THE YEAR OF CATAPULT

Bloggers update;  This was a previous post from the beginning of the year that I had as a draft. I saw it and have gasped at how faithful the Lord is to reveal His character through precious servants like  this one. This has certainly been a catapult year! (7/2/14)

Johnny Enlow:

2014: The Year of the Catapult

Key Words: Restoration, Renaissance, Reformation, Rebirth, Revival, Revelation, Religion

Key Numbers: 70; 444; 44; 67; 111

Key Colors and Mountains: Blue, Indigo, and Religion, Education

Key Scriptures: Psalm 44, Isaiah 44, Psalm 67, Psalm 111

Key Destroyers of Your Personal Catapult: Unforgiveness, Devouring Words, Insincerity

CATAPULT:

(noun): "a device in which accumulated tension is suddenly released to hurl an object some distance, in particular."

(verb): "to move or spring up suddenly, quickly or forcibly, as if by means of a catapult"

2013 In Review

Before I further delve into the exciting year that is upon us, I want to look back into the year that just transpired. Every year that comes is still an extension of a previous year and provides the platform for what is to come. The age we are in began Rosh Hashanah of 2012, and is the Age of Restoration of all things. This comes from Acts 3:21, which explains to us that Jesus is in fact "held in the Heavens" until certain minimal, millennium- sounding, societal reformations take place.

From Rosh Hashanah 2012 forward, all yearly events fall under the heavenly objectives for this Age of Restoration. These objectives for the Age of Restoration entail seeing more of Heaven on earth. While Protestants and Catholics alike quote and memorize "The Lords Prayer" of Matthew 6, those that are actually attempting to contend for His Kingdom to come on earth as it is in Heaven are considered by many to be "heretics." A great invitation is extended to us in this age to be "Heaven on earth heretics."

Renaissance

My initial word for 2013 spoke into an additional aspect of this new Age of Restoration: that it was all part of an era of "renaissance." Renaissance means "rebirth or revival of culture and learning." I was shown that this was about an explosion in the knowledge of God, where we would begin to know His actual ways and not just His salvation.

My friend, Bob Hartley, had a dramatic encounter with an angel where he was told that we were presently at a 1% level of the knowledge of God of which is available on this side of eternity. Because we have so far to grow, I believe it will take at least two generations of catapulted knowledge of God just to get past the 50% level of availability. Remember, it all ends with the whole earth being filled with the knowledge of God. It will be much, much more astounding than any one of us can even imagine. This year we will begin to leap forward into a new awareness of Him, and it will be transformational.

Get ready for disruptive revelation, disruptive glory, and disruptive technology. Substitute the word "game-changing" for the word "disruptive" and it will give you an expanded idea of what is coming.

Rosh Hashanah 2013

In September of 2013, I was shown that great angels from the mountain of religion were being strategically sent to break up "mafias" and strongholds that were keeping seekers of God from being able to see Him. These angels were bringing instruction and assistance to enable us to transition to the new wineskin associated with this new Age of Restoration. The new wineskin is marked by an understanding that the knowledge of God's better ways must now infuse the structures of cities and nations.

The Kingdom of God comes to individuals, but it also comes to structures. Heaven is not just made up of "happy people," but represents "happy structures" as well. We have much to learn here on this aspect of Heaven that flows from an expanded perspective of who He is. This is the area of greatest future growth in the knowledge of God. His ways are always connected to who He is.

2014: Catapult

This year will see the springing forward of so many into the release from their "accumulated tension." Catapulting involves the slingshot effect of a great pulling back followed by a dramatic release. Preparing for catapulting often involves what appears to be going nowhere, or even backwards for an excruciating length of time, with an end result of great forward propulsion. When in His hands, the further you have been pulled back, the greater His desire to catapult you. Often in the pull-back, God is also going after important "character matters" as He desires you to be able to remain and occupy the place He is catapulting you to.

Hebraic Calendar 5774: Ayin Dalet

As you know, the Hebrew calendar operates to a different pattern, both in years and in months. This new year began with Rosh Hashanah 2013 and goes until Rosh Hashanah 2014. In the Hebrew Metonic Cycle, this is a leap year, which definitely goes with the catapult theme.

The word ayin corresponds to the 70 in the number, and the word dalet corresponds to the 4. The word ayin also means "eyes" or "to see," and we are in the fourth year of a 10-year focus on learning to see things correctly. When we look at any person or situation based on first "gut" observation alone, we will in fact wrongly discern and thus wrongly respond. The giant in a land will always be more obvious than the amazing fruit also available. In these years we must learn "to see" – as the inheritance we actually experience will be limited to that.

"Seeing" is about learning what to look for. You will always find what you are looking for. If you value finding the negative, it will always be there and your agreement with it will always further empower it. Surveys show that Christians have the most negative perspectives of society and the immediate future. This is a major "seeing" defect that must be corrected.

Dalet is the number 4 in the Hebrew calendar. In modern Hebrew, the word for door is delet, and this is a key meaning of this word. Additionally, the writing of it is depicted like a tent opening or flap. As we put together the 70 and the 4 of this ayin dalet year, we see that a door is open so that we can be catapulted into the regions of inheritance we have been learning to see. We have been "in a tent," and that speaks both into the fact that it has indeed been "in tents/intense" and that our catapulting is meant to come from a foundation of intimacy with God.

"70" and Jerusalem's Historic Snowstorm

We are just a few weeks removed from Jerusalem experiencing an amazing snow storm that left more than three feet of snow in some places, grinding Jerusalem to a halt and forcing emergency cancellations of religious ordinances. It was described as the most snow in Jerusalem "in 70 years." It was the same system that dropped more snow on Egypt than possibly they have ever had. While Jerusalem was overwhelmed and shut down, Egypt seemed to celebrate the historical snowfall. (Photo courtesy: Jewishpress.com / Steve K. Walz)

The Holy Spirit began to immediately speak to me regarding the connection of a 70-year time period being over and a new one beginning. Metaphorically, Egypt represents society and "the nations." We can understand that better as we connect to the story of Joseph: his advance out of the sheep shed and his ascent into maximum influence in Egypt. Jerusalem metaphorically speaks of "religion." The same outpouring of Heaven that shut down "Jerusalem" and its religious norms is the same one that caused wonder and celebration in "Egypt." This speaks into the aforementioned assignment that angels have: to shut down religious "mafias" that don't allow people to see the very God they are looking for.

Additionally, the number 70 has the connection to the ayinnumber in the Hebraic calendar, as well as Biblical references of importance for us to glean from. Abram was born when his father Terah was 70 years old. The man of faith who is a friend of God comes after a 70-year period, and I believe we will see many such spiritual giants begin to manifest. Jeremiah 29:10 speaks of a 70-year period being over, where the Lord can now fulfill His"good word toward you." That, followed by the famous verse 11,"'For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,' says the Lord, 'thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.'"

The end of a 70-year period is always a good thing in Biblical terminology, and so it is today. This leads to another aspect of the 70-year period...

Back To 1944 In Order To See The Significance of 2014

I was led by the Holy Spirit to look back at 1944 to see the significance of a 70-year period. 1944 began with DNA being discovered by Oswald T. Avery on January 1st. June 6, the Allies initiated the Normandy invasion "D-Day," that, in effect, was a big sign that Hitler would lose. By September, allies were on German soil. (Photo courtesy: Gifted Memories)

In 1944 the CIA was formed, and essentially so was the IMF (International Monetary Fund) and the World Bank. 1944 was the year the United Nations was first proposed in a meeting between the USA, the USSR, and Britain. It was also the year that the first automatic, digital computer was made by a Harvard scientist.

As we look at these events, we realize that these were all monumental happenings which all brought world changes that exist to this day. I am not saying all of these events were positive, but they were all history-affecting. The catapulting of 2014 takes us into a similar seam of history where looking back we will one day note what a ground-breaking year it was. This takes us to Psalm 44, and then Isaiah 44.

Psalm 44: A Song of Deliverance

1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, the deeds You did in their days, in days of old: 2 You drove out the nations with Your hand, but them you planted; you afflicted the peoples, and cast them out. 3 For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, nor did their own arm save them; but it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, because You favored them.

4 You are my King, Oh God; command victories for Jacob. 5Through You we will push down our enemies, through Your name we will trample those who rise up against us. 6 For I willnot trust in my bow, nor shall my sword save me. 7 ButYou have saved us from our enemies, and have put to shame those who hated us. 8 In God we boast all day long, andpraise Your name forever. Selah. Psalm 44:1-8

These verses are, in essence, the chorus of a victory song in a chapter that otherwise sighs for help. In verses 23 and 24 the request is made of the Lord, "Awake! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Arise! Do not cast us off forever. Why do you hide Your face and forget our affliction and our oppression?"

These are words to guide and encourage us as we advance into the cultural mountains of society. The focus is on the Lord's sovereign ability to perform the impossible mission. He drives out the "nations," which are representative of those that are wrongfully occupying the mountains of society, and then it is He that "plants" His people in their assigned inheritance. Verse 3 confirms that it is His favor that is more powerful, even over our having a bow or sword to trust in. His favor needs to be our greatest testimony as to why we are being catapulted.

444: Commanded Victories (Psalm 44:4)

Most people who know me well are aware that 444 is a number sequence that the Lord uses in my life to signify His fingerprint on something I need to know He is involved in. I know this is true for others as well. This 2014 look for that number as never before, as I believe that often it will be the Lord telling you that you are about to walk into a "commanded victory" that He has set up for you.

What I love about this verse is that it invites us to see the Lord as King over every other situation, challenge, power, or authority. As we can see Him greater than "the giant" (usually a molehill), then we are able to recognize the commanded victory He has for us.

It is so appropriate that we identify with Jacob in this verse, because we often are so much like his nature. His very name means "heel grabber" or "supplanter," and it basically means "over reaching." In Genesis 27:36 Esau says of Jacob, "Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright, and now look, he has taken away my blessing!"

A Jacob is always after the Father's birthright and the Father's blessing, and it is a good thing. Papa would rather give either or both of those to someone who values it. To greatly value and receive that which He freely gives us is more important than "earning it." An Esau is always out "hunting" his own kill. A Jacob stays in Father's tent and receives what is freely given. This is not about embracing laziness, but it's about living as a son versus living as an orphan. When you live as a son, your Papa, the King, always has commanded victories for you.

444 Victories

What is fascinating about this word "victories," is that in Hebrew it is the word "Yeshua." First of all, when you do the search for its Hebrew meaning, you will find that it is entry number 3444 inStrong's Concordance. Coincidence, I know. Imagine the significance of this verse when seeing it in the Hebrew language! Command "Yeshua" for the Jacobs! Yeshua is of course the Hebrew name for Jesus, and we see this amazing hidden prophetic message on the redemption and inheritance we would receive through Jesus. Jacob, of course, speaks to natural Israel and to natural Jews, but also to all "seed of Abraham" who are so based on agreement with the faith of Abraham – in other words, Christians.

The word Yeshua means "salvation, welfare, prosperity, victory," and so in 2014 let's be on the lookout for victories, breakthrough, and prosperity – which we haven't earned, but yet "deserve" as a result of our acknowledged sonship. Some of us may view government entitlements so negatively that we resist going after even our spiritual "entitlements" based on inheritance thinking. A "Jacob" overreaches for his birthright and blessing. You hang out in His tent to steward what He is giving rather than what you are earning. Jacob didn't just remain in the tent at all times, but he refused to leave until he had the birthright and blessing. Let's get that inheritance and blessing before anything else!

Jacob is then the father of Joseph and the father of Judah, as well as the other 10 tribes of Israel. He was immensely fruitful in his lifetime because inheritance was more important than activity. Appropriately enough, Genesis 46:27 tells us that "the house of Jacob who went to Egypt were seventy." There is that 70 number again. Society gets invaded by Jacobs.

Psalm 44:5-8

These verses give us great insight into how we become victorious on the mountains of society: in government, in arts, in education, in economy, in family, in religion, and in media.

1. Through You = the constant reminder of how we have victories.

2. Push down = Hebrew word nagach, which means "to strike with the horn." Many victories will come accompanied by the sound of the shofar. Blowing the shofar for breakthrough is something a "Jacob" will do as he looks for a commanded victory.

3. Trample = your feet have to go where you want the victory. You want to stay in the tent with Papa until you know who you are and what He is giving you – but then your victory will be on "enemy" soil.

4. Don't trust your bow = trust His bow instead. It is significant that the word qeshethused here for bowis the same word that is used in Genesis, when God told Noah, "I will put my bow (rainbow) in the sky." As we begin to see Him as this expanded, seven-colored rainbow God, it is this expanded knowledge of Him that becomes our weaponry for shooting down the lies and distortions of the enemy.

5. Nor your sword = have a strength, an edge, or an ability, but trust HIM.

6. But You saved us from our enemies = Hebrew word for enemies, tsar, which comes from root word, "to bind, be narrow, be in distress, be bound, make narrow, be harassed." He is looking to catapult you from your narrow, distressed, harassed place – as you look to Him.

7. Put them to shame = in the Hebrew it basically reads, "Those who hated us You shut their mouths with astonishment." Think demonic resistance more than people when you think of enemies.

8. In God we boast all day long = Halal is the word for boast, and it means "praise, shine, flash forth light, to be brilliant." Here is the great key. Since it is all about Him and from Him and for Him – we must stay in praise of Him and His greatness – ALL DAY LONG. He commands your victories.

9. Praise Your name forever = Yada is another Hebrew word for praise that additionally means "to shoot arrows" and "to throw down." It is the root word for Judah, and we know He is the Lion of the tribe of Judah. When we stay in focus and exaltation of Him – as we go out and face the enemy on the mountains – "arrows" are released that "throw down" the enemy.

10. Selah = musical rest that means "silence!" and "think about this." Many people we hear from are wanting sophisticated strategies for advancing into the mountains of society. We do have some helpful guidelines, but we really can't improve on this Psalm 44 directive.

Isaiah 44: Fear Not, Jacob My Servant

Time does not permit us to do an in-depth study of this chapter, but it is a chapter well worth you receiving strength and encouragement from. Particularly the first eight verses, and then verse 23 though the end, are key for this coming 2014. You will be encouraged for yourself as well as for your descendants. Isaiah 44:4 has great promises for your descendants, and the promise that they will "spring up" like "willows" among the grass that quickly withers. There is so much in the "willows" part.

Psalm 67: You Will Govern The Nations On Earth

We have the same time limitation for this chapter, but it is very key for 2014 and speaks of a great God who governs all the nations and Whose face shines upon us. This chapter should be IV'd into our veins for this coming year as it carries the hopes Papa desires for us at this time.

Psalm 111: He Has Given His People The Nations As a Heritage

The ten verses of this chapter are also to be hope fodder for us as we go into 2014. It speaks of the glorious works of the Lord that are to be studied, and this is how we grow in "the knowledge of God" that will fill the earth as the waters cover the sea.

 

44 And 67 Equals 111

For those who don't understand how God works in patterns and sequences that involve numbers, and colors even, you can miss so much. In 2014 pay attention to these three numbers, as they will carry significance and attach meaning to your life and what you are doing. Many of you have been seeing 111 all over the place and it is to draw attention to your assignment through the lens of Psalm 111. Additionally, I have already spoken to you of 444, which is just an extension of the 44. I have highlighted Psalm 44 and 67 and 111 for you, and as you can see, when you add the first two it equals that latter one.

There is also a revisiting of the windows of life of 1944 and 1967 (1944 I have already mentioned). 1967 was another huge year, this one more about a revival called "The Jesus Movement" that hit the hippies and outers of society, and eventually catapulted many new spiritual movements and denominations – Calvary Chapel and The Vineyard being primary. We have winds of 1944 and winds of 1967 that will revisit us in 2014 that all lead into the 111 – which is Psalm 111, but also Isaiah 11:1: "There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse..."

Born In '44 Or '67, Or Age 44 or 67?

In the sequencing and playfulness of God (and overall hip and coolness), there will be a special catapulting grace for those born in '44 or '67 and for those who are 44 and 67. It is a grace for all, but He has something special for these. For the ones born in 1944 or who are or will be 67 in 2014, there is such a "spirit of Caleb" thing available for you, where even at age 85 he was still looking for mountains to conquer. It's your choice – the world will tell you to retire and wind down, but the Lord wants you to know that He has your greatest works available for you if you will refire rather than retire. For those 44 or born in 1967, you have been in a restricted place of confinement and refinement and it is your year to sing, sing, sing the songs of joy.

Key Colors and Mountains

The key color of 2014 is blue, and the key mountains of heavenly assault are the mountain of religion and the mountain of education. Blue is the color of the mountain of religion and indigo blue is the color of the mountain of education. Blue is also, representatively, the color of the Holy Spirit, and this is His year for breakthrough and catapulting as well.

What He did in 1967 He will do again, but within the guidelines of the new assignment of the Age of Restoration. He is going to capture a bunch of misfits and rejects and start a whole game-changing movement that will spawn off new church models, movements, and denominations. The next army of radicals will not just be revivalists, they will be reformers. Beginning in Rosh Hashanah, a great angelic army comes to war on behalf of the mountain of education.

Final Words: Unforgiveness, Devouring Words, Insincerity

In closing, let me restate what I listed at the beginning, which are the things that could void you participating in this year's catapulting joys in the way you should. This prophetic word is an invitation to participate, more than a declaration of imposition.

Right now unforgiveness (offense holding, bitterness, unreleased judgments) is rampant in the Body of Christ and it must stop. No matter what level of grace message you are being fed and strengthened by at this time, if it does not hold you accountable for refusing to forgive, then it is subgrace. You can believe and declare over yourself all sorts of great things, but they will all be sabotaged if you refuse to forgive. Nobody who truly needs to be forgiven deserves to be forgiven – so if you are waiting for your "prey" to deserve your forgiveness – it is still unforgiveness. If, as you are reading this, a person or situation comes to mind, then radically deal with it now. Sometimes it is appropriate to go to the person, sometimes it is not. Let the Holy Spirit lead how – but release your own destiny by forgiving.(Photo courtesy: Donna Keevers Driver)

Devouring Words?

What do I mean by "devouring words"? It is what actually happens when you give yourself over to negative conversation. Life and death is in the power of the tongue, and you just can not keep speaking out loud words that actually devour your harvest, your inheritance, and your destiny. If you already know that negativity notoriously comes out of your mouth, this is a SELAH year for you. Just be silent. Don't agree with anything destructive that comes from anyone's mouth. If there is a true warning to be aware of, it will come with a built-in hope.

God still has a great destiny for America. This country was given to the world as a gift, and she is not done with her God-given assignment. Stop trying to sabotage it with your presumptive knowledge of God's "holiness." He has been using the highly imperfect from the very beginning and He will for some time. Good news for all of us.

Sincerity?

I have been shown that one of the main attributes that the Lord is looking for is simple sincerity. In John 1:47, Jesus praised a man named Nathanael, calling him a man "in whom is no guile."In John 4:23, Jesus talked about the Father looking for "true worshippers." Both of these speak of authentic heart responses that did not carry other subtle motives or agendas.

The word sincereitself is said potentially to derive from the practice of ancient pottery making. Sin meanswithout, and ceremeans wax. Often when potters would bake their vessel, cracks would show up that would greatly devalue the vessel or render it of no value. Potters would fill the cracks with wax and paint over it to cover up the defect. If a Corinthian pottery shop had over it "SINCERUS," it meant that the pottery contained no wax and that what you saw is what you were getting. This made the pottery valuable.

The message here is "get rid of the wax." Especially the wax around your heart. You, yourself, are the best judge of your own sincerity. If you are aware that you are not transparently living out of your heart – but rather out of agenda – then do business with God and become a sincere person. It can be difficult in such a tough, cynical, agenda-driven world, but we must become as little children in this way. He wants to give the Kingdom to His children. For 2014 may you take full advantage of what He is making available to us. He really doesn't need you to be perfect, and He just wants you to extend that same grace to others.

Now prepare to be catapulted.

Johnny Enlow

Johnny and Elizabeth

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Johnny Enlow is a social reformer, international speaker, spiritual mentor, and author of The Seven Mountain Prophecy,The Seven Mountain Mantle, and Rainbow God. He and his wife Elizabeth are focused on awakening individuals to their call to provide practical solutions from the heart of God for every problem in society – until the real God of all of life is displayed in the seven primary areas of culture in all nations: Media, Arts and Entertainment, Government, Family, Religion, Economy, and Education.

For those struggling at Christmas or anytime for that matter

This morning, I have been struggling with feeling some depression. I have been fighting a lot of things off and have been sick and pretty exhausted for the most part. We celebrated Christmas yesterday with the children in the morning and my family in the afternoon. It is 9 in the morning and my children are still in bed. This is a miracle of Christmas. Either that, or they are just as exhausted as I am. So, this morning I was feeling like I had been when I was when I first was born again. Wallowing in self disgust, feeling not as good as anybody else (who appear to have it "all together" having no one to turn to, etc. I cry out to Jesus because I want to sit in his lap today. There are so many hurting and lonely people. Usually, when I get in these places I go ahead and pray for other people who are struggling with the same things. I have learned that this walk is not just about me and my pity parties. It's about serving each other in the fear of the Lord. So I begin to pray:

"Lord, I pray for strength to rise up in your people. As they wait for you, do not let their hearts grow sick. I speak life over them and ask Holy Spirit to bring comfort to those that mourn today. I pray that they can turn their eyes to you Jesus and see you as our hope. Then our despair is immediately turned to joy as we gaze upon you. This is the day we celebrate you coming down from all your glory and your splendor to walk in the pit of our humanity just for us. For our freedom, oh Lord, you did this. Oh Lord I pray that we would keep our eyes fixed upon you, the author and the finisher of our faith. When we hear your Word may it be mixed with faith and they bring profit to all around us. Happy birthday Jesus! I am so glad and extremely blessed that you came down. For without you, I would stay in the suicidal pits that the devil would love for me to stay in. Those pits that I was never able to break free from in my own strength. But because you came, I can face tomorrow. Not only can I face it, but I can pray for those who do not have the strength to face it alone. That is true freedom! Thank you Jesus! Happy Birthday to you!!! May our lives bring you JOY!! "

I get excited just thinking about how awesome He is now. Here, this day started out to be a day of depression and darkness. But like He always does, He turned my mourning into joy as I looked unto  the author and the finisher of my faith. As I step out and do what the Word says by looking to Jesus and doing what He says (praying for others) the Word is mixed with Faith and brings profit. (Hebrews 4) May His Word (Jesus) bring you profit as it is mixed with faith! Merry Christmas! 

NO SHAME!!!

I am so thankful that the Lord’s grace is so much greater than ALL our sin.  The last few weeks or so have been really tough and I have had an onslaught of mental attack.  I was doing as much “in my own power” to “try” to do what needed to be done(SO NOT FAITH), but only causing myself to bring more shame upon myself for not being “better” than I ought to be.  I had “bitter” things come up in me and I HATED IT! It was like being tortured every day and not being able to walk in any power whatsoever (HIS LOVE, MERCY AND GRACE).  I wanted to run and hide and not face anyone for fear of “messing up”.  If I couldn’t “behave” in my thoughts then I didn’t want to chance hurting others with my “Stinking thinking”.  My family has to put up with me when I get that way and I hate it for them. I can assuredly say though that EVERY TIME I have gotten off track, God uses it and brings blessings to my family (learning to pray for those who are hurting you and forgiveness.  I have prayed that HE PROTECT THEM FROM MY FAULTS) andthat far outweigh any “mistakes” I could make.  I am also learning to “forgive” more quickly and not to allow hidden frustrations to carry me.  I am learning to reject the shame and guilt (not perfect by any means but on my way and doing OK) and learning that it’s ok.  I have Jesus and HE IS PERFECT.  There are some that would try to hold me to that standard and I have allowed their feelings and attitudes to control me and manipulate me to where I have actually started condemning myself.  THAT IS SIN……  I was in SIN and didn’t realize what was happening. I had gotten so wrapped up in seeing myself as never being able to overcome that I was walking in condemnation and NOT JESUS…..

I love how the Lord allows circumstances to come our way and teaches us that He is still God even when we are a mess. It has NEVER been about my performance.  HE IS DOING THE WORK AND HE IS FAITHFUL even when I CAN’T PERFORM.   I am SO THANKFUL that though people might betray us, GOD NEVER WILL and He will walk with us holding our hand in the midst of persecution and suffering and cause our heads to be lifted up.  HE truly is the lifter of our heads.  When I couldn’t lift my head, HE LIFTED ME!! Hallelujah!! I can’t thank the Lord enough for rescuing me from the fowler’s snare!! I am still walking this one out and this will be a continual battle, BUT TODAY, I AM CHOOSING LIFE!!! He loves me and He is not sitting back telling me “I told you so” so I repent before God and everyone for ever telling my children or anyone else that.  I am going to trust that God will hear the cries of my heart to not walk in that place ANYMORE.  I will trust HIM to do the changing and I will keep my eyes on HIM…..  I have truly seen the shame that it brings and I don’t want to hurt anyone. Sin brings Shame and Shame destroys the power of God working in me.  I am not going to walk in a form of Godliness and deny His power by God’s grace.  I am choosing to walk in LOVE.  Thank you Lord for being a strong tower to run to when the storms seem to be so overpowering. As always, Be strong in us, Give us YOUR PEACE, and teach us YOUR WAYS in the depths of our souls.  Keep us far from sin and hide us in the shadow of your wings when temptations come.  YOU ALONE ARE OUR ROCK AND REDEEMER.  Thank you for your precious blood! What you have spoken in the dark places, let it be brought to light!  Here is a message I received this morning after an attack from the enemy.  I love God’s confirming Word.  THAT’S MY DADDY!!! HE IS ALL POWERFUL AND HE IS SO FAITHFUL!!!!

The Secret to True Boldness – Bobby Conner

An extremely wise man penned these thought-provoking words:

"The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion" (Proverbs 28:1).

Within this short Scripture, we discover an exceptionally significant truth: The righteous are bold as a lion. This truth helps to unlock the mystery of our chronic, spiritual weakness and daily struggles to become Christ like. What is that mystery?

It is a mystery that the devil, the foe of our soul, knows – and a truth that few Believers understand. If the righteous are bold as a lion, then it follows that purity produces power! What else follows? The corollary truth: If purity produces power, then sin produces weakness.

In light of this truth, what is the devil's strategy? He seeks to sidetrack us into as much contamination as he possibly can to render us powerless in the Kingdom of God. Sin brings shame, and shame produces timidity and fear.

By this sobering truth we may judge our true spiritual maturity: If we lack power, we lack holiness. We may have received Christ's righteousness imputed to us at our salvation, but we are still walking in the flesh as carnal Christians. Take this to heart, brothers and sisters in Christ: A lack of demonstrated power is a testimony to our carnality.

We must walk in purity if we are to walk in real power (see Psalm 66:18).

Once we discover the foremost reason for our lack of genuine power – a lack of genuine holiness – we can move forward with a repentant heart. We can ask the Lord to deliver us from everything that separates us from Him, be it carnal thoughts, bitter root judgments, toxic emotions, or disobedient, ungodly habits and attitudes. Without question, our sin is the principle reason for our continual failure to walk like Christ.

The Word tells us, "As He is, so are we in this world" (1 John 4:17). If we are not Christlike – loving like Christ, behaving like Christ, and thinking like Christ – then we have a sin problem, plain and simple. Don't allow sin to rob you of your joy and fruitfulness.

Never forget the devil always attempts to counterfeit the gifts of God. Therefore, if godly purity results in true boldness, the devil's counterfeit is arrogance produced by human pride. God likewise always resists the proud, but offers outstanding, overflowing grace to the humble (see 1 Peter 5:5).

God's warning is exceedingly clear: "Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord" (Hebrews 12:14 NIV).

We must live lives of radical holiness, no matter the consequences – but don't confuse holiness with man-made legalism. True holiness is born of the law of the Spirit and produces overflowing life and peace, while religious legalism is born of the letter of the law and produces only barrenness and death. Remember, where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty (see 2 Corinthians 3:17).

Join me in David's prayer and ask God to create within us a pure, clean heart (see Psalm 51:6), knowing that God is faithful and just to cleanse us from all unrighteousness and sin (see 1 John 1:9). He freely gives us the clean heart we desire (see Psalm 51:10).

Lift up your head and rejoice! Reject sin and shame, knowing you have been forgiven. You have been given a fresh start in Christ our righteousness.

God bless you on your journey into Christlikeness!

Bobby Conner

Eagles View Ministries

Story on my sister (I am So Proud)

by Donna Gaddis
Each month we have been spotlighting an employee who exemplifies the true purpose of Falcon Children’s Home. Previously, we focused on our 2012 Employee of the year. In each edition of our Guardian, we would like to continue to focusing on the employees who are the backbone of Falcon Children’s Home; our houseparents.
In this edition, we chose to focus on a houseparenting couple that has heard and followed the call of the houseparent. Below is Jason and Nicole Thomas’ story and their journey to the center of God’s will.
“About a year ago, I was a homeschooling, stay at home mom. My husband, Jason, was working as a foreman for a construction company that he had worked with for over 18 years. We had been praying and seeking God's will in our lives as a family. We felt that God had a different calling for our lives and we were in constant prayer about the direction in which He was leading us. Then, on March 2, 2012, God began to work mightily as an F2 tornado ripped though our community, leaving us homeless. About a month later, Jason be- gan to feel the call of God stronger in his heart. Completely stepping out on faith, Jason began a new job. I became his assistant. The job had very little pay, with no initial pay. Feeling a sense of hopelessness, we began to wonder if we had listened and done as God wanted us to do. Why would He call us to
a job that did not pay? Even in the midst of our despair, however, God still met our needs and even gave us many desires of our hearts. As we were searching in our relationship with Him as to where He wanted us to go and what He wanted us to do, God led us to the decision to become house parents.
We had friends that had been house parents and knew a little about the world of such a tremendous ministry. We had no home, no job, and any move would be a step up...and we knew God would be moving us soon. In our Christian walk, we have learned that He does not take away or allow something to be taken away without something much greater to take its place.
Once Jason and I were in agreement, we started searching, but this time it was through the internet. We came across a job posting for house parents at Falcon Children's Home. Prayerfully, we applied for the job. Within two hours of submit- ting the applications and paperwork, we received our first phone call. Two weeks later, we were on campus, starting our new roles God had called us to. Looking back, I can see how each circumstance God allowed Jason and I to go through prepared us for this moment of our lives and we are eternally grateful to our Lord for such blessings.
Since being here, we have grown closer to God and our relationship with Him has continued to develop. In the short time that we have been here, we have already had so many wonderful moments...moments of confirmation that God has called us to this place He calls His own. As house parents, we have been faced with tribulations that have tested our faith. It is tough to withstand the arrows with which Satan tries to attack...but each attack reminds us that on the other side, lies a healthier, stronger, more beautiful relationship with each child, allowing ministry to take place to each one on a deeper level. It’s those situations that allow our children to see what it is like to have someone stay through the hard times without giving up, as most people in their lives have done. The toughest times are the times when you head into the spiritual battle, but the best times come only after you have withstood
the attacks and shared the love of Jesus Christ throughout the entire trial.”
Jason and Nicole are lead house parents on McCartney cottage, which hous- es middle teenage girls. They have 2 children, Jessica, 15, and Anthony, 10. Thank you, to the town of Dodson Branch, in middle Tennessee for sending the Thomas’ our way.

HE IS LORD OF HOSTS

Lately, I have been encountering the Lord as THE LORD OF HOSTS. He has been letting me know HE is fighting the enemies of my soul. HE is the one that goes before me and I am to fear NO MAN. I have never encountered Him quite like this before and it was almost missed. I was trying to reason things away. I thank God for orchestrating things in my life. I want to KNOW HIM, REALLY KNOW HIM in a greater way than before. I feel like Job who knew OF HIM with his mind but got greater REVELATION of Him after an encounter with several disasters. It doesn't take too many disasters for me but just a few mental breakdowns. ;) Anyway here is what I got today.


Francis Frangipane:
The Lord Whose Sword Is Drawn
Of all the names that the heavenly Father could have given His Son, it is most significant that He chose the name "Jesus," fAshua." Joshua, you recall, was the Hebrew general who led God's people into war. To be prepared for greater victories, we need a greater revelation of Jesus Christ; we need to see Him as He will be revealed in the last moments of this age: a Holy Warrior, dressed for battle.

Will You Recognize Jesus When He Comes?

Now it came about when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing opposite him with his sword drawn in his hand, and Joshua went to him and said to him, "Are you for us or for our adversaries?" Joshua 5:13

There is something about the time just prior to a move of God that causes many to wonder if the Lord is for them or against them. He seems confrontational – too intense, too "different" from the One we have learned to trust. Yet during these last few years, this is exactly the situation in the Lord's relationship with the Church. The Lord has stood before us with His sword drawn. He is calling us to follow Him in war.

Perhaps you have been through a time where the tip of Christ's sword seemed aimed straight at your heart. Let me reassure you, God is for you. In fact, it is His expressed purpose to release this same "sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God" (Ephesians 6:17), through your words and prayers. But before the Lord's sword will come through your mouth, it must first pass through your heart.

Do not withdraw or be terrified at this new unveiling of the Son of God, for He is, in fact, fitting you for battle. By the time you are fully trained, you will be a fearless warrior in His army. Yet we must be realistic about our current state: most of us have been pampered and undisciplined. We have not understood the day of warfare that looms before us. Nor are we prepared for the final raging of satan as his time shortens (see Revelation 12:12).

Isaiah tells us that "The Lord will go forth like a warrior, He will arouse His zeal like a man of war. He will utter a shout, yes, He will raise a war cry. He will prevail against His enemies" (Isaiah 42:13). We have known the Lord as our Savior and our Shepherd. These revelations of our beloved Master are no less true because a new aspect of His nature is revealed. It is simply that this new dimension is so startlingly different from how we have known Him. Be of good cheer, this frightening Warrior King, with His sword drawn, with the shout of war upon His lips, is the same blessed Savior who died on the Cross for our sins.

Yet in truth, we cannot soften the shock of this great unveiling of Christ. Our immediate dismay shall be in no way less dramatic than that which was revealed to Joshua on the plains of Jericho. Our concepts will be shaken and fears confronted.

Looking again at Joshua, truly he had already known the Lord in a wonderful, intimate way in the wilderness tabernacle. But here standing before him was a new revelation of the Lord. The Son of God Himself had come as Captain of the Host to lead His people into war.

Ultimately, these refugees from Egypt and their wilderness children would defeat many nations stronger and more numerous than themselves (see Deuteronomy 9:1). They would do the impossible through the power of the Lord.

Though initially Joshua was taken aback, both Joshua and the people with him were more prepared for this battle than they realized. Their time in the wilderness had conditioned them for war.

Likewise, the wilderness for you has not been a time of punishment but a season of preparation and of learning obedience. You have watched in fear the decline and spiritual death of church leaders who repeatedly disobeyed the Lord. But you have not stumbled over their disobedience; you have learned from it. Today you walk in the fear of God and are not blinded by the sin of presumption.

Before Jesus returns, those who have passed the wilderness tests will receive another revelation: Christ will be revealed to them as Captain of the Host. They will be ready to follow the Lamb wherever He goes.

...And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and bowed down, and said to him, "What has my lord to say to his servant?" The captain of the Lord's host said to Joshua, "Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy." And Joshua did so. Joshua 5:14-15

This new unveiling of the Lord is holy. Overnight the Lord brought down atheistic communism in the former Soviet Union. Since then, hundreds of millions of people from many nations have found salvation in the Son of God. God is touching many nations. Let us not gainsay nor criticize what we may not fully understand. We are beginning to perceive the Lord as He truly is and as He will be released in the last days. He is the Lord of Hosts.

The promise of the Lord, which we read earlier, is that He "will go forth like a warrior. ...He will raise a war cry. He will prevail against His enemies" (Isaiah 42:13). Within the ranks of the advancing Church, Jesus is raising a war cry. Can you hear His shout in the intercession? There is new authority being raised up, a new generation whose voice thunders with the cry of prophetic prayer. Through the Church, Christ Himself is prevailing against His enemies. Indeed, the gates of Hell shall not stand against the Church Jesus is building (see Matthew 16:18). The hour has come for us "to grow up in all aspects into Him who is [our] head, even Christ" (Ephesians 4:15), the Warrior King!

This message was adapted from a chapter in Pastor Frangipane's book, The Three Battlegrounds published by Arrow Publications, Inc.

Francis Frangipane

The Heart of the Lamb- John Belt

John Belt:
The Heart of the Lamb of God
It is an awe-inspiring thing to think that God came down in the form of a man, Jesus. He came down to our level to rescue us from darkness. Jesus did not come down to promote Himself or start a religion, but to save and deliver mankind from the curse of sin. In this we see God's love manifested through Jesus Christ. He was and is the "perfect man."

Every day Jesus laid down His life to do the will of the Father. He had laid down His life many times before He came to the Cross. His dependency on the Spirit and the Father enabled Him to accomplish the work that He was called to. Because He made Himself a Servant, humbling Himself to serve the Father's plan, He became the Servant of all mankind, ultimately laying down His life as the Lamb of God.

Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so He opened not His mouth.

In our own lives God looks for a certain quality that is rare to find. It is the characteristic of a faith in God that is willing to let go and let Him have the reins. Usually when our faith is most tested is when we are tempted to retaliate or say something we shouldn't. A life yielded to the Spirit learns that there is only one response. That is to respond in prayer to God, allowing Him to fix the situation.

When we live a life connected to the Holy Spirit, there is such an overflow of grace that we automatically respond with the love that God gives. Because our lives are connected there is a reservoir of grace to draw from. If that reservoir is empty, there is nothing to draw from; with this people don't respond to things in a way that pleases God. Jesus knew about this reservoir of grace because He lived a life example for us of how to draw from the Holy Spirit.

Tenderized Hearts

At the same time, there are some who have seared their conscience in some areas of life, having justified their actions over and over. Essentially, they have closed the door to the Holy Spirit in those areas, thus blinding themselves to the truth of how they should really live and think.

In a sense, we have different chambers of our hearts. We choose where we are going to allow God to come and where not. When we choose to justify our actions in certain areas for extended periods of time, that area of the heart hardens, thus closing the door to that chamber, where it makes it more difficult for the Spirit to speak in that area. This would be the searing of the conscience where it no longer seems wrong to do this or that.

For this reason, it is important for us to ask the Spirit to tenderize our hearts to receive the "fullness" of Who Christ is within us, not just the aspects we enjoy to look at. The Father had the entire heart of Jesus to work with, not just a portion. That is why He was able to follow the Father's plan fully. Jesus was entirely man and entirely God, but emptied Himself of the divine attributes, making Himself a man completely dependent on the Holy Spirit to accomplish the Father's work.

The yielded life is essential for us to walk in the fullness of what God has for our lives. He has only good things in store as we empty ourselves of the things we hold on to, allowing Him to have His perfect work within us. In this way, we become partakers in "the Lamb of God" who was slain before the foundation of the world.

The Blood Makes ALL THINGS NEW!

Bobby Conner:
Triumph Over Your Past - and Boldly Face Your Future
God Restores and Refreshes

Dear Believer, we have entered a new season. It is the season of a fresh start! We are in a divinely appointed time of refreshing and restoring Joel 2:25:

"So I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the crawling locust, the consuming locust, and the chewing locust, My great army which I sent among you. You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, Who has dealt wondrously with you; and My people shall never be put to shame."

This is a new day in which you may boldly declare, "Old things have passed away!" (Isaiah 48:6-7).

God Offers Forgiveness

One of the sweetest words in any language is the word forgiven! God promises that even if your sins are red like crimson bright, obvious, glaring, unmistakable they have been forgiven, washed white as snow because of the crimson Blood of Christ (Isaiah 1:18).

Not just a few sins or a handful of mistakes, but each and every betrayal, sin and offense is under the Blood of Christ. Each and every mistake is forgotten and erased. Truly, beloved, it makes no difference how twisted and tangled your life has been or now is: through the shed Blood of Christ at Calvary, God has made all forgiveness and grace abound toward you!

Heaven and earth may pass away, but "His compassions fail not" (Lamentations 3:22). Why? Because Christ Jesus already bore our sins and iniquities!

"Because He poured out His soul unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors, and He bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors." Isaiah 53:12

God Forgets Your Past

Through our repentance, God always makes a way to free us from our past. Brothers and sisters in Christ, take this encouragement to heart: do not let your past failures keep you from experiencing your future victories! Remember this vital promise:

"There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death." Romans 8:1-2

The Lord has already lavished you with abundant, extravagant forgiveness and grace to empower you to leave behind every single past sin and failure in the days of regret, doubt and fear, the many missed opportunities and failed relationships, the seasons of backsliding and passivity, the detours of the works of the flesh.

As we believe His Word of forgiveness and set our heart to seek the Lord, we will find overwhelming grace and mercies for each day (Jeremiah 29:12-13). Never give up; never give in again to a mindset of guilt and failure (Hebrews 10:35). You were created by your Maker to carry His glory and Presence into a lost and dying world. God has confidence in you (Deuteronomy 28:13). Remember, you are His choice (Ephesians 2:10), chosen for "such a time as this" (Esther 4:14).

God Redeems Your Wounds

Truly, it was by the stripes of Jesus Christ that we were healed (Isaiah 53:5). Take comfort in this, dear Believer: even the wounds that you have suffered will become great avenues of healing. When we are healed from our wounds, then we receive grace for healing others!

We bring Christ's healing and comfort to others in the areas in which we ourselves have been afflicted (1 Thessalonians 5:11).

God Brings Breakthrough!

God is even now releasing divine favor to us for accomplishing great exploits for His glory. In Psalm 84:11 (NLT), we learn how He lavishes His blessings of grace and glory:

"For the LORD God is our sun and our shield. He gives us grace and glory. The LORD will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right."

Even if you have not succeeded in previous days and years, do not lose heart! God is saying, "Try again!" It is time to regroup and try again, knowing that failure is never God's plan (Jeremiah29:11). You will see doors open that were closed to you previously. God is granting breakthrough.

I pray that your entire family will experience the overwhelming love and favor of God as you leave the past behind and boldly take hold of the blessings and promises of God!

Bobby Conner
Eagles View Ministries
Email: manager@bobbyconner.org