(Our Greatest Weapon of War)

In order for us to receive true discernment in this day and time when the enemy is coming in as a flood, we must check our hearts to see if the following pertains to us in any way. There’s a rampage of demonic powers loosed upon the body of Christ, and they are spewing out venom, constantly stirring up division and confusion, even to the point of bombarding their minds so that they can’t receive clear vision, guidance and discernment from the Lord.

Unite together the troops, and turn against the enemy using love as a mighty weapon of war. This is the only way we are going to be able to receive the much needed revelation from the Lord to be able to turn on the enemy and tear down his strongholds.

His strategy is for us to become critical of one another and not walk in love, for the enemy is the accuser of the brethren so what you’re receiving from him through his tactics is deception!

Unite together and pursue love and holiness, then the necessary revelation needed in these times will be received. Repent if [you’ve] fallen into this in any way, this tactic of the enemy to divide, confuse, bombard, and blind the body so that he can take over!

Today it seems God is speaking the same message throughout His body in the earth: we are on the verge of a major shift, the closing of one chapter and the beginning of something totally new.

There is always a tension in transition. On the one hand, we feel a growing excitement and anticipation in our spirits as the Lord stirs our faith to begin to prepare us to receive the new revelation and understanding He is about to pour out. But on the other hand, we can also feel a bit disoriented, caught in a kind of “rift in time”—where what was is no more and what is to come is not yet here.

How we position ourselves in these times of transition is important. To borrow from Robert Frost, two roads are diverging ... and which road we take, really will make all the difference.

So how do we position ourselves rightly? Here are a few maxims (truths) the Lord has been giving to us to help us in our journey in this season.

#1) You cannot get to a new destination by an old path. Simple yet profoundly true. If what prophetic people around the globe are hearing is right—that we are entering into the shift of an era, an age—then nothing that is familiar is going to get us where we’re headed to next. This naturally leads us to our second maxim…

I have been ‘thumped in the head’ today by the Holy Spirit, regarding my being judgmental. I hadn’t thought of my being that way. It seems too easy for me to slip that garment on. I ask forgiveness from my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and from all of you. I will sincerely try to walk in more humility. I am truly sorry.

Here’s some of what I got thumped with: 1 John 4:1-21

¹Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. ²This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, ³but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world. ⁴You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. ⁵They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them. ⁶We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood. ⁷Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. ⁸Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. ⁹This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. ¹⁰This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

The “T” Word

T-R-A-N-S-I-T-I-O-N…How can it be that God’s Word (Written or Prophetic) says we will have good success and prosper, and we are seeing seemingly the reverse? Why is it that we seem to be waiting for and looking for, but not holding the promise? How Long God? Are We There Yet? As the “Cutting Edge” church, we are on the edge of the cutting edge. Which means that we will face a greater opposition to quit and become “DULL!” To lose our “Sharpness!” The enemy continually asks, “Why wait for the promise?”

We are in a time of great Transition, and by the word of the Lord I declare to you, Don’t you give up! Transition is the state of being changed from one state of being or one place to another! We will continually go from Glory to Glory, and Strength to Strength! We are learning to subdue our enemies! Let God be true and every man and every circumstance be a liar! Don’t be moved by what you see happening around you! Scripture declares that these things are temporary and subject to immediate change! If God said it, He meant it! Hold fast to your promise, and Fight the Good Fight of Faith!

Judgment Begins in the House of God

Many will be swept away by the turning of the tides for it will be like a rip tide that will come from the underneath not noticed from above. For many have given into seducing spirits and doctrines of demons and are no longer following My pure word. They have given into following that vain thing that I had forbid them not to even touch. For I allow them to go so far before I pour out My judgment. For they have chose to follow the desires of their own heart and not what I have commanded them to do. For I tell you this day to not partake of that which the Nicolaitans have based their whole line of thinking upon.

Separate yourself from those who see themselves to be higher up in rank and authority over others in the body of believers in Christ. Separate yourself from those who demand respect for their titles and offices. For I have not called them in for others to bow down to, but I have called them in to serve others, to humble themselves, and to not give into pride, for I will humble the proud and lift up those who are lowly in heart.

For this is the day of separation and also for judgment in the house of God, and those who are not lining up to My will and My ways will be removed. They might feel like they are comfortable in what they are doing without having any conviction of it, but I will allow them to go so far, and I will put out a warning, and if they don’t heed, I will remove their lampstand.

My people, so few of you are listening. The war is proceeding in many places that you are not yet aware of because your news is so severely censored. It is what will be called World War III when finally acknowledged by your nation. All those things have long been planned by those who desire a World Government. The World Government is a shadow government now but will soon be frighteningly evident, and in complete control. Those few who are awake can see it now but many who deliberately stay asleep will be terrified when they finally open their eyes. How sad that so many of My people refuse to see what is happening all around them as they want to see only their own desires. Such arrogance, such self-love and such complacency!

It is more imperative than ever that you know Me personally and know My Word. WAKE UP AND WAKE UP NOW! You are often hiding in unreality. UNDER MY WINGS is your only hiding place and your only safety. Stop pretending that I will somehow snatch you out of the evil world and keep you from tribulation. I have told you that in the world you will have tribulation but I have overcome the world. THIS WILL BE YOUR HELP IF YOU ARE COMPLETELY YIELDED TO ME. Look to mankind for nothing. I AM YOUR SUFFICIENCY AND THERE IS NO OTHER.

An exhortation from the Lord: The Righteous Acts of the Saints

One thing is needed and I desire for you to choose what is better. Sit at My feet and learn. (See Luke 10:42) The enemy has come and stolen something very precious to Me and to you. Satan had stolen the betrothal gown of My beloved. He has come along and used his gift of soothsaying and lies to strip you of your true covering—which is to be in right standing with Me. He has tricked many into trading true righteous acts for unfruitful and self-motivated works. I have gone into the enemy’s camp and demanded back that which was taken. It has been returned to Me and I give it to you.

Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear.” (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of the saints.) Revelation 19:7-8

The righteous acts of the saints are those things that I have asked each individual to do as well as what I have asked My Church to do corporately. Many feel they have to be on some important mission field before they will believe that they are doing “righteous acts” but I tell you this is not so. A righteous act is something I have asked you to do and it is something that may be insignificant in your eyes and the eyes of others but to Me it is a thing of beauty. If I have told you to pick up a piece of trash on your way into a store, it is more significant to Me that you obey My voice in that small gesture than if you go on a mission trip to build an orphanage if I have not asked you to do it. If I have called you to build an orphanage then build an orphanage, but if I have asked you to pick up trash then pick up trash. Taking care of your children and raising them in the admonition and love of God is something precious to Me. Obedience to Me carries the same reward in My kingdom whether large or small. Obedience is what creates righteous acts—which are the fabric, the thread, the lace, the buttons and the jewels of the bridal gown.

Blessings in Jesus Name,

This is Ayman from Egypt.

As days are coming very close to August 16th where Lou Engle and “The Call” will arrange for Solemn Assembly in Washington DC praying for the nation of US, I felt deeply an urgent call to unite as body of Christ world-wide with those will be gathering in Washington DC on August 16th.

I believe we live in a very strategic time where conflicts of powers are at the maximum and where deception is widely spread even in the church. We’re entering a season where the Hand of God will be manifested so mightily and in the same time the confusion will be the highest ever.

I feel increasingly to raise a call for prayer for America, an international call, as I feel what’s going to happen in the States will have its impact on the whole world and specifically on the Middle East (where we live). I thought to have this call for prayer for America on August 16th the same day with “The Call” in Washington DC.

At church this morning during worship, August 10, 2008, I had a vision. Three blue clad figures, not clearly defined, were blowing immense horns. The mouth of each trumpet was huge. As I watched, letters began to come out of each trumpet at the same time.

“A W A K E N I N G

“C H A N G E

“O F

“T I M E”

Three times in one day, I saw a very severe earthquake strike in California. I saw several areas that were totally devastated. I saw entire rows of tall city buildings crumbling straight down to the ground below as the ground beneath the buildings was violently shaking.

August 6, 2008 Vision of the fault line.

The Lord took me down 1000 feet below the California state and showed me the fault lines and the mantle areas. There were many breaks and openings that had magma coming up through them towards the surface. In one particular break there was a huge angel who was standing in and on the break in the mantle. He was very fierce, and his name was, “The Goodness and The Severity of God.” I looked at him and his feet were glowing as he stood in the breech there in the magma that was flowing in the break. He said that this break was caused by the fault finding of the people of God. The fault finding that was so rampant amongst the Body of Christ had weakened the fault lines in the foundation and it had now brought cracks in the mantle and that destabilization was now happening in a greater degree. He said that God was dealing severely with us and that either we would receive the Goodness of the Lord or the Severity of the Lord, depending upon our response to Him in this season. He said that the Lord wanted to bring healing to the fractures and the faults and instead to bring forth the Covenant of Salt. He said it could be found within Job 40-42.

Many of you are walking a path right now that is feeling so dark and heavy that you have wondered how there could exist a suffering as deep as you have endured. I speak to each of you that I have not left you. I am with you and I am bringing about My purposes and My Glory in each of your lives. Do not believe the lie that I am distant or I have left you, for this is not the truth, this is a deception. I am with you each step of this journey My people.

Those of you who have been walking this intense time of hardship and suffering I speak to you that your time of suffering is coming to an end. Many of you have been crying out to Me, and have been hearing that the time of this trial is coming to an end, yet you are calling out, ‘how much longer?’

I say to each of you that as the sun rises and the breakthrough comes, you will see that you have each been equipped with a tremendous amount of revelations, jewels, and tools that you will use for the next phase coming to the body of Christ.

As we were driving back from the 4th of July weekend camp meeting that we had attended in Ohio, Susan was driving and she saw a huge angel that was up in the sky. He was miles big in his size as compared to everything else. He was above the area between the Ohio line and Pennsylvania, facing the direction of North, and He was blond haired and had what looked like golden shingled armor with many small plates layered that were on it. He also had a very large sword that was in it’s sheath at his side. He was very somber looking as he looked down at us as we drove by on the thruway. He sat on his large white horse, with his sword at his side. He also had five other angels with him that were smaller than he was and they were just behind him but stationed beside him. They also sat on their horses and were sitting there with their swords at their sides. I knew that they were the five angels that were in authority over the five Great Lakes Regions, and the very large angel was Michael.

Then, later in the vision, Susan saw a vast enemy horde that began to amass and line up on the opposite side of the thruway from where Michael and the five angels were sitting and waiting up above. They were organizing and positioning themselves in array against Michael. But, He just sat there and watched them gather. When they had all gathered, and it seemed like they were going to launch an attack, Michael calmly reached back and instead of drawing out his sword, he suddenly reached back and threw a large powerful lightning bolt at the opposing enemy force, and suddenly they were all destroyed with one throw.

Greetings in the name of our Lord. We serve the Most High God, omniscient, omnipresent, and omnipotent. We confess that is true, but then if our Father is so powerful, why is there such an absence of power in the church? Many would say that gifts went out with the apostolic age, but there is no validation for that in Scripture. Could it be that we operate so much of the time in our own strength that we have yet to tap into His? I remember years ago Miss Bertha Smith, who was a missionary to China during the Shantung revival, was asked how she kept going so strong at her age. She was about 90 at the time still doing mission conferences, traveling, and teaching in churches. Miss Bertha’s answer was, “Child, I haven’t even started to use my strength yet.” Of course, she was saying she was using God’s strength and not her own. I believe using His strength is the key to the power shortage. Today I’d like to look at some passages that I believe will help us to walk in His power.

Then the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan; and all Israel crossed over on dry ground, until all the people had crossed completely over the Jordan. Joshua 3:17

Many of you have been battling through a season that you are finding hard to understand. Many of you have found yourselves progressing in Me and in all that I have for you and the work I have called you to do and all of a sudden you have found yourselves in a place that you never expected.

Many of you are finding oppressive attacks coming against your health, your finances, your marriages and your minds. I speak to you My Church that there has been an assignment sent from the enemy into the Body through the form of a spirit that will bring about much anxiety, panic and oppression to each of you.

There has been an unsuspected attack on many of you in this season and you are finding that circumstances are being brought before you that are greatly unsettling. I am speaking to you My Church that the aim of this attack is so that you may lose your peace. For once you lose your peace, the enemy can wreak havoc upon your lives and hearts.

Committed

Committed – dedicated, loyal, devoted, staunch, steadfast, unswerving, faithful

I am committed to you, beloved. I want you to be committed to Me just as I am committed to you. I want no vacillating. I want you steadfast in your devotion to Me and to My cause.

Many come and go in the arena of faithfulness. They have difficulty walking that fine line that I have provided for them. Yes, it is a narrow way, beloved, but I am with you, upholding you. Keep this truth in mind. Remember that I will never leave you and I will be faithful to you forever.

But as I see it, the world is tugging at your heart and many of you are wandering from the path that I have selected for you. Many of you are weakening in your commitment to Me. Here are the words that I wish to speak on this subject: Draw near to Me and I will draw near to you. Do not let doubts overtake you. Keep My words of truth ever before you. Keep My words of truth in that special place in your heart. There they will grow and grow into all that I foreordained them to be. Don’t let the world dissuade you from My cause. Be ever friendly to the truth and turn away from lies and deceit.

Genesis 13:1-8 (AMP)¹SO ABRAM went up out of Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South [country of Judah, the Negeb]. ²Now Abram was extremely rich in livestock and in silver and in gold. ³And he journeyed on from the South [country of Judah, the Negeb] as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, ⁴Where he had built an altar at first; and there Abram called on the name of the Lord. [Gal 3:6-9.] ⁵But Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. ⁶Now the land was not able to nourish and support them so they could dwell together, for their possessions were too great for them to live together. ⁷And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdsmen of Lot’s cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land [making fodder more difficult to obtain]. ⁸So Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I beg of you, between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, for we are relatives.

The Lord told me to go to Genesis 13, then spoke:

“Just like Lot and Abraham, I have endowed the Christians in America with much wealth in many circles. And just like Lot became dissatisfied with his lot, and there was fighting over the land because they both had so many sheep, etc., … so My people fight over the land they have, the sheep they have in their corral, and want more. And just as Lot fell into difficulty and lived in perversion because of his choices, so the American church has fallen into deception and delusion because of the choices she has made. She chose wealth and money over relationship with ME, just as Lot chose wealth and riches over relationship with Abraham. And just as Abraham fought for Lot’s sake with me, so I have appointed many who have fought in various ways to bring justice to MY people in your land. People have fasted, and prayed, have sacrificed family and belongings. People have sown seeds of generosity when others were blessed and withheld. People gave and ministered to the poor and needy while others accrued wealth for their kingdom building.

Being the 8th month of an 08 year, we are looking stereotypically for a manifestation of “new beginnings.” While the world grows progressively darker and more fearful, the Kingdom of God grows brighter and more peaceful as the time of our Lord’s return draws closer. If you are focused on the darkness and the fear, then I counsel you to “lift up your eyes unto the hills from whence comes our help—our help comes from the Lord Who made Heaven and earth.” In fact, I believe that is a word of the Lord for His Children for this time... “Lift up your eyes. Look up, above your circumstances. Look unto the Lord. He still works all things according to the counsel of His own will.”

Where does your help come from? Does it rise up from the dust of the earth? Is it a product of the work of your own hands? Is there another to whom you turn to find your answers? I tell you to TRUST GOD! He has not changed His will, His mind, or His plans for you. Whatsoever is born of God OVERCOMES THE WORLD! It is His very Spirit that is resident and at work in you! His Glory is upon you NOW! If you are waiting for it to come ... stop waiting! It is ON YOU! Now is the time to put off unbelief! Now is the time to put off thinking SMALL! Now is the time to lift up your gaze to the Heavens to look expectantly for what the Lord will do!

“Are you to come against your neighbor? Are you to seek vengeance when wrong is done to you? Do you seek ways to return again the evil that has struck you? No, I say. I am the God of vengeance. I will return again to those who seek to harm my children. Allow my justice to flow. Allow my judgments to be manifested.

“My judgments are fair and just. Do not pray for this to befall your enemies; but rather that they will come to the knowledge of the truth. Continue to show my love but know that I will recompense evil for evil.

“Know I am your protector and justifier.”