, we feel its heat and live in its light. It is inconceivably far away, yet its energy is also here. It warms us and in its light our life exists. So also the expanse of the Lord's presence emanates from His glorified body in Heaven. Physically He is distant, yet at times we actually feel the out-raying of His presence here; we are, in truth, warmed by His love. The glory of Christ, like the out-raying of the sun, is "safe" as long as He remains distant from us in Heaven.
But imagine if, with each successive decade, the sun were to steadily move closer to the earth. Radiation, heat, and light would increase dramatically. With each stage of its approach, the world as we know it would radically change!
So also will this world change spiritually as the person of the Lord Jesus and His Millennial reign draw near. The radiance of His presence will increasingly pour into the spiritual realms surrounding our world. And not only the "powers of the heavens will be shaken" (Matthew 24:29; Hebrews 12), but the very world as we know it will experience dramatic changes.
If the sun drew closer, the increasing heat and light would soon be all we would think about. While the righteous are experiencing "glory and honor and peace" from His presence (Romans 2:10), the same glory will cause terrible "tribulation and distress" to the unrepentant world (verse 9). The wicked will cry to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on us and hide us." From what? "the presence" of the Lord (Revelations 6:16).
Those hardened in sin will either find grace and repent or their hardness will deepen like Pharaoh's. Yet the same sun that hardens the clay also melts the butter. So as the Lord draws nearer, the prayer of the righteous will be, "Fill us with the presence of the Lamb!" The presence of Christ will be all that fills our minds. Those who love Him will experience the increase of His pleasure; they will taste the nectar of Heaven. Whether we are for or against the Lord, everyone's mind will be flooded with thoughts about God.
As it is written,
"For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze," says the Lord of hosts, "so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. But for you who fear My name the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall. You will tread down the wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing," says the Lord of hosts. Malachi 4:1-3
Simultaneously two events will manifest on earth, they will be the result of one, eternal source. The same increasing presence that causes wrath to descend upon the wicked will cause God's glory to be seen upon the righteous. For we who fear the Lord, the "sun of righteousness" will rise with healing in its rays.
This message was adapted from a chapter in Pastor Frangipane's book, The Days of His Presence.
Francis Frangipane
Ministries of Francis Frangipane
Email: francis1@frangipane.org
Thursday, January 24, 2013
The Daily Cross
Lately I've been going through a lot of battles. A lot of times when you're going through things people may not understand you and I am learning that that is okay. God has a perfect timing for everything and in all things God is still good and he is still God and I'm still not. Anyway I have an excerpt from a book called "The Pursuit of God" by A W Tozer That has brought me some comfort in what I have been going through inside. I yearn for Gods children to rise up and be who they are called to be. That starts with me!! Hallelujah! To the cross we go daily. Though none go with me still I will follow!
Everything in the New Testament accords with this Old Testament picture. Ransomed men Need no longer pause in fear to enter the holy of holy's. God wills that we should push on into his presence and live our whole life there. This is to be known To us in conscious experience. It is more than a doctrine to be held; it is a life to be enjoyed every moment of every day. ...
Similarly, the presence of God is the central fact of Christianity. At the heart of the Christian message is God himself waiting for his redeemed children to push into conscious awareness of his presence. That type of Christianity which happens now to be in the vogue knows this presence only in theory. It fails to stress the Christians privilege of present realization. According to its teachings we are in the presence of God positionally, and nothing is said about the need to experience that presence actually. ..
What hinders us? The answer usually given, simply that we are 'cold' will not explain all the facts. There is something more serious than coldness of heart...
What is it? What but the presence of a veil in our hearts? The veil not taken away as the first veil was, but which remains they are still shitting out the light and hiding the face of God from us.
Self is the opaque vale that hides the face of God from us. It can be removed only in spiritual experience, never by mere instruction. We may as well try to instruct Lipper see out of our system. There must be a work of God in destruction before we are free. We must invite the cross to do it's deadly work within us. We must bring our self – sins to the cross for judgment. We must prepare ourselves for an ordeal of suffering in some measure like that through which our Savior past when he suffered under Pontious Pilate.
Let us remember that when we talk of the rending of the veil we are speaking in a figure, and the thought of it is poetical, almost pleasant, but in actuality there is nothing pleasant about it. In human experience the veil is made up of living spiritual tissue; it is composed of the sentiment, quivering stuff of which are whole beings consist, and to touch it is to touch us where we feel pain. To tear it away is to injure us, to hurt ass into make us believe. To say otherwise is to make the cross no cross and death note death at all. It is never fun to die. To rip through the dear and tender stuff of which life is made can never be anything but deeply painful. Yet that is what The cross did to Jesus and it is what the cross would do to every man to set him free.
Let us beware of tinkering with our inner life, Hoping ourselves to rend the veil. God must do everything for us. Our part is to yield and to trust. We must confess, forsake, repudiate the self – life, and then reckon it crucified. But we must be careful to distinguish lazy' acceptance' From the real work of God. We must insist upon the work being done. We dare not rest content with a neat doctrine of self – crucifixion. That is to imitate Saul and spare the best of the sheep and oxen.
Insist that the work be done in very truth and it will be done. The cross is rough and it is deadly, but it is effective. It does not keep its victim hanging there forever. There comes a moment when it's work is finished and the suffering victim dies. After that is resurrection glory and power, And the pain is forgotten for joy that the veil is taken away and we have entered in actual spiritual experience the presence of the living God.
Everything in the New Testament accords with this Old Testament picture. Ransomed men Need no longer pause in fear to enter the holy of holy's. God wills that we should push on into his presence and live our whole life there. This is to be known To us in conscious experience. It is more than a doctrine to be held; it is a life to be enjoyed every moment of every day. ...
Similarly, the presence of God is the central fact of Christianity. At the heart of the Christian message is God himself waiting for his redeemed children to push into conscious awareness of his presence. That type of Christianity which happens now to be in the vogue knows this presence only in theory. It fails to stress the Christians privilege of present realization. According to its teachings we are in the presence of God positionally, and nothing is said about the need to experience that presence actually. ..
What hinders us? The answer usually given, simply that we are 'cold' will not explain all the facts. There is something more serious than coldness of heart...
What is it? What but the presence of a veil in our hearts? The veil not taken away as the first veil was, but which remains they are still shitting out the light and hiding the face of God from us.
Self is the opaque vale that hides the face of God from us. It can be removed only in spiritual experience, never by mere instruction. We may as well try to instruct Lipper see out of our system. There must be a work of God in destruction before we are free. We must invite the cross to do it's deadly work within us. We must bring our self – sins to the cross for judgment. We must prepare ourselves for an ordeal of suffering in some measure like that through which our Savior past when he suffered under Pontious Pilate.
Let us remember that when we talk of the rending of the veil we are speaking in a figure, and the thought of it is poetical, almost pleasant, but in actuality there is nothing pleasant about it. In human experience the veil is made up of living spiritual tissue; it is composed of the sentiment, quivering stuff of which are whole beings consist, and to touch it is to touch us where we feel pain. To tear it away is to injure us, to hurt ass into make us believe. To say otherwise is to make the cross no cross and death note death at all. It is never fun to die. To rip through the dear and tender stuff of which life is made can never be anything but deeply painful. Yet that is what The cross did to Jesus and it is what the cross would do to every man to set him free.
Let us beware of tinkering with our inner life, Hoping ourselves to rend the veil. God must do everything for us. Our part is to yield and to trust. We must confess, forsake, repudiate the self – life, and then reckon it crucified. But we must be careful to distinguish lazy' acceptance' From the real work of God. We must insist upon the work being done. We dare not rest content with a neat doctrine of self – crucifixion. That is to imitate Saul and spare the best of the sheep and oxen.
Insist that the work be done in very truth and it will be done. The cross is rough and it is deadly, but it is effective. It does not keep its victim hanging there forever. There comes a moment when it's work is finished and the suffering victim dies. After that is resurrection glory and power, And the pain is forgotten for joy that the veil is taken away and we have entered in actual spiritual experience the presence of the living God.
Monday, January 21, 2013
The Glory of the Latter House shall be greater than the former...
I believe that many people have been going through shaking in their lives because God shaking everything that can be shaken. I, for one, have not handled the shaking extremely well, BUT GOD Knows exactly what He is doing And I trust Him. He is our Glory and THE lifter of our heads. HIS LOVE NEVER FAILS! Anyway, This morning I get an email from Elijah List and I want to share it with you. We all know that our nation needs a turnaround. I believe it when The Lord said the Glory of the Latter house shall be greater than the former. God will move and shake and do what needs to be done to get our attention sometimes BECAUSE HE LOVES US. He said "ALL THINGS work together for the good of those who love HIM and are called according to HIS purposes"-Romans 8:28. OUR PRAYERS ARE NEVER IN VAIN. He will ALWAYS come through! HE IS OUR REFUGE AND STRENGTH in times of trouble! Our nation MUST turn back to OUR MIGHTY GOD! Here is the word from Elijah List:
Word For the Year 2013: "The Year of Spiritual Revolution!"
Revolution: (Rev'-a-loo-shen)
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary: a sudden, radical, or complete change; also a radical and pervasive change in society and the social structure, especially one made suddenly.
And from the days of John the Baptist until now the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. Matthew 11:12
Revolution Caused Freedom To Ring
Our nation was founded by wise, brave leaders who decided to start a country free from tyrannical rulers and oppression. America has those grass root values as our foundation.
The Lord clearly told me that we are going back to the basics of the spirit of spiritual revolution which gave birth to the United States of America, founded as "one nation under God." This nation's birth came at a great cost, yet it was nothing like the cost of Calvary's Cross for our spiritual freedom.
Society lost its moral and guiding compass to be a godly nation to serve idols of pleasure rather than the heart of our Father. In 2013 we will begin returning to the heart of our founding fabric – a revolt from spiritual and moral oppression to a passionate, intimate relationship with God and true spiritual freedom.
Jesus Was the Lead Revolutionary Pioneer of His Day
This spiritual revolution will not just be sparked by the results of the darkness that many people recognize is around us (wickedness, corruption, and idolatry), but will also be caused by the core reason of religious rules forced on those who are supposed to be fulfilled by the New Covenant of Love and Great Grace! In 2013 the true Bride of Christ will have eyes and ears opened to the need for purity and allow God to prepare us for the coming of Jesus Christ.
We will see the youth crying out for the truth that only Jesus Christ can offer through a grace-based relationship. The spiritual revolution we will experience, starting this year, is an ever-increasing violent faith-attack against "religious spirits."
The real spiritual revolutionary war is the kingdom of darkness against the Kingdom of God! We will trust God with great faith knowing God always wins! It's a spiritual revolution that will help bring us into the purpose of God for our lives and completely expose evil in 2013.
The Glory of God In 2013 Will Expose and Deal With Evil In High Places
But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light. Therefore He says: "Awake, you who sleep, arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light." Ephesians 5:13-14
• The Bride of Christ will awaken, eyes of the spiritually blinded will open, ears will finally hear, and yokes of complacency will break at the altar of God's great grace.
• God will reveal all evil in high places hidden in the dark; they will be exposed to the pure light of God and the enemy will be blinded.
• We will see millions of young people running into the great love of God for a passionate, intimate relationship.
The Lord is raising up leaders to demonstrate by God's Holy Spirit and Word that God will supernaturally "turn the enemy at the gate"!
He will be a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, a source of strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate. Isaiah 28:6
For thus says the LORD of hosts, "Once more in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land. I will shake all the nations; and they will come with the wealth of all nations, and I will fill this house with glory," says the LORD of hosts. ..."The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former," says the LORD of hosts, "and in this place I will give peace," declares the LORD of hosts." Haggai 2:6-7, 9 (NASB)
...Then Haggai said, "That is how it is with this people and this nation," says the LORD. Everything they do and everything they offer is defiled... I will overthrow royal thrones and destroy the power of foreign kingdoms. I will overturn their chariots and riders. The horses will fall, and their riders will kill each other." Haggai 2:14, 22 (NLT)
We can certainly expect to see natural and spiritual shaking in our nation and in every part of this land until America returns to our spiritual roots and a passionate love for God. The Lord God will do the shaking, and what remains is His forever.
Holy Fear and Awe of God Is Returning To His People
We are about to experience the greatest move of God this world has ever seen. This will be marked as a season of the apostles combined with the prophetic movement to produce the most unstoppable force of God with signs, wonders and miracles ever seen by humans. We are not moving indoors, but instead this move of God will be taken outdoors and on the streets.
There will be a resurgence of great outdoor meetings. People will begin to gather in parks, public meeting places, houses of prayer, and will worship God without ceasing. For this mighty outpouring of the Holy Spirit, true worshippers and hungry hearts will come to public meetings and not be able to leave. Many people will be filled with the anointing of Holy Ghost fire, and mighty miracles will happen before the eyes of the world!
• Media will finally film the miraculous, showing this nation and the world God's amazing miracles.
• Children's camps will spring up in rural places and the youth everywhere will demonstrate unprecedented prophetic gifts, miracles, signs and wonders.
• Apostolic and prophetic teams will travel across America and the world; we will see nations turn to God in a day.
• Many occult workers will be invaded by the light of God's glory and be won over to Jesus Christ.
• There will be many spontaneous outpourings of God's Spirit.
What the Enemy Meant For Bad, God Is Turning For Good
As far as I am concerned, God turned into good what you meant for evil. He brought me to the high position I have today so I could save the lives of many people. Genesis 50:20
When America seemingly chose the plan of evil over the plan of God, I asked the Lord for a word, and He clearly said to me, "It is not over yet; I am not through with America!"
This is going to be a year that initiates the greatest spiritual turnaround our nation has ever experienced! Just like with Joseph's life, the past experiences taught us that God brings good from evil for those who trust and love Him. Trust the Lord now and experience the greatest breakthrough and a new life in God like never before. It is not over for America yet! The true Bride of Christ will be purified, blessed and prepared for Jesus' return.
John Mark Pool
Word to the World Ministries
Email: MarkandSandyPool@aol.com
Word For the Year 2013: "The Year of Spiritual Revolution!"
Revolution: (Rev'-a-loo-shen)
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary: a sudden, radical, or complete change; also a radical and pervasive change in society and the social structure, especially one made suddenly.
And from the days of John the Baptist until now the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. Matthew 11:12
Revolution Caused Freedom To Ring
Our nation was founded by wise, brave leaders who decided to start a country free from tyrannical rulers and oppression. America has those grass root values as our foundation.
The Lord clearly told me that we are going back to the basics of the spirit of spiritual revolution which gave birth to the United States of America, founded as "one nation under God." This nation's birth came at a great cost, yet it was nothing like the cost of Calvary's Cross for our spiritual freedom.
Society lost its moral and guiding compass to be a godly nation to serve idols of pleasure rather than the heart of our Father. In 2013 we will begin returning to the heart of our founding fabric – a revolt from spiritual and moral oppression to a passionate, intimate relationship with God and true spiritual freedom.
Jesus Was the Lead Revolutionary Pioneer of His Day
This spiritual revolution will not just be sparked by the results of the darkness that many people recognize is around us (wickedness, corruption, and idolatry), but will also be caused by the core reason of religious rules forced on those who are supposed to be fulfilled by the New Covenant of Love and Great Grace! In 2013 the true Bride of Christ will have eyes and ears opened to the need for purity and allow God to prepare us for the coming of Jesus Christ.
We will see the youth crying out for the truth that only Jesus Christ can offer through a grace-based relationship. The spiritual revolution we will experience, starting this year, is an ever-increasing violent faith-attack against "religious spirits."
The real spiritual revolutionary war is the kingdom of darkness against the Kingdom of God! We will trust God with great faith knowing God always wins! It's a spiritual revolution that will help bring us into the purpose of God for our lives and completely expose evil in 2013.
The Glory of God In 2013 Will Expose and Deal With Evil In High Places
But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light. Therefore He says: "Awake, you who sleep, arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light." Ephesians 5:13-14
• The Bride of Christ will awaken, eyes of the spiritually blinded will open, ears will finally hear, and yokes of complacency will break at the altar of God's great grace.
• God will reveal all evil in high places hidden in the dark; they will be exposed to the pure light of God and the enemy will be blinded.
• We will see millions of young people running into the great love of God for a passionate, intimate relationship.
The Lord is raising up leaders to demonstrate by God's Holy Spirit and Word that God will supernaturally "turn the enemy at the gate"!
He will be a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, a source of strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate. Isaiah 28:6
For thus says the LORD of hosts, "Once more in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land. I will shake all the nations; and they will come with the wealth of all nations, and I will fill this house with glory," says the LORD of hosts. ..."The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former," says the LORD of hosts, "and in this place I will give peace," declares the LORD of hosts." Haggai 2:6-7, 9 (NASB)
...Then Haggai said, "That is how it is with this people and this nation," says the LORD. Everything they do and everything they offer is defiled... I will overthrow royal thrones and destroy the power of foreign kingdoms. I will overturn their chariots and riders. The horses will fall, and their riders will kill each other." Haggai 2:14, 22 (NLT)
We can certainly expect to see natural and spiritual shaking in our nation and in every part of this land until America returns to our spiritual roots and a passionate love for God. The Lord God will do the shaking, and what remains is His forever.
Holy Fear and Awe of God Is Returning To His People
We are about to experience the greatest move of God this world has ever seen. This will be marked as a season of the apostles combined with the prophetic movement to produce the most unstoppable force of God with signs, wonders and miracles ever seen by humans. We are not moving indoors, but instead this move of God will be taken outdoors and on the streets.
There will be a resurgence of great outdoor meetings. People will begin to gather in parks, public meeting places, houses of prayer, and will worship God without ceasing. For this mighty outpouring of the Holy Spirit, true worshippers and hungry hearts will come to public meetings and not be able to leave. Many people will be filled with the anointing of Holy Ghost fire, and mighty miracles will happen before the eyes of the world!
• Media will finally film the miraculous, showing this nation and the world God's amazing miracles.
• Children's camps will spring up in rural places and the youth everywhere will demonstrate unprecedented prophetic gifts, miracles, signs and wonders.
• Apostolic and prophetic teams will travel across America and the world; we will see nations turn to God in a day.
• Many occult workers will be invaded by the light of God's glory and be won over to Jesus Christ.
• There will be many spontaneous outpourings of God's Spirit.
What the Enemy Meant For Bad, God Is Turning For Good
As far as I am concerned, God turned into good what you meant for evil. He brought me to the high position I have today so I could save the lives of many people. Genesis 50:20
When America seemingly chose the plan of evil over the plan of God, I asked the Lord for a word, and He clearly said to me, "It is not over yet; I am not through with America!"
This is going to be a year that initiates the greatest spiritual turnaround our nation has ever experienced! Just like with Joseph's life, the past experiences taught us that God brings good from evil for those who trust and love Him. Trust the Lord now and experience the greatest breakthrough and a new life in God like never before. It is not over for America yet! The true Bride of Christ will be purified, blessed and prepared for Jesus' return.
John Mark Pool
Word to the World Ministries
Email: MarkandSandyPool@aol.com
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Devotional from "Jesus Today" by Sarah Young
"You belong to Me. I have chosen you and called you out of darkness into My marvelous light. The fact that you belong to Me – now and forever – Provides a firm foundation for your life. This connection with Me can protect you from feeling cut off or a drift in your ever changing world. Many people attach themselves to hurtful people or harmful things because they yearned to escape their aloneness. BUT, since you are mine you are NEVER alone. I chose you before the creation of the world, and you are a permanent member of My Royal Family.
You used to walk in spiritual darkness before you trusted me as your Savior. I personally brought you out of that darkness into my light – so that you might proclaim my praises. This is a delightful privilege and responsibility. I have entrusted you with the task of telling others about My awesome qualities. To carry out this assignment effectively, you need to delve into the riches of
Who I AM by studying my Word. You also need to delight yourself in me. Then the JOY of my presence will shine from your face as you tell others about me."
You are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, his own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. – 1 Peter 2:9
Praise be to the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, he has blessed us in the heavenly rounds with every spiritual blessing in Christ for He chose us in him before the Creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. – Ephesians 1:3 – 4
Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. – Psalm 37:4
You used to walk in spiritual darkness before you trusted me as your Savior. I personally brought you out of that darkness into my light – so that you might proclaim my praises. This is a delightful privilege and responsibility. I have entrusted you with the task of telling others about My awesome qualities. To carry out this assignment effectively, you need to delve into the riches of
Who I AM by studying my Word. You also need to delight yourself in me. Then the JOY of my presence will shine from your face as you tell others about me."
You are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, his own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. – 1 Peter 2:9
Praise be to the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, he has blessed us in the heavenly rounds with every spiritual blessing in Christ for He chose us in him before the Creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. – Ephesians 1:3 – 4
Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart. – Psalm 37:4
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Between "Bethel" and "Ai"
And I was reading Genesis 13 a few weeks ago, Verses three and four stood out to me. It says that Abraham traveled back to the area where he had been before between Bethel and Ai. He had previously built an altar in this place and as he came back to this place and called upon the name of the Lord. It doesn't seem like a very big detail when you just read it like that but when you realize what the names mean in that very passage it rocks your world and make You want to sacrifice praise to God no matter what you are going through. We are all on a journey in this life and it is about getting to know our Father God. We GET TO BE IN HIS PRESENCE only because the precious blood of Jesus!! We get totally wrecked by God and our lives are NEVER
The same! Hallelujah!!
Anyway, we all have times where we go back to the place that we came from between Bethel (the house of God) and Ai (heap of ashes). It is in that very place where we first called upon the name of the Lord. Our lives may be in a heap of ashes at that moment and we realize that somehow someway we have totally made a mess that we can't fix ourselves. So, we call out for rescue and because of Gods amazing grace, our lives are restored. We are brought from the ash heap to the place where God dwells-His house-which in the New Testament is HIS CHURCH. We seem to be okay for a while but then every now and then, The Lord leads us through a season where we are brought right back to this very same place and we are reminded that The Lord is still The Lord is still Lord Over our heap of ashes . Hallelujah! I pray that we grow more mature in our knowledge of Him and realize that HE TRULY IS LORD OVER ALL! let this day be the year that we truly SURRENDER ALL TO JESUS and be WHO He has created us to be! This Journey with Jesus is the greatest adventure we could ever be on. EVERYTHING we go through is just a way to get to know Him more. WOW!!! So if you have ever been to the place of the heap of ashes and things you though would last forever are now all burned up and you haven't quite made it to the house where God dwells, just keep on this journey with Jesus and you will see BEAUTY soon! He promises to give you BEAUTY for those ashes! NEVER GIVE UP!! Quitting is not an option in the Kingdom of God!!
The same! Hallelujah!!
Anyway, we all have times where we go back to the place that we came from between Bethel (the house of God) and Ai (heap of ashes). It is in that very place where we first called upon the name of the Lord. Our lives may be in a heap of ashes at that moment and we realize that somehow someway we have totally made a mess that we can't fix ourselves. So, we call out for rescue and because of Gods amazing grace, our lives are restored. We are brought from the ash heap to the place where God dwells-His house-which in the New Testament is HIS CHURCH. We seem to be okay for a while but then every now and then, The Lord leads us through a season where we are brought right back to this very same place and we are reminded that The Lord is still The Lord is still Lord Over our heap of ashes . Hallelujah! I pray that we grow more mature in our knowledge of Him and realize that HE TRULY IS LORD OVER ALL! let this day be the year that we truly SURRENDER ALL TO JESUS and be WHO He has created us to be! This Journey with Jesus is the greatest adventure we could ever be on. EVERYTHING we go through is just a way to get to know Him more. WOW!!! So if you have ever been to the place of the heap of ashes and things you though would last forever are now all burned up and you haven't quite made it to the house where God dwells, just keep on this journey with Jesus and you will see BEAUTY soon! He promises to give you BEAUTY for those ashes! NEVER GIVE UP!! Quitting is not an option in the Kingdom of God!!
Friday, January 4, 2013
REST
This morning I have woke up extremely exhausted for some reason. I have been overcoming several challenges lately, But sometimes the more you overcome the more you realize just how much you still have yet to Overcome. I believe this is part of the negative thinking that I am now tackling with a vengeance. It has went around in my mind for way too much time and it is time for my mind to be totally renewed. Anyway, this morning I opened my devotional and this is what it says it is from "Jesus today" by Sarah Young:
I will fight for you; you need only to be still. I know how weary you are, my child. You have been struggling just to keep your head above water, and your strength is running low. Now is the time for you to stop striving and let me fight for you. I know this is not easy for you to do. You feel as if you must keep struggling in order to survive, but I am calling you To rest in me. I am working on your behalf; so be still, and know that I am God.
Quieting your body is somewhat challenging for you, but stilling your mind may often seem downright impossible. In your striving to feel secure, you have relied too heavily on your own thinking. This struggle to be in control has elevated your mind to a position of autonomy. So you need to ask the intervention of the Holy Spirit. Ask him to control your mind more and more – soothing you from the inside out. Take time to rest in the shadow of the Almighty while I fight for you.
The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still. – Exodus 14:14
Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! – Psalm 46:10
The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace. – Romans 8:6
He who dwells in the shelter of the most high will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. – Psalm 91:1
I will fight for you; you need only to be still. I know how weary you are, my child. You have been struggling just to keep your head above water, and your strength is running low. Now is the time for you to stop striving and let me fight for you. I know this is not easy for you to do. You feel as if you must keep struggling in order to survive, but I am calling you To rest in me. I am working on your behalf; so be still, and know that I am God.
Quieting your body is somewhat challenging for you, but stilling your mind may often seem downright impossible. In your striving to feel secure, you have relied too heavily on your own thinking. This struggle to be in control has elevated your mind to a position of autonomy. So you need to ask the intervention of the Holy Spirit. Ask him to control your mind more and more – soothing you from the inside out. Take time to rest in the shadow of the Almighty while I fight for you.
The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still. – Exodus 14:14
Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! – Psalm 46:10
The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace. – Romans 8:6
He who dwells in the shelter of the most high will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. – Psalm 91:1
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Taking back what the thief stole
According to Proverbs 6:31, the thief must pay back and restore 7 times what he stole. Now we have but one thief who came to kill, steal, and destroy. If we really are taking back all that he stole, can you imagine what the 7 times greater must look like in our thoughts? My mind has been one of the greatest battlefields, but we are, as TD Jakes said this week "one thought away from a great reformation in our lives" I had been thinking about this scripture over the last few months and how The Lord has been causing me to begin to take back things that were stolen from me (my children's respect being one of the main things). Some because I was an innocent victim, but some of them because I made poor choices and some because I just wasn't wearing the "ARMOR OF GOD" that was given to me.
This week, the focus is in my thoughts. I have been attempting to "think brilliantly"as Graham has told us at "Aglow". TD Jakes is speaking about not becoming a "dumbed down" thinker. The enemy came in and tricked me into thinking that my lack of "analyzing" was a good thing because I used to "analyze" everything. I was full of faith and still analyzed. Over the years, I had some mental attacks on my mind through situations, sicknesses, and sometimes just plain sin. Somewhere in that season, I let my mind grow slow and fell into believing the lie that it might never get any better. However, I am now in the process of taking back what the enemy stole and I really believe that my greatest days are ahead. I am TRUSTING GOD IN THIS SEASON. I know there are rough times coming, BUT GOD has plans and ideas and strategies to overcome EVERY EVIL that comes our way. HE STILL SAYS "LET MY PEOPLE GO".
As the darkness surrounds us in this world, it's almost as if HE is allowing us to see with clearer vision. God is absolutely amazing!!! We really are "one thought away from reformation" HALLELUJAH!!! Anyway, this is exciting to me as I enter lots of changes coming. God is confirming this Word to me nearly everywhere I go and I can't deny that He is really revealing this clearly. He is so good at that!! I love it! Today, I choose to serve my Daddy by allowing Him to expand my mind to make room for the 7 fold return of my "brilliant" mind that God gave me. I KNOW who the thief was and he has been clearly revealed. I require recompense from tge enemy. I know mercy is poured out to flesh and blood, but 7 fold recompense is required from the main thief!
After writing all this, I read the Elijah List for today. God is really doing BIG THINGS IN ME AND MY WHOLE FAMILY!!! I am attaching this if you want to read further. Have an awesome day!!!
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How To Possess the Hope of a Good Future
Erase the Borders of Limitation
Memory is the expression of imagination. It is ability to retain or recall things or events that have been imagined or experienced in the past. Memory lost is the obsession or passionate dream one fails or refuses to remember.
Foresight is the act of looking forward with a careful, thoughtful regard for the future. It is the ability to imagine things that can take place in the future. The imagination finds pleasure when it sees something that is new or exceptional. The presence of the Holy Spirit teaches our spiritual eyes of faith to see this way into the invisible. God grants us visionary access to walk into a reality that is superior to the natural realm where we exist most of the time.
Once we gain God's vision for our future, then we are able to prophesy it into existence. If we will take a leap into the future, boldly decree the things we see from God's perspective, He will establish them for us. The Holy Spirit reveals knowledge that supersedes the rationale of carnal reasoning and possesses an internal power that transforms us from the inside out.
Focused faith will cause one to realize the profound possibilities that exist in the invisible realm. Faith gives us access to the invisible realms of the spirit so we can erase the borders of limitation. The fundamental fact of existence is that faith and trust in God is the firm foundation that makes life worth living. The world was called into existence through faith in an unseen God. He commanded creative words to reveal the concealed and bring it forth into being.
Faith is the Spiritual Substance
Faith that is mixed with hope brings forth the fertile ground of a new reality out of the invisible realm of nothingness. Faith reveals the plans God has concealed in His heart. When we maintain our focus on the Lord, we are able to rest in hope, knowing we have a good inheritance. When we bless the Lord, the Holy Spirit gives us counsel and shows us the path of abundant life. Entering God's presence releases the fullness of joy so we can experience the pleasures of God forevermore.
The curious soul yearns to explore innovations and pioneer the unknown. The unknown is an open door that invites us to participate in engineering a new life. In sculpting our brilliant futures, we will encounter the unexpected as we dwell in and walk through dimensions that are beyond our control.
This season of discovery brings us to the realization that our steps are ordered by the only, all-knowing, powerful, loving God. He pours out grace, mercy and revelation knowledge to empower us to embrace the new journey every morning. Creative ideas flood the imagination, bringing gratification and delightful surprise to the ardent searchers, as they behold amazing sights that have never before been possessed, documented or even known in existence.
Faith is the spiritual substance that brings proof to the unseen eternal realm of promise and possibilities. Faith makes real the things we hope for. Faith is the proof of what we cannot see. The things we see were made by God, Who cannot be seen with our natural eyes. Faith must see through the eyes of understanding with an enlightened heart. Faith in God's Word enables our mind to be renewed by the Spirit to think like God. When our minds and hearts are renewed by hearing the words of the Holy Spirit, we become doers of the Word.
Revelation is the meat of the Word, illuminated by the Holy Spirit, that comes to us as rhema, or a "now" expression of God. Faith moves us into the now. God's Word lays a broad, strong foundation in our life for Him to build upon. God dwells in earthen vessels (see 2 Corinthians 4:7). God wants to set up His habitation within us. When God possesses us, we will imitate Him. We reflect or imitate that which we believe. Faith will cause the invisible power of the Kingdom of God to manifest in and through our life.
A Hope and a Future
God the Father grants us the Spirit of Wisdom so we can discern the future. We are instructed to have faith in God. We must also have the faith of God to see mountains removed from our life. God does not doubt. He knows and believes that the things He says will be done – they will come to pass. Therefore we must adopt this powerful, godly life principle.
Whatever we ask, when we pray, believe that we receive it and we will have it. To receive answers to our prayers, we need to pray in the name and character of God. Pray and believe that you have God's answers. See things through God's perspectives of grace. When we agree with the grace in God's heart, He will give us the desires of our heart. When sin abounds the world is terrorized, but when God's grace thrives the world is given a hope in a future.
If we do not agree with God's supernatural ways and plans, our imagination moves out of the higher realms of the Spirit and into the inferior natural realms of doubt and unbelief. When doubt reigns, faith is then limited to the temporal, that which we see with our natural eyes or know in our intellect. Unbelief sets a narrow limit on our achievement by defining what we believe is possible, so nothing great can be accomplished.
When we worship God in Spirit and in truth, we are able to see with the eyes of our spiritual imagination. Faith allows us to access what is available in the realms of the invisible. Once we imagine a thing, it can be drawn into actuality. Holy Spirit opens the realms of vision so we can see His heart's desire and speak them into existence. We become the channel the Holy Spirit flows through to bring Heaven to earth. When we give expression to the move of the Holy Spirit, His presence and power will manifest on earth. The greatest power in the universe is love.
Dr. Barbie L. Breathitt
Breath of the Spirit Ministries
Email: Barbie@BreathOfTheSpiritMinistries.com
This week, the focus is in my thoughts. I have been attempting to "think brilliantly"as Graham has told us at "Aglow". TD Jakes is speaking about not becoming a "dumbed down" thinker. The enemy came in and tricked me into thinking that my lack of "analyzing" was a good thing because I used to "analyze" everything. I was full of faith and still analyzed. Over the years, I had some mental attacks on my mind through situations, sicknesses, and sometimes just plain sin. Somewhere in that season, I let my mind grow slow and fell into believing the lie that it might never get any better. However, I am now in the process of taking back what the enemy stole and I really believe that my greatest days are ahead. I am TRUSTING GOD IN THIS SEASON. I know there are rough times coming, BUT GOD has plans and ideas and strategies to overcome EVERY EVIL that comes our way. HE STILL SAYS "LET MY PEOPLE GO".
As the darkness surrounds us in this world, it's almost as if HE is allowing us to see with clearer vision. God is absolutely amazing!!! We really are "one thought away from reformation" HALLELUJAH!!! Anyway, this is exciting to me as I enter lots of changes coming. God is confirming this Word to me nearly everywhere I go and I can't deny that He is really revealing this clearly. He is so good at that!! I love it! Today, I choose to serve my Daddy by allowing Him to expand my mind to make room for the 7 fold return of my "brilliant" mind that God gave me. I KNOW who the thief was and he has been clearly revealed. I require recompense from tge enemy. I know mercy is poured out to flesh and blood, but 7 fold recompense is required from the main thief!
After writing all this, I read the Elijah List for today. God is really doing BIG THINGS IN ME AND MY WHOLE FAMILY!!! I am attaching this if you want to read further. Have an awesome day!!!
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How To Possess the Hope of a Good Future
Erase the Borders of Limitation
Memory is the expression of imagination. It is ability to retain or recall things or events that have been imagined or experienced in the past. Memory lost is the obsession or passionate dream one fails or refuses to remember.
Foresight is the act of looking forward with a careful, thoughtful regard for the future. It is the ability to imagine things that can take place in the future. The imagination finds pleasure when it sees something that is new or exceptional. The presence of the Holy Spirit teaches our spiritual eyes of faith to see this way into the invisible. God grants us visionary access to walk into a reality that is superior to the natural realm where we exist most of the time.
Once we gain God's vision for our future, then we are able to prophesy it into existence. If we will take a leap into the future, boldly decree the things we see from God's perspective, He will establish them for us. The Holy Spirit reveals knowledge that supersedes the rationale of carnal reasoning and possesses an internal power that transforms us from the inside out.
Focused faith will cause one to realize the profound possibilities that exist in the invisible realm. Faith gives us access to the invisible realms of the spirit so we can erase the borders of limitation. The fundamental fact of existence is that faith and trust in God is the firm foundation that makes life worth living. The world was called into existence through faith in an unseen God. He commanded creative words to reveal the concealed and bring it forth into being.
Faith is the Spiritual Substance
Faith that is mixed with hope brings forth the fertile ground of a new reality out of the invisible realm of nothingness. Faith reveals the plans God has concealed in His heart. When we maintain our focus on the Lord, we are able to rest in hope, knowing we have a good inheritance. When we bless the Lord, the Holy Spirit gives us counsel and shows us the path of abundant life. Entering God's presence releases the fullness of joy so we can experience the pleasures of God forevermore.
The curious soul yearns to explore innovations and pioneer the unknown. The unknown is an open door that invites us to participate in engineering a new life. In sculpting our brilliant futures, we will encounter the unexpected as we dwell in and walk through dimensions that are beyond our control.
This season of discovery brings us to the realization that our steps are ordered by the only, all-knowing, powerful, loving God. He pours out grace, mercy and revelation knowledge to empower us to embrace the new journey every morning. Creative ideas flood the imagination, bringing gratification and delightful surprise to the ardent searchers, as they behold amazing sights that have never before been possessed, documented or even known in existence.
Faith is the spiritual substance that brings proof to the unseen eternal realm of promise and possibilities. Faith makes real the things we hope for. Faith is the proof of what we cannot see. The things we see were made by God, Who cannot be seen with our natural eyes. Faith must see through the eyes of understanding with an enlightened heart. Faith in God's Word enables our mind to be renewed by the Spirit to think like God. When our minds and hearts are renewed by hearing the words of the Holy Spirit, we become doers of the Word.
Revelation is the meat of the Word, illuminated by the Holy Spirit, that comes to us as rhema, or a "now" expression of God. Faith moves us into the now. God's Word lays a broad, strong foundation in our life for Him to build upon. God dwells in earthen vessels (see 2 Corinthians 4:7). God wants to set up His habitation within us. When God possesses us, we will imitate Him. We reflect or imitate that which we believe. Faith will cause the invisible power of the Kingdom of God to manifest in and through our life.
A Hope and a Future
God the Father grants us the Spirit of Wisdom so we can discern the future. We are instructed to have faith in God. We must also have the faith of God to see mountains removed from our life. God does not doubt. He knows and believes that the things He says will be done – they will come to pass. Therefore we must adopt this powerful, godly life principle.
Whatever we ask, when we pray, believe that we receive it and we will have it. To receive answers to our prayers, we need to pray in the name and character of God. Pray and believe that you have God's answers. See things through God's perspectives of grace. When we agree with the grace in God's heart, He will give us the desires of our heart. When sin abounds the world is terrorized, but when God's grace thrives the world is given a hope in a future.
If we do not agree with God's supernatural ways and plans, our imagination moves out of the higher realms of the Spirit and into the inferior natural realms of doubt and unbelief. When doubt reigns, faith is then limited to the temporal, that which we see with our natural eyes or know in our intellect. Unbelief sets a narrow limit on our achievement by defining what we believe is possible, so nothing great can be accomplished.
When we worship God in Spirit and in truth, we are able to see with the eyes of our spiritual imagination. Faith allows us to access what is available in the realms of the invisible. Once we imagine a thing, it can be drawn into actuality. Holy Spirit opens the realms of vision so we can see His heart's desire and speak them into existence. We become the channel the Holy Spirit flows through to bring Heaven to earth. When we give expression to the move of the Holy Spirit, His presence and power will manifest on earth. The greatest power in the universe is love.
Dr. Barbie L. Breathitt
Breath of the Spirit Ministries
Email: Barbie@BreathOfTheSpiritMinistries.com
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