HOW TO LIVE (HOLY!) 
IN THESE DAYS

2010

September - October

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 this year of 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 holy 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 alone 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 to me. I put His words in italics to distinguish them from my words.

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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9-5-10

A DREAM ABOUT CLEANING MY SHOES BEFORE TEACHING STUDENTS

In this dream I was in a school building preparing to go to teach my class of kindergartners. I was in some room for teachers and administrators where I was cleaning my shoes that had dirty places on them. I saw the principal lady there who was carefully cleaning her shoes before going to begin her duties for the day. It was like she set an example for me to follow.

I had the feeling that I was late for my class and that I wasn't prepared with something to teach them.

Then I was in a room with many tables and people who were prepared to set those tables. I counted how many places could be set around a table, and told one of the workers to set 4 places on each side of the long tables.

A person who has had a bath needs only to wash his feet; his whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you. (John 13:10 NIV)

Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. (John 13:15 NIV)

So, what does cleaning my shoes mean? That seems to be a key important picture in this dream. If shoes refer to my words, what I say, then it shows I still need to clean up what I say so I can be ready to teach others. My words can possibly refer to my writing also, as it is made up of my words. So perhaps this dream shows me that I need to keep working on my words to share with others. My example is Jesus, the Principal. The time is short, or even now, when I need to be ready to teach. My words go out to the four corners of the earth on my web site. They teach people who have had, or need to have, salvation. The angels help with this teaching ministry by preparing the tables (place for conferring and communion).

What do I do to clean my shoes, Lord?

This is what I wanted you to ask Me. 

•	You, first of all, draw closer to Me each day in the morning. (Just like you do now. Don't skip it). 
•	And second, you take communion and ask Me to cleanse you of all sin. Then you are clean. 
•	When you do that, then third, listen to Me and share My words with others (via voice or writing) each day - and be careful to share them accurately, not adding or subtracting anything.
 
You have been preparing for this for years and now it is time to go forth and do this. It is almost Rosh Hashanah.

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9-6-10

This Rosh Hashanah may be the beginning (officially) of the "great awakening" in your country, even though a few "forerunner" awakenings/renewals have already begun. Pray for this "great awakening" to go to ALL whom I choose to come to Me.

You have warned your family (brothers and sisters, etc.). They will be caught up in it too. They will all be saved who will come to Me. K and J will be caught up in it too. They will eventually listen to the CD you sent them, and will share it with others they know - those in their circle of influence. Add together each person's "circle of influence" and it covers much of your country. As for J - wait and watch for what I have planned for him to undergo.

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This advice came by email:

ATTORNEY'S ADVICE - NO CHARGE

Not A Joke!!   Even If you dislike attorneys. You will love them for these tips. 

Read this and make a copy for your files in case you need to refer to it someday. Maybe we should all take some of his advice! A corporate attorney sent the following out to the employees in his company: 

1. Do not sign the back of your credit cards. Instead, put 'PHOTO ID REQUIRED.'  

2. When you are writing checks to pay on your credit card accounts, DO NOT put the complete  account number on the 'For' line. Instead, just put the last four numbers. The credit card company knows the rest of the number, and anyone who might be handling your check as it passes through all the check processing channels won't have access to it. 

3. Put your work phone # on your checks instead of your home phone. If you have a PO Box use that instead of your home address. If you do not have a PO Box, use your work address. Never  have your  SS# printed on your checks. (DUH!) You can add it if it is necessary. But if you have it printed, anyone can get it. 

4. Place the contents of your wallet on a photocopy machine. Do both sides of each license, credit card, etc. You will know what you had in your wallet and all of the account numbers and phone numbers to call and cancel. Keep the photocopy in a safe place.  

I also carry a photocopy of my passport when I travel either here or abroad. We've all heard horror stories about fraud that's committed on us in stealing a name, address, Social Security number, credit cards.

Unfortunately, I, an attorney, have first hand knowledge because my wallet was stolen last month. Within a week, the thieves ordered an expensive monthly cell phone package, applied for a VISA credit card, had a credit line approved to buy a Gateway computer, received a PIN number from DMV to change my driving record information online, and more.  

But here's some critical information to limit the damage in case this happens to you or someone you know: 

5. We have been told we should cancel our credit cards immediately. But the key is having the toll free numbers and your card numbers handy so you know whom to call. Keep those where you can find them. 

6..  File a  police report immediately in the jurisdiction where your credit cards, etc., were stolen. This proves to credit providers you were diligent, and this is a first step toward an investigation (if there ever is one). 

But here's what is perhaps most important of all: (I never even thought to do this.)  

7. Call the 3 national credit reporting organizations immediately to place a fraud alert on your name and also call the Social Security fraud line number.. I had never heard of doing that until advised by a bank that called to tell me an application for credit was made over the Internet in my name.  

The alert means any company that checks your credit knows your information was stolen, and they have to contact you by phone to authorize new credit.

By the time I was advised to do this, almost two weeks after the theft, all the damage had been done. There are records of all the credit checks initiated by the thieves' purchases, none of which I knew about before placing the alert. Since then, no additional damage has been done, and the thieves threw my wallet away this weekend (someone turned it in). It seems to have stopped them dead in their tracks.. 

Now, here are the numbers you always need to contact about your wallet, if it has been stolen: 

1.) Equifax: 1-800-525-6285  

2.) Experian (formerly TRW): 1-888-397-3742 

3.) Trans Union : 1-800-680 7289 

4.) Social Security Administration (fraud line):  1-800-269-0271 
 
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9-7-10

Thank You, Lord, for that word. I pray L will now listen to the CD and that You will speak to her through it and bring her to salvation in You, Jesus, if she isn't yet saved. Please expose any lies she has heard and believed, and speak the truth to her. I pray in Jesus' name. Amen.

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9-8-10

This morning around 12:00-1:00 a.m. the Lord taught me something He wants Beth and me to do to bring His healing to her. He gave me the Scripture from Mark 9:29

This one comes out only by prayer and fasting.

He wants Beth and me to pray and fast for her healing. I asked him what He wanted me to fast. Later He said I was to fast "words." I asked what words, and He said "negative words." So that is what I choose to do until she is healed. He will show her what she is to fast.

He said she and I are to pray the prayer of agreement mentioned in Matthew 18:19

Where two of you agree on anything on earth it will be done for them.

We are to agree that whatever is in her (causing the coughing) to come out and stay out and never return.

He gave me the third Scripture from Psalm 107:20:

He sent forth His word and healed them.

Then He said :

This will be in *An Avalanche of Healings. I will be glorified. You will each advance to a higher level of prayer and healing in My name.

*An Avalanche of Healings is a book I am currently compiling telling about healings happening now, that I hear about at church or through friends and family.

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Beth said D called her last night and told her the Lord showed D that the air in her office was causing the sickness and cough she has dealt with for 6-7 weeks - it started about three weeks after she started working there in July.

This afternoon Pastor L called with a report on intercession. He asked how Beth was doing and I explained her cough and how a prophetic intercessor said it had to do with the contaminated air in her office where she works. L offered to loan her an air filter that she can try out at her office and try different settings and see if that helps.

This evening Perry Stone was the host of PTL show on TBN. He gave a message about praying over an item and asking the Lord to work through that item (like the prayer handkerchiefs of Paul). He said then to give that item to a loved one who needs something, like salvation. So I believe all this came together at just the same time frame so Beth and I can pray a prayer of agreement and fast and ask God to use this air filter to free Beth from that contaminated air at her office.
 
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9-10-10

Get your writing materials ready. I have something to say that I want you to write - My letter to you.

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Dear Joan,

	I AM COMING SOON! It may not be this week as you have wished, but it will be soon.

	I want you to be ready at all times, every day, for My return in the sky to catch you away to Me, to be with Me. Always be caught up on things you should do before you depart. Be like the five wise virgins with plenty of oil - My Spirit.

	This time will be a great adventure for you, no matter how long it is - one hour or many days.

	Many expect Me very soon - and there is a good reason for that. I have been showing them also like I have you. It's another sign My coming is close.

	You believe in signs. Another sign is the election of a non-Christian President for your country and the way he really treats Israel (not as shown/faked on TV).

	Yes, "security" being the number one priority of Netanyahu is also a sign. "Peace and security" is spoken of in My Word. Yes, the anti-Christ brings this (the signing) about, but I didn't say he would be recognized as the "anti-Christ" when the peace treaty was signed - only later as more signs develop. He is listening to his "boss" as to timing.

	These things I want you to know:
1.	I am coming VERY SOON.
2.	The anti-Christ is alive and functioning politically.
3.	He has lots of support and backing from sources you know not of.
4.	He will not be fully revealed until My Bride (the Restrainer) leaves.
5.	Be prepared to leave at all times.

Yes, as you suspect, we up here in heaven are very excited about the events about to unfold.

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9-13-10

A DREAM ABOUT NOT ATTENDING A COLLEGE CLASS I WAS SIGNED UP FOR

In this dream I was talking to R who was a college professor. I looked at the clock and saw that it was about 3 minutes before 12:00 noon. It suddenly dawned on me that I had just missed again the math class I was supposed to be attending from 10:00 on. I had missed it many times. I had only signed up for it because it was a required course and I needed it to graduate. And I hadn't attended it at all. I felt that day was the last chance to attend it and wondered if I would be able to graduate. I mentioned it to R and asked if he thought I could take the test, even without attending class, and get credit for the course if I passed it. He didn't know if that would be allowed. I wondered if I could go through the graduation ceremony and get a blank diploma and take the course during the summer to finish the diploma requirements.

I have had this type of dream a number of other times - one in which I missed the course I was supposed to take or was signed up for. What does this dream mean, Lord? Are You giving me this dream? If so, does this mean I missed something I was supposed to learn or do before "graduating" at the Rapture? What does this dream mean?

Perhaps R from CBC time period ties the meaning of this dream into that time period? Or ties it to the "ministry" while I was there? Or is it because we are both on earth, in our particular ministries, and still learning, not quite ready to graduate? And he doesn't know if I am ready or have completed all the requirements. We are both involved in "higher education." Only he is a leader and I am a student in this dream.

Perhaps the three minutes before 12:00 speaks of being close to being ready for divine fullness, complete, close to being conformed to Jesus, close to perfection, which comes with the Rapture. Could that be what this means?

Lord, would You please help me understand what You are telling me in this dream?

Yes.

I'm not putting you down, I'm building you up. I'm showing you there is still a little time left before 12:00 or graduation when classes end. There is still one thing I want you to learn, and that lesson will come through this situation with Beth's illness. That's why I had you both pray agreeing together about it. You WILL make it to the class as it is already going on and is almost finished. You just don't know what it is yet that I'm teaching you. It has to do with your authority on earth in the midst of difficulties like her illness. Just keep praying for her, and trust Me to complete the "course" you felt you had missed in the dream. Remember I started this relationship between us, and I will complete it.

…being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. (Phil. 1:6)

May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it. (1 Thess. 5:23)

Wow! This is encouraging. Thank You, Lord!

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In the Name of Jesus Christ, I take authority over whatever is plaguing Beth in the form of illness, and command it leave her right now and never return. Amen.

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QUIET TIME NOTES

Jesus said in QT:

I will heal Beth quickly, Joan, once we get past a specific obstruction. You want to know what that obstruction is? It is I. I am the obstruction.

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9-14-10

September through November: A New Time of Revelation
by Doug Addison
Sep 14, 2010

God often uses things in the natural realm to prophesy what is happening in the supernatural. Earlier this year, the Sudden Acceleration Syndrome of cars and the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill were good examples of prophetic words to us that God is speeding things up and releasing something very deep in the Spirit that will take time to get a handle on.

Fall Into Place

Last January I released a prophetic word (available on The Elijah List) that when we set the clocks forward in the spring, things will begin to "spring forward" in the spiritual realm. When we set the clocks back in the fall we will see things begin to "fall into place." I experienced the spring forward word myself and I have heard many stories from other people who have experienced the same. We can anticipate that when we set the clocks back in the U.S. on November 7th, there will be a lot more clarity about our destinies and what God is doing in our lives for the New Year.

Bed Bug Invasion

Another prophetic message through the media is the return of "bed bugs." This is a prophetic forewarning about an attack coming against our intimacy with God. In dreams beds often represent our intimacy with God. Bed bugs drink human blood (life flow) slowly and often go undetected until it is too late. 

The plan of satan is to get us too focused on our life situations so that we are not at peace with God. The specific attack is coming in the form of distractions. It will involve being tempted to get too busy or overly involved and putting out fires with everyday things such as family, relationships, school and work.

Visitation From an Angel and Revelation of the New Season

On September 1, the presence of a messenger angel came into my house and for a number of hours I received revelation from God about the season we are in and a new level that is coming to us right now.

• A time of revelation. September through November will be a strategic time to hear God. We are in a season of revelation. This is why the enemy wants to try to remove our peace and intimacy in an attempt to derail us from hearing the voice of God during this critical time. Oftentimes God will speak to His people during the Jewish New Year celebration known as Rosh Hashanah, which started last week. This is a time to gain greater insight into God's plans for us during this new year.

• I heard the words: "Daniel is coming!" Usually the area of our lives that the enemy attacks is the place that God wants to bless. Because satan is attacking intimacy and rest, it is clear that God is releasing prophetic and interactive dreams. Daniel was known as a dream interpreter, but he also received revelation from God through angelic visitations (Daniel 9-10).

Prophetic word: The plan of satan right now is distraction: to try to get you out of intimacy with God – because God is releasing revelation over the next three months in dreams and heavenly interactions.

• This is a time to try to do things differently. Isaiah 43:19 "...forget the former way of doing things... I am doing a new thing." When God does anything, most all of us have a way we tend to receive and respond. This is a time of broadening our ability to experience and interact with God.

Just last week I was speaking at a conference and the presence of God came in one of the meetings I was doing. I began to interact and release the anointing to minister to people in ways that I commonly do and many people were touched deeply. After about thirty minutes I felt it was time to end so I left while many people still milled around. As I walked out I felt an angel walk through me and go back into the meeting. God spoke to my spirit, "You can leave if you want, but I am going back in."

Prophetic word: Many people are tempted to check out but God says He's checking in.

I went back in and began to minister, and when the stronger presence of God came many people responded with spiritual drunkenness. Then a party for God broke out so to speak. This is typical with Christians who have experienced God in this way. God's awesome presence often brings laughter, which is like medicine and healing to the soul and body.

Suddenly I felt the Spirit shift into something new that caught me off guard at first. I had to calm the group down from the ways they are used to experiencing and expressing themselves and allow God's presence to settle on us all because I knew God wanted us to experience something new. It became very quiet and we all experienced "God's euphoric love" settle on us. It was awesome and words cannot describe this level of peace, joy, and presence all at the same time.

Prophetic word: It is time to quiet down from the way we do things and let God release a new strategy that is formed in His love. He wants us to experience His presence at a deeper and more intimate level.

As we stayed with it, we hit yet another level. A sweet perfume fragrance from Heaven filled the room, and by now we are all laying on the floor. The fragrance was holy and yet intoxicating with pure love, and to prove that it was not someone spraying perfume, many people smelled different things. At that point God released a level of ecstasy over us as we all cried out in love and connection with Him. It was like being under an open Heaven.

Prophetic word: Over the next few months there will be the start of a new season of heavenly interaction that will bring about a deep, new intimacy with God.

Three E's

We left the experience longing for more. I have not seen this level of extreme drunkenness, euphoria, and ecstasy since 2004. I had a church in Los Angeles in 2004 and started having these types of experiences. God is bringing a new level of what I call the three E's to the Church again:

• Extreme drunkenness: Breaks things off and opens things up (Acts 2).

• Euphoria: Connects us with God and each other (Matthew 22:37-40).

• Ecstasy: Interaction with Heaven (Acts 10:10) – the Greek word for trance is where we get the word ecstasy.

We are entering into a time of hearing God and interacting with Heaven in ways that are unprecedented. The key is to make room for these types of experiences and trust God to bring us to a new level that will ultimately deepen our relationship with Him and others. 

Ephesians 1:17-19 (NIV) I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know Him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, and His incomparably great power for us who believe.

Doug Addison
InLight Connection
Email: respond@dougaddison.com

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My Visit to Heaven
September 13, 2010
From: "Maurice Sklar Ministries" info@mauricesklar.com

On Wednesday, August 4th, 2010, at about 10:30 AM, an angel came into my bedroom, I had just awakened.  He said to me, "I am sent from the Lord to bring you to heaven.  You must now come with me.  Take my hand."  So I did.  Suddenly, I was in the spirit realm.  We ascended out through the ceiling of my home and shot up into the air like a rocket.  As a looked down, my house rapidly became smaller and smaller, until I could only see our neighborhood, then only the city, and then the outlines of the West Coast of California.  Soon we were in space and I watched the earth grow smaller and smaller.  Then, as I looked out ahead of us, we were moving so fast that the stars became like long streaks of light disappearing into a point in the horizon in front of us.  Then, I saw a planet approaching that looked very similar to the earth.  The angel spoke, "This is the planet Heaven."  

We descended into the atmosphere and soon I could see that we were over a huge mountain range.  It was covered completely with snow for some distance to the north of us.  We finally landed in a spectacular valley surrounded with high snow capped mountains on every side of us.  The air was crisp and clean and I smelled a beautiful fragrance carried on the gentle breeze under a bright and pleasant sun.  I looked around me and on the side of the mountain we were at the bottom of was just covered in violet, red, pink, and yellow wildflowers.  It was breathtaking!  Such vivid colors and clarity.  The nature was so gorgeous that I nearly fell to my knees in front of the angel.  But, looking at him, I realized that this was not appropriate right then.  He pointed in a direction to the west of us, (I think), and said, "Let's go and see what has now been prepared."  We walked for some distance.  

I was in awe as we approached a large lake that was fed from the snow of the mountains above by a huge waterfall.  As we got closer to it, the roar of the water was deafening almost, but sounded like an orchestra and choir singing at the same time under the roar.  That is as close as I can describe the sound.  It was making music!  As the sun hit it, it would reflect all the colors that I had ever seen like a rainbow in spraying water in the sun, but there were many more colors that I had not seen before also.  I was struck in amazement.  But, the angel made me turn away and continue walking.  Soon I saw a large white tent "city" of sorts.  It was right along a plateau at the edge of the lake overlooking the mountains. At first it didn't seem so large, but as we approached it, I realized it was very big indeed.  

It had twelve tent pavilions; each with a white cone that went up at least ten stories high.   On top of each "cone" was a flag that the angel said was a flag for each of the twelve tribes of Israel.  The angel said, "This has been prepared for those of the Bride of Messiah from the twelve tribes of Israel that are about to be released to minister in the final hour.  This is part of the wedding supper that only those who are worthy may attend.  These are those that loved not their lives unto death.  

As we entered into the tent of Benjamin, I saw many tables that were at least a hundred feet long.  Each was lavishly set with gold cutlery, crystal goblets and plates that looked like they were made out of mother-of-pearl.  Each table was arranged in such a way that all could see one table that was raised higher than the others in the center.  In the middle of that table, there was a throne-like chair.  I knew somehow that that must belong to the Lord Yeshua where He will sit.  At each setting were engraved names of those invited on small gold rectangular nameplates.  Some were more elaborate than others and were surrounded with gemstones and diamonds.  The entire tent pavilion was shaped like a star of David with the twelve tribes surrounding a center raised table that was also at least a hundred feet long.  I was allowed to see the nameplates of some that were seated at the Lord's table.  Abraham, David, Moses, Elijah, and others from the Bible had their places marked there.  The Apostles of the Lamb were also represented.  But there were also other names that I did not recognize that were seated at that table.  We cannot know about them at this time.

The mighty angel with me was clothed completely in white and was too bright for me to look directly at as he stood next to me, but I could hear his voice.  He cried, "Blessed are those that will be seated here.  God will surely reward all of His faithful ones.  They are His beloved.  They are His Bride.  Tell them still on earth, ALL IS NOW READY!  THE LAMB IS STANDING AT THE DOOR TO APPEAR FOR HIS BELOVED, HIS BRIDE!  WATCH AND PRAY THAT YOU MAY BE COUNTED WORTHY TO ESCAPE THE WRATH TO COME THAT IS SOON TO BE POURED OUT ON THE EARTH.  Hide yourself in the secret place with your lamps burning brightly....BEHOLD, THE BRIDEGROOM COMETH!"  As he was speaking, the angel of the Lord began to shine again so brightly that I hid my face and fell prostrate before Him.  

Soon though, I was able to rise again.  He lifted me up and I could look at him again.  He said, Now, I will take you to hear some of the music of heaven.  Then, suddenly, we were standing outside what looked like a concert hall, but grander than any I had ever seen before.  We ascended steps to the entrance that was surrounded by columns.  There were others coming to the concert, both angels and people.  Several bowed towards me and greeted me as I entered, but I did not recognize them.  We sat in a center box seat in front of a large symphony orchestra.  I was surprised to see that it seemed so similar to a concert on earth.  I even recognized several of the musicians, some I just knew by revelation that they were among the great musicians of the past, and a few I recognized from my life that had died and were already here in heaven.  

The angel quietly spoke in my ear.  "This is a concert in your honor.  The composer, Gustav Mahler, is here in heaven.  He has composed a symphony for you."  Then the Lord came out on stage and conducted!  As he entered, the whole audience bowed in worship and reverenced His Presence.  Then, when the music started, I went into a realm of ecstasy that I cannot describe in words.  But the music was like a living movie or a vision.  I listened and I saw many good things that I had done to love people on earth.  I saw so many things in history and in eternity that I cannot even begin to describe.  The music was definitely in the style of Mahler, but without any of the torment or despair.  I was humbled and amazed beyond words.  It was the most beautiful music I have ever experienced.  I laughed.  I cried.  I fell prostrate before the throne of God and worshiped.  (Somehow I could do this while listening.  I don't know how.)  As I listened, something deep in me that was in terrible pain was healed and it didn't hurt anymore.  When it finished, I begged the angel to let me stay there and never leave or have to go back to earth again.  

But, the angel said, "It is not time yet.  But, I may show you one of your mansions."  Suddenly, we were out in the mountains again.  I don't know, but it might have been that same location.  We were on the side of a mountain.  We were walking up a winding street that seemed to shimmer like those plates at the tent pavilion.  It looked like marble, mother-of-pearl, gold, and glass, all at the same time.  Finally, we reached a flat plateau overlooking what looked like the Swiss or Bavarian Alps.  It was covered with perfectly manicured grass.  We were standing in front of a golden gate that had filigree work all over it.  Over the top was my name:  "Maury Sklar" engraved in that same kind of stone/glass/gold on a rectangular plate.  It was covered with precious stones and shimmered and glittered in the late afternoon sun.  I was in awe!  The two gates opened by themselves as we entered what seemed like a kind of Japanese style garden with a stream running through it.  It had a winding path surrounded by the most beautiful roses, other flowers, and those kind of Japanese manicured-type trees interspersed between.  There were bright colored fish that swam in the stream.  We walked over an arched wooden bridge that went over the stream as we approached my mansion!  There was a small forest all around the garden, and as I looked to my left while crossing that little bridge, I could see a waterfall coming from a rock formation about forty feet or so above.  It fed the stream and came from the top of my mountain.  The angel told me that the entire mountain was mine, along with other artists and musicians that were also living on it.  

We finally came to the front door, and the house was hidden somewhat within the little forest.  But, now I had a clearer view once I crossed the wooden bridge and it took my breath away!  It looked like a modern redwood and glass home.  There were floor-to-ceiling windows in the front looking out upon the garden.  It had a lot of angles with beveled windows that looked like they were pure crystal instead of glass.  The doors were over 25 feet high and were made out of elaborately carved teak-like wood.  It had a large Jewish star that was embedded half in one door and half in the other made out of that same mother-of-pearl like stone-glass.  But this star just glowed brightly in its own light.  There was a large round knob, but it just opened again as we entered all by itself.  When I looked in the front entrance, light just burst into the house from all sides and the ceiling itself was also crystalline alternating with large redwood like beams that went from one wall to the other.  Then I entered the living room area and it was amazing!  Like every dream house I had ever thought of, it had contemporary furniture, a ceiling that was two or three stories up, totally open.  The entire back wall was floor to ceiling crystal glass.  I had a view of what looked like a painting of Mt. Fuji in the center of a magnificent mountain lake, that was surrounded on all sides by mountains that looked like the Himalayas or something.  I have never seen such a sight!  I just gasped in awe.  

There was a large fireplace in the middle of the back wall, but somehow I could see through it anyway!  On the left side in the back, there was a crystal door that opened up to a redwood type deck.  There was a pool that seemed like it just disappeared into the mountain view.  There was no edge to it.  I noticed that it was also fed from that waterfall and stream that flowed in my front yard.  I then toured the magnificent bedrooms.  The greatest room of all was the "music room", though.  It had thick velvet carpet that was dark purple, and as I entered, it seemed to become a small recital hall or concert hall.  I could tell that it would expand or contract depending on who or how many people were there.  To one side, there was a vault-like door, and in it were dozens of great stringed instruments.  Some had been made for me, and one place was open, where the Lord had promised me that He would make a violin for me and I could watch, after I get there to heaven!  There were cases of fine bows embedded with precious jewels, and other musical treasures that I cannot mention at this time.

Then, my angel that had escorted me, said, "There is another place I must take you to."  I took his hand again, and we were suddenly in front of a large warehouse-looking building.  We went inside and I felt like I was in the largest warehouse building I had ever seen.  I could hardly see the far walls.  It looked like the largest wardrobe collection ever!  There were twelve long rows of robes with large shoulder pieces across the tops of them. (That's the best way I can describe it.  I have never seen clothing like this.  It looked like there was a bar or small wooden plank across the top of each like a small curtain rod that the robe hung from.)  These robes were hung along clothing racks that stretched as far as I could see.  We were suddenly up above on a catwalk type platform and I could see all of these robes.  There were twelve long rows of what looked like thousands of identical robes that went as far as I could see.  Then the angel said to me, "These are mantles for the final hour that is to come upon earth.  This is for the end time ministry of Elijah the prophet.  There will be twelve thousand from each tribe of Israel that will carry one of these mantles.

Then, we walked into another smaller room of this same warehouse.  There were other mantles that were hung on the walls on every side.  These all looked different from each other.  I knew somehow that they had been worn by great saints and ministries of the past.  I was surprised to see some from the middle ages, as well as those worn by the early church apostles, and fathers.  On a dais at the end of this room was three robes that were hung side by side, with the middle one up higher than the rest.  On the left side was a robe that was hung under an old-fashioned type scale with two bowls being balanced together.  I immediately recognized that as a symbol for justice and law.  The angel seemed to know what I was thinking and said, "Yes.  That was the mantle that Moses wore.  It is the mantle of the giving of the Torah to your people."  Then I glanced over to the far right.  I saw a rough looking hair skin vest that had a belt around the middle.  The angel said, "That is the mantle of Elijah the Prophet.  Both of these shall be worn again in the final hour, as it is written."  

Then, I looked in the center up at the robe that was higher than the rest.  It was white.  At first it looked really plain, but then as I continued to look, it became brighter and brighter until finally it was so dazzling that I could not look upon it any more.  When I turned my eyes away, the angel said, "This is the robe reserved for Yeshua the Messiah when he returns to the earth with all the saints.  It will be dipped in blood.  The Word of God shall be seen by all!"

"Do you know what you have seen?" the angel asked me.  I said, "No sir. Not fully.  But you know."  He replied, "You have seen the Hall of Mantles reserved for the final hour of judgment soon to come upon the world.  Few have seen them.  The angels have finished all of them.  All is now ready!  You must write what you have seen so that My people can know how close I am to the final hour!  I AM COMING SOON!"  

As the angel was speaking, I suddenly realized that it was the LORD Himself who had been with me.  He had taken the form of that angel.  He seemed to grow and grow until I was overwhelmed and once again the light was blinding me that was coming from His face.  I then fell flat on my face again and worshiped Him.  For He is King of Kings and LORD of Lords!

Then, the light and the glory lifted, and He appeared again in a blue and white robe.  He seemed like a Man now, though I knew He was the LORD.  He said to me, "Maury, I want you to see the Great Hall of the Crowns."  Suddenly, we were at a large castle of some sort.  It looked like Buckingham Palace, Versailles, and the Taj Mahal all at the same time.  (I know that sounds strange, but that is what it looked like to me.)  I was stunned at the majesty of this building.  

We walked in these gothic doors and we were in a huge, long foyer-like hallway that had little tables on both sides.  They were covered in black velvet like material, only more plush.  On top of each little table was a crown. Each was different, but all of them were so beautiful that I saw them and burst into tears!  Along the walls and ceiling were fine paintings and carvings kind of like are at the Vatican, only much greater.  This foyer or hallway stretched out before us as far as I could see in the distance.  Every ten feet or so on every side was a crown on a golden table draped in black velvet.  Each one had a name under it.  Some were studded with thousands of precious stones.  Some were covered in diamonds, which the Lord told me represents souls.  The other stones represent great acts of love and sacrifice for the Kingdom.  Some had a red border around the base of the crown representing martyrdom.  Some were like little tiaras of diamonds.  Some were so large that they had diamonds solid going up two and three feet.  All of them were like the finest works of art I had ever seen!  Like a Michelangelo sculpture, or a Raphael painting; each just struck awe in me.  Some of the less ornate crowns were for the shepherds - pastors of the flock that had been true and faithful, but their beauty was even more moving somehow.  I wept and worshiped the Lord as we walked down a portion of that great Hall of the Crowns.

Then, suddenly, I was back in my bedroom again.  Hardly any time had passed.  I had felt I had been in heaven for hours or even several days, but it was only a moment of our time on earth.  

This is the truest account I could write of what I experienced.  Please understand that I am not advocating any doctrine or adding to scripture in any way.  It is a vision, and as all supernatural revelation, it must be judged according to the higher authority of scripture.  Nevertheless, I must be obedient and record what I saw and heard in this heavenly experience, as the Lord commanded for me to do.

May the Lord continue to bless you abundantly, beloved friends!

Maurice Sklar 

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9-15-10

I want you to start typing now, Joan. I want to talk with you today, now, and I want you to record what I tell you. Will you do this?

Yes, Lord.

I want to talk to you about My coming to catch away My Bride, My people. You read Maurice Sklar's report yesterday about his vision where it showed to him the wedding supper of the Lamb for the Jews, but didn't mention it as the church. This was confusing to you. I don't want you to be confused.

What he saw pertained to his own group/people. He is Jewish so I showed him the Jewish section of the wedding supper of the Lamb. But there are many, many sections to the wedding supper - as there are many, many different people and groups who will attend it. I have divided these different people into groups they will feel some association with…like you would feel association or fellowship with Charismatic church people so you will be in some enclosure with them - perhaps in a building that looks like a church you are familiar with.

The Jews are familiar with tents since they lived in tents many hundreds of years or in makeshift dwellings for many years. So that is appropriate for them. They will be divided according to their tribal background/ancestry into their wedding supper groups. That will be meaningful to them.

It is not so with you. You are not affiliated with the Jewish background or with a certain tribe of Jews as they are. You will be happy and comfortable in the group I have placed you in for that special supper - and will be with friends and family. You will like it and be pleased there. So don't be concerned and upset by what Maurice Sklar saw. That was special for him.

I didn't realize the tribes of Jews would take part in the wedding supper of the Lamb, Lord. I thought it was just the church and perhaps the Jews (unless they became Christians) would do something different.

Remember that I went down into the earth and brought captives up from there after I preached the Gospel message to them about who I am. They came out with Me. They became Christians who committed their lives to Me and believed in Me - just as you did. So they are also part of My Bride, My Church. Do you see now?

Yes, Lord, I see now. That is so wonderful! Thanks for telling me and clearing up my confusion.

Now read his report again in light of that knowledge, and you will understand it better.

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9-16-10

QUIET TIME NOTES

Today in Quiet Time prayer I sought the Lord for healing for Beth for the terrible cough she is battling which seems to keep getting worse. He told me to pray in tongues, which I did. After I prayed the thought came that it might be involved with the way she takes communion each morning before going to work. This idea had come once before to me. So I spent time looking up scriptures about communion, especially 1 Corinthians 11:23-32, which says there are consequences if we take communion wrongly. Here are several versions of that scripture passage. I believe I am to print this out and give that to Beth to meditate on and pray about before she takes communion again. I don't think I am to put the communion elements out for her to take in the mornings until she does this and knows how she is to take them rightly…and why…and what are the consequences if they are taken wrongly.

COMMUNION SCRIPTURE

1 Corinthians 11:23-32 (New International Version)
For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me." In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me." For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. 

Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on himself. That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. 

But if we judged ourselves, we would not come under judgment. When we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.

1 Corinthians 11:23-32 (New International Reader's Version)
 I passed on to you what I received from the Lord. On the night the Lord Jesus was handed over to his enemies, he took bread. When he had given thanks, he broke it. He said, "This is my body. It is given for you. Every time you eat it, do it in memory of me." In the same way, after supper he took the cup. He said, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Every time you drink it, do it in memory of me." When you eat the bread and drink the cup, you are announcing the Lord's death until he comes again. 

 So do not eat the bread or drink the cup of the Lord in a way that isn't worthy of him. If you do, you will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. 

A person should take a careful look at himself before he eats the bread and drinks from the cup. 
Anyone who eats and drinks must recognize the body of the Lord. If he doesn't, God will judge him for it. That is why many of you are weak and sick. That is why a number of you have died. 

We should judge ourselves. Then we would not be found guilty. When the Lord judges us, he corrects us. Then we will not be judged along with the rest of the world. 

1 Corinthians 11:23-32 (New American Standard Bible)
For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread; and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me." In the same way He took the cup also after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me." For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes. 

Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. 

But a man must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 
For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly. For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep. 

But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged. But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world. 

1 Corinthians 11:23-32 (The Message)
Let me go over with you again exactly what goes on in the Lord's Supper and why it is so centrally important. I received my instructions from the Master himself and passed them on to you. The Master, Jesus, on the night of his betrayal, took bread. Having given thanks, he broke it and said, 
This is my body, broken for you. Do this to remember me.

After supper, he did the same thing with the cup: This cup is my blood, my new covenant with you. 
Each time you drink this cup, remember me.

What you must solemnly realize is that every time you eat this bread and every time you drink this cup, you reenact in your words and actions the death of the Master. You will be drawn back to this meal again and again until the Master returns. You must never let familiarity breed contempt. 

Anyone who eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Master irreverently is like part of the crowd that jeered and spit on him at his death. Is that the kind of "remembrance" you want to be part of? Examine your motives, test your heart, come to this meal in holy awe. 

If you give no thought (or worse, don't care) about the broken body of the Master when you eat and drink, you're running the risk of serious consequences. That's why so many of you even now are listless and sick, and others have gone to an early grave. If we get this straight now, we won't have to be straightened out later on. Better to be confronted by the Master now than to face a fiery confrontation later. 

1 Corinthians 11:23-32 (Amplified Bible)
For I received from the Lord Himself that which I passed on to you [it was given to me personally], that the Lord Jesus on the night when He was treacherously delivered up and while His betrayal was in progress took bread, And when He had given thanks, He broke [it] and said, Take, eat. This is My body, which is broken for you. Do this to call Me [affectionately] to remembrance. 

Similarly when supper was ended, He took the cup also, saying, This cup is the new covenant [ratified and established] in My blood. Do this, as often as you drink [it], to call Me [affectionately] to remembrance. 

For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are representing and signifying and proclaiming the fact of the Lord's death until He comes [again]. So then whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in a way that is unworthy [of Him] will be guilty of [profaning and sinning against] the body and blood of the Lord. Let a man [thoroughly] examine himself, and [only when he has done] so should he eat of the bread and drink of the cup. 

For anyone who eats and drinks without discriminating and recognizing with due appreciation that [it is Christ's] body, eats and drinks a sentence (a verdict of judgment) upon himself. That [careless and unworthy participation] is the reason many of you are weak and sickly, and quite enough of you have fallen into the sleep of death. 

For if we searchingly examined ourselves [detecting our shortcomings and recognizing our own condition], we should not be judged and penalty decreed [by the divine judgment]. But when we [fall short and] are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined and chastened, so that we may not [finally] be condemned [to eternal punishment along] with the world. 

1 Corinthians 11:23-32 (New Living Translation)
For I pass on to you what I received from the Lord himself. On the night when he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread and gave thanks to God for it. Then he broke it in pieces and said, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this to remember me.” In the same way, he took the cup of wine after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant between God and his people—an agreement confirmed with my blood. Do this to remember me as often as you drink it.” For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are announcing the Lord’s death until he comes again. 

So anyone who eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord unworthily is guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. That is why you should examine yourself before eating the bread and drinking the cup. For if you eat the bread or drink the cup without honoring the body of Christ, you are eating and drinking God’s judgment upon yourself. That is why many of you are weak and sick and some have even died. 

But if we would examine ourselves, we would not be judged by God in this way. Yet when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned along with the world. 

1 Corinthians 11:23-32 (New Century Version)
The teaching I gave you is the same teaching I received from the Lord: On the night when the Lord Jesus was handed over to be killed, he took bread and gave thanks for it. Then he broke the bread and said, "This is my body; it is for you. Do this to remember me." In the same way, after they ate, Jesus took the cup. He said, "This cup is the new agreement that is sealed with the blood of my death. When you drink this, do it to remember me." Every time you eat this bread and drink this cup you are telling others about the Lord's death until he comes. 

So a person who eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in a way that is not worthy of it will be guilty of sinning against the body and the blood of the Lord. Look into your own hearts before you eat the bread and drink the cup, because all who eat the bread and drink the cup without recognizing the body eat and drink judgment against themselves. That is why many in your group are sick and weak, and some of you have died. But if we judged ourselves in the right way, God would not judge us. But when the Lord judges us, he disciplines us so that we will not be destroyed along with the world. 

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JOURNAL 9-17-10 Friday

QUIET TIME NOTES

2 Samuel 5:11b 
And the Lord said to you (David), "You will shepherd my people, and you will become their ruler."

Now I, Joan, the descendant of David, will shepherd My people Israel and become their Ruler.

The earth is in a transition time between My Church and Israel. My Church is finishing her task (s) and will soon depart. Then Israel will take center stage in world events, even more than now, and I will reveal Myself to her. She (many) will receive Me as their Messiah and My 144,000 messengers will go out/forth and reap a great and mighty harvest for Me (millions!). This is the great and mighty end time harvest I talk about in My Word, and this is the time the Gospel reaches into all the world.

So you see, Joan, My Church could be raptured now, today, and still all My prophecies will be fulfilled. Know this. The Rapture does not have to wait for anything now.

You could be raptured tomorrow, on the Day of Atonement, as the first fruits of My atonement. Then you can see how the Feast of Trumpets (Rosh Hashanah) was a 10-day warning sign that the "Great Atonement" of the ages was just about to happen.

When Maurice Sklar said Billy Graham would die, he (Billy) could have represented My Church. My Church would "die" to the earth realm, and then the rest of My end time prophecies could come.

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9-19-10

A DREAM ABOUT THE RAPTURE GRADUATING CLASS

In this dream I was part of a graduating class. It was our senior year and almost the end of the school year. I had anticipated that it would be exciting and fun, with lots of laughter, but it wasn't. There didn't seem to be much attention paid to our graduating and leaving. I saw pictures of each of us graduates in which we were with a group of people. There were lots of these pictures. I thought they should be posted for all to see and celebrate with us, but they weren't. I thought they should be posted on a huge heart on a wall, and was considering doing that. The huge heart I saw was green and already up on a wall I could see. 

Then I was sitting in an auditorium seat at the end of the front row, on the left end. I was waiting for something to begin for the graduates. S. was to my right and she was sitting so she covered two seats. She seemed to be saving the other seat for J to use when he got there.

My thoughts about this dream: the graduating class is made up of those who are in the Bride of Christ which shall soon be "graduating" to heaven at the Rapture. We are at the end of our senior year - meaning our last year of being in the school of learning on the earth. In the dream I had wanted this to be exciting and fun, but it was not. Most people didn't even seem aware it was happening.

The pictures of each graduate with a group of people may refer to each "graduate" influencing a group of people around him who know him and observe him. To me, those who belong to Christ and bring a Godly influence on the earth, should be celebrated and posted up on a wall for all to see. The huge heart I saw was green. This heart may refer to Christ whose heart was huge and was green meaning life.

The auditorium scene may show me waiting for this Rapture event to happen and I was in the first row watching for it. S was there also, among those belonging to Christ, but there seemed to be a question about J. I don't know what that means, but it could symbolize those who are for sure Christians who belong to Christ and definitely will be raptured, and those who are uncertain as to whether they will be raptured, even though they seem to be Christians.

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9-25-10

Yesterday P called Beth again and shared about insecurities she feels about her life and her job. We discussed how P and God need to work together to help her. Then during the night I got this idea for her:

Have P look up at least ten scriptures, which tell her that I will be her strength and ability to face each day and each situation she faces. Have her write these out and keep them near her bed. Then, each morning and each evening, have her read them OUT LOUD to Me and praise Me for doing that. She is to read it OUT LOUD because "faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God." This should build her faith in Me.

Have her do this for a week and report back as to how this is helping her. Suggest she send some donation to Joyce Meyer ministry (or you do it) and get the book POWER WORDS, which she offers for any donation, and read it through also. 

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Yesterday while talking with Pastor Larry about intercession, he called me an Anna. She is the woman mentioned in the Bible who ministered in the temple day and night, and she saw Jesus as a baby when he was brought for dedication.

This morning the Holy Spirit confirmed that spoken word to me and said I am an Anna who spends my time with Him day and night and intercedes as He leads me (see Luke 2:36-38). So I receive that spoken word and confirmation. I think that may be one reason why I was named Joan (pronounced Jo Anne).

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Sometime during the last couple of weeks I had a dream. I don't think I recorded it previously, so I am recording it now. I can still "see" the dream in my mind.

A DREAM ABOUT SEEING THE SKY AND EARTH BOTH BLUE AND WHITE

I was standing outside and looked at the sky. It was speckled blue and white all over like small white clouds mixed in with parts of blue sky. Then I saw that everything (including the ground) looked just like the sky - speckled blue and white, even though I was still standing on some firmament. I was exclaiming how it all looked like sky!

What could the dream mean?

Do you want Me to tell you what it means, Joan?

Yes, Lord!

It means that you are up in the sky but still standing on something firm. It means that you are no longer on the earth as you know it now. It shows a revelation of what's coming very soon. Where do you see yourself up in the sky, Joan?

It is at the Rapture, Lord, when we who belong to you are caught away to be with You up in the air.

Yes, and that is what this dream is a picture of, a symbol of, as you suspected. You will see it soon - very soon - so soon that it is imminent. It could happen any moment.

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9-26-10

A DREAM OF SEEING GRASS BEING LAID ACROSS A MUDDY FIELD.

I was inside a building looking out a window. I saw people (workers) laying grass (sod) pieces in a line across a muddy field area. I seemed to know that people were soon coming who would need to walk across that muddy field, so the grass was needed for them to walk on to cross it. It was being placed diagonally from one corner to the other corner opposite it. I mentioned this to some woman who was in the room with me.

If the field represents the world, then I am seeing a revelation of the world as muddy and difficult to walk on/in. But this dream shows a pathway of grass being laid across it so people can walk on the grass. If the grass represents the frailty of the flesh, then it shows that many will walk that way - by the flesh and its frailty. But if the revelation represents the grass as the Word of God, God's grace, or the revelation of Christ, then that is a promising revelation of this being prepared for people.

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QUIET TIME NOTES

Good morning, Heavenly Father.

Good morning, My child. This is a good dream I have given you, so take the positive meanings of those symbols. I am preparing (and have sent my servants to do it for Me) a pathway across the field of the world, of life, where people can walk safely without getting the dirt of the world on their feet. But notice that the grassy pathway is narrow, so one must walk carefully on it to keep from getting muddy feet - and perhaps even getting "stuck" in the muddy world. But the pathway of grass is the pathway of life for those walking on it. It is almost ready for people to arrive to walk on it. My servants have been working to prepare it. I showed this to you as a revelation of what's coming very soon. As David (Bland) mentioned last night at the Basconi meeting, he expects it soon. He was speaking of the harvest, the harvest of the field (world). He was right.

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9-27-10

The Lord gave me the idea to write out scripture verses for Pam to read aloud each morning upon arising, and each evening before retiring. Today, as I write out these scriptures, I realize they are not just for Pam, but for everyone in Beth's new home group, which is to start on Friday, October 8. Here is the list of scriptures and the instructions.

PLANTING THE WORD IN YOUR HEART AND MIND

The Word of God is like a seed you plant in your heart as you read it and speak it. As you water and feed that Word it grows in you and produces a harvest of righteousness - right thinking, and right attitudes. Read these scriptures OUT LOUD each morning after awakening, and each evening before going to sleep. Be sure to read them out loud because "faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. (Romans 10:17)

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)

The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation…This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalm 118:14,24)

The Lord your God is with you, he is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, he will quiet you with his love, he will rejoice over you with singing. (Zephaniah 3:17)

But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. (2 Corinthians 12:9)

You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! (Isaiah 26:3 NLT)

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

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path. (Psalm 119:105)

I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. (Psalm 119:11)

Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall. (Psalm 55:22)

He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught. (Isaiah 50:4b)

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

The righteous will live by his faith. (Habakkuk 2:4b)

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your path. (Proverbs 3:5-6)

May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14)

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10-2-10

Andrew Wommack October Newsletter
Friday, October 1, 2010
Andrew Wommack Ministries
www.awmi.net 
Effortless Change

Dear Friend,

Kneeling beside my bed one day in 1968, I began to pray, "Lord, what do I have to do to get from where I am to where you want me to be?" I opened my eyes, and as I saw my Bible lying on the bed in front of me, I heard the Lord say this in my heart: "Just put My Word in your heart, and it will do all the rest."

Everyone I know wants to change and grow. I believe that's part of being made in the image of God. The Lord created within every one of us an intuitive knowledge that we were destined for more than we are experiencing. Both believers and unbelievers desire to achieve more, including those who have experienced great "success" in the eyes of the world.

However, for those who are born again, the desire actually intensifies. The Holy Spirit will give us a holy dissatisfaction that drives us toward change. Once we realize that almighty God lives in us and wants to express Himself through us, it's hard, if not impossible, to be content with how we allow Him to do so.

Jesus was the only one who gave the world a perfect look at God living through a person. We will never be the express image of God in the way Jesus was (Heb. 1:3), but we all have the potential to express Him in a much greater way than we have ever realized. In order to do that, we must change.

Growth always means change. So, if you're not experiencing any growth in your life, it may be because you aren't changing. Have you ever seen a plant that's green and growing and not in a constant state of change? For the plant, it's effortless; it just grows, and the change is evident to everyone. Your life should be just like that—green, growing, changing, and evident to the world.

The question is, how does it happen? If you're like a lot of Christians, you have probably tried to change many times but find yourself falling back into the same old patterns and experiencing the same old problems. That's frustrating, and more importantly, it's a breeding ground for many of Satan's most devastating lies and traps.

If we aren't careful, we as Christians can feel more like failures than the lost. After all, we have been told to be like Jesus, and that's a big task.

Change really began for me on March 23, 1968, when I had a glorious encounter with the Lord. I saw a glimpse of how awesome the Lord was and what He wanted me to be. I started changing rapidly, but was a million miles from the victorious life He had revealed. 

At times, the process seemed so long and the goal so far that I despaired of ever making any progress in this lifetime. But then He directed me to focus on His Word. That word from God has been my prime directive for the last forty years, and it has produced miraculous results. And the change this has produced has been nearly effortless. The only effort has been to stay focused on God's Word.

Although the Lord spoke that to me in prayer, it was important to see it in the Word. He revealed and confirmed it to me through a parable in Mark 4:26-29. It says,

"And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come."

In this parable, Jesus used an example of seed, time, and harvest, which everyone understood, to illustrate truths about how God's Word works, which very few people understood.

First, He taught that God's Word has to be planted like a seed in our hearts. Just as a seed doesn't release its life until it is planted into the ground, God's Word will not set us free until we get it in our hearts. Having the Bible on our tables, in our hands, or in our heads is not sufficient; we have to commit God's Word to our hearts.

Second, the man in Jesus' parable, who sowed the seed, slept and rose day after day. It takes time for a seed to germinate. You can't plant a seed one day and expect to see it growing the next day. Just because there's nothing visible above ground doesn't mean the seed isn't growing. 

If you dig it up every day to see if anything is happening, it will never grow. You have to have faith that the seed will do what it was designed by God to do, producing its fruit in its time.

The Word of God works the same way. When we meditate in God's Word for one day, we can't expect to see results the next day. And we can't meditate in His Word one day and then live differently the other six days. That's like digging up the seed. 

John 15:7-8 says this:

"If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples."

Next, Jesus shared one of the most important truths of this parable. He said, "The seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how." This is an amazing statement. No one knows how a seed works.

Man, with all his understanding, has not unlocked the miracle of a seed. Things can be made that look like a seed, taste like a seed, and have the exact chemical elements as a seed, but if it's planted, it still won't grow. For thousands of years, people have planted seeds and reaped harvests without understanding how it all works.

I don't understand how the seed of God's Word planted in our hearts works either, and I can't explain how reading God's Word differs from reading the words of some other book. I don't comprehend it all, but I know it works. I've experienced the supernatural life that God's Word imparts.

The Word is a seed that contains the very life of God. When it's planted in your heart and left there, it will release that life. The only effort on your part is to take the time and make the effort to plant the seed. Then, the godly change you're looking for comes effortlessly as the seed of His Word takes root in your heart.

This is such a simple truth that most people have missed it. Many are looking for some spectacular encounter with the Lord that will transform their lives instantly. They want to microwave their miracle rather than allow the time for the seed to produce fruit.

Some are even willing to spend hours in prayer asking for a miracle instead of planting the Word of God in their hearts, which in time would produce the miracle. Prayer is what water and fertilizer are to a seed. They help the Word release its life. But if you haven't planted the seed, it doesn't matter how much water and fertilizer you apply, the soil still won't produce fruit. It's the seed that has life!

Prayer is not a substitute for planting the seed of God's Word in your heart. Prayer without the Word is religious at best and complaining at worst.

Romans 12:2 gives us another key to effortless change:

"And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."

The word "transformed" was translated from the Greek word metamorphoo, from which we derive the English word metamorphosis. It's describing the miraculous change of a worm to a butterfly. If we want to be changed in nature and appearance as drastically as a worm becoming a butterfly, the way we do it is by the renewing of our minds. God's Word is the primary way of accomplishing that.

In the natural, we recognize that we can't have a harvest without planting seeds. But in the spiritual, Christians try it all the time. Instead of going to the Word and meditating in the Scriptures themselves, they run to someone who has spent time in the Word and ask them for help. It's an attempt to shortcut the process of seed, time, and harvest.

Then, if they don't see results, they get confused and offended. God can meet needs through the faith of others, but it's temporary and His secondary way of touching us. God's best is to take the seed of His Word and plant it in our hearts where it will naturally and effortlessly produce the changes we desire.

Have you ever seen an apple tree groan and travail to produce apples? Never! It's the nature of an apple tree to bring forth its fruit. It's your nature to produce fruit as well—spiritual fruit—and it happens naturally.

We do have a part to play however. God has never planted a seed or tended the field for anyone. That's the natural part that we must do. It's up to us to consistently plant His Word in our hearts, abide in that Word, and then water and nourish it with prayer. If we'll make that small effort, the miracle of the life in the seed of God's Word will do the rest. Our lives will naturally and effortlessly change.

The Christian life is really not hard; it is actually easy if we are abiding in God's Word. The Word will transform us so that God's perfect will for us comes to pass. That's the promise of His Word.

Romans 8:6 says,

"To be spiritually minded is life and peace." 

Being spiritually minded is being Word minded (John 6:63). The seed is God's Word. The soil is our hearts. And the fruit that we all long for is godly change.

This teaching is absolutely fundamental to your entire Christian walk. The lack of knowledge in this area is the reason so many Christians remain frustrated in their walk with the Lord. To help you, I have just released my new book, Effortless Change. The message in this book has changed my life, and I know it will dramatically impact yours as well. You can also order my teaching on this subject as a CD album. 

Just as there isn't growth in the natural realm without first planting a seed, there isn't spiritual growth without planting the seed of God's Word in your heart. This book or CD album will help you understand the power of that seed to produce the change in your life that you have always desired—effortlessly. 

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10-4-10

A DREAM ABOUT DRIVING A TALL MOUND-SHAPED BUILDING TO A NEW PLACE AND TALKING WITH HISPANIC PEOPLE THERE (AND A TIGER WAS THERE)

In this dream I was to drive a huge house-like tan mound from where it was to a place where it was to be located. It was perhaps a business, store, or fast food place building. I sat up in the top part of this mound on the outside of it and drove it to the new spot. The spot was right behind a fast food restaurant already situated there. I parked the mound and then wondered how I was going to get down since I didn't have a ladder. I looked down from the top of the mound and saw people moving around doing their work for the fast food restaurant. They seemed like Hispanic people and didn't talk English fluently. I also saw animals down below on the ground. One animal was a tiger. I didn't know if it was dangerous. I moved partway down the side of the mound and felt the paw of the tiger touch my foot. I looked to my side and below and saw the tiger lying there. One of the male restaurant workers said the tiger was safe and wouldn't hurt me. Next I was on the ground and talking to this (unknown) man. He showed me a tablecloth, which showed in pictures who was to work in which times at the fast food restaurant. I decided these people were Christians due to how they were talking to one another.

Lord, what does this dream mean?

You will be gradually moving (driving) into a new area/situation. This will be among people you don't yet know. They will be working together to provide fast food (spiritual) to many people quickly. They are right now preparing this food. The tablecloth shows that the precise times for each person or group to serve/work is predetermined by Me and made known when it is the right time. This is a big ministry (mound) and is round - showing it is spiritual - and (tan) for those born again. You are in control of going there. The animals represent difficulties you might encounter, but I show you they are not dangerous to you. Even a tiger just taps you lightly with a paw and not a claw. This will be among people who are right now foreign/unknown to you, but Christians who are friendly and helpful.

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10-6-10

A DREAM ABOUT THIEVES SNEAKING INTO BETH'S AND MY HOUSE (BODIES)

In this dream Beth and I were in a house, not a familiar one to me now, but it seemed to be our house in the dream. We were sitting on the back porch, which was in a wooded area. One side of the porch was solid glass. The other 2 sides were see-through, maybe screen. 

I thought I heard some noise inside so I checked. I realized someone was in the bathroom, so I waited outside it until she came out. I asked her who she was and how she got into our house. She didn't give an answer to that. Eventually I learned a man (her husband) was also in the house, then another woman and her husband. Eventually I learned as we talked that the 2nd woman's husband was the person who first entered our house and scouted it for things to steal. They stayed many hours while we talked, etc. They eventually wrote down their names and addresses for me and felt like friends. I thought I would send them a Christmas card at Christmas.

Beth and I needed to leave to attend some concert or play, so the folks were gathering up their stuff to leave. Each of them had taken a nap during the afternoon, all except me and I had stayed awake and talked with them, etc. So I was quite tired, but they seemed refreshed and ready to go to their evening activities.

I asked over and over throughout the day how they got into our house, but they never gave me an answer, and I never did find out.

Since the dream started out on a porch, with three walls that were see-through, I think that symbolizes revelation coming to Beth and me through this dream. I became aware of thieves inside our house. That may symbolize the spirits behind the diseases and ailments that Beth and I are each dealing with in our bodies. Since one came out of a bathroom, that may symbolize they appeared as clean. They were thieves, sneaky thieves, and acted like friends. They became like friends and quite familiar to us (familiar spirits). Beth could even sleep/nap while they were there, but I didn't. 

Just previous to having this dream I had been praying for the Lord to show me what sins, vows, etc. that I had made (and Beth), and curses that were given to us generically, that allowed the ailments into our bodies. I wanted help from God to learn what these were, and how to deal with them, so there was no entryway for the devil to give us these diseases. 

So I think this dream may be showing me (as part of God's answer and revelation) that these thieves who are stealing some of our health, came into us (our house) in some way we don't know and they won't reveal to us how they entered. The two couples could possibly symbolize our genetic grandparents. They appeared as something clean, but were actually there with evil intent. They seemed as friends, but were not. We were pretty comfortable with them in our house/bodies, but they were still thieves coming to steal, kill, and destroy.

In the dream we have an important evening (end of our "day" on earth) coming up and need to get those uninvited visitors out of our house so we are free to go to our own event. I am seen in the dream as really tired of dealing with them toward the end of the dream. (I have dealt with them a long time!)

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10-8-10

QUIET TIME NOTES

Do You want to show me what You are doing now, Lord?

Yes, I wanted you (and led you) to ask Me that question so I could tell you. Then you can pray for this - as My Anna.

This is what I'm doing, Joan. I am preparing the earth for My soon return. In order to do that I must separate My people (wheat) from Satan's people (weeds) (Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43). Part of My work is doing all the things I told parables about (Matthew 13) that happen in My kingdom. They happen to separate My people from all others and [they happen] to give all who live on earth a chance, and choice, to choose Me and choose life with Me. If they don't choose life with Me, then they stay under the wrath of God.

Now is the time of choosing, the day of salvation, and the valley of decision.

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10-10-10

Ten is the number symbolizing testing to see if approved, of measuring for the purpose of accepting or rejecting that which is measured. It can refer to a trial, test, or journey. We learned yesterday as we listened to Mark Virkler teach on "Prayers that Heal the Heart" that there were ten tests in the wilderness for the Israelites. It seems like testing is going on in our world right now to see who places God in highest priority in their lives.

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Today at church during worship time, I was led to be very quiet and listen to the Lord and pray as He led me. While I was doing this a friend came over to me and said quietly into my ear that I had a question for the Lord, and that I was to ask Him for it.

So I considered what would be my first question and request for the Lord. I decided it was to request that Beth be healed of the many diseases she has been battling. I felt His answer was, "Yes," and that He would do that within the next week.

Then Pastor Larry preached about making good use of the trials we are going through, the fire that is burning, and to let God use that to mold and shape our character and get rid of the dross. So I changed my prayer for Beth and asked that He first use her difficulties to mold and shape her and form the character in her that He can use for the ministry He has for her, and then second to heal her of the diseases.

Today at church Pastor Larry mentioned to the congregation that I was a quiet person but was really an Anna who prays a lot. He said he calls me about once a week with prayer requests. Then he had Beth come forward and give information about the home group she is beginning this coming Friday.

After church this friend came over and I told him I made the request that he had told me to make. He said there was a third question I had and I thought about K. Beth thought I would say K also. The friend said he saw a U-turn being made when I asked for K (in my 3rd question/prayer request). This friend also asked Beth how she was doing and she shared. Then he shared a prayer request for us to pray for him. This is what the Lord showed me today in regard to praying for his request:

Hold up his hands in victory every morning, Joan. This is one [prayer request] that I want you to bring before Me each day until it is won. I will remind you to do this. Just listen, and follow Me.

Later S shared with me about her need to find a job, then sell her house and move someplace close to her new job. She wants me to pray for that, so I do that right now. This is what the Lord said as I prayed for her:

I have a job for S, and I will lead it to her very soon. Then she will KNOW that I am the Lord, and that I have done this for her. Pray for that now, Joan. Then she can proceed to find the right place to live according to the new job. You just let Me pick the job that I bring TO HER. It's coming TO HER is a sign it is from Me.

Then another friend mentioned that he may eventually, perhaps sometime in the future, bring something to me to pray about regarding him and his wife. He wasn't quite ready to do that today. So I pray right now for them, Lord. You know what this concern is and how to pray for it.

So pray in tongues for them, Joan. I will pray through you and honor that prayer.

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10-11-10

This morning on TBN I watched the Sid Roth program. He interviewed a man who shared how God led him to write a "petition" to God based on His Word regarding various areas of his life. Then God fulfilled that petition. I believe I am to write a "petition" which I will call a "covenant" with God regarding my two daughters. Here are the scriptures I am to base this on:

This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us - whatever we ask - we know that we have what we asked of him. (1 John 5:14-15)

For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy. (1 Corinthians 7:14 NIV)

For the unbelieving husband is set apart (separated, withdrawn from heathen contamination, and affiliated with the Christian people) by union with his consecrated (set-apart) wife, and the unbelieving wife is set apart and separated through union with her consecrated husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean (unblessed heathen, outside the Christian covenant), but as it is they are prepared for God [pure and clean]. (1 Corinthians 7:14 Amp)

Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her. (Proverbs 31:28)

Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. (Proverbs 22:6)

"Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear!" (Luke 1:42)

This is according to My will, Joan, that your two daughters were born into or adopted into your home so they could be sanctified, set apart unto Me, through your Godly relationship with Me. So they do belong to Me. They each were taught by you about who I am and what I did to redeem them. They each responded to that teaching (whether through you, through the church, or through TV, etc.) by believing in Me, making a profession of faith in Me, and being baptised as children. That continues through their entire lives unless they renounce it, and they didn't. (He says, "And they won't.") So they each belong to Me. So both your daughters are set apart unto Me and belong to Me.

Now, on the basis of that, you may ask Me for what you desire to be manifested in their lives, and I will hear you and fulfill it. What do you want for them, My child?

I want them each to attain to the closest possible relationship with You, God, as they can. I want them to grow in love for You, and in relationship with You, and in ministry for You and Your kingdom. I want your very best for each of them, and for K's husband. Do You agree with this, Lord? Is this Your will also?

Yes, My child, that is a good request and one which I agree to honor in covenant with you…according to 1 John 5:14-15. Now believe it is yours and pray accordingly.

It's done. It is finished. I prayed through the covenant, and it is being honored. 

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What is My Hope In?

by Kathi Pelton
Oct 10, 2010

"Remember the word and promise to Your servant on which You have caused me to hope.  This is my comfort and consolation in my affliction, that Your word has revived me and given me life." –Psalm 119:49-50

The Unshakeable Kingdom

The past few years I have been aware that many of you have struggled to maintain hope during times of what appears to be great loss and confusion. I know that not every Believer has experienced this, but I would dare to say that a good number of you reading this have either experienced loss, confusion or some sort of intense storm in the past few years. I am not talking about merely the normal struggles of living on planet earth, but unusual struggles that have shaken you in ways that you did not know that you could be shaken. 
 
I am one of those people too! Over the past three years I have gone through many stages of shakings that have taken me through deep refining and deep conflict, as well as deep resolve. Just this week I have been pondering the question: 

"What is my hope in?"

Is my hope in God coming through with earthly provision? Is my hope in promises fulfilled? Is my hope in having peace and joy due to good circumstances coming my way? Where is it? I really had to look deeply and honestly at these questions. Are they bad things to hope in? No! But have they been the foundation of my hope and joy in my life? These issues were consuming a lot of time in my mind and emotions which alarmed me. Finally I had to take it a step further – was my hope founded in the earthly realm or in the Kingdom of God? To my sorrow I found great mixture in the answer to that question as I examined my heart. 

We are all looking for comfort and stability. If our foundation and hope is in this earth and its stability then we are on sinking ground. But, if our foundation and hope is in the Kingdom of God then it is a Kingdom that cannot be shaken; therefore neither will we be shaken. Though everything shakes around us we will find ourselves standing firm. The mixture in my heart of wanting to put one "foot of hope" on earthly kingdoms and one foot in the Heavenly Kingdom was causing me to live off-balance.  

Does this mean that God will not give us good things on earth? Of course not! It means that when we put both feet on the foundation of the Kingdom of God we will not fall when earthly things are shaken. Our comfort comes from the fact that the Kingdom of God will not fail and that is where we are to live and put our hope.  

Deliverance from Other Kingdoms

"And Samuel called the people together to the Lord at Mizpah, and said to the Israelites, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, It was I who brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and of all the kingdoms that oppressed you. But you have this day rejected your God, who Himself saves you from all your calamities and distresses; and you have said to Him, No! Set a king over us." –1 Samuel 10:17-19

God is doing the same thing today. He is delivering His people from all the "kingdoms of this world" that have caused us to live in slavery and oppression. The kingdoms of this world are continually changing and being shaken but His Kingdom is secure and unshakable.  

Jesus is the KING of His Kingdom! He is the only one who can save us from all of our calamities and distresses. Our King Jesus rules with mercy and justice and will never betray us or let us down. Let us not live in the belief that there is hope or security in any other kingdom, for all other kingdoms will pass away except His. 
 
There are demonic kingdoms that attempt to lure God's people to live in the grip of their oppression. These demonic kingdoms can rule in our hearts by causing us continual strife and discontentment. These kingdoms and rulers set up "camp" in the earth and cause us to demand an earthly king that will tell us how to live and what to do. But we have the Holy Spirit who leads us in truth and sets us free to move and have our being in the counsel and wisdom of His leading. 

We can hear together and move together in unity under the counsel of one King. But the mixture of living in other kingdoms is continually getting in the way of that unity that only exists in the Kingdom of God. There are places in our hearts that still want this earthly kingdom to work for us and make our lives better. We need to allow the Holy Spirit to put both our feet in His Kingdom – this is where we will find stability and hope.  

On Earth as it is in Heaven

"Our Father, who is in Heaven, holy is Your name. Your Kingdom come Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven..." –Matthew 6: 9-10

As we place our feet and our hope in the Kingdom that cannot fail then we can see our King's will be done here on earth, just as it is done in Heaven.  

"Remember the word and promise to Your servant on which You have caused me to hope. This is my comfort and consolation in my affliction, that Your word has revived me and given me life." –Psalm 119:49-50

When we have our feet securely in the right Kingdom we can hear and receive the promises and words that He has spoken over our lives. We can receive comfort and consolation in the midst of our earthly afflictions because His word gives us hope and security even as we dwell here on this mission field called earth. Remember, our true home is His Kingdom and as lawful citizens we can bring His Kingdom and culture here.  

There are many promises that the Lord has spoken directly to my family that we still await the fulfillment of. As the Lord has allowed us to face many storms and afflictions over the past few years, we have begun to find our joy in the King and His Kingdom rather than merely in the fulfillment of earthly promises. The fulfillment of those promises will be used to allow us to see His will accomplished on earth, but they are not the source of our hope, security, stability and joy.  

We can now be joyful in the waiting and in the fulfillment of His words spoken to us. We are comforted by His promises but not miserable in the waiting for the fulfillment of them on earth.  

Let us rejoice for His Kingdom cannot be shaken and will never fail. He is King and all other kingdoms will pass away.  

Kathi Pelton
Light Streams Ministries/Compassion Arise
Email: jkpelton@sbcglobal.net

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Rise Up and Come Away: A Prophetic Vision for Our Day

by Wade Taylor
Oct 11, 2010

"...For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; the fig tree puts forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away." Song of Solomon 2:10-13

During the time in which we live, an urgent, present word from the Lord is going forth. He is saying to those who have a spiritual ear to hear:

"I am separating to Myself all those who are willing to be made ready to have a part with Me in that which I am about to do. Therefore, arise and come away with Me."

The Winter is Past, the Rain is Over and Gone

A season of spiritual barrenness has given way to an outpouring of the Holy Spirit which came as rain. This "former rain" (Pentecostal, Charismatic visitation) was given to prepare the way for an end-time "visitation" of the Lord to His people – "the former rain, and the latter rain, in the first month."

"Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for He has given you the former rain moderately, and He will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain, in the first month. And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil." Joel 2:23-24

This time of visitation is bringing a flow of spiritual revelation, understanding, and moving of the Holy Spirit. All who rightly respond to this time of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit are experiencing a higher level of spirituality and anointing (the floors full of wheat and the vats overflowing with wine and oil).

The Flowers Appear on the Earth

This visitation of "rain" is causing choice sons (spiritually mature overcomers) to become vibrant, visible witnesses (flowers appearing) for the Lord throughout the earth. Much is being accomplished through the building up of His Body.

The Time of the Singing of Birds is Come

As a part of this increased spirituality, a higher level of worship is being made available to the Body of Christ. This "singing of the birds" (prophetic worship in harmony) is the key that is unlocking the door to the heavenly realm (Zion).

The Voice of the Turtle is Heard in our Land

As a result of this higher level of worship, the "voice of the turtledove" (prophetic revelation) is bringing forth a progressive unfolding of the word of the Lord concerning His "end-time" purpose and the establishing of His Millennial Kingdom.

The knowledge of the Lord
Shall fill all the earth
When the Spirit of the Lord shall fall
It shall flow as a river
It shall fall as the rain
It shall rise as the dawn
In glory o'er the land

A vast new realm of spiritual life and experience is coming into view as being presently attainable to those who are seeking to go beyond their present spiritual experience.

The Fig Tree Puts Forth Her Green Figs

Though yet a green fig, Israel is aggressively asserting itself. The entire world is aware of the presence and importance of Israel. Those who pray for Israel will be rewarded by the Lord; those who oppose will be judged.

The Vines With the Tender Grape Give a Good Smell

A remnant within the Church is beginning both to experience and to express the spiritual life and ministry that the Lord desires. Those in whom the Spirit of the Lord is moving can truly testify, "The winter is past, the vines with tender grapes are giving a good smell – for we were changed when the rain fell upon us, and now His life is flowing through us."

At this present time, a people are being called out from the world into the Church. Great blessing and growth is taking place in the Church through this outpouring of the Holy Spirit. At the same time, there is another call going forth from the Lord to those who have responded to this deeper working of the Holy Spirit. They have become intensely spiritually hungry, and are being called apart to the Lord Himself.

To these He is saying, "Rise up and come away with Me." Those who hear and respond are being called into a realm of spiritual identity and function with the Lord Himself, in which they are becoming the expression of His life and purpose.

The pressure to participate in various legitimate activities, either church or secular, often beckons loudly to those who are finding this new and richer experience in the Lord. They struggle with the question of priorities, as they feel the many valid claims upon their time and energies, but at the same time, they intensely desire to come into all that the Lord is revealing to them.

The Lord is revealing Himself as standing outside the door of all this activity, knocking, due to the urgency of this present time. He is saying:

"Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear My voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me." Revelation 3:20

There is a price to enter into His highest and best. As we come apart to sup with our Lord, expressing our spiritual hunger and need to Him, He will exhort us to "...buy of Me gold tried in the fire, that you may be rich; and white raiment, that you may be clothed..." (Revelation 3:18).

This is a call to rise above our being satisfied with all of the provisions and blessings that He amply gives, and to come into an experience of spiritual identification and fellowship with the Lord Himself.

John heard this call. A door opened in Heaven and he heard a voice as a trumpet (prophetic revelation) talking with him, which said:

"...Come up here, and I will show you things which must be hereafter. And immediately I was in the Spirit: and behold, a throne was set in Heaven, and One sat on the throne." Revelation 4:1-2

There is much that the Lord desires to reveal concerning things to come; but notice that He did not place the emphasis on these things. The revelation that follows is of the Lord Himself in all of His Glory, with the overcoming Church caught up to His throne.

"And He that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like to an emerald." Revelation 4:3

Rise Up and Come Away

Today, there are manifold demands upon our time. Let us again meditate upon the true purpose for this challenge: "My Beloved spoke, and said to me, 'Rise up, My love, My fair one, and come away'" (Song of Solomon 2:10).

This call that is presently going forth from the Lord is for those who are willing to pay the price by overcoming all that is less than His best, and rise into the place of identity with Him in His throne.

Jesus said, "And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Me" (John 12:32).

Here, those who respond will be qualified to rule with the Lord in the closing out of this Age, and in the establishing of the Age to come.

Let us be careful both to hear and to heed all that the Lord is saying to us at this present time.

Wade E. Taylor
Wade Taylor Ministries
Email: wade@wadetaylor.org

About Wade Taylor: Wade has been serving others as a teacher and spiritual father for over 50 years. He is respected and loved by many for his quality of spirit and walk with his Lord. He is an anointed author, bringing forth deep truths of the Spirit with a clarity and simplicity that draws the reader up into a closer walk with the Lord Jesus Christ.

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10-12-10

A DREAM ABOUT HOLDING A SMALL BABY ON MY SHOULDER/CHEST

In my dream I was holding a tiny baby on my chest with its head on my right shoulder. It was asleep. It was without clothes. I was just taking time to enjoy holding it.

This little child is the new you, which I've given birth to in you. You are not yet familiar with this child. It is a surprise visitor in your life and it is looking to you to nurture it and hold it. This is the "child of God" I am forming you to be.

This child is humble and trusting. This child is devoted entirely to Me and letting Me fill it with Myself. This child is My child formed in you. I let you see it in your dream so you could know of its existence. I will grow it into the beautiful young woman I created it to be. Accept her, and nurture her, and let her grow into who she is. She is not the same as you used to be, so see her with new eyes and new expectations. You and I will grow her together.

Each time you cleanse out the past fears and wrong attitudes (like Mark Virkler is teaching you) you allow her, the child, to grow. I want you to spend the day today (except for grocery shopping and laundry) reading Mark's book and going through the cleansing exercises he gives you to do.

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10-13-10

Breaker, Breaker 1:9: Now is the Time of Fire Power!

by Bob and Bonnie Jones
Oct 13, 2010

Joshua 1:9, "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go." (NKJ) 

Dream of the Breaker Box

Recently I was shown people sitting in darkness. When I asked why, they responded, "The power has gone out!" 

I climbed a ladder to change the fuse in the breaker box but to my surprise, when I pulled the cover off, I found it to be an old clock without hands. I could tell that it was very, very old, but once the cover was removed, the face was very clear. On the face of the clock was a farmer holding a pitch fork and bales of hay behind him. I knew the clock had not been used for a very long time. When I reached out to change the fuse, the box caught fire. The heat from the flames was intense but they did not burn me; they radiated my face. 

Interpretation

I knew that we, the redeemed of the Lord, were the hands of time. We are the laborers that are going forth into the Lord's harvest field. The veil has been removed (2 Corinthians 3:16-18). No longer would we sit in darkness. We, as a Body, will move from one degree of glory to another. It's harvest time!

2 Corinthians 3:16-18, "Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord." (NKJ)

Dark Night of the Soul!

For two years the Church has gone through the dark night of the soul. It has been brought low and reduced back to its foundations. We haven't had the light and power we need for a long time to check the unsaved. The switch will now be turned on to reveal light to our souls. 

Light!

Get ready for your light to shine in a very dark time, so those who dwell in darkness will see your light. 

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

Crossing Over!

The Church hasn't had power to light up and advance the way we were called to do. When the Lord turns on the breaker it will light up our understanding. And with understanding we can accomplish the things He's called us to do. It's time for the cross over. 

Joshua 1:9, "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go." (NKJ) 

Power!

We are ready to go forth in power and might with the holy array of God beaming forth from us bringing healing, deliverance and salvation.

Get ready for light beams to come forth from our hands as we minister. 

Habakkuk 3:4, "His brightness was like the light; He had rays flashing from His hand, and there His power was hidden." (NKJ) 

Authority!

On the Day of Atonement many people were promoted and given new authority to go forth. Now get ready for the Word of God to go forth in power evangelism. Power comes out of the human spirit and anoints the tongue so that it releases evangelism.

In the natural our power comes through a breaker box. In the spirit, the breaker box has been turned off. Our Messiah is turning the breaker on again so get ready for light and power.

Micah 2:13, "The Breaker (the Messiah) will go up before them. They will break through, pass in through the gate and go out through it, and their King will pass on before them, the Lord at their head." (AMP) 

The Breaker!

The breaker will give light for breakthrough. In the early 70s, Bob was shown a breaker box and the Lord had His hand on the handle. Bob was told there would be a time He would pull the handle down and connect the power. This year He's pulling the handle on the breaker and turning on the power. 

Looking back on the past (a fading glory) you can change nothing. But looking to the future, you can change now and the future! So turn your back on the past and look forward to today and the future.

NOW IS TIME OF FIRE POWER!

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

To contact Bob Jones send your inquiry to:
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White Horses Publishings
P.O. Box 838
Pineville, N.C. 28134-0838

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10-18-10

I am with you. I am here all the time with you. I like to hear you talk to Me all day and even in the night when you are awake. I want to be found by you, and recognized by you, and talked to by you. You are precious to Me, and I love to fellowship with you like we have been doing this morning. Keep reading My Word and asking Me about things you don't understand there. I want you to understand and I want you to ask Me. Understand?

This is My time to raise you up and exalt you as My intercessor. That is why I led Pastor to mention that you are an intercessor for Me and show that he trusts you with his prayer requests. I used those words to help led your friend to you both for your prayer support. It is a great help to him to know that you know what he is going through and that you care about him, and that you are praying for him. I will use it for good in his life. You don't have to know about how all this turns out for him in order to pray rightly for him. Just seek Me, and follow Me, and I will show you the way, just as I will show him the way.

Now about what is going on in the world right now: this is a serious time in the world. This is a time when the anti-Christ is looming larger and larger, and when his associates are coming into more and more power and influence. Do not fear this time period, Joan. It must be. I am allowing it. And I knew it would all take place, and I prophesied about it coming. Expect it to come - but only for a short time. I have a purpose in allowing this. His (the anti-Christ's) arising will make it clearer and clearer who is REALLY following Me and who is REALLY following him and Satan. This is because of My grace and mercy that I allow each one to really choose whom he will serve. Remember what Joshua said? "Choose you this day whom you will serve?" Well, "this day" is coming upon the earth soon, and all will choose. All are on the way toward the side they will stand on. They are making daily choices, which will take them to their ultimate chosen destination - heaven with Me, or hell with Satan.

This writing is all I want you to write today. But I will have you come here often from now on and will give you things to write that I want you to include in your newest book.

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JOURNAL 10-19-10 Tuesday

A DREAM ABOUT THE HOLY SPIRIT STRIKING A MATCH ON MY SHOE SOLE

I was in a church. A woman was preaching. She came over to where I was sitting with my feet up. She struck a match on the sole of my shoe, lighted it, and turned and walked away with the match lit. I watched a little bit of smoke float in the air.  

Did You give me this dream, Lord?

Yes.

What does it mean?

She (the woman) = My Holy Spirit. She lights a fire, even if it is small (tiny!) on your shoe. What do your shoes stand for?

Preparation of the Gospel of peace.

And what's the Gospel of peace?

The good news that You, Jesus, prepared a way for us to be at peace with our Father in heaven and not be under His wrath anymore.

That is what I am igniting in you, Joan, and in this world. It may start out the size of a match's fire, but that can eventually lead to a full-blown blaze.

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10-21-10

We are partners in whatever He does - now and forever. "Part-ners" means He has a part and we each have a part -
•	A part now while on earth
•	A part during the tribulation while in heaven
•	A part during the millenium
•	A part in the new heaven and new earth
•	A part in the universe and in eternity

You don't need to know yet what your part is after earth time except to know you rule and reign with Me. I'm training My "Kings and Priests" now. All My Kings and all My Priests are part of "God's Army." They each work/perform in different functions to rule and reign with Me over the whole universe - and beyond. Yes, there is a "beyond." You will see it and know it some time later on. It's not important to you now.

We all need something to do that is meaningful and satisfying. Before "the fall" that work was easy and light (tend the garden, have children/multiply, fill the earth and rule over it). After "the fall," that work was hard.

It will become easy again for My rulers and priests during the Millenium. It will be much more delightful than now. No fear, Joan. There will be no fear for you in the Millenium. I want you to conquer fear as much as you can during the "now" while there is something to overcome. Remember, perfect love casts out fear. You get perfect love by getting Me in you and letting Me rule and reign in your life now.

Things that happen are not just random - they are purposeful. It's determined by what I allow or cause. Evil cannot come to you unless I allow it to. And if I allow it to, then I have a purpose for allowing it - there is something I want you to experience or learn from it. If I didn't have a purpose or use for evil, I wouldn't allow it to remain on earth. But it is useful for training My own for ruling and reigning with Me.

So don't think evil can just come to you randomly whenever it wants to come. No, that is not true, but only when I allow it. Call on Me in the day of trouble and I will rescue you - and you will learn that I am your Rescuer, the One who saves you, as David did (Psalm 119:92-94; Psalm 91:14-16; Psalm 26:5).

So evil won't come to your home unless I allow it for a reason. Remember I am greater than "he who is in the world." So I am in control. I use My angels to "police" or enforce My will. They work for Me. You can call upon them if you need them. Just say, "I call upon you, angels, to come and help me."

(When dealing with pain in my left side) When I don't need it anymore to teach you something, then I will take it away. I always leave/have something for you to overcome during your earth-life time. I use it to train you in My character. So, thank Me for it!

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10-22-10

Good morning, My child. I am with you today. I want you to listen to Me and write what I say to you, so you will have it recorded. Remember, you are My scribe, My recorder? Well, you are, and I want you to record something for Me today. It is important to Me, so it is important to you.

I'm here with you all the time, My child. I listen to your heart and your thoughts. I care about you and what you think and feel. Listen carefully to Me all the time. Do this seriously and consciously. Know that it matters to Me and to you to listen rightly. Remember, I said to be careful how you listen? Carefully and seriously - that is the way I want you to listen to Me.

Right now I want you to write My words for Me. These words are not just for you but for whomever I take them to through your books on your web site. So listen carefully and write what I say.

This is the time (like Perry Stone said on TV last night) of the end times and of the mark of the beast being prepared for. It is all part of a plan, a long-range plan that Satan has made for the inhabitants of the earth. It is a plan to enslave them so he can rule completely and totally over them. That is his desire - to have people worship him - and he must enslave them to do that. And he will kill everyone who doesn't take his mark of the beast. Beware of his mark of the beast! Anyone who accepts it willingly will go to hell. So the choice of people will really mean being a martyr if they don't take it, or going to hell if they do take it.

A certain person, which Satan has been preparing people for, IS the anti-Christ. There are many who agree with him and work with him, even now, and they can seem to be him by their actions and words. They are not, but are just forerunners of him. He (Satan) has been planning this takeover of the world ever since the fall in the garden, and even before that too. He has planned carefully so as not to fail. But he will fail, because I am greater. And I have known his plan from the very beginning when he fell. And I have made My own plan, and Mine will not fail. I am the Winner, the Victor. 

There have been many skirmishes in this centuries-long battle, but the final decisive battle is soon upon us. The final plans are being made and carried out. You are living at the beginning of the final battle. That final battle consists of several phases.
•	Phase 1: tear down the current systems in the world and set up his alternate system based on controlling everyone
•	Phase 2: require all to pledge allegiance to him and to worship him
•	Phase 3: the rebellion of the world against his tyranny with the battle of Armegeddon
•	Phase 4: the return of the Messiah to win the battle and rule the world

You are in phase 1 now. He is tearing down the world systems and he has many who are working with him and helping him. His people are all over the world in key places. They secretly meet and compare notes on what he is guiding them to do. Many of them don't even know the overall plan, or who is really in charge of what they are doing. They think it is the right way for them to accomplish their own personal goals. But it is all part of a master scheme by Satan, and being orchestrated by him. He is very secretive and wily.

But, Joan, My plans have been laid before the foundation of the world. And My plans will ultimately win. You are just caught in the transition time at the very end of this specific age where the changeover is made, the final battle is fought. It is a tough time to be alive on the earth. But you were chosen to live at this particular time. And you have what it takes to live and prosper through it. I created you that way and I knew how to do that. I knew what you would need to know and be, and I made that possible for you. To know what to think/know and be/do, you must be committed to Me, listen to Me, and follow Me. That's why I gave you the specific instructions many years ago to "follow Me." So do that and you will prosper and live.

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10-30-10

A DREAM ABOUT SHOWING A LAMP WITH TWO LIGHT SOURCES

In this dream I was working as a clerk in a Christian bookstore. There were several others working there also. I commented in the dream how many creative people worked at that store and what creative things they had for sale there because of that.  

I specifically looked at a beautiful old lamp and made comments about how pretty it was. It was shiny on the inside and mat finish with shiny places on the outside. It had flower designs on it and seemed to be mainly blue and white in color. It had two types of lamps on it - one that was a regular room lamp which used a shade, and the other a down lamp that was shaded with a scoop-like devise that angled the light down for reading. I commented that it needed a good cleaning, but was a beautiful lamp even so. 

I was showing it to a person who seemed to be the owner's son, and trying to interest him in having us hold the lamp for him so he could buy it later. He decided we should do that for him, so I was hunting a sticker to place on it to put his name on it, and I was planning to place it in a special place where we kept things on hold for customers. I kept trying to remember the owner's last name so I could put his last name on the sticker, but couldn't remember it.

As I ponder this dream today I feel I am being shown that Beth and I are that blue and white lamp which is beautiful on the inside and outside. She is represented by the room lamp, which shines out to many wherever she goes. I am represented by the down lamp, which shines light on my books and writing. Maybe we both could use a good cleaning of things from our past.  We are both "on hold" for the Owner's Son, Jesus, until He comes and gets us at the Rapture. His name is on us.