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Issue #20 December 08

This Christmas Jesus will be reborn in you,
not as a defenceless baby or sacrificial lamb
but as the Lion of Judah.

You shall roar and my enemies will tremble and run from you.
You shall be a devourer of demons.
My light shall flash from your eyes, and darkness shall flee from you.
Your golden mane shall glow with my truth.

Your feet will carry my Holy Word with them
and you shall bound across the land, yes even across oceans and nations.
Your claws will be awesome weapons to my foes,
but my banner over you will always be justice and mercy.

My Children, I am lifting you up in My wings. I am lifting you up so I can teach you higher things. ‘Cause I want you to understand My spiritual things. But you can’t when you drink from the lower springs. My Children, you must drink upon the heights with Me. You must drink from My River that flows freely. You must drink higher, to receive the higher desire. I say, Children, come higher, and drink higher with Me. And do not be satisfied with the lower things that surround thee. But I desire to give you the meat of Me.

I want to feed you My Bread, My Oil, and My Wine. I want to feed you day, night, and all the time. But you do not come enough to Me. You do not come enough to walk in total victory. You must come day and night in order to stand in this fight. You must come day and night in order to fight the good fight. I say, My Children, I want you to understand spiritual things. But it comes when you drink of My Higher Springs.

For I am releasing Springs of Wisdom, and Springs of Council, and Springs of Knowledge, and Springs of Understanding, and Rivers of Truth that will reveal proof to you. But you must choose to come and drink of Me. You must choose to come, and sup with Me. You must choose to come and abide with Me and live beside Me. Don’t just come to see, but come to live beside Me.

THIS IS A YEAR OF FIRE

This is a year of fire. Godly fire to the righteous; destructive fire to the wicked. It will be set by the peace pipe of the prophet. Peace will be the fire that will prepare the land, to break up unproductive land. To those who stay in peace, understanding will be piped down to them but the wicked are like the restless sea; they will find no answer or rest. Fire will come before the plowing! This is a year of plowing. We will either plow in peace or in judgment but we will plow. This fire will cleanse the land so this entire year is a preparation for plowing the land for sowing to be fruitful next year. 2010 will be a year of sowing, but not this year. When the ox plows, he sees nothing he can eat; he can only see the burned off ground with no purpose. He only plows in drudgery; but there will be no seeding or harvest without the plowing. Intercession is the ox that will bring the eagle, which will reveal how to pray, what to pray for and how to get our prayers answered.

Many shall come forth out of the fire with tried and proven faith and they will have the answer. And His name is JESUS! It is their council to agree or disagree; fire or no fire! Flames or no flames! Man’s flame or His flame!

As I prayed with my friends, I saw a fire spring up in the middle of the floor.

It was most lovely and inviting, and its name was “Charity”—in the fullest and sweetest old fashioned King James sense:

“Charity suffereth long and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things . . .”

As I watched, I noticed lists burning in the fire, and splendid colored flames shooting out from them as they burned, making the fire even more glorious. I could then see that some were lists of ‘offences’—lists of sins that had been committed against the persons who were burning them. These lists of the memories of pain and betrayal had been held close to their hearts for many years, causing even more pain and torment to the victims. Now, however, simply for love of Jesus, they were wholeheartedly throwing them into the fire to be burned, and the flames burned bright blue consuming them. The power and joy of forgiveness caused the flames to burn higher and it seemed to draw more people to its warmth and light.

As I waited upon the Lord this morning, I heard Him say, “You are facing a season of changes—secure your base.”

As I wondered what that meant, He went on to say, “Your base is your family and your closest friends, they are those that love you regardless of your folly or your selfishness. Your base is that which I will draw upon to enlarge your tent and to spread My gospel through you.

“This world is facing changes on every front, in every arena, personal, political and on national and international levels. I am leveraging nature itself to cause men to look unto Me as their sole source and sole supply. Do not fear, but get ready, for the times of change will cause many to fear and you will need to be in position before it occurs so your testimony will draw them to you.

“Your parents will need you, so be busy about mending fences and rebuilding bridges and digging old wells. They have much to offer this generation but without you paving the way for them, without your personal appreciation and support they will not be heard.

My Children, I love you. I love you with a love that you don’t yet understand, nor can you perceive. For My Love is not as you have understood. But My love is greater. My love is higher. My love is deeper. And I am bringing you through. I am bringing you into a new experience with Me. To experience the depths of My love so that you can see. For I want you to see through My love. I want you to see like Me. And My Children, I have sent My angels among you tonight, My archers, they stand ready to fight. For My arrows of deliverance are shooting across this land. For I have come to set My People free from the enemy’s hand.

I say, My People will stand and they will not fall. They will cry out and I will hear their call. For it is time for My People to be free. And to walk with Me in love’s intimacy. I say, My People I have heard your prayers. And I say, My archers are standing on the stairs. And I say, My arrows of deliverance are flying through the earth. For My people that are in bondage, and in prison, and in darkness, are now giving birth. For I say, My Light has broken through this night. I say, My Love has flooded through this night. I say, My Grace is here for the fight.

Beloved Ones:

Some time ago I made you put certain things on the shelf. Things you have prayed about for years. I heard your prayers the first time you prayed them. But, in my mercy and grace I have allowed seasons to pass to bring things into alignment. I am thawing out your hearts in this season. I am putting my warmth upon your hearts in this season to melt away the self protective walls that you have allowed to surround your hearts. I am removing the numbness, I want you to “feel” again. I heard your heart years ago to come in to my “glory realm”, to come without reservations into my very presence. With one breath of my presence upon you these walls will be gone. I will indeed deal with those things that we talked about at one time. Things that have hurt you, things you have tried to understand and make sense of. I will indeed, in this season, deal with the heartaches of the last decade. There has been a season of grace and now you will see my hand moving upon those who would not budge, but continue in their own way. I have allowed this season of time to cause my word in you to mature and bring forth fruit. There is a turning, a shifting now and things are changing. Changing, changing, changing, says the Lord. I have brought forth divine alignment in this season says the Lord. I am cutting off the old, and unlocking the doors for you.

For I say to you there is much change coming in the days ahead. For even man cannot imagine what is in store, for I will show bits and pieces, but if I were to show it all to you, you would not understand the depth of what is about to happen on this earth and in this nation (USA).

For the people of the earth are crying day and night, for the enemy has come to destroy and take those that he would have. For he has long awaited this time in history and has literally been biting at the bit, waiting that he could go forth to exact his revenge against Me. For I am allowing this, knowing that there are many that know me and their time is up, they have completed what I have called them to at this time. Though there are massive calamities that have come and more are coming, know I will use the Body of Christ to come forth in this time and this hour to know Me for who I am. For I am calling forth all those who are the downtrodden, all those who have been hiding, all those who thought they are lost and that no one will find them, and even the lost. For there are many who think that no one looks after them, that there is no one who cares, that there is no one who sees what they do. But I say to you, I see it all and I know it all. I care and love each of them.

Full Text athttp://www.etpv.org/2008/sotrnel.html

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A Vision of Oil Being Poured on a Deep Rift!

While I was in worship and prayer with a group of leaders in Nashville, TN, this past week a clear word from the Lord came to me. In a spiritual vision, I saw something that appeared like the Grand Canyon—it represented a wide and deep rift that historically existed in the nation’s history. As I continued to look, I saw oil being poured upon the deep rift in this land. The oil seeped into the crevice and went deep into the land. [ Very interesting—this WAS Chuck Pierce’s Vision ]

Then I heard the words, “Some of you think I have forgotten all your prayers and fasting concerning the genocide of children in this generation, but I have not. I see deeper and wider in history than man. I see with a length and breadth that man does not see. I have not forgotten your prayers and tears concerning the end of the genocide of children in this generation.”

My child this is a time and season of rest for you. By rest I do not mean complacency, I mean a place of active faith, trust and peace. You know of this place.

You have visited with Me here. I ask you now to abide with Me here. This is a time of turmoil and unrest outside of My presence. I ask you now to remember those times of unrest that I took you through before. Remember the place of rest that I brought you to then. You learnt to trust Me, you learnt to see Me, you believed Me and you received My peace, joy and victory. This is now a season of victory and glory for you. This victory and glory is found only in this place of rest and I need you and ask you to abide with Me here. The battle that rages around you is Mine not yours. In this season I will close doors that I do not want you to walk through and I will open doors that I want you to walk through. Your job, your only job is to know in whom you have believed. Hold My hand each day, come to Me each day. I will be with you every moment of this journey as the sun of righteousness with healing in its wings.

Cheryl Johnson , This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

December 17, 2008

While praying this morning, God gave me a vision. He showed me a great, world-wide “mobilization.”

I saw myself strolling along a beach. Suddenly, there sounded a loud boom, which became stronger and more massive. It was not the noise of the sea or of the wind. It was completely still outside. The sea water was as smooth as glass. The deep booming sound which was like the sound of the mountains about to cave in, a banging sound which I had up till now never heard in my whole life, came from the other side of the ocean, from far away. It became so strong and mighty, that the earth began to quake and shake. It sounded like the blasting of a deep bass trumpet. I had never heard this sort and depth of bass sound before now. The whole air vibrated. I holed myself up in the dunes of the embankment, face down, and waited to see what would come out of this natural spectacle.

Transcript of Audio taped Prophetic Words given in November 2008
Visions from Mary Ann on November 9, 2008:

I see fire in the United States. It is in several places. It is not in one place. It is not just in California. It is not just in the East Coast. It is in the middle, it is in places you would not believe, right now.

What I really see is double fire. What I see is double fire. Because I see the lightning of God striking. And I see fire coming from the lightning. But I also see….I see the fire is also coming from the sides of the earth, from inside of the earth. I see a multi fire. Multi-fire. Multi-fire. It is a fire. It is man’s fire. It is the earth’s fire. It is the Glory of God fire. I see many fires. Much fire. Multi-fire.

But I see God’s fire because I belong to Him. But most people are not seeing God’s fire. They see man’s fire. Because He is Lord. He is Lord of all. There is no fire He does not know about. There is no fire that is not in His hands. Oh my, He sees these men. He sees these problems.

My Children, you are to eat daily from My Hand. You are not to take on the cares of man. But daily I release manna to you. Hidden wisdom, and understanding, and revelations of things that will be true. You must eat daily from My Hand. For day by day, I will guide you along the way. And I will show you those things that I am about to do. Those things that I want you to be concerned with. The things that I want you to do. I have many assignments for you, My servants, in this hour. And many will be on their assignments and will not understand their portions. But I have your portion for you. You must feed upon Me, so that you can clearly hear and see. And know what is written will be revealed to you by divine decree. For My angels are dispatched throughout the earth. And they are working with all of My Children who are giving birth. And all of My Children have their places, and have their missions, and have their assignments. And you have been given yours. Take heed to My angels, for they hold your hands, and they know all of My Plans. And they are assigned to bring you, step by step, into your plans. And within My Manna will be your plans. As you eat with Me each day, you will understand the things that will come your way.

I am still in command even though you don’t understand all that is being revealed from My Hand.

What you see is only the rearranging that is taking place across the globe, but you do not yet see what I have left hidden beneath My Robes. I have so much more that I have yet to reveal, do not think that what is evident is the final deal. On the contrary, I have only begun to shake man and to shake the earth. I have only begun to remove those things that have prevented Mine from moving forth. A lot more will be dislodged. You have only seen the top layer being loosened. Get ready for the deeper entrenchments to rise to the surface.

I have allowed you to undergo the severe preparations so that they would match the current armaments, but you do not have what is needed for the deeper things that will soon arise from the angered entrenchments. It is I that will fight this greater end time fight. I have ordained the heavenly fight that will take place in man’s plain sight. Much is already in place yet I have still a time frame of final assembly that will bring the balance to it’s truest measure. Do not waver in your stance but maintain your posture before Me and wait upon Me. You do not yet clearly see all that there is to see. But it will visibly come forth with the release of the Winds from the North.

“Beloved One:

“For every loss, you shall have a double gain. For every broken dream, you shall have a double portion of your hearts desire. For every thing that has been stolen you shall be restored 10 fold. For every time you were shamed wrongly, you shall be exalted by Me. For you see, I will bring to light that which has been hidden and stolen. What I allowed during this last season to build your character shall be revealed in this coming season. You have been held back for my purposes, just as a fine wine must cure, so it is that my word has been residing in you until it has come to maturity to bring forth my greater purposes. Those around you shall drink of the fine wine I have produced in your life. For my love, I even allowed your character to be assassinated for my glory, I had to kill out your flesh so that you would completely lean in to me and trust me in a new place. But, now you shall know my kiss and embrace, my fragrance, my beauty and my favor are with you and upon you. It is a new season and a new day and I will express myself through you in a new way. Behold, all things are new, and all the old has passed away.

Rank=a relative position; army; proud; strong and offensive in smell or taste; rancid; coarse

I heard the Lord say He is “thinning out the ranks.” He uses play on words a lot with me and at first I saw this as meaning He is reducing His army. I then understood it to also mean He’s thinning out those who are offensive to His Kingdom purposes and who do not at this time operate in the fruits of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control.

I have been hearing the Lord speak of Gideon’s army and how He had to thin out those who would actually go forth and conquer their enemy. He did this to eliminate the pride from “strength in numbers” which would come forth declaring, “I’ve done this under my own power.” This was the same sin David committed which cost Israel gravely, (2 Sam. 24). He counted the people for the purpose of trusting that their success would come from their great numbers instead of trusting in the Lord who shows Himself strong when we are weak in and of ourselves. In trusting God we actually become “mighty men of valor” of whom Gideon was stated to be even though he knew he and his clan were the weakest and least of all the people. Gideon knew to put no confidence in the flesh which is exactly why God could use him. We too will have to lead with this same humility in order to receive the grace of God to carry us through; knowing this is the Lord’s doing and it’s marvelous in our sight. In this the Lord gave Gideon peace and told him not to fear. He will likewise do so with those of us who yield to this process.

WORD:

God said that there are many “Special Teams” that are strategic to the Body of Christ that He has been forming and is currently activating in a greater way. He said this word is for them, the remnant, the faithful and true, who have fought to uphold the righteousness of Christ and become the overcomers that God is calling forth in His End-Time Movement.

Pakistan, Lebanon, Egypt, Iran: A Catalytic Word To Palestine And The Middle East

Nov. 16th, 2008 - Given live during worship at IOC church in San Mateo, CA. a Palestinian Church. There were Lebanese, Palestinian, Jordanian, Egyptian, Iranian and Iraqis/Assyrians present.

Lebanon, Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, all of those adjacent countries and regions. The spotlight of history is going to turn there again. Progressive events are about to take place. Not for evil, but for good. Look toward that place now. Look towards that country. Look towards that place of your origin. Here we are once again Lord. We stand again today Lord. We pray the prayer of David, we sing the song of David.

We pray for Lebanon. Something is about to change in Lebanon.

“It is time for you to take your eyes off the circumstances. It is time for you to BELIEVE Me for more. Get your eyes off the symptoms and RECEIVE with simple faith the GIFT of My healing to you. For with much talk there is much sin. I do not reprove you for your offerings to me, but do you not know that the world is mine and everything in it? I have no need to ask you for food or drink or even for your talents, but I GIVE to you as I purpose. It is I who cause nations to rise or fall. It is I who give gifts to men to accomplish my purposes. What is it that I ask of you today? To BELIEVE in ME.

Take your eyes off the man. Take your eyes off the man. Take your eyes off the man. I say again, Take your eyes off the man. Take your eyes off the man. Take your eyes off the man.

Shake off your lethargy. Come into my presence with gladness, trusting that the Lord will make clear His will for you. There are none like Me, declares the Lord, your Rock and your Sure Salvation. The kingdoms of this earth have become and are becoming the kingdoms of your Lord and of your Christ. Do you not perceive it? I AM a refuge for those who take refuge in Me. I AM more than a guidepost. You have not been left as orphans. Have I not come to you by My Holy Spirit? Have I ever left or forsaken those who trust in me? I have not even forsaken the wicked, though they try my patience with their ingratitude. They will wear out and fail but My Word stands forever!

Who will trust in the Lord even now? Great will be the reward of those who draw close to me and abide in My presence but how awful and terrible will be these last days for those who refuse to place their trust in Me. If you do not stand firm in your faith now, you will not stand at all.

Other articles on www.etpv.org that are worth reading this month are:

Prophecies Coming To Pass
(http://www.etpv.org/2008/pc2pass.html)
by Desi Jakab

New Harmonies
(http://www.etpv.org/2008/newharm.html)
and
Pull Up Anchor
(http://www.etpv.org/2008/pullupa.html)
by Chuck Pierce

Vermillion
(http://www.etpv.org/2008/jaelww.html)
and
No More Drudgery
(http://www.etpv.org/2008/nomodru.html)
by Priscilla Van Sutphin

The End Of Empire America
(http://www.etpv.org/2008/teoea.html)
by Robert I Holmes

A Beautiful Word From Messiah
(http://www.etpv.org/2008/atman.html)
by Catherine Brown

The Joseph Anointing To Fall in 2009
(http://www.etpv.org/2008/tja2f09.html)
by Julie Baxter

Thorny Issues
(http://www.etpv.org/2008/wmseekh.html)
Christine Beadsworth

and especially
Spiritual Warfare from a Place of Rest
(http://www.etpv.org/2008/swftpor.html)
by Terry Somerville.