by Marsha Burns
October 11, 2007: You are about to find out that what you thought would be a quick fix is actually a process. When your quick fix does not work, ask for wisdom and look for alternative ways to accomplish what you need to do. This is no time to give up or get discouraged. As you move through this process you will learn some things that will be very helpful in the days ahead. You will also come to the understanding that My ways are not your ways, and that your methods are inferior to Mine. Yield to this process and keep moving forward. The end will justify the means, says the Lord. Isaiah 55:9 "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts
By Barbara Martin
It is easier to listen to man than it is to God, because with man we see and hear with our physical senses and with God we must tune in with our spirit. This is a word for those of you who find it easier to look to their pastor, a teacher on radio and TV, or even my Word for Today to speak to you on spiritual matters instead of you reading the Word or going to the Lord in prayer on your own. While there is nothing wrong with listening to all those as God is using them, He nevertheless insists that you put your trust and faith in Him instead of man. What, after all is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord has assigned to each his task. 1 Corinthians 3:5 If you want a personal relationship with the Lord, you have to go to Him in a personal way and not insist on using an intermediary. Jesus is your intermediary to the Father, not your pastor or teacher. That does not mean you should not listen to them, but it does mean your pastor or teacher is only a servant. For when you go to your fathers house you do not go to see the servant. And if you really want to talk to your Father in Heaven, there is no use going through anyone else other than Jesus. So you are no longer a slave, but a son (daughter); and since you are a son (daughter), God has made you also an heir. Galatians 4:7 As an heir you have free access to your Father since He loves you unconditionally and is waiting for you to come and see Him. Why would you prefer to go see the servant rather than your Father? I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know Him better. Ephesians 1:17
by Tina Morton
And now, Everything Changes
What you once knew is gone, and what you will come into, is soon to be revealed. The fiery darts of the devil have come against you and pressed you hard on every side. But today, says the Lord, I hand you a new weapon. It is the rod of my correction. Use it wisely, as you will be accountable for your actions. My Spirit will guide you and direct you as you now began to execute my judgments upon the land. Have I not said that you would rule and reign with your God. You are joint heirs to the throne. You have a royal bloodline. Do not feel that you do not have this authority, for surely I have delegated it to those I can trust.
I command you now to bring down the principalities that have ruled over your regions. Tear down the walls and the strongholds that have held you and your country captive. Be not afraid, for I AM with you! I will go before you, giving you the authority to execute my judgments upon the lands. As I was with Joshua, so shall I be with you. The land that once belonged to your enemies, I now hand over to you. Everywhere your feet shall tread, that shall be your inheritance. I give it to you freely, and freely you shall give it away. Others will come and drink from the waters of the ancient wells that have been reopened. No longer will the masses cry for deliverance from captivity. For I have come to deliver my house, my bride, my beloved.
For as eternity has no beginning and no end, so shall it be with my beloved. You are now coming into a time that will never be again, yet has always been. My heart will be given to those who are fully given to me. You will be repairers of the breach. It is time to display my love and power to the multitudes. Freedom will come to my own. They will not be inhibited by demonic forces (operating through people) that have ridiculed their worship of me, because they have not understood the ways of the Spirit.
I have come to take back what is rightfully mine. The earth is Mine and the fullness thereof. I will continue to give the keys of revelation knowledge to those who will take the kingdom by force! My warriors are in place. My delegated authorities have been waiting for their release. I have mounted my horse, and I'm ready to ride! And now, everything changes!
Isaiah 61:1-8
1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
2To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
3To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
4And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations. 5And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. 6But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. 7For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them. 8For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them
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by Tommy Hays
Reward of Heaven
Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you on account of the Son of Man. Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for surely your reward is great in heaven; for that is what their ancestors did to the prophets" (Luke 6:22-23).
You are the Reward of Heaven. Everything I endure along the journey through this broken, fallen world will not be worth comparing to the joy of the Reward set before me in heaven. Keep giving me that heavenly perspective now, keep moving my heart to seek Your face now, so that one day I will stand in Your presence in heaven and see You face to face (1 Corinthians 13:12). There will be no more sadness, no more sickness, no more sorrow; there will be the joy of Jesus, revealed to me in the fullness of Your glory -- my Reward and the Destination of my journey (Revelation 21:1-8). In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.
by T.H.
“Divine Direction”
The Word of God says:
Genesis 46:28 (KJV)
And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen.
Psalm 5:3 (KJV)
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
Proverbs 3:6 (KJV)
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Proverbs 11:5 (KJV)
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Eccles. 10:10 (KJV)
If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
Isaiah 45:13 (KJV)
I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the Lord of hosts.
Isaiah 61:8 (KJV)
For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
Jeremiah 10:23 (KJV)
O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
1 Thes. 3:11 (KJV)
Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.
2 Thes. 3:5 (KJV)
And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
PRAYER:
LORD, WE THANK YOU THAT YOUR HOLY SPIRIT GOES BEFORE US, AND WE FOLLOW IN YOUR DEVINE DIRECTION IN EVERY SITUATION OF LIFE TODAY
FATHER, WE PRAISE YOU, AND IT IS OUR VOICE YOU HEAR, IT IS EARLY AND WE DIRECT OUR PRAYERS UNTO YOU, AND WE LOOK UP FOR YOUR DIRECTION IN ALL THINGS TODAY
JESUS, IN ALL OF OUR WAYS WE DO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU, AND WE THANK YOU FOR DIRECTING OUR PATHS TODAY
LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS THROUGH CHRIST JESUS, AND BY OUR PERFECTION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, THAT ALL OF OUR WAYS ARE DIRECTED BY YOU O GOD TODAY
FATHER, WE PRAISE YOU FOR YOUR WORD SAYS THAT WISDOM IS PROFITABLE TO DIRECT, AND SO WE FOLLOW THE SHARP EDGE OF YOUR WISDOM DIRECTING US THROUGH EVERY COMPLEX SITUATION, CIRCUMSTANCE, AND SCENARIO THAT WE WILL WALK IN TODAY
JESUS, WE EXALT YOU BECAUSE WE ARE RAISED IN YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND ALL OUR WAYS ARE DIRECTED OF GOD, AND WE WILL BE THE BUILDERS OF YOUR CITIES, AND LIBERATORS OF THE CAPTIVES, NEITHER FOR PRICE NOR REWARD BUT FOR YOUR SAKE TODAY O GOD
LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR DIRECTING ALL OF OUR WORK IN YOUR TRUTH AND WE WILL WALK IN YOUR EVERLASTING COVENANT TODAY
NOW, GOD OUR FATHER AND LORD JESUS CHRIST, DIRECT OUR WAYS TOWARD THOSE YOU WOULD HAVE US CONNECTED WITH TODAY
LASTLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR DIRECTING OUR HEARTS INTO THE LOVE OF GOD, AND INTO THE PATIENT WAITING FOR CHRIST IN ALL THINGS TODAY
IN JESUS NAME, WE PRAY …AMEN!
Traumatized or Sanitized ? Pris
Priscilla Van Sutphin
Oct 11 2007 09:00AM
Traumatized or Sanitized ?
October 10, 2007
Scribe: Priscilla van Sutphin
www.upstreamca.org
tearsofthefather@ca.rr.com
Gal 6:1-3 NKJV Bear and Share the Burdens
Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness , considering yourself lest you also be tempted. 2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. 3 For if anyone thinks himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself.
Gentleness NT:4239 praus (prah-ooce'); apparently a primary word; mild, i.e. (by implication) humble: KJV - meek. See also NT:4235.
NT:4235 praios (prah'-os); a form of NT:4239, used in certain parts; gentle, i.e. humble:
KJV - meek.
To BEAR re burdens NT:941 bastazo (bas-tad'-zo); perhaps remotely derived from the base of NT:939 (through the idea of removal); to lift, literally or figuratively (endure, declare, sustain, receive, etc.): KJV - bear, carry, take up.
“ I’ve admonished you beloveds, to cleanse yourselves from all that contaminates your thinking, and your actions, and I know there are many who have tried best they knew how to get the healing and deliverance needed. So many in the church have not known HOW to help many of My children.
The church is so full of wounded or prideful people, that they are unable in some circumstances to get the healing they need, because those doing the healing are walking in woundedness and lack of deliverance themselves.
Insecurity leads to traumatizing My beloveds further, and instead of cleansing they get more defiled by religious spirits, lust, greed, and all manner of ungodliness. Jezebel rules in many churches so that they get traumatized instead of sanitized ! They get bludgeoned and pierced through with arrows instead of helped, or they get ineffective prayer, for two minutes at the altar, because no one wants to really take TIME to help them pray through anything.
Beloveds, My church is to be a hospital for hurting souls.
My church is to deliver the wounded from all evil that encompasses them about and to teach them how to overcome.
I am interested not just in gathering fish, but cleaning the fish ! My children need to know they are loved and cared for by Me. But if you are walking in envy and self seeking, then every other evil thing is there. If you want to walk in humility, then you need to spend time with others who are humble, and not proud and arrogant in their ways. I’ve said, do not go near a bitter man, lest you learn his ways. This applies not only to bitterness, but to anger, and rage, to lying and deception, to complaining and gossiping.
I no longer want my sheep to be driven out of the church !
I will change the order of things !
I will cleanse and heal My sheep, and I will feed them Myself, and give to them true shepherds who are not hirelings, so that they can be cared for and loved as I love them. Do not underestimate those around you beloveds !
Honor the weaker brother and do not exclude them. Bear one anothers burdens and help them carry their cross in this way, just as Simon helped me carry My cross and just as I washed the feet of the disciples. Wash one another’s feet. Have you thought on this ? Have you seen that when you help carry the burdens for each other the load for all becomes lighter ? Have you seen that when you do it, you get to know each other better ? You begin to walk in love and understanding.
When I tell you to judge with righteous judgment, it means to discern right from wrong in others, and not to allow yourself to be led astray. But when
I tell you NOT to “ judge” in a negative way, it means you are not to think you are above that person you just discerned something in. Because apart from ME, you can DO NOTHING RIGHT ! I alone know what is in the HEART of a man, so I AM TO JUDGE, not you ! I tell you the truth, that if you think you are spiritual, then love one another as I HAVE LOVED YOU !
Have you yet died for another ? Are you greater than your Master and Lord?
Do you have knowledge ? Do you have wisdom ? Are you the source of these things or am I ? All wisdom that is from above, comes down from the Father of Lights, in whom there is no turning. Wisdom from this earth is useless in being applied to spiritual things.
James 3:13-16 NIV
13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom . 14 But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. 15 Such "wisdom " does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil. 16 For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
I tell you the truth, that if you want to walk in ability to heal and deliver others, you must rely on MY WISDOM for each person comes with their own set of circumstances and experiences, and I alone know every secret of their heart. As you pray for them, and worship Me, in the secret place, I will give you the wisdom you need to help them. I will show you how to pray, how to counsel them, what to speak to them in wisdom. I will give you understanding that will help them walk into the light in all the areas of their lives. My Word is also LIFE to your spirit and LIFE to your bones ! Pray My WORD ! Speak My WORD in faith and watch me perform it in the lives of those around you.
There are many coming in on the crest of this new wave of My Spirit, and your vats will need to be full of NEW WINE. You need to RELY and DEPEND ON ME, and not on the old ways. If you ASK, then you will receive all you need in wisdom, understanding and knowledge. For I am POURING OUT WINE and OIL, and blessing you with all manner of gifting that you will be able to do the work of the Kingdom.
But I want you to do it MY WAY, not your way. I don’t want hirelings. I want true shepherds, who will love My sheep and lambs, and care for them as if they were their very own. Just as I TREAT YOU as My very own, and give you mercy, that is how you are to give mercy to others, and have patience with them ! Have I not been patient with you ? Have I not given you much time to grow and to repent, and to learn of My love ? I want you to move in GENTLENESS ! For many will come who are so bruised and wounded, that they need a tender touch. Not all , but many will respond only from this approach. There are many types of people who respond differently to different personalities. So be open to listen to what I have to say, so you know what each person needs !
Trust in ME beloveds to speak to you, and for all the wisdom you need.
ASK FOR RAIN NOW ! ASK FOR THE FORMER AND LATTER TO COME. ASK FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT TO BE POURED OUT. I AM THE ONLY ANSWER FOR ALL THE ILLS OF THIS WORLD. I AM THE ONLY ANSWER FOR YOUR OWN NEEDS AND CIRCUMSTANCES. I AM A BIG, BIG GOD ! HEAVEN IS MY THRONE AND EARTH MY FOOTSTOOL.
BELIEVE FOR GREATER GRACE, AND GREATER MEASURES OF ALL THAT I’VE GIVEN YOU. I LOVE YOU IMMEASURABLY ! REMEMBER HOW MUCH I HAVE DONE FOR YOU, AND DO THE SAME FOR OTHERS !”
Phil 4:5 NKJV Let your gentleness be known to all men. The Lord is at hand.
Eph 4:1-6 NKJV Walk in Unity - I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, 2 with all lowliness and gentleness , with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, 3 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
1 Cor 4:19-21 NKJV But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord wills, and I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power. 20 For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power. 21 What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness ?
2 Cor 10:1-2 NKJV The Spiritual War
Now I, Paul, myself am pleading with you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ — who in presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.
1 Tim 6:11 NKJV The Good Confession - But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness
Everlasting Joy by Mary Clark
October 11, 2007
Heed the voice of the Beloved. Make a determined stance to continue on the path that I have for you. Do not veer off the path. Look forward to all that lies ahead, for in so doing you will show faith in the One Who is holy, just, and true.
Look forward to all of My plans developing, beloved. Look forward to seeing them shine forth as clear as a spring day, and know deep within your heart that I do all things well and in a timely fashion.
I am your God. I have a plan. I will deliver. You may certainly count on Me to deliver all that I have promised, and that is not all, beloved. When I make My delivery, it will not only be in full, it will be tied with a shiny red bow, a shiny red bow that will delight your heart and offer to you an everlasting joy deep within your precious heart.