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PROCLAIM 2010...by Donna Raphael
SPEAKING TO THE GLORY OF THE LORD
Donna Raphael
www.heavensthunder.org

PROCLAIM 2010...

The message for the year 2010 that I heard and now deliver:

PROCLAIM THAT 2010 IS THE YEAR THAT THE SAINTS OF THE MOST HIGH GOD WILL BE GREATLY FAVORED AND BLESSED OF THEIR LORD! I sense that the Holy Spirit is not saying to expect 2010 to be a year without battles, but in this year to expect and experience VICTORY in EVERY battle through the grace and favor of the Lord! Though you may feel weak of flesh entering into this year, gird your loins and rise up NOW in the strength of your Lord! Stand tall, stand strong in the Lord and the power of His word! This is the year that you will be propelled into your promised destiny by the momentum of God’s grace and favor over your life. Rejoice for the glory of the Lord is upon you this year. You will be overtaken and loaded down by His goodness, mercy and lovingkindness in 2010. This is the year that you will experience the results of the Lord’s faithfulness to His word in your life. Rejoice and be glad…glory in His love for you and the power of His favor and blessing that is upon you!!!

Isaiah 60
1Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
2For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
3And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.


Main Entry: pro·claim
1 a : to declare publicly, typically insistently, proudly, or defiantly and in either speech or writing : announce b : to give outward indication of : show <his manner proclaimed his genteel upbringing>
2 : to declare or declare to be solemnly, officially, or formally <proclaim an amnesty> <proclaim the country a republic>
3 : to praise or glorify openly or publicly : extol <proclaimed the rescue workers’ efforts>
synonyms see declare





2010: A New Year's Blessing For You!

December 31, 2009

HELLO!
It is my hope to I take this time to bless you and your loved one for the coming 2010 New Year. I pray your walk with the Lord rises to new heights as you lean on His love, direction and heed His discipline in 2010 and beyond.


The number ten signifies the perfection of Divine order. The Lord revealed something in my life that needs to be brought into His order - and perhaps yours as well. If you would take a few moments to continue on, I would like to share a very short but significant dream I had yesterday morning. I include for your discernment my interpretation, applications and Scripture references.

DREAM
I dreamt that I was driving a car. A friend of mine was a passenger and she was listening to me complain about many things troubling me. Mind you, I was not seeking out solutions to these problems; I was just ranting on and on in anger and frustration at all that was wrong in my life and in the world. She looked over at me and said, "In Jesus' name, I take authority over the spirit that is speaking right now and command it to be quiet." She spoke with a very calm and peaceful, but matter-of-fact tone of voice. I looked over at her and was speechless. I immediately woke up.

INTERPRETATION (Genesis 40:8)
The Car: In dreams I have found a car or any type of vehicle often represents a person's ministry or profession.
The Friend: Is someone I have often gone to for prayer and she has been a vital part of this ministry since before its inception. I have enjoyed physical, emotional, and spiritual healing when she followed the Lord's lead to pray for me. The night before I went to bed, she had called. We had not talked in a long time and we really had a wonderful two hour visit on the phone. She was led on several occasions during that conversation to pray for me for healing and encouragement; and I was very blessed.
In this dream, she represents wisdom and discernment, the Lord's will and intervention, and the power of Spirit-led prayer. She recognized that my words did not edify or build anything; they were words of destruction and death. No resolutions were being sought, so in effect I was caught inside a wheel going around and around with no way out. She gently brought it to an end. There was no accusation in her tone of voice. For a second I felt offended, but then I felt free. When I woke up I had a smile on my face and felt the joy of it. I gave the Lord thanks for this simple illustration and reminder to guard my heart. (Proverbs 4:23)

APPLICATION:
While this dream was obviously a personal correction of the Lord, if my being transparent will help you in your walk with the Lord, then it is worth any humiliation I bear for it. I do not point one finger outward without three pointing back at me. James wrote that a teacher is more strictly judged; the writer of Hebrews states that God disciplines those He loves and if we allow ourselves to be trained by it, we will reap the peaceable fruit of righteousness.

Complaining and grumbling is a stumbling block to the Body of Christ and her effectiveness to reach out to the lost. This is what kept the Children of Israel from coming into the Promised Land, so we must take heed!

The dream taking place in a car reveals that the direction and distance we travel in fulfilling our destiny in Christ Jesus, both as individuals and together as His Church, will be determined by our obedience to steer our thoughts and words clear of murmuring. We cannot allow this complaining spirit to continue; we must take every thought captive and make it obedient to Christ!

Right now I am acutely aware that those in ministry have been battered by a barrage of personal attacks that have been difficult to bear with few to help carry the load. Those who live on the mission field have been, and are, suffering from a bombardment of accusation launched directly at them. When one has continually suffered injustice, it is easy to slip into complaining. The fruit of complaining is deception and this is why many have fallen into believing lies over the truth. Honestly, there are times when there does not seem to be a solution. There is something about the injustices in the world that grips our hearts in a way that makes us feel so helpless. We complain because it is the one thing we can do! This is when we must remember that what is impossible to man is possible with God. We cannot believe God and complain at the same time (bless and curse). The complaints will overtake our faith. It is faith that sees what is unseen until it is seen! Without faith it is impossible to please God. Complaining is the opposite of faith. Complaining exists in union with fear; and God does not answer prayers of faithlessness.

Do not assume this means we are never to voice a grievance, but if there is a point where the complaint turns into railing, slander and judgment then we must take authority over it. In this dream this was what I had slipped into doing and the moment my friend took authority over that evil spirit, it stopped. She didn't scream and yell at the demon, as some do with bravado. She loved and cared for me while at the same time casting out the spirit with true authority Christ died to give His Body. When that ugly spirit was arrested, I was released from its grip and enjoyed immediate freedom. Because of that, I could not help but smile when I woke up. I gave thanks and praise to the Lord for that powerful but simple illustration.

It is my hope and prayer for me and for you, not only the New Year but continually, that we will be careful with our words and keep a guard over our mouths. We are blessed to be a blessing.

In Father's love,
Judy Bauman


SCRIPTURES TO PONDER (Emphasis mine):

Matthew 12:35-37 The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. But I tell you that men will have to give account on the Day of Judgment for every careless word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned."

James 5:9, 10 With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness. Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be.

Deuteronomy 30:11-16 Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, "Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, "Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it. See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. For I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess. 19: This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live.

Another example of this can be found at:
http://www.thefather...rg/fire_of_hope




December 31, 2009. My wife and I gave a present to each other to share. We stayed in the tallest hotel in town on the top floor from where we could see the Christmas and other neon lights after dark. For a brief time, we even had a near snow whiteout. Never have I given her a present over which she was more joyful and thankful. We saw our city from a bird's eye view. It was stunning I must say. This Sunday I begin a five message series on Seeking the Kingdom of Heaven in the Earth. Our hotel stay became a prophetic act for the core messages on attaining Heaven in earth in our homes, schools, governments and society. The Lord would say today, take a seat here beside Me in heavenly places. Think and dwell on it.
Ephesians 2:5-6 “Even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.” Colossians 3:2 “Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.” Matthew 6:10 “Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.” Ras Robinson*




December 31, 2009. Don't give up hope. I know you are presently holding on by a thread. Yes it is good to hold on but at the same time remain still. Try not to swing forward or backward by your own strength and motion. Hold on and rest as much as it is possible. Don't let go unless I say let go. Let the wind of My Spirit waft you in to My arms. I will hold you close to My heart. Only then can you hear My thoughts and words and understand what you should do. Don't do anything unless you hear from Me. I am working in others also for My will.
Romans 5:3-5 (NLT) “We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love.” Bev Robinson







IT''S BEEN A LONG WALK



December 31, 2009



It’s been a long walk of preparation, it’s been a long walk of growth, it’s been a long walk of humility, it’s been a long walk of remembrance, it’s been a long walk of waiting on the harvest to come forth. A long season of both giving and taking of believing a dream is about to come forth and yet disappointment shows up one more time.

God says: “How long will you grieve? It is time to fill your horn with oil and go and call the new thing forth. I am establishing you this year, I am bringing you forth to all the nations, I will show you what you should do.” “This is the time, this is the day, this is the hour I have called you for. You have walked worthy of the calling I have called you to walk. NOW the rivers of living water will flow from your belly. I have called you by name and you know that, you have heard my voice, even from the very womb I have spoken to you. Have no fear, I have hidden you up until this time, I have covered you, you have not toiled in vain, I am about to pour my strength into you and enable you for all that is set before you. I am empowering my chosen ones right now AND I am saying NOW I remind you it is no small thing I shall have you walk out, you will be a light to many and now is your time to radiate. The hearts you hear crying are the ones you will pull from the outer edges of darkness. You will raise up my warriors and breathe restoration into them. You will not do this for your glory but so that my salvation will reach the ends of the earth. THIS IS THE FAVORABLE TIME. It is time for restoration, you will bring restoration, you will be a vessel of restoration. I have not forgotten you, how could I? Can a nursing woman forget her baby? NO! Even if that were possible, I have not, I will not forget you. I HAVE SEEN EVERY TIME, every time you have gotten up and started going forward and have seen yet another mountain in front of you and have felt like you have lost your breathe, I WAS THERE, when you thought you couldn’t possibly continue on, couldn’t climb yet another mountain, I WAS THERE, when you felt like you couldn’t trudge any further down the road you were on, I WAS THERE, it was me that stirred you to look up, drew you to worship, caused you to breathe me in. It was then that I filled you up with the word and you realized you could take one more step, realized you can make it one more time, one more day, one more hour, in that moment, we became closer, we went deeper, our relationship matured and we became more intimate. Know this, I don’t call you to what I don’t equip you and enable you to accomplish. I don’t set my children up for failure, I grace them for completion and victory. You have NOW grown into the shoes I have put down in front of you to walk the path I have cleared for you to walk out. You have tried to step into these shoes before now but they have been too big, it was not your right time and age by My Spirit. But now, but now, but now, but now, I am establishing my Kingdom in activation this year and I am doing it through you if you are willing to step into the shoes I have placed at your feet, if you do, signs wonders and miracles will be produced through you.

I AM USING YOU TO POUR FORTH MY GLORY, LIFT UP YOUR EYES AND LOOK, OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND TASTE. I THE LORD AM GOOD. I am asking you to raise the standard as restoration comes forth.


AS YOU SET YOUR FACE LIKE FLINT, AS YOU CONTINUE TO STAND FIRM, AS YOU PURPOSE YOURSELF TO MY PATH, I WILL CONTEND WITH THOSE WHO CONTEND WITH YOU, HONOR WILL BE GIVEN WHERE HONOR IS DUE, AND ALL WILL KNOW THAT I AM GOD AND I HAVE MOVED THROUGH YOU.

“As I elevate you, be sure to walk in humility. Be willing to feed the very ones who have desired your life, through your actions of blessing and provision you will be reviving life in them and restoration will be completed. I remind you I am establishing my Kingdom in activation this year, you have felt like you have been left in the dungeon but in this moment I am breathing on you and elevating you to the right hand of the Father to sit in heavenly places, to do greater than I did, to be empowered and equipped in this season of establishment. I REMIND YOU ONCE MORE DO NOT GRIEVE WHAT IS IN THE PAST, FILL YOUR HORNS WITH MY OIL AND GO FORTH BREATHING MY ORACLES TO THE NATIONS.

Are you ready now? Are you ready now? Are you? Ready Now?








Awaken to Your Destiny ~ 2010

December 31, 2009

The Lord showed me a sleeping bride. The Lord says I am calling my Covenant bride to awaken. I am calling My bride to wake up from her slumber and sleep and step into the place that I have prepared for her in this time and season. My bride you have been asleep for too long. It is time to arise and rekindle the flame. It is time to take your stand in My Kingdom and walk in holiness. It is time to awaken and take ground from what the enemy has stolen from you. Many of you have been crying out for revival. You have cried out for My favor and provision but many of you are lagging behind. As you arise and submit to My plans and purposes for your life I will release new mantles, callings and gifts in abundance. I will take you to new levels that you have not yet known. I desire to move you up and give you the desires of your heart but you must awaken my bride. Awaken to My plans and purposes that I have for you. Shake off your slumber and come out of your spiritual lethargy. As we are entering in to a new decade I have great things that I am about to release. You say Lord I want to go to the next level but you are hindering yourself by lagging behind. I will do wonders among you as you come before Me in total submission with clean hands and a pure heart. This is My requirement to enter in to the Holy of Holies. This is My requirement to bring you into new realms of My glory. As you submit to My plans you will see multitudes come into My kingdom. You will see the miracles, signs and wonders that you've longed for. Come before Me in prayer and fasting. Seek My face and I will give you direction. I am about to release My glory in abundance in this time and season and bring a transformation to My people as you submit your lives to Me. Arise My bride and awaken to your destiny!


Ephesians 5:13 - 17
But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light. Therefore He says: Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light.” See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with The Spirit.









STRETCH OUT YOUR TENTS IN 2010!


December 31, 2009

I heard the Lord say, "Stretch", and I knew it was a word for the body of Christ in the coming year.

According to Webster's Dictionary, the word "stretch" is defined in the following ways: to enlarge; to cause to reach; to expand; to fulfill a larger function; to raise up from a cramped, stooping, or relaxed position.

Isa.54:2,3 - "Enlarge the place of your tent. Stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, spare not; lengthen your cords and strengthen your pegs. For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left, and your descendents will possess nations......"

Zech.1:16,17 - "I will return to Jerusalem with compassion.... and a measuring line will be stretched over Jerusalem.... My cities will again overflow with prosperity..... "

Nugget of Gold: The Lord is taking us out of our comfort zones as we enter into the new decade. We have to be willing to release those things that He is directing us to let go of (hopes, plans, fears, relationships, schedules, etc.) in order to move into the new place that He's taking us. Even now, the Lord is "stretching out a measuring line" over our new territory. He is causing us to have to "reach" in order to fulfill a larger function in His kingdom. Where we've been comfortable and relaxed, we will now feel an urgency to move and to exercise our gifts in a way that we haven't known before. New ministry opportunities will open to us as we are teachable and continue to move in complete obedience to the Holy Spirit's promptings. Our new "territory" will involve increased responsibility and will necessitate that we be properly connected and firmly planted in the Body as He ordains.

As we enter this new year and new decade, the Lord's mandate to "seek first His kingdom and His righteousness" (Matt.6:33) will be imperative. May our prayer be as Jabez (1Chron.4:10):

"Oh that Thou wouldst bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that Thy hand might be with me, and that Thou wouldst keep me from harm, that it may not pain me!"

"And God granted him what he requested."

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He Will Keep You
Victoria Boyson
www.speakinglife.net

When the Lord begins to fulfill our destiny, the enemy will try and destroy it in its infancy. "The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth, so he might devour her child" (Revelation 12:4).

There are many similarities between giving birth to a child in the natural and giving birth to our destiny in the spirit realm. There is a time of conception, of waiting, of labor and there is also delivery. In the spirit, when we give birth to the promises of God for our lives, our destiny is in its most vulnerable state. It is then that the enemy will try to gain access to devour it.

At the moment our destiny is birthed, it is at its most helpless state. We can do nothing for ourselves, and if we were left alone, we would surely be destroyed. Just like a newborn child needs tender care to keep them healthy and happy, we need our Lord more than ever. So, why would the Lord allow His plan for us to be tested at such a vulnerable time? It is because at this stage He is the strongest; when we need Him the most. We are in desperate need of His help. We don't know what we're doing and He likes it that way. It is at this stage and through this method that God seeks to input into our method of operation a singular trust and reliance on Him. He is in charge, and with every trial, we grow stronger and stronger in Him, and we are driven more and more into God. We know our need is great. We see now how vulnerable we are and how much we need to obey Him.

Infant Child
The Christ child was no exception. Yes, He was very special, but this little wrinkly baby could not save the world at this stage, but that was His destiny. He could not even change His own diaper, but three kings, many shepherd, and host of angels honored Him as the Savior of the human race. Herod feared Him and realized there was no better time to try and destroy Him than to kill the Savior while He was a helpless child. Herod killed hundreds or perhaps thousands of babies while he was trying to destroy Jesus. Even with all his horrendous efforts to kill Jesus and stop the promise from coming to pass...he failed. But Herod did not destroy Him because God saved Him again and again.

This is one thing that we know to be true; when the Lord begins to fulfill a promise, the enemy will try and destroy it in its infancy. When your destiny is birthed, all hell seems to come against it. Your destiny, even in its infancy, is a prime target for the enemy. He wants to destroy it while it is small and seemingly helpless...we should expect this. That way when the attack comes, we will know it is just an attack and not the end of our destiny.

We should not fear this attack, because it is indeed a part of the process of birth. You may not look very threatening to the enemy now; you may even feel like a failure. However, Satan, like Herod, is terrified of your future.

God's Protection
I truly believe that the vision of the dragon waiting for the woman to give birth in Revelation 12:4 is a prophetic picture of Christ, but quite often in scripture there is more than one meaning to a passage. I believe this scripture is also a picture of the enemy's tactics against our future in Christ. We know he does not play fair, that he will strike us at our weakest. He did not play fair with Jesus and he won't play fair with us.

"Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine! When you pass through the waters, I will be with you..." (Isaiah 43:1-2). When we walk through the waters of persecution, we see God more clearly and experience a greater measure of His power to protect us. We shouldn't become fearful because of these circumstances, but let it increase our confidence in our Lord.

When He was born, Christ's defeat seemed inevitable. He was the Savior, but He was just a helpless baby... or was He? Don't forget the God of destiny. The God of the whole universe is watching out for you. Whatever comes upon you, you will see the dawn of destiny's light and you will have nothing to fear because God is with you.

"I am with you, and will protect you wherever you go" (Genesis 28:15 TLB).

In spite of all that life throws at you, you know that you are in the arms of a gentle Heavenly Father, and every battle you endure He will use to strengthen you. Through every trial, you gain knowledge. With every test, whether you pass or fail, you become more aware of God's mercy and grace. It is God's desire that you possess more of His Son's character through every trial you endure.

Our Destiny
"She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth," (Revelation 12:2).

This woman's destiny was to give birth to a child. She was in great pain, but her pain was a part of the plan. It had a purpose! How often we want the pain to stop. It hurts and we do not understand it. But it is a part of God's plan for us and we need to trust Him. Our trials produce a power in us that can be gained by nothing else.

Do not despair, friend, He will carry you through every valley and up to every mountaintop. Don't waste your energy or your heart trying to rush through or away from your pain. Work with it to produce the purpose and power God intends.

When the Lord Builds the House
"For [God] spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm" (Psalms 33:9).

God set into motion the days that we live in; He spoke and separated the light from the darkness. The light He called day and the darkness night. Every morning when we awake and the sun rises with us, we experience God's faithfulness to the plans He has spoken into being for our lives. It doesn't matter if we make mistakes; God is faithful to defend what He has set in place. "The Lord foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples. But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations" (Psalms 33:10-11). When the Lord has set you in place, you will stand firm. He will keep you!

"Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the watchman stands guard in vain" (Psalms 127:1).

Only God can keep you. If He has set you into place, He will be faithful to keep you. What God has established, He is faithful to protect. Your destiny is in God's hands and he will not fail you!

The only destiny worth having is the one God has planned for you. The only house that is of any value to you is the house in which God has built for you.

Dearest Father,
I bless what You are building in Your dear child. I pray now that You would complete and defend what You have created in their heart. Amen

May God bless you and keep you.

"May your unfailing love rest upon [this one], O Lord, even as [they] put [their] hope in you" (Psalm 33:22 AMP).


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Thank you Lois! I really needed this message!
May the Lord continue to bless you and keep you close!