Thursday, 5 February 2009

The Resurrection Centre of Australia

By David Robinson

Australia is unique, in that it has an ‘internal’ wilderness, with most of it’s cities around the edge. In other nations, they usually launch out into wild places. The early names given to places in Australia such as the ‘Dead Centre’, The ‘Never Never’, ‘Mount Desolation’ and ‘Deception Bay’, evoke a pessimistic feel toward a lot of locations here. What’s in a name, ay? The ‘Dead Centre’, once maligned and written off as just a desolate wasteland, is now affectionately referred to as the ‘Red Centre’. (Many places probably need to be prophetically renamed); however it is still a very dangerous place to venture to, if you don’t know what you’re doing. Anyone bold enough to go needs to be equipped and trained properly. Yet even then, it has many risks and life-threatening hazards.  Apparently, early explorers of this great land set out in the belief of a ‘great inland sea’. Considering the size of the place, it seemed not only logical but highly probable at the time that one would be found. However, they were left disappointed and bemused, that they could not locate such a thing. Some of course, lost their lives trying.

  Psalm 42:1 "Oh God, you are my God, in a dry and weary land where there is no water".

There is life though, if you know where to look. The explorers disappointed by not finding a permanent inland sea in the heart of the outback, would take comfort today, that their gut feeling was right …because there is one …it’s just hidden. Deep underground, the artisian aquifer is a vast reservoir of water, many feet below the sun-cracked soil of Australia. Wells have been dug and the water is now pumped up from deep below. Also, ‘Lake Eyre’ is a drainage basin that covers one-sixth of all Australia. It is one of the largest internal drainage systems on Earth, and covers 1,140,000 square kilometers, including much of inland Queensland, large portions of South Australia and the Northern Territory, and a part of western New South Wales.  The majority of the rainfall (when it eventually arrives) doesn’t go out to sea via rivers like most other nations. It drains to the centre of the basin, bringing abundant life for a season. Much of it then evaporates  away quickly. Some of it though, soaks down into the earth and slowly tops up the underground reservoir, as it has done quietly for thousands of years.

   The Aussies, at heart, are very much ‘trail-blazers’. The rest of the world has always benefited and will always benefit from the ‘let’s just get the job done’ approach, coupled with an innate sense of humor, when things get tough.These are just a couple, amongst many, of rare qualities that Aussies, generally, possess as a national trait. I believe one way that the Lord has shaped a national character in the people, is with regard to the rarity of water in the nation. Imagine if God had flooded the ’Red Centre’ permanently from when the settlers explored the nation to now? Australia would be a very different place!  The nature of the landscape, regarding population settlement and use, would probably resemble something more like the U.S.A? (No disrespect to the U.S.A). Australians themselves would therefore be VERY DIFFERENT in character! Without the initial and later hardships, dangers, drought and resulting perserverance. Australians probably wouldn’t have developed into the overcoming people the world knows and loves. Also the rainfall on the nation doesn’t really follow any set pattern. I believe this unpredictability has generally kept Australia humble and made a people who naturally pull together well. For example, The Australian Army are World-renowned for gaining great victories under difficult circumstances, with what (sometimes little) they have. I Believe God has done this on purpose in the land, so that, in a historical and future sense, it is a blessing and a kindness from God. (Ay?) Well, it has carefully crafted Australians to ‘be robust for the approaching dusk’ of history. A redeemed Australia would praise Jesus in snake-infested dust, if that’s what it took!

   In the meantime, wells (reservoirs of God’s life-giving revelation and encouragement) are being dug by (and in), those who have heard the instruction. Others are being recruited to the call. They are those willing to recognise the tough times as training. Who learn in the midst of it all, where to find life and joy (God), in harsh situations. They are disciples of Jesus Christ who have been there and back again, equipped with hard feet and soft hearts! Willing to show where to find, or give, a drink to all who need it. Just like when tourists depend on an experienced bushman to keep them alive and get them home, the world (and sadly parts of the Body of Christ) will need to depend on these particular leaders. They have been trusted by God to train His people to find and bring the ‘living water’ promised by Christ, to dry hearts out there. They are the TRUE Apostles. The Holy Spirt and God’s Word; Logos and Rhema will spring up from the depths and bring life to the surface. The digging has already started! Internationally, the wells dug by God-sent Australian Apostles - wherever in the world they go!!!!  Will save many people. The times ahead, are travelling in this direction, fast and on the wrong side of the road!!

   I believe the Lord would say: “For some of you, your roots have gone deep, searching Me out. A season of rain (revelation) just for Australiais coming to fall on all places and people, but only they that have prepared to receive it will soak it in deeply! My rain (Rhema Word) is precious in the hard places of the earth, and if not treasured will evaporate quickly. You will need it soon for the dry lands you will be sent to. It is precious. Keep it, when it arrives, as you would keep your supply of water in the outback”.

  In a nutshell, I believe God has kept Australia in long, dry seasons, with seasons of refreshing. I believe spiritually, He will continue to do this, because as Proverbs  16: 26 says - ‘A labourers appetite makes him work harder, because he wants to satisfy his hunger”. Water from the Artesian basin appears hidden, but it is there just below the surface - like revelation kept just for Australia and it’s call in the Kingdom of God, for such a time as this.

Thank you Lord for your Australia!!!

Poem - Intimate Frequency

By Trish Whelan

From a distance I have called you mine
Your name echoes on the seas
Think about My lost and My lonely
As My breath in them is crying to breathe

From the ground of your ancestry
I chose your very form to be
Think about your freedom, given!
From the love of a man, of carpentry

The heart of the matter is
The truth of the letters
Inscribed upon your life
So find Me in the very ones you love
On the hearts of those I give
Your sounds
Your notes
Your keys
Pure treasures of mine
Do not be afraid
For the gold that thunders in such veins is deep
You must go
Enter in
Their very breath is the essence that keeps your beat

If we are one in this Body of Christ
And my commandments stand eternal
Friends are your family
Shepherds die for sheep
These are the bonds of an impenetrable fire

An intimate frequency exists in us all
To find it in others is our ultimate call
Timeless, ageless, the sound of RUAH (’God’s  breath’, in hebrew)
The breath of life
The depth of love
The width of existance
The sound of Yeshua

Find God in those He gives you
Find me in their hands that hold you
These are the sounds of higher love
Rock your soul in the arms of those who roll towards My covenant
Love is My intimate frequency

Wednesday, 4 February 2009

Towards The Last Page

By David Robinson
31st December 2008

 “And because lawlessness will increase, the love of many will grow cold”, “but hold on until the end … wait for Me!

  The shaking of the heavens and the shaking of the earth …take heart, the shaking you feel is as the footsteps of the Bridegroom …approaching …on the way!  Yet because iniquity will increase, the love of many people will grow cold, but you? …hold on, hold on until the end …wait for Me!

Note:

By way of explaination; I believe the Lord would convey that we are not to “worry” about world events - now, or soon!  Pray and take our place in God’s plan, in these times? Have a correct fear of the Lord? Yes, of course … but not to worry or fear. We need all the fruits of God’s Spirit, especially to have God’s peace and God’s love in the ’midst of it all’ - Whatever ‘it’ will look like.

God’s kindness to His Bride, is that He already has us in training …if we could all only but recognise it as such. A clue is to check how you respond or react to ‘hate or injustice’ towards you or those close to you.  Let the Lord train us then!  We all will so need His love and His peace like those before us, in the Book of Acts, very soon. New disciples will be born in the ‘midst of it all’ …if we are faithful to the Lord. His sovereign power and his invincible hand will move. All created things will see it. In the mean time, as Apostle Paul said: “To live is Christ, to die is gain” - To be found in Jesus Christ …either way …we win. Even if circumstance tries to convince us we’re ‘losing’. If we love in spite of whatever comes, WE WIN, in Christ …Because ‘God is Love’ and “Love never fails!”  

Prophetic Vision/Picture

By Patsy Bellchambers
15th August 2008

I saw a picture of a wood Craftsman. I watched as He carefully and lovingly chose a solid piece of timber. The timber was simply a solid slab of wood. As the Craftsman placed the timber on the bench it was obvious that his slab of wood had been chosen with a planned purpose in mind, as there were many pieces of timber to choose from but the Craftsman searched through them all, setting all other pieces aside. The discarded pieces were not of any lessor value or quality, they simply were not suitable for the purpose the Craftsman had in mind.  The Craftsman prepared the workbench and then chose carefully each tool that would be needed; again this act was very specific. Not just any tools would do, they were chosen with presision - and obvious fore-thought. The craftsmanset to work. Each time the craftsman rested from his work, the wood was covered by a cloth. One to keep it protected and two to mask or hide it from all but the Craftsman Himself.

Over much time; days, weeks and months the Craftsman worked on the wood. Always lovingly and with an air of quiet confidence. After many trips backwards and forwards to the work bench the cloth was lifted to reveal a beautiful violin. It was incredible to see something so small and delicate had been beautifully fashioned from the large slab of wood. I then watched as it received many coats of lacquer. Each step a time consuming effort that could not be hurried.  Finally the violin was strung and the tension applied and again, slowly adjusted over time until the Craftsman was satisfied with the sound the violin produced. It was obvious that to play the instrument, it brought the Craftsman much joy.

My thoughts were two fold;  1) This is how God fashions us, we need to submit to the honing and shaping of our soul, character, gifts, talents etc. 2)  We must remain submitted to the process of being re-strung and tensioned or we become instruments that are unpleasant to the “ear”. The process is paramount to the end product being able to be used, each person’s beginnings and journeys are unique, but we are all called to a common purpose - to resonate the heart of God and to glorify Him.    

Prophetic Word

By Patsy Bellchambers
15th August 2008

This is a season of redefining. At present you are being defined by all that is around you. Family, work, the future, and to a lesser degree - the past. It is imperative that you remain in the present - fully engaged in the now. Daily discipline will stop the time being stolen. You cannot afford to regret. Regret is like an anchor - if it does not stop your movement, it slows it painfully. Everyone’s days are known only to God, our times are in His hands.

God says:  “You cannot be defined by your existance - you must be defined by MY existance”.  

God or Mammon?

By Robyn Smith
31st May 2008

I feel that God is saying to us Christians to get rid of the stuff that he does not want us to have. The stuff that we hoard. The stuff that we store , the stuff that clutters, the stuff that we put our identity in, the stuff that prevents us from seeing the true riches He has given us and blessed us with. ‘Stuff’ can cost us a lot of money to store. ‘Stuff’ can be stolen. We are the stewards of what we have. It is up to us to get rid of the stuff that God does not want us to have, the stuff that prevents us from putting Him first in our lives.

There are seasons that we need stuff and God blesses us with stuff. There are seasons God wants us to lighten our load. There are seasons God tests our hearts to see if we love and trust HIM more than the stuff we have. There are seasons God wants us to get rid of the old, to bless us with the NEW. We need to check our hearts and hear from God to see what season we are in.  Remember the very rich ruler? He was sorrowful when he was told to sell all he had and give it ‘all’ to the poor, and THEN follow Jesus, to i nherit eternal life. When we are worldly-minded, our heart is focussed on earthly things that perish. When we are ‘Kingdom-minded’ , our heart is focussed on pleasing God and doing what He asks us to do. Don’t be sorrowful, you will receive greater reward in your obedience, now and for eternity! With GOD all things are possible. Don’t allow ’stuff’ to come between you and your God.

Mathew 6:9 - 21 states, “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also”.      

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A Word For Those In Their Armour

By Brett Hamilton
October 8th 2008

  I see a storm coming. It’s like a giant sandstorm out in the desert. We need to know how to weather this storm out, and like a giant sandstorm, there’s only one way …we need to bunker down. I see us bowing down on one knee, digging our sword into the ground (even on an angle pointing backwards, for greater stability) and hanging on for dear life. For without that anchor to hold on to, we would surely be picked up and blown away. It is time to bow the knee to the Lord, hold onto your sword and your word, and to close your eyes and bow your head to keep the sand from blinding you and getting in your mouth and ears. It is a time to bide your time and wait upon the Lord. CONSERVE YOUR ENERGY! It’s not a time to attack, for those that do will be wasting their energy, swinging at things they cannot see and cannot reach and cannot catch.

   We need to bunker down and wait it out. Bide our time. It is only for a season. For as it is with a sandstorm …THESE THINGS TOO WILL SURELY PASS.    

The “Base Camp” of the Mountain of the Lord

Prophetic word/vision for Forerunners International - ‘Our Next Season’

Tim Cassidy
October 20th 2008

        Hello fellow Forerunners! Our ministry is definitely NOT for the ‘faint hearted’ is it!  What a battle we have been fighting on all fronts, especially these past 4 years, yet the Lord has been mighty in building, defending, blessing and establishing us as HIS people and Ministry in the earth. We are simply prized in God’s heart and mind to such an awsome degree, it humbles me to my core. I thank God for ’small mercies’ and the brief moments of reprieve from the heat of the battle. God has been cleansing, refining, purging and exposing us in HIS fire so we may become more pure vessels for His good pleasure and purpose - and any suffering we’ve experienced ( however painful)  in the process is an honour because of what Jesus Christ suffered for us. We are being PREPARED for a powerful and victorious season of FIRE, FIRE, FIRE!, and advancing the Kingdom of God here in Australia. We faithful and obedient Australian women and men of God already have EVERYTHING we need to do the job - the Holy Spirit. Staying close to God is staying close to our leader and their commands, and it is there in the place of obedience and servanthood that we find safety, growth, love, blessing, peace, joy and life! The ‘way’ is getting tighter, narrower, steeper and selfless . We will be required to walk so much more obediently in this next season, to the point of it seeming as if we don’t have a choice but God’s will alone, not only in the “Big” decisions like marriage and ministry, but also in most of the decisions we make in our daily lives. God is drawing us much closer and tighter to Himself and His Will than ever before. A truly ‘millitant’ approach to the ministry expression is beginning to manifest, where ‘orders’ need to be obeyed more readily and willingly from those under Godly authority - without whinging, complaining, gossiping and rebelling. “APOSTOLIC ORDER” is the next vital step before the move of God for our nation of Australia, and as ‘forerunners’ we get to experience this order FIRST! This is what the ‘base camp’ (or ‘boot camp’)  of the “Mountain of the Lord” is going to be all about. May I firstly, however, present to you all a ”bigger picture” perspective to the vision I received concerning “The ‘base camp’ of the mountain of the Lord” (keeping in mind that I ‘prophesy in part and see in part’) and the  approaching ’single file’ journey up the mountain. 2009 is the year of the “RE”- REfine, REvive, REfire, REfresh, REfire, REnew, REtrain etc - More on this later.

      The ‘journey’ we are being prepared for is going to be Apostolically Adventurous and Prophetically Panoramic - upon a mountain we know little about experientially, yet is one that some of us (particularly Ap. Lynne) have ’seen prophetically’ in part for some time now. The  ‘Spirit of the fear of the Lord’ will be released to us Forerunners in power and presence during this next season of the ‘base camp the mountain of the Lord’ in 2009/2010. Also the ’spirit of Elijah’ is being poured out right now to mature Apostles and Prophets, to establish Apostolic order in God’s Church, and to drive out jezebel, ahab and demonic spirits which have infiltrated God’s camp - it is time for exposure and deliverance of evil in our midsts, IT’S TIME FOR WAR! True Apostolic order is being reformed and established in the heavens, which will soon be released to Christ’s true Prophets and Apostles on earth in the form of strategies, vision, annointings, authority, gifts of the spirit, healing, refreshing and intimacy with the Holy Spirit . We will indeed know, without a shadow of a doubt, that we are the Lord’s people - and as we obey His commands, His love and presence will abound amongst us in the most practical and spiritual of manifestations. This ‘mountain of the Lord’ also represents our part in the much prophesied and hoped for move of God in which our nation of Australia is about to birth and experience. We are being brought to our knees, in many dramatic ways now, and much pain may be involved at times. God is with us as comforter though of course. Certain Apostles and Prophets have already sought God diligently (within Forerunners international), and have, for some years now, been shown and have studied this mountain in the spirit realm by way of prophetic visions, dreams, prophetic insight and revelation - by the Holy Spirit’s enabling. ‘Prophetically guided’ preparation for the approaching move of God is essential for the success of the over-all will and Glory of God. As we all know, the scripture says: “God does nothing without FIRST revealing it to His servants the prophets” - so God’s true Prophets are required to speak and declare as never before, here in Australia - prophetically through visions, dreams, revelations, prayers and intercessions. Some of the more mature Apostles and Prophets have partially ’seen’ the mountain and have examined it’s pathways, dangers, blessings, environments and atmospheres as the Lord led - in order to prepare themselves to lead what God is about to entrust to them. Not just ‘anyone’ can lead Australia’s move of God (and many have attempted to!), for the Lord knows whom He has carefully chosen as His Australian Warrior Forerunners to lead the way ( both females and males together as TOTAL equals in Apostolic and Prophetic Kingdom leadership!) - and they will be nameless and faceless, giving ALL the Glory to God. The ascention up the mountain will require Apostolic strategy and Prophetic navigation straight from the heart of the Father, the mind of the Holy Spirit, and by the power of Jesus Christ. Man’s religious ways, masks, motives, agendas, salesmanship, marketing, business-like, self-promoting, leadership structures and Church denominations will begin to fail now - God himself is bringing man’s religious kingdom to rubble. These new Apostolic strategies will serve to fasciltate this great ‘exodus’ of God’s people being delivered from man-ruled religious church enslavement. The Holy Spirit must be our leader on the narrow path we are going to be travelling upon up the mountain of the Lord, so the true Apostle’s and Prophet’s instructions and words are to be valued and obeyed as never before. The ‘Spirit of the fear of the Lord’ is with us on this journey, because it will be a matter of ”life of death” upon God’s mountain. God’s ‘over-all’ directional strategy for the next season is in fact only going to be given to the Apostle of our ministry - The “one leader” (and their team) dynamic  is what God is restoring within His churches and ministries in our Nation, as a true Apostolic reformation example to the nations. Having said that, the ‘team’ dynamic is going to be utilised and needed as never before. Apostolic and prophetic teams will be ‘tied’ and ‘connected’ to each other on a safety rope (God and His vision through His senior Apostle), not unlike the main safety rope utilised by mountain climbing teams on Mt Everist. This season we are now in  is the ‘base camp’ of the mountain of the Lord, yet it will also feel like the ‘boot camp’ of the mountain of the Lord a lot of the time; sorting the wheat from the chaff , the committed from the un-committed, the sheep from the goats, the faithful from the unbelieving, the true from the false. The true Apostles will confront the false now, by God’s initiative and biblical process, and a war IN and FOR the Bridegroom’s Body/Bride will begin in 2009. Wolves beware - God ( through His true Apostles, prophets and leaders) is about to expose you and require your repentance as NEVER before. Thank you Jesus, our “Good Shepherd” and “Apostle!”, the ’sorting’ time has finally come.

      The “birth”of this move of God is between 0ne and two years away! Ultimately Jesus Christ is preparing us to receive Him more fully, so we may be drawn closer to our Heavenly Father through the leadings of the Holy Spirit. This drawing near to the Father is our ‘life line’ for the mountain climb ahead. We need to know what the Father is saying and doing concerning the mountain path, His kingdom and ‘His will’ coming to earth as it is in heaven. This will require greater intimacy with God (and each other as christians) than we’ve ever experienced. Again - it’s that simple, yet that complex! The way is about to become more narrow, and complete obedience to God more critical. Therefore the ‘base camp’ season is to be soberly and sincerely embraced as the most vital preparation needed before making the journey up the mountain - we simply haven’t been here before and so much is at stake. Australia as a nation has a lead role to play in the Kingdom of God world-wide, so please allow me to explain some of our future role, it reads as follows;

       This prophetic article/word is a ‘word in season’ for our entire next season as a ministry of ‘Forerunners International’ , in Christ’s plan for us corporately at this time. We are about to more fully experiences a ‘Chairos’ moment in God’s time on earth and for our nation of Australia - a time of sudden and massive shifts and changes. Although this prophetic word and vision is specifically for Forerunners International, I believe it will also apply to those christians of a similar ”forerunner spirit” within our own nation, which will Prophesy (from the Holy Spirit, not their own spirit) the approaching move of God here in Australia. The ‘ripple effect’ of what God is doing in the spirit realms here over Australia is spiritually flowing in to the church world-wide, to some degree, which is why many are beginning to dream and think about Australia right now, with some wanting to set-up ministries in Australia as a result. This true and sovereign move of God is to be birthed as a nameless and faceless ”Australian move of God”, the one prophesied by the great Smith Wigglesworth for us Australians. Praise God that America, Canada, South America, the United kingdom, Africa and other nations have had their own moves of God in the past, impacting the world and people in God’s great plan for the earth. We have been so blessed to witness the global restoration of the five-fold ministry and the church in recent decades, restoring hope to many that God is indeed building his church and establishing His kingdom. Now the Lord is revealing that we are in the time where God raises up mighty men and women for our own unique Australian annointing and move of the Holy Spirit - all pre-destined and designed by HIM. God is guarding this move of God in Australia as a ‘fierce and focussed’ mother eagle would protect her eggs before they were hatched. We are about to be born into the initial stages of the ultimate destiny God has for Australia! Consequently there has never been a more crucial time for the Australian intercessors to prepare to war, pray, interceed and fight without ceasing for the true Australian Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, pastors, teachers and saints to rise up from ‘within’ our nation and prepare to “be” the move of God we have all been praying for. No longer are we to look to other nations for the answers we already have, concerning our Apostolic mandate to lead and establish the kingdom of God in Australia. ‘We are it’  fellow Australian warriors!

The Lord says: ”Awaken oh sleeping Giant of Australia!” AWAKEN!

       We Australians also have our own spiritual birthright and leadership role to play in the forefront of the Body of Christ Internationally, and in a crucial time in Earth’s history -  these “End Times”. Our God-given Leadership mandate in the earth must be claimed by Australians NOW or there will be an attempt by other ministries and ministers to lead something they simply are not pre-destined to lead here in Australia. The Lord has clearly targeted us to become a nation of great revival and great holiness, a spiritual and physical refuge and blessing to the world, in Christ. We will see a mighty move of God errupt throughout Australia, lasting 2 or 3 years within our nation before being released to other regions, nations and continants. By the grace of God, we will ‘birth’ and steward this unique move of God through our warrior Aussie spirit (In the Holy Spirit) and Christ’s desire to see souls set free, saved and returned to the Father. Then we will impart the resultant Australlian annointings, impartations, ministry, teachings, music and fruits of the Spirit to the nations of the world. We are about to climb a high mountain with a very narrow path to travel apon, where so much vision and provision will be released to us by God. Love, repentance, forgiveness, humility and obedience to the word of God and His Leaders, need to be our greatest priority. This much is certain - it is an “Australian forerunning mandate” from God Himself - from before time began. Some have been preparing for this Move of God in Australia for many long, hard decades - being full of faith, vision, intercession, prayer and hope - ready for the ‘birthing pains’ to begin!  In 2009 my fellow intercessors - ”the birth pains begin” for Australia’s great move of God! We ‘prophesy in part’ and ’see in part’ and this is the vision and prophetic word which God gave me concerning the ‘preparation’ for this journey up His Holy Mountain, and for the coming move of God. And it’s not far off!  The word “Ascension” will be key in this coming ‘Base Camp’ season in God. Character is being refined as never before experienced here in Australia, and much unrighteousness has begun to be revealed by God, especially starting in the leadership of ministries and churches within His Church and kingdom in Australia. Some of the key prophetic insights I received for us as a ministry and as a nation are as follows;

The “BASE CAMP” Vision / Prophetic Word-

         I saw a clear vision of the ‘mists parting’ and a “Base Camp” suddenly appearing at what I truly believe to be the foot of “The Mountain of the Lord”. This is where we are prophetically positioned as a ministry, and I believe more prophetic words and insights will be received by others within our ministry and others externally, concerning the ‘Mountain of the Lord, and its ‘base camp’. Some details of what I believe God has shown me about this vision are as follows;

      Spiritually and materially, as individuals and as a ministry of God’s people, we Forerunners International members have prophetically reached what the Lord has shown me as being the “Base camp of the Mountain of the Lord”. The many paths, roads, oceans and skys we have travelled upon in our individual and corporate lives, especially by following Jesus Christ, have brought us to this point and place in life. The many ”vehicles” which we have used to get to this point of our lives have served their purpose. As it is with reaching the base of any mountain we intend to climb, we will need “mountain specific” conciousness from here on in. The “OLD” ways, vehicles, equipement and mindsets will nolonger serve us. In order to navigate and strategise the “ascent” up this mountain set before us as individuals and as a Ministry, we will need a totally new perspective and focus in our lives. Many of us have travelled faithfully with God for many years in many and varied “vehicles” (ministries) , experiencing many and varied “terrains” and “landscapes” in our lives. As God restores and prepares us, we are also consequently in many and varied conditions; emotionally, mentally, physically and spiritually from our journey thus far to where we now find ourselves - at the “Base Camp of the Mountain of the Lord”.  There are some who will arrive late or not arrive at all, because of disobedience and rebellion to Church Leadership and God. The past is the past, and even though we live-out our consequences to varying degrees - the good, the bad, the joy, the hurt - for the faithful, there’s a ‘new beginning’ now. How we have allowed the Lord to heal, correct, conform and shape us these past years, will more than ever determine the state of preparedness we are in to engage the imminant journey. Our ministry is fast becoming, in the spirit of the fear of the Lord, a matter of life and death. Giving our entire life to Jesus Christ daily by faith and dying to ourselves completely that we may live , is a pre-requisite to travelling up the Mountain of the Lord.

        Love is our ’safety rope’ , in God, during this next season and climb up the mountain. The love of God, in true obedience to his word and commands, and love toward one another will be the key developmental factor to focus apon whilst in the “base camp”.  There has never been a more critical and sober-minded need for the Leadership here within Forerunners International, to be of ‘one accord’ under the guidance, wisdom, detailed prophetic and strategic direction of the Senior Apostle of our ministry. In 2009 we will see this reality taking effect powerfully and in every area of the ministry. Again, it’s a VERY narrow walk we have from here on into the future. Hidden motives which are contary to the Senior Leader’s Vision, in this ministry and others, will become clearer and more obvious to the senior leader than ever.

      In this “Base Camp” we have many ‘tents’ and ‘designated areas’ in which we will receive all we’ll need for the mission and journey ahead. Being prophetically symbolic of our ministry and it’s leaders and ministers, some of these tents include;

* ’Medical tents’ - for restoration and healing for the negative effects of past journeys, years, wars and experiences some of us have endured. Restoration and prayer ministry healing is one of the most crucial pursuits for us right now, in the precise areas we know we are in need of healing. Many of us have suffered great wounds from people and the devil, our enemy, in the past decades and seasons we have experienced in our vastly different realities. Deception-based false anointings and ministries have caused almost unhealable and irreversable internal damage to so many of God’s people, but God is the one who heals, renews and restores….and gives us the “fresh”  and “new” water , love, fire and courage to get up, look at our personal prophecies again (the GOD-GIVEN ones!) and move towards God again, with a new resolve and vision. God has His healing oils, shed blood and waters of restoration at our disposal, but we MUST chase after it in a pro-active manner, not expecting others to do the effort for us. In this ‘Base Camp’ season, for us to become strong for the season ahead, we need to choose to live, and NO excuse will cut it before God anymore. We are so rich in God’s healing anointing and ministry in Forerunners International. If you are not getting healed in this ministry, you DO NOT WANT to be healed. God is never to blame.

* ‘Equipment and equipping tents’ - for the new training and strategies, as well as new equipement needed for the journey up the mountain.  Every new piece of equipment and equipping we need for the mountain is only going to be fully effective, if we are able to become “teachable” on a new level. Old ways just won’t be effective anymore. We are passing into totally NEW territory, spiritually speaking. Take on board ALL the courses, training, meetings, and conferences that are available to you,in Forerunners Intl this year. God is really about to re-equip HIS people, so a supernatural hunger and passionate zeal for the presence and teaching of God is rising in HIS people this year, by God’s leading and prophetic Will and his Holy Spirit.

* ‘Weapons and armour tent’ - exchanging old armour for new, and old weapons for new. The new weapons cannot be carried with old ones, and likewise the armour and shields. “TOTALLY NEW” is God’s command for this next season of Spiritual warfare, yet it is a case of building on the sure foundation of past warfare, weapons and armour. In this tent we again learn that the weapons of our warfare are always effective in the “Mightiness in God”, for the specific season we are now in Prophetically.

* 'Praise and Worship Tent'- God is releasing HIS new sound to us whom dilligently seek Him. This is a time to fear God and NOT man! To find a place of intimate musical worship and praise, through a lifestyle of worship of Him, is almost a compulsory requirement for those wanting to ascend the mountain of the Lord. Pure hearts, clean spirits, holy mouths and contrite spirits will be the result from this next season of worship and praise. The new music, sounds and expressions are coming from the mountain top, and partaking in this new sound will actually help to lead us, corporately and individually, to where the “Father Dwells”. Jesus Christ is the Musician we need to be trained by in this season, all worship is HIS ALONE!!!

        It’s a new day and a new environment we find ourselves in now and even though all our past weaponry and armour have served us well to this point, it will now need replacing with God’s new “season specific” weapons and armour. Lightweight, yet super-strong armour is now available for the humble warriors. New weapons also come with new warfare strategies, and new annointings from our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Through the Holy Spirit and by way of our senior leader,  a freshness and strength of “The New” is being released to Forerunners International as a ministry now. This “Base Camp” is a place we can really do business with God, being cleansed, being forgiven, being set free at last. There is an annointing for great change in the Base Camp of the Mountain of the Lord. The Love of our God BURNS for us to want to changeand become more like HIM.

        One of the most significant ’season defining’ scriptures we are walking in right now in is Psalm 24, with clear emphasis on verses 3 through to 5, as follows;

          ”3. Who shall ascend God’s holy mountain, or who shall stand in His holy place? 4. He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who does not lifted up his soul unto idol, nor speak what is false”. 5 He shall receive the blessing from the Lord, and righteousness from the God of his salvation”. 

 Psalm 24, Isaiah 60, Psalm 91, Book of Revelation, Book of Daniel and 1 Corinthians , are prominant scriptural reference points for our journey now and into the future, and of course there are many more scriptures which are significant as always. In this ‘Base Camp’ , some of what we will experience are the following;

1) Rest - Waiting apon the Lord and abiding in an inner rest, drawing on the Lord’s peace within. Thank God for HIS rest for HIS faithful ones - he knows we need it. This is also a time of “waiting” on the Lord and ‘refreshing’ ourselves in His presence, whether at home, in our cars or at our place of work. His rest is within, if we believe.

 2)  Re- Connect -  We must re-connect to God Himself!  Any areas of our lives where sin or wrong connection to that which is not Godly is to be ‘dis-connected’ from us quickly and presisely, with the aid of the leaders and their God-given annointing to help. We are to become ‘un tangled’ from the worldly things and people around our lives, and sever connection with ALL that is unprofitable to us and God’s plan for our lives. The safety rope is the only rope or cord that we should have around us for the journey up the mountain. This Base Camp is well equipped to release us from unhealthy soul-ties and connections, and re-attaching us to God and what he has truly called us to.

 3) Reflect - Assess the past and the present with soberness of mind. Repent if the Holy Spirit convicts you and embrace all neccessary change, and in faith look hopefully toward God, His promises and the future He has prepared for you.

  4) Re Vision - Re-capture our own individual place within the vision of Forerunners International, re playing our taped prophetic words and assess how we have worked with them and God (or not). This process will also serve to lead us towards the ’summit’ of the Mountain of the Lord we are now based around, bringing the courage and clarity required to forge ahead upward and onward for Christ .

 5) Re focus - Prioritising our whole life again (not a simple thing!) according to God’s order, ways, truth and personal conviction from the Holy Spirit, in the fear of the Lord. God’s grace is sufficient for this and we must only take with us that which serves us best on the journey ahead.  An ‘Out with the old and in with the new’ approach is essential in order to begin the ascent, in all areas of our lives. Re-focussing physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually will be crucial and wise at this time, and we are well resourced in our ministry to help everyone with these processes. Old mindsets, old vision, old dreams, old ways, old friends, old belongings, old hopes, old experiences, old emotions, old revelation, old attitudes - all the old things which don’t serve God’s will for your life must go! God himself cannot give us the new, until the old is given over to Him honestly and completely. He cannot fill ‘old wineskins’ with ‘new wine’, it just cannot be done. God will fill you with all things new, if we can just trust Him as never before. The Base Camp is a mighty place of great supply from God. Give Him your old, and receive His new! That’s a great exchange.  New annointings, new hearts, new vision, new focus, new dreams, new friendships, new peace, new hope, new trust, new faith, new new NEW!! Thank you Jesus for the New!!

6)  Re align - We are to re-align our hearts, minds and spirits with God and the Mission He has given Apostle Lynne Hamilton for Forerunners International. This is a precious opportunity to have such faith in God that He will align us in Himself when we seek Him, and give us visions and dreams which are prophetic and clear concerning His will and purpose for ourselves, others and the world. God is getting us prepared in this ‘Base Camp’ to receive visions and dreams which re-align us so comprehensively that we have fullness of joy and purpose as never before, both temporally and eternally. We must discard plans and things which do not align with God’s plans for our lives in this next season, embracing only that which serves God’s will.

 7)  Re-equip - We need to study afresh the Word of God, seeking fresh revelation and truth, believing for new annointings, new garments, new ideas, new friendships, new accountability - equipping ourselves with the ‘new’. We’ll also need new safety gear, the rope that binds us is the love, accountability and fear of the Lord.

8) Refresh - Oh how we need refreshing!!  We are about to be given great refreshing from God - true reviving of the dead and dying parts of ourselves which we have given to God in past years of sacrifice and obedience to Him. The faithful will become refreshed beyond what they could have hoped for in the times ahead - even if you have given up, a great season of  refreshing is truly upon us as a ministry. Humility before the Lord in holiness will attract this season of revival.

9)  Re-fire - The Lord is a consuming fire! This Chairos time in God is bringing with it a great time of fire release from the Holy Spirit Himself. The fires of God are many. The types of fire we are going to soon experience will be released to us is both great power, and with great gentleness from God. The Apostles in particular are about to be entrusted with massive Austhority and power from God, which will see fire increase as never before seen in modern church history. Being ‘re-fired’ is going to be a seriously ‘tangible’ season for us all. The time of fire and power is imminant. I am authentically excited in my spirit for this re-firing time.

        A journey up a mountain has many dangers, and this ‘Base Camp’ season (2009) has all we need in order to be able to equip ourselves with the new practical and spiritual strategies, accountability to leadership and love toward each other that will be vital to our safety on the mountain. One slip on this mountain can mean great injury, hurt and even death to the people we are ‘connnected’ to. It is not a time to be selfish, but rather to continue to become truly ’selfless’ in nature, each day of the week. A true and loving team dynamic will be formed in the Base Camp season, for those who maximise the time of change and letting go of the uneccessary baggage from the past. It will be exciting for those submitting to the processes, due to the full portion of grace and annointings being released by God to help those whom are sincerely submitting to the season. Nothing will ever be the same again and we are in a true and world impacting chairos moment in God’s prophetic timetable for earth.

      Aspreviously touched upon, from the mountain top there is also a ’new sound’ about to be released by the Lord to His people, which will prove to become a guiding sound for His people during their ascent up the mountain. It is actually a ‘multi leveled’ collection of sounds- a complex composition of musical sounds and frequencies which originate from the heart of the Father God, which penetrate into our very D.N.A. The clarity and impact of these sounds will become clearer and deeper, the further up the mountain we travel. The closer we get to the top of the mountain, the more these sounds will become part of our spiritual DNA, because it is part of the Father’s drawing of His children to Himself and ‘into’ Himself. This significant sound release is a Holiness convergance of God with His people, by way of the death and resurrection of Christ - in the the power of the Holy Spirit. The returning “Lion” will empower us by the holy boldness of the spirit of Elijah. Sins are to be truly repented of ,  our first love of Christ to be re-ignited, eternal hope is being restored, and faith in God fortified within us! These are just some of the ‘fruits’ of the approaching season, in which we can expect and enjoy, through the release of these ’sounds from the mountain top’.  We have reached a time where eveything thing we think, do, feel and imagine must be aligned to the rhema and logos Word of God as never before - our very lives depend on it!

     We will also revive, refresh, refine and re-fire  in this ‘Base Camp’ season.  The holiness and glory fires of the Lord are exponentially increasing upon us Forerunners, so prepare for divine enabling to gain the ‘clean hands’ and ‘pure heart and mouth’ that will be required to ascend this Holy Mountain of the Lord. The ‘base camp’ is an essential place to arrive at, yet we will get a strong and commanding call from the Lord to leave ‘Base Camp’ and begin our journey upward, and only those whom have prepared themselves in the fear of God may ascend. Anything less would spell potential disaster for the team. It is a sober time to go before God and allow him to truly search our hearts, and then humbly obey the specific instructions He gives as a result. We all have areas of our character which can be refined , so humility before the Lord in prayerful self reflection will be of great benefit in this season. The Mountain has a “narrow” path to follow in order to ascend it, and what we all do in the Base Camp will determine the outcome of the next vital season of our Forerunners International journey. So much is at stake, and so many lives can potentially come to freedom and salvation in Christ if we will embrace this season with our entire minds, heart and soul. We are in unstable and very uncertain times here on earth, as it is written and prophesied throughout the bible. The realm of heaven is bound to God’s will, and the ‘certainty’ of bible prophecy will soon manifest more and more here on earth.  Freedom from the spirit of jezebel and of ahab is also a pre-requisite to ascending the mountain of the Lord, for the spirit of Elijah will be our main source of strength throughout our coming journey. Our total obedience to Jesus Christ is only possible when all our idolatry ends and we have fully overcome jezebellic and ahabic behaviours. So tolerance of the Jezebel Spirit and her partner Ahab is not permitted in the ‘base camp’ season, and these spirits are to be driven out of the camp of the Lord and their works destroyed. The spirit of Elijah will once again be poured out apon God’s Prophets, Apostles and senior leaders again to fascilitate this attack on jezebel and ahab spirits. This “Base Camp” prophetic word came to me before the world-wide financial crisis situation hit us all, so it means so much more now in light of recent events. The worst is coming apon the earth, yet those whom pay the price in the Base Camp of the mountain of the Lord will mount up with wings as eagles in the confusing times ahead - shining the light of God’s glory, will and word to all men! What a brilliant opportunity to become prepared for the Lord in these end times. We cannot turn back now, as our whole lives have come to this crucial point in our walk with God. The Base Camp has all the food, all the supplies, all the neccessary safety equipement,  all the protective clothing, all the tents, all the armour and weapons, all the healing and restoration, all the deliverance and life, all the training, all the strategies, all the inner rest and peace, all the leadership, all the team building, all the prophetic vision, all the apostolic covering, all the revelation, all the teaching, all the prayer, all the intercession, all the praise and worship, and all the provisions from God that we’ll need for the mountain journey ahead. The Lord Jesus Christ is with us, the Holy Spirit enables us, the Father God loves us. If we are clean and pure we will be chosen for the ascension time ahead, so let us focus on being ‘pro-active’ in allowing the Holy Spirit to heal, clean and purify us before the Lord, truly repenting of our sins, to honour Him and each other in this adventure and new era before us - Jesus Christ of nazareth is coming to the Forerunners International family and our beloved Nation of Australia.Let’s make ourselves ready for our Bridegroom, Lord and Saviour! He is worthy!

THE TRUMPET IS SOUNDING!!  RISE UP AUSTRALIA!!!      

Prophetic Word

By Nicole Hannaford
15th March 2008

I saw a picture of a “Lion tamer” and the scripture: Ezekiel 13:4, “Your prophets, Israel, are like the jackals scavenging through the ruins”.

My interpretation of this is that the “prophets” are not going after the fresh meat. The fresh Word of GOD at this time. The connection betweenthe Lion tamer picture is that a lion is meant to be a wild hunter, not a lazy performer. We need to be ‘hunting’ for the fresh! As an Apostolic Church we need to represent the TRUE “Lion of the tribe of Judah” - wild at heart, not a ‘tame and lame Jesus’.

Tuesday, 3 February 2009

Poem - Lord of the Dance

By Trish Whelan

The places I have led you

Have never been in vain

Walking in obedience

Mirroring your pain

Through the valleys on your knees

Deep down My voice you hear

Triumphantly your choice to stand

All heaven celebrates with cheer

In the days, your patience grows

Like flowers in a storm

The icy glaze that surrounds your heart

Melts past my embrace, so warm

Through the unkind dark of night

You dream your ‘being’, next to mine

A dance so intimate, now takes flight

‘Pure love’ becomes your state in time

I AM, says He, the LORD of the Dance.

Poem - Journey of the unknown SEER

By Tim Cassidy

Born with ‘eyes within my eyes’ I see, past the masks, into the souls , into spirit realms of real

God’s gift given before I was formed in my mother’s womb, a SEER born amongst the blind

Seeing behind the eyes of the people I meet, windows to their true condition, in sin

Too young to have this spirit-sight, in the night of the world within our world, forever awakened.

Storms of emotions and  mental motions, people in pain again and again, I’m drained

Seeing the truth behind the smiles and words, seeing the spirit behind the eyes in the soul.



Holy Spirit visitation at the tender age of seven, eyes within my eyes opened, overwhelmed!

SEE-SAW and seeing more and more in the battleground of two worlds in one, at war.

Manifestations awake and asleep, never a rest from the spiritual worlds I see, so near, so deep

Holy Spirt, Jesus Christ and Father as one my protection, my salvation, my invisable friends.

A sobering realisation this world is dying, seeing the beginning of the end?

Desperate to be understood, but I dare not ask the ones who do not see!  who else can see?



God my only hope through fierce teenage years , the brutal warfare, the tears, the fears

No longer want to SEE the truth, it only isolates me more, in the war, invisable realm made visible

Seeking, crying, begging to fit in, knowing it will never happen, I need a mask to fit in?

Who am I? WHAT am I? Why did you give me these eyes that SEE the true condition of men.

I don’t want to fight, to judge, to critisise - I DON’T WANT TO SEE ANY MORE ! It’s such a lonely war.

No Christian to help, no family of light in sight, darkness encroaching in on my sight.



Seeing isn’t easy, the journey always alone, I am used to being so different by now

Searching for the face behind the voice of hope, a 7 year search for God, unsuccessful.

A final desperate cry at the end of a life of religious practices, my eyes are dying, nearly blind.

Power, love, hope, joy, peace all suddenly arising - Are my prayers being heard and fulfilled? My GOD!

Delivered, eyes opened, pain gone, chains destroyed, heart healed in peace - GOD IS ALIVE! I am alive!

JESUS CHRIST the only friend, the only God - one with Holy Spirit and Father, I am free! clearly see



Oh the SEERS joy of understanding’s enlightening truth - JESUS CHRIST is the way my eyes burn to see,

Loving God, my search is over  AT LAST, all I have ever seen now understood in the written word of life!

God’s Word giving sanity to what I have seen and have been through all of these years, destroying fears.

The Way, The Truth and The Life is mine , the God who is my friend, who died for ME?! -  ’I am free’.

My eyes are yours Lord, my seeing your seeing, my being within your being, so freeing!

I am understood! I’m not crazy! My SEERSHIP a true gift from God , I only have eyes for you my King!


This Seer wants to always be the apple of your eye!

Poem - Love Gift

by Clare Tremeer

God invited me to share,
In His life and suffering,
An opportunity, oh so rare,
I could not refuse such an offering.

He heard my prayer and wiped my tears,
He chose me for obedience and fulfilment.
His truth revealed, I chose to hear,
And be His hope of glory, on His Name dependant.

Thank you Lord for loving me,
You and I will forever be together.
Never alone, You helped me to see,
Your greatest gift, is that we love one another.

Poem - Easier For Them

By Moya Boardman

Everyone else has it easier
Well - that’s the way it seems
The pain of life doesn’t cut so deep
And sometimes so slowly, sometimes fast
They all get to live their dreams

But with me the story’s different
I feel like I’ve lost my legs
I’m sinking into lonely dullness.
Flashes of light, distant thunder
I think I get just the dregs

But if there are dregs then there is SOMETHING!
Bigger and more glorious
It left behind that trail of crumbs
Stale bread bits, occasional pie
I want the whole meal!