HOW TO LIVE IN THESE DAYS

2009

May through June

By Joan Royer

INTRODUCTION

In this year 2009 great shaking has been going on in our country, and even in the world. The shaking is primarily coming right now in the economy. Many people are losing their jobs. Many are losing their houses. Many are losing some of their retirement funds and savings. The stock market jumps up and down by big swings daily. Some businesses are going bankrupt. Some banks have been faltering near collapse, and some have collapsed or are bought out by other banks. It is a scary time to be living. This is also happening in other countries and the leaders of these countries are looking for ways to stabilize things. People are looking for leaders who can help. What can we do! Where can we turn for help? 

This is a book taken from my journal writings during these days. I am looking to God Almighty for my help and guidance and comfort during these days. Since I have given my life to God through Jesus Christ my Lord, I seek Him daily for this. I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God as He told us when He was here on earth. He went to the cross willingly to die as a sacrifice for our sins. He had no sin in Himself; He was pure and without sin. So He was the perfect sacrifice for my sins. Since He took them on Himself and died in my place, I can be forgiven for my sins through Him. All I need to do is to believe what He did for me; then repent of all my sins, ask Jesus to forgive me for those sins, and ask Him to come and live inside me and be my Savior and Lord. He will do that! 

Since I have Jesus living inside me I seek His presence daily and seek His guidance on how to live in these days. He gives me His amazing peace to walk through these days in quiet rest and trust in Him. I will put in this book some of the dreams, thoughts, impressions, and guidance He has given me. Perhaps some of what I write here will also speak to you and comfort you as you walk through the difficult days in your own life. There is nothing and no one else that is stable during these days. Jesus is our Rock and our Fortress.

This is what the Holy Spirit says about the messages He brings:

I will tell you what it means. I speak in riddles sometimes. I do this so you will seek Me to know what I said and what I mean. I want to teach you something, so I give you a vision, a dream, or a message to stimulate you to come and listen to Me to hear what I want to teach you today, at this time, regarding this time.

Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord's coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains. You, too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is near. (James 5:7-8)

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JOURNAL 5-1-09 Friday
The beginning of the month of grace for My people.

QUIET TIME NOTES

First the Lord said: 

Wagon in the wheat first. 

I wrote that down and pondered the meaning. I envision the wagon being used to carry the harvested crop of wheat from the field (world) back to the barn (home/heaven) to be kept stored there. I believe that harvesting of the wheat and returning it to heaven will take place soon. Perhaps it will take place before or after the things John Paul Jackson and Paul Keith Davis are saying will happen.

Then He began to give me more to write. He said:

You (you and Beth) will not need to go through the hard stuff - like losing job, losing home, lack of food and water, sickness, loss of life, violence, lawlessness (as robbery etc.). But you will see many who do (that's what is meant by seeing ten thousand fall at your right side in Psalm 91), and I will use you (plural) to help others, comfort others, minister My Gospel to them, and disciple them. I will be with you wherever you go. Always. Always. I will never leave you or forsake you. I will always be with you - because I love you. Love does this, Joan. Love is faithful and kind and good, and that's why I'm doing this for you. For you belong to Me forever, and I take care of My own!

Lord, what do you mean by "The beginning of the month of grace for My people"?

I will tell you, Joan. It means this month, May 09, is the 5th month of the year and 5 stands for grace right now for My people. I will draw them close to Me this month and cause them to seek Me and find Me as they seek Me with all their hearts. Those who belong to Me will come to Me, will draw closer to Me during this month - no matter where they are in the world. This will be a month of blessing My people, of giving them extra favor and showing them My "face" - meaning letting My light shine on them all of these days. Then they will shine as lights in the world to others to represent Me there.

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JOURNAL 5-2-09 Saturday

Last night Beth and I listened to a DVD by Mark Biltz which Joyce sent us. In it Mark, who is a Jewish Christian, taught about some astounding information which he learned when he looked on public web sites to see when solar and lunar eclipses would take place. He did this because in Joel 2:30-31 it says regarding the Lord's return:

"I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord." (Joel 2:30-31)

Mark said the sun turning to darkness could refer to a solar eclipse and the moon to blood could refer to a lunar eclipse. So he looked up when these will take place between 2011 and 2020 - then he calculated what those dates would be on the Jewish calendar of 360 days a year. This is what he found out and presented on this DVD.  He said he is not giving a "warning" but is urging people to "watch" as he thinks Jesus will return on Yom Kippur, the day of atonement, and it could be that year due to the "signs" in the sun and moon. 

Beth describes it in this email to Paul Keith Davis' secretary:

I just watched an amazing DVD teaching from Mark Biltz. It was recorded at some church or synagogue sometime in early 2008. I don’t know any further details of the setting. I believe Mark Biltz was a guest on the Sid Roth show sometime during the past few months, so he does have some national/international exposure already.

Mark shared some details he gathered by researching the solar and lunar eclipse cycles and comparing their dates to the Hebrew calendar, particularly for the 2011-2020 decade. He found some amazing patterns of the dates for the eclipses! I’m retyping a summary below that he showed in his presentation. He said that he got the information off public websites, so it can’t be a violation of any copyrights for me to email it to you.

If you think this is interesting, please consider sharing it with Paul Keith Davis. Based on some of his recent teachings in his series on the Feast of Tabernacles, I think he would be very interested in these details. In fact, I believe Paul Keith even mentioned something about lunar eclipses relating to the Feasts, so perhaps he already has this information. But if he does not, I believe he would be interested in knowing this.

Thanks!
Beth Royer
Lee’s Summit, MO , USA

Year 2014 in the secular world calendar
Total lunar eclipse on Hebrew date Nisan 14, Feast of Passover
Total lunar eclipse on Hebrew date Tishri 14, Erev Sukkot, Feast of Tabernacles
Hebrew year 5775, which begins in 2014 and continues into 2015, is a Shemittah year (7th year in a cycle).
It is also the 7th Shemittah year (49 years), after which a Jubilee year follows (50th year). This would be 2015-2016.
The year of Jubilee is proclaimed/announced on Yom Kippur.

Year 2015 in the secular world calendar
Total solar eclipse on Hebrew date Nisan 1, Rosh Chodesh (the beginning of the Hebrew religious year)
Total lunar eclipse on Nisan 15, Feast of Unleavened Bread
Partial solar eclipse on Tishri 1, First Day of Rosh HaShana (the beginning of the Hebrew civil year)
Yom Kippur in 2015 is exactly to the day, 49 biblical years (the right number of days) from June 7, 1967, when Jerusalem was reunified under control of the Jewish nation. This was also the first year of a new cycle of Shemittah years (7 cycles of 7 years).
Total lunar eclipse on Tishri 15, Erev Sukkot, Feast of Tabernacles

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JOURNAL 5-4-09 Monday

A DREAM ABOUT  A MAN IN A NAVY SUIT PROTECTING ME

In this dream I was sitting in an auditorium where we were waiting for some concert to begin. I had come with several women and we were sitting together. Several other people whom we knew (like they were from our church) came in and sat with us. A man sat next to me whom I was friends with. He wore a navy blue suit and he sat very close to me as if he really liked me. Some man stood in front of our group and did some things to entertain us and had us copy what he was doing. He had us stand up and imitate him. Just the group I was associated with stood up. I noticed that no one else in the auditorium stood up, just our group.

After I awoke the Lord said He was with me in the dream and that He was the man in the navy suit who sat close to me and indicated He cared about me and was protecting me.

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QUIET TIME

I want you to know you are to go and get the leftover cash today and keep it stored here at home. I want you to know you are not going to the reunion. I want you to know the time for you left on this earth is very short so plan accordingly.

What does that mean?

I'll show you. Listen carefully (Proverbs 8:34) and early each morning before you make your day's plans. I want to be in charge of those plans…24 hours a day from now on. I'll show you when to go and when to stay. Today I want you to write May's bills in your checkbook and see what's left. Then go to HyVee, bank, and Price Chopper and get what you need/desire. I will be with you.

I love you, Joan, and I am right next to you all the time. You can talk to Me all the time, and you can speak My Name whenever you need help and I'll help you. Remember this - My Name.

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JOURNAL 5-6-09 Wednesday

A DREAM ABOUT HAVING A THICK STACK OF DOLLARS

I remember two scenes from dreaming during the night. In one scene I had a lot of paper money and some sheets of paper with it with marks on the paper seemingly telling information about the money, who gave it, etc. I wanted to go through it and record the information. Then I felt I could deal with the cash. But I seemed to not be at home but to be on a trip, so I didn't get the chance to privately do this yet. I seemed to want to keep it hidden until I could get by myself. I remember holding a thick bunch of dollar bills, about 3-4 inches thick.

My thought is that this money represents my skills, talents, spiritual riches, provision and authority. I have a lot of it, but with it comes instructions (on the paper sheets) which I need to read and apply to the use of that "money." To learn the instructions I need to be hidden away in a private place by myself and seek the Lord. Then He will instruct me in what He wants me to do each day.

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QUIET TIME NOTES

As I finished reading the book One Heartbeat Away today I was so impressed with the message it presented, and how it was presented. I felt quite drawn by the Holy Spirit to buy 7 copies and send them to certain people. Then I began thinking what I might write in a note to accompany the book, and so I wrote this:

Dear ____,

I discovered this book recently, and bought it to read. When I read it, I thought of you and how I wanted to share the message of this book with you. So I bought this copy of One Heartbeat Away to send to you, because the message it gives is so important to your eternal life and where you will spend it. My desire is for you to spend it in heaven. So I hope you will read this book and decide for yourself where you want to spend eternity.

In His name,
Joan

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JOURNAL 5-7-09 Thursday

Today is National Prayer Day. I woke up this morning and praised God for my salvation and all those who contributed to my salvation - #1 being Jesus Christ! I am so thankful, Jesus, that You died for me and that You, Holy Spirit, brought me the message of salvation so I could be saved from hell and be prepared to go to Heaven when I die.

I just finished reading the book One Heartbeat Away by Mark Cahill yesterday, and it is so good at explaining the Gospel and how to receive Christ into your life. I recommend that book very highly. Mark is an evangelist at heart and talks about salvation to many people as he travels about the earth. I want to do that better! If I can help even one person escape hell, I would be happy about that!

Thank You, Lord, for saving me. I pray for the salvation of all my brothers and sisters and their families, and for my children. Holy Spirit, please share the salvation message with them and guide them to receive Jesus as their Savior and Lord if they haven't done that already. And for all who have, I pray You keep them enduring to the end.

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JOURNAL 5-9-09 Saturday

A DREAM ABOUT BEING IN A CHURCH BUILDING BEING PREPARED FOR EASTER SUNDAY (RESURRECTION DAY)

In one scene I was inside a church where it was almost Easter Sunday. The church was not familiar, but it seemed like it might have been West Creighton Christian Church (the church of my childhood). The room, which seemed like the sanctuary, seemed to be absolutely plain, undecorated. Then I saw some very large evergreen tree being brought in and put together in an upper balcony-like area in the front of the sanctuary. Then I saw people being carried in on some device they could sit on. They were to be put onto the tree to decorate it. This device they rode on was white - sort of like a sled (only just thin white pieces of something) and each was attached to the next one in a long line. Women sat on this and were riding it into the sanctuary, and then they would be put on the tree for decoration.

Then I saw the adults were about ready to have a huge banquet around tables in the sanctuary. They were walking around and mingling. I saw lots of people doing this and it seemed like I should know their names because they seemed somewhat familiar, but I didn't identify any of them.

I went out into the hallway and saw an area where the children were gathering for their special dinner. They each had brought some gift to place on the tables there. These gifts were all wrapped like Christmas gifts, even though this seemed like an Easter celebration.

As I was writing out the dream, the Holy Spirit spoke into my mind:

I have a creative mind that will never run out of interesting ways to bring you dreams for you to figure out. I know you like doing puzzles, and I give you puzzles in your dreams to figure out/work. I enjoy this, and you enjoy this. 

This dream symbolizes the church coming into heaven at the Rapture, being carried there by the Lord and then they decorated eternity and were on display forever by God. They will have a wonderful abundant dinner which includes multiple blessings as well as food and there will be surprise gifts and new things birthed there.

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JOURNAL 5-12-09 Tuesday

A DREAM ABOUT SEEKING TO COMPOSE A SONG TO THE LORD

In this dream I was desiring to write a song to the Lord. I would walk on the sidewalk down a street and think about this song, and desire it, and seek for it to come into my mind so I could write it down. I knew it was to have a beautiful soaring melody and accompaniment that enhanced its beauty of sound even more. I wanted to be ready to write it down as soon as it came to me at any time. I woke up knowing I should write down this dream.

A song can refer to: worship and praise; a new song; to be filled with joy, rejoicing, thanksgiving, warfare intercession; or an overflow of the redeemed. One may sing in - victory, when imprisoned, in praise, or in the worship of God.

This dream shows the desire in my heart to worship the Lord, praise Him, give Him thanksgiving, and to intercede before Him. But for all of this I seek Him to do it through me as I walk along life's pathway. It may also refer to my great expectation to go to Heaven and be released to do this to an even greater fulfillment.

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JOURNAL 5-14-09 Thursday

A DREAM ABOUT WASHING BABY BOTTLES AND TOWELS FOR MY BOSS

In this dream I was working for a woman boss. She was leaving for the day to go out and play golf or something. While she was gone I was going to clean some baby bottles for her that had old moldy stuff in it and was thinking about how to do that best. I planned to empty out the moldy water, then wash them with hot soapy water, then pour boiling water in to disinfect them. I also saw there were many white towels that were dirty, so I planned to wash them also.

In another event, I saw a small tree that was pulled up out of the ground just slightly and I tried to move it so it's roots were back in the ground and it could stand up ok.

This dream seems to show me working for my woman boss who is the Holy Spirit. She is planning to go away and deal with worship and spiritual warfare, I am to stay and cleanse that which is used to supply life and livelihood for others, especially babies. That could refer to cleansing a new work or ministry or idea. It might include lessening the difficulties in it. I am to cleanse this work from sin and the filth of this world. I also work to help put a person or leader back into the place where his/her roots can grow in the ground. What do You think, Lord?

I think this is right and good. Let Me add that I am your boss, and you are doing this for Me. I am in charge of worship, and while I am taking care of that, you are helping Me by getting some things cleansed and put back in their proper place for growth. You are My assistant on the earth. You handle these things primarily by prayer, talking to Me, and discussing them with Me (as you did in the dream).

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JOURNAL 5-17-09 Sunday

The Lord blessed Beth and me through garage sale items we were able to buy yesterday for very little cost. I thank You, Lord, for pouring out Your grace and blessings upon us!

You wanted to know about whether to get the refrigerator/freezer from garage sale?

Yes.

Don't get it. Remember that you may only be here through September 18th or so, due to the Rapture, so don't go to all that bother and expense just to have it until then. You have enough storage space to make it ok until then. If the Rapture doesn't take place then, then you can look in the ads for a used one at that time if you still want one. The same thing with the bedroom set Beth liked.

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JOURNAL 5-19-09 Tuesday

A DREAM ABOUT SEEING BATTERED WOMEN

In this dream I was with a group of women who were held against their will and were being battered and beaten by some man or men. It was an awful dream and I awoke wondering why I had such an awful dream.

Later the same night I awoke again and the Holy Spirit said I was to pray for battered women around the world. So I did that.

I had heard Perry Stone teach last night that Jews were taught that the 4th watch of the night (3:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.) was a special time, and if you were awakened then, the Lord would sometimes pour out revelations, prayers, etc. during that time. So it seemed like that was happening to me.

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QUIET TIME NOTES

This morning during QT I was pondering what would take place in our lives (the lives of the Bride that was raptured) during the 7 years we were in heaven while the tribulation was taking place on earth. I realize from Scripture that we will stand before Jesus for a judgment time where we will be given rewards for those things we did for Him. There also is to be a marriage supper of the Lamb.

I rather imagine we will be shown our rank of authority and what we are to do during the Millenium when we rule and reign with Him. Perhaps we will be trained further in how to do that. And perhaps we will get acquainted with all the other Christians with whom we will work, under Jesus' rule, during the Millenium.

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JOURNAL 5-23-09 Saturday

A DREAM ABOUT PUTTING ARTIFICIAL FRUIT IN WITH THE REAL FRUIT

In this dream I remember someone put artificial fruit (i.e. a plastic banana) in with the real fruit. This seemed to be happening in some church, possibly FUMC.

That's all I remember about this dream except I know there was more. It seems like this is a warning dream to watch out for the artificial fruit someone tries to show or talk about.

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QUIET TIME NOTES

Then the man in linen with the writing kit at his side brought back word, saying, "I have done as you commanded." (Ezekiel 9:11)

You are that man in linen, Joan. Linen represents being clothed in purity. The priests were clothed in linen when they ministered to Me. The saints are clothed in linen when they return with Me to the earth at My second coming. Linen stands for purity. They are clothed in white linen for purity. 

Remember, the pure in heart see God. You, like this man, stand before Me, listen to My commands, and carry them out. Then you can say, as he says, "I have done as you commanded." 

You have a writing kit at your side all the time - your computer and note pads ready to write what I lead you to write - like this writing right now which I am leading you to write. You are My "man with a writing kit." I have chosen you for this and prepared you for this. You are called, and appointed, by Me, for being My writer. 

Notice he marked the foreheads of certain people. I will have you do that for Me too - someday, perhaps in the millenium, perhaps before then. You'll see, if I want this. In other words, you will receive instructions from Me and do as I instruct you. Remember: "I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you and watch over you." (Psalm 32:8). That's why I gave you that Scripture so often as I was preparing you for this purpose/destiny. Will you accept that?

Yes, Lord, I will accept that.

Good. Keep that in your mind and heart from now on - that you are called and appointed to be My "man in linen with the writing kit at his side."

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JOURNAL 5-24-09 Sunday

A DREAM ABOUT PREPARATIONS FOR PUTTING ON A DRAMA

In this dream I was responsible for part of the preparation for putting on a drama. Another lady was responsible for another part of the same drama, and a man was responsible for part. We evidently worked together, each doing our parts. The director, high above where we sat, was directing us in singing our own part as he directed. Then, also in preparation for the drama production, I was to go downtown and clean the men's restroom. Three other people walked along with me to keep me company. The road we walked on was red brick. It looked like it used to be an open road, but now lots of it was covered over with buildings, doors, places for putting bicycles, etc. It was hard to tell exactly where to walk due to all these things changing the way the road looked. We came out of some door onto an open street. I looked back to notice where we had exited so I could find it again on the way back. A man told me the name of that exit, because the language there was foreign to me and I couldn't read or speak it.

Preparing for a drama/play may mean that is happening right now in my life and this dream is to make me aware of it. The other two people who work with me may symbolize Jesus and the Holy Spirit, and the Director may symbolize Father God who is directing it all. Part of getting ready for what the Lord is planning to do is repenting and getting cleansed of sin. Walking along a road shows this is a process we walk through in this life. The red brick of the road may mean we need passion and a sturdy foundation to progress along. The dream shows that the road is sometimes hard to recognize due to lots of distracting things along the way. But eventually we come out onto an "open street" referring to the way being much more clear to see.  Perhaps this is a dream to give me a mental picture of what is taking place now in my life, and to encourage me that at some point in time I will be able to see more clearly where we are and where we are going.

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Prayers like incense 
May 09
by John Paul Jackson
www.streamsministries.com
 
Let my prayer be set before You as incense,
The lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. 
—	Psalm 141:2

Have you ever wondered about the scriptural tie between incense and prayer? Many of us weren’t raised in cultures that use incense on a regular basis, and in fact, for some of us, the only reference point we have for the word might be the thin, rectangular packages we could buy at the local food co-op. When God says that our prayers “rise before Him like incense,” many of us have no idea what that actually means. 

Why would God refer to our prayers this way? There is more than one answer to that question. First, incense is referred to as “sweet” several times in Scripture — not something that carries an unpleasant odor or a headache, but something that gives pleasure. Our prayers rise “as incense” before Him, as something desirable. God could have told Moses and Aaron (Exodus 30:34) to craft this smoke of bitter spices, but He didn’t, which should alleviate any fear on our part of approaching Him in prayer. We can broach the same topic again and again; we can come as we are, without impressive words, because He never tires of us. 

Prayer is more than just a welcome aroma for Him; it is a favorite of favorites, and He savors every molecule, every particle, that comes up before Him. Not only is the mere sound of our voice something He treasures (Song of Songs 2:14), but the prayer itself is sweet to Him. 

Second, prayer begins and ends with God; we’re His middlemen, so to speak — the bridge He has chosen to work through. I talk more about this concept in my teaching set Unlocking the Mysteries of the Lord’s Prayer, but here is how it relates to incense: In order for incense to function properly, it requires fire. Incense burns. In other words, God gives us the unction to pray; He starts the fire within us, and we respond by praying His desires back to Him. Prayer begins in the heart of God and then eventually returns there — but only after it has mingled with us, which makes it even more valuable to Him. Salt was one of the ingredients to be mixed with the spices, and we are the salt of the Earth. 

That is what incense is.

This is what incense does: 
•	Prayer allows us to resist what we couldn’t resist before; it enables us to stop sinning. 
•	Prayer gives wisdom, which permits repentance. We recognize that we’re experiencing the consequences of our actions. 
•	Prayer helps us to understand God’s truths. I believe that Daniel didn’t understand Jeremiah’s prophecy about Israel’s restoration, as well as the reason for their captivity, until he had spent time in prayer (Daniel 9). 
•	Prayer recognizes God’s attributes and greatness, which alters our thought processes and allows us to see our circumstances the way God sees them.

Now, how does prayer accomplish so much within us, when we may not even be praying for these specific things? Incense affects the heart of God. It moves Him, and anything that moves God moves us as well. Every time we pray in honesty and humility, we become more like Him, and the fragrance of our words wafts through the throne room. 

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JOURNAL 5-25-09 Monday (Memorial Day)

A DREAM ABOUT PREPARING TO TEACH CHILDREN SITTING ON THE FLOOR USING A CHRISTMAS THEME

In this dream three of us were preparing to teach children using the theme of Christmas. The other two people were preparing props, etc to use, and I was to teach the children using what they prepared. When the children were there sitting on the floor and I was about to start teaching them, the other two people brought in an artificial Christmas tree to give a greater sense that this event was built around the theme of Christ.

My first impression of the interpretation of this is that the "other two" represent Jesus and the Holy Spirit. They get things ready, and get young children ready, but I am to use what they did to teach others. I think that is what they are doing as they prepare young Christians to learn from me - through the writings they are having me do. Christmas indicates this is a gift, and it indicates this is about the "birth" of Jesus into their lives. The teaching session is for all those they draw to my writings to learn from them through me. The children sitting on the floor indicates they are young in their relationship with the Lord, but also they are humble and waiting to receive from Him.

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JOURNAL 6-1-09 Monday

"And the Glory of God Will Rest Upon Them Because They Believe..."
by Paige Norfleet

Jun 1, 2009

Abraham wasn't found righteous until he believed...

It wasn't his adherence to the law or the Word, nor was it his daily prayer life or faithfulness that caused the grace of God to shine upon Abraham's life. It may have been prayer or faithfulness that got God's attention, but neither of these did anything in the way of making him worthy of a relationship with God, nor did they serve to fulfill any promise. Romans 4:3 says, "What does the Scripture say? 'Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.'"

It's Not Our Flaws that Disqualify Us, But Our Belief that Qualifies Us

Recently, God gave me a dream that helped me to better understand yet another function of His grace. In the dream, a rather well-known man of God came to my home. This man's ministry is very well known for the manifestation of signs, miracles and wonders. Miraculous healings are always present at his meetings, and God's presence guides him as he ministers by the Spirit of revelation and prophecy. All these things remain consistent throughout his ministry, yet in my dream I became painfully aware of the man and his shortcomings. He was plain, somewhat unkempt and lacked any social graces. In fact, I found him to be rather irritating as he followed me around my home questioning me about my life in an almost intrusive manner. The more I became aware of his flaws, the more I began to question God as to how He could use this very imperfect man to manifest His glory in the manner that I had witnessed for several years.

After some time as I was questioning God, the man purposed this question before me: "Do you see deceit in me?" Somehow I knew that the question came not from the man himself but from the Spirit of God, for this question held a familiarity for me: It was just the type of question that Christ had asked of those whom He discipled. The kind of question that made one search deep beyond the question itself.

I pondered the question for a long time, reviewing all the shortcomings that I had observed during the man's visit with me, and I was totally prepared to answer him with honesty no matter how painful it might be; but to my surprise, my answer was, "No ----- I do not see deceit in you." Of all the flaws that were so painfully apparent, there was in fact no deceit in him. He was sloppy, harsh and had many other things that, in my mind, would have surely disqualified his ministry from operating in such a place of manifested glory—but there was no deceit.

Deceit is defined as that which gives a false impression or presents a lie. This man certainly had made no attempt to hide who he was; on the contrary, he was being exactly who he was. He made no attempts to impress me with spiritual words, nor did he try to perform any mighty works to show me that he in fact was a great man of God. He was a man, and I saw him as a man. He was not yet perfected, nor was he completely polished yet, but there was something in him that was pleasing to God and allowed for God's grace to flow.

He believed.

Becoming Partakers of Christ

When I awoke, the Lord drew me to Romans 4 where He speaks of His grace that is made available through those who will simply believe. Fear, doubt and unbelief go hand in hand with deception. When we allow any of these to enter into our thought process, we are believing and agreeing with the lies of the enemy of God, which is satan.

Believing is a big deal to God. The Lord speaks to Ahaz king of Judah through Isaiah the prophet in Isaiah 7, instructing this most ungodly king that he is not to fear those who were seeking to make war against the throne of David. God would honor the covenant He had made with Abraham to establish his Seed and to bring forth a remnant from the house of David. In fact, verse 9 states, "If you (Ahaz) will not believe, surely you shall not be established."

Fear can and does cause us to disobey God as we begin to interact and engage with the enemy in our thoughts. Our minds seem to lose the reality of the magnitude of who God is, and we slowly lose sight of what He has promised. No one who is in covenant with the God Most High has any place entertaining the lies of satan. We are warned in grace for our benefit in Ephesians 5:11, "And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them." What is this fellowship? Fellowship is to have communion, to share something in common or to partake and partner with.

When we allow doubt to enter into our thoughts, we begin to meditate on the lies of the enemy and begin to gradually partner with the lie. We are to be partakers only of that which is from our Father's Kingdom, and our communion is to be with Christ alone. For this reason Jesus says in John 6:53-56: "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. He who eats of My flesh and drinks of My blood abides in Me, and I in Him."

This is a totally awesome concept that we must grasp deep within our spirit man in order to truly walk in the covenant blessings. Of course, we know as Believers in Jesus Christ that He abides in us, but it is vital that what He has spoken remains at the forefront of our thoughts so that we are continually aware of the covenant of the Cross. Partaking of Him is also receiving His word as truth. In receiving the truth we make room for Him to dwell in our lives, not just in the heart but throughout our entire man. Our thoughts now must also belong to Him.

How to Take Every Thought Captive to the Obedience of Christ

We cannot come to the knowledge of Christ as our Messiah unless we believe that which cannot be seen with the natural eye; likewise, we cannot live an abundant life in Christ unless we by choice throw off every lie of the enemy and believe what we cannot see with the natural eye. Any time we begin to entertain a lie that God has somehow forgotten or forsaken us, we are believing that He has abandoned the covenant, and deceit enters in.

Jesus identifies satan as a thief and a liar, because he steals the dreams and promises from the hearts of God's people by chipping away at our faith. Please know that satan cannot truly take what we do not relinquish to him. He can and does trespass upon the people of God, but we have been given the authority through the name of Jesus to silence the mouth of the enemy and take the lie captive. The problem we often struggle with arises when we do not use the weapons that God has given us in taking every thought captive that is contrary to the Word of God, which we know to be true because there is no darkness found in Him.

"For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ."—2 Corinthians 10:4-5

The Glory of the Lord Living with Ordinary People

We must take a stand and refuse to believe the enemy about who we are and what the outcome of our lives will be. Did Jesus not say "I have come that you may have not only eternal life but life abundant"? Those who enter into the abundant life are not those who have been "specifically chosen" but those who simply trust God and believe.

Did the man in my dream display any spectacular qualities that would have made him worthy of the glory that I had seen manifested in his ministry? No, on the contrary he was an ordinary man with ordinary flaws and weaknesses. What allowed the glory of the Lord to rest upon his ministry was that he believed what God has spoken in Mark 16:17-18:

"And these signs shall follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues; they will take up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it will by no means hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover!"

That is living in the supernatural. That is manifesting the power of the Kingdom of Heaven, where the constraints and confinements of the natural world are pushed back and superseded by the Almighty King of Kings!!! This man of God, like any of us can, in all of his shortcomings had become as a little child as he read the Word, and decided that if God had spoken it then it must be true. And thus he began to operate in what God has promised. You see, he was in covenant with God and he believed what Jesus, who walked a life displaying the miraculous, had spoken in John 6: "If you have fellowship with Me, I will abide in you."

We Become Righteous When We Trust that He Loves Us as We Are

It isn't our disciplined lives that give us access to the promises of God and allow us to manifest the Kingdom; it is believing. It is refusing to be deceived by the enemy in believing that we aren't good enough in our present state and that we must keep striving in order to one day manifest the power of Jesus, or to become like those whom we have believed to be great men and women of faith. This is not to say that we should abandon our pursuit of holiness; we desire to be holy because our God is holy, but our righteousness comes as Abraham received it—through a gracious God who loved us enough to send His Son Jesus to atone for our sins. We become righteous when we trust that He loves us as we are and that He will never give up on His pursuit to transform us.

God in fact does use us to manifest His glory even as we grow. We do not have to wait until we obtain some specific level of "spirituality" before we see God move powerfully in our lives. We need to simply believe that He desires to use us and that He will.

This current movement of God is looking very different than what we may have previously imagined. This army of the Lord that takes the nations will consist of Believers who are very human but also very much like God. They will manifest the glory of their God through signs, miracles and wonders, which accompany the message of the Cross. And the glory of God will rest upon them because they believe.

Paige Norfleet
Revelation of Jesus Christ Ministries
Email: revjcministries@yahoo.com

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JOURNAL 6-2-09 Tuesday

He who goes out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with him. (Psalm 127:6 NIV)

The Lord impresses me this morning that I can go out carrying seed to sow as an intercessor, and can then return with songs of joy (both now and when I get to heaven) carrying sheaves with me.

Lord, You say I am an intercessor.

Yes, that's why I had you ask for that when Che Ahn asked you what gift you wanted - AND I had Lou Engle pray for that for you. You now have that gift in a much bolder and greater way than you used to - before that event. Now I want to use you to help bring in the final harvest on the earth before the Rapture. That is a short time span (perhaps between now and Rosh Hashanah in September this year) but very, very important and intense. 

I want you to keep yourself separate unto Me during this whole time and pray as I lead you DAILY and NIGHTLY. I will lead you to pray for the great army I am raising up for just this special time and place. Read again Rick Joyner's vision book about that army. I don't want you to go out as the army does, but I want you in the service along with that army as an intercessor. An army needs those who help supply for their needs. I will show you what needs to pray for and when. Be alert day and night for My calling unto you to come apart, and respond quickly, for it might be a matter of great importance. You won't know that, but are to just trust Me on this.

Ok, Lord. I choose to set myself apart unto You every day and every night from this day on until the Rapture to pray as you lead me. I believe that is my part in this great end time ministry You are raising up - the ministry that Paul Keith Davis and Bill Johnson and Rick Joyner are talking about.

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JOURNAL 6-4-09 Thursday

DURING THE NIGHT

During the night I awoke and the Lord began to speak to me. I wrote down the conversation and will record it here for my journal.

(2:36 a.m.) The new move of God.

I pondered this awhile, and then He said:

(3:00 a.m.) You can either be taken up here soon or I can heal you of all that you need healing from, make you a new person physically and spiritually, and raise you up to be a part of My end time army to go forth in My Name as a Harvester which you heard Paul Keith [Davis] speak about. The choice is yours. That's your choice, Joan. Which do you truly want? I will put the desire in you for whichever one you choose. Choose carefully.

I want to want to be a Harvester, Lord. I want to want to have great courage, to be bold, and go forth in Your Name, Lord. I want to not miss this opportunity to serve You, and to be used by You. But I cannot do it unless You change me inside, Lord. Right now it scares me to even think about doing this - BUT I KNOW YOU CAN CHANGE ME! I know You put in my heart and desire many years ago in reading Jeremiah to "tear down, destroy, overthrow, and also to plant and build up." I know that You called me, as Jeremiah, even though just a child, to go where You send me and speak what You tell me to speak.

If I have to stay on earth for seven more years or so, and if that is Your desire for me, Lord, then I say "yes" to that for You. "I know in whom I have believed" and am convinced You can take even a scared child like me and change me into a courageous warrior for You if You will to do so. Without such a change supernaturally I cannot do it, Lord. You know me.

Yes, I know you, Joan, and that's why I am offering you this opportunity. It will bring Me great glory to use you because it will be ALL of Me and none of you. And it WILL bring you great reward, both on earth (in the Millenium) and in heaven.

So - that is my choice: if You want to use me, and if You want to change me to do that, since You know me and know I have nothing to give unless You produce it in me, then I choose to do Your will, O Lord. You know how much I desire to leave earth now, this coming Rosh Hashanah, and come to heaven and be with You. You know my true heart AND You can change me. Thy will be done, Lord God. Thy will be done.

Then I WILL change you, Joan, and I will choose MY BEST for you. Yes, I know your heart; I gave you that heart and I prepared it from before you were born to love Me and serve Me - so I will choose where you can serve Me best, right now in these days. You will be pleased and content and happy whichever way I choose - since you have made Me truly your Lord and let Me choose what I do with the life I have given you.

"If you love Me, you will obey Me." Now I know you love Me more than yourself since you will give up for Me what you truly want in your flesh (to come up here) for whatever I choose for you.

I will let you know My ultimate choice, Joan, as you keep following Me and loving Me as you do right now.

(3:52) Ok, Lord, the choice is Yours.

(3:56) Then I will change you - to desire to do My will at all times. That's all you need to know right now. My "will" will be discovered as you live it out day by day. I'll only let you know as far ahead as I want you to know. Is that ok with you?

Yes, Lord, that's ok with me.
Thank You for wanting me to be Yours, and paying the penalty for my sins, and keeping me in Your watch care every day of my life. I owe You everything…my life, my love, my all. I want to please You and serve you all the days of my life - now, during the Millenium, in Heaven, and through all eternity. You are my Joy, my Righteousness, my Peace, forever.

(4:05) Then it's settled. I have chosen - and you will know only as you live day to day. You are Mine - forever. I will give you all the joy you want, and all the righteousness you want, and all the peace you want.

And you can rest knowing that whatever I bring you - it is My very best for you - whether I choose to bring you up here to Heaven on Rosh Hashanah, or some other time, or change you so you can be one of My Harvesters. You may pray this way - that My will be done in your life - knowing it means all that.

(As I rubbed my toes that have only partial feeling in them) And I will heal your feet too - either by bringing you to Heaven totally healed, OR by healing you and keeping you on earth awhile longer to serve Me there.

Ok, Lord, I'm Yours. I pray that way that You just said.

And you will not go to the reunion this year. You'll see later why and know this is best. For now just plan to not go. And, yes, that means you should go ahead and send those books. You can call the Post Office (and Post Net too) and ask them the cheapest way to send them.

(4:20) You have made the right choice, Joan, to let the choice be Mine - I am pleased with you.

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A DREAM ABOUT THE PASTOR UP ON A SHELF GIVING ME INSTRUCTIONS

In this dream I was at a church as a secretary. The church was preparing for a program in which each age level would perform some song. So the whole office area was converted to bleachers, lights, etc. and I saw some of the children going through their practice song. I was looking around for my desk and realized it had been covered up in order to set up for the program, so I was trying to find someplace else to do my secretary work. Then I was in some room folding towels and the Pastor came in and sat on a shelf area up high. He seemed to want to talk to me, so I asked him if he did, and he said yes. I left the door open behind me and went on folding the towels while I waited for him to tell me what he wanted to so people could see in and see what we were doing.

I imagine being a secretary in a church is like writing messages from the Pastor to others (as in letters, bulletins, newsletters, etc.). And I think the Pastor symbolizes Jesus in this dream. This dream seems to show that it's almost time for the church people to do a big performance which they are currently practicing for. This performance cuts off my ability to use the office area for writing the Pastor's messages so I try to find a substitute place to work. Folding towels may refer to cleansing since they are used to dry off after cleansing. While I am working in this cleansing area, the Pastor (from above me) talks to me giving me His ideas/instructions.

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This came by email today:

The Coming Threats to the United States of America
Maurice Sklar
Jun 4, 2009

Dear Friends, 

We have been lulled into a deception that somehow, America is now safe from terrorism. Once again, today the LORD warned me about what is coming upon America in the near future. We have turned away from God as a nation. The Laodicean church is in a dangerous and lukewarm state. We have openly embraced abortion and homosexuality and voted to make these a part of our laws. In our foreign policy, President Obama is now actively opposing Israel and is radically committed to dividing Jerusalem and giving the Palestinians their “state”, which would amount to little more than another terrorist base for Iran and the Arab Islamic terrorists. President Obama has gone to the Middle East and refused to visit our greatest friend and ally in the region, Israel. He is actively siding against Israel in all our dealings with them. This is so serious! Never has an American president been so brazen and anti-Semitic against Israel. Just as I wrote after his election: President Obama is political judgment upon America. 

Still we go on pretending that everything is just fine. After all, most of us haven’t faced any real hardships yet. We have been emboldened by not being attacked by terrorists since 9/11. The fact is, God has had great, GREAT, mercy on us by continuing to foil and shield us from the hundreds of threats that have been attempted since that time. However, this will NOT last forever. Even the most secular and pragmatic of social scientists tell us, it’s only a short matter of time until some terrorists get through to America. 

I’m warning the Bride of Messiah that we must continue to pray, pray, PRAY!!!! But even the most fervent of intercession will only postpone what is coming. I have the unhappy (for me) job of having to report to you what is coming imminently on the horizon in the world. But, I have seen also great hope! With these terrible events will also come the greatest revival for America that she has ever experienced. With the next major judgment will come an Awakening and repentance that has not been seen for 150 years. Even our government will repent and fall on their faces before Almighty God for a short space of time. We have become selfish, fat, lazy, decadent, arrogant, idolatrous, and asleep in the United States. God is about to awaken us all and shake this land until we humble ourselves and repent. He will then save many millions that are now lost in darkness and would come to Him in no other way. 

The LORD says, look at Billy Graham and Oral Roberts. They represent the last call of grace to America in the realms of salvation and healing for the times of the Gentiles (the Church Age). They have lived on and on into their nineties now. When they pass, this will signal the start of the Grand Finale. Great judgments, great revival and the harvest of the nations - billions of souls forced into the great winepress of the wrath of God! As the birth pangs of the coming Kingdom of God get more and more intense and frequent, so will America’s third and last Great Awakening burst forth from the Bride. God will pour His glory into our nation. As this happens, God will gather all men to Himself and truly “ sift out the hearts of men before His judgment seat.” There is no stopping it. Our theology can’t. We can’t confess it away with God’s promises. This is the last hour of the time of grace. We can be kept safe in only the secret place of God. It is our land of Goshen – our only refuge - when these judgments really start.

Our focus is extremely important. What are you looking at? Yeshua said that men’s hearts would fail them for fear of looking upon those things that are coming on the earth. We must focus instead on Yeshua and His soon return. Look up, for our redemption draws nigh! We must stay in the Word of God and eat it night and day. We must set our affections on things above and not on the lusts and distractions of our present time. We must be diligent to guard our hearts from idols. We must keep our lamps burning brightly waiting for our coming Bridegroom in this midnight hour. Love not the world or the things in the world. Come into the Bridal chamber. It is the only Ark of safety in this present hour. Beware of deception!! These are the warnings that the Holy Spirit is giving to us! 

Stay on your knees in fervent prayer! Double your time with God now if you can. Only time with Him will prepare our hearts for the Messiah’s soon appearing for His Bride. Repent!! Get the sin out of your lives before it is too late. Forsake ALL and follow the LORD with ALL your hearts, beloved!

These are the threats facing America at this time:
•	The terrorist shield that was in place during Bush’s presidency is no longer there. The next attacks aimed at us are threatening cities and not just buildings. There are many porous openings in the spirit now. If the churches in each city and region do not repent and pray, terrorism could enter and kill many thousands.
•	The nuclear and biological threshold has also been breached. That is, the covering of God’s protection upon the earth against nuclear and biological weapons has been partially removed. (It will be fully removed only in the Tribulation period.) This will be demonstrated soon overseas and will also come to the U.S in the form of terrorist bombings and “limited” nuclear war in the Middle East. God has reserved these terrible weapons of fire and pestilence for the final judgment upon the nations that reject Him. 
•	Spiritual deception on a scale never before seen. There is an invasion of witchcraft and lust that will surpass any other generation soon to hit America. Homosexuality will go from militant to violent. Just as it was in the time of Sodom, what has been restrained and only done in secret will be completely out in the open. The sexually perverted will also become filled with a spirit of murder and violence. Every kind of sexual perversion will become accepted and encouraged. Satanic worship will be allowed even in the pulpits of some churches that once preached the gospel. Persecution of true bible believers will be widespread and rampant. Multitudes of Laodicean “Christians” will fall away as they continue to depart from the truth and avoid these persecutions.
•	Huge storms, sudden weather changes, earthquakes, volcanic activity, and shifts in the Gulf Stream will cause great destruction and disease here in America and throughout the earth.
•	In the midst of this, God’s last and greatest REVIVAL is coming! Many hundreds of millions will be brought to the Lord. America will hit her knees at the first of these shakings. With each calamity will come a greater and greater outpouring of glory and grace that will harvest many. 
•	Just as in Egypt, when the plagues first began, they were on a level that the magicians could duplicate them. In the same way, the modern world will be able to “explain away” the first of these, as they already have. The Israelites also experienced the beginning plagues. The Bride who is still in the earth will see the beginnings of these last judgments also. As the plagues continued in Egypt, however, God separated Israel from Egypt in the land of Goshen. They were protected from them. In the same way, the overcoming church (the Bride of Messiah) will be protected and removed from the final global judgments recorded in the book of Revelation. We will come into a short time of unprecedented revival. Then, when the Great Commission is finally fulfilled, we who remain will be caught up in a moment to be with the Lord for His glorious Wedding Supper that is now being prepared. 
•	America will then be judged by fire from God directly or from nuclear devastation. In a vision in 1985, I saw America completely incinerated from coast to coast. If this was a true vision from God, then it will come to pass before the coming Messianic Kingdom.

May the Lord bless and keep you in holiness, without which no one will see the Lord!

Watching and praying in our Messiah,

Maurice Sklar

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JOURNAL 6-5-09 Friday

A DREAM ABOUT FOUR POWER CORDS ON A RED COUNTERTOP

In this dream we were cleaning our house. I was working in my room trying to dust and vacuum. J was elsewhere working. I noticed electrical cords all tangled together on the red countertop. J decided he needed to leave and do something in another town/area. At the very end of the dream I noticed 4 thick black power cords lying on the red countertop entirely separated and lying there rolled into a neat round shape. I also noticed the countertop was oily feeling, slippery, and the oil made it a deeper red color.

My first impression of this dream is that it symbolizes our family of four people who were at one point in time all "tangled" together with each other. J left us to go elsewhere. Later I saw the four of us quite separated from each other, yet still on the same countertop. We were each a power cord symbolizing that we each had life and power in us and were lying in a round shape, indicating a spiritual entity. The red oily countertop was under us, holding us up, and represents the Holy Spirit (oil) and His passion/zeal for God.

Four symbolizes ruling and reigning with Him - in great power (thick cords) and passion/zeal (red countertop, through the Holy Spirit (oil). This may symbolize my "Christian family" which is going through a "cleaning" time now and will come out "separated out unto the Lord" prepared to let His power flow through us.

Later the revelation came that these electrical cords represented my Christian family and they were tangled with other things and each other. Then they became disentangled and ready for use in ruling and reigning with passion/fire and oil.

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JOURNAL 6-6-09 Saturday

Heavenly Father, HOW do I live in these days knowing what the Prophets say is soon coming?

•	David Wilkerson sees cities on fire.
•	So does Maurice Sklar.
•	Perry Stone sees a great crisis coming partly due to oil problems and believes "the fullness of the Gentiles" time is here.
•	Rick Joyner sees a great pandemic due to flu. He also says that in 1-2 years the value of our money will be nothing and then we'll need to use the barter system.
•	John Kilpatrick sees a huge earthquake down the middle of our country, supernatural signs in the skies, and sees our country being judged for not supporting Israel rightly. He thinks this will begin this summer (which means in this month of June, 2009) and continue for three years.
•	Paul Keith Davis sees the great harvest is soon and we are being prepared to help in that harvest. He mentions 7 years possibly before the Lord's return.
•	Many on TBN (like Hal Lindsay and Benny Hinn) believe we could be raptured at any moment and the tribulation will begin.

These are only the ones I know of. Jesus warned us of these things. It seems that we are in the very last hour before the Tribulation begins, or else already in the beginning stages of it.

How are we to live now, Lord? 

If I were to give the best answer I know, I'd say we must live each moment and each day acutely aware that catastrophe could happen at any moment. Therefore I must not waste any moments. I must seek You every moment of every day as to what You would have me to do to serve You and love others. I must "pray without ceasing" as Paul said. Then I must be obedient to whatever You show me and tell me to help Your Kingdom to come and Your will to be done on earth as it is in Heaven. This will call for me to stay "in Your Presence" constantly in a close listening and intimate relationship.

The crises will bring about great shaking in the lives of people, and they may be ready to seek You, Lord, for answers about how to live in the midst of all that's happening. So I want to be ready to follow Your guidance in how to minister to each person You desire me to minister to.

Now prepare to listen to Me, Joan. I do not want you to live in fear. I DO want you to live in expectation that all the signs and warnings I personally gave you in My Word are now coming true. 

I want you to listen to the Prophets and what I show them to share with others. I want you to know that I will ALWAYS be with you and that with God all things are possible. 

For you personally I want you to know that I will take care of you every day of your life. And I want you to know that I will show you what to do to serve Me each day. Just stay in My Presence and seek Me daily - moment by moment. I will never leave you or forsake you. I love you with an EVERLASTING love that will not change. 
I knew you would live in this time, these end days, and have been preparing you for them all of your life. This is your destiny - to live these days. You came to earth for that very purpose. "And the last shall be first, and the first shall be last." You will soon know what this means. "I desire mercy rather than sacrifice." Keep mercy in your heart toward all others, no matter who they are, and as you and they go through these days. 

Remember I made you a "listener" and many will need a loving listener to help them process what is happening - and you can help them see it from My perspective. That's one reason you have desired to read so many books on the end time events. You are loving Me by being obedient to Me, therefore you are "loving God and loving others" during this time just as I showed you years ago at CBC. (3:03 a.m.)

I am not going to give you prophetic pictures to share with others because I have not called you to a ministry to a large number of people (as I did those names you mentioned). But I will give you information about what to expect through them. So keep checking their web sites regularly: Benny Hinn, Hal Lindsey, Paul Keith Davis, Rick Joyner, Joel Rosenberg, David Wilkerson, Maurice Sklar, Perry Stone, John Kilpatrick, etc. List their web sites here.

www.PerryStone.org (Voice of Evangelism)
www.DavidWilkerson.org (World Challenge)
www.HalLindsey.org
www.WhiteDoveMinistries.org (Paul Keith Davis)
www.MorningStar.org (Rick Joyner)
www.JoelRosenberg.org
www.JohnKilpatrick.org
www.BennyHinn.org 
www.Streamsministry.com  (John Paul Jackson)

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JOURNAL 6-7-09 Sunday

A DREAM ABOUT PLAYING HANDBELLS AND TAKING A BREAK

In this dream I was learning to play handbells. I belonged to a handbell group that was learning to play together. There was a director who was teaching us and leading us. In this process I was learning (and trying to memorize) the order in which the handbells were placed and how to play them. 

They were laid out with a long piece of something, like leather, on the table. I was to play the bell by hitting/tapping this long piece with my first finger - which would cause the bell to ring. Someone gave me further instruction and demonstration about how to hit this piece correctly with my finger.

Our group had our equipment set up to play together and a group of people were waiting to hear us play. We took a break and for some reason my handbells needed to be set up in order again after the break. In the dream I was trying to set them up in proper order again while others were waiting on me to do this. 

Ok, Lord, what does this dream mean?

You try it first.

The bells represent the act of showing the Spirit of God and/or change. They represent Your Presence. This dream shows that I am part of a group (I think the church) that is to display Your Presence, Your Spirit. These bells can also show the times are changing - like sounding the alarm. So this dream indicates that change is coming soon and it will manifest Your Presence, Your Spirit, to those watching and listening (in the world). I, along with others being taught by You, am still learning and practicing and getting things in order.

We use our first finger to cause the bells to sound, so this represents the prophet who points the way. This represents those prophets who are even now giving the church the words that show us what is coming and calling us to prepare for that. 

The use of our hands represents our works and service…also spiritual warfare. Our Director is Jesus, the Holy Spirit, the revelation of God, and important instruction from authority. Our classroom represents God's call of one chosen for learning and teaching.

In the dream it seems to show a warning that to "take a break" could cause loss of time and effort in being ready to act. It shows me that I need to be ready when it is time to "play the bells" along with the rest of the church. It shows that I am part of the ministry You have raised up and called and trained for this time of change, sounding the alarm, and manifesting Your Presence. Perhaps the warning about not taking a break could refer to not leaving the group to which I currently belong and have learned together with. And I shouldn't hold them and me back when the right time is here to go forth in Your Name.

That's good. I gave you this dream to alert you to the fact that it's nearly time to "perform" what I have been teaching you to do - show forth My Spirit, My Presence, to the people in  a needy world who are watching the Church during what is to soon come. Be ready, moment by moment, day by day, and stay under My authority and instruction as you go through this time of change. The Prophets are leading the way to sound forth this "change" first, then you use the prophetic ability in you to continue the message of sounding the bells to the waiting world who will be watching you when the change comes. They may come to you (the Church) and watch to see what you do and say, your works and service.

Don't "take a break," Joan. Going to the reunion would be "taking a break." Keep tightly focused on Me and what I am doing and saying - EVERY DAY. Each day will be important to be alert and ready for My instructions. People will be watching you and coming to you and learning from you how to respond to the big change that takes place. It will be a time to draw extra close to Me and to speak (like bells) for Me. The bells "sound forth" to others and catch their attention. You will be doing that for Me.
Daily put My Words to you on your blue flashdrive so it is kept in case your computer doesn't function. Then you won't lose it. And weekly do your backup flashdrive too.

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QUIET TIME

I read in Exodus 28:33-34: Make pomegranates of blue, purple and scarlet yarn around the hem of the robe, [Aaron's high priest robe] with gold bells between them. The gold bells and the pomegranates are to alternate around the hem of the robe. Aaron must wear it when he ministers. The sound of the bells will be heard when he enters the Holy Place before the Lord and when he comes out, so that he will not die.

In the Scofield footnote it says about these bells: "Pomegranates, symbol of fruitfulness, were embroidered on the skirt of the robe in blue, purple, and scarlet, alternated with golden bells, a symbol of testimony, which gave a sound as the high priest went in and out of the sanctuary.

So the bells in the dream above can also be a symbol of testimony as to who we are (the Church) and what we are doing.

In Psalm 127:2 it says: In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat--for he grants sleep to those he loves. 

In the footnote it says an alternate reading for "he grants sleep to those he loves" is for while they sleep he provides for those he loves.

This fits with what Beth and I were discussing last night - that in our storing up food, etc. toward the coming crises, we know that God can multiply whatever we have to make it enough - even as Jesus multiplied the loaves and fish and fed the 5000. It also fits with the Scripture about how God sends a dove with wings of silver and feathers of gold even while we sleep among the campfires… a Scripture He has brought to my attention several times.

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JOURNAL 5-8-09 Monday

From website: www.JohnKilpatrick.org

Prophetic Vision and Dream
Pastor Kilpatrick wants to share with his partners and friends the following vision and dream he had in April and May 2008. He has never posted a vision or dream on the internet, but after talking with some close friends, intercessors, as well as those in prophetic ministry he has agreed to do so. His intentions are not to alarm the Church or the public, but to forewarn us to pray concerning what he has seen. At this time, we do not have the full revelation or meaning of this vision and dream, but know that the Lord is trying to warn us and prepare us for the days ahead. Please help us pray to the Lord concerning this matter.

Sunday, April 27, 2008 - Vision
As I was approaching the Daphne Civic Center for Sunday morning service at Church of His Presence, I had a vision which lasted for about two or three seconds. In this vision, I saw the ground buckling before me. It was so real that I actually moved aside to avoid what I was seeing. I knew immediately that it was an earthquake, and the thought crossed my mind that the damages of this earthquake could have the potential to exceed those of Hurricane Katrina of 2005. Please understand that I am not saying that the Lord told me this. It merely crossed my mind.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008 - Dream
I awoke trembling and shaking at 5:00 in the morning after having a startling dream. This was one of the three most profound dreams that I have ever had during the ministry the LORD has called me to. I feel that this dream is an addendum to the vision I had on April 27, 2008. In this dream I saw the words wind and water. I only saw the words but did not actually see any wind or water damage. I then found myself overlooking a river which instantly became so wide that I could no longer see either of its banks. The dream then shifted, and I was with one of my parishioners running through what appeared to be an old abandoned schoolhouse. This empty building began to shake. The shaking was so violent and severe that it was like the bucking of a wild horse tossing us around. My teeth were clapping so hard from the impact that I tried to clinch them to prevent this from happening. In this dream I knew I was experiencing a massive earthquake. The sounds were so catastrophic that the thought crossed my mind that the devastation could likely exceed Hurricane Katrina of 2005. I did not see the devastation behind me; I only heard it. In all of my life I have never heard such catastrophic sounds. These were the scariest sounds I have ever heard. The dream then shifted once more and concluded with two names on what appeared to be an old Spanish map. One name read Indianola and the other Europa. When I awoke, I was shaking as if I had chills and fever. I could not stop trembling. All through the day I felt as if I had just had the dream 10 minutes ago.

This dream so shook me that my wife and I immediately went to the internet to do some research. I also contacted some close friends in the ministry and reliable intercessors concerning this dream. What we found was startling. There are towns called Indianola, IL, Europa, MO, and Indianola, MS. These towns run in a line from North to South with Europa, MO being near the middle of them. The Mississippi River runs between them with Europa, MO being by the epicenter of the New Madrid fault. After seeing this, I believe the dream could be concerning a devastating earthquake on the New Madrid fault. Many reputable friends in ministry have felt that this dream was not to be interpreted as a spiritual dream because they felt that it has literal implications. Even now, two days later the intensity of this dream is the same.

I do not want to come across as an alarmist concerning what I saw. I also don’t want to put fear in the public or the Body of Christ. However, I cannot help but feel that God gave me this as warning to prepare us for the days ahead and to pray concerning this matter. Please know that I did not see any time frame as to when this may happen. Please pray with me concerning this vision and dream. If you have any comments, you can send them to watch@churchofhispresence.org.

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"Prayer Warriors Are the Most Frightening, Powerful, Demon-Chasing, World-Moving Beings on Earth"
by Francis Frangipane 
May 7, 2009

In our rapidly changing times people are desperate to know the future. Barely do we adjust to the last changes, when totally new realities explode into our world. 

In answer to the common fears spawned by change, society has seen a plethora of occult and demonic sources—fortunetellers, astrologers and psychic hotlines—all pretending to be able to peek into the mystery of tomorrow. Indeed, how many otherwise intelligent individuals glimpse, at least occasionally, at their "astrological signs" trying to get an edge on knowing the future! 

Why anyone would consult someone who can't predict their own future is beyond me. These fortunetellers almost always live in abject poverty. Shouldn't their ability to predict the future at least work for themselves? They could invest in the stock market or pick the right lottery numbers. They can't even predict or better their own fortune, yet people go to them for discernment. 

Tremendous Power In a Christian!

For Christians, God condemns this demonic, fleshly probing into the unknown. Indeed, as intercessors, He has called us not to wonder about the future, but to create it through the knowledge of His Living Word and prayer! Our Father gives us access to the future right now. You ask, How do we know what to pray? The Lord Jesus told us plainly, 

"Pray, then, in this way: 'Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven." Matthew 6:9-10 
We can look at the conditions of the world and faint or look at the possibilities of God and take faith. To bring revival is to pray for the reality of God's Kingdom to manifest on earth. Jesus was not offering His disciples a millennial prayer focus, for that rule of God's Kingdom is coming whether we want it to or not! No, but Christ calls us to pray for God's Kingdom to manifest in our world today. 

How will tomorrow look if God answers the prayer Christ gave us? Read the Gospels. What we see in the life and power of Jesus Christ is a faith picture of God's Kingdom. Jesus said that we can have that same full manifestation. In fact, He actually commanded us to pray for Heaven's release! 

The Prayer Womb

The reality God has planned will always manifest first in the prayer life of His intercessors. When you hear from God and then pray His Word, you are impacting the unformed essence of life with the Spirit of God Himself! Thus, God calls us, not only to know His Word, but to pray it. We must go from intellectualizing God's Word to being impregnated by it. 

I know churches have special areas where intercessors can pray or people meditate. But maybe we ought to change the name from "prayer room" to "prayer womb." For everything good and holy that we see manifested in people, in churches and in life is first conceived, and then birthed, in the womb of prayer. 

We have answers to prayer all around us. The place you are living in is an answer to prayer. Your church is an answer to prayer, as well as are your pastors, teachers and youth workers. As a church member, your attendance and participation is an answer to the prayer of your pastors and intercessors. When you asked God to lead you to the church you should attend, your current church became God's answer to your prayer! 

Paul wrote, "I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might" (Ephesians 1:18-19). 

If you are a Christian, there is a power accompanying your life that is greater than great—the "surpassing greatness of His power." It is not human power, but the actual "strength of His might." 

Think About It: The Strength of God Almighty is Attached to Your Prayer Life! 

The power of God's might is His resurrection power. What does resurrection mean? It means that things which look dead, smell dead, and act dead, can be touched by God and raised to life! 

God demonstrated this "power toward us who believe" first "in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead, and seated Him at His right hand in the Heavenly places" (Ephesians 1:19-20). 

Right now, you have resurrection power attached to your prayer life! You can look on things that are absolutely dead and pray forth eternal LIFE! The power in us is the same potency God demonstrated when He raised Jesus out of the grave; it is resurrection power. Our mission is to bring resurrection life to situations that are dead. 

If the devil challenges your prayer, remind him that you are seated with Christ, "far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in the one to come" (Ephesians 1:21). Christ's authority is final. But not only has the Father put "all things in subjection under His feet," but He "gave Him as head over all things to the Church, which is His Body, the fullness 
of Him who fills all in all" (Ephesians 1:22-23). 

Notice the Lord uses anatomical metaphors to explain the downlink of authority: Christ is the "Head" of a "Body" that has all things put under its "feet." 

This is a most profound understanding of our role: What the Head, Christ, has attained, the feet of the Church walk out. In other words, God has positioned the Church as the living bridge between the terrible conditions on earth and the wonderful solutions from Heaven! 

As we truly, passionately, and accurately submit to Christ in prayer, the Kingdom of Heaven steadily enters our now prayed-for world. The key of course, is to know Christ's Word. We do not have authority; Christ has authority. What we have is revelation and submission. But as we submit to the Word, and persevere in prayer, we can see the future conformed to God's will. 

Prayer Warriors Are Positioned By God

Jesus told a parable to show that men ought to pray at all times and not lose heart (see Luke 18:1-8). In other words, if you are not praying, you will lose heart. Most of the things I pray for I have to persevere and pray through to get the answer. God desires to see something deeper come out of my prayer time than just answered prayers. He wants me to become like Jesus, so He arranges battles that are character-forming. Not only will they ultimately change the world around me, but they'll change me first. This is what all true prayer warriors have discovered.

When we picture a prayer warrior, we usually see a great-aunt or grandmother. I think that every family has one. You never find them looking into a crystal ball to know the future for little Johnny—they are at the throne of God creating Johnny's future in prayer. They are not wondering if Mary is going to make it; they are praying her through to victory. They do not have time to lament Harry's drinking problem; they are storming Heaven to see him delivered. 

Prayer warriors are the most frightening, powerful, demon-chasing, world-moving beings on earth. In truth, they act like children of God! If they were to gaze at a crystal ball, it would explode! They look at astrological predictions and rebuke them. They never wonder about the future because they are too busy creating it through their faith in God. 

Prayer warriors are positioned by God to pray for their families. I remember when my Dad came to the Lord. For ten years we would intellectually clash about God during our visits. Finally, on one trip he arrived at our home "armed" with an argument against God. He said, "If there really is a God, why doesn't He always answer prayer?" He was secure in his position, and I was tired of the argument. I went into another room for a few minutes and prayed, "Lord, You've got to give me an answer." 

When I returned I could see my Dad felt he won this round. I love my dad very, very much, but I said, "Dad, forget all the people that you think didn't get answers to prayer—you yourself are an answer to prayer! You are alive today because our entire family daily prays for you." (He was very overweight and smoked a pack of cigarettes daily). Then I continued, "But let's experiment. You say God doesn't answer prayer; we say He does. So, for one week we won't pray for you, and we'll see what happens." 

I can't remember ever seeing my dad turn so pale. He looked over at my Mom and said, "Hon, tell the boy not to do that." Then, with beads of sweat forming on his forehead, he said to me, "Okay. What do I have to do to keep you praying for me?" 
In three minutes, he went from not believing in prayer to begging us to keep praying for him. I said, "Dad, the only way I'll keep praying for you is if you pray right now and give your life to Christ," and my dad at that moment received Christ. The Lord answered my prayer. 

Prayer anchors us in God's strength for our battles. Each of us knows prayer works: we are saved because someone else prayed for us! Thus, looking at the miracle of our own conversion, we gain confidence in God's help to transform others. 

You Are a Prayer Warrior!

Luke 21:36 tells us to be "praying in order that you may have strength to escape all these things that are about to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man." Every time the Bible talks about standing before God, it is speaking of a position of anointed authority and commissioning. Elijah stood before God as did Gabriel. It speaks of one who stands before God as an attendant to the Almighty. When they decree God's Word, it comes to pass. 

Jesus said, "With God all things are possible" (Matthew 19:26). Under that banner, we pray and believe God. The Holy Spirit ever lives to make intercession. All we need to do is open our hearts to Him and prayer is going to come forth. 

Look at the terrible issues of our world right now. Every need we see is where God wants us to release, through prayer, His future for that situation. God shows us what is wrong so we can pray for things to be made right. Why waste energy criticizing what's wrong when our prayers can change it! 

The Lord our God in the midst of us is mighty. Our weapons are mighty to pulling down strongholds. Stop thinking of yourself as unable to pray. That's a lie out of hell. 

You are a prayer warrior!

There was a time when that great aunt or grandmother was a younger woman. She might have been just like you, and God showed her the needs around her. His grace came and she made a decision not to judge, but to pray. She didn't start off strong, but she became strong. Now it's your turn to make that decision to be the prayer warrior for your family, church or city!" 

Let's pray: Lord Jesus, You said that the armies in Heaven follow You, and Your name is called "the Word of God." Help me to not only believe Your Word, but pray it in the power of the Holy Spirit! I accept that You have called me to be a prayer warrior. By Your grace, I receive a new anointing in intercession. Amen! 

Francis Frangipane 
Ministries of Francis Frangipane 
Email: francis1@frangipane.org 

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JOURNAL 6-9-09 Tuesday

Yesterday and again today my attention was drawn to the clock when it said: 9:11. I believe this is the Lord's way of reminding me that a 911 event is soon coming. He is having me pray in tongues about that since I don't know what and when it will happen and who will be affected by it.

This morning I spent time just conversing with the Lord. He assured me that He is the same "in me" as He was when on earth during His incarnation…the same power, the same authority, etc. He reminded me in my Scripture reading that He can multiply loaves and fish if we need that done to feed us. He said America was starting into its "Third Great Awakening." First He used Americans to take the gospel around the world to other countries and reap a harvest there. Now He will reap a harvest in America, and then take all of us out in the Rapture. That will be about 1/2 of all Americans, and will render the country useless as far as military or other power to affect the rest of the world - it won't be a threat to them anymore.

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JOURNAL 6-10-09 Wednesday

A DREAM ABOUT DRIVING A POLICE CAR AND GETTING FOOD AND FIRST AID TO GIVE OUT DURING THE HARVEST TIME COMING

I was riding a passenger bus east along Hwy 30 to Franke Rd (the stop near my childhood home) and exited the bus there. I was coming there after being away for awhile. At that corner there was a police car sitting, so I went over to that car and talked with the policeman. He said I could drive his car, so I did. I then seemed to be at a church where Elaine was the secretary. It seemed like I was getting ready for something, some event, like maybe my wedding, and we were getting things prepared for that. I told her not to reveal the place (hotel) where we were staying the wedding night so people wouldn't go there and play tricks on the bride and groom (like tie the bed sheets in knots). She put a first aid kit and some food on a plate for me.

Did You give me this dream, Lord?

Yes.

Do You want me to interpret it? Of do You want to interpret it for me?

Both. I want you to first interpret it as best you can, then ask Me to also.

This symbolizes that I am part of a large group ministry, the Bride of Christ ministry, and matured and ready for it. I was "away for awhile" during the years it took me to be born, grow up, learn the ways of the Lord, and develop a close relationship with Him. This may represent "going home" to be in Heaven with Him for the wedding (Marriage Supper of the Lamb) in a "hidden place" where no one can find us (hotel room). The Bride is given authority to do ministry (police car) and then given food and a first aid kit to carry with us - for the feeding and healing of those we minister to after the wedding (perhaps in the Millenium). Could it mean something like this, Lord?

Yes, this is good. There is much more depth of meaning than you even thought of. I will explain more now. 

You have been on a long journey, Joan. You have experienced a lot and learned a lot on that journey (your time on earth)…something you could not have learned any other way but here on earth. You have been on this journey with lots of other people (My Church) along the way. Now it is time to bring you "home" to be with Me in a much deeper and more authoritative way. I am now giving you your authority (police car) and your food (on plate) and your healing supplies (ability to bring healing to others and bind up their wounds). You and I are going to continue to meet in a hidden place (the Secret Place) at night and day to keep sustaining our close relationship. This is hidden from others and only known to you and Me. We come there privately each time we enter that special secret place of intimacy we have developed over the years. It is known to us alone and others are not allowed there. I have a private place like this for each person who really belongs to Me. 

Yes, this will all take place in the Millenium after the wedding of the Lamb and His Bride, but this has a double meaning. This food and healing and large authoritative ministry will also take place now, upon this earth, during the great harvest - which arrives soon. The "shaking" has begun with My people and soon with the whole natural earth and people there. You have had preliminary shaking events already (9-11, economy, natural disasters, etc.) but that is only the beginning. Much more is yet to come, and you are now ready to minister with Me and with My Church in what is to yet come. It will begin soon, very soon, with that earthquake that John Kilpatrick saw and reported on. When that happens you will know the very end of the end times (for the Church) has arrived. You will now know your instructions: minister to the people the gospel, the good news, as they will be ready to listen and receive in a new and urgent way.

"I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go. I will counsel you and watch over you." (Psalm 32:8)

Do not fear. I will have it all in My control. I will give you specific instructions and counsel you as to whom to talk to, and I will give you the words to say when you need them. I will also protect you in a supernatural way during this whole "harvest" time. I will also watch over and minister to and protect your loved ones whom you pray for regularly: your brothers and sisters and children and former husband. I will keep "showing you the way to go." All you are to do is "follow Me." You and I will be complete partners in this time and in these events. So do not fear. Know that I know all that is happening and I am really in control, even though, to the world, it will seem as if things are out of control. It will be… out of THEIR control. But it will be in MINE.

And this will be a key thing, Joan, that all this shaking will be in My control. I will shake those whom I will shake, and I will protect those whom I will protect. It is in My control and for the good of My Kingdom work in people's lives. So do not lament when you see various people shaken. I have a specific purpose for it, and you can pray for that purpose.

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QUIET TIME NOTES

It's very important, Joan, that you get in touch with Me on a closer basis before hearing Me and writing My words to you. I want your total focus, not just part of it. There are things I want to tell you and have you write, but I need your total focus before I will do that. Understand?

This is a special privilege you get to be able to hear Me and write what I speak to you. I don't want it mixed with other thoughts not of Me.

Yes, Lord, whenever You think I'm ready. I'm focusing and listening now.

Joan, I am still the Lord and you are not. You have nothing to give others except I give it to you first. I do want to use you for that, but I must have your full attention from now on when you write like this in Quiet Time.

On June 21st, the first day of summer, the shaking will begin, and it will continue all summer. When I told JK to "prepare against the summer" I meant it was something you will be contenting/fighting/working against all summer. You will not join the summer events as a participant. You will work against all the things the Evil One will try to do during the summer. And I want your prayers to enable Me to use these events for My glory and My Kingdom purposes. 

To do that I will need your prayers, and the prayers of My other intercessors. Keep praying AS I LEAD YOU, not as your human fleshly heart would like to pray (for relief, for help, for stopping the shaking). Pray JUST the way I lead you to pray - each day, every day, and every night when I awake you to pray. It will be a "summer of contending" for My mighty works to be accomplished. It is MY summer - coming just before the fall (Sept. 18-19) Rosh Hashanah. It will be the SUMMER OF THE GREAT HARVEST along with the GREAT SHAKING events. These events will be of Me, and they will be to shake all those loose/free from the world who are to come to Me. Then they will listen to My gospel and turn to Me. Pray for ALL WHO ARE TO COME TO ME TO DO SO!  

There will not only be the earthquake you heard about from JK. There will be earthquakes in the western US also. And there will be mighty storms in various places in the US. And there will be alarming events in the economy to frighten people and shake their dependence on money.

As for you and Beth - you can keep adding food and water and medicines to your stash, even past the 2-month time frame. Make it now a 3-month time frame…from June 21st to Sept 19th. This is a key time, a critical time frame. Keep preparing for it. I will show you what to buy and what not to buy. See what is on special each week and take advantage of that…especially those foods that will store for 3 months ok. 

I love you, Joan, and I love Beth and I WILL care for you and keep you in peace so you can then minister to others for Me, in My Name.

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This is copied from www.streamsministry.com written by John Paul Jackson

THE COMING PERFECT STORM (Prophetic Bulletin) 

PROPHETIC BULLETIN August 2008 (original print date) 

I originally wrote this Prophetic Bulletin for the Streams Ministries Partners at the beginning of August. At the urging of my Board, I am now making it a public Prophetic Bulletin. When I first wrote it, little did I know the events that were soon to happen concerning Todd Bentley, the Gulf Hurricanes, Russia’s invasion of Georgia, the trains that would collide near Los Angeles, Sarah Palin’s nomination and the stir that would cause, or September 15’s Stock Market plunge. All of these are early elements of what the Lord called “The Coming Perfect Storm.” 

THE COMING PERFECT STORM
by John Paul Jackson

For those of you who have followed this ministry, you have heard me say more than once during the past eight years that from 2009 or 2010, things will become very difficult. I have been praying and hoping that what I am about to write may be averted. However, I am now concerned that without prophetic people speaking up, we will not play our redemptive part in bringing change for the good. 

FIVE ELEMENTS OF THE BREWING PERFECT STORM As in the movie The Perfect Storm, the storm I see coming to the United States is a combination of more than one element, and when the elements unite, the storm becomes exponentially more dangerous. However, unlike the movie, this storm is not just a storm of merging weather patterns. This storm is worse; it involves five different elements: religion, politics, economics, war and geo-physical events. 

At times these five elements will be so intertwined that it will be difficult, if not impossible, to distinguish which events are driving a particular manifestation of the storm. Massive problems in these five areas will come often, or in combination, and sometimes repeatedly. Each element has potentially several events that will have national and international ripple effects. Some ripples will be worse than others, depending on where you live and how you make your living. Different areas of the United States will experience different severities. Some will experience more economic elements, others more geo-physical elements; some will experience all elements. Remember, it is the combination and the rapidity that will make the storm problematic.

Also, this does not mean all five elements will hit at the most devastating levels. For example, on a scale of 1–10 with 10 being the worst, one element may strike at a six while another strikes at an eight. It is the particular combinations of elements — the proximity of each element as well as the intensity of each element — that will make this storm so difficult and seem to last so long. This storm will not be short-lived; it will come in waves, one after another.

WHY IS THE STORM COMING? This storm is coming because the Church (the Body of Christ) is no longer the backbone of this nation. From our inception, the Christian faith has been the plumb line of decisions made at all levels of life. The Christian founding of this nation is what makes it different from every other nation, other than perhaps Israel. Other nations may have become Christian in their focus, but none were initially formed with Christianity as the core of its DNA.

The Church is to make known God’s manifold wisdom to the world and the powers of the air (Ephesians 2:2). This demonstration to the heavens is not accomplished by speaking to those powers but through righteous living. How we live opens or closes doors for Satan to legally afflict us and even rule over us via leaders who do not know the ways of God. From Adam and Eve through today, the actions of humankind have given room for the enemy to strike and attack us. The only legal way the enemy has access to us is when the hand of God lifts from us, resulting in a space between Him and us. This space increases as we distance ourselves from Him and His ways.

Anytime there is an increased distance between God and humanity, it leaves room for attack to come and for principalities and powers of the air (rulers of darkness) to take up residence. The longer dark powers reside over an area, the more the people begin to call right wrong and wrong right. Here in the United States, leaders arise from the people; in other words, as the people believe and think, so do the leaders who rise from their ranks. Eventually, the lines between right and wrong, as well as the holy and profane, become blurred. The way to God through Jesus and the Cross is no longer seen as an absolute. In fact, absolutes become touted as “intolerance” first in the world and then even within the Church. Yes, there are exceptions to this thinking within the Church, but through compromise, the absolutes of Heaven and eternity are clearly evaporating. 

GOD CAN FASHION A DISASTER. We are living in the days of Ezekiel and Jeremiah, who prophesied that God can bring disaster on a nation if that nation continually chooses to walk according to its own plans. God spoke this to Jeremiah: 

“The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it, if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it. And the instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it, if it does evil in My sight so that it does not obey My voice, then I will relent concerning the good with which I said I would benefit it. 

“Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD: “Behold, I am fashioning a disaster and devising a plan against you. Return now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.”’” 

And they said, “… We will walk according to our own plans, and we will every one obey the dictates of his evil heart.” — Jeremiah 18:7–12 

WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE COMING? What are some of the things/consequences that will come? In time, water will be more expensive than oil, and cities will evacuate thousands because there is not enough water to meet their needs. (As Amos 4:7 says, “I made it rain on one city, I withheld rain from another city.”) Earthquakes will strike not only coastal areas but devastate the Midwest as well. Israel will bomb Iran, and anti-Semitism will escalate as fuel costs soar. A dirty bomb will explode in a coastal city. There will be thunderstorms with huge hail, 24 inches of rain in 24 hours, three feet of snow in six hours, record-setting tornadoes with winds of more than 350 miles per hour and tornadoes in unusual places. There will be an unexpected blight that will hit various hybrid seed crops and weaken the yield. In addition, drought and devastation from storms will dramatically cut into various harvests and the national food storage will deplete.

“Now therefore, speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, ‘Thus says the LORD: “Behold, I am fashioning a disaster and devising a plan against you. Return now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.”’” — Jeremiah 18:11

FOUR THINGS THE CHURCH MUST DO First, the Church must return to knowing God and His ways rather than just knowing about God. We have replaced power with programs, revelation with administration and the Father’s heart with organizational skills.

Second, the Church must learn how to contend for the faith again. We are weak, and we fall away so easily when crisis is not at hand. We have not been tested, and we have lost our resolve. We understand little of the adversary’s plans. We do not know how to debate our faith without becoming angry, and thus we have so few strong, clear, godly voices in political arenas. We have lost our witness — the witness that convicts others and strongly testifies that God is still God and is very, very real. We have lost the witness that demonstrates that God is a personal God in a very impersonal world, the witness that says, “What I do proves God exists.”

Third, the Church must return to the love of God’s Word and the belief that it is infallible and inerrant. This would include the conviction, understanding and knowledge that God is absolute, and there is only one way to know Him: through Jesus the Messiah. We need a new revelation that God’s power is unlimited, His knowledge is unending, His presence is with us always and He never changes. We have made God far too small, and our lives prove it.

Fourth, we will need to declare sacred and solemn assemblies of repentance and corporate fasting in many parts of this nation — a time set aside for rending our hearts before God.

“Now, therefore,” says the LORD, “Turn to Me with all your heart, With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.” So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the LORD your God, For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents from doing harm. Who knows if He will turn and relent, And leave a blessing behind Him — A grain offering and a drink offering For the LORD your God? 

Blow the trumpet in Zion, Consecrate a fast, Call a sacred assembly; Gather the people, Sanctify the congregation, Assemble the elders, Gather the children and nursing babes; Let the bridegroom go out from his chamber, And the bride from her dressing room. Let the priests, who minister to the LORD, Weep between the porch and the altar; Let them say, “Spare Your people, O LORD.” — Joel 2:12–17

CRISIS IS THE FRUIT OF FOLLOWING THE WRONG GOD. God allows calamities to happen in order to draw us to Himself. What does that mean? It means that God allows us to reap the fruit of that which we serve. Walking in God’s ways brings blessings and fullness of life, while walking in the ways of the “god of this world” will bring the fruit of the god of this world: decay, destruction, deterioration and death. We make our choice, then the choice makes us. Sadly, we are developing a history of wrong choices.

Throughout Scripture, when crises hit the people of God, they turned their hearts to Him, and He heard and took action. 

Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. — Jeremiah 29:12–13

May the people of the United States seek the Lord … and find Him. Remember, we still have the promise that if we turn from our wicked ways, God will heal our land.

Serving God and His Kingdom, John Paul Jackson, August 2008 

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JOURNAL 6-12-09 Friday

~ 4:30 a.m.

A DREAM ABOUT EDITING WRITTEN MATERIAL FOR POSSIBLE PUBLISHING

In this dream I had written material that I was editing for possible publication for use. I was planning to give a copy to a number of people to read and give me editing suggestions. I was planning to ask them to mark with a red pen/pencil the sections that they thought were better left out, then I could lay out the pages and see which marked areas were the same on many of the copies. 

This manuscript I am writing in the dream may refer to the compiling together of the prophetic ideas/words I have been collecting from various prophets regarding what they see coming soon to our country and world. In the dream I am planning to ask some people to read it and mark the places they think that should be deleted from the manuscript. This may symbolize getting input from others (friends, especially Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) about the material I am gathering so it can be reduced down to the essential ideas, or asking them to mark out the superfluous and leave in the essential/important. This may be a dream showing me I should ask the Lord to show me what is important to see, know, write, and publish (on the web) for myself and others to read. The red pen/pencil may refer to wisdom, anointing, power, or redemption in marking this manuscript.

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Later, after returning to bed but still awake, these thoughts began to form in my mind:

MY WEAPONS OF WARFARE IN THESE TIMES

What should I declare over myself and my loved ones every day?

•	The blood of Jesus
•	The protection of God's angels
•	The Word of God/Scriptures
•	The Name of Jesus

(Psalm 23)
The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul.
He leads me in the path of righteousness for His name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me. Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.
And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord, forever.

When fear images come to mind, counter them with declarations of God's watch care, especially Psalm 32:8. 

(Psalm 32:8) I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go. I will counsel you and watch over you.

(2 Tim. 1:7) For God did not give us a spirit of fear (timidity), but of power, of love, and a sound mind (self-discipline).

(2 Corinthians 10:3-5) For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

(Isaiah 54:17) No weapon forged against you will prevail.

(Habakkuk 2:4) And the righteous shall live by faith.

(Isaiah 26:3) Thou will keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee because he trusts in Thee.

(Isaiah 30:15) In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength.

(Ephesians 6:10-18) Be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes.

The daily prayer

Heavenly Father,

I plead the blood of Jesus over Beth, K, J, and me, J and D, all my brothers and sisters and their extended families, and all of my prayer bundle.

I plead the blood of Jesus over us and our homes, our workplaces, every place we are and every place we go, and all of our travel, and over our possessions and vehicles.

I ask You to give your angels charge over us to keep us in all our ways and protect us from all evil and harm. I ask for safe travel for all of us wherever we go.

I ask You to bless and cleanse all that we eat, drink, breathe, and all that touches our bodies, and to use it for good and keep it from doing us harm.

I ask You to bring us all to salvation if we are not saved, and for those who are saved, for You to keep us enduring to the end.

Lord: I ask You to put Your angel-guarded locks on the doors and windows of wherever we are (car, house, work, stores, church, etc.)

Write out this declaration page, and carry it with me to read and speak as often as needed. Also put:

There is good, better, and best, Joan, and My best for you is to lean on Me, trust in Me, for I am God All Mighty. I will take care of you any hour of the day or night, anywhere, and I can watch over you even while you are sleeping.
My angels can stop bullets and strong cruel men and even mobs. My angels can stop airplanes and cars and boats and even missiles - stop them from harming you. They can even stop storms like I did on the Sea of Galilee. You can speak the words, like "peace, be still" and My angels will carry it out.
You have My authority, Joan, residing  in you.
I have taught you to hear My instructions - for such a time as this.
I love you, and you are My Bride, and I will never leave you or forsake you. I will multiply your food and drink as needed. And I can cleanse them daily.
The prayer you have been praying daily is a good prayer.
If you are confronted by evil men/people, I will instruct you at that time what to do - as you continue to pray to Me and depend on Me day after day.
Trusting in Me is the greatest thing you can do in these times, Joan, and daily renewing that trust is essential. When fears come, renew that trust (out loud). You will soon know it by heart as you do the daily prayer now.
 
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JOURNAL 6-14-09 Sunday

A DREAM ABOUT STUDENTS WANTING TO GO TO A WEDDING

The setting was a school where I was the teacher or person in charge. One of my students was getting married and other students wanted permission to leave the classroom to attend the wedding. The students in the dream seemed to be pictured as brown and oval shaped (like water drops). The man whom the student was marrying was pictured as blue and oval shaped. I and my students all went from our classroom (which was up higher in the dream) down to a different level for the wedding. Then it seemed that more than one student wanted to get married too.

These students pictured as oval-shaped like water drops and brown in color represent the spirits of these people (water) who are born again (brown). The man who was pictured as blue represents Jesus whom they want to marry (as in the wedding supper of the Lamb). So this seems to be a dream symbolizing many "learners" who choose to give their lives to Jesus while in a classroom where they learn about marrying Him and want to go to that wedding themselves. Then many want to also get married. Maybe this classroom being seen as "up" somewhere refers to this taking place in their spirits, after which they go out into the world to display this personal part of their lives publicly.  I am the teacher in the dream, the one who gives them permission to go to the wedding. But perhaps this represents my writing (or the books I send/give out) which act as a revelation of God, or an important instruction, that goes into people's minds and into their spirits and helps teach them to be born again.

Is this right, Lord?

Yes, this is good, Joan. I want you to see/know that sending out those books for Me will bring important instructions and a revelation from Me to the people you sent them to. Pray for this.

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QUIET TIME NOTES

My hope is in You, Lord!

Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee, because he trusts in Thee.

I keep you in perfect peace, Joan. You can't do that. What you do is keep your mind stayed/focused on Me and trust Me.

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JOURNAL 6-15-09 Monday

A DREAM ABOUT SEEING A BULLS-EYE ON MY FINGER

The setting for this dream seemed to be in a large room, perhaps a cafeteria or dining room at the University of MO in Columbia. Some other people and I were standing in line to have checked a place on our hands where we were previously given some kind of medical test. My test area was on the pointer finger of my right hand. I saw on it a round circle with a dark round area inside it that reminded me of a bulls-eye. A lady checked my finger. While I was sitting in the chair where she checked me, the people in the room seemed to be getting ready to eat food. A prayer was said, and I stopped and waited until it was finished. Later they sang a song together which was one of our national patriotic songs - I think "America," and all of us stood for that singing.

The lady told me they wanted to do some follow-up work on my test area, but they only did it for those who worked at their facility. I then told her that I had once worked there doing some kind of work (I don't remember what I said it was) awhile back, and she seemed interested that I had. Then I remembered and told her that I had done some substitute teaching in one of their hospital sections for awhile. She seemed to think that I might qualify for their medical coverage policy, but didn't exactly say so in the dream. She just seemed interested in the times and ways I had been involved with the University. I thought of telling her my husband used to be on the faculty there, but didn't get that done before I awoke.

The setting indicates a Place of Learning. This could refer to my earth life which is like a place of learning, a school, for me. This was a college indicating advanced training, the highest level of learning. I had been given a test regarding my right pointer finger which symbolizes the prophetic gifting. A finger could also symbolize my feelings, direction, instruction, discernment, works, or authority. Hands can symbolize deeds, strength, power, action, work, service, and destiny. So this test on my right hand pointer finger may indicate a testing of my service and deeds for the Lord. The test showed a bulls-eye mark which symbolizes that I am on the right course and on target, hitting exacting where I should hit. The person checking my test area may represent God's messenger. During the dream there was prayer in the room giving thanks to God for His provision and singing of "America" indicating loyalty, praise and worship of God. So this whole dream seems to be an encouragement to me that: 

1.	I am tested and found on target, especially in the prophetic area.
2.	I am surrounded by those giving prayer and thanksgiving to God
3.	I am among those singing out of loyalty and praise and worship to God.
4.	I am in an advanced level of learning and perhaps showing promotion in the Spirit.

Wow, Lord, this is a very positive dream! Is that right? Am I in a higher level of learning now and among those eating, praying, and singing with You and to You? And am I really on target, hitting the mark, with a bulls-eye?

Yes. I will tell you more later when you have time to write then.

Did You give me this dream, Lord?

I gave you this dream to encourage you that you ARE doing the right thing, going the right direction, following My guidance, hitting the mark of your destiny. Be encouraged by it!

You needed Me to say this to you and this is one of the ways I have chosen to say it, this dream. You wondered again last evening if there was "more" you should be doing than intercession and writing. For right now, that is all I'm calling you to do, Joan - intercession and writing. If there is more, I will show you. Just "follow Me."

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JOURNAL 6-16-09 Tuesday

QUIET TIME NOTES

Praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord who minister by night in the house of the Lord. Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the Lord. (Psalm 134:1-2 NIV)

Those who were musicians, heads of Levite families, stayed in the rooms of the temple and were exempt from other duties because they were responsible for the work day and night. (1 Chronicles 9:33 NIV)

One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple. For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling; he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle and set me high upon a rock. Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me; at his tabernacle will I sacrifice with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the Lord…I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. (Psalm 27:4-5, 13-14 NIV)

With these Scriptures the Lord again showed me that He made me a musician, and that I am one who is to minister to Him day and night as the Levites did. I am to praise Him, lift up my hands to Him, sing to Him, gaze upon Him, dwell in His house all the days of my life. He will keep me safe in His dwelling in the day of trouble. I will sacrifice with shouts of joy. I will sing and make music to Him. I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. My destiny is to "wait for Him."

1.	Praise Him
2.	Lift up my hands to Him
3.	Sing to Him
4.	Gaze upon Him (focus on Him)
5.	Dwell in His house
6.	Be kept safe
7.	Sacrifice with shouts of joy
8.	Make music to Him
9.	See His goodness in the land of the living
10.	Wait for Him

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JOURNAL 6-19-09 Friday

Beth's attention was drawn to the time this morning at 9:11 and she wondered, hmmmm. My attention has been drawn to 9:11 recently too. It is a reminder that an event of extreme emergency is coming soon. 

Just a few minutes ago my attention was drawn to my clock when it said 12:34.  I feel like it is giving me the message that "all things are in order" (1-2-3-4) for the prophetic shaking (911) events to begin.

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JOURNAL 6-20-09 Saturday

"Making Spiritual Progress - Entering into the Hot House of Our God"
by Wade Taylor 
June 19, 2009

"Making Spiritual Progress - Entering into the Hot House of Our God"

"And the disciples came, and said to Him, Why speak You to them in parables? He answered and said to them, Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but to them it is not given."—Matthew 13:10-11

As we grow spiritually, we become aware that we are beginning to see and understand things that others neither see nor understand. As a result, we may become critical of those who do not see as we see, and we may even become proud when we discover that we have spiritual understanding that others do not have. If we are making genuine spiritual progress, we will experience in some measure or form these reactions.

Although this is not good, it should encourage us, as it is an indication that we are making spiritual progress and entering into a higher realm of spiritual life and understanding. However, if we are to continue to develop spiritually, our pride and critical spirit must be dealt with and overcome. If not, we will go no further in our spiritual development, and worse, we may begin to lose ground, spiritually.

Nailed to Our Cross

"If any man will (choose to) come after Me (continue to grow spiritually), let him deny himself and take up his (own) cross, and follow Me."—Matthew 16:24 (comments added)

Fortunately, our Lord was a carpenter, and He knows how to make crosses.
The word "if" tells us that this is an option that we ourselves must choose. We must give permission to our "Carpenter", Lord, to build this cross upon which we ourselves will hang in order to die to our pride and self-centered ways. For us to "take up our cross" means that the Lord has uniquely arranged a circumstance that is contrary to our desires (crosses them), which He has personally designed to crucify our self-life.

We must personally, specifically, make this arrangement with Jesus, otherwise, He will not build this cross. No one of us relishes a cross, nor will we appreciate the difficulties that He will arrange in order to crucify us. We can place the "nail" in our feet and in one of our hands, but then we are unable to place the other nail. 

Fortunately, there are many Christians available who will gladly place this nail for us.
Once we are upon this cross, with our hands and feet nailed, there is little that we can do to change the circumstances. None of us will appreciate these restrictions to our liberty, but we must stay there until the work is done and He has released us.

Into the Hot House

The normal habitat for a flower may be in the woods or in a garden. But if we desire to display a beautiful flower, we would go to a florist to obtain one that had been raised in a glass greenhouse. This glass "hot house" is a place where everything is intensified to bring forth both the beauty and the full potential of this "flower" (you and I, changed into the image and likeness of Jesus).

The Lord is bringing forth a people, especially at this present time, who are being prepared to display His end-time glory.

"When He shall come to be glorified in His saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day."—2 Thessalonians 1:10

Therefore, special "hot houses" are available for this purpose. If we are spiritually perceptive and discerning (our willingness to be corrected and perfected), the Lord will arrange a set of circumstances, so we can come under the intensity of a special working of the Holy Spirit.

During the summer of 1959, I worked in a greenhouse for a short time. I filled a wheelbarrow with dirt from long flowerbeds within the greenhouse and wheeled it outside, and then replaced it with fresh dirt that had been carefully prepared for this purpose. It was over one hundred and twenty degrees within, and I would stop at the entrance and wait a few minutes to get adjusted before I entered with a fresh load of dirt. This environment was devastating to me, but the flowers flourished in it. I was told that this changing of the dirt was done each year to maintain the quality of the flowers that were produced.

Whenever I entered the greenhouse, I had only one thing in mind—to get out as quickly as possible. So also, we never seem to appreciate the dealings of the Lord, until after the flower (fruit of the Spirit) appears. Then, we recognize that all we had gone through was worthwhile.

Launching Out Into the Deep

"And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon Him to hear the word of God, He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, and saw two ships standing by the lake...And He entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And He sat down, and taught the people out of the ship."—Luke 5:1-3

Because the people pressed to hear, Jesus entered a ship (our spiritual life experience) and pushed out a little from the shore in order to teach them. This "thrusting out" refers to our being brought into a different atmosphere (hot house—divine activity), where we receive direct, personal attention from the Lord (He entered into one of the ships) in preparation for something greater—a "launching out into the deep."

"Now when He had left speaking, He said to Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught."—Luke 5:4

Notice that the Lord did not stand on the shore and teach them. It is difficult for us to grasp the purpose and intensity of what Jesus was doing, when He pushed out a little from the shore. He moved from the normal circumstances of life (land—where we are in control), and entered into a new atmosphere (water—where He is in control), in order to prepare them. After this was done, He then said, "launch out"—go even further into the deeper purposes of the Lord.

"I love them that love Me; and those that seek Me early shall find Me. That I may cause those that love Me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures."—Proverbs 8:17, 21

This word, "early," has a special meaning that goes beyond the thought of the "first thing" in the morning. I did not like wheeling dirt into the greenhouse, as it was intensely hot within. "Early" means that I grabbed the handles of the wheelbarrow and proceeded, because I knew the Lord had directed me, and there was a higher purpose than merely moving dirt.

Although I did not understand, I strongly felt that there was something in the heat of the atmosphere that would accomplish within me what the Lord desired. My part was to believe this, and then act on it. "Early" means that I did not waste precious time struggling with my contrary feelings.

The Lord has a particular "hot house" for each one of us, which will expose our need and change us according to His purpose and desire. But, we must be willing to enter therein.

Some flowers will grow almost anywhere, but when a special show-flower is needed, we purchase one grown in a greenhouse. So also, when the Lord desires to display the very best from within His Body (Bride), He will seek out those who either are willing to enter or have entered the "hot house" of His preparation, and have come forth with spiritual "substance."

This "substance" is the very life of the Lord that has been worked into our lives. Only then can we become a true "witness" of His life—His life being seen through our lives.

Some of us are standing at the door of our "hot house," hesitating to enter. May we have the courage to enter, knowing that we will become as this special "flower," bringing pleasure and satisfaction to our Lord.

Wade Taylor
Wade Taylor Ministries
Email: wadetaylordc@aol.com

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JOURNAL 6-21-09 Sunday

A DREAM ABOUT A LIGHT TOO HOT TO TOUCH

In this dream I was at CBC sitting at my desk there. It was not like the desk and setting where I used to work at CBC. It was quite different. Some other woman (unknown) was also sitting at my desk right beside me. She seemed to also work at the church and her previous desk was not available for her to use, so she was sitting beside me trying to use the same desk as I was. She seemed to be rather a large woman who reminded me a bit of  a woman who used to attend CBC but I don't think of her name. It seemed like I knew her in the dream, like she was familiar to me.

The desk was backed along another desk where someone else was working. To my left was the wall of the room which had a mirror on it. We were trying to use a desk light but it was so hot we couldn't stand to touch it. It seemed to be broken into two parts: the base and the light section, and so it didn't stand on its base. But it was still turned on and was very hot.

I was opening drawers, etc. and taking my stuff out of them and putting it on top of the desk. I seemed to be doing this to clear my stuff out and make room for the unknown woman to use the desk also. Mickie C. came over and put some things on top of the desk for me and indicated we would hold "our forum" in a little while - she seemed to want to talk to me about something, and this was her way of saying it. As I went through the stuff she put on the desktop, I found several pieces of things that looked like they were made out of gold (one of them thin like gold leaf). Later she came back and said it was time for our "forum," so we walked away to talk.

This may symbolize my work for God, but it is now different than it used to me. An unknown person is now involved. This may represent the Holy Spirit who is right beside me, sharing the ministry/work. She is larger than I am. She is familiar to me like she has been around me before.

This desk may symbolize the work I used to do for the church. That work is changed in this dream and includes sharing that work with another person. That work (desk) is now being reflected or mirrored back to me to see. It may be showing me what is going on in me. Perhaps this whole dream is to show me what is going on in me. 

The light is significant. It is very hot, too hot to touch. It may represent God's power and it is very powerful - too powerful to touch. It may represent the things God is doing right now or about to do. It lights the surrounding area but is too hot to touch. It seems broken in that the lamp doesn't stand up as I would expect it to, but it still functions. Maybe this symbolizes God's working powerfully, but not in a way I can handle or touch physically.

I seemed to be getting out my old stuff and making way for the Holy Spirit to have more room in what work I am to do. Mickie may represent me since we have the same first name - Margaret. She represents in the dream someone calling for a meeting where we can openly communicate better. She also represents the source of gold representing the riches and glory of God, and being an overcomer with wisdom, glory and righteousness. Perhaps this is the hope I am to see in this dream. Perhaps God is saying to me that it's time for us to have closer, more private, open communication between us.

Do You want to speak to me about this dream, Lord? Is it from You? What does it mean?

Yes, I want to speak to you about this dream. It IS from Me and it has a message for you now, today, the first day of summer, 2009. This is a significant day and that is why you had the dream right now, today. This summer is going to be VERY SIGNIFICANT for you and for the whole world, Joan, and I want to talk to you openly now about that. Watch for what I am saying to you during this whole day and take notes on it. I will speak to you in many ways and many times. Be prepared to jot down notes as I speak. I may speak directly and/or through the mouths of others, but you will know it's My message to you.

At church this morning these ideas stuck in my mind that people said:

When we give our tithe (10%) to the Lord, it is holy, and this makes all the rest of our money (90%) holy too.

Everything we say, and everything we do, presents the Lord to the people around us.

God is enough. 

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QUIET TIME NOTES

(Psalm 23)
The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul.
He leads me in the path of righteousness for His name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil, for Thou art with me. Thy rod and Thy staff, they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.
And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord, forever.

As I prayed this Scripture the Lord said:

That is what I will be doing, Joan, as you go through these next days/times. I will be your Shepherd. I will make you lie down in green pastures and lead you beside still waters, and restore your soul. You soul will need much restoring as you go through these days, but I WILL DO IT. Even if you should walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will keep you from fearing evil because I will be with you! I have a table prepared before you, Joan, even in the presence of your enemies and I will anoint you with My oil, My Spirit, in the midst of all that is coming. You SHALL dwell in My house forever. Count on it! Pray for it! Expect it!

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JOURNAL 6-22-09 Monday

A DREAM ABOUT CATCHING A TENNIS BALL IN MY LEFT HAND

In this dream I was on a college campus. In one scene I was standing outside the house where I stayed and was talking with some friends. The people in the house beside mine were playing tennis inside the house and making lots of noise doing that. I could hear the sounds. They hit a ball outside and right towards me. I caught the ball in my left hand and was very surprised that I did. I just looked at that ball in my hand and said, "I caught the ball!" Someone came to get the ball and I started to squeeze it back into the right shape. He said not to do that but let it reshape with air by itself.

This dream seems to be about me and about catching the ball. The people in the house next door may refer to their worshiping and doing spiritual warfare which I can know by hearing them. Then the ball comes towards me and I catch it - to my surprise. This may refer to worship and spiritual warfare coming to me to do as my work/labor - and I catch it and do it. It may involve communicating ideas or something that is alternating back and forth. It was clear that I was not to try to reshape the ball/work given to me but let the Holy Spirit shape it. What do You say about this dream, Lord?

You have the right idea. The "ball is now in your court" as the expression goes. It is in your hand. You can now use it for worship and warfare AS I LEAD YOU AND FILL IT WITH AIR.

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NOTES FROM CD OF THE VISION MESSAGE GIVEN TO JOHN KILPATRICK BY THE LORD USING THE LETTERS OF THE WORD RESURRECTION
On January 4, 2009

R = 	Rescue. I'm gonna rescue them this year and they shall not be in terror and fear, and I shall not let them go under.
E = 	Extreme: He will use extreme measures for us. He will use whatever needed for us. Ps. 121
S = 	Signs: There will be an increase of supernatural signs in the heavens. The heavens will shake. Matt. 24; Joel 2; Genesis 1:14; Daniel 6:25,28; Haggai 2:6, 21.
U = 	Usher: I'll send My angels to usher in what I'm going to do. An usher: escort, assistant, lead you, bring things
R = 	Recover: We will recover and experience recovery. We will get back, regain, things lost before.
R = 	Russia: Keep a wary eye on Russia. There's gonna be a suddenly there.
E = 	Earthquake: He said he had preached to them before about that. This involves an earthquake he was given a vision of taking place in the middle of America along the New Madrid fault. (see explanation from Journal 5-8-09)
C = 	Candlestick: God said He will remove some candlesticks (churches). He will replace old with new. He will not tolerate evil in it anymore.
T = 	Time: Time is quickly running out
I = 	Israel: Israel and Jerusalem is My timepiece.
O = 	Overthrow: God will overthrow evil, cities, and rulers. Your eyes will see it.
N = 	Near: His coming is near.

John said that 2009 (9) refers to finality, fruitfulness, and (the 9th hour of) prayer.  Acts 3:9-11; 10:1-8

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QUIET TIME NOTES

The Holy Spirit said God will protect Beth and me and the whole KC metro from terror attacks. It is not a target due to the 24/7 prayer (at the International House of Prayer) here for many years.

It will be a safe haven that many will come to. Expect and prepare for that.

CTC will be used to house many refugees, as will many other churches in the KC metro. It (Metro) will be My command center for help, first aid, and spiritual guidance.

You will be involved in CTC's outreach. Keep your CTC contacts alive and healthy. They will be very helpful in times to come.

Your home will be your haven of peace and rest where you can go for renewal between times of helping at CTC.

It's not unusual for you to get tensed up when anticipating these things, but, when you do, come to Me for My peace. Actually this will be the most exciting and the most fulfilling time in your lives, AND you both will be entirely under My protection all the time. Count on this.

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JOURNAL 6-23-09 Tuesday

A DREAM ABOUT PREPARING FOR A DRAMA INVOLVING PUTTING FLOWERS ON A STADIUM GROUND

In this dream a group of people were preparing to put on a drama/play. This was to take place in a large stadium-like area. In preparation for it, many people were bringing bouquets of flowers and placing them on the stadium ground. These were forming an oval-like shape which I could see from high up above looking down on it.

This dream portrays those who belong to Christ (who is our glory) preparing to put on a spiritual drama. This represents the harvest event soon coming to America. In the drama we display God's glory in full view for great numbers of people to watch. It will be large and have a tremendous impact. It is our future calling. Many participate in this drama and we each do our different parts. 

This is good. This drama is coming soon. It is getting closer and closer. With whom would you like to participate in putting on this drama?

With CTC people, Lord.

Yes, so that is PRIMARILY where I want you to stay and worship. They are in a place where you will help many, a great number, of people to come to Me and get to know Me through your drama.

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"This Season the Lord is Revealing Hidden Treasures Deep Within Our Hearts and Spirits. Dare to Believe!"
by Mark Chironna 
Jun 23, 2009

There is no question that we are in a season of challenge and opportunity. The Spirit of the Lord is brooding over areas that have been lying dormant in the deepest parts of our souls and spirits. Understanding the workings of the Spirit and cooperating with Him in such seasons is something we all desire to do and do more effectively. 

In seasons of change and transition, where we face uncertainties and the unknown, we are invited to cross thresholds that we have never crossed before. While some may tend to deny it, anxiety can run high in seasons of uncertainty, and negative emotions can surge through us in torrents and cause us to experience a certain amount of pressure that we aren't quite sure we can handle. 

Yet, we need to learn how to encourage ourselves in the Lord in such seasons and cultivate the gentle spirit of child-like trust in the goodness of God and move forward in the measure of faith He has apportioned to us. 

Something Awesome is Afoot in the Heavenlies

I am persuaded that many of God's dear saints, who are deeply sold out to the move of God and the goings of God, have endured a protracted season of tests, fiery trials and even strange ordeals. I am also persuaded that we are coming into a time and season where we will begin to see clusters of divine confirmations as we keep moving forward. All of us realize that we "walk by faith" and not by sight; and at the same time, all of us long for meaningful confirmations in our circumstances, our spirits, our minds and imaginations, and our dreams. 

When you have endured a long season of seeming "silence" in your own personal walk, while the Lord has indeed been speaking in the larger arena, it is comforting to know that there is coming a time where, having trusted Him while HE remained silent, you can trust Him indeed when He once again begins to speak to the steps you are taking. 

The Spirit of the Lord moved on me recently and gave me an utterance that I want to share with you in obedience, as well as give you hope. I pray that if you are one of the many who have found yourself in a season of transition, uncertainty and testing, that this word will serve to offer you assurance and hope that something significant is taking place in your life, and you are on the verge of getting some keen insights into the journey you have been on. 

Something awesome is afoot in the heavenlies and is destined to manifest in the earthly arena in your life in short order! This is a season in which the Lord is going to reveal "Hidden Treasures" deep within the hearts and spirits of His elect.

God says, "They have been buried below layers of debris in their souls, which I am now cleansing and healing in order that they can more readily recognize the leading of My Spirit in their lives. 

"I will not leave undone what has gotten them stuck in ruts. I will not leave unclear what has left them without solutions and resolutions to their crisis. I will not leave their unanswered questions unanswered, because I will give them their meat in due season. I will heal them at a deeply, spiritual level, as well as at a level of their emotional well-being. 

"I will cause them to see Me in places where they have failed to recognize Me. And like a faithful brook, whose waters never fail and are always certain, I will make their souls like a well-watered garden and I will feed them with the abundance of My riches from My storehouse.

"I will bring peace and closure to events that they have endured for which they have felt left wounds in them. These are the things I will do and I will not leave them undone." 

I am persuaded by the Holy Spirit that you are right now entering into a memorial season, not a holiday, but a season in God. And I declare to you by the Spirit, that you are about to have stuff pop up in your memory that you do not even know is in your memory, and it is going to lead you to a place in your destiny that you have been waiting for. All you have got to do is say, "Yes!"

"In this Season, I Am Stirring the Pot"

There is an impartation coming for the recognition of synchronicity, meaningful coincidences, open doors. You are in that season. Clusters of events are about to happen on your behalf to confirm you are in the flow of God. His hand is on you, whatever generation you are in—whether you are fifteen or fifty, five or ninety-five—there is a cluster of events that is waiting. There is an anointing in a new dimension. You are on your way. You are going to find your connections. You are going to find 
your brothers. 

"In this season, I am stirring the pot," says the Spirit of Grace. "Not the pot of the nation, that I am doing because I am God, but I am stirring the pot—the cauldron at the depths of your spirit—the place where passion will once again boil and motivation will once again run over the brim. Deep within the pot, I have hidden stew to feed you in this hour of lack. 

"Your provision is not without, your provision is within, for the Kingdom of Heaven is within you and My Spirit is stirring the pot and bringing to the surface good gifts that I have hidden inside you that are awaiting emancipation, that are awaiting manifestation, and I will bring you into clusters of events in this season that will match what is being stirred up inside you.

"And when you see without, what you already possess within, know that the day is upon you for the fulfillment of the next season you are moving into, in destiny. Pay careful attention to what I am stirring up in your dreams, to what I am stirring up in your imagination, to what I am stirring up in your heart, for I am stirring the pot and the aroma will attract what you need." 

"Pay Attention to the Signposts"

"For there is a sweet fragrance of Christ that will begin to emanate from you in a brand new way of expression, and it will touch the hunger that is in the multitudes, for they are in the valley of decision and they wrestle, for they do not know either their destiny or their Destiner. 

"But I have placed within you the key to unlock the door to their knowing Me. And I am going to first complete the work in you so that you can activate the work in them. Move in a greater level of trust and operate in the faith I have placed within you. For as the Lord your God, I will lead you into well-watered gardens where your soul will be renewed, refreshed and restored. 

"Pay attention to the signposts, for they are the meaningful coincidences that I bring you through to let you know that this is Me. This is Me. This is Me. These are the things I will do," saith the Lord, "and I will not leave them undone for this is a season of the acceleration of momentum and the beginning of small that leads to large miracles. 

"Despise not the small miracles. If you will celebrate them, they will get bigger. Begin where you are. Take the next easiest step of faith and discover that what is being stirred up in you is about to be manifest in the events of your life," saith the Spirit of Grace.

"Dare to Believe..."

God says, "In times past, a select few would hear the word of their God and believe it and enter in. In times past, a select few would access the realm of the supernatural and discover My goodness in that arena. In past seasons not the majority, but the minority, seemed to be the favored few—this was not so from Heaven's perspective. Rather, there were only a few that had the courage and the grace to believe I could do it." 

But hear now the word of Thy God, "For now I am moving My entire Body from a state of uncertainty to a state of certainty, from a place of unbelief to a place of being persuaded that I am good and there will be wholesale manifestation of My goodness, of My glory and of My power.

• Dare to believe there is a miracle for you. 
• Dare to believe there is the impossible ordained for you.
• Dare to believe I am walking in your footsteps. 
• Dare to believe I am moving through your mind.
• Dare to believe I am moving through your voice.

"And you will discover that the miracle you thought you never would get will come in seasons that you least expect and that season is upon you," saith the Lord.
If you believe that this is going to be a "summer of miracles," say the following: 

"I decree that in this season of life, I will not be left out. I am included in the outpouring of God's favor and miraculous provision. Something is turning loose deep inside me and will manifest in the natural, not many days from now. This is my season to build a memorial unto God for His glory. I shall decree a thing and it shall be established in the name of Jesus."

Dr. Mark J. Chironna 
Mark Chironna Ministries 
Email: markchironna@markchironna.com 

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JOURNAL 6-25-09 Thursday

I saw this article in Breaking Christian News today and copied it into my journal because I liked what Luis Palau said to explain what only Jesus can do for us.

http://www.breakingchristiannews.com

Luis Palau Hits Spiritual "Bull's Eye" at Scottish Highland Festival 
by Teresa Neumann : Jun 25, 2009 : Maria Mackay - Christian Today
http://au.christiantoday.com/article/luis-palau-religion-can-give-you-eternal-life/6483.htm 

"What can Jesus do for me that I cannot do for myself?"

When you feel lonely, when you feel empty, Jesus Christ can do for you what no simple human being can do for you."

( Inverness , Scotland )—Reporting on the long awaited Highland Festival in Scotland organized by the Luis Palau Association, Christian Today offers some hard-hitting quotes from the evangelist whose grandfather was Scottish. It was reportedly the first evangelistic outreach in Scotland in 30 years.

Palau led the festival last weekend with the question, "What can Jesus do for me that I cannot do for myself?"

The answer, he said, is that, "Only Christ can give you eternal life. Religion cannot do it. Charitable work will not do it. Good behavior will not do it. Doing communion won't do it. Reading the Bible won't do it. Saying your prayers won't do it. Only Jesus Christ will take you to Heaven if He lives in your heart."

"When you feel lonely, when you feel empty, Jesus Christ can do for you what no simple human being can do for you," he said. "Jesus Christ shows you that He wants to be your friend because He gave His life for you.

"Jesus Christ says, 'I want to be your friend and I proved it when I went to the cross and died for you to be able to become your friend and you can become My friend.'"

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