by David Robinson
1) Like cinema rating guidance such as U, PG, 18 (R in the USA) certain visions from The Lord will be given relative to the maturity of each saint! We can all sometimes fanticise that we’re of Daniel or John’s calibre? Daniel was sickened and shocked and John fell down as though dead, when they were allowed by The Lord, to see what they saw.
Dreams, Visions and Prophecy etc, have been promised. Just to remind ourselves, once received, we’re then responsible for them; and also what The Lord then says to us, about them. A sobering thought, because many chase these like butterflies. Many seek signs and wonders, in themselves - for various, mixed motives; sometimes a ‘need’ to be known (by men) as the one who ’saw it first’, so as to give an impression they have an exclusive hotline to God. If that’s been the case, they’ve sadly received their reward already! This is not always the case, of course, and God has put prophets in the church and it’s important they’re identified. What I’m just getting at is, it’s good to check the motives of your heart - because God certainly will! God’s gifts are not given so we can do party tricks, “perform” for visitors or elevate ourselves/ministries, in the eyes of our peers. There is a difference between this and with what Paul the apostle mentions about giving “a demonstration of the Spirit’s power”; it’s one of, whom is glory received by? If the motives of the heart are misplaced, flattery may entertained, (even idolatry) and then Pride can set in… a very lethal place to be. See what happened to Herod.
So… this year be careful what you ask for!
Be bold, desire spiritual gifts, yes! But check your motives - ask why are gifts given out? So be careful and scriptural; Jesus said that as you freely receive, you are to freely give! To those that have been given much - much will be expected! The Lord will be requiring a more mature character in us, so as to wield these gifts with integrity and an obedient application.
2) “At the back of the parade”, “the scum of the earth” to quote Paul… it seems to me, limited as my knowledge is, apostles serve and bring godly order, yet do not operate through coercion. They establish the required environment of hearts, for The Holy Spirit to move and speak; and also for God’s people to function and grow into His will for them, as well as for those they will ultimately affect.
I believe in the latter part of 2010, The Lord will be interrogating issues of ‘true biblical leadership’. One of the many aspects of this, I believe, is the traditional dynamic of “clergy” and “laity”. Looking at ‘what is a leader?’ - whilst at the same time shaking the “Committees” around them. Not to prevent accountability, but reveal the ones that retard the work of the Kingdom; and also the unofficial subcommittees that lobby against leaders, creating an ‘undermining’ consensus; these will be shaken to the core. The people, themselves, that is! If that’s us in any way, be advised we must repent now, while we can!
‘Absalom types’ in the church at large, will be exposed from within. How this is then dealt with, will be the test for the leaders that The Lord chose. It will be interpreted by some as an attack from the enemy, but The Lord is ‘shaking the tree’ - to see what fruit falls from it. The church at large, needs to get a clue that we are part of a kingdom, not a democracy. The saints need a fear of the Lord here, it’s going to be serious!
Also leaders will be feeling the sorrows of God’s heart - over people, over cities, over promises unfulfilled, over those wandering blind - blind leaders and the blind that follow them. This will turn to deep compassion and intercession. The Lord will decide what happens next! Praising God through out and then seeing The Lord’s hand move in all this, will bring profound Joy. It will spur us all on, into the test of 2011 (the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible); the firestorm of 2012. (forget the Mayan end of the world ‘tosh’, the firestorm is The Lord’s!); and to the claims on the church in 2013. (2013 is the 1,700th anniversary of Constantine making Christianity the Roman State religion and the 1000th anniversary of King John signing over England to the Pope, as a fiefdom of Rome)
Back to 2010, “Rejoice with those that rejoice, mourn with those that mourn” Cheer on other churches/saints that do well (don’t be jealous - Thank God His Kingdom is growing!) and be concerned for other churches/saints/leaders when they struggle. (don’t work for Satan by being gleeful about failing churches/people - pray for them!)
Breakthrough! for Worship leaders & teams… yaaay!
3) Jesus said in Luke 5:4 “Launch out into the deep…”
Peter’s response was honest… I.e. “we’ve fished all night and caught nothing”. As workers in the harvest, we can all feel like that sometimes, eh?
When a move of God is declared we feel, yeah, done that, got the T-shirt etc. Take on board what Peter then said!!! “but, because you say so…” and they went out again and the nets split with the massive haul they got!
Did you feel tired at the end of 2009? Take hope from here on in, because when The Lord say’s “go out again”, put aside the weariness and dare I say, familiarity with tried ideas and methods that didn’t seem to work, and GO out again. (He already has said “go” in the “great commission”, I know) But the specifics of where, when, how etc; when The Lord speaks to us, because He says so let’s go out again! (Hope the nets are strong enough!
4) More posturing in the middle east and fears over Iran? A few scares - only scares, mind!
5) Watch Central/South America; plans afoot for destabilisation of the region. Especially Venezuela, via Columbia.
6) The Climate change debate, will not go away. Now Copenhagen ended as a damp squib, pray against any use of HAARP to affect the weather patterns. (HAARP is a method to use weather modification technology as a weapon, or to bring about a change in weather patterns over a localised area or a nation.) The technology, banned in 1976, exists; so please pray it will not be misused, say to manufacture evidence of climate change or extreme weather, and thus push through hidden proposals.
Boy, are the secret ones, mad over the failure of Copenhagen! As Stockholm in Sweden becomes Green capital of Europe in 2010, and Spain heads the EU, expect a “demonization” of the Climate Change “Sceptics” in the media. This is to prepare for another attempt in Germany, on creating a global financial framework, in the form of Carbon Tax.
Connected with this, please pray for our schools, as children will start to be targeted to be good “global” citizens – under the guise of the environment; the aim being to fashion their minds in preparation with other plans; down the road a bit, it could end in lectures for family members about “global” responsibility or even “reporting” mum and dad to the authorities for any “failings” (who defines failings?). Science fiction? Well, it actually happened under Stalin and also Hitler not so long ago. – it happened! …and it happened, because it’s a technique that works!
7) Well, Mr. Gordon Brown has invited Mr. Benedict to officially visit the UK in 2010. The invitation has been accepted. Watch this space, I suppose. Expect a lot of closet catholic politicians and clergy will declare their true feelings and allegiance etc… who knows maybe even the Prince Charles will to surprise us? Later, someone from Ireland will become prominent in the Vatican. Sunday will be peddled as the thing that unites “us”.
Finally the issue that has caused Church leaders so much consternation and wrangling in prayer these last few years, will be answered in 2010. Leaders, you can burn your thesaurus, because I believe The Lord is about to reveal the most important thing on your calendars… the perfect name for your up and coming conference. Yes folks it does exist! The Conference name of conference names - What could it be? Epicenter? Firewall Fest? Lightning Heart? Heavenquake? Eagles, Swords and Lions Prophetic Art Cliché Conference? Who knows? Personally, I don’t give a monkey’s… I hope it’s in the style of Clint Eastwood i.e. “the Conference with no name?”
Sorry, just messin’… I had thoughts of Monty Python’esq committees with each person competing for the most dramatic title using increasingly sensationalist Christianese… oh wait a minute that actually happens doesn’t it? ha ha. In other words, God’s sense of humour is available next year, to anyone who wants it!
1) Like cinema rating guidance such as U, PG, 18 (R in the USA) certain visions from The Lord will be given relative to the maturity of each saint! We can all sometimes fanticise that we’re of Daniel or John’s calibre? Daniel was sickened and shocked and John fell down as though dead, when they were allowed by The Lord, to see what they saw.
Dreams, Visions and Prophecy etc, have been promised. Just to remind ourselves, once received, we’re then responsible for them; and also what The Lord then says to us, about them. A sobering thought, because many chase these like butterflies. Many seek signs and wonders, in themselves - for various, mixed motives; sometimes a ‘need’ to be known (by men) as the one who ’saw it first’, so as to give an impression they have an exclusive hotline to God. If that’s been the case, they’ve sadly received their reward already! This is not always the case, of course, and God has put prophets in the church and it’s important they’re identified. What I’m just getting at is, it’s good to check the motives of your heart - because God certainly will! God’s gifts are not given so we can do party tricks, “perform” for visitors or elevate ourselves/ministries, in the eyes of our peers. There is a difference between this and with what Paul the apostle mentions about giving “a demonstration of the Spirit’s power”; it’s one of, whom is glory received by? If the motives of the heart are misplaced, flattery may entertained, (even idolatry) and then Pride can set in… a very lethal place to be. See what happened to Herod.
So… this year be careful what you ask for!
Be bold, desire spiritual gifts, yes! But check your motives - ask why are gifts given out? So be careful and scriptural; Jesus said that as you freely receive, you are to freely give! To those that have been given much - much will be expected! The Lord will be requiring a more mature character in us, so as to wield these gifts with integrity and an obedient application.
2) “At the back of the parade”, “the scum of the earth” to quote Paul… it seems to me, limited as my knowledge is, apostles serve and bring godly order, yet do not operate through coercion. They establish the required environment of hearts, for The Holy Spirit to move and speak; and also for God’s people to function and grow into His will for them, as well as for those they will ultimately affect.
I believe in the latter part of 2010, The Lord will be interrogating issues of ‘true biblical leadership’. One of the many aspects of this, I believe, is the traditional dynamic of “clergy” and “laity”. Looking at ‘what is a leader?’ - whilst at the same time shaking the “Committees” around them. Not to prevent accountability, but reveal the ones that retard the work of the Kingdom; and also the unofficial subcommittees that lobby against leaders, creating an ‘undermining’ consensus; these will be shaken to the core. The people, themselves, that is! If that’s us in any way, be advised we must repent now, while we can!
‘Absalom types’ in the church at large, will be exposed from within. How this is then dealt with, will be the test for the leaders that The Lord chose. It will be interpreted by some as an attack from the enemy, but The Lord is ‘shaking the tree’ - to see what fruit falls from it. The church at large, needs to get a clue that we are part of a kingdom, not a democracy. The saints need a fear of the Lord here, it’s going to be serious!
Also leaders will be feeling the sorrows of God’s heart - over people, over cities, over promises unfulfilled, over those wandering blind - blind leaders and the blind that follow them. This will turn to deep compassion and intercession. The Lord will decide what happens next! Praising God through out and then seeing The Lord’s hand move in all this, will bring profound Joy. It will spur us all on, into the test of 2011 (the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible); the firestorm of 2012. (forget the Mayan end of the world ‘tosh’, the firestorm is The Lord’s!); and to the claims on the church in 2013. (2013 is the 1,700th anniversary of Constantine making Christianity the Roman State religion and the 1000th anniversary of King John signing over England to the Pope, as a fiefdom of Rome)
Back to 2010, “Rejoice with those that rejoice, mourn with those that mourn” Cheer on other churches/saints that do well (don’t be jealous - Thank God His Kingdom is growing!) and be concerned for other churches/saints/leaders when they struggle. (don’t work for Satan by being gleeful about failing churches/people - pray for them!)
Breakthrough! for Worship leaders & teams… yaaay!
3) Jesus said in Luke 5:4 “Launch out into the deep…”
Peter’s response was honest… I.e. “we’ve fished all night and caught nothing”. As workers in the harvest, we can all feel like that sometimes, eh?
When a move of God is declared we feel, yeah, done that, got the T-shirt etc. Take on board what Peter then said!!! “but, because you say so…” and they went out again and the nets split with the massive haul they got!
Did you feel tired at the end of 2009? Take hope from here on in, because when The Lord say’s “go out again”, put aside the weariness and dare I say, familiarity with tried ideas and methods that didn’t seem to work, and GO out again. (He already has said “go” in the “great commission”, I know) But the specifics of where, when, how etc; when The Lord speaks to us, because He says so let’s go out again! (Hope the nets are strong enough!
4) More posturing in the middle east and fears over Iran? A few scares - only scares, mind!
5) Watch Central/South America; plans afoot for destabilisation of the region. Especially Venezuela, via Columbia.
6) The Climate change debate, will not go away. Now Copenhagen ended as a damp squib, pray against any use of HAARP to affect the weather patterns. (HAARP is a method to use weather modification technology as a weapon, or to bring about a change in weather patterns over a localised area or a nation.) The technology, banned in 1976, exists; so please pray it will not be misused, say to manufacture evidence of climate change or extreme weather, and thus push through hidden proposals.
Boy, are the secret ones, mad over the failure of Copenhagen! As Stockholm in Sweden becomes Green capital of Europe in 2010, and Spain heads the EU, expect a “demonization” of the Climate Change “Sceptics” in the media. This is to prepare for another attempt in Germany, on creating a global financial framework, in the form of Carbon Tax.
Connected with this, please pray for our schools, as children will start to be targeted to be good “global” citizens – under the guise of the environment; the aim being to fashion their minds in preparation with other plans; down the road a bit, it could end in lectures for family members about “global” responsibility or even “reporting” mum and dad to the authorities for any “failings” (who defines failings?). Science fiction? Well, it actually happened under Stalin and also Hitler not so long ago. – it happened! …and it happened, because it’s a technique that works!
7) Well, Mr. Gordon Brown has invited Mr. Benedict to officially visit the UK in 2010. The invitation has been accepted. Watch this space, I suppose. Expect a lot of closet catholic politicians and clergy will declare their true feelings and allegiance etc… who knows maybe even the Prince Charles will to surprise us? Later, someone from Ireland will become prominent in the Vatican. Sunday will be peddled as the thing that unites “us”.
Finally the issue that has caused Church leaders so much consternation and wrangling in prayer these last few years, will be answered in 2010. Leaders, you can burn your thesaurus, because I believe The Lord is about to reveal the most important thing on your calendars… the perfect name for your up and coming conference. Yes folks it does exist! The Conference name of conference names - What could it be? Epicenter? Firewall Fest? Lightning Heart? Heavenquake? Eagles, Swords and Lions Prophetic Art Cliché Conference? Who knows? Personally, I don’t give a monkey’s… I hope it’s in the style of Clint Eastwood i.e. “the Conference with no name?”
Sorry, just messin’… I had thoughts of Monty Python’esq committees with each person competing for the most dramatic title using increasingly sensationalist Christianese… oh wait a minute that actually happens doesn’t it? ha ha. In other words, God’s sense of humour is available next year, to anyone who wants it!