by Glenice Mills
The Lord bought to mind a prophetic word that He revealed on the 1st January 2010.
I remember the anguish I felt as the Lord showed His heart for this nation.
In recent days we have witnessed bloodshed on the streets of Sydney. This is a foretaste of greater unrest and spilt blood to come if we do not pray and repent for the ungodly alliances that have taken place in this city.
Our Prime Minister has issued an alert about increased activity among certain extremist groups.
We, the Lord’s body of Christ, need to be on alert too. Evil will have its way if we do not repent. We daren’t be asleep on our watch.
The enemy comes when our guard is down. It is easy to be lulled into self-comfort and complacency during the holiday season. Don’t fall into this trap. Be alert, we must stay on watch!
Following is the word that the Lord revealed on the 1st January 2010:
As a prophet, and a watchman for this nation of Australia, I declare a ‘high alert, code red,’ and a sounding of alarm bells like I’ve never heard before. Australia is in danger for we have grieved the heart of God. Those with eyes to see will know we have crossed a line as of midnight 2010. Doors of darkness have been released over Sydney particularly, but its impact and consequences will flow over the rest of Australia.
The last day of 2009 I was unsettled in my spirit, I had a sense of something changing, and a feeling of foreboding. I thought it was just me, but I knew deep down the Lord was going to show some things.
Every year since 2000 I have watched the fireworks at Sydney on television, as I knew there was always something significant happening on this night. Every year there has been a ‘sign’ on the Harbour Bridge that was like a declaration over Sydney and Australia. For example, some of the signs in the past have been love, peace, a dove, and eternity. It is like the Lord speaking through these signs, hence why I was interested in what the Lord was showing. However this year’s fireworks was different. The Lord was silent. It was like His hand had been removed. I was ‘Lord, what have I done wrong that I have grieved your heart? I quietly sought the Lord from a place of search my heart O God and see if there be any offensive way in me. Again the Lord was quiet. I thought I’d watch the fireworks, and maybe there was something in this that would show me what was wrong. I did not have the anticipation that I had previous years. I was reluctant to put the television on yet I knew something would be revealed. Little did I know what was going to be revealed and released.
The evening was titled ‘Awaken the spirit’. Emblazoned on the Harbour Bridge at various times were the yin yang, the ring of fire and the blue moon symbols. The Aborigines also held an indigenous smoking ceremony by the pylons under the Harbour Bridge. This was to cleanse the exclusion zone where the fireworks were held of ‘negative spirits‘. There were still and video projections on the eastern faces of the North and South pylons saying ‘Awaken the spirit’ of the 12 languages of the leading nations with the most population in Sydney. This was done to ‘emphasize the sense of community, acceptance and unity for the event‘. These twelve languages represented where ‘awaken the spirit’ was emblazoned included English, Gadigal, Arabic, Cantonese, French, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Korean, Russian, Samoan, Spanish, Dutch, Vietnamese, and Swahili.
It appears ‘right’ for it encourages the cultures of these people, however, a line was crossed, for we were not only embracing these people but we were saying ‘awaken the spirit’ of the culture of these nations. We were not only acknowledging these nations but also the religious gods that they serve. We have invoked spirits of worship of the dead. The question we need to ask is which spirit are we awakening? Which spirits of these nations were we invoking? It was not the Holy Spirit that is for sure!!! Clearly what was awakened had to have been asleep, in other word, lying dormant for the right time to come to life.
In the programme it said that ‘An Acknowledgment to Country’ would take place on the harbour to show our respect to the local Gadigal nation and all First Nations people, where the custodians ‘call up’ the first reveal of the Bridge Effect with a series of fireworks firings. It is interesting to note that the fireworks went for 12 minutes and there were 12 nations and their languages shown that night. 12 is the number of government. Government is about ruler ship, leadership, authority and positioning and this night a false government was set up.
This night this nation invoked the false gods and false religions of these nations and called down their deities. The result is a ‘wrong government’, ruler ship, authority positioning which has been bought forth. The door of evil has been released over Australia and it has happened on our watch!!! This is not my opinion, this happened as we ushered in a new year and a new decade.
Why am I writing this? This was the saddest and gravest day for this nation as there will be serious consequences to what occurred this night.
I am grieved of heart, for I know we have opened a door for evil to be released. What happened is an abomination in God’s sight!! He is grieved by the actions that took place, but He is more grieved for this nation as it will not stay a blessed nation.
This night the Lordship of Jesus Christ was challenged. There was a contending and warring in the spirit of the ruler ship of this nation. There was a contending in the spirit this night over who has ownership of this nation. This will manifest itself in the natural as ‘tribal fighting’; fighting will rise up between the young people of these nations as they fight for positions of power and authority on the streets. There will be bloodshed on the streets of Sydney as never seen before.
This nation has been a blessed nation, but it is no longer God’s land. It has been taken over by dark forces of evil, and the enemy will manifest in ways that are vicious. The fighting will be so vicious that many lives will be lost.
We have come in agreement with lies of the enemy. There has been and will continue to appear to be a unity, but it is a false unity. There has been a joining of hands in the spirit, as these false religions, idolatrous practices and falsehood have linked together to set up a strong hold of false peace. We are in a time when it appears there is ‘peace, peace when there is no peace‘. Underneath the peace is a simmering cesspool of evil being stirred up. The intention is to bring division, warring factions and great distress and disruption never seen before. This will cause a ripple effect, starting in Sydney, moving out, impacting and affecting every facet of life, as we have known it in Australia. There will be economic repercussions as word gets out that Australia is no longer a safe place and this will affect all tourism, hospitality, retail and every area of trade. We have become puffed up in pride, as we are the only nation to have not been affected by the global economic crisis. We have not seen that this was the blessing of God, that it was by His hand that He put in right leaders in Government in previous years that placed Australia in a strong position to withstand the world economic crisis.
However, this will change!!! The Lord will use other ways to bring this nation to its knees, and more importantly to bring Australia back to the Lord and His ways.
Jeremiah 10: 6 -16
6. Inasmuch as there is none like You, O Lord, (You are great, and Your name is great in might),
7. Who would not fear You, O King of the nations? For this is your rightful due.
For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, There is none like You.
8. But they are altogether dull-hearted and foolish; A wooden idol is a worthless doctrine.
9. Silver is beaten into plates; it is brought from Tarshish,
And gold from Uphaz, the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the metalsmith;
Blue and purple are their clothing; They are all the work of skilful men.
10. But the Lord is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting King
At His wrath the earth will tremble, And the nations will not be able to endure His indignation.
11. Thus shall you say to them: “The gods that have made the heavens and the earth shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens.”
12. He has made the earth by His power. He has established the world by His wisdom,
And has stretched out the heavens at His discretion.
13. When He mutters His voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens:
“And He causes the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth.
He makes lightning for the rain, He brings the wind out of His treasuries.”
14. Everyone is dull-hearted, without knowledge; Every metal smith is put to shame by an image;
For his moulded image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
15. They are futile, a work of errors; in the time of their punishment they shall perish.
16. The portion of Jacob is not like them, For He is the Maker of all things,
And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance; the LORD of Hosts is His name.
Australia has known God’s grace and mercy, He has withheld His judgment but this time of blessing is coming to a close IF the church does not wake up, take a stand, speak for TRUTH and confront the evil that has been released over this nation.
Now is the time to act, we dare not stay in our place of complacency, and ‘she’ll be right mate’ for she will no longer be right, the nature and fabric of the unique way this nation has evolved will be changed forever if we do not rise up and stand for righteousness and for what is right and true!!! It is up to us. We can no longer remain quiet and accept this false sense of ‘peace’ for it is a false comfort; a false way of being and living and if we do not make a stand the consequences will be devastating.
It will change the ‘very fabric’ of this nation. This is the Lord’s word, not mine.
What is happening does not surprise God. It is part of His plan for this nation, however, He is looking for a people who are His, who will stand in the gap and repent and pray that what the enemy has planned will not come to pass.
We, the church of Australia, cannot stay apathetic and complacent. It is time to rise up. This is not a time to be dull-hearted, but to be stirred into action, to declare this nation belongs to the Lord, to declare that Jesus Christ is Lord over Australia and every plan and tactic of the enemy will fail.
The Lord is issuing a challenge at this time, whether we will stand by and see this nation taken over by demonic forces or rise up and fight, fight for truth, speaking and declaring the Lordship of Jesus Christ.
This is a warning, I sense warning, warning, warning!!!
Are we going to stay asleep on our watch? Are we going to stand by and see this nation being taken over by these demonic forces? Are we going to rise up and fight, fight for the Lordship of Jesus Christ to have His rightful place as King of Kings and Lord of Lords over this nation?
We need to cry out to the Lord for His forgiveness where we have allowed this evil to come and take a false authority position over Australia. We need His mercy - Lord have mercy on this land, upon the people of this nation. Lord withhold your hand of judgment. Forgive us for our complacency, our apathy, where we have become dull-hearted and sat back and allowed these evil powers to reign.
Lord we come against every false peace, where there has been a false unity, a false joining of hands and where false religions have been exalted.
Lord I cry out to you for mercy, have mercy upon us, I pray!!
In Jesus Name,
Amen
Saturday, 27 December 2014
Overcome Fear with Peace
by Belinda Jabore
Australians can overcome fear and anxiety through a relationship with God, as the times are coming where much fear will try to penetrate and take over the people of Australia. To fight this we must overcome fear with Peace, God’s Peace that surpasses all understanding. Let the Peace of God that surpasses all understanding guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus – Phil 4:7
Christians who follow Christ should have this already and bring a peace and calm wherever they go. This peace is an impenetrable shield that no force has authority over. Nothing can shake it, nothing can stop it. There is a prerequisite to the peace though, we need to know who He is in us and rejoice that He is coming back and He is at hand. Be anxious for nothing and in everything (not for everything) with thanksgiving let you requests be made known to Him. If you don’t know Him, how are you going to communicate to Him? This comes from a relationship with Jesus, our Father and the Holy Spirit, which is essential to have in these day’s ahead. It must be intimate, (into-Him-see).
Seek Him with all your heart, live in His protection of peace, which only He can give. In peace it will “help us to see in advance and to know what to do to protect against the attacks of the enemy” (Rick Joyner quote). You can then say I will never surrender my peace- you have to surrender your peace to someone or something. Just let them or it know it is not negotiable- don’t do it.
We must not let fear or intimidation or any one or anything try to take our peace from us. Sometimes though we must go to war to keep peace but we must war from a place of peace.
When you know where you are going, this brings a peace in you and the things that happen in the world will not have an effect on you. We as Christians will bring peace to volatile situations in the future, and calm people in different situations.
His peace be in you and follow you always.
Have You Noticed?
by Glenice Mills
The Lord woke me early this morning and said to me “It is all about the children.” Yes it is all about the children. The enemy assault against the coming generations is increasingly vicious. We need to be on high alert as the enemies’ plans for evil against the children increases. The Lord opened my eyes revealing a greater insight to what we in Australia and the world has witnessed this past week both locally and internationally. The assignment of the enemy is against the children.
We were a witness to the siege and abduction of innocent men and women in Sydney. Two of the women hostages were pregnant, and one woman tragically lost her life protecting one of her friends, one of the pregnant women. That night we heard of the massacre in Pakistan with the deaths of 139 children who were attending their school. Yesterday we learnt of the murders of 8 young children aged from 18 months to 15 years in Cairns. Seven of these children were from the same family.
These are the deaths of children that we know of. Right now children are being sold into the sex trade, some are lured as child brides, many young girls are victims of genital mutilation and many have to fight just to get an education. As we know it has cost some their lives. Education is something we take for granted. We must never forget the freedom that both boys and girls have, and the opportunities that are open for them here in Australia.
The pregnant women caught in the siege were shown no respect or honour. Their lives and those of the babies they are carrying had no value. Fortunately these women’s lives were spared, though the trauma they went through will remain with them all their lives.
The young children who were massacred and murdered were innocent victims. I wondered what would have been the potential of the lives of all these precious young ones if they had survived? Maybe among them would have been preachers, creative visionaries, leaders or one’s that are called to bring justice. Their potential was snuffed out!
We in the body of Christ have to open our eyes to see the increasing evil that is pervading this next and coming generations. We must not be ignorant of the enemies’ plans to take out and bring devastation on these young ones with the resulting grief to families.
Have you noticed it’s about the children? The Lord’s heart grieves for the children right now.
We know we are in end times but now more than ever we have to pray for the children. Why is the enemy so vicious against this and coming generations? Time is short. God’s plans and purposes will prevail, however we should not be so naïve as to think that all is well and we don’t need to fight. The assignment of the enemy is to silence the young prophets, to kill upcoming leaders, and take out one’s called to be influencers of change.
We must be on high alert for the next generation of young ones. They will be the one’s who will be mightily used of God to bring signs and wonders, speak truth, and confront evil in their days. God will show them things unseen before and they will walk with a greater authority that will challenge and expose. Now more than ever we must pray protection of the children. We are in a war, and the war right now and even more so in coming times must and will be about God’s divine purposes for His children that He is raising up.
It is all about the children!!!
We must not close our eyes and remain in a false comfort while we are on watch in this hour of history. We must make a stand for what is right and true and speak up for those who do not have a voice, our most vulnerable, - precious children. These children from all around the world are born for such a time as this. They need our prayers, love and support.
Matthew 19:13-15 Then little children were brought to Him that He might put His hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them.
But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.” And He laid His hands on them and departed from there.
There is greater understanding coming about these verses. It is interesting to note the disciple’s reaction to the children coming up to Jesus. They wanted to keep the children away from Jesus. Their attitude was they viewed the children as not having worth, and that it was acceptable for them to be overlooked.
Now is the time for us in the body of Christ to examine our own attitudes and reactions to the children. Jesus heart was always to go out of His way to pray for and spend time with those who were vulnerable, ostracized and misunderstood. We see this as He prayed for the children and this is His heart today for His children.
There is an assignment of the enemy to dismiss the children. We need to check our reactions to them are not just like the disciples. Hardened, selfish hearts say they are to be over-looked, as they are an inconvenience. The injustice against children has generally been overlooked. We all know it is happening, we quietly speak and murmur about the injustice but we don’t do anything about it. Our silence allows the evil to continue. Children are the most vulnerable in our society. They don’t have a voice, yet we choose to turn a blind eye to the wicked acts being done against them. We have seen this in recent times with the exposure of child sexual abuse cases. However if we look at our society today the spirit has also taken a different guise. It is more overt, it glories in its exposure, and its ways are ‘in your face’ because of the rising evil. This evil stronghold still rules because we in the body of Christ are not vocal. It is time to expose, speak out and confront this evil.
Yes there are groups dedicated to exposing the wrongs being done against children, however the church has generally been very quiet about this issue. Just like the disciples we hope the children will go away, and not be a bother to us.
We can’t stay behind the excuse of ignorance. We have knowledge and with modern communications we dare not hide behind the guise of ‘it is happening elsewhere so it does not affect me.’
Most of us have children/grandchildren that we pray and war over. However the Lord is challenging us to look at the ‘big picture’. We can fervently pray for our loved ones, but the greater and higher way is to pray and war over the issues and injustices happening to other children right now. The apostolic is about the bigger scheme of things and we dare not be narrow minded in our thinking and understanding. That was the trap the disciples fell into and we need to be careful we don’t do this too.
Children are suffering right now. We can choose to close our eyes to it and hope it goes away or we can rise up and expose and war against the injustices and the increasing evil being done against our most vulnerable.
Let’s be on watch and pray for our upcoming generation/s, for God’s protection, and His perfect will for His children. Let’s speak up and speak out and confront this evil assignment against God’s children. Time is short!
God's Unity
by Belinda Jabore
Unless things are built on God’s Word, His order and His plan, and we get God’s mind and thoughts on issues of the day and times, things will not change - we must get His mind and thoughts on these matters, then we can move to make change and we must be in unity of the faith - one mind, one heart and purpose. With all the things that are happening at the moment that are not of God, we must stand up and say something. If things get passed in our Governments that are not God's plan and purpose, we must keep on addressing the issues again and again, and pray for our leaders, and keep on standing for righteousness and justice in our beloved land Australia and the world and never give up. We must search and stand for truth. Certainly first and foremost we must pray and ask God about these issues, as we do not fight against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers and wicked things in high places. We can then pull them down in worship and prayer and ask God to make a way for us. Then we can say to God - we stood up about this issue or that issue and if they did not listen, the blood is not on our hands but on their hands, at least we stood and said no to whatever the issue might be.
There will be so many things the Lord puts on our hearts to stand together in the unity of the faith - not all faiths, but the faith of Jesus Christ. Then to make a stand for and say "you will not be doing that or allowing this to happen on our watch!" When we can stand in unity of the faith together as Christ’s saints, we will be able to change the circumstances and outcomes of what happens for the present and future.
Here is an example of being in unity and purpose and the power of this that I found very interesting- In Genesis 11: 1-5, this part of scripture was talking about the city of Babel and how they were successful because they had a common purpose and a common language. When people come together and have a common purpose, and if a group of people have the same unity, mind and heart, they can do any thing - the sky's the limit. Genesis 11:6 - “ And the Lord said, "Indeed the people are one, and they all have one language; and this is what they begin to do: now nothing that they purpose to do will be withheld from them." This is an amazing statement made by God, acknowledging that with unity of purpose and language, mankind can achieve anything. God Almighty said this Himself. When people come together and have a common purpose and language, mankind can achieve anything. Unfortunately they wanted to be independent from God and go to the heavens themselves, so in this case God stopped their plan. Independence and going our own way is our enemy. God’s order is essential and being devoted to one another in love purpose and unity of the faith. So whether it be in the church or the world, it just goes to show that if a group of people have the same unity, mind and heart they can achieve anything. When the saints of God though have the same heart and mind towards God’s plan, then you will be powerful indeed, as you have God Almighty backing you. How cool is God.
So to have unity of the faith, we must unite together always and build on the right foundations, whose builder and maker is God Almighty, and what His plan and thoughts are, otherwise we labor in vain, but by faith and hoping towards a future that is unseen right now to a "A Heavenly Kingdom" which is to come, and is outworking in us in unity of the faith, doing things that are on God’s heart on the earth now, together as one. We must earnestly never loose hope of the true gospel, no matter what happens to us or how hard it get’s to stand for truth, and seek it out and not compromise or allow it to be watered down and continue to make a stand for righteousness and justice. Hebrews 11:10 - for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Jesus had 12 and look what they did in unity of the faith in Christ Jesus - they turned the world, cities, communities, traditions of man, cultures upside down. So what I am saying is - if man kind can do what they do in unity, then imagine what We, the Body of Christ, can do when we are in unity of the faith. Not unity of faiths but “Unity of The Faith”, that is on the right foundations of God’s commands and blood covenant. Then we can turn the world upside down the way Jesus would want it. Ephesians 4:13 - till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
Lets turn the world upside down in His unity of plan and purpose. His mind and heart as the one new man in Christ Jesus. Go saints of God!
With love, unity and courage.
Unless things are built on God’s Word, His order and His plan, and we get God’s mind and thoughts on issues of the day and times, things will not change - we must get His mind and thoughts on these matters, then we can move to make change and we must be in unity of the faith - one mind, one heart and purpose. With all the things that are happening at the moment that are not of God, we must stand up and say something. If things get passed in our Governments that are not God's plan and purpose, we must keep on addressing the issues again and again, and pray for our leaders, and keep on standing for righteousness and justice in our beloved land Australia and the world and never give up. We must search and stand for truth. Certainly first and foremost we must pray and ask God about these issues, as we do not fight against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers and wicked things in high places. We can then pull them down in worship and prayer and ask God to make a way for us. Then we can say to God - we stood up about this issue or that issue and if they did not listen, the blood is not on our hands but on their hands, at least we stood and said no to whatever the issue might be.
There will be so many things the Lord puts on our hearts to stand together in the unity of the faith - not all faiths, but the faith of Jesus Christ. Then to make a stand for and say "you will not be doing that or allowing this to happen on our watch!" When we can stand in unity of the faith together as Christ’s saints, we will be able to change the circumstances and outcomes of what happens for the present and future.
Here is an example of being in unity and purpose and the power of this that I found very interesting- In Genesis 11: 1-5, this part of scripture was talking about the city of Babel and how they were successful because they had a common purpose and a common language. When people come together and have a common purpose, and if a group of people have the same unity, mind and heart, they can do any thing - the sky's the limit. Genesis 11:6 - “ And the Lord said, "Indeed the people are one, and they all have one language; and this is what they begin to do: now nothing that they purpose to do will be withheld from them." This is an amazing statement made by God, acknowledging that with unity of purpose and language, mankind can achieve anything. God Almighty said this Himself. When people come together and have a common purpose and language, mankind can achieve anything. Unfortunately they wanted to be independent from God and go to the heavens themselves, so in this case God stopped their plan. Independence and going our own way is our enemy. God’s order is essential and being devoted to one another in love purpose and unity of the faith. So whether it be in the church or the world, it just goes to show that if a group of people have the same unity, mind and heart they can achieve anything. When the saints of God though have the same heart and mind towards God’s plan, then you will be powerful indeed, as you have God Almighty backing you. How cool is God.
So to have unity of the faith, we must unite together always and build on the right foundations, whose builder and maker is God Almighty, and what His plan and thoughts are, otherwise we labor in vain, but by faith and hoping towards a future that is unseen right now to a "A Heavenly Kingdom" which is to come, and is outworking in us in unity of the faith, doing things that are on God’s heart on the earth now, together as one. We must earnestly never loose hope of the true gospel, no matter what happens to us or how hard it get’s to stand for truth, and seek it out and not compromise or allow it to be watered down and continue to make a stand for righteousness and justice. Hebrews 11:10 - for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Jesus had 12 and look what they did in unity of the faith in Christ Jesus - they turned the world, cities, communities, traditions of man, cultures upside down. So what I am saying is - if man kind can do what they do in unity, then imagine what We, the Body of Christ, can do when we are in unity of the faith. Not unity of faiths but “Unity of The Faith”, that is on the right foundations of God’s commands and blood covenant. Then we can turn the world upside down the way Jesus would want it. Ephesians 4:13 - till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
Lets turn the world upside down in His unity of plan and purpose. His mind and heart as the one new man in Christ Jesus. Go saints of God!
With love, unity and courage.
Tuesday, 25 November 2014
A Prophetic Word to New Zealand
by J.J. Jabore
New Zealand
Though I have allowed your ‘slaying’… that which has cracked and split you wide open – to the very core… know that ‘deep calls unto deep’ – even as these quakes have gone deep into the bowels of the earth so much as to expose your frailty, your fragility and vulnerability to fallen forces, yet if ‘you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me’ I will listen to you (Jeremiah 29: 12) and ‘you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart’ (verse 13).
The cry/proclamation of your nations anthem is sweet to my ears, a constant reminder to me of the covenant your forefathers made with me. Surely I am your resolute defender well able to save – to keep you for that which I have pre-destined for you before the foundations of the earth…’for I know the thoughts I think towards you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope’ (Jeremiah 29:11)
CIVIL WAR NO MORE:
Know your ‘larger’ brother Australia and you have a kindred spirit, a bond unbreakable when in unity. We three will prevail and overcome! Let the competition that often exists between siblings cease. ‘In unity my people command my blessing’ (Psalm 133). Watch for those Generals/Leaders I am raising up, highlighting, promoting. Let them that have ‘eyes and ears’, watch and listen to my revelation regarding them and my endorsement of them. “You will think it’s him, but it’s her…you may think it’s her yet it will be him”…There is a listening and a hearing. I desire/ require my order to be paramount in the matter, so that when they are rightfully positioned, it’s then that they will inquire of me like the David’s of old and I will ‘hear from heaven, and forgive their sin. And heal their land’ (2 Chronicles 7: 14) and make them a mighty nation.
New Zealand
Though I have allowed your ‘slaying’… that which has cracked and split you wide open – to the very core… know that ‘deep calls unto deep’ – even as these quakes have gone deep into the bowels of the earth so much as to expose your frailty, your fragility and vulnerability to fallen forces, yet if ‘you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me’ I will listen to you (Jeremiah 29: 12) and ‘you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart’ (verse 13).
The cry/proclamation of your nations anthem is sweet to my ears, a constant reminder to me of the covenant your forefathers made with me. Surely I am your resolute defender well able to save – to keep you for that which I have pre-destined for you before the foundations of the earth…’for I know the thoughts I think towards you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope’ (Jeremiah 29:11)
CIVIL WAR NO MORE:
Know your ‘larger’ brother Australia and you have a kindred spirit, a bond unbreakable when in unity. We three will prevail and overcome! Let the competition that often exists between siblings cease. ‘In unity my people command my blessing’ (Psalm 133). Watch for those Generals/Leaders I am raising up, highlighting, promoting. Let them that have ‘eyes and ears’, watch and listen to my revelation regarding them and my endorsement of them. “You will think it’s him, but it’s her…you may think it’s her yet it will be him”…There is a listening and a hearing. I desire/ require my order to be paramount in the matter, so that when they are rightfully positioned, it’s then that they will inquire of me like the David’s of old and I will ‘hear from heaven, and forgive their sin. And heal their land’ (2 Chronicles 7: 14) and make them a mighty nation.
Wednesday, 27 August 2014
Ecu-manicle
by David Robinson
Beyond the siren's call, are crashing waves and rocks.
Behind the dangling carrot is a very big stick.
When "wolves in sheep's clothing" smile in your direction, do not take it as a compliment!
Behind the dangling carrot is a very big stick.
When "wolves in sheep's clothing" smile in your direction, do not take it as a compliment!
Pulling the wool..?
Tuesday, 6 May 2014
Justice and Righteousness
by Belinda Jabore
Isaiah 42 and 43:1-19 Things are coming to us! There is a change happening to us right now! Justice and Righteousness is here - it is happening right now. My people are a people of justice and righteousness and there is a spear head - an arrow head (a wheel within a wheel) that is being released out into the realms of the Spirit. It will penetrate the realms of the Spirit to bring forth My plans and purpose right now. Unity, unity… Great signs and wonders… Cry out, moan and groan and bring to birth all the words which can’t be spoken. We are weak but you are strong Lord.
Too many things to mention - let the cry and the moans go out of righteousness and justice. Those who fear My name will have the heritage and the promises of the kingdom plan and purpose. My plans and promises that I have promised you are coming - they are coming to you. Get ready to receive My promises they have been released and they are drawing to you like a heat seeking missile nothing will stop it and they will come to you. This is your reward for the battle that lay ahead and what you have endured. You will need these things to accomplish the plan I have for you. Many great promises are coming, many things are coming…… There is a roaring in the Spirit - there is a moaning in the Spirit - there is a birthing in the spirit of the issues and things on My heart… roar , moan, and birth in the Spirit… We cry out for mercy… Mercy Lord…
The arrow is penetrating and it’s a wheel within a wheel… God’s government, God’s leaders, God’s servants and worshipers marching to the sounds of justice and righteousness the foundations of His throne.
Psalm 89:14
Mercy and Truth go before Your face.
Too many things to mention - let the cry and the moans go out of righteousness and justice. Those who fear My name will have the heritage and the promises of the kingdom plan and purpose. My plans and promises that I have promised you are coming - they are coming to you. Get ready to receive My promises they have been released and they are drawing to you like a heat seeking missile nothing will stop it and they will come to you. This is your reward for the battle that lay ahead and what you have endured. You will need these things to accomplish the plan I have for you. Many great promises are coming, many things are coming…… There is a roaring in the Spirit - there is a moaning in the Spirit - there is a birthing in the spirit of the issues and things on My heart… roar , moan, and birth in the Spirit… We cry out for mercy… Mercy Lord…The arrow is penetrating and it’s a wheel within a wheel… God’s government, God’s leaders, God’s servants and worshipers marching to the sounds of justice and righteousness the foundations of His throne.
Psalm 89:14
Mercy and Truth go before Your face.
Keys To Walking In The Spirit
by Ps. Margaret OchsnerKEYS TO WALKING IN THE SPIRIT: PRAY DAILY.
1. Embrace life. Embrace enjoyment of life.
Embrace Him, who is life itself and all that He has for you that day.
2. Put on the armour of God. (Ephesians 6:11-18)
Romans 13:14 "Put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the flesh to fulfill its lusts. Galatians 3: 27 ….have put on Christ. (I picture putting on the Lord Jesus Christ as I put on the armour of God.) He is our truth, our peace, our shield , our faith, our righteousness, our salvation and the Living word of God. When we put Him on in all that He is, when the fiery darts come from the enemy, He will deflect them.
3. Submit your mind to Christ. – conscious, subconscious, unconscious mind, your imagination, every facet of your thinking to come in line with him. Romans 12:2; Ephesians 4:23; 1 Corinthians 2:16. Ask God to alert you if you get off track.
4. Submit your will to Him. Ask Him to help you be obedient to what He wants that day. (To love Him is to obey Him. We are not our own. We are bought by the precious blood of Jesus. 1Corinthians 6:19-20; 1 Peter 1:18-19. Give Him permission to alert you if you get off track.
5. Submit your emotions to Him. Ask Him to birth His heart in you. To help you, love with His love, operate in His compassion and strength.
6. Ask Him to shield you from hurt, so as long as you are in right standing with Him nothing else matters.
7. Submit your tongue to Him. Ask Him to purify and sanctify your tongue. Ask for His words of encouragement and life to be on our tongue, His words in our mouths. Give Him permission to zip your tongue until your mind is in gear with Him.
8. Free others to be where they are at. We are all in different places on our journey of life and God loves and accepts us where we are at. Ask Him to help us love and accept them also.
9. Come and get a fresh download of anointing - for what you need and more to give out of for that day. ASK, BELIEVE and RECEIVE by FAITH God’s love, peace, wisdom, strength and grace to fill you and more to give out of to others. Receive whatever else you may need e.g. acceptance, affirmation, validation, His power, authority, provision, protection, guidance etc. (Everything that is Christ’s is yours ) Romans 8:17
Thursday, 3 April 2014
Poem - Asking The Right Questions
by David Robinson
Forerunners Ministries UK
Whilst being poured a drink of life, I was asked to, “Say ‘WHEN.’”
I said, “WHAT?”
He said, “No WHEN.”
I said, “WHY?”
He said, “No WHEN.”
I asked, “HOW did you know I needed a drink?”
He said, “No WHEN.”
I asked, “WHO are you?”
He sang, “WHEN I survey the wondrous cross, on which the Prince of Glory died…”
Forerunners Ministries UK
Whilst being poured a drink of life, I was asked to, “Say ‘WHEN.’”
I said, “WHAT?”
He said, “No WHEN.”
I said, “WHY?”
He said, “No WHEN.”
I asked, “HOW did you know I needed a drink?”
He said, “No WHEN.”
I asked, “WHO are you?”
He sang, “WHEN I survey the wondrous cross, on which the Prince of Glory died…”
Friday, 21 March 2014
Hearts Hardening and Growing Cold
by Belinda Jabore
I saw an onslaught of small to medium meteorites coming at us this year and hitting us (the body of Christ).
On asking the Lord what this is, I believe He showed me that this year there was going to be much testing and trials and hearts hardening and growing cold towards the Lord and people. There will have to be a greater level of obedience to the Lord and dying to oneself and to the things we thought were going to happen. Some Apostles and Prophets have been through this already and are out the other side but it will come to the body of Christ this year in a larger scale and we will feel like we are getting bombarded with this stuff to distract us from our call and focus on the Lord. But the Lord wants us to be pre-warned about these things which will in fact bring us closer to Him.
These things that will come against our mind, our will, our heart and our emotions in the way of Disappointments; Bitterness; Resentment; Grief; Sorrow; Anxieties; Sickness; Depression; Feeling like we will loose our mind; Things not going the way we thought they would go; False and ungodly expectations towards others and the ones you hold closest (letting that go); Loved ones doing the wrong thing against you; Finances stretched to the max and little of them, (a glimpse of a Job experience) and the loss of friends and things we love more than the Lord. The intent if we let it, is to bring a hardening of our hearts and turning cold towards the Lord which allows in unbelief, bitterness, resentment and unforgiveness to reside in our hearts. We will say things like: “How could this have happened to me? Why is this happening to me and my family? Lord, what is going on?” We will feel like fainting and giving up but I want to encourage you not to give up and keep focused on the Lord. Running into Him and not away from Him and even though we feel we can’t feel Him or see Him through these things, be assured that He is at hand and with you in it.
Any of the things above that I have mentioned - take them, feel them, don’t just put on a ‘stiff upper lip’ and move on - examine them as to why they are there and your reaction to them. Separate the issue from the person and confess them to the Lord. Sort the issues out with Him. Refuse and repent of them if they do not line up with His heart and apply His promises and His Words to them. Say to Him, “I don’t know why this has happened Lord but I choose to trust and hope in You no
matter what.”
Philippians 4:4-14 I have had this scripture on me for at least 2 years now and in the tough times it got me through even when I thought I wouldn’t make it but you see the Lord guarded my heart and mind in Him, either I believe that He gave me that word or not. It is that simple but that complex. I would picture Jesus and the power of His Holy Spirit put His hand over my heart and mind when I felt like I was going to loose it. When I would panic about being sick or becoming anxious over an issue (the ‘what ifs’). I would picture Him there knowing He was there with me in it and through it. When things seemed hopeless He was my only hope. He was always faithful to me and would always rescue me from myself mostly. Unfortunately some of these things do not go away straight away but don’t be fearful of them. Jesus himself was acquainted with grief and sorrow and all these things that I have mentioned above (the ‘what ifs’) but He took them on the cross for us. He overcome them for us today! We know this in our head but is it in our heart? Even though we may feel weak and defeated and have failed. The truth is the Lord has not left us in the trials and testings as He will never leave us in our darkest hour or forsake us in our darkest hour. He is with us in and through the trials and testings and this will show what we are made of. In our weakness He is strong! He is in it with us and we must look for Him in it.
Weaknesses are then turned and they become an agent of strength in Him. Psalm 116:15 says Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints. So we will go through a greater dying to oneself daily further and further into Him, not letting anything or any one stop us. He will deliver us in due time. We will have a lot of deliverance this year too if we let Him. Things must drop off as well as anything that will hinder us from His presence. Then we will walk into our promised land that He has promised us if we are willing to die to anything that would keep us from Him and whatever these trials and testings throw at us. We must cry out in our hearts and say to our Lord Jesus, our Father and the Holy Spirit, “I can’t live if living is without you” as the Harry Nilsson song states and “I can’t do anything unless you are with me Lord” and humble ourselves under the Mighty hand of God. He resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.
Keep your eyes on Him and keep pressing forward to your call never giving up. If you do not know your call, keep on fixing your eyes and ears on Him and hang (belong) with the body of Christ that he has put you with, in relationship with, not forsaking the assembly of the saints. Be-long…….. Never give up! Lighten the load of life’s pressures if you have to and keep it simple. Whatever He has called you to, do not give up just because of people and circumstances that come around you and please don’t blame the Lord and turn your heart away from Him. One of the things to be aware of in the times ahead are getting bitter and being resentful in our hearts. Bitterness is a wormwood that the Bible speaks about that we are to be aware of. People and loved ones’ choices and circumstances may do things to you but people and loved ones can get us caught up in the bitterness and resentment of it all (if we let it). It might not be our fault but their choices will affect us if we let them. If someone does something wrong or not what you wanted, or how you would have liked it done to you - we then can become disappointed in the outcome and become bitter. Sometimes the other party can more easily move on and repent and forget about it and what they have done leaving us with the disappointment/bitterness of it all.
We must move on and not get left holding the ball of bitterness, resentment and unforgiveness which then pollutes us bringing in torment, self pity, harassment to our mind and lack of peace in our heart and mind. This then affects our relationship with that person and the Lord leaving our hearts cold. Did you know that our heart actually thinks! Selah. It’s a very big thinker, our heart, and the Bible says to guard our heart with all diligence for out of it flows the issues of life. The issues of life come through people and a lot of the time those closest to us. Bitterness comes from disappointments and expectations of someone or something, expectations we thought were going to happen. If we are truly with the Lord and work through it with Him this will not affect us. If it comes in we must give it to the Lord quickly over and over until we release it to Him fully.
Smith Wigglesworth said, ” One of the greatest mercies that you will have will be a revelation to your heart of how to get rid of yourself.” It would be wise for us to keep short accounts and be quick to have true repentance in our heart of the issues that can come through those closest to us, in our work place, with our husband, wife, children etc…. Let your gentleness be made known to all men and say the Lord is at hand. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to Him and move on, keeping in mind, some things take longer than others do, depending what it is but if we have the Lord there in it with us directing us we can’t loose. Remember it is a process he will deliver us in time - keep saying I know You are with me Lord even though I can’t feel You in it yet but by faith I know You are there. Trust in Him, Hope in Him and rely and believe He is there. When trials and testings come God will be judging some things to see what you are made of, then you will come out as gold and you will realise that things cannot touch you as they used to do.
You can do it in Him.
I saw an onslaught of small to medium meteorites coming at us this year and hitting us (the body of Christ).
On asking the Lord what this is, I believe He showed me that this year there was going to be much testing and trials and hearts hardening and growing cold towards the Lord and people. There will have to be a greater level of obedience to the Lord and dying to oneself and to the things we thought were going to happen. Some Apostles and Prophets have been through this already and are out the other side but it will come to the body of Christ this year in a larger scale and we will feel like we are getting bombarded with this stuff to distract us from our call and focus on the Lord. But the Lord wants us to be pre-warned about these things which will in fact bring us closer to Him.
These things that will come against our mind, our will, our heart and our emotions in the way of Disappointments; Bitterness; Resentment; Grief; Sorrow; Anxieties; Sickness; Depression; Feeling like we will loose our mind; Things not going the way we thought they would go; False and ungodly expectations towards others and the ones you hold closest (letting that go); Loved ones doing the wrong thing against you; Finances stretched to the max and little of them, (a glimpse of a Job experience) and the loss of friends and things we love more than the Lord. The intent if we let it, is to bring a hardening of our hearts and turning cold towards the Lord which allows in unbelief, bitterness, resentment and unforgiveness to reside in our hearts. We will say things like: “How could this have happened to me? Why is this happening to me and my family? Lord, what is going on?” We will feel like fainting and giving up but I want to encourage you not to give up and keep focused on the Lord. Running into Him and not away from Him and even though we feel we can’t feel Him or see Him through these things, be assured that He is at hand and with you in it.
matter what.”
Philippians 4:4-14 I have had this scripture on me for at least 2 years now and in the tough times it got me through even when I thought I wouldn’t make it but you see the Lord guarded my heart and mind in Him, either I believe that He gave me that word or not. It is that simple but that complex. I would picture Jesus and the power of His Holy Spirit put His hand over my heart and mind when I felt like I was going to loose it. When I would panic about being sick or becoming anxious over an issue (the ‘what ifs’). I would picture Him there knowing He was there with me in it and through it. When things seemed hopeless He was my only hope. He was always faithful to me and would always rescue me from myself mostly. Unfortunately some of these things do not go away straight away but don’t be fearful of them. Jesus himself was acquainted with grief and sorrow and all these things that I have mentioned above (the ‘what ifs’) but He took them on the cross for us. He overcome them for us today! We know this in our head but is it in our heart? Even though we may feel weak and defeated and have failed. The truth is the Lord has not left us in the trials and testings as He will never leave us in our darkest hour or forsake us in our darkest hour. He is with us in and through the trials and testings and this will show what we are made of. In our weakness He is strong! He is in it with us and we must look for Him in it.
Weaknesses are then turned and they become an agent of strength in Him. Psalm 116:15 says Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints. So we will go through a greater dying to oneself daily further and further into Him, not letting anything or any one stop us. He will deliver us in due time. We will have a lot of deliverance this year too if we let Him. Things must drop off as well as anything that will hinder us from His presence. Then we will walk into our promised land that He has promised us if we are willing to die to anything that would keep us from Him and whatever these trials and testings throw at us. We must cry out in our hearts and say to our Lord Jesus, our Father and the Holy Spirit, “I can’t live if living is without you” as the Harry Nilsson song states and “I can’t do anything unless you are with me Lord” and humble ourselves under the Mighty hand of God. He resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.
Keep your eyes on Him and keep pressing forward to your call never giving up. If you do not know your call, keep on fixing your eyes and ears on Him and hang (belong) with the body of Christ that he has put you with, in relationship with, not forsaking the assembly of the saints. Be-long…….. Never give up! Lighten the load of life’s pressures if you have to and keep it simple. Whatever He has called you to, do not give up just because of people and circumstances that come around you and please don’t blame the Lord and turn your heart away from Him. One of the things to be aware of in the times ahead are getting bitter and being resentful in our hearts. Bitterness is a wormwood that the Bible speaks about that we are to be aware of. People and loved ones’ choices and circumstances may do things to you but people and loved ones can get us caught up in the bitterness and resentment of it all (if we let it). It might not be our fault but their choices will affect us if we let them. If someone does something wrong or not what you wanted, or how you would have liked it done to you - we then can become disappointed in the outcome and become bitter. Sometimes the other party can more easily move on and repent and forget about it and what they have done leaving us with the disappointment/bitterness of it all.
We must move on and not get left holding the ball of bitterness, resentment and unforgiveness which then pollutes us bringing in torment, self pity, harassment to our mind and lack of peace in our heart and mind. This then affects our relationship with that person and the Lord leaving our hearts cold. Did you know that our heart actually thinks! Selah. It’s a very big thinker, our heart, and the Bible says to guard our heart with all diligence for out of it flows the issues of life. The issues of life come through people and a lot of the time those closest to us. Bitterness comes from disappointments and expectations of someone or something, expectations we thought were going to happen. If we are truly with the Lord and work through it with Him this will not affect us. If it comes in we must give it to the Lord quickly over and over until we release it to Him fully.Smith Wigglesworth said, ” One of the greatest mercies that you will have will be a revelation to your heart of how to get rid of yourself.” It would be wise for us to keep short accounts and be quick to have true repentance in our heart of the issues that can come through those closest to us, in our work place, with our husband, wife, children etc…. Let your gentleness be made known to all men and say the Lord is at hand. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to Him and move on, keeping in mind, some things take longer than others do, depending what it is but if we have the Lord there in it with us directing us we can’t loose. Remember it is a process he will deliver us in time - keep saying I know You are with me Lord even though I can’t feel You in it yet but by faith I know You are there. Trust in Him, Hope in Him and rely and believe He is there. When trials and testings come God will be judging some things to see what you are made of, then you will come out as gold and you will realise that things cannot touch you as they used to do.
You can do it in Him.
Monday, 3 February 2014
Prophetic Word for FRANCE
by Ruth PaddonThe fields are ripe for the harvest - Disillusionment has set in but I am allowing this vacuum, that only I can fill. I will draw those to me who will know me and obey me. There are many who are searching for Me in this land.
My cry to this nation is Repentance from dead works. You think you are rich and have no need of me. Come to me the well of living water. The Fire of God will purify the church. Spiritual streams will spring up across this land. Behold I stand at the door and knock. Those who hear My voice and will let Me in will receive the living water I have promised them.
I have seen the seeds of the martyr’s blood sown into your soil. I will multiply the increase. From this sacrifice multitudes will come to Me because of the sowing of these seeds. My church needs to continually pray for righteousness in the government at all levels. As My prophets and apostles rise up in the church and the market place, My church will be purified and powerful through the right governmental authority and doctrine.
Ruth Paddon
Nice, France
January 2014
The Concept of LAW
by Tony Clark
There are many laws in existence that relate to humanity and the world around us. Laws of nature; state and federal laws; religious laws and rituals; moral laws and the law of God for example. Some people think they are a law unto themselves. Laws are set into place to protect something or someone. For example without the law of gravity we would all float off into space and living on this planet would never have been possible. Laws are meant to preserve things. Laws are meaningless without an enforcer, and without a penalty or consequence for breaking the law. Lawlessness abounds when there is no fear of God or of consequences, because seemingly I can transgress the law and no penalty is forthcoming.
There is also rebellion present and disregard towards God at the base level of human fallen nature. But we are told in the Bible that at the appointed time (which is an exact, precise and predetermined time) all will be judged and held accountable for their sin (transgression of the law) and also that God’s patience although great has a limit and the time comes when He judges situations and people, whether they know it is the judgement of God or not is another story.
God has made His law clear and has documented it within His Word. But an understanding of this law or the requirement of God upon us can be misunderstood if we have not learnt this law. Some laws are obvious to most, even without being taught i.e. thou shalt not kill. Although some do not have a knowledge or feeling of moral law, for example some serial killers, others continually rationalise their actions despite the pang of their conscience, causing their conscience to be seared so that it no longer condemns them of wrong.
This is the reason for laws: that a standard might be set, and governed by an authority who ensure penalty for transgression of that law, to maintain order and freedom in society and protection for its citizens. The highest law, is the law of Love. To “love” God and each other is to fulfil the whole law of God. It is not within our fallen nature to obey the law of God naturally. It is within our nature to serve ourselves. It is the conversion of the soul to Jesus Christ and the infilling with the Spirit of Christ that enables us to fulfil the law of God because we receive His nature. We then need to learn to deny our old nature and instead learn to do His will as it is revealed to us by Him and walk in newness of life according to the new nature within us. This does take time, and God chastens His own, and corrects, and purges them of sin. This is a process. By the renewing of the mind we are transformed and made able to live His Word and Will, and our conscience can be restored to a state of health according to His law, and no longer distorted or defiled by the rationalisation of man’s behaviour or incorrect views of what is right and wrong. The Bible says to be mature is to know the difference between right and wrong, “But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.” Hebrews 5:14.
A mature believer is a discerning believer, who by practise, has become able to divide between right and wrong – which interestingly enough shows that they have come into harmony with the Spirit of Christ in them, this nature, that shows them a new way, by the renewing of the mind by the word of God.
“For the Word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12
Renewing of the mind by the Word of God (actual truth) is essential, because all of us have learnt different things, have made different conclusions about what truth is and about reality. Without an absolute standard there is no truth or reality, but only perceived truth and reality. And without an absolute standard of right and wrong, there is in effect no actual right or wrong, only man made laws and systems to suit mans’ own ends. So it all really comes down to what you believe. If you value and honour and believe the Bible to be the actual word of God that reveals His righteous requirements and truth, then you have an absolute standard to measure yourself by. If you don’t believe this then you are a law unto yourself and in effect lawless, in your own eyes, but if in actual fact God does exist and the Bible IS his revealed Will, then it doesn’t matter what you believe – you will be judged by God according to His Law/ Word/ Justice and choosing.
If God be real…we better obey. Because if He exists, then His ordained consequences for sin will be the punishment for our transgression whether we like it or not. If He doesn’t exist, all well and good, we have no Judge. All of the excuses under the sun will not suffice in that day, for God Himself says:
“For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.” Romans 1:21
God has made a way that we can be freed from the guilt of our sin, in that He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to pay the price for us, the penalty of sin being death. If God exists, and the Bible is His Word, then in the end it will be the way He has said, not the way we have rationalised or wanted it to be. If He is not real, and the Bible is not the Word of God, then there’s nothing to worry about – where God is concerned, although there is still plenty to worry about, for we are a mere accident, and have no future hope other than nothingness. Some may have made peace with that, but if He is real, that peace will be short lived. This all comes down to our way or His way. If He is real, our way, if it opposes His way, is sin. If He is not, then there is only our way, and it matters not.
There are many laws in existence that relate to humanity and the world around us. Laws of nature; state and federal laws; religious laws and rituals; moral laws and the law of God for example. Some people think they are a law unto themselves. Laws are set into place to protect something or someone. For example without the law of gravity we would all float off into space and living on this planet would never have been possible. Laws are meant to preserve things. Laws are meaningless without an enforcer, and without a penalty or consequence for breaking the law. Lawlessness abounds when there is no fear of God or of consequences, because seemingly I can transgress the law and no penalty is forthcoming.
There is also rebellion present and disregard towards God at the base level of human fallen nature. But we are told in the Bible that at the appointed time (which is an exact, precise and predetermined time) all will be judged and held accountable for their sin (transgression of the law) and also that God’s patience although great has a limit and the time comes when He judges situations and people, whether they know it is the judgement of God or not is another story.
God has made His law clear and has documented it within His Word. But an understanding of this law or the requirement of God upon us can be misunderstood if we have not learnt this law. Some laws are obvious to most, even without being taught i.e. thou shalt not kill. Although some do not have a knowledge or feeling of moral law, for example some serial killers, others continually rationalise their actions despite the pang of their conscience, causing their conscience to be seared so that it no longer condemns them of wrong.
This is the reason for laws: that a standard might be set, and governed by an authority who ensure penalty for transgression of that law, to maintain order and freedom in society and protection for its citizens. The highest law, is the law of Love. To “love” God and each other is to fulfil the whole law of God. It is not within our fallen nature to obey the law of God naturally. It is within our nature to serve ourselves. It is the conversion of the soul to Jesus Christ and the infilling with the Spirit of Christ that enables us to fulfil the law of God because we receive His nature. We then need to learn to deny our old nature and instead learn to do His will as it is revealed to us by Him and walk in newness of life according to the new nature within us. This does take time, and God chastens His own, and corrects, and purges them of sin. This is a process. By the renewing of the mind we are transformed and made able to live His Word and Will, and our conscience can be restored to a state of health according to His law, and no longer distorted or defiled by the rationalisation of man’s behaviour or incorrect views of what is right and wrong. The Bible says to be mature is to know the difference between right and wrong, “But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.” Hebrews 5:14.
A mature believer is a discerning believer, who by practise, has become able to divide between right and wrong – which interestingly enough shows that they have come into harmony with the Spirit of Christ in them, this nature, that shows them a new way, by the renewing of the mind by the word of God.
“For the Word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” Hebrews 4:12
Renewing of the mind by the Word of God (actual truth) is essential, because all of us have learnt different things, have made different conclusions about what truth is and about reality. Without an absolute standard there is no truth or reality, but only perceived truth and reality. And without an absolute standard of right and wrong, there is in effect no actual right or wrong, only man made laws and systems to suit mans’ own ends. So it all really comes down to what you believe. If you value and honour and believe the Bible to be the actual word of God that reveals His righteous requirements and truth, then you have an absolute standard to measure yourself by. If you don’t believe this then you are a law unto yourself and in effect lawless, in your own eyes, but if in actual fact God does exist and the Bible IS his revealed Will, then it doesn’t matter what you believe – you will be judged by God according to His Law/ Word/ Justice and choosing.
If God be real…we better obey. Because if He exists, then His ordained consequences for sin will be the punishment for our transgression whether we like it or not. If He doesn’t exist, all well and good, we have no Judge. All of the excuses under the sun will not suffice in that day, for God Himself says:
“For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.” Romans 1:21
God has made a way that we can be freed from the guilt of our sin, in that He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to pay the price for us, the penalty of sin being death. If God exists, and the Bible is His Word, then in the end it will be the way He has said, not the way we have rationalised or wanted it to be. If He is not real, and the Bible is not the Word of God, then there’s nothing to worry about – where God is concerned, although there is still plenty to worry about, for we are a mere accident, and have no future hope other than nothingness. Some may have made peace with that, but if He is real, that peace will be short lived. This all comes down to our way or His way. If He is real, our way, if it opposes His way, is sin. If He is not, then there is only our way, and it matters not.
Tuesday, 14 January 2014
Time of Victory - For The Obedient
by Glenice Mills
There are many prophetic words ‘out there’ at this time, the beginning of a new year. There has been a theme – it is a year of breakthrough.
It is good to know the seasons and times we live in, however there are a few things I think we in the body of Christ need to consider.
We are all excited about the ‘New Year’, but we need to look at the motive behind what this means.
The Lord knows the seasons and times and if this is so, does He think ‘Oh good it is the New Year, 2014?’ or does He look at time from the big picture of His plans and purposes for us on earth right now?
What makes December 31st different from January 1st?
In God’s scheme of things the days, times and seasons are in His hands.
Perhaps the New Year is more about us wanting things to change, rather than the Lord suddenly, as a result of a night of revelry and prayerful demands deciding He will do a new thing?
Perhaps this is very prideful of us and a bit presumptuous to think that we can tell God what we think He needs to do because it is a New Year? In fact if we are not careful we can cross over to divination – ‘calling up what we want rather than seeking the Lord about what He is wanting’.
We as the body of Christ need to examine our motives for wanting what we want just because it is a New Year. It is a day in a calendar and in fact has nothing to do with God’s seasons and times. Yes we can perhaps claim it as a defining day, a new day of a new year according to a Gregorian calendar. But how much ‘power’ and ‘influence’ should this bring on our lives. Perhaps we need to see things with God’s eyes?
There has been a consensus among the body of Christ that everybody had a difficult ‘last year’. I prefer to call it a time rather than a year of testing and trials. It we think about it, the difficulties didn’t start ‘magically’ on the 1st January 2013. Many were going through difficulties earlier than January 2013, and some may not have experienced difficulties until later in the year. Does that make 2013 a difficult year? Wouldn’t it be better to say we have had a difficult season or time?
Let’s not forget a year is about our time frame rather than God’s time frame. He sees in seasons and times. In fact we need to know the Prophetic time we live in rather than our time. We are to know the seasons and times we live in, and this is where the prophet can and must speak about them. However I wonder if it is incorrect for a prophet to say in the 2014 time frame this will happen or will not happen?
We must be careful we don’t make blanket statements and say all are in this season. Ecclesiastes says there is a season and a time for every purpose so what is one person/ministry/nation’s season may not be what is happening to another. We can have a sense of what God is doing in His church but we dare not make a statement for all when in fact it might be for most. That puts shame and guilt on those who may not be experiencing what is happening to others.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven:
A time to be born, And a time to die;
A time to plant, And a time to pluck what is planted;
A time to kill, And a time to heal;
A time to break down, And a time to build up;
A time to weep, And a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, And a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, And a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to gain, And a time to lose;
A time to keep, And a time to throw away;
A time to tear, And a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, And a time to speak;
A time to love, And a time to hate;
A time of war, And a time of peace.
How many Christians are making new year’s resolutions believing that if they are faithful to consistently diet, exercise or what ever resolution they make, that God will endorse it?
Again who says that making a new year’s resolution is right in God. We all know our areas of weakness and what areas the Lord wants us to change. Therefore wouldn’t it be more accurate to pray, and to ask for the Lord’s help to overcome?
I wonder if ‘New Year’s Resolutions’ are actually right in God? I don’t think so.
We have to be careful that we don’t succumb to the world’s ways and come in agreement with them. It is very subtle.
So what is the Lord saying to us at this time?
Yes most Christians have been through difficulties in recent times. Many have spoken of 2013 being a year of great trials.
This is because we in the body of Christ have been going through a great transition time. There has been a contracting, a stretching and a time of deep forging that has produced great pain.
Transition is also a time of labour when a woman gives birth. This is the time of full dilation of the cervix and a change of action to push to bring to birth. We have in fact been in a season of birth pangs. There is always great discomfort, and a wanting to give up and go back to how it was before.
That has been the test for many. It has in fact been a season of opportunities – opportunity to push through, opportunity to give up, opportunity to sabotage what has been put in place by God, opportunity to run away from God and many other opportunities to walk in obedience or to choose to compromise and walk in disobedience.
We know we are in a season of the apostle and prophet. What we forget is their role is to equip the saints. If we are to adequately equip, then we must be trained. All training involves pain at some level.
God is concerned about our character – our integrity, our love of Truth and choosing to walk in obedience to what He requires of us.
The Lord is looking for a remnant – one’s who will stand for righteousness and truth no matter the cost.
For many it has been a time of war, but the next season is a time of peace.
When the Israelites were obedient there was peace on all sides. So it will be for those who have passed tests in recent difficult times.
They have warred for themselves, for others and for their nations and there is a reaping of rewards for their obedience.
We are coming into a time of victory. For there to be victory there had to have been a war. When war ends there is celebration. There is a new freedom and liberty. The constraints have been lifted. There are new beginnings.
However there is a condition to this word – time of victory. Victory will come to those who have been obedient to yield to the dealings of God in this past season, with a willingness to give up those areas the Lord wants us to let go of.
That is why it has been so difficult. A line has been drawn – those who have fully yielded to the Lord, and those who have chosen to walk their own path.
Rewards are coming to the faithful – not that they have asked or expected rewards but the Lord has seen. Expect the unexpected in this next season. Don’t hold onto old ways of doing things for He is doing a new thing. Many words have gone out about the ‘new thing’ however we have often had wrong expectations because the motive has been about self-promotion. The new thing will be obvious to those who have eyes to see.
Know that He is God!!!
Nothing, that is NO THING that has been built by the hands of man will stand in coming times. That which has been built on the rock – Jesus Christ – will stand.
By their fruit you will know them.
Watch and see what the Lord will do in coming times. Be ready for an exciting journey – one that will bring joy to the hearts of those who are battle weary and weary in well doing. This is your season to shine!!!
There are many prophetic words ‘out there’ at this time, the beginning of a new year. There has been a theme – it is a year of breakthrough.
It is good to know the seasons and times we live in, however there are a few things I think we in the body of Christ need to consider.
We are all excited about the ‘New Year’, but we need to look at the motive behind what this means.
The Lord knows the seasons and times and if this is so, does He think ‘Oh good it is the New Year, 2014?’ or does He look at time from the big picture of His plans and purposes for us on earth right now?
What makes December 31st different from January 1st?
In God’s scheme of things the days, times and seasons are in His hands.
Perhaps the New Year is more about us wanting things to change, rather than the Lord suddenly, as a result of a night of revelry and prayerful demands deciding He will do a new thing?
Perhaps this is very prideful of us and a bit presumptuous to think that we can tell God what we think He needs to do because it is a New Year? In fact if we are not careful we can cross over to divination – ‘calling up what we want rather than seeking the Lord about what He is wanting’.
We as the body of Christ need to examine our motives for wanting what we want just because it is a New Year. It is a day in a calendar and in fact has nothing to do with God’s seasons and times. Yes we can perhaps claim it as a defining day, a new day of a new year according to a Gregorian calendar. But how much ‘power’ and ‘influence’ should this bring on our lives. Perhaps we need to see things with God’s eyes?
There has been a consensus among the body of Christ that everybody had a difficult ‘last year’. I prefer to call it a time rather than a year of testing and trials. It we think about it, the difficulties didn’t start ‘magically’ on the 1st January 2013. Many were going through difficulties earlier than January 2013, and some may not have experienced difficulties until later in the year. Does that make 2013 a difficult year? Wouldn’t it be better to say we have had a difficult season or time?
Let’s not forget a year is about our time frame rather than God’s time frame. He sees in seasons and times. In fact we need to know the Prophetic time we live in rather than our time. We are to know the seasons and times we live in, and this is where the prophet can and must speak about them. However I wonder if it is incorrect for a prophet to say in the 2014 time frame this will happen or will not happen?
We must be careful we don’t make blanket statements and say all are in this season. Ecclesiastes says there is a season and a time for every purpose so what is one person/ministry/nation’s season may not be what is happening to another. We can have a sense of what God is doing in His church but we dare not make a statement for all when in fact it might be for most. That puts shame and guilt on those who may not be experiencing what is happening to others.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven:
A time to be born, And a time to die;
A time to plant, And a time to pluck what is planted;
A time to kill, And a time to heal;
A time to break down, And a time to build up;
A time to weep, And a time to laugh;
A time to mourn, And a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, And a time to gather stones;
A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to gain, And a time to lose;
A time to keep, And a time to throw away;
A time to tear, And a time to sew;
A time to keep silence, And a time to speak;
A time to love, And a time to hate;
A time of war, And a time of peace.
How many Christians are making new year’s resolutions believing that if they are faithful to consistently diet, exercise or what ever resolution they make, that God will endorse it?
Again who says that making a new year’s resolution is right in God. We all know our areas of weakness and what areas the Lord wants us to change. Therefore wouldn’t it be more accurate to pray, and to ask for the Lord’s help to overcome?
I wonder if ‘New Year’s Resolutions’ are actually right in God? I don’t think so.
We have to be careful that we don’t succumb to the world’s ways and come in agreement with them. It is very subtle.
So what is the Lord saying to us at this time?
Yes most Christians have been through difficulties in recent times. Many have spoken of 2013 being a year of great trials.
This is because we in the body of Christ have been going through a great transition time. There has been a contracting, a stretching and a time of deep forging that has produced great pain.
Transition is also a time of labour when a woman gives birth. This is the time of full dilation of the cervix and a change of action to push to bring to birth. We have in fact been in a season of birth pangs. There is always great discomfort, and a wanting to give up and go back to how it was before.
That has been the test for many. It has in fact been a season of opportunities – opportunity to push through, opportunity to give up, opportunity to sabotage what has been put in place by God, opportunity to run away from God and many other opportunities to walk in obedience or to choose to compromise and walk in disobedience.
We know we are in a season of the apostle and prophet. What we forget is their role is to equip the saints. If we are to adequately equip, then we must be trained. All training involves pain at some level.
God is concerned about our character – our integrity, our love of Truth and choosing to walk in obedience to what He requires of us.
The Lord is looking for a remnant – one’s who will stand for righteousness and truth no matter the cost.
For many it has been a time of war, but the next season is a time of peace.
When the Israelites were obedient there was peace on all sides. So it will be for those who have passed tests in recent difficult times.
They have warred for themselves, for others and for their nations and there is a reaping of rewards for their obedience.
We are coming into a time of victory. For there to be victory there had to have been a war. When war ends there is celebration. There is a new freedom and liberty. The constraints have been lifted. There are new beginnings.
However there is a condition to this word – time of victory. Victory will come to those who have been obedient to yield to the dealings of God in this past season, with a willingness to give up those areas the Lord wants us to let go of.
That is why it has been so difficult. A line has been drawn – those who have fully yielded to the Lord, and those who have chosen to walk their own path.
Rewards are coming to the faithful – not that they have asked or expected rewards but the Lord has seen. Expect the unexpected in this next season. Don’t hold onto old ways of doing things for He is doing a new thing. Many words have gone out about the ‘new thing’ however we have often had wrong expectations because the motive has been about self-promotion. The new thing will be obvious to those who have eyes to see.
Know that He is God!!!
Nothing, that is NO THING that has been built by the hands of man will stand in coming times. That which has been built on the rock – Jesus Christ – will stand.
By their fruit you will know them.
Watch and see what the Lord will do in coming times. Be ready for an exciting journey – one that will bring joy to the hearts of those who are battle weary and weary in well doing. This is your season to shine!!!
Thursday, 9 January 2014
The True Living Water
by Tony Clark
I love that God revealed from the beginning to the end in the Bible. A time line of earth’s history. God cares about His people, He wants them to know Him. Closeness and intimacy has always been His greatest desire! Men in their fallen, fearful, arrogant, proud and rebellious state, resist God and turn to their own way for fulfilment and getting their needs met, but they don’t realise only the PURE LIVING WATER can satisfy the soul.
God is not out to condemn you, take away what you care about, or put restricting laws or burdens on you. You are already bound! You are already restricted!
Being BIRTHED into His kingdom by the true revelation of His love for you, and being made TRULY ALIVE by His power causes men to see for the first time, just like Neo in the Matrix.
Do you want to live in a dream world, a world that just keeps you distracted and deceived enough to make you think this is LIFE? When you are AWOKEN by a very real God, who brought everything into existence, including your life, the scales fall off your eyes and you don’t just begin to see things differently - that’s just a by-product. You ARE different. NEW. Clean. The difference is so extreme that it is likened to being dead and then made ALIVE. And when you are alive to God, which means you are consciously aware of His presence and person, at a genuinely interactive level, you will/can never be the same.
God loves you. He is not angry or vengeful toward you, he sent His Son (God born in human flesh) to die for you??? Does that sound like ILL WILL? God knows that you are lost without Him. You were made to be together. Don’t listen to false religions that will tell you that you can get to/ become God some other way!
Jesus Christ is the DOOR - no one comes to the Father except by Him. He died for your sin - you fall WAY short of the holiness and majesty of God, and sin every day by going your own way in the face of Truth.
If a man repents of his own wicked ways, and humbles himself and recognises that Jesus who KNEW NO SIN died for you so that you could be saved and brought back into relationship with God, by trusting in His sacrifice to pay for your sin - not relying on your OWN self righteousness which is unable to meet the required standard - you will be encountered by God. I did, 17 years ago. I was addicted, broken, hurting, self conscious, lost and afraid, but God saved me by a revelation of His love for me. My eyes were made OPEN, and I was filled with newness. I was made alive to God. And all these years later I must say, I have dug, and I have sought after this God that revealed Himself to me, and I have found TREASURE like I never thought possible. I could write 50 books about what has happened in my life due to meeting my Maker. I have found what I was looking for. And every well of promised nourishment that the world has to offer, is but an illusion, so fresh to the taste just like the real thing when you first find it - because you are THIRSTY! But as you continue to drink this water that promised so much, it dries up and no longer quenches your thirst. JESUS CHRIST is the only TRUE LIVING WATER. He said, in His own words “the water I give, when you drink it, YOU WILL NEVER THIRST AGAIN.” We need water to survive. That’s why the bible days Jesus didn’t come into the world to condemn the world, but to save it. And that “For God SO LOVED the world that He sent His only begotten Son, that WHOEVER believes on Him, will not PERISH but have EVERLASTING LIFE.” (the result of living water). God says you are perishing. You try your hardest to survive in the false waters that are only a trick to keep you from the true, and the end is death, because just like in the desert, without water you die. This is the context that God declares you are perishing. But Jesus came with the true living water, so that “you may not perish, but in drinking, and continuing to drink of His true water (His words) you WILL NOT PERISH but have ETERNAL LIFE.” It’s a promise. God CANNOT lie. Bless you.
I love that God revealed from the beginning to the end in the Bible. A time line of earth’s history. God cares about His people, He wants them to know Him. Closeness and intimacy has always been His greatest desire! Men in their fallen, fearful, arrogant, proud and rebellious state, resist God and turn to their own way for fulfilment and getting their needs met, but they don’t realise only the PURE LIVING WATER can satisfy the soul.God is not out to condemn you, take away what you care about, or put restricting laws or burdens on you. You are already bound! You are already restricted!
Being BIRTHED into His kingdom by the true revelation of His love for you, and being made TRULY ALIVE by His power causes men to see for the first time, just like Neo in the Matrix.
Do you want to live in a dream world, a world that just keeps you distracted and deceived enough to make you think this is LIFE? When you are AWOKEN by a very real God, who brought everything into existence, including your life, the scales fall off your eyes and you don’t just begin to see things differently - that’s just a by-product. You ARE different. NEW. Clean. The difference is so extreme that it is likened to being dead and then made ALIVE. And when you are alive to God, which means you are consciously aware of His presence and person, at a genuinely interactive level, you will/can never be the same.
God loves you. He is not angry or vengeful toward you, he sent His Son (God born in human flesh) to die for you??? Does that sound like ILL WILL? God knows that you are lost without Him. You were made to be together. Don’t listen to false religions that will tell you that you can get to/ become God some other way!
Jesus Christ is the DOOR - no one comes to the Father except by Him. He died for your sin - you fall WAY short of the holiness and majesty of God, and sin every day by going your own way in the face of Truth.
If a man repents of his own wicked ways, and humbles himself and recognises that Jesus who KNEW NO SIN died for you so that you could be saved and brought back into relationship with God, by trusting in His sacrifice to pay for your sin - not relying on your OWN self righteousness which is unable to meet the required standard - you will be encountered by God. I did, 17 years ago. I was addicted, broken, hurting, self conscious, lost and afraid, but God saved me by a revelation of His love for me. My eyes were made OPEN, and I was filled with newness. I was made alive to God. And all these years later I must say, I have dug, and I have sought after this God that revealed Himself to me, and I have found TREASURE like I never thought possible. I could write 50 books about what has happened in my life due to meeting my Maker. I have found what I was looking for. And every well of promised nourishment that the world has to offer, is but an illusion, so fresh to the taste just like the real thing when you first find it - because you are THIRSTY! But as you continue to drink this water that promised so much, it dries up and no longer quenches your thirst. JESUS CHRIST is the only TRUE LIVING WATER. He said, in His own words “the water I give, when you drink it, YOU WILL NEVER THIRST AGAIN.” We need water to survive. That’s why the bible days Jesus didn’t come into the world to condemn the world, but to save it. And that “For God SO LOVED the world that He sent His only begotten Son, that WHOEVER believes on Him, will not PERISH but have EVERLASTING LIFE.” (the result of living water). God says you are perishing. You try your hardest to survive in the false waters that are only a trick to keep you from the true, and the end is death, because just like in the desert, without water you die. This is the context that God declares you are perishing. But Jesus came with the true living water, so that “you may not perish, but in drinking, and continuing to drink of His true water (His words) you WILL NOT PERISH but have ETERNAL LIFE.” It’s a promise. God CANNOT lie. Bless you.
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