HOW TO LIVE IN THESE DAYS

2010

January-February

By Joan Royer

INTRODUCTION

In the years 2009-2010 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.

(Words in italics, like this, are thoughts given to me from the Lord.)

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The Lord's coming is near!

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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1-1-10

Last night I listened to a Benny Hinn teaching on CD about developing intimacy with God. It was excellent! I wanted to end the old year with that teaching, and I want to begin the New Year with that teaching. Therefore I want to listen to it again today and take notes which I plan to put here. I believe in this New Year the Lord wants me to come closer to Him, and I want that too.

Benny compared steps in coming close to God to the three steps in the Temple: Outer court, Holy Place, and Holy of Holies. He also compared it to Jesus’ teaching of asking, seeking, and knocking.

The Lord says, if I wait before Him, He will tell me of things to come in 2010 – things which I can set before me as goals to look toward and see a purpose for living during this New Year. Then He said:

Yes, yes, yes. You can write that down.
Now cleanse yourself as in the Courtyard. 
You already have My blood because you took communion this morning.
Now wash yourself...in the water of My Word.

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

Keep my mind stayed on You.

Yes.

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

That’s all. Now come into the Holy Place. What’s in there?

The lighted candlestick (menorah), the bread of the presence on a table, and the altar of incense.

What are they for?

You are the Light of the World and I am to be a light also. There are seven lights and they refer to the completion of Your light going forth in the world – through Your people. (Isaiah 11:2-3; John 8:12; Matt. 5:16)

You are the Bread of Life. I am to eat of the Bread of Your Presence. Your bread gives me sustenance and provision. And I did that when I took communion this morning.

The altar of incense is the place to offer up prayers as You put them into my heart and mind – Your prayers offered by Your people. It is to prepare the way for going into the Holy of Holies. Larry Lea taught me how to spend one hour with the Father going through the Lord’s prayer. I believe I am to do that now.

Our Father, who art in heaven
Hallowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done
On earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For Thine is the kingdom, and the power,
And the glory, forever. Amen. (Matthew 6:9-13)

All right. Do all these things.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name.

Don’t ever take My Name in vain, Joan, just as I taught you at church camp when you were a child.

Your kingdom come and Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

This is where I especially want you to listen to Me, Joan, because as I show you what is to come in 2010; then you can pray for that and decree it for Me.

OK, Father.

Go on with the rest of the prayer.

Give us this day our daily bread.

Thank You for the daily bread which You give me each day, Lord. And thank you for today’s daily bread. Thank you for all the bountiful provisions you have given Beth and me day after day after day. You have blessed us SO much!

You’re welcome, My child. It is My delight to provide for you and for you to be grateful to Me for it. It will continue that way. Keep praying for your daily bread. It is one day at a time.

And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.

Have I forgiven all my debtors, Lord? If not, please bring them to my mind that I may do so.

You have forgiven them all, Joan, and you may continue on.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

I will keep you (plural) from temptation and evil.

For Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

And now you are ready to come into the Holy of Holies. And here I want you to just listen to Me, and worship Me, and love Me.

I worship You, Father, before the Ark of Your Presence.

Don’t touch the Ark of My Presence, Joan, or you will die. It is so powerful, it will electrocute you with its power. But come close to Jesus, your Lord, for He is the Mediator between us – you and Me.

Jesus, I come before You.

I know you do, Joan, and I am waiting for you.

Each day, as you come into My Presence, I will do as I choose to do. Don’t ask Me for anything. Just listen to Me, and write when I tell you to write.

Ok, Lord.

I put My blood on the Ark of the Covenant in heaven, and it cleanses you. Come to Me before that Ark of My Presence in heaven to hear from Me as you wait before Me – now.

Yes, Lord.

You are clean and pure before Me because of that blood which I put there – for you.

Now just wait.

Ask: to be cleansed and for My blood to cover your sins.

Seek: for My light, My body/bread, and My prayers to pray

Knock: at the door of My Presence for permission to listen to Me and pray and decree prayers for Me.

And I say “yes” to you.

This is what I want you to pray for, for 2010. Don’t write anything unless I say it. Don’t put any of your own prayers or wishes or desires here – just Mine.

1.	I want peace on earth in 2010 – but that peace will only come to those who follow Me and do what I instruct them to do. THEY will have My peace. “Peace on earth to men of good will.” Good will means My will. Only My will is good.
2.	I want My harvest to come strongly and forcefully into the earth realm in 2010. This will happen through those who follow Me and do what I instruct them to do. But they must follow Me explicitly and exactly, without inserting their will into the situation. So, as My people do this, My harvest will come.
3.	Many people will say they are Mine who aren’t. I will shake them and work with them to enable them to see that they don’t belong to Me – yet. Those who are being shaken like this do have the opportunity to make a commitment to Me and become Mine. I will enable you to understand when this is happening so you can explain this to them and they can then choose whether to commit their lives to Me or not.
4.	I know you want your loved ones to come to Me, and I promise I will work mightily with them this year, including all your brothers and sisters and their families.
5.	For K and J –I will work mightily in their behalf so they can grow into a closer relationship with Me and with My Church, My Bride.

That’s all for today, Joan
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1-2-10

A DREAM ABOUT WHITEY, HIS BALL BAT, AND "REDUCTIONS" OF WORDS

In the beginning part of this dream I was at some sort of place, like maybe a camp. I seemed to be there with some other girls. While there we heard about some boy named Whitey who seemed to be known as a difficult person or was talked about for something. Whitey left camp before we did. He left his ball bat at camp. One of the leaders gave that ball bat to us. That leader also gave us several things that were reductions of things, like maybe words or sentences, that were in a reduced-down state, but could later be enlarged. So I took those "reductions," put them in a scrapbook, and wrote a description of what took place at that camp.

There seemed to be a scene also where we were being shown an under-camp opening (rather like a cave) that had been dug out so we could park our cars there. I saw from the back two cars there.

In the next scene of the dream we were someplace else together in our room. The leaders in this place were telling us about using the things from that first camp and putting them in this second area we were in. I showed them the bat and told them about Whitey, and let them read my account about that. I also told them about the "reductions" I had from there. 

Two boys came into our room and I introduced myself to the first one. He said his name was (?) (Tom Limey) and I wondered if he was Whitey's brother. I didn't get the name of the other boy before I awoke.

"In the beginning part of this dream I was at some sort of place, like a camp maybe. I seemed to be there with some other girls."
So the setting seems to be a place of some sort of retreat or setting myself apart for experiencing and learning. This could represent in this dream my Quiet Place or the Secret Place of the Most High.

"While there we heard about some boy named Whitey who seemed to be known as a difficult person or was talked about for something."
This seemed to be negative in the dream, but it could refer to Jesus, who might be considered negative to many non-Christians. I wasn't made aware of anything Whitey did which was bad, but that he was well-known and noticed.

"Whitey left camp before we did. He left his ball bat at camp. One of the leaders gave that ball bat to us. "
This ball bat could refer to a weapon to be used in the "game of life." If Whitey refers to Jesus, then Jesus left the earth, but left His weapon here on earth with us. It occurs to me that the weapon Jesus gave us might refer to the Holy Spirit which He sent when He left earth. This reminds me of the CD teaching I heard last night by Benny Hinn about how everything we do as Christians must be done through the Holy Spirit. And without the Holy Spirit, we are powerless, useless, dead.

"That leader also gave us several things that were reductions of things, like maybe words or sentences, that were in a reduced-down state, but could later be enlarged. "
This could refer to the words of Jesus, the Word, the Bible. This could seem like they are in a "reduced-down" state, but can be enlarged in our hearts as we meditate on them.

"So I took those "reductions", put them in a scrapbook, and wrote a description of what took place at that camp."
This may refer to putting Jesus' words in my memory and calling upon that memory to read them again and again as needed. These "writings" I put in this scrapbook may also refer to my books I write.

"There seemed to be a scene also where we were being shown an under-camp opening (rather like a cave) that had been dug out so we could park our cars there. I saw from the back two cars there."  
This may refer to a hiding place of asylum and deliverance, a place of solitude where God speaks, a place of protection, storage, ministry potential for outreach and (MSR) a place of rest or stored energy. The number two may refer to the Lord and me beside each other in this separate place of closeness.

"In the next scene of the dream I/we were someplace else together in our room. The leaders in this place were telling us about using the things from that first camp and putting them in this second area we were in. I showed them the bat and told them about Whitey, and let them read my account about that. I also told them about the "reductions" I had from there. " 
This can symbolize going out into other places, like in the world, and sharing what I learned and was given from that Secret Place camp.

"Two boys came into our room and I introduced myself to the first one. He said his name was (?) (Tom Limey) and I wondered if he was Whitey's brother. I didn't get the name of the other boy before I awoke. "
Limey may refer to someone who has been through bitter and destructive elements in his life - one who needs Jesus. He may refer to the type of people that will need Jesus and may come to us for help and information. Since there were two, this may refer to multiplication of this outreach to others, witnessing and testimony. What do You think, Lord? Does this get the message You gave me in this dream?

Well, yes, Joan, this does pretty well. I also want you to know that I AM "Whitey" and some people will look at Me as notorious in a negative way, but I am not negative. I am the most positive person who ever lived on earth. I am the good that all people need. I am the answer to everyone's questions. I am the best friend, and the lover of mankind who will receive Me that way, as you do. AND I have the weapon needed for you to endure life on earth and be victorious. My weapon is Myself as the Holy Spirit, AND My Words, when they are enlarged in your heart. My words are alive and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, remember?  They are even better than a ball bat. But they must be stored and recorded in your scrapbook of thoughts and memories, and must be read and enlarged in your heart and mind to be useful to you.

I AM also very dangerous to those who don't receive Me. Remember that. Benny Hinn pointed that out in the teaching you heard last night. I am also very dangerous to those who are Christians who resist Me, refuse to obey Me, and then go their own way following their own will. I am dangerous to all who are against Me. Without Me, you have nothing of value, nothing of eternal life in you, nothing to bring you to heaven when you die.

That's all right (that I'm giving you so much to write today). I am going to give you much more to write now and from now on. I am going to reveal Myself more to you since you have asked to come closer to Me and know Me better. I say "yes" to that request. I heard your prayers last night while listening to Benny Hinn. I say "yes" to them. I felt your worship and prayers in My heart. Now I will share much more with you as you stay close to Me - all day, every day - in prayer and communication.

Thank You, Lord. That's the desire of my heart!

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1-3-09

A DREAM ABOUT SEEING A WOMAN AND HER BABY/CHILD

In this dream I visited this woman at the place where she stayed. It was almost empty of furniture, pictures, carpet, etc. It was mostly plain wood inside. The bathroom was plain with just a hanging curtain for privacy. She had a young child, like maybe a 2-year old. We three walked along a patio-like place where there were some steps ahead of us. She let some man there pick up her child to lift it up the steps, and the child protested and cried. It didn't seem to like that. Later I stooped down to look into the face of her child and saw that it's face was like the face of a very old person. The skin was thick and stiff, and hard and puffed out in places, misshapen, like I would imagine for a hardened old, old person. It wasn't young, tender, and supple as baby skin would be. I wanted the woman to know I cared about her and her child.

Whom does the woman represent in this dream? Does she represent herself, you, or something or someone else? Describe her to Me as best you can.

She is someone who made a commitment to You when she was a child, but as an adult she hasn't seemed interested in You, in Your Word, in Your Church, in the part of my life that relates to You. She seems to want my prayers for her, but doesn't mention anything that indicates to me that she prays herself.

What would you call her, Joan, if you could name her? What type of person/Christian would you say she is?

I surely don't think I know, Lord. She doesn't give me clues as to where she stands, what she believes, what her relationship with You really is.

Would you call her a "nominal" Christian - one in name but not in deed?

Is that what a "nominal" Christian is, Lord? If so, yes, I guess (and it is a guess) that is what she is.

And what does a 'nominal' Christian need to have happen to them, Joan?

I think revival, Lord. Something (Someone!), the Holy Spirit, to waken them up to their life in relationship to You, and to renew their interest in You and commitment to You made previously. She knows stories from the Bible, but doesn't seem to know You. So she needs to encounter you, Jesus, through You, Holy Spirit.

Then that's what I want you to pray for now, today, and continue praying that for her until she makes a decision one way or another.

Ok, Lord, I pray for this woman, that You, Holy Spirit go to her and wake her up to her life in relationship to You. Renew her interest in You and her commitment to You that she previously made. Lead her to know You, Jesus, through You, Holy Spirit. Lead her to make a decision about You and Your place in her life. And I pray she chooses You and places You in first place in her life. I pray this in Jesus' name. Amen.

This dream was to remind you that this woman is not yet in right relationship with Me, even though she made a childhood commitment to Me and was baptised. She belongs to Me but she doesn't know Me. It's time now for her to get to know Me, and that's what I am asking you to pray for - for her to get to know Me.

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If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. This is to my Father's glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples….. As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love. I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. (John 15:7-11 NIV)

What I ask for, Lord, is You. I want to bear much fruit and thereby bring the Father glory.

This writing is your fruit, Joan. It does bring Me glory. You ARE a fruitful vine in My garden of delights. You WILL remain in My love as you follow Me and obey Me. I will not lead you in a bad place, a place not good for you. I will only lead you in a good place, so you don't need to be afraid of following Me, even though you don't know where you're going. It will be to a good place - because that's the kind of God I am.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. (Psalm 119:105)

Thank You, Lord, for Your Word. It guides me. It brings me into Your Presence as I read it and meditate on it. It instructs me in the way I should go. It quiets my heart and gives me assurance. 

Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him. (John 14:21 NIV)

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. (John 14:27 NIV)

All this I have told you so that you will not go astray. (John 16:1 NIV)

I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. (John 16:12-13a NIV)

He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. (John 16:13b NIV)

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I want to teach you some new things today.

Father, the time has come. (John 17:1)

You have granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. (John 17:2-3)

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The Blessed Hope: Rapture, Wrath and Revival
Maurice Sklar
Jan 2, 2010

Dear Friends,

As we enter into the second decade of the 21st century, we are in both the most exciting and also the most perilous times that have ever existed on planet earth.   Right before our eyes, the Bible is coming to life!  Bible prophecies are being fulfilled at an astonishing pace as we rush toward the Glorious Appearing of our Messiah Yeshua.  There is no longer any doubt in my mind as to how late the hour is on God’s prophetic time clock.  The signs of the times are so clear and startling that it is staring us right in the face – if we are only awake and tuned in spiritually to what is going on all around us! 

First of all, I am amazed at how patient and merciful God is.  He has lovingly held back His hand of judgment upon this world.  In December of 2005, I received a vision of some of the disasters that would have come upon us.  But, because of the intercession of the Bride of Messiah – the overcoming remnant church – God has mercifully postponed much of what I saw coming upon America and the world.  What amazing grace and mercy He has displayed!  All glory and honor and praise be to the Most High God, King of the Universe, Our Heavenly Father forever and ever!  Amen.

Here is what the Lord spoke to Me to give you, My beloved brothers and sisters:

 We must not let the promise of the Blessed Hope slip away from us.  It is vitally important for us to hold on to the hope of imminent appearing of our Lord in the air!  There is NOTHING that is still waiting to be fulfilled prophetically in order for this to occur at any moment.  I do believe that a great revival is coming to both America and the world, but, this will coincide with the final outpouring of the wrath of God during the last seven years of tribulation.  As I have been praying, I have had numerous glimpses of this coming great revival.  In fact, there is coming a third and final “Great Awakening” here in America.  I once thought that it would come BEFORE the rapture of the Bride, but now I honestly believe that it will only come when the nations (especially America!) are shaken to their very core.  Only then will God be able to reach them and save multitudes of souls from eternal damnation. 

 There has come a dividing of the church over when Yeshua will come.  Just this week, I was watching as a great man of God was passionately defending his view that the church MUST go through the tribulation and that the “pre-tribbers” are just putting their heads in the sand, so to speak.  He said that the view of the catching away of the Bride of Messiah before the tribulation was a delusion and a false teaching that is deceiving us.  But, I was so troubled by this!  I knew that it wasn’t right.

So, as always, when I don’t know the answer, I go to the precious Holy Spirit and the Word of God and ask the Lord.  I was actually very surprised at what He told me. 

This is what He said:

“Not all of My people will be ready when I sound the shofar of My appearing in the air.  In fact, half of those that profess belief in Me will be left behind, as it is written in the parable of the wise and foolish virgins.  I am coming for those that are prepared and awaiting My return.  But, I am not leaving the earth without a strong witness of my grace, My presence, and My glory.  In fact, I’ve allowed some to choose whether they want to stay to be a part of the greatest revival and harvest of all of history or to go on before to My Wedding Supper.  But, it is not my best for them.  I do not want to see them suffer.  It will be the worst time in all of history.  No one will escape the tribulations of the coming wrath.  Remember, it is only by FAITH that you will escape these things coming upon the earth shortly.  If you don’t BELIEVE I am coming for you to take you out before the coming wrath is poured out upon the earth, I have no obligation to do so.  But, remember, all those that will be left behind will be killed for their stand for Me.  Many will not stand for Me in that hour and will lose their souls when the persecution heats up against them.  That is because they were never really Mine in the first place.  But also many champions for Me shall arise and not compromise during the time of Jacob’s Trouble.  I will arise and protect those that will stand for Me then until their works are finished and then they shall all give their lives for Me and the truth of My Gospel.

 I have already separated My Bride from the Laodicean church.  I have warned the church over and over.  Time is running out fast!  Get into the ark of safety!  Flee from the love of sin, the flesh, and the world before it is too late!  Do not look back upon Sodom like Lot’s wife.  Flee the city of destruction!  Flee from the wrath to come!  Come into My secret place!  The doors are closing soon.  Embrace the truth of My promise that I have not appointed you for wrath, but to obtain My salvation and to be a part of My Bride.  Blessed and holy are those that obtain this first resurrection. Amen.  I am coming for those who love Me; My soon Appearing in the sky; My Wedding and My Glorious Supper; I am coming for those that love heaven and the coming Kingdom more than they love the passing pleasures of sin upon this present earth.  DO NOT BE DECEIVED BY FALSE TEACHING THAT ROBS YOU OF THE BLESSED HOPE OF MY COMING! I am the Great King and Bridegroom!  Keep your lamps burning brightly!  The midnight hour is here!”
This is what the Holy Spirit is saying.  We must heed it.  There is not much more time, beloved!  

May the Grace and Peace of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah rest upon you in greater and greater measure as we enter into the coming New Year!

Love in our Messiah,

Maurice Sklar

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1-4-10

In the message from Maurice Sklar I got by email, I really identified with what he said and the message he received from God. I believe the Lord has taught me that the great revival would come after the tribulation begins and after the Bride has been raptured. But I don't remember anyone else saying that until this message from Maurice Sklar.

In regard to what will happen to people who become Christians after the Bride is raptured, I believe that is the group of believers who will find and use my writings. They will be new to how to find and develop a personal friendship/relationship with the Lord, no matter how long they may have attended church. God will use my writings to show them what it was like for someone who developed such a personal relationship with Him, and the writings will be a blessing to them. That is a main reason I am to continue preparing these writings and putting them on my web site: www.doveministry.net. 

Thank You, God, for doing this! And thank You, God, for sending this message from Maurice Sklar.

Those who are left, (and it is My decision about whom they are), will need your writings to help them to QUICKLY develop a personal friendship/relationship with Me. This is the relationship which will sustain them through the difficulties they will encounter in the tribulation. And the difficulties will be many. Remember, I knew all about this before the world was even created. I knew who would be raptured and who would be left behind to develop this close relationship with Me during the tribulation. They are PRECIOUS in My sight - and very important and precious to Me too - just as you are who are raptured. They need to hear this, so I am having you put it in your book.

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1-5-10

I watched as the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals. Then I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like thunder, "Come!" I looked, and there before me was a white horse! Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he rode out as a conqueror bent on conquest.
	When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!" Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. To him was given a large sword.
	When the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" I looked, and there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, "A quart of wheat for a day's wages, and three quarts of barley for a day's wages, and do not damage the oil and the wine!" (Revelation 6:1-6)

It has already started, Joan, the early stages of it. Certainly the first, second, and third seals have begun. Those who are trying to conquer are going forth in much more strength now than you have ever seen before. The rider who takes peace from the earth has begun to do that. And the third rider has begun to take an economic toll on the earth's economy. You can see that. Therefore you know the Rapture is not far away, because it comes before these seals come into full force.

The "great earthquake" will come in its time - and you are right in thinking that could be a nuclear explosion(s). That will come, but not while you are here on earth.

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(Later) New beginnings, new beginnings. You will soon have a brand new beginning, Joan, by coming up here in Heaven to be with Me. Then you will begin a new phase of your eternal life - a phase you have been looking forward to for a long time…a phase of being with Me ALL THE TIME. No more distractions of earthly things and earthly problems to live through and solve…as you solved the problem of L getting stuck on the snow and ice on your driveway last night. Your part of the solution came through prayer, while I sent help to B and L to help with removing the car. I did it.

Thank You, Lord!

(2:34 p.m.) As I look at the clock I see 2-3-4, and the Lord reminds me that "everything is in order" to carry out what He is doing on the earth right now. He reminds me of this when I see the clock with three numbers in order.

A DREAM ABOUT LEARNING I WAS TO TEACH 4TH GRADE

In this dream I was standing in a gym-like area watching people running a race. I saw a teacher I knew there so I felt I was in a school. I hadn't heard from the administration if they wanted me to teach there in the coming year, so I wasn't sure if they did. Then I saw another woman who told me her child would be in my 4th grade class this coming year. I took that to mean I was to teach 4th grade, but hadn't been told yet. I wasn't sure whether I would like teaching that more than kindergarten, or even if I wanted to commit to teach another year. I felt, through previous dreams that I wasn't always faithful in showing up to teach.

When I think of the number 4 (or 4th grade) I think four means ruling and reigning with Christ. So perhaps this dream symbolizes the future work I am to do in God's kingdom. I had not yet talked with the administration, God, about that, so I had not heard that yet from Him. I wasn't sure I was adequate for that job.

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1-6-10

I am separating out My people unto Me, Joan, and forming the bundles of those who don't belong to Me. The separation is getting farther and farther apart and less able to relate to each other now. The time has come. The wheat and the tares are much more clearly identified now. You can see that, too, in what is happening in the world and in your country. I am in charge of it all. Don't be afraid of what you are going through. Just trust in Me to supply your needs and protect you at all times - including your children.

I saw a picture of jonquils blooming in the spring, so I said: "It is coming (spring), isn't it, Lord."

Yes, it is coming, and the harvest will "break out" like the daffodils break forth from their wintry covering/grave. This will be the last harvest while you are still on earth, Joan, because after that particular harvest you will be taken away, raptured from the earth. Then another harvest will come, due to the rapture and its effects on mankind and on the earth. To suddenly have millions less people on earth will affect it greatly, especially since those millions, through the Holy Spirit in them, held back evil from taking over. There will be nothing to keep it from taking charge then. You will see this from up here, not from down there where you are now.

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1-7-10

I'm here and I've been  waiting for you. Now you're here, and I'm here, so that is good. We will talk and pray and decree together. That is good.

This is a good day, Joan, and I'm loving it. Much is taking place to bring about the coming and present prophetic events that lead up to "My kingdom coming and My will being done on earth as it is in heaven."

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1-9-10

A DREAM ABOUT NEEDING TO PACK MY SUITCASE TO CATCH A FLIGHT

In this dream I was planning to take an airplane flight. Some other woman was going with me. We had very little time to get ready. We were sitting on a bench waiting for the bus. The bus was coming to take us to the airport and I still hadn't had time to pack my bag. I asked the other woman if she would ask the bus driver if we could catch a later bus and flight because I wasn't ready. She asked and it was ok.

That's an interesting dream because yesterday I was listening to Paul McGuire on PTL show and he mentioned a book he wrote titled Are You Ready? And when we listened to PK Davis last night on CD, he used the term, "Are you ready?" So I am not surprised that theme came into my dream. And my dream seemed to show that I wasn't quite ready. I had not yet "packed my bag." So what does that mean?

I am the bus driver, Joan, and I give you permission to have a bit more time to prepare by packing your bag. Packing your bag refers to putting everything together in one place that you want to take with you. What do you want to take with you when you are raptured? What do you want to have finished by then? Are you ready?

Lord the first thing I think of is K (and J included with her). I so much want her to be in right relationship with You before I go. What do I do about that, Lord?

Pray as I led you last week:

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A letter to my daughter and son-in-law about your eternal destiny:

Dear ______,							January 9, 2010

I have been thinking of you today and praying for you. 

As I get older I realize I won't always be around on earth. And there is one thing that I want to tell you before I leave. That one thing is the most important thing we people on earth are to do while we are here. The thing that is MOST IMPORTANT in life is to begin and grow in a right relationship with Jesus Christ. That is the main purpose for your life and mine. That relationship will determine where we go after death and how we use this God-given life.

If you are in right relationship with Jesus Christ, then you will go to heaven (and have eternal life) when you leave this earth. If you are not, then you will go to hell (and have eternal death and separation from God). Each person gets to choose for himself.

Daughter, you began that right relationship as a child when you confessed your faith and belief in Jesus and were baptised. I don't know if you have done anything since then to grow in that relationship. I also made a confession of my faith in Jesus as a child (and was baptised) and as I grew up I sometimes developed that relationship and sometimes ignored it. What I did as a young adult was make a re-commitment of my life to the Lord Jesus and worked to develop that relationship through prayer, Bible study, and meeting with other believers in church and study groups.

Son-in-law, I don't know your spiritual background, whether you ever made a commitment of your life to Jesus or not. But you can still do that, if you desire to, and then grow in that relationship.

So I want to insert with this letter a pamphlet which tells the way to make a commitment to Christ, or a re-commitment to Him, and thereby be saved and go to heaven when you leave this earth. I pray you will both read it and ponder what you should do about it, as your decision is an eternal one. And eternity is a long time!

I believe one of my purposes on earth is to tell you about Jesus and how to come into right relationship with Him. I don't want to leave here before doing that. Each one of us must make that personal decision by himself, but I want you to know why it is so important. God sent you to be my daughter so I could teach you about Him and how to be in right relationship with Him. I have tried to do that and to live a Christian life as a testimony to you.  I don't want to leave the earth until that is done. I want very much for you both to have eternal life with God and not spend eternity separated from Him.

I ask you both to think about this and don't toss it off lightly. It is of eternal importance. This earthly life is only the beginning for each of us. There is a whole eternity to live after this earth life, and what you decide here and do here determines that afterlife. I want you to be in heaven with me because I love you both and care very much about you! If I didn't, then I wouldn't take the time to share this with you.

Please share with me your response to this letter.

Love,
Mom

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1-10-10

You have been having rather negative thoughts and feelings about your church. I want to change that now because I have a purpose for you there. But first you must walk together with them through this valley of decision, this valley of unsureness of what to do. I will show you what to do if you will seek Me for this.

I seek You for this, Lord. Please show us the way to walk through this valley of decision where we are unsure of what to do and whether to stay there or find a different church group.

Then I WILL show you what to do. First of all, don't make any changes until you are sure you have heard it from Me and have peace about it.

Second, trust Me to know what is best for you and the best church group for you to participate in.

Third, seek My way and My will for the staff and people of your church regularly.

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1-11-10

Ascribe to the Lord, O families of nations, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength, ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name. Bring an offering and come before him; worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness. (1 Chronicles 16:28-29)

Worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness. (Psalm 96:9)

How do I minister to You, God, in the beauty of holiness?

I will tell you. Talk to Me from a clean heart and a clean mind, and a clean spirit. You become clean in heart, mind, and spirit by My blood given for you, for this. Do this each day in the morning, as you now do, by taking communion with Me. At that time I cleanse you and set you apart unto Me, sanctify you. Then you will minister to Me by listening to Me, by praying as I lead you, by reading My Word and letting Me teach you from it, and by praising Me. All of these constitute "worship," Joan. 

You have been wondering what true worship is. It is doing all of this. Worship is spending time with Me and doing this. So you can see that what you do on Sunday morning at church is worship when it combines praise, thanksgiving, cleansing, prayer, listening to Me, and hearing My Word. All of these are parts of worship of Me. So you DO worship Me when you do these. And that's how you minister to Me - you worship Me in the beauty of holiness. Holiness means setting apart unto Me. That's what you do on Sunday morning, you set yourself apart unto Me. It combines all these things just for Me, to honor Me and worship Me. That's what the Patriarchs did when they built an altar and worshipped Me.

Paul Keith Davis says in his book Angels That Gather that we are now living in the time of the revelatory realm being unfolded in the Church.  He says: "The Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation is granting God's people access to the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden in Christ…The revelatory endowments represented by the flying eagle will allow us to soar in the spirit and access divine mysteries preserved for this generation. God's mystery will be made complete in this generation, and that mystery is the revelation of Jesus Christ." (p. 212-213).

You live in My revelatory realm, Joan. That is why you can "hear" Me inside you, in your spirit where I live, and can write what I give you to write.

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1-12-10

I am with you. I love you, Joan, and I like the way you declared and prayed just now. Keep doing that each morning, and I will come faster and with greater power.

Little do you know how much I have planned for My creation this day and this week, and during this time period. Little do you know how exciting it will be for you when I fulfill My promise to bring ___ and ___ closer to Me and set them apart unto Me. But I know, and I rejoice, for I know how much you have prayed for them and exactly how I am working in them. Even today, I am working in them. You will soon see and hear the results of My work, and you will praise Me mightily. So you can do that even now, because it is true, it is happening.

You will not know how very much I will accomplish in this world during this coming harvest until you see it come into being. But you know that I am doing it, and that it is great. I will be found by you, Joan, and I will be found by multitudes who are also part of My Bride, My heavenly family. I WILL be found by them also.

You remember all those dreams you have had about seeing words and letters scrolling down and being written? That's what this is now - what you transcribe as you listen to Me. It is now being fulfilled. It is good, and it is part of your destiny to do this. 

My words are powerful and will work My mighty works in those who read them and believe them. I was right when I said that My words are alive and active, are spirit and truth. They carry something with them which activates this in certain people who read them. As Paul Keith said, My words activate that seed of destiny that I have planted in certain people even before they are born. Then, at the right time for each one, I come and activate that seed of destiny and turn it on to Me, towards Me. At the right time. Now is the right time for ___ and ___, just as there was a right time for you and for Beth.

OK, let's read My Scriptures now, and then we may write some more. Just keep listening to Me as we go through this time/day.

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1-13-10

I read this today on email and felt I wanted to copy it here:
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2010: A Year of Breakthrough, Restoration, Faith and Mysteries Revealed
by Bill Burns
Jan 12, 2010

The following is what the Holy Spirit has revealed to me about what will take place in the Church in 2010 (see John 16:13).

The number five is God's number for grace (strength, empowerment and blessing), so ten is the number of double grace. A double portion will be available to God's people in 2010. Romans 5:2 tells us that "we have access by faith into this grace." Therefore, every person should establish himself in a position of faith to receive a double portion of God's grace that is now being released.

Small Straws by Marsha Burns: "I'm giving you an extra measure of grace. I will exert My holy influence over your life to strengthen you and bolster your faith," says the Lord. "If you will discern it, you will find and enjoy the unusual fragrance of My company. Receive with joy, and bask in the sweetness of My presence. Come and find your delight and rest with Me." 2 John 1:3 Grace, mercy, and peace will be with you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

In 2009, the year of fullness, some Christians began to exercise a fuller and more complete faith. However, many in the Body of Christ went through a crisis of faith because of the hardship of the circumstances that they found themselves in.

Fractured Faith

The Lord used the term "fractured faith" to describe the condition of many of His people. This is what I saw:

People were praying by holding up bowls (representing faith) with their prayers inside the bowls (Revelation 5:8). However, when they lifted the bowls up before the Lord, the bowls fractured and then fell apart. The prayers then fell out of the bowls because they had no faith to support them.

Then, I had an understanding that these were Christians who knew the Word of God, and they knew that faith comes by hearing the Word of God (Romans 10:17). They also knew that faith works through love (Galatians 5:6).

So these were those whose faith should have worked, but didn't. So, I asked the Lord why and He said it was because of the intensity and length of the battle that many had been worn out and had become discouraged.

I then asked how one recovers their faith when they already know the Word and love God, but their faith is fractured.

Faith's Restoration

I saw the Holy Spirit come as the Wind and pick up the pieces of the bowls and restore them by cementing them back together, and He said, "This is My gift to the people of faith."

And, He said, "This is the process of the restoration of faith."

1. Repent for discouragement, because it gives birth to doubt, and whatever is not of faith is sin (Romans 14:23).

2. Call on the name of Jesus because He is the Author and Finisher of your faith (Hebrews 12:2). Ask Him to restore your faith and to send the Holy Spirit to you (John 16:7).

3. Ask the Holy Spirit to give you the Gift of Faith (1 Corinthians 12:9). This is the faith that restores. It is God's faith and not man's. This is the faith that becomes the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1).

2010 will become the year of the restoration of faith as we follow His process of restoration. "Ask, and it shall be given" (Matthew 7:7).

Small Straws by Marsha Burns: "I am not a God who cannot see or understand the tests and trials that you have endured. I see and I have sustained you through the trouble, for I am with you. And now, today, I pronounce a blessing on you—a tangible blessing; just open your heart to receive," says the Lord. Proverbs 10:22 The blessing of the LORD makes one rich, and He adds no sorrow with it.

A Year of Breakthrough

The number 10 also signifies the perfection of divine order. The following is a word that the Lord gave me concerning His "divine order" for 2010:

The Trumpet, by Bill Burns, December 15, 2009: "That which I give you shall become completely yours, because that is My heart towards you, that you fully possess the Kingdom that I have translated you into. So get ready for this new year. For indeed, it shall be a year of triumph for many and it shall be a year of overcoming, because it will be known as the year of the breakthrough of those who follow Me. Zion's path has already been established. Follow it. Follow it through My word as led by the Spirit. For all things will manifest at Zion. Come then, I say, My children, to that mountain. Come to the mountain that transfigures you, changes you. Come and see, come and taste, come and dine, come enjoy that which I am about to do," says the Lord.

The Lord told me that He was going to give us a "new centering point" to work from. This will be a new point of entrance into the supernatural realm of the Kingdom.

The Holy Spirit will move us and center us in a position that aligns with heavenly portals. This is much like your satellite television dish, which must be perfectly aligned with the satellite so the signal can be received. As we enter into the heavenlies through these portals, we will see more clearly into God's purposes than we ever have before. Out of the portal, experiences, visions, dreams, and prophetic words will be more revealing than ever before.

We will break through into a higher spiritual order than we have known. As these portals are established, angelic visitation will occur more frequently. These experiences will quicken our faith and establish such a spiritual reality of the Kingdom that we will begin to have breakthroughs on all levels. Breakthroughs will occur most frequently in our finances and in health issues first, and then in other areas.

The Lord of the Breakthrough is coming in this year to lead His people into victory, which will result in the recovery of those things lost.

A Year of Recovery

The thief has been relentless in this season, and he has stolen from many of God's children. Nevertheless, the Lord is calling 2010 a year of recovery. He is speaking to us in the same way that He spoke to David in 1 Samuel, chapter 30. While David and his men were away from camp, the enemy came and stole the women, children, and belongings.

David was discouraged when his men blamed him and wanted to stone him.

The Path to Victory:

1. Like David, we must learn to overcome discouragement by encouraging ourselves in the Lord.

2. David inquired of the Lord, and God said, "You will without fail recover ALL." And, He is saying this to us!

3. David pursued the enemy. Recovery will come because of spiritual warfare. David attacked the enemy and recovered all that had been taken from him and more.

This will be a year of recovery for those who will do spiritual warfare and demand the return of that which has been lost. Have you lost your health? Have you lost your finances? Or, has it been something else? Do you want those things stolen?

Then, go to war, and you will recover all!

A Year of Equipping

Last year the Lord told me that 2009, 2010 and 2011 would be years of equipping. We are being equipped with more of the authority of the Lord to defeat the enemy.

Luke 10:19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

This is one of the reasons that so many people had a hard time in 2009. Equipping takes place in adversity. In other words, adversity is the playing field of equipping. In fact, adversity is necessary for spiritual growth. Adversity is the opposing force against one's growth. Adversity is trouble, persecution and tribulation that comes against us.

Acts 14:22 We must through many tribulations enter the Kingdom of God.

We are leaving the Church Age (age of compromise), and we are being moved prophetically into the Kingdom Age (rule of Christ). In doing so, we are going to encounter more opposition from satan. He does not want us to have the Kingdom authority that we are being equipped with.

If we want to be equipped with Christ's authority, then we must embrace the adversity.

Romans 5:3-4 And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope.

The enemy will come, but do not fear, because the Lord will come to us in His glory.

Isaiah 59:19 So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and His glory from the rising of the sun; when the enemy comes in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him.

The word "standard" here means to establish a way of escape, to cause to disappear or hide.

We will be hidden by the glory of the Lord as He comes to fight with and for us so that we can receive His authority. I believe that this next move of God's glory will be seen in the West—west of Jerusalem, in the United States.

The cry of the Spirit in this time of equipping is:

Isaiah 60:1-2 Arise, shine; for your light has come! And the glory of the LORD is risen upon you. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and deep darkness the people; but the LORD will arise over you, and His glory will be seen upon you.

Allow the Lord to equip you. Embrace the adversity by trusting in the Lord to protect you. Walk in the glory, and grow in your authority. It is your destiny.

A Year of the Tithe

The tithe is a tenth part of our income that we give to honor the Lord and those who do His work. In this year of 2010, God is going to honor those who tithe. He spoke these words to me: "I am going to honor those who honor Me with their giving. The benefits of the tithe will be multiplied and amplified in this year. Give, and it will be given back to you, as it is written."

Luke 6:38 "Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you."

Listen to God's benefits of the tithe:

Malachi 3:10-11 "Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and try Me now in this," says the LORD of hosts, "If I will not open for you the windows of Heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, so that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field," says the LORD of hosts.

Some would say tithing is not a New Testament principle, but what did Jesus say in the New Testament? In Matthew 23:23 He said tithing is something "you ought to have done."

Some would say that tithing was part of the law and was eliminated when Jesus fulfilled the law. However, tithing was part of Abraham's covenant with God (see Genesis 14:20) before the law, and the law could not "annul the covenant that was confirmed before by God in Christ." (Galatians 3:17)

Galatians 3:14 That the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Galatians 3:29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Instruction – do not give your tithe because you have to, but because you want to give to the Lord with great joy.

2 Corinthians 9:7 So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.

When you tithe, wrap it up with faith, and then release it with joy, expecting God to bless you because of your obedience. God will then rebuke the devourer on your behalf and pour out His blessing upon you.

Financial recovery will take place for many in 2010 because of the tithe. 

Mysteries Revealed

2010 will be a year when mysteries will be revealed. Some of the things that God ordered in 2009 have not been understood. However, revelation of God's purposes that took place in our circumstances will be fully understood in 2010, and the benefits of those changes will be received this year.

The Lord usually gives me a chapter in His Word that reveals that which will take place in the coming year. This year I was given Revelation, chapter 10.

In chapter 10, the apostle John hears seven thunders, which spoke.

Revelation 10:4 Now when the seven thunders uttered their voices, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from Heaven saying to me, "Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them."

The seven thunders are mysteries yet to be revealed prior to the seventh trumpet.

Revelation 10:7 But in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, the mystery of God would be finished, as He declared to His servants the prophets.

The seven thunders may reveal seven distinct mysteries, but I believe they will be more than that. I say this because seven is God's number of perfection brought to completion. I believe that the seven thunders represent the voice of the Lord that reveals many hidden things.

The book of Revelation is a book of sevens (completion) in which God finishes (through Jesus Christ) all things that pertain to His creation.

Therefore, I believe that a multitude of mysteries concerning the lives of Believers will be revealed. These revelations will set them free from bondages, reveal their purpose, release their gifting, and many other things.

Mysteries will be revealed that will give direction to the Church (corporately), and mysteries will be revealed personally for individual Believers.

2010 will be a year of mysteries revealed, mysteries that will give wisdom and direction, much of which will come prophetically.

In verse 11, John is told that he must prophesy again. Prophets, do you hear this? Many of you have been silenced by the enemy. But God says that you must prophesy again.

The gift of prophecy will become more revealing in these days. We are living in the days of divine announcement. Will you listen, hear, and speak?

These are those things that I was shown for 2010. May you have a blessed and prosperous year!

Bill Burns 
Faith Tabernacle
Email: ft111@spiritofprophecy.com

About Bill and Marsha Burns: Bill Burns is the Apostle and Senior Pastor of Faith Tabernacle. He has a powerful prophetic gifting. His heart is to bring revelation with clarity and purpose to the Third Day Church and to equip the saints for the work of the ministry. He continues to raise up the next generation of prophetic ministers.

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1-14-10

A DREAM ABOUT WATCHING A CHILDREN'S MUSICAL AT A CHURCH

In this dream I seemed to be in a large church. It seemed like a compilation of several churches I've known in the past. Parts of it seemed familiar and parts weren't familiar. While there I found myself watching a musical production given by children who had been taught by young women. This production was being seen on a stage. Then each child would go to the seats in the sanctuary and sit there. I saw the women bringing plates of food for the children to eat. One of the plates somehow ended up in my hands, but I put it on a seat/pew because I wasn't part of the musical production, only watching. A man came over to me and said words that were not understandable to me, like he was from some foreign country that expressed things differently. He seemed to be asking why I was there. I told him I came to watch the children, that I had been a teacher, and that I likely would teach again.

Do You want to teach me from this dream, Lord?

Yes, that's why I guided you to write this part of it down. Not all of the dream is significant, but this part is. There is something in it that I want to reveal to you. It comes from the Spirit of Revelation… the Revelatory Spirit.

It shows the larger church, larger than just one church, but many united together and working together, and eating together, even though separately. This church is made up of various churches you have been part of since all of those churches have influenced you and been a part of who you now are. The children represent those now being taught and the young women training them represent those who are training and teaching new believers now. The trainers give food to the new believers, the young ones. The children would partake of this food while in My sanctuary, My presence. 

You didn't see yourself as part of the trainers or the learners, just as a watcher. And in a very real sense that is your position right now. You are watching and writing for Me almost daily now. It is like the Scripture I gave you many years ago from Jeremiah 1:11-12

The word of the Lord came to me: "What do you see, Jeremiah?"
	I see the branch of an almond tree," I replied.
The Lord said to me. "You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled."

Remember what you read about yesterday from the Israel prayer update? It said the almond trees are in bloom all over Israel right now. Remember what you heard from Grant Jeffrey last night? That the times I set are set with relation to Israel and they are specific dates in regard to them. So this "sign" of the almond trees blooming right now in Israel means to you that RIGHT NOW I am "watching to see that My Word is fulfilled" in the whole world, but the exact timing is tied to what is going on in Israel.

What those children were feeding on after singing/worshiping Me was My Word and Me. I am the Bread of Life. My Word IS being fulfilled right now. So proclaim My Word as I lead you, and I will fulfill it. That is the message of that dream and the two things I showed you yesterday (with Israel prayer update and Grant Jeffrey).

When I want you to say it, I will say to you "Proclaim My Word" and you can then speak out loud and declare and proclaim the Word I just gave you to proclaim.

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This morning the Holy Spirit began to teach me about the millennium and the power we will have there, what we can do, what we will look like, etc. He basically said:

•	We will be like Jesus was after His resurrection
•	We will be able to appear and disappear
•	We will shine with the glory He has given us, like stars
•	We will have the authority and power He has

We will be people who have "tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age" (Hebrews 6:5)

What is the goodness of the Word of God? Is it not that all His Word is true and we will see it fulfilled? Is it not the power that comes from standing on His Word?

What are the powers of the coming age? That is what I was meditating on when He started teaching me the above ideas. Add to that:

•	We will live in spiritual bodies that do not have to eat or drink or do the other things our current physical bodies do. 
•	We will never get sick, or depleted, or age, or decay.

And you will speak with My words and My thoughts because we all (My Bride and Me) will share words and ideas. You will each have an area or territory that you will be responsible for. However we will all rule and reign together over all the earth and share together this responsibility. So you won't be left alone but will be part of a whole Body with Me as the Head. This will be the greatest union you can imagine - and more than you can imagine.

I will pour out a degree of that "power of the coming age" upon My people, My Bride, My Body here on earth, during the coming days. This will start small and gradually increase in power so you can get used to it, and be slowly introduced to it. But there is not much time left, so it must also be done quickly according to earth time.

I have been preparing you, Joan, and My people for this all during their lives. You did not know that until recently, and I have told you through Paul Keith Davis and his teachings. That is one thing he is called to - tell My Bride what I am planning to do and help get her prepared for this.

Ask for it, Joan.

I ask for it, Lord Jesus. I ask for the "goodness of the Word of God and the powers of the coming age" according to Hebrews 6:5. Six for man and five for grace. This is Your grace toward men who believe You and follow You. I ask for it in Your name, Jesus. And I ask for it for Beth, and when it is the right time, I ask for it for Kim and John. Is that ok?

Yes, that is not only ok, it is good. I want you to want what I desire to give you. And I tell you what I desire to give you in Hebrews 6:5…the goodness of the Word of God and the powers of the coming age.

And I ask for the ability to know Scriptures and their references, those you want me to know and stand on, like you did for Roland Buck. And I ask for that for my children too.

And I ask for all the revelatory experiences You want us four to have, each at the right time in Your plan.

Yes, Joan, I say 'yes' to these two requests for you and your children. You do have the authority to request this for yourself AND for them.

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The people all tried to touch him, because power was coming from him and healing them all. (Luke 6:19)

That's what it will be like for you too, Joan, and all My Bride, My people, during the millenium  - and some of that power will be given to all of you before the end of this age too…but much more during the millenium. During this age that power will come and go, but during the millenium it will be in you and with you all the time. It will not decrease as it didn't decrease in Me. Some people might not believe it (like in My hometown of Nazareth) and therefore not receive it, but I still had the power in Me. That's part of what is meant by the "fullness" of the Spirit. Full power, full revelation, full understanding, full wisdom, full counsel and might, full knowledge and the fear of the Lord. Full everything that I am. I will always have the most of this fullness, but you, My people, will have your own fullness too.

And see, that is why I am having you write this now - because during the tribulation, after you and My people are gone from the earth, the new crop of My people which I will harvest during that time, will need to know this. They will have access to this kind of power during that period of time. And that fullness of power will help enable them to live during the time they cannot buy or sell because of not having the mark of the beast.

You see, I could have lived on earth without anyone giving Me food or water because I had the power to create it (like turning the water into wine and multiplying the bread and fish when I fed the 5000). With that kind of supernatural power those who belong to Me during the tribulation will be able to live. Remember that Satan knew this when he said that if I was the Son of God then I should turn that stone into bread. He knew I had the power to do that. But I didn't have to prove Myself to him. What I have, My people will have in those final days of this age…you included.

That's what it means by "eating from the tree of life." I am Life, and he who eats My body and drinks My blood is "eating from the tree of Life." That's why I have you take communion every day - to build up this fullness of Life/power in you.

That will be wonderful in the millenium, Lord, without evil spirits.

Yes, it will, but they (during the millenium) won't have as much to overcome as you do. They will have the world and the flesh to overcome, but not the devil. In this age you are all overcomers when you are true to Me because you overcome not only the world and the flesh, but also the devil and his evil spirits. Remember I have great rewards for the overcomer. I told about those who overcome before I told John to "Come up here" in Revelation 4:1. The greater overcomers are those who live in this current age - the church age - to live for Me.

Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. (Matt. 5:8)

What does it mean to "see God," Lord? 

It means that they will come close to Me. Only those who are pure in heart can come close to Me. Remember the Scripture - "who can ascend to the mountain of the Lord? He who has clean hands and a pure heart." (Psalm 24:4) Those who are "clean" because of My blood are the only ones who are truly pure in heart and clean. They are the ones who can come close to Me, and therefore "see" Me. It means friendship with Me. Only friends come close to Me and therefore truly "see" Me. You are one of those friends, Joan. You "see" Me in your spirit and in your heart, but not with your physical eyes. Seeing Me does not refer to the physical eyes seeing something, but it refers to getting close to Me and knowing Me.

Who may ascend the hill of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false. He will receive blessing from the Lord and vindication from God his Savior. Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek your face, O God of Jacob. (Psalm 24:3-6)

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1-16-10

A DREAM ABOUT A PORTHOLE-LIKE CIRCLE WHERE I SAW STARS APPEARING

Just before I awoke, I saw a scene with a round container (reminds me of a porthole) that I saw in two dimension. I could see inside it like it was made of glass. It was contained or outlined by a silver metal edge of the circle. There was something (like maybe a liquid) which caused it to divide inside in the middle into two parts. The top part I couldn't see through and see anything in it. The bottom part was clear and I could see whatever appeared there. I saw stars come slowly down from the top part (where I couldn't see them) into the bottom part (where I saw them bright and clear and perhaps shining a bit).

This dream is to give me a revelatory picture (seeing through a window of glass). Since it was circular that symbolizes it is something spiritual. The silver colored edge could refer to this being something of knowledge, the knowledge of God, redemption, understanding, purity, or cleansed and ready to use and very precious to God. The water in the bottom half symbolizes the Holy Spirit, flowing in the Holy Spirit, or eternal life in Jesus - and water can symbolize the Word. A star can refer to a person, i.e. a Christian, apostle, saint, preacher, minister or leader. This scene depicts those stars as coming from "above" where I can't see them right now into the water of the Word and the Holy Spirit where they are highly visible and shine. An interesting revelation! Tell me what it means, Lord!

I can see that you are intrigued by this picture.

Yes, it seems very much like it is from You, Lord, and has meaning, perhaps even great meaning, and I want to understand it.

First tell Me what you think it might mean, Joan.

Ok. I think it is a picture to show me that Your stars (those whom You indwell and who follow You) will shine on this earth (the globe shape?) and are coming out from being unseen to the place where they can be seen clearly as shining stars for You - showing Your glory on earth, filled with and led by the Holy Spirit.

Yes, that's good, Joan. My stars are gradually becoming visible on the earth. They have always been known to Me, but not to other people on earth. Now they are becoming visible. They are those filled with Me, in My fullness, filled with My glory and able to do what I did. I was a shining star that came down from heaven to earth and shone for awhile. Now those just like Me, although not yet perfect, are coming out to shine like I did. I shone by performing miracles and doing all the things My Father showed Me to do - and saying all the things My Father gave Me to say. Now My stars, those like Me in this way, will do all the things I show them to do, and they will say all the things I will tell them to say. They are MY STARS. They look and act and speak a lot like Me. I am pleased with them and they are pleased with Me. They are becoming visible in the world now. You are one of them and so is Beth. Consider yourselves My stars.

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Strategic Word for 2010: What Did You Do Next Summer?
by Jeremy Caris
Jan 16, 2010 

For several months now, I have been sensing that God was wanting me to release a strategic word concerning 2010. Of course, to write such a thing means that He must first speak to you and you must look to see what He will say to you (Habakkuk 2:1). It's amazing to find that as much as I want to hear, I still occasionally find myself disregarding what He is saying to me. The phrase that I had been repeatedly hearing and brushing off through the last months of 2009 was, "What did you do next summer?" I am sure you notice the apparent contradiction in that question which implies doing the future in the past.

"...the Son can do nothing of His own accord, but only what He sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise." John 5:19 ESV

God has never intended for us to wander through life without direction and purpose. In John 5:19, Jesus revealed that His direction and purpose were defined by our Father. We can know what we are to do because He created us to imitate Him as His representatives in the earth. We need to see what the Father is doing and do likewise. He is already prepared to act and He is laying out individual plans for us to act on. We simply need to study them and resolve now to act on them. That doesn't mean passively agreeing to cooperate, but rather it means counting the cost and running the race inwardly before you even begin to move forward in the flesh.

You will know what you did next summer because you will have already seen what the Father is doing and you will have already acted in agreement with His plans in your heart. Then all that remains is to carry it out in the flesh.

Prepare NOW!

I saw a scene from an old World War II movie where strategic plans were being reviewed and studied with great care. There was a sense of the weight of responsibility involved in knowing each one's individual purpose and carrying it out to the best of their ability. Each would play a critical part in the successful execution of a larger battle. I see the summer of 2010 with the significance of the heat of a great battle.

It is critical for you to prepare and position yourself appropriately now, to be located where God directs you and to resolve to imitate what you see Him doing. When you are in the middle of battle it is not the ideal time to discover that you need to make major adjustments. Now is the time to study and resolve so that when it matters most you will show yourself approved (2 Timothy 2:15).

A Time of Testing

2010 will be a time of testing, but if you allow God to work in you, it will result in a revelation of Christ to the world around you for His praise, glory and honor (1 Peter 1:6-7). Any trial that God allows into our lives is an opportunity for you to put His life and nature on display. Remember: Your life is not your own, for you were bought with a price. You were crucified with Christ and buried into the baptism of death with Him. Now you have been raised back to life from the dead as a new creation, alive again for God's own glory.

Facing a trial should be considered a great honor because God has found you mature enough to face it and succeed. God never sets you up for failure, but He will never allow you to remain where you are either (Philippians 1:6). If He allowed His firstborn Son, Jesus Christ, to encounter trials, then we will surely follow in His footsteps. Jesus embraced that process and succeeded in His purpose only by going through those times of testing. It is not avoiding testing and trials that produces change toward maturity, but in going through it (Romans 12:2). Therefore, every trial is an opportunity for great joy (James 1:2).

"Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love Him." James 1:12 ESV

A Time of Fiery Opportunity

I saw four men in fire, as in Daniel, chapter 3. Fire often speaks of trials (1 Peter 4:12), cleansing (Isaiah 4:4), and purging (Malachi 3:2-3). In Daniel 3, King Nebuchadnezzar had ordered the furnace to be heated seven times more than usual and ordered Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to be tied up and thrown into the fiery furnace. As they were thrown in the fire, the very men who carried out the intended punishment were killed because of the great heat.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us out of your hand, O king. But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up." Daniel 3:16-18 ESV

The things that the enemy plans to use to destroy you in this season will be the very things that bring the goodness of God to the forefront in your life. Do not fear what the enemy may do, but be steadfast and rejoice in what the Lord has already done.

Then King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished and rose up in haste. He declared to his counselors, "Did we not cast three men bound into the fire?" They answered and said to the king, "True, O king." He answered and said, "But I see four men unbound, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt; and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods."

Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the burning fiery furnace; he declared, "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out, and come here!" Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the fire. And the satraps, the prefects, the governors, and the king's counselors gathered together and saw that the fire had not had any power over the bodies of those men. The hair of their heads was not singed, their cloaks were not harmed, and no smell of fire had come upon them.

Nebuchadnezzar answered and said, "Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants, who trusted in Him, and set aside the king's command, and yielded up their bodies rather than serve and worship any god except their own God. Therefore I make a decree: Any people, nation, or language that speaks anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be torn limb from limb, and their houses laid in ruins, for there is no other god who is able to rescue in this way." Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon." Daniel 3:24-30 ESV

Not only will God deliver you through fiery trials, but He will also bring glory to His own name as we lay down our very lives in obedience to Him. Those who boldly embrace the testing in this season will give God opportunity to reveal His mighty power through their lives which will open doors of opportunity and prosperity.

A Time for Becoming a Friend of God

"As I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was upon my tent," Job 29:4 ESV

True friends are going to be extremely important in this season, but friendship with God is going to be of utmost importance. Job said that he was in his prime when his life was one of friendship with God. There has been much emphasis in recent years on becoming the Bride of Christ, which I absolutely love and embrace in my own life. But I find the Holy Spirit speaking to me lately about being a friend of God. A primary result of remaining steadfast under trial is that it pulls you in to that deeper place of absolute dependence on Him.

Beyond having more of God, fulfilling your purpose, ministering to others, or even doing the Father's will, your greatest purpose is to be a minister to God. That may just sound like the correct thing to say, but it becomes a reality in times of testing. God will allow trials to remove everything you depend on more than Him. He will bring you to the place where you realize that nothing matters more than Him having all of you. This is the place where you begin to understand that every bit of your life is meant to be an act of worship. It will take your entire lifetime to fulfill, but those who have come to the personal understanding of this revelation are the ones that I perceive to be friends of God.

A Time for Increasing in Favor with God and Man

2010 will be a year for increasing in favor with God and man. I have been seeing "6", which is the number of man (Genesis 1:26-31), and then "1", which is significant of God, who is the beginning of all things (Genesis 1:1). As I meditated on this, the Holy Spirit led me to Isaiah 61, which speaks of the year that the Lord's favor brings not only justice, freedom, and effectiveness, but also prosperity and the favor of man.

"Strangers shall stand and tend your flocks; foreigners shall be your plowmen and vinedressers; but you shall be called the priests of the Lord; they shall speak of you as the ministers of our God; you shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory you shall boast. Instead of your shame there shall be a double portion; instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their lot; therefore in their land they shall possess a double portion; they shall have everlasting joy." Isaiah 61:5-7 ESV

In the original Hebrew text for Isaiah 61:7, it basically says "therefore possess double." Doubling is exponential increase, which is multiplication. The Lord is restoring an anointing for multiplication. He has been reminding me of when Elisha asked that a double portion of Elijah's spirit be upon him. After Elijah went up to Heaven in a whirlwind, the sons of the prophets noticed that the spirit of Elijah did indeed rest on Elisha. As the spirit on Elisha exponentially increased, it quickly became evident that he had grown in favor with both God and man. This is a season for the increasing favor on your life to be made evident as you rise up as priests of the Lord and ministers of our God (1 Peter 2:9, Revelation 1:6; Revelation 5:10).

Summary

• It is critical for you to prepare and position yourself appropriately now, to be located where God directs you and to resolve to imitate what you see Him doing.

• 2010 will be a time of testing, but if you allow God to work in you it will result in a revelation of Christ to the world around you for His praise, glory, and honor.

• The things that the enemy plans to use to destroy you in this season will be the very things that bring the goodness of God to the forefront in your life.

• Those who boldly embrace the testing in this season will give God opportunity to reveal His mighty power through their lives, which will open doors of opportunity and prosperity.

• True friends are going to be extremely important in this season, but friendship with God is going to be of utmost importance.

• 2010 will be a year for increasing in favor with God and man.

• This is a season for the increasing favor on your life to be made evident as you rise up as priests of the Lord and ministers of our God.

Jeremy Caris
Abiding Glory Ministries
Email: info@abidingglory.com

Jeremy Caris serves as the Media Director for Abiding Glory Ministries and as an Associate Pastor on the Pastoral Leadership Team at The Habitation. Jeremy longs to see the Body of Christ demonstrating both the character and power of Jesus which flows from the surrendered life. Jeremy typically teaches on the deep things of the Spirit in such a way that empowers Believers to shift into a lifestyle which releases "on Earth as it is in Heaven." As he ministers, he demonstrates the Kingdom through prophetic ministry, healing, and miracles. He also equips Believers to minister prophetically and live in a deep awareness of the spiritual realm through his two schools, "Prophetic Ministry Boot Camp," and "Advanced Prophetic Training." Jeremy and his wife Mandy live in Knoxville, Tennessee, along with their two sons.

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1-18-10

On Saturday evening Beth and I were discussing our desire for something more than we were experiencing at CTC. Beth seemed especially discouraged and said she had lost some hope. She wanted to find hope again. We then both thought of visiting church at OCF (Olathe Christian Fellowship) on Sunday morning and both were excited about doing that.

We went to OCF Sunday morning and both were quite pleased with what we experienced there. I especially enjoyed the worship, the expounding on the Word by Jeff Parks, the prayer time with Pastor Larry, and the sermon by a First Nations man who talked about the Hebrew words in Genesis 1 and what the Holy Spirit did over the waters (shaking) that brought forth light. And I saw it as a prophetic sign that Brian Cary moved across in front of the group carrying a banner with the word HOPE on it. We were warmly welcomed by friends whom we knew there and by people we didn't know. We think we are to now begin attending Sunday morning worship there. This seems to be the place the Lord is leading us to now and where there is hope for us.

Brian Cary was there and the Lord told him to stay in his seat after church was over because someone would come and talk to him. He waited a long time and kept asking the Lord about this because no one came to do that. Then that someone turned out to be us when we went over and started talking to him. He asked us how it was going at CTC and we hesitated to speak of our dissatisfaction. However Brian had also gone through such a disillusionment there and eventually changed to OCF. He talked with both of us for a long time encouraging us to make the break with CTC and find out where God wanted us to go, and then go there. He spoke to me about loyalty (as if he was listening to the Lord and He gave that word to him) and that I should give loyalty to the Lord, but not necessarily to a church body. He mentioned that he saw a "mothering spirit" very strong in me that touched people around me even if I didn't say a word to them - and that I could be in ministry even without saying a word. He mentioned to Beth that she had lots of gifts that the Lord will use.

Brian told us the story of his struggle to leave CTC and how he searched for a new church. He told us how he asked the Lord to show him which church to go to. The Lord told him to get out the phone book and open it. It opened to the church section. Then the Lord told him to look down the columns. When he came to OCF, he said it was as if the name was highlighted and as if it was the only name on the whole page; the rest disappeared. He had been given "OCF" previously but didn't know what it meant and did not know about OCF. So he visited there and found that was truly the right place for him. He said it was revealed to him some of the things that were coming to OCF and wanted to be there and participate in them, but he didn't tell us what those things were.

So Beth and I left OCF encouraged and went to lunch at China Star and talked about the decision. During the church time I felt the Lord was impressing in my mind that we could go to OCF all the Sundays a month but one and visit CTC during that one. So we might do that. We plan to start in the direction of attending OCF and see how God leads.

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This morning in my meditation time the Lord brought to mind my Mom and Dad and again indicated that they are both in heaven. He told me that my earthly Dad loved me but didn't know how to express that love in a way that I understood it. He expressed it in the way he, a man, thought was being loving - by providing for me - like picking me up at the train station in Ft. Wayne when I returned from Japan, and letting me live free in his home, and providing a car for me and taking care of it. God said that the house we lived in was Dad's house, he had bought it, and he provided for us in it as well as by his daily work. (I'm adding, He also provided for our spiritual needs by taking us to church and to church camp.) In heaven we will have great freedom to hug each other and express our love without the restrictions taught us on earth through our families and circumstances.

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I'm reading a book I got from the library called Images of Heaven: Reflections on Glory by Calvin Miller. It gives writings and thoughts about heaven by various authors. I am enjoying "listening" to these writings and seeing what these people's thoughts were. There are a couple I would like to print here:
By Charles Haddon Spurgeon: 
An old theologian once said, "Who chides a servant for taking away the first course of a feast when the second consists of far greater delicacies?" Who then can regret that this present world passes away when he sees that an eternal world of joy is coming? The first course is grace, but the second is glory, and that is as much better as the fruit is better than the blossom.
By John Wesley: 
I'll praise my Maker while I've breath; And when my voice is lost in death Praise shall employ my nobler powers; My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life and thought and being last, Or immortality endures.

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And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father [have personal knowledge of Him, be acquainted with, and understand Him; appreciate, heed and cherish Him] and serve Him with a blameless heart and a willing mind. For the Lord searches all hearts and minds and understands all the wanderings of the thoughts. If you seek Him [inquiring for and of Him and requiring Him as your first and vital necessity] you will find Him. (1 Chronicles 28:9 AMP)

Yes, I want you to go to OCF now. I will tell you if you are to go back to CTC anymore. Trust Me in this and follow Me. I will show you the way.

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1-19-10

I'm reading John Bevere's book The Voice of One Crying. In a chapter he deals with the area of pride, what it is, how it manifests, etc. 

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JOURNAL 1-20-10 Wednesday

Am I ready to forsake all for You, Lord?

You have forsaken all, Joan. You forsook all when you spent 5 years living by faith trusting Me to provide what you needed. You know you don't want to live without anything now, and that bothers you. But you also know you must have something to live on, and that I am the Provider of whatever that is. When you were ready to let Me, I gave you a job as a church secretary for 10 years. Then, when you were ready, and Beth was ready, and I was ready, you agreed to live on only what I provided from Social Security. While that is enough, that is what you will get. But if and when you need more, then I will provide for you more, in some manner appropriate at that time. So trust in Me, Joan, and know that yes, you are submitted to Me as Lord. I know you need money/supplies to live. I will not require you to live without those. I created you to need those things (food, water, clothes, shelter) and I will provide those for you as you need them. In heaven I will provide for all your needs, and on earth I will provide for all your needs. So do not be afraid that I will require or ask you to do without your needs being met. I do not do that.

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1-21-10

I awoke about 2:00 a.m. The Lord began to instruct me saying over and over to me:
All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. (Matthew 28:18-20)

He kept saying to me ALL POWER AND ALL AUTHORITY and emphasizing this power and authority was greater than ALL, greater than Satan. He said He wanted to give me this same authority and power that is His, and He wanted me to be one of His end time army, and that He was the Captain of the Hosts and that His angels would always be with me asserting this power and authority when I called upon His name, Jesus. He said He would give me the words to say and what to do and I was to just follow this - as He listened to His Father and followed what He saw and heard Him doing. He said He was calling each person who was to be part of this end time army, and I was one of them. He said I would know I had His authority and power when He healed my body of the many things I have been asking Him to heal for years. When the healing comes, the power and authority will come at the same time. He has told me many times that He had a purpose for waiting to heal me. It is to be this sign.

And I said yes to Him. Amen.

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1-22-10

I am with you, Joan. The stories of people who experienced personally heaven and hell are on the web as you found last night at www.insightofgod.com.. You may go there each evening when Beth isn't here and listen to those testimonies, as well as read the updates of what I am telling and showing various ministries (i.e. MorningStar.com for Rick Joyner, etc.). When Beth IS here in the evening you may listen together to the many teaching materials you both have to hear teachings I've given various men/women (like PK Davis, etc.) This will help keep you filled with My Spirit and focusing your life and thoughts on Me. 

Do you see a big change in that focus recently? (Yes) That's because you have been listening to these teachings in the evening as well as spending your mornings with Me in Quiet Time, praying and studying My Word, and I am working in you much more strongly now than I was previously. You allow it by your daily focus on Me. 

These heavenly encounters you will hear on that web site will be individual ones, each one suited to the uniqueness of the person who had it…just like My relationship with each of My children who belong to Me is unique to that person. I made it that way. I like variety. There are no cookie-cutter relationships in My kingdom. Each one is personal and unique, as you have been thinking lately. Yours included.

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Yesterday I read an email article written by Matt Sorger with things the Lord has shown him for 2010. I copied and pasted here this one thing he mentioned which caught my attention since I am a writer for the Lord:

There will be an Anointing for Writing in 2010
Those called to write and publish will come under a fresh scribe anointing by the Holy Spirit, enabling them to write and publish the heart and mind of God.

Matt Sorger
Matt Sorger Ministries
Email: info@mattsorger.com

From ElijahList.com

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I love you, Joan, and I will do My best for you. You already have a place reserved for you in My heaven, a place you will grow into in your time yet on this earth, but I already know what that place is and what you will do. I will bring it about in due time, in due time. It will be lived out one step at a time as you live each day and each hour. Just stay close to Me and follow Me - that is your part of the equation.  

It is all planned out, and it is good. Good for you and good for Me, and good for others that you will minister to. That ministry will primarily be through this writing you do almost daily for Me. And, yes, I will place on you a "fresh scribe anointing" by My Holy Spirit, and you WILL write and publish "the heart and mind of God." That message was for you, among others. I have many who write for Me and I will complete the work of My Father in each one who does this, including you. I will complete it. 

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1-23-10

During the night the Lord guided me to look again at some difficulties I had to deal with when I worked at FUMC. He helped me see my sin in several different situations and confess those to Him and receive forgiveness, and then to again forgive and bless those various people…so I could "pray for those who spitefully use you." The Lord seems to like to let me sleep until around 3-4:00 in the morning and then bring things to my mind that I am to deal with, or situations He wants me to pray for, or something He wants to teach me. It is a good time with Him.

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1-24-10

We visited OCM again today and really liked their worship and the whole service, but I especially liked the worship. It was so special and meaningful that I told Beth that I wanted to continue to go there for the worship. They had it for about 1 1/4 hours and then the announcements and sermon. Then they had the children pray for adults. 

M and D went with us since they wanted to experience church there. They are looking for the right place for them for now. After church the four of us went to the restaurant called "Sweet Tomatoes." It was a buffet type restaurant at one basic set price. For that you got a very nice salad buffet, a pasta bar, a baked goods bar, and a dessert bar. It was very nice.

Then, in the afternoon Beth and I took naps, as we were both tired, and listened to another PK Davis teaching in the evening. We called K because it was her birthday and she told us they had bought a house in Auburn, CA on a 5-acre lot and would be closing on it early in February. They plan to fence in a nice area for their dogs to run in. She got a new puppy so that makes 4 dogs for them.

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1-25-10

I am really enjoying reading sections on the web site: www.insightsofgod.com where there are lots of audio and written testimonies from people who have encountered Heaven, and a few who have encountered Hell. I plan to spend more time reading and listening on that web site this week.

At that web site, in the book (While Out of My Body, I Saw God, Hell and The Living Dead) by Dr. Rogelio Mills, he writes what he was taught about the various sections of Hell. It includes information (pp. 25-28) about the four sections of Hell:

1.	Sheol
-	World of the dead or the grave
-	Centuries ago was world of ungodly and godly dead
2.	Hades
-	Place of departed souls and spirits
-	Before Jesus' resurrection it is where sinners went
-	Before resurrection it had 2 sections with impassable gulf
-	Right upper part: Abraham's bosom/Paradise for believers in God in OT times (Now it is room of the Cursed)
-	Abraham's bosom/Paradise in Hades is where Jesus preached for 3 days to spirits there and took them to the New Paradise in the 3rd Heaven (and resurrected them - they are the ones who are mentioned in the Bible as those who came out of their graves and walked around at the resurrection)
-	Left lower part: fiery pits of Hades for OT period people who didn't believe in God
3.	Tartaros
-	For those who disobey God's Holy Word
-	Called the outer darkness of hell
-	Many jail cells there
-	Contains the angels who sexually sinned with women of earth before Noah's flood (2 Peter 2:4; Jude 1:6)
-	Bound in chains
-	Zophos and Choshek: darkness, blackness, gloomy surrounding mist, misery, destruction, death, sorrow, wickedness (Matt 8:12)
4.	Gehenna
-	Those who completely reject Jesus
-	Fire not quenched (Matt 5:22; 29-30; Mark 9:43-47)
-	Name of Jerusalem's public garbage dumping site and dead criminals burned there
-	Unbearable stench
-	In Valley of Hinnom
-	For Devil and his angels (Matt 25:41)

Outer darkness of Hell is located in 2nd heaven for those who willfully reject Jesus.

Heaven is in the 3rd heaven for believers.

Great White Throne Judgement Day - all the world will witness it

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1-26-10

I've started reading a book by Charles Stanley called Landmines in the Path of the Believer. So far I have found it very good reading. He deals with the landmines of pride, jealousy and envy, insecurity, compromise, unforgiveness, disappointment, fear, immorality and slothfulness. I am looking forward to reading more in it.

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1-28-10

A DREAM ABOUT SEEING BLUE PARAGRAPHS ON A PAGE

(2:30-3:00 a.m.) In the dream it seemed as if a ball in my throat, which I swallowed, was a piece of a written article, which I saw as a blue paragraph. Then I kept seeing other blue paragraphs highlighted. The paragraphs were in two columns on a page. I tried to keep from swallowing more paragraphs, as I would see them one-at-a-time and see where they fit on the page. The sections/paragraphs were highlighted by being blue.

I wrote down the dream, left the light on, and dozed/rested. But the Lord kept talking to me, so every so often I wrote again what He was saying:

The overcomers are the obedient ones. The obedient ones are the overcomers.

"Washing group" after "washing group." 

(Are the blue paragraphs? I'm not sure what this meant.)

(3:21 a.m.) 
All is in order.

The song going through my head is "Here I am to worship"

Here I am to worship
Here I am to bow down,
Here I am to say that You're my God.
You're altogether lovely,
Altogether worthy,
Altogether wonderful to me.

I'll never know how much it cost,
To see my sin upon that cross.

(3:33 a.m.)
That's the way to worship: SAY: here I am to worship, bow down, and say who I am to you.

That's the way You want me to worship You?

Yes. Proclaim who I am and that you are worshiping Me and bowing down before Me. I'll hear you and know what you are doing and receive your worship.

The idea comes that I tell Him by faith, not by sight.

Bowing down is an attitude of the heart. We'll do this more and more - waking around 3:00 and writing together. This is about Me, not about you and/or your sleep. You just be obedient and write what I say.

It might be through a dream or some other way I wake you up. Then write - like now. I'll see that you get enough rest.

Hand writing is better than computer writing at this time (early morning). While you're in your prayer closet, listen to Me - as I have much to say to you.

And this is my prayer closet?

Yes, when you're talking to Me.

I was resting between writing things and I put my hands in the pockets of the sweat jacket I was wearing for warmth. Then I said: "Putting my hands in my pockets gives me a feeling of being "covered" by You.

You ARE covered by Me, day and night, all the time.

I like being "covered" by You, Lord.

It is My pleasure to do so.

Thank You!

You're welcome, My child. It is because I love you. And I will ALWAYS protect you and cover you with My Presence. That's why you have peace and quiet, Joan, because of My covering.

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(Another day [2-15-10] while reading this dream the Lord revealed to me that "swallowing" that ball was like the Prophet being told to "eat the scroll" given him. Then he was to proclaim what it said. Similarly, I was given a ball to "swallow" which contained words which I was to write out for others to see. They were "blue paragraphs," which means they were spiritual words.)

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1-29-10

I am reading through the book A Harmony of the Four Gospels, Second edition, The New International Version by Orville E. Daniel. I found it at the Good Will Store and bought it. I like reading from it because it places beside each other all four of the Gospels in chronological order so I can read it that way. It also places in bold print the most inclusive part of each section, so if you read the bold parts, you get all of what was written by the four. I am thankful I have it.

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1-31-10

Today we went to Olathe Christian Fellowship. Captain Bob was the speaker and he carries the presence of the Lord with him. A couple of the men in the congregation were touched with laughing, and laughed so hard and long they clutched their sides. After Bob spoke to us awhile, he had the children line up in the front to receive the Spirit's touch through him. He took with him Noel Alexander's son and trained him in doing this. He had the son put his hand on top of his father's hand and then touch the person/child. Many of the children fell under the power of the Spirit. Then Bob had them get up and taught them to minister to others. The service lasted from 10:30 to ~1.30. Then Beth and I left and went to China Star to eat.

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2-1-10

Andrew Wommack 
February Newsletter 

A Better Way to Pray

February 2010

Dear Friend,

Decades ago, I was participating in an all-night prayer meeting bombarding the gates of heaven. I remember beating the wall and yelling, "God, if You loved the people in Arlington, Texas, half as much as I do, we'd have revival!" Immediately, my lightning-fast mind realized that something was seriously wrong with my theology. What was I thinking?

Did I really believe I loved these people more than God did? No, not exactly. Like many Christians, I believed God was angry with the human condition, and it was up to me to turn Him from wrath and judgment. I was interceding, or so I thought, pleading with God on the behalf of others. What could possibly be wrong with that? As I learned later, a lot.

The things the Lord has revealed to me about prayer since then have totally changed my life, and I'm now seeing miraculous results. If you aren't getting the results you know the Lord wants you to have, maybe it's time to consider a better way to pray. I'm not saying that anyone who doesn't pray as I do is "of the devil." I wasn't "of the devil" in the way I used to pray. I loved God with all my heart, and the Lord loved me. But the results weren't there.

First, we need to recognize that God isn't angry at mankind anymore. He is no longer imputing or holding our sins against us.

"God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation" (2 Cor. 5:19).

We are NOW reconciled to God through Jesus. That means we are in harmony and are friendly with God right now. He isn't mad; He's not even in a bad mood. The war between God and man is over. That's what the angels proclaimed at the birth of Jesus.

Luke 2:14 says,

"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men."

These angels weren't saying that peace would reign on earth and that wars between people would cease. That certainly hasn't happened. They were proclaiming the end of war between God and man. Jesus paid a price that was infinitely greater than the sins of the whole human race.

God's wrath and justice have been satisfied. Jesus changed everything. God isn't angry. His mercy extends to all people. He loves the world, not just the church, but the whole world. He paid for all sin.

The Scriptures say in 1 John 2:2: "And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world."

In the Old Testament, God's judgment was poured out on both individuals and nations. In the New Testament, God's judgment was poured out on Jesus. That is the nearly-too-good-to-be-true news of the Gospel. We no longer get what we deserve; we get what Jesus paid the price for, if we will only believe.

Before I understood this, I would say, "If God doesn't judge America, He will have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah." Now I say, "If God judges America, He will have to apologize to Jesus." Understanding what Jesus did completely changes our perspective.

Second, Jesus is now the Mediator. A mediator is one who seeks to reconcile, or make peace between, two opposing parties. In the Old Testament, man had not yet been reconciled to God through Jesus. The people needed a mediator, someone to intercede with God on their behalf. That is where we find people like Abraham and Moses pleading with God.

In Genesis 18:23-25, Abraham interceded with God on behalf of Sodom and Gomorrah:

"Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?"

In fact, Abraham actually negotiated with God until He agreed not to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah for the sake of ten righteous people. But there weren't ten righteous people in the whole city, and only some of Lot's family survived. A similar account is recorded in Exodus 32:9-12 and 14. Here God was furious with the people, and Moses interceded for them:

"The LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people: Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation. And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people…And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people."

Moses actually told God, "Repent!" What nerve! What's more amazing is that God repented. From these and other stories in the Old Testament, modern-day "intercessors" believe we, too, must stand in the gap, or mediate, between God and man. Just as I did decades ago, they believe we must plead with God to save the lost, to withhold His wrath from those He is ready to judge, and to be merciful to those whose needs He is unwilling to meet because of their unworthiness.

That couldn't be further from the truth, but it is what's being taught in many churches today. It ignores the fact that Jesus is now seated at the right hand of the Father (Heb. 10:12), ever making intercession for us (Heb. 7:25). If Moses or Abraham could persuade God, don't you think Jesus could do at least as well?

In 1 Timothy 2:5, we read: "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus."

In the New Covenant, Jesus is the ONLY mediator needed to stand between God the Father and mankind. Sin is no longer a problem with God; it's been atoned for, and we are now the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. That is how God sees us. If we understand that, it will change the way we pray.

It was appropriate for Abraham and Moses to pray as they did because God's wrath had not yet been appeased through Jesus. Today, under the New Covenant, if people try to mediate in that way, they are actually antichrist—against Christ. They are saying that Jesus was not enough and are not esteeming what Christ has done. When Jesus became our Mediator, He put all other mediators out of business—forever. I know these words are strong, but they are the truth.

Satan is behind much of the wrong teaching on "prayer." Consider how crafty his plan is and the fruit it produces. He has convinced believers to stay in their closets, taking the place of Jesus in intercession. They spend hours pleading with God to turn from His wrath, to pour out His Spirit, and to meet the needs of the people.

Meanwhile, families, coworkers, and neighbors are going to hell and dying from disease. The Bible doesn't say that salvation comes through intercession, but by the foolishness of preaching (1 Cor. 1:21). And we are not told to pray for the sick, but to heal the sick (Matt. 10:8) by commanding healing into their broken bodies.

We have been deceived into believing prayer is all about persuading God to release His power. We believe He can save, heal, and deliver but that He is waiting on us to shape up and earn it. The truth is, we don't deserve it, and we will never be good enough. Because of Jesus, all that God has is ours. That's good news. We no longer need to beg or plead; we need to exercise the authority He has given us and receive His blessings.

There really is a better way to pray. I am not saying it's the only way, but it is working for me. I have only touched on this subject in this letter, so I encourage you to order my book, A Better Way to Pray. 

This message is also available in a CD or DVD album. In the book and albums, I talk about the primary purpose of prayer; the importance of speaking to your mountain about God, not to God about your mountain; the process of prayer; and I reveal many of the misconceptions about prayer.

These truths have changed the way I pray and the results I get. More importantly, I believe they could revolutionize the body of Christ. I pray that you will take advantage of these truths and help me share them with others. To order, go to our website at www.awmi.net or call the Helpline at 719-635-1111.

We love you,

Andrew & Jamie
 
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Article by Chuck Missler in the K-House newsletter for January 26, 2010

PERFECT LOVE CASTS OUT FEAR

"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." John 14:27 

Tragedy is a reality in this world. We lose things; houses, cars, savings. We lose people we love, sometimes very suddenly. We get that phone call, that knock on the door, that diagnosis, the one that shoots cold pain into the centers of our stomachs.. We remember those gut-twisting moments for the rest of our lives. The worst thing about them is not just the loss we've experienced, but the perpetual fear of future losses. Anticipation of "the worst" can taint every day of our lives for years. Yet, God tells us to not fear, but to trust wholly in Him. How does that work when the fear is there and very real? How can it work? 

Fear is natural, and it is a normal response to uncertainty and danger. Yet, fear is not a virtue like caution or prudence. Fear simply robs our lives of joy. The question is therefore, how do we face joblessness or drive on bad tires we can't afford to replace? How do we remember the loss of a child and not cling desperately to the children we have left? How do we live in peace and victory? 

Certainly trusting God and putting Him first is the answer. But, while it is easy to say we need to trust God, it is often much harder to do. Simon Peter knew Jesus personally and had watched him perform many miracles, and yet as he walked out to Jesus on the water, he was still frightened by the wind and waves, and he began to sink. We understand Peter; we're just like him. 

So, how can we stop being afraid of the wind and waves when they are loud and crashing into our faces? 

We learn about God.

"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness."  -2 Timothy 3:16

"Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.  He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you." -John 16:13-14

It's difficult to trust a stranger.  If we want to conquer fear, we need to start by truly getting to know who God is by prayerfully reading through His Word.  We also need to ask God for the guidance of His Spirit. God is glad to give us His Spirit to help us (Luke 11:11-13).

We believe God loves us.

"There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment." -1 John 4:18 

When God says He loves us, we believe Him.  It's not humble to say, "Oh, I'm not important to God."  God knows the number of hairs on our heads (Matthew 10:29-31).  We are extremely valuable to Him. No matter what we feel (feelings come and go with hormones and food), we need to just start taking God at His word.  He said He loves us, we should believe Him.   

[He does love us. He lavishes us with value. He loves us so much that He allowed His precious Son to be mocked and beaten and slaughtered in order to buy us back from death. It wasn't a whim. It was the amazing, deep, true love of a mighty God. We need to choose to believe that.] 

We also need to remember that He doesn't love us because of how good we are. He loves us because of how good He is. That means that when we've had a really rotten day and we've messed up, we don't have to run and hide from Him. We can run to Him and seek His healing and cleansing right away.  

We love God back.

"We love him, because he first loved us." - 1 John 4:19 

How do we love God? We obey Him (John 14:15). And when we fail, we quickly confess and repent from sin.  We listen to Him. We trust Him. We worship Him. He gave His Son for us, which alone is worth all the rejoicing in the world.  

Praise and worship bring amazing results.  We can say, "I believe you love me," but turning that into, "Thank you for loving me," makes all the difference. We can praise God for His protection, thank Him for His love, delight ourselves in Him. It is safe in His arms. It is safe living in the center of His will, no matter where His will leads us. And as we praise Him and worship Him and enjoy Him, the fear cannot remain. 

We remember that our lives are not our own.

" What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's." 1Corinthians 6:19-20 

One song's lyrics say: "Thank you, Jesus, for the life you've given me. Thank you, Jesus, for the things I cannot see. I will worship you, the great and mighty Prince of Peace. I will honor you, Lord of Love, King of Kings. Here's my life a sacrifice to you. Here's my life a sacrifice to you." 

When our lives truly belong to Christ and we are wholly given over to His purposes, then we know that every thing – even tragedy – will be used for excellent, wonderful things. He can use it all. As Paul said:

"For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal." -2 Corinthians 4:16-18 

Fear sometimes seems unbeatable. To us, our fears are very real, and the salt water up our sinuses can be painful each time we crash under the ocean waves. But, in God's power, in God's eyes, they are nothing. To God, the terrible monsters that rise up above us to destroy us are merely origami tigers. They look fierce, but in God's hands they are no real danger. God does not need a good economy to provide for us and pay our bills. If He sees fit to give us a broken down car to drive, then He is capable of holding that broken down car together for us. He can protect our children and our loved ones. He alone can heal our hearts, and He is never worried. 

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Further information about the web site "Insights of God"
Sunday, January 24, 2010 

I sent this email to my brothers, sisters, and children:
 
I spent some more time browsing through the web site called www.insightsofgod.com about which I sent information to you recently. I thought I would mention this information to you so you can get an overview of what is available in it. Then you could more easily select the information that might interest you. I know I plan to listen to and read quite a number of items available there.
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The TITLE is: Insights of God: Experiences and Visions of Eternity
 
Click on the HOME PAGE for individuals who experienced heaven or hell and write or tell about that experience. I plan to listen to many of these. Several of these people have been guest speakers at my church (i.e. Ian McCormack, Bob Jones, Mahesh Chavda). There is a description with each testimony telling what it is about on that home page.
 
Click on BIOGRAPHIES OF OVERCOMERS and read about such people as John Wesley, David Brainerd, Madame Guyon, etc.
 
Click on PURITAN AND MYSTIC TEACHINGS and read about such people as Jonathan Edwards and Kierkegaard.
 
Click on ANCIENT TESTS and read texts like The Apocrypha of Paul, The Book of Enoch, etc.
 
Click on SPIRITUAL WARFARE and read of various men and their teachings on that subject.
 
Click on OTHER RESOURCES and find places where you can get Evangelism Resources (i.e. Mark Cahill), Teaching Resources (i.e. Sid Roth shows), and Prophetic Resources (i.e. Patricia King who has spoken at our church).
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I hope listening to these testimonies and reading of the experiences of these people will help us understand that we each have a VERY IMPORTANT DECISION to make that will affect what will happen to us when we leave this earth. After that our future is set and there is no second chance to change our minds. What we do now while on earth will determine that eternal future, so it is exceedingly important that we all understand what our choices are now, before it is too late. I desire that all of us go to heaven and be together there. That is why I am sending you this information.
 
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2-2-10

Today I am reading the new book by Kevin Basconi called Dancing With Angels which he sent to Beth. It is absolutely fascinating! He tells of many encounters he has had with angels, how they interact with him, and how we can co-labor with them.

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Testimony by Jannet B. Canela
From website: www.InsightsOfGod.com
An 8 yr. old girl from Puerto Rico whom the Lord took to heaven for a visit

-VISION OF THE RAPTURE-

After that the Lord said, "Servant I will show you the rapture, I will show you how My coming will be."  So I said, "Lord I have already seen many things, why are you going to show me more?"  Then we arrive at the Throne of God, and I saw thousands and thousands of angels gathered together there.  Then we started to go down, and the Lord and I stopped in a very white beautiful cloud.  The Lord gave orders to the angels to come and receive the church, and the Lord told me, "Servant watch carefully, because this is the way it will be when I come back, this will be My coming."

I saw people raised from the four corners of the Earth, praising the Name of the Lord.  All those people were cover with the power of God. They were dressed in white robes rising up and up.  They began to sing a very beautiful song, "Holy, Holy, Holy are thee oh Lord!  Thank You Father! For you have raised us!  Thank you Lord, for you have raised us!"  

I saw many different people, tall, short, dark, white.  All the people, and all those angels went up to the cloud where the Lord and I were.  All the people and angels were full of thanksgiving to the Lord, and we all said, "Holy! Holy! Holy are thee oh Lord!"  It was such a tremendous thing, I saw so many people that I thought I knew them.  They all were cover with the glory of God.  
 
-VISION OF THE TRIBULATION-

After that we arrived at the Throne of God, and the Lord said, "Servant, come here."  We went out of the Throne room and arrived at a place with a very tiny window.  The Lord said, "Servant, now look down."   I saw terrible desolation, such tremendous desolation; the whole Earth was desolate and full of pain.  The Lord said, "Look servant, this is what is going to be after I have taken My people from the Earth, this will be after My coming, this will be when My church is here with Me."   I saw such tremendous desolation.
  
I saw people that were celebrating one moment, but then, I saw a father looking for his son, a mother looking for her daughters, but they couldn't find them, because Almighty God had taken them.  Relatives were looking for other relatives but they could not find them.  People were looking for their neighbors but couldn't find them, because the Lord had taken them up with Him.

Something terrible what was happening over all the Earth.  I saw a pastor running from one place to another, and I asked the Lord, "Lord, why does that man run from one place to another?"  The Lord replied, "Servant, this man was a pastor, but because he thought that I was going to delay, he was left behind.  He did not think that I was going to come now, he thought that it was going to take a long time before I would come back, and that is why he was left behind."  The pastor was running all over, saying "Lord, why was I left behind? If I am a pastor, if I have a position in the church, and the church is gone, I am left behind? Why have I been left behind?"  The Lord said, "Servant, I can't do anything now, he thought My coming was going to delay, well, he was left behind."

I saw how that man was persecuted.  He said, "The only thing I want is to be taken with Christ!  The only thing that I want is to be with the Lord because I do not want to be here and suffer in the great tribulation!"  He kept running from place to place and asking himself, "Why was I left behind? Take me with You Lord! I don't want to be here and suffer!"  The Lord said, "Servant, there is nothing I can do now, for a long time I talked with him and told him that I was going to come very soon, but he didn't believe me, well, now he is left behind."

I saw many other people running all over.  So many people were running, desperate trying to find peace but they could not find it.  They were shouting, "We want the Word of life!  We are thirsty of the Word of God!" But it was already too late, because the Lord had taken the church with Him.

I saw so many young girls and boys running through the bushes, running through the mountains trying to find peace.  They wanted peace but they could not find it.  The Lord told me why, "Servant I have already taken My church, and now satan is the one in control."  Satan was already ruling over the Earth and there was torment over all the Earth!  People were running from place to place.  People wanted to eat each other alive, and pull out each other's hair.  They blamed each other and hurt each other, because they wanted to find peace, but they couldn't find it!  It wasn't possible because the Lord had already taken His church.  

Such a terrible time on Earth, I saw such horrifying things. So many people were hurting each other, saying, "We want love! We want peace!"  But it was too late!  The Lord told me, "Look My servant, I talked to them, I spend time knocking at the hearts of these people, but they did not want to look for Me.  Well, now they are left behind, and there is nothing I can do for them now.  Why, because I have already taken My church with Me.  While all My people are with Me in heaven enjoying the marriage of the Lamb, all these people here will suffer great pain, and there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.  For they did not want to obey My Word, they preferred to make fun and criticize My Word."
 
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1-3-10

Last night as I read from the book by Kevin Basconi (Dancing With Angels; How You Can Work With Angels In Your Life) to Beth, she shared that perhaps an angel came and helped recently when L's car got stuck on the snow/ice buildup at the end of our driveway (put there by snowplows). Several people were helping Beth and Lisa to try to free her car, which was stuck on that snow. Beth said then a car drove up, a man got out without gloves or a coat fastened up, and proceeded to help shovel her car out. She wondered if that was an angel. Maybe it was.

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This is a message from Joel Rosenberg today via email:

(Washington, D.C., February 3, 2010) -- Iran this morning tested a new rocket capable of being used as an intercontinental ballistic missile. German intelligence says Iran will have a truck-sized nuclear weapon by the end of 2010. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says Ezekiel 37 has been fulfilled in our lifetime, raising questions about how soon the "War of Gog and Magog" could come true. Libya just signed a $1.8 billion arms deal with Russia. A new reserve of 6 trillion cubic feet of natural gas has just been discovered off the coast of Israel. But never as Israel been more isolated internationally. 

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The Father's good pleasure
January 10, 2010
by John Paul Jackson
www.streamsministry.com

". . . Just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will . . .”
— Ephesians 1:4–5

If you have children, then you probably know what it is like to find pleasure in small giggly faces, tiny hands that tug on your fingers and little arms that hang around your neck, or your leg, or reach for you in the dark after a bad dream.

Sometimes, as parents, it becomes necessary to do certain things in a certain way for the sole purpose of hearing the giggles again. We can guess how our children will respond to our actions, so we take those actions because we want the smiles. We want the delight, and we want our kids to know they are loved.

This, I believe, is a reflection of our daily relationship with God. We are His children. He takes pleasure in us the way we take pleasure in our kids, only it is far deeper and broader for Him, because He is not limited to finite experience.

Some of you may have heard me tell this story before, but I tell it again now because it displays this concept. In this story, God acted on my behalf. There were a hundred different ways He could have done it, but instead, He chose to do it in a way that still blows my mind.

Several years ago, I flew to Europe for a month of conferences. When I left the Los Angeles airport, I was feeling sick but figured it was simply the 24-hour flu. However, a few days and two conferences later, I still wasn't feeling any better, and after the third conference, I felt even worse.

By the time I arrived at the sixth conference, I was in really bad shape. I had intense, stabbing pain under my ribcage, and my whole body was swollen. At 2:30 in the morning, I started complaining to the Lord about my situation.

"God, I'm really sick. This is not a cold; this is not the flu. I know You know that, but I just want to remind You that I know that. If You don't heal me, I'm going to check in to the hospital in the morning. Lord, You make the choice. It's up to You — the conference or the hospital?”

After my little heart-to-heart with God, I became aware of someone standing beside the bed. I looked over and saw an old man who appeared to be in his 80s. He had thin white hair slicked back on his head, and his wrinkled, weathered complexion was very tan. He was staring at me.

O Lord, I thought, I told You I was sick! Now I'm hallucinating! I think there's a man standing next to my bed. 

Then something occurred to me. Wait a minute. This could be an angel from the Lord. But no, that couldn't be it. He was too old to be an angel. I had seen a few middle-aged angels but no elderly ones.

Okay, Lord, I finally told Him, if this old man is really here, I want him to reach out his hand and place it on my hand so I can feel the weight and heat from his hand. None of this spirit stuff where he puts his hand through me — I want to feel him here! 

The old man reached out his hands, placed them on my hands and said, "I've come to pray for you so that you might get well.”

As he began to pray, I felt heat pass from his hands through my hands and into my body, slowly rolling up my chest and down my legs, as if a scroll were being unrolled from my torso. In front of the scroll was intense pain; behind the scroll was no pain. As it moved through my body, it felt thick, like liquid honey. Instantly, I was healed.

As I stared at the old man, he began to smile. Then, in the blink of an eye, he disappeared right in front of me. One second he was there — the next he was gone.

I jumped out of bed, exclaiming, "O God, thank You! This is so great! You're so wonderful! Thank You for sending Your angel to heal me!”

But then God clearly replied, "I didn't.”

I was stunned. "O God, if that wasn't an angel — it wasn't the devil, was it? I'm going to die. He healed me to kill me! Lord, I didn't mean to complain so hard.”

But the Lord responded, "It wasn't him.”

Well, if it wasn't an angel, I thought, and it wasn't the devil, who was it? 

The Lord answered my question with a vision. He showed me that the old man was from Mexico and lived outside a small, obscure village. I saw the man in his prayer time, on his knees in his little sod hut, beseeching the Lord, "O God, I'm an old man. There's very little that I can do, and I love You so much. Do You even know I exist? I'm nothing. I live outside this little village, and no one even knows I'm here. Do You even know I'm here? Do You know I exist? Is there any way You could use me? What can I do for You? How can You use me here?”

I saw the Lord transport the man to Geneva, where I was, and God told me, "I took him and I used him to heal you, then I sent him back.”

I was awestruck. God moved on my behalf, and He chose to do it like that — in a way that I never would have thought of.

Our Father takes pleasure in His kids. This is one of the foundations of our faith. Without this understanding, it would be difficult to have an accurate picture of who He is. Just as we would not want our own children to miss the pleasure we take in them, so He does not want us to miss His heart.
 
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2-4-10

A DREAM ABOUT A MISSING CHAIR LEG AND SMALL GRAY FUZZY CREATURES

In this dream I was preparing for my last class with my students. I took my materials into the classroom area and began to set them up and set up places for the students to sit. I realized that the chair I was going to use to place my teaching materials on had a leg missing, so I was looking for a different chair to use for that purpose. The students (a few) arrived and we noticed a small gray fuzzy "creature" in the area. We knew it shouldn't be there so we were using a broom and trying to sweep it out of our classroom area and through a door near there. Then we also noticed a "baby" one, smaller, that was also there, so one of the students was trying to catch it to put it outside. These "creatures" were about like a 2-3 legged spider, fuzzy, gray, and about 2-3" in diameter.

In this dream I was preparing for my last class with my students. 
This may indicate that there is only a little time left to do my ministry/work on this earth.

I took my materials into the classroom area and began to set them up and set up places for the students to sit. This shows me preparing for this last opportunity.

I realized that the chair I was going to use to place my teaching materials on had a leg missing, so I was looking for a different chair to use for that purpose. 
Leg of chair missing may refer to lack of support, strength, or spiritual strength. This leg was missing on the chair/place where I wanted to place the materials I used for teaching. This could indicate that the place where I am putting my materials for teaching (the internet) lacks strength or support needed to hold up those materials.

The students (a few) arrived and we noticed a small gray fuzzy "creature" in the area. 
This gray fuzzy spider-like thing may represent something false, evil or sinful, something negatively affecting our lives or trying to, something trying to harm us, even though it looked small and soft.

We knew it shouldn't be there so we were using a broom and trying to sweep it out of our classroom area and through a door near there. 
This shows us trying to put away any sin or false ideas, perhaps by repentance or actively pushing it out of our room/lives.

Then we also noticed a "baby" one, smaller, that was also there, so one of the students was trying to catch it to put it outside also. 
We also needed to catch/notice and put out any small offshoot of that evil/sin/negative thing and also put it out the entranceway or opening.

This dream seems to be showing me that I need to strengthen the place where my teaching materials are placed and to find out what small evil, sin, or false thing needs to be gotten out of the learning area. Lord, I need Your revelation about what this dream means and what active steps I need to take regarding that. Will You help me?

The chair, Joan, represents you. You are strong in three out of four "legs" but without strength in the fourth "leg." So I will have to strengthen you. Ask Me to do that.

Lord, I ask You to strengthen me. Whatever needs to be brought into my life that is missing (that leg), please grow it in me and make me strong enough to hold up the materials You have given me to share with others through our books. And, what does that little fuzzy creature symbolize, Lord?

It's something false, something evil, which is trying to sneak into your teaching place/space. You don't have to know what it is, but just that you need to sweep it out of your life and influence. Ask Me to do that for you.

Lord, I don't know what negative/evil influence is trying to affect my life and my ministry of teaching, but You know. So I ask You to sweep that influence out the door and don't let it come back in ever again. And sweep out any offspring/baby that it might have left also. Will You do that, Lord? Will You see that this is accomplished?

Yes, as you place this in My hands, I will take care of getting rid of it so it will never influence you again - or influence any of those you have taught or will teach through our books. I needed to get your permission to do that, as I will not violate your will.

I give You my permission, Lord. I ASK You to get rid of the evil influence that is trying to subvert our books. I declare that You are doing that, Lord, in Jesus' name. Is that it, Lord? Does that take care of what the dream showed me?

Yes, it is now done. We co-labor on this too.

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The Lord led me to read Jeremiah 10 and 11. When I came to Jeremiah 11:14 I stopped and realized that it spoke a message to me from the Lord. It says:

Therefore do not pray for this people or lift up a cry or prayer for them, for I will not listen when they cry out to Me in the time of their evil trouble. (Jeremiah 11:14)

Then the Lord began to tell me to take off my "prayer bundle list" the country of America, my state, my city, and my President. He indicated that decisions had been made by people and all is now set and ready to take out His Bride and place wrath/judgment on the earth. It is not "soon;" it is now "now." The time has come. The Rapture could be at any moment.

When I went to my "prayer bundle list" to delete the above things, then I was reminded of the following Scriptures which were in my prayer folder. They are appropriate to be reminded of every day, and even several times a day:

I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope. (Psalm 130:5)

Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at my doorway. For whoever finds me finds life, and receives favor from the Lord. (Proverbs 8:34)

I am watching to see that my word is fulfilled. (Jeremiah 1:12)

I say to myself, "The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait for him" (Lamentations 3:24)

By standing firm you will gain life. (Luke 21:19)

I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. (John 10:10)

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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Prophetic Revelation: We are Going to Need Much Greater Guidance From the Lord During This Time

by Rick Joyner
Feb 2, 2010

We are studying the increasing need to know the Lord's voice, and for authentic, trustworthy prophetic ministry in our times. This is reflected in Acts 2:17-18, which is a quote from Joel 2:

"And it shall be in the last days," God says, "that I will pour forth of My Spirit on all mankind: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.

"Even upon My bondslaves, both men and women, I will in those days pour forth of My Spirit, and they shall prophesy."

This makes it clear that "in the last days" the Lord will be widely pouring out His Spirit and the result of this will be prophecy, dreams, and visions. This will obviously be one of the major signs of the last days, but it is more than a sign. This happens in the last days because we are going to need much greater guidance from the Lord during this time, which is the main purpose of "prophetic revelation."

For this reason, we have spent decades seeking to know the voice of the Lord better and to understand dreams and visions. We have now been able to help thousands grow in and understand their prophetic gifts better, and many of them have been able to help others do the same. These gifts have been invaluable to our ministry. Even though we have become known for this and have people continually coming from all over the world to either receive prophetic guidance or to understand their own gifts better, we feel that we have a long way to go in maturing in these gifts. We are constantly learning, and we will never come to the place where we don't have more to learn. This is why they had schools of the prophets in the Old Testament times.

We Need Each Other 

We are told in I Corinthians 13 that we know in part, see in part, and prophesy in part. This means no one has the whole picture, and if we are going to have the whole picture, we are going to have to put our part together with what others are seeing. We need each other. The Lord has composed His Body so that we all need each other. The more we are able to connect with other parts of His Body, the stronger we will be.

I know several relatively large movements that are likewise devoted to growing in prophetic ministries and gifts. Each one is very different from ours, but I think this is a good thing. They have been used by God to speak and give us invaluable prophetic revelation for our ministry. Their style may be different, and even the way they hear from the Lord is different, but it is still the Lord. We tend to attract those who are more prone to visions—those who see. Others may be more prone to hear words from the Lord, being more like ears. We hear as well, but we tend to be more visionary. Likewise, they see at times like we do, but still they tend to be more of those who hear.

When those who hear come around us I think our people start to hear better, and maybe they start to see a little more. We need to stir up the gifts in each other this way. We also need to be secure enough in who we are in Christ to be different from one another and still appreciate one another.

The Lord compared us to sheep for a reason—in many ways we are like sheep. One characteristic of sheep is that if flocks do not crossbreed with other flocks, they will get weaker with each successive generation. This happens to great movements and denominations that do not interchange with other parts of the Body of Christ.

Gathering Prophetic Ministries 

Having some influence to help restore prophetic ministry to the Church, I want to work with others who are likewise called to do this. However, I also realize that if the prophetic ministries all gather together and do not interchange with the rest of the Body this will not be healthy. When I was commissioned with the purpose of helping to restore prophetic ministry to the Church for its last-day ministry, I was told that it would not be until the prophets and teachers learned to worship the Lord together as they did at Antioch that He would release true apostolic ministry in the Church again. For this reason, I have always tried to relate to and bring into our ministry the strongest teaching ministries.

I have also tried to strongly connect to the apologetics movement, where I think some of the greatest teachers are. I realize that some of the biggest attacks on what we are devoted to has come from this camp and that they are almost universally skeptical of what we are doing; likewise, I have trouble with various things that some of them teach, and I even think there may be some false teachers in their camp. Tares are located in every field that the Lord has planted, but overall I think this is the camp that could help true prophetic ministry possibly more than any other. 

If prophetic people are going to be trusted with the kind of revelation that we will need for the times to come, we must be strong in sound doctrine, loving the written Word of God more and more. There is trust building between these camps, and it is from the Lord, but even if they continue not to understand us, we need much of what they have. We need to be humble enough to get it and strong enough in who we are not to compromise that either.

Rick Joyner
MorningStar Ministries
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2-5-10

This message came through ElijahList

The Year of the Seer! The Prophet, Watchman and a New Realm of Vision and Understanding
by Barbie Breathitt
Feb 3, 2010

The Year to See

2010 is the year of Ayin—the awakening eye, a wellspring, the seer who perceives the declarations of God with understanding. This is the year to see eye to eye as never before. To achieve our destiny we must forgive past offenses and bring reconciliation. The Prophet and the Watchman of God are also coming into a new realm of vision and spiritual understanding. God is orchestrating divine encounters. He is pouring out dreams and visions in an increased measure.

For the eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His.—2 Chronicles 16:9 NASB

This is the year when the visitations of "angelic messengers of fire" will increase dramatically. Father is lifting us out of the old and transforming us into the supernatural realm of the impossible, into the unfathomable, immeasurable "breakout." God is going to cause the river of anointing to spring up within our spirits to water the dry and thirsty (John 7:38).

Barbie Breathitt
Breath of the Spirit Ministries
Email: Barbie@BreathOfTheSpiritMinistries.com
Contact: 440-339-4117 

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2-8-10

Yesterday Beth and I went to church at Olathe Christian Fellowship. This was the fourth Sunday we attended there during 2010 (and had a bit in November of 2009). We both knew that is where we are supposed to attend now so we talked to Pastor Larry Fry and told him that. Brian Cary introduced us to Pastor Larry. He welcomed us to OCF and said he would put us on their mailing list. He also encouraged us to tell the CTC pastor about the change. We had been talking about doing that but hadn't done it yet. So yesterday afternoon Beth wrote out this message to the CTC staff and sent it.

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Subject: Transition
Sunday, February 7, 2010 6:48 PM

Pastor Alan,

For many months, my Mom and I have felt like we were in some kind of huge transition, but we didn't know what our destination would look like. When I lost my job in July, I realized that even my job was going to change during this transition and I sensed the Lord's hand in it. We wondered if God might even lead us to move to a new house or a different church at some point, like He did during the last major transition in our lives, when He led us both to move to Lee's Summit and start attending CTC.

Well, now we know the answer to one part of that question. The Lord is leading us both to begin attending Olathe Christian Fellowship church. We believe He is positioning us where He wants us to be for this next season. We have given this decision a great deal of prayer and both feel God's assurance that this is what He wants us to do. We look to the future with anticipation for what God will do in us and through us during this new season.

We want to thank you, Carol, Joe, Ronnin, and all the CTC leadership for ministering to us for the past 6 years. We have grown a great deal under your leadership and will always consider the people of CTC to be "family". When we see any of you in the future--and we might pop into CTC from time to time--we will greet you with joy in our hearts and blessings on our lips. You have truly been instrumental in nurturing us in the things of the Spirit.

We ask that you keep us both on the CTC email list, because we would like to be aware of what's happening and keep CTC in our prayers. As I said, we might attend certain events at CTC, as the Lord leads. We aren't leaving out of offense or conflict of any kind. We're simply going where God is leading us to be for this new season. 

Again, we thank you for your ministry and love and support. We pray for God's blessings in every area of your lives.

Sincerely,
Beth & Joan Royer
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After sending that Beth wrote another email to our many friends at CTC to tell them about our change. She copied the above email message and said we wanted them to know about this and that we miss them.

On the drive to OCF we listen to teaching CDs since we have close to 1 hour to drive each way. Yesterday we listened to Paul Keith Davis teaching about the Bridal revival coming. A couple of ideas which I wanted to record from that:
1.	Follow your hunger. This is deep calling unto deep.
2.	Authority in heaven depends on how much you become like Jesus.

Ideas I wanted to record from Pastor Larry's message yesterday. He taught us to follow these three steps which he has been doing for a couple of weeks. These have brought him closer to God in relationship. 
1.	Spend time each day sitting in the Lord's Presence and letting His love flow into you.
2.	Then let your love flow to Him.
3.	Then let your love flow to your worst enemy.

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2-9-10

I didn't get to sleep for a long time last night, so this morning, after Beth left for work, I was tired. So I took a nap for about an hour. During that nap I dreamed this dream:

A DREAM ABOUT MY SEEING FROM A FLAT ROOFTOP A STORM COMING 

I was on top of a building that had a flat roof. Some other people were there also. I noticed the sky was very dark and ominous-looking, like a tornado or bad storm was imminent. So I said we needed to go down off the roof because a storm was coming. I went down to the street level but then got separated from the other people. I saw a school building and saw children and a teacher there. I stepped inside a small waiting area and noticed a dog there. The dog was hiding under a wicker chair and its owner was sitting on the chair. Its owner explained that the dog got really frightened in storms and that was why it was hiding like that. I went back outside and continued along the street but wondered if I should take cover in the school.

A flat roof top used for visiting/living reminds me of Israeli houses I've read about where they use the flat roof tops almost like a room in the house. The very dark ominous sky may be a prophetic sign of a difficult event (storm) coming - perhaps to Israel.  A dog could refer to someone's personal pet or something precious to them. It can also refer to unbelievers or hypocrites, or something fearful. In this case it seems to refer to unbelievers who have nothing solid to hold on to or feel safe in during a storm. The school may draw my attention to seeking the Lord to "teach" me during stormy times, and the fearful times of waiting for them to arrive.

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This dream may have had something to do with what I read late last night on the news. It was:  

BCN Prayer Alert: Iran's Khamenei Threatens a "punch" that will "stun" the West. He said this would come on Feb. 11th, the 31st anniversary of their takeover of Iran from the former Shah of Iran. 

I don't know if "the west" includes Israel, but it could still happen to Israel and "stun" the west (America) which formerly has stood with Israel. Or it could be some kind of attack on America or Europe. Whatever this means it may refer to the "storm" I saw coming in my dream. Lord, did You give me this dream? And, if so, what does it mean? What am I to do in response to it.

Yes, I gave you this dream. And, yes, it refers to the news item you read last night regarding Iran. It means that you take that threat seriously and believe something really bad could happen somewhere in the world done by Iran. You know the time is here when such a thing could happen anytime, and this might be the time. You also know that Israel may do a pre-emptive strike against Israel at any moment. Remember Beth said, when you told her about this, that Iran may be trying to push Israel into such a pre-emptive strike so they can then try to destroy Israel.

Remember last night as you lay in bed and thought about the Feb. 11th date: 2-11 (or it could be written 11-2)? Remember, at that moment you noticed that your digital clock said 11:22? And you noticed the similarity? Well, it IS a significant date and that was a confirmation from Me that the Feb. 11 date should not be ignored or taken lightly. Pray about it, and about what I want you to do in regard to it.

(Later) This seems to be the big "punch" that will "stun" the West - reported in OneNewsNow:

Iran proclaims new success in uranium enrichment

NASSER KARIMI and ALI AKBAR DAREINI- Associated Press Writers - 2/11/2010 

TEHRAN, Iran- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed Thursday that Iran has produced its first batch of uranium enriched to a higher level, saying his country will not be bullied by the West into curtailing its nuclear program a day after the U.S. imposed new sanctions.

Ahmadinejad reiterated to hundreds of thousands of cheering Iranians on the anniversary of the 1979 foundation of the Islamic republic that the country was now a "nuclear state," an announcement he's made before. He insisted that Iran had no intention of building nuclear weapons.

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2-12-10

DREAMS ABOUT MAKING ICED TEA FOR PEOPLE, AND TRYING TO STOP AND TURN AROUND THE CAR I WAS DRIVING

In one scene I was inside a building somewhere where we were making lemonade for a group of people, mainly children it seemed. We needed to make some more so I was going to boil some tea bags and make iced tea for the people.

In another scene I was driving a car that I had difficulty stopping. When I pushed on the brakes I had to push really hard and then it would still take awhile for the car to stop. I've had similar dreams before when I had to push really hard on the brakes to get the car stopped. I pulled the car into a side street to turn around, then backed up into the main street to turn around. I was driving, but it seemed like someone (?) was with me in the car that I was talking to.

This first scene seems to deal with giving people, mostly children, something to drink.

It deals with giving away something to quench the thirst of others. This is something you are doing through these writings, because those who are thirsty for Me may come to your writings to learn more about Me and how I relate to you (and therefore how I can relate to them too).

The next scene reminds me of how slow and difficult it was to stop going to CTC and turn around and go in another direction - to OCF. I had a hard time putting on the brakes and stopping. And perhaps the Holy Spirit was the one in the car with me to whom I was talking. Is that what it pictures, Lord?

Yes, My child. I am always with you wherever you go/drive. I guided you to put on the brakes and turn around, but it was difficult for you to overcome all the reasons to stay at CTC. But you finally did change your course, and now we are going in the right direction again, for now.

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2-14-10

This morning in church I went forward for prayer for healing for pain in my left jaw area. The pain started a few days ago and got worse by Saturday when I started aspirin for it. I was prayed for by MF at OCF. He anointed me with oil and he prayed for my ear to be healed, and then prayed for my heart. At one point he looked at me and said, "There it is!" I felt something that brought me to tears - which often happened to me previously when I felt the Spirit. Something happened, but I don't know what. Anyway the pain I went forward to have healed is still there, but perhaps something else took place (in my heart?) He was so kind to me as he prayed and talked with me. I am amazed that Christians have that kindness and caring for others - and I was someone he didn't even know.

The worship this morning was extraordinary! I delight to get to participate in it with them.

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2-15-10

Good Morning, Lord! I love You, Lord! Thank you for the wonderful worship time at OCF yesterday!

You're welcome, My child. I will be with you both each time you go to OCF for worship and other gatherings too. I am there. I am magnified and glorified in their worship services and other gatherings. That's why I sent you and Beth there. That is My best for you right now, at this time. I love you both and want you connected with others who love Me likewise as you two do.

Thank You, Lord!

You're welcome, My child. It is My pleasure to do this for you two. You are Mine and I love you!

It won't be long until your eyes are fixed, Joan. Your cup of prayers for healing of your eyes, your ears, your teeth, your knees, your jaw joint, and other areas of your body, including your pancreas, is almost totally full. Keep praying for them. IT WILL COME! Healing will come even while on this earth in this earthly body. And keep praying for Beth's total healing too, Joan, as her cup of healing prayers is almost full. I want you to know this. You don't know on which day and which hour that your cups will overflow down to you in absolute and total healing.

Thank You, Lord, for sparing America and Israel.

It won't be much longer until they will be disrupted by violence and great distresses. You may live to see some, but you may not. I'm not telling you. But, whatever comes, it won't be long until the Rapture takes you, along with the rest of My Bride, from this earth up here to Heaven to be with Me. That will be a great day and a great celebration all over My Heaven. All here will rejoice along with all My Bride together. Keep watching and waiting for it. It WILL be soon. And soon is soon!

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2-16-10

This was copied from the web site www.InsightsOfGod.com  in a section written by Jim Bramlett  
Other Angel Experiences

Also in the past few years I have investigated and documented several actual cases of angels appearing as humans and bringing a message of the soon return of Jesus Christ.

Angels who appear as humans are not without biblical precedent. For example, two angels came to Sodom to warn Lot before they destroyed the city (Genesis 19). They visited Lot's home, ate with him, and even spent the night! They appeared as such "real people" that Sodom's homosexuals tried to accost them and have sex with them, but the angels struck them blind. The next day, because of its blatant wickedness, God destroyed the city by fire.

Angels are real, the Bible tells us. Hebrews 1:14 says they are ministering spirits sent to (not everyone, but) those who are to inherit salvation. We are also told that "some people have entertained angels without knowing it" (Hebrews 13:2), and therefore "we should not forget to entertain strangers." The one caution the Bible gives is that we are not to worship them.

Recognizing and acknowledging their work is okay as long as we do not worship them. Worship is reserved only for God.
It is important to stress that any mystical experience, even messages from angels, must be carefully judged against God's Holy Word, the Bible. New Agers and other non-Christians claim angelic revelations while rejecting the cross of Christ which paid the price for our spiritual blessings and access to heavenly things. They are deceived and usually involved with demonic spirits. A pertinent fact about the experiences I describe in the special report mentioned is that they came to me after I had already concluded their general message from the Scriptures. Therefore, they were confirming messages. Nevertheless, judge them for yourselves.

Angels appear as humans
-- then vanish --
after making startling announcement
that Jesus is coming "very, very soon"!!!
And other supernatural confirmations
of Christ's soon return!
by Jim Bramlett 
Introduction. Numerous reputable people have told me, most unsolicited, of experiences with angels they either had personally or knew about. In most cases, the angels appeared to provide help in some distressful situation. However, several of the incidents, including the ones below, are particularly interesting for two reasons: (1) they contain a message (literally, the word "angel" means "messenger") and, (2) the incidents were brought to my personal attention under unusual circumstances, making me think God sent them my way. In each case, the angel delivered basically the same startling announcement of the soon return of the Lord Jesus Christ. Why me? Why did these stories come to me? My only guess is because I have the inclination to pursue them, to write about them, and to tell you about them. In God's great love, it may all be just for you.

Caution. It is important to stress that any mystical experience, even messages from angels, must be carefully judged against God's Holy Word, the Bible. New Agers and other non-Christians claim angelic revelations while rejecting the cross of Christ which paid the price for our spiritual blessings and access to heavenly things. They are deceived and usually involved with demonic spirits. A pertinent fact about the experiences below is that they came to me after I had already concluded their general message from the Scriptures. Therefore, they were confirming messages. Nevertheless, judge them for yourselves. (Note: I was not able to confirm # 1.) 
Encounter # 1 (Not confirmed)
This is one of the incidents reported to me that I was never able to actually confirm after hours of frustrating attempts and many long-distance telephone calls. It reportedly happened in the Atlanta, Georgia area, on I-285 near "Spaghetti Junction." I traced the incident from a friend in California to a United Airlines pilot in Chicago, then to at least 15 others in Atlanta, including a medical doctor. Each person with whom I have talked has seemed highly credible, although I could never trace it to the source.

A lady passed a hitchhiker on the expressway, giving no thought to stopping. But she heard a voice say, "Pick him up." She did not stop, but continued on. But she again heard the voice: "I told you to pick him up." She now felt compelled to go back. She turned off the expressway, then got back on via an access road. She thought it would be unlikely that the person would still be there, but if he was, she would pick him up. To her surprise, the man was still there, so she stopped. He got into the car. They chatted for a few moments, then after a brief pause, the stranger said, "Do you know the Lord Jesus Christ is coming soon?" On hearing that, the woman glanced toward the stranger -- but he was not there. He had suddenly and unexplainably vanished!

She was so shaken that she had to pull off the expressway. After sitting there a few minutes trying to regain her composure, a policeman pulled up behind her, got out of his car, went up to her window and said, "Ma'am, is there a problem?"

She replied, "Officer, if I told you what just happened to me, you wouldn't believe it."

The policeman urged her to tell him anyhow. She described what had just happened. He responded, "Ma'am, normally I would think that you were one of the craziest people I have ever seen, but you are the seventh person today to give me this same report."
Encounter # 2 (Confirmed)
While in the process of investigating the above incident, I learned of this next amazing one from another person in California, although it took place in Tennessee. It happened just past midnight on March 26, 1993, to Vincent Tan, an analytical chemist who works in Chattanooga. I spent weeks personally tracing this incident and have confirmed it with two reputable Christian leaders, his pastor and, finally, even Vincent himself. The following is a precisely recorded account: Vincent was born Tan Ban Soon in Singapore of Chinese, Buddhist parents. A few years ago as a young boy in Singapore, he was in the library reading a book on nuclear physics and discovered an offer for a Bible course stuck between some pages. He ordered the course and later became a Christian. He came to the U.S. to attend a Christian college, then gave himself the western name of Vincent. After four years, he graduated with a major in science. He has been very active in his church and in sharing his faith.

On the night of Thursday, March 25, 1993, Vincent was working late in his laboratory to complete tests due on Friday. During the evening he moved his car close to the front door of the building, since there had recently been criminal activity in the area. From time to time he looked out the window into the almost empty parking lot to check on his car. At 1:30 a.m. he finished working in his lab. As he was preparing to lock the door, he saw a person standing by the passenger side of his car. Vincent assumed the man was trying to steal his car. He noted that the stranger was of medium build with clean-cut, straight hair and had on a T-shirt, blue jeans and white tennis shoes.

Unsure what to do, he went back into the lab and prayed, "Lord, help me to do what I have to do. Do I have to use chi-sao?" Chi-sao (pronounced "chee'-sow-o") is a form of martial art in which Vincent is proficient. To be extra safe, he looked around the lab and picked up an 18-inch metal rod, held it behind him and stuck his head out the door. He said, "Hi, can I help you?"

The stranger answered, "Hi, Vincent."

Startled, Vincent asked, "Do I know you?"

The stranger replied, "Not really."
"What is your name? Who are you?" Vincent probed.
The stranger said, "I have the name of your primary and secondary school." He added, "I'm a friend. You don't have to use chi-sao or the rod on me." His voice had unusual authority, and it seemed he knew the question before it was asked.

Now Vincent was really startled. No one, not even his best friend in this country, was familiar with chi-sao, nor did anyone even know that he knew it. Also, there was no way the stranger could have seen the rod behind his back. Vincent later reflected that the stranger had used terminology ("primary and secondary school") of Singapore and not the U.S., and that name of his school back in Singapore was St. Gabriel. The stranger was saying that his name was Gabriel!
"How do you know that?" Vincent asked.

"I know," the stranger replied. "By the way, Mum is fine." Vincent was startled again. Just the week before, his sister had called from Singapore saying that his mother had heart complications, and Vincent had been quite worried about her.

Gabriel continued, "You love the Lord very much, don't you?"

"That's right," Vincent replied.

"He loves you very much, too," Gabriel said. Then he added, "He is coming very, very soon." He seemed to emphasize the "very soon."

Vincent answered, "That's great!"

Gabriel then asked, "Can I have a cup of water?"

Vincent said, "Sure," and turned momentarily to get him the water. Then he decided to invite the stranger inside to drink from the water fountain. He turned back to invite him inside -- but Gabriel was not there. He had suddenly and unexplainably vanished! Vincent had not turned his head for more than three seconds. There was no place for the stranger to have gone.

Puzzled, and not wanting to go back into the lab, Vincent laid the metal rod down by the front door and headed to his home outside of Chattanooga. When he came back to work later that morning, he wondered if he had dreamed the whole experience. As a scientist, he wanted to prove whether it had really happened. When he got to the building, he found the metal rod lying by the door just where he had left it. He knew he had not been dreaming. Upon entering the lab, the first thing he did was to lock himself in the rest room and kneel in prayer. "Show me what to do, Lord. I know what I remember. If I'm supposed to share it, I must believe it myself," Vincent pleaded. He then sat down at his computer and recorded every word said and everything that had happened.

That night, March 26, 1993, in a dream Vincent relived the whole experience, seeing himself, and word for word hearing the whole conversation. He awoke at about 3:30 a.m. and wrote down every word in the dream and the description of the stranger. What he wrote from the dream confirmed every detail he had written earlier. Also, a week after the experience, he learned that his mother had received needed surgery and was recuperating nicely -- and that the medical decision about her improved condition came a week earlier at about the very same hour as he was talking with Gabriel!

On July 29, 1993 I asked Vincent what effect this experience has had on him. He said he believes more strongly now that we should be ready every day for the Lord's coming, and not worry about which day He will come. He said the experience has intensified his dedication, causing him to spend more devotional time than before, wanting to know more about God and be closer to Him. For some time, even before that experience, Vincent said he had been asking God, "Am I ready, right now?" Now, more meaningfully than ever, this writer is asking that same question. 
 
Encounter # 3: Vincent's second (confirmed)
I recently confirmed personally with Vincent that he has had another encounter, this time with an unnamed angel, on Thursday, December 23, 1993. Like the above, the following is an accurate record of exactly what happened and words exchanged.

Two Significant Prior Events. There are two events that have a bearing on this one. First, in July, 1993, Vincent had a dream. He saw himself standing at the door of a big room. He saw many candles, but not all of them were lit. He asked himself in the dream why the unlit candles. Then he heard a sad voice behind him saying, "If only all of them were lit." He turned around but didn't see anyone. A week later he had the exact same dream. Vincent shared the dreams in his Bible study and said he hoped someday the Lord would show him the meaning of the dreams.

Second, three months later in October, 1993 a stranded motorist waved Vincent down and asked him to jump start his car. Vincent stopped but did not have a cable. However, Vincent asked the man if he believed in God. The man asked what could God do. Vincent told him he believed that God could help in any situation such as this if we ask Him. So Vincent prayed out loud for God's help. After he prayed Vincent noticed a coat hanger on the road.

Somehow, he figured out a way to break the coat hanger in two and use one part to connect the positive terminals and the other part to touch the two auto bodies together as ground. The man's car started. He looked at Vincent and said, "You sure have a powerful God!" Vincent said, "I sure do. All we have to do is believe in Him." The man said, "I'll have to think about that," and left. Two days later, Vincent got a jumper cable for his truck.

The December 23, 1993 Experience. Shortly after 11 p.m.,

December 23, 1993, Vincent was in his truck returning home from visiting a friend near Chattanooga. About four miles away from the friend's home, he saw a truck alongside the road with its hood up and with an old man, estimated at about age 75, standing in front of it. Vincent was always wary of stopping for strangers, and believed one must really be led of the Lord in order to do so. He felt he should stop. He walked up to the man and asked if anything was wrong, to which the man replied that he a dead battery. Vincent asked if he could help in any way. The man asked that Vincent go get his jumper cable out of the truck. 
Vincent was surprised that he said this, as if knowing that Vincent had a jumper cable, especially since he had only recently obtained one. Vincent himself had forgotten that he had the cable, but when the old man told him about it he remembered. It was very dark and Vincent had to use his flashlight to see to connect his end of the cable. Then he turned around to discover that the man had already connected his end, even in the dark and with no flashlight. That seemed impossible, and startled Vincent.

Vincent said, "I need to do something first." The man looked at him and said, "I did it already." Vincent said, "Did what?" The man said, "I placed the bricks by your tires. That's what you want, isn't it?" The man had no way of knowing that Vincent had two bricks in his truck or that he wanted to block his tires with them because he didn't trust his hand brake and because the gear would have to be in neutral to start the other truck. Vincent checked and discovered that the man had placed the bricks behind the exact same tires that Vincent wanted. At this point, Vincent was convinced that this was not a natural person. And after the experience in March, Vincent had decided that if the Lord ever gave him the privilege of another encounter with an angel, he had many questions he wanted to ask. But he had a sudden feeling come over him and some force caused his mouth to be kept shut. He was not able to say anything except to respond to whatever the old man wanted or said.

Vincent was now ready to start the truck, and the old man said, "Can we wait in your truck and have my truck charged up?"

Vincent agreed and they sat in his truck. The old man spoke first and said, "Can we pray? God can work miracles -- even start a car with a coat hanger." (The previous incident with the coat hanger job was a car and not a truck!) At this, Vincent said to himself that this stranger must be an angel!

The old man prayed: "Oh most holy and powerful God in heaven, we know you are coming very, very soon. Help us now in your own time and way. In Jesus' Name. Amen." Vincent said the man's voice was so powerful and assuring that it sent chills through him. After the prayer the man asked Vincent, "Do you believe the Lord is coming soon?" Vincent said yes. Then the man said, "He is coming very, very soon, and we need to be ready now and always." Then he said, "Can I use your Bible?" Vincent agreed, then without any word from Vincent the man reached into the glove compartment for the Bible, already knowing where it was located.

The man asked Vincent, "Do you read your Bible.?" Vincent replied that he tried to read it every day. The man said, "That's very good. It's unfortunate that many do not do that. Having Bible studies is like being in a big room with many candles that are lit." Vincent knew he had God's answer about his dreams six months earlier. The unlit candles meant many people were not spending time studying God's Word! Now Vincent had absolutely no doubt that this was an angel.

It was very dark, but the man took Vincent's King James Bible and, without searching, flipped immediately to the exact page, to Matthew, chapter 24. Then Vincent shined the flashlight on the page as the man read verse 36: "But of that day and hour knoweth no man, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only." He then jumped down to verse 42: "Watch therefore, for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come."

Then again, as if knowing exactly where the page was, without searching he flipped to John, chapter 14, and read verses 1-3: "Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also."

Then again, he amazingly flipped directly to Revelation 3, verse 11, and read: "Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown." With that, the man put the Bible back in the glove compartment. Vincent reflected that all three passages, and everything the man said, was about the Lord's return.

After reading, the man put the Bible back and said, "The truck is ready." He started the truck and Vincent said he would follow him for awhile to make sure everything was okay. The man said, "Thank you very much for your help. By the way, I left a small token for you. It will be enough to fill up your car tomorrow." 
That was strange, because there was no way for the man to know that Vincent had a car in addition to his truck. Vincent followed him about a mile with the man's tail lights clearly in view, then as they were going around a curve, he suddenly vanished from view. He and his truck just disappeared. Thinking his vision may have been obstructed by trees or something, Vincent even went back the next day during the daylight and retraced everything. There were no trees or anything obstructing his view. There was no human explanation. Also the next day, as he always does on Friday, Vincent took his car to the service station to fill up the tank with gasoline, so it would be full for the weekend. He had forgotten what the man had said about leaving a token "to fill up your car tomorrow." Vincent put $2.32 worth of gas in his car, then tried to round it off to $2.35 or $2.40. But he could only get it up to $2.34 and it stopped. It just would not take more than exactly $2.34.

Vincent then left to visit a friend's house, but remembered that he had left the friend's Christmas gift in his truck, so he went back home. When home, Vincent decided to clean his truck a bit before leaving. While doing so, he found some money on the front seat, passenger's side, underneath his glove. The money consisted of two one-dollar bills, a quarter, a nickel, and four pennies -- exactly $2.34!"
Encounter # 4: Vincent’s third (confirmed)
Vincent had another amazing experience in the early morning hours of Sunday, September 13th 1998. He had been working late in his chemist job again to finish some urgent jobs. He left work at about 1 a.m. When he got outside, he suddenly realized that he had left his keys on his desk, but was not able to get back inside because of the automatic lock on the door. So now he could neither get back inside, nor drive his truck. He prayed that the Lord would unlock his truck, but nothing happened.

He walked across the street to a pay phone but discovered it had been vandalized. He remembered his cellular phone in his backpack and took it out. Vincent then realized he had left the battery at home to be recharged (an old model), and it could not work, of course, without a battery. Nevertheless, he prayed and asked the Lord to allow him to make one call. As soon as he prayed, he noticed the phone miraculously lighting up, and he called a friend to pick him up. The friend agreed to do so.

Vincent then sat down by a doorstep of the lab and waited. A little while later a police car drove up and stopped. The policeman asked, "What are you doing?"

"I'm waiting for a friend," Vincent replied. He told the policeman his situation, about the prayer to open his truck, and the call to his friend.

The policeman replied, "Your friend isn't coming." He noticed Vincent's Bible, and added, "That's a good book to read." Some conversation ensued in which Vincent disclosed his faith and his belief that the Lord is coming "very, very soon."

The policeman replied, "I believe the Lord’s coming is very, very near too."

At that very moment, a call came in over the policeman's radio and he said he had to leave. Before he left, the policeman remarked to Vincent, "Why don't you pray and ask the Lord to open the door to your lab?" Vincent said he watched him leave, while praying silently.

Vincent said, "I had barely finished praying when the lab door miraculously opened. I immediately stood up and turned around towards the door and noticed that someone had pushed the lock bar and opened it from the inside. I held on to the door and turned to look at the police car and noticed he was not to be seen, even though I had taken my eye off him for only a few seconds."

Vincent got his keys and drove away in his truck. He drove by his friend's home and noticed both their vehicles in their driveway. He assumed that they must have gone back to sleep, forgetting him.

Vincent said that he decided to go on home, "believing I may have actually spoken with an angel," he said. The next day he checked with his friend whom he had called and who had promised to pick him up. The friend did not remember anything about the call!

Here we have: (1) a cell phone that miraculously works without a battery, (2) a mysteriously appearing and disappearing policeman who said "I believe the Lord's coming is very, very near," (3) the policeman knew in advance that the friend would not pick Vincent up, (4) after the policeman told him to pray, a door that miraculously opened from the inside even though no one was inside, (5) a friend promised to pick him up but neither he nor his wife remember the telephone call. The whole episode is no doubt supernatural. 
Comments
Incident # 2 above about "Gabriel" motivated me to review references in the Bible to the angel Gabriel. By name, Gabriel appeared to three people. The first was to the prophet Daniel in about 550 B.C. He gave Daniel a vision of the future, including the timing of Christ's first coming. And similar to the message to Vincent, he said to Daniel, "You are greatly beloved." Later, as recorded in Luke, he appeared to Zechariah, saying these awesome words, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God," as he announced the birth of John the Baptist; then shortly thereafter he appeared to the virgin Mary to announce the birth of Christ. Gabriel's main function in both Old and New Testaments seems to be in connection with announcing the coming of the Son of God to the world.

Angels who appear as humans are not without biblical precedent. For example, two angels came to Sodom to warn Lot before they destroyed the city (Genesis 19). They visited Lot's home, ate with him, and even spent the night! They appeared as such "real people" that Sodom's homosexuals tried to accost them and have sex with them, but the angels struck them blind. The next day, because of its blatant wickedness, God destroyed the city by fire. 
Encounter # 5: Vincent's fourth (confirmed):
God makes a telephone call -- literally!

This may or may not have involved an angel. What is described below could have been either the sovereign hand of God Himself or an angel. However, we do know that God does uses angels to carry out His work so my guess is that an angel was involved. Also, the below incident does not involve prophecy but I am including it because the supernatural nature of it affirms the other prophetic experiences had by Vincent Tan described above.

On Saturday, April 6, 1996, Vincent was awakened at 4:30 a.m. with a burden to pray. He slipped to his knees beside his bed for a few moments, after which he returned to bed and to sleep. He arose later, and at 7 a.m. began his morning prayer time. At 7:30, as he was still praying, the telephone rang. So as not to be disturbed, he decided to let the answering machine take the call.

For some strange reason, the answering machine refused to take the call. The telephone kept ringing, as though demanding to be picked up! Vincent discovered that the answering machine was, indeed, on, but that it was not taking the call. He decided to go ahead and answer it. He also noted that, oddly, his Caller I.D. failed to show the number of the caller.

"Hello," Vincent said. Surprisingly, the other party also said, "Hello." 
Again, Vincent said, "Hello." Again, the lady on the other end said, "Hello." 
Vincent asked, "Do you want to speak to me?"

The lady said, "No."

Vincent then asked, "Then why did you call me?" The lady said, "I didn't call you." 
Vincent explained that his phone rang and he had answered it. The lady said the same thing happened to her-that her phone rang and she had answered it. Vincent told her his name, and she said her name was Doris, and that she was in Iowa. They both concluded that somehow their lines must have become crossed, causing this freak mishap.

(God had caused two distant telephones-one in Tennessee, and one in Iowa-to ring each other simultaneously, and for the loving and Divine purpose explained below.)

But in another surprise, Doris asked, "Are you the same Vincent who had an experience with an angel?" Vincent said yes. She explained that she and her mother had read about Vincent's story about a year ago in an article I had written. Doris went on to say that six months ago, her mother was diagnosed with cancer and only given six months to live. She said that every day for the past six months her mother had prayed that she would be able to meet or speak with Vincent before she died. In her prayers about this, she had claimed the promises of Jeremiah 32:27, which says, "Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?" and Jeremiah 33:3: "Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not." A few years ago, Vincent had also claimed these same promises.

Doris explained that her mother was near death, and how that very morning, at 3:30 a.m., Iowa time (the exact same as Vincent's prayer at 4:30 a.m., Eastern Time) she was awake and felt led to seek the Lord and remind Him of her mother's request. She asked if Vincent would speak with her mother, to which Vincent agreed.

(As an answer to this dying mother's fervent, daily prayers, God had miraculously allowed her to speak with Vincent!)

Her mother was bed-ridden, so Doris decided to put Vincent on the speaker-phone, which took a few moments to set up. Finally, after waiting, Vincent heard the mother's weak but audible voice. The mother thanked Vincent for talking with her, and then asked if he would please personally repeat for her his angel experiences. Vincent patiently took about the next 45 minutes describing to her the incidents in detail. At the end of his description, Vincent heard the mother say weakly, "Praise the Lord. Amen."

This was followed by silence. All was strangely quiet. Vincent waited, thinking that Doris was taking him off the speaker. After a few moments, Doris broke the silence and came back on the regular telephone. "Praise the Lord," she said. "My mother just died."

Vincent now says, "I was so overwhelmed with mixed emotions. I did not know whether to be happy or sad." He says he decided to say goodbye so that Doris could be with her mother. In the shock and emotion of the moment, Vincent didn't think to get Doris' telephone number for follow up. But he says, "I know that the Lord has His reasons for us not getting each other's numbers. Why He would not let her number flash on my (Caller I.D.) screen is still a mystery. Yet I am amazed at His miraculous action in ringing both our phones at the same time. As I ponder over the event, I am grateful to the Lord for His loving kindness. It just encouraged my faith to trust Him even more, knowing that in the fullness of His time, He will answer our prayers."

Vincent added the following, a message I believe not just for me, but for all who read this:

"I hope that this will be an encouragement to you as it has been to me. I know that we will see Doris' mother in heaven when we all will be able to know the answers to our questions. The Lord is coming very, very soon. As we near the final hours, I know that His presence is even evermore with us now....May the Lord continue to bless you....Let us be ready now, for His coming is very, very near."
Encounter # 6: Mother hears voice -- same message (confirmed)
More recently, while perhaps not involving angel, on December 30, 1999, a mother in Maryland, Beth, told me an amazing and confirming testimony. She said, "I would like to share with you an occurrence that happened on December 10, 1999 in the a.m. My 8-year-old was at school and my husband was at work.... I had my 6-month-old son in his swing in front of the television watching Sesame Street. What caught my attention was that the television made the 'shhhh' sound. I turned to look and the screen was snowy as expected with that noise. It's what happened next. The television completely cut off. My child was asleep. No sooner did I think, 'Oh, the cable must have cut off,' did I hear a voice. It said, ‘The lord is coming very, very soon.' I was dumfounded, and then the TV came back to normal and Sesame Street continued."

She went on to describe her reactions and adds that it was three days later on December 13th that she came across my article about Vincent’s angel encounters with the exact same message.

"Needless to say," she concludes, "the messages that your witnesses received were exactly as my message was. I was very shaken.... I wonder why He chose me to relay this message." 
Conclusion
While we may never know the day or hour of the return of the Lord Jesus Christ, Scriptures do clearly indicate that seekers will at least know approximately. And there is overwhelming evidence that the return of the Lord will be soon. According to the four of the encounters and testimonies above, it will be "very, very soon."

Readers are permitted and encouraged to copy and share this article freely with others. May the special presence and peace of the Holy Spirit rest upon each person who reads this article, and may God's angels be with you and watch over you at all times according to Psalms 34:7 and 91:11.

Someone has asked how do we know these are angels and not demons. Easy answer. Praising Jesus, the Son of God, is not in the job description of demons! They cannot stand to be around when praise to Him is going on, because that reminds them of their defeat on the cross.
Jim Bramlett 

http://www.choicesforliving.com/spirit/angels/angels.htm 

Jim's Article recently was published on the front page of the WorldNetDaily website:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/staticarticles/article54271.html 

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2-17-10

The song in my head this morning is "I'll be seeing you." Especially the last line: "I'll be looking at the stars, but I'll be seeing you."

I'm wondering if that is a sign that I will be seeing Jesus soon.

(Quotes from book by Mary K. Baxter called The Power of the Blood)

(p. 122 ff)  I want to conclude this chapter with an explanation of what it means to "plead the blood." God has shown me the importance of the cross and the blood covenant with its accompanying protection. "Pleading the blood of Jesus" is more than just a catch-phrase. It is, in a sense, a legal term. It means to invoke what Christ has done on the cross over a particular situation or person. A blood covering is provided through faith in God, prayer, and belief in the covenant of God. I have learned that when we are praying for people, and God impresses upon us to cover people with the blood, we should say, "I cover you with the blood of Jesus, the covenant of God!"

We should never be ashamed of the blood of the Lamb. When we say that we cover others with the precious blood of Jesus Christ, this means that we claim the blood that He shed, which enabled us to enter into the new covenant with God. It means that Almighty God will look down from heaven and watch over us and protect us. It means that we can pray over our children and cover them with the covenant blood of Jesus Christ. Demons tremble at the name of Jesus, and they flee at the blood of the Lamb.

Pleading the blood gives us bold and confident access to God's power and providence. As the Scripture says, we can have "boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way, which He consecrated for us, through…His flesh" (Hebrews 10:19-20).

For example, we can plead the blood for ourselves when the devil tries to torment us with the memory of past sins that have already been forgiven. Doing this reminds us and the devil that God has forgotten our sins because of Christ's sacrifice and His blood. The Word of God says, "They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony" (Revelation 12:11). I believe that "the word of [our] testimony" simply means believing in the efficacy of the blood.

A believer who pleads the blood in a time of dire circumstance or attack by the enemy is calling on the power and authority of Christ's blood. When we plead the blood, we acknowledge and testify to the overcoming power of the sacrifice of Jesus on our behalf. To defeat the devil, you need to stand on the blood and proclaim its power!

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2-18-10

I love you, My child, and I want to speak with you today. Listen to Me, and hear Me. I want to tell you some things and have you write them in your journal now. 

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2-21-10

Today the weather was so bad (with sleet, freezing rain, rain, and snow) that many churches closed, including our church, Olathe Christian Fellowship. They even had someone call us to tell us that the church was closed. I thought that was really thoughtful of them! So we rested a lot, which Beth especially needed to do, and listened to some of the recordings from the New Year's Eve conference in Alabama with PK Davis and Steven Shelley. We heard one of them teach about how important it was to allow God to break us, so we can be useful to Him and not resist Him. Then, when we turned on the TV after that, there was Dr. Charles Stanley teaching about brokenness. I guess God really wanted us to hear that message!

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Our Father who art in heaven,
Hallowed by Thy name.
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.

It IS being done, Joan, and it is coming very fast and very quickly and soon. You will see it arrive, Joan. You will be with Me as this age ends, all My enemies are defeated, and I set up My kingdom on earth "as it is in heaven!" That's why I had you pray for that.

You will see it. You will be a part of it - as all of My Bride will. We are at the very end of the church age, Joan, and it (the church) will be taken out of the way, off the earth. Then My very end plan will begin - the plan/part I tell about in Revelation chapter 4 on. That will be a short time of great upheaval. But it will soon be over, and then I will set up My kingdom as the absolute Ruler. Satan will be gone then. No one will be against Me. All who were against Me will be killed (Isaiah 1:28) and judged. Only those who are for Me will remain.

Then we'll begin the new plan for the new earth-time of the millenium - My 1000-year reign. You and your children will get to reign with Me. Yes, that include sthem too - you'll see.

Give us this day our daily bread.

I will keep Beth in a job as long as she needs it. I will keep you in Social Security money as long as you need it.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

I will protect you and keep you. I promise you.

(I rubbed my painful left jaw) and the Spirit said:

I can heal that any time I am ready, Joan. You know that.

Yes, Lord, and I don't understand why You haven't.

I will. You'll see.

Should I go to the doctor?

You MAY go to the doctor. You won't go before Tuesday, due to the weather, so we'll see by then.

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2-22-10

The roads are partly slick so I am praying for safe travel for Beth as she drives about an hour to work. Also I am praying for her not to slip and fall as she walks from her parking garage downtown to her workplace.

I have been reading a book called The Power of the Blood by Mary K. Baxter and T. L. Lowery. It was an excellent book! I especially liked these chapters: The Meaning of the Blood, Salvation through the Blood, Peace through the Blood, Transformation through the Blood, Healing through the Blood, and Deliverance through the Blood. I think this book would be good to read at least once a year. Here is one story from page 179-180 that I wanted to put in my journal:

One night, I awoke and everything seemed to be covered in red - the walls, the floors, even what was outside. I looked out the window, and there was a hedge built around my home. The peace of God came, and His voice said, "I will be a wall of fire about you, daughter, and I will overshadow you, protect you, and watch over you. I will do this for all My children who love Me and keep My commandments."

I went back to sleep in the presence of God. I began to see fire, glory, and power, as the Word of God became alive. I could see what seemed to be the blood of Jesus covering things I didn't even know He was covering. It was like a protective shield.

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2-24-10

A DREAM ABOUT DANIEL FISHER BEING EXCOMMUNICATED

In this dream I was sitting in a chair on the second row in a meeting. A man was sitting in front of me on the first row. It seemed that somehow evidence was presented against him and he was told he was not any longer something, which he had been formerly. So he got up and left. 

Then I saw a scene in which J was looking through some of my materials for the address of that man mentioned whose name was given as Daniel Fisher. He said he didn't like seeing a man be "excommunicated." J looked through articles I had collected, and found one which seemed to be about Daniel Fisher. It had several words underlined, and one word underlined was gay. 

In the first scene it seems some man (known later by the name Daniel Fisher) was given his judgment or decision regarding his actions. Daniel Fisher could refer to a person who was a prophet, a leader, and a fisher of men. This judgment brought him exclusion from membership in some group. Then he left. This scene could show that this man will die, and be judged, and leave the earth scene before I do since he was on the first row and I was on the second row. The judgment was given by someone to my right, standing, and not seen. Daniel means "God is my Judge."

The second scene seems to show J looking to my resources to try to find out who that man was, and what his address was. I felt he wanted to find out if it was he himself.  He didn't like someone being excommunicated or excluded from membership in some group. The article about the man Daniel Fisher, which J found among my materials, had the word gay underlined as if that was the offense. Gayness is a form of unnatural lust, and homosexual acts are a form of rebellion and disobedience. These may be the reasons Daniel Fisher was excommunicated. Perhaps excommunication meant he wasn't allowed into heaven.

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