Hearts on fire

Lately the Spirit has been leading me to the prophecies to the churches in Revelation 2 and 3. Out of seven churches that were prophesied to five of them were called by God to repentance, and three of them were not accused of a particular sin, except that their hearts were far from God. One had lost their love for God, another was more concerned with the things of this world than the things of the Kingdom of God, and another was half-hearted in their pursuit of God. It was not for any evil deeds that they were called to repent, but that they had drifted away from intimacy with God. Their Christianity had become mere pretense and a religious ritual.

For it is time for judgment to begin in the house of God (1 Peter 4:17)

God is coming to His people as the judge. He will come with fire to purify the bride so that she be dressed in white. It is then they will be prepared to carry His glory to the ends of the earth and reap a harvest of souls. He is calling a people who will accept the fullness of who He is, and not to live for shallow religion. Theirs will be a fiery passion for God that will consume them, not merely outward shows of duty devoid of His Spirit, love, and power. They will not be content with worship on Sunday morning, they will live for the kingdom in everything they do, every day. He is calling a people who will yield their whole hearts to him, not just their outward actions. He is calling His people to account because He loves them and wants that they walk in the fullness of what He has for them. In fire and testing there will come a turning back to what is truly valuable. His fire will purify the Bride from man made religion and false teachings that have kept people in bondage. The result will be GLORY!

Take it to the streets

I had a dream recently that I believe God is a message for the bride of Christ in these days about what is to come. In this dream I was at a wedding reception. This wedding reception was in the streets of a neighborhood. The street was blocked off and people were celebrating right in the street. They were simple people having a good time. I noticed there was another wedding reception happening next door in a large upscale house. This reception was indoors. As I was socializing with these beautiful people I noticed that a rabbit was running around. Then as I was observing the rabbit a man came from next door, dressed fine and looking very together. He complained because our group was blocking the road and distracting people from getting to his party. I did not understand this since the cars of his guests were also blocking the street.

In the days to come there will be many shifts in the people of God and the way we do church. It will become more "organic" and outside of the walls of the buildings. It will be joyful and life giving and will result in much fruit. It is time to take the word to the streets.

As this happens there will be those who are upset because it interferes with their agenda. Religious spirits will complain that this new way conflicts with their programs. It is important not to be persuaded by them. They look like they have their act together, but they are filled with hypocrisy. Follow the Spirit.

This dream reminds me of the parable of the virgins (Matthew 25:1-13). All of them were preparing for a wedding, all of them had lamps, yet only some of them had oil in their lamps. There are many who have lamps, as if they could be shining the light, but they have no power to actually shine, and their religion is empty. Jesus said this was because they did not watch. It is time to shine the light of Christ again. There are those who have acquired the oil of the Spirit who will bear fruit in their cities and regions. There are other who will b found with no oil in their lamps. To them the Master will say, "I never knew you."

True Vision

In a dream there were many babies, but these babies were like dolls. Inside all these dolls were real babies. There were people doing surgeries on the dolls to find the true babies inside. Some of them had layers of dolls hiding the true babies inside.

There are true ministries and visions that God is releasing that will bring life and freedom and fruit in the kingdom. The result will be souls that come alive for God. The result will be true freedom, healing, and deliverance for people. There are many man-made visions that stand in the way of what God wants to do, and many ministries built in the flesh, but these are being removed so that the true vision and ministry of God can be seen. As we look to Jesus we will see the true ministry of God. He is stripping away many false ideas and bringing us back to living in His presence. His true works will bring life and freedom and the fruit of the kingdom.

Unless the Lord builds the house the worker works in vain (Psalm 127:1).

Rising in Unity

Last night, I had a dream. In this dream was an “army” of brides being led up to a mountain top to worship. The “brides” leading the army were pastors dressed in bridal gowns & army boots. They were worshiping at the top of their lungs and marching upward to the crown of the mountain. I saw pastors I used to know in Oroville and Chico walking arm in arm singing Ken Winton’s song “Firmly Planted” which is right out of the first 3 verses of Psalm 1. Immediately behind the pastors were the rest of us all dressed in bridal garb marching and singing all the way to the top of the mountain. Our eyes were firmly fixed on God and ascending the mountain in worship to reach the corporate gathering spot where we would continue to lift our praise and adoration to God. In the valley below the mountain was chaos, confusion and strife yet we were moving away from it as one body of people linked in Psalm 133 unity and worshiping the Father in spirit and in truth. God routed the confusion and chaos caused by sin and the enemy as worship was lifted up to Him. He caused the enemies to destroy themselves as we worshiped and prayed – like he did in Jehoshaphat’s day on Tekoa. End of dream.

Greter Revelation of Christ

As I was traveling across various landscapes I fell down an embankment. There was a lamb sitting at the bottom of the hill and it's right leg was damaged. As I walked away I looked back at it and it looked at me and I thought "poor darling." I glanced behind me once again and as I looked at the lamb it began to rise up on it's hind legs and the damaged leg turned into a wing. It started rising up getting taller and taller towering above me with this great expansion of wings. It had a staff that looked like a tomahawk in its hand. I was terrified and I fell to the ground as he lifted it up and softly touched the top of my head with it and then he flew over me and disappeared.

You have seen Jesus the lamb who suffered for man. Now it is time to see the resurrected Jesus who is glorious. He will rise like a mighty warrior. He is touching the head and anointed his warriors to join in the battle. He is calling His warriors to rise and follow. It is time for the church to have revelation of the Jesus that rose from the dead, the Mighty One in heaven. It is then we will know our victory in Christ.

Fall on the Rock

Last night I had a dream where I was shown the foundations of man's accomplishments. These foundations were good things yet I felt uneasy about them. I was wakened by a thick sense of darkness. I was aware that a wave was coming from the enemy that was trying to push the people of God off the path and that it is very important that we stay planted on the Rock. Father in heaven began to speak to me about building upon the foundation of Christ. No other foundation will do.

Although man can teach us things of God, they are not a foundation that we can trust to build upon. We must know Christ intimately and build upon Him. Other ministries and teachings and great stories of past heroes will not keep us strong. It is only our personal revelation of Christ that will make us a rock in times of trouble. It is time to fall upon the Rock and be broken. Let your roots grow deep in him and you will be unmovable.

Revolution

It's a revolution of prayer and fasting. God is calling a generation to be abandoned for the gospel. They will carry the fire of heaven to the nations. It is a generation given to prayer and preaching of the word with power. The sleeper is awakening to know her destiny as the warrior bride.

We have forgotten our inheritance and allowed compromise to creep in and weaken us, but a fire is coming and it will purify the sons of Levi. The children will remember who they are meant to be and rise up in faith to live the call.

Time to Take the Land

This is the year for Joshua and Caleb to arise. It is a year to believe for promises and to face giants. Many who have wandered in the wilderness will come into their promises and begin to believe in a God who overcomes giants. Deliverers will break through barriers and make a way for others to begin to believe.

It is time to move from manna to the promised land. Manna was God's provision, but it was only enough for survival, and it was the result of a lack of faith. It is time for warriors of faith to arise who will take the Promised Land. Manna was supernatural but it was not God's will. It is God's will to go into the land of milk and honey, but first we must face the giants.

Rainbows

Many people have been seeing rainbows in unusual places recently. These kinds of things are signs from God that we should pay attention to and seek to know the meaning of.

One day I was asking God about heavenly visitations when I saw a rainbow in the form of a circle. I knew this was the gateway to heaven, and that by going through it I would see the throne-room. I also knew this rainbow I saw represented the redemption of Jesus Christ, for He is the gate. When the world was flooded God showed Noah a rainbow as a promise of redemption and mercy. I hear the Father saying two things through these occurrences:

1) Heavenly visitations will increase. Those who have faith will enter into throne-room experiences, and many will learn to walk in greater awareness of the Spirit.

2) God is saying, "Remember the promises, remember the prophecies, remember your destinies." Press in with faith for the promises in your life and in your city, for God is a God of mercy and will surely bring them to pass. It is the season of promises. Prodigals will come home and broken visions will be healed. Come up to the place of clear vision and see from the throne-room.

Knights of Heaven

The title of this blog was inspired by the life of St. Francis of Assisi. He led a band of radical monks who he referred to as the "Knights of Heaven's Round Table." They were very committed to a life of prayer and preaching the gospel from town to town. They lived a very simple life so they could be committed to a life of seeking God. The Father showed me a generation coming that will be set apart in such a way, with a commitment to give their lives to seeking God and preaching the gospel to the ends of the earth. They will walk in great power and great humility, pushing aside every hindrance that keeps them from knowing God and making him known. It is time for the knights of heaven to arise in the earth.

I am currently working on two books about the subject. Pray it goes well. The first is currently called "Rise Army of God," and the second "The Knights of Heaven."

Dream about reformation

In a dream I was preparing to go to a funeral, and the next day I was getting married. A friend of mine brought me a tuxedo to use at the wedding, but then suggested I could wear it at the funeral too. I replied saying, "I am not going to dress up for a funeral, the dead don't care!" It suddenly dawned on me that I was getting married in the morning and I had no idea what was going to happen. There was no wedding rehearsal and nobody had told me what the plan was. After the funeral my mother, father, and sister came rolling up in a carriage, dressed in the attire of pompous wealthy merchants from the colonial times. They began to yell at me about the wedding. They said that the bride did not want to get married now because I did not dress up for the funeral.

I knew as I woke up that my family in the dream represented the Church. It is interesting to me that they were so focused on the funeral that they were not looking at the wedding. Is it possible that the Church is so focused on death that they are missing life? Just as I in the dream was not prepared for the wedding because of a funeral, so many in the Church are not prepared for the great wedding feast of the Lamb. Like the 10 brides in Jesus' parable, 5 were not ready when the day came, and they found themselves locked out.

We can get distracted by many things in life that will keep us from God's purpose.

1) The family looked as if they were stuck in the days of the first great awakening. If we are focused on what God has done in the past we can miss what God is doing today.
2) The family looked and acted like pompous wealthy people. The wealth of this world is a subtle distraction and so many Americans are distracted from the call of God because they feel they need to make more money.
3) Many miss the life God has called us to live in because they are so focused on dying. The religious people wanted me to prepare for a wedding by celebrating death and wearing my wedding garments for a funeral. We miss what God calls us to do because we are focused on not doing instead of doing. Do what God has called you to and you will not be doing what is wrong. Focus on living for God rather than dying to the flesh.

Let us not be like the 5 virgins that had no oil in their lamps. Focus on the wedding feast rather than the funeral. If you are in Christ your old man is dead. When something is dead it is dead- done and finished. Now live for God and prepare for His call and the great wedding feast to come. As we become passionately in love with the bridegroom we will not care about the distractions of this world. They will fade away in the light of Christ. Get the oil of love by spending time with the bridegroom and learn what is on His heart. Get ready for THERE IS GOING TO BE A WEDDING.

The way we prepare for a wedding is by getting to know the one we love, and by asking them what they want to do at the wedding. Many believers know more about the world than they do about the lover of their souls. Our religion can consist of traditions of days gone by, and reveling in what God did years ago, but God wants to do a new thing. As we spend time with Him in the secret place He will reveal what He is doing today. God wants to bring a new reformation to this nation. Let us prepare for it by seeking His face and knowing His heart. Fill your lamp with the oil of His anointing.

First Love part 3

In my dream from "First Love" part 1 I saw a garden where the trees were dead and the fruit was rotting on the ground. God desires to make His people like a fruitful vine that produces fruit that remains, and He will. He is sending His gardeners, the prophets, to prune His vineyards and lead us in His ways.

Read Matthew chapter 21:12-43. Jesus, through a curious chain of events, gives us a striking message about the kingdom. It begins with an incredible display of passion as Jesus drives the money changers out of the temple and declares, "My Father's house shall be a house of prayer." See, the people had turned relationship with God into a man made religion of rules that took advantage of people and kept them from knowing God. This made Jesus quite upset, for He knew the death that it brought to people. The religion of the day was not connected to God, and was therefor not producing fruit.

Jesus then leaves the temple and finds a fig tree. Not finding any fruit on the tree Jesus curses the tree. This story gives us a powerful metaphor of the preceding events. The religious leaders had become an unfruitful tree and Jesus was sending the message that they were in danger of being cursed and dying. It is interesting that in the same story in Mark 11 we are told it was not the season for figs. How could Jesus expect there to be fruit if it was not the season? Jesus is not looking for a people that live by the rules of this world, but by the rules of heaven. These are they who abide in Him.

The next day Jesus returned to the temple and was confronted by religious leaders about his outburst of zeal. He declared to them that if they did not produce fruit for the kingdom, it would be taken from them and given to those who did produce fruit.

The people of that day trusted in the temple and in outward displays of religion, but God was looking for their hearts. Because of it their temple was destroyed. The Father is looking again for a supernatural people who will produce fruit for His kingdom today. He is looking for those who abide in Him and let His word abide in them. Going to church every Sunday will not do, and neither will outward religious actions. God is looking for hearts yielded to Him. These will be proved by how they love one another.

Note: When Jesus accused the people of making His Father's house a "den of thieves" he was quoting Jeremiah 7:11, which is a prophecy about the destruction of the temple. The people in Jeremiah's day thought that because they had the temple God would overlook their injustices and sins. Jesus is pointing to this scripture and saying that this would happen again if the people did not repent. As in the time of Jeremiah the people in Jesus' day thought religious actions would save them. We must be careful today not to think that because we go to church and have a bible on the shelf we read once in a while that we are safe. God is looking for those who know Him and do what is just and right. How can God expect us to walk in holiness? Because as in the lesson of the fig tree, He is not looking for those who live by the rules of this wold, but who connect with a supernatural God who delivers captives and gives power to live a holy life. A church is coming that produces the fruit of the kingdom.

First Love part 2

In my dream (see first love part 1) the prophet said that ministry kept him busy and it was hard to find time alone with God. If we are to bear fruit for the kingdom it is crucial we learn to stay in the presence of God, and as the prophet in the dream said, "to walk hand in hand with Jesus." We cannot hope to offer life to people unless we are connected to the giver of life. So many ministries today do not offer life and have very little power to set captives free, and this truth is imperative if we are to be a garden that bears fruit. We are God's garden, and unlike the garden in the dream, we are called to bear fruit in season and out.

Jesus said that as we abide (remain, live, stay) in Him we will bear much fruit (John 15:4-5). Like a branch can only stay alive if it is connected to the tree, so we must stay connected to Jesus if we want to produce fruit for His kingdom. We remain connected to Him as we allow Him to richly dwell in us through His word and His presence. Dwell in Christ and let Him richly dwell in you. Jesus went on to say that He calls us friends. What makes two people friends is the fact that they spend time together and know each other.

Do you know Jesus?
I mean, do you know who He really is?
Do you know what is on His heart and what He is doing?

Friends become like each other as they spend time together . As we see more of who Jesus is we will become like Him. We will have His heart and know the things that please Him. It is then that we will bear fruit that lasts, in season and out. Jesus is the Son of God. He is supernatural. If we become like Him we will be supernatural sons of God as well, and that means that we will live lives according to the rules of heaven. In heaven the trees bear fruit all year. As we remain in the vine of fellowship with Christ Jesus we will have streams of water even in the desert, and we will bear fruit that remains.

First Love part 1

I had a dream a while back that I want to share. It has some personal application as well as some application for the Church. There are many details so I have chosen to share it in two parts.

In a dream I was walking east on 20th street in Chico (meaning little boy) when a car pulled over to give me a ride. The driver was a seasoned prayer warrior and there was a mature prophet in the passenger seat. I got in the back and we drove off. The prayer warrior and the prophet were communicating as we traveled. We arrived in Reno (the biggest little city in the world) and the prophet spoke to me.

He told me it is hard for him to find time alone with God because many people want his attention.

We arrived at a plant nursery and went inside. I told the prophet I had a revelation about IDENTITY.

He said to me, "I already know who I am, I have walked hand in hand with God for over three years now."

I told him my revelation nonetheless, "We know who we are as we see...."

And then he finished my statement as if he had heard it before, and with a pleasure as if the thought of the statement delighted him... "As we see who Jesus is."

The nursery was filled with plants with no leaves, as if it were winter, and the remains of dropped figs from the last season were rotting on the ground. The prophet proceeded to go into a shed as if to get some tools and the dream ended.

Key points of the dream:
1) Prayer was driving this vehicle of ministry
2) Prophecy was directing the vehicle and communicating with prayer
3) It is important for leaders to set time apart for God
4) It is important to know who we are, which will happen as we see who Jesus is

The Church should be a place of fruitfulness and life, yet so often it is not. God will bring us to the place where we bear fruit for His kingdom. It begins with seeking God through prayer and understanding His heart (prophecy). So many ministries do not give life to people because the leaders do not abide in the vine. It is so important that we spend time with God if we are to walk in His anointing. Many ministers have found themselves too busy to spend quality time in prayer, and because of it their ministries are fruitless. God is calling us back to our first love- spending time in His presence.

God is calling His bride to a place of maturity. Maturity comes as we learn to spend time receiving His revelation. The Church will no longer see herself as little and fruitless, but as the biggest and as fruitful.

First Things First

Acts 13:2- As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

As the prophets and teachers at Antioch ministered to the Lord He led them to send out Barnabas and Saul for the work of ministry. The first call of the people of God is to minister to God. As we do that He will lead us in how to minister to others.

Years ago the Lord spoke to me and said, “The ministries of the future will not last unless they are built upon prayer. This was the tradition of the ministers of God in the Bible and it is true today. God called Moses to set apart the tribe of Levi to minister to the Lord with prayer and worship. This was their primary duty, and it was from the outflow of this ministry that anointed teaching and preaching came. As the Levites kept their gaze upon God through worship they would touch God’s heart and see His strategies.

The early church kept this way, constantly seeking the Father through prayer, worship, and fasting. They were aware of God’s will and in tune with His love and power because they had their eyes fixed on Jesus. As we today become a people who live to gaze upon Jesus He will release anointed workers into the harvest fields again.

To the Ends of the Earth

When Jesus first sent his disciples out he sent them to the house of Israel (Matt 10:6). He first sent them to those who were called “followers of God” in order to awaken them. Later he sent them out to the ends of the earth, to all the people of the earth, beginning in Jerusalem, then Judea, then the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8). It is interesting to note that none of the disciples were from Jerusalem, so it was a foreign mission field for them. Jesus shifted the call from ministering to God’s people, to ministering to those who had not yet heard the message.

Sometimes we get stuck ministering to the church and never get to the second part of the mission. Most of what I hear referred to as ministry consists of teaching those who already know the message, and who probably aren’t even “doing it.” The majority of the ministry of the church should be focused on reaching the lost with the message of the Gospel and then teaching and equipping them. There has been a number of new church congregations started in the last two years in the place I live. I don’t think I’ve seen a new convert in any of them. We are teaching ourselves over and over again with no impact on our cities. We have become so introverted in our ministry to one another that we are ineffective at affecting the people around us.

The purpose of church ministry is so that we can be built up and equipped to be a light to those around us. Jesus said we are to be a light on a hill, but how many people in the world see a light? It is time to move from the Matthew 10 call to the Acts 1:8 call to teach the nations the ways of God. It is time to go to those who have not heard. The invitations have been sent to the friends of the bridegroom, now it is time to send out to the highways. Ask God for a strategy for your city and be willing to be a light set on a hill. Tell people what God has done for you, and then tell them of a Jesus who will act for them as well. Then, ask them if they would like to meet and learn more. Teach them whatever God has taught you.

Leaders are arising who equip the saints for works of ministry, teaching them how to set captives free and disciple nations. They will equip a generation who are skillful at shining the light of Christ. The Church will be a city set on a hill. The Church will be a place where the sick are healed, the poor hear the good news, and the captives are delivered. This Church will see the powers of Satan crumble in their city.

It is an abomination that the Church cannot support widows, orphans, and missionaries because of the grand buildings she builds. It's time to get back to our call of changing lives and put aside man-made religion and politics and the business of lifeless programs.

For you devour widows houses and for a pretense make long prayers (Matt 23:14)

For you tithe mint, cummin, and anise, but have neglected the more important things like justice and mercy (Matt 23:23).

Oh God, break our hearts with the things that break yours and raise up a people who do your word. Call a people who rend their hearts and are filled with your love.

If You Built it, He Will Come

Ezra 1:2-4- Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth the LORD God of heaven has given me. And He has commanded me to build Him a house at Jerusalem which is in Judah. ³ Who is among you of all His people? May his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel (He is God), which is in Jerusalem. ⁴ And whoever is left in any place where he dwells, let the men of his place help him with silver and gold, with goods and livestock, besides the freewill offerings for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.

God is calling for those who will build His house of prayer again. Out from this house of prayer will flow a river that will bring healing to the nations. Nations will come to the Church as she becomes a house of prayer (Micah 4:2). The house is also for the preparation of the return of Messiah, for it says, “Then the Lord will suddenly come to His temple (Malachi 3:1).” But this house is not a building built of stone, but of humble hearts that seek the Lord. Jesus is returning to a praying church (Luke 18:7-8), but this prayer is not a work to earn God’s favor, but an abiding in His presence, watching and meditating on Him.

Isaiah 66:1-2 Thus says the LORD: “ Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest? For all those things My hand has made, and all those things exist,” says the LORD. “But on this one will I look: On him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at My word.

God doesn’t need a house. The building that is built is for those who seek God day and night. The building is the gathering place of the children of God, the place where they can seek the Lord together. Where is the house where God will dwell? We are the house where God desires to dwell. We are a Holy Temple and a house of prayer for God. We are the door that God comes through to enter the world. We are the gate by which He will come into our cities. As we become a people of prayer the Spirit of the Lord will dwell with us and move through us. Our hearts will become humble and in tune with His, and through a humble heart God can do anything. Rivers of living water will flow out from these temples of His Spirit. Open the door and let the King come in. Open your heart and let the river flow out. You are the temple He will dwell in. You are the door He will flow through. It is time to build a holy house of prayer again.

Psalm 24:7- Lift up your heads, O you gates! and be lifted up, you everlasting doors! and the King of glory shall come in.

As we seek the Lord daily we will begin to open a door of revelation to heaven. As we seek Him together there is an exponential increase. All of the great warriors of God who changed their world were men and women of prayer. Evan Roberts of the Welsh revival would find every prayer meeting he could. William Seymore spent hours a day in God’s presence. The preachers of the holiness movement would fast and pray for a week before preaching in a town. Changed hearts change nations, and hearts are changed in the presence of God.

Seven Days

When the people of God arrived in the Promised Land there were giants. God gave Joshua a strategy to take the land, saying, “March around the city seven days, and on the seventh day make a loud noise to God (paraphrase).” This gives us a picture of God’s designed strategy for taking cities- seven days of walking with God. David later echoed this strategy when he established a place where worship and prayer would ascend to God daily. It is interesting that it was then that Israel finally subdued their enemies.

If we are a people who seek God one day a week then we will be a people who are victorious one day a week. Seven days of walking with God and seven days of prayer and worship will bring victory in the city. National day of prayer will not change a nation. Sunday worship will not change a nation. God is calling for a people that will seek Him daily, who receive His heart and His love. This is God’s remedy for an ailing nation and His strategy for revival that would awaken people to God. Those who worship seven days a week will walk with God seven days a week. These will see the stronghold of the enemy fall and the captives set free. If you build it God will come.

Rain is coming

I was riding my bike downtown. It was dark and rainy, but people were everywhere. All the sudden Jahzara, my granddaughter, was at the crosswalk that I was waiting to cross. She was confused about when to go. I got off my bike and told her to be careful and told her to “watch the signs.” But because I was busy with her someone stole my bike. Then I was walking with her in my arms and different people that were associated with Chico State University told me that they would be in their office if I needed to talk. Another one told me the shirt I was wearing was nice and that I had done a good job choosing it (it was blue and white). Then the dream changed and I was with Jahzara in a room and there was an old caring man putting a bandage on her foot and talking about our founding fathers, how they had to ask themselves if there is a cost when we denigrate the word of God.

Rain is coming and the harvest of souls is ripe. We must prepare by becoming mature in speaking the truth with love. Be prepared to reap a harvest. God will lead us to the place of victory as we follow the signs. We must see the signs. An immature church does not know how to read the signs, but God will send fathers and mothers to help read the signs. God when the Spirit says go, and stay when the Spirit says stay. Learn to follow His vision and His lead. There will be a temptation to learn from the world. There will be a temptation to compromise the word of God and there will be a temptation to get ideas from the ways of the world rather than heaven. It is important to be led by the signs of the Spirit of God. It is time to put on revelation and purity. When we walk in the pure revelation of heaven we will be ready to see a harvest of souls. It is time for prophetic evangelism. Heal the wounded foot of the Gospel. Heal your walk and heal the feet that carry good news to the earth. God is renewing vision for evangelism and releasing the revelation that will reach our city. Ask Him for strategies to shine the light to those around you, for the rain is coming. Prepare to be a vessel of honor.

Harvest Time

I had a dream in August. In this dream I was helping a friend clean house. I took a break and went to Raley’s, but the only part of the store left was the deli. Everything besides meat was purchased on line. I went in and a man greeted me. I commented to him that I thought Raley’s has the best meat. He offered me a job making sandwiches. I asked him if there would be enough time for me to pray at the prayer house if I worked there, because I knew it was important to keep praying. It didn’t seem to be a problem. He then gave me a ride home and told me I needed to be ready to start December 14^th. When I was stepping out of his van he once again emphatically persisted that I make a decision by December 14^th. I then went upstairs and continued cleaning house. I was focusing on cleaning vents.

Key points:

1) Only the meat department was there. Everything else was unimportant. God is preparing His bride to be distributors of the meat of the word.

2) He offered me a job distributing the meat in a ready to eat form.

3) Prayer was important.

4) There is a short time to prepare.

5) It is time to clean house, particularly the airways.

The Sandwiches

The ready to eat sandwiches speak of the ability of the people of God to minister effectively. The sandwich speaks of the sandwich of 1 Corinthians 12-14. These chapters are teachings about spiritual gifts, and sandwiched right between them is a chapter on love. A sandwich without bread is a mess that is hard to eat. A sandwich without meat is low in nutrition and not very satisfying. It gives a boost of quick energy, but does not sustain for long or give strength. We need to learn to minister with power and love.

In the famine stricken lands of Africa many children die young from malnourishment. This is due to the fact that the mothers only eat grains and are not able to get enough nutrition to produce milk for their babies. They are able to survive, but they cannot bear children that survive. Without the meat of the word we will not be able to produce the milk of the word for new believers. If we are to reap a harvest in this nation we must first get into the meat of the word.

Spiritual gifts are the package that the love of God is expressed in. It is hard for people to receive the love of God unless it comes well packaged. On the other hand, power without love is empty and lifeless, and can be dangerous. Many ministries offer gifted teachings and preachings that give a boost of spiritual energy for a short time, but that energy quickly runs out. They fail to ignite a heart of love in people. God is releasing a hunger for the meat of the word, and skill about how to make sandwiches for the hungry.

Prepare for harvest

I had a dream about a year ago that my father and I were on a mission when we became hungry and stopped at a mall to eat. As we walked through the mall we became distracted by everything going on. We became detained in the food court for a long time waiting for our food. People around us were stuffing themselves with large amounts of food. We were there for a long time when I suddenly remembered we needed to go. I woke up and knew that this dream was a message from God telling me that people are distracted from what God has called them to.

A couple of weeks ago I woke up and heard, “December 14^th.” I knew it was a time of preparation and that God was calling me to be ready. As I told people about it many of them responded saying, “the harvest is ripe.” I believe we are on the verge of a harvest unlike any this nation has seen. I have felt it as have many others. If we are wise we will prepare for the harvest. One way we can prepare is to pray for workers to be sent into the harvest field. Every farmer knows that when harvest is near many workers must be hired or else much of the harvest could be lost. To effectively reach the many souls that come in we must have workers to bring them in, pray for them to be delivered from the world, and then teach them the ways of God. Tragically the people of God have a history of being ill-prepared for harvest times.

We all have a part to play in God’s kingdom, all having different gifts and callings that work together for the purpose of reaping that harvest. Everyone has an incredible destiny, and everyone has good works that God has destined for them. Jesus gave us a warning regarding our calling, saying, “Many are called, but few are chosen.” I have been feeling the urgency of this truth in my heart lately, that many have been called for great things, but that many are in danger of missing their call. In Jesus day many were called to follow Jesus, but most of them were too distracted by life to embrace the call. They were called to be among the early Apostles and Evangelists that changed the world, but they never found time to join with Jesus in what he was doing. One man promised to follow Jesus as soon as he finished a big business deal. Another promised that he would follow him as soon as he was finished taking care of his family. Another was busy shopping and dealing with the cares of life. These are all real issues that we deal with and are important, yet for many they become more important than God. God will take care of those things if we trust Him and do what He calls us to. PREPARE FOR HARVEST!

Change of the Guard

God is bringing His Church to a new season of victory, and with this new season will come a new brand of leader. Old ways will prove fruitless. The Father is looking for new wine skins to put new wine in. The new wine is the wine of obedience to the voice of God. Zeal, passion and good ideas will no longer carry the Church and those who try to please God in their own strength will find themselves to be unfruitful.

God is looking for a people who follow him and are sensitive to his Spirit. He is looking for leaders who heed his voice and fear God more than men. Many leaders who do not learn to follow the lead of the Spirit will have their authority taken from them, and many others will be lifted up who follow the Spirit. The traditions of men and the ideas of men will not be tolerated. Consider the words of Jesus:

Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a nation bearing the fruit of it. (Matthew 21:43)

God is working to purge the fear of men out of us and fill us with the fear of God. The fear of God does not mean we are afraid of God, but that we have a holy reverence that is from God and that we care more about what he thinks than what people think.

God is not interested in how big of a sacrifice we can make or how much of an outward show we can put on, he is interested in our hearts. He is looking for a people who lay their lives in his hands and tear their hearts before him. What pleases him is when we allow him into the deep places of our hearts. What pleases Him is when we follow what he is doing. The reason rebellion is like witchcraft is because witchcraft is ritual without relationship. God desires relationship and any religion not based on relationship is as good as witchcraft.

God is searching the earth for those like David to lead his people- people after his heart. David was a man who searched for God’s plan and purpose.

The Wedding Feast

We feel the sense of a great preparation, like the preparation and business that goes on for a great wedding feast. The warriors are preparing to go to battle and there is a feast for their strengthening, but there is also a feast being prepared for the victory they will win, for victory is sure. Things are quickly gaining momentum and being put in place. Final touches are being made in the set up of a great providential plan. The wisdom of God is working and piecing things together, preparing for a climax. In all things God is in control. His plan is working. He puts His troops into place. Do we see His work? Are we aware of His providence? Stretch your horizon of faith and expand your thinking with the revelation of Jesus. Obedience to the Spirit will open doors.

Suspension Bridges

There was a large suspension bridge with three arches. The arches represented the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. There were also many smaller bridges, which were ministries and spiritual leaders. These bridges were disconnected and chaotic, but then the bridges began to unite together in the larger bridge.

A suspension bridge is the strongest bridge design known. They can span a distance of 7,000 feet. The strength of the bridge is due to the cables being anchored in bedrock. The pillars that uplift the cables are also planted on bedrock. God is preparing the Church to reach further than we have before and to carry the weight of a great harvest like never before, but first we must be firmly planted on the Rock.

There are many ministries doing their own thing. They fail to bridge the world to God, and they actually bring more confusion to people who are looking for God. Until we come together as one on Christ we will not reach the world for the gospel well. God is calling His people to begin to build their lives and ministries on Christ. Christ will become the true unifying factor for the Church and the only one who can sustain the move of God that will come. In the same way that the strength of a suspension bridge is not in the bridge itself, but in the rock, so we must learn to anchor in Christ. The works of man will not hold God’s Kingdom.

God is not looking for individuals and independent ministries, but team leadership. Congregations will begin to work together. Suspension bridges were originally made with chains rather than cables. If one link of a chain is weak it will be the weakness of the whole chain. One bridge was completely damaged when just one chain broke. Cables will remain strong even when many of the individual strands are weak. God is moving His people from chains of command to three fold and five fold chords of ministries working together for the kingdom.

Lessons from suspension bridges:

1) The weight is carried not by the bridge, but by the rock anchors.

2) Iron cables are strong under pressure.

3) The bridge must be able to flex and adjust as it is being built.

4) Cables can have weak links yet still be strong.

The Relay Race

A song kept resonating in my mind, “My greatest fear is regret, my greatest fear is walking in bitterness.” I began to pray and ask the Father what was going on when I had a vision of a relay race. The Father said, “This is the race of my kingdom.”

If we don’t understand the kind of race we are running we will run the wrong race and be disqualified. Many in the church are running a sprint rather than a relay. They ran fast and hard, left their opponents in the dust, but when the time came to pass the baton to the next generation they had nothing to give and the next generation had to go back to the beginning. Then I saw a runner with a baton about to pass the baton to the next generation, but when the next runner saw him coming he was threatened and began to run away from him. Once again the race was lost.

We must understand that in the race of the kingdom we do not run the race for ourselves but for others. We are not in competition with one another but rather we are working for one another and for the generations to come. If we do not understand the importance of the baton we will run largely in vain and suffer regret for what was lost.

Prophetic Song

The light must come for there to be an awakening. The light will reveal what is in the dark, and the light will purify the bride. God is coming like a magnifying glass that will burn away impurities and reveal what is in our hearts. This must happen for there to be an awakening. This must happen for God's people to walk in power. He is preparing us for a move of the Spirit. The bride will be filled with Spirit and power. Things are out of alignment, but an alignment is coming. God is aligning people and ministries so that His Spirit can flow unhindered. Things are shifting in the spirit. Things are shifting into alignment with God's will.

New Dreams Coming

I woke up around 3:30AM this morning after a short dream. In the dream I was being escorted around a shanty town that was on the shore of a beach. There was a river emptying into the ocean and there were numerous one room shanty's scattered all around the beach. Some had some organization, as they were roughly lined up into the semblance of streets.

But, the person that was escorting me drew my attention to a small plank of wood in front of the opening into each of these shanties. These looked as if they were welcome mats, but my guide told me that those were Head Stones. The owner of each shanty had been buried under the doorstep of their shanty.

Then I woke up.

As I laid there thinking about that dream. I heard the word. ABORNING! Aborning is a term used when something is born but is in danger of quickly dying.

Then I heard Him tell me that the Shanty's were the dreams of people that had dreamed dreams of ministry, but the dreams had died. He said that the only thing wrong with these dreams was that most of them were not big enough. Instead of believing Father for dreams the size of Mansions, they had dreamed of Shanty's, and so those dreams died.

But, He kept on saying, “Aborning, Aborning, Aborning. We are going Aborning.” I caught the sense that He was saying this as a Shepherd. I got the sense that there were multiple ewe's giving birth, and He was going to deliver the Lambs. That these Lambs were HIS Dreams being born in the minds of those that were dreaming big.

Fire In My Bones

God is releasing a fire on the earth, and it is the passion of Jesus to see it released. This fire will be a fire of prayer and a fire of preaching the word of God. This word is a prophecy about days to come, but more than that it is an invitation to step into it and embrace the fire.

A fire of prayer

There are few that would be considered prayer warriors, but of them even fewer have stepped into a spirit of true intercession and supplication. There is a fire for prayer that is being released on the earth, and it will burn in the hearts of people so that they will truly weep for the things that break God’s heart. A people will feel God’s heart so deeply that they will travail with Him. With them there will be no days saying, “I do not feel like going to the prayer meeting today.” They will burn, and they will NEED to pray. I saw people who could not make a prayer meeting one day, and they rushed to find a prayer meeting the next day because the fire burned in them. God has gripped them with His heart.

The fire of Preaching

Jeremiah spoke of a fire that was shut up in his bones. He could not hold in the word of God because it burned in Him like a fire (Jeremiah 20:9). He did not need to worry about fear of man. A fire burned in Him and he could not help but speak the word. A fire is coming and prophets will arise who will speak the word with fire. They will come from the place of burning prayer. As we touch the Father’s heart of burning prayer we will be filled with burning words.

Ask for a true spirit of intercession to be released in you, if you dare. Ask for the fire.

Dream of Chico

In a trance I saw Chico before me. I heard someone say it was a peaceful city. Then suddenly a very vivid picture of a large military cannon and a troop of soldiers appeared before me. I knew that this picture represented the reality of the perceived peace of the city.

What the world perceives as peace is not the peace of the kingdom, but is actually aggressively antagonistic to it. God desires to bring true peace. His peace can only come as the prince of peace sits on the throne. There is a false peace movement arising in the earth, and despite its name it will be antagonistic toward the kingdom of God.

God has a true destiny for our cities. It will not be found in politics, science, or good intentions, but as the kingdom of God invades the earth. The only true peace will come from a revival of the reality of heaven on earth and the establishment of the throne of the Prince of Peace. The only hope for our city is for the people of God to awake to who they are called to be, and then to live that reality in every part of culture. You are the salt of the earth. You are the light of the world.

A Third Great Awakening

Jonathan Edwards was a central leader in America’s first great awakening, a revival that shook and transformed New England in the eighteenth century. He prophesied, according to scripture, that it is God’s intent to release a revival that would touch the ends of the earth. In his words it would be a revival founded on a movement of prayer, and one of the great effects of this move would be to turn Israel back to God. Jonathan argued that since we have yet to see such a move of God, and that it is mentioned in scripture, then it is yet to come.

This reminds me of the prophecy of Amos 9:11-

“On that day I will raise up the Tabernacle of David which has fallen down, and repair its damages. I will raise up its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old, so that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, and all the gentiles that are called by my name,” says the Lord who does this thing.

The tent of David was set apart for the sole purpose of non-stop night and day corporate worship and prayer. Amos prophesied that God would build this tent again and the results would be a global harvest. Then in verse 14 and 15 it is prophesied that Israel would once and for all return to the Lord. God is building in His people a culture of continuous corporate prayer from which to launch His last great assault of His Kingdom in the nations. A great awakening unlike the earth has seen is coming, but first the people of God must become a people of prayer.

It is interesting that today God is planting houses of night and day prayer around the globe. It is interesting that Israel once again has a nation for God to bring them back to. Now is the time the people of God to shine their brightest.

The early church walked in the true victory that Jesus said they would, overcoming sin, healing the sick, and walking in supernatural love. Many today are discouraged that this is not common in their religious experience. The church of the last days will be even more glorious than the first century church, but we must learn their key, “the key of David.” The early church was built from the place of daily corporate prayer. They lived in the “Tent of David.”

They started with daily corporate prayer. This was the first thing they did:

Luke 24:53- And they were continually in the temple praising and blessing God.

They continued this tradition daily. It is not symbolic, or an issue of the heart, for they did it at the temple:

Acts 2:46- So continuing daily with one accord in the temple…

They guarded and protected this custom as their first action. Notice how prayer is before even teaching the word:

Acts 6:4- But we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to ministry of the word.

True anointed preaching backed with power is fueled and set on fire with prayer, and God is rebuilding His house of prayer in these days. We live in the days of the fulfillment of the word of Jonathan Edwards, that a great awakening would come such as the world has not seen. It begins as a culture of prayer and intimacy is built, and the house of God once again becomes a house of prayer for the nations.

Ephesians 1:16- …I pray for you constantly,

Ephesians 6:18- Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.

Colossians 1:9- So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you.

Colossians 4:2- Devote yourselves to prayer…

1 Thessalonians 1:2- We always thank God for all of you and pray for you constantly.

Colossians 4:12- …always laboring fervently for you in prayers…

1 Thessalonians 3:10- night and day praying exceedingly…

2 Thessalonians 1:11- Therefore we also pray always for you…

2 Timothy 1:3- …as my forefathers did, as without ceasing I remember you in my prayers night and day (the restoration of David’s tent).

There are copies of the word by Jonathan Edward online if you want to view the entire word.