A Hundred-Fold Return
by Steven Bliss [godsfire@woh.rr.com]



Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering
the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate
it up. Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil.
It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the
sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because
they had no root. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and
choked the plants, so that they did not bear grain. Still other
seed fell on good soil. It came up, grew and produced a crop,
multiplying thirty, sixty, or even a hundred times."
-- Mark 4:-38 (NIV)

Stretch out your hand to those about you. Do not hold back. If you listen,
I will direct you to the soil which is ready, which I have already
prepared. There shall be a great multiplication, a hundred-fold return
for My kingdom. You will find a great multiplication of My ways and
what I can do through you.




Each year I share this vision that was given for these times. It flows hand in hand with the teaching on Four End Time Spirits. The realities it depicts become more true each day that passes....especially since this historical election. May we be AWAKE! and ALERT! as to what is happening concerning our nation! I believe that through this small vision, our God reveals insight into the true nature of things. He says what He means...and He means what He says.
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We are truly living in the time of the end. I am reading many prophetic things that, though disturbing, I know in my spirit that they are the truth of the matter...of how God's general protection on our land is beginning to lift. America, as a nation divided, in its bold faced determination to NOT walk in His ways and remain founded on His truth....has pushed Him to begin to withdraw some of His protective blessing on the land, on lives, on families, on government, on businesses, on fortunes, on land areas, etc. The list goes on and on.

Mankind has become SO wicked. They trust in "oppression" as the "way it is". People - even God's people - hide behind the phrase, "this is just the 'way I am' so take me as I am!" Unrepentant. Arrogant. No intention of changing. Unbending. Vicious. Abusive. Angry. Stubborn. Insensitive. Scoffing. Mocking. It is heartbreaking!

In many situations, honest words of truth seem to have "no effect" anymore. There is no "discussing it". People rail and spin with "much speaking" to defend themselves with empty words telling why they are "the way they are"...and why they have their "rights". Life, in the USA and in the world...is just NOT what is was. The time of the end is upon us....and can only get worse if God's people do not humble themselves, pray, seek His Face and turn from their wicked ways. 2 Chronicles 7:14

Trials and testing of the faith of God's people is at an all time high. Dear people are dropping dead...getting sick...breaking covenant relationships, being depressed for long periods of time. Finances are being gobbled up. Fortunes that were once secure....have evaporated. Weather patterns have gone haywire! The heat of the furnace is 7 times hotter. Change is underway. Everything that can be shaken IS begin shaken! This is not speaking doubt and unbelief...it is an honest description of the realities even Christians are experiencing. But praise God....Jesus, the Fourth Man in the Fire, is in this inferno with us.



Yet, God asks, "What will we do in the end?" Will we cling to Him and stand with Him...or will we give in to the heat?

For 33 years, as a prayer warrior, I have travailed in intercessory prayer concerning the things I read in the Word of God....over things He revealed by His Spirit about this "time". But the "times" have overtaken us. Evidences that God's judgment has begun to fall on wickedness is apparent to discerning believers. We must separate ourselves from evil in all its forms if we are to know His continued protection personally.

In the last 20 years...this nation...and all its people have turned so many "corners"...that we, as a nation, are headed in a direction away from our Christian foundation...and many "men and women love to have it so." Hell has come to earth in many corners, and most are reveling in it. "Relevancy" has replaced "revelation". Popularity and polls have replaced prophecy. Masses of people demand to "have it their own way", "doing what is right in their own eyes." Judges 21:25

While studying the information on the four end time spirits (see Archive for posts on that topic), I had a vision in prayer - a vision in which I saw a fortress....during two different time periods.



In the first time period, this great stronghold was a place of safety and protection for those who lived within. Its impenetrable solid walls were made of a polished metal, ten to twelve feet thick...strong as steel and several stories high. No attacking or terrorizing force could enter to bring harm to those within. The walls were even protected by a thick camouflage of green, leafy vines...a network of healthy growth...arising from the life-giving waters which surrounded the fortress. These thick boughs grew up hanging over the walls and made a canopy of shade and beauty to offer the inhabitants within. They also hid the walls from the view of those who might attempt to attempt harm and enter wrongfully...bringing with them massive death and destruction.

Behind the thick protection with its coating of camouflage, the people within lived, worked, played, prospered, pulled together, and worshipped God without care or concern of outside attack. Their boundaries were intact....and they were safe. They were "covered" by the massive protection of Almighty God. Two huge doors remained securely and tightly shut to keep out those things that should not enter.

In the second time period....I noticed a several things. The people inside grew lax, lazy, fat and selfish...independently thinking themselves to be in control of their protection and prosperity. They began to argue and fight with one another, breaking covenants of all kinds…most especially with GOD. They became profane, lewd, and violent. They even "entertained" themselves with such behavior. They ceased to freely and openly worship God who had created them and offered them massive protection and blessings since their foundation.

The vines slowly parched and began to die....exposing the massive metal walls all around to heat and the elements. There was no water at the base of the walls, no moisture for the vines to draw from. As the water had dried up...so did the vines. The massive doors were slowly opening. All this happened so slowly...as if over an extended season, and those inside did not notice at first that their massive protection was retreating. The covering was being lifted....and the people exposed...to the hordes of evil that were approaching.

I woke up very heavy of heart knowing that this was America...yet Jesus stands over the continents of the earth with His hands outstretched still...whosoever will...may come!



This is reminiscent of a heartfelt plea Jesus spoke to His people: "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God's messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as a hen protects her chicks beneath her wings, BUT YOU WOULDN'T LET ME! And now, look, your house is abandoned and desolate!"

As Americans, may we REPENT, humble ourselves, seek His Face, pray and turn from our wicked ways! Come...hide in the cleft of the Rock!



Find your daily place of Refuge in Jesus! Awaken to the Truth...while there is still time to be attached to the True Vine and be planted by the Rivers of Living Water! Get inside His Ark of Safety and remain, respecting His Authority eternally! Honor the King. He is Lord and God!

Looking unto JESUS - the ONE MIGHTY TO SAVE and DELIVER US from ALL approaching evil!

Sandy




"JESUS CHRIST is the same...yesterday, today, and forever!" Hebrews 13:8







Eagles are very interesting. They are our national symbol for the great seal of the United States which can be seen in most any encyclopedia. Eagles are proud and powerful birds. In the Word where it talks of mounting up as wings of eagles, it is talking about the power and the manner of the eagle. When a storm comes which they find themselves right in the middle of, they lock their powerful wings and fly way up high above the storm and ride it out until it is over. This is the same way it is for us as believers. When we are touched with a storm from the enemy, we have to “lock our wings and fly high above it all.” In other words, we must stand strong on the promises and rise above every circumstance that is there. We cannot be moved by the physical circumstances. We must decide to only be moved by the Word of God. When we do that we are “rising up with wings as eagles.”
(Isa 40:31) But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Have you ever felt defeated? Have you ever felt like giving up? Does the past always seem to come up and get in the way of your future. Do you feel like you have been zapped of your strength because of all of the circumstances? Well cheer up my brother, cheer up my sister, God is our strength. He is how we are able to do things. (Php 4:13) I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

He is the way maker. He perfects my way. (2Sa 22:33) God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.

He is my strength. (Psa 19:14) Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

Rejoice in the Lord, rejoice in thine heart, for He has helped you. (Psa 28:7) The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him.

When you cry unto Him, He hears us and answers, and gives us strength. (Psa 138:3) In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

He is my strength, He puts me on high places. (Hab 3:19) The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments

The Lord is counsel, and He has Strength. (Pro 8:14) Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.

The Lord is my rock, and He is my deliverer, He is my strength. (Psa 18:2) The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

Here is a little background about the High Tower. “High tower” in this verse talks of the defense that they had in those days. There were no police and armies to speak of. In order to be safe, the owner would build a high tower that could not be climbed. If anyone tried to reach it, they would fall into the moat. Many of the older castles had a hight towner which was surrounded by a moat filled with alligators. There was a draw bridge to come and go from the castle or the high tower. After they were inside and safe, the would raise the draw bridge from the inside. The became your “high tower” or your protection.

Trust God with all your heart, and never try and figure it out. When you think about it all the time and try and reason things out in your head, then you can never win. But , if you trust in God, then you can clearly hear the voice of God. (Psa 37:3) Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

Trust in Him. Lean on Him. He will direct your paths. (Pro 3:5) Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. (Pro 3:6) In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

If you are not wise in your own eyes, then He can and will direct your paths.
(Pro 3:7) Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
(Pro 3: It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.

Our ways are never perfect, but Gods way is always perfect.
(2Sa 22:31) As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.

(Psa 18:30) As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
Buckler=a shield or defense.
In Him,
Prophetess Frances Lloyd





WISDOM: WHEN GOD TURNS UP THE HEAT 7/17/08



INTERESTING FACT ABOUT HEAT: This fact was documented on Modern Marvels, they had a test in 1963 in NASA. Researchers found that when the outside temperature rises up to 95 degrees, a person can make up to 60 mistakes an hour. Bringing the temperature down 5 degrees, reduces the number of mistakes to 9 per hour. So they using these cooling vests for race car drivers, fire fighters, astronauts, surgeons, military and now in football.



PARABLE: I have found that in the worst tests of my life, (when the heat is turn up in my spiritual, physical or emotional life) that I make a lot of stupid mistakes. Weakness has taught me to constantly pray over things and lean on God to help me.



I understand that when God turns up the heat, it is for the purpose of flushing all those impurities to the surface. And that is when we start making more mistakes than usual. Walk in the fear of the Lord, don’t trust in your own strength and pray that you do not fall!



1 Cor 9:24-27 NKJV

Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it. And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable crown. Therefore I run thus: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air. But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.



"And it will be a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead that the LORD brought us out of Egypt with His mighty hand." Exodus 13:16

I want to take all of us on a journey together to explore various facets of healing and all that it means to modern-day Believers. Today, I would like us to take a fresh look at the Book of Exodus from the perspective of deliverance and destiny being intertwined in God's heart for His people.

According to the dictionary, exodus means mass departure, migration, emigration, flight or evacuation. The Israelites could not avoid their "exodus"; it was a necessary part of their process of deliverance and healing under God's mighty hand. They were delivered by the blood of Passover into a mass departure from enslavement to the Egyptians.

In much the same way today, every child of God needs to embrace "exodus" as a crucial element of God's plan of acceleration and release into the next stage of their Kingdom destiny. By this I mean we need to be willing to leave the past behind in order to step into the incredible potential and promises of our future with God.

Our broken hearts and shattered dreams need to be healed by Jesus just as much as broken bones and wasting diseases that need His miracle touch. Just like the Israelites we must learn to appropriate the Blood of the Lamb, our Passover King, as we embrace our own personal exodus. We need only believe that Christ is truly who He says He is - the Saviour and Healer of all mankind and our personal Redeemer.

God's Perspective of Our Battle is Strategically Brilliant!

"Pharaoh will think, 'The Israelites are wandering around the land in confusion, hemmed in by the desert.'" Exodus 14:3

In effect, God had created a smoke-screen as part of His battle strategy. By telling the Israelites to turn back and camp near Pi Hahiroth, it looked to Pharaoh and his army that God's people were in total confusion and on the run. However, quite the opposite was true! God allowed His people to experience a wilderness, but this difficult terrain was to become a springboard to ultimate deliverance from oppressive evil.

A wilderness is a dry, barren environment with apparently little or no fruit; a place in which we may feel isolated and intimidated. Yet even when we don't understand God's plan for our lives, we must realise that God's perspective of the battle is strategically brilliant. He will ensure we are positioned for victory. Even when we walk through a wilderness season, we can be confident that our breakthrough is near. The devil will take us to the edge of hell, but God will bring us beyond the brink into Kingdom blessing.

On the other hand, it is typical that the enemy of our souls will try and turn the tables on us and create his own smoke-screen in an attempt to convince God's children that they are oppressed, enslaved and in confusion. We must declare boldly that the devil is a liar and a thief. God's perfect plan in Christ is to rescue and deliver us into total healing of body, mind, spirit and soul.

As God directs our lives we will see the outworking of His mighty deliverance in every area of our lives and we will know the peace of Christ that surpasses all understanding. Peace produces a harvest of righteousness, and righteousness is a fruit of heavenly wisdom at work in us.

When God is Initiating Confrontation with the Enemy, He Equips His People For Battle

"The Israelites went up out of Egypt armed for battle." Exodus 13:18b

When God is about to initiate confrontation with the enemy He always equips His people for the battle and clothes them in divine armour. This is an important principle for us to embrace - the battle truly belongs to the Lord God of the armies of Israel. He is the One with whom our enemy must contend. It is in the might of Christ that we stand, not in the strength of our own valour or accomplishments. It is Calvary's victory that will ensure we walk in total freedom so long as we keep our focus on Him and not our circumstances. God's glory is our place of shelter and our resting place.

Apostle Paul's words to the Church in Ephesus help us to remember the garments with which we are clad for spiritual warfare - truth, righteousness, peace, faith, salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God coupled with the power of unrelenting prayer (see Ephesians 6:10-20).

Child of God - don't give up! Keep praying and pressing in until God's glory manifests in your particular circumstance.

God's Fire Will Burn Up Enemy Activity On Our Behalf

"By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night." Exodus 13:21

One faithful aspect of God's character is that He is our Shepherd King. In this role God patiently and powerfully guides us into covenant blessing. His word lights our path and His fire consumes all unholy activity around us as we earnestly seek Him in a lifestyle of obedient love and devotion. God's fire will burn up the enemy's activity on our behalf.

If you have ever been without light (perhaps due to a power shortage), you will appreciate that even the tiniest of flames will illuminate the darkest midnight depths. How much more then will the light of Christ's love illumine our hearts and minds with His thoughts and ways as He leads us as His lambs in healing exodus?

The enemy wants to draw us into the shadows of despair and doubt, but God's love speaks of a better way - a living in faith which embraces us in the Father's tender care. Beloved, step out of the darkness of self-doubt and unbelief into the clear blue water of God's Promised Land and enjoy the sweet fellowship of His sustaining presence.

Whatever you are going through just now will pass, and in passing through this trial, you will know a deeper revelation of God's character at work in you, and His love expressed in and through you.

God Calls Us From the Shadow of Fear into the Glory of His Power

"And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will pursue them. But I will gain glory..." Exodus 14:4

It can be difficult for us to acknowledge, but the reality is that sometimes God permits the enemy to pursue us so that His glory is revealed in His delivering power in our lives. God will allow fear to become evident in our lives so that He can heal us from its debilitating effects. God permits us to become aware of previously hidden issues because He wishes to impact them with the power of the Cross. Many modern-day heroes of faith just need to step out of the shadow of fear into the glory of Christ's healing power.

In principle, facing personal fear was what occurred when God permitted the Israelites to become aware that Pharaoh was hot on their trail. I have learned through my journey of healing that an essential principle to being an overcomer is learning to face our fears in order for God to help us conquer them and thus transition us from "victim" mode to a "victor" mentality. Breaking this destructive cycle will forge a clear path away from all kinds of abuse into true hope and healing.

Mental health issues, depression and all kinds of phobias are just some of the ways in which satan seeks to keep God's people ensnared. But God declares over us that He did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, of love and of a sound mind. Child of God, I break the power of every enemy assignment of sickness over your life in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

Face Your Fear and Let God Heal You

"As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried out to the LORD." Exodus 14:10

The Israelites started out well, but at the first sign of enemy intimidation they were petrified. Let's face it - we are not so different ourselves when trouble comes knocking at our door! When things don't quite go according to plan, we can be just as prone to "faith wobbles" as the Israelites were. It is therefore most liberating to understand that embracing healing is not about the absence of fear in our day to day activities. True courage can be ours when we receive God's grace and persist in pursuing personal freedom.

Our enemy will always try to intimidate us, but we have grace to overcome satan's every onslaught, planned sabotage, assignment and destructive plot in the name of Jesus Christ, the Name above all names.

Let's Pray: Heavenly Father, today we come to You in the name of Your beloved Son, Yeshua, and ask that You would deliver us from all evil. Lord, contend with those who contend with us. Father, we thank You that You are for us, and therefore nothing is able to stand against us. Holy Spirit, we ask You to expose areas of our lives in which You desire to bring healing and restoration, and we surrender to the journey which Your grace will take us on as You liberate every part of who we are for Your glory. Amen.
Catherine Brown







"Be Anxious For Nothing - Heaven is Now Releasing Our 'HEALTH CARE' and 'BAIL OUT' Plan"
"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving (thanking God ahead of time for what you are asking for) let your requests be made known unto God." Philippians 4:6, emphasis added

"Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health even as thy soul prospereth."
3 John 1:2



I believe that to receive what Heaven is releasing now we need to get our souls to prosper first. I believe we need to hear what God is saying concerning our lives and live by every "now" word that comes out of His mouth. When God speaks, you live! His word is health to our flesh and marrow to our bones! His word is more valuable than fine gold. If God speaks to you to go fishing to pay your taxes, you will find money in that fish's mouth!

Also in this article, I want to touch on relationships that help to get our souls to prosper so we can live in health, instead of struggling so much to get healed. I know I have received healing through others' love and prayers for me. I also have received material blessings through the least likely people that God has chosen to use in my life. Our relationships can pay off in big dividends!

Cleave to the Word that the Lord is Saying or Has Spoken to YOU!

I will never forget the words that the Lord spoke into my being five years ago, since the day I had an attack against my heart: "Son, you are now beginning to be attacked by healing, for healing runs in your family!" I had never heard these words before in my life. The Lord also showed me that my healing would be gradual, little by little. I personally believe this is so I would keep my focus on Him more than I would if He had healed me instantly. I believe I have learned more about healing the longer I have walked through this valley of my faith being tested for it.

One of the first things that I testify in every church that I have ministered to in the last five years is, "I'm being attacked by healing!" As I say these words, I immediately sense a rise in the people's faith to believe "healing is attacking them" also! Many times the enemy has tried to convince me in the natural that my healing is not really happening.

But since I know the enemy is a liar, I have become even more bold in saying what God has said to me. There came a time when such boldness and determination came upon me that I knew I had gone beyond just "testifying" and that I had been shifted in the spirit to begin "prophesying" my healing!

Reach Across Denominational Lines to Receive Heaven's 'HEALTH CARE' and 'BAIL OUT' Plans

Even as our government must reach across party lines to be healthy, God's people must reach across denominational lines to receive Heaven's "Health Care" plan for us as well as His "Bail Out" plan for our nation. Looking back upon my life, God has chosen sovereignly to use many different churches and denominations to get me to where I am today. Even in my early years when I began experiencing sickness in my body, it seems the Lord was ordering my steps and I found myself in unusual places where healing was just waiting for me to get there.

When I was seven years old with a brain tumor, through divine leading, a doctor sent me to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Mercy Hospital, which is a Catholic Hospital. My mother had all of the nuns and priests praying for me. She seemed to see through the eyes of God that His people were everywhere like angels to help us in our times of need. God miraculously and sovereignly chose that Catholic Hospital and those nuns and priests to break open the heavens over my life, and that tumor disappeared before the doctors could operate on it!

I believe that we limit God when we put limits on where we think God can or cannot move.

I Have Been Raised in Many Denominations and Looking Back, I Have No Regrets!

I have been raised in First Church of God, Church of God, Methodist, Free Methodist, in both non-Spirit filled churches and Spirit-Filled churches. Looking back, I have no regrets! I believe it took all of these denominations to get me to where God wants me to be today. I have learned to appreciate God showing up anywhere He wants to, and that is in every church!

They say if you go high above the earth you cannot see the border lines of nations, countries or states like you do on a map. God is taking us higher in the Spirit to see what He sees...no denominational lines or walls between His Body. He has people in every church or fellowship whose heart is beating for Him!

My mother testifies of visiting a church and getting healed of cancer just sitting in the pew before the service started. She later learned that that church didn't believe in healing. God must have been in that church anyhow!

My mother's healing to save her foot from being amputated came from a divine appointment with a Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a few years ago. It is one of the finest hospitals in the nation. I thank God for Presbyterians! By the way, God sometimes uses hospitals and doctors to bring forth healing and miracles in our lives. Jesus even chose "Doctor Luke" to be one of His disciples.

Recently, I called a brother who I hadn't connected with in years. Long ago we seemed to drift apart over our different beliefs in God's Word about healing, and he had gone to another denominational church. Since I was going for a heart catheterization and I knew he had been to the same hospital for a test, I thought I would call him. As our conversation was coming to an end, he asked if he could pray for me for a good report. I, of course, said yes.

As he began to pray for me, I was amazed at the anointing upon his life and prayer! And I was even more amazed as he began to pray the prayer of faith for healing for me. Little did I know how God had been working in this brother's life the many years we had been separated. I sensed he was more grounded in the Lord than I now was.

As I called him a few days later and gave him the good report, he had told me that he had all of the elders of his church praying for me the night before my heart catheterization! I was so moved to hear that another church, who didn't fully agree with me in certain ways, now was praying for me regardless of what differences we have had in the past. No wonder I got a good report on my heart test!

I Have Finally Heard the Doctor "Testifying" What I Had Been "Prophesying" For Years Concerning My Health!

What amazed me even more was that my heart catheterization showed that since my last test in 2003, there has been no further build up of plaque in my arteries! For five years the plaque in my arteries has been arrested and has not increased one bit! What really amazed me was what this heart doctor said next: "Your heart is good. You cannot have a heart attack the way it looks to me!"

Could it be that when we continue to prophesy our healing, regardless of our feeling, that we will begin to hear our doctors testifying to what we are prophesying? All praise goes to the Lord Jesus Christ (and by me not eating everything I would like to stuff myself with)!

I am learning that my healing could be waiting in another church, in another brother or sister whom I had written off years ago. I am learning that God writes off no church or denomination or people. God works behind the scenes while we think that it's only "our" church or fellowship that has it all together!

I sense that even as our government needs to reach across party lines and look past their differences to be healthy as a nation, we, God's people, must also reach across denominational lines to receive the Lord's fullness for our spiritual nourishment and for His healing to be released more fully. The person whom you thought that you couldn't agree to walk with years ago, may now have the gift of healing for you with the name of your sickness written on it! No wonder God's commandment is to love one another like our lives depended on it.

On the Cross When Jesus Stretched Out His Arms So Wide, He Was Reaching Beyond Our Differences and Walls that Separate Us

"Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; as the dew of Hermon and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life forevermore." Psalm 133:1-3

Are we willing to be stretched and reach out our arms to move past the things that separate us from one another in the Body of Christ? Will we do this so the world will see the hands of the Lord reaching out to them, whom He loves as much as He loves us?

"For God so loved the whole world that He gave His only Son..." John 3:16, paraphrased

Will you stretch out your arms with mine, and reach out as far as Jesus stretched out His arms for you and me? Let's keep stretching until we reach the world for Him.
Bill Yount

November 12, 2008. Beautiful feet. Our missionary granddaughter had rough, dry and cracking feet like mine until a native Peruvian told her how to pray for her feet. Now they are almost like baby skin but yet strong and durable. God wants our feet to be beautiful. He intended them that way. I recall seeing evangelist Arthur Blessitt, who has walked while carrying the cross of Jesus worldwide, remove his shoes and socks and showing his feet on television. He has never had a blister or dry and cracked feet even once. On a mountain in New Mexico, USA, I looked at my feet and prayed, “Lord, make my feet beautiful as I share your good news worldwide.” Often now when I remove my shoes and socks among a group of people, someone will say, “Ras, you have such beautiful feet.” This is amazing to me. How about you? God wants His good news and His peace shared. Beautiful feet.
Isaiah 52:7 “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, Who proclaims peace, Who brings glad tidings of good things, Who proclaims salvation, Who says to Zion, "Your God reigns! Ras Robinson*

November 12, 2008. You are feeling hopeless, even dipping into despair. This is a delayed reaction to what has happened. You feel many made wrong decisions, and you are right, many made decisions that are not in their best interest. You prayed like never before about this issue, but many chose the way of the world, other than My way --- the best way. But I knew this would happen. Nothing happens that I do not know about in advance. I have given all the freedom of choice. I will take what has happened, and will turn it to good, even your good. It does not feel like it now, but it will happen.
Romans 8:28-29 “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren,” Bev Robinson**

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The Lord is stirring up our spirit to gather up the pieces of those shattered dreams, blow the dust off what has lost its luster, grab hold of those great expectations that didn't quite make it. This is a new day in the Lord!


Hallelujah! Finally, now we stand upon a threshold of a new season!
Created & designed by God the way we are, for a reason!
In our everyday life, then, we have no reason to fear
FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH CAUSED US TO DRAW NEAR!

Designed us to serve in ways unique
With gratitude & labelled A Jesus freak!
Getting us Ready, Ready, Ready for the Latter Days!
His champions bursting onto the arena as the final curtains raise!

As in the days of Moses and Joshua, you have come to the border of the promised land (SURROUNDED BY RAINBOWS). One day Moses called Joshua to an important meeting. "God has told me that my work here on earth is almost finished, Joshua, a new leader will take our people into the promised land. A new leader? Oh, No, Moses. Who could ever take your place? You Joshua!"

The aged leader climbs Mount Nebo and gazes down on the land God has promised His people--and there--alone with God---He dies.

Back in camp, Joshua prays to God for help, and the Lord answers; Be not afraid, for the Lord thy God is with thee.

The Israelites mourn thirty days for Moses. Then Joshua calls a meeting.

The campaigns ahead will be hard and dangerous. But I'll seek God's guidance in everything we do -- in every step.

My modern day Joshua's, those with the Joshua spirit will SEE what is coming as I SEE what is coming. It is as:
YOU
GET
INTO
ME
FULLY .......YOU CAN SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE WHAT I SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
I will be there to GUIDE you thru the dark times ahead.

May I have this dance? Take your EYES and turn your EYES fully....fully....fully upon Me and look into My face....and the things of earth will grow strangely dim in the lite of My Glory and grace. sEE what I sEE. >>>>>hERE we go...step-by-step and with each passing moment...
look
SEE
behold
I make all things NEW. There is peace in the valley as My kingdom comes into VIEW.

Amen! For many years, all I did was compose music. But for the last few months, I really haven't been. I have been doing other things to take up my time. God is stirring up in my heart to complete my dream of creating a 7 movement piece called "From the Beginning to the End." It is about from the beginning of the world of innocence and beauty through the times of the first fall, sin, greed, and to the time of Jesus, to war and hate until His glorious return. He keeps telling me, "Do your music, it is what brings you and I together the most." Because every time I listen to what I compose, I hear and see God in it because he gave me the talents to do so. It is also great witnessing material because most of my music is instrumental (as in for piano or a small ensemble) so the moods and passages are hard to figure out what they mean. So, people ask me what the piece is about and most of the time I can tell them what it truly means. My pieces usually have a spiritual, God-based motive to them.