LoisFaith2000
Sep 30 2007, 09:13 PM
October 1, 2007 Inch by inch. You are weary from the battles. It seems like you have to fight for every inch of ground you gain, inch by inch. Your energy is drained and you are asking, how can I be continue at this pace and effort? You even wonder if it is I who has given you over to these battles. But I say unto you, take the ground I am giving you. Do not give the enemy an inch. If you do, he will take the proverbial mile from you. Call upon My name and I will give you rest, strategies for the future and I will give you new armor and equipment. But more than this, I will extend to you far more grace in your time of need. Trust Me. I am here. Inch by inch.
1 Timothy 6:12 "Fight the good fight for what we believe. Hold tightly to the eternal life that God has given you, which you have confessed so well before many witnesses." 2 Timothy 4:7-8 " I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing."
Praise and Devotionals / BURNING BEFORE HIS THRONE MEANS STANDING IN THE ALL-CONSUMING FIRE 9/30 on: Today at 07:52:55am
September 30, 2007
Bob Sorge:
"BURNING BEFORE HIS THRONE MEANS STANDING IN THE ALL-CONSUMING FIRE"
"His 'consuming fire' will burn away all from your life, until all that's left is love itself."
My prayer life was transformed when I discovered that prayer is the glorious adventure of an unfolding, growing, reciprocating relationship with the living God of the universe. Nothing excels the glory of burning with holy longing before a burning God who blazes with fiery passions for weak but lovesick worshipers.
I didn't stumble or wander accidentally into this discovery; it was a divine set-up. I was ambushed. In my case, a personal trial has been used by God to totally rewrite my spiritual DNA, redirect the course of my life, and bring me to the threshold of a relationship that I always longed for but didn't know how to find. The calamity made me absolutely desperate for God. I began to scour God's Word like a starving man trying to stay alive. It wasn't the fiery trial that changed me; it was the desperate pursuit of God in the trial that changed me.
There are two Scriptures that define my place before God in my present season. The first is Deuteronomy 10:8, "At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister to Him and to bless in His name, to this day." I now see my primary calling as being that of standing before God and ministering to Him. No great agenda, no mighty ambitions, no rush to move on to the next thing. I just stand before Him and love Him.
The second Scripture is Revelation 4:5, "Seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God." When I saw the phrase, "burning before the throne," my heart cried out, "Lord, I want those same words to characterize my life. I too want to stand before You and burn before Your throne!"
I have discovered who I am. I am a holy one (not because of who I am, but because of where I am) who stands before the throne of The Holy One, gazes upon His beauty and majesty, the fire that flows from His throne (see Daniel 7:10) flowing into my heart, setting me ablaze with the same fiery passions that kindle God's heart, and now my love flows back to Him like a volcanic eruption as my heart responds to the love He is now igniting in my heart (see Romans 5:5).
I will burn before Him for eternity. I will always stand here. By His grace, I shall never be moved. May nothing of this world or of hell's assault ever deter me from this holy stand before His throne. I've tasted of the ultimate privilege of burning before His throne, and I'm ruined for anything less.
Simply Stand
There are seasons when God calls us to simply stand. We might prefer the adrenalin of chasing down a great cause, but sometimes God calls us to stop all activity and just stand. Sometimes He gives us no choice. Occasionally, circumstances will constrain us beyond our ability to steer a different course, and we become prisoners to the chains that bind us to God's will. Incapable of extricating ourselves and moving on to the next thing, all we can do is stand and burn in holy love for our King.
It is commonly said, "Don't just stand there, do something!" When circumstances in our lives are careening out of control, the great temptation--when you don't know what to do--is to do something. "God can't steer a stationary vehicle," they say, "So start moving out on something, and let God direct your course."
That may be the way to go in some situations, but the Lord has been leading me in a different path. He inverted that common saying and gave it to me this way, "Don't just do something, stand there!" It came like this: "When you don't know what to do, don't just do something! Wait on Me, stand before Me, minister to Me, until. Until I speak. When I speak to you, then you can move out in response. But until I speak, just stand there."
I've been gripped recently by the phrase, "the fire never says, 'Enough!'" (Proverbs 30:16). There is a fire in God that is never satisfied; and there's a fire in me, placed there by God, that is never satisfied. The fire in me is constantly reaching out for more of God; and the fire in Him responds by desiring more of me in return. Eternity will be the unending adventure of ever giving more of our hearts in fiery love to Him, as He eternally unfolds more of His glorious beauty to us.
Do something dangerous. Get alone with God! His "consuming fire" will burn away all from your life, until all that's left is love itself. This is our God, "Who makes...His ministers a flame of fire" (Hebrews 1:7).
He'll make you one, too, if you'll let Him.
Bob Sorge
LoisFaith2000
Oct 1 2007, 08:48 AM
Spirit of Prophecy Bulletin
The Trumpet by Bill Burns -- October 1, 2007: Stir up the gift that I have deposited in your heart. Stir up the proceeding words that I have spoken to you, for surely they shall come to pass. Stir up the embers and cause the flames to come forth. I say, that you are a people of understanding, a people who have wisdom. Now it is time to do the work and stir up the impartation that you have received and bring it to the forefront of your lives. Cause it to be a bright and burning flame that will light the path that you walk on. Remember the days of old when you were a mighty warrior. Remember those days and stir up again the shout of victory. Open the Book of Remembrance that you have written and recount the exploits that I have involved you in. Remember the prayers that I have answered! Remember all that I have saved you from and the times when I watched over you when no one else would. Remember My touch. Remember that our hearts are joined together, and the two shall never be separated. Remember most of all, My children, that I love you with a love that is beyond human understanding or human compassion. I will never leave you nor forsake you. I will be with you always, even to the very end of the age. Do not forget My presence, says the Lord.
Small Straws In A Soft Wind by Marsha Burns - - October 1, 2007: Again, My chosen vessels, I am opening your eyes so that I can show you how to achieve greater efficiency through establishing a higher level of divine order in, around and through you. Simplicity is the operative word, for certainly you will find the supernatural wisdom necessary to unclutter and simplify every process. Be alert to the leading of My Spirit as I bring you through this procedure, and rejoice in the freedom that it brings, says the Lord. Psalms 18:33 He makes my feet like the feet of deer, and sets me on my high places.
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1. Jericho Victory Just Ahead
I heard the Lord say, "Going on. Moving on from here. Rising to a new elevation. Progressing toward destiny."
It is the time for Israel, My people, to be on the move. Break up your camp. Move out of the familiar - don't grumble! - and disassociate yourself with the comfortable and the predictable, because these things will change.
The trumpet is blowing; the sound rides on the air. Change is imminent, is now, and you must be ready, prepared to move. Let go of any entanglements. Lay down and just leave behind any burdens, for the order to move out will come quickly. Then you must be prepared to go.
This move is in the spirit but nevertheless very real. It is a move forward, not backward. It takes you from where you have camped in your transition to your next place of testing and overcoming, a new level of achievement in the Spirit, with a new empowerment accompanying it.
It's your Jericho, for the walls are coming down. Expect a new level of the prophetic. The trumpets will sound and then a mighty SHOUT of praise throughout the earth, before your Jericho walls tumble down and you gain access to the enemy's camp, his bastion, his seat of authority, and utterly rout him.
From then on, the victory is YOURS. The tide turns, so to speak. The battle changes. You are on a victory march through the land and ALL of it shall be yours. All of it shall be yours, prophesies the Lord, your God. All of it shall be yours.
2. Prepare for the Greatest Love You've Ever Known
I will encamp against you all around; I will encircle you with towers and set up my siege works against you. Isaiah 29:3
My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice. Song of Solomon 2: 9
Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires. Song of Solomon 2:7., 3:5 and 8:4
I will captivate you. The stag waits behind your walls and lattices. The Bridegroom has unleashed His love for the bride. She says and knows, "Do not wake my love until it is time."
Well, it is time! Awaken, love of the bride, for the Bridegroom's love is unbridled. It is loosed. Step out from those broken down walls, which He will break down, and see, meet with your Beloved.
Come! The Spirit and the bride say, Come, Lord Jesus. And He comes, specifically as Bridegroom of their hearts, He comes.
Prepare for and enter into the deepest love relationship you have ever had. It's coming. Get ready! Simplify your life. It's here, even at the door.
Relax. He will do it all.
LoisFaith2000
Oct 1 2007, 09:53 AM
071001 I Authorize You to Speak to Mountains
Carlotta Waldmann, Th.B., R.N.
Oct 1 2007 10:23AM
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Matt 21:21 So Jesus answered and said to them, "Assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, 'Be removed and be cast into the sea,' it will be done. NKJV
I Authorize You to Speak to the Mountains
It was immediately after My triumphal entry that greater opposition came to question my authority to overthrow money changers in the temple. I look to and fro over all the earth for those who recognize My authority to change world systems. I call you to be one who will not only stand in the gap, but will speak to the mountains with Me. This is your season to speak to the mountains and to cast them into the sea. When you say what you hear Me saying, you will "know that you know" that you will have whatever you [We] say.
You will not be like the son in Matt. 21 who said he would and then did not. You may hesitate and count the cost, but you will be like the son who seeks Me early, hears My Words, declares them and who receives My spiritual authority in power and love. I officially authorize you to be a Matt. 21:21 believer who will speak My will into existence! Commit yourself to My service - to speak to the mountains and never look back - until you have seen Me do it. Whatever We speak, believing we have it already, we shall have.
Ask for words of knowledge and words of wisdom. Don't under-estimate what I will do.
I am all authority on Heaven and in earth, Jesus
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