PACK YOUR BAGS by Ras & Bev Robinson 11/29
November 29, 2008. Pack your bags. Get ready for this next season I will surely bring. It is coming soon and you only have a short time for preparation. In this new season you will enter a new land with a new people. Enemies will abound. There will be wars and rumors of wars. Do not let this catch you by surprise. I say unto you prepare for war. But beyond this, prepare for possessing the possessions I have prepared for you. Without doing as I am saying to you, many of your possessions I am giving you will spoil or be taken by the enemy of your soul. He will never give you rest until he has robbed you completely. Therefore, prepare now in full faith of something big and great. I say again, pack your bags.
Joshua 1:11 "Go through the camp and give this order to the people: 'Pack your bags. In three days you will cross this Jordan River to enter and take the land GOD, your God, is giving you to possess.'" Ras Robinson*


November 29, 2008. A wave of loneliness has swept over you. You are thinking I know I should not feel lonely but nevertheless I am. I don’t want to reveal to anyone how lonely I am. I am a Christian and I should be able to overcome this. I know that. But right now somehow I am not able to it. I don’t feel your presence O Lord. I am fearful You have left me alone to handle things by myself. The Lord says, “Precious one, I will never leave you, I will never forsake you. I am right here loving and guiding you even if you can’t feel Me. I AM here.
Romans 8:37-39 “But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Bev Robinson**





1. Faith is the ability to not panic.

2. If you worry, you didn't pray. If you pray, don't worry.

3. As a child of God, prayer is kind of like calling home every day.

4. Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.

5. When we get tangled up in our problems, be still. God wants us to be
still so He can untangle the knot.

6. Do the math. Count your blessings.

7. God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.

8. Dear God: I have a problem. It's me.

9. Silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted.

10. Laugh every day, it's like inner jogging.

11. The most important things in your home are the people.

12. Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional.

13. There is no key to happiness. The door is always open.

14. A grudge is a heavy thing to carry.

15. He who dies with the most toys is still dead.

16. We do not remember days, but moments. Life moves too fast, so enjoy your
precious moments.

17. Nothing is real to you until you experience it, otherwise it's just
hearsay.

18. It's all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure
to flush when you are done.

19. Surviving and living your life successfully requires courage. The goals
and dreams you're seeking require courage and risk-taking. Learn from the
turtle -- it only makes progress when it sticks out its neck.


20. Be more concerned with your character than your reputation. Your
character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others
think you are.



LAGOS PRAYS
1 Hour non-denominational Holy Ghost prayer meeting, every Friday wherever you are----because Prayer knows no boundaries!

November 28, 2008
PERSONAL PRAYER PROGRAM:
Psalm 56: Lord, deliver my feet from falling


1. I will praise you Lord all the days of my life

2. Who O Lord God is like unto thee

3. Let the heavens praise you Lord

4. Father let your mercy triumph over justice in my life

5. Let the oppression of the wicked upon my life come to an end today in Jesus name.

6. Though they be many; Father fight them that fight against me in Jesus name.

7. Let every evil thought and imagination fashioned against me come to nought in the name of Jesus.

8. Father as I cry unto thee let my enemies turn back

9. Use me Lord to manifest your exceeding great power in my generation.

10. Today I receive the anointing to excel in the name of Jesus.

11. In thee O Lord do I put my trust; mortal man cannot do anything to me

12. Lord deliver my feet from falling; deliver my destiny from failure

13. Thank the Lord for answered prayers.

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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TO FORGE AND TEMPER BLUE STEEL
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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.

He is Able/Don't abandon hope!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BW3lSPqqI4...feature=related

JIM GRAYSON
Lexington, Kentucky
A Freshening Wind



“Don‘t Abandon Hope”

November 29, 2008
“Oh, My Little One…I look at you and just as My Son Jesus saw the people of Israel as sheep without a shepherd, I see many who have been through hard times, suffered losses, seen dreams come to nothing and visions dry up like a vine with no water and have come to the point where I have little part in their lives- not by My choice but by theirs. It breaks My heart to see this, not because I didn’t know it was going to happen before the foundation of your world but because you cannot see what I see; you cannot see the beginning and the end at the same time and so, you are caught up in only what you think to be bare fact, that you believe I have failed you and left you alone to suffer.


“Nothing could be further from the truth, My Beloved. I am taking you down a road you do not understand at this time but the time will come when you will understand and you will know I was there, all along, even in your darkest nights and most desolate times. You’ll know many of your expectations were unreal and not a part of what your life should be. You’ll know I was there and held you closely, heard you cry, wiped the tears from your eyes and saved them as treasures for the future (and some day, you will understand this, also). I felt your heart beating, even as you thought it was breaking and that you may not be able to carry on, but you did carry on, didn’t you, and it was because My hand was upon you,20enabling you to carry on, healing your wounds, even if you still don’t believe it.


“You see, I AM GOD and I do not need anyone to believe a certain way for Me to continue to be GOD. If I said I would do something, it makes no difference if you believe it or not: I’m going to do what I said I would do, for I AM not a man who can lie. I AM your Enabler, your High Tower, your Comforter, your Champion and your Fulfiller of Dreams, and even though I continue to be GOD in your life behind the scenes when you place Me there, I am asking you to not abandon hope. Hope is the stuff of dreams, and dreams the stuff of reality…MY reality. Hold onto Me and see how much your life will improve. You’ve spent far too long chasing after other things to fill that hole in your heart, Beloved; let Me reside in your heart and heal all your hurts. Let Me lift you up and hide you in the shelter of My wing. Realize the things of this world, which you have been pursuing ever since you became disappointed in Me, will never fill that void. Only I can, and will, do that, and even now, your heart tells you that is true. Let Me hold you and place the Balm of Gilead on your wounds,” says the Lord, “and let Me be GOD in your life once again. My Word is true. I will not let you down.”


GOD'S PROMISES ARE YES AND AMEN!! HIS COVENANT IS FOREVER!!! AMEN AND HALLELUJAH!!!

Jesus
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