Wilderness Testimonies?

[Mahalialee4]

Im sorry. Maybe I'm just taking this in the wrong manner but why are you refencing daniel 11:32-35. Is there supposed to be some message behind that?

How are you taking it?

I was responding to comments made in a previous post: Here is part of the quote:

"Things 'are getting tough for the saints' but 'I believe we will begin to see God battle for us in this day like never before.' Previous battles were easy enough for us to handle on our own, but 'I believe He is setting things up so that we have no choice but to trust in Him for deliverance'. 'Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord.'

Also the things that we go through 'try and purify us, but even during that time...many will be led to righteousness by His saints. That at times we will stumble and suffer even extreme persecution...GOD HAS A PLAN FOR OUR PURIFICATION AND OUR DELIVERANCE!

Is there something that you want me to clarify SPECIFICALLY?

 

[OhmyKimB]

How are you taking it?

I was responding to comments made in a previous post: Here is part of the quote:

"Things 'are getting tough for the saints' but 'I believe we will begin to see God battle for us in this day like never before.' Previous battles were easy enough for us to handle on our own, but 'I believe He is setting things up so that we have no choice but to trust in Him for deliverance'. 'Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord.'

Also the things that we go through 'try and purify us, but even during that time...many will be led to righteousness by His saints. That at times we will stumble and suffer even extreme persecution...GOD HAS A PLAN FOR OUR PURIFICATION AND OUR DELIVERANCE!

Is there something that you want me to clarify SPECIFICALLY?

Wasn't taking it at all lol. I was looking at the story literally not the meaning behind it. That's really why I asked

 

[loolalooh]

^^^I just thought about that ultimately the reward would be to be with God in heaven, or at least have his peace and love surround you while you are still here on earth. Aside from what we are looking to manifest in our lives.

I was just thinking about this yesterday. Yes, that is the ultimate reward. Even when the "natural", or "physical", seems so bleak, our joy and satisfication should come from the bolded.

I've heard this before but it just really sunk in this week when my friend noted that "material things/successes" don't satisfy me. At first I thought something was wrong with me ... but then the bolded came to mind.

 

[loolalooh]

These are two songs that ministered to me during the darkest times I have gone through in the last two years.

Sweet Hour of Prayer….Mahalia (Jackson)…my birth namesake
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4C6DpXOm7nM

My Redeemer Lives….(Nicole Mullens) Taken...from the Book of Job…Job said “I know my Redeemer lives and at last He will stand upon the earth.” Job 19:25 My husband has told me more than once, “now I know why you had me read the Book of Job”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p4G2GbPYQA

You sisters testimonies, testifying to the glory of the Father and His Son, and their faithfulness, BRINGING ME UP OFF MY CHAIR DANCING, PRAISING AND SHOUTIN......Hallelujah!
You all just blessed me more than words can say today.

Thank you, Thank you. I haven't listened to "My Redeemer Lives" for years. I remember the first few times I heard it ... it was so powerful. Note to self: listen to this when I get home.

 

[Mahalialee4]

Wasn't taking it at all lol. I was looking at the story literally not the meaning behind it. That's really why I asked

Okay. Hope I clarified it alright.

 

[Butterfly08]

Me too. I am so blessed, I'm just all teared up and sob sucking like a little kid. Now I don't feel so lonely anymore. I can 'see and feel the cloud of witnesses' around me on this thread as well as read about the saints from the Scriptures..I live in a very isolated area as far as believers go and I have been feeling so lonely for so long these last couple of years. There are about 2 or 3, I can relate to, spiritually, besides DH and me and they are are dear babes in the Lord so they are just starting a walk. They are not aware of the wilderness before them. They are easily startled and unable to digest ANY meat at this time. They do not yet comprehend the 'suffering of the saints' or a 'wilderness experience'. But they are in His hands. Nonetheless, it gets very lonely and D.H works away for long periods of time sometimes.

Hebrews 12:1 "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us"

Romans 13:12 The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.

Plenty of times I'm crying like crazy when I read this thread and others in the CF but my soul needs the edification and encouragement. I am thankful for all the ladies here.

And the bolded scripture, love it. I meditated on that one last year when the Lord led me to read and study Romans.

 

[belldandy]

This thread is blessing my so much...I have almost read through the whole thing and I can relate to everything you ladies are talking about!

 

[OhmyKimB]

Sandie Freed:
Prophetic Insight: See Your Future!
The LORD said to me, "You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that My word is fulfilled."—Jeremiah 1:12 (NIV)

Dear Believers,

I am writing today to give you hope again! Though we are in the midst of much shaking, God has a divine plan for our future. Allow me to encourage you in the midst of change. In order to leave the past, there must be a shift. We are leaving an old season and shifting into a new season. God desires to give us prophetic insight to see our new season.

When the Lord revealed to Jeremiah his future and his time to shift into a new season, Jeremiah could not see it at first. God was prophetically calling him forth as a prophet and Jeremiah could only focus on his weaknesses. Isn't that like us—especially whenever we can't see? I love God's persistence with Jeremiah. No matter what excuses Jeremiah gave God concerning his calling and his new season, God continued to speak to Jeremiah's potential. Maybe you can relate to my recent experiences. God has been speaking to me about advancement and I've been very consumed with excuses. My excuse is, "It's too hard! I can't move forward. My past season was too difficult. How can I possibly move forward into a new season? Sure, I want a new season, but promise me first it will be easier!"

Unfortunately, the Lord did not answer with, "Sandie, the next season will be a breeze...you'll see; it will be easy this time." Nope. Nada. Instead, I got the same word that Israel did when they complained...

For this commandment which I command you this day is not too difficult for you...—Deuteronomy 30:11 (AMP)

I quickly grabbed my Bible after I heard this Word again today, and I was reminded that the breakthrough is in my own mouth! Yes! Read what the Lord said to Israel:

But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your mind and in your heart, so that you can do it.—Deuteronomy 30:14 (AMP)

The Lord is saying the same to you and me! He is saying the word of breakthrough for your new season is in your own mouth, in your mind and in your heart so that you can do it! Yes, Beloved, you can do it! Do what? All that He is commanding! Wow, isn't that encouraging?

God is Going to Touch Our Mouths

The Lord had to touch Jeremiah's mouth so that he had a good confession concerning his future.

Then the LORD put forth His hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, "Behold, I have put My words in thy mouth."—Jeremiah 1:9 (KJV)

Believers, the Lord is stretching forth His hand and touching our mouths and putting His words in our mouths. He is not going to open up doors to our future without His supernatural empowerment. The word touch in this passage implies a supernatural bestowment of divine grace and help. The Lord desires that we have the God kind of faith—which is faith like His!

To move forward into our new season will require that we develop faith for more of His grace. God is imparting grace to whatever weakness we believe that we have which keeps us from moving forward. Jeremiah told God that his weakness was not being one of eloquent speech. Jeremiah did not believe he was mature enough or eloquent enough to speak for God. Therefore, by touching Jeremiah's weak area, God imparted a divine grace which overrode Jeremiah's weakness. Believers, God is doing the same for us so that we can fully shift into our next season!

Dear ones, God believes in us and He is promising that if we will have faith in His divine empowerment, He will provide what is needed for us to fulfill our future.

We are not alone in our walk. God promises to go before us and defeat our enemies; plus, all the while, He walks beside us—constantly encouraging us each day. Each new day is fresh and we can receive fresh grace. When satan lies to us and says that we are neither equipped nor anointed, we can believe God for grace to touch the area in which we feel weak.

Being Overshadowed

Each day we can become overshadowed by the Holy Spirit and conceive our potential. Just as Mary was overshadowed, she also conceived. When Gabriel announced that she was to birth the Son of God, she said, "Be it unto me according to Thy word." (Luke 1:38). God touched any doubt and unbelief she had and then imparted a supernatural grace to empower her for her future. The Holy Spirit is teaching us as we shift into every new season. He is promising to equip us for our future. Plus, just as He promised to be watching over His promises to Jeremiah, He will be watching over our promises also!

The LORD said to me, "You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that My word is fulfilled."—Jeremiah 1:12 (NIV)

When the Lord says He will watch over what He has promised, He is explaining His faithfulness. I tell people that God is back from the future—meaning that He has gone into our future, witnessed the fulfillment of our promise and then comes back to NOW to encourage us with a present-day word.

The word watch in this passage is the Hebrew word shaqad, which means "to be alert, keep watch of and be wakeful over." The same word for watch is the same Hebrew word used for "almond blossoms." After the Lord put His words in Jeremiah's mouth, He asked Him once more, "What do you see?" Finally, Jeremiah did not answer with another excuse (or infer to God "It's too difficult"), but said, "I see an almond branch budding" (see Jeremiah 1:11). There is tremendous significance in this passage. Let's read it more thoroughly together, and please pay attention to Jeremiah's shift in an ability to see his future. Remember now, before this passage Jeremiah could only focus on his weaknesses.

Then the LORD reached out His hand and touched my mouth and said to me, "Now, I have put My words in your mouth. See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant."

The word of the LORD came to me: "What do you see, Jeremiah?"

"I see the branch of an almond tree," I replied.

The LORD said to me, "You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that My word is fulfilled."—Jeremiah 1:9-12 (NIV)

Jeremiah's Shift

Finally, Jeremiah saw what God saw! After imparting grace to his weakness, Jeremiah was able to see his future. Beloved, if we receive His grace, our eyes will also be open to see what God sees concerning our ability.

Interestingly, Jeremiah was able to see "the branch of an almond tree." Remember, the word used for almond tree is the same Hebrew word, shaqad, which is also the word used for "watching." Shaqad is further translated to imply "the awakening one." The almond tree had blossom cups that are shaped like almonds and are the first to bud forth in its new season. One might say that the almond tree "awakens" to its new season.

Jeremiah was "awakened" to his new season. He received grace to fulfill his divine calling and then was awakened to his future. To become "awakened" means to open our eyes and see. Beloved, receive fresh grace and become awakened to your new season. There is faith being imparted from Heaven for you to fulfill your destiny.

When the Lord promises to watch over your promises, He is also committing to "protect" what He has promised. This means He will go to war for you and guard your potential. He promises to give His angels charge over us to protect us and keep us from harm. Just as He provided for Israel a cloud by day and fire by night, He will do the same for us as He leads, guides and protects us.


See Your Future!

Beloved, it's time to see your future. You can fulfill your divine destiny. In my book Destiny Thieves: Defeat Seducing Spirits and Achieve Your Purpose in God (available through The Elijah List), I devote the entire book to discussing our ability to conceive our future and fulfill divine potential. In this particular book, I expose the seductions of the enemy and how he attempts to abort our future. One of the evil spirits that steals destiny is the Amalekite spirit. It not only aborts destiny, but also targets leaders and those who are called to hold up their arms. This book will empower you to see your future and possess it!

Allow me to pray for you to receive God's grace to see: Lord, I lift up each reader to You and ask that You touch each area in which they feel weak. I declare, "Let the weak say I am strong!" I thank You for imparting supernatural grace that will overcome fear, doubt, loss of vision, physical infirmity and generational strongholds as well as lies and the seductions of satan.

Lord, empower us as You did Jeremiah. Jeremiah was empowered to see His future and shift into a new season. Lord, I declare the old season is past and that each reader is shifting into a fresh new season. I declare that we are victorious because of the Blood of the Lamb. We apply the Blood of Jesus to our minds, mouths and our hearts. Thank You for renewed minds, hearts ablaze for You and a positive confession. In Jesus' name! Amen.

Now, dear Believer: Shift!

S ee
H im
I nstead of
F ear and
T error.... He fights for You! Hallelujah!

In His Service,

Sandie Freed
Zion Ministries
Email: [email protected]

 

[loolalooh]

When the Lord promises to watch over your promises, He is also committing to "protect" what He has promised. This means He will go to war for you and guard your potential. He promises to give His angels charge over us to protect us and keep us from harm. Just as He provided for Israel a cloud by day and fire by night, He will do the same for us as He leads, guides and protects us.

Amen. Amen. And Amen.

 

[Butterfly08]

Kimbb, wow. That was beautiful. Tears again but so powerful. I love how patient God is with us, even though we forsake Him over and over sometimes. I love the analogy of God being back from the future, and delivering to us a present day word to encourage us. He knows exactly what is about to happen and He wants us to be prepared for it.

I was just journaling this week that it seems right after I get a prophetic word of encouragement through my pastor, a prophet or minister, or directly from God Himself, I experience a heavy testing. I just began to connect the dots that the prophetic word is to encourage and empower me so that I won't be overcome by despair when the trial comes, but that I will learn instead to focus on His promises to me in the midst of the storm.

God is the Way, the Truth and the Light. He doesn't want us to move through life blindly. He is OUR Light, and he desires to light our path and make His way plain. It takes unwavering trust in Him to see His plan for our lives, to believe it, and to act upon it.

Once again I love this thread!

 

[belldandy]

trying to see the light at the end of the tunnel...
reading the testimonies help me getthrough another day....

 

[OhmyKimB]

You know I noticed that as well. I'll get a warning before I walk into somethig of what's coming. And then after I'll get a confirmation that God is with me or just something that strenghtens my outlook. That was what I got yesterday. On Wednesday right before I left work for school I got a word about not being discouraged on terrified which is my mantra right now (Joshua 1:5-9). Anywho at school I got something I wanted for a really long time. The truth. But at the same time I started to get discouraged because the subject of the military was a part of that truth. Well as soon as I remembered my word I snapped out of it. And when the kicker came I thought about it but had already decided it didn't matter because God had his hand all over it. Then in the morning that aS in my email waiting for me!!! It doesn't matter what man says all that matters is what God says


God really is watching my promise too and he's been dealing with me on that for the last week. I almost don't care what happens (like the twists and turns, and the cliff hangers that come lol. I want my promise) in this situation because it will just lead to something I've thought about and then thrown out. Or just something I didn't think could or would happen in a way I haven't thought about before. Actually what I've been thinking and dreaming up is above and beyond the little I wanted so I know that means Gods dream is huge lol!

Kimbb, wow. That was beautiful. Tears again but so powerful. I love how patient God is with us, even though we forsake Him over and over sometimes. I love the analogy of God being back from the future, and delivering to us a present day word to encourage us. He knows exactly what is about to happen and He wants us to be prepared for it.

I was just journaling this week that it seems right after I get a prophetic word of encouragement through my pastor, a prophet or minister, or directly from God Himself, I experience a heavy testing. I just began to connect the dots that the prophetic word is to encourage and empower me so that I won't be overcome by despair when the trial comes, but that I will learn instead to focus on His promises to me in the midst of the storm.

God is the Way, the Truth and the Light. He doesn't want us to move through life blindly. He is OUR Light, and he desires to light our path and make His way plain. It takes unwavering trust in Him to see His plan for our lives, to believe it, and to act upon it.

Once again I love this thread!

 

[OhmyKimB]

Sorry I typed on my phone I'll edit that once I get to work in a minute or two

 

[Laela]

Go 'head, Kimbb! You are ministering in this thread to me with your timely posts! This is awesome Word in more ways than one. These parts especially spoke to my heart this morning. Our Bible study at church of late is that sometimes Saints get so caught up on the outward manifestations of the Holy Spirit (i.e., the hooping, hollerin', getting emotional, crying, doing flips/sumersalts, etc.) that we forget about the inward manifestations. It's the Holy Spirit that will direct us to help someone else, to share a Word and to encourage, to say the right thing at the right time... those are also manifestations of the Holy Spirit.

That SHIFT is something I must practice daily, too.... shift from anger, shift from pain, daily...

This is such an enlightening thread...

Being Overshadowed

Each day we can become overshadowed by the Holy Spirit and conceive our potential. Just as Mary was overshadowed, she also conceived. When Gabriel announced that she was to birth the Son of God, she said, "Be it unto me according to Thy word." (Luke 1:38). God touched any doubt and unbelief she had and then imparted a supernatural grace to empower her for her future. The Holy Spirit is teaching us as we shift into every new season. He is promising to equip us for our future. Plus, just as He promised to be watching over His promises to Jeremiah, He will be watching over our promises also!

The LORD said to me, "You have seen correctly, for I am watching to see that My word is fulfilled."—Jeremiah 1:12 (NIV)


Now, dear Believer: Shift!

S ee
H im
I nstead of
F ear and
T error.... He fights for You! Hallelujah!

 

[OhmyKimB]

Go 'head, Kimbb! You are ministering in this thread to me with your timely posts! This is awesome Word in more ways than one. These parts especially spoke to my heart this morning. Our Bible study at church of late is that sometimes Saints get so caught up on the outward manifestations of the Holy Spirit (i.e., the hooping, hollerin', getting emotional, crying, doing flips/sumersalts, etc.) that we forget about the inward manifestations. It's the Holy Spirit that will direct us to help someone else, to share a Word and to encourage, to say the right thing at the right time... those are also manifestations of the Holy Spirit.

That SHIFT is something I must practice daily, too.... shift from anger, shift from pain, daily...

This is such an enlightening thread...

I don't think you know how I needed to know that. Because I used to always feel that I had to be loud and all types of stuff, (I'm pretty quiet unless I'm comfortable a person, situation, location, circumstance, etc lol) but I'm slowly learning that I don't need to be loud and I can still be what it is and do what it is that God has for me to do. Just because one person goes loudly dancing in church doesn't mean I'm not dancing in my spirit. That's what I always saw. Shoot I had a friend say something to me about it, but I'm different then her and I need to remember that as well.

I should though, God has been over this with me. I don't like to be the loudest person talking in a silent room, but that he will still put in the situations that are most comfortable to my personality. I'm not neccessarily going to be sent to another country or away to people I don't know. (Well not soon anyway, I don't know what God has in store for me after this week.I might just be being prepared for the next thing in my life)

 

[MSee]

Hey guys, can you please pray for me? Unlike the Israelites, my Pharoah wasn't slain in the Red Sea. He is still very much a part of my life and it is so challengingand frustrating to continually deal with his opposition. I'm going to go back through this thread for some encouragement to hold on until God deals with him in His own time and His own way. Thank you ladies.

I have prayed for you.

I couldn't help but wondering if you are dealing with more of a 'King Saul' personality rather than a Pharoah. Mine is constantly after me and it's like they have amassed an army. It seems like I am being set up for another confrontation. I have to keep reminding myself that my wrestle is not against flesh and blood. I need your prayers also. I am having a hard time even typing this but I truly believe that God is about to show up for me in a mighty way.

 

[Butterfly08]

I have prayed for you.

I couldn't help but wondering if you are dealing with more of a 'King Saul' personality rather than a Pharoah. Mine is constantly after me and it's like they have amassed an army. It seems like I am being set up for another confrontation. I have to keep reminding myself that my wrestle is not against flesh and blood. I need your prayers also. I am having a hard time even typing this but I truly believe that God is about to show up for me in a mighty way.

Very interesting...I never thought of it as a King Saul situation. I HAVE to deal with him regularly and even having a basic necessary conversation is a battle. He purposely makes the simplest things difficult, he is a bully, and emotionally abusive. I grow weary of it but I've learned that I do have to confront at times. I am trying to let the Lord lead me in when and HOW to confront so that I don't just wildly go off. Without getting to deep, he is an oppressor, and unless God steps in and moves miraculously, he has the ability to keep me from doing what I want to do with all my heart, what God has shown me I will be doing over and over. My Red Sea experience allowed me to separate myself from him to an extent but we are still connected and it is very frustrating. So I am trying to be patient and wait on God for full deliverance. Maybe I need to read about David and King Saul again to see if there are some parallels.

I once read that difficult people are like sandpaper. Their rough edges keep rubbing against you and it hurts, but eventually you smooth out. You learn how to endure pressure gracefully, and how to trust God that He has a plan to use every painful situation for your good.

I will pray for you as well! You said you believe God is about to show up for you in a mighty way. One of the things God told me when I was really discouraged was that my miracle would be great, therefore my testing was heavy. Kind of like the scripture "to whom much is given, much is required." Think about the Israelites - they were brutalized, enslaved, oppressed for years and years and years, but the Red Sea miracle was HUGE. So if things are setting up in such a way that nobody but God can turn it around, best believe He will take care of it for you. He fights for His own, for those He loves. God is not a man, He cannot lie, and He cannot fail. His plans for you are to give you a future and a hope. He wants you to prosper and be in health even as your soul prospers. IT IS WELL!!!!

 

[OhmyKimB]

Uhm. I didn't want to say this, but I feel as though I've been led all last week, and even this weekend to really trust God, like turn my back and stop looking trust God. So....okay taking a step here. I think I'm walking out of the wilderness now. Like when Joshua led the Israelites into the promise land and they marched about the city walls. My mom was honored on Saturday and the Rev there spoke on Zec 4 and I got a very powerful message that was just for me I swear it! And opened up my eyes as well. I'm going against my natural for sure. But I figure that God also has me focused on what he has so I'll stay out of his way! LMBO. Def had a talk with God about that yesterday. But I'm trying my hardest to have turn my back trust because look I think that marching and yelling was probably the silliest thing in the Israelites minds, but they did it anyway. They were obedient (at least for a little while) and God rewarded their obedience. Anywho...I got this in my email, which confirmed some things for me, and was just uplifting but I thought it might help one of you ladies now or in the future or maybe someone lurking in the thread:

Kathi Pelton:
Learn to Lean and Dream Big!
Recently while I was ministering in Alberta the Holy Spirit took me into a vision that involved a scene from the holiday movie "The Polar Express." In this movie, a group of children are taken on a magical train ride to the North Pole. When they get on the train each child is issued a golden ticket that has a letter punched into it by the train's conductor. When each child gets back on the train to return home after their visit to the North Pole (having learned valuable lessons about childhood and belief) the conductor then takes each ticket and punches more letters into their ticket that spells out a word that best sums up the "lesson learned."

One girl gets the word "Lead" punched onto her ticket while another boy gets the word "Believe." But one young boy receives his punched ticket and reads the word "Lean." He looks curiously at the conductor because he does not understand the significance of the word. The conductor tells him to read it again, and the young man sees the word is actually "Learn."

As the Holy Spirit reminded me of the scene in this movie I instantly heard the verse out of Song of Solomon 8:5, Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved?

Then the Spirit spoke and said, "In order to learn the new ways to walk in this new time you must first learn to lean. You first must lean upon Me in order to learn from Me."

What Are You Leaning On?

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight."—Proverbs 3:5-6

Leaning on our Beloved often requires us leaning away from our own understanding. His ways are not our ways, nor are His thoughts our thoughts. This often leaves us with a lack of understanding. When leaning and depending on God for direction, more often than not He will ask us to do things and go places that make no sense to our natural ways of thinking. And when we begin to obey His leading, the "leaning" will become even more essential. Intimacy and dependency are vital for receiving knowledge and revelation about how to walk and where to go—as well as the timing of each step.

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart..." What is trust? According to the dictionary trust means "a firm belief or confidence in the honesty, integrity, reliability, justice, etc. of another person or thing (faith; reliance)."

Often we will say, regarding a spoken promise: "His/her word held a lot of weight," meaning that we are leaning, depending or putting our trust in the promise spoken by another person. We are willing to do that with each other, yet God's spoken word to us should be given far more weight than any promise of man.

If an individual worth millions of dollars walked up to you and said, "I would like to purchase a million dollar property for you," you would likely believe them because you had seen their wealth. What if God says to you, "I am going to give you a million dollar property"? Would you trust Him to fulfill His word? For some reason it is easier for us to trust in the riches of men than the spoken word of God. We tend to put our trust in what we see and hear with our physical senses rather than put our trust in the invisible God who speaks to our spirits.

This is nothing new, but in the days ahead it will be even more important to lean closely into our Beloved in order to hear His voice and to depend fully upon His words that will lead and direct us.

Exchanging Lies for Truth

Show me Your ways, O Lord, teach me Your paths; guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are God my Savior, and my hope is in You all day long.—Psalm 25:4-5

Last month our local ministry team met together for a day of prayer and worship. During our time together the Holy Spirit instructed us to take pieces of paper and write down all the lies that we struggle with or have been ruled by in our personal lives. Those of us present were well-versed in God's Word, yet there was no shortage of small slips of paper containing lies that directly contradicted God's revealed truth. As a matter of fact, there were more little papers than I care to admit in my hand. After allowing the Lord to search our hearts and writing down what He showed us, we then took the paper slips to an outside fire, where together we burned and renounced the lies from our lives.

How can God guide us in His truth if we believe lies that have no place in Him? God desires to free us from the lies that have entangled us in the accuser's snare. The enemy has caught us in this web of lies for long enough and kept us from moving into our inheritance as sons and daughters. My sense is that we are moving into times where the miraculous will be common to those who are leaning upon their God.

We are moving into days that will require us to receive careful and detailed instructions from the Holy Spirit as to our direction and strategy. If we are about to see a massive harvest of souls, we will need to know how to care for them, nurture them and walk with them. The preparation time we have been experiencing has been unlike anything in the Body of Christ I personally have ever witnessed. Though it appears that the enemy has wreaked havoc upon God's people, I think that the truth is more likely that God has come and mercifully stripped us from all that would destroy us in the days to come. Some appear to be stripped of everything that would be essential to move forward, but once again this may be another case of "His ways not being our ways." I can say this because we have been counted among those who have been stripped of everything but absolute dependency.

I encourage you in this time to allow the Holy Spirit to show you every lie that has held you in bondage, and allow Him to exchange them for the truth that will set you free. The accuser has been shouting accusations at God and His people, but we need to know how to quiet our hearts in order to hear the voice of the Spirit that will lead us into all truth.

To Him Who is Able

Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the Church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever!—Ephesians 3:20-21

It is time to live like those who know that HE IS ABLE! God keeps speaking to me that I am to "Dream Big." Then, after I have dreamed as big as I can, He tells me that my "big" is still not big enough! He had instructed my husband and I to look at property for the vision that He has given us to start a home for teen boys without families. I began (in faith) looking at foreclosures and very inexpensive homes that might work for a small beginning. Then the Lord told us to look on a particular road for a property for sale. The only property for sale is a 54-acre piece of land with three homes, barns, workshops, etc., which is priced in the millions. It has everything we would need to move into the dream that He has given us. Then He said, "Go possess the land." What? That's crazy—but now we are in the process of believing for a miracle.

Why am I sharing this? Because God may ask you to do something that would exceed what you would ask for or even imagine. He may give you something that is more than you imagined, but you must be willing to hear and obey even when it makes no sense. Do I have the kind of wealth to purchase this land? No, but my Heavenly Father knows where all the wealth is stored and it brings Him great pleasure to transfer it into the hands of His children.

What is God asking of you? What are your dreams? What are His dreams for you? Are you ready to see God do immeasurably more than you ask or imagine? Is His Word truth? Then He is able to do more! His power is at work in you so you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you. Get ready for dreaming big and then learning to follow His lead as you lean.

Dream big, Beloved!

Kathi Pelton
Light Streams Ministries
Email: [email protected]

 

[MSee]

Butterfly08 simply put...you are right. I was hoping to be able to come back with a 'cross over' testimony but God had other plans. However I have to give Him Glory for His word is true. There are few verses I'm going to write and I don't have my bible near so forgive me if they are not word for word:

1. If you seek me you will find me when you seek me with your whole heart.
2. Call upon me and I will answer you and show you things to come
3. Howbeit, when He the Spirit of truth shall come He shall lead you into all truth for He shall not speak of HImself but whatsoever He hears He shall speak and show you things to come.

I'll try to summarise my week. On Sunday someting was said and I felt there is going to be another confrontation with a certain individual. I felt strongly that I needed to do a 3 day fast. First 2 days eat at 6:00 p.m and thrid day eat nothing till the next morning. Honestly I was not thrilled and tried to shake the 'feeling' but it shook me instead so I did. Many things happened I came upon many material and I now refuse to say by happenstance. Long story short by Saturday a 'meeting' had indeed been set up, I knew exactly what the message on Sunday was going to be about to the extent that it was like something within me telling me "write this point and that and that, sign it date it put the time. Take it to church and mark them off as they come and show your husband after". I disobeyed because I was trying to tell my husband what I felt was happening (I chose not to tell him about the message thing. I myself thought ...it was strange) and he assured me that the visiting Pastor was different and would not be like what we have been experiencing. I disobeyed, not remembering that I had been praying for evidence if what I was discernig was true. I disobeyed and warned myself not to judge and think wrong of others, so when the message was EXACTLY what I was told and trying to tell my husband after about what I should have written etc. the effect was useless. I had no evidence. Went to the 'meeting' afterwards only to find out it was a "Let's sweep the issue (the one that placed me in the wilderness in the first place) under the rug and put the Pastors mind at ease". I will not tell the story behind that statement. One day I may write a book but for now I need to thank Kimmb again because I had checked out another one of her links and came up on a book about Christian curses. All I can say is that God speaks and thanks to that book I know I've not lost my mind. When someone wants to control you they never give up and when they seem to have lost control they will try and destroy you (sounds familliar, huh. There goes Pharoah riding after the Isrealites)

One of my sisters think I have a 'gift' because it so happened we spoke on Friday before most of the events were confirmed and I mentioned a few things to her and when we spoke on Sunday the things had indeed happened. I don't think it's a gift in my case (although some people do have that gift). I believe the verses above are true to every child of God if we truly seek Him, believe and obey (I have to work on that). Also I think in Hebrews there is a verse indicating that we could excercise our selves to discern right from wrong and with excercising I percieve there is the ability for it to become stronger.

There is another battle being waged against me but after yesterday's experience I sense that I will have to win the war within myself first. That is the desire for other people, mainly my husband, to see and believe what God is telling me before I accept it as from Him and the temptation to try and make them see instead of allowing the Holy Spirit to do his work on them.

While I was thinking about coming to this forum another thought came to me directly related to what happened yesterday. I may have to stay in the situation a little longer because even though there seem to be a way out, if I take it I will be leaving without my family. Remember when Pharoah had sort of relented but kept telling Moses they can go but leave such and such behind? It occured to me that is happening and I have prayed for complete deliverence for me and my house and all my belongings and I might even get some spoils . I am confident God has my back. This is His battle and I am going to 'learn to lean'

 

[Butterfly08]

While I was thinking about coming to this forum another thought came to me directly related to what happened yesterday. I may have to stay in the situation a little longer because even though there seem to be a way out, if I take it I will be leaving without my family. Remember when Pharoah had sort of relented but kept telling Moses they can go but leave such and such behind? It occured to me that is happening and I have prayed for complete deliverence for me and my house and all my belongings and I might even get some spoils . I am confident God has my back. This is His battle and I am going to 'learn to lean'

Wow, that is a really good point. Here in Chapter 10 are the verses you are referring to:

8 Then Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. "Go, worship the LORD your God," he said. "But just who will be going?"

9 Moses answered, "We will go with our young and old, with our sons and daughters, and with our flocks and herds, because we are to celebrate a festival to the LORD." 10 Pharaoh said, "The LORD be with you—if I let you go, along with your women and children! Clearly you are bent on evil. [a] 11 No! Have only the men go; and worship the LORD, since that's what you have been asking for." Then Moses and Aaron were driven out of Pharaoh's presence.

What an unselfish motive to say NO I am not leaving until all of my people (family) come with me.

 

[OhmyKimB]

This is just a piece of a email I got this morning. I thought it was fitting.

I like watching God move and speak directly into my life. I know when I get to a certain point or have crossed over I can't wait to tell you guys how I watched God move.

Chuck Pierce: On the Verge


You Must Cry Out For Mercy!

"Not until My people cried out when Egypt was trying to overcome them could I hear their determination to move forward. This released Me to come to their aid. Now there's a cry in the place where you've been halted. That cry is causing that which has been around your ankle to be untied. That cry that is coming up to Me will cause the snare around your foot of progress to let go of you. There's a sound rising up in My people and I am hearing this sound. Where you have been halted between two opinions, the cry will clarify your thoughts.

"This is a season that I am calling some of My people to begin to cry out for mercy and others for blessing. This is a season that many of you must cry out for My mercy, for it is a kindness that I will extend to you. Though you have needed My forgiveness, and though you have needed for Me to intervene on your behalf, you have not cried out for My mercy. So this is a season that you will cry for mercy. For some of you it is the season to cry out for your blessing for you know that you have traveled in My direction. You have done what I have called you to do, so I am about to stamp My approval on that which you have done in the past season. So some of you will cry for mercy and some of you will cry for blessing but cry, cry, cry, cry, cry.

"When you cry out, I will light you like a match in the darkness. You will begin to burn with the truth. You will begin to burn with My answers. You will begin to burn and light up the darkness. The sound of mercy is greater than that of justice. The sound of mercy is greater than that of judgment. You've been contending over being right, but I say to you when you cry out mercy, I will send the light. So cry out with mercy and watch Me light your way for the cry of mercy will be as in the days when the blind cried out when I was on the road. That cry gave them sight. Cry now and receive the vision you need. 'Ho, come to the waters for what I have for you is free. You've been trying to work and buy your way into what you have need of. But I say ho, come to the waters and you'll step into freedom that will make you free and cause you to receive what I have for you today.

"I hear many that are crying. There is a need of My love. Their hearts, in their woundings, only can be filled by Me. No relationship can fill this place. No amount of finance can fill this place. But the release of My mercy is a filling force that causes them to arise. If you will receive this filling force you will have both creative ability and forming ability. So I say to you now in your lack of creative power and in your ability to form the plan that I have caused you to form that is not coming to completion, cry now and watch Me bring a filling power within you that cannot only form, but can create what needs to be created for your success."

Come and Look Deep

"If your eyes and My eyes become one you can see what I see. I can show you one line of a contract that is wrong. I can show you one ad that you missed. I can cause others to see you. I can show you how to reconcile quickly with your adversaries and move even into a greater purpose than you've seen. I can cause you to look into the depths of hearts and see their intentions.

"Come to the waters, for there is a reflection in the pool that you've not seen. Come and look deep and watch that reflection change and ripple and flow. That reflection is the vision you've been longing to see. But I must see the vision through you. So come to the waters. Come to the pool. Look deep and see again in a way you've not seen."

 

[loolalooh]

How can God guide us in His truth if we believe lies that have no place in Him? God desires to free us from the lies that have entangled us in the accuser's snare. The enemy has caught us in this web of lies for long enough and kept us from moving into our inheritance as sons and daughters. My sense is that we are moving into times where the miraculous will be common to those who are leaning upon their God.

We are moving into days that will require us to receive careful and detailed instructions from the Holy Spirit as to our direction and strategy. If we are about to see a massive harvest of souls, we will need to know how to care for them, nurture them and walk with them. The preparation time we have been experiencing has been unlike anything in the Body of Christ I personally have ever witnessed. Though it appears that the enemy has wreaked havoc upon God's people, I think that the truth is more likely that God has come and mercifully stripped us from all that would destroy us in the days to come. Some appear to be stripped of everything that would be essential to move forward, but once again this may be another case of "His ways not being our ways." I can say this because we have been counted among those who have been stripped of everything but absolute dependency.

Thanks again for a wonderful article, Kimbb. I can especially relate to the bolded ... especially the "absolute dependency" being experienced now in the wilderness. I have two choices - 1) attempt to replace with my own hands what has been stripped or 2) trust in Him that what has been stripped will be replaced with something better. In the meantime, I battle daily to deny the lies and lean on His truth.

 

[loolalooh]

Butterfly08 simply put...you are right. I was hoping to be able to come back with a 'cross over' testimony but God had other plans. However I have to give Him Glory for His word is true. There are few verses I'm going to write and I don't have my bible near so forgive me if they are not word for word:

1. If you seek me you will find me when you seek me with your whole heart.
2. Call upon me and I will answer you and show you things to come
3. Howbeit, when He the Spirit of truth shall come He shall lead you into all truth for He shall not speak of HImself but whatsoever He hears He shall speak and show you things to come.

I'll try to summarise my week. On Sunday someting was said and I felt there is going to be another confrontation with a certain individual. I felt strongly that I needed to do a 3 day fast. First 2 days eat at 6:00 p.m and thrid day eat nothing till the next morning. Honestly I was not thrilled and tried to shake the 'feeling' but it shook me instead so I did. Many things happened I came upon many material and I now refuse to say by happenstance. Long story short by Saturday a 'meeting' had indeed been set up, I knew exactly what the message on Sunday was going to be about to the extent that it was like something within me telling me "write this point and that and that, sign it date it put the time. Take it to church and mark them off as they come and show your husband after". I disobeyed because I was trying to tell my husband what I felt was happening (I chose not to tell him about the message thing. I myself thought ...it was strange) and he assured me that the visiting Pastor was different and would not be like what we have been experiencing. I disobeyed, not remembering that I had been praying for evidence if what I was discernig was true. I disobeyed and warned myself not to judge and think wrong of others, so when the message was EXACTLY what I was told and trying to tell my husband after about what I should have written etc. the effect was useless. I had no evidence. Went to the 'meeting' afterwards only to find out it was a "Let's sweep the issue (the one that placed me in the wilderness in the first place) under the rug and put the Pastors mind at ease". I will not tell the story behind that statement. One day I may write a book but for now I need to thank Kimmb again because I had checked out another one of her links and came up on a book about Christian curses. All I can say is that God speaks and thanks to that book I know I've not lost my mind. When someone wants to control you they never give up and when they seem to have lost control they will try and destroy you (sounds familliar, huh. There goes Pharoah riding after the Isrealites)

One of my sisters think I have a 'gift' because it so happened we spoke on Friday before most of the events were confirmed and I mentioned a few things to her and when we spoke on Sunday the things had indeed happened. I don't think it's a gift in my case (although some people do have that gift). I believe the verses above are true to every child of God if we truly seek Him, believe and obey (I have to work on that). Also I think in Hebrews there is a verse indicating that we could excercise our selves to discern right from wrong and with excercising I percieve there is the ability for it to become stronger.

There is another battle being waged against me but after yesterday's experience I sense that I will have to win the war within myself first. That is the desire for other people, mainly my husband, to see and believe what God is telling me before I accept it as from Him and the temptation to try and make them see instead of allowing the Holy Spirit to do his work on them.

While I was thinking about coming to this forum another thought came to me directly related to what happened yesterday. I may have to stay in the situation a little longer because even though there seem to be a way out, if I take it I will be leaving without my family. Remember when Pharoah had sort of relented but kept telling Moses they can go but leave such and such behind? It occured to me that is happening and I have prayed for complete deliverence for me and my house and all my belongings and I might even get some spoils . I am confident God has my back. This is His battle and I am going to 'learn to lean'

This post is filled with a lot of jewels. I look forward to hearing your testimony.

 

[loolalooh]

This is just a piece of a email I got this morning. I thought it was fitting.

I like watching God move and speak directly into my life. I know when I get to a certain point or have crossed over I can't wait to tell you guys how I watched God move.

I needed that reminder. Some of us don't cry out at all (whether for mercy or for blessings) when in actuality we should.

 

[OhmyKimB]

Just remember when God tells you know that means there's a HUGE yes standing somewhere that your not looking at. God won't tell you NO and that's it. No means to live in restraint for the YES that He has coming.


I heard that somewhere...just popped into my head. I think it was the radio this morning

 

[Butterfly08]

Thanks again for a wonderful article, Kimbb. I can especially relate to the bolded ... especially the "absolute dependency" being experienced now in the wilderness. I have two choices - 1) attempt to replace with my own hands what has been stripped or 2) trust in Him that what has been stripped will be replaced with something better. In the meantime, I battle daily to deny the lies and lean on His truth.

To your last sentence, a minister told me that our battle is not with the enemy, but to fight our fleshly desire to give up and instead trust in God, hold onto Him when everything around us looks like we are being defeated. I have found that to be true.

 

[loolalooh]

Just remember when God tells you know that means there's a HUGE yes standing somewhere that your not looking at. God won't tell you NO and that's it. No means to live in restraint for the YES that He has coming.


I heard that somewhere...just popped into my head. I think it was the radio this morning

I need to post this on my wall.

To your last sentence, a minister told me that our battle is not with the enemy, but to fight our fleshly desire to give up and instead trust in God, hold onto Him when everything around us looks like we are being defeated. I have found that to be true.

So true indeed. Thanks for clarifying this.

 

[MSee]

To your last sentence, a minister told me that our battle is not with the enemy, but to fight our fleshly desire to give up and instead trust in God, hold onto Him when everything around us looks like we are being defeated. I have found that to be true.

This is so true for me. I keep sensing that I need to get to the place of being able to say like the three Hebrew men in Daniel about to be thrown in the fiery furnace.."I know God can deliver me, but if He cooses not to, I'm still not bowing" and really mean it without the flood of emotionalism that usually overtakes me.

I also keep sensing that it's time to expect the Words of Jesus to be made flesh in some of us. By that I mean being able to tread on scorpions and not be hurt etc, and the etc includes the Great commission in Mark 16. I will confess the revelations that comes from the inside of me scares me and I've been going through a "Lord I am just a woman" lament erplexed Someone wrote about Jeremiah's beginning in an earlier post and I know I need to go and read it. Before this thread it was easier for me to listen to the voices trying to convince me that because I was the only one standing for truth and integrity, something was wrong with me. I was even told I had a 'spiritual' problem.

 

[OhmyKimB]

^^^!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



that was in my inbox this morning hld on.....

 

[OhmyKimB]

May 19, 2010
The Faith for Big Prayers
by Katherine Britton, Crosswalk.com News & Culture Editor
"Since the first day you began to pray for understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your request has been heard in heaven" -- Daniel 10:12
One Sunday morning shortly after my husband proposed, I remember singing at church on a fairly unremarkable Sunday. I don't recall the sermon or anything else that day, but I do remember one of the praise songs - "Blessed Be the Name of the Lord." The song personalizes Israel's trials in the wilderness and the abundant streams of the promise land for the believer's life today, directing her to sing praise no matter the circumstances:
You give and take away
You give and take away
My heart will choose to say
'Lord, blessed be Your name!'
Sitting in church that day, I momentarily stopped singing. After dating this guy for almost four years, I finally had a ring on my finger. I finally had a token that what I longed for so hopefully was coming. The slightest hint that the world could be otherwise - and I could still praise God - baffled me at that moment. My selfish heart did not have the faith to pray that prayer, not at that moment.
Recently, I encountered another prayer that I couldn't quite pray:
"God, I'm asking for two things before I die; don't refuse me - Banish lies from my lips and liars from my presence. Give me enough food to live on, neither too much nor too little. If I'm too full, I might get independent, saying, 'God? Who needs him?' If I'm poor, I might steal and dishonor the name of my God." (Proverbs 7b-9, The Message)
Few of us have trouble asking God to keep us out of poverty. But asking God to keep us from being too comfortable? I'm too American to pray that without hesitation. By contrast, consider the boldness of these people:
Hannah, the formerly barren woman who gave birth to the prophet Samuel - "And she made a vow, saying, "O LORD Almighty, if you will only look upon your servant's misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the LORD for all the days of his life, and no razor will ever be used on his head." (1 Samuel 1:11)
The psalmist who wanted nothing hidden from God - "Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts." (Psalm 139:23)
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego before being thrown into the fiery furnace - "If we are thrown into the blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to save us from it, and he will rescue us from your hand, O king. But even if he does not, we want you to know, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up." (Daniel 3:17-18)
Jesus Christ, who would later use this verse in the Garden of Gethsemane - "Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." (Matthew 6:10)
Do we have the kind of faith that can pray hard verses like these and mean them? It's easy to pray for blessings, wisdom, health, and the "joy of the Lord." Those prayers make our lives better, we think, and don't require a sacrifice or change of plans. When we come across difficult verses, however, we so easily shy away. Why?
Sometimes my response is too much like Ahaz's, who was offered a sign from the Lord as evidence of Isaiah's prophecy. Instead, Ahaz proudly said, "I will not ask; I will not put the Lord to the test." He deluded himself. He passed off his lack of faith for his unwillingness to "test" God. Instead of praising his decision, Isaiah announced that he - and God - were about out of patience.
Contrast this to the apostle James, who urged the church to ask with abandon so that they could see God at work. But he gave them this warning: "But when you ask him, be sure that you really expect him to answer, for a doubtful mind is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind" (James 1:6).
Intersecting Faith & Life: Are you avoiding a difficult prayer? What's your reason? Disbelief that God will really answer? Refusal to acknowledge God's imminence? Fear that God will upset your apple cart? Ask yourself what's holding you back. Let's pray for humility and understanding, and the rest will follow.