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Success Is In Your Hands, Mouth and Feet

I tell you my child that success is truly in your hands. I have made your hands to war "Psalm 144:1" and so they shall. Your enemies are not of human blood but principalities, powers and rulers of wickedness in high places. You shall pull down their strongholds by your hands that worship me. Hands and arms that are completely surrendered to Me.

The enemy would like you to have heavy hands that hang down but I say raise up those heavy hands, those holy hands and pierce through his darkness. Cut asunder everything that lives in the darkness. Striking their heads and their hearts, tearing them and every stronghold apart. In the darkness dwells no good thing and in the darkness you cannot find your way. But just like a blind man sees so you are able to feel, yet you do not grope as one who is bound by that darkness. No, your words strike the walls and crack them. The sound of your voice is as thunder and your hands are made to war striking the enemies head. The sound of your voice is as many waters and fearful and frightful are you to the enemy. Worship is found in the hands of My beloved and is an incredible thing to find. Blackness and emptiness have not stolen your strength, but like Sampson you have become stronger and like Joseph you have become wiser. What the enemy meant for your harm will be his undoing.

In his arrogance he filled you up and trained you to work for him many years ago. He held no secrets back because he is puffed up with arrogance and pride. You ate of the forbidden fruit, stealing knowledge and he condoned it. My child he is nothing more than a thief and a liar and so were you back then.

Yet through the process of time have I redeemed you and restored you to make you My personal weapon of choice, an instrument of righteousness, an instrument of worship and we are only discussing your hands at the moment. Reach into the darkness in where you once lived, where you were afraid and pull down the strongholds of the enemy. He has no ability to stop you.

Pierce the darkness and you will certainly take hold of all you conquer but you know behind this darkness lays even more blackness. Penetrate the enemy's land, plunder his strongholds and subdue all that relates to him. Release the eagle warriors to fly and to scout and to devour this new land. Admonish them to fly over and take refuge for it will not be given to them. Release My eagles.
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LIVE FOR ME, I WILL RESTORE by Elizabeth Fulgaro 11/25 on: Today at 11:51:47am
Word for Today: Live For Me, I Will Restore
Do you see them? Do you see the ones I love? Not just those who know Me now, but those who don’t. Not just those who follow Me now, but those who think they know Me, but are actually still far from My Truth. I love them all. Wake them up. Watch Me. I will do it. I will do it. For I alone am the Lord God. But I will use you My way as I do it. Watch. Listen. Worship. Follow. Laugh with joy at the mighty, awesomeness of My work.

My Light when it comes into their lives will be brighter than the brightest sun on the brightest day. My Light when it finally shines in their lives (when they finally stop looking down and choose to seek outside the dark caves in which they now dwell ), My Light will overwhelm them, it will blind them. But they will be so thirsty for My Truth, they will just drink it in, soaking in the warmth and the light they have been craving but did not know was there. The gnawing emptiness will be filled and it will never return so long as they walk in My will.

But I cannot fill their emptiness when they seek to fill it with anything else which is not Me. And woe to those who try. They will become even emptier than before because it will seem as if the hope that faith in Me offered was no hope at all.

Of course, the hope born of true faith in Me –of faith which manifests in following where I lead - will not only never disappoint but will fill and reward, far more than anyone can ever imagine. However, I will not be mocked and I will not compete with anything else for their attention (or your attention). Either I am God – Lord, Savior, All and All, Almighty, the Way, the Truth and the Life - or I am not. There is no in-between. They will be either hot or cold, but not lukewarm. Lukewarm is complacency. Lukewarm is asleep.

Where is your enthusiasm? Where is your excitement? The King of kings and one true God comes to make His home in you and you in Him. The holy, perfect, one true God desires to keep you close. I do not keep you distant as you deserve. I seek no offering from you, for I am already appeased. I ask for faith and seek only the offering of your heart. Give it to Me or don’t. But do not declare you belong to Me, if you do not love Me - if you do not seek to obey, if I am not LORD.

Do you understand what this means? You have said it so often it has lost all meaning. You know I am love. You know this love manifests in mercy and forgiveness and in grace – oh so much grace. Yet you must actually want me – not for who you wish me to be but for who I AM.

Do you love Me? Where is your worship? Where is your awe? Where is your heart to serve Me and My purposes instead of attempting to use Me to bless your own.

My power is not for your purposes, but for Mine. If you choose me as Lord it should be because you recognize who I am and desire Me as your leader because of who and what I am. Yet you do not look beyond what you can see. You do not bow to Me. You fail to see the whole picture.

Do you not know that when you asked me to be Savior you were born again? Born NEW – in a new way! Your physical life which had been the whole of your future fell away and you were born into your true destiny – citizens in My kingdom – NOW. Mine is a spiritual kingdom, not a physical one. The physical speaks of the spiritual, but the spiritual is so much greater.

And this is the cave in which some of you dwell – with the others, in the darkness… you have eyes only for here, aspirations only for here. You live for here instead of living for Me! Don’t you know? This life is ending. It will not last. Only I AM and My purposes are eternal. Living for Me for eternity instead of living for you for now is finally living in Truth. Yes, there will be hard times here. But this is your beginning, not your end.

And yet your service to Me in your now, in this moment is how you give Me glory, so do not run away from your now. Your now - your sacrificial praise and worship in your moment no matter what it looks like - is how you give Me glory. Your worship shows the now for what it is – passing smoke. Your worship declares I am mightier than any moment. I am Supreme! And when that smoke finally clears and you enter into My heavenly glory for eternity you will behold the heavenly city to which you belong where there are no more tears, a kingdom where the lion lies down with the lamb..

Here, now, in this moment – in every moment, is the place of your decision –making.

Long ago, one man, one woman made one choice to put what they thought was best above the will of God. They chose themselves over God. And this is and was evil and they were banished (and you with them), but because I am love, it was not without the possibility of reconciliation. But to every person comes his or her own moment of choice. Is God, God? Do you serve God or do I serve you? If I am God, then you do not tell Me how I am, I AM.

Those who are called by My Name, those who know Me as Lord – who have made the choice to serve My purposes – here is your assignment. Be outside the caves of the others quietly going about My business, then as I awaken these who have been sleeping and they look up and seek to get out, you will be there to lead them, by the hand along My way.

Do not point to the Way, lead them on up as you follow Me. Remember your purpose. What do you want your legacy to be? The only one worth leaving is the fragrance of Christ



written down October/November 2008 by Elizabeth Burgard Fulgaro © 2008




2 PROPHECY: / Daily Prophecy Corner / GLORY AND HONOR by Denise Mears 11/25 on: Today at 11:43:22am
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11/25/08

Glory and honor; glory and honor. This is to be given to my name; now and forever. The honor you bestow on the leaders of this earth system should be minimal in comparison. I have given light, life and breath to this creation. I have brought forth my Son as provision for a corrupt society.

As you trust and believe, I have given the desires of your heart. Be a thankful people; be a grateful child. Give your praises for I will hear. Bow your head and bend your knee in reverence. I have ordered the steps of the righteous; they are guided by my hand.

Can't you see my great salvation?

"Glory and honor are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place. Give unto the Lord, ye kindreds of the people, give unto the Lord glory and strength. Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved. Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The Lord reigns.”




3 PROPHECY: / Daily Prophecy Corner / MOVING CLOSER by Ron McGatlin 11/25 on: Today at 11:36:18am
Moving Closer


By Ron McGatlin
[Emphasis added]


The nations of the world are in desperate need of major value adjustments.


Because God is a loving God and desires all men to be changed (saved) from their fallen ways, He is faithful to provide circumstances favorable for major value adjustments to be made toward His heavenly values. Considering the present godless condition of most of mankind including many who call themselves Christian, we can anticipate His intervention. Increasingly difficult times is one pressure that can foster an atmosphere conducive to major value shifts in people and nations.


Difficult times of corrective and cleansing judgments coupled with the lifting up of a holy and pure standard of Holy Spirit led and empowered people can bring many to God and alignment with His values. As more difficult times approach, there needs to be a prepared godly people in position to minister truth. God is preparing holy, pure-hearted people who will walk in the Spirit and are filled with the love, power, and wisdom of God. We are in the time of the final preparation of these holy sons of God to carry out this vital task of gathering a great harvest of maturing saints with renewed kingdom of heaven values.


There is a limited amount of time remaining to be prepared for the increasingly difficult times of cleansing judgments. The judgments are not God’s plan. They are generated by the sowing and reaping effect of nations turning away from God and His holy way to the foolishness of disrespecting the God who created them. Those who truly love God and seek Him and His ways to guide their lives by the Holy Spirit should now be considering how to be prepared for the duration of this season of intense change and opportunity.


Move Closer to God


The first order of preparation is to move even closer in intimate relationship with God. Do whatever needs doing to make your life fully available to God. Allow the Holy Spirit to fully renew Christ in your heart and make you into a spiritual person, one who lives in the spiritual realm. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Resist the devil and the things of self-life. Abide in the secret place with the most high and allow no place for worry, doubt, fear, or concern for the things of this life. "Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom (Luke 12:32).”


Become untangled with religion, doctrinal debates, political debates, and the values of this present world. Emerge from the troubled waters of this life and be baptized into the still, clear, fresh waters of the Holy Spirit. Be totally submerged into the realm of the Spirit. Be baptized into the Holy Spirit and rivers of living water shall spring forth from your hearts and lives.


John 7:38: "He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."


God is Spirit. We must come to God in the Spirit. We can only relate to God who is Spirit by the Spirit and in truth. Religious and political doctrines and views are not the truth. They may contain some concepts of truth, but they are also opinions and understandings of man. Truth is Christ Jesus and all that emanates from God Who is Spirit.


John 14:6: Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.


Truth can only be known by the Holy Spirit. All things of God can be revealed by the Holy Spirit as God chooses to uncover them to us. There is nothing hidden that shall not be revealed by the Spirit of God. All that we have of Christ Jesus in this life comes to us by the Spirit. Christ lives in us by the Spirit. Being submerged (baptized) in the Holy Spirit is vital in being prepared for the time we are entering.


John 4:24: "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth."


Move Closer to God’s Family Connections


As it becomes increasingly less and less popular to be known as a Christian in nation after nation, it becomes more valuable to closely relate to at least a few other God-family members. The Holy Spirit can locate and connect us with some other kingdom seekers who are individually losing their self-life and gaining the life of Christ within – those that are of the same spiritual DNA from the same Father.


We are not speaking of starting another human network or going back into church systems, but rather of being led of the Holy Spirit to unite in bonds of love with God-family brothers and sisters. We are simply speaking of finding family and coming together in unity seeking first the kingdom of God. This becomes increasingly more important as resentment toward Christians turns into persecution.


Unity will come by the Holy Spirit not by religion, natural family, intellectual pursuits, or natural efforts but “by My Spirit says the Lord”. The close family members will hear and obey God by the Spirit and have confirmation for clarification together.


It will not be necessary or profitable to share deep spiritual things randomly with others outside the family unless directed by the Holy Spirit. There will be and already is increasing amounts of deception and deceit among some who call themselves Christian but are affected by a different spirit. It is important to be wary of and avoid debaters and deceivers who cause stressful relationships. You will not have spiritual unity with all people but with those of the same spiritual DNA, there will be powerful unity, love, and support. Again, do not closely relate to those who through debate, deception, and deceit cause stress. As the times progress they will become a threat to you and your God-family connections.


You can trust what you hear from the Spirit of God. He is the Spirit of Truth. All else may be fabrications created by lying spirits speaking through those pretending to be brothers and sisters. As you walk and live in the Spirit, you will know who is of the Spirit and who is deceived and of another spirit. Usually those who deceive are already deceived themselves by spirits working with an anti-Christ spirit. We must know and trust the inner voice of the Holy Spirit.


John 14:16-17: "And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever; the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.”


John 16:13-14: "However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you.”


1 John 4:6: We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.


If you know Jesus and He knows you, you will know His voice as the Spirit speaks within. If you know you hear Him by the Spirit, and others do not hear you, they are NOT of the Spirit of truth but are of the spirit of error which is deception and causes debate and strife. If they do hear you, they are of the Spirit of truth. However, none of that works for you if you do not know for certain the voice of the Lord and whether you are hearing Him or some other voice. We must move closer to Him before we can move closer to our God-family connections.


Zec 4:6: ….Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' Says the LORD of hosts.


We are now in a race against time to be prepared in the remaining short season of opportunity. Do not be deceived by the short season of “fair weather”; the storms are ahead.


We must lay aside every weight to run the spiritual race we are entering into in this season. When we must “run with the horsemen” it will not be good to be spiritually lame.


Isa 40:30-31: Even the youths shall faint and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.


In the Spirit we can be raised up as eagles and soar above the difficulties and devastation of natural life. This is not a time of fear but a time for the prepared sons to manifest the glory of God and reap a great harvest of people turning from their fallen ways to the reality of the love, power, and wisdom of God. Righteousness shall prevail. The light of the kingdom shall shine forth in your hearts, and nothing shall come near your dwelling in the Most High living and walking in the Spirit of God in eternal glory.


Psa 91:7-11: A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it shall not come near you. Only with your eyes shall you look, And see the reward of the wicked. Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place, No evil shall befall you, Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling; For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways.


Rev 11:15 …. "The kingdoms of this world have become the kingdoms of our Lord and of His Christ, and He shall reign forever and ever!"


Keep on pursuing love.

It never fails.


Ron McGatlin

www.openheaven.com




4 PROPHECY: / Daily Prophecy Corner / VOICE! NOT AN ECHO by Reggie Ocampo 11/25 on: Today at 11:28:34am
Voice ! Not an Echo

- Reggie Ocampo



It was a VOICE that…


Created the heaven and the earth;

Walked in the garden;

Thundered at and shook Mount Sinai;

Guided David in winning battles;

Brought life to the Valley of Dry Bones;

Uttered before the Lord’s Army;


…not an Echo.



It was a VOICE that…


Impregnated a virgin;

Cried out in the Wilderness;

Called out a dead man from the tomb;

Silenced the shrieks of demons;

Calmed the seas;

Birthed the Church;


…not an Echo.



It was a VOICE that…


Adam fellowshipped with before listening to another one;

Noah heard that saved him and his family;

Abraham obeyed in stepping out of faith;

Moses followed in bringing the people of God out of captivity;


…not an Echo.


It was a VOICE that…


Peter obeyed as he stepped out of the boat;

Zacchaeus welcomed from the tree into his house;

Paul heard that transformed him;

The two disciples on the road of Emmaus experienced that

caused their hearts to burn;


…not an Echo.


The VOICE that was heard through and from Zapnaath-Phaneah, a man of food in the time of famine, brought great comfort.




The VOICE that thundered through and from the Prophet of Fire, declaring drought or rain; calling fire from heaven to Mount Carmel, struck the hearts of men with the fear of the Lord.




The VOICE that cried out in the wilderness through and from an unorthodox son of a priest, commanding repentance and challenging the religious order, stirred the hearts of men and exposed hypocrisy.




An Echo was very good narrating to a king what his master did but when the time came for him to raise a dead boy, inspite of having a staff in his hand, no life came. He was not a Voice, only an Echo.





It IS a VOICE that is shaking the heavens and earth today, not an Echo.




It IS a VOICE that will keep us alive today, not the echo of the past revivals.





It IS a VOICE of a Modern Day Joseph that is urgently needed in this time of uncertainty.




It WILL BE a VOICE that speaks in total sync with the Holy Spirit saying “Come Lord Jesus!” that differentiates the wise from the foolish virgin.





Do you know the VOICE or all you’ve heard is an Echo?

Do you have a testimony of your own or are you just a good story teller of others’ experiences?




Do you fellowship with the VOICE or are you satisfied with head knowledge of the religious Echo?

Do you feel incomplete without hearing the present truth, or have you found an Antichrist (substitute) in dead ceremonies and rituals?




Do you hunger and crave for the VOICE or are you lulled into spiritual slumber by an Echo of human philosophy and reasoning?





Amos prophesied of a coming famine, not of bread and not even of the word. It is a famine of HEARING the WORD of the LORD.





May there be a deep groan within you to hear, know, discern, speak, and be the VOICE today.





Let the earth tremble …the heavens be shaken…




The Lord UTTERS HIS VOICE before His Army !!!





Do you hear the VOICE?

Do you want to hear the VOICE?

Do you want to know the VOICE?

Do you want to be One with the VOICE?

Do you want to be a VOICE and not an Echo?



Come away My Beloved…




5 PROPHECY: / Visions and Dreams / TWO VISIONS 11/25 on: Today at 07:51:44am
BRADY MATHIS
Kremmling, Colorado
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BRADY BYTES



November 25, 2008: I had two small visions. In the first a man was wading through something thick and heavy (like mud or quicksand) that was about waste deep. He was leaning hard into each step. The Lord said to me, "You are feeling this way about your spiritual (and physical) progress in this new time. You feel like you are hindered and are not moving ahead as quickly as you'd like; that every step is a huge effort. Embrace your situation with this perspective: You are not sinking or sliding back - you are moving forward. You are gaining greater strength with each step. Keep going and you will acquire what is needed to move more easily in these new surroundings."

In the second I saw a man climbing a ladder. The lower part of the ladder was obscured by mist and the man was emerging from it into clear air above. The impression that I had with this vision was that it is impossible to solve the problems and sort through the issues that life presents when you can't see. The issues themselves are what cloud our vision. They seem large and difficult when we are immersed in them, but they become manageable when we rise above them. It is only a short trip to rise up into the Spirit because it is a choice. When you choose to focus and dwell on what is Spirit and life, that is where you live.

Colossians 3: 1-3
1 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. 2 Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.






6 PROPHECY: / Daily Prophecy Corner / UPHELD -- REST IN HOPE by Karen Holland 11/25 on: Today at 07:49:14am
Upheld -- Rest in Hope
by Karen Holland

Psalm 73:2
But as for me, my feet had almost slipped; I had nearly lost my
foothold.

Do you feel your foot slipping? Stumbling?

Take heart, remember who holds your right hand.

Set I AM continually before
Fix your eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of your faith. --Heb 12:2
Lift your eyes to the hills, to the source of your strength. --Ps 121:1-2

I AM continually with you.
I AM a very present help in times of trouble. --Ps 46:1

I AM
Continually guiding you with my counsel
My eye is upon those who fear Me
Upon those whose hope
I AM

I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go;
I will counsel you with My eye upon you. --Ps 32:8

'See' I AM continually before
I AM the strength of your heart; your portion forevermore.

I AM holding your right hand
I will not allow your foot to slip, I do not slumber. --Ps 121:3

I AM

You will not be shaken
Let your heart be glad, let your glory rejoice!
Trust me to hold your hand.
Be still and know I AM God. --Ps 46:10

I AM

Rest secure in hope
The anchor of your soul, firm and steadfast. --Heb 6:19

I AM.

Psalm 16:8-9
I have set the LORD continually before me. Because He is at my right
hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory
rejoices; My flesh also will rest in hope.

Psalm 73:23-26
Yet I am continually with You; You hold me by my right hand. You guide
me with Your counsel, and afterward You will receive me to glory. Whom
have I in heaven but You? And besides You, I desire nothing on earth. My
flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my
portion forever {God always protects my heart and gives me stability}.

Psalm 33:20-22
Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.
For our heart rejoices in Him, because we trust in His holy name.
Let Your lovingkindness, O LORD, be upon us,
According as we have hoped in You.



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8 PROPHECY: / Daily Prophecy Corner / ENTER INTO HIS GATES WITH THANKSGIVING 11/25 on: Today at 05:21:34am


Psalm 100

1Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.

2Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

3Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

5For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.



Psalm 24
1The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

2For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

3Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?

4He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.

5He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

6This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.

7Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

8Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.

9Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

10Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.








9 PROPHECY: / Daily Prophecy Corner / TO FORGE AND TEMPER BLUE STEEL by Sandy Warner 11/25 on: Today at 05:16:53am
TO FORGE AND TEMPER BLUE STEEL


From the rhema journals of Sandy Warner * swauthor@usa.net * www.thequickenedword.com


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QUICKENED PARABLE: TO FORGE AND TEMPER BLUE STEEL

7/25/08



I heard the Lord say that He had “tempered” me. Immediately I thought of a sword but did not know what it meant to be tempered. Then I watched the series, “How It’s Made” and they were making cutlery knives and they mentioned the word, “tempered” so I realized the Lord was drawing my attention to the process He is bringing His people through.



Isa 54:16-17 NKJV

"Behold, I have created the blacksmith Who blows the coals in the fire, Who brings forth an instrument for his work; And I have created the spoiler to destroy. No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, And their righteousness is from Me," Says the LORD.



TO FORGE AND TEMPER BLUE STEEL

Forge – Quench – Temper – Grind



{The following is from research I gathered on the internet.}



Steel is made from the natural element iron, plus a small amount of carbon added to it. The two are heated to melt them together and the impurities are removed.



Historically, blacksmith’s “Forged” hot metals through hammering them on an anvil. The metal was pounded and shaped then reheated with the same process until formed. The pounding was not just for shaping, it was to flatten, compress and diffuse the carbon so that the steel was much harder and stronger. Nowadays they forge metals with presses and rollers under extreme pressure.



Finally the metal is “Quenched” in a water bath. This cools the metal and stops the breakdown process from the heat. This plunge leaves the metal very hard but brittle and stressed. So the metal must be reheated again to alleviate the stress so it wont crack when used.



This last reheating step is called “Tempering” where the steel is heated to the right temperature for its ultimate use, whether more towards a hard unbending nature or a hard but flexible one. Tempering temperatures range from 100 degrees to 1000 degrees, changing the metal colors from clear, yellow, orange, brown, purples, blues, grey, then red. Most tempering is between 300-650 degrees F depending upon the use of the steel. Clear is totally hardened, yellow is a tad less hard, blue steel is more flexible and grey steel is the softest and most bendable.



When making a sword or knife, the steel is not forged thin, rather the edge is pressed thick until after it is tempered. After the tempering, the blade is then ground down to make it sharp.



WORD TO PONDER: THE BLACKSMITH BRINGS FORTH HIS INSTRUMENT 7/25/08

When I created you as My instrument I heated the fires in your life and melted My Word and Spirit into your nature and drew out the impurities of your soul. It was a perfect blend of warfare where your faith stood that I AM a Good God and I bring all things in your life together for good. This made your faith strong and your soul repentant.



In the fullness of time I drew you out of the fiery kiln and while you were still yet soft, tender and repentant from the fire, My Word came down upon you and shaped you through pressure into a flattened, humble place where you learned to lay low before My hand. Yes you suffered from the blows of men and disappointments but you passed the test and yielded all back to Me.



When you were perfectly aligned with My Word I plunged you into the refreshing drink and bath of My Spirit to cool you down and set you. This was a time of settling, confirming, establishing your destiny: the mold, shape, calling, gifts and how you are to function. You became strongly confirmed in this process, but ultimately the cracks in your faith from past blows would have ultimately broken had you not become tempered through one more fire.



Once again I put you through a heating process to melt your cracked and brittle places and form you to be more flexible to My call upon your life. Now I have pulled you from the heat and you are My finely prepared, very hard instrument that will not yield to the enemy. Now you are also able to bend to needs when you hear My voice knocking.



I will bring you through a final stage to sharpen your skills and gifts and allow you to see the fruit of being My sharp threshing instrument with the piercing of My Word into the hearts of mankind. You shall refute every spoken word that is against My good purposes for your life and others. Courageous ones, lives will change because you went through the process. Yes the fires are hot, but I do My perfect work in your life.



Isa 54:16-17 NKJV

"Behold, I have created the blacksmith Who blows the coals in the fire, Who brings forth an instrument for his work; And I have created the spoiler to destroy. No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, And their righteousness is from Me, "Says the LORD.



Jer 23:28-29 NKJV

"The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; And he who has My word, let him speak My word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat?" says the LORD. "Is not My word like a fire?" says the LORD, "And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?



Heb 4:12-13 NKJV

For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword , piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.



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AMAZING CONFIRMATION 7/31/08: I just went to bed after post the Blue Steel word to the forum and watched Most Extreme Homes. The man in Australia had built a watchman’s home on an island overlooking the ocean. He built it into the earth so that it was camouflaged by all the local landscape and only the front windows were visual. It was a very low profile beach house. It was built out of concrete and looked exactly like a covert, stealth bunker peering out of its terrain. The inside of this amazing concrete box home was all galvanized steel. The cupboards, counters, doors, many walls, the bathroom, the kitchen, the dining table, even the headboard on his giant bed was steel.



The squared out, plain windows were uniformly placed along the length of the bunker home, encapsulating the ocean view. They were built so that they appeared like ocean paintings on the wall. It was quite extraordinary. The entire place looked like a watchman’s fortress.



The backyard was a huge, huge concrete wall encasing a large very flat courtyard. He used that space for practicing archery for bows and arrows.



TO SHOOT AN ARROW

The instruments that God has forged are very sharp steel arrows. The word to shoot an arrow is a mystery word in the OT. If you do a Word study on it, you will discover that scripture uses the same word for teachers as the last day rain. These teachers are watchmen who discern and know the times, and are stealth hidden arrows in God’s quiver. However when they are sent, they are clearly visible as God’s sign upon the earth.



Isa 30:20-21

And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers {# 3384) be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: 21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.



Ezek 44:23 KJV

And they shall teach {#3384} my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.



Hos 10:12 KJV

Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain {#3384} righteousness upon you.



Ps 32:8 KJV

I will instruct thee and teach {#3384} thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.



Ex 4:12 KJV

Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach {#3384} thee what thou shalt say.



ARROW

Hebrew 3384

yarah

OT:3384 yarah (yaw-raw'); or (2 Chron 26:15) yara' (yaw-raw'); a primitive root; properly, to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach:

KJV - (+)archer, cast, direct, inform, instruct, lay, shew, shoot, teach (-ering,-), through.



(Biblesoft's New Exhaustive Strong's Numbers and Concordance with Expanded Greek-Hebrew Dictionary. Copyright © 1994, 2003 Biblesoft, Inc. and International Bible Translators, Inc.)




10 PROPHECY: / Daily Prophecy Corner / THE TREE by Steven Bliss 11/25 on: Today at 05:12:04am
The Tree
by Steven Bliss [godsfire@woh.rr.com]


The Lord God put the man in the garden of Eden to care for it and work
it. The Lord God commanded him, "You may eat the fruit from any tree
in the garden, but you must not eat the fruit from the tree which gives
the knowledge of good and evil. If you ever eat fruit from that tree,
you will die!" Genesis 2:15-17 (NCV)

I am the tree of life.
Spread your inadequacy before Me.
Acknowledge your need.

Stand firm.
Declare My word of truth.
I am shaking that which needs to be removed.
My Spirit is blowing through My people.
Do not resist lest you be broken,
holding onto that which is straw and stubble.

I am cleansing those who are Mine.
I am sending for My rain; washing away complacency.
Come to Me.
Be washed in the blood of My Son.

I am calling you into new life,
a life where fear has no part.
My standard is love.
There is no room for retribution and payback.
Sustain yourself in Me. Grow in holiness.

Stand firm upon the rock.
My love dispels fear.
I am the Lord God, your creator and sustainer.
Look forward into what I am doing.

I am the tree of life.
Take and eat of My fruit.




11 PROPHECY: / Daily Prophecy Corner / REORGANIZATION IN MANY AREAS OF YOUR LIFE by Marsha Burns 11/25 on: Today at 05:06:13am
by Marsha Burns
http://ft111.com


Small Straws In A Soft Wind by Marsha Burns -- November 25, 2008:
You are in the process of a reorganization in many areas of your life. Do not resist this course of change, for in the not-to-distant future you will be able to look back at this time and know that these alterations were absolutely necessary to your well-being both in the natural realm and in the spiritual realm as well. Never fear, because I will lead you every step of the way as you yield to My direction, says the Lord.
Isaiah 58:11 The LORD will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in drought, and strengthen your bones; you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.


12 PROPHECY: / Daily Prophecy Corner / UNCHARTERED WATERS by Patricia Hamel 11/25 on: Today at 05:04:47am
A WORD IN SEASON ~ Unchartered Waters
by Patricia Hamel ~ November 25, 2008

You will be passing through unchartered waters in the days ahead and need My wisdom to navigate through these waters to the other side. Ask Me for wisdom and I will give it to you. There will be decisions to make that are far beyond your own understanding and ability. Rely on My wisdom for it will keep you on course, says the Lord.



If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. James 1:5,6,7,8, (NKJV)


13 PROPHECY: / Daily Prophecy Corner / IT IS NOW TIME FOR YOU TO BE DELIVERED by Denise Mears 11/25 on: Today at 05:03:35am
DENISE MEARS
www.propheticwordofhope.com


11/24/08

This word is for my children. They have been in bondage too long. The work has been hard. The taskmasters have been abusive. It is now time for you to be delivered. Just as Moses delivered my people from Pharaoh. I will release you in this season. It will be quick; it will be swift. Then the shift will happen. You have been sifted; that process is complete. The cleansing is done. Take your rightful places, as I am pleased with your obedience. Keep your eyes open and your hearts full of expectancy. Open your hands to receive. As my Word goes forth, signs and wonders will follow.

I am cleansing each region of your nation. I am revealing my power and my majesty. As my prophets have declared, so shall it be. The media believes that they hold the keys. They believe that they control what is proclaimed to be truth. The truths that they bear forth are lies; to manipulate, twist and to ignite fear so that my people will follow like puppies.

I have raised up a strong band. They are not tossed with every wind of doctrine. They know my voice and follow after my word to perform it. Go now and praise me for all that is going to be accomplished. Allow your faith to be ignited, as it has never been before. Do not deviate or doubt my will; that it will be accomplished on earth as in heaven.

My Word has been released.

"Then the Lord said unto Moses, Now shall you see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. And God spoke unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the Lord: And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers. And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and you shall know that I AM the Lord your God, which brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.”
Exodus 6: 1-3; 7



14 PROPHECY: / Daily Prophecy Corner / HIT THE NAIL by Ras Robinson 11/25 on: Today at 05:01:52am
What the Lord Is Saying Today

November 25, 2008. Hit the nail. I see a person with a hammer in your hand. Your mind is uncertain about the purpose, the reason and the commitment. Oh how this slows you down. You have lingered too long already. It is time to hammer the nail, to get the job done. All you need do is obey My voice. My sheep hear My voice. You are a sheep. Did I ever say to you My purpose and destiny? Then having heard My word, all you need then is to obey. The devil is playing with your mind. You have given him permission through your uncertainty and passivity. Resist the devil and he will flee. Command him with the passion of a mother bear defending her cub. Let him know you mean business and command him to cease his work in and against you. You have building to do! You are the hammer as Judah was and is. Hit the nail.
Psalms 108:8 “Gilead's in my pocket, to say nothing of Manasseh. Ephraim's my hard hat, Judah my hammer.” Ras Robinson*



November 25, 2008. You have been feeling weak, discouraged, alone, overwhelmed, downtrodden, overlooked, left behind and not much is working out for you. Need I say more? I have so much for you that you have not tapped in on. I am here to get you out of this pit. Even though I know you do not feel like you have the strength even to touch my coattail, you must. You need to reach out to Me. Don’t give up just before the breakthrough. I am here for you to overcome those feelings that pull you down. You have forgotten the things I have done for you in the past. Remember who I AM.
Luke 1:49 "For the Mighty One has done great things for me; And holy is His name. Bev Robinson**




15 PROPHECY: / Daily Prophecy Corner / BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD by Betty Bowen 11/25 on: Today at 04:59:50am
BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD
BETTY BOWEN
Nov 25 2008 07:00AM


BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD

We should remember that our God has already given us the victory over every challenge we face. Jesus Christ said in John 16:33: "These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. He said, "I have (already) overcome the world." We have Christ in us!

I John 4:4 tells us, "Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world."

If we believe God's Word we know we have won! "For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith (our believing.)" (I John 5:4)

We can go to another believer for encouragement when we are down or distressed, but we go to God for our deliverance. In the Old Testament when several armies were coming against Jehoshaphat to battle, the children of God called on God for help. "And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD." (II Chronicles 20:3-4)

We should remember to ask for help. God wants His children to come to Him and to expect Him to deliver them. If we continue reading the account of Jehoshaphat we find out that he was told "the battle is not yours, but God's." (II Chronicles 20:15), and "Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the lord with you." (II Chronicles 20:17)

Sometimes we need to just stand still and believe God for His wonderful love for us and His desire to bless us and take care of us.

Psalm 46:10 says, "Be still, and know that I am God: . . ." The first verse of Psalm 46 says, "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble."

As we face whatever challenges come our way today we should remember I Corinthians 15:57, "But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."

We are winners and conquerors NOW -- so let's go out today and enjoy walking as a son of God. "Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore." (Psalm 16:11)

Have a victorious and blessed day!


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