Many people were getting dreams and visions last year about underground springs and rivers that were opening up and coming together. Sometimes history can give us prophetic insight into things God is saying.
The natives in this area would ritually go out each spring to clean the area around the springs so that the water ran unhindered and clean from contamination. I believe there is a lesson for us here. A spring is an underground river that found a place to surface. The waters are very pure. There are spiritual rivers that are hidden underground as well, and sometimes they surface into our world in the form of revivals.
Often the moves of God (rivers) of the past become forgotten because they are not passed on to the next generation. This doesn’t mean they are lost, but that they are hidden. God is waiting for a people who will value and honor His Spirit. He is looking for a people who will steward the springs and clear the debris from them. Everything God did in the past is available to us today if we will look for it and prepare for it. The way we do this is by honoring the fathers of those rivers, studying what God has done in the past, and praying those things in.
We are in a day when the many rivers of God will come together. God wants to release a full revelation of His Son in these days, in grace, in holiness, in power, and most of all in love. The streams will come together as we have faith to see what God has done in the past and believe for it to happen again. Consider the following verse:
Genesis 26:18 (New King James Version)
18 And Isaac dug again the wells of water which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham. He called them by the names which his father had called them.
Isaac called the wells by the same names his father had named them. This is a key because in so doing he was honoring what his father had done. He didn’t try to water down what God did, change it, or hype it up. He honored what God did in his father. The religious spirit (Philistines) has covered many of the rivers of God, but it is time to dig them up again.
So often we reject what God did in the past and look for something new. There is something new coming, but it will come as we embrace and honor what God has done and is doing. Can we embrace the holiness move for what it was? Can we embrace the pentecostal revival for what is was? Can we embrace the healing movement for what it was? Are we ready to receive all of Jesus? Jesus is coming with the fullness of His kingdom and looking for a people who will embrace all of what he has to bring. These are awesome days we live in.
The Father in Heaven is the master potter, well able to mold us into the image of His son as we yield to Him. It is not easy to make a pot out of clay that keeps moving off the potter’s wheel, but as we yield our hearts and will to the Father He can make a beautiful masterpiece. Allow the Father to prepare your heart to be a holy house for the Spirit of God to live in.
(2Timothy 2:20-21)But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honor, and some to dishonor. Therefore if anyone purges himself from these, he shall be a vessel to honor, sanctified and useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.
If we will be set apart for God we will be ready for great works, a vessel of honor in God’s house. Allow God’s purifying fire to purge out the ideas of the world and prepare you for the call He has for you. You have a great destiny waiting in God, and only He can lead you to it. Yield to God like a leaf in the wind and He will carry you where He is going.
(Zechariah 14:20)In that day there shall be on the bells of the horses, HOLY TO JEHOVAH. And the pots in Jehovah's house shall be like the bowls before the altar.
Holy means to be “set apart” for God. There were certain bowls in the temple that were set apart (holy) and used for special sacred purposes. This prophecy speaks of a time when all the pots and containers in the house of God would be set apart. Today God calls all of His people to be set apart to Him as His own and for His works. Our highest purpose is to belong to God, spirit, soul, and body. This is a picture of being yielded to God in the depths of our being. It is not a yielding to a law, but yielding to the person of Jesus. He desires that we would tear open our hearts before Him and let His presence come into every corner and shadow of our life.
God is in the business of stripping away every selfish desire, fear of man, and evil desires of the soul. We spent much of our lives learning to be led by our flesh, but He wants to teach us to be led by the Spirit. We literally must be turned upside down and learn a new way- the way of the Spirit.
The world teaches us that to be great we must strive to be on top, but Jesus teaches that the great should strive to be a servant of all. The ministry of healing is a servant ministry, and if you don’t understand what it means to serve and give your life for others, you will not get far with healing and deliverance ministry. If you want to partner with God in this ministry, spend time meditating on Philippians chapter 2, and meditate on Christ the servant.
From our brokenness will flow sweet water, unhindered from the throne. By brokenness I am referring to sharing in the sufferings of Christ. Jesus suffered out of love for His people, and in following His example, He calls the leaders of His church to do the same. In fasting, in prayer, through persecutions, in leaving our home in this world and sometimes even our family, we follow God and serve His people, believing for a greater reward in Heaven.
This is from a book I am working on. Look for it in days to come.
God wants to release over coming faith to His people. He said for those who believe nothing would be impossible. How do we grow in faith that can move mountains? Learn from the man who had the greatest faith. Jesus said this man was the centurion soldier. The soldier needed a miracle, and Jesus was willing to heal, as He is today. Listen to the soldier’s response.
Luke 7:8 (New American Standard Bible)
8"For I also am a man placed under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, 'Go!' and he goes, and to another, 'Come!' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this!' and he does it."
He said, “I also am under authority.” He had a revelation that Jesus was under the authority of the Father, and that was why He was able to command angels and demons. The soldier had a profound revelation about who Jesus is. As we see Jesus for who He really is our faith will grow. Jesus is now sitting at the right hand of God above all powers. As we truly see Him above all things we will realize that nothing is too hard for Him. Our faith will grow.
The centurion soldier had complete confidence that if he gave an order to a soldier under him that his command would be obeyed. As we come under the authority of Christ we will walk in that same confidence. We will say to devils and sickness to go and they will go. It begins with a revelation of Christ. Meditate on Him, yield to Him, remain in Him, and nothing will be impossible. If we do what He commands us to do then we will have authority to ask what we will.
Do you see Jesus seated at the right hand of God, above all powers? Have you yielded to Him and His commands? When we can say that we are also under authority, then we will have command over sickness, and faith to move mountains.
This is He who came through water and blood, Jesus Christ, not by water only, but by the water and blood. And the Spirit is He who bears witness, because the Spirit is the truth. (1 John 5:6)
Jesus came to bring the purifying power of blood and the washing of water. The blood represents the forgiveness of sins and the water represents the power to live a holy life. Through the blood and water of Christ we can enter the holy place and find power to live a life separated unto God. We have been given power to live a life that is not of this world.
We hear a lot about the blood, but not much about the water. The water is very important and we must understand it. Before Jesus died he washed his disciple’s feet. Peter, being the zealot that he was, asked Jesus to wash his whole body, to which Jesus responded, “Your body is clean, only your feet need washing (John 13:10).” Of course in that culture they rarely took baths, because it was inconvenient, but they would wash their feet multiple times in a day. So what is the spiritual message here?
Jesus blood cleanses us once for all and we don’t need to come back again for another sacrifice, but the washing of water is a continual process. Jesus told Peter that if he didn’t wash his feet he would have no part with him. This picture of the washing of water is a necessary part of walking with God. Even though the blood of Christ cleanses us from sin, we still pick up impurities from the world around us and need to have our feet washed. Interesting that it was Jesus, acting as a servant, who had to do the washing, but we also partner with him in washing one another’s feet.
Jesus calls us today to come to Him and have our feet washed. It is in this place of humility and intimacy that we remain strong for the race. It is in this place we keep our focus on our one true love.
That He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the Word, that He might present it to Himself as the glorious church, without spot or wrinkle or any such things, but that it should be holy and without blemish. (Ephesians 5:26-27)
Notice the importance this washing of the water plays in the spotless bride Jesus is coming for. Traditionally the “word” is thought to be the scripture, which it is, but may I also remind you that Jesus himself is the Word, and prophecy is also the word of God. Jesus himself is the water of washing and we are washed in the Spirit of His presence. He is still today washing the feet of those disciples who come to him, and he calls us to partner in washing each-others’ feet with prophecy and teaching of the word. I can’t emphasize how important it is to come before Him and be washed in the water of His presence every day, otherwise we become pulled down by the impurities of the world, and before you know it the flame has died down in our hearts. Let His love be renewed in you day by day.
It is Gods desire that you walk in victory. He calls you the head and not the tail. A victorious Church will arise that walks in the overcoming authority of the kingdom and sees a harvest of souls that reaches the ends of the earth. They will carry great power to heal the sick and demons will tremble in their presence.
In that day I will raise up the booth of David that has fallen, and close up its breaks; and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old; so that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the nations on whom My name is called, says Jehovah who is doing this. (Amos 9:11-12)
This verse is a promise of a day when the people of God will possess the nations. The verses following speak of a time of great harvest. This is what Jesus called the “great harvest at the end of the age.” The Church will be a victorious army in the end that is skilled at delivering the captives and preaching the gospel with authority. When will this happen? We are told that it will happen after God builds up the fallen tent of David. There is one thing they did in the tent of David- they offered worship and prayer to God continuously. In short, it will be when the Church becomes a culture of ceaseless prayer and worship that ceaseless harvest and victory will come.
The early church understood this because after Jesus gave them the great commission and ascended to Heaven, the first thing they did was to create a culture of prayer. It says they were continually at the temple praising God (Luke 24:53). The fire of prayer brought forth anointed preaching.
As we build a culture of prayer we will prepare to be a culture of revival.
This year I see God restoring ministries that have been forgotten. There are necessary parts of the body that will begin to rise up and take their place in the ranks. Like stones we will all rise to become the city of God. Some who have been discouraged will be strengthened, and some who have been distracted from the vision God gave them will remember the vision. It is a year of hope and strength. There are some crucial truths for us to learn from the story of Nehemiah.
The enemy will try to discourage us.
Nehemiah 4:2- He spoke in the presence of his brothers and the wealthy men of Samaria and said, "What are these feeble Jews doing? Are they going to restore it for themselves? Can they offer sacrifices? Can they finish in a day? Can they revive the stones from the dusty rubble even the burned ones?"
As we begin to do what God has called us to enemies will try to discourage and ridicule us.
Nehemiah 4:17- Those who were rebuilding the wall and those who carried burdens took their load with one hand doing the work and the other holding a weapon.
When they heard the gaps were being closed the enemy came to try again to discourage this. Filling the gaps represents intercession. Many are rising to the call of intercession and the enemy will try to discourage this. But, they posted a guard day and night (vs 9). They did work with one hand and carried a sword in the other. They were praying in the gap and advancing the Kingdom at the same time. We can have a tendency to either hide behind prayer when we are called to act, or we focus so much on action that we neglect prayer. Both are needed to build the kingdom. Unless the Gospel is preached people will not hear, but prayer is the fuel for the fire of anointed preaching. The early church leaders gave themselves to both prayer and preaching (Acts 6).
The enemy will try to distract us.
Nehemiah 6:10- When I entered the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was confined at home, he said, "Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you, and they are coming to kill you at night."
A coward tried to get Nehemiah to hide in the Temple. We have a tendency to hide in the walls of the Church when it is time to go out and fight. God is calling us to go out and build the kingdom, but the enemy is trying to persuade us to hide our light inside the safety of a church building. It is time to be strong in the Lord. When the voices of discouragement came it says that Nehemiah strengthened himself in the Lord. This is the year of hope and strength from the Lord. Let Him fill you with strength and vision, then be bold to step out.
A word came forth last year that God was revealing the sons of God. I feel this is a very profound word so I researched it in scripture. The word is the result of various prophesies from people in the region.
John 15:7-15 (New King James Version)
7 If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. 8 By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples.
This is an incredible promise! We all would say that we believe God can do anything, but in this verse Jesus is saying that He believes we can do all things. There is of course a prerequisite; if we abide in Him and allow Him to abide in us. There is a place where we can abide in His presence. In this place we will bear much fruit for the Kingdom. Jesus gave us the secret to overcoming victory- abide in Him and let Him abide in you.
14 You are My friends if you do whatever I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.
Jesus changed the job description of the disciples from servant to friends. He then described the difference as being “what we are aware of.” A friend knows what the Father is doing. What makes us sons rather than servants is that we can know what the Father is doing. This is part of abiding in the vine. If we want to bear fruit in the Kingdom we must be aware of what the Father is doing, and the good news is that we can! His Spirit will teach us all things.
Galatians 4
1 Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all, 2 but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father.
Paul is letting us know that we can have the destiny as a son, and yet not walk in the power and authority of a son, because we are not mature. In truth, all of God’s people are children who have an inheritance in the Kingdom. Although this is the truth about who we are, not many actually walk in that authority.
3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world. 4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, 5 to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons.
Jesus has freed us from the flesh so that we can walk in the Spirit. As we walk in the Spirit we walk as sons of God who know their inheritance. As we see who we truly are then we will begin to walk in it. It is time for the people of God to wake up and see who they are. It is time for the manifestation of the sons of God. Creation groans for it, for the true sons of God will heal the very land.
Those who walk in their identity as sons and daughters will walk in authority. They know that their word is heard and obeyed. They will see the kingdom advance because the have faith in the power of their God. Nothing will hinder the Kingdom moving through them. Sickness will flee, demons will tremble, nations will be changed, and true holiness will be seen. God will so trust them that He says to them, “Ask whatever you want.”
As we see Him we will be like Him. We will be transformed into His likeness as we gaze upon Him. The way we know who we are supposed to be is by seeing Jesus, for our destiny is to be like Him. It is already our destiny to be children of God. It is who we are, but we don’t always believe it and live accordingly. It is like a bank account that is in your name filled with millions of dollars, but you lack the pin number. The revelation of Jesus is the pin, for He reveals who we are.
6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!” 7 Therefore you are no longer a slave but a son, and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
The Spirit of God will open our eyes to see the true destiny we are called to walk in. We will see the truth that we are sons of God, and we will cry out, “Father.” If we see it we will believe it. We will see that we are co-heirs with Christ. Think about what that means! We are called to inherit the same things as Christ, including glory! Most believers have no clue about what this means, therefore they do not walk in it. God has so much more for us that what we walk in. Ask Him to open your eyes to see more of Jesus.
Pray Ephesians 1:17-
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,
1 Thereis therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
Romans eight was written to those who walk in the Spirit. This is the destiny of all God’s children, but so often we walk contrary to our destiny and walk in the flesh. Jesus opened the door of the Spirit to us so we could learn to think heavenly thoughts and do heavenly things. The way has been made, now by faith we step into it. God is raising up a people today who know their authority as children of God and walk in it. They know they are kings and queens who walk in authority. They are MORE than conquerors!
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. 15 For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”
We have received the Spirit of adoption. The Spirit reveals to us that we are now adopted as children of God. We are no longer children of the earth, destined to walk as our parents did. It is time for the people of God to step into their destiny as children of the King of Kings.
16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
Our destiny is to be joint heirs with Christ. God did not invite us in to have pity on us and give us a decent living for a while. We were not invited in as foster children who receive a place to live but no inheritance. We were invited as children who share the inheritance. We are called to share with the glory that Jesus walks in. Imagine that! The Father wants us to share with the glory of Jesus. As we understand this we will begin to walk in it. It is time for the people of God to walk in true revelation of who they are. Those who see it will be more than conquerors, for they will walk as royalty.
Kings and queens know that when they speak a word it will be done. When we walk in this faith we will speak to demons and they will flee. Those who walk in this faith will speak to illness and it will flee. These will not feel a need to apologize for Jesus or for their beliefs. They will go into darkness and set captives free boldly.
19 For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; 21 because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God.
The fullness of these things will be seen when Jesus appears in the sky and we see Him as He is, but there are those who will walk in this truth today. Some will see Jesus before He returns, as did the apostle Paul, and they will become like Him. They will bring deliverance to creation. This deliverance will touch every part of society: government, education, family, arts, and religion. There will be a great awakening as the people of God begin to see who they really are. When the people of God see who they really are and step into that destiny it affects every aspect of life. Perhaps it is for this reason that all the prayers of the New Testament are focused on the Church.
29 For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified.
We are called to be conformed to the image of the Son. This means that we are called to look like Jesus. The way that Jesus walked the earth is the model of life for man. The life Jesus lived in love, holiness, and power is the life He calls us to live. The end result is that we will be glorified. Did you know it is God’s desire to glorify you? Ultimately this will happen when Jesus returns, but there is a glory for us to walk in now.
31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?
37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
It is God’s desire to give us all things and make us more than conquerors in Him. If we don’t walk in these things it is not because God has not given them to us, but because we have not stepped into them. As we step into our inheritance as sons and daughters we will walk in authority. Then the things of Heaven will come to earth and the glory of the Son of God will be seen in the earth, through His people. One way we can allow God to transform our mind is by praying in the Spirit.
26 Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
There are two ways to look at this verse. 1) The groans are the heartbeat of God in us as we allow His desires in us. 2) The groans are the prayers of the Spirit in us that come through the gift of tongues. God will change us as we spend time praying in the Spirit. Allow Him to grip your heart with the groans of the Spirit. God will teach you how to walk in the Spirit and you will step into your inheritance as children of God.
I encourage people to pray for an hour a day. I guarantee that if you give yourself to pray one hour a day you will be transformed. Spend the time in worship, intercession, meditation on the word, and praying in the Spirit.
I often get asked this question, “Why did I pray and God did not heal?” First of all to answer this question we must find the real question. God has already healed all disease in Christ, so the proper question is, “Why was I not able to release the healing?” The answer is- “We need to repent.” Repentance will always release healing and blessing.
Isaiah 59
1 Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened,
That it cannot save;
Nor His ear heavy,
That it cannot hear.
2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God;
And your sins have hidden His face from you,
So that He will not hear.
True repentance is not a turning away from something, but a turning to someone. If we try to make repentance about turning away from something our attention to that thing we are trying to turn from will eventually draw us back. We must focus on repenting to someone- Jesus. As we focus on Jesus we will become more like Him and more like His glory. As we agree with Him we will align ourselves with the will of Heaven, and the things of Heaven will be released.
Repentance means to “change the mind.” As we turn to Jesus He will renew our mind to think Heavenly thoughts. In this place healing, deliverance, and a release of power will come. Before He will trust us with the precious gifts of Heaven He wants us to think as he does. As we seek Him He will entrust us with more of the power and authority of Heaven. Let us then press on to know Him.
It is important to remember that repentance can be both individual and corporate. Someone who is sick might have the tendency to wonder if they did something wrong. That is not the issue. The issue is turning back to God individually and corporately. As we come together in corporate prayer and seek God’s face, He will heal our land and His kingdom will invade earth.
God wants to put the love of His heart in us. Then He can trust us with power. Power is for the sake of preaching the Gospel and it flows on the river of love. We love because He first loved us, so we will love as we receive His love and allow His love to flow through us. As we encounter Him more He will fill us with His love and power so that we can be witnesses of Him in the earth.
I am a worshiper, a philosopher of truth, a fore-runner, and a teacher of spirituality. I am a full time missionary with the Prayer House in Chico. My passion is to help raise up fore-runners and prophets in the earth to prepare people for the next move of God. God has given me a message of victory for the Church and I teach classes on prophetic ministry. Contact me if you would like to set up a time for ministry.
