tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69255996344632875192024-02-20T18:05:01.792-08:00Destination ReflectionFrom beginning to the eventual end...
A process towards progress and purpose...
<br>~the reality of my destiny.~Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16465007489583937606noreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925599634463287519.post-75830879384688968542016-11-09T10:57:00.001-08:002016-11-09T10:57:07.764-08:00Now. More Than Ever...<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Now more than ever, God's people need power.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The power to change this country or change your life will not come through any political party, leader or candidate. If you are a Believer in Jesus Christ, that power is already in YOU.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This
morning it was my 7th grade son that announced the winner of the 2016
presidential election to me. At 7:11 am. My knees buckled. I went
upstairs to pray: "What now Lord?"</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"NOW, MORE THAN EVER - MY PEOPLE NEED TO WALK IN MY POWER." </span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The
people have spoken - on both sides of the election. CHRISTIANS have
spoken - or chosen to be silent - on both sides of the election. And
the result is a true representation of what is going on in this
country. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And one can no longer say that the result is because of Republicans. The result is no longer due to Christians. It is <i>"neither Jew nor Gentile; male nor female; saved nor sinner..."</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There are GOD-FEARING, JESUS-LOVING, BIBLE-BELIEVING, SPIRIT-FILLED, WELL-MEANING Christians who are both Republicans AND Democrats. And God has NEEDED and used His true Disciples of Christ in both political parties. God loves balance - even (and especially) in an unbalanced, corrupt<i> </i>system of society.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">But God needs His people to BE balanced. To walk in balance. Because unbalanced power is dangerous, ineffective, unpredictable and volatile. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And
because God knows the end from the beginning; and because He is the
beginning and the end; he has known what would be needed for this
dispensation in time, as His people would wake up on November 9, 2016.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Wake up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Wake up and prepare to walk in His power.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Only
those who will have faith in Him; believe in His word, and do not doubt
in their hearts will receive the fullness of the power of His Truth.
This power of Truth is:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The power to overcome hate</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The power to overcome fear</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The power to discern lies</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The power to prevail</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The power to prosper </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The power to heal</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The power to save & deliver</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It is the power of the Spirit of Truth abiding in you, as YOU abide in the Word of God. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And it is truly the power of love - because God is Love; Jesus is God; and as Jesus is, so are we in this world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It
is through this power that we, God's true Disciples are transformed
into the image and likeness of Jesus. It is through this power that we,
God's true Believers will be able to do the great and greater things of
Jesus. It is only through this power that we, the men and women of God
will be able to make this nation great again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And all that you thought either party, leader or candidate would do, will only be done through you and the supernatural Spirit of God working abundantly, exceedingly more in you. Even whether those things you hope will change are:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Jobs </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Family </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Health Care</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Equality</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Education</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Protection</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Assistance</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Provision</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Prosperity</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Life</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">& Love for all... God's love, that is.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> But only through the love of Christ in you and empowering you - now, more than ever. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Power, love & peace - <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(2 Timothy 1:7)</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">~Pastor D</span>~Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16465007489583937606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925599634463287519.post-44973768014607747342016-09-11T19:47:00.002-07:002016-09-11T19:47:41.861-07:00Born & Raised - #1<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Like Esther, I was born for such a time as this...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Or, more specifically - I was <b><i>raised</i></b> for such a time as this. I am a child of God and He is my Father. He has raised me, guided me, protected me, sheltered me, nurtured me and shaped me - all during a time when I did not know he knew me - and I did not know Him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He named me "Delaileona." But I could not step into the revelation of that name because I did not understand the full significance of it... until just recently. But I must have been named Delaileona by the heart of God since the beginning of my days...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Two worlds were pursuing me since the beginning, but it seems I could not see the light... the kingdom of darkness was too bright, but Light was there, always vying for my heart.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">*****</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Recently, my Father showed me a copy of my original baptismal certificate from the Methodist church. It was really a baby dedication from my infancy, but the wording has clearly dedicated me to the service and teaching of the Lord and His Word.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">His hand was upon me from the start, but darkness tried to pull it apart.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I think I must have been 8 or so, maybe younger, when a neighbor lady asked me, "Are you a Christian?"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I told her "I was baptized Methodist." She was unhappy with my response, twisting up her face at me, and I was perturbed. How dare she question my baptism? I knew for a fact I was baptized as a Methodist!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Clearly I had no understanding of what she was asking.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">*****</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Recently, I was asked by a Lutheran Pastor if I was baptized. I told him of seeing my baptismal certificate not long ago, and it's wording binding me into the work of God. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And I told him of my baptism once receiving my Salvation and being baptized unto Jesus' death and brought up as a representation of the newness of the life of Christ within me. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And, I told him about the very significant and spiritual experience of my 3rd baptism that I only did to support my son, but that ended up being a powerful and overwhelming confirmation of the anointing of God confirming my entrance into my ministry calling.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The pastor twisted His face much like that old neighbor lady and commenced to scrutinize, analyze and re-teach me on <b><i>his</i></b> doctrine regarding my baptism.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How dare he question my baptism! Some things never change!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">... or do they? They most certainly do!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">4Love & Life -</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">~Pastor D</span><br />
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<br />~Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16465007489583937606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925599634463287519.post-76100945151161054492016-09-11T19:19:00.000-07:002016-09-11T19:21:07.918-07:00NEW DIRECTION; OLD PATHS...<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">This blog has been evolved several times since its inception.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">It started as a platform for a writer's musings</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Then it became a witness of my spiritual journey toward supernatural maturity</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">And, as I began to mature it then has been a journal for my "prophetic notions"</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">It has been scattered about with a few teachings and open letters on various subjects</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">And now...</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">This past weekend was the 3rd Anniversary of The House of His Glory and it has been an extraordinary process of being the "Senior" Pastor of this unique ministry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">In the past several months, Father has been exposing my to a new facet of the calling and mandate over my life. It's not new in the sense of not knowing this was the Father's will for me, but instead there has been a whole new aspect of this mandate that I've been experiencing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">And, because of it, I feel led to chronicle the spiritual path my life has always followed even and before I ever knew about following Jesus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">I am a follower of Jesus, but I did not choose Him, He chose me from before I was...</span></div>
~Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16465007489583937606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925599634463287519.post-54173647952955648052015-12-30T19:48:00.000-08:002015-12-30T23:07:54.079-08:00'Tis The Season...Usually about this time, I begin praying and seeking the Lord for His heart regarding the New Year.<br />
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Christmas has come fast this year, and so has the New Year and so today is the first I've turned my thoughts towards God's word for 2016. I didn't expect the Spirit of the Lord to say anything to me - these were really my own thoughts...<br />
- No prayer<br />
- No study<br />
- No fasting<br />
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... just me, thinking.<br />
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But instantly my spirit filled with an impression of the New Year that I had to check in with the Spirit of God and ask, "Is this really your heart for next year?" Or really is this just my hope for my own life?<br />
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<b>Nope - the hope for my own life is our Heavenly Father's hope for us all!</b><br />
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Next year <b>2016 </b>will be a year of <b>RETURN</b> and a year of <b>ABUNDANCE</b>.<br />
You will experience God's Jubilee year of Abundance when you return to the Lord! <br />
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Now, in the past I've felt God had a heart for our prosperity and a release or restoration of all that had been lost to us. But many of us did not receive that release and restoration. And so I asked the Lord, what is the difference in this "return" and "abundance" and will His people receive and walk in this word next year?</div>
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Here is the image my heart saw: a kind of labyrinth or maze of many doors. (Revelation 3:7-12)</div>
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Each part of the maze leads to a door that is unlocked for those who have already received the "Key of David." We've received the keys, but we haven't searched for the doors or attempted to walk through them - we've just been praying and asking for what's behind them like contestants on the "Price is Right" asking for Door #1, #2 or #3.</div>
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But now is the time to RECEIVE that which is behind each door instead of just praying and asking. How?</div>
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<li>When we RETURN to loving</li>
<li>When we RETURN to listening</li>
<li>When we RETURN to learning</li>
<li>When we RETURN to living</li>
<li>And When we RETURN to giving</li>
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THEN we will receive the ABUNDANCE God has for us through each of these areas of return.<br />
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1. LOVING:<br />
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<li>Love the Lord our God through true praise and worship in spirit and in truth</li>
<li>Love OURSELVES through forgiveness and an understanding of our image in Christ</li>
<li>Love our neighbor as ourselves</li>
<li>Perfecting our love - because as Jesus is, so are we in this world (1 John 4:17) </li>
<li>Receiving God's love - because perfect love casts out all fear (1 John 4:18)</li>
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2. LISTENING:<br />
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<li>It's time to learn how to hear the voice of God and how He speaks to YOU</li>
<li>It's time to listen to the prompting of the Holy Spirit to actually guide your life</li>
<li>It's time to listen to true Prophets Pastors Apostles Evangelists and Teachers. Which brings us to...</li>
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3. LEARNING:<br />
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<li>It's time to really commit to reading the word of God again.</li>
<li>It's time to now learn how to study the word of God</li>
<li>It's time to learn how to apply the word of God to your "every day life"</li>
<li>It's time to walk in the Word of God in your life</li>
<li>It's time to manifest the Word of God through your life. Which brings us to...</li>
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4. LIVING:<br />
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<li>It's time to live life (John 10:10)</li>
<li>It's time to live a Godly life (2 Peter 1:3)</li>
<li>It's time to live life as a light in a dark world (Isaiah 60:1-2)</li>
<li>It's time to live life walking in your purpose</li>
<li>It's time to live life walking in power</li>
<li>It's time to live life walking in peace</li>
<li>And it's time to life life walking in prosperity! Which brings us to...</li>
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5. GIVING<br />
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<li>Malachi 3:7 - return to giving your tithes and offerings and heaven will be opened to you!</li>
<li>Luke 6:38 - return to giving and others will give unto you!</li>
<li>2 Corinthians 9:10 - return to sowing seed and the fruits of righteousness will be opened to you!</li>
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When you make the effort to return to love, it will seem as though you are walking through a maze. Commit to it, let the Spirit of God guide you, don't give up, don't turn back. And if you do, you will get to an open door of abundant love in your life!<br />
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When you make the effort to return to an intimate, personal and mutual relationship with God in which you are not just hurling prayers at Him, but where you are striving to hear and to listen to Him, then you will find and open door of God's power in your life! There is power in your relationship with Him. (Ephesians 3:20)<br />
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When you make the effort to return to the Word of God - it may seem like a maze that you will get lost in before you find the door. But when you do, God will open the door of His word to you! That means all his promises, benefits and His will (Joshua 1:8) as well as the desires of your heart (Psalm 37:4) will be an open door of God's abundant word in you!<br />
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When you make the effort to return to living the life God intended for you - you will find yourself walking in abundant peace, health and prosperity unlike anything you've experienced before! (3 John 1:2)<br />
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And when you make the effort to give, you will find yourself wanting to give up before you find the open door that is waiting for you. But if you persist and do not turn away, or cease from giving, you will find an open door of Kingdom Economics that will abundantly supply provision, wealth, riches and prosperity!<br />
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***Look, I am not just expressing a positive, encouraging word that is based in my own hopes.<br />
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THIS IS THE TRUE AND FAITHFUL WORD OF GOD FOR 2016.<br />
But not everyone will walk in this word for 2016,<br />
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<li>It will take commitment</li>
<li>It will take effort</li>
<li>You will want to give up</li>
<li>The enemy will resist you</li>
<li>And it will take a faith you've never walked in before</li>
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*** In truth, this is a positive, encouraging word that is based in GOD'S HOPES FOR YOU!<br />
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Our Heavenly Father has great hope that each of us will commit; make the effort; not give up; resist the devil and strive to have this word made manifest in our lives. Be diligent and you will be rewarded - Heb. 11:6<br />
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God has a wealth of abundant prosperity waiting for us so that His Kingdom covenant can be established in the earth and through your life for the benefit of this dark, hurting world and to His Glory.<br />
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Return to Him and He will return to you great abundance in all areas of your life for 2016.<br />
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I pray you this word in your life and a BLESSED and HAPPY New Year for 2016.<br />
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Power, love and peace to all -<br />
~Pastor Deidre~Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16465007489583937606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925599634463287519.post-19796853798556318712015-12-02T16:38:00.001-08:002015-12-02T16:39:12.703-08:00LIGHT; Illumintation and The Word...Just today - December 2, 2015 - I have heard two (2) prophetic words regarding a return to God's word:<br />
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<li>Dr. Mark Chirrona in a live meeting on the Word Network</li>
<li>Pastor Senil in the camp of Prophet Kim Clement</li>
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Both have said that in the light of all that is going on in the world right now - from the attacks in Paris, throughout the world and now in reference to the shooting in San Bernadino, CA - God is calling His prophets and prophetesses, as well as His Apostolic leaders and prayer warriors to return to His Holy Word!<br />
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Amen! Hallelujah!<br />
Isaiah 60:1-2 - "Arise, shine for the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. For darkness covers the land; gross darkness the people!" Jesus is the Light. Jesus is the Word. Return to Jesus through His Word and let the light of your illumination shine!<br />
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Please read my last two prophetic words to leaders and those called to the office of Prophet - both groups are charged with the mandate to return to God's word!<br />
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I am charged, jazzed and energized - this confirmation of God's rhema word by two individuals that I greatly respect is deeply meaningful to me - especially as that God used my prophetic words to speak to me and confirm that I have indeed returned to a study of His word. But even still, I know it could be more.<br />
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Leaders and Prophets: I know you want to be used effectively for the Kingdom of God! To those of you who are credible, legitimate and have a pure heart towards the oracles of God - I beseech you to have that same pure heart and diligence towards the Word of God as well. When you do, when you return to God's Word, you will see (just as I have in myself) a mighty, powerful, ignited and elevated flow of His prophetic power in you!<br />
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<b>WHY is this important? I see (brand new right now) several specific steps:</b><br />
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<li>A return to God's word is a return to God's heart for His people and His Kingdom</li>
<li>This will burn out by the fire of the Spirit any "mix" of law and grace, tradition and false doctrine</li>
<li>When your understanding of God's heart is pure, your heart to hear His oracles will be purified</li>
<li>In this purified state, we will be able to see more clearly future enemy attacks still yet to happen</li>
<li>And when we see them, we are strengthened to battle in prayer to STOP THEM in advance!!!</li>
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Spread this word, share this blog to every prophet, prophetess, 5-Fold leader and prayer warrior you know.<br />
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Power, love and peace, ya'll -<br />
~Pastor Deidre Campbell-Jones ~Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16465007489583937606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925599634463287519.post-42253391482370828142015-11-09T14:58:00.000-08:002015-11-09T16:08:31.342-08:00Prophecy for the ProphetsNot long ago I had a word for the Prophets and Prophetesses who are currently standing in the gap and doing the will of God through their office and gift. I was able to text a few of the Prophets I know, and I put the brief word on Twitter.<br />
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But this word for the office of the Prophet still crops up in my spirit - and is longer and more detailed. And now, as I've just recently received another word for ministers and leaders, I feel both are aligned and I must put them in writing for a larger audience and a wider audience potential.<br />
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PROPHETS:<br />
Currently, the men and women of God who receive His oracles and His Word from His mouth to theirs - are under attack of the enemy. These attacks are not your everyday, run of the mill attacks. These are specific, individualized and severe attacks.<br />
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When I say specific and individualized, what I mean is that each one is being attacked in a way that is severe for that person. One attack of a $1000 debt may not seem as severe as the well known prophet who is battling for his life. Or one prophetess who is being attacked in several - even multiple - seemingly small areas all at once may be just as severe to her as is the attack on another well known prophet whose ministry is being bombarded with devastating lies and accusations launched entirely by the enemy.<br />
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Now, there are those who have walked in the office of prophet who have turned away from their calling, or fallen to depression or sin, or who are weak in their faith and their trial has been ongoing. They are not the ones to whom I am speaking. Their trials are a result of walking outside the will of God and the covering of the Lord. They have left themselves open to the enemy and have been suffering the results for over a year now. These prophets and prophetesses deliver a false, or hit-and-miss word that is labored to come forth. They are struggling in the flow of their gifts in the ways they are used to flowing.<br />
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To these prophets and prophetesses the Lord says, "Repent. Turn away from the temptation of sin. Do not grow weary in well doing. Weariness is a choice. Choose instead to return to my word: My written word - the bible. Delight in my Word and I will delight in delivering unto you my clear, untainted rhema word again. Your own sin or weariness or the thorns and thistles of life are choking out my clear, untainted word - muddying it's truth, power and effectiveness. Return to my Word, and return to my joy - for my joy is the strength of your life. My joy is the strength of your word. My joy is the strength of your ministry and My joy will be the strength of your prosperity in all areas of your life, your gift and in your victory over the enemy."<br />
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Then, there are also those who are called to the office of prophet, and know that they are, who either have rejected their calling or have warped their own calling through the ways of the world. These are indeed not necessarily suffering from either an old trial or a new attack. The enemy is quite comfortable with their choices regarding their calling and - he even keeps some of them deceived into thinking they are actually in the will of God, by staving off their attacks and possibly even bringing false blessings into their lives. I am not speaking to these individuals as well. These individuals are feeling good, possibly even blessed as well - but their word (if they give it) is false. It is worldly advice. "It is not of Me, says the Lord. They are not even positioned to hear Me. The enemy has them deceived and feeds them their words in a voice that seems as mine. But he is a false light, a liar, the father of lies and there is no truth in him. Therefore, there is no truth in their words."<br />
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To these would be prophets and prophetesses the Lord says, "You too must return to my written word - the word of the Bible. I have much to teach you about hearing from me but you will not learn the lessons from any other way but my written word <u>at this time</u>. Do not turn away from your pastors in rebellion. Do not turn away from my written word in rejection. Yes, the Spirit of truth will teach you all things and bring all things to remembrance. And yes, you have possibly been in the position to hear my word before, but there is a new time. There has been a new shift. And the enemy kept you deceived and you did not shift with my people. But the time is not too late. You can return to my word, learn of me through my word, through the pastor that I will give you from MY heart. Trust me in this, at this time and you will be able to trust in receiving My true word once again."<br />
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And so, this word that I have now for the Prophet and Prophetess who has been in the word, who has been true to their calling and who have been true to the ministries God has given them - to these in the office of Prophet, "you are under an attack of the enemy, greater than you've known before, in direct measure of your ministry and the success of your word. The enemy has seen the light of your rising and like Jezebel intent on destroying the word of the prophets by killing them, so too is the enemy attacking you to discourage, kill and choke out the true word of God in you. These prophets are persevering in the fight - and fighting the good fight of faith. Their rhema word remains true and clear - although some be labor to hear that word more than they ever have.<br />
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However, these you can know are under attack because their knowledge of my written word is as hit-and-miss as the prophets who have stepped out of My will, says the Lord your God. You must take care not to mix law and grace at this time. You must be careful not to mix false doctrine at this time. You must take care not to preach from traditionalism particularly at this time. And most of all, though your study is true and accurate - it was accurate for a prior dispensation of truth. The enemy has used your mix to weaken your faith and he has slipped in through your weakened defenses, like a breach in the wall of protection around you. My Word, My written word is a hedge of protection around you. Now is the time to recheck and double check with ME, says the Lord your God, on the word you knew as true. It is not that My written word and the revelation you had is false now, but I want you to come closer to ME and receive a fresh and deeper revelation of an even greater truth that is for this time and for this day.<br />
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I have shifted. There is a new time. And there is a new word for this time. Do not be so fervent and stuck in your current truths; do not be too proud in your current speeches, do not be so entrenched in Social Media that that you speak a word of previous power that is no longer relevant to this shift in power, time and revelation to the church. I, the Lord your God change Not. and neither does my Word. But I have a length, breadth and depth of my word that you know not and the time is now. Return to my written word, return to my study, return to intimacy with Me. I am a Jealous God and my name is Jealous. And I am Jealous of your time on Social Media, saying what WAS true in me so passionately, or saying what was so passionately true in the church that was not completely of Me, instead of learning what IS now so passionate in Me for today.<br />
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Return unto me and your proximity to the bright light of My Glory once again will burn off the attacks of the enemy on your life and blind the demons that plague you so that they cannot even find you to attack any longer. You will not have to fight in your usual manner, no hours of spiritual warfare prayer, begging Me in the spirit. Just rest in my word, draw near to my Glory and let me fight these battles for you as you draw close to my written Word. Then as you do, what you learn and what you study will prepare you for the shift I have waiting for you. My daughter writing can attest this is true, says the Lord your God."<br />
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Oh... well, praise the Lord. I had no idea of that last part. But I just write what God gives me. And yes, I have drawn closer to His word in my own trial and the attacks are falling away. I do expect full victory, and the full manifestation of the miracle and breakthrough I've been praying for an have sown seed for. And so, I will receive this word as well, in Jesus name, Amen!<br />
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Please send me your testimony! For we overcome through the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony... amen? Amen!<br />
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~Pastor D~Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16465007489583937606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925599634463287519.post-52335857958755142202015-11-03T16:03:00.000-08:002015-11-09T16:07:52.584-08:00SHIFT!I had a dream on Oct. 29th - if you've read my Twitter or Instagram around then, you have seen me make a reference to it.<br />
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In this dream I was driving on a kind of highway - the surroundings were a vague mix of the outdoors and a few indistinguishable man-made buildings. There were 4 or 5 lanes of traffic. I was towards the left, but not in the outer lane. There were several cars ahead of me in the lanes around me - except for the lane to my closest right. Some were big cars, some not so big - mine was small, but there were 3 people in the backseat.<br />
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A push came, like a wind, but not a natural wind. No one else was affected by it. And it shifted me smoothly into the lane next to me with no other cars in it.<br />
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I HAVE BEEN SHIFTED.<br />
The car I was in represents my ministry; the people in the car are the leaders that will come along side me - and the shift into the empty lane is the direction my ministry is going. The road in which we travel to get there will be in a "lane" no one else is traveling in - but it is still according to God's will.<br />
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In the interpretation of this dream, the Lord gave me this word for His Ministers and Leaders today who are in Him; following their calling and doing the true work of the Lord:<br />
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<li>You are moving in the direction of God's will</li>
<li>You are following your purpose accordingly</li>
<li>You may be aware of a shift coming</li>
<li>You may be aware that there has been a shift</li>
<li>But that does not necessarily mean that you have been shifted</li>
<li>You may need a shift - in doctrine; purpose; administration; leadership or relationship with the Father.</li>
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If you do not seek a shift at this time, you may just hinder the greater purpose God has for your ministry. You may find yourself always looking at the back-end of someone elses ministry who is ahead of you - moving to slow or swerving and keeping you from progressing. You may even be in danger of an accident - if someone else stops in front of you. I see the potential for ministries to fall like dominoes - like a 9 car pile-up - if ministers and leaders do not seek the shift God has for them at this time.<br />
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Do not be so comfortable in the direction and success of your ministry now that you are either fearful or distrustful of the shift because it doesn't match your traditional doctrines or denominational bureaucracies.<br />
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This is a time God wants His people - His 5-Fold leaders, and His ministers - to return to Him.<br />
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<li>Return in relationship through personal prayer and communication. God is Jealous of Social Media at this time! Return to Him! Some of your ministries are swerving out of control because of the influences of Social Media! You are spending too much time there, and not enough time with the Father!</li>
<li>Then return to His Word. God is giving fresh revelations. Some of your teachings are based on traditional thought and understanding and the Father wants to weed these out of your understanding and elevate you to deeper truths for this dispensation in time. Some of your teachings are based on a superficial study and understanding and the Father wants to tighten these up and bring you to a powerful revelation of what He wants to do in you, through you and your leaders at this time. Some of your teachings are just plain false. And now is the time to be brave enough, mature enough and bold enough to be re-teachable and admit the errors of your doctrine.</li>
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Are you ready to SHIFT? Are you humble enough to SHIFT? Are you confident enough to SHIFT?<br />
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I have already been shifted and look forward to more for the sake of the Kingdom and the Gospel of Jesus Christ!<br />
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SHIFT!<br />
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~Pastor D ~Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16465007489583937606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925599634463287519.post-91504991649537629942015-03-18T17:00:00.003-07:002015-03-18T17:00:55.752-07:00Revelation of the Bride...First... a little backstory:<br />
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For a couple of months now, my right eye has experienced varying stages of dimness, darkness, limited and/or obstructed sight. The least of it - a swirling floater of aggravating dark gray in the center of my viewing line. The worst of it - a mass of congregated blotches of solid light gray patches that block any information from coming through. The most of it - a small, whispy swirl of black in the center and a few light gray patches with space for limited sight and a tunnel type vision surrounding.<br />
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So, yesterday I asked the Lord for the FAITH needed for my healing. I did not receive my healing (again) and so I do not know if I received that faith, but I must assume and trust that I did because I know my prayers are heard and this is the confidence I have in, knowing that He hears me, I know I have the petitions I desire of Him.<br />
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So, today I asked the Lord for the REVELATION that will manifest my healing TODAY. I am tired of waiting, praying, crying, begging, pleading, demanding, decreeing, declaring, stating and affirming, analyzing, and then starting all over again - all to no avail - even while knowing that the prayers of the righteous availeth much.<br />
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So, after my prayer time today - I came to the place of analyzing again. Because - yesterday, when I prayed for faith, I was stating and affirming. But when I woke up this morning with the darkest of the dimness fading like the slow dawn of the morning light into the lightest of the dimness - I put my mind on the word of God and thought:<br />
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"The light of the body is the eye." Luke 11:34 - it is the darkness in the body that clouds the eye. So, what darkness was still within me? The darkness of doubt - for sure. <br />
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<li>And doubt is a form of fear. </li>
<li>And perfect love casts out all fear.</li>
<li>And herein is our love perfected... that as Jesus is, so am I</li>
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So, I began to remind myself, and to re-confess who I am in Christ:<br />
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<li>I am the righteousness of God in Christ</li>
<li>I am adopted into the faith and inherit the promises of God</li>
<li>I am a daughter of the most high God and healing is the Children's bread</li>
<li>I am the Bride of Christ</li>
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Wait... I AM THE BRIDE of CHRIST! And Brides are in love. Brides walk in the most heightened expression of love in anticipation of the wedding. The perfect love of a bride's fiancé can cast out all fear of the unknown of a marriage.<br />
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Suddenly, I forgot about my eye and the REVELATION OF THE BRIDE dawned on me like the light I was praying to dawn in my eye!<br />
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For years now, there has been a word, a phrase and a concept that has separated the traditional church from a new and emerging church that is preparing for the Lord's return. This word, phrase and concept has separated the cold churches from the hot; the cold Believers from the hot and has been spitting out all the lukewarm in between. (See It's Spitting Time).<br />
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This word, phrase and concept is: KINGDOM<br />
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<li>Preachers are preaching the Kingdom of God</li>
<li>Pastors are building the Kingdom of God</li>
<li>Believers are seeking the Kingdom of God</li>
<li>Evangelists are saving souls for the Kingdom of God</li>
<li>And I am believing for God's Kingdom, Power and Glory to be made manifest on earth - soon!</li>
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But a Kingdom mind-set is a last of the latter days mind-set. Is it a Kingdom mind-set that prepares for the return of Jesus - Thy Kingdom COME, thy will be done, in earth as it is in Heaven. It is a mind-set that should be preparing for the marriage feast like the 5 Wise Virgins.<br />
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Back then... the Bridegroom prepared the marriage feast. And today, Jesus is preparing the marriage feast of eternity to receive unto Himself a Bride - free of spot or blemish!<br />
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But today... Brides prepare for the marriage feast - otherwise known as the wedding. And Brides today tend to do more thinking about what the marriage than the guy does. Unfortunately, this is NEVER if rarely anything a Christian or Believer thinks about regarding our relationship with Jesus.<br />
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But if you have received Christ as your Lord, Savior and Bridegroom - male or female - the time has come for us to come to a new revelation of Jesus - through the perspective of ourselves (the church collectively and each Believer individually) as HIS BRIDE.<br />
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<li>Brides are wildly in love</li>
<li>Brides are loving and loveable</li>
<li>Brides think the best of their Bridegroom</li>
<li>Brides experience a sense of anticipation, excitement and expectation daily</li>
<li>Brides are hopeful (Hebrews 11:1)</li>
<li>Brides are faithful!</li>
<li>Brides are thoughtful and conscientious about their bridegroom</li>
<li>Brides anticipate the union and intimacy of the relationship</li>
<li>Brides anticipate the differences and benefits of the name change (literal and symbolic)</li>
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I'll bet you the 5 foolish virgins would have been BRIDEZILLAS!<br />
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We pray the prayer saying... "thy Kingdom come, thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven." But the Kingdom of God is come... for a BRIDE not a Bridezilla!<br />
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Jesus has betrothed us to Himself and only He knows the date of the Wedding Feast. But I send you this invitation now.... will you receive the revelation and BE the Bride of Christ?<br />
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Power, Love & Peace, ya'll - <br />
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~Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16465007489583937606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925599634463287519.post-11651708454485043942014-03-05T23:14:00.000-08:002014-03-05T23:15:43.785-08:00The Time is Soon - <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A few things happened today that reminded me in the Spirit of a prophetic word I received back in 2010. It is one of, if not the first prophetic words I truly knew I received - and probably the first listed on this blog.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I say all of this keeping in mind Jeremiah 28:9 that says a prophet shall be known when the prophecy comes to pass. Clearly, the words I've written in the blogs: Prophecy for America <a href="http://www.destinationreflection.blogspot.com/2010/07/prophecy-for-america-1-71510.html" target="_blank">1</a> & <a href="http://www.destinationreflection.blogspot.com/2010/07/prophecy-for-america-2-7162010.html" target="_blank">2</a> have not yet come to pass and therefore cannot be truly called prophecies - yet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">However, the time is soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Because of the message I heard, and the article I read today, I know in my spirit that the time is soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The blogs on this site - Prophecy for America #1 and #2 are actually descriptions of a double vision I had mid-year 2010. Since 2010, my memory has combined the two visions into one - and the last shall be first. In other words, when I remember the 2 visions now, the 2nd one comes first and the 1st one comes second - and they are combined as one single vision.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">If you haven't read them already, check them out now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Now here is the interpretation that has settled in my spirit over the years, and, it is the same one that flared up in my spirit today along with the thought "the time is soon."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I believe there will be a document that either President Obama will sign or
he wants Israel to sign, or both. It might be regarding peace or a step
towards what he thinks will bring peace. And President Obama will think he is
making the best possible decision for all concerned. However, this document
will not benefit Israel and Israel will not want it signed. Christians who love
and support Israel - especially those with any biblically prophetic insight about Israel - will not want this document signed. But it will look like
the President will sign it. It will look very bad and hopeless up until the
very last moment. But just at "crunch" time, the President will become baptized with the
Holy Ghost. New Revelation and the truth of God’s will and Word will wash over
him and it will change his decision regarding this document. It will also change his understanding
of support for Israel, and it will change his decision on a few other
significant policies that are “on his desk” for decision. President Obama is
NOT the Anti-Christ in case you didn't already know, but his actions just before his baptism will seem as though he is. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And the Father says, these things must needs be – even if
they do not look favorable – as they are key towards the coming of our Lord
Jesus. Now is the time of preparation for His eminent return. It is a deep and
powerful preparation that includes God’s Glory and Truth in a way Christians
have never fully experienced since the times of Jesus through Paul. The events to come will be the beginnings of a wave of the Holy Spirit throughout the world - waves of His power and Spirit far greater than any revival in history. These waves will be simultaneous, world-wide and sustaining - not fleeting - and will be evidenced by great signs, wonders and miracles that will affect the whole body of Christ through the work, ministries and lives of "everyday" Christians.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">President Obama's baptism in the Holy Ghost will only be known by the reversal of his decision to sign this document - or have it signed. And his baptism will be the sign to Believers that the new and great waves of the Spirit will begin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">According to the message I heard today, there are soon coming "blood moon" eclipses in 2014. And the timing of the information in the article I read today, coincide with the first of those eclipses this year - in fact... soon. Passover, in fact. These events will mark the beginning of the negotiations between President Obama and Israel. I believe this will be the dawn of the visions I saw back in 2010. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Let this word prevail true, Lord - for the time is soon.</span>~Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16465007489583937606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925599634463287519.post-4533350988490055132013-03-27T18:28:00.000-07:002013-03-27T18:28:49.285-07:00It's Spittin' Time!There is a full-blown epidemic occurring.<br />
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It is a spiritual epidemic. But its affects seem just as devastating in the natural.<br />
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This epidemic however, may not look like a epidemic from the perspective of our natural vision or consideration. But if we could take a angelic view of the matter, we might see how much spitting is really going on with Believers all over the world.<br />
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It's a "spitting epidemic."<br />
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I know or have heard of approximate 8 people over 5 different churches who have felt either dissatisfied, condemned and beat up or so spiritually dead at their churches that they have left that congregation. Some quickly attended other churches, and others did not. However, every last one of them has consistently felt the same way upon leaving: free; happy and spiritually content!<br />
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These individuals did not leave their churches to backslide into sin; nor did they leave and abandon their active relationship with the Lord. On the contrary. At least 3 individuals I know of personally have felt their relationships get closer to God. They continued to study, worship, praise and commune with God.<br />
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The biggest criticisms these individuals face is that they are either "church hopping" or forsaking the fellowship of the saints. Again, this is not so. The "church hoppers" found a congregation where they could be fed properly while worshipping in joy and peace. The "fellowship forsakers" are still looking for that place!<br />
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And while truthfully, 8 people does not an epidemic make, I am sure that if I could see all the people those eight people know, and those people that they know - well, like I said, if we could step back and see an angelic view of the whole matter, I am sure we would see an epidemic proportion of just exactly how many people have been spat, will be spat or wish they would get spit out of the mouths of their lukewarm churches.<br />
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It's a spitting epidemic.<br />
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Revelation 3:15-16 says, "I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue (spit) thee out of my mouth."<br />
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It may be a stretch of an example - but I believe fired up and anointed Believers are being spit out of the mouths of their lukewarm churches all over the world.<br />
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At my church there is a Deacon who says he feels "cold water running down his body" when the anointing overwhelms him. And in fact, the Spirit of the Lord is frequently associated with "water" in the bible so I am not surprised that it feels like cold water to him.<br />
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Then of course, Matthew 3:11 and Luke 3:16 both say that Jesus will baptize us "with the Holy Ghost and with fire."<br />
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I believe this is why Jesus Himself says He would rather we be either hot or cold. The hot believers are baptized with fire and the cold believers are anointed by the Holy Ghost. And in every church that is not able to feed these Believers the meat they crave, or where they are being condemned right along with the unrepentant, undelivered "sinners-saved-by-grace," God is spitting them out and placing them with other hot and cold Believers.<br />
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It's spittin' time! Are you being spued out of your church or are you comfortable?<br />
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And while this may not be an accurate application of Revelation 3:15-16, here's a passage that is: Matthew 25:1-10 - "Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut."<br />
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Up until this revelation of the spitting epidemic, I had seen this parable about the Believers ready for Jesus to return and unbelievers who are not. Not so!<br />
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1. Jesus is the Bridegroom and the church is His Bride, betrothed and awaiting His return to catch us up and carry us unto the wedding feast... right? Right. This parable is about the church.<br />
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2. Revelations 1 speaks to the "7 churches," these are represented by the 7 candlesticks in verses 12 and 13. Specifically, Revelations 2:5 refers the Apostle or indirectly the Pastor of a church as the candlestick that will be removed from "his" place if he has fallen and does not quickly repent.<br />
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When we think of a candle and candlestick or a lamp - we know it is a light that you follow in the darkness. So if the virgin is the church, and 10 virgins are individual churches; and the lamp is the pastor or head of that church, we then can conclude that the oil in the lamp is the anointing on the light and leader of that particular church.<br />
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All the virgin churches have oil. All their pastors were anointed. Some of the churches are prepared for the anointed to run out and refuel themselves for the new day - the new day in which the Lord will come again. He will not come in the old day. <br />
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But some of the churches only have enough anointing for the old day. They try to ask the other churches for some of their anointing, but it can't be given. The churches then, in desperation and a desire to not be left behind, go out when the anointing of their leader runs out. The church is in search of more anointing. The church is desperately trying to be ready, at the last minute, for the dawning of the new day.<br />
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But in the midst of their search, the new day dawns and the Lord returns, shutting them out from the wedding feast that has been prepared for the church that is ready without spot or wrinkle.<br />
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Believers make up the church, not the pastor. And just like the oil of anointing running down Aaron's beard to the hem of his garment, the anointing in the church runs from the head down to the body of Believers. True believers are realizing the anointing is running low and they are searching to fill their vessels before it runs out.<br />
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The only aspect of the parable that doesn't fit is that the virgins - the foolish virgins - don't make it back in time. Make it back!<br />
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Make sure you are not in a lukewarm church where the anointing is running out! Don't be a lukewarm, foolish virgin. Be as hot or as cold as you the Lord anoints you to be and the let Him spit out into the true and ready preparation of the marriage feast. <br />
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It's spittin's time, ya'll! Are you ready?<br />~Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16465007489583937606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925599634463287519.post-3740035149877813162013-01-24T13:08:00.001-08:002013-01-24T13:08:23.989-08:00ANY HOW...<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A Christian woman's mother passes away and they'd been believing for her healing...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">... any how...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">A young man is hired for a blessing of a job and at the last minute they rescind the offer...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">...any how...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">A woman is believing God for a house, but every circumstance says, "no, not ever."</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">...any how...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">A man is prophesied the success of his career over and over, but all to no avail...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">...any how</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">A woman knows her purpose and calling in the Lord, but just cannot manifest the dream...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">...any how</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Does it seem hurtful, thoughtless and cavalier for me to say, "any how?" Does it seem as if I am disregarding and even belittling the struggles and pains, trials and tribulations we all so frequently go through by saying, "any how?" Does it seem dismissive or even condescending?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">What if I were to tell you that "any how" is <u><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">EMPOWERING</span></strong></u>?!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">From this perspective, you might think I mean "encouraging" such as:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">"Yes, it hurts that your loved one is gone, but trust in the Lord <span style="color: #0b5394;">any how</span>."</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">"Yes, I know that was the perfect job for you, but trust in the Lord <span style="color: #0b5394;">any how</span>."</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">"Yes, I know you really want a house of your own, but trust in the Lord <span style="color: #0b5394;">any how</span>."</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">"Yes, it may not seem you are on the right career path, but trust the Lord <span style="color: #0b5394;">any how</span>."</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">"Yes, I know what the desires of your heart are, but trust in the Lord <span style="color: #0b5394;">any how</span>."</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">But no... I am not trying to be encouraging. I am not trying to lift your spirits, make you feel better or give you hope. I am not even trying to "build your faith."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Yes, Hebrews 11:1 says, "NOW faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen."</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">And I know you are hoping for healing,</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">hoping for a job,</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">hoping for a home,</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">hoping for success,</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">hoping for your purpose,</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">hoping for prosperity,</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">hoping for your marriage,</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">hoping for your children,</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">hoping for deliverance,</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">hoping for salvation,</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">and hoping against hope for the promises of God to be made manifest in your life.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">BUT <span style="color: #0b5394;">HOPE</span> HAS NO POWER.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">HOPE-FILLED PRAYERS HAVE <span style="color: #0b5394;">NO</span> POWER</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">HOPE <span style="color: #0b5394;">CANNOT</span> MANIFEST WHAT YOU ARE HOPING FOR</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">But "any how" can.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">"Any how," like the word "NOW" has a sense of finality to it. It is definitive and cuts off all further discussion. "Now" is the last word in the beginning of a sentence. "Any how" is the beginning of faith at the end of a sentence.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">"Any how" and "Now" are statements that announce faith. And it is faith that makes things happen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Sure, sure - you may say. That's so easy to say AFTER the loved one is gone; AFTER the job has been pulled out from under you; AFTER the broker says your credit sucks; After yet another rejection; and AFTER yet another embarrassment of effort you've stepped into.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">What good was FAITH after what you were hoping for did not manifest? What good is Hebrews 11:1 AFTER the FACT that what you were hoping for remained UNSEEN and UNSUBSTANTIATED???</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Any how...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">God created the heavens and the earth and everything on it, above it and below it with His <strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">words</span></strong>.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Genesis 1:26 says, "God created man in His image, after his own likeness..." Words.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Proverbs 18:21 says, "Death and life are in the power of the tongue..." Words.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Job 28:22 says, "You shall decree a thing and it shall be established..." Words.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">A "decree" is a declaration made in absolute faith. What we decree with the words of our mouth has the same power of God, since we were created in His image and in His likeness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">But John 10:10 says, "The devil comes NOT but for to steal, kill and destroy, but I (Jesus) have come that you might have LIFE and have it more abundantly!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">So, while we can give some encouragement after the fact with "any how;" those two words can also empower LIFE into a hopeless situation when we declare them with definitive faith!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">When the devil steals your loved one's life; when the devil destroys your chance at a life-changing job; when the devil kills your hopes over ever getting a house; when the devil steals every opportunity for your success and when the devil destroys your ability to walk in God's purpose for your life, you <strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">MUST</span></strong> <span style="color: #0b5394;">open your MOUTH</span> and manifest the power you've been given by the Jesus who lives in you, to DESTROY the works of the devil!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">DECLARE AND DECREE...</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I <span style="color: #0b5394;">WILL</span> walk in healing <u>ANY HOW</u>!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I <span style="color: #0b5394;">WILL</span> land the job God has for me <u>ANY HOW</u>!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I <span style="color: #0b5394;">WILL</span> own a home of my own <u>ANY HOW</u>!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I <span style="color: #0b5394;">WILL</span> be a success in my career <u>ANY HOW</u>!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I <span style="color: #0b5394;">WILL</span> walk in God's purpose for my life <u>ANY HOW</u>!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I <span style="color: #0b5394;">WILL</span> have a great marriage; kids delivered from bondage; salvation for me and my house, prosperity, good health and a prosperous soul <u>ANY HOW</u>!! </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Now matter what the devil steals, kills or destroys or throws at you, you can <strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">OVERCOME</span></strong> him by exercising your God-given POWER for LIFE by telling that devil, "<strong><u><span style="color: #0b5394;">ANY HOW</span></u></strong>!" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">(Revelation 12:11 "And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the <strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">WORD</span></strong> of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.")</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">No matter what, "<strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">any how</span></strong>" your way into the manifestation of God's BEST for you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Power, Love & Peace, ya'll - </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">~Min. Deidre Campbell-Jones</span>~Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16465007489583937606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925599634463287519.post-46448746479718656242012-05-03T16:48:00.000-07:002014-03-06T00:07:01.512-08:00Choose for you; Choose for themI've just recently had a clarification of a thought that I've probably even written about in blogs below.<br />
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Joshua 24:15 "And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."<br />
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We really are living in the <strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">days of choice</span></strong>, once again.<br />
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As believers, we need to make that choice once and for all, and then raise our children unto that choice. It even says so in the scripture above.<br />
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Let me back up a bit... Here's what I was thinking before I found the full scripture:<br />
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I was thinking about believers today, and children my 7 yr old son's age. We can't straddle the fence any more in our Christian walk, and we can't raise our kids without teaching them how to walk that walk for themselves. See, we all know the world is in an upheaval. And we as believers know we cannot truly manage it without the help of the Lord. But it goes much deeper than praying, "Lord, help me."<br />
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In the Garden of Eden there was not simply a display of deception and disobedience - but instead it was the dawn of <strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">a war of the worlds</span></strong>. God created this world. He established everything in it, formed man and woman as stewards of this world and gave them everything they would ever need to not only manage it, but replenish it, rule it and succeed in it. Then God have them explicit instructions <strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">how</span></strong>.<br />
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But before they could get to it, satan came in through the back door and made a bid to Eve, knowing if she bit the bait, he would be given free reign (and I mean that literally), to establish the systems of his own world and sit as a prince on its throne.<br />
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In essence he was telling Eve - you can't be a proper steward of God's world if you aren't really sure of his instructions or his intentions. Trust me, believe me and you will be the stewards of the world I will establish through your seed and the generations of your ignorance and disobedience.<br />
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You know the rest of the story... and now 6000 years later all of mankind is largely clueless to the treason and the bargain unwittingly struck in that Garden at the dawn of time.<br />
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2000 years ago, however - Jesus came to set up new terms and resubmit our original choice to us. The new terms are this: believe that He is the Son of God, crucified and risen on the third day, and you will be saved from the consequences of Adam and Eve's actions, and restored back to their original dominion.<br />
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Oh, wait... those new terms ARE the New Testament - or in other words, the New Covenant - that, through faith in God and belief in Jesus, is written upon our hearts and placed in our minds. (Hebrews 8:10)<br />
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Here's the problem...<br />
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In 2000 years, we as Believers have gone through cycles of restoration and what it actually means to walk in our original dominion.<br />
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True restoration hits a down cycle when we hear and believe things like: healing and prophecy were for the early church; we believe in the Holy Spirit, but not the baptism of the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in tongues; ministers and preachers must be ordained through a process of so many years of bible college or seminary and chosen by the church hierarchy; and prosperity teachers are not biblical.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">Oh, there is so much more that we hear in church, see on Christian TV and read in Christian literature that clearly says we as Believers are largely still "working out our salvation" instead of walking in our dominion!</span></strong><br />
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But as the Lord's return gets closer and closer, the circumstances of this world and our lives become more dire, prevalent and imminent: we must truly choose this day - <strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">today</span></strong> - who we are going to serve. And I mean <strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">REALLY</span></strong> serve!<br />
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In case you hadn't noticed, the days are gone when we can be a Christian and operate in a worldly financial system. Gone are the days when we can be a Christian and believe in abortion and support Gay marriage.* Gone are the days when we can be a Christian and pick and choose whether we believe in tithing, healing, prophecy or prosperity. Gone are the days when we can be a Christian and get away with just going to church on Sundays, or holidays. Gone are the days when we can send our kids to Sunday school and think they'll be ok finding Jesus on their own when they're grown. Gone are the days when Christians can be content with the knowledge that their place in heaven is secured, while still living their lives as if confessing Christ as Lord and Savior was all that was required.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">To whom much is given, much is required.</span></strong> But we live like we want to get so much more from God without giving Him any more than we already have been.<br />
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Gone are the days of the lukewarm Christian. God is saying choose if you will be hot or cold; all or nothing; life or death - before He spits you out of His mouth for good.<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;"><strong>More is required of you</strong>.</span><br />
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More belief. More hope. More love. More compassion. More truth. More wisdom. More Grace. More Power. More Glory. <span style="color: #0b5394;"><strong>More Faith...</strong></span><br />
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And when I say more faith, I mean <span style="color: #0b5394;"><strong>use</strong></span> more faith. You've already been given all the faith you need. But we Christians only use it for the big things: lost a job; lost a loved one; loosing a house; filing bankruptcy; car broke down; kids are in jail - you know the drill. And if we use it and we don't get the job, or the loved one doesn't get healed, or the prayer doesn't seem to get answered, then we give up on faith all together.<br />
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But here's a truth for ya': we only exercise enough faith for God's permissive will and sometimes not even that. We as believers don't even know how to muster up enough faith to walk in God's divine will. That is walking blind for sure! That is walking by faith and not by sight for EVERYTHING: groceries, gas, a pleasant marriage, a good job, a mortgage free house; saved and Holy Ghost filled kids; healing the cashier at Big Lots 'cause her back hurts; casting out demons from the panhandler with the sign at the end of the freeway; praying in love for that backstabbing, lying boss who is persecuting you at work, and telling the banker, the doctor, your parents, your spouse and even the preacher, "That's not what the word of God says!"<br />
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Living a life of faith is not easy, but that's because we don't know how. But it's still your choice.<br />
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Living in the Kingdom of God and not the kingdom of this world is scary, but that's because it goes against the grain and leaves us with doubt. But it's still your choice.<br />
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Living a sold out, supernatural life of Dominion is crazy; but that's because living in this dog-eat-dog world is all we know. But it is still your choice.<br />
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<strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">It is time to choose</span>.</strong> Life or death. The world you know or the Kingdom you're supposed to reign.<br />
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Choose ye this day whom you will serve, and then teach your kids. They are the ones who will need it the most.<br />
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Power, Love & Peace - ya'll<br />
~Min. Dez<br />
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(*) 3.5.2014: Gay Rights and Gay Marriage are not the same thing. Everyone deserves the right to be respected, loved and not discriminated against. Standing against Gay Marriage as a Christian is not a form of discrimination. There is a very fine line between loving and respecting anyone who is homosexual and not supporting the homosexual lifestyle. We have to take our example from Jesus and the adulterous woman. Jesus loved her and did not condemn her, but he did not support her "right" to commit adultery any longer. He said "go and sin no more." As Christians it is not our job to change a homosexual's lifestyle. But it is our job to show the love of Jesus - we do that by not discriminating. As for the changing - let's leave that up to God, without accidentally (or purposefully) sanctioning the lifestyle in the process.<br />
<br />~Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16465007489583937606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925599634463287519.post-52681196970128660772012-01-14T10:04:00.000-08:002012-01-14T10:04:19.047-08:00Canaan Redeemed - Part IIMy littlest, newest cousin - now just 6 months old - is named "Cainen". But his father calls him Cain. When I first heart it I asked him to spell it. Immediately I said, well, I'm calling him "Cainen!" And that was before I'd met him.<br />
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Oh, then when I saw the little precious guy I knew right away. His big baby eyes were already "new-life-bright," but when he looked at me and our eyes locked, his grew even bigger - as if in recognition. Yep, if it hadn't have happened every time he looked at me I wouldn't have even said it was so. But indeed, his eyes and face would light up and he would grin with recognition. <br />
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I know baby Cainen recognized the light of the Lord and the Glory of God in me.<br />
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And when I saw him the first time, I recognized something in him also and I inadvertently pronounced a prophecy (that I didn't know was a prophecy), over his life and future.<br />
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As I grabbed his chunky little baby body into my arms and stared into his beautiful, bright eyes of recognition, I suddenly exclaimed, "Oh, look at you! You will be the one to bring redemption to Canaan!"<br />
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That was 3 weeks ago. And to be perfectly honest, I had forgotten all about the words of the Lord that I wrote down below until only just today. And most certainly if I had remembered the word of the Lord regarding President Barak Obama, I definitely did not remember that I'd entitled the blog "The redemption of Canaan!"<br />
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But upon reading it today - I write this new post as a part II that is entirely unrelated to the words in the first part.<br />
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In the book of Genesis, when Noah's son Ham sees his drunken nakedness and tells his brothers, Noah awakes and curses, not Ham, but his son Canaan. Noah's grandson's name was Canaan. And Noah was saying that the people - the descendants born from Canaan would serve his brother's people all their days. From Canaan came the Amalekites, and Hitites and all the other "ites" that the Hebrews had to purge from Canaan - the promised land - before they became Israelites.<br />
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Cainen is of mixed decent - African American and White/Spanish. And as we all thoroughly know, President Obama is African and White. While I believe that God's word to me about President Obama is that he will be instrumental in the redemption of Canaan in the nation, land and political/prophetic importance that it has in it's current existence today; little Cainen will grow to be a mighty man of valor, who will lead a generation of spiritual warriors who will bring redemption to the hearts, minds and souls of the people of Canaan as they currently exist today.<br />
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Before the Lord returns all peoples and all nations of every tongue under the heavens will have individual and collective opportunities for redemption.<br />
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Eve shall be redeemed. Canaan shall be redeemed. Egypt shall be redeemed. <br />
Who else will be redeemed? <br />
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Will you?<br />
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Power, Love & Peace, ya'll -<br />
~Min. Deidre Campbell-Jones~Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16465007489583937606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925599634463287519.post-23507168846623320522011-11-17T10:16:00.000-08:002011-11-17T10:16:53.373-08:00The Redemption of CanaanI've said it before and God said it to me again, "Do not worry for the things of the world," He said to me this morning.<br />
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"Do not worry for what you will see and for what you will hear," says the Lord in regard to the future of America, Israel, and the other nations connected to us. "Do not worry over what you will hear the media saying; what the politicians and leaders are saying, and even what the prophets and preachers are saying. For they see in part and prophecy in part." And I, as the maidservant of the Lord, only see in parts that seem to fill in the blanks of the parts of others.<br />
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The Lord God spoke to me this morning and told me yes, it's going to look bad - really bad. President Barak Obama must needs be - and the things of this world and the decisions he will <strong>seem</strong> to make must need be. The Lord God has said He will redeem Canaan through President Barak Obama. But it will look very bad before this is evident.<br />
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The preachers and prophets that see President Barak Obama signing against Israel in the guise of Peace are right in as much as they can see. The connections his critics try to make between the President and the Muslim nations must need be. "How can a people be moved if <strong>they</strong> feel have no connection to the one whom I (sayeth the Lord God Almighty), have chosen to move them? I will redeem Canaan and bring reconciliation to my lost and dispatched, dispised and rejected sons and daughters through President Barak Obama. Not because he is a Muslim bent on destroying America (which he is not), nor because he is working on behalf of the plans of the devil to destroy Israel (which he - Obama - is not)."<br />
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The devil has no plans - he is part of a plan that he has already lost. And the role President Barak Obama will play are on the side of good and not evil, blessings and not cursings - life and not death. But it will not seem so. Up until the very last it will not seem so. The media will report that President Barak Obama "has signed it" - and it will seem the worst fears of Christian and Jewish leaders for America and Israel have come to pass in favor of what Islam and Muslim leaders are fighting for.<br />
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"But the Holy Spirit will not be mocked and I, the Lord your God am not a man, that I should lie. What I have spoken, shall accomplish what I set it out to do, and I shall see My precious son Barak come into the fullness of My Spirit and My purpose for him, for America, for Israel and for Canaan. For I know the thoughts I have of you, thoughts of good and not evil to give you an expected end."<br />
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What the prophets, preachers, teachers, political leaders and media spin-doctors expect - and what they shall see, and what they shall report are not of Me, sayeth the Lord our God. "For my ways are not your ways, my thoughts are not your thoughts. Lean <strong>NOT</strong> unto your <strong>own</strong> understanding!" commands the Lord our God.<br />
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When it comes to the seeming end, you will think the Lord God has forsaken America and Israel. "You will think My Word as void. Jesus, My Word and My Glory, will prevail and has prevailed. Canaan has been redeemed just as Israel has been blessed. The temple plans have been laid for its rebuilding. Isreal and <strong>all</strong> the seed of Abraham have been promised to receive vineyards they did not plant and houses they did not build. Do not suppose your partial vision and partial understanding is all of Me - if any man think He is a prophet I, the Lord your God will reveal myself to him in dreams and in visions, but I show in part and reveal in part, that you may see in part and prophecy in part. But I will not move upon the Earth without first revealing my secrets unto the hearts of man."<br />
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America has a prominent prophetic role in the history of this world's future. But many cannot see this nation written in the pages of God's word. But just as Israel is scattered and fractured, yet spoken of as a whole, so is America one, but you will find her spoken of in the pages of God's word as scattered and fractured - parts of separate wholes.<br />
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Israel is blessed and has been from the dawn of the age. America is blessed, for the prayers of her citizens were heard before the formation of the heavens and the earth. "And make no mistake," sayeth the Lord our God, "President Barak Hussein Obama is a child of God - a most precious child of God - chosen, ordained, consecrated and <strong>highly anointed</strong> for such a time as this and for this purpose and unto the <strong>utmost</strong> Glory of the Most High God! Do not mess with Mine anointed! For My Kingdom <strong>is</strong> come. My will <strong>is</strong> done, on Earth, <strong>just as it is</strong> in Heaven."<br />
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Let all who have an ear to hear, let them hear. Amen.<br />
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Power, Love & Peace - ya'll<br />
~Min. Deidre Campbell-Jones~Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16465007489583937606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925599634463287519.post-73206045227094003202011-10-19T14:52:00.000-07:002011-10-19T14:52:04.201-07:00The Redemption of EveFor a while now - perhaps about 10 months - I've been hearing about "women".<br />
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I have heard messages about women.<br />
I have heard prophecies about women.<br />
I have received prophecies specific to my "womanhood".<br />
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Then yesterday morning God spoke to my Spirit and mentioned in His message to me that, "...it must need be unto me, as a woman, as a lioness whom He has raised up, to do that which He has purposed me to do."<br />
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And then last night, while teaching, a student asked me a question regarding scripture that I almost couldn't answer because of a partial revelation about women!<br />
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Genesis 3:15 "And I [God] will put enmity between thee [the serpent] and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." This is the scripture the student asked me about. Generally he just wanted the basic meaning. But I got stuck on the first part of the scripture - that God would put enmity between the woman and the serpent... yes between her seed and his seed, but specifically the "woman." <br />
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God didn't say He'd put enmity between the serpent and man (meaning mankind), He said "woman". And since the consequences of sin in the Garden pertain to all mankind, male and female, for all time, until Jesus returns, so does this comment to the serpent.<br />
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Any consequence to Adam pertains to all men.<br />
Any consequence to Eve (who at that time was only referred to as "the woman" or Adam's "wife") pertains to all women. Therefore, God's comment to the serpent regarding enmity between him and "the woman" pertains to enmity between all women.<br />
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It just seemed highly significant to me, that women would be singled out. Because, once God said, "and between your seed and her seed," He then covers all mankind who are Believers - both male and female.<br />
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I was in the process of teaching to the class that through the remission of our sins, (Matthew 26:28) the shed blood of Jesus remitted us from sin of the Garden and all its consequences. Not only are we redeemed from the law, but we are also redeemed from all consequences of sin - if we know and acknowledge and repent.<br />
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Therefore, I told the student that I believe women will be redeemed before men, in the End-Times from the "curse" of their consequence in the garden. I told him this was my belief without proof... yet. He did then show me a blurb from his study bible which said generally the same thing.<br />
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Wow. Ok - I just accepted that as confirmation. Not only to my opinion, but also to all the prophecies and messages I'd heard about women and had received specifically as a woman.<br />
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THEN: Here's what God showed me and revealed to me in a vision last night while going to sleep. Women will most definitely be instrumental in the End-Times and the ushering in of the New Millennium. Think of it as God restoring "balance to the force" to coin an old Star Wars phrase.<br />
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Let me refer to these goings on in terms of "Old Eve" and "New Esthers," just as there was "First Adam" and the "Last Adam" - Jesus.<br />
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Old Eve brought about the "demise" of this first Earth. <br />
New Esthers will bring about the rise of the New Earth - meaning: circumstances in the End Times that will facilitate and give rise to the prophetic necessities just prior to the coming of Christ.<br />
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The first man was given the task to replenish and subdue the earth.<br />
Men in the End Times will contribute to the demise and destruction of the earth. Now, I'm not saying that there's going to be some cataclysmic Armageddon and earth will cease to exist and all mankind will die. No, but through the persecution and destruction, systems crumbling, wars and rumors of wars, devastation and trials, it may feel like it. And many may even wish for it. Men will be the principle driving force in these circumstances.<br />
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Women are attributed with introducing death into mankind through Old Eve.<br />
Men will be attributed with the death of mankind and New Esthers will usher in new life - everlasting life; Kingdom living and the Tree of Life. Where Old Eve was deemed as "the mother of all living", the New Esthers will be resurrected and redeemed as the "mothers of all living - eternally."<br />
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Not only will women be instrumental in the End Times, but New Esthers will be ushering in the Glory of God to mankind, where Old Eve had initiated mankind's separation from the Glory of God.<br />
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In case you didn't know we ARE in the end of the End Times. Look around: New Esthers are being raised up all over the world for such a time as this. Not sure if you can see an Esther or if you will be an Esther?<br />
Here's how to recognize US:<br />
<ul><li>Esthers are orphans - either by faith, economic status, education, politics or denomination.</li>
<li>Esthers are the least considered, unknown, hidden, masked and undercover.</li>
<li>Esthers are chosen ONLY by the King of Kings - a woman promoted by mankind is no Esther</li>
<li>Esthers have a supernatural consecration, devotion, spiritual discipline and uncommon lifestyles</li>
<li>Esthers stand out as unique, different, odd - though smart, educated, beautiful, and/or talented</li>
<li>Esthers will step out in bleak, dark, horrific and hopeless times as a voice and an example</li>
<li>Esthers will be rags to riches stories and will quickly rise from least to most, poor to rich</li>
<li>Esthers may be isolated, with perhaps only one person/man as her covering or support</li>
<li>Esthers may seem to be overnight successes, with circumstances seemingly against them before</li>
<li>Esthers will (almost) single-handedly facilitate the deliverance of an entire people, nation or city</li>
<li>Esthers will be fierce spiritual warriors, with great enmity, against the powers of the enemy</li>
<li>Esthers will walk in the supernatural Glory of God as purposed from the First Dominion</li>
</ul>Oh, Daughters of Jerusalem! Daughters of Zion! Arise and be counted! Be chosen amongst the chosen! And like the women present on the day of Pentecost - be baptized in the Spirit of the living God, and be who He has purposed you to be, with boldness, power, love and truth!<br />
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Power, love and peace, ya'll!<br />
~Min. Dez~Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16465007489583937606noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925599634463287519.post-67314983476029714702011-10-17T11:19:00.000-07:002011-10-17T12:42:48.810-07:00Words of Wisdom re: ProphecyGod Himself has just given me words of truth, revelation and understanding about Prophecy, Words of Wisdom, Words of Knowledge and the people who receive them.<br />
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<ol><li><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">The Lord our God truly has "poured out His Spirit upon His sons and daughters. </span></strong>It is as if the Spirit of Truth, Wisdom, Knowledge and Understanding have been poured out like waters or vapors in the firmament and atmosphere. This "information" falls upon us all, however it is those who are the Lord's sons and daughters, those who desire the gift of prophecy, those who are called to the office of Prophet and those who are sensitive to the supernatural who will "perceive" what they (we) are receiving through prophecy, word, visions and/or dreams. </li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">We see in part and we know in part - but all parts are of Truth. </span></strong>Often we try to "reconcile" that which we may perceive as conflicting prophecies. I have even heard individuals "argue" (passionately discuss) why "their" word was more accurate, or cancels out or will come to pass over and/or instead of another's. But the truth is, all Truth is of God, and God's word spoken, will come to pass no matter who receives which part of that truth.</li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">We receive Truth according to how we perceive truth. Truth is measured out with the same measure with which we measure it!</span></strong> If one person's call or temperament or personality lies in rules and regulations or rights and wrongs, then they will receive a Word and deliver the portion of that Word according to that perspective. Crazy as it seems, we must "consider the source" when we receive a Word - not to discount that Word, but to piece together all related Words in their proper place and perspective like a puzzle. A hard worker will receive a Word and deliver that word from the perspective of what you should do in order to accomplish that word. A person who doesn't like change may receive and deliver that same Word wrapped in a message of waiting instead of doing - and therein lies the conflict. But if you "do" the Word of the one, and "wait" for the Word to manifest, then you have received both prophets as a prophet and all will receive the prophet's reward.</li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">God has only the BEST in mind for you and planned for you. His prophetic truth is from those plans!</span> </strong>If someone has a prophecy that is not for your best, for your good or for God's plan for you, then it is a prophe-lie! Now, yes, there are Words of Wisdom or Knowledge that can warn you of impending danger, but those generally come with a way out. A warning has two parts: stop (the command), or you will get hurt (the impending danger). A prophecy is specifically a description of what will come to pass according to God's will, purpose or sovereignty. And God is Good! Any "prophecy" that describes, il-will, or a purpose separate from God's or that which is unrighteous towards His sovereignty is NOT of God. That prophet is in danger of bringing damnation to themselves, and your spirit will always bear witness to the Spirit of God. Your spirit will tell you when a "word" is a lie because the Truth lies in you, and therefore a prophe-lie will not be a danger to you.</li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">Unforgiveness, bitterness, covetousness, jealousy, legalism and condemnation - even sins, can cause a believer to receive a Word inaccurately, and deliver that Word inappropriately.</span></strong> Beware of a word given in a spirit of derision, condemnation, anger or contempt. That word may be based on some portion of truth, but the believer's own nature will distort what they hear, or think they hear and they will deliver it from that perspective. God will not honor a word given from the flesh of man's heart - only the truth that comes from His heart. Say for example you are out of work, and qualified in a specialized field in which it is difficult to acquire the job you have been praying for. A friend who is working a no-where job, out of the will of God for his own life and suffering for it, receives a word about your career, but it is distorted because of his own jealousy and dissatisfaction. So he tells you, "yeah well, your time in "cubical hell" is coming. You're getting that job, but be careful what you ask for." Your spirit cringes from this word - you can't even hear the good news that the job is yours, and you begin to doubt whether you want this job or not. This is the spirit of unrighteousness in one individual trying to infect your God-given purpose with the spirit of unrighteousness and doubt as well.</li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">Doubt cancels faith; faith fuels your word.</span> </strong>If God speaks a word and you receive that word, it will come to pass. But as always, we hold the power to our own life and our own death. Only we can choose not to receive the power, dominion, authority and purpose for which God created us to have - just like Adam and Eve - nothing has changed. Just because God has spoken a Word for you, doesn't mean it will come to pass no matter what IF you do not receive that it will come to pass. Your doubt or disbelief will cancel the faith necessary to manifest your Word. "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things unseen." Hebrews 11:1 Without faith, that which you are hoping for cannot come to fruition. But doubt is like a counter-balance. You can have faith in God, but doubt the manifestation of a prophecy (even doubting the "how" or the "when" is still doubt), and it is enough doubt to pull against your faith and keep it from manifesting. If the enemy can, he will work through the sins, unrighteousness or doubt of a Believer who is bringing you a Word, in order to infect your word with enough doubt to keep YOU from allowing it to manifest. That is why we must discern the spirit by the spirit and receive a prophet as a prophet - the mouth-piece (the Words) of God Himself.</li>
<li><strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">Stay in that Word and remind God of His Word.</span> </strong>Revisiting, remembering and retrieving the prophetic Words given to you, fuels your faith and your belief in them coming to pass. It strengthens your confidence in God and His love for you. But reminding God of His Word, strengthens your love for Him. Like a parent who overhears her child bragging to his friends that his mom is going to take him to Legoland or buy him a bike. It encourages the mother who has indeed made these promises because it shows that her child believes and trusts her. And it reminds her of her commitment to those promises - not because they were given without the intent to keep them, but because the reminder strengthens the bond of love between parent and child. It is the love the parent has for the child when making those promises and the love the child has for the parents when receiving the manifestation of those promises. How much greater are the promises of God and the very nature of God Himself? We must know that God IS, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him.</li>
</ol>In All things seek God's Word!<br />
<ul><li>Seek Jesus who is the Word abiding in you!</li>
<li>Seek the manifestation of the words of the new covenant written upon your heart!</li>
<li>Seek the written word of God through His scriptures!</li>
<li>Seek the Word of God through His gift of prophecy!</li>
<li>And seek the manifestation of the prophetic words spoken over you!</li>
</ul>Seek and you shall find, Knock and the door shall be opened unto you!<br />
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Power, love and peace, ya'll!<br />
~Min. Dez~Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16465007489583937606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925599634463287519.post-72408656857891318802011-09-22T11:03:00.000-07:002011-09-22T11:23:38.448-07:00Blessings & Curses<span style="font-family: inherit;">Yes, God is not happy with the decisions of many Americans. But He loves ALL Americans.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Yes, God is not happy with the decisions of many, many people all over the world, and in every nation - including Israel and Palestine. But He loves them all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">God so loved the WORLD that He have His only begotten Son, so that whosoever should believe on Him would not perish, but have everlasting life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">God has already <em><strong>given</strong> </em>His love, forgiveness and path for redemption to ALL mankind - not just to those who <em>would </em>believe, might believe or do believe - but to ALL, whether they will ever believe or not.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">God is not "punishing" America - nor is He punishing <strong><em>any</em></strong> country, nation or race of people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The "punishments", curses, trials, sufferings and deaths of any group of peoples; a country or a nation; a city, town, community or village are a direct result of our own sin, our own sins, our own decisions and the curses out of our own mouths. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The state of our world is, and always has been a direct result of mankind deciding every single day, over and over again, to eat of the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil <strong><em><u>instead</u></em></strong> of eating from the <strong>Tree of Life - Jesus, the Lord and Christ.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have heard "prophets" and "prophetic analysts" speaking on the alleged damage American political leaders, including President Barak Obama have and are making that they say will destroy America. I don't know what these "religious leaders" are trying to accomplish. It seems like they are fostering more fear mongering - fear mongering in the name of God - to counteract the fear mongering in the name of Allah. I don't know...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">They provide no solutions, no options, no hope and no plan of action, accept to breed doubt and mis-trust in our leaders; fear of what will happen to our economy, safety and national freedoms; and a helplessness that says not only is God not doing anything, but He is bringing this judgement upon the whole country because of a few rebel, un-patriotic, non-Christian Americans who "may not actually be American" anyway. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong><u>BUT</u></strong>, here is the vision God just showed me: He wants to scoop America and even the world into His arms and cradle us like a precious baby who is still just learning to walk, stumbling and getting bumped and bruised, who then accidentally tumbles against the hot stove and gets burned, even though we were told not to touch it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I <strong><em>still</em></strong> see the baptism of our President in the Spirit of God; the Holy Ghost. I still feel the love and compassion God has for America... and Israel and Palestine.... and all of the world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The decisions of the political forces in this world are no surprise to God.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The political forces of this world - the powers that be - are all operating in a power that comes only from God.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And all things WILL work together for GOOD, for those who love the Lord and are called according to His purpose.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you love the Lord, have confessed Him as your Lord, and are called according to HIS purpose (and not your own), then you should know that the economy, health care, international, domestic and community terrorism, abortion, world-wide famine, cheating political leaders, and cross-gender homosexual dancers on TV are not all a part of God's unfavorable judgement on us, but are all a part of the same epidemic sickness that mankind has suffered from since the Garden of Eden: Sin - which is separation from God.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><strong>Revelation 22:1-3:</strong> And He showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and of either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and His servants shall serve Him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So... here's what I wish I could say to all those so-called "servants of God" who are "prophesying" and "interpreting prophetic instances" regarding America and the alleged judgement of God they say we are and will be suffering: if you are truly a servant of the Most High God - serve Him and serve the nations and their leaders by providing the Tree of Life to them, so that she can yield her fruit <u>every month</u> and so her leaves can be for healing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Every month PRAY healing and life (remembering that Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life) to all nations and her leaders.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The fervent prayers of the righteous avail much. If you feel your prayers are ineffectual, the first problem could be that your prayers are weak and infrequent, or prayed without power instead of fervent. Or most likely it could be because you do not realize that YOU as a believer (any believer), ARE the righteousness of Christ - not by your own efforts, but by faith through Jesus Christ. You CAN and should be accomplishing much through your prayers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ephesians 3:20: Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above ALL that WE ask or think, <strong><u>according to the POWER that works in US.</u></strong> We have power in prayer, through faith and belief.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you feel America is cursed, pray blessings upon her. If you feel your government and her political leaders are cursing you and all members of this nation, then pray blessings upon them. The Lord says in Luke 6:28 "Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Since you as a believer are redeemed from the curse of the law, there is power in your blessings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">May God forever bless America, her leaders. And today I pray that God will bless President Barak and First Lady Michelle Obama with the pure salvation of the Lord and baptism in the Holy Ghost, in the name of Jesus, amen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Power, love & peace ya'll -</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">(II Timothy 1:7)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">~Min. Dez</span>~Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16465007489583937606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925599634463287519.post-9090201189871542042011-07-27T23:37:00.000-07:002011-07-27T23:58:42.016-07:00The SplitI see a change happening.<br />
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I see a splitting off in the spirit.<br />
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4 1/2 or 5 years ago, during President Obama's campaign I saw a splitting of the people - a choosing up of sides that had nothing to do with the political arena. It was a spiritual dividing line that used the campaign as a cover.<br />
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Dodge Ball got banned when I was in elementary school, but we used to play in secret - or so we thought. We would choose up sides, bust each other with the ball and hope we didn't get busted for playing. It was that clandestine choosing up of sides that I saw in the spirit realm. And the dividing line was not Christians on the Republican side and everybody else in every other political party. Each party got their "fair share" of Jews & Gentiles; Saved and Un-Saved.<br />
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Then a year or more ago I saw another splitting off - this too was political/spiritual in nature. I saw the peoples of America lined up behind 3 crowns: who would they serve? They were filing in by the masses in even lines, equally numbered and marching towards the crown of their choice and these crowns represented their master; their allegiance and their commitment. Only one crown was for our Lord Jesus Christ.<br />
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But today I see a split that is religious/spiritual in nature. And perhaps that is actually an accurate description of the split itself - between the "religious" and the "spiritual". The bible says true religion is helping the widows and orphans, but the word "religion" has become a by-word for the bureaucracy, regiment, doctrine, structure and "social climate" of the church today.<br />
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And let me tell you in case you didn't already know - the word has much negative connotation and it is mostly justifiable.<br />
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I wasn't "raised in the church". Church bureaucracy and mores bewilder me. Much of it just does not match up with the word of God written in my bible. It's a conglomeration of tradition, pomp & circumstance; show-boating and showmanship that is protected, defended and enforced through falsely applied scripture, obedience, guilt and even shame.<br />
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And what I see is that God is tired of it. <br />
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God is tired of preachers demanding that their congregation worship Him in Spirit and in Truth - and yet, no one does. In many churches "Praise and Worship" has become a title that designates a particular time in the service that has little to do with with opening communication with the Holy Ghost and an invoking of the power of God's Glory.<br />
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God is splitting off the old religious powers that formulated these structures and traditions with a remnant of Kingdom minded preachers that will let the Holy Ghost have His way as in the early days of the church.<br />
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God's people are desperately praying for His intervention; for answers; for miracles; for power and the manifestation of His promises. But God has been limited in His ability to answer these requests because of the structural limitations placed on His sources for expressing those answers! If you want God to work in your life, then give Him free reign to do so!<br />
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And another thing - how can church leaders say, "let all things be done decently and in order" then turn around and say that the Holy Spirit would not act in certain ways that they might deem as disruptive, radical or outrageous? Hello... 120 people all babbling, wobbling and praising at 9 am in the morning so that everyone who saw them supposed that they were drunk!? That doesn't sound like the church's definition of decently and in order!<br />
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Or what about the Glory of God filling the temple with such a cloud that the priests couldn't even stand or minister? That doesn't sound like today's definition of "decent and in order" either. <br />
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The Holy Ghost is craning His spiritual neck and chomping and His supernatural bit, just for churches and pastors to let go and let Him in and stop squelching Him just as soon as He shows up when they ask Him to. Right when the Spirit of God falls upon a congregation, that's when they stop service and tell you it's time to take offering or preach a message with no power from the Word. No, instead that should be the time to stand and bask in the Glory of God and let the Holy Ghost do the work the people were just praying, praising and worshipping Him for!<br />
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That's my soap box... it has been so spiritually frustrating for me.<br />
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But I see that the Spirit of God is frustrated too. The time has come when God will make a change in HIS church! True worship... a praise that He can inhabit... miracles, signs and wonders... and the days shall return when congregations will be in one place and in one accord and the Holy Ghost will descend upon ALL in the room like cloven tongues of fire. The days shall return when souls will be healed, restored and SAVED by the <strong><u>thousands</u></strong> at one time... The days are returning and even now have begun...<br />
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And the days of pastors who stick to their structure of praise and worship, announcements, offering, preach the word, give an altar call and the benediction are over for the Holy Ghost. This not the church that God has called out. He has called out a body of believers. The <em>is</em> "church as usual" - no matter how much a pastor may say it is not.<br />
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It is a new day. New preachers are being split off from the old. Old things are passed away, behold all is become new. There is a splitting off from "church as usual" to the church of the unusual and peculiar. Where healings are on the regular, demons are cast out daily, lepers are cleansed and the dead are raised - literally, not figuratively.<br />
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Isn't that what we, the church, have been called out to do?<br />
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Power, love & peace, ya'll - <br />
~Min. Dez~Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16465007489583937606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925599634463287519.post-58421038175321634572011-06-02T22:03:00.000-07:002011-06-02T22:05:07.845-07:00New Word...Only a bit ago, the Lord instructed me that He wants me to begin telling of my thoughts for the Nations and His people. And specifically, to be confident that my "thoughts" are prophetic and not simply my own.<br />
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A new season is here - and many have felt it. We've felt the shift; we've felt the change... and even if we didn't know what the change was specifically, I know many of us have anticipated it for years now.<br />
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This season... while truthfully is indeed a season unto itself, it is actually a season of preparation. It is preparation for a greater, more spectacular season to come.<br />
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And in the spirit of "preparation" there is most obviously much training and pruning taking place. But there is also elevation and placement. There is also protection and favor. And, oddly enough, there is also restoration, opportunity and wealth transfer. Finally, there is growth, revelation and transition into the Supernatural.<br />
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These aspects of what I see as "steps of preparation" may seem disjointed in my limited explanation, but I see a picture more clearly now - a picture that once began with the simple word: "infiltration."<br />
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So, in the first, I will describe the season to come - the season of which we are being prepared for, and then perhaps the details of our preparation will seem clearer as well.<br />
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The Lord our God is truly beginning to pour out His Spirit upon His sons <u>and</u> daughters in a much greater degree than ever before. Periodic and previous revelations of the church will be revitalized and revisited and there will be so much more. We are being prepared for a spiritual battle. We are being prepared for the beginning of the end.<br />
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These are the last days of the last of the Last Days. This is the beginning of the End of Days - the beginning of the latter days. We are the generations before the last generations that will see the coming of the Christ. <br />
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I believe that if my son, who is 6 as of the date of this writing, were to be blessed to see the fullness of all his days, plus - he will see the coming of the Lord before all 120 years. I believe these babies are the last of the babies to be born on this earth... but how many babies constitute the last? Perhaps my son will be the oldest of this generation - this last generation. This I cannot say for sure, but I say it as an illustration of how close I believe the end of times acturally are.<br />
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And satan knows this better than I.<br />
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Do not be misled - these earthquakes in diverse places are <strong>THE</strong> "earthquakes in divers places." These wars and rumors of wars are <strong>THE</strong> "wars and rumors of wars."<br />
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We have been in the last days - the 7th day - since the disciples first said so. But sunset is coming soon. I see the color of the sky changing... and even darkening.<br />
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In fact, the powers of darkness are pitching their last ditch efforts as if they do not know the outcome.<br />
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And God is preparing us like never before. We are the generation to train those who are to come and who are to remain when Christ comes again. The Lord has called us a generation of "Josephs and Esthers" who are currently in training so that we can train up the "Benjamin Generation" that is here and is to come. They will truly be a generation that will know the battle is not against flesh and blood, but against powers and principalities. The Benjamin Generation will be true Spiritual Warriors greater in battle very nearly than even the angels.<br />
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And we, leaders of today who hear with a rhema ear and live in the revelatory word of God, we are their teachers. And we are being prepared.<br />
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Now more than any church movement in history - including the dawn of the early church after Pentecost - now is the time when we will learn to manifest the fullness of God's word in ways we cannot yet fully comprehend. We will begin to walk in <strong>ALL</strong> the power, authority, dominion and Spirit of God that the Word seems to only hint about.<br />
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But the manifestation of ALL will come with the outpouring of God's Spirit.<br />
<ul><li>ALL will be healed who have a need of healing.</li>
<li>Multitudes will be saved and delivered like never before</li>
<li>Devils will be exposed and cast out</li>
<li>Creative, extraordinary miracles will be performed</li>
<li>Waters will be walked upon</li>
<li>The dead will be resurrected - before the coming of Christ.</li>
<li>People will be translated from place to place supernaturally</li>
<li>Believers will become supernaturally wealthy</li>
<li>Believers will have resources that the world cannot get anywhere else</li>
<li>Believers will hold positions of power, leadership and authority in diverse places</li>
<li>Soccer Moms will heal broken bones on the field</li>
<li>Whole communities and towns will come to salvation</li>
<li>"Commoners" will hold positions of respect and reverence amongst great men and women of the world.</li>
<li>Regular people will begin to do these and even the "greater than these" things Jesus talked about, and they will teach others how to do them as well.</li>
</ul>And because of all of this, Believers will be greatly, greatly persecuted. Not to worry though... God will still favor us to be the heads and not the tails, the lenders and not the borrowers. It will infuriate the powers of darkness that rule the world. But we will maintain, exercise and teach the power we have over the powers of the enemy.<br />
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And so we are being prepared in this season. Our faith is being prepared - the kind of faith that when spoken, manifests that word into the instant and physical representation of that word - just like the God whose image we are created in.<br />
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Our belief is being prepared. A belief that says yes, I can be translated instantly from California to the slave-trade streets in Thailand to save a soul; or to a hospital room across town to heal a child. It is a belief that knows Christ's death on the cross was also for our prosperity so that the wealth of the world's Billionaires can be supernaturally transferred to us to feed hungry souls that cannot afford it when bread costs a day's wage.<br />
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Do you have an ear to hear?<br />
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If what I've written seems like utter nonsense and the ramblings of a spiritually delusional and theologically uneducated woman, then you will not be a leader in this generation of preparation.<br />
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But if you've felt a pull of understanding and a tug of connection... welcome to the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness. His Kingdom has come. His will shall be done. On Earth as it is in Heaven. And the blood of the lamb and the words of our testimony will overcome the world. <br />
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In the name of Jesus, Amen.<br />
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~Min. Dez~Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16465007489583937606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925599634463287519.post-22369469223748597882011-02-21T10:21:00.000-08:002011-02-21T10:21:18.129-08:00Change to OriginalUntil now, this blog has lived FOR obscurity and IN obscurity. My posts have been cloaked in the safety of the unseen. Concerned enough to say, "What if..." Cautiously written "just in case..." But this is the season for change. Not ordinary change, but for changing back to original intentions.<br />
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This blog: Destination Reflection; today is changing back to its original intention.<br />
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This life: Deidre Kay Campbell-Jones, today, is changing back to her original intention.<br />
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We as a people, are changing back to God's original intention.<br />
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And from now on, this blog will reflect those changes - whether anyone reads them or not.<br />
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Original Blog Intent: To share the deepest of my thoughts, un-inhibited in spirit, and in truth. To chronicle the progress of my my life and God's purpose for it. To share with others in written form that which I have no other opportunity or platform to share through any other medium.<br />
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Original Life Intent: To walk in the fullness of God's power. To teach, example, preach, write and lead others into the fullness of God's Glory, Power and Grace. To live and to show others how to live in the manifested realm of God's Word. To walk in God's promises and to show others how to do the same. To have a true, manifested, tangible, full and moment-by-moment relationship with God Almighty, through His Son, Jesus and the Holy Ghost.<br />
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Which brings me to God's original intent for us as a people: All of the above. As well as:<br />
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Restoration<br />
Reconciliation<br />
Redemption<br />
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These are now words of "Christianise" that have grown to be meaningless. It must be the work of the devil because these 3 words are truly the most powerful words regarding our standing in life as Believers who have confessed with our mouths that Jesus, the Anointed One is God in the flesh, born of a virgin, died on the cross and resurrected on the third day.<br />
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What are we restored back to?<br />
What are we reconciled back to?<br />
What are we redeemed back to?<br />
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We are restored back to original dominion... for God.<br />
We are reconciled back to original relationship... with God.<br />
We are redeemed back to original power... in God.<br />
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Adam and Eve were created in the image of God and that image was not revoked. Adam and Eve were given dominion and that dominion was not revoked. Adam and Eve were given power and that power was not revoked.<br />
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Our original image was distorted (not revoked) by the lies of satan.<br />
Our original dominion was given (not revoked) to satan by our own disobedience.<br />
Our original power was diminished (not revoked) by our own lack of knowledge and understanding.<br />
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Our created image in God still IS. We can take back our dominion and we can walk in the fullness of our true power once again. By God, because of Jesus, through the Holy Ghost. <br />
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God, came to Earth, clothed in flesh as Jesus. Fully God. Fully Human. <br />
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How? Because Mary's DNA and God's DNA formed one Man - free from the seed of sin passed through the seed of the male; pure from sin by the seed of the Holy Ghost. <br />
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Why? Because God said, "the life is in the Blood." And only a blood capable of Eternal Life could be the antidote to the sickness of eternal death. Only God's blood could save us from man's death. But God is a Spirit. And so He relinquished the Glory of His Spirit and clothed Himself in the glory of man, so that He would have the only blood pure enough to redeem us back to life.<br />
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What!? Because everything Jesus did on Earth He did as MAN, not as GOD. If He had done it as God he would have called down leagues of 10,000 angels to wipe out the devil himself. But He didn't in order to show us the power WE have over the devil. He healed all who had need to show us the power WE have over sickness. He raised people from the dead to show us the power WE have over death. He was brought low and made poor to show us the power, dominion and riches WE have as men and women of God. Jesus walked on water, calmed the storms, fed thousands and turned water to wine so that WE would see what WE are capable of - not so we would know what God was capable of. <br />
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God showed what He was capable of to the Israelites and they didn't listen.<br />
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God is showing us what WE are capable of through Jesus Christ. ARE YOU LISTENING?<br />
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~Power, Love & Peace, ya'll - <br />
Min. D<br />
<em>Delaileona</em>~Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16465007489583937606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925599634463287519.post-81902607890788629972010-07-16T11:57:00.000-07:002010-07-16T12:18:42.129-07:00PROPHECY FOR AMERICA #2 - 7/16/2010<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Part 2 of this prophetic word to the Nation:</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">This morning as my alarm went off, I hit the button and went back to sleep. And I saw our President, President Obama sitting at his desk - papers, Bills and pressing concerns lay scattered all across the top. As he looked at them, hands placed on top of them, a flood; a deluge of the Holy Spirit fell from the ceiling upon him, drenching him in the Spirit of God. Then the tide flowed from him and out from him as a wave of water rushing over his desk and washing away all that was there.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Some of the items on his desk were drowned and washed away. Others were cleansed and purified.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Then said the voice of God to me, "America is not forsaken. Just as the Nation of Israel will always represent my beloved Israelites no matter where they reside, America will always represent my beloved Gentiles, those who are adopted by faith into the family of God; the wild olive branch grafted into the tree.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">America is not forsaken. She is pruned like a tree and plucked like the eagle's wings. I, the Lord your God am tired of my leaders - the ones whom I have anointed and lifted up - using my Name to propagate their own political agendas and views.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">They misuse my Word to confirm and justify their lies and they believe they are justified because of their justification in Christ - because of my anointing. But the Spirit is not in those words and they will be separated from their views. As big churches and big leaders fall for their immorality and unrighteousness; for their dogma and 'religiosity', so too will mine anointed be plucked for their political deceit - deceiving my Believers and prophesying falsely by calling it 'teaching' and 'understanding.'</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Even mine beloved John Hagee who loves my people of Israel will see his plucking come and he, like others with him - James Robinson, Perry Stone and others(*) will be separated from their words of lies. Even as America and her system of lies must needs be plucked - gay marriage; housing; banking; foreign policy; peace in the East - even as these issues are plucked and exposed, so too are my people, my beloved Gentiles. So that only those who worship in Spirit and in Truth will have the strength to stand and rebuild."</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">These are the Word of the Lord, as noted by His humble servant on this day,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">~Min. Dez</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">(*) I see the face of another individual whose name I cannot or do not know at this time.</span>~Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16465007489583937606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925599634463287519.post-9034166940310173582010-07-15T09:15:00.000-07:002010-07-16T12:24:34.009-07:00PROPHECY FOR AMERICA #1 - 7/15/2010<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">After prayer and fasting</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> for three days, I went to sleep on the evening of the 3rd day and I saw in my mind's eye 3 black triangles each triangle in the shape of a crown and I heard the voice of the Lord saying: "3 kings; 3 kings."</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Then I saw a line of people marching towards the 3 kings. And a swoosh like a wave came over the people and I heard the rushing of water - a splashing; a deluge of water like a wave over the people.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">And the revelation of God came to me saying, "there are 3 kings of this world - the king of death; the king of destruction and the One True King of Life." And the kings looked like 3 points of a crown. And the people were marching towards the king of their choice and they split - some to the left: the king of death. And some to the right: the king of destruction and others marched towards the King of Life in the middle.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">And when the wave of water flushed over the people as they marched, God said, "I am pouring out my Spirit upon them all, but only those walking towards life will receive that anointing."</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">Then God showed me in the vision of my imagination an eagle in its hideaway nest. God reminded me that the national symbol of America is the eagle. And He told me America IS that Eagle. She is not forgotten, forsaken or punished like the Israelites who chose for themselves kings of persecution. No instead, America is like the Eagle who has retreated and is secluded for a time to pluck its wings, sharpen its beak and claws, and renew its strength.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">God showed me in great and vivid detail the Eagle painstakingly plucking out its own feathers revealing the pink, scrawny flesh beneath with tiny, frayed, scattered and ragged feathers exposed. And He, God Almighty, spoke to me as the Eagle plucked saying, "Thus sayeth the Lord your God - America is plucking its feathers. This time of great and devastating trial for individuals is a part of that plucking - businesses; the economy; housing; wall street and banking - systems and individuals alike - even Christians in the churches especially are being plucked.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">And like the Eagle whose worst is exposed, its jagged ugliness revealed - so is America revealing its ugliness - seeming even to prefer it and glorify its worst by exposing the worst, wearing it on the surface of life and pulling out; pulling down that which ordinarily seems good. The worst is coming to people's lives and their good things; their comfort, security and best is being plucked from them.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">And like the Eagle when his feathers are gone - even though he's plucked all the good feathers on purpose, the Eagle is not at its best. The Eagle cannot fly and cannot soar. The Eagle is grounded and weakened. The Eagle is exposed and in danger - vulnerable. And it must retreat to protect itself during this time of plucking and of great vulnerability.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">So too will America be. So too will the individual be - exposing their worst as if it is preferred; exposed in their worst as if it is common. And the eagle, like America plucks its own feathers. The eagle, like America and like the individual do this to themselves. There is no one else to blame.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">We do this to ourselves through the choices we make and the decisions we make. America and its leaders will begin to make more and more decisions we do not understand. More systems will fall. Churches will fall. Leaders will fall. Individuals - Christians and non-Christians alike will fall - for the wheat and the tares grow up together and God sends rain upon them all."</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">But God said to me that as the feathers begin to grow, the Eagle may still pluck them out. It is necessary for balance and optimum performance of the new feathers until finally, ultimately the Eagle will allow the feathers to grow. And like America it will grow strong and full of glory. And eventually the beak and claws will be sharp again. And like America we will be sharp and on top again. It is a pruning that is necessary.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">And of the leaders, there will be a few which will be allowed to grow first. And of the churches there will be a few which will be allowed to grow first. Even the people represent feathers. And how we will grow back will be through those of us in the church - the Believers that remain faithful, praiseful and true in Christ Jesus. We who withstand these trials and go <em>through </em>them believing in Jesus, never wavering and never falling to sin - we will rebuild. We rebuild ourselves, we rebuild the churches, we rebuild America, we rebuild.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">And like the Eagle's feathers there will be a few individuals who will be allowed to grow first. No Eagle's feathers grow all at once and immediately. Invariably there are always a few that emerge first and will be allowed to grow. Watch for the "firsts" in leadership, in the churches and in the people and then will all the systems, the churches, the people and America itself rebuild and be strong - strong enough to soar once again.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">The word of prophecy from His humble servant on this day,</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;">~Min. Dez</span>~Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16465007489583937606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925599634463287519.post-7398483924169610732009-08-04T07:08:00.000-07:002009-08-04T09:29:28.058-07:00CALL & RESPONSE...<div align="center"><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Acts 26:16: But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;</span></div><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">I was incomplete. I had no purpose, no new plan and at 42 years old I still was searching for what I wanted to be now that I was "grown up." I decided once and for all that I would choose my absolute dream career, decide what I would need to change about my life to accomplish it and do so with professional, determined fervor and wisdom. I looked to the core of my being - what I loved, what I was especially good at and what I would be proud to say was my career until the end of my days.</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">The answer: writer and speaker.</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">I searched the internet, read books and joined social network groups looking for people doing the same thing. I asked questions, joined online discussions and attended seminars and webinars. Those gave me a step-by-step plan for changing a career and two of the most important suggestions everyone and every book made consistently was to make a plan and find a mentor.</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">I made a month-by-month outline for writing and publishing specific works and I set out to find a mentor. I joined the Sylmar Chamber of Commerce which ultimately led me to a man, a pastor and a Bishop who looked me in my eyes upon first meeting and asked me what he could do for me. Jokingly I got bold and told him he could be my mentor. Immediately he agreed and immediately he followed through.</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Months later in July 2008, his wife invited me to speak at her women's fellowship. I had just completed and published the first booklet on my list. I was right on track to publish one a month. Now I was officially a speaker, author and a publisher - and all to the Glory of God! I knew I was well on my way towards finally finding myself.</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Afterward, the Bishop made a video of the engagement and posted my name as Min. Deidre Campbell-Jones. It looked good. But I admitted I was not a minister when he'd asked and he told me I would need to be if I wanted to get paid by churches for my speaking engagements. They asked me to begin teaching at the Bible College that September and I considered joining the ministry school, but chose a free online course instead.</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">For weeks prior, maybe even months - I had been suffering a terrible itch in my feet. The burning was consuming and unpredictable. I hadn't used a new soap, nor had I recently used any new lotions, no new shoes or socks - just the same 42 year old feet!</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">But I changed lotions, used oils, slept in medicated lotion and pedicure socks, soaked in medicated foot baths, exfoliated with foot scrubs, increased my pedicures - I tried nearly everything but the itch would not stop. Oh, yeah - I scratched, and scratched and scratched.</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Nothing helped.</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">It began to be a distraction. Shoes would get kicked off at the most inappropriate times - to scratch. Flip-flops were worn in inappropriate circumstances - to scratch, and my walk changed, my talk changed and even my focus changed all because of the itching, burning and scratching.</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Everything I tried made the itching increase - although my feet were supple, smooth and soft!</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Finally, in a frantic, burning panic I went to the church on a Wednesday afternoon. I didn't know what to expect, didn't know what to ask. I knew one of the church leaders was said to have the gift of healing, but I'd never seen it for myself, never experienced it and wasn't even sure I believed in it. I also wasn't even sure if she was even going to be at the church, but I went anyway - if nothing else but to cry out to the Lord in prayer for relief.</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">She was there and as soon as she hugged me she said - "Oh, come on, let's pray." She took me into the sanctuary and she kicked off her sandals. I took off my flip-flops. She anointed my head with oil and began to pray. I cannot remember one word of what she said accept at one point she said, "Yes, there it is."</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">I could barely pray with her. I was distracted. I don't know if I was waiting for the itching to stop or for white lights to descend from heaven or an angel of the Lord to walk through the door and announce I was healed. But at the end of her prayer, none of that had happened and the burning had not been abated. She told me the "Lord would minister to me for three days." I didn't know what that meant and I went home bleary-eyed.</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">For three days the burning and itching did not stop. Finally, I was driven to the word of God in sheer desperation and craze. I went to my online bible concordance and typed in "feet". I had no idea what I was looking for or what I might find, but I found what God wanted me to see.</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Acts 26:16: But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">And visible right under that scripture was this:</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Rom:10:15: And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">I was sent to my knees with tears of stunning revelation! Could it be true? Without a doubt it was true. Like a zombie I walked upstairs, crying, dazed and bewildered. It was time to get dressed for the day. I showered and in that shower I realized my feet did not itch or burn!</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">"Yes! Yes, Lord - I understand and I accept!" And it was then that I was anointed and baptized with the Holy Ghost.</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">I went back to the scriptures to see what had happened to me - what did I just do? What did I just accept? Acts 26:16 continues with this: 17: Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, 18: To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Am I really to be sent? Can I really do all this? Not alone - not on my own; only with and through the power of the Holy Ghost.</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">I remained drunk and bewildered, distracted by the Spirit of God upon me for the rest of the day and Saturday too. On Sunday my Bishop was teaching and his sermon led us to the book of Luke and my eyes wandered away from the text and found Luke 4:18-19 "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord."</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">There. I was reconciled. I went to the altar - with no more tears - but peace, indescribable peace. Oh, yeah and soft, supple, itch-free, BEAUTIFUL feet!</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">That Tuesday, after Bible Study an older, newly licensed pastor was saying goodbye to me, walked away and came back. "The Lord just told me to give you this bible." It was a paperback ESV version. "Ok, thank you." I said, wondering what God was up to now.</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">That same day as I was rereading the scriptures God had given me regarding my calling, I noticed that Romans 10:15 was in all-caps. In my study bible that means those words are a direct quote from the Old Testament. I decided to search for the original text - it proved to be a little bit of a challenge. I found it - Isaiah 52:7 (all my favorite numbers). I was looking for my large study bible to look it up and passed by the ESV I'd just been given and decided to find it there: "How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!"</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">There. I was complete. I have finally found myself. Oh, the journey is just beginning, the trials will be harder, newer and more challenging. And walking by faith may lead me down a long and grueling road. But my feet... will be beautiful, no matter what!</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">One year later, and badly in need of a pedicure I will receive my license into the service of the Kingdom of God as a Minister of the Gospel.</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Finally I am what I never knew I always wanted to be when I grew up. Now maybe it's time to grow up. Nah... I think I'll schedule a pedicure instead! :D</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">Power, love & peace ya'll! (2 Timothy 1:7)</span><br /><span style="font-family:lucida grande;">"~Min. Dez"</span>~Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16465007489583937606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925599634463287519.post-62818425634803349582009-05-21T18:48:00.000-07:002009-05-21T19:09:34.578-07:00Angel of FaithI saw my faith today. And I didn’t help him; didn’t ask what he needed – I just shooed him away.<br /><br />I saw my faith today and I dreamt about him last night. In my vision he was strong and confident, handsome and smiling at me. He was sitting on a bench as if waiting for the bus. I smiled and said hello. And when I turned again to point him out he had gone away.<br /><br />I saw my faith today and I know it was him. In my lament the day before I had asked to see my faith just as Jesus had seen from those he’d healed. It was not ironic that he should appear today when I’d only just asked of him yesterday.<br /><br />I saw my faith today and I didn’t even recognize him until it was too late.<br /><br />He laid on my lawn, face to the fence, disheveled and a bit mismatched. Glasses covered his eyes from the light but not any light that shined from me. I told him my lawn was not the place to be. “Ok,” he said. “Ok?” I asked. “Yes, I’m Ok,” he replied and still I let my light hide.<br /><br />I saw my faith today and regretted I’d left him once I got about a block away. I turned to return and ask how I could help or ask of his need. But when I was back my faith was nowhere to be seen.<br /><br />I saw my faith today and I know it was him. I had asked to see where my faith lacked, and when I had the chance I forgot to ask and it was too late by the time I came back.<br /><br />I saw my faith today and if he was just a bum, I met him not with love but instead with fear. I didn’t even ask of God to listen to what He would have me hear.<br /><br />I saw my faith today and treated him with disgrace. If compassion had prevailed I would have treated him with God's sufficient grace.<br /><br />I saw my faith today and gave him no compassion for his strength. My faith is weak and wanting and my fear keeps him from growing and showing what he’s capable of. I canceled his chance to do what he could, if I would have just show a little bit of love.<br /><br />I saw my faith today and in my fear, I didn’t listen and couldn’t hear. And when I could have helped; could have given him increase, instead I sent him away.<br /><br />Dear Faith, come back and if you will, with compassion I will generously add to your lack. And if I see my faith again someday – oh, Faith – Dear Faith, I pray; next time I’ll not send you away.~Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16465007489583937606noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6925599634463287519.post-47485677028858666682009-05-07T19:15:00.000-07:002009-05-08T00:33:58.766-07:00CONDEMNATIONRomans 8:1: "There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit."<br /><br />Really? Well, there shouldn't be. At least not amongst ourselves. If there is no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, why then do so many believers suffer such condemnation - especialy and mostly from other believers?<br /><br />It's like when my mom would tell me to let my son do something I had already told him he couldn't. When I complained to her that she'd never had let me when I was his age and how could she go against my word - she told me that her father had done it to her and she didn't like it either.<br /><br />As for the church, this situation is definitely not at all like dealing with a 4 year old and a grandmother handing out candy. No, in the church we're talking about what seems to be a public flogging - not for sin, but perhaps for disobedience or a misunderstanding, rumors, cliques or a bad message from a new minister. And in this public execution the convicted is given no trial, no defence and no opportunity for explanation. And not only that, the accused must take it without flinching, expression or complaint, I might add!<br /><br />It's as if our church leaders and elders have suffered such condemnation themselves that they feel it is their duty and obligation to pass the buck.<br /><br />Well, the buck stops here!<br /><br />As a manager at AT&T (and a good one, I might add), I didn't much care for the trickle down theory. So long as my team was doing their job (and doing it it well, I might add), then whatever mess upper-management wanted me to harrass my team with, stayed right with me and they never heard it. Some management techniques are just unnessary in order to get the best out of your team.<br /><br />Wouldn't it be nice if it were mandatory for Pastors and church leaders to attend the same management courses I did?<br /><br />I think perhaps they hold on to Titus 1:13: "This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;" as a justification for being harsh. But this scripture in Titus, let's not forget, is talking about the "many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake." <br /><br />And so, if you go this route, be sure of it's usage, I might add - because, what goes around comes around... or in more biblical terms, you reap what you sow.<br /><br />Or maybe the leaders are kind-of partial to a scripture in 1 Timothy chapter 5 as their justification. Verse 20 says: "Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear." I get the rebuke before all part - but still, this scripture is talking about sin, people! And the bible is clear about what sin is. And, last I checked not being decent and in order is not listed as a sin.<br /><br />Now, don't get me wrong I am not in anyway advocating disobedience amongst the church leadership. The bible does say to do things decently and in order and so that is what we must do. And there are requirements of leadership that are expressed in God's word that must be adhered to. Leadership must provide a specific example and must be accurate in their teachings and most not fall prey to spirits of gossip, lying or deception. Duh, sounds obvious to me.<br /><br />But what seems not to be so obvious within the church, is how best to deal with such common needs of correction (that exist within and outside of the church, I might add).<br /><br />But gee, I seem to remember a scripture about going to an individual first and if they don't listen and repent, then go before the church, then take it to the leaders. Hhmm...<br /><br />Listen, all lessons are for the greater good - without a doubt. But some lessons are to learn what to do and others are to learn what NOT to do. All I can say is I know what I will NEVER do.<br /><br />Never have, never will. The buck stops here - for me, there is and will not be any condemnation (at least not publicly) for them that are in Christ Jesus - and under my leadership, I might add.<br /><br />Power, love & peace, People!<br />~Min. Dez~Pastor Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16465007489583937606noreply@blogger.com0