2012 is fast approaching. Over the last three weeks I have heard the Lord say over and over “My timing is perfect – My timing is perfect.”

God has His set times and set order. He appoints times and seasons for His purposes. Throughout 2011 many prophetic voices have agreed that 2011 was a year of preparation for what God would do in 2012. It has been a defining year to separate and divide the holy from the vile and the truth from lies. God has graciously given us time in 2011 to examine our hearts, to repent of sins and make wrong things right. He sent out many warnings through His prophets that 2011 was a year to pay attention to and listen for His voice, to accept His guidance and receive His wisdom. Many charges have warned and declared regarding the Fear of the Lord. Choosing to receive or reject the Fear of the Lord; standing in awe of His majesty, being astonished at His great goodness and trembling in His glorious presence sets the precedent for the meditation of our hearts, the words of our mouths, and the paths of our feet. The Fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom.

He says, “by My Spirit it is possible to walk worthy, fully pleasing, approving the excellent way of the Lord.”  It is truly possible for us to be filled with the knowledge of God, the knowledge of His will with all wisdom and spiritual understanding by His Spirit – to become strong in the Lord and the power of His might – living a life fully pleasing to Him in all things and to give Him the preeminence and praise He is due.

As we transition into 2012, God is releasing everlasting burnings to once again give us an opportunity to look within as we also look around and look ahead. The Fire of His Spirit is being released if we will accept what He is saying and doing, we will enter the coming season alert and prepared with clean hands and a pure heart.  He is saying “don’t let 2012 come upon you unaware. Beware and Behold My set times – My perfect timing for My governing authority.”

2012 will be a year the government of God, is established individually and corporately. Many excellent teachings have been released in 2011 regarding His Ekklesia. He is setting in order His appointed times as He is activating 5-fold ministry to govern in the Church.

He will raise one up and set another down. He will open doors no man can shut and shut doors no man can open.

As saints of God, we have the honor of executing His Justice in the earth through our praises. He is saying let the high praises of God be in our mouths as we go into the coming year. Throughout 2011, God has addressed the words of our mouths over and over. He has warned let our words be few and not boastful, proud or arrogant. Let our words speak forth life and blessing not death or cursing. He has said to put the coal to our lips lest we sin with our tongues. He is saying in essence clean up the thoughts pondered in our hearts so the overflow of our hearts (from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks) will be pleasing in My sight. Let no corrupt communication proceed from our mouths. The seeds we plant (spew) out our mouths today will cause the fruit produced to be the harvest we eat in the days ahead. Sweet and bitter water cannot flow out of the same fountain. If we speak both life and death – truth and lies – if words of blessing and words of cursing try to flow out of the same fountain, the water will not be pure – it will not be clean – the mixture will defile.

Beloved, it is imperative for us to adhere to the warnings and directives we are receiving in this hour. We must choose to love the Lord with our all – to set our affections on things above. To forgive.

He is saying “let go of offenses, false judgments, accusations, petty criticisms and indifferences. Let go of regret. Choose to do justly, love mercy and walk humbly with our God.” He is saying “understand this: Mercy and Truth have met together, Righteousness and Peace have kissed. Righteousness and Justice are the Foundation of My Throne. Love without Truth is hypocrisy. Seek to live truly and deal truly and walk with an upright heart.”

On Thursday afternoon, November 3, around 3:45pm, I was driving down Rogers Avenue in Fort Smith, AR when I noticed a small, old, beat-up red car in front of me. My attention was directed to the license plate which read “FORGIVE.” It occurred to me at the time the Lord wasn’t just reminding me to forgive others personally, but He was revealing a greater picture of the need for all to forgive and be forgiven. The car represented all of us, the people of God – weak, frail, broken, wounded, beat-up; yet covered with the Blood of the Lamb – Forgiven. Thank You Jesus, for Your Blood that truly is enough to cleanse us of all unrighteousness and thank You for Your faithfulness to forgive us when we repent. Thank You Jesus for teaching us to forgive others and giving us the ability through Your Blood to cover one another in Love and Mercy. Thank You that we can run to the Mercy Seat again and again and You will always be faithful and just to Forgive!

All of 2011 the Lord has been saying: “I am coming suddenly to My Temple as Messenger of the Covenant.” The Messenger of the Covenant is coming – He will suddenly come to His Temple to set as a refiner of fire and a launderer’s soap. He is coming and He will suddenly come in 2012. In fact He has already come in 2011 ‘suddenly’ in times and ways we did not expect. How He comes and what manifests through His presence is a direct response to our rejection or reception of His Word. Will we accept or reject His Word; will we walk in His ways or will we go our own way. Will we seek the Kingdom or seek our own gain. Let he who has ears to hear, hear what the Spirit is saying in this hour.

In 2012, we will see (it has actually already begun) some things taken out of the hands of man – where God has warned and steered towards righteousness and it was not received, He is coming in His might to reclaim, redirect, reposition, restructure in order to restore in righteousness. We will see Sovereign moves of God – the Release of His Spirit in demonstrations of His power.

Some things will be taken from the hands of one and given to the hands of another. Quick changes – Shifts in the spirit realm – Shifts in the physical realm.

No more will those in authority be allowed to behave like insolent children forsaking the instruction of the fathers for the Lord is saying: “put away foolishness and stubborn behavior – flee youthful lusts – rise My sons and daughters as obedient children – rise up in mature love.”

As God’s government is established, so will the true operations of our Father’s House – leaders will arise with authority to rule unbending in the face of adversity and persecution.

Apostles – the fathers who lead in meekness to teach, train and instruct and who are willing to chasten and rebuke in love with a humble heart to turn the hearts of the children in wisdom and righteousness.

Prophets who declare the way of the Lord will speak truth without fear of man’s retribution. The Prophets will be bold in setting the proper order in God’s House – destroying the refuge of lies.

Market place ministers will be speakers of truth walking in the same spirit of excellence as Daniel and Joseph. Justice will roll down like a river. Truth will overflow in the city streets to release salvation for cities and regions. Marketplace demonstrations of power and working of miracles promised will come forth through acts of obedience. God will save and spare His people in cities of prevailing Truth.

True worshippers will begin to sing new songs. I hear the Lord say: “It is not a question of if My people will worship for I created all peoples of the earth to worship. I created people to be worshippers so it is not if My people will worship; the question is who will they worship – who will be exalted on the throne of their hearts. The real question is where will My people set their gaze and affections – who is their God and who or what has the ‘Yes’ of their heats? For I am anointing the willing heart to be a worshipping heart. I am setting in place those who are worshipping in spirit and in truth.”  

Musicians and singers of all ages will begin to sing a new song – songs of deliverance – songs of power – the Prophets’ songs will come forth – songs in the night – songs executing justice – dancers will arise in our midst – psalmists, poets, artists, singers, and dancers will hear the sounds of heaven and move to the beat of God’s heart.

For many the veil will be pulled back from their understanding – eyes will see and behold the spirit realm – the beauty realm – the deep things of God that have been hidden in darkness will suddenly come to the light. Some who have erred from the Truth will suddenly repent, turn from their wickedness and return to the Lord their God. For the hungry ones – the thirsty ones, sudden awareness of the glory of God’s presence will manifest.

I am fully convinced if we could see into the spirit realm, when the Word of God is being spoken unhindered – uncompromised – gold dust would be falling. Silver rain falling where there is mercy unto redemption. Incense would be burning where prayers are being prayed. If we could see the inner man, we would see everlasting burnings – flowing rivers rushing. If we could see each other’s spirits where the Word has been received would be gold deposits. Spectacular beauty – living stones – sparkling jewels –precious stones – stones of fire.

It’s time for us to dig out the silver and the gold of God’s Word – to taste the finest wheat and the sweetest honey – to flow as a river of righteousness.

Let us choose the good and right way of the Lord. Let us choose to stand in His counsel before we run into 2012. Let us humble ourselves to ask the Lord what is pleasing in Your sight and what makes Your heart glad and then let us seek to walk in the fullness of this hour in His Divine Nature for the FAME OF HIS NAME!

As children of the most High, we are a people chosen and loved by God as His own; therefore, we must choose to clothe ourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; to forgive and forebear one another and be bound together in His Love.

In 2012 we will begin to walk in His abounding Love overflowing more and more. We will take our stand on the right side of the plumbline in the knowledge of what is right, true, holy, just and blessed. We will walk with a generous heart of love and compassion. We will extend our hands to the needy and receive the added grace to live without offense. This will come as we walk in the Light as He is in the Light – as we turn from wickedness and lawlessness to truth and righteousness and as we repent of iniquities, allowing Him to purge and scourge the deepest places of our hidden man.

Christ’s message in all its richness must live in our hearts. We must begin to teach and instruct one another in all wisdom, revelation and sanctification with truth. We must begin to submit to one another in the Fear of the Lord and to sing psalms, hymns, spiritual songs one to another; to sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving in our hearts. We must know our identity in Him the Holy One. We must know that we are seated with Him in heavenly places and we must be so intimately associated with Him that we live, and move and breathe in His governing authority – His set order and allow Him to commission our steps as He chooses.

2012, a year of God’s Governing Authority: His Supreme Power and His Divine Might. Oh that we would all be humbly prepared, strengthened for battle, rejoicing in truth and praising continually the One who is glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders. There truly is no one like our God!!!

(Psalm 149, James 3-4, Colossians 3, Malachi 3, Jeremiah 4-7, 1 Peter 2, Matthew 16:17-19, Matthew 20)

8/31/11

What does Heaven look like?

What does Heaven sound like?

What would happen in our midst if we took a night of prayer to wait in silence; not asking or proclaiming; not prophesying or petitioning – just waiting.

Could we actually restrain ourselves to wait, silently, quietly?

Waiting – listening – looking

Could it actually be an on ramp into the deeper mysteries and secrets of God?

What would happen if we truly set the gaze of our hearts and restrained ourselves from the noise and chatter of our own voices?

Could we actually encounter the Lord – go into un-chartered territories in the Spirit realm – could we walk through unopened doors in the secret place?

I hear the Lord calling us to go deeper in silence. He says, “Come away with me My love, My fair one – let us run together.”

How would God meet us if we closed our eyes and stopped the noise? Oh what pleasures – what revelations – what encounters we might experience if instead of talking about Him and asking of Him, we simply adored Him and waited in a Holy Selah – letting the instruments and Holy Spirit lead the prayer meeting.

As intercessors we often recognize the value of praying in tongues, petitioning with the scriptures, making bold proclamations of faith and prophesying our prayers.

As teachers, we recognize the need to equip, train and disciple – always aware of the need to lead others into the knowledge of God.

Prophetically we recognize the importance of speaking forth the oracles of God.

However, as a whole, we have neglected waiting and watching. We have coupled our waiting with speaking and declaring. We have made “waiting” a bad word when there is a delay in the promise being fulfilled. We have said we would wait in His Presence and called for soaking prayer only to spend 2 minutes waiting and 20 minutes talking. We have devalued listening for His Voice and made our voices of great importance.

We are often very uncomfortable with even the briefest silence. Other than the few and far between supernatural holy hushes, we rarely give place to silent waiting – soaking – listening – watching.

Even in a moment when a supernatural hush by the weighty presence of God comes over a congregation, someone will invariably feel the compulsion to explain what is happening, not trusting Holy Spirit to release understanding and thus the silence is broken and the moment is lost.

How sad that we are more comfortable with the sound of the earth – the sound of humans than we are the sound of Heaven and the sounds of the Spirit.

We desperately need the voice of the Spirit. What magnitude of intimacy could we attain if only we could discipline ourselves to quiet our souls long enough to hear the whisper.

What does Heaven look like?

What does Heaven sound like?

Let those with eyes see and those with ears hear!

Wonder how long the Apostle John was in the Spirit before he heard the Lord’s voice behind him speaking? How long had John waited before the Lord spoke? How many times had he set his gaze searching silently for the One who met him on that vital Lord’s day?

Wonder how long Ezekiel waited before God when he had the vision accounts of the book of Ezekiel? We don’t know if he waited 5 minutes, 5 days or 5 years before He saw the Lord but we do know afterwards he sat astonished for 7 days.

One meaning of the word Encounter is to meet with and another meaning is to run into.

It’s time we “ran into” Jesus.

To wait upon the Lord is to confidently trust while in the delay; to watch with expectant hope and patience for the promise to be fulfilled, full expectation, to expect fully as we look, to bind together by twisting, to expect, look, patiently, tarry, to be dumb or silent, to be brought to silence, to be utterly undone, to be astonished, to stop, to hold your peace, quiet self, to rest, to stand still or be still, calm, to adhere to, to await with confidence, look toward, to stay in a given place, abide, dwell, remain, to be strong, to be steadfast in patience (Psalm 62:5, Psalm 104:27, Psalm 123:2, Psalm 145:15, Proverbs 22:20, Isaiah 8:17, Isaiah 40:31, Isaiah 64: 4, Luke 12:36, Acts 1:4, 1 Thessalonians 1:10)

We have recently in the last few years spent time in teaching and observing silent/soaking/listening prayer. We often do this with the children we teach and the Lord just shows up honoring us with His presence.

Over the last couple of days, the Lord has been speaking to me about waiting. He has been leading me and others into a place of deep encounter – where His face is all I want to see and His voice is all I want to hear.

So I began to look up terms reflecting what I believe He wants us to understand.

wait – stay, remain, linger, stop, hang around, delay, interval, spend a long time, dwell

pause – silence, break in precedings, intermission, breather, stop, temporarily halt, wait, linger, rest

listen - pay close attention, take note, focus, concentrate, keep mind fixed on

silence – quiet, stillness, peace, hush, calm, to make quiet, stop, suppress, speechless

rest – relax, take a break, time-out, breather, lean back, lie down, respite

soak – immerse, saturate, drench, infuse, engross, absorb, marinate

still – motionless, tranquil, silent, quiet, at rest, calm, unmoving

They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall run and not grow weary; they shall walk and not faint.

It’s time for us to Be Still and Know that He is God!

 Let those who have eyes see Him; let those who have ears hear Him.

 Selah!

 (Zechariah 2:13, Psalm 37:7, Psalm 46:10, Psalm 24, Psalm 57:3, Habakkuk 3)

10/26/11

“So let the Prophets arise,” says the Lord:

“My Prophets are arising in this hour – My Prophets will arise in this hour;

For I have called them to arise; I am commissioning them to boldly arise.

Through My Prophets, I will speak – you will know it is Me speaking;

You will find My Prophets in the place of prayer.

You will find them in the place of silence – listening; waiting to hear.

They will not run unless My Counsel speaks.

If they are My Prophets, they will intercede – they will carry My Heart;

My Burden will be their burden.

You will know them when they arise among you.

You will know them by where you find them;

You will find them in the River – not on the shore.

You will find them in the River – in waters they cannot cross.

This is where they will be filled.

And when they are empty, they will launch out yet deeper into My River;

It is their delight.

From Me, they will speak.

Because it is from Me, that My Prophets live;

It is from Me, they breathe – it is from Me they speak.

So let My Prophets arise – let them speak.

Let their voices be heard as the sound of the Rushing Water they hear.

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 “Wisdom cries in the streets – Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore, get wisdom and with all your getting, get understanding”

 Wisdom is speaking in this hour – crying out to all who will hear – are you listening? Let him who has ears to hear – hear the word of the Lord – Wisdom is calling out in the streets – speaking in the open squares.

 Wisdom has been given to us by God’s Spirit. The Spirit of Wisdom, Counsel and Understanding is given to all who are willing to receive.

 The fruit and gifts of God’s Spirit are Wisdom within each of us.

 Many will face decisions, choices, trials, temptations, challenges and opportunities in 2011 – some will be life-changing decisions – some decisions that will bring life or death, some that will bring blessing or cursing and even some decisions that will be a choice of eternity in Heaven or Hell.

 Wisdom is crying out to each one now – offering Knowledge, Understanding and Discernment in personal decisions, in decisions that affect others, in decisions that will affect family and children for generations. Wisdom is offering Discretion (integrity and honesty).

Wisdom cries to us – “agree with God quickly and it will go well with you and all your household.”

Wisdom says to us – “many have too long looked for pleasure, life, excitement, wealth, peace, convenience and comfort under every man made tree and found nothing to satisfy.”

Wisdom says to us –  ”look at Jesus; come, buy and eat from the Tree of Life. Come abide in Me says your God under the shadow of My wings.”

Wisdom says, “the Son of God has come to you; He has risen with healing in His wings.” Wisdom says, “come to the One who went to the lowest place for you. Come to this One who willingly gave His Life so you too could live. Come to this One who is returning for His Bride.”

Wisdom declares to you today and every day – “Glory to God in the Highest; Peace on the earth; Good will to all men. For unto you is born a Savior who has taken away the sin of the world; who has given His Life a Ransom for Salvation – Eternal Redemption for those who will come to His Love – for those who will receive His Mercy.”

Wisdom is the Father God’s Love calling to you with Mercy, Redemption, Healing. Wisdom is calling to you with the Father’s Goodness, Kindness, Delight. Wisdom is calling to you to come to Joyful Pleasure; to experience what money cannot buy.

Wisdom cries out in the street – speaks in the open square: “Come to Me, buy gold refined in the fire and eye salve that you would understand and perceive Truth. Come to Me and you will be dressed in white garments. Light will become your clothing – Salvation your borders.”

By Wisdom a house is built securely; By Wisdom children are guarded safely.

Wisdom cries: “Lay aside every besetting weight – come run with Me – come agree with your God quickly and it will go well with you.”

By Wisdom, Ezra proclaimed for all of Israel fasting and prayer to seek a right way for all of the families of Israel, their little ones and their substance. God became their defense.

By Wisdom, Daniel looked into the perfect law of God and kept looking until he had the answer to the King’s problem.

Mercy was extended to both Judas and Peter alike. By Wisdom, Peter repented and received forgiveness.

Wisdom is speaking alterations in every aspect of human life for the perfection of Holiness. Wisdom is telling us to put aside self-indulgence and selfish ambition. Wisdom is ordering out steps rightly and our business decisions honestly. Wisdom cries out – “owe no man anything but love one another fervently.”

Wisdom is revealing the Father searching for children who will receive His offering of Mercy unto Salvation. Wisdom is searching – calling in the open square for all to return to Zion.

Wisdom cries in the streets to all who will listen – “Jesus is returning to this earth. He’s coming, He’s coming. Jesus is returning for a Bride. He is Jealous, Jealous. Will you be found waiting and watching or will you be found wanting on that day?”

Wisdom cries in the streets – “come out from among them and be separate. Do not trust in riches – put your trust in Me – Your God and Your Provider. Do not trust in man – trust in Me the Living God – the Living Sacrifice for your sins.”

I Wisdom am speaking to you now – listen and be wise. Follow My instructions and be saved. I Wisdom am speaking to you now – I am crying out in the streets – making My ways known unto you – will you obey?

I Wisdom am speaking to you now – hear and obey while you have the time. For there will be a day when I speak to you no more – you will cry for Wisdom and I will not answer you in that day.

Choose today the Fear of the Lord – accept My Counsel – receive My Knowledge and Live. Whoever listens to Me will dwell securely.

Incline your ear to hear Wisdom, receive Knowledge, get Understanding – for the Word of the Lord will give Instruction and Understanding of Righteousness, Justice, Truth and every good thing.

In the way of Wisdom is Light and Life. By Wisdom sound judgment is released. Now is the time to receive Wisdom and Knowledge from the Holy One. His Counsel will bring you Life, Health, Peace, Plenty.

Wisdom cries in the streets – Awake, Awake oh sleeper - arise, arise from your slumber and Christ will give you life.

Wisdom is calling out in the streets – speaking in the open squares. Wisdom is speaking to all of us when we come in and when we go out; when we rise up and when we sit down. Wisdom calls to us and declares the way of the God of our Salvation.

Wisdom is saying to us now – “will you incline your ear; will you lean on your own understanding or will you accept the instruction of your Father?”

 Proverbs 1-4

I had a vision of being notified of a friend’s son laying in a hospital room dying and saw how the Body of Christ rallied around the family and to pray for the young man. In fact, stopping everything to pray, fast, cry out to God for a miracle and go to the hospital to pray and anoint with oil. Faith was extended with every ounce of belief in God’s Word and Power they had within themselves. I perceived prayers of faith and words of encouragement, as well as bold proclamations in authority against the spirit of death. I watched as emails, phone calls and text messages were frantically sent out in hopes of getting more prayer and faith for this one, praying he would live and not die and declare the glories of the Lord as a testimony of the healing power of Jesus Christ. People were unrelenting and bold in faith and prayer night and day.

As this was playing out before my eyes, I had this impression from the Holy Spirit within – how many sons and daughters are dying in their sin – doomed to eternal damnation unless they too receive the needed miracle – Salvation. How many of our children and youth are being stolen by an unseen enemy? How many sons and daughters are ravaged by the powers of darkness? Who will hear the cry of the Spirit – “Help My son is dying! My sons and daughters are dying and who will come to the aid of the Lord to cry out, weep, mourn, fast and pray for the slain daughters of my people? Who will stop everything and rally the saints in prayer for the lost and those dying eternal death?”

God stands even now looking for an intercessor – one to stand in the gap and make up the hedge. He beckons us to come and partner with Him in intercession for those being slain by darkness. Who will stop everything for even one who has gone astray? Who will pray for the sons and daughters to come from afar, to come back into the borders of holiness, to be olive plants around His table and be nursed by His Word?

As a generation of young people are being enticed and drawn away into perdition, we must rise up in faith and obedience as a remnant cying out in the night watches, repenting for our sins and the sins of our nation, turning from wickedness, teaching them the difference between the evil and the good, the holy and the vile and continue daily making intercession until Christ be formed in them and eternal life springs forth.

Today 10/9/09, I received a call from a friend who had a dream last night. The dream is as follows:

She is in a car with her sister who is not a Christian. The sister is driving and they are pulling out of my friend’s driveway. My friend looks back and sees her six-year old son playing right behind the vehicle. She says to her sister to stop because she will hit her son. The sister continues to backup. My friend cries out to her sister again with the sister ignoring her. She cries out please stop or you will kill my son. The sister backs over the child; hitting and killing him. My friend jumps out of the vehicle and pulls her dead son out from under the car. His face is ashen and he is not breathing. She knows he is dead. She prays loudly: Jesus, I plead Your Blood over my sins and the sins of my nation. I plead Your Blood over my son. I rebuke the spirit of death and command my son to live and not die. Her son then begins breathing and is alive.

The interpretation is this:

Many warnings have gone out to parents and even to those in the family of God regarding the darkness shrowding our children. Many warnings have gone out to pray and fight spiritually for our sons and daughters. Too often, however, the warnings have been ignored and our sons and daughters are going astray and being destroyed right before our eyes. The good news is, if we will pray and repent of our sins and the sins of our nation, If we will rise up in spiritual warfare and rebuke darkness and speak forth prophetic proclamations of faith, our children will be spared. A generation of young people will rise up in the power of God and live as a victorious army rather than be taken into captivity.

Vision – Shaking All That Can Be Shaken 10/2/09

I had a mini vision of the Lord picking up a piggy bank and shaking it. All that fell out was one coin. He then picked up another piggy bank and shook it. Many coins fell out. One coin seemed to be lodged so He continued to shake the piggy bank harder than before until that one final coin fell out.

I heard the Lord speaking I won’t rest until my people are free of all that hinders them from Me. I AM Jealous. I AM Jealous for their love and for their perfection. I will shake all that can be shaken and purify with fire to burn all that can be burned.

I felt the interpretation of this is that whether we have one heart issue or many God so wants us perfected that He will shake and shake until all that can be shaken is shaken and what remains is pure as gold.

Dream 1/2/2010

Banquet of Wine~The Marriage Wine

There is a huge banquet outdoors. There are numerous tables loaded with lucious foods and all sorts of delicacies. Each table is arranged beautifully and very appealing. I saw many people milling around – mostly aimlessly: Christian people – some eating and some not eating but with plate in hand perrusing the table for what they desired to be placed upon their plate. Although there was much activity and much to be filled with from this banquet the people all seemed dissatisfied, bored and restless. The conversations reflected this as well as self-satisfaction and pride. As I walked along and looked at these tables of delicious looking food, different people encouraged me to eat and offered me plates of food. I felt hungry and yet, I felt as though I shouldn’t eat. Then as I looked down again at one of the scrumptous platters of food, it occurred to me there were no spoons or serving utensils in any of the dishes. I thought this was odd. Then my attention was drawn away from this banquet to an open door. I stepped inside the door and found myself in a small room. There was a sense of holiness in this room and I felt in awe of the Presence of God. There were two people standing inside – they were dressed in white. They didn’t speak to me at all. One pointed for me to walk forward. I stepped towards a counter as the other one set the most beautiful wine goblet I had ever seen in front of me. It was large and golden. Wine was poured into the glass and handed to me. When I tasted the wine, it was not like anything else I had ever tasted before. I said outloud – “this is the best wine.”

More wine was poured. As much as I wanted. As long as I was drinking, the wine was poured. I looked around the room. It was filled with the most beautiful wine bottles and decanters and wine glasses I had ever seen. Peace and joy filled the room and me. The more I drank, the more loved I felt and the more I felt I was where I belonged.

Interpretation:

The banquet outside is the Church going in different directions doing their own thing; complacent, unfocused and indifferent. Outside indicating lack of intimacy or distance. Although the food looked good, it was prepared by man and served by man (plans of man). Nothing offered could give lasting satisfaction. The fact that there were no serving utencils indicated self-serving works and works of our own hands. The feeling that I shouldn’t eat represents a call to fasting. The open door is an invitation to come into the secret place; the place of revelation and intimacy. The small room indicates the narrow way/the secret place. The two dressed in white are angels/messengers who carry out the will of God. The wine is the wine of the Spirit – unlimited/offered freely – those who thirst will be filled. God’s wine satisfies with peace and joy and increased awareness of God’s love and acceptance.

Election Recap and Where the Pro-Life Movement Goes From Here

By Lou Engle

“When principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then battle is your calling, and peace has become sin; you must, at the price of dearest peace, lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy, with all the fire of your faith.”

~ Abraham Kuyper

Many in America, including some of my best friends, would probably not agree with what I’m about to say. Most have been very conciliatory over the election results and have counseled unity and peace. But I have not been afforded the option to debate politics and reason around election results. Five years ago, while reading the biography of William Wilberforce, God supernaturally apprehended me and called me to raise up a prayer movement for the ending of abortion, and I believe I am under divine restraint to obey this commission. I understand my friend’s conciliatory responses but when 50-million babies have been killed since Roe v. Wade, and these elections basically ensure the ongoing legality of this march of death, then I cannot live in pseudo peaceful coexistence for 40 more years of death. For me peace has become sin and battle is my calling. It’s easy to counsel peace when you’re not the object of the abortionist forceps and scalpel. Hundreds of years of equivocation over the issue of slavery brought us into a divine collision with heaven’s justice in the civil war, and I believe that this nation is headed for another divine collision as a result of the indifference within church over the issue of abortion and her lethargic “halting between two opinions.” In this election we have bowed the knee to Baal and chosen prosperity over posterity.

Wilberforce argued concerning the murderous slave trade of his time, “There is a principle above everything that is political, and when I reflect on the command that says, “thou shall do no murder” believing the authority to be divine, how can I dare to set out any reasoning of my own against it. And when we think of eternity and of the future consequences of all human conduct what is their in this life that could make any man contradict the dictates of his conscience, the principles of justice, the laws of religion, and of God.”

I believe we have reasoned around God’s command “thou shall not murder” in this election. And I believe there are eternal, individual, and national consequences that rest upon us all because of it. None of us can point the finger; the cry for mercy must sound louder now than the cry for change.

In the days of Ahab and Jezebel the culmination of wickedness came when the government setup altars to Baal, which in turn legalized the sacrifice of children to Molech while simultaneously sanctioning state-sponsored sexual immorality. Both of these altars were at the forefront of this election: the altars of abortion and same-sex marriage. In electing President Obama we have strengthened the first altar of Baal. We have chosen a man with a 100% NARAL and Planned Parenthood pro-abortion rating. He has promised to pass the Freedom of Choice Act that would outlaw any interference in providing abortion at will.

Already President-elect Obama has said that he will reverse President Bush’s executive orders on abortion, orders that have prohibited U.S. finances from supporting abortion internationally. Now we will be funding worldwide abortion, incurring further national guilt. Obama has stated that he wants to make abortion rare, but his words and actions demonstrate otherwise. In fact, the language of making abortion rare is reminiscent to the language that Martin Luther King Jr. decried as gradualism. To King, gradualism always meant “never”, and it will be with abortion.

As to the other altar of Baal, President-elect Obama supported same-sex marriage in this recent ideological battle in California and across the nation. For those of you who voted for marriage between a man and a woman in state elections and in the same breath voted for Obama, you have chosen a man who has promised to appoint judges sympathetic to the “Gay Agenda”, the very thing you thought you were voting against.

But I am not in despair; when Ahab and Jezebel rule God raises up an Elijah company of Yahweh Separatist Prophets whose allegiance is not to the Republicans or Democrat, to race or to gender, but exclusively to the Word of God. God will not turn a deaf ear to 50 million cries of aborted children and the millions of women who have suffered from the affects of abortion. If it takes us 50 years like Wilberforce to end this thing then so be it.

In May 1789, Wilberforce spoke to the House, “I confess to you so enormous, so dreadful, so irremediable did its (the slave trade) wickedness appear that my own mind was completely made up for Abolition… Let the consequences be what they would, I from this time determined that I would never rest until I effected its Abolition.”

Like Wilberforce, Elijah was raised up with a burning zeal to confront an apostate government and a vacillating church. Let this be the spirit of the Pro-life revival movement at this hour. No retreating from the battlefield. Let this be our movement’s finest hour.

We must follow the pattern of Elijah’s revolution. First, we must be exceedingly zealous for the Lord. May the crisis drive us to desperation and a holy passion for God and his purposes at this hour. We must shake off materialistic slumber for the future of our children and our society is at stake. Secondly, we must think generationally. It is obvious to me in this election that we have lost the next generation to moral relativity. It took Elijah’s revolution two generations to overthrow the reign of Ahab and Jezebel. We must actively train a new breed of leadership and not entrust the discipleship of our sons and daughters to the moral relativistic professors in our Christian Universities. We must raise them in the furnaces of prayer and fasting. We must go anoint Elisha.

Thirdly, abortion is a spiritual battle. The blood of babies is not another socio-political issue. Blood fuels the demonic realm and before heaven it demands a day of reckoning. Therefore let this election be a call to prayer and fasting like has never been seen in America. We must have a spiritual awakening to turn the hearts of this nation and I believe we will have this awakening! As my friend Allen Hood prophesied, “Let it be said that in the days of the rule of President Obama, stadiums were filled with prayer and fasting.” We must raise up a grass roots prayer and activism movement among the young. Bound4LIFE (www.bound4life.com) is a movement that we launched 4 years ago is spreading across the country carrying this youth mantle for the ending of abortion. We must pray for President Obama, he is not our enemy. My heart has been going out to him in prayer. Racism is raising its ugly head. President Obama is receiving many death threats. Pray for his protection. Pray that God would give him wisdom. If God could change a Nebuchadnezzar by haunting with dreams, he could change Obama. Our mandate is not to curse but to pray for those in authority. (1Timothy 2)

Fourthly, God’s remedy to the moral decline in the book of Malachi is first of all remembering the Law of Moses. We must return to the bedrock basic commandments of the laws of God for society to flourish. Our pulpits must preach it and train a generation to vote it.

Fifthly, Malachi declares that Elijah will come and turn the hearts of the fathers to the children. Men must stretch themselves out in fasting and prayer over their “dead children” and raise them from the dead. The church must arise with an explosion of adoptions. Today, homosexual couples are adopting thousands of children. This is their time and their moment they believe. Who wants the babies more in America? The pro-life movement must take this on as their main mandate. Every church must adopt a Crisis Pregnancy Center. We must fuel the compassion movement with our finances by raising up pregnant mothers homes.

Lastly, every voice must be counted. We must preach it, pray it, prophesy it, praise it, and print it until the forces of hell cannot hold back the word of life. When Jezebel is on the throne the commission of God is to think generationally – Go anoint Elisha!

The command of Elijah was go anoint Hazeal the foreign king who would begin to judge the Baal worship of Israel. Look for terrorist activity as divine correctives for our shedding of innocent blood. Then we must go anoint Jehu. We must raise up the next political leadership who when confronted by Jezebels, “Do you come in peace?”, will say, “How can their be any peace as long as the witchcraft and adulteries of jezebel are in the land?”

William Wilberforce declared, “God has set before me two great objectives, the abolition of the slave trade and the reformation of morals.” Likewise, God has set before me two great objectives, “God end abortion, and send revival to America.” Let this be the cry of the Pro-Life Movement in America today.

And the Lord says, I speak to many in dreams and visions. For have I not said in the last days I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh?  Your sons and daughters shall prophesy – your old men shall dream dreams and your young men shall see visions.  Why then do you not believe the voice of My Prophets when they speak in My Name?  For I tell you truly My own Son did prophesy to you when He spoke of the last days and saying “hearing they will not hear.”  For I tell you the eyes of many have become darkened and the love of many has already grown cold. So many of My children try to validate themselves by saying by this we know it is a dream from God because we don’t have many dreams. But I tell you I AM speaking even now in dreams and visions. I AM speaking through My Word. My Son’s testimony is the validation you need to prophesy in My Name. Testify of Him and the signs following My Word will validate Truth. Daniel had many dreams of the last days and it brought him to fasting, mourning, weeping and repenting for his sins and the sins of his nation. He searched the books (scriptures) and sought the Truth by inquiring of Heaven’s Wisdom. I have spoken of upcoming events in dreams and visions. I have given warning to My people of the terror of the days ahead. Yes, I have spoken in many dreams and visions of terrorists and disasters, yet many still scoff; many do not heed My warnings.  I have given warning to My people through the mouth of the prophets. I have called this Nation to repentance. I have sounded an alarm and given voice to the future through many dreams and visions. Why then do you not respond as Daniel did with fasting, mourning, weeping and repentance?  Repent I say of your own sins and the sins of your Nation.  Daniel was a man of excellence in speech and skilled in understanding because he sought the Wisdom of Heaven.  Have I not said in My Word, seek wisdom from Me?   For man’s wisdom is earthly and sensual and devilish. Man’s ways will seduce many; for in the last days many will give themselves over to seducing spirits and tickling fantasies. Not so for those who have skill and understanding from intimacy with Me. Not so for those who live in the abandoned devoted love of My Son.  Not so for those who will have ears to hear what My Spirit says to the Church.  Hear this, “Come and learn what this means: I desire Mercy and not sacrifice. I delight in Mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.”

3/14/08 11:30am Urgent Call – Get Ready

I feel a very strong urgency stirring in my heart today as I have been in intercession for the last few hours. Much has been said recently by myself as well as other prophetic voices through the Spirit of God regarding this nation’s existence and freedom. I feel an increased urgency today as well as an increased mandate to proclaim – Beware, Be Aware and Be Ready!  I feel strongly to admonish us all to hear what the Spirit is saying to us. Get Ready for tribulation and persecution and set yourselves apart as a people known of and by God Himself. Get ready to be the underground church. Get ready to go underground. Be Prepared. Listen carefully to the guiding of the Lord’s Spirit in what to prepare. Most importantly be prepared spiritually and with the Word of God. Get ready to see the written Word ripped away from your hands. Write this Word therefore upon your hearts – put it as frontlets before your eyes and write it upon the doorposts of your heart and mind. Do this quickly – do not delay for the days ahead will not delay in coming to pass. Hide the Word in your hearts and hide yourselves in the shelter of His wings. Memorize Ps 91 for it will be a necessary strength. Prepare your heart, your home, your entire household to be my disciples in a day when the anointing of Esther will be manifest. Remember Esther was hidden in the shadow of the Almighty until the Lord was ready for her identity to be revealed for Kingdom purposes. We are now hidden in His shadow and being prepared to reveal Kingdom purposes. There will come a time when He will say move and we will need to move quickly. Do not be anxious but be as the children of Israel girded about the waist, with staff in hand, sandles on our feet and the Blood of the Lamb as our covering. Get Ready!