by Belinda Jabore
As the issue of same sex marriage continues and has been allowed already in some states in Australia and overseas, this is a question that needs to be asked is what do you think about it? And what are you going to do about it? There has been a minority group of people trying to destroy the foundations of a majority group of Australian people’s standards and belief system and doing their utmost to get their way as they scream the loudest and petition the MPs in Government continually. Yet there are champions in there also letting their voice be heard debating this issue and not allowing this to proceed any further. But also there is a majority of Australian people who seem to be in this matrix void that it is like they can’t seem to respond or want to respond to this crucial issue and continue to say nothing. Compromise is rampant and sometimes us, as Aussies, seem to put it in the too hard basket, we Aussies leave it open and we do not have an understanding to do something and not be complacent in this issue. I know most people I talk to have a strong opinion about this issue, but why are we not being heard? Martin Luther King was so right to say “for when good men do nothing evil prospers”. Because these minority groups speak the loudest they usually get what they want. Australians must make a stand on these issues and not just let our politicians handle them. The truth is that they are overwhelmed by these moral issues and they are not meant to handle them - the church is. But that’s another issue.
Reality is they are a minority group trying to change the very foundation of Australian Christian Morals and foundations that we are built on and they are standing against the family unit and values. Government are allowing it to happen as all they tend to hear is the minority group. You see if you destroy the foundation of marriage you destroy the family unit and all it stands for. Now if this minority group of people feel the need to marry then they can do it the government would allow them but without necessarily changing the foundations of Australia. But if they have to marry (and it is their choice and their will to do so) then the very thing they are standing for they are destroying. The bottom line is that this is sin and when you sin it will bring death to a thing, which will bring death to the family unit and the very values of family and what marriage stands for. The bottom line is children need a Mother and a Father. In our eagerness to remove so called discrimination amongst adults we end up discriminating against our children. We are losing Australian values and children’s rights are being ignored in this debate. My family and I am passionate to reverse this inequity. You see our kid’s rights count and children need a Mother and a Father. Marriage between a man and a woman is the foundation stone of families! Families are the foundation of our nation! Marriage redefined is marriage destroyed. Destroy marriage and you destroy the nation! To change a foundational stone of Australian morals of the family unit and it’s value system will destroy marriage and families and all they stand for. I am just stating the obvious. Who will give a voice to those who cannot be heard? Who will protect those who cannot defend themselves? Who will be brave for those who are too small? Who will defend our children’s rights?
Now a Government that attempts to change that foundational stone will pay dearly for that and there will be consequences. The Government needs help and divine wisdom on this issue. We, as a people, need to continually pray and ask God to show our Australian Government what to do. The Church needs to be a voice and help in these issues and a continual reminder of what our foundations are and our constitution was built on. As we allow change to crucial issues such as these we then wonder why we have crime rates escalating murder, lawlessness and violence and we do not feel safe in our streets and cities. The decisions we make now will determine our future and its outcomes. As Prophets and Apostolic people we must continue to stand against these injustices. We will not agree with what they are doing and we will not say yes to a foundational change to Australia - not on our watch. So please I beg you to write, email, ring, go with a group of people and speak to your local members in your suburb or city of how this cannot continue to go ahead.
I have quoted some text from what was written in this article by the Canberra Declaration crew and an article from an amazing prophetic voice written by Angela Shanahan for the Australian July 29th 2011 on the Australian national affairs who gets an expert Margret Somerville who is a distinguished legal ethicist on the matter and both of their words speak volumes.
Margret Somerville says and I quote, “marriage exists as a social institution only to protect the children born of a union and give special legal status to the natural family, and homosexual relationships cannot produce children. By abolishing the exclusively heterosexual nature of marriage, the special legal status of the natural family will collapse. Children will suffer,” and Somerville stresses, this includes children conceived, naturally or by biotech connivance, within a same sex relationship because it deprives them of a Father and Mother.
If homosexual relationships are given the same legal status as heterosexual marriages the homosexual lobby will have gained its final moral and legal triumph and according to Somerville, that will mean widespread collateral damage of people’s rights perhaps most peoples. It will become difficult if not illegal to speak out against this. Institutions and individuals that have moral objections to same sex marriage (churches, schools, ministers of religion, teachers, civil marriage celebrants, adoption agencies and so on) will have their rights of speech and association, freedom of conscience, belief and religion, curtailed and possibly eliminated. This has happened in many countries, including Sweden, where speaking out against homosexuality per se has become a hate crime. (If you think it couldn’t happen here, think about the general political correctness surrounding homosexual issues, even before gay marriage has become legal.) MPs are being asked to debate all these issues - homosexual debate and euthanasia debate. Never before have MPs been asked to debate things that, frankly have never been thought of as issues for political debate. The politics of moral issues don’t sit well with most politicians, who have a hard enough time coping with the practical problems of their electorates. It is easy to see why a member forced with say, the collapse of an industry in an electorate and a tax that may force worse, is not going to sweat over gay marriage.”
Nevertheless this is a distraction of the highest degree and as people in a democracy we must stand up for our rights and the foundations on which Australia was built on!
So what do you think? And are you going to do something about it? God put a man and a woman and His laws in place in a marriage and in place for a reason to protect us from harm and heartache and to allow our children to be safe and built on the right foundations.
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
Apostles
by Tony Clark
I was reading 1 Corinthians recently and was impacted while reading Chapter 9:1. Paul is addressing accusations made against him concerning his legitimacy as an Apostle, and the issue of financial support of his ministry by the church at Corinth. In verse 11 it says “If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?”
There is a major issue in the church today concerning this issue and there is much at work that is out of line with the Word of God and the Heart of God. It should be the most natural thing in the Kingdom of God to supply the practical needs of those ministering to you, those that have laid down their lives to serve God where your life is concerned and who have no thought for themselves in doing so. It should be a natural reflex – they supply your spiritual need, you supply their natural need. Giving and receiving, ebb and flow. But as Paul addresses in this chapter, the main issue is not whether or not we should do this but rather the underlying acknowledgement of whether or not those ministering to us are truly sent of God. Certain men had questioned Paul’s legitimacy as an Apostle and in doing so accused him of having ulterior motives for his ministry – in this case that he was motivated by selfish gain.
See, a wolf or a charlatan, has no right or place to claim or receive anything from God’s people. Because their motive is selfish gain and they use deceit to get what they want, by pretending to be a messenger or servant of God they coerce the people out of their money – which is his ultimate goal. And those that are jealous of the true servants of God will accuse and try to delegitimize them so that they don’t get what they are due.
In verse 7 Paul quotes the Old Testament, “Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth the corn.” This is a spiritual law in the kingdom of God. If there is any question in your heart as to whether your leader should be able to receive money for their labour in ministry instead of working in a secular job then it is likely you are delegitimizing the work of the ministry that they do, which ultimately reflects on whether you believe that are genuinely sent by God.
The natural response to the Apostles in the book of Acts was to sell all and lay everything at the feet of the Apostles. It’s what God would have, it’s what the Spirit of God would have. I’m not saying that we should sell our houses and give the money to the church, although that time may very well come again. But it should be a natural response of the children of God to give and support the ministry with our finances – to the degree that we have been shown to give.
People fear being taken for a ride and being cheated, and it does go on, and there are those that are motivated by selfish ambition in the church today. And part of the problem in the past has been that there has not only been a lack of proper giving in the church there has also been a lack of ministry in the earth that would merit this kind of giving. But we need to make sure we are not shut off to God in this, because out of fear we can miss what God is doing and fail to please God in what He requires of us. He has a way of doing things in His church and an order to the way He wants it done, and proper giving is a part of this. If we know that our leader is truly of God and authentic then we need to give freely. If we don’t know, then we need to find out. I feel this is very important. And God requires correct giving and correct honouring of Apostles in this time and the years ahead. We need to be in line with His way of doing things. The leaders of God’s church shouldn’t have to find ways to raise money, or plead with the congregation. God desires us to come to a place where we are able to “give into every good work” and sow as we see need, naturally.
I was reading 1 Corinthians recently and was impacted while reading Chapter 9:1. Paul is addressing accusations made against him concerning his legitimacy as an Apostle, and the issue of financial support of his ministry by the church at Corinth. In verse 11 it says “If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?”
There is a major issue in the church today concerning this issue and there is much at work that is out of line with the Word of God and the Heart of God. It should be the most natural thing in the Kingdom of God to supply the practical needs of those ministering to you, those that have laid down their lives to serve God where your life is concerned and who have no thought for themselves in doing so. It should be a natural reflex – they supply your spiritual need, you supply their natural need. Giving and receiving, ebb and flow. But as Paul addresses in this chapter, the main issue is not whether or not we should do this but rather the underlying acknowledgement of whether or not those ministering to us are truly sent of God. Certain men had questioned Paul’s legitimacy as an Apostle and in doing so accused him of having ulterior motives for his ministry – in this case that he was motivated by selfish gain.
See, a wolf or a charlatan, has no right or place to claim or receive anything from God’s people. Because their motive is selfish gain and they use deceit to get what they want, by pretending to be a messenger or servant of God they coerce the people out of their money – which is his ultimate goal. And those that are jealous of the true servants of God will accuse and try to delegitimize them so that they don’t get what they are due.
In verse 7 Paul quotes the Old Testament, “Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth the corn.” This is a spiritual law in the kingdom of God. If there is any question in your heart as to whether your leader should be able to receive money for their labour in ministry instead of working in a secular job then it is likely you are delegitimizing the work of the ministry that they do, which ultimately reflects on whether you believe that are genuinely sent by God.
The natural response to the Apostles in the book of Acts was to sell all and lay everything at the feet of the Apostles. It’s what God would have, it’s what the Spirit of God would have. I’m not saying that we should sell our houses and give the money to the church, although that time may very well come again. But it should be a natural response of the children of God to give and support the ministry with our finances – to the degree that we have been shown to give.
People fear being taken for a ride and being cheated, and it does go on, and there are those that are motivated by selfish ambition in the church today. And part of the problem in the past has been that there has not only been a lack of proper giving in the church there has also been a lack of ministry in the earth that would merit this kind of giving. But we need to make sure we are not shut off to God in this, because out of fear we can miss what God is doing and fail to please God in what He requires of us. He has a way of doing things in His church and an order to the way He wants it done, and proper giving is a part of this. If we know that our leader is truly of God and authentic then we need to give freely. If we don’t know, then we need to find out. I feel this is very important. And God requires correct giving and correct honouring of Apostles in this time and the years ahead. We need to be in line with His way of doing things. The leaders of God’s church shouldn’t have to find ways to raise money, or plead with the congregation. God desires us to come to a place where we are able to “give into every good work” and sow as we see need, naturally.
Monday, 12 September 2011
Stop! Consider!
by Glenice Mills
Stop!!! Consider!!!
We are in the midst of changing times, for us to get an understanding of it we need to know we are positioned exactly where the Lord wants us to be, so we can be most effective in advancing His kingdom here on earth.
We are in a season of grace, of His grace, to seek Him for revelation of where and how He is wanting to use each of us in such a time as this.
Old ways of doing things, staying in our comfort zones, and clinging onto those things that have given us security will no longer suffice. That is why it is time to stop, and to consider. To consider means to think or deliberate in order to decide, it is to contemplate mentally especially in order to reach a conclusion. How can we do this if we are too busy and too distracted to actually hear, and begin to put into action the new thing the Lord is requiring of us in these times and the times to come. It is about being prepared for the ‘very shortly’ because very shortly we won’t have the same opportunities the Lord is giving to us now. Perhaps one of the most dangerous times and places to be, is where we think we know best, where we are like the ‘fat cat with a happy contented smile on its face because it ‘feels good’. It has grown fat on the good things of life forgetting that one day it may not be so comfortable.
We know there is a shaking taking place in many areas of society at this time and it is being done by God’s hands. So, if we are too busy, how can we know what He is requiring of us both individually and corporately when we are caught in the ‘mouse on a wheel’ syndrome? We will tire and get burnt out, making us ineffective, and setting us up to be easy targets of the enemy. That is what the enemy wants and we must be more on guard than ever before because he hates what is happening to many of God’s people at this time. There are pressures put on us by God because He is wanting to arrest us in order to get our attention, and there is pressure from the enemy that is designed to derail us from the purposes of God. That is why we must stop and take time to consider. Many are in a season of meditating and waiting on God. This may seem a ‘waste of time’ however nothing, that is, no thing is ever wasted in God. That is man’s judgments and opinions. However when we consider, it is about reaching a conclusion and putting a plan into action. As the Lord has been speaking to me and as I have been walking in learning to ‘consider’ there are two key words that have come out of this time of considering. They are crucial for what is coming in the days ahead but they are also a challenge to what we have known, and held onto dearly. There are times when I feel the weight of what the Lord is saying and this is such a time and such a word. I pray that you would not take this lightly when you read it, but go and consider and seek the Lord as to what He is wanting to change and adjust in your life.
The two key words are CALLING and COST. The reality is the two go hand in hand. You cannot come into your true calling in God without there being a cost involved.
CALLING:
There are many in the body of Christ that God is ‘arresting’ at this time because He is wanting to get our attention. Many are in dire straights, things are not working out for them, and it appears that no door is opening. They are quite literally between a rock and a hard place. That is because the Lord is wanting them to stop, and to consider.
There is a terrible sense of helplessness, of vulnerability, of frustration because it appears that things are inactive and there seems no advancement or apparent way forward. Hopelessness has taken root and it is like being in a dark tunnel with no light to guide a way forward. There appears to be no direction ahead and it feels like the blind leading the blind. It is easy to believe the lie of the enemy that ‘you have missed it’ and feel burdened by what appears as a negative thing. However, the truth is, the Lord knows the perfect plan for our lives and He is organising and arranging us so we are positioned, ready for the days of battle. There are many in the body of Christ who have been in the wrong position in the workplace, where they live, or church they are a part of, and that has been alright for a time, but it is changing. That is why the discomfort, because there is an urgency for many to come out of, and away from, what has held them back. It is a divine time of repositioning because it is about coming into the high calling of God, of His kingdom purposes for our lives.
The following Scripture is for this time and together we should pray that we each come into our destinies in Him.
2 Thessalonians 1:11,12
Therefore we also pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of the faith with power, that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
COST:
For us to fulfil our destinies there will be a cost. It is about the divine exchange that needs to take place in order to move in our calling. There is a serious requirement on us all at this time to consider if we are prepared to give up some things in order to come into a greater measure of His call on our lives. A divine exchange is and will be the constant challenge for us in these times. Exchange means the act or process of giving one thing and receiving another in its place. It is about complete surrender of our lives to Him. It is about giving up some things in our lives in order for the Lordship of Jesus Christ to have greater rulership in our lives. It will involve change: change in our attitudes, behaviours, relationships, securities, habits, cultural ways, in order to bring the ‘higher way’ into every area of our lives. It is about being a true follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. We are instructed in the Word to take up our cross daily, and for us to be who we are called to be the cross of Jesus Christ will and must be central to all we say and do. It is about our individual and corporate obedience to the leading of the Lord!
There is an urgency, it is time to consider how serious we are about serving God and how much we are prepared to give up in order to be true men and women of God.
We have choices and now is the time to consider what the Lord is requiring of us.
Are you positioned for growth both personally and spiritually?
What is the passion of your heart? Are you preparing to move toward fulfilling the passion or have you given up on it because you don’t think it has any merit?
Do you talk yourself out of your passion, negating every move forward in order to bring about its fulfilment. Maybe there is someone dependent on you actually coming into correct position, coming into your call so they can be blessed by your unique expression of the Lord? Maybe there is a window of opportunity open to you right now and you are considering your options? It is not about ‘your options’ but rather about whether or not you are prepared to give some things up. Maybe in the natural it does not make sense, but the passion and urgency won’t go away.
Perhaps you had a dream and hope of it ever coming to pass has died. You have lost your passion and your vision has been snuffed out perhaps by others blocking and stopping its fulfilment. Time is short and you may be the crucial person needed to bring something to fruition. You dare not hold back because you will feel burning frustration that will eat away at your vision bringing increasing discontent.
These are serious things to consider!!!
The Lord has a plan and a strategy for you to come into all He has planned and destined for your life. He does not want you to give up hope and He does not want you to hold back from being all He has called you to.
Remember:
Jeremiah 20:11
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Can I encourage you to consider your future direction. It will mean stopping and considering where you are right now and seeking the Lord for the way forward in your life. It will take time aside with God, and it may require change in your life, but the rewards of walking in His will for your life will bring peace and rest to you.
The Lord is raising up His army, ones who have counted the cost, who have been obedient to all that He is requiring at this time. There have been many tests for these ones to pass but the time of increasing reward for faithfulness is near.
Do not lose hope!!! The time is near for the fulfilment of your dreams!!!
I want to finish on the following Scripture as it gives us keys to keep us on track.
Consider it.
Ephesians 4:1-4
I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Amen!!!
Stop!!! Consider!!!
We are in the midst of changing times, for us to get an understanding of it we need to know we are positioned exactly where the Lord wants us to be, so we can be most effective in advancing His kingdom here on earth.
We are in a season of grace, of His grace, to seek Him for revelation of where and how He is wanting to use each of us in such a time as this.
Old ways of doing things, staying in our comfort zones, and clinging onto those things that have given us security will no longer suffice. That is why it is time to stop, and to consider. To consider means to think or deliberate in order to decide, it is to contemplate mentally especially in order to reach a conclusion. How can we do this if we are too busy and too distracted to actually hear, and begin to put into action the new thing the Lord is requiring of us in these times and the times to come. It is about being prepared for the ‘very shortly’ because very shortly we won’t have the same opportunities the Lord is giving to us now. Perhaps one of the most dangerous times and places to be, is where we think we know best, where we are like the ‘fat cat with a happy contented smile on its face because it ‘feels good’. It has grown fat on the good things of life forgetting that one day it may not be so comfortable.
We know there is a shaking taking place in many areas of society at this time and it is being done by God’s hands. So, if we are too busy, how can we know what He is requiring of us both individually and corporately when we are caught in the ‘mouse on a wheel’ syndrome? We will tire and get burnt out, making us ineffective, and setting us up to be easy targets of the enemy. That is what the enemy wants and we must be more on guard than ever before because he hates what is happening to many of God’s people at this time. There are pressures put on us by God because He is wanting to arrest us in order to get our attention, and there is pressure from the enemy that is designed to derail us from the purposes of God. That is why we must stop and take time to consider. Many are in a season of meditating and waiting on God. This may seem a ‘waste of time’ however nothing, that is, no thing is ever wasted in God. That is man’s judgments and opinions. However when we consider, it is about reaching a conclusion and putting a plan into action. As the Lord has been speaking to me and as I have been walking in learning to ‘consider’ there are two key words that have come out of this time of considering. They are crucial for what is coming in the days ahead but they are also a challenge to what we have known, and held onto dearly. There are times when I feel the weight of what the Lord is saying and this is such a time and such a word. I pray that you would not take this lightly when you read it, but go and consider and seek the Lord as to what He is wanting to change and adjust in your life.
The two key words are CALLING and COST. The reality is the two go hand in hand. You cannot come into your true calling in God without there being a cost involved.
CALLING:
There are many in the body of Christ that God is ‘arresting’ at this time because He is wanting to get our attention. Many are in dire straights, things are not working out for them, and it appears that no door is opening. They are quite literally between a rock and a hard place. That is because the Lord is wanting them to stop, and to consider.
There is a terrible sense of helplessness, of vulnerability, of frustration because it appears that things are inactive and there seems no advancement or apparent way forward. Hopelessness has taken root and it is like being in a dark tunnel with no light to guide a way forward. There appears to be no direction ahead and it feels like the blind leading the blind. It is easy to believe the lie of the enemy that ‘you have missed it’ and feel burdened by what appears as a negative thing. However, the truth is, the Lord knows the perfect plan for our lives and He is organising and arranging us so we are positioned, ready for the days of battle. There are many in the body of Christ who have been in the wrong position in the workplace, where they live, or church they are a part of, and that has been alright for a time, but it is changing. That is why the discomfort, because there is an urgency for many to come out of, and away from, what has held them back. It is a divine time of repositioning because it is about coming into the high calling of God, of His kingdom purposes for our lives.
The following Scripture is for this time and together we should pray that we each come into our destinies in Him.
2 Thessalonians 1:11,12
Therefore we also pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of the faith with power, that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
COST:
For us to fulfil our destinies there will be a cost. It is about the divine exchange that needs to take place in order to move in our calling. There is a serious requirement on us all at this time to consider if we are prepared to give up some things in order to come into a greater measure of His call on our lives. A divine exchange is and will be the constant challenge for us in these times. Exchange means the act or process of giving one thing and receiving another in its place. It is about complete surrender of our lives to Him. It is about giving up some things in our lives in order for the Lordship of Jesus Christ to have greater rulership in our lives. It will involve change: change in our attitudes, behaviours, relationships, securities, habits, cultural ways, in order to bring the ‘higher way’ into every area of our lives. It is about being a true follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. We are instructed in the Word to take up our cross daily, and for us to be who we are called to be the cross of Jesus Christ will and must be central to all we say and do. It is about our individual and corporate obedience to the leading of the Lord!
There is an urgency, it is time to consider how serious we are about serving God and how much we are prepared to give up in order to be true men and women of God.
We have choices and now is the time to consider what the Lord is requiring of us.
Are you positioned for growth both personally and spiritually?
What is the passion of your heart? Are you preparing to move toward fulfilling the passion or have you given up on it because you don’t think it has any merit?
Do you talk yourself out of your passion, negating every move forward in order to bring about its fulfilment. Maybe there is someone dependent on you actually coming into correct position, coming into your call so they can be blessed by your unique expression of the Lord? Maybe there is a window of opportunity open to you right now and you are considering your options? It is not about ‘your options’ but rather about whether or not you are prepared to give some things up. Maybe in the natural it does not make sense, but the passion and urgency won’t go away.
Perhaps you had a dream and hope of it ever coming to pass has died. You have lost your passion and your vision has been snuffed out perhaps by others blocking and stopping its fulfilment. Time is short and you may be the crucial person needed to bring something to fruition. You dare not hold back because you will feel burning frustration that will eat away at your vision bringing increasing discontent.
These are serious things to consider!!!
The Lord has a plan and a strategy for you to come into all He has planned and destined for your life. He does not want you to give up hope and He does not want you to hold back from being all He has called you to.
Remember:
Jeremiah 20:11
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Can I encourage you to consider your future direction. It will mean stopping and considering where you are right now and seeking the Lord for the way forward in your life. It will take time aside with God, and it may require change in your life, but the rewards of walking in His will for your life will bring peace and rest to you.
The Lord is raising up His army, ones who have counted the cost, who have been obedient to all that He is requiring at this time. There have been many tests for these ones to pass but the time of increasing reward for faithfulness is near.
Do not lose hope!!! The time is near for the fulfilment of your dreams!!!
I want to finish on the following Scripture as it gives us keys to keep us on track.
Consider it.
Ephesians 4:1-4
I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Amen!!!
Saturday, 20 August 2011
How Can It Be?
by Glenice Mills
HOW CAN IT BE? HOW CAN IT BE?
HOW DID IT COME TO THIS?
HOW DID IT COME TO THIS?
There is a heart cry from all around the world questioning: ‘How can it be?’
I saw peoples of many nations bewildered by what they see happening in their own country. They are asking questions, and crying out to God.
They have no understanding of what is happening and they are searching for answers.
I saw their faces: bewildered, fearful, questioning.
Accompanying what I saw, was a strong sense of bewilderment, of disbelief. They are perplexed and confused, nothing makes sense anymore. All they have known and held dear is being stripped from them, there is nothing they can control. Everything appears to be free-falling and the sense of helplessness is overpowering.
What they have put their trust in has failed, it has or is coming to nothing.
We are seeing the characteristics of some nations being turned upside down and the opposite of what they ‘appear’ is manifesting. Following are some examples.
England: A respectable, well mannered, polite people.
Norway: A peaceful nation, with a peace loving people.
America: A world leader, wealthy, prosperous, founded on Christian principles.
Greece: A happy people, who love life.
We see something different happening now, and in recent weeks. Things are happening quickly and nothing is staying on an even keel any longer.
England: Lawless, rebellious, with a lot of hatred and prejudice being expressed.
Norway: This nation has been shaken to its core in recent times as the underbelly of what is truly going on is coming to light. Yes one man went on a rampage, however, it is appearing there are sects operating in the seat of a peaceful country.
America: There is growing discontent, poverty is increasing, all is not what it seems with increasing unemployment, downturn in the economy and the ongoing challenge for world leadership by China. It has lost its top credit rating and is being seen as a nation on an economic downturn heading into recession. All is not as it seems in America.
Greece: It’s people are rising up against their government for poor economic management and they are resisting the changes to their personal circumstances because of this. What were once seen as a happy people is being revealed with increasing discontent and disillusionment, with the people fighting back.
This is also happening in other European nations.
The Middle Eastern nations are in a constant state of unrest, with people power rising up against wrong government leadership.
This should not surprise most Christians as we know these are signs of the end of the age. However even among Christians there is a questioning: How can it be?
The Lord has been speaking to me about what He is doing and He wants to bring some understanding as to what is happening on the earth at this time.
We also need to be mindful of nations such as Japan and New Zealand who have experienced serious damage from earthquakes, and many cities in Australia have experienced serious flooding in recent times. There are other nations teetering on the edge of financial ruin, with increasing unrest on the streets of many major cities and towns. Africa is in the grip of drought, and lawlessness is on the increase, and this is only what the general populace knows about. So much more is happening insidiously in Africa that is not heard or spoken of.
We could at this point give up and go ‘Everything looks impossible. We are all on the road to ruination.’ Negativity, depression, and disillusionment could have a foothold at this time, however, we must come back to enquiring what the Lord is saying and doing. Nothing gets past Him, nothing surprises Him, and we need to know what is happening and what may be required of us to bring hope, and vision to a dying world.
Perhaps we need to ask the question: what has brought us to this point where we are wondering ‘how can it be?’
The word how means: to search by what means or in what manner and for what reason something happens. The Lord will always show us what He is doing!
There are two key words that the Lord has been speaking to me about.
PERCEPTION: This is a feeling, impression, and sense of something. Unfortunately we can all be lulled into a sense of false comfort, relying on government leaders to lead us, keeping our nations in peace. Perhaps we have relinquished some power because we have placed too much trust in leaders thinking they are wanting the best for us. We can deceive ourselves into believing that ‘all is well’ and allow the world to pass us by. We fall into the trap of only listening to the positive things happening in our country, and become drawn in by whatever the media is trying to tell us, in order to keep us all in a false sense of peace. We perceive everything through our eyes of contentment, security and seeing what we want to see, discarding what is unpleasant to confront. That will trip us up and make us fall.
That is why many are crying out ‘how can it be?’ and ‘how did it come to this?’
EXPECTATION: Expectation is to believe that a particular thing will take place, it is to suppose or presume. There is always an anticipation about what is going to happen.
Sadly many who are crying out ‘how can it be?’ had expectations that certain positive things were going to happen, that all would be well, and there is no need for concern.
That has also lulled people into a false sense of security, peace and ‘normality’.
This is all a façade, and what is happening in many countries is the ‘mask’. The evil underbelly is now being exposed. In fact what the Lord is doing is actually revealing the ‘TRUE HEART OF A NATION’. This is not a negative thing, and in fact is a reality check, a bit like a doctor’s check up to see what is going wrong deep down, that is hidden.
The good news is there is a cure, there is healing and restoration coming if the people will humble themselves, repent, turn from their wicked ways and ask the Lord for His healing power to come.
So what has set many of these nations to fall, to come to the brink of anarchy, ruin and financial devastation?
Scripture gives us some keys that bring understanding and insight to what the Lord is saying and doing.
Isaiah 5:20
Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Unfortunately lawlessness is increasing in many nations because many have come under the lie that it is ‘cool,’ and in some perverse way a fun thing to inflict damage, to steal and to treat other’s belongings and lives with utter contempt. Life has no value therefore it is somehow deemed as alright to kill or maim another. The lie that good is evil and evil is good has surreptitiously crept in over past years and we have blithely accepted it as truth. We are now reaping consequences to this and we should not be surprised. We have forgotten it is God’s mighty restraining hand that is keeping things in order and holding all things together. As we have lost what it is to walk in the true fear of the Lord, our consciences have become seared and we have subtly embraced compromise, living a lie. We slowly come to believe we are as god drawing on our own ways and means in order to live our lives. At its worst we will believe there is no god and will be completely reliant on our own resources.
Isaiah 64:12
Will you restrain Yourself because of these things, O Lord?
Will You hold Your peace, and afflict us very severely?
This is a wake up call to us all, particularly to the church. The Lord is challenging what we put our trust in. For too long we have trusted in our own ways and as we are seeing they are not working.
Psalm 20:7-9
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses;
But we will remember the name of the Lord our God.
They have bowed down and fallen;
But we have risen and stand upright.
Save Lord!
May the King answer us when we call.
However as we know there is a better way, the way ‘through’ with the Lord Jesus Christ as our ever present help in times of trouble. We need Him like never before!
The true heart of a nation is being exposed at this time, we are seeing the good and the evil in people coming to the fore. This is a sign from the Lord. He is and will in coming times expose in greater measure the true heart of His church. He will expose the sins of His people, of His church leaders and ones He has positioned in areas of governance and authority. We will see a greater revealing of conviction of sin among God’s people as they learn to truly walk in the spirit of the fear of the Lord. Some evil corrupt practices will be exposed as the hearts of man will be revealed in a greater measure. We will not be able to get away with what we have in the past. What is happening in the world is a reflection of the church and if we have eyes to see we must seriously ask ourselves what it is He is wanting to show us, adjust and change in our hearts and lives so we can be a people of power, ready to share the gospel with those who need His love and forgiveness.
Ezekiel 24:14
I, the Lord, have spoken it;
It shall come to pass, and I will do it;
I will not hold back,
Nor will I spare,
Nor will I relent;
According to your ways
And according to your deeds
I will judge you.”
Says the Lord God.”
HOW CAN IT BE? HOW CAN IT BE?
HOW DID IT COME TO THIS?
HOW DID IT COME TO THIS?
There is a heart cry from all around the world questioning: ‘How can it be?’
I saw peoples of many nations bewildered by what they see happening in their own country. They are asking questions, and crying out to God.
They have no understanding of what is happening and they are searching for answers.
I saw their faces: bewildered, fearful, questioning.
Accompanying what I saw, was a strong sense of bewilderment, of disbelief. They are perplexed and confused, nothing makes sense anymore. All they have known and held dear is being stripped from them, there is nothing they can control. Everything appears to be free-falling and the sense of helplessness is overpowering.
What they have put their trust in has failed, it has or is coming to nothing.
We are seeing the characteristics of some nations being turned upside down and the opposite of what they ‘appear’ is manifesting. Following are some examples.
England: A respectable, well mannered, polite people.
Norway: A peaceful nation, with a peace loving people.
America: A world leader, wealthy, prosperous, founded on Christian principles.
Greece: A happy people, who love life.
We see something different happening now, and in recent weeks. Things are happening quickly and nothing is staying on an even keel any longer.
England: Lawless, rebellious, with a lot of hatred and prejudice being expressed.
Norway: This nation has been shaken to its core in recent times as the underbelly of what is truly going on is coming to light. Yes one man went on a rampage, however, it is appearing there are sects operating in the seat of a peaceful country.
America: There is growing discontent, poverty is increasing, all is not what it seems with increasing unemployment, downturn in the economy and the ongoing challenge for world leadership by China. It has lost its top credit rating and is being seen as a nation on an economic downturn heading into recession. All is not as it seems in America.
Greece: It’s people are rising up against their government for poor economic management and they are resisting the changes to their personal circumstances because of this. What were once seen as a happy people is being revealed with increasing discontent and disillusionment, with the people fighting back.
This is also happening in other European nations.
The Middle Eastern nations are in a constant state of unrest, with people power rising up against wrong government leadership.
This should not surprise most Christians as we know these are signs of the end of the age. However even among Christians there is a questioning: How can it be?
The Lord has been speaking to me about what He is doing and He wants to bring some understanding as to what is happening on the earth at this time.
We also need to be mindful of nations such as Japan and New Zealand who have experienced serious damage from earthquakes, and many cities in Australia have experienced serious flooding in recent times. There are other nations teetering on the edge of financial ruin, with increasing unrest on the streets of many major cities and towns. Africa is in the grip of drought, and lawlessness is on the increase, and this is only what the general populace knows about. So much more is happening insidiously in Africa that is not heard or spoken of.
We could at this point give up and go ‘Everything looks impossible. We are all on the road to ruination.’ Negativity, depression, and disillusionment could have a foothold at this time, however, we must come back to enquiring what the Lord is saying and doing. Nothing gets past Him, nothing surprises Him, and we need to know what is happening and what may be required of us to bring hope, and vision to a dying world.
Perhaps we need to ask the question: what has brought us to this point where we are wondering ‘how can it be?’
The word how means: to search by what means or in what manner and for what reason something happens. The Lord will always show us what He is doing!
There are two key words that the Lord has been speaking to me about.
PERCEPTION: This is a feeling, impression, and sense of something. Unfortunately we can all be lulled into a sense of false comfort, relying on government leaders to lead us, keeping our nations in peace. Perhaps we have relinquished some power because we have placed too much trust in leaders thinking they are wanting the best for us. We can deceive ourselves into believing that ‘all is well’ and allow the world to pass us by. We fall into the trap of only listening to the positive things happening in our country, and become drawn in by whatever the media is trying to tell us, in order to keep us all in a false sense of peace. We perceive everything through our eyes of contentment, security and seeing what we want to see, discarding what is unpleasant to confront. That will trip us up and make us fall.
That is why many are crying out ‘how can it be?’ and ‘how did it come to this?’
EXPECTATION: Expectation is to believe that a particular thing will take place, it is to suppose or presume. There is always an anticipation about what is going to happen.
Sadly many who are crying out ‘how can it be?’ had expectations that certain positive things were going to happen, that all would be well, and there is no need for concern.
That has also lulled people into a false sense of security, peace and ‘normality’.
This is all a façade, and what is happening in many countries is the ‘mask’. The evil underbelly is now being exposed. In fact what the Lord is doing is actually revealing the ‘TRUE HEART OF A NATION’. This is not a negative thing, and in fact is a reality check, a bit like a doctor’s check up to see what is going wrong deep down, that is hidden.
The good news is there is a cure, there is healing and restoration coming if the people will humble themselves, repent, turn from their wicked ways and ask the Lord for His healing power to come.
So what has set many of these nations to fall, to come to the brink of anarchy, ruin and financial devastation?
Scripture gives us some keys that bring understanding and insight to what the Lord is saying and doing.
Isaiah 5:20
Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Unfortunately lawlessness is increasing in many nations because many have come under the lie that it is ‘cool,’ and in some perverse way a fun thing to inflict damage, to steal and to treat other’s belongings and lives with utter contempt. Life has no value therefore it is somehow deemed as alright to kill or maim another. The lie that good is evil and evil is good has surreptitiously crept in over past years and we have blithely accepted it as truth. We are now reaping consequences to this and we should not be surprised. We have forgotten it is God’s mighty restraining hand that is keeping things in order and holding all things together. As we have lost what it is to walk in the true fear of the Lord, our consciences have become seared and we have subtly embraced compromise, living a lie. We slowly come to believe we are as god drawing on our own ways and means in order to live our lives. At its worst we will believe there is no god and will be completely reliant on our own resources.
Isaiah 64:12
Will you restrain Yourself because of these things, O Lord?
Will You hold Your peace, and afflict us very severely?
This is a wake up call to us all, particularly to the church. The Lord is challenging what we put our trust in. For too long we have trusted in our own ways and as we are seeing they are not working.
Psalm 20:7-9
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses;
But we will remember the name of the Lord our God.
They have bowed down and fallen;
But we have risen and stand upright.
Save Lord!
May the King answer us when we call.
However as we know there is a better way, the way ‘through’ with the Lord Jesus Christ as our ever present help in times of trouble. We need Him like never before!
The true heart of a nation is being exposed at this time, we are seeing the good and the evil in people coming to the fore. This is a sign from the Lord. He is and will in coming times expose in greater measure the true heart of His church. He will expose the sins of His people, of His church leaders and ones He has positioned in areas of governance and authority. We will see a greater revealing of conviction of sin among God’s people as they learn to truly walk in the spirit of the fear of the Lord. Some evil corrupt practices will be exposed as the hearts of man will be revealed in a greater measure. We will not be able to get away with what we have in the past. What is happening in the world is a reflection of the church and if we have eyes to see we must seriously ask ourselves what it is He is wanting to show us, adjust and change in our hearts and lives so we can be a people of power, ready to share the gospel with those who need His love and forgiveness.
Ezekiel 24:14
I, the Lord, have spoken it;
It shall come to pass, and I will do it;
I will not hold back,
Nor will I spare,
Nor will I relent;
According to your ways
And according to your deeds
I will judge you.”
Says the Lord God.”
A Word for Australia (Part 11a): The Great Religious Divide
Part Eleven (a) of previous articles:
Part 1 + Part 2 + Part 3 + Part 4 + Part 5 + Part 6 + Part 7 + Part 8 + Part 9 + Part 10
An Alert to the Church in Australia
by Glenice Mills
"JESUS, A PROPHET OF ISLAM." (?)
Stop and think what this is saying!
This statement has gone up recently as a billboard, put up by the muslims to supposedly build bridges between the muslims and Christians of this nation. This is a most offensive, dangerous statement against the Christian church of Australia.
Just reading this statement should raise the ire of every Christian in this nation.
Our Christian heritage and our future heritage as a Christian nation is being severely threatened.
The LORDSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST has been challenged!!!
This is a war of words! Words have power to sway the opinion of a nation. If we see enough words over and over again we will begin to believe them, and then start accepting them as truth. Finally we will believe the words and what they stand for will be accepted as fact. This is a spiritual war! This is a battle, a contending between Truth and religious lies. The name of the Lord has been brought into disrepute. If the opinions of the people can be swayed enough, deception creeps in. Spiritual blindness will come upon this nation. This is why these words: Jesus is a prophet of Islam MUST be challenged.
Firstly we need to look at this from the muslim’s perspective. This in no way condones their viewpoint, however we need to see where they are coming from in order to understand what is happening here in this nation. They believe they are speaking religious tolerance by acknowledging the name of Jesus and recognising His position as a prophet. This is bringing what they think is our Jesus and claiming Him as like one of their own. They are bringing Jesus and adding Him to the mix of the Islam doctrine. This cannot be further from the truth! This is trying to sway the opinion of the masses to believe a lie: that Jesus is a prophet, but a prophet lower than their great prophet Mohammed. It is not unifying but bringing a widening gap between the muslims and Christians of this nation. This is coming from the foundation that ‘all religions’ are the same, and we should come together as one. It is built on the false doctrine of all religions are equal. Again I need to emphasise this is not about people, it is about what they believe, it is a doctrinal divide. The religious divide will increase in coming days as the schism, the separation becomes more noticeable. It will be a them and us battle. This has already been happening recently over the issues of wearing the burqa in public places and having defined areas for muslim women to swim. We are also seeing a greater push for sharia law to have its place in our justice system. It is subtle, but it is a threat to our way of life, to our Christian values. It is not only a religious issue but a human rights issue, about freedom for women to be all they are meant to be. It is a case of the loud minority lauding it over the silent majority. We must speak up!
The body of Christ MUST know what they believe, stand firm and speak truth!
In coming times the Christian faith will be challenged, it is happening already, however it is minor compared to what lies ahead. There is much talk about ‘religious tolerance.’ If we accept everybody’s beliefs then we will maintain peace and keep the status quo. Is this what the Lord is requiring of us in these days and times? I think not! Are we going to sit back and let the Lordship of Jesus Christ be challenged?
We need to know what we stand for and what we are going to tolerate. This is standing for truth. Religious tolerance are buzz words being spoken at this time. So what is tolerance? Tolerance is a willingness or ability to tolerate. It is the quality or practice of accepting or being fair towards beliefs, and customs which are different from one’s own. To tolerate is to allow the existence or occurrence of, without authoritative interference.
Perhaps tolerance could actually be described as a form of compromise. It is compromise in disguise. If we tolerate something we have given our wills over to another in agreement with what they believe. By doing this we in fact compromise. If we take the middle ground, careful to keep the peace, are we not in fact coming in agreement with ungodly doctrine? By our silence are we not condoning these false religious practices? We need to ask ourselves in these times in history what are we, the church going to agree with? Are we going to stand for something or fall for everything?
That is the challenge ahead for us in the body of Christ! Who are we going to serve? Are we going to bow the knee to every false doctrine, every false belief system just to ‘keep the peace.’ Is this even a way of God? No! What is the Lord requiring of us in these days and times? We need to seek Him, know what is on His heart, and what He is after in His people. It will cost us our reputations, and it will bring a division between those who will count the cost and those who choose to compromise His word and His truth.
Sadly the church has agreed with a lot of teachings about a Jesus but is it about the Truth, Jesus Christ who shed His blood on the cross at Calvary for our sins?
There is a lot of recognition and acceptance of many expressions of Jesus but they are often in fact worship of false “Christs”. If we add the muslim view of who and how they see Jesus to the mix of their religion, it will be a false christ. It cannot be Truth unless and until there is acknowledgment of the shed blood of Jesus Christ for our sins. No other ‘prophet’ can forgive sin, no other prophet is the Son of God, and there is no one who can come to salvation without acknowledging the Lord Jesus Christ and what He did for us at Calvary!!! That is why we cannot and must not come into agreement with any false beliefs. Yes Jesus is love. He loves all of us, and wants us all, to come to relationship with Him. He wants us to come into freedom, into revelation of the forgiveness of sin, and to a knowledge that He loves and cares for us. It has always, and will always be about us returning to Him, acknowledging our need of Him and coming back to a deeper relationship with Him.
Philippians 2:9-11
Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Scripture warns us that in the last days many will believe in false “Christs” and that their ears will be tickled as people believe what they want to believe. There will be a division between those who stand for truth and those who bow to the lies of the enemy. That is why we must stand guard, ever watchful, for the enemy is indeed ready to pounce on the unsuspecting and innocent.
Matthew 24:23-25
Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ do not believe it.
For false “Christs” and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. See I have told you beforehand.
This is the Lord Jesus speaking, warning us of false “Christs” and false prophets rising.
Be alert! We are witnessing change in this nation and we must speak against the lies of the enemy. We must stand for Truth. We have a choice, and the choice is ours today, who will we serve, Jesus Christ or false gods. This is opportunity for us to be spurred on into action. Can I encourage you to rise up, to speak out for truth, and to be a voice opposing all that would bring the name of Jesus Christ into disrepute.
He is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords!!! He wants Lordship over our lives individually and corporately!!! Most importantly He wants to be Lord over this nation, His nation, Australia!!!
Part 1 + Part 2 + Part 3 + Part 4 + Part 5 + Part 6 + Part 7 + Part 8 + Part 9 + Part 10
An Alert to the Church in Australia
by Glenice Mills
"JESUS, A PROPHET OF ISLAM." (?)
Stop and think what this is saying!
This statement has gone up recently as a billboard, put up by the muslims to supposedly build bridges between the muslims and Christians of this nation. This is a most offensive, dangerous statement against the Christian church of Australia.
Just reading this statement should raise the ire of every Christian in this nation.
Our Christian heritage and our future heritage as a Christian nation is being severely threatened.
The LORDSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST has been challenged!!!
This is a war of words! Words have power to sway the opinion of a nation. If we see enough words over and over again we will begin to believe them, and then start accepting them as truth. Finally we will believe the words and what they stand for will be accepted as fact. This is a spiritual war! This is a battle, a contending between Truth and religious lies. The name of the Lord has been brought into disrepute. If the opinions of the people can be swayed enough, deception creeps in. Spiritual blindness will come upon this nation. This is why these words: Jesus is a prophet of Islam MUST be challenged.
Firstly we need to look at this from the muslim’s perspective. This in no way condones their viewpoint, however we need to see where they are coming from in order to understand what is happening here in this nation. They believe they are speaking religious tolerance by acknowledging the name of Jesus and recognising His position as a prophet. This is bringing what they think is our Jesus and claiming Him as like one of their own. They are bringing Jesus and adding Him to the mix of the Islam doctrine. This cannot be further from the truth! This is trying to sway the opinion of the masses to believe a lie: that Jesus is a prophet, but a prophet lower than their great prophet Mohammed. It is not unifying but bringing a widening gap between the muslims and Christians of this nation. This is coming from the foundation that ‘all religions’ are the same, and we should come together as one. It is built on the false doctrine of all religions are equal. Again I need to emphasise this is not about people, it is about what they believe, it is a doctrinal divide. The religious divide will increase in coming days as the schism, the separation becomes more noticeable. It will be a them and us battle. This has already been happening recently over the issues of wearing the burqa in public places and having defined areas for muslim women to swim. We are also seeing a greater push for sharia law to have its place in our justice system. It is subtle, but it is a threat to our way of life, to our Christian values. It is not only a religious issue but a human rights issue, about freedom for women to be all they are meant to be. It is a case of the loud minority lauding it over the silent majority. We must speak up!
The body of Christ MUST know what they believe, stand firm and speak truth!
In coming times the Christian faith will be challenged, it is happening already, however it is minor compared to what lies ahead. There is much talk about ‘religious tolerance.’ If we accept everybody’s beliefs then we will maintain peace and keep the status quo. Is this what the Lord is requiring of us in these days and times? I think not! Are we going to sit back and let the Lordship of Jesus Christ be challenged?
We need to know what we stand for and what we are going to tolerate. This is standing for truth. Religious tolerance are buzz words being spoken at this time. So what is tolerance? Tolerance is a willingness or ability to tolerate. It is the quality or practice of accepting or being fair towards beliefs, and customs which are different from one’s own. To tolerate is to allow the existence or occurrence of, without authoritative interference.
Perhaps tolerance could actually be described as a form of compromise. It is compromise in disguise. If we tolerate something we have given our wills over to another in agreement with what they believe. By doing this we in fact compromise. If we take the middle ground, careful to keep the peace, are we not in fact coming in agreement with ungodly doctrine? By our silence are we not condoning these false religious practices? We need to ask ourselves in these times in history what are we, the church going to agree with? Are we going to stand for something or fall for everything?
That is the challenge ahead for us in the body of Christ! Who are we going to serve? Are we going to bow the knee to every false doctrine, every false belief system just to ‘keep the peace.’ Is this even a way of God? No! What is the Lord requiring of us in these days and times? We need to seek Him, know what is on His heart, and what He is after in His people. It will cost us our reputations, and it will bring a division between those who will count the cost and those who choose to compromise His word and His truth.
Sadly the church has agreed with a lot of teachings about a Jesus but is it about the Truth, Jesus Christ who shed His blood on the cross at Calvary for our sins?
There is a lot of recognition and acceptance of many expressions of Jesus but they are often in fact worship of false “Christs”. If we add the muslim view of who and how they see Jesus to the mix of their religion, it will be a false christ. It cannot be Truth unless and until there is acknowledgment of the shed blood of Jesus Christ for our sins. No other ‘prophet’ can forgive sin, no other prophet is the Son of God, and there is no one who can come to salvation without acknowledging the Lord Jesus Christ and what He did for us at Calvary!!! That is why we cannot and must not come into agreement with any false beliefs. Yes Jesus is love. He loves all of us, and wants us all, to come to relationship with Him. He wants us to come into freedom, into revelation of the forgiveness of sin, and to a knowledge that He loves and cares for us. It has always, and will always be about us returning to Him, acknowledging our need of Him and coming back to a deeper relationship with Him.
Philippians 2:9-11
Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Scripture warns us that in the last days many will believe in false “Christs” and that their ears will be tickled as people believe what they want to believe. There will be a division between those who stand for truth and those who bow to the lies of the enemy. That is why we must stand guard, ever watchful, for the enemy is indeed ready to pounce on the unsuspecting and innocent.
Matthew 24:23-25
Then if anyone says to you, ‘Look here is the Christ!’ or ‘There!’ do not believe it.
For false “Christs” and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. See I have told you beforehand.
This is the Lord Jesus speaking, warning us of false “Christs” and false prophets rising.
Be alert! We are witnessing change in this nation and we must speak against the lies of the enemy. We must stand for Truth. We have a choice, and the choice is ours today, who will we serve, Jesus Christ or false gods. This is opportunity for us to be spurred on into action. Can I encourage you to rise up, to speak out for truth, and to be a voice opposing all that would bring the name of Jesus Christ into disrepute.
He is the King of Kings and Lord of Lords!!! He wants Lordship over our lives individually and corporately!!! Most importantly He wants to be Lord over this nation, His nation, Australia!!!
Thursday, 7 July 2011
Soul Affliction
by Jonathon Mills
Last Friday during worship I felt like this was very important and timely.
The Lord had impressed on me the words “soul affliction” on my heart. I originally thought it was a negative thing or God was dealing with something in my heart but I looked it up in Scripture and it lead me to Isaiah 58.
I want to let the Scripture speak for itself as I believe it has a different relevance to each of us for where we are at with our lives and our walk with God. Spend some time to read and meditate on it.
I believe God is saying that Prayer AND FASTING moves God not just prayer.
From what I read and God impressed on me was that it was a time of denial of our fleshly wants and desires towards His Spirit leading. The Spirit has to rule our mind, will and emotions. I believe He is taking us into a process of us yielding our natural ability towards the rest of His indwelling Spirit. We are all at different places in our walk with God and he is a kind, patient God but I believe Scripture makes it clear.
Romans 8:5-6
5 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.
We have to understand there is a clear distinction between Light and darkness. We have to choose for ourselves if we want to walk in Light or in darkness (Spirit or flesh) and we can only do this if we depend and rely on God over what we can do.
Please understand that He is not a cruel, sadistic God. We can never forget we have the promise of the Helper to guide us and lead us. He is 100% for us.
Last Friday during worship I felt like this was very important and timely.
The Lord had impressed on me the words “soul affliction” on my heart. I originally thought it was a negative thing or God was dealing with something in my heart but I looked it up in Scripture and it lead me to Isaiah 58.
I want to let the Scripture speak for itself as I believe it has a different relevance to each of us for where we are at with our lives and our walk with God. Spend some time to read and meditate on it.
I believe God is saying that Prayer AND FASTING moves God not just prayer.
From what I read and God impressed on me was that it was a time of denial of our fleshly wants and desires towards His Spirit leading. The Spirit has to rule our mind, will and emotions. I believe He is taking us into a process of us yielding our natural ability towards the rest of His indwelling Spirit. We are all at different places in our walk with God and he is a kind, patient God but I believe Scripture makes it clear.
Romans 8:5-6
5 Those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on what the flesh desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires.6 The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace.
We have to understand there is a clear distinction between Light and darkness. We have to choose for ourselves if we want to walk in Light or in darkness (Spirit or flesh) and we can only do this if we depend and rely on God over what we can do.
Please understand that He is not a cruel, sadistic God. We can never forget we have the promise of the Helper to guide us and lead us. He is 100% for us.
A Word for Australia (Part 10): The Great Divide
Part Ten of previous articles:
Part 1 + Part 2 + Part 3 + Part 4 + Part 5 + Part 6 + Part 7 + Part 8 + Part 9
by Glenice Mills
A prophet is to know the seasons and times we live in. Australia is in a new season, a new time, a time of great unsettling. Things changed when our government changed with the balance of power in the senate falling into the hands of the greens.
We have known this would happen, however the full ramifications of this have not really been recognized by a large part of the Australian population. More concerning is the fact that the church has not seriously considered how this will affect them.
We are coming into a time of great instability with many areas of our lives being severely impacted. We have lived in peace, there has been nothing that has threatened our comfort, our sense of contentment. However, there is a rumbling, a stirring, an unease coming that will rock the core of the complacency in this nation.
The other night the Lord kept saying to me the word ‘schism.’ I could see a split not unlike the split when an earthquake occurs. It is a jagged, dividing line, a line of separation where the ground has been split in two. It was like a big chasm was formed, swallowing up all in its path. There was no way out from the depths of the gap created by the split.
The word schism means a splitting of a group or organisation into opposing parties on grounds of doctrinal disagreement. This split, division, separation speaks of division within parties, be that political or church.
There is an undercurrent deep in the belly of this nation of increasing discontent. It is about many aspects of Australian society that is quietly revolting against all areas of government. Disillusionment breeds discontent and when people have quietly succumbed to poor governance, that undercurrent of a sense of betrayal by government leaders will begin to manifest with people starting to rise up into action.
If there is one quality that defines an Australian it is about what is ‘fair for all’.
The problem arises when ‘what is fair’ is hard to define. That is why there is an arising of different factions all pushing for their opinions to be heard. Unfortunately this is causing and will in coming times cause increasing unrest, discontent, and disillusionment. There will be increase of competition: which voices will be heard, with ensuing power struggles as to who’s opinions are more valid than another.
So what will this look like? A great divide in many sectors of society will manifest more: racial divide, religious divide, sexual rights divide, economic divide, conservation/climate change divide, political party divide, and social class divide each competing for their voice to be heard. Animosity will increase as to who think what they believe in has more rights than another, and this will bring greater unrest. This will manifest in confrontations not seen before in this nation. This can be healthy as it appears as democracy in action, however the problem arises when the general populace opinion is shouted down, mocked and derided. The belief that if we keep everyone quiet, (often the silent majority,) and allow those with the most militant voice, to be heard, then the silent majority will soon bow to the militant’s populist opinion.
We have to look at the agendas and motives behind those with a particular viewpoint, those trying to thrust their opinions on us until we give up.
Numbers can be twisted. If one poll says 80% of Australians believe in gay marriage then those that don’t believe feel that maybe they are the underdog and might as well not voice an opinion. The issue has then already been decided by what appears as consensus agreement. What say the poll is not a balanced sample of people and the numbers are twisted to make everyone think that this is what everybody else is thinking? Maybe a large percentage of that 80% already hold to that viewpoint and it is not a true, fair and accurate sample of what the general Australian population thinks. This is deceptive practices operating to bring a loud minorities agenda to fruition. This is how unrighteous laws get passed in government without the knowledge of the vast majority of people, until it is too late.
These factions will push unrighteous laws through government using dubious means because we, the general population have been duped into believing the government is for the overwhelming viewpoint of the people. However this is not so.
Take the issue of the carbon tax. We have to ask the question: Are we going to be bought? Is $10 a week actually going to ‘settle us down?’ Are we that naïve and so easily succumb to our lusts for more that we will sell ourselves to a doctrine - the doctrine of climate change? Are we that fickle that by being ‘told a good story’ believing everything we are told, in order to appease our sense of greed? Can we not recognise a scam when we see one? Do we honestly believe our best interests are being considered? Is it not a loud minority lauding it over a silent majority? That is the great divide happening in this nation and if we the silent majority don’t start to make our opinions known then we will see things happening that we did not ask for.
Do we truly believe that money will resolve everything? Does the government think that if we give them, the ordinary working family $10 extra a week to shut them up and yet hit the people in other ways that they won’t see or know? Are we that stupid? Can we be duped that easily?
DISILLUSIONMENT+DISCONTENT=A CATALYST FOR CHANGE
If the dreams and visions of the people are crushed enough, the people will rise up to demand change in their circumstances.
We are seeing this in Greece at the moment. The people don’t like what is happening to them and are fighting for what they think is fair and right. People power does bring governments down. We are seeing this in many suppressed nations around the world.
If you squash people’s expectations that something good will happen if a decision goes a certain way and this does not happen, the people will rise up against the leadership of the nation.
There is an interesting statement being spoken regularly that says ‘the devil is in the detail.’ If we stop and think what this is saying there is some cause for alarm.
The truth is: the devil is in the detail. In this crucial hour in the history of Australia we need to pray that what is hidden in the detail will be exposed. One tiny statement in the small print can undermine all the big promise statements made.
Dishonest government must be exposed. That which is hidden must come to the light.
There are dishonest, corrupt power hungry ones who are out for promotion of their own views to the cost to the nation and it’s people. It is interesting to note the unlawful, dishonest practices of the media in England has been exposed. We would be naïve to think it does not happen here. We are seeing the downfall of one of the largest media moguls in the world. God is moving to expose corrupt practices. It is in fact an answer to prayer, and prophecy coming to pass. If our media can be bought we lose the truth coming to light. We need good balanced media that openly informs us as to what is the truth. It is about less ‘spin’, and more balanced facts informing us so we can make educated choices as to what we want to see happening in this nation.
This is not a time for the Australian people to sit down and just take what is happening to them as a ‘so be it’, ‘what will be will be.’
The saying ‘bad things happen because good people do nothing’ is apt for this time.
We should not be suspicious however we must question the decisions that are being made on our behalf so that we know the decisions are made for our best interests and not the interests of a loud minority.
We have a voice and now is the time to speak out. It is also time for the church of this nation to rise up and speak out. I know many are doing this and the Lord wants to encourage you to stand firm, and hold fast to Him. There is power in prayer. This is the time to declare that the unrighteous plans of man, out to do and bring harm, be exposed. Lord what is hidden, the corrupt practices, the lies and twisting of words to sway opinions for their own ends, that they be shown for what they really are, man’s selfish agenda to bring ultimate harm to this nation, in order to bring in unrighteous laws.
Psalm 5:1,2
Give ear to my words, O Lord,
Consider my meditation.
Give heed to the voice of my cry,
My King and my God,
For to You I will pray.
Hear the cry of Your people Lord, that which is hidden will be exposed!
(Prophetic word given on the 11 July 2011)
Part 1 + Part 2 + Part 3 + Part 4 + Part 5 + Part 6 + Part 7 + Part 8 + Part 9
by Glenice Mills
A prophet is to know the seasons and times we live in. Australia is in a new season, a new time, a time of great unsettling. Things changed when our government changed with the balance of power in the senate falling into the hands of the greens.
We have known this would happen, however the full ramifications of this have not really been recognized by a large part of the Australian population. More concerning is the fact that the church has not seriously considered how this will affect them.
We are coming into a time of great instability with many areas of our lives being severely impacted. We have lived in peace, there has been nothing that has threatened our comfort, our sense of contentment. However, there is a rumbling, a stirring, an unease coming that will rock the core of the complacency in this nation.
The other night the Lord kept saying to me the word ‘schism.’ I could see a split not unlike the split when an earthquake occurs. It is a jagged, dividing line, a line of separation where the ground has been split in two. It was like a big chasm was formed, swallowing up all in its path. There was no way out from the depths of the gap created by the split.
The word schism means a splitting of a group or organisation into opposing parties on grounds of doctrinal disagreement. This split, division, separation speaks of division within parties, be that political or church.
There is an undercurrent deep in the belly of this nation of increasing discontent. It is about many aspects of Australian society that is quietly revolting against all areas of government. Disillusionment breeds discontent and when people have quietly succumbed to poor governance, that undercurrent of a sense of betrayal by government leaders will begin to manifest with people starting to rise up into action.
If there is one quality that defines an Australian it is about what is ‘fair for all’.
The problem arises when ‘what is fair’ is hard to define. That is why there is an arising of different factions all pushing for their opinions to be heard. Unfortunately this is causing and will in coming times cause increasing unrest, discontent, and disillusionment. There will be increase of competition: which voices will be heard, with ensuing power struggles as to who’s opinions are more valid than another.
So what will this look like? A great divide in many sectors of society will manifest more: racial divide, religious divide, sexual rights divide, economic divide, conservation/climate change divide, political party divide, and social class divide each competing for their voice to be heard. Animosity will increase as to who think what they believe in has more rights than another, and this will bring greater unrest. This will manifest in confrontations not seen before in this nation. This can be healthy as it appears as democracy in action, however the problem arises when the general populace opinion is shouted down, mocked and derided. The belief that if we keep everyone quiet, (often the silent majority,) and allow those with the most militant voice, to be heard, then the silent majority will soon bow to the militant’s populist opinion.
We have to look at the agendas and motives behind those with a particular viewpoint, those trying to thrust their opinions on us until we give up.
Numbers can be twisted. If one poll says 80% of Australians believe in gay marriage then those that don’t believe feel that maybe they are the underdog and might as well not voice an opinion. The issue has then already been decided by what appears as consensus agreement. What say the poll is not a balanced sample of people and the numbers are twisted to make everyone think that this is what everybody else is thinking? Maybe a large percentage of that 80% already hold to that viewpoint and it is not a true, fair and accurate sample of what the general Australian population thinks. This is deceptive practices operating to bring a loud minorities agenda to fruition. This is how unrighteous laws get passed in government without the knowledge of the vast majority of people, until it is too late.
These factions will push unrighteous laws through government using dubious means because we, the general population have been duped into believing the government is for the overwhelming viewpoint of the people. However this is not so.
Take the issue of the carbon tax. We have to ask the question: Are we going to be bought? Is $10 a week actually going to ‘settle us down?’ Are we that naïve and so easily succumb to our lusts for more that we will sell ourselves to a doctrine - the doctrine of climate change? Are we that fickle that by being ‘told a good story’ believing everything we are told, in order to appease our sense of greed? Can we not recognise a scam when we see one? Do we honestly believe our best interests are being considered? Is it not a loud minority lauding it over a silent majority? That is the great divide happening in this nation and if we the silent majority don’t start to make our opinions known then we will see things happening that we did not ask for.
Do we truly believe that money will resolve everything? Does the government think that if we give them, the ordinary working family $10 extra a week to shut them up and yet hit the people in other ways that they won’t see or know? Are we that stupid? Can we be duped that easily?
DISILLUSIONMENT+DISCONTENT=A CATALYST FOR CHANGE
If the dreams and visions of the people are crushed enough, the people will rise up to demand change in their circumstances.
We are seeing this in Greece at the moment. The people don’t like what is happening to them and are fighting for what they think is fair and right. People power does bring governments down. We are seeing this in many suppressed nations around the world.
If you squash people’s expectations that something good will happen if a decision goes a certain way and this does not happen, the people will rise up against the leadership of the nation.
There is an interesting statement being spoken regularly that says ‘the devil is in the detail.’ If we stop and think what this is saying there is some cause for alarm.
The truth is: the devil is in the detail. In this crucial hour in the history of Australia we need to pray that what is hidden in the detail will be exposed. One tiny statement in the small print can undermine all the big promise statements made.
Dishonest government must be exposed. That which is hidden must come to the light.
There are dishonest, corrupt power hungry ones who are out for promotion of their own views to the cost to the nation and it’s people. It is interesting to note the unlawful, dishonest practices of the media in England has been exposed. We would be naïve to think it does not happen here. We are seeing the downfall of one of the largest media moguls in the world. God is moving to expose corrupt practices. It is in fact an answer to prayer, and prophecy coming to pass. If our media can be bought we lose the truth coming to light. We need good balanced media that openly informs us as to what is the truth. It is about less ‘spin’, and more balanced facts informing us so we can make educated choices as to what we want to see happening in this nation.
This is not a time for the Australian people to sit down and just take what is happening to them as a ‘so be it’, ‘what will be will be.’
The saying ‘bad things happen because good people do nothing’ is apt for this time.
We should not be suspicious however we must question the decisions that are being made on our behalf so that we know the decisions are made for our best interests and not the interests of a loud minority.
We have a voice and now is the time to speak out. It is also time for the church of this nation to rise up and speak out. I know many are doing this and the Lord wants to encourage you to stand firm, and hold fast to Him. There is power in prayer. This is the time to declare that the unrighteous plans of man, out to do and bring harm, be exposed. Lord what is hidden, the corrupt practices, the lies and twisting of words to sway opinions for their own ends, that they be shown for what they really are, man’s selfish agenda to bring ultimate harm to this nation, in order to bring in unrighteous laws.
Psalm 5:1,2
Give ear to my words, O Lord,
Consider my meditation.
Give heed to the voice of my cry,
My King and my God,
For to You I will pray.
Hear the cry of Your people Lord, that which is hidden will be exposed!
(Prophetic word given on the 11 July 2011)
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