Prophecy for the Prophets

Not 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.

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.

PROPHETS:
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.

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.

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.

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."

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."

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 at this time.  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."

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.

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.

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.

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."

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!

Please send me your testimony! For we overcome through the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony... amen?  Amen!

~Pastor D

SHIFT!

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.

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.

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.

I HAVE BEEN SHIFTED.
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.

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:

• You are moving in the direction of God's will
• You are following your purpose accordingly
• You may be aware of a shift coming
• You may be aware that there has been a shift
• But that does not necessarily mean that you have been shifted
• You may need a shift - in doctrine; purpose; administration; leadership or relationship with the Father.

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.

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.

This is a time God wants His people - His 5-Fold leaders, and His ministers - to return to Him.

• 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!
• 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.

Are you ready to SHIFT?  Are you humble enough to SHIFT?  Are you confident enough to SHIFT?

I have already been shifted and look forward to more for the sake of the Kingdom and the Gospel of Jesus Christ!

SHIFT!

~Pastor D

Revelation of the Bride...

First... a little backstory:


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.




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.




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.




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:




"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. 

• And doubt is a form of fear. 
• And perfect love casts out all fear.
• And herein is our love perfected... that as Jesus is, so am I

So, I began to remind myself, and to re-confess who I am in Christ:

• I am the righteousness of God in Christ
• I am adopted into the faith and inherit the promises of God
• I am a daughter of the most high God and healing is the Children's bread
• I am the Bride of Christ

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.




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!




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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).




This word, phrase and concept is: KINGDOM

• Preachers are preaching the Kingdom of God
• Pastors are building the Kingdom of God
• Believers are seeking the Kingdom of God
• Evangelists are saving souls for the Kingdom of God
• And I am believing for God's Kingdom, Power and Glory to be made manifest on earth - soon!

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.


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!


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.


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.

• Brides are wildly in love
• Brides are loving and loveable
• Brides think the best of their Bridegroom
• Brides experience a sense of anticipation, excitement and expectation daily
• Brides are hopeful (Hebrews 11:1)
• Brides are faithful!
• Brides are thoughtful and conscientious about their bridegroom
• Brides anticipate the union and intimacy of the relationship
• Brides anticipate the differences and benefits of the name change (literal and symbolic)

I'll bet you the 5 foolish virgins would have been BRIDEZILLAS!


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!


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?


Power, Love & Peace, ya'll -
~Pastor D

The Time is Soon -

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.

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 1 & 2 have not yet come to pass and therefore cannot be truly called prophecies - yet.

However, the time is soon.

Because of the message I heard, and the article I read today, I know in my spirit that the time is soon.

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.

If you haven't read them already, check them out now.

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."

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. 

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.

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.

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. 

Let this word prevail true, Lord - for the time is soon.

It's Spittin' Time!

There is a full-blown epidemic occurring.

It is a spiritual epidemic.  But its affects seem just as devastating in the natural.

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.

It's a "spitting epidemic."

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!

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.

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!

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.

It's a spitting epidemic.

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."

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.

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.

Then of course, Matthew 3:11 and Luke 3:16 both say that Jesus will baptize us "with the Holy Ghost and with fire."

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.

It's spittin' time!  Are you being spued out of your church or are you comfortable?

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."

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!

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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!

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. 

It's spittin's time, ya'll!  Are you ready?