HOW TO LIVE (HOLY!) 
IN THESE DAYS

2010

May-June

By Joan Royer

INTRODUCTION

These are ideas taken from my journals of how the Lord guides me each day in my Quiet Time with Him. My Quiet Time encompasses Bible reading, praising-talking-listening time, prayer for my concerns, and intercession for others.

In this book I include some meaningful writings by various authors which I read online. I am blessed by these writings and hope the reader will be also.

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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. 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 on me, 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 will 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.

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)

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.

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5-2-10

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! (2 Corinthians 5:17 NIV)

This is what has happened to you, Joan. You are "in Me" and you are therefore a new creation which I am continuing to create in the way that is My pleasure to make you. You are yielded to Me, so that is what I am doing. That old creation you used to be is GONE, and all you do is clean up the results of what that old creation was exposed to, learned, and did for the first 10 years of your life when you were still the "old." You learned a lot during those 10 years, some good, some not so good. You have been cleaning up the results of those years through asking Me to show you whom you should forgive, what you should confess, for what you should forgive yourself, and allowing Me to change some attitudes that were formed then. This is good. You are clean. That's why you had that dream last week where you were told that "you've made it through, through, through, through," because you have made it through all those things you needed to deal with. Good job!

QUIET TIME NOTES

I want to understand, Lord, the holy ministry of intercession to which You have set me apart.

And that is what I am now doing, Joan. From now on, you will write less and less, and intercede more and more. That is why I've led you to these books to read today (With Christ In The School of Prayer - Andrew Murray, and The Prayer of Jesus - Hank Hanegraaff). Read them and learn from Me through them.

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5-4-10

Go now, write it on a tablet for them, inscribe it on a scroll, that for the days to come it may be an everlasting witness. (Isaiah 30:8 NIV)

By this Scripture verse the Lord confirmed to me that He wants me to write down what He leads me to write, because He wants it as an "everlasting witness" for the days to come. Here are some other Scriptures that speak of writing:

Then the Lord replied: "Write down the revelation and make it plain on tablets so that a herald may run with it. For the revelation awaits an appointed time; it speaks of the end and will not prove false. Though it linger, wait for it; it will certainly come and will not delay." (Habakkuk 2:2-3 NIV)

Then the Lord said to Moses, "Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel." (Exodus 34:27 NIV)

Write them [these commandments that I give you today] on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. (Deuteronomy 6:9 NIV)

This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: "Write in a book all the words I have spoken to you." (Jeremiah 30:2 NIV)

Then I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on." (Revelation 14:13)

On the Lord's Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, which said: "Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches…" (Revelation 1:10 NIV)

Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later. (Revelation 1:19 NIV)

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5-6-10

HE BROUGHT US OUT TO BRING US IN
Thursday, May 6, 2010
From: "DAVID WILKERSON TODAY"
www.worldchallenge.org

Before the cross, there was no access to God for the general public; only the high priest could enter the Holy of Holies. Now Jesus’ cross made a path for us into the Father’s presence. By his grace alone, God tore down the wall that blocked us from his presence. Now he could come out to man, to embrace his prodigals and sinners of all sorts.

Consider Israel’s miraculous deliverance. As God’s people crossed over on dry land, they saw the waves crash down on their enemy behind them. It was a glorious moment, and they held a mighty praise meeting, with dancing, singing and thanksgiving. “We’re free! God has delivered us from the hand of oppression.”

Israel’s story represents our own deliverance from the bondage and guilt of sin. We know that Satan was defeated at the cross, and we were immediately set free from his iron grip. Yet there is more to God’s purpose in saving and delivering us. You see, God never meant for Israel to camp there on the victory side of the Red Sea. His greater purpose in bringing them out of Egypt was to take them into Canaan, his land of fullness. In short, he brought them out in order to bring them in: into his heart, into his love. He wanted a people who were totally dependent on his mercy, grace and love. And the same is still true for his people today.

Israel’s first test came just a few days later, and they ended up murmuring and complaining, totally dissatisfied. Why? They had known God’s deliverance, but they hadn’t learned his great love for them.

Here is the key to this teaching: You cannot come into joy and peace—indeed, you cannot know how to serve the Lord—until you see his delight in your deliverance…until you see the joy of his heart over his communion with you…until you see that every wall has been removed at the cross…until you know that everything of your past has been judged and wiped away. God says, “I want you to move on, into fullness that awaits you in my presence!” 

Multitudes today rejoice in the wonderful benefits of the cross. They have moved out of Egypt, and they are standing on the “victory side” of their Red Sea trial. They enjoy freedom, and they thank God continually for casting their oppressor into the sea. But many of these same believers miss God’s greater purpose and benefit to them. They miss why the Lord has brought them out—which is to bring them in to himself.

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QUIET TIME NOTES

This is what I want to do with the rest of my life here on earth - to develop this relationship with My Heavenly Father that is described in the book I am currently reading called With Christ in the School of Prayer by Andrew Murray. It is a relationship in which I know the Father in His love for me and trust in this love relationship. I am reading this book, a chapter a day, for the month of May. And then I am to reread it during June. And then I am to continue rereading it until the Lord tells me to stop. This deep and abiding relationship is what I am truly looking for and wanting in life. Everything else is to come out of this relationship.

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5-9-10

The Lord shows me that He will heal my head and neck of pains and injuries and diseases…my eyes so I can see clearly without glasses, my ears so I can hear well without aids, my neck and shoulders of arthritic-like stiffness and aches, my TMJ so it will be in right alignment and not snapping, and my left ear-jaw area of pain from infection. And He will heal anything inside my head, neck, and shoulder areas that needs healing. And He will heal my teeth and my scalp. Now He wants me to declare that, so I am.

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5-10-10

QUIET TIME NOTES

The rejection you received as a child was not the truth. You are accepted by Me in the Beloved - My Church, My Bride.

The same goes for the rejection you received as a wife. It is not the truth in your relationship with Me, as My wife. I love you with an everlasting love. "I'm my Beloved's and He is mine, His banner over me is love."

The shyness was born into you. It is part of the way I made you so you would set yourself apart unto Me and not seek worldly delights. Believe Me, I know what you could have become without shyness. Now you have to overcome shyness in order to speak out for Me. But know, it does produce something good in you too. I know it makes you quite uncomfortable at times. We will deal with that together as it arises. Keep asking Me.

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The Holy Spirit is guiding me today to list my mentors, so I am doing that here:

1.	Bill Johnson
2.	Bob Sorge
3.	John Paul Jackson
4.	John Piper
5.	Derek Prince
6.	Chuck Missler
7.	John Bevere
8.	Paul Keith Davis
9.	Patricia King
10.	Todd Bentley
11.	Jentzen Franklin
12.	Arthur Blessitt
13.	Lance Wallnau
14.	Andrew Wommack
15.	Hal Lindsey
16.	Tim LaHaye
17.	Jim Bakker
18.	Pat Robertson
19.	Oral Roberts
20.	Billy Graham
21.	Rick Joyner
22.	Joel Rosenberg
23.	Benny Hinn
24.	Andrew Murray
25.	Bruce Wilkinson
26.	David Wilkerson
27.	Perry Stone
28.	Joyce Meyer
29.	Henry Blackaby
30.	Avery Willis
31.	Francis Frangipane
32.	Francis MacNutt
33.	Tommy Tyson
34.	Charles Stanley
35.	Lloyd John Ogilvie
36.	David Jeremiah
37.	James Goll
38.	Ira Milligan
39.	Jack Deere
40.	C. Peter Wagner
41.	Evelyn Christenson
42.	Mary K. Baxter
43.	Bob Mumford
44.	Rick Warren
45.	Charles & Frances Hunter
46.	Frances: Come Away My Beloved
47.	Loren Cunningham
48.	Gene Edwards
49.	Mark Chironna
50.	Cindy Jacobs

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Bob Jones: The Church’s Rosetta Stone

Recently in a vision, the Lord acted as a tour guide when He drove me through an old town that was unfamiliar to me. When we came to the town’s square, He stopped the vehicle and drew my attention to a statue uniquely displayed there. 

There before my eyes stood a tall, granite, obelisk shaped monument. On top of its base was a statue of a woman holding a large water pitcher on her right shoulder. The water was being poured out of the pitcher and flowing down over the monument. As I took a closer look I heard the Lord say, “She could recite the 23rd Psalm in every language.” 

The names of many different languages of the world were written on all four sides of the base. From top to bottom I began to read them: Korean, Japanese, Italian, English, Chinese, Indonesian, Norwegian, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and many more. As I watched the water being poured out of the pitcher and over the nations He said, “The sad thing was the woman had left the church and went elsewhere.” 

I realized that what I just witnessed was an outpouring of the Holy Spirit by Godly Wisdom. It had an endless flow pouring over the nations. Wisdom could recite Psalm 23…over all the nations of the world in their native language. So every tongue or tribe or nation could hear and understand—like on the day of Pentecost! 

The Rosetta Stone
 
This was the Rosetta Stone! The ancient Egyptian stone inscribed in three languages: Hieroglyphic, Demotic Egyptian and Koine Greek that the French scholar and Egyptologist, Jean-Francois Champollion, needed to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics. He broke the hieroglyphic code by comparing it with the other two languages, which were translations of the same text. The discovery of the stone in 1799 made it possible for scholars to translate Egyptian texts and to understand the historical background of Israel’s history. The Rosetta Stone has been key as a translation tool for all languages. 

Psalm 23

There are 10 redemptive names of God in Psalm 23. 

Verse 1: The Lord is my Shepherd (Jehovah-Rohi – the Lord, my Shepherd). I shall not lack (Jehovah Jireh – God who provides). 

Verse 2: He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still and restful waters (Jehovah-Shalom – God of Peace). 

Verse 3: He refreshes and restores my soul (Jehovah-Rapha – God that Heals). He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake (Jehovah-Tsidkenu – God of Righteousness). 

Verse 4: Yes, though I walk through the shadow of death, I will fear or dread no evil (Jehovah-Makkah – God who Smites) for You are with me; Your rod and staff, they comfort me (Jehovah-Gmolah – God of Recompense). 

Verse 5: You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies (Jehovah-Shammah – God of Presence). You anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over (Jehovah-M'Kaddesh – God who Sanctifies). 

Verse 6: Surely goodness, mercy and unfailing love shall follow me all the days of my life (Jehovah-Sabaoth – God of Hosts), and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. 

Wisdom Has Left the Church

The sad thing, said the Lord, is that she has left the Church and gone elsewhere! The world is full of wisdom and so is much of the Church, but there is little Godly wisdom. We’ve been taught to fear everything—man, the devil, lack of work and finances, sickness, disease, storms. We have become a fear driven people. We as Christians are only allowed to fear GOD—nothing else! 

The reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight and understanding—Proverbs 9:10

Wisdom is pouring out the Holy Spirit of God over the nations of this world. She is not limited! She’s reciting the 23rd Psalm over them with the ten redemptive names of God. He is our Shepherd, Provider, Peacemaker, Healer, Righteousness, Warrior, Rewarder, Always Present, Savior, and Lord of Hosts. 

I feel this is an invitation to “ask” for the nations as our inheritance! (Psalm 2:8). God’s heart is for all peoples, tongues, tribes and nations. As the Spirit of God is poured out we must call unto Him and He will answer us and show us great and mighty things which we did not know or understand (Jeremiah 33:3). 

We will be led by Godly Wisdom into the secrets and mysteries of God. And like on the day of Pentecost, they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke in other languages (Acts 2:4); so will the nations, tribes and tongues come together in the power and authority of the Holy Spirit. 

Faith of God

Since Wisdom had the pitcher on her right shoulder, I believe she was indicating the Church moving from having faith in God to having the “faith of God.” The Church is learning how to rest in Him and trust only Him. 

For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace—Isaiah 9:6 

Let us follow the Good Shepherd with His full provision as He leads us by the still waters and restores our souls. Let Him lead us into the path of righteousness for His name’s sake. Let us never fear the evil one as we walk through the dark night of the soul; His rod and staff will comfort us. When our enemies persecute and accuse us, let us eat from His banqueting table as He anoints our head with oil. His mercy and unfailing love will follow us all the days of our lives and we shall dwell in His presence forever.

Bob and Bonnie Jones
The Prophetic Ministry of Bob and Bonnie Jones

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5-11-10

Today I was led to formulate a prayer for my sisters and brothers and their extended families, and for my children and me…for all who are not yet saved among this group. I am to pray these Scriptures over us:

John 17:3 KJV: And this is life eternal, that they may know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

John 3: 16, 18, 21 NIV: For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life…whoever believes in him is not condemned…whoever lives by the truth comes into the light.

John 6:44 KJV: No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him; and I will raise him up at the last day.

2 Corinthians 4:6 NLT: For God, who said, "Let there be light in the darkness," has made this light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ.

John 5:24 NIV: I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life.

This is my specific will and request for them.

It is My will too, Joan, and I hear your prayers for them, all of them, and I will do it! You are to do nothing else but keep praying this.

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5-13-10

New Dimension of Prophetic Utterance is Coming
by Kim Clement
May 7, 2010
Prophesied on April 17, 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee

The Spirit of God says, "Join in with the prophet tonight and smash open the restrictions that have been placed upon you. Smash open with your praise a ceiling that has been placed upon your finance. Smash open with your praise the limitations that have been placed upon you. Build an altar for the Lord and make a joyful noise, for as you praise you will break open the limitations tonight," says the Lord!

The whole earth shall hear the sound. No, we are not speaking vanity. The earth is crying out for the manifestation of the sons of God. The earth is crying for the knowledge of the Lord that has not yet been revealed, to be revealed through the sons and daughters of the Most High God. The earth is waiting to hear the sound. The earth wants you to keep it in check. The earth wants you to speak to it, to subdue it, to have dominion, to bring forth the resources.

Have I gone mad? No. Is it not true that God sent a prophet to prophesy to the altar? Is it not true that God said to the prophet, "Prophesy to dead bones"? Is it not true that God sent a prophet to prophesy to the wind and said, "Come from the north, south, the east, and the west"? Is it not true that Moses spoke to a rock? Is it not true that he struck the water and the earth obeyed his voice?

Speak to the Earth—Prophesy to It!

God says a new dimension of faith is coming to the sons and daughters of the Most High God. A new dimension of prophetic utterance is coming. The earth is saying, "Will you prophesy to me so I can release the resources that America needs? I will not hear the sons of wickedness. I will not hear the sons of perdition. I will not hear the sons of unrighteousness or unruliness. I will not listen to rebellion." The earth says, "Will you speak to me as Adam had the power?"

The Last Adam gave you that same power back. If you will speak to the fig tree it will vanish. If you speak to the mountain it will move.

The earth says, "Speak to me, speak to me, and I will yield a produce that is greater than you've ever seen."

God says, "I will bring the energy that you need and bring shame to the heathen nations that mock and laugh at the United States of America and the countries that have raised My name up into the air," says the Lord!

Speak to the earth, you sons of the Most High God
Speak to the earth, command it, sons of the Most High God
Prophesy, prophesy, speak to the earth you sons of the Most High God
Speak to the earth you sons of the Most High God
Prophesy to dead bones, prophesy that the earth will yield its source

This is what the Spirit of the Lord said, He said:

"The earth is waiting to hear the sound of the sons of the Living God. The earth has been in bondage waiting to be free, waiting to be free. Creation is crying out for the manifestation of God's sons, God's daughters. This generation has been chosen to do miracles greater than man has ever seen. Stop speaking to the dust—mankind. Stop speaking to carnality. Stop speaking to human flesh. Speak to that which I have given to you. Speak to the wind, the Spirit, speak to the earth.

And God says, "Watch how I will move, and you will prophesy as this prophet prophesied, that the earth shall yield its resources. What is captured and what is hidden in the earth has been for such a time as this. Will you stand still and say nothing when God has given you the power? Strike the rock and water will come forth, and an army shall be raised up. It shall come from the earth," says the Lord.

"Healings that you never dreamed of will come. Healings will come from the earth. There will be a nonexistent disease called cancer; it shall be ruled out within a few years, for what the earth shall bring forth shall destroy the debilitating diseases, the humiliating diseases. For I the Lord have given My Son, and the earth cried out that day, and now a generation stands on the soil of a nation that has been set apart for victory, victory, victory," says the Lord!

"Netanyahu, You Will Stand as a Prophet of the Most High God"

Everything He prophesied is about to take place in Israel. 

"Netanyahu, do you think you are standing in a place of authority just to rule and reign over Israel? Netanyahu, before you were born, I raised you up and placed My lips on your forehead and told you to go to the nation. And when you do, I raise them up and fight for them.

Netanyahu, you will stand not as a king but a prophet of the Most High God.
Netanyahu, you won't stand as a king but a prophet of the Most High God.
You will stand as a prophet of the Most High God.
You will stand before the people at the United Nations and you will declare the judgment of the Lord upon Iran, says the Lord! Says the Lord!

Do you realize God is speaking to Israel right now?

"America, you are in the way of Russia, you are in the way of Iran. They want to strangle Israel, so they will attempt to do it to you, but it won't come from the outside, it will come from the inside. That's why I want you to gather around the prophet today so you can break that power.

"There will be two significant deaths. This will be a sign that I will not tolerate the spirit of python on this nation!

"Netanyahu, you are Jeremiah in another day and age. But you will stand not as a king; you will stand as a prophet of the Most High God. They'll try to kill you in the air, they'll try to kill you on the ground, but they will never see it in their day.

"Netanyahu, you will stand as a voice before the United Nations. You will stand as a prophet of the Most High God and prophesy judgment to Iran.

"Iran, you have no power!"

I'm saying that before the king of Israel—if you want to call him that—was born, God put His lips on his forehead and kissed him and said, "You will be a king in the right day, but you will not stand as a king. You will stand as a prophet in Israel."

The enemy will not reach them from the outside. The enemy will not reach to America from the outside, but he stands inside—and now tonight we will destroy that power!

Israel, oh Israel, from Nashville, Tennessee, in the United States of America, another prophet prophesies: Judgment has begun. Judgment has begun; judgment not against this nation but against the craftiness of that one nation, that midget who stands cocking his head. Would he defy the servants of God this day?

The Lord is saying, "No!"

Kim Clement 
Prophetic Image Expressions
Email: hope@kimclement.com

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Today I prayed for my sisters and brothers and their extended families again. And I prayed for my children and J again. 

I am so tired today because I was awake late into the night last night because I couldn't go to sleep. Then a number of severe thunderstorm alerts came and woke me also. It is still raining this morning. I had planned to go to garage sales in the Raintree Lake area neighborhood sale, but not while it is raining. I'll wait awhile and see if the weather clears.

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5-16-10

I have been reading Andrew Murray's book called With Christ in the School of Prayer. It is an excellent book and very helpful in meditating on Christ's words concerning prayer and faith. I feel like I have so little faith as I read it. But, at the same time, I don't know how to get more faith. As I was thinking about it this morning, the thought came that each is given "a measure of faith."

"A measure of faith." The Lord has given each one a measure of faith. We are judged according to how we use whatever measure of faith He has given us. Some are given a great measure. Some are given a small measure. It's like in the parable of talents in Matthew 25:15-30 where Jesus tells about a man going on a journey who called his servants and entrusted his property to them. He gave five talents of money to one, two talents to another, and one talent to another - "each according to his ability." Then he returned later and brought them before him to give an accounting of what they did with what he gave them. This Jesus told them when He was talking about the last days to them.

If I want to give you more faith, Joan, I will. If what I am asking you to do with your life requires more faith, then I will give it. I give you what is necessary/needed to do what I've called you to do. If greater faith is needed, then I give it. Do what you can (your best) with what I've given you, and I will be pleased. Call to Me and I will answer and tell you great and wonderful things which you do not know. (See Jeremiah 33:3)

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5-22-10

All this last week I have been working to prepare things for a garage sale here in our neighborhood on Thursday, Friday, and today. It has consumed many hours of time, but it is helping to deal with the extra things we have had here which we don't now need. 

The Lord has shown me that I am a steward of all the things I have, so it is good to be a good steward of them. One way that I am doing this, is to have this garage sale. It is work, lots of hard work, but it is a blessing to others who are able to come and purchase things at a small price. It is also a blessing to us because we get some extra money to use for our own needs (like the widow who sold the oil God multiplied for her until she filled all her pots). And it is a blessing to those to whom we have given items they wanted and we didn't want to ask money for. 

Today is the last day of the sale, and we plan to give away whatever is left to others after it is finished. Then we will even give away the boxes and packing material to W and K for their upcoming move. 

We plan to make a painting area in the basement for Beth after these boxes of things are gone from there.

The Lord has been exceptionally good to us by sending lots of people to our sale, and providing good weather for the sale times. Thursday and Friday mornings it was quite cloudy with heavy dark clouds, but He kept it from raining! I had prayed He would do that, and He did! That way we could display many items outside on the driveway. I was so pleased and grateful!

Thank You, God, for giving us the energy to do this extra work this week, and for giving us good weather and good customers! You are soooo good to us! I love You, Father God!

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5-23-10

A DREAM ABOUT PREPARING TO HAVE SURGERY

During the night I awoke and realized I'd had a dream in which I was going to have surgery. Just before I awoke this morning, I dreamed again about getting ready to have surgery. In this dream I was at a place where many people were being prepared to have surgery. I was part of the group being prepared. We were given a packet of material with a special gray rubber-like mark/stamp on it, which showed we had been processed. The leader had all the people get in a line by two's. Almost all the people were children, but I was an adult. I was at the end of the line by design and by myself.

This dream may be a prophetic sign from the Lord that great changes or alterations are soon coming that involve healing from spiritual, and possibly physical, sickness. This shows that the people who are to be healed are already chosen and processed and ready to go in to the place for this to happen. That this involves children seems to indicate these people will be childlike before this surgery takes place. This reminds me that Jesus said that we must become as little children to enter the kingdom.

The gray stamp may refer to maturity and honor, which will come as a "stamp of approval." Since they seemed happy in the dream, I would guess it refers to these being the approved ones, the ones honored by being chosen for surgery. The surgery may refer to things these people need to deal with or alter. This will produce a life-changing event. Their spiritual health will be involved in this change. 

Since I am an adult, but also going in for surgery, this may mean this involves some changes in me of getting freed from sickness (spiritual and/or physical) and going through healing. In the dream I am with the children but not part of the children. So this may involve changes for me also, but not the same as the changes for the children. It may be initially difficult but ultimately healing.

How's that, Lord? Did I get the right meaning?

That's good, Joan. If I want to give you more insight, I will do so in time, at various times.

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5-24-10

AN UNUSUAL PROPHETIC EXPERIENCE AT OCF YESTERDAY

Yesterday at OCF (Olathe Christian Fellowship) Beth and I were seeking someone to pray for her regarding her job interview coming up next Tuesday. Pastor had told her on the phone on Saturday that she should do that on Sunday. But, as we waited after church service was finished, the pastor was busy helping pray for another woman around which a small group was gathered. As we waited, we thought we would go to T, but some other woman was waiting to speak to him, and he had another man with him too. Later we found out that the other man was his brother, J who was visiting.

Eventually T noticed us waiting to see him, and he motioned for us to come over. So we did. He introduced us to his brother, and explained that his brother also had the spiritual gift that he had.  Beth told them her prayer request regarding the upcoming interview for a job.

They each would listen to what the Holy Spirit was telling them or showing them, then they would speak that to us. First they wanted to anoint her with oil, and spent quite awhile trying to decide which oil was appropriate. They eventually felt led to use pomegranate oil. J got a bottle of that oil and the printed instructions about what that oil was to be used for. As T placed it on Beth, J read that it was an anointing for prosperity and fruitfulness. T anointed Beth on her forehead, her chin, and her throat (for speaking wisdom, etc). 

They felt they were to anoint me also, so we discussed that I was a writer and mentioned my books. J asked what book I was working on now and I told them about An Avalanche of Healings and How To Live In These Days. They said J had been shown that morning that he would speak with some lady who had J in her name. It seemed that he had seen her hair color in the vision. I heard him say Lees Summit, but I wasn't sure whether he was shown that in the vision or had just been told that by T. Anyway J said I should add the word "holy" to the title of the book so it would read: How To Live Holy In These Days. They anointed me on my forehead, then my ear lobes, and then my hands on all 10 fingers…for blessing, hearing, creativity, and writing.

They spent a lot of time listening to the Holy Spirit regarding Beth's interview. The first thing J said was that she would get this job. They mentioned that Beth should fast that day, and that she should set herself apart at 2:00 p.m. (the interview is at 3:30) to sit before the Lord and wait on Him. They discussed what salary she should ask for and spent a lot of time seeking that answer. 

Then they mentioned what she should wear for the interview (she had been wondering what to wear that was appropriate). They said they could "see" her in a dark suit, likely blue, with a long skirt and with two V-points on the jacket collar. 

After this J said something like. "It's done; that's all." So they had us four take hands and J prayed regarding this.

Beth and I were amazed at what had just happened. We had never had an experience quite like this before! 

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For the Tribulation You Are Enduring is Proving that My Kingdom is Expanding
by Mark Chironna
May 24, 2010

The following was prophesied by Bishop Mark Chironna on May 11, 2010 at The Master's Touch International Church in Longwood, Florida:

Word of the Lord: "Believe also in Me. For I see the days of your journey in this season and I hear the cries of your soul. I know the threats of the enemy, for he has come more subtly to you than he has in the past—and it has made you more aware of your need for absolute dependence on Me for victory. For I would have you to operate at a deeper level of intimacy with Me and I would have you consider the sufferings in this season as momentary, light afflictions. 

"For an hour is coming on the earth when those who do not know Me will reel and stagger like a drunken man. For I have allowed judgment to begin at the house of My people, and I have seen your warfare, and I have seen those that have come against you in the Spirit, and I have felt your infirmities.

"But allow the love that I have placed in you, My love, to constrain you. The enemy knows no sacred territory. For him, everything is permissible and he will touch even the most sacred places in your life to see and test and examine if you will walk in the love that I shed abroad in your heart. For I know the warfare you are enduring and I know the affliction with which you are afflicted. 

"And I have heard the cry of many that have said, 'Lord, how long the night?' It matters not how long the night, it does matter how great your trust in Me is. For weeping may endure for the night, but know this, I am God and there is none beside Me! And while weeping may endure for the night, I want to assure you, joy will come in the morning.

"I Am Going to Sovereignly Deliver My People From this Season"

"I am going to sovereignly deliver My people from this season that has been prolonged; but it will be out of the purifying of their faith out of the furnace of affliction, as it was in the days of Daniel and the three Hebrew boys, as they fought the forces of Babylon and the princes and powers that ruled in that realm.

"I am ultimately in charge and the fire will not harm thee, neither will there be the smell of smoke; for I will deliver you from the fire, as I did the three Hebrew boys, and I will shut the mouths of the lions as I did for Daniel.

"Walk before Me and be thou mature and perfect, for I will display My strength through you even in your seasons of seeming great weakness. For the tribulation you are enduring is proving that My Kingdom is expanding. For I will not allow lesser gods to reign and rule over My people. But know that the power of My Cross is equal to any challenge and the Blood that I shed cannot be resisted by Hell itself. I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions. Walk the walk of faith, you are more than a conqueror," saith the Lord.

Prayer: "Father, I pray that You would attune our ears to what the Spirit is saying to the Church in this hour. I pray You would establish us in Your Word that we might even now recognize that in the dealings and processing we endure, we are in training for our ultimate reign and rule with Jesus in the ages to come. And remind us that, he that endures to the end shall be saved.

"I bless You, Father. Seal this word to our hearts, glorify Your Almighty Name."

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

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I found a dime when I was walking along the street this morning. I asked the Lord, "What does a dime (10) mean?"

He said, "Tried and tested by My Word I gave you." 

(It symbolically means: measure for the purpose of accepting or rejecting that which is measured.)

I asked, "Did we pass?"

He said, "Yes." 

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5-26-10

You Are Called to Choose Destiny
by JoAnn McFatter
May 26, 2010

Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations."—Jeremiah 1:4-5

Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them.—Psalm 139:16

As with Jeremiah and David whose call came before entering into their mother's womb, so it is with every man and woman born. However, through the provision of free will, God has left it to each one's choosing as to whether or not that call will be lived out. Jesus said it Himself:

For many are called, but few are chosen.—Matthew 22:14

The choosing comes by the decisions we make along the way as to whether or not we are able to be a resting place for the fullness of His glory. He will not put on us that which we are not prepared to carry, lest it destroy us. Destiny calls each one of us, and it is the exercising of our free will that determines the outcome of that calling. As our hearts continually respond to the voice of our Creator, "I choose You! Above all else, I choose You!" we navigate our way through our destiny.

Our Destiny is Not the End Product, But Rather the Journey to that End

He is our origin and He is our destiny. We were in Him before the world began and we return to reside in Him, and are even now residing, as we partake of His grace by way of accepting and receiving the benefit of the shedding of His Blood.

It is the journey from here to there as we "run the race" that plays out the days written in His book ordained for each one of us. It happens one day at a time, one decision at a time to choose Him above all else. In this living out of our lives, turning toward Him at every juncture and, once again, consciously making a decision to "choose Him," we find ourselves in the middle of our destiny, for it will only be found in Him.

And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, "For we are also His offspring."—Acts 17:26-28

In our western mindset we have made our destiny to be an end to a means, a job or a title that we attain to. It is a form that we desire to create for ourselves, a position to be held such as a singer, a pastor, or perhaps a banker. I'm not sure that is what God had in mind at all. For many of us it might just be the reason that our destiny seems to elude us as the years wear away on our hopes of stepping into what we perceive as our destiny. We try to create a form within which we will function. Form first, and then function comes as a result of our Greek reasoning that has so enamored our culture.

Our true destiny is hidden in the function of "living out" the days He fashioned for us, not a title or job description. It's not about being a prophet but rather the process of learning how to hear His voice and prophecy in love with the heart of the Father. In that functioning as a prophet we truly find our destiny, which is to become like Him. It's the same for every job and/or ministry title you can come up with. Though we all have different days written out for us in His book, still the process of learning how to function in it is the walking out of our destiny—to be like Him, to be one with Him.

Our destiny is not the end product but rather "the journey" to that end—our days lived out as God Himself has written them in His book. Our life lived in Him day by day is our true destiny as we become more like Him; the form in which that takes place, whether it be, as I said, as a teacher, evangelist, or a baker is secondary to the function of walking out that process. I'm afraid we lose the joy of that journey because we are waiting to attain a position or name or whatever. It's the days that we have lived up to this point with all of the mistakes and all of the failures and even successes that make up our destiny.

Destiny is a Verb—Destiny is a Person

I believe we get misled by regarding destiny as a noun, when, in God, it really is as much a verb as it is a noun. It is probably even more accurate to say it is a Person—the process of becoming one with the personhood of Jesus Christ. Regardless of the job, the process is the same. The functioning of our calling and the process that brings us to maturity concerning it is our real destiny. It is the same for all of us.

So we are exhorted to "not despise the day of small beginnings" and to "count it all joy" as we maneuver through life, through the good, the bad and the ugly, through the gory and the glory of it all. Whether you are aware of it or not, you are IN your destiny right now. All of our days are the summation of who we become in Him. The ones lived out behind the scenes are just as, if not more, important than the ones in front of people in that perceived place of successfully functioning in our calling. I find that very encouraging, knowing that this is ALL working toward the fulfillment of our destiny.

It's about the choices we make in those days of disappointment, heartache and being betrayed that bring us to the place of love and unity with God. We can choose to feel sorry for ourselves, or to complain about where we are at and how long we are there, or the seemingly bad break, which actually probably kept us from going through a door that would have led us in the wrong direction. Our other option is to look into His eyes and say, "I choose You! Whatever that looks like and however long that takes, above self and all else, I choose You!"

It is also about how we handle promotion, favor and prosperity. The point is not that we receive those things, it is about how we rule and reign in that position. Do we take advantage of it for ourselves or do we use it to pour out on others? Do we use our favor to strengthen and lift others in their calling, even above ourselves? In the midst of all the advantage it affords us, is there still an automatic cry that comes from within, "Lord, I choose You! You are my portion, You are my destiny!"? Song of Solomon says it well:

Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm; for love is as strong as death, jealousy as cruel as the grave; its flames are flames of fire, a most vehement flame. Many waters cannot quench love, nor can the floods drown it. If a man would give for love all the wealth of his house, it would be utterly despised.—Song Of Solomon 8:6-7

He Is Our Destiny!

The questions asked when we pass from this life are more like, "Do we look like Him?" "Did we learn to love?" "Did we die daily to ourselves so that it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me?" Our true destiny is IN Him, to become like Him, regardless of our calling. That puts us all on the same level before Him no matter what our job description or calling is. As the Bride of Christ we are to take on the very nature of our Bridegroom and move through life as He did. To look like Him, to act like Him, to respond like Him, to be one in Him is our destiny, regardless of the form. He IS our Destiny!

...that in the dispensation of the fullness of the times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in Heaven and which are on the earth—in Him. In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will.—Ephesians 1:10-11

As we approach this "fullness of the times" there is a gathering together of those who function with this understanding. We are to be those who love as He loves, to the extent that we become walking love and would be willing to lay down our very lives, preferring others before ourselves. That is our destiny in this hour. Regardless of what form our life takes, the purpose is to function in that kind of selfless love as we become one with Him in His likeness. That level of maturity, death to self, will draw His Presence.

We are called to be the Bride of Christ, fully functioning in our Destiny as we live, move, and have our being in Him. It is only out of this place that He can trust us with the never before seen authority and creative word that is about to be released through those with the cry of, "We choose You! Above all others and all else, we choose You!" We have walked out our destiny as we have made Him and Him alone our boundaries and borders, a city whose walls are made of His fire; His jealousy, His authority, His very presence upon us as we become His resting place.

"For I", says the Lord, "will be a wall of fire all around her, and I will be the glory in her midst."—Zechariah 2:5

JoAnn McFatter
WhiteDove Ministries
Email: contact@joannmcfatter.com

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March 2010 Newsletter by Sid Roth

What a life! Katie Souza went from working in the entertainment industry to being a career criminal! At one time, it seemed that Katie “had it all.” She was on the radio, performing in television commercials, a national television program and movies. However, every day she was going to work high on speed. Soon Katie’s addiction brought her career to a screeching halt and she plummeted face first into a violent life of crime.  

Katie became a meth cook and a collector of bad drug debts. Her days were filled with drugs, clandestine laboratories, stolen vehicles, high-speed chases, gun shootouts, and many arrests. Finally, after almost a decade, she was apprehended by the federal marshals, and eventually sentenced to 13 years in prison. 
    
It was just what God ordered! While incarcerated she was transformed by the Holy Spirit and discipled. Then God granted her a miracle with an early release! Today, Katie lives a life she once only dreamed of as Founder and President of Expected End Ministries in Maricopa, AZ.

For in-depth teaching on the revelations God has given Katie Souza, I urge you to get her latest CD series, The Healing School. As the Glory Light of Jesus heals the wounds in your soul, you will experience a breakthrough in your mind, emotions, and relationships. In addition, your level of dominion over the enemy will ascend to a completely new level. You will see miracles in your physical body and even in your finances! 

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Monday, March 29, 2010 
By: Katie Souza 

The Glory Light of Jesus

God has shown me a powerful revelation about your soul that can usher in miraculous healing for your body! When you are born again, your spirit man is instantly made perfect. The Bible says that the same Spirit that lives in Messiah Jesus lives in you. However, upon your regeneration in Messiah, your soul man is not instantly made perfect. In fact, it’s most likely a mess. 
 
Sin causes wounds within our souls. Either someone sinned against you or you sinned against yourself. Maybe you were abandoned, molested, robbed or abused in some way. Possibly, you sinned against yourself by doing drugs, committing adultery or maybe you abused someone else. Either way, sin creates these soul wounds. Some are even passed on from the sins of ancestors.
    
Since the wounds on your soul were created by sin, they give the demonic realm the legal right to torment you! Sin is an open door for the enemy. One of the reasons why the enemy did not possess power over Jesus was because He was without sin and therefore had no wounds in His soul. 
    
There was nothing in Jesus that gave the enemy a legal right to afflict Him. Listen to what Jesus says about this: “I will not talk with you much more, for the prince (evil genius, ruler) of the world is coming. And he has no claim on Me. [He has nothing in common with Me; there is nothing in Me that belongs to him, and he has no power over Me]” (John 14:30 AMP.).
    
Let me show you further proof of this from Mark 5. In this story, a man with the spirit of Legion meets Jesus as He comes into the region of Gerasenes. The Scripture says, “And when from a distance he saw Jesus, he ran and fell on his knees before Him in homage, and crying out with a loud voice, he said, What have You to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? [What is there in common between us?]” (Mark 5:6-7 AMP.).
    
Remember what Jesus said in John 14:30, “…the prince of the world is coming. And… [He has nothing in common with Me… and he has no power over Me.]” The spirit of Legion recognized there was something different about this man Jesus. Legion knew there was nothing in Jesus’ soul that was in common with the dark kingdom, so it possessed no power to torment Jesus. However, Jesus could torment it. That is why Legion begged Jesus, “I solemnly implore you by God, do not begin to torment me!” (Mark 5:7).

Do you desire complete dominion over the enemy? Then, there must be nothing in your soul that is in common with Satan. 
    
There were two men in the story of Mark 5. One was Jesus and the other was the man who was totally under the power of the spirit of Legion. What enabled Legion to have total dominion over him? The wounds in his soul! Let me prove it. 
    
Mark writes, “And as soon as He got out of the boat, there met Him out of the tombs a man [under the power] of an unclean spirit. This man continually lived among the tombs… Night and day [he was] among the tombs” (Mark 5:2-3,5 AMP.).

Three times the Scripture mentions that this man lived among the tombs. The word “tomb” in the Greek means to recall or remember. It also means a monument set up to cause a perpetual remembrance. This is what a soul wound is: a monument set up inside of you that causes your mind, will and emotions to be continually affected and controlled by a horrible event in your life. The man in Mark 5 lived among the tombs. He lived out of the wounded parts in his soul. And because soul wounds are formed by sin, it gave the spirit of Legion the legal right to torment him. 

Healing of the Body and Soul

What does this have to do with physical healing? 3 John 1:2 says, “Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.”  Your physical health is directly connected to your soul’s health. If there is a wound in your soul that was formed through sin, it will give the demonic the legal right to bring sickness and disease into your body! 
    
This past summer when we were on tour, we visited a state where I had never been before. As soon as we got off the plane, I felt sick. Within two hours I had a high temperature, could barely think, my throat hurt, and I developed a severe bladder infection, along with a yeast infection! Instantly, I knew that in order for the demonic to be able to make me so sick, there must have been something in my soul that was in common with the demonic powers of that region. So instead of rebuking and getting nowhere, I lay down on the floor and let the Glory Light of Jesus flood my soul. 
    
While I was lying there, the Lord gave me a vision. He showed me five rooms inside of my soul where old wounds were hiding. I saw myself walk into each room in order to bring them out. Suddenly, they were all covered with the Glory Light of Jesus. Each one was instantly healed! 
    
Once the wounds were healed, I could effectively make war against the demonic forces because their legal right to make me sick was gone. That night I commanded the demonic to come off me and that nasty spirit came up. Its name was “Legion” and it spoke to me in an audible voice so immense it would fill a large two-story room. It demanded, “What do you want?!” 
    
I screamed, “In Jesus Name, I want you to get out!!” 
    
It left! And while it was leaving, I literally felt its tentacles rip from my body. I was completely healed!

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5-29-10

RESPECT: That's what the Holy Spirit was teaching me about as I drove home from the Farmer's Market this morning. I saw an ambulance and police car coming towards me with their lights flashing, and I pulled to the side of the road to wait for them to pass. The Lord began to show me that that was respect for the people in those vehicles, and respect was very important to Him. He said respect for Him, respect for people, and respect for the world He made for us to live in, are important to Him. I had asked Him to teach me about Him, His character, His emotions, His thoughts and ideas, so I could know Him better. So today He was doing that.

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5-31-10

Last week one day I found a song going over and over in my head. The song was the "Battle Hymn of the Republic," and the exact words repeating in my head were:

"Be quick my soul to answer Him,
Be jubilant my feet.
Our God is marching on."

I felt this was a prophetic message telling me that God is "marching on" or working out His perfect plan every day, that I should be quick to answer Him when He calls to me, and that I am to be jubilant as I do His will and work.

I also found a Scripture verse being quickened to me so that I wrote it down. It was from Zechariah 2:5 and said: I … will be a wall of fire around her, and I will be the glory in her midst. Later this same verse came to me through another source, so it was a confirmation that this verse was important. I prayed it for Beth.

Yesterday at OCF the worship was wonderful. There was a long time of personal, non-singing worship with just instruments, proclamations, and telling the Lord of our love for Him. During that time I "saw" spiritually the Lord Jesus standing in front of the worship team, and directly in front of me. I "knew" it, but didn't see anything visually. I "saw" myself bowed down on my knees beside him/in front of Him/on His left side, and His left hand was on my head in blessing. It seemed like He was reminding me of the vision He gave me many years ago in which He was standing in front of the congregation with his arms out blessing them and there were three angels on the wall on His left (my right) side.

As I pondered it then and later, I felt His left hand on my head was a blessing representing a "hidden" ministry. It reminded me of the book called The Left Hand of God which I think meant (to me anyway) to do hidden good deeds and ministry and not to let your right hand know what the left hand was doing. Today I am looking up the word "left" in the dream symbol book. It says:

Left: spiritual, God's strength or ability demonstrated through man's weakness, that which is of the Spirit, things we are called to be.

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6-1-10

I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes (cleans) so that it will be even more fruitful. You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. (John 15:1-3)

So Your Word cleans us, Lord?

Yes. Keep reading My Word and letting it prune you and shape you the way I want you to be. Believe in My Word, Joan. It is alive and active in your life.

 Remain in me, and I will remain in you. (John 15:4)

How do we "remain in You," Jesus?

By taking communion each morning as you do now. That shows/displays a renewal of our covenant together. By reading My Word and agreeing with it. By talking to Me throughout the day and asking My advice on all things you do. By lifting your heart to Me in worship and prayer and praise. All of these are ways you can "remain in Me."

No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. (John 15:4b-5)

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6-6-10

I had a dream. When I awoke, and thought about what the dream meant, the Holy Spirit showed me that it meant that this is a season like the "last day of school." He called it the "last day of school season." He reminded me to think about what I did on the last day of school when a child. That was a day to celebrate because we were let out from having to go to school daily and learn/work. But He reminded me to think about what I did on the last day of school when I was a teacher. That was a day to close down or finish the lessons I was teaching, and to give out grades to the students for how well they learned. THAT is what is going on now by our Headmaster, the Lord Jesus. He came to teach us His way to live on this earth and relate to others here. It is the way of loving Him and loving others. Now I/we will be graded/judged on how well we learned that.

•	Some never learned to even know Him, let alone love Him.
•	Some may have heard about Him, but didn't seek to know Him.
•	Some sought to know Him, but got off the right path to do that.
•	Some began to know Him for a short time, but then left that pathway to follow other things.
•	Some sought Him, got to know Him, and grew to love Him. Then they served Him during the rest of their time here on earth. Those who grew to love Him also grew to love other people here on earth.

I believe this is the season of the "closing of the lessons" we are here to learn. Those who belong to the Lord soon will be taken out (raptured) from the earth. Their lessons on earth are learned and finished. Then the cleansing of the earth of all wickedness will take place. This will be in preparation for the soon-coming Kingdom of God to be set up here. Then we who have been raptured, and those resurrected who belong to Him, will return to this earth to rule and reign with Christ Jesus during His millenium reign.

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6-7-10

When I awoke this morning the song repeating in my head was "That's Amore." I believe it is to help me think about the love of the Lord.

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6-9-10

Yesterday I got a letter from Social Security saying it was making me pay back to them the money they overpaid me through some mistake they made. The amount is over $1700. They will, according to their letter, take all of my next SS check from July, and the rest from my SS check from August. Now I have to battle this injustice because that is my money to live on and I need it. So I must call them today.

The Lord says He knows the end from the beginning, and He already knows how this will work out, and that I will get my money. He will give me the questions and responses to discuss with them when I call, so this battle will be won.

First I was really angry that they would do this to me. I felt it was unjust and unfair. He brought to my mind that I was "not to let the sun go down on my anger." So I went through the process of forgiving them for making the mistake, and for now saying they will take the money from my next two monthly checks. I could almost "feel" the anger leave as I forgave them.

The Lord says that He allowed this to happen so that I can know Him better as He leads me through handling this situation. 

Lord, You are my hiding place, You are my Rock and my strength. Be my confidence, and my quietness, and my strength, and my wisdom as I deal with this.

I will, Joan. Trust Me and count on Me and look to Me. I will be all you need.

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6-10-10

How do I commune with You, Lord? How do I become more intimate with You?

Mostly you just wait in My presence. Listen and wait. Try that today.

They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall rise up with wings like eagles. They shall run and not be weary. They shall walk and not faint. (Isaiah 40:31)

I'm waiting upon You, Lord.

I know. I see and I know. Trust Me.

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Paul McGuire News - June 2010

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A PROPHETIC WARNING TO AMERICA

By Paul McGuire

There is a convergence of prophetic events that will start this summer and profoundly
impact the U.S. and the world. First, there is going to be some kind of confrontation
with Iran either through the U.S. or Israel. At the recent Bilderberg Group meeting
in Spain, the green light was given to the U.S. to strike Iran.

America's debt will hit $13.6 trillion this year and $19.6 trillion by 2015. The
total U.S. debt includes obligations to the Social Security retirement program 
and other government trust funds. The amount of debt held by investors, which include
China and other countries, as well as individuals and pension funds, will rise to
an estimated $9.1 trillion this year from $7.5 trillion last year. With the debt
now exceeding the GNP, we are looking to a continued loss of jobs and massive cuts
in benefits. America could in five years face the economic collapse that Greece 
experienced with riots in the street and Martial Law.

But, that's not all!  We are in a radical transformation of America that is now 
being called the "Sovietization" of America.  Look for government to seize your 
individual 401 K's, retirement plans, pensions and investments.  They intend to 
seize your retirement and than share the wealth equally with everyone.  If you don't
believe that is going to happen, than listen to what an FBI agent said who had attended
meetings with radicals like Bernadine Dohrn and Bill Ayers.  The radicals said that
it will be necessary for 20-30 million people to die in re-education camps in this
American revolution.

Meanwhile, our Constitutional liberties are being seized from us on almost a daily
basis. The Health Care Bill contains legal language that, although vague, causes
some Constitutional legal analysts to believe it opens the door for a microchip
implant, and every child born in America starting in 2013 will receive a microchip.
Despite all the bad news there is something we can still do about it and it is still
not too late to change course, but only a full-on Great Awakening-style revival can
save us. Paul McGuire Ministries, which is part of Paradise Mountain Church International,
is moving aggressively forward to educate, awaken and light the fires of a last 
days Harvest and revival that is the only hope for America.

We have just produced three television specials to educate and light the fires of
revival. The first television program is entitled, "A Prophetic Warning to America."
It tells the hard truth about what is really happening, which most of the ministries
in America are not doing. Tragically, there are a lot of false prophets today who
are promising peace and prosperity and tickling the people's ears. God has called
me to be a "Watchman on the Wall" and this is not an easy or popular task.
We must engage in spiritual warfare, but before we can pray, fast, and evangelize
effectively, we must understand the nature of the enemy and his plan for America
and the world. We are confronting very powerful individuals and groups with ties
to occult and satanic forces. What is now happening in the U.S. and around the 
world has been planned by them for over 100 years. But, most the world, and sadly
to say, the church, has no idea of how detailed their plan is and how it fits into
Bible prophecy and Israel…

I believe God has given us a brief window of opportunity, if we act spiritually 
and strategically now.

Remember, be thankful in all things. God is still on the throne. The Messiah is 
returning and God answers prayer. You have been chosen for such a time as this!

Your friend in Christ,
Paul McGuire

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Friday, June 11, 2010

FAST FROM JUDGING
By Francis Frangipane 

If you have ever gone on an extended fast, you know it can be a life changing experience. There are many types of fasts. The king of Nineveh along with the people of his nation fasted three days from food and water. God heard the sincerity in their repentance and spared their nation, making them an example of the power inherent in fasting and prayer (see Luke 11:32).  

A fast can be a powerful tool to help stimulate revival or, conversely, it can degrade into a religious exercise that has almost no spiritual significance. The Pharisees fasted twice a week, but did so to be seen of men. Their fast became a thing of pride. At its essence, the purpose of a fast is to help us reach our spiritual destination faster, hence the name fast. Jesus said "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied" (Matt. 5:6). The goal of our hunger is for righteousness to prevail, either in us personally or in our family, church, city or nation. Fasting takes us there faster. 

Yet, we must not allow our fast to become a form of self-inflicted punishment. Fasting is not about "severe treatment of the body" (Col. 2:20-23). During the time you would have nourished your body, nourish your soul instead. Draw closer to the Lord. Read the Word of God, memorize Scriptures or pray for yourself and your loved ones or church. 

Isaiah 58 tells us that a fast can also be a time to show God's love to others. The Lord says, "Is this not the fast which I choose, to loosen the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free and break every yoke? Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into the house; when you see the naked, to cover him . . .?" (vs. 6-7). 

Therefore, when you are fasting from food, consider also ways to help the disadvantaged and hurting. You might even devote your food money to a relief agency that is caring for people suffering in destitute places. 

The Intercessor's Fast

Perhaps the most life changing fast is the one I urge intercessors to employ. I ask them to take a month and fast from judging. It is interesting to watch their reactions. "What will we think about?" they query. I am only saying do not let your concluding thought end judging a person, rather, let it end in a prayer for mercy.

The instinct to judge, to criticize, is a curse upon the church, and it brings death upon us as individuals. A curse? Death? Yes, every time we judge, we are simultaneously judged by God, and each time we condemn another, we ourselves are condemned (Matt. 7). 

Many Christians will pray, engage in spiritual warfare and rebuke the devil, yet often the enemy they are fighting is not demonic. It is consequential. Life is being measured back to them according to their attitudes toward others. They are under judgment because they are always judging (see Matt. 7:2). 

When I say “fast from judging,” I do not mean we should abandon discernment. No. But judging people is not discernment. Fault-finding is not a gift of the Spirit. When we see something wrong, instead of only turning critical, we must learn to pray for mercy for that situation. We will still see what is wrong, but we are harnessing our anger and seeking to redeem what is wrong by the power of Christ's love. 

Jesus said, "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy" (Matt. 5:7). When we resist the impulse to judge or condemn and, instead, pray for mercy, an amazing thing happens: a door of fresh mercy opens before us. You see, in every moment of every day there are two doors in front of us. One is a door that brings waves of mercy into our lives, while the other door opens to a life full of obstacles and difficulties. How do we enter the mercy door? The key to a life blessed by God's mercy is to give mercy to those around us (See Matt. 18). 

There are Christians I know who have not made spiritual progress for years. They attend church, they tithe, yet they maintain a judgmental attitude. They always have something negative to say about others. As such, they position themselves under God's judgment. Their capacity to receive divine mercy is closed because they do not show mercy toward others. 

James wrote: "Judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment" (James 2:13). It is a sobering verse: judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy. 

Are you pondering why your version of Christianity doesn't quite feel like the abundant life Jesus promised? (See John 10.) Perhaps it is because you are too judgmental. The good news, however, is this: mercy triumphs over judgment. If you know you are a sinner and that there are areas wrong in your life, yet you strive to be merciful, God promises He will respond to you as you have responded to others. The areas in your heart that need mercy will find healing in the life God grants to the merciful. 

Beloved, ponder the next season of change in your life, perhaps it is time to embrace the mercy fast. Yes, for thirty days, see what changes occur when you fast from judging.
 
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The Past is Over! What Do You See for the Future?
by Barbie Breathitt

Jun 11, 2010 

Joel 2:25-27 gives us a promise of restoration: "I'll make up for the years of the locust, the great locust devastation—locusts savage, locusts deadly, fierce locusts, locusts of doom, that great locust invasion I sent your way. You'll eat your fill of good food. You'll be full of praises to your God, the God who has set you back on your heels in wonder. Never again will My people be despised. You'll know without question that I'm in the thick of life with Israel, that I'm your God, yes, your God, the one and only real God. Never again will My people be despised."

What Do You See? 

What do you see for your future? Do you see hope or despair, faith or fear? Are you tired of the enemy stealing from you and plundering your hope and dreams? (see Isaiah 42:22-23).

The Lord revealed each step Jeremiah was to take to enter into his new season to achieve his future. At first, Jeremiah was not able to see his future clearly; his boldness and clarity didn't come until God removed his fear, doubt, and excuses. We are always so eager to point out our sin, weaknesses and failures, and lack of training and skill. We are full of reasons why we can't do something, or why we are not the right person for an assignment. We offer excuses when God comes to send us forth in our calling. God was establishing Jeremiah as a prophet; Jeremiah could only focus on his past weaknesses, because he couldn't see his bright future.

Jeremiah 1:4-10 (NASB) Now the word of the Lord came to me saying, "Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations." Then I said, "Alas, Lord God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, because I am a youth." 

But the Lord said to me, "Do not say, 'I am a youth,' because everywhere I send you, you shall go, and all that I command you, you shall speak. Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you," declares the Lord. Then the Lord stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me, "Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. See, I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms, to pluck up and to break down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant."

God's loving persistence with Jeremiah gave him skill and understanding to develop his prophetic eyes to see vision and his ears to hear the word of the Lord. "The word of the Lord came to me saying, 'What do you see, Jeremiah?' And I said, 'I see a rod of an almond tree.' Then the Lord said to me, 'You have seen well, for I am watching over My word to perform it'" (Jeremiah 1:11-12, NASB). God continued to articulate Jeremiah's potential and refused to allow Jeremiah to focus on his excuses, fears, or failures.

God also speaks to the positives of what we are, and what we can become, rather than emphasizing the negatives. For example, God does not speak to our sickness and disease; He speaks to our health. He does not speak to our poverty or lack; He speaks to our wealth and abundance. He does not speak to our failure or mistakes; He speaks to our success. He does not focus on the past; He speaks to the now and to the future. God speaks the language of hope to encourage each of us to succeed. We do not like to be left in the dark, so God brings us into the light. He wants us to know the wonderful plans He has for our futures as much as we want Him to reveal them to us.

God's Giving Us New Vision to Lead Us in a New Way

Recently, I had a dream in response to my asking the Holy Spirit to help me understand where we are in the timetable of "transition and change." I dreamt of a yellow car full of people. The vehicle represented peoples' lives, their careers, churches, and businesses that they are in the process of making decisions and changes in. The car was yellow because everyone was used to using their minds, their intelligence and powers of reasoning to make decisions. No one was seeking God or asking how to make the transition successfully. 

The car was at the halfway point on a big, major highway. It had come to rest in the middle of a crossroad or intersection. As the oncoming traffic would pass back and forth on either side of the car, I could feel the force of the wind from the oncoming vehicles shaking the car. It was not possible to continue forward because the windshield was fogged over; it was not cleared enough to see where to go next, or how to turn. It was too risky to go in reverse—I knew that would mean we would be losing ground. The Holy Spirit said we need to wait on Him and the leading of His Spirit for our next move, or our next step, no matter how scary and uncomfortable it feels right now. He said He is going to give new vision and lead us in a new way. He wanted us to be totally dependent upon His voice, His vision, and His leading.

Isaiah 43:18-21 (NKJV) says, "Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. The beast of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I give waters in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My people, My chosen. This people I have formed for Myself; they shall declare My praise.

God is giving us prophetic insight to see our new season, but we must wait until our eyes are given vision and our ears hear His voice saying, "This is the way, walk ye in it!" (Isaiah 30:19-22).

The Past is Over... 

When we capture a picture of light and God's goodness for our lives in the midst of the dark place of our existence, we have "vision." Vision releases hope. Hope enables us to change. Change releases destiny. Destiny drives us out of the now and propels us into the future. Once we catch a glimpse of who we are in the future, we are able to bring it into the reality of today. This is one of the major ways God is able to accelerate good in our lives through dreams and visions. The more we can see and believe, the more we can become. We must see it to be it!

God births dreams and visions in us in order to bring revelation, illumination and inspiration. Revelation is the discovery of truth. Illumination is spiritual or intellectual enlightenment. Inspiration is communicating the understood, discovered truth to others. To inspire means to inhale or breathe in the Spirit to stimulate the mind, to create or to activate the emotions to a higher level of feeling. To spiritually inspire is to guide, affect, or arouse by the divine influence of the Holy Spirit. Through revelation, illumination and inspiration, the Spirit of the Lord is calling to the Holy Spirit within us as He leads us into the deep things, the secrets and mysteries of God. The DNA within each of us sings a different song.

Psalm 42:7-8 (NIV) reads: Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me. By day the Lord directs His love, at night His song is with me—a prayer to the God of my life.

God has been speaking to me that "it's time to widen" and advance, to receive His promotion and increase. But, if I focus on the difficulties of my past season instead of the potential of my promising future, fear will stop me from making the necessary changes to step into the new. 

Isaiah 54:2-8 Make your tent bigger. Open your doors wide. Don't think small! Make your tent large and strong, because you will grow in all directions. Your children will take over many nations and live in the cities that were destroyed. Don't be afraid! You will not be disappointed... 

The Lord your Savior said this: "The past is over; it cannot dictate your potential, expectations or hope unless you give it permission to rule your present and future." God has promised to remove the shame, embarrassment, and the reproach that cause fear. God is calling you back to your first love with all of His love.

Success is in Your Mouth!

Deuteronomy 30:11-14 tells us success is in our mouth! "For this commandment which I command you this day is not too difficult for you, nor is it far off. (It is not a secret laid up) in Heaven, that you should say, 'Who shall go up for us to Heaven and bring it to us, that we may hear and do it?' Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, 'Who shall go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear and do it?' But the word is very near you, in your mouth, and in your mind and in your heart, so that you can do it" (AMP). 

God wants us to decree His word to release favor, breakthrough, strategic alignment, and prosperity. When we decide the past is over, and it is time to step into a new day, in a new way, God's light will shine brightly on the new path. Job 22:28-30 (AMP) says, "You shall also decide and decree a thing, and it shall be established for you; and the light (of God's favor) shall shine upon your ways. When they make (you) low, you will say, '(There is) a lifting up'; and the humble person He lifts up and saves. He will even deliver the one (for whom you intercede) who is not innocent; yes, He will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands."

The fire of God touched the mouths of Isaiah and Jeremiah with a supernatural bestowment of grace so they would speak forth His words of life concerning the future. God is placing His powerful words within the mouth of His anointed Bride. She will confess God's Kingdom has come and that His will be done on earth, in each earthen vessel, as it is in Heaven. The Lord desires that we have the God kind of faith—which is faith like God! It is time to have the faith of God manifesting in our lives! His supernatural empowerment is opening double doors to our future as He goes before His Bride to keep the gates open. He is making the crooked places straight, and revealing the treasures that have been hidden in secret places of darkness (see Isaiah 45:1-3). 

To move forward into our new season will require that we develop faith for more of His grace. God is imparting grace to remove and overcome our every weakness, empowering us to move forward. Jeremiah told God that his lack of maturity and eloquence of speech would prohibit him from speaking for God. Therefore, by touching Jeremiah's weak areas, God imparted a divine grace which overrode Jeremiah's weakness. God believes in us. He promises that if we will have faith in God and in His divine empowerment, God will provide what is needed for us to fulfill our future. 

2 Peter 1:2-4 (NKJV) Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, as 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, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Each Day We Receive Fresh Grace and Mercy on Our Journey

We are not alone in our life's journey. God promises to go before us and defeat our enemies. He lives largely within us, and He daily walks beside us—constantly encouraging. Each new day is fresh and we receive fresh grace and mercy. Satan's lies scream, You are not called, equipped, nor anointed. If we listen to or agree with his lies, we won't believe that God's grace can take the place of our greatest weakness.

Every night the Holy Spirit comes to hover over us with His loving embrace to overshadow us with dreams and visions so we will conceive our potential. Mary was overshadowed by the presence of the Holy Spirit, and she conceived Jesus, the Son of the living God. When Gabriel announced that she was to birth the Son of God, she said, "Be it unto me according to Thy word" (Luke 1:38). God's touch resolved any questions or fear Mary was struggling with. In Mary's moment of belief and faith, God imparted a supernatural grace to empower her to envision and receive her future.

The Holy Spirit guides and teaches us as we step into every new season. God's promises are true. The word He speaks to us prepares us to see our future. Jeremiah 1:12 says, "Then said the Lord to me, 'You have seen well, for I am alert and active, watching over My word to perform it'" (AMP). God fulfilled His promises to Jeremiah, and He will faithfully fulfill His promises to you, His Bride, too! The word watch in Hebrew, shaqad, means "to be alert, i.e. sleepless; the awakening one; hence to be on the lookout (whether for good or ill) to hasten, remain awake, to keep watch of, watch for, and be wakeful over." The same word can be translated into "almond-shaped, to make like (unto, after the fashion of almonds), 'Almond blossoms.'"

Once the Lord had placed His words in Jeremiah's mouth, He inquired once more, "Jeremiah, what do you see?" This time Jeremiah did not answer with another defense, reason, or justification for his lack or weakness, but Jeremiah responded properly as prophetic vision was given to him, "I see a branch or shoot of an almond tree, the emblem of alertness and activity, blossoming in late winter."

The almond tree is the first to bud forth or awaken in a new season with blossom cups that are shaped like almonds. On my Nutrition and Plants & Flowers Dream Symbol Cards, the almond also represents virginity, hope, watchfulness and fruitfulness; health, gifts, authority, happiness; offering your best (see Genesis 43:11), diligence and hard work will result in increased production harvest, and profits resulting in wealth; God's choice, success and financial gain (see Numbers 17:8); and God's faithfulness awakening (see Jeremiah 1:11-12).

When Jeremiah received God's grace, his eyes were opened to see from God's perspective. God's vision enabled Jeremiah to overcome his weakness and boldly step into his destiny and near future. When we receive God's great grace in this season of transition in our lives, our eyes will also be opened to see from God's perspective concerning our destiny. The prophet Jeremiah was "awakened" to see his new season and future. He received grace to fulfill his divine destiny call. 

Each morning that we awake from a new dream, it is a new day, a new beginning, a new awakening; we open our eyes to see by the dawn's early light. God is pouring out fresh grace, enlightenment and spiritual dreams that will awaken us to our new season. Heaven is drawing near to empower us to fulfill our destiny. The Lord sends His angels to watch over, guide, and protect each of us, to ensure His word comes to pass in our lives. God is a protector and a defender of the weak, so He continues to speak to our potential. God is the only One who knows the future! It is time to draw close to God so we can see our divine destiny and future.

The Windows of Heaven are Open!

Ezekiel 37:1-9 (NKJV) ...Again He said to me, "Prophesy to these bones, and say to them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD! Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: "Surely I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live. I will put sinews on you and bring flesh upon you, cover you with skin and put breath in you; and you shall live. Then you shall know that I am the LORD."'" So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and suddenly a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to bone. Indeed, as I looked, the sinews and the flesh came upon them, and the skin covered them over; but there was no breath in them. Also He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live."'"

Friends, it is essential that our focus returns to and remains on God so we are encouraged in the midst of change, transition, and the shaking of the earth. God has a divine plan for our successful future (see Jeremiah 29:11). To leave the past and all its failures and disappointments and enter into our future, there must be steps taken to enter into the new. We are leaving an old season and advancing into a new season. He has good news that will set the captives free and open the prison doors! God is gathering the prodigals, healing the broken-hearted, restoring hope, and planting vision in the heart of His Bride (see Isaiah 43:1-5). 

The windows of Heaven are open and a call has been issued for us to come up higher to see the Valley of Dry Bones from a heavenly perspective. As we speak prophetic words of salvation and life to those who are spiritually dead or sleeping, we will raise souls from the dead, and draw them to God's eternal life and truth. It is a decisive time for many who are waiting to enter into the Kingdom life. Prophesy to their dry, dead bones. By faith, command God's breath to enter this scattered, disjointed army so that they will rise up and live. God's anointed word will not return void, simply be obedient to the leading of the Holy Spirit. 

Barbie Breathitt
Breath of the Spirit Ministries
Email: Barbie@BreathOfTheSpiritMinistries.com

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6-12-10

A Message for Kingdom Pioneers: You Are Not a Failure!
by Mike McClung

Jun 12, 2010 

I am very thankful for those pioneers of the Kingdom of God, going all the way back to Abraham, who've braved the unknown and the scorn of others to press forward in their obedience to God's call and leading. We owe everything we are and have to the spiritual and natural pioneers who've faced misunderstanding and death at almost every turn to pave the way for those of us in this day to settle and enjoy the blessings and benefits, both from the spiritual and natural dimensions. 

There are many pioneers still moving forward into realms yet unreached for no other reason than they heard the voice of Abba call them, and they've left all to pursue Him out of love and simple obedience. This is a lonely, misunderstood and often dangerous place to be, fraught with spiritual, mental, emotional, financial and relational pressures and warfare that we may not be aware of. I have a message for those pioneers that answered the call of God to press into the unknown: you are NOT a failure.

Pioneers May Have Failings, But They are Not Failures

Ezekiel 13:5 (NKJV) says, "You have not gone up into the gaps to build a wall for the house of Israel to stand in battle on the day of the Lord." 

Pioneers who have pressed past their own comfort to embrace the Cross of Christ within in order to prepare a way, a place and a people for His presence and His purposes, are having to deal with a great sense of failure. A lot of this is because of the lack of response from others to the Holy Spirit's message and work through these pioneers. My word from the Lord, again, to those pioneers: you are NOT a failure!

Pioneers have failings, but if they have obeyed and endured, they are NOT failures. Pioneers make "all" the mistakes, because they have gone into places no one else has gone, except for the Lord Himself. Pioneers are not promised that they will not make mistakes, but just like Moses, God promises to "be with them." Pioneers are called by God to follow Him, and if they make mistakes, they can LEARN from them, recover, adjust and press on.

As a pioneer, have you ever gone into a boxed canyon? You might have thought, "What have I done? How did I miss God? If I were only more (fill in the blank), this would not have happened." You have not failed. Repent for any self-pity, come out of the boxed canyon and place a sign there that says, "Boxed canyon...don't go in there!" Your seeming failure becomes a path that succeeding generations and followers will not have to take. Having failings does not make us a failure. If we learn from them, it makes us wise, vulnerable and ever more sensitive to the leading and voice of the Holy Spirit.

"Was Abraham a Failure? Remember Elijah, My Children!"

Recently, I was dealing with this very same question of appearing to be a failure because the success of the ministry seemed in great doubt. While out prayer-walking and seeking the Lord, He asked me a question: "Was Abraham a failure? Remember Elijah, son!" That's all He said to me, but every failing I have experienced and every burden I'd been under was instantly lifted off my heart. I've had many failings, both personal and ministerial, but the Lord was letting me know that I was not a failure in His eyes because I kept moving forward in obedience to Him.

Both Abraham and Elijah obeyed the Lord and launched out as pioneers into unexplored territory filled with incredible demonic activity. They simply obeyed in love, not knowing what to expect but knowing Who called them, and they were convinced He was faithful to keep them. Both men had personal struggles and failures. But, in spite of their failings, they were not a failure in God's sight. Both Abraham and Elijah received God's stamp of approval for their faith and obedience.

Like Abraham, there are many daring to tread into uncharted wilderness territory where nobody has gone before. "Abe" was told to leave his family, who were idolaters, who practiced child sacrifice. He had to leave the familiar to engage God's presence and promises. He had to find the fatherhood of God and be trained in His ways, so he, in turn, could become "the father of many nations" that the Lord had promised (not to mention, the salvation of the whole human race through the child of promise—Jesus—who would come forth). 

Abraham was not only being called to go to a land Abba would eventually give to a covenant people, but to bring a transformation to human fatherhood by revealing His own Fatherhood, in type, through Abraham. Abraham was a pioneer, not just of a land and a people, but of bringing the Fatherhood of God back to the human race so He could be known and experienced as Abba. Abraham had many failings, but he was not a failure!

To all those pioneers who have answered God's call to uncharted spiritual or other territory: You may have failed in certain ways or in certain things, but you are not a failure!

Mike McClung
Lionheart Restoration Ministries/
The Prayer Furnace of East Tennessee
Email: mikem@lionheartministries.org

Mike McClung is the Director of Lionheart Restoration Ministries and The Prayer Furnace of East Tennessee, which is a ministry dedicated to establishing night and day worship and intercession for the East Tennessee region and to bring wholeness and healing to both Believer and non-believer. He has a strong prophetic gifting coupled with a calling to see revival and reformation come to the Body of Christ. Mike has traveled extensively at home and overseas, calling the individual Believer to intimacy and Christlike character, and to prepare the corporate Body of Messiah to be a true resting place of God's presence and glory. Mike has been involved in Native American reconciliation initiatives and forums, and apostolic and prophetic summits in the U.S. and abroad. Mike is married to his wife, Kelly, and they reside in Maryville, Tennessee. Mike has one daughter, Hannah.

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QUIET TIME NOTES

When you go someplace, you go to "spread the Light of My Presence" wherever you go. You don't go there just to get something for yourself, but also to take Me there with you and spread cheer, joy, praise, thanks, smiles, and all that I am and show you to be. Remember this, My child. I go with you wherever you go. You represent Me to other people. You bring My atmosphere with you. That's the way I function in this current world - through My people.

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6-13-10

A DREAM ABOUT A DRAMA PERFORMANCE WE WEREN'T YET READY TO DO

In this dream I helped get the participants in a drama performance onto the stage at the right time and in the right costume. We needed another rehearsal before doing the performance, but there wasn't time for one. It was time for the performance and we weren't all sure what to do and when. So I was helping the performers get ready and get on stage and be in the right costume. I was also dressed in a costume for my part in the performance. My costume was blue and it was old-fashioned looking. Later I noticed it had some holes in the part that was covering the legs. It had a small flat piece on the head like a maid might wear for serving.

Getting ready for a drama or play may indicate getting ready for something that is happening or soon to happen. This drama may be a message for me about my own life. It shows trying to view my own life objectively, a distillation of my own experiences, and something to enable me to get the best benefit from the information this drama contains. 

The drama in this dream shows that I am not yet ready for living through what is going to be played out or what is going to be happening in my life. It shows that I have to go through it, even if I don't feel I am prepared well enough. In this dream it shows I am not at all sure what to do and when. I was trying to help myself do what was needed at the right time and in the right covering. 

My clothing is blue so this shows I have spiritual covering. This covering refers to my anointing, righteousness, attitude, grace, authority, protection and mantle. The hat I was wearing is the hat of a servant girl, so that shows me as a servant. It is blue, so that shows a spiritual servant. The covering was what I thought of as "old fashioned." This may mean I am covered with thoughts and ideas from the teaching of my parents and elders, learned in my younger days, and ideas not now thought to be modern.

I noticed there were holes in the covering over my legs. That may show me there are holes in my anointing or covering regarding my legs. The legs symbolize my support, spirit, or human strength.  It shows I have lack of strength in the things of the flesh.

The encouragement in this dream is that I have spiritual covering, see myself as a servant of others, and am trying hard to do the right thing at the right time. However, I need to note that my covering has places of weakness in the ability to stand in man's strength. It may show I don't cope well with earthly or fleshly things. In a way, that is good, because it means I must depend all the more on God.

What do You think about this dream, Lord? Did You give it to me?

Yes, it was from Me. You have done well in interpreting it. You have good materials to help you. I am giving you ideas even as you look for the meanings of the symbols. 

You are NOT ready, and never will be really ready, to handle what is coming. All you can do is try to get ready, and totally depend on Me to be your strength or support as you go through what is coming. I am your strength. I will take care of you when the drama happens, and it is starting to happen now. 

You recognize that the "end times" scenario is already happening by watching what is going on in the world and comparing it to My prophecies. That's what I want you to do. And you listen to the prophets regularly (like Perry Stone, Hal Lindsey, Paul McGuire, etc.) and they help you understand what is happening. 

You know that you are a servant during these times and will help others through your own spiritual walk. But, you must find your daily strength in Me and through Me. There is no other way to manage in these times. You cannot ever be totally prepared. I will show you the way to walk through all this that is happening and coming. I AM THE WAY. And that is enough.

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There were three healings mentioned at church today:
1.	S, who was in a terrible accident and in a coma, is improving little by little. The family is very encouraged. 
2.	L told us she went to the IHOP revival meeting during this last week. She went up close to the stage (where she said the anointing was heavier). She said God began doing things with her body, and soon she found she was doing deep knee bends. She had not been able to do deep knee bends, due to arthritis, for a long time. She demonstrated for us at church the knee bends she could now do.
3.	N had cut her hand badly and came to church the week before (6-6) with a bandage around it. They prayed for her, and it got gradually better and better so she could begin to bend her fingers. It still needs more healing, so they plan to continue the prayer.

Pastor Larry preached about using our words to bless ourselves and others by speaking positive things, and not to curse by saying negative things. It was an excellent message so I bought a CD to send to my sister.

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6-14-10

YEAH!!!

Beth got the job at Argus Company that she interviewed for 3-4 weeks ago! That is a big, big praise! We are both very thankful to God for that. She is to begin the new job July 6th. Her current contract ends June 30. So she may have about a week off in between, and rather hopes she does. She would like a break, even if it means no pay during that break.

I am still waiting to see what happens with my SS situation. I hope to learn today if the guy who is supposed to deal with this is back in the office. If I don't hear today, I may call them again - for the third time. I would like to get it resolved before it is too late to get my July SS check.

We had such a good church service yesterday at Olathe Christian Fellowship. The pastor has been teaching us what he has been learning and experiencing about blessing people and speaking these blessings over them (especially his children). 

I got my blood drawn this morning for my next diabetic appointment with my doctor (which is next Monday). That way she has the test results when she sees me. Sometimes in the past, I have had blood technicians who couldn't draw blood well through my thin veins in my left arm. I am not allowed to have blood drawn through my right arm since having the mastectomy on that side. They want to avoid any chance of infection. 

So, anyway, I was praying about the person who would draw my blood and I was declaring that he/she would find the right vein right away, with only one stick, and the blood would come through properly and painlessly. Wow! God really answered that! 

The girl who did it was new to me, so I didn't know how skilled she was. She tested the veins and tapped them, etc. to find the best place to draw the blood. And then, when she stuck the needle in, it worked perfectly, and the blood was drawn quickly and painlessly! I told her she did a really good job and she commented that she "just seemed to know the right place to do it!" How's that for God's work? 

Thank You, God, for both of these answers to prayer! You are soooo good to us! I praise You and pray that these prayer answers bring You glory through Jesus.

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As in the Days of Noah...
by Theresa Phillips
Jun 14, 2010

I was in worship when the Lord spoke to me, "These are the days of Noah. Speak it forth, do not hold back," said the Lord.
 
Wow, I was taken by surprise by this. His voice was loud and clear! "Yes Sir," was my answer. Then He began to prophesy through me, "These are the days of Noah. As the people did not understand what Noah was doing, so will they not understand what I am asking you to do." That got my attention! 

Again He said, "These are as the days of Noah. When the ark was to be built, laughter and scorn were the response. So it shall be again. Build me a resting place," said the Lord God. "Who will build Me a refuge? Who will build for Me?" asked the Lord.

"These are like the days of Noah. I am speaking, I am seeking, I am waiting for a joint effort to BUILD My realm. Storm clouds are gathering. I am calling for a building—a reformation of the Kingdom. IT IS AT HAND. Who will build?" said the Lord. Then I began to shudder in awe... Total awe...

What Shall We Build?

God, make me a heart like David!

2 Samuel 7:13 He is the one who will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. 
 
"I require," says the Lord, "a house, a home, a safety chamber, a place of rest. I was continually with Noah and those who were with him," says the Lord. "In like manner, I will be with you! I am asking for a new ark of safety. I am asking for a rebuilding of My eternal Kingdom in the below. I am asking for My Church to arise to the task... Build Me a place."

Acts 7:49 "Heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me?" says the Lord. "Or where will My resting place be?"

I was aware of a mandate from the Lord. He is calling for a reconstruction of a tabernacle—NOT made by hands but established in the hearts of men. This tabernacle is the continued communication between God and His subjects.

"My People, Resist the Temptation to Disrupt the Plans I Have"

He began to speak more: "I am calling for this NOW! I am asking My people to resist the temptation to disrupt the plans I have. For as in the days of Noah, the people were not READY to have a relationship as Noah had with Me. They were chiding and complaining and making mockery of what was being established in the earth... A  man heard My voice, he obeyed Me, his family was spared. Creatures were placed in safety. Do you know," says the Lord, "that every animal I placed in the ark will never perish? Never perish!

"Man will NEVER perish; that which is made in My image will not die! For I am an ETERNAL God and will not die. I said I would never leave you, never forsake you. Trust Me," says the Lord! "I am on a collision course with man's agenda; I will move My Kingdom, My domain, My presence, My person, My realm, My atmosphere. I will move it as a suddenly in your midst and you will stand in awe."

"It is For You to Know the Seasons"

"'Why?' is the question I hear often in My ear. 'When?' is the next. But I say to you, 'It is for you to know the seasons. It is for you to plant and reap in them as they come upon you. That will satisfy Me,'" says the Lord. "I will move in your midst!"

Jeremiah 8:7 Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons, and the dove, the swift and the thrush observe the time of their migration. But My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.

"Noah heard and acted like he was scorned, but he had My ear," said the Lord. "I am speaking to many today; this very moment, I am sending a word of exhortation. I am proclaiming to you, 'I am in the rebuilding business; I have been rebuilding the Tabernacle of David.'"

Acts 15:16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up.

"This is a house of praise. Yes, praise is building a safe place, for I will dwell among those who praise Me; they will praise Me even more," says the Lord.

Psalm 22:3 Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the praise of Israel.

"I Am Rebuilding, Re-Emerging and
Re-Establishing...When My Kingdom Sees
a King, it Will Change the Nation!"

"I am rebuilding ancient walls; even now researchers are finding ruins in the land of the ancient ones. I am being found, and now I will make you seek Me with more interest...

"Now I am calling for a building...a building of My Kingdom," says the Lord. "I am rebuilding a House of Praise. This noise will be heard abroad and many will come and see what is happening! I am rebuilding a House of Prayer, and many will come and be healed and taught to know My voice. I am rebuilding an army of lovers of the King, and many will then change their habits. Just to get closer! Just to enter! For whom does not want to be close to a King?" asked the Lord.

"I am re-emerging Myself as a royal Priest, and many will come and humble themselves in front of the mighty altar of hope. I am re-establishing My boundaries, yes, My commandments, in the hearts of men, and once again a revival of holiness will come forth. This will change nations," says the Lord. "When My Kingdom sees a King in the House of Bread, it will change the nation. I tell you, My throne will change the nation!

"I am making Myself 'seen' so man can be like Me to the governmental leaders of nations, networks and marketplace leaders."

"It is the Day of the New Things as in
the Days of Noah—Watch, Pray and Obey"

Matthew 24:37-38 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark;

"Take this warning, My loved ones, for time is running short: I am on My way to make the GREAT CHANGE. Ha, you heard it, now I will do it! Seat Me as King; your reward will be great. The Kingdom is at hand. Why? For the King MUST be recognized as PRESENT! As in the days of Noah, those who were not educated of My ways did not believe I could speak and I could direct a new thing. Ha, again I say, 'It is The Day of New Things as in the days of Noah!'

"So...you have been in these days; for I say to you NOW do not lose your hope or vision; GO and be it! I am speaking now to you leaders: Watch and pray and obey, for the building must take place!

1 Peter 5:1 To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder, a witness of Christ's sufferings and one who also will share in the glory to be revealed:

"Yes, share with one another, for you in My Kingdom must be a team. Ministers unite! Fellowships unite! People, receive the word of the Lord through ones you know not, for it is I who am building My Kingdom in the below. It is Me calling. It is Me directing. I am with you FOREVER!" says the Lord God Almighty.

Pray with me: Dear Jesus, I surrender all to be a subject of Your realm. I choose this day to submit myself to You and to Your word and to those of Your Kingdom. I choose this day to unite and believe You can and will be in every house of worship; I will accept them as my own family and admonish them as they do Your will. I choose this day to covenant with You and tabernacle with You to rebuild relationships and repair bridges and conform to Your image. Bless each reader, amen!

Theresa Phillips
Chicago Prophetic Voice
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6-15-10

A QUICK DREAM ABOUT A BURNING, FLYING DOG

In this dream I saw a small dog moving in the air, like it had leaped or was flying, over the fence into A and K's back yard. It was about the size and color of the off-white dogs at the backyard neighbor's house behind A & K's. It seemed to have flames of fire on its underside. I immediately awoke and wondered what that dream meant.

This is what this dream means: in 1 day an event will take place which might be friendly and it might be fearful. It is like a dog in that it could mean one or the other. Your response to it will determine which it seems to you. This will involve fire coming in your direction, but not in your property/space - just close, like next door to you. It will come through the air like the dog in the dream. It will be "on fire' which could mean literal fire, but may just mean "fire of the Spirit." 

This will not touch you, but will just be something you will observe. It will be quick and finished quickly, like the dream was. It will involve those close to you, but not necessarily A and K. They represent people close to you - like Christian friends might be. Not your relatives. Just people you know who "live" close to you. It might be people in OCF or in CTC. 

What I want you to do about this is pray, and declare, what I put in your mind and heart to do. Will you do that for me? Remember someone said there would be more and more "warning" dreams, and this is one of them, as you thought it might be.

Pray for these people by declaring that something small but significant is coming into the space near them and this will bring fire of revival into their lives. Pray for these people without knowing them. I want you to speak intercession for Me today in this. 

(I did this, then He had me also speak:)

I speak that this will be a hope and blessing, and salvation in their lives. I speak that this will bring good to them.

That's all, Joan.

I will give you more and more dreams for you to intercede for Me. Are you willing to do this?

Yes, Lord.

You have rounded a corner or turned a page in your life today, now. So has Beth. You saw great resolutions yesterday of situations you were dealing with. That finished a "time" of working that out in each of you. Now that is finished, and I am taking both of you on to new things.

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6-17-10

QUIET TIME NOTES

The Lord was teaching me that there was a healing angel with me, and one with Beth also. He said I could speak healing to some part of my body that hurt, and my healing angel would heal that. The angel responds to my voice and what I say out loud. The Lord was teaching me that I am His voice in the earth right now and that He uses my voice to speak what needs to be done/accomplished. I am to listen to Him, and then speak what He shows me to speak. Then He said:

There are: healing angels, protecting angels, provision angels, searching angels, warring angels, comforting angels, praising angels, singing angels, instructing angels…and many others. That's why I created them - to be My servant assistants. I love them, and I care about each one of them. So you can imagine (to a very small degree) how I felt when 1/3 of them all rebelled against Me. They were My creation! I made them. So you can see I'm a long-suffering God.

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6-18-10

Here is a Scripture (that I read in Perry Stone's book called Breaking The Jewish Code) which I like, and prayed over my children and myself today:

For You, O Lord, will bless the righteous;
With favor You will surround him as with a shield. (Psalm 5:12)

A couple of days ago we had a strong thunderstorm blow into the KC Metro area. It was sunny before the clouds came, so I watched this huge group of clouds approach from the west. Soon it began to sprinkle, then rain hard, with lightning and thunder. When the storm clouds passed, it again turned sunny so Beth and I looked to see if a rainbow would appear. We not only saw one beautiful, clear, bright rainbow, but also a second rainbow above it. It was just phenomenal to watch, and Beth took pictures. And it lasted a long time too. I thought it might be a prophetic sign, so I asked the Lord if it was. He said it was. He said I would be able to "see" a great storm coming, just like that, and live through it, and then "see" the beautiful rainbow covenant bright and clear on the other side of the storm.

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6-19-10

Last night, as Beth and I watched a video DVD of Perry Stone, he talked about the possible trouble coming to our country, especially to the inner cities of big cities. He indicated that when the states don't have enough money to pay the subsidies for welfare, etc., and have to cut back on that, there might be riots in those inner cities from people living off those subsidies. He said these people are sometimes using drugs and alcohol and can't cope with not having money to get those. So he said they would riot - as has happened in Greece recently when they a cut back on subsidies.

Beth and I discussed how she has to drive through part of inner city Kansas City MO to go to work. We both would prefer that her new job would be in a "safer" neighborhood than it is in. I remembered something, which I read recently in a book, that talked about praying with your children before they leave home in the morning. I felt led by the Spirit to suggest that we pray out loud for her each morning before she goes to work. Ideas for the Scriptures we might pray, began to come into my head. So I am writing here those Scriptures for the two of us to agree upon.

MORNING PRAYER FOR PROTECTION

If two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. (Matthew 18:19)

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace. (Numbers 6:24-26) 

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." (Jeremiah 29:11)

Let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy. Spread your protection over them, that those who love your name may rejoice in you. For surely, O Lord, you bless the righteous; you surround them with your favor as with a shield. (Psalm 5:11-12)

Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze. For I am the Lord, your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. (Isaiah 43:1-3)

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. I call to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I am saved from my enemies. (Psalm 18:2-3)

The Lord is my light and my salvation - whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life - of whom shall I be afraid? (Psalm 27:1)

Do not be afraid or discouraged. The battle is not yours, but God's. Stand firm and see the deliverance the Lord will give you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. The Lord will be with you. (2 Chronicles 20:15, 17)

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

The Lord…is my stronghold, my refuge and my savior - from violent men you save me. (2 Samuel 22:3)

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you O Lord are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. (Psalm 23:4)

O Lord, be gracious to us; we long for you. Be our strength every morning, our salvation in time of distress. (Isaiah 33:2)

In the day of my trouble I will call to you, for you will answer me. (Psalm 86:7)

When I am afraid, I will trust in you. (Psalm 56:3-4)

Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life. (Psalm 23: 6)

You are my refuge and my shield, O Lord; I have put my hope in your word. (Psalm 119:114)

O Lord, you will keep us safe and protect us forever. (Psalm 12:7)

You are my hiding place O Lord; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance. (Psalm 32:7)

If you make the Most High your dwelling…then no harm will befall you, no disaster will come near your tent. (Psalm 91:9-10)

He will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways. (Psalm 91:11)

"Because he loves me," says the Lord, "I will rescue him; I will protect him, for he acknowledges my name. He will call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him." (Psalm 91:14-15)

I…will be a wall of fire around her, and I will be the glory in her midst. (Zechariah 2:5)

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

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

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

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

Never will I leave you. (Hebrews 13:8)

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6-20-10

A DREAM ABOUT SEEING A FLOATING RED FLOWER LIKE A DIRIGIBLE IN THE AIR

I had a dream in which I was in some room like an apartment. I think Beth was with me. I looked out the window and saw a strange sight. It was a large something which was almost red in color with a little pink and orange also. It looked like it was made of lots of large balloon-shaped things fastened together (rather like a huge flower). It seemed to be floating or drifting slowly by in the air, like a dirigible. Behind it were long strings of things being pulled. They were silver and were rather like filigree silver. I said in the dream that they looked like butterflies (their shape). I think I saw this sight two times, both times in the morning.

Perhaps seeing a huge red flower-like thing drifting in the sky could symbolize something glorious that God will do or show (perhaps even about Israel), showing His power, redemption and love. Beth suggests this is held up and moved by air, suggesting the work of the Holy Spirit.

Perhaps the butterfly-like silver things being pulled behind the huge flower depict freedom that follows this event, also redemption and knowledge of God. Again, Beth suggests this is showing something moving or floating in the air - showing a work of the Holy Spirit.

Perhaps seeing this flower-like thing twice shows it is set, firmly decided by God, and will show a witness in the sky and be viewed by all.

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During the night I awoke and looked at the clock at 11:11. Then later I awoke and looked at the clock and it said 1:11. I thought this was not a coincidence and wondered what it meant.

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6-22-10

Today the Lord drew my attention to the clock to see 11:11 and again to see 1:11…this time during the day. Sunday it happened during the night. I asked Him what this meant, and He indicated that if I count those 1's they add up to 7, and 7 means rest, a time when the task is finished. The 1's mean God as #1 in importance. It is to alert me to the fact that God is finishing up His task on the earth of redeeming mankind back to Himself. His church is almost finished with being saved/redeemed. He will take her out of the earth very soon. Then He will have one more little task, called the tribulation, to finish up, and then His Kingdom will come on earth for the millenium. God says He is working "night and day" to fulfill His Kingdom work in us and through us.

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A message through ElijahList:

A Word to the Kingdom's Older Stars

By Bill Yount
Jun 21, 2010

As Cal Ripken Jr. stood up to the plate in his final All-Star Game, he blasted his pitch over the left field wall. On the heels of announcing his retirement, Cal Ripken broke the record to become the oldest player to hit a home run in an All Star Game. He was named "Most Valuable Player" in his final All-Star appearance.

As history was made that night, I sense the Lord saying, "The older Stars in My Kingdom are going to shine brighter and do greater exploits than ever before!" I sense there is a special anointing coming upon older men and women in the Body of Christ. God is not through using you. Your age is not against you, it is for you. Job 12:12 says, "With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding." You have more wisdom now than ever. With years comes understanding.

This anointing is going to cause you to live longer. Many of you have not planned to live long enough! It will be an anointing similar to Caleb when he reached eighty-five years. He said to the Lord, "I am as strong now as when I was forty, and I want to take another mountain!" There is coming a "spiritual fountain of youth" into your midst—a renewing, a release of God's strength. Psalm 68:28 says, "Thy God hath commanded thy strength." God is commanding His strength into you! One translation says, "Your God has decided you will be strong!"

Many of You are Going to Have to Live Longer Because...

Many of you are going to have to live longer because God is not through using you. Many of you are going to go into a second "childhood" in the Spirit. You will be re-activated by God to live out your dreams that you are just dreaming about right now. People and relatives will laugh and say, "You are going to do what? You are going to go where? At your age?" But that anointing is going to rise up within you to take mountains, to do exploits, to run and not be weary, to walk and not faint (Isaiah 40:31).

Our older years are when we are in our prime to be used and bring forth fruit. Psalm 91:16 says, "With long life I will satisfy (you) and show (you) My salvation." There is an anointing coming upon God's people to live longer. The joy of the Lord which is our strength is lengthening our days upon the earth.

Many have made out their wills, but before you think about leaving, check out your Father's will for you. I don't think you are going anywhere for a while! As Abraham and Sarah conceived in old age, you are about to conceive and live to see your Isaac...your impossible dream!

Bill Yount
Blowing the Shofar Ministries
Email: theshofarhasblown@juno.com

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6-24-10

A DREAM ABOUT TRYING TO DIAPER A BABY

In this dream I was trying to put a diaper on a baby. The first diaper was a see-through thin substance like cellophane. Then I tried to use a diaper which couldn't be closed because the strings/ties were missing, and I was trying to add some ties so I could close it. I wondered where the real diapers, like Pampers, were. When I awoke I wondered if the baby stood for the USA.

Yes, it does stand for the USA. The USA is like a baby entirely centered on itself, and wanting to sustain its comfort level…that is, many in the USA. My people are reaching out to others, but, on the whole, the USA is self-centered and wanting "someone" (i.e. the government) to take care of it. 

You want to help this "baby" but can't seem to find the right diaper to do that. The diapers indicate a baby that is not able to take care of its own needs. The diapers you found to use were not adequate. The diapers the government uses are not adequate either. 

The right "diaper" to meet the needs of this baby-like country is Me. I am the only One who can meet its real needs. You must pray for Me to provide exactly what this country needs, not what you think it needs. Then I will provide the right help.

It may not look good to you, but I know what is best and needed to accomplish My Kingdom work That may mean some tough times for you to live through, but I will be with you and take care of you through it all - just like the Scriptures in that "Morning Protection Prayer" you wrote out.

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6-26-10

A DREAM ABOUT SEEING A BALLOON DESIGN NEAR A CHURCH BUILDING

The setting of the dream seemed to be a church building. I was preparing to have my piano students give a recital there. I looked out a window and saw decorations put up for the recital. They looked like red long air balloons fastened into a design rather like a fence or wall, but with lots of air in between them. I noticed that fog had dimmed the view of the upper part of the design.

!\            /! \              /!
!   \       /  !   \          /  !
!~~~~~~ ! ~~~~~~~ !
!              !                 !
!              !                 !

The building represents a place of ministry for Jesus as He is the One building His church. My piano students represent those who are learning to worship God (taking piano lessons). In the dream they would soon display what they had learned. This may represent that they would soon be brought before the Lord in the resurrection and judgment of the righteous. I was their teacher, so perhaps they are being taught through my books and my life. This may represent all the discipleship classes I taught and organized, all the prayers where I interceded for others, as well as the words I have spoken, etc.

Looking out a window symbolizes seeing a revelation. The revelation showed a design by God in the air/sky. The revelation showed red balloons, which represented passionate people filled with His Spirit connected to one another in a way of God's design. They represented a design that could be seen by those who came near, however, fog was dimming the view of part of it. Fog might symbolize confusion, something vague, something temporary, clouded issues or thoughts, uncertainty, obscurity, or something concealed. That may show that the design God has worked out is partially concealed or concealed from part of the people.

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JOURNAL 6-27-10 Sunday

A DREAM ABOUT INSTRUCTING SOMEONE ON THE EIGHT MOST IMPORTANT THINGS AMOUNG THEIR INTERESTS

In this dream I was to instruct someone to choose the eight most important items on their pages of interests and make an area (like a garden area with stones, bushes, flowers, etc.) showing these eight things in picture form.  This was to be a way to help that person to focus on what was important, and also to display it to others. At the end of the dream I saw a smiling face of some child on a page, and "heard" the words: Father troubles. I did not recognize the face. I do not know what person I was to instruct to do this.

I need Your help to understand and interpret this dream, Lord. First of all, Lord, is this from You?

Yes, this dream is from Me. Look at the various symbols and write them down first.

Now reread the dream with these symbols in mind as I reveal the correct interpretation of each symbol to you.

In this dream I was to instruct someone. This means I was a "teacher" in the dream. The instruction was first to choose the eight most important items on their pages of interests. It was like we could look at pages and see pictures, which represented various interests of theirs. There seemed to be many interests, and this person needed help identifying what the most important interests were to spend time doing. This makes me think of how someone has said over and over that she has too many things to do with the little time she has to do them. Perhaps this is a dream to help me instruct her in how to deal with that.

The instruction I was to give this person was to make an area (like a garden area with stones, bushes, flowers, etc.) showing these eight things in picture form.  This was to be a way to help that person to focus on what was important and also to display it to others. This would show that person, and show others, the field of work he/she was interested in doing.

At the end of the dream I saw a smiling face of some child on a page, and "heard" the words: "Father troubles." Perhaps this refers to difficulties as a child with his/her father or with God. However this picture showed a smiling and happy face. So, in a child-like way this person was happy and smiling.

I did not recognize the face. I do not know what someone I was to instruct to do this. It could be B. It could be K. It could be myself. It could be someone unidentified as yet.

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6-28-10

Today, as I was reading in 1 Samuel, verse 23 was quickened in my spirit. It says:

As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by failing to pray for you.

I felt I was to pray right then for the prayer requests given to me by others, and for my own requests for my children. As I held each one up in prayer, these ideas came to me to pray for them:

For MB's daughter, K:

I will work in K's life. I will give her what she needs - which is Me. I will meet all her needs when I bring her to Myself. She will find My way because I will lead her in it. Speak this out loud and declare it in My name, and I will do it.

For the H's: I am to pray in tongues unless the Lord gives me something specific to pray.

For the business:

Ask Me to prosper it in My very best way. I know which way that is, and it will bring Me glory.

For T and L:

This is one I don't want to speak to you about yet, but just ask Me to pour out My Spirit upon them both, separately and together.

For OCF:

Keep praying for Me to pour out and increase My Spirit there. That's enough for now.

For K:

She has so many things You want to do in her life. And You will do them all. And You will do them in a hurry. 

And so she will be changed and become a new person, which she isn't right now, but will be. Yes, Joan, you will love the new person she will become.

For B:

I will work in her to desire to read My Word.

For J:

J will become a man after My own heart. He will change mightily and you will see and notice the change. It's time to declare this. He is a good man - as you have said many times.

Don't share this. Just pray, and watch Me work in them.

I wondered if they would encounter trouble and He said, "If it takes that, I will do that."

Then the Holy Spirit said:

Pray for all of these each Monday morning, as I lead you, and write what I say to pray. You may share it as I lead you to. Pray other days, as I lead you, also for these - this list.

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Another Scripture, which I read today, meant a lot to me, so I wanted to put it in my journal:

Yet I [Joan] am always with you [the Lord]; You hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory. Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. 

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever….

But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign Lord my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds. (Psalm 73:23-28 NIV)

That is one reason why I write a journal and then publish parts of it online at my web site - to tell of His deeds. He commissioned me to tell of "His Marvelous Deeds" many years ago, and I have been faithfully doing that, via writing about them, ever since that time. It is my privilege and delight to tell of His marvelous deeds as He showed me in Psalm 96:3:

Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.

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