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1 PROPHECY: / Praise and Devotionals / I COME TO THE END by Tommy Hays 12/31 on: Today at 07:16:14am
"I Come to the End"
Tommy Hays
Dec 31 2006 08:56AM
Morning by Morning, Sunday 12-31-06 -- "I Come to the End"
Good morning, Lord Jesus. You are the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. You are my All in All. I watch and wait in surrender and silence for the leading of Your Spirit into the arms of my Father. ...
"In Your book were written all the days that were formed for me, when none of them as yet existed. How weighty to me are Your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! I try to count them -- they are more than the sand; I come to the end -- I am still with You" (Psalm 139:16-18).
I have come to the end of another year of the journey of faith in prayer with You. Morning by Morning, I have settled in to my chair, opened my journal and my heart, lifted my face and spirit, and called on Your name to watch and wait in the silence of surrender for the leading of Your Spirit. "I come to the end -- I am still with You." I come to the end, and You are still with me. You never leave me, nor forsake me. All that I endure, You have endured with me and within me by unending presence of Your Holy Spirit abiding in me as I abide in You.
Though You have not willed all that I have experienced this year, You have used it all as a means of Your grace to continue Your labor of love to conform me into the image of Christ (Romans 8:28-30). You have known every challenge that would come, every choice that would be made, and Your power to redeem all that would happen, no matter the source. I need not fear any of the things that are written in Your book of my days, because I know by faith the assurance of Your peace that my name is written in Your "book of life" (Revelation 20:12 and 21:27). Thank You for walking with me through this year. Thank You for being there to walk with me through the next. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.
Be encouraged today! In the Love of Jesus, Tommy Hays
Dear Friends, thank you for joining with me in the journey this year. I pray these morning prayers have been a blessing and encouragement to you as we have sought to surrender our lives into the hands of God every day, as He has led us in His journey for us -- making us more like Him every day, by His grace and in His power.
I would appreciate your prayers for my grandmother, Edna Hays. She is 87 years old and we call her "Nanny." She came up to Kentucky from Texas to spend Christmas with us. But Friday night she suddenly had severe shortage of breath and had to go into the hospital, struggling with congestive heart failure. She is very peaceful now and should be back with us in a couple of days. She is a strong woman of prayer and faith, and I know the Lord has many more years for her to pray "on site with insight" here on earth with us through these last battles of these exciting days. We need one another's prayers. And I pray for you and all those you love to pray through and press on to the end of our calling for our generation to the glory of our King and His Kingdom. God bless you, my friends!
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4 PROPHECY: / Daily Prophecy Corner / PROPHETIC REVOLUTION 2007 by Esther Dummer 12/31 on: Today at 07:07:40am
“Prophetic Revolution 2007”
Written by Esther Dummer
December 30, 2006
What I sense the Holy Spirit speaking to my heart for the New Year is…
“Carefully ‘Watch and Weigh the Words’ of your mouth.”
Have you ever heard the idiom, “You are going to eat your words?”
I believe we need an altar call where everyone is invited to “eat their own words,” – to admit they are wrong. A repentance service of this magnitude would revolutionize the church.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could all get up and see our stinking opinions, ideas, methods, concepts and religious ways as the million words we have used to express ourselves, all laying at the feet of Jesus.
Then God would have His Church, all to Himself!
All we would have to do is say, “God, you were right about everything and I was wrong.”
All we would have to do is say, “What I think doesn’t count for very much in light of You, God.”
Oh yes, I can hear us now… “But I have been following the Lord in Revival for years now, getting it right with Him,” but can we all say, “I have overcome every one of my own thoughts, arguments and ideas, not to count the things I say, that conflict with God?”
“Eat your words” (idiom) - to admit that what you said is wrong
Many people speculate about things they think they know something about and end up wishing they had not spoken so brashly or quickly, especially when it turns out they were in error on a certain matter. It is pretty embarrassing to us if we open our mouth and make broad, sweeping statements of our beliefs and opinions only to find out we were wrong.
Even more embarrassing is to enter into debates and arguments about spiritual matters only to have God tell us we were wrong.
But the hard lessons in truth, even in the times we seem to stumble over our own words, will give ample opportunity for repentance and a changed mind, resulting in a changed life, if we will admit we were wrong.
Have we ever considered or taken inventory of what “opinions” we hold onto that is simply “not right in the sight of God?”
Many people have made some pretty strong statements before God, in His sight and hearing and yet have not considered the weight of those words to their future.
Why do words affect the future of a person?
It is because of what has filled their belly.
People have an appetite for their own words and literally nurture their own thoughts within their own hearts and from that source speak great, swelling words of vanity and pride.
These can sound so reasonable and so spiritual and yet counter the very words of God, the way He’s always thought and done things.
People say, “Oh, God wouldn’t do that,” not even realizing that He already has done that very deed many times over the course of human history. God does many things our carnal mind tells us He wouldn’t do.
Would God disrupt your Church to make the necessary changes?
Would God tell you that you’ve got it all wrong?
Would God challenge you?
Yes He did, is and would – much to the chagrin of opinionated mankind. He’s not very interested in keeping our ideas and ways and wordy opinions alive if they stand in opposition to His way.
God wants to fill us with His Word and His Spirit, but many are full of their own self-speaking.
Some have said, “All this prophecy stuff is not going to be allowed in my church,” or “we will not allow anyone to use their spiritual gifts in a public gathering…” not realizing they just sealed their own future to a life without the Rhema voice of God active in the Church.
The Person, the Church will have a full belly of what has been spoken.
Your belly shall be full of the Spirit of God and His Word - or your own words.
Look carefully at the following scripture and consider how powerful our words are and the implications in regard to their source – whether of our own voice or the Voice of God.
Proverbs 18:20-21
20 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
2416 chay- life (feminine noun) – life, appetite, revival, renewal.
I love this because the very word “life” reflects the Father’s heart towards his Church, His people - in Revival!
The opposite of Revival is Death!
It is all in the “power of the tongue!”
Speak it and Live or Speak it and Die!
Folks, the Church is in need of… - no, not just “in need of,” but is in “desperate need of” Revival! The words people have been speaking in this season of revival have either released death or life.
Many have even cursed revival, refusing to even allow the mention of the word in their churches.
Many have set perimeters on what can happen in regards to the moving of the Spirit of God.
God help us all to speak this “Life-giving Revival” and not curse what God is now doing to bring a fresh work of His Holy Spirit to His Church!
Words can shut the door in the face of the Holy Spirit! Just tell Him that He’s not welcome to move and He will go away…
Remember that we all “prophecy something,” because we all speak our own future, our own end, our own reward and our own judgment.
Matt 12:36 -37
36 But I say unto you, that every idle (barren) word (what is or has been uttered by the living voice) that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the Day of Judgment.
37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
The more I read the Word, the more I realize how serious God is on this subject – words count for eternity. I also took note of the wording in verse 36’s Strong’s definition – “what is or has been uttered,” meaning that past words also must be considered as having just a serious impact as what we are now saying.
Is it possible that we have said things that uprooted what God was blessing and doing and built up the enemy’s stronghold over a particular area God desired to move in?
Have we thought to return to bless what has been cursed?
In other words, have we repented in order to wipe this slate clean that has been filled with our spoken words?
Our lips sin against God and man and yet these words still fester somewhere in the ground of someone’s heart, church, ministry or life.
Something to think about: Do we realize we have given the devil a road upon which to bring harassment against another, leaving them struggling with bouts of depression or hopelessness. Pastors stand in pulpits and struggle to preach the Word of God, never knowing that the words released by members of the Church released the hordes of hell against him to try to stop him on behalf of the words spoken against him.
Yes, our words can do this to the spiritual ground that surrounds churches, ministries, pastors, Christian leaders, families, cities and even our nation. There is simply no excuse good enough for us to be excused in this matter of releasing word curses.
We need to repent and ask God to apply the Blood of Jesus to this area and get clean before Him and before others.
We can seal not only our own future here on earth but our words will actually follow us to the Day of Judgment!
God does not want His Church filled with “Barren, Idle Words!”
God wants His Church filled with Prophecy, Words that give birth to Revival, to Life – not barrenness and death!
Back to what I feel God is speaking for the New Year…
“Carefully ‘Watch and Weigh the Words’ of your mouth.”
“It easier to release a word than it is to recall it once it is out!”
This is what I feel the Lord is speaking to many people who have struggled with falling back into negative talking, gossip, slander, and speaking against what God is currently doing:
Watch what you decry for in your mouth is the power of life and death. Proverbs 18:21 “DECRY” means to express one’s vigorous disapproval of or to denounce.
Watch what you speak concerning revival, for all the elements of revival belong to God, though man is involved.
Watch what you speak in regard to the moving of the Holy Spirit.
Watch for words that shut the door on God.
Watch for words that seal your future void of the Living Voice of God.
Watch for words that curse, slander or speak ill of others.
Watch that you perform your vows, keep your promises and hold fast to your covenants.
Choose your words carefully. Think. Watch what you say and how you say it…for the days ahead (2007) are going to require a people who know how to hold their lips shut at the right time and open them at the right time.
These are the people whom God is going to put His Words in their mouths to change things.
These people will be those of verbal disciplines who understand the treasure of holding God’s Word within their bellies and releasing them at the right time, simply by the spoken word.
It is also a fearful obligation to have God put His words in our mouth. Jeremiah was such a man:
Jeremiah 1:9-10
9 Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
10 See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
It is not a time for any of us to be “mouthing off,” out of the contents of our own vain imagination or our emotions and carnal passions.
Mouth off, Slang. To express one's opinions, objections, or the like in a forceful or uninhibited manner, especially in public.
Yes, we are all so passionate about “what we believe or what we think,” but what about what God knows and has eternally held to be truth?
We have had opinions about the church, Christian living, revival, church growth keys, spiritual manifestations, prophecy, the Kingdom of God, sin, what’s morally acceptable and what’s not, the moving of the Holy Spirit, what the scripture means here and there, what God meant by what He said concerning relevant issues facing our world today, the rapture, doctrine, church government and many more things…but does anyone care what God thinks about what we are all talking about?
Just enter any gathering of believers and bring up the subject of “revival,” and the “moving of the Spirit,” and watch the various debates.
Why does anyone of us believe we have a “right of free expression,” about everything spiritual and Biblical? This is what religion and denominations are made of. The Body of Christ is made of believers who understand that Christ is the head of His Church. He has already done the thinking for us on all the key subjects that relate to His Church, The Holy Spirit, Repentance, Revival, Heaven, Hell and Sin…only to list a few…
God’s own Word tells us….
2 Peter 1:19-21
19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
20 Knowing this first that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
The Church has had her say…it is now time for the Living God to have His say through the mouth of His prepared Church!
These people will fear God. 2 Cor. 7:1
They will tremble at His Word. Is. 66:2
They will be extravagant worshippers. John 4:23
They will be holy warriors! Ps. 144:1; Eph 6:11-17
They will be of clean hands and pure hearts. Ps. 24:4
They will have dealt with the idolatrous systems of their own lives. 1 Cor. 10:13-14
They will be a people of truth in the inward parts. Ps.51:6
They will be a people of faith. Rom. 5:1-2
They will be a people of prayer. Jude 1:20
They will be a people who have allowed God to set a guard at the gates of their lips. Ps. 141:2-3
Ps 141:2-3
2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips.
It is time to ask God to set a guard at the gate of our lips…so that we do not sin with our mouths against the purposes of the Lord.
You want your prayer to have power, your words to count at heaven’s throne?
Ps 34:13-15
13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
14 Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
“Revivalists! Church Leaders! Intercessors!
Watch your prayers, prophecies and proclamations come to pass as the Prophetic Revolution begins to come full circle!”
God is a covenant God!
Watch God perform all that He has spoken and that which you have prophesied and decreed and declared, in His name!
Watch God save your loved ones.
Watch God send revival to your city.
Watch God shake the old dry foundations of your church and set it on fire for His Glory.
Watch God save, heal and deliver.
Watch God do miracles through His Church.
Watch God shake the nations.
Watch God bring down oppression, falsehood and strongholds of ungodliness.
Watch God send the signs, wonders and miracles to confirm His Word.
Watch God bring in the Greatest Harvest this world has ever known!
Revivalists, Church Leaders, Intercessors - Watch God do the specific things He has told you He will do!
It doesn’t matter that some have not believed that God will do a certain thing. All that matters is that you have been obedient to the call to keep speaking the Word of the Lord! Heaven has heard its own prophecies prayed back into the heavenlies, resounding over and over into the ears of God who sent that Word!
It’s alive because God breathed it and you know it.
All that matters is that you have humbled yourself before the Throne of God and asked for the nations, your loved ones souls to be saved, your city to be shaken with a “God-Sent, Holy Ghost Awakening”, A “Soul-Searching Tsunami of Holy Ghost Conviction”, A “Holy Fire of Purity” burning into the heart of the church, A “Mighty Wave of Lost Sons and Daughters” being swept into the Kingdom of God… Get ready!!!
Luke 18:27
27 And he said, the things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
That’s all that matters in 2007 - “God-Sized Answers” to problems way to big for any of us to figure out!
God keeps His Word!
Isaiah 55:11 - So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
The things first decreed by the prophetic voice are coming full circle to a place of fulfillment. God will fulfill the covenant He has made with His faithful people – church leaders and intercessors who have pressed, pushed and prayed for these many years.
Don’t be afraid to declare the greatest need of the hour that is fast coming to prophetic fulfillment - REVIVAL!
Isaiah 64:1 - Oh that you would rend the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence,
“Open the Floodgates of Heaven God and let it pour over my church, my city, my family, my nation and the nations of the world! – Let it pour over me and do the work in my life that is necessary so that I may be a part of what is to come.
God Bless the Faithful Watchmen/Women on the Walls of the Church!
For the Love of Souls,
Esther Dummer
harvester@charter.net
http://www.gatewayrevival.org A minstry of CheckPoint
5 PROPHECY: / Praise and Devotionals / I AM COMING QUICKLY by Patricia Hamel 12/31 on: Today at 06:59:02am
Prophecy - I Am Coming Quickly
by Patricia Hamel
Without warning I shall return,
as a thief in the night. I shall return.
Are you ready My beloved,
Are you ready?
I am coming back for My beloved bride,
She is a beautiful bride without sport or wrinkle.
I have worked in her life and she is altogether lovely.
Even now My beloved is being stirred to new heights.
Beloved you are being stirred as never before.
Happenings are occurring in your life that seem so
strange.
Think it not strange concerning the firey trial that you
are going through.
You will not be burned but you are being tried and
purified and are going to come forth as pure gold.
I am bringing My bride out from among the heathen
and she is coming forth to Me.
She is a bride from all kindreds and tribes and from all
the nations of the earth.
I see no distinction for I am bringing together a body
of believers, in the Lord Jesus Christ.
This body is coming close to Me and will not be a
part of man made religion.
This bride, My bride is a bride of My making and My
choosing.
She has been chosen and called by Me.
I am calling those forth from all walks of life that will serve
Me in true holiness and carry Me within.
Will you carry Me within your heart?
Will you allow Me to stir you?
Beloved, you need to be stirred.
My beloved. What are you doing My beloved?
My sweet love you are busy about so much
that is not of Me.
It is time My beloved to lay aside the sin that so easily
besets you and become one that has a heart aflame
for Me.
I am looking for a bride that has fire burning in her heart
and am looking to find this when I return.
My people are in sad shape.
My people are broken.
My people are in chains and many need the freedom that
only I can bring.
The enemy has bound many of My beloved children with
sickness and disease and many things that break My heart
when I see their struggles.
Think not that I do not see your struggles.
I see. I see. Yes beloved, I see all that goes on even in
the small corners of your home.
I see every spot of dust, I see every happy smile,
I see each child that cries from lack of attention.
I see. I see. I see.
I see all that you have been through.
Beloved I am a Father that sees all that My children pass
through.
Every firey trial that you have passed through I have
permitted for My reasons.
I do not say that sickness and disease come from Me.
They do not.
I am saying that nothing can come your way except it
first passes by Me.
Remember Job.
My son.
The enemy came and petitioned Me for Him.
I am a Father that is proud of My children.
I was proud of Job.
I permitted that the hedge around him be removed so
that I would be glorified.
I was glorified even in this situation.
The enemy thought he won but beloved he did not win.
My children in your trials you come to know what lies
within you. You come to see the motives of your heart.
You see why you do the things that you do.
You come to know the good and the evil and the dross
comes to the top.
Through your testings you need to turn to Me.
Will I allow you to be tried beyond what you are able to
handle?
No I will not.
You ask me, why can I handle such a trial and others seem
to go through their walk with little in the way of deep
trials.
Your calling and your trials will be comparable.
If your are called to a place in My Kingdom that expects much
that much will be expected of you.
Do not think you will have a mighty ministry without paying
the price.
Your salvation was bought and paid for and it was free.
Yet in accepting Me there is a price to pay.
It is the price of dying to self and all that you are that I may
live fully through you.
My body is not ready and My body needs to prepare itself
for My returning.
I visit my churches and My Spirit is grieved.
My churches are full of programs.
My churches are full of everything but My people are
not filled with My Spirit.
If I walked through the door of many churches,
I would be turned away, unwanted and unrecognized.
I have visited My churches in many forms and have been
unrecognized.
You are My hand extended.
You are the ones that are to reach out to those in need.
How My children can you say you love Me and yet turn
away those that are unlovely and in need.
The drunk and the prostitute need Me.
The rich and the poor need Me.
The rich have great need of Me.
The poor you will always have with you and they need Me.
Many shun those that come in My name because they are
not yet changed and look unlike the Sunday Christian.
I say I am visiting you in many ways.
Do not miss the day of your visitation.
You pray for revival.
Are you revived?
Are you hungry?
Are you desiring more of Me?
Desire Me Beloved.
Desire change.
Desire a move of My Spirit within you.
Welcome Me and I will come.
Make Me welcome in your midst
and I shall visit you.
Call upon Me and I shall come to you.
Even in the night hours will I visit you.
I will visit you even in dreams and visions and
in ways you cannot imagine.
I visit your through My Word.
Love Me.
Love My Word.
I Jesus am coming quickly
Hear the voice of the Spirit
for behold I come quickly.
7 PROPHECY: / Daily Prophecy Corner / SEVEN PROPHETIC DIRECTIVES FOR 2007 by Patricia King 12/31 on: Today at 06:54:11am
Patricia King: "SEVEN PROPHETIC DIRECTIVES FOR 2007"
Prophetic insight is given by the Lord so that we will understand His heart, desires, perspectives, and promises for the future. When embraced in prayer and faith, we will see the fulfillment of those promises in our lives.
Like Mary, we will say, "Be it done unto me according to Your word" (Luke 1:38), and like her, we will experience the same results--fulfillment of prophecy.
1. A Year of Success and Fruitfulness
In 2007, the Lord is looking for those who will invest their "talents" wisely. It is a year to DREAM BIG. It is a year of bringing forth fruit for the Lord and His Kingdom through the wise investment of the gifts He has given.
In the parable of the talents (Matthew 25:14-30), the master praised the servants who took the initiative to invest what they had been given, but he was angry with the one who buried his one talent. Jesus said that this parable describes the Kingdom (verse 14).
The Lord is calling His people to make investments of their gifts on behalf of the Kingdom. There will be success and fruitfulness for those who do. 2007 is a year to invest much as there will be great dividends for the glory of God. "You will succeed in whatever you choose to do, and light will shine on all your ways" Job 22:28. (Also read Psalm 20:4; Deuteronomy 28:8, 12; Genesis 1:28; John 15:7.)
2. Change, Change, Change
2007 is going to meet us with great change. The face of the Church is going to change drastically. Political changes and shifts await us. Individuals will be called to make changes in their lives to facilitate the call of God. Some will even be called to make geographical changes. Many believers will have unexpected changes in vocation. Some students at the university level will suddenly feel to change their majors even after they have invested many months and years in a particular direction.
It is vital in 2007 that believers seek the Lord for confirmation during the stirrings that call for change. The Lord will confirm clearly. Great flexibility and grace will be required to move into the change that God is ordaining. New levels of dependency on God will need to be embraced during these times of transition.
Prophetic signs of change
Many will experience a phenomenon of finding "change" (coins) in unique places--sometimes on the walkway in front of them or in drawers or on the floor beneath them. This will be quickened to the heart as a "prophetic sign" confirming the season of change.
Another sign will be the appearance of butterflies. The butterfly comes forth as a result of metamorphosis (change). The increased and unusual appearances of butterflies will be a confirmation of the season of change. Another sign will be changes in weather patterns and unexpected winds in regions that are marked for change.
3. A Year of Covenant Blessing
Abraham was blessed by God, and he was called to be a blessing so that all the nations would be blessed. This is our calling in the Kingdom--to live in the blessings of God in Christ, so that the testimony of Christ's glory and love spreads.
Christians will be called by the Spirit in 2007 to establish boundaries around their lives where ONLY BLESSINGS will prevail. When attacks, assaults, and trials come, they will be turned into blessings as believers stand their ground on covenant promises. Blessings will become the protective border and the covering of believer's lives that embrace this. (Read Ephesians 1:3; 2 Peter 1:2-4; Genesis 1:28; Genesis 12:2,3; Psalm 103:1-5; Deuteronomy 28:1-13; Numbers 6:23-26.)
4. Earth Shaking Catastrophes
There will be some catastrophes in 2007 that will cause people to respond in fear. Believers are not to fear, but to rather embrace the situations, allowing them to usher in revival and harvest. The Church will be launched into mercy and compassion ministry when these catastrophes occur. Calls to prayer during these events will also be used to unite the Body. (Read Hebrews 12:26-29; Matthew 24:6-7.)
5. Walking on Water
The Lord is calling His Church to move in the supernatural. Many will be called out of the "boat of comfort" into "arenas of risk" in 2007. It is important to keep the focus on Jesus and His Word alone during these times. The Holy Spirit will teach the Church the importance of living in the supernatural empowerment Christ has invested in us through His indwelling presence.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not to your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct your paths" Proverbs 3:5-6. (Also read Matthew 14:28-31.)
6. Bible Faith will be Challenged
The Church must remain strong in intercession in 2007 as foundations of faith and Bible absolutes will be challenged by political and humanistic spirits in Christian nations. God will raise up spokespeople who will be a voice for uncompromised truth in the nations. These ones will suffer persecution both in the world and in the Church for their righteous stands. A separation will come in the Church between those who are fully committed to Bible truth and those who compromise. (Read Psalm 1 and 2.)
7. God's Media Army is Emerging
Many Christians will experience the call into media in 2007. The Lord is raising up an army in the area of television, radio, entertainment, internet, and print media. These warriors will be powerfully used of God to spread the Gospel and to creatively build faith in the masses. "The Lord gives the word, and a great army brings the good news" Psalm 68:11.
Patricia King
www.extremeprophetic.com
patricia@extremeprophetic.com
8 PROPHECY: / Praise and Devotionals / THE ACCURSED THING! by Wayne Stokes 12/31 on: Today at 06:50:44am
The Accursed Thing!
by Wayne Stokes
WayneS317@aol.com
God warns Israel in Joshua 6, not to take unto themselves anything accursed. They are to take the silver, gold, brass, and iron for the treasury of the Lord, and destroy everything else except Rahab and all that she had. In chapter 7 Achan took up the accursed thing and kindled the anger of the Lord. Israel went into battle and turned their backs on their enemy....and fled! Why? Verse 11 says Israel had sinned and transgressed the covenant which God commanded them. Three things took place that can be covered with one word. 1. They have taken the accursed thing! 2. They stole! 3. They lied! In other words they disobeyed, and by their disobedience...they sinned!
They could not stand against the enemy because they were accursed. You must destroy the accursed thing. Separate yourself and put the accursed thing out...put it away from you. You will not walk in victory, you cannot and will not walk uprightly if you have the accursed thing in your camp (or life). Verse 13- you cannot stand before the enemy until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.
God showed them it was Achan. For a garment, some silver, and some gold, Achan brought defeat to Israel and death to innocent brethren, then even death and destruction to himself, his sons, his daughters, his animals, and to all that he had. He earned destruction for himself and others by his disobedience, for what? He wagered eternity for a season of sin! And lost...sin always loses!
The accursed thing, the stolen thing, the lie, the disobedience....the sin, will bring pain, sorrow, death and destruction. The accursed thing will eventually see you buried. Achan and all of his family were stoned, then burned along with the accursed thing. Then their ashes were covered with a heap of stones as a memorial, a marker, to remind people to what took place there and what happened at the valley of Achor (The Valley of Troubling).
Achan stood against God when he disobeyed, when he rebelled, when he did it his own way. He sinned against the Rock and it crushed him and left a reminder to others of the truth...the wages (the pay you earn from what you do) of (from) sin is death (Romans 6:23). It will be what you yourself have earned and deserved. You need to ask yourself a very important question....Do I want to be the example that God uses to show others the wages of disobedience and sin?
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The above message was written quite a while ago. I was looking through some old messages. I had that feeling I was looking for something particular, but yet I didn't know for sure what it was. This message was it. This message applies to something that my new friend Tom and I have been e-mailing about back and forth. We have been discussing the Word of God and those using or rather misusing it for their own hidden agendas. This happens many times when believers and even preachers believe something to be true and find passages of scripture that (they take out of context and) use to back up what they are preaching or teaching. Of course there are many that do this knowing all full well that they are in fact doing something wrong and they desire to pull the wool over the sheep's eyes so to speak. A pastor of mine from many years ago used to say something that I never forget..."Any text taken out of context is a pretext."
Tom and I have discussed ministers that teach a certain thing yet cannot give scripture that is clearly backing up what they are teaching. One such topic is drinking, but especially wine. Depending on a person's own view of drinking wine, is usually the foundation on where their theology on that topic will be built. Our view is to be based on the Word of God and on the Word's implied meanings as well. Some Christians will say drinking wine is okay while others will condemn you to hell for it. The Bible does clearly tell us that overindulging in wine or anything is not good for us. The Bible says in Ephesians 5:18 And be not DRUNK with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit: In I Peter 4:3 again mentions the excess of wine. In I Timothy 3:1-7 are the qualifications of a Bishop. It says that he is to not be given to wine. It also says that deacons (verses 8-13) should not be given to much wine. 'Not given' here for both Bishops and deacons means: not staying near wine, tippling (a topper), tipsey, not prone (not apt, not bent towards, not inclined to (over do) to wine. So we see that when we compare scripture with scripture we get our answer. Drunkedness is condemned because of what excess can lead to. But the clear indication is that wine in itself does not send a person to hell. Drunkedness or drunkenness is the problem and is the sin, not the wine itself. And YES, for those who may think otherwise, Jesus did turn water (H2O) into wine (John 2:9). The word here for wine figuratively and literally means wine (the fermented juice of the grape). Also we read in Luke 10:34 that wine was also used medicinally. Also read Paul's words to Timothy in I Timothy 5:23.
We see here then that the Word of God does not condemn drinking wine within reason. To teach people something that is not in the Word but yet tell people it is, is a misuse of the Word. It is either an honest error (but an error none the less) or it is a willfull pushing one's own opinion or agenda. Either way it is wrong and needs to stop. A pastor may counsel someone (privately) not to drink wine or other alcoholic beverages due to that person having a problem and overdoing it and for fear of alcoholism, but to outright preach and teach that wine sends the drinker to hell, is not telling the truth.
I bring this up because it goes with this message above. This too is an accursed thing. Preaching and teaching something as the Word of God when it isn't, is sin. When you are sinning you cannot stand up against the enemy. How can you expect to walk in victory if there are lies being preached or taught within the camp (church, congregation)? Sin is sin. But willfull sin of playing with God;s Word and misusing it will bring destruction into the camp. It is a believer's duty to go to that pastor, teacher, or whoever, and point out the error in Christian love. If after showing the person their error and they will not listen and repent, then the believer must follow what Gods' Word says about the proper way to handle the situation (Matthew 18:15-20).
There is a lot of people these days playing fast and loose with the Word of God. On Christian TV we see and hear ministers that use their programs to push their agendas. Yes, there are always some that say something in honest error. These people usually realize their error and repent of it and apologize to their audience and get on with teaching the truth. Some of those that deliberately teach bad doctrine and theology only get away with it for a season before they are caught and disgraced. Some end up being totally destroyed by their sin. If a believer in Christ is sharing their feelings about something with you, they should make it very clear that this is indeed how they feel. But if a believer is teaching something wrong that they say is the Word of God and it is diliberate, it is an accursed thing. With God the ends just does not justify the means. God is truth. He is also righteous and holy. He expects us to walk after His ways. Just like what happened to Achen, the accursed thing will see you buried. There are many Achens out in the world today. If you know an Achen and after warnings they will not repent then walk away from them. After you have done all that you can to see them repent and become restored, if they refuse to do so...run, do not walk, to the nearest exit and go to a real God fearing, God believing, God following church. Never put up with an accursed thing.
Finally, there are many people leaving churches today. Why? They are sick of game playing, sick of lies, sick of being told things that do not match up to the Word. My pastor at my old home church every onw and then reminded us to write down the scriptures he used. He told us to go home and read them to make sure of what he told us. He also added that in case he was in error, we could show him what he said and what the Word says. He saids that this way we could help him in correction. That's cool isn't it? He knew he is a man and therefore can make a mistake. There are to be no accursed things in the body of Christ!
Love and prayers in Christ!
Everlasting Light Ministries (Is. 60:19)
Wayne
11 PROPHECY: / Daily Prophecy Corner / PROPHETIC WORD FOR 2007: ARISE MY PROPHETS, NOW IS THE TIME by Marie Stewart on: Today at 06:42:28am
Prophetic Word of THE Lord for 2007
Marie Stewart
Dec 31 2006 07:55AM
Hello all and God bless you. I have not been posting for a little while, but today I got up and I heard the Lord say NOW. About two weeks ago I was awakened out of my sleep with my bed shaking, now I mean my bed was actually shaking and I put out my right hand to find out what was going on and my whole bed was vibrating. Now I live in New jersey, but I honestly thought I was in the middle of an earthquake. Anyhoo, I finally went back to sleep and the next morning I got up and checked with the weather station, that was how real it was. Well there was no earthquake and I forgot about it as I put it on the shelf, after asking the Lord to show me what was going on. This morning I got up real early and the Father said to me, get your pen ready. He proceeded to show me what the shaking was all about. I never thought for one moment it was a type of prohetic action, but I soon found out it was. He gave me this word, and I felt in my spirit the seriousness of the hour we are in. Listen and hear what the Spirit of the Lord is saying and to those to who it applies, move on it, and to those it doesn"t, don"t just shake it off, but pray earnestly for those who need to heed and hear the call, Amen. be blessed and get ready for 2007 for this IS the year of the Lord.
For I am shaking MY prophets out of their sleep, for some lie in bed sleeping, when I AM is calling them to come forth. I AM is calling them to blow the trumpet and to sound the alarm. It is time NOW for my true Prophets to come forth and speak forth THE WORD that I shall put in their mouths. IT IS TIME for THE WORD, to come forth and accomplish MY plan for planet earth. II IS TIME for all false prophets to be put to silence by MY WORD. The unholy tongues shall be stopped in 2007 as MY TONGUE shuts their mouths. I shall no longer allow their tongues to bring forth unholy prophecies to hurt my precious people and seduce them.
I love my people and my heart cries out for them, and NOW IT IS TIME for me to act on their behalf, and I shall do this through the mouth of my prophets. These are MY prophets, those who have been hidden by MY mighty hand, so they could not be corrupted by the wiles of the enemy through men. These are those who will refuse to merchandise MY anointing, those who will not compromise MY WORD, those who will move in power and demonstration of MY Holy Spirit, those who have been raised in adversity. Those who have been raised to suffer for my glory. Those who have been conformed to the image of MY SON. Those who love me more than their own lives. Those who have been through the fire and have come out and are now my fine golden vessels of honor fit for the Masters use. Those who I have raised for my glory and not mans.
They will be THE VOICE, not the face of one crying in the wilderness. They will be known of me, and not man, they will move at my bidding. So I call you forth this day by the power of my spirit. Wake up NOW, arise and shine NOW for your light has NOW come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Come forth NOW, and be quick to obey MY WORD. This is NOW THE TIME you have been waiting for, this year IS the year of the Lord. The waiting is over, it is NOW time. I am your covering and nothing shall be allowed to touch or hurt you in any way, for my angels have been dispatched from my throne to protect and cause you to walk in my way. 2007 is my year. I will shake everything into its rightful place, for in this year I shall be THE PLACE of safety for my people. No more shall the enemy be allowed to steal their rightful inheritance from them through people who dare say they are my servants. My people shall be delivered by my mighty hand and they shall know the truth, and they shall be set free.
Arise my prophets, bondservants of the Most high God. He that has an ear to hear, hear and heed the call, of the spirit of the Lord NOW. Arise NOW for I have need of you. Arise NOW in MY resurrection power and in demonstration of MY Holy Spirit for your hour has NOW come, for this is the hour of MY power, and the fulness of time has now come when all shall be put in divine order. This is my NOW MOVE, and when MY prophet says NOW MOVE, then I shall move and planet earth shall know once again that I am their creator, and that I love them, and as they call out to me I shall save them.