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Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Holiness 11/28/11



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I woke up this morning hearing the phrase Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Holiness. Our Declaration of Independence states “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” We have made happiness such a priority in our culture that we’ve forgotten how to get there. We’ve slipped into such self indulgence, that our pursuit of happiness has become, our personal declaration of independence. We believe we can do anything regardless of how God feels, or how it impacts others, as long as we are happy. Of course you never find it With that mindset. I can’t tell you how many Christians ignore the clear will of God, or twist the will of God to fit their pursuit of happiness. They usually have a pattern of doing this which has always ended up with them being more miserable than before.

Well, God is saying, especially to those in this culture, that the only way to know Abundant Life, and True Liberty, (which is relentless happiness) is to pursue holiness. Only in the Pursuit of Holiness can human beings find Effervescent Life, and Limitless Freedom. God isn’t against happiness. He loves for His children to be happy, as any Father would, and His love for us infinitely exceeds the love of any earthly Father. He delights in our joy and laughter. It breaks His heart to see us discouraged, and depressed. It’s our personal declaration of independence that has robbed us of our unalienable rights , as believers that have been endowed to us by our Savior, to experience Abundant Life, and celebrate True Liberty. If you find yourself once again miserable in your pursuit of happiness, then start pursuing Holiness. You might say how. Well, I saw in a vision a brilliant light illuminating an Ancient Glory path. He is making it easy in this season to find the Paths Of Righteousness. If you make Holiness your pursuit, He won’t let you miss the Path. We live in a Parting Path time. He is calling people to part with the Path of Declared Independence, and to walk on the Path Deliberate Dependence.

Dream Again



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It’s time to rise up and try again. You must no longer allow the failures of your pass to label you as failure. It is time to fill your horn with oil go once again into the same battlefields where you the experienced failure in the past, but this time it will not be failure but victory in the name of Jesus. It’s time in the spirit of joseph to pick up the dreams that you once had, now thrown away. Those dreams have not died, they have been living and breathing all along, waiting for this fullness of time season for you to pick them up again. The enemy of your soul has tried to tell you all along that the real problem was that you hoped for too much. The problem wasn’t that you hoped for too much, but that you hoped for too little. But now your heart is ready to pick up the dreams again, and dream with a God sized vision this time. You were not a failure in the past, you were a learner. With the Banner of Christ, run to the battle with the song of victory on your lips. You will see the enemies of the past scattered, and your God given dream oiled for realization.

Firsts



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We are in a time of Firsts. Many people who have been preparing themselves to be used by God any way He chooses, by simply walking in the Spirit everyday, are going to experience firsts. You will see your first sign and wonder. You will see your first healing, or have for the first time someone get healed that you pray for. You will get your first prophetic word, or word of knowledge, etc. you will lead your first person to Christ, or be invited to speak in a public setting for the first time. You will write your first book. It could be any area that represents Firsts in your life.
I also believe there is another element to this Firsts word. Joel 3, talks about a Valley of Decision and a time of Harvest. We are entering into a time of extraordinary harvesting. A time of harvesting the glory, and the promises, and the purposes of God. The level of harvest that you will enjoy is going to be totally dependent on what you do in the valley of decision. There are those who are still content to have a relationship with Christ that doesn’t involve radical surrender. This isn’t just true about individuals, but also Cities, and Nations. The decision in that valley is all about Firsts. Colossians 3:18, says, “He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the first- from the dead; so that He Himself might come to have FIRST place in everything. The KJV uses the word PREEMINENCE. Will you decide to make Christ FIRST, PREEMINATE in your life. The Lord spoke to me and said ” people want to partner with me, but I don’t want people to partner with me. I want people to fall down and worship me.” He wants to be the One Thing in your life. Not the only thing, but the One Thing. If, in the Valley of Decision you take you relationship with Him to a new level where He becomes FIRST, then you will have your harvest, but if not, you will stand on the sidelines watching other people reap their harvest in God. Some of you are actually in a valley situationally, and emotionally, because He is trying to press you to choose Him at a more exclusive level.
I believe we will see news reports about Firsts in the natural, as affirmation concerning both aspects of the word about Firsts.

Women Under Attack



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Women Under Attack  8/30/2011

There have been prophetic voices recently declaring that we are coming into the year of the woman or the season of the woman.  I concur with that, that God is rising up Godly women to fill different roles and to play significant roles.  In light of that, I also believe that about a week ago the Lord showed me we are also coming into a time where powerful women of God are going to be under attack.  When we normally think about people being under attack, it’s usually the enemy taking out Christian men and leaders, because of the whole headship issue and we’ve seen a lot of men fall.  We are coming into a time where the enemy is zeroing in on powerful Christian woman, woman who have a real anointing, a real testimony, who are being used in the body of Christ and in the secular world.  We need to pray for them.  We need to pray for women just like we have done in the past for leaders and men.  We need to pray for women, that they would be able to sustain their walk and testimony and have courage as they walk through the attack and the assault that is going to come against woman of God.

Night Vission



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The enemy of our souls loves to operate in darkness as a deceiver. He does most of his damage unnoticed because people are insensitive to the Holy Spirits warnings and conviction. In this season, the Lord is healing our spiritual nerve endings so that we we become much more sensitive to the Holy Spirit exposing the covert activity of the enemy. Those who long to walk in the light will discover they have night vision and are able to see the enemy from a distance trying to stealth into the perimeters of their lives. If holiness and freedom are your passions then ask the Lord to give you NIGHT VISSION.

Young Generals 8/1/11



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God is raising up young wartime Generals who are getting battle field commissions by the Holy Spirit. These are fearless young men who are sometimes even reckless. In the vacuum of old men afraid to dream dreams, the Holy Spirit is is revealing the dreams of Heaven(literally dreams) and releasing these young warriors who desire to fight for glory(the glory of God. His honor and His manifest presence). They live for the glory and glory will be medal.

Slaying the Anointing



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6/5 Slaying the anointing
 
This was an open vision where I saw the devil who looked exactly like the red devil on a can of deviled ham. He was totally red, you could hardly make out facial features, he had horns, a long red spiked tail and had a spear in his hand. In the vision, on the ground before the devil, was a yellow figure, shaped like one of those figures in a crime scene representation, when someone has died on the ground. The devil was about to spear this figure because he was laying down before him, obviously in submission and in hopelessness. The Lord showed me that yellow is the color of anointing and the devil is dressed in red, which is the color of fear, and fear is the great anointing slayer. Whenever someone gives in to fear, that’s the enemy’s way of stopping him from walking in the anointing, because you can’t walk in the anointing and live in fear at the same time. One of the old classic statements that I certainly didn’t make up that I heard years ago concerning living in the anointing, was that fruit happens out on a limb. If you are afraid of being rejected, if you are afraid of what people are going to think about you, if you are afraid of failing, if you are afraid of being embarrassed, if you are walking in fear at all, that is the devil slaying your ability to live in the anointing. Fear is the great weapon that the enemy uses to slay the anointing in all of us.
　

Seniority citizens



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Seniority citizens

June 7, 2011 

In the spirit of adventure and holy exploration, many on this continent will ascend the highest peaks in the spirit. They will reach places no one has ever been to before in North America. It is time for new heroes and heroines to rise up and scale new heights that have never been reached before in our culture.

It is time to ascend to new summits. In this season, we will stop reading about Saints that have gone before us, longing for their vision and their summits. It is time for new books to be written on this continent, and for new stories to be told. It is time to write new chapters, to do your own spiritual autobiography, for your story to be told that will inspire others to climb and ascend summits in the spirit that they thought could never be reached, especially by them.

You would think this word for the young and of course, the young are invited. But this is a word for those over 50 who have settled down in their hearts and no longer dream of the highest peaks. God is raising up seasoned explorer warriors who will shake off weariness and fear, regardless of apathy, who had increasingly thought about a life of ease and retirement, comfort and safety, who thought adventure is only for the young, something for a past season in their life. God is putting in the hearts of these experienced adventurers the desire to rise up, climb and explore again, risking all. This is the time to reach those summits they only dreamt about, but had lost hope of ever reaching. God says “You will reach the high one this time and the One who sits on high. The highly exalted one will be your accomplishment. There will be challenges, but you will transcend them all. In the spirit of Moses, you spiritual seniority citizens of the kingdom will go forth with the wisdom of experience in your bones, the fire of God in your hearts, a vision of Christ in your eyes, the word of the Lord in your ears, and ascend the highest summits of the kingdom of God. You will make headlines in the spirit that will inspire countless others to stand up with hope in their hearts and raise their eyes to the possibility of exploits only imagined”.

I am aware of all the words over the past decade or so about God raising up an army of young people and I affirm those words completely. But God is saying something to those over the age of 50.

　

 

A Joan of Arc time 5/24/11



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A Joan of Arc time

I believe that we are in a Joan of Arc time.  Joan was 12 years old when she had her first prophetic vision.  She saw 3 saints in a field telling her that God would use her to drive the English out of France, who were trespassers on the French soil of Normandy. And over the next 7 years of her life as a young person, she received many visions and dreams, powerful prophetic words and supernatural encounters with God.  Eventually, the Lord used her as a young person, to give advice to French generals and to lead their armies into victory after victory over the English and eventually, the English were driven from French soil, where they didn’t belong.
I believe we are living in a Joan of Arc time, where God is raising up young people and he is speaking to them in supernatural ways.  They are receiving visions from God, just like on the day of Pentecost it was prophesied that young people were getting visions.  And the Lord is raising up young people to speak to spiritual generals, to people in positions of authority, and to give them strategies for taking back territory in the church, that the enemy has trespassed on and is holding.  I believe that God is raising up young people who under authority, will lead armies of God to victory, pushing back the gates of hell that have trespassed on the church and robbed the church of those things that rightfully belong to it.  There have been many words given about young people and God raising up a powerful army of young people, but this Joan of Arc word is important because God is calling up an army of young people who will be advisors to generals and who will lead armies, and will do exploits for God, but they will do it under authority.  They will do it for the church, the bride of Christ and for Jesus.  So we should expect to see young people (and know that Joan was illiterate), young people who seem to be literate to theology and other things, whom God is speaking to in prophetic and supernatural ways, who have visions. It is necessary that we have generals, people in positions of authority in the church, who are humble enough to listen and recognize the anointing of God on these young people, a Joan of Arc anointing, so that we can get the strategies of God from them and that we allow and release them.  Joan of Arc went forth dressed in armor, like a knight, and we should allow young people who are armed with the presence, the glory and the power of God, to go forth and lead the armies of God, lead the church, to strategic victories.
One of the real keys is that they are doing it under authority, they are not doing it outside of the context of spiritual generals, but they are doing it in concert with them.  They are being advisors and passing on God’s strategies and being willing to lead the army and have the heart of the martyr, who is willing to die, to lay down their life to see the purposes of God, to see the kingdom of God advance, to see the church take back its rightful spiritual possessions and spiritual land that the trespasser, the enemy has stolen.