Oct 2008 - Issue #18

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Shedding PDF Print E-mail
Written by Lana Vawser   
Thursday, 30 October 2008 16:22

My precious Church many of you are walking a road where much of what you have held dear and have treasured seems to be falling to the way side. Many of you are walking a road where you are feeling isolated, lonely and wearied in the battle.

I am speaking to you My Church that I am with you that I am strengthening you and I am drawing you closer to Me than you have ever been before. For now is the time that I am allowing a great shedding to take place within My Church, for much of the old is falling away and the new is arising.

Many of you are feeling that you have come to the end of your rope with many circumstances, and situations in your life and have been crying out to Me for My presence and asking Me where I am in the midst of what you are walking. My Church, I speak to you that I have never left you, I am walking closely beside you and in the darkest of nights I am carrying you.

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Rubber Stamped... or Branded PDF Print E-mail
Written by Susan Cummings   
Thursday, 30 October 2008 16:16

I saw the vision in two separate scenes. In the first scene, I saw many people that were lined up in a very long line, and they were all waiting their turn and were eager to be stamped by the ones in charge at the head of the line. The ones in charge at the head of the line had a large rubber stamp in their hands and they were stamping people on their foreheads with a large red rubber stamp. The stamp was in the shape of Jesus face. The red ink then was stamped on them on the foreheads and they each walked away smiling that they were now going forth with His face stamped on theirs.

Then, the next scene suddenly was in front of me. I saw in this scene, a very powerful meeting going on. The Spirit of God was very strong in the room moving on the people that were there. There were people who were either seated, or they were kneeling. They were all worshipping God, some were praying, and some were silent as they sat in the Lord’s Presence. As I watched, I saw the Hand of the Lord come down and it went into each person and it went straight into their hearts and His Hand held their hearts. As the Hand of the Lord held it, His Hand was being literally fused right into their hearts with a great fire. The people cried out as they were being branded with His hand, but they all were so overcome with His great Love as he did this, that they cried out in Joy also. The Lord then removed His Hand, and you could clearly see where His Name was written in their hearts that were still beating within their chests. The scene then ended.

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Horses and Courses PDF Print E-mail
Written by Susan Cummings   
Thursday, 30 October 2008 16:12

While I was resting Tuesday, I was suddenly in a prophetic experience. I heard a song being sung in the spirit and the words were:

Horses – Horses – Horses
I’m releasing many horses
Will you run with them?
Or will you walk like men?


Courses – Courses – Courses
I’m changing many courses
Will you change with Me?
Or will you miss your destiny?

Then, I was standing in this place, and before me was a white horse. It was my white horse, and he was walking up to me. He had his head even with mine and his eyes were amber brownish. He had black/gray smudge like color swatches across his nose, and he was very tall. I could not see over his back. He was very muscular and yet very gentle as he approached closer to me. As he drew near I reached out and touched his nose and ran my fingers along the bridge of his nose and buried my face into his. I then felt like I could feel his heart. I walked around and stepped over to his side. As I reached upwards to touch his back, I was instantly lifted up onto him. He then began to run with me clinging tightly to his mane. I then laid down on his back clinging to his mane and resting my head on his neck as he ran.

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For All Those Who Pray for Israel PDF Print E-mail
Written by Beverly Juelsgaard-Fischer   
Thursday, 30 October 2008 16:09

For I say to you my daughter that what has been foretold is coming. For even as the earth shakes, the mountains roar and the seas overthrow much of the land, I am coming.

Know that the day and the hour come closer even as I speak. For there are those who would say, “Who are you to speak for the Lord?” But I would say to you, they are the voice of the enemy who seeks to destroy all those who speak for Me, all those who walk in My ways, all those who cry out to Me, as God. For even as I speak there are those who are naysayers, or those who do not believe that they are in the End Times. There are those who continue to go on their merry way in denial of what is happening around them and even in them. For there are those who have forgotten Me and My ways, for they do not believe that I am the God of the impossible. They do not believe that it is I, who made the earth, or that it is I who will end it. For, it is only I who knows the day and the hour of My coming. It is only I. Do not believe those who would say, “Oh it is …,” and they give you a year or a day or a season. Do not, for again I say, I am the only one who knows.

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I Am Preparing A Bride PDF Print E-mail
Written by Yolanda Ballard   
Thursday, 30 October 2008 16:07

This is the day when many have lost their way. They had been tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine that now they don’t know the difference between My truth and what is error, but I had warned them not to take as truth everything that they hear across the pulpit, but first check it out with Me and with My word. If you feel that something doesn’t set right with your spirit man, you must check to see if it is true. Just because a man who is well known in what some call My kingdom said it doesn’t mean it is true for My kingdom is made up of peace, love, joy, and also righteousness, and one who teaches error is outside of the camp, outside of My jurisdiction which is My kingdom.

For I am cleaning My people up of all false doctrine. I want My people speaking forth a pure word, not one that is tainted with a popular heresy! Are you willing and able to walk in a pure word given through a pure vessel, or do you still want to walk in one that tickles your ears and one that makes the flesh feel at home with?

This is an important question to ask and a motivation to search your heart over. Are you willing to give up something you had with you for a long time because you felt it was truth? Will you feel like you will be humbled and even humiliated if you admit that you were wrong in what you had taught and even spread as truth? But it shouldn’t matter what you have to go through to become a clean vessel once again. It is more important to be clean before Me and to please Me than to try to save your reputation or to try to please man.

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It Is Time PDF Print E-mail
Written by Andy Sanders   
Thursday, 30 October 2008 16:04

Now is the time to grow up. When you were a child you spoke like a child. When you were a child you acted like a child. Now it is time to put that nature behind you. It is time to be offended and offend for my name sake. It is also now time to break off relationships that are not pleasing to ME.

I have waited a long time for you to reach new heights and understanding. You are always saying that you are waiting on ME. In reality, I am always patient in waiting on you. I am way behind your schedule. The problem is not ME. The problem with your schedule is that it sometimes does not have ME in the center of it. You are normally way ahead of ME and my timing. I AM the God of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. I am always on perfect time.

I have been waiting for you to grow up. To become a person of God who is mature in MY ways, not yours. You have good ways, but mine are always better.

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Humbly Search Your Heart PDF Print E-mail
Written by Yolanda Ballard   
Thursday, 30 October 2008 15:59

Examine your hearts, My precious ones, to see if there may be any wicked way within you that would cause you to behave like the Nicolaitans for they strive to make a name for themselves and the fame that would lift them up over all people. For I will exalt those of a meek and humble spirit, and I will tear down the proud.

For these are the days where the enemy is coming in like a flood trying to destroy ministries and anything that pertains to My kingdom. All he needs is just a little opening where he can get in. Just a little white lie, a little prejudice judgment, a critical heart is all he needs, for it is the little foxes that spoil the vine.

So gather together with one mind and in one accord with the purpose of exalting each other over one another. Yes, to lift up, to edify, to encourage, and to tear down the work of the enemy. Be accountable to one another. Be transparent, not trying to hide behind a mask of hypocrisy, for I can only work with the true person.

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Be Still... And Know That I Am God. PDF Print E-mail
Written by Cheryl Johnson   
Thursday, 30 October 2008 15:58

My dear Child, as you watch the world shaking around you, do you realize that there is a joy and a peace available to you that surpasses all understanding? You know and have seen that it is the struggles and trials that really produce strength of character. All through time, it’s the ones who press on and break through that really move the core of your heart; is it not? Why? Because they connect you with the power that lies within you, the power that surfaces at times like these, the power that is Me in you. It’s My strength in your weakness.

Why do you worry during trying times? Why is your face downcast? Are you not believing a lie? Jesus slept in the boat during the storm. He did this as man, not as God. He did this as man whose trust was in His Father’s word. Do you not trust My word? Do you not want to sleep like Jesus during the storm? Do you not want to be the one who stands even though thousands may fall? I’ve made you to be that way. I ask that you rise up, lean on Me and be that way.

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I Have Done the Impossible PDF Print E-mail
Written by Patsy Shelton   
Thursday, 30 October 2008 15:54

Oh what a day this is, saith your God. I have done the impossible on behalf of My own. Some mountains must be climbed, some can be cast into the sea, but then there are others that only My hand can move. MY HAND HAS MOVED ON THIS VERY DAY AND I HAVE DONE THE IMPOSSIBLE.

The cries, tears and intercession of My people have come before My throne. I have heard their cries and I have cast their mountains into the sea. They have thought that nothing was moving and that nothing was changing but as I live, saith God, this day they will see what I have done.

Doors that seemed chained and locked will now open as only I had the key to unlock these doors. My own will see My favor dripping from them and they will know that My Spirit is upon them and that they will possess the land. My favor will cause them to be the head and not the tail. They will know that all that has happened has come not by their ability but by the mighty hand of a loving God.

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The Coming Perfect Storm PDF Print E-mail
Written by John Paul Jackson   
Thursday, 30 October 2008 15:48

I originally wrote this Prophetic Bulletin for the Streams Ministries Partners at the beginning of August. At the urging of my Board, I am now making it a public Prophetic Bulletin. When I first wrote it, little did I know the events that were soon to happen concerning Todd Bentley, the Gulf Hurricanes, Russia’s invasion of Georgia, the trains that would collide near Los Angeles, Sarah Palin’s nomination and the stir that would cause, or September 15’s Stock Market plunge. All of these are early elements of what the Lord called “The Coming Perfect Storm.”

 

The Coming Perfect Storm

For those of you who have followed this ministry, you have heard me say more than once during the past eight years that from 2009 or 2010, things will become very difficult. I have been praying and hoping that what I am about to write may be averted. However, I am now concerned that without prophetic people speaking up, we will not play our redemptive part in bringing change for the good.

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The History and Future of the Present Revival Part 10 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Rick joyner   
Thursday, 30 October 2008 15:41

The number one question I am asked is, “How is Todd Bentley doing?” Todd came to spend a few days with us, and in general I was encouraged with how he’s doing. He is deeply sorry for the problems that his problems have caused others. He is well aware that he made some mistakes and foolish choices. Todd wants to express this as clearly as he can in a letter, which should be coming in a few weeks. It will take that long because I will be helping him with this, and I will be out of the country for three weeks. We also want to get input from a few others, and this will take time.

The present plan is for him to get some practical issues worked out in his life, visit with a couple of friends who have gone through similar things in their lives and have come through them victoriously, and then come to Heritage for a period of time to begin a healing and restoration process.

I have also spent some time with two of the primary leaders of Fresh Fire Ministries. I am confident that both Todd and Fresh Fire will not only make it through this, but will be a powerful force and factor in what will be unfolding in the coming times.

There are also profound lessons in almost every aspect of this issue. Resolving them and learning from them will greatly strengthen the church for the future. Personally, I have never doubted that the Lakeland Outpouring was a crucial visitation of the Lord for our times. Thousands and thousands not only were healed or experienced miracles, but the faith of countless others was lifted. This has resulted in continuing outbreaks and spiritual advances in other places, and is helping the church prepare for the times in a way that will be most crucial—knowing Jesus as our Healer and having faith in Him for needed miracles. For these we must keep growing and rising far above the place that the church is in at this time.

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In Tribulation, Stick to His Course PDF Print E-mail
Written by Sandy Warner   
Thursday, 30 October 2008 15:38

RHEMA: October 2, 2007 "STICK TO HIS COURSE."

I have been praying about calamities in the world.

{Lord what am I to do about these things?}

PICTURE: I saw a pair of angelic hands working on the wiring of an alarm bell.

HEARD: Position. Give her grace.

PICTURE: I saw myself kissing my grandson’s feet.

REVELATION: I am to stick to my mission of loving, comforting and edifying the children with Wisdom, and let the world go through its gyrations of judgments and tribulations. Many “prophets” come out of the woodwork when bad things happen in the world and they make all their comments. I am just supposed to keep steady and place one foot in front of the other and keep going, for generations of loved ones are being raised up in the ranks.

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God's Recipe for Organic Church PDF Print E-mail
Written by Terry Somerville   
Thursday, 30 October 2008 15:12

Eating organic food has become a big industry in recent years. For a while the word “organic” was used to trick the public into paying more without getting the real thing. Now there are government guidelines in labeling “organic’ food.

In the last few years there’s been much talk about returning to the “organic” church. But what does that mean? Many regular churches are using this term to attract members. Now (somewhat tongue in cheek) I’d like to suggest some guidelines to using the term “organic church.”

 

Guidelines To Organic Labels in The Church

The Organic Church Is Not Genetically Modified — It Has Pure DNA

For centuries church life has been planned and pre-programmed down to tiniest detail. The church’s DNA has been modified in the Petri dish of institutionalism. Such manipulation of the core life of Jesus’ gathered people is unnatural and “inorganic.” In spite of occasionally creating monstrous plants, this modified DNA has resulted in chronic immaturity with little fruit bearing.

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Eagle in Flight PDF Print E-mail
Written by Wendy Graham   
Thursday, 30 October 2008 15:09

But dear one, you can not attempt this in your own effort. I see your struggle as you earnestly try to lift up your face out of the dirt. I see that you are top heavy from the weight that holds you down. I see that though you try to stand your legs can not hold you. I see that as you attempt to try your wings, they only lose the wind.

You see child, what you do not realize is that apart from Me you can do nothing. My tasks are not something to be done in your own strength because it will become far too great for you. I never expected you to carry the burden on yourself. You must trust in Me because My yoke is easy and My burden is light. I will teach you to fly. When I have deemed it the appropriate season, you will sense the anointing of My Spirit hovering over you. I will come to you as a shekinah glory cloud and you will sense My presence as My Spirit rests on you. You will know that it is a kairos moment and you will be a partaker in My glory and kingdom purpose.

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Stand Strong in ME PDF Print E-mail
Written by Elvi Glass   
Thursday, 30 October 2008 15:05

My plans for you are for good; they are for you to prosper and succeed in Me. Yes, you are at this time standing in the middle of the storm, but I am there with you. Things may not have turned out like you thought they would, but now you are finally in the place where I can manifest My divine order. I have set you on the path that is right for you.

I assure you that you never have to doubt My love for You, for I am a God who delights in giving good gifts to His children. Look to Me and trust Me, for as you do, I will cause My goodness to pass before you. I am gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loyal love and faithfulness.

This storm is only for a season, so allow My fire to go over you and purify you. I desire to consecrate you completely to Myself, and My holy fire is going over you; it is refining you and causing you to become the golden vessel that I intend you to be. I will demonstrate My faithfulness to you, even while you go through this process, even in the midst of this storm. I want you to know that I have every intention of bringing you through it and into victory.

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Standing in the Council PDF Print E-mail
Written by Susan Cummings   
Thursday, 30 October 2008 15:00

Transcript of Prophetic Word given at the Healing Rooms on September 6, 2008

 

My Children, I have given you this time to be with Me. I have given you this time to partake of Me. It is a good thing when men seek to be taught, and when men want to learn, and when men want to be fed. But it is a better thing when men come to Me instead. For I desire that My People would sit at My feet. I desire that My People would gather and just want to be with Me.

I am bringing a separation. I am bringing a separation. And I am bringing a greater preparation. I have gathered you to be with Me. To come aside from all of the things that men would do. I want you to take your place beside Me.

For My Spirit is upon thee this day. And I have given you all that you need.

But My Children, I want you to divinely feed. I want you to feed on Me. I want you to partake of Me. For I am pouring more and more of Myself into you. I am not just saturating you. I am joining with you. I am causing Myself to be one with you. For you to recognize that oneness and for you to walk in that oneness with Me. For it pleases Me that you have desired Me more than activity. I say to you, My Children, activities will come and go, but greater are those that would come and be with Me, than all of the activity.

It is time to be in My Council. It is time to be before Me, and to hear My Spirit. It is time for the cultivation of the hearts. I am gathering My few aside to sit with Me. But not just to sit, and then to come and go, but to reside. You must learn to reside by My side. You must learn to not just come and go as most do, but to reside by My side. For there, in that hidden place, is the strength of My Power. And I am raising you up a different way in this hour. For you will not be taught, and you will not be bought, like other men. But you will come forth from My side. You will issue forth from My side, in a glorious way you have not yet understood. For I am releasing to you My Council. I am releasing to you My Spirit of Truth. And He is bringing you into all knowledge of all truth. And My Spirit of Truth will issue forth from you, as you issue forth from Me.

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The Time Has Come PDF Print E-mail
Written by Edward Johnson   
Thursday, 30 October 2008 14:53

All week I’d been hearing Him cry. First we were in prayer and He said, “Wake up my people!” in desperation, and indicated there was a great looming catastrophe and then He began to weep, “Wake up my children, my children, ....” Before this time I had several times taken sudden notice of my young daughter who is 10. And I realized there are believers in many places that have such wonderful children but they are being kidnapped and forced to covert to other ungodly religions. The horror of having my daughter taken, abused and forced to live as a heathen, the horror she’d endure and the real possibility of her losing her faith in the Lord through such a trial brought me to tears each time I thought about it. This was the understanding I was suddenly filled with when I heard Him cry about Him losing his children. God has THAT KIND OF EMOTION for EACH human, old or young … and I stared into the vast depth of his grief and could not look any more into it. I had to turn away. Then I heard Him just weeping over these ‘children’ who are about to fall away. The death of ONE child can be tragic beyond recovery … God is about to lose a great many who will walk away, blame or deny Him.

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The Battle For America PDF Print E-mail
Written by Timothy Snodgrass   
Thursday, 30 October 2008 14:38

Excerpts from The Battle For America, by Timothy Snodgrass

http://etpv.org/2008/tb4a.html, September 17, 2008

 

During our recent 8/8/8 conference at the Voice of Pentecost in San Francisco, during one session while sitting in the front row of the church, I suddenly found myself standing in the Spirit at the bottom of the Stairs of Ascension in Jerusalem. Standing next to me was Gabriel and a man wearing a white robe. Although my body was in San Francisco, my spirit was in Israel, and as I looked towards the Mount of Olives there was a beautiful cloud shaped like a royal diadem, radiating a brilliant red hue from the sun which was rising in the east. In Jerusalem it was early morning. I had no consciousness of what was happening to my physical body in San Francisco, but later people would tell me that my eyes were filled with tears, and that I sat still like a dead person without speaking for more than an hour.

As I looked at the man wearing a white robe, he turned his face to me and his eyes were as fierce as an eagle, but as gentle as a dove – and I knew that this was Elijah. I liked Elijah immediately, what a wonderful brother and co-worker in the Lord! As I looked into his round piercing eyes, I was taken into the future and saw the armies of Gog and Magog gathering on the northern borders of Israel – and knew that our time was very short to bring in the harvest. As Gabriel approached me, in the twinkling of an eye I suddenly found myself high above the walls of Jerusalem, and shown great treasures buried underneath the Temple Mount – archeological treasures which have been hidden since the days of Solomon, which would be unveiled soon by a great earthquake.

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A House Divided PDF Print E-mail
Written by Mitt Jeffords   
Thursday, 30 October 2008 14:27

Mitt Jeffords has just released, “A House Divided Against Itself Shall Not Stand.” Please take time to read this important word at http://etpv.org/2008/ahdais.html

This word deals with Lakeland, complaints, and accusations by the Body towards other parts of the Body showing coldness, and hardness of heart.

At first it seems funny, until the Lord reminds him that all such strife and arguments are in the Body because the wisdom of this world rules over their minds; the same wisdom that is of the Devil. ...

The Lord explained that the “House Divided” shall not stand, because such a house is Divided from the Lord of Love and will not endure the times we are in.

 

EXCERPT:

“There is great reason why Satan/Devil attacks the body for this purpose and that is because he knows that when the body of Christ finally comes together in the unity of my love, then all of the powers of Satan are going to be completely broken; and all of the kingdoms of this world are going to become the kingdoms of our God. It is for this reason that my church has his complete attention, to keep divisions and strife alive. Satan equips his prophets and ministers with the lies that allow for his ministers and prophets to take control over the members of my body that are deceived by his seducing and enticing lies.

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Eye of the Storm, Elections, Economic Collapse PDF Print E-mail
Written by Wendy Alec   
Thursday, 30 October 2008 14:13

EYE OF THE STORM - ELECTIONS - ECONOMIC COLLAPSE

And THE LORD SAID, "Tell my people that THEY DO NOT HAVE TO FEAR. Things will get ROUGH- Things will get TURBULENT- BUT I WILL KEEP THEM SAFE IN THE EYE OF THE STORM."

The Lord woke me up in the early hours of the morning last week before the bailout was passed – It was around four am in the morning and I kept hearing one sentence over and over again and that sentence was ‘EYE OF THE STORM – EYE OF THE STORM..’ and then I started to hear Psalm 91 as well, and I said to the Lord – ‘Father – your people are very familiar with Psalm 91,' but I sensed this was DIFFERENT – there was such a specific and powerful rhema anointing on this Psalm concerning the current financial situation. “He who dwells in the secret place of the most high shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the almighty whose power no foe can withstand. You shall not be afraid of the terror of the night nor of the arrow, the evil plot slanders of the wicked or the NASDAQ OR THE DOW JONES THAT PLUMMETS by day. A thousand may fall at your side and ten thousand at your right hand but it shall not come near you because you have made the LORD your refuge.”

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