HOW TO LIVE IN THESE DAYS

2010

March-April

By Joan Royer

INTRODUCTION

In these years of 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 this time. 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 showed us when He was here on earth. He willingly went to the cross 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 our sins. Since He took my sins on Himself, and died in my place, I can be forgiven for my sins through His blood given for me. All I need to do is to believe that He died for me, and was resurrected from the dead. Then I need to 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 am forgiven for my sins, and belong to Jesus, then He will take me to heaven to be with Him when I leave this earth. If I am not forgiven for my sins, and still have them, then I will go to hell and pay for those sins myself when I leave this earth. So my choice regarding Jesus while living on earth determines where I spend eternity when I die.

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 speak in riddles sometimes. I do this so you will seek Me to know what I said and what I meant. 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.

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)

2-27-10

This morning around 10:00 a.m. the Holy Spirit impressed in my mind that I should turn on the TV news. When I did I learned that an 8.8 magnitude earthquake had taken place in Chile in South America. There were many big aftershocks also. 

Then the reporters began to tell about the tsunami wave affects from that earthquake and where they might go - all around the pacific basin rim. This included the West Coast of the US, Alaska, and the Hawaiian Islands. They indicated that in Hawaii the tsunami would hit Hilo, HI first. Since that is where K and J used to live, and since they still own a vacation home there, I called K and told her so she and J could watch. Beth and I watched, some hours later, when the tsunami reached HI, and we learned it didn't do any damage that we could see. HI had evacuated its residents to higher ground just in case.

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A DREAM ABOUT YOUNG K HAVING A BUG ON HER DRESS

In this dream I saw K as a young girl. On the left front shoulder area (like a wide collar) of her blue dress there was some small bug. It was smashed against her dress causing a stain on it.

This picture shows K (or whomever she symbolizes) as a child. This could mean the person was immature, or this happened when a child. The dress refers to her covering, mantle, protection, authority, righteousness, or what she is going to be doing. The spot/stain symbolizes something unclean or unrighteous. Since it was on a collar, that could symbolize something burdensome or possible guilt.

Lord, whom does this dream refer to?

It's you, Joan. You have something from your childhood that is like a guilty stain on your conscience. Declare it to Me and ask Me to cleanse it now.

I confessed the things that came to my mind and I was forgiven for them.

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2-28-10

Today at OCF (our church) Beth and I got to meet quite a number of new people. We also discovered they have a food pantry from which I can get items that have been brought from stores, bakeries, etc. So I got some loaves of bread, dinner rolls, and dried eggs. I had been hunting dried eggs at the grocery store so I could have them in my storage area for emergency backup.

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3-1-10

A DREAM ABOUT PURPLE WORDS APPEARING ON THE FLOOR WHERE I WALKED

In this dream I saw these scenes: 
1.	Because of something I did, wherever I walked words were printed on the floor in purple color.
2.	I saw a hallway where snow had come in and deposited about a foot of snow on the floor.
3.	I saw a woman lying down on her back who was praying or talking and smoke was coming from her mouth - reminding me of cigarette smoke. This could only be seen from one location, but not from any other.
4.	I noticed my glasses had come apart due to a screw that came loose. I dropped the screw, and then found it on the floor and picked it up.

1. I think this means that, because of what the Lord is leading me to write and do, I take that covenant of words with me wherever I go and it comes out as speech/words. It produces spiritual fruit which is royal and with authority.

2. The way I am to walk includes a hallway of transition in snow which stands for the Word of God and answered prayer, and favor coming my way - all part of the glory of Jesus

3. This unknown woman symbolizes the Holy Spirit or God's messenger/angel or the church. Smoke coming from her refers to the manifested presence of God coming with power and glory. But this could only be observed from a specific location and not from any other location, so the location is very important to seeing this. The prayer woman was in a vulnerable position.

4. If glasses are used to enhance my ability to see, then perhaps the screw coming loose and falling to the floor may refer to something which causes me to lose that enhanced ability until it is fixed. If so, what is it, Lord?

You don't need to know WHAT, but just that something may try to decrease your ability to see things well. Watch for this.

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3-7-10

A DREAM OF SEEING THE WORDS "ONE TRUE GOD"

"One true God" was in my dream. Those words were in a line among many other letters.

This may be a reminder to me that, although there are many "other letters and words" that we see day after day, there is only One True God - and no other.

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I love you, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge. He is my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. (Psalm 18:1-2 NIV)

The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul. (Psalm 19:7 NIV)

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JOURNAL 3-8-10

Happy birthday, My Child! I'm giving you the gift of healing and health for your birthday! What a great gift I give unto you! In Me is no darkness at all and I am living inside of you - so I can and will dispel any darkness that tries to invade your body or your mind. I am the Light of the world, and you are also light. Whenever disease tries to invade your body or mind, call upon Me, as the Light, to come inside you as the Light and dispel all darkness. Then you can take My light out into the world and share that healing, ministering light with others as I lead you.

I just spent about an hour praying for healing from pain in my lower abdomen. I asked the Lord to teach me how to pray for this, and He did! He had me intersperse praying in tongues with speaking forth His Word on healing and who He is. He had me plead His blood covenant over my body, over every molecule in my body, and plead his blood, and His name. These are some of the words I prayed:

By his stripes I am healed (See 1 Peter 2:24)
He sent forth his word and healed them  (See Psalm 107:20)
Submit to God, resist the devil, and he will flee from you (See James 4:7)
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits - who heals all your diseases (See Psalm 103:2-3) 
I am the Light of the world; in me there is no darkness at all. (See John 8:12; 1 John 1:5))
In my heart, Lord, be glorified, be glorified; in my heart, Lord, be glorified today. (song)
I am a blood-bought child of God. I have a blood covenant with Jesus. I plead this covenant over every molecule in my body.
You are Jehovah Rophe, the God who heals me (See Exodus 15:26)
Teach me your ways so that I may know you and continue to find favor with you. (See Exodus 33:13)

And now the pain is almost completely gone!!! Praise God! He has healed me!!!

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3-10-10

307 and 308. During the night the Lord told me those numbers were important to me and I should record them in my journal.

Today is the day to change over from winter clothes to spring clothes. This takes awhile as I wash up the winter clothes (heavy and warm clothes) and prepare the lighter weight clothes (ones with more cotton and less polyester).

I also opened the screened windows today for the first time this year. It is so nice to have fresh air coming in! Thank You, Lord!

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3-13-10

A DREAM ABOUT BEING A STEWARDESS ON AN AIRPLANE WHERE THE PILOT AND I WERE IN LOVE

In this dream I was the stewardess for an airplane. The pilot was the man I loved and he loved me. We entered a hallway-like area where there was a line of people waiting in front of a counter-window with a woman behind it. We walked past those in line and went right up to the window. This was because the pilot had on his "uniform" and so was recognized. I didn't have on a uniform, but I went with him. 

First he talked to the woman behind the window, then I asked her my question. It was basically whether I had to make a list of the names of all people going on our flight, because I thought I needed to. She said I didn't need to do that. I watched as the "passengers," who appeared to be children, ran to the plane. Another man, who also seemed to be one of the flight crew and was in uniform (maybe the co-pilot), came up on my left side (the pilot was on my right side), and leaned around me to talk to the pilot. As we stood in this position for awhile, I felt so completely blessed and taken care of, and safe between these two.

Later I went to the bathroom. A lady there (who may have been the lady at the counter) asked me about my not hearing well since I had turned my ear toward her to hear her better at the counter. I mentioned I had a partial seeing loss also. She gave me a comb to fix my hair. I looked at my face in the mirror and saw that my face was not one I recognized. In the mirror I had light reddish-blond hair and it was thick and fixed in a high hairdo with lots of loose hair hanging down along the sides. I thought she gave me the comb to fix those loose hairs. My face didn't look like anyone I knew. 

There was also some scene in which we were directed to do some type of exercise (like dipping down slightly) before getting on the plane. I knew we would have to do that and told someone else that we would have to.

This dream has to do with the Rapture - that supernatural "flight" which we Christians will soon be going on. All the children of the earth will go on that flight. Also those who are Christians who have, as Jesus said, "become like a little child."

Seeing the clerk behind a window may symbolize this is a revelation. The clerk may symbolize an angel or the Holy Spirit. She tells me that I don't have to list the names of those going on this flight. I think that means I don't know who goes and who doesn't, and I don't have to know.

There is just one little exercise we have to do yet before going on the flight. That may refer to "dipping down" or bowing our hearts in submission to Jesus and His provision for our salvation. It could refer to imitating Him and doing what He guides us to do.

I was surrounded by the pilot (Jesus), who loved me, and the co-pilot (Holy Spirit). I didn't yet have on the "uniform" which they had because they were from the "Heavenly Airline Company."  They came to earth to get me, and all those who are qualified to take this supernatural flight to heaven.

As a stewardess I was to help people get ready and go on the flight. We were in a hallway of transition, which refers to the time from now until the setting up of God's Kingdom on earth. Those of us who belonged to the Rapture flight got to go ahead of others in that hallway of transition. I was surrounded by the Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit and felt completely protected and loved.

After this I went to a place of cleansing and an angel or the Holy Spirit talked with me about my hearing and seeing. Perhaps this refers to being careful to hear and see better. Then she gave me a comb to use (to straighten out my thoughts). I looked into a mirror (my heart, who I am, God's Word) and saw a woman with beautiful long reddish-blond hair fixed into a large, very high hairdo around her face (the hairdo was as high as her face was). This long hair symbolizes a glorified person. She was not sad, but had a little smile in a small round face. This reflects being pleased (smile) and being spiritual (round). My thought is that the smallness of the face reflects that I am only a small person among the people who belong to Jesus. Some have much larger roles and places than I do.

This dream is a very positive, comforting one which seems to tell me that
1.	The Rapture is soon
2.	The plane is ready
3.	The people are selected
4.	The pilot, Jesus, loves me
5.	The co-pilot, the Holy Spirit, is beside me
6.	An angel is working with all of us
7.	Just keep being obedient, listening well, seeing well, being cleansed, keeping my thoughts straight, and being totally submitted to Jesus, imitating Him
8.	He sees me as one on His "glorified persons"

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In my Journal on 3-10-10 I was given these numbers: 307 and 308. During that night the Lord told me those numbers were important to me and I should record them in my journal.

So yesterday I began to look for books of the Bible which had at least 30 chapters, and read verses 7 and 8 to see if those two numbers (307 and 308) might refer to 30:7 and 30:8. So far I have found several meaningful verses which might pertain to me: 

For Egypt's help is worthless and toward no purpose…Now, go, write it before them on a tablet and inscribe it in a book, that it may be as a witness for the time to come forevermore. (Isaiah 30:7-8 Amp)

Egypt may refer to the rulers or government.

Another meaningful set of verses I found:

And Aaron shall burn on it incense of sweet spices; every morning when he trims and fills the lamps he shall burn it. And when Aaron lights the lamps in the evening, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations. (Exodus 30:7-8 Amp)

To me this speaks of my offering praise, worship, and thanksgiving before the Lord each morning and each evening - something He wants me to do perpetually.

Here are other sets of Scripture verses that are meaningful to me:

And the Lord your God will put all these curses upon your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecute you. And you shall return and obey the voice of the Lord and do all His commandments which I command you today. (Deuteronomy 30:7-8 Amp)

David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray you, bring me the ephod. And Abiathar brought him the ephod. And David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue this troop? Shall I overtake them? The Lord answered him, Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them and without fail recover all. (1 Samuel 30:7-8 Amp)

Do not be like your fathers and brethren, who were unfaithful to the Lord, the God of their fathers, so that He gave them up to desolation [to be an astonishment], as you see. Now be not stiff-necked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the Lord and come to His sanctuary, which He has sanctified forever, and serve the Lord your God, that His fierce anger may turn away from you. (2 Chronicles 30:7-8 Amp)

By Your favor, O Lord, You have established me as a strong mountain; You hid Your face, and I was troubled. I cried to You, O Lord, and to the Lord I made supplication…Hear, O Lord, have mercy and be gracious to me! O Lord, be my helper! You have turned my mourning into dancing for me; You have put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness, to the end that my tongue and my heart and everything glorious with me may sing praise to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever. (Psalm 30:7-8, 10-12 Amp)

Two things have I asked of You [O Lord]; deny them not to me before I die: remove far from me falsehood and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me. (Proverbs 30:7-8 Amp)

Alas! For that day will be great, so that none will be like it; it will be the time of Jacob's [unequaled] trouble, but he will be saved out of it. For it will come to pass in that day, says the Lord of hosts, that I will break [the oppressor's] yoke from your neck, and I will burst your bonds; and strangers will no more make slaves of [the people of Israel]. (Jeremiah 30:7-8 Amp)

And they shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service], when I have set a fire in Egypt and all her helpers are broken and destroyed. (Ezekiel 30:8 Amp)

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3-17-10

A DREAM ABOUT GOING TO OCF

In this dream I was at the home of S and B.  They seemed to live in 2 homes, which were separate but close to each other. I was in one house with S and she said she heard a phone ringing. I didn't hear it. She followed the sound to the other house they had. I suggested something about having their phone calls ring into both houses.

Then I was getting ready to back out of a driveway with my small car when some woman put her motorbike in the way so it would be very difficult for me to back up my car. I talked to her about moving her cycle to a different spot so I could back out, and she got angry. She said something about being there for 30 or 40 years and she wouldn't change her parking spot. Then she angrily stomped up some outside stairs. Her husband saw her doing this, and told her to control her anger. I looked again, and saw a way I could successfully back out my car, and proceeded to do that. Then, as I drove away, my small car seemed to become a motorbike. I was trying to find the place to turn on the headlight because it was getting dark. I was going around curves in the road.

Since B often represents Jesus in my dreams, possibly S represents the Bride of Christ. Having 2 separate but close homes may represent division in the Church or two different churches, but still closeness. The phone ringing may represent communication with God. It is ringing in only one of the two divisions of the church. However, the Bride heard the phone ringing and went over to the other house to answer it. Perhaps this represents Beth and me going to OCF where we hear God calling us.

This is good.

In the second part of the dream, is this about me, Lord?

This is about you, and something getting in your way, and trying to obstruct your movement, from where I am leading you to go. But, as you wait on Me and don't get angry at that woman, you see a way around the situation. Notice your car turns into a motorbike. This means your ministry will get smaller and even more personal. Notice that the angry woman mentioned 30-40 years. That means she began her ministry, went through her trials and testings, and is closing it in anger. She tries to go up steps, but is outside the building. That means she attempts to progress in her spiritual life, but isn't on the inside of My ministry work. Her husband, Jesus, warns her to control her anger. Her anger is at you for wanting to move your ministry elsewhere (to OCF) by backing up, and then using a smaller, more personal vehicle, and then going forward into the gathering darkness and turns required in these last days in the world. You search for the Light to show you the way.

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(Quote from TBN'S Praise The Lord magazine, March 2010)

We know that over 5 million souls this past year in Egypt alone have received Jesus as Savior and Lord! Reliable reports confirm that at least 15,000 souls a day are leaving false religions in the Middle East. Worldwide the numbers are staggering - only God knows how many - some reports estimate 100,000 souls an hour!

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3-20-10

I really liked this email today, so I copied it here:

Catherine Brown: Transitional Prayer—A Place of Passage
by Catherine Brown
Mar 20, 2010

Prayer is the heartbeat of every born again Believer that brings us before the throne of grace to experience the reality of God's love, authority, wisdom and power in our communion with Him. Without such divine encounters in prayer, we would miss out on the continuous process by which we mature in our comprehension of prayer and its affect in and through our lives. We would be like flowers without water and, in a spiritual context, we would quickly "wither" and become dry and lifeless.

Whilst in Uganda, I revisited the Garden of Gethsemane Scriptures and Christ's intercession there. Allow me to share some thoughts with you from my time of meeting with the Holy Spirit. The Garden of Gethsemane reveals a type of prayer that I will describe as "transitional prayer," which is prayer that causes a shift and a breakthrough, allowing us to pass from one stage of our God-given destiny and break through into another level. Transitional prayer serves as a place of passage in our lives.

Transitional prayer bridges from one season in our lives into the next. It may be described as prayer that flows from the heart of our Heavenly Father, with the mind of Christ to us. It is painful, powerful and a necessary type of prayer in the life of every Believer.

It is a Walk of One

Sit here while I go over there and pray.—Matthew 26:36

Jesus had taken Simon and the two sons of Zebedee with Him to the garden of Gethsemane, but although they had accompanied Christ, when it was time to pray the Lord went off to be alone with His Father. There are some things in our Christian walk that we can share with others, but there are other times when it can only be a walk of one, whereby we stand alone before God. At the moment of our conversion, at various significant milestones in our faith walk, and at the time of judgment/reward at the end of the Age, we stand alone before God. Transitional prayer is such a type of divinely-inspired, one-on-One spiritual encounter.

The disciples could not stay awake with Christ. He said to them, "Will you not wait with Me one hour?" The call to wait with the Master for one hour is still before the praying Church. As we transition from glory to glory, the principles of prayer in Gethsemane will help to enable the Church to pray and release God's apostolic end-time strategies.

It is Painful Prayer

...He began to be sorrowful and troubled. Then He said to them, "My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me."—Matthew 26:37-38

Mark 14 records Jesus, "began to be deeply distressed and troubled" (verse 33).

Jesus Christ's intercession in Gethsemane was extremely painful on levels that we can barely begin to comprehend. He suffered physically, spiritually, mentally and emotionally as He prayed. Whilst our prayers and intercession cannot be compared to that of Christ's Gethsemane experience, nonetheless we understand that there are times when God grants us grace to pray and push through our own discomfort, in order that His purposes and plans may be released from Heaven to earth—both for us as individuals and also for a corporate faith application.

Have you ever prayed until it hurts? I recall when God placed a burden for Korea upon me and how He turned my heart inside out with His heart for the Believers who were being persecuted there. I wept for several days as God unfolded the atrocities they were suffering. Such prevailing intercession moves Heaven on behalf of earth. Ultimately, God used this time to release a powerful prophetic word and to mobilize many on behalf of North Korean Believers. The prophetic word was flown into North Korea in hot air balloons, whilst others risked their lives to deliver it across the North Korean border to Believers there.

On another occasion, I was in Uganda and had only one night before I was due to fly back home. I began to pray fervently and called out to God, saying I would not board the plane to return to the U.K. unless I saw at least one person become born again. With that prayer, God flooded my being in travail for souls, and I wept until there was only a quiet whisper remaining in me. The next day, God faithfully swept many new sons into the Kingdom and I baptised them right there in the little African prison!

The spirit is willing, but the body is weak.—Matthew 26:41b

Jesus counseled His disciples that they must watch, and pray, and stay alert, and avoid the temptation of allowing their flesh to rule over the leading of the Holy Spirit in their lives. As disciples today, may we receive this word of divine encouragement today and pray even when it hurts; pushing through until breakthrough comes down in the holy fire of God's presence and power.

It is Enduring Prayer

An angel from Heaven appeared to Him and strengthened Him. And being in anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.—Luke 22:43-44

It is my firm conviction that the Father heart of God is supremely evident at Gethsemane. God released an angel to come and minister to His dear Son; God gave the gift of endurance to Christ to pass through Gethsemane and reach Golgotha.

Endurance is perhaps something we associate with athletes, as they work hard in training to prepare to compete in athletic events; or perhaps we associate endurance with passing through a trial or temptation of some kind. Indeed, both applications have spiritual comparisons in the place of prayer. We are continually being trained by the Holy Spirit in the things of God, and we are led through the valley into victory on the mountaintop as we pass through seasons of change. We are pressed down, and in the pressing we become more like our Beloved.

Paul instructed his spiritual son Timothy, "Endure hardship with us like a good soldier of Jesus Christ" (2 Timothy 2:3), and went on to speak further of the athlete's victory crown attained in competition and the hard working farmer being first to receive his share of the crops. All of these allegorical comparisons point us to the benefits of endurance—we receive a crown of glory because Jesus bore the crown of thorns; we share in the harvest rewards, because Christ is Lord of the Harvest; we serve the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, and follow Him onto the battlefield where He reigns victorious. May God open our eyes afresh to see the beauty and benefits of the gift of endurance and teach us to pray as though our lives depend on it, as they surely do; what a person is in the place of prayer is a reflection of the conformed inner man.

It is Prayer that Questions

...everything is possible for you. Take this cup from Me...—Mark 14:36

By asking His Father to take the cup from Him, Jesus raised a question of the possibility of not having to drink the cup of suffering. Jesus was an obedient Son and understood His destiny, yet even Christ asked the Father if it was possible for the cup to be taken from Him.

At Golgotha, Christ called out again to His Father with a question that did not receive an answer this side of eternity: "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachtani?"—which means, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me" (Mark 15:34b).

Beloved, there are times in our lives when we call out to God when our hearts are full of pain, with questions that have no answers. I recall such a situation some years ago and the comfort I received when I realized that our dear Lord died on the Cross with an unanswered question. Jesus can empathize with us in every situation. He is the Light at the end of the tunnel and the Light in the middle! He is beautiful in every situation and brings peace to our troubled souls. May we rest in His sovereignty and in His ability to meet us in the place of pain and help us transition to healing and wholeness, so that we may be used to pray life-changing prayers that flow from His heart.

The Father's Gift—The Son's Choice

Mark records, "Going a little farther, He fell to the ground and prayed that if possible the hour might pass from Him. 'Abba, Father,' He said, 'everything is possible for You...'" (v35-36a).

My Father, if it is not possible...—Matthew 26:42a

In Gethsemane—the place of silent encounter—Jesus did not feel abandoned by His Father. This time took Him deep into the place of covenant love, deeper still in His relationship with His Father. God is with us in the place of transitional prayer as we each face our own "Gethsemane" (where we pass from "groaning" to "glory"). God our Father is near to strengthen and encourage us. He grants us grace to choose the path He has ordained and placed before us, no matter what the cost of following that Kingdom destiny path may be.

It is Surrendered Prayer—A Time of Opening

...Yet not as I will, but as You will.—Matthew 26:39

My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may Your will be done.—Matthew 26:42

God enables us to surrender to His will at the appointed time. Surrender is about our ability to trust in God and obey Him. In love, He enables us to turn from self-reliance and become completely God-reliant. New places of surrender in us lead to in-breaking of new levels of anointing upon us. Holy boldness is always preceded by a fresh brokeness in God's servants, in which Christ is lifted up and exalted through our adoration of Him and obedience to Him.

It is Prayer that Embraces the Cross

It is true to say that without Gethsemane, there could be no Golgotha; Golgotha may be described as the outward manifestation of the glory of the Lord's intercession at Gethsemane, in which Christ travailed to break through to the Cross. Similarly, there could be no Pentecost without the Cross—the Blood had to be poured out as a fountainhead of God's love at Calvary before the Spirit could be poured out at Pentecost. Every priest has an altar and every altar requires a sacrifice. The Cross is the altar upon which Christ, our High Priest, sacrificed His life once and for all for mankind, purchasing our redemption by His precious Blood. He ministers in the power of an indestructible life. The altar was sanctified by the Blood, and the Blood was acceptable as it was empowered by the sacrificial life of Christ given on the Cross.

The Cross must be central in our lives, for there we receive the revelation and impartation of the divine exchanges purchased by Christ's sacrifice and the enabling of the Holy Spirit to live our lives for God. Such divine exchanges include Jesus bearing our sin so that we might receive forgiveness; He was punished so that we might receive peace; He was rejected to that we might be accepted; He was made a curse so that we might enter into blessing and be restored in fellowship with God.

It is Breakthrough Prayer

Transitional prayer is epiphany prayer, i.e. it is life-changing and transformational. Transitional prayer is prayer of encounter—the "garden" is the soil of our hearts and minds where God plants His purposes and meets with us to bring forth His will. And transitional prayer is prayer of exchange—where our flesh surrenders to the will and dominion of God by his Holy Spirit.

In the garden of Eden, the flesh of mankind was overcome by temptation and sin, and the first Adam fell from grace; in the Garden of Gethsemane the Lord prevailed in obedience to the Father's will, and the second Adam (Jesus Christ) broke through in redemptive glory to make a way for the Blood of Calvary to flow as an eternal river of cleansing and healing.

It is Birthing Prayer

The travail and tears of Gethsemane preceded the triumph of the Cross over the power and penalty of sin, death and sickness.

When a woman is in labour pains, she enters a time of transition which precedes the imminent birth of her child. The birth of the child is inevitable, yet during this painful process, a woman must refrain from bearing down and pushing the baby out as the midwife examines the birth canal to check if the baby's airway is clear for a safe delivery. Once the examination is complete and the baby is declared safe, then the woman can give the final pushes and the much anticipated child comes forth.

Transitional prayer has similar stages within it. The Believers must rely on the Holy Spirit as the spiritual midwife to bring forth the purposes and plans of God at the appointed time and in the appointed way. God births His will in us through prayer; May we be a people who embrace this sovereign call to intercession, with no holds barred, to the glory of our God!

Yours because we are His,

Catherine Brown
Founder, Gatekeepers Global Ministries and
Co-Founder Scottish Apostolic Networking Enterprise
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3-21-10

The Lord reminded me today of the wonderful message He gave me last Sunday at OCF in which He said He was ready to fulfill the desire of my heart. I told Him again that it was for K and J to come into a close personal, intimate relationship with Him, find the right church to grow in, and be ready for the Rapture.

Then He asked me what was another desire in my heart, and I named these items more:
1.	That Beth would be healed.
2.	That I would be healed.
3.	That every person who is supposed to come to Jesus and be born again would do so.
4.	That all my brothers and sisters would be saved and their spouses and families. And J too.
5.	That the Lord would use the books we have written together for His glory, to help others find Him and grow in relationship to Him, and for whatever other purpose He has for them to be written.
6.	That the Rapture would be soon.
7.	For protection and blessing over Israel and America
8.	That my children and I go to heaven together and be with the Lord

Ok, Joan, today is the day I am saying "Yes" to all of these desires of your heart! Today is the day and now is the time to fulfill these prayer requests you have brought to Me over and over. I am pleased to fulfill them, My child. They are a delight to Me too, as well as to you. The desire of your heart is ALL of these requests, and I say "yes" to them. What do you think of that?

Lord, I am delighted, DELIGHTED, thrilled, and happy! Come, Lord Jesus, and fulfill these desires of my heart that I truly believe You have put in my heart! They are Your requests too, which You have put in my heart over and over. Now is the time, Lord. Do it, Lord. As PK Davis would say, "Grant it, Lord, grant it!"

You can watch the news today and I will show you many things, hidden things, which you do not know. It is time now for you to learn them and pray them through as I lead you. You may go and do that now.

Your persistence has now paid off (Luke 11:9-10). The cup/bowl is now full of your prayers (Luke 11:5-8).

"My cup runneth over" (Psalm 23:5). I am to compare that to Luke 11:5-8 on persistence and the cup of my prayers being full/running over.

That also applies to some healings - when the "prayer cup/bowl" is full for those healings (like yours and Beth's) then "surely goodness and mercy shall follow/pursue me all the days of my life, and I shall live in the house of the Lord forever" (Psalm 23:6).

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3-24-10

A DREAM WITH A DISPLAY OF THE WORDS: "THE SET ONE, THE RULER, IS BIG ENOUGH TO WIN OVER ALL"

This setting was in our current home in LS. I was in the living room and facing the coat closet and stairway. When I raised my arms, words appeared in the air, and seemed to knock the picture on the wall and cause it to be broken. I could see the picture, after it was broken, as a long and tall partial picture, like it was broken from top to bottom, and it was about 3 ft high and about 1 ft. wide. The picture appeared as dark - like in blacks and grays - and the frame may have been missing on the right side of it. Underneath it, in the air, I saw the words displayed on large letters: 

The Set One, The Ruler, is big enough to win over all.

After the dream while I was trying to return to sleep and had my eyes closed, I "saw" an open eye impression. The eye then closed. Then I "saw" an open eye again. The eye represents revelation, so this may symbolize my getting a revelation (open eye), and my not yet seeing some revelation (closed eye). But then I will receive and understand the revelation (the open eye again).

When I started this event the clock said 1:23. When I went back to bed later it said 2:34. The Holy Spirit said, That's a sign it was from Me.

Could He be showing me that praise (raising my arms up) will bring his Word of healing? He is The Ruler, The Set One, and is big enough to win over all. What does this dream mean, Lord? You had me get up in the middle of the night and write it out for some reason.

Wait until morning when you have time to write more, and I will bring you revelation about it.

Beth's idea: picture = frame of mind. My thoughts are dark as the picture was dark; they don't agree with the Light; and that frame of mind is getting broken by Words of Truth

Since this took place in the living room of our current house, this could show this is something current, something revealed, something that is manifest, a living issue, or truth exposed. Since I was facing east this could show it is a beginning, a birth of something, something I can anticipate that is coming, something arising, the light, or God's glory. Since this dream scene was in the current house I live in, that may show this issue is one of my life or my heart, and my life's condition. Since the frame on the picture was broken off of the right side of the picture, this may refer to the natural strength of man being broken off by the Word of God, and the power of God is revealed through my flesh. The picture may refer to something hidden brought to light.

I noticed what the Lord told me last Sunday, and I wonder if it applies to this dream. It was:

You can watch the news today and I will show you many things, hidden things, which you do not know. It is time now for you to learn them and pray them through as I lead you. You may go and do that now.

If a picture can refer to "hidden things being revealed" then perhaps the picture in this dream says that my picture of unknown things (whether of healing or of the world) is still partly broken and still dark in its understanding - and that His Word, which comes as I praise Him and worship Him, will shake/break the current picture or frame of mind I have.

That's good, Joan. That's one of the ideas/understandings I wanted to convey to you. There are more hidden meanings and understandings still available from this dream. They will be revealed in the present and future. Expect more understanding to come and write them down when they come. I will "keep revealing" to you, as you "keep worshiping" Me.

I believe, from the Word You gave me last Sunday, that I am now to pray this dream through. So, Heavenly Father, I pray now, in the Name of Jesus, that You send Your Word and reveal to me the truth about my frame of mind and my thinking, and conform it to Your Truth. I pray that you change me so that I have Your righteous frame of mind and Your righteous thoughts and attitudes. I pray that You show me, reveal to me, the things You want me to know and understand and pray about…the hidden things which I do not yet know. I pray that You lead me in how to pray for my healing, and all the important things on my prayer list that I wrote out last Sunday - when You gave me the Word that You will now fulfill those desires. I praise You for revealing this and doing this!

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QUIET TIME NOTES

I heard your prayer and I will answer it. 

If you treasure My Words, then I will treasure your words.

That (broken) picture represents worldly thinking. It represents the "medical" outlook on your health problems, i.e.
Fix with surgery
Take pills
Diet and exercise
Comes with old age

Those are NOT My ways of thinking. Mine are:
You can have what I won/purchased for you
Just ask Me and have faith in Me
I will give you more faith (saving faith and healing faith) if you ask Me

I asked for healing faith. Then the Spirit said:

Growing faith

Faith for growing things? Or faith that itself grows greater?

Faith for growing things. Like - faith to pray for belief to grow in others.

That's what I've been praying for - for belief to grow in ___, and in all who are called to come to You, Jesus, by Your Father. I ask for this faith - faith for growing things.

(Then I prayed for them)

Yes, I hear that prayer and I will answer it.

Your frame of mind is gradually changing. This is good!

I asked Jesus to change my thinking to be like His. He never had any disease, decaying, or aging into poor health when He was on the earth as a mortal...because He had right thinking and speaking AND He didn't have sin born into Him. We are born with a sin nature and that must be overcome. That's what You're teaching me to do, Jesus? (See Psalm 41:4)

Yes.

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3-26-10

The Lord has blessed Beth mightily the last two evenings. She has received deliverance from some genetic things (like sleep difficulties), and has been guided to speak what the Lord puts in her to speak to others (the truth). Thank You, Lord, for the great work you are doing in her!

Pastor Larry and the elders of OCF have suggested we all fast on Tuesdays in April, and to perhaps begin that next Tuesday, which is Passover. Lord, I ask You, do You want me to fast? And, if so, what do you want me to fast?

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JOURNAL 3-27-10 Saturday

A DREAM ABOUT KEEPING A DOOR SHUT

In this dream Beth and I were in a bedroom which had double doors on two walls. The doors were white and may have had push bars on them. Somehow a woman had told us to keep them closed. Then she found me leaning on one of the doors and told me not to lean on it. The next day she came in one of the double doors and left one door open. A bit later a man came in and started to tell me we left the door open, but we told him that she had left it open. I told him she had told me the day before not to even lean on the doors.

This dream may symbolize wisdom that comes from the Holy Spirit (woman) to be careful to keep our mouths (door) shut, to not "lean on our own understanding" (Proverbs 3:5-6), and to open our mouths when the Holy Spirit opens them for us. The doors were pure (white) and could be opened from the inside (push bars).

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QUIET TIME NOTES

The Lord doesn't want a "fast food" type of relationship, like a drive-thru, where I just drive by and get a yes or no answer. He wants a relationship where I take time with Him, get to know Him, get to know His heart, His thoughts, and His attitudes. He says:

I'm like a Parent. I want to teach you My ways, so they can become your ways. You are My child and I want you to "grow up" to be like Me. So, getting an answer from Me entails more than getting permission (yes or no), but learning My heart and My ways.

I've called you to be separated unto Me while on this earth, Joan, and the older you get, the more I've separated you from others, even Christians at times, to be set apart to commune with Me. That's not what I've called Beth to. So it's ok if she goes to groups and you stay home. Now you know. Do not worry about this again. You know My thoughts on it. I put the desire in your heart to stay home. I allowed your hearing loss to use as a reason for not going. It's I who am leading you this way.

The reason I kept you from having children for so long was so you would be coming back into relationship with Me before you had children. That way they learned about Me through you as they grew up.

Regarding the Tribulation: Seven years is a set amount of time to bring to an end all rebellion against Me. First I will reveal all rebellion (bring it into the light) and then, when it's full-blown and everyone has taken a stand (made a decision one way or the other), I will bring it all to an end with My eternal great power. But first, I must bring all rebellion into a full-blown stage and into the light. After this - My kingdom!

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The Sustenance of the Kingdom
by Paige Norfleet
Mar 27, 2010

Shortly after we entered 2010, the Lord gave me a vision during worship. It was a particularly sweet time with Him and I found myself pressing deeper for more of Him. Suddenly, the Lord gave me a vision and I was standing outside overlooking a city that was covered by a thick, dark greenish-gray cloud. It was extremely dark and eerie, and there was a sense of hopelessness that loomed over the city. 

As I watched, the dense clouds began to move and were rolled back as an opening was made from above by the most brilliant, spectacular light. It pierced through the darkness and created a passageway from the heavens downward toward the city. The clouds continued to part until a great, gaping hole was made. The light that came down to earth was so brilliant that it hurt my eyes, but I simply could not break my gaze. As I watched to see what might emerge from the opening, a substance like that of gold began to be poured out over the land. It was filled with particles of light and life that were unlike anything I have ever encountered in the natural. For the longest time I watched as the massive spout continued to pour out this heavenly substance, and I began to question God as to what I was seeing. 

The Father remained silent and I went back to worshipping Him, still questioning in my heart what it could all mean. After a time, the Lord gently spoke to me to hold out my hands. Knowing that He was about to place something in them, I cupped my hands together and extended them forward, creating a bowl for whatever might come forth. Once again I saw the amazing, golden substance, only this time it was poured out directly into my hands. I could see that it was made up of tiny, golden pearl-like grains, which filled my hands and spilled out onto a pile on the floor—as I simply could not contain all that was coming forth. I was momentarily distracted by what was spilling over, not wanting any to be lost or wasted. 

The Lord, knowing what was in my heart, quickly responded to my distress and said, "Do not worry about what seems to be wasted or spilled, for I will give to you an unending supply that shall never run dry, for this is the sustenance of My Kingdom." For what seemed like several minutes, the "sustenance of God" continued in the same steady, abundant stream and did not cease, even though my hands could not contain it.

We Receive that We May Give

Since having this amazing encounter I have had such a hunger for more of the Father, and it has left me with such a lingering desire to worship Him that I just cannot seem to quench it. I simply must have more of Him, and I know that it is in this place of worship that the sustenance of Heaven is released. As we engage Him, He is opening up new realms of glory.

I love engaging with God and having Him reveal His heart to me, but He is reminding me not to get so wrapped up in what is taking place in those intimate times, when it is just the two of us, that I forget there is a purpose beyond my relationship with Him. We were created to worship and adore but also to give freely what has been given to us. When we receive vision, power, wealth, liberty and revelation, they are for the purpose of releasing it to others. Our purpose is to recapture what has been lost and wrecked by satan. As we worship Him we must also walk in His power and dominion.

Matthew 10:7, 8 And as you go, preach, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand," heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.

And I love how in verse 9, Jesus tells them to "Provide neither gold nor silver nor copper in your money belts," which further reiterates that He alone will sustain us.

I believe there is a difference between having authority and having dominion. Authority is the legal right to possess, command or influence, however it doesn't necessarily mean that the one who has the legal right is acting upon it. When one has dominion they are said to prevail or control a region or people; they dominate a specific area or sphere. Dominating puts someone in a place of superiority simply because they did what was necessary to obtain it. This is exactly how the enemy operates, taking dominion by force but having no authority to do so. We, as God's people, have been given the authority by the atoning Blood of Christ to take dominion and recapture what has been lost. We are learning to access the realms of God's Kingdom rather than relying on earthly means of provision. We can have access to what has always been available, and as we do, we must act upon what is released and take dominion!

2 Peter 1:3 says, "His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue." This is the sustenance of the Kingdom of Heaven which God makes available to those who pursue Him in righteousness.

What God was revealing to me through the vision was that He makes all things available to us. Sustenance is everything that is needed to sustain life. He provides the nourishment for both the spiritual and physical needs of mankind. We only experience lack when we stray too far from Him and begin to operate independently of that provision. Most of us in the Western Church have been trained to look to the world to provide for us and have a mentality that we can have whatever we desire or need merely by striving for it. However, the principles of God's Kingdom operate much differently. Because of His love for us, God sent Jesus to recapture our rights and the authority to rule over the earth. We accept this sacrifice by giving ourselves to Him through our love and adoration. Freely He has given, and freely we give by doing what He has commanded in Matthew 10:8: Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons!

Worship Opens Up the Heavens

Luke 12:31 Seek the Kingdom of God, and all these things shall be added to you. 

Through our worship and by releasing what we receive in that place of adoration, the sustenance of God's Kingdom is being poured out in a measure that we cannot contain. All that He has will be released unto us and will come in such measure that it will spill over and out of our lives so that others can also taste of the goodness of our God! Yet, we cannot give to others what we ourselves have not learned to access. Without maintaining a lifestyle of worship, what we give out will be short-lived. It is not that God shuts up the Heavens over us but rather we stop going to the Source of all things. We cannot live as though the dose that we received last week or at the conference will forever sustain us. Never move away from the Source! Without a continual source we begin to pour out of our flesh, as spiritual wells eventually run dry. The sustenance of God's Kingdom is enduring; it's never-ending. This sustenance not only brings life but it maintains it! Seek His face and He in turn will release His glory.

Lord, create in Your people hearts that hunger and burn for more of You. Father, we ask that You teach us how to draw nearer to You, putting aside the cares of this world that distract and seek to rule our thoughts and minds. Touch hearts today, and open spiritual eyes to the reality of the unending supply of Your Kingdom, that through our worship and adoration the Heavens will be opened up over us and we in turn will release all that You make available to us. Truly, You are the Great I AM. In Jesus' name, amen.

Paige Norfleet
Kingdom Manna Ministries
Email: kingdom.manna@yahoo.com

Paige Norfleet is an apostolic teacher, bringing forth the Word in a style that is real and transparent, equipping Believers with the tools necessary to walk in the power of the Kingdom of Heaven. Paige Norfleet resides in Oregon with her husband Marty and their three sons. They are the founders of Kingdom Manna Ministries.

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Angry, Angry, Angry
By Francis Frangipane

It's hard to remember a time when people were more angry. A civilized person ought to be, first of all, civil. Yet, today there is no discourse, no respect for another's opinion, no reasoning together for the common good. I am concerned, especially for the church. 

One may argue, "Our society is decaying. We should be mad." Yes, but we can be angry yet still not sin (see Eph 4:26). Of course, I feel anger that the underpinnings of our culture are being dismantled by unprincipled men. Our souls should be vexed at the darkening cloud of demonic infestation in our culture, especially when children are caused to stumble or the weak are exploited. If we don't take a stand, the advance of evil ultimately means more people will die without Christ. So, if we are angry, it does not necessarily mean we have sinned. It can simply mean we care. 

I am not surprised by the increased anger. My concern is that, unless this anger regenerates into something more redemptive, more Christlike, we will not see our world renewed. Indeed, anger that does not awaken in us redemptive action ultimately degrades into bitterness and unbelief. 

A Two-Pronged Attack

While hell advances into our world on many levels, I want to discuss two primary areas. The first manifestation is brazen, widespread and alarming. For example, a corrupt law gets passed or gang violence breaks out; or it might be that a beloved public figure is scandalized. It's on the news and people are talking about it. The shock waves caused by this demonic intrusion smash against our hearts: we're disappointed, offended, stunned and, often, outraged. In this state of mind, hell launches the second area of attack. There is no newscast featuring this next stage of warfare. On this front, the devil does not come openly flaunting himself, but quietly. In seething whispers he stirs the pot of our discontent until it boils. Ultimately, where once the heart of the Christian was full of faith and love, now bitterness, hatred and malice churn in the souls of God's people. 

So while we must fight the culture wars of our times, we must preserve our capacity to love if we will actually win our war. We must remember we are not fighting against "flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world" (Eph. 6:12 KJV). 

Sadly, I have heard many people say recently that they've lost their vision for America. What they actually lost was not their vision, but their love. For love believes all things, hopes all things and endures all things (1 Cor. 13:7). 

The Goal Of God

I will tell you how I look at this. I believe that if the Almighty's highest plan was to end evil on Earth, He could do so in a flash. Why does He wait? He desires to bring believers to Christlike maturity. In a moment evil would be gone, as it was with Sodom and Gomorrah. But we must never forget: Jesus did not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.

What God waits for is us. Our Christlike perfection is the harvest upon which the Father waits. He desires to bring many sons to glory, and this world, with all its evil, is the perfect setting to bring us to Christlike maturity. Here, we have real enemies that God can use to perfect our love; in this environment, we have actual foes whose persecution helps to perfect our prayer. 

Yes, we should be angry about what's wrong, but we must be Christlike in making things right. We cannot just be political; we must be spiritual, like people from another realm. 

Rightly there are times when we must defend the helpless among us, but concerning ourselves, let us consider again what Jesus commanded:

"But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. If anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, let him have your coat also. Whoever forces you to go one mile, go with him two. Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you. You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven" (Matt. 5:39-45).

You see, God desires mature sons and daughters who, while fighting for their world, open the door of love into His world. To see our nation transformed, we ourselves must be transformed. Otherwise, we will risk becoming Christian hypocrites: angry that the world is not Christian but untroubled that we are not Christlike.

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3-28-10

This is what the Holy Spirit said over and over as I woke up this morning:

My people always win!

My people always win - from now on and forever - even if they are beheaded - for they win eternal life with Me - the greatest treasure anyone can win while in this world.

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3-29-10

Yesterday at church we were so blessed! One of the blessings was the sermon by Jeff when he taught us about Passover and how Jesus fulfilled the Feast of Passover and Unleavened bread, which the Jews celebrate starting on the 10th of Nissan when the Passover lamb is selected. Then he (the lamb) is inspected for no blemishes until the 14th of Nissan. The Lamb is slaughtered then and his blood is placed on the altar. Jesus was brought before the people as their Passover Lamb on the 10th of Nissan (Palm Sunday) and was questioned by the Sanhedrin for several days. He was crucified on the 14th of Nissan, just as the Passover Lamb was killed - about 3:00 in the afternoon. 

Another blessing was the worship - it was so very special and God was so close! We sang "Holy, Holy, Holy" and I had fresh in my mind the picture of our Heavenly Father on His throne as described by Mary K. Baxter in the book she wrote called A Divine Revelation of Heaven. In this book she told about 10 visits to heaven and what she saw and experienced there. My eyes kept tearing up as we worshipped. 

Another blessing was when Jeff talked about Israel and how our administration had treated Netanyahu poorly last Monday when he visited our President, and how our administration had tried and tried to force him to do what they want him to do in regard to building apartments in Jerusalem. Then Jeff prayed for Israel, and Dana told us about a song she had just recently written about Jerusalem. Then she sang it for us. It was so beautiful!

Another blessing came after church when MF came to Beth and me and asked us what was going on with us. He said he "felt" the Lord on us as he walked by us. I told him about how the message he gave me two weeks ago was used by the Lord to share with me that He is now answering my primary prayers of intercession. 

Then he turned to Beth and asked her what had been going on in her life. She mentioned how God has freed her from an insomnia problem and other things during the week at a Holy Spirit party. Then he anointed her with oil and read a Scripture for her.

I went downstairs to the "food pantry" ministry going on there. One lady had gone to a restaurant and gathered the foods leftover from when they closed on Saturday (they didn't open on Sunday) and brought all those to give away. So I brought home chicken salad, corned beef, potato rolls, cracked wheat bread, and honey oatmeal bread. What a blessing!

Beth and Dana were talking and Dana mentioned she writes a journal on notebooks. Beth told her that I used to do that, but now I usually use the computer to write my journals, and Beth puts the books I write, using those journal entries, on my web site - free for anyone to read. So Dana said she really wanted to read them and Beth gave her the web address. Saturday Beth had just put on the web page my latest book called How To Live In These Days 2010: January-February.

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QUIET TIME NOTES

The Lord gave me further understanding about a dream I had last week in which I saw a picture broken by words which appeared in the air in front of it. This happened as I raised my hands in the air. 

Paul Keith Davis taught in his March CD (from his "School of the Spirit") how God said he wasn't to feel any more regrets about things he had done in the past. God showed him that He knew ahead of time the decisions PK would make and He allowed for that in His guidance of PK to the destiny He had for him - and that PK was now in that destiny. As I listened to that CD on the way to and from church yesterday, I knew the Lord had done the same thing in my life. He freed me from regrets about things I had or hadn't done, and that I am now doing exactly what He has destined for me to do. 

Today the Lord reminded me of that dream from last week, and He said it was a visual image of that "picture" from my past that was now broken from me by His Word and my arms raised in praise. He said that it was finished. I didn't need to dwell on those regrets anymore. I am now doing what He planned, prepared, and destined me to do - intercession. And the message MF gave me two weeks ago about how God is now ready to answer those desires (prayers) of my heart, was to confirm that.

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A DREAM ABOUT SHOOTING OUR ENEMIES

In this dream another woman and I were in our home, and there were people coming with guns to try to kill us. We would shoot them first and they never shot us. When we went into other parts of the building, other people would try to hide from us and then shoot us, but we always killed them first.

Guns can represent the power of words in prayer, dominion through speaking the Word of God, and spiritual authority. I wondered what this dream could possibly mean! Later, in my Quiet Time, the Lord told me that these people trying to kill us were our "enemies." They were evil spirits trying to kill us and stop our ministries. But, He told me that His angels were shooting those evil spirits and keeping them from killing us. He said we activated His angels to do that by the words and prayers we speak. Psalm 44:4-5 says: You are my King and my God, who decrees victories for Jacob. Through you we push back our enemies; through your name we trample our foes.

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PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR DREAMS!
by Joni Ames
Mar 29, 2010

There seems to be increasing levels of revelation coming forth in this season, and much of it is coming through dreams. One of the reasons for it coming through our dream life is that it bypasses our mind, will, and emotions - and, frankly, because many of us are just plain too busy to be "reached" during our "awake" hours! Thank God for mercy! 
 
Both the Old and New Testaments agree that this season would come. Joel 2:28 and Acts 2:17 both say the same thing, "And it shall come to pass that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions." - Notice that the Lord is speaking to you regardless of whether you are male or female, young or old. The Holy Spirit is the same in each of us - He isn't any younger, older, or less powerful in a five year old than He is in someone 55!
 
God often uses dreams to bring healing to our minds and hearts for things that perhaps we wouldn't want to even think of while awake. Sometimes He will use a dream to release direction and purpose to us for our life. Many inventions have come forth as the result of a dream. And then there are those times when we, through a dream, will even experience a divine visitation with the Lord that changes our entire life.
 
I believe the Lord told me to send this out because He desires for us to pay closer attention to what He is showing many in dreams during this time. Don't shrug it off. - Remember what it says in Proverbs 3:5-6: "Lean not on your own understanding; acknowledge Him in all your ways and He will direct your path."
 
You may be asking God for direction, business plans, inventions, emotional healing, or Godly counsel - and He is releasing that to some in this season via dreams. Many have had dreams throughout the past years that are now for this time and season. Still others are now having what can only be called "End time dreams." Whatever the case, pay attention to God's voice, whether He speaks to you while you are awake or asleep!
 
Don't get trapped in the "paralysis of analysis" when you have a dream, and don't second guess yourself. While most are not literal and do require interpretation, we are His Sheep and we DO hear His Voice. So begin to seek the interpretation of your dream by asking HIM rather than "phoning a friend!" Quite often when people contact me to help them interpret a dream, they already have a sensing of its' meaning. In fact, so much so that they usually end up saying to me something like, "Well, actually, I thought it meant...."
 
Very often God will speak to you in your own "language." By that I simply mean the way that you are used to speaking and being spoken to. It really isn't God's heart to bring confusion to you. It's His desire for you to understand what He is saying, so that you CAN be obedient. He wants you to hear from Him for yourself! 
 
James 1:5 says, "If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him."
 
Deut. 29:29 says, "The secret things belong to the Lord our God; but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law."  In other words, He wants us to know what's on His heart so that He can help us to be obedient! 
 
There is one mediator between God and Man and that's JESUS! - NOT me!!! - Or anyone else!
 
The fact of the matter is, people can get used to calling someone else, and not seek God on their own. Therefore, that's why I do not prophesy to people who call me for a word, and usually do not interpret dreams people send to me. I prefer to help to teach people how to hear God for themselves. 
 
Don't be afraid of God. He loves you, and He desires to have intimate communication with you. Even if it means to do so in your dreams. Often the Lord will give you a dream that causes you to pray and do research in the Word to draw you closer to Him. - Those times are the ones that a friend of mine says that God is "Jehovah Sneaky!" <smile> But hey! He knows what will work to draw us closer to Him!
 
Now let me just interject this here. God is not into SCARING you or THREATENING you. He is NOT a terrorist. So if you are having BAD dreams - nightmares - that is NOT from Him! He says in His Word, 
 
"I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the Lord sustained me." (Psalm 3:5)
 
"I will both lie down in peace, and sleep; For You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety." (Psalms 4:8)
 
"I give my beloved sleep." (Psalms 127:2)
 
I tell you this because, if you are called to be a prophetic dreamer, quite often the enemy will try to attack you by inducing bad dreams to scare you off from dreaming. That often happens to those who have a prophetic calling on them. So, if that happens to you or a loved one, pray over the area of sleep, and proclaim those scriptures over yourself or the person affected and that person's dream life. Do not accept the lies of the enemy.
 
To bring balance, we must realize that not every dream we dream is from the Lord. Not every dream we dream has meaning. And we should never act merely upon a dream without praying and seeking wise counsel. The more you pay attention to what you are dreaming by journaling your dreams and praying and asking God about them, the more discernment you will obtain regarding them. 
 
Many things can affect your dream life. The things you eat and drink, the medications you take, chemicals you use to clean your house, any stress you may be under, the things you go through during the day, movies or TV programs you watch, your own personal concerns, and even the spiritual atmosphere where you are sleeping. In fact, even the sounds and smells around you as you sleep can affect your dreams. But again, as you pay attention to your dreams and all of those other things, you will get better and better at discerning what is going on.
 
If you travel, you'll want to pray a cleansing prayer over the hotel room wherever you go. And if you minister, afterwards be sure to pray a cleansing prayer to remove any "hitch-hiking" spirits off of you. And by all means, if you have a lot of people into your home for a house group, ministry, or any other reason, pray over your home and each other before you retire for the night.
 
The more often you are faithful in journaling and praying over and asking the Lord about your dreams, the more dreams He will be likely to entrust you with. Be faithful in the little, and He will release more. That's the faithfulness of God, in response to our faithfulness!
 
There are many dream interpretation books out there, but be sure to get ones by Christian authors. The rest often give only worldly and/or sexual interpretations. Some good Christian dream interpretation book authors whose books are available on Amazon.com are: Kevin Conner, James Goll, Jane Hamon, John Paul Jackson, Ira Milligan, and I'm sure there are a lot more. A great web site for dream interpretation is that of my friend Susan Riddle, and it is at: http://www.tehillah.org/
 
I'm reminded of what the Word says of Samuel - that he did not allow one word from the Lord to fall to the ground. Let that be said of us as well!
 
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Dear Lord, Thank you for Your Word and for Your Love and faithfulness. Thank You for the dreams You give. We ask You to forgive us for any way we have not been faithful in acknowledging You in this area, and to be merciful and again release Your dreams to us, as well as Your interpretations. We thank You in advance for releasing to us Your heart, plans, inventions, and secrets in this time and season. In Jesus' name, Amen.
 
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3-31-10

This is what the Holy Spirit is saying this morning to me:

April is a very super special month, Joan…one which you will remember for a long time. That is not a bad thing, but a good thing, so don't fear. I will be with you all the time, day and night, and I will do great and "marvelous" deeds. You will write about them for Me, so there will be a record on earth AND in heaven.

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QUIET TIME NOTES

In my Quiet Time I read Acts 10:19-34 which is the story of Cornelius, the Centurian, who was visited by an angel. The angel told him to send for Peter and have him come to his house so that he could hear what Peter had to say. So Cornelius sent for Peter and Peter visited him. Cornelius gathered together his relatives and close friends to hear what Peter told them. Peter told them about Jesus - the good news of salvation - and they were saved and filled with the Spirit.

As I read this story, the Holy Spirit told me that that was going to be happening throughout America soon. People who would want to learn what a Christian had to say about how God worked in his life would invite people into their homes and invite the Christian to come and testify. The Spirit said I was to write this in my journal.

That's why I placed you and Beth in this house - so you could testify to your neighbors about Me and who I am and how I give eternal life to My people and take them to heaven instead of hell. I will start with one, and it will go by word of mouth to others, etc. You and Beth are to be ready to share and answer questions to those who show an interest.

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4-3-10

Just before I awoke this morning, in my dream, I heard someone ask someone else, "Who died?" It was as if the first person mentioned that someone had died, and the second person asked who. But I didn't see either person. I just overheard the question, "Who died?" just before I woke up. It didn't seem to be part of any special dream I was having. So, I am wondering why I heard that, and if that is a prophetic sign to me that someone just died, or will soon die. I'm writing this here in my journal so I will have that recorded in case someone whom I know does die soon.

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4-5-10

A DREAM ABOUT THROWING A BALL TO JESUS IN A GYMNASIUM

In this dream I was in a large gymnasium-like area, standing at one end of it and looking toward the other end. I saw a small group of people standing in line together at the left side of the opposite end, and a single person standing at the right side. The group on the left side was made up of a couple of drummers with drums plus 2-3 other people. The person on the right was dressed like "Lady Liberty" in that he had on a robe. I was to throw a ball toward the left group and see if it went to them. I threw the ball in the air and it came down and rolled the rest of the way. As we watched it slowly roll, it went exactly to the foot of the single person's shoe and touched it. I was amazed that it went exactly to his shoe, which he put forward to touch it. The lighting in the gym was partial light (semi-dark) like this might have been taking place at night with not very good lighting in the room.

Then I seemed to be with a group of people and we were watching someone sketch a drawing. This drawing turned out to be exactly like what just happened to me in the gymnasium. He sketched the group of about 5 people standing beside each other. I was so surprised that it was like what I'd seen and experienced, that I told the small group I was with about what had happened to me. I told them how the ball I'd thrown went exactly to the single person - even though I had tried to throw it to the small group.

The setting of the dream was in a room (gym) symbolizing great discipline, doing something over and over, an exercise, or a place of training. I am the main character and the main person acting in the dream (throwing the ball). Throwing the ball seems to be the significant action here. That ball symbolizes simplicity and ease of communicating ideas. Wow! That seems to fit me. I like to write ideas with simplicity, and it comes to me with ease. So this dream seems to be about my writing as a discipline. 

The group of five standing side-by-side may represent the church, people serving God in ministry, and the five-fold ministry. Since two are playing drums, this may symbolize the church as those who function from their hearts and passion. They blaze their own paths under God's guidance and don't follow "the drumbeat" of the world.

The single man wearing a robe may symbolize Jesus. Since the robe reminded me of the statue of liberty, this may symbolize the liberty I have in Him, and also it may stand for my real femininity and quiet reserve as a woman created by Him. That's the kind of life He is leading me to live out daily.

Jesus touched the ball with his shoe. His shoe could symbolize the Gospel, words, peace, a sign of walking and protection for that walk. It was a man's dress shoe, so that may mean something. Perhaps it refers to my being "dressed up" for what's coming, or as a warning to stop trying to impress others by dressing up, and just be myself. 

The sketch being drawn (as a group of us watched) may symbolize words given to me that are permanent, words to bring something to public notice, a record of something. And it may show that others are watching with me as I write - those who read those writings. That would fit what the Holy Spirit teaches me about writing books with Him. These are for a public record of the works of God in and through my life. The sketch reminds me of the first scene in this dream sequence and so I tell others about that first scene. That reviews and reminds me of what just happened to me then. It is almost like dreaming the event twice as I review it and tell it. That's what I do in my writing - I review and tell about things that have happened to me as I record them.

Well, what do You think, Lord? Is this a good interpretation? Are there more ideas You want me to consider and know from this dream?

You have done a very good job in interpreting it. I want you to know that you are "throwing out the ball" to others, but it is coming right to Me and being recorded in My heaven for you, for your records. I am putting My stamp of approval on that ball (words) you are sending out, and My peace (shoe) is upon that ball (of words). It is also a symbol of My Gospel going out through your words, which you write for Me. Then others hear about it through the "sketch" and the "testimony/telling" of the meaning of that sketch. We are partners and work together in this.

The room represents a place where you exercise spiritual discipline and the lighting represents this happening in a partially dark time/atmosphere in the world right now. Your telling others represents your telling your pastor and others about our writings.

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QUIET TIME NOTES

The Lord has guided me to write a new book with the title An Avalanche of Healings. The title came from a prophetic word given by someone (on CD) who said he was told there was an avalanche of healings coming. I think it was PK Davis or Steven Shelley, but I'm not sure. Anyway I prepared the title page last week. Then, yesterday, at the Easter Sunday service at OCF, Laura got up and gave a testimony about her son being healed from pneumonia. So I am being guided this morning to write out her story, put it in the book as the first story there, and to submit that story and the idea about the book I'm writing to Pastor Larry. I just wrote the story and emailed it to Larry.

The Lord said to me this morning:

This is the beginning of an avalanche of healings here at OCF and in KC.

TESTIMONY OF THE HEALING OF LAURA'S SON
Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010

On Easter Sunday morning during the worship service Laura went forward and gave this testimony. She said that her son got sick and was diagnosed with pneumonia. The doctor prescribed some medicine, but she didn't have the money to pay for that. So she asked God to heal her son from the illness. Then she said, "Now he is fine!" She gave praise to God for the healing and thanked the congregation for helping and supporting her, and praying for her. 

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2010: A Year of Germination of Seeds that Have Been Planted Over Many Years
by Bill Yount
Mar 1, 2010 

John 12:24 "Verily, Verily, I say unto you except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit."
Bill Yount
It's as though these Seeds were Shouting, "Our Season of Death is Over!"
In the Spirit I am hearing a sound I have never heard before. It's a sound from seeds that God had planted through us that have died inside the stony hearts of many people. There had been a long season when these seeds were not heard from at all. They were silenced by death. But in spite of death, these seeds now were beginning to groan as though death itself could not keep them any longer. The very life of Christ within these seeds was now beginning to overcome death and I saw a sprouting taking place that seemed to begin to shake the gates of Hell off its hinges! It's as though these seeds were shouting, "Our season of death is over! Hallelujah, we are now coming alive!" Seeds that had died with unfulfilled dreams of God inside of them were now beginning to come alive, worshiping their Creator, as they were beginning to sprout.
"Fields of dreams" were coming true! Seeds that were planted many years ago up to this present day were beginning to germinate. Seeds we had sown of the Word of God, acts of kindness and even smiles were bringing in a harvest as germination was taking place inside of many for whom we had forgotten and given up hope.
Pregnant with God's Dream!
Ecclesiastes 11:4-6 "He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all. In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good."
Both of our daughters are expecting our first two grandchildren a month apart this year. We have been saturated with ultrasounds. Ultrasounds are amazing to look at. You begin by seeing something so small at first, and then the little members of the body begin to grow. We can't figure out how that happens, but it's the seed that makes it all happen! I believe this year will be a year of record-breaking germination taking place in the wombs of many women...even a year of surprise babies!
To germinate means "to begin to or cause to grow, or sprout." When a seed falls into the ground and dies it looks different as it begins to sprout and surface. Many ministries, jobs and dreams that have seemingly been terminated will begin to germinate and spring forth suddenly, appearing different with new dimensions this coming year. The enemy is not cutting anything away from you, but God is pruning us all to look to Him for everything.
Don't focus on your dead dream, dead job or dead ministry; listen to that seed that is now groaning to come forth in newness of life. Some jobs that have been terminated in one place will germinate in another place. Your gift will make room for you. Your gift has outgrown the room you were in! You will now need a larger room for your gift. The place where you get pregnant with God's dream is not always the same place where you give birth to it.
Seeds Have Died Forever (so you thought)!
Many seeds that have been planted inside of us by the Holy Spirit and have seemingly died forever (so you thought) are now beginning to make a noise and groan. Even things that we "thought" God had told us were over...aren't.
Twenty-five years ago I had co-written a song with a brother, which was recorded by several people, and was a blessing to many. After several years the song seemed to have finished its course of being heard. Once in a while I would type in the name of the song to see if its season was really over. I became convinced that the song had a certain season and that was it. Just two months ago, I typed in the name of the song on the iTunes store and up came the song "It's All Taken Care of, Thanks to You" just recorded by Claudelle Clarke, the queen of Reggae Gospel music from Jamaica who has been singing for forty years now. I contacted her, and since the publishing company I had signed with closed down fifteen years ago, she was unable to find the authors of the song. Sometimes when our name is overlooked or forgotten, God often uses a seed we planted to cause others to reap blessings where they did not sow and to take it further than we ever could.
In 1 Corinthians 3:6, Paul says, "I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase."
Galatians 6:9 "And let us not become weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."
I am learning it's when I feel like fainting—is when I am actually doing well from God's point of view, and that a seed that I have sown is beginning to groan and sprout somewhere in some place, or in somebody, or in some nation!
Bill Yount
Blowing the Shofar Ministries
Email: theshofarhasblown@juno.com

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4-6-10

QUIET TIME NOTES

As I was reading in the book of Acts this morning the Holy Spirit said:

It's going to be like the book of Acts now. It already is, in some places - persecution and scattering. People will go everywhere telling others about Me. Then, when the number of My Bride is complete, I will call/shout, and have the trumpet blown as in 1 Thessalonians 4:16.

The idea, which came, was of the circle of events which Perry Stone and others have taught…that things come full circle and come back to what they were before at some time. The idea also came that the events in the book of Acts foreshadowed these end times events.

The word used in NIV for call/shout is "command." Seeing this reminded me of the Centurian who came to Jesus and asked to have his servant healed. He told Jesus that He didn't need to come to his house, but just give the command - that he understood authority and how it worked. Jesus called that faith. I thought a lot about how learning to function under authority and believing in it might be like faith. I realized that we believers, when we rule and reign with Christ during the millenium, will function under His authority. And we need to learn how to do that now. Jesus, help me to learn this now. Teach me Your ways, so that I may know you, and continue to find favor with You.

I will, My child. Who do you think gave you that idea? Faith and understanding authority are closely linked. I will keep teaching you.

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4-7-10

Last night Beth and I watched the webstream of PK Davis teaching his "School of the Spirit" in Alabama. He mentioned our political situation briefly, having talked recently to Rick Joyner about it. He said we were experiencing one of two possibilities: (1) that the enemy is trying to bring about the preparations toward one world government prematurely before it is God's timing, or (2) It is God's timing to bring that about and it's later than he realized. He thought we needed at least 3 years yet to do what the Lord is showing him. 

He said we should know by the end of this year which of the two scenarios it is. If the administration is changed this fall in the elections, and the new administration repeals what the current administration is putting into law, then there may be more time. But if the current administration and its policies are affirmed and kept in place in the fall election, then time is much shorter for us to do what the Lord is leading us to do - and we are truly heading quickly toward that one world government prophesied in the Bible.

PK also talked about what God has put in our hearts is what He has called us to - that deep calls unto deep - and that we can do that which is strongly in our hearts to do. I related to that idea, and feel that listening, praying, and writing (as I am doing now) is that which God has put strongly in my heart, and I am to continue in doing that. 

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QUIET TIME NOTES

Thy word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against Thee. (Psalm 119:11)

And I will keep My Word coming to you day and night, and I will keep you from sinning against Me.

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

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4-8-10

Today I felt the Lord guided me to go look around at a thrift store, then visit the library, then get my groceries. Here's what happened at the thrift store.

ELTON'S BACK IS HEALED
April 8, 2010

I went to the thrift store on 3rd Street today because the Lord guided me to do that. Just as I drove up and parked, Elton. drove up right beside me. He asked me what was going on with me, and we walked into the store together. After chatting a bit I asked him what was going on with him, and he said his back was healed. So I asked him where it was healed, and he related that it was healed at the (Heartland) Healing Room. I think the Lord guided me to go to that particular store today just to hear about this from Elton. so I could record the healing in this new book.

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Tonight as I lay in bed thinking awhile, I felt the Lord wanted me to write this story for my new book called An Avalanche of Healings. I had thought that I should write this story (and the one last Sunday about L's son) by putting in lots of details, feelings, thoughts, etc. so it would be an interesting story to read. But tonight I felt the Lord placed in my mind that I was just to "report" the healing almost like a newspaper article giving just the facts as I know them. That was a surprise to me, so I got up and wrote this story about E. It seems like the important thing I am to do is just to record that there was this event and when it happened. So that is what I did.

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4-9-10

Today I was greatly blessed by the Lord as I went to a very large church garage sale held in Lees Summit. I have attended sales in that church before so I knew it might be good. When I got there I saw rows and rows of tables with signs on them telling the category of items (books, etc) placed on that table along with the prices. So I found the puzzle and book table first and picked out about 10 books to buy. I stacked them in a separate place along the wall, and one of the "workers" there put my name on a post-it note on my stack. Then I browsed through the many other tables and picked out a few other things to buy: two legal pad folders for note taking, several three-ring notebooks for storing my writings, a potato peeler, a box of business cards by Avery, a purse, a light-weight sweat jacket, and three pairs of slacks.  All of these items cost me $11.50 so I was quite pleased by this blessing from the Lord. Thank You, Lord, for leading me in stretching the money You give me to pay for lots of items that are useful to me!

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4-11-10

A DREAM ABOUT HAVING LOTS OF FRUIT AND SHARING IT

In this dream I was gathering up a lot of fruits and spreading them out in the place where I lived. These were small fruits like various berries. I had some children who came in there and I gave them fruit to eat. I gathered up some fruit and put them in a pitcher.

This means that you have and will gather more fruit and will give it away to others who are childlike enough to eat from your fruit. And this is done with joy. The children enjoy it and you enjoy it.

I will bring about My destiny plans in you and in Beth - and fulfill all those plans. 

This is the day that the Lord has made. I will rejoice and be glad in it.

I am with you and I will sustain you…this day and every day of your lives. You are My treasured children, and I will give you (both) lots of fruit to share with others.

A pitcher is used to pour a drink from - and many will drink from the fruit I give you and Beth. I include her in this dream even though she wasn't seen in it.

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4-12-10

A DREAM ABOUT MY TEACHING CHILDREN THE BASICS OF CHRISTIANITY

In this dream I was a teacher of small children, probably about kindergarten age, who hadn't been to school previously. They had a lot to learn about how the school and our classroom did things. I was trying to teach them basics, like when to say "thank you" for something given them. A woman came into our classroom. She seemed like she might be the Principal. I was telling her how things might need to be adaptable on this day since it was a special day and we might not do recess or lunch right at the usual time. I left the children with her for a few minutes and went to another room, where those children had just played, to see if anyone was still there. I found one child and brought him with me to the rest of my group. He seemed sad and said, "We didn't win." 

In this dream I was the central character and the actions revolved around me. I was in the role of a teacher, which may refer to one giving the revelation of God or important instruction. I gave this to a group of young untrained children who may represent beginning Christians. I was to teach them the basics of living as a Christian and of learning the Word of God. This was happening in a place of teaching and discipleship, a place of training and education. It could refer to small group ministry within the church. This classroom situation may refer to God's call of one chosen for learning and teaching - something I have felt led to do for many years (learning, and then teaching through the books I write and put on the web). The Principal, a woman, may represent the Holy Spirit who is the authority over me and over the students. The single child I found who said, "We didn't win," refers to someone God wants to develop, mature and learn what "real winning" really is.

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The Season of Change...Angelic Change
by Theresa Phillips
Apr 12, 2010

"It's Spring Time! Spring Up a Well of Joy and Expectancy!"

I was in worship while calling in the presence of GOD, when I was swept away with the love of God. This love was so strong in my heart; I knew not what was happening at the time. Then I sensed the Presence speaking to me, "Spring time! It's Spring time! Spring up a well of joy and expectancy! Guess what? I have sent help. Fill the earth with the wonders of GOD; I have sent help."

Then I was taken by the Spirit; where, I do not know. But I saw myself standing near a pathway of ancient stone steps, well worn and trodden. The stone steps were wide and deep and had become smooth, and the walls had been rubbed till they shined from the many who have walked this ancient path. There was an awe. Coming from behind me was an army of angelic movement. My eyes drifted once again to the steps and I saw the angels descending in vast numbers down these ancient steps.

I heard the voice of one calling from above, "Go touch the earth. Minister to My people." That voice sounded like a river and thunder. My being was shaking under the mightiness of the sound.

My eyes were fixed on the sights when I saw something else—I saw an angel, huge in proportion, walking up the steps. He had huge wings and he was gray in color. As he was nearing the crest of the steps, I saw a bright light illuminate from above and the angel became golden and beautiful. I heard the sound of great rejoicing; the angel's mission had been completed here in the below, and now others were being dispatched in his place.

The changing of an angelic guard had begun...

Five Angels Sent to Help the People of GOD

Fast forwarding now to another time and place, I was in the kitchen of my home, chatting with a dear one, when suddenly we were in the Spirit and I again was seeing the steps. This time the steps were brighter. I felt more comfortable now. Descending from the steps were five angels sent here in the below to help the people of GOD! The first one had wings filled with gold and silver. The Lord prompted me to know this was a prosperity angel.

Psalm 68:13 Even while you sleep among the campfires, the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver, its feathers with shining gold."

The Lord spoke clearly: "I am releasing 'Prosperity' to My people for such a time as this. My people will become creative, making witty inventions, and the arts will explode over the earth, causing an influx of financial gain."

The Angel Called "Hearken to the Word of the Lord"

The second angel came down the stone steps; he was carrying an ancient manuscript. This angel was called Hearken to the Word of the Lord.

Psalm 103:20 Praise the LORD, you His angels, you mighty ones who do His bidding, who obey His word.

I saw this angel move swiftly like fire to bring fresh revelation on the Word of the Lord as it was being preached.

I heard the Lord say, "REVELATION is coming fast, very fast. I am exciting My people with FRESH revelation. The Word will bring many to Me and will stabilize households, and ministries will grow in faith! The Word will have the Fresh Breath of My Spirit upon it, and many will be saved by the preaching of the Word."

The Harvesting Angel

The third angel was carrying a stalk of wheat. This was a harvesting angel.

Matthew 13:39 The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

These angels will prompt the eye gate to LOOK on to the harvest and see the fields.

John 4:35 Behold, I say unto you, "Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest."

I knew the Spirit was speaking to me with this one. The harvest is plentiful, the workers are few—the Almighty One is sending help to get the work done! The Lord spoke to me and said, "LOOK and SEE; LISTEN and DO! I have begun to ignite the hearts of men for revival. Get ready," said the Lord, "I am making a way for the harvest. Prepare for the harvest."

Then I saw the shafts of wheat again and realized that wheat, if not harvested when it's ready, will fall to the ground in a storm and may not recover. I saw this third angel standing in the fields, assigned to protect the crop.

The Angel Proclaiming to the Nations the Glory of God

The fourth angel was mighty. He had a huge horn in his hand. This angel was sent to proclaim to the nations the glory of God. Pouring out of the bowl of his horn were words: The Good News of Signs, Wonders, Miracles, Healings, Deliverances and GREAT HOPE.

Luke 2:15 When the angels had left them and gone into Heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about."

I heard the Lord say to me, "GOOD NEWS! GOOD NEWS! I am bringing good news to My people and to those who are afar off. Get ready for a new sound of joy!"

The Angel Assigned to Make Ways of Escape from Death, Battles and Imprisonments

The fifth angel was almost transparent, beautiful yet very powerful. Its armor was made of very fine material that could cut through anything. This angel is assigned to make ways of escape from death, battles and imprisonments. This angel knows the ways of the King; he is from the Throne Room. He is assigned to direct people into the inner courts of those in high offices and expand territories for the "Presence of the King."

Acts 12:7 Suddenly, there was a bright light in the cell, and an angel of the Lord stood before Peter. The angel struck him on the side to awaken him and said, "Quick! Get up!" And the chains fell off his wrists.

I then heard this from the Lord: "I will have Me a People! I will send help! I will provide! I will give supernatural strategies! I will open the flood gates of Heaven and pour out blessings from above and from the below," says the Lord. Then I heard this very clearly, "Pray in the Holy Spirit; build UP YOUR faith" (from the Book of Jude).

As I watched these angels come into the below, I knew a change was taking place. Great change has taken place! Then I was reminded of two Scriptures that have prompted me to realize we must be ready.

Peter realized a supernatural act had taken place:

Acts 12:11 Peter finally came to his senses. "It's really true!" he said. "The Lord has sent His angel and saved me from Herod and from what the Jewish leaders had planned to do to me!"

Genesis 28:12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to Heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.

Let us pray: O Lord, keep my way pure. O Lord, do not let ANYTHING pass by me. I accept Your help; I am trusting Your Spirit to help me do what I must be willing to do. O God, YOU have set me ablaze with new vision and renewed purpose. Help my faith when I have none. Grant wisdom to grow and be one used of You.

In Jesus' name I ask, Amen.

Theresa Phillips
Senior Pastor, PMI Glory Institute
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4-13-10

QUIET TIME NOTES

This morning in my Quiet Time, I declared various Scriptures concerning my healing from the book by Ruth Shinness. He said my healing was from the top of my head to the toes of my feet. Later He said in my mind:

Yes, yes, yes,
Yes, yes, yes,
It is done, it is done, 
It is done, it is done. (repeated)

What is done, Lord?

Your healing is done, and I'm celebrating by chanting this song. It is done, Joan. Your healing is now done. You have been appropriating it for many years, a little at a time, and now it is finished/done. I am happy for you. And now you will see it continually manifesting, at various times and various ways, because your healing is now done. My Words have gone forth to heal you. As you spoke them this morning, My Words went forth to heal you - as the Scripture says: "He sent forth His Word and healed them."

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4-14-10

During the night I awoke. I remembered (then) some words that had come to me somehow (whether in a dream or some other way, I don't know). The words were something about, "When the Light comes…then…something. I don't remember it precisely this morning, but I wanted to record that much.

QUIET TIME NOTES

As I struggled with whether I should go to a meeting tonight…

Oh Lord, why am I like this, Lord? (shy and retiring and wanting be by myself instead of with others)

Do you think I made you that way?

Did You, Lord?

Yes, I allowed you to become shy and retiring because I wanted you to be one who would set herself apart unto Me, and listen to Me, and write what I tell you. You have become that one, and I am pleased with you as you are. It is ok that you don't want to go to the meeting tonight. You may stay home and spend the evening with Me instead. It is not like you will waste the evening, because you will spend it with Me. I know you don't want to attend that meeting in that unknown, strange church. If I wanted you to go, I would have put the desire and eagerness in you to go. You may stay home and not feel guilty. I am with you, just as I was with Gideon whom you read about just now. Beth is different. She wants to go tonight, so that is ok for her to do. Let her go without you.

Thank You, Lord, for loving me and accepting me the way I am!

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4-15-10

Yesterday during my Quiet Time the Lord began to give me ideas about putting scriptures above the doorframes inside the house. Beth has already put scripture along the "bridge/walkway" to the upper room: (I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father but through Me.) So I began to write down some possibilities such as:

He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen. (By my 2 bedroom doors)

Create in me a clean heart, O God. (Psalm 51:10) (Above the laundry room doorframe)

I am the Resurrection and the Life. (Above the upper room door)

You will be blessed when you come in and when you go out. (Deuteronomy 28:6 NCV)

My help comes from the Lord. (Psalm 121:2 NIV)

The Lord will keep you from all harm. (Psalm 121:7 NIV)

The Lord will watch over your coming and going. (Psalm 121:8 NIV)

Beth and I discussed it this morning and she likes the idea. We would order them online already printed and just rub the removable printing off onto the wall above the door. The font we would use is called "adore," and the color is called "king blue." This would be costly, so we might just do a little at a time as we can afford it.

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4-16-10

A DREAM ABOUT PREPARING MY WRITINGS FOR OTHERS TO READ AND RECEIVE NOURISHMENT

In this dream somehow I was taught to scrape over the pictures or words in a script so that they were flattened out. I would use something (like maybe a table knife, but I didn't see what) to do this. This was to be helpful somehow. 

There was also a scene where I stood in front of a regular oven (which was high up in the wall, about as high as my waist/chest) and watched food bake there. I had the door of the oven open and kept adding water to the food so it would cook better. The food seemed to be meat and potatoes. 

The first part of the dream, where I was flattening pictures and words to spread them out flat, may refer to my editing my writings to put in books. It could refer to editing K's books also. This editing was somehow helpful to those who read and see these books. The pictures which I am editing (flattening out) are from my memory, from a significant occurrence, something hidden brought to light, or a past experience. The words that I am editing refer to something unforgettable, something to publish, or a fixed and documented record of things.

The second part of the dream, where I was cooking food in an oven and adding water, may refer to cooking or preparing meat for the mature - meaning deep and satisfying teaching of the Word of God for people to eat. The potatoes may refer to this being an essential or basic element in people's lives, and basic nourishment. Adding water to this food refers to adding the Holy Spirit and the Word of God to it. The oven refers to this food coming from my heart, my meditation, and my thinking on these things.

Thank You, Lord! Is that right?

Yes, that is right, Joan. You have interpreted the dreams well. This is how I see your books/writings. They record important events and ideas to share with others, and they provide meat and nourishment basted by the Holy Spirit and My Word. Good job!

Is it a good job, Lord?

Yes, it a very important job to Me - one which I want done and which I've called you to do for Me. It will receive rewards in heaven - rewards which you will thoroughly delight in…not ruling rewards like in the 10 minas story, but delightful rewards in your living situation (rewards you would prefer to have anyway, because of the way I've made you).

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4-19-10

Yesterday at OCF church there were several testimonies of healing that took place - mostly during the healing meeting with Kevin Basconi last Thursday there. Here is a record of those:

BEVERLY'S BACK WAS HEALED
April 15, 2010

Beverly gave a testimony at Olathe Christian Fellowship on Sunday morning (4-19) that her back was healed when Kevin prayed for her at the healing meeting the previous Thursday evening.

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DONNIE'S NECK PAIN WAS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWERED
April 15, 2010

Donnie gave the testimony at Olathe Christian Fellowship on Sunday morning (4-19) that in January his neck started hurting badly. He said he had been taking shots and pain killers for it. His back pain lowered significantly when prayed for at the healing meeting last Thursday night by Kevin.

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CHRIS WAS HEALED IN FOUR PLACES IN HER BODY 
April 15, 2010

Chris testified to Pastor Larry that there were four different places in her body healed as she was prayed for by Kevin last Thursday night at the healing meeting at Olathe Christian Fellowship.

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SHELLY RECEIVED PEACE AND STRENGTH THROUGH PRAYER
April 15, 2010

Shelly said she received impartation from prayer by Kevin at the Olathe Christian Fellowship healing prayer meeting, and also received peace and strength.

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KIM SHARED ABOUT ARTHRITIS PAIN DRASTICALLY REDUCED
April 18, 2010

On Sunday morning Kim participated in the worship service at Olathe Christian Fellowship. She said that her arthritis pain went from a level of 10 to level 0 during worship time.

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Sunday Sermon notes of the Father's Love for us
By Pastor Larry

1.	Drink the Father's love in by sitting quietly and soaking it in. Fill up with His love and keep my love bank full. Then it can overflow to others. God is the great Risk Taker
2.	Return the Father's love by responding to Him. Tell Him of my love for Him. Worship Him. We are the responders.
3.	Become a conduit of His love to others. This involves our taking the risk of reaching out to others, not knowing how they will respond.

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I will guide Beth in choosing the paint color for this house so she will make the right choice - the one she will be pleased with. That is My word to you today, Joan.

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4-21-10

A DREAM ABOUT SHIRLEY ENJOYING BEN'S PRESENCE

In a dream I saw Shirley delighting when Ben was with her and enjoying his presence.

I think this dream is a reminder about the Bride of Christ being delighted in Jesus' presence and enjoying Him.

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HEALING REPORT TO PASTOR LARRY ABOUT A FRIEND WHO VISITED OCF

I [Beth] have a praise report about a friend of mine who visited OCF Sunday for the first time. Feel free to share the details with the ministry staff, but not the public in general. I think he's going to visit OCF again and he might share the testimony himself.

Sunday, after you had some people share about healings they had received Thursday night, my friend mentioned the need for some healing himself. I introduced him to MF and they chatted a bit and then I took him to Lillis who prayed for him.

My friend said that one of his two physical issues is better. It no longer hurts constantly and 'feels different.' He acknowledged that it must be getting better gradually. I don't know if he's ever been taught about healing, so it's significant that he could recognize a gradual healing as still being a healing.

He also said that Lillis picked up on his need to forgive himself about something. He hadn't told her that he has struggled for a long time with (whatever it is) and didn't understand why he couldn't get past it. So when Lillis suggested that he forgive himself, that was the key. He said that he can already see a difference in how he looks at (whatever it is) and he seemed pleased.

I don't know this guy very well and I don't know any more details than these. But I'm encouraged by his healings and thought you might be encouraged as well. I think it really helped him to hear testimonies about other healings before going forward for prayer himself. So thanks for making a place for healing testimonies and healing prayer in the service!

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WE OUGHT TO PRAY AND NOT LOSE HEART
by Francis Frangipane
April 19, 2010

Approximately two thousand years ago a decree was issued at the judgment seat of Almighty God. It provided "legal" protection for the Church against the devil. Indeed, when Jesus died for our sins, the "ruler of this world" was judged (John 16:11). Our debts were nailed to Christ's Cross and canceled; principalities and powers were disarmed. In truth, because of Jesus, we have a legal right, not only to be protected from our enemy, but to triumph over him (Colossians 2:13-15).

It does not matter what nation you come from, the sacrifice of Christ was so complete and the judicial decision from God against satan so decisive that divine protection, enough to cover every need known to Christians, has been granted (see Revelation 3:10). Christ's death is the lawful platform upon which the Church rises to do spiritual warfare; His Word is the eternal sword we raise against wickedness.

Having said that, we must also acknowledge that the Church has only rarely walked in such victory since the first century. Why? At least in part, the answer is this: To attain the protection of Christ, the Church must embrace the intercession of Christ. We must become a house of prayer.

Indeed, Church history began with its leadership devoted to the Word of God and to prayer (Acts 2:42; 6:4). Every day the leaders gathered to pray and minister to the Lord (Acts 3:1). In this clarity of vision and simplicity of purpose, the Church of Jesus Christ never had greater power or capacity to make true disciples.

Today, however, our qualifications for Church leadership include almost everything but devotion to God's Word and prayer. Leaders are expected to be organizers, counselors, and individuals with winning personalities whose charms alone can draw people.

In Luke 18, Jesus challenges our modern traditions. He asks, "When the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?" (verse 8). His question is a warning to Christians who would limit the power of God at the end of the age. Jesus is calling us to resist the downward pull of our traditions; He is asking us individually, "Will I find faith in you?"

Before we respond, let us note that Jesus associates "faith" with "day and night prayer" (Luke 18:7). He is not asking, "Will I find correct doctrines in you?" The Lord's question does not so much concern itself with our head as with our heart. What we believe is important, but how we believe is vital in securing the help of God.

Indeed, procuring the supernatural help of God is exactly the point of Jesus' parable in Luke 18. His intent was to show that "at all times" we "ought to pray and not to lose heart" (Luke 18:1). To illustrate the quality of faith He seeks, He followed His admonition with a parable about a certain widow who petitioned a hardened judge for "legal protection" (verse 3). Although the judge was initially unwilling, yet by her "continually coming" (verse 5) she gained what was legally hers.

Jesus concluded by asking, "If an unrighteous judge will respond to a widow's persistence, shall not God avenge quickly His elect, who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them?" Jesus said, "I tell you that He will bring about justice for them speedily" (see Luke 18:1-8)

Understanding God's Delays

Our Heavenly Judge will not "delay long" over His elect, but He will delay. In fact, God's definition of "speedily" and ours are not always synonymous. The Lord incorporates delays into His overall plan: Delays work perseverance in us. So crucial is endurance to our character development that God is willing to delay even important answers to prayer to facilitate our transformation.

Thus, we should not interpret divine delays as signs of divine reluctance. Delays are tools to perfect our faith. Christ is looking to find a tenacity in our faith that prevails in spite of delays and setbacks. He seeks to create a perseverance within us that outlasts the test of time, a resolve that actually grows stronger during delays. When the Father sees this quality of persistence in our faith, it so touches His heart that He grants "legal protection" to His people.

Desperation Produces Change

It is significant that Jesus compared His elect to a widow harassed by an enemy. The image is actually liberating, for we tend to conceptualize the heroes of the faith as David or Joshua types—individuals whose successes obscure their humble beginnings. But each of God's servants has, like the widow, a former life that is brimming with excuses and occasions to waver.

Look at the widow: She has legitimate reasons to quit, but instead she prevails. Indeed, she refuses to exempt herself from her high potential simply because of her low estate. She makes no apologies for her lack of finances, knowledge or charm. Giving herself no reason to fail, she unashamedly plants her case before the judge where she pleads for and receives what is hers: legal protection from her opponent.

How did a common widow gain such strength of character? We can imagine that there must have been a time when, under the relentless pressure of her adversary, she became desperate, and desperation worked to her advantage. Desperation is God's hammer: It demolishes the stronghold of fear and shatters the chains of our excuses. When our desperation exceeds our fears, progress begins.

Today, the force prodding many Christians toward greater unity and prayer has not been the sweetness of fellowship; more often it has been the assault of the enemy. We are in desperate times. When it comes to touching God's heart, other than for a few essential truths, unity of desperation is more crucial than unity of doctrine.

God's Elect

Our nation is suffering from a deep social and moral collapse. If we have ever needed God's anointing, it is now—but where are God's elect? Where are the people whom Daniel says "know their God" and "will display strength and take action" (Daniel 11:32)?

Is there no one divinely empowered who can fell the Goliaths of our age? Perhaps we are looking in the wrong places. Perhaps we need only to look in our bathroom mirror. If you believe in Jesus and are desperate for God, you qualify as one of God's elect. Remember, in the above parable the widow typifies Christ's chosen.

We have erroneously held that God's chosen will never be assaulted by the adversary, much less driven to desperation and "day-and-night" prayer. But, this desperation is often the very crucible in which the elect of God are forged. Jesus portrays this characteristic metaphorically in the picture of the widow; He reveals the means through which His elect prevail in battle at the end of the age.

When all is said and done, it is also possible that this widow may not have been a singular person but a corporate people—a "widow Church"—united in Christ in a singular, desperate prayer for protection against her adversary.

We need the "legal protection" that a national revival provides. But it will not come without unceasing prayer. You ask, "Where was the prayer behind the Charismatic Renewal?" The Lord spoke to my heart that the Charismatic Renewal was His answer to the cries of a million praying mothers—women who refused to surrender their children to drugs and the devil.

It is our turn to pray. We are the widow who cannot give herself a reason for failure; God will answer our day-and-night cry. Let us position ourselves at His throne on behalf of our cities and nations. Certainly, as we persevere in faith, the Lord will grant us legal protection from our enemy.

Francis Frangipane
Ministries of Francis Frangipane
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HEARING AND OBEYING THE VOICE OF THE LORD WILL BE INCREASINGLY CRITICAL
by Rick Joyner
April 20, 2010

To understand the times, I always try to go to the foundation of a matter to see if I can recognize the hand of God in it. We are told in Psalm 90:17, "Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; and confirm for us the work of our hands; yes, confirm the work of our hands." I pray this often because I do not want just to be busy but to be about our Father's business. I want to know that what I am doing is truly His work, and that what I am studying is for His purposes. Many things interest me, but I am not here to be entertained; I am here to do the Lord's will, so I seek confirmation for what I'm working on.

As the leader of a ministry that draws many prophetic people, I have spent decades seeking to understand prophecy and have never found a place in Scripture where the Lord is obligated to confirm prophecy by repeating it. As we read in the case of Josiah, one of the most righteous kings in Israel's history, he died because he did not heed the voice of the Lord spoken through a most unlikely source, and it was not repeated. It can be dangerous to presume things, especially to teach certain things as principles that are not established as such in the Scriptures.

Because something is found once in the Scriptures does not make it a principle. However, if it is found once, it does make it possible. A basic theological principle that I believe is sound, is that if the entire weight of the Scriptures says one thing, and there is one verse or one example that stands in contrast to the weight of the Scriptures—do not base your theology on the one, but on the entire weight of the Scriptures. Of course, we should seek to understand what seems to be the exception, but until we do, we should not base our theology or teaching on it.

We do have examples of the Lord repeating Himself to people, but it is the exception. By far, we see that He tends to speak once, and He expects us to hear and obey Him. He is not like a parent who repeats an instruction to a child so that the child learns he does not have to obey until the commands have come many times or the tone of voice has reached a certain level of irritation. The Lord said that our yes should mean yes, and our no should mean no, and anything beyond that is evil (see Matthew 5:37). We can expect that He teaches His children to hear the first time, and that He means just what He says the first time.

Hear and Obey

I tried to teach my children the same way—to hear and obey the first time I said it, without debate, unless they did not hear me clearly. I would never discourage them from asking me what I said if they did not understand me, but I would not let them challenge my instructions unless there was a major factor that they did not think I was aware of that could change my instructions. I learned this in the military and as a pilot.

I was told in infantry training that if I did not obey the commands, I would likely die, and those under me would probably die also, and I could in fact jeopardize our entire force by not obeying. If I was told to take up a position and arrived there, but thought I saw a better position nearby and moved to it, I would likely be killed by friendly fire. Why? If they observed firing coming from a position they had not sent anyone to, they would think it was the enemy. The more intense the situation is, the more dangerous it is to not hear instructions clearly and obey them without question.

As a pilot, if I was told to be at a certain altitude and heading, and if I did not listen or obey, I could find myself occupying the same space at the same time as another plane—which is not preferable. In combat flying, if you are not on an assigned heading and altitude, you could be presumed to be the enemy and be taken down by your own forces just as the wayward infantryman.

As we proceed toward the end of this age, hearing and obeying the voice of the Lord will be increasingly critical, and in due time, will be a life or death matter. Because our ministry has emphasized knowing the voice of the Lord since our beginning, and we have had decades of seeking to know His voice better, I think as a ministry we are about as good in this as any I know of. However, I have repeatedly heard from the Lord that we must know His voice much better than we do now to make it through the times that are coming.

Rick Joyner
MorningStar Ministries
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4-25-10

A DREAM ABOUT LETTING SELF (REPRESENTED BY A PLANT) DIE

The setting was a house where a group lived, like maybe they were a Christian group of friends who shared the house. I saw a plant that had some dead leaves on it and I was shaking it and pulling off the dead leaves, trying to revive the plant so it would look greener and fresher. I was making a mess on the floor and planned to sweep that up after fixing the plant. After taking off the dead leaves I planned to run water over it to help revive it and make it greener.

I looked in a mirror that was positioned so that I could see through a second mirror behind me. Through these double mirrors I could see out a window. I watched a school bus coming up a hill, saw it slip sideways a little bit, and then make it up the hill ok. 

Then Beth was there, and some unknown man. She seemed to be asking him about the possibility of her living in this group house, because she asked him the question, "But where would Mom live?" 

The setting of the dream in a house may symbolize this dream being about me or about my church. The plant may symbolize me also representing my personality and talents. The fact that the plant has become partly dead in the leaves may symbolize that there are some areas of my self/personality that have become dead or unused. Those parts are being "pulled off" and discarded in this dream. When that is done, I will sweep up the mess those leaves caused, and water the plant by pouring lots of water over the whole plant to help revive/renew it. That refers to watering myself with the Spirit and/or the Word.

The double mirrors may refer to my looking back at myself - through God's Word or my heart. It can signify my reflecting on something, seeing through a glass darkly, knowing in part, or what's going on in me. It may signify a perception of myself as judged from hindsight.

Looking in these double mirrors gave me the ability to see a school bus driving up a hill. This may symbolize looking back at my teaching children and/or it may symbolize my seeing the church in my past experiences and discipleship experiences there. The school bus seemed to slip sideways a bit, and then was able to continue climbing the hill. Perhaps that expresses my own teaching experiences slipping a bit, but then climbing up a hill further. The hill could symbolize that I am climbing up to a higher place toward God. Since this is seen through a window, it comes in revelation knowledge, understanding, prophecy, or revelation of truth with possibly a new paradigm that has let light in.

The last part of the dream about Beth - this seems to show Beth wanting to live someplace where I cannot live, and she shows concern for where I will live if she does that. That may symbolize that she is going places in her spiritual life, along with a group of others, that I am not part of. 

This dream seems to be all about me, where I've been, what is now dead and needs pruning, what needs watering and refreshing, my teaching ministry, my climb upward toward God, and my relationship with Beth and her group of friends.

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4-26-10

Throughout yesterday morning, after writing this dream, I kept "seeing" in my mind that plant getting more and more dead. Finally there was only a tiny place at the top that was still green/alive. I wondered what this meant. The Spirit showed me that I was to give even that green top to Him and let it die also - that I was to die to self. So I did in prayer. (If anyone would come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.) ( Luke 9:23 NIV) 

This morning as I read Scripture where it said:  "It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing, the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. (John 6:63 KJV) the Holy Spirit drew my attention to "the flesh profiteth nothing" and indicated that the plant that I saw in the dream was a picture of my flesh, and it was gradually dying. Since I gave the last little bit of it to Him yesterday in prayer, it is now dead. Now He can complete His work of making me totally alive in Christ - a brand new creation in Him! Thank You, Lord!

You ARE the new plant now, Joan. I see you as this new plant watered and nurtured by My Word and My Spirit. You can rejoice in this. AND you have already "swept up" the dead leaves - meaning that which the self-life caused in your past - by forgiving yourself and others as I have led you. I see you as a flourishing green plant with roots being watered by Me daily as you reach out to Me.

In the second part of the dream (regarding the double mirrors, the window, and watching a school bus slipping sideways a bit, then proceeding up a hill) He showed me yesterday that the "slipping sideways a bit" represents the time when I slipped into life without Him while married. Then I came back to Him later and began climbing the hill again, going upward toward Him, and continued on from there.

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4-26-10

QUIET TIME NOTES

Regarding my daughter:

I will keep her in a job, Joan, so do not worry. I have plans for her and they are good plans. She will keep working and receiving pay for it as long as I plan that for her. If I ever want her to stop her job, I will let her know that, and why, etc. So don't worry. Remember I have plans for her and they are good plans - plans to satisfy her needs and fulfill her and give her abundant life. 

You'll get through this life ok, and you will thank Me for all eternity for what I've done for you. I will not let you down.

I declare all that You have just said - in Jesus' Name. Amen.

My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken. (Psalm 62:1-2 NIV)

Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from him. He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will not be shaken. My salvation and my honor depend on God; he is my mighty rock, my refuge. Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge. (Psalm 62:5-8 NIV)

One thing God has spoken, two things have I heard: that you, O God, are strong, and that you, O Lord, are loving. (Psalm 62:11-12 NIV)

You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you… The path of the righteous is level: O upright One, you make the way of the righteous smooth… My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. (Isaiah 26:3, 7, 9 NIV)

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4-29-10

A DREAM ABOUT A FLYING OBJECT HOVERING OVER AND NEAR US

1. In this dream I was with 2-3 children. We were standing outside a car. We saw this large round brown flying object hovering over and near us. We knew that this object was known for trying to kidnap children or do something evil to children, so we got into the car so the children weren't as easily seen. I talked with J on the phone and told him about this. 

2. I saw S at one time in the dream and noticed that her hair was up in round curlers in the front. Then I saw a back view and the back of her hair was a very light bright (almost shiny) blond, and it was tucked into something that held it drawn under tightly at her neckline.

This seems to symbolize my children and me (or other Christians and me) seeing something which we felt was dangerous to us, especially to the children as young Christians. This unknown flying object was brown, round, and hovering quite close to us in the air, like it might have been observing us. We felt it was threatening so we got into the car beside us. This car could represent our ministry, or warfare and battles, or our personal life. We felt protected from the threatening object by being in this car. My calling J on the phone represents my calling out to Jesus, in prayer.

S represents the Bride of Christ in my dreams often. Since her hair was rolled up on curlers it may show she had long hair. That represents her covering, her being a submissive wife or church, and being glorified. The back of her head may represent her past or something that is behind her. Her hair being blond may represent her having a sunny disposition or being an optimist. This may show that the Bride of Christ has optimism about life even though the economy and world events are dismal. This could be because her sins are behind her and she now belongs to Christ - so she has hope for her future with Him. Seeing her neck may represent seeing her will, her being resolved, her strength, her beauty, her authority, or her stubbornness.

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4-30-10

A DREAM ABOUT MAKING IT THROUGH WHAT I HAD BEEN GIVEN TO DO

In this dream I watched two different military men. I tried to imitate what I saw them do. Then I was being instructed about some thing that was given me to do. When that was accomplished, then I would get instruction about the next thing that I was to do. This instruction came in the form of words I saw, where a certain word was circled to draw my attention to it. At the end of the dream, instead of words of instruction, these spoken words came: "Congratulations! You've made it through - through - through - through!"

My first impression of the interpretation of this dream is that the two military men represent Jesus and the Holy Spirit. I try to imitate them, say the words they speak, etc. Then my instructions come by seeing words and having my attention drawn to a certain circled word. That represents to me reading and hearing the Word of God and being drawn to follow it. At the end of the dream the words spoken to me represent the end of my time here on earth and going to heaven where I will be congratulated for making it through earth life with all its many instructions and lessons to learn and do. It is a very positive dream!

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Prophecy Given by Lance Lambert
Prophetic Word Regarding Israel & the Nations
Lance Lambert is a respected Bible scholar, speaker, teacher and preacher who lives in Jerusalem. The following is a prophetic warning he gave on April 18, 2010 about any nation that would interfere with God's plans for Israel. 

Do not fear neither be dismayed for that which is coming upon the face of the earth, for I am with you, says The Lord. Nevertheless I have a serious controversy with the nations. They are seeking to divide My Land says The Lord, the land that I covenanted to give to Abraham and to his seed after him through Isaac and Jacob, as an everlasting inheritance. This I will not allow without devastating judgment upon those nations who pursue this plan. I have arisen with intense and furious anger and will not back down until I have destroyed their well being. I will cause their economies to fail, and their financial system to break down, and even the climate to fail them! I will turn them upside down and inside out and they will not know what has hit them, whether they be super powers or not. For I am the only One, the Almighty God and besides me there is none to compare. 

Do they believe that in their arrogance they can contradict and nullify covenants that I the Almighty have made? Do they believe that they can change what has gone forth from My mouth with impunity? It is My Word and My decree that has gone forth concerning the seed of Abraham. It will not be changed by man. I and I alone am Almighty. Do not fear! 

For this reason a new and a far more serious phase of judgment is commencing. Do not fear, it is I who is shaking all things. Remember that in Me you have peace but in the world tribulation. Trust Me! I am shaking all things so that which cannot be shaken may remain. When all your circumstances become abnormal, discover in Me your peace, your rest and your fulfillment. 

In this phase the old and powerful nations will become as if they are third world countries, super powers will no longer be super powers but countries such as India and China will arise to take their place. A great company of the redeemed will come out of these two countries. In all this change, do not fear. 

I know your weakness and your tendency to fear, but do not be dismayed at these things. In the midst of all this shaking, this turmoil and strife, there are two peoples that lie at its heart, the true and living church and Israel. I will use these matters, these events, to purify one and to save the other! Do not fear, above the storms, the shaking, and the conflict, I am the Everlasting and Almighty One. In Me you cannot be shaken, you can only lose what is not worth holding! 
(www.lancelambert.org)   This prophecy came in an e-newsletter from Sid Roth, April 30, 2010