With so much going on in the world I wanted to remind the brethren that through much falling away we see, and many disasters in the world that God is STILL on His throne and faithful to those who seek Him with their whole heart.
Just as in the days of Noah God was still on His throne judging righteously and saving those (Noah and his family) who trusted and heeded His warnings.
Please meditate on this Psalm, truly let these words of life dwell richly in you. For those who hear His word will be given faith to believe His rich promises! Let us meditate and obey.
Psa 91:1
Safety of Abiding in the Presence of God
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Psa 91:2 I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress;
My God, in Him I will trust.”
Psa 91:3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler
And from the perilous pestilence.
Psa 91:4 He shall cover you with His feathers,
And under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
Psa 91:5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
Nor of the arrow that flies by day,
Psa 91:6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
Psa 91:7 A thousand may fall at your side,
And ten thousand at your right hand;
But it shall not come near you.
Psa 91:8 Only with your eyes shall you look,
And see the reward of the wicked.
Psa 91:9 Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
Psa 91:10 No evil shall befall you,
Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
Psa 91:11 For He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you in all your ways.
Psa 91:12 In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.
Psa 91:13 You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra,
The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
Psa 91:14 “Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
I will set him on high, because he has known My name
Psa 91:15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;
I will be with him in trouble;
I will deliver him and honor him.
Psa 91:16 With long life I will satisfy him,
And show him My salvation.”
*EDIT*
Act 2:17 ‘ And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God,
That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh;
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your young men shall see visions,
Your old men shall dream dreams.
Act 2:18 And on My menservants and on My maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days;
And they shall prophesy.
1st Dream
In my dream, I was standing on a balcony of a high place. In front of me was a mountain. I saw that it started to rain. The rain was like acid rain, like fire. I saw people trying to climb the mountain when it started pouring, but the rain was like fire and melted the mountain. And as the mountain melted I saw that the mountain was not a real mountain. The rain expose what the mountain was made out of. The out side seem to look like a mountain, but as the mountain melted it expose the inside of the mountain. The mountain was full of logs. People were trying to climb this mountain for safety, but the rain melted the mountain and made the logs fall. I saw the logs falling and killing the people who were trying to climb this mountain.
This mountain is man made religion. The rain is God's judgement. His judgment will expose the false. Those who trust in man made religion will not find safety in the coming judgment. Greater judgments are coming and many profess christian will not be able to stand in worse times because they trust in man and not God. So many profess Christians still continue to trust in the ways of the harlot (worldly religous system), have not seperated themselves from her, and if not seperated will find themselves sharing her judgments.
Eze 13:11 therefore tell those who cover it with whitewash that it is going to fall. Rain will come in torrents, and I will send hailstones hurtling down, and violent winds will burst forth.
Eze 13:12 When the wall collapses, will people not ask you, "Where is the whitewash you covered it with?"
Eze 13:13 "'Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: In my wrath I will unleash a violent wind, and in my anger hailstones and torrents of rain will fall with destructive fury.
Eze 13:14 I will tear down the wall you have covered with whitewash and will level it to the ground so that its foundation will be laid bare. When it falls, you will be destroyed in it; and you will know that I am the LORD.
Eze 13:15 So I will spend my wrath against the wall and against those who covered it with whitewash. I will say to you, "The wall is gone and so are those who whitewashed it,
Eze 13:16 those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw visions of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Sovereign LORD."'
Revelation 18:4
4Then I heard another voice from heaven say:
"Come out of her, my people,
so that you will not share in her sins,
so that you will not receive any of her plagues;
2nd Dream
I saw myself in a huge parking lot. There were very many cars, but two types of cars. There were fancy cars and the few very plain looking cars. I saw that these cars were still under demon control, some more than others. I looked by the entrance of the parking lot and saw a demon driving a very fancy car into the parking lot. I knew that I was sent to clean the plain cars, not the fancy ones. I was sent to clean out the plain ones. I looked around to make sure that the demons did not see me. I went to one plain car and cleaned it out then I was about to head to the next plain car until I heard some noise and wanted to know what was going on. I went to the front and peeked out the doorway. I saw a dirt road and a huge market place in front of me. On the window of the market place was a huge poster of a white conservative looking woman. Very clean and look like a politician woman. There was another huge poster next to her. It was a poster of the demons who I knew in the dream shared this huge market place with this woman. I saw that these demons were very excited. I knew that they just kicked this women out that they use to share buisiness with. I saw that one of the demons put a big red X mark on her face, showing that she is not the owner anymore, but that the demons now own the whole market place and thats why they were excited and making partying noises. I saw them on the street celebrating. Then I saw a harlot appear dancing seductively on a platform. The demons surrounded her and cheered her on.
The Lord made me understand this dream. Sean and I knew when we left India that God is sending us to His people (the plain cars). The fancy cars represent worldly ministries. The Lord is sending us to the true brethren to encourage and warn them before things get worse. Seeing the plain cars in the same parking lot as the fancy ones having demon control shows that many of His people still are in some sort of bondage to demon influence, like religous spirits, worldly inflluence.... Many who are not taking the cross seriously will be more open to demon influence. Its living out the cross that will break all demonic influences. As I looked out the doorway onto the marketplace, this is showing another scene, not religion, but the world. The market place represent the outside world. The poster of the woman is America. This is what the Lord reveal to me. She is white and proper looking because America is founded by English people which are white. As we all know America's morality has gone way down, especially starting with the babyboomers. Seeing the woman share her place with the demons mean America has partnered up with Demons. It is obvious. Wickedness is everywhere. In books, t.v., schools, work........Seeing Demons takeover means the Lord has release the demons in FULL. They now have full control! This is the time we live in where demons now have full control. As you can see America's morality is going down more quickly than ever. You are hearing more murders of the worse kind. Husbands, fathers killing their family. mass family suicide is becoming common. Homosexuals are taking over public schools, youths murdering school mates and parents, sexual lust very prevalent and very easy to view porn, stores and many places are full of erotic images ect....America has certainly lost her blush to evil! Brethern we are in the mist of great evil and it will get worse! Those who cannot see the difference is because they are in the world and the lust has numb and blinded their hearts. While hell has been unleashed the church is sleeping! How are they sleeping you might ask. Many brethren are indulging in the world, fighting over doctrine that has cause them to forget to pick up their cross, so worried about many things that they forgotten who they are in Christ, being hearers only..... Many say they want revival, but cannot see nor are they moved to grievance on what is going on now! Many things are happening in this world..natural, economic, moral disaster. And such disasters are spiraling downward quick, but still such things have not awaken many christians to sobriety, to an urgency of Eternal things. Must greater disaster happen in order for Christians to wake up and stir themselves to be revive? I'm afraid that it will take a great judgement from God to revive His people. I am not praying for the economy or the world to get better. I am praying for the christians to be revive through these hard times! We must get our house in order or else we will not be able to stand in greater judgements thats coming upon the world. I am warning many because Christ love compels me. I do not want any to be off gaurd and have to suffer through many many things. And many will have to suffer, not because they are faithful for standing firm on the Lord, but because they were foolish in not taking heed to the warnings. And such sufferings must happen to His children who continue to live in a backsliding state. For such sufferings/trials will purify them from there backsliding.
Brethren it will get worse. Please do not hope for the economy to get better so that your American dream won't get shattered. Pray to the Lord to keep you, make you ready, and, help you stand firmly on Him during these times!
Luk 21:34 “But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly.
Luk 21:35 For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth.
Luk 21:36 Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
Mat 24:42 WATCH therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming.
Mat 24:43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.
Mat 24:44 Therefore you also BE READY, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
The harlot dancing with the demons by the market place is the Apostate church whoring with the world and she, the Apostate church is posses by many demons
Revelation 18:4
4Then I heard another voice from heaven say:
"Come out of her, my people,
so that you will not share in her sins,
so that you will not receive any of her plagues;
Many of us desire God to be glorified, to be glorified through us.
But have you thought deeply about what that means?
Do His people really mean that? Do they really want God to be
glorified through them in this world?
Brethren, it will take the death of you for God to be glorified through you. There will be many times you will look like a fool if God is to be glorified
in you. You will lose your reputation and many times be humiliated
for God to be glorified in you.
Deny yourself, forsake all, hate your life, take up your cross.... Your
love for God should be so great that it even seems to others as if you
hate your family because God is even above them! These are some of
the things that God commands of your life in order that God would be
glorified.
In verse John17:1 Jesus says to his Father: The hour has come.
Glorify your Son that your Son may also glorify you. This glorification he speaks of was the cross. We should have the same mind as Jesus. It is through the cross that we will glorify our Father. It is the death of you that will bring glory to Jesus.
Do you really mean it when you end your prayers that God would be glorified through you?
Ask yourself this: Do you desire like Paul to fellowship in His
sufferings, being conformed to His death that the life of Christ be manifested in your body? Have you suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish that you may gain Christ? Paul said he delighted in weakness, trials, sufferings, so that Christ would be strong in Him and thus be glorified. Paul took delight in all the things that would bring death to himself because he truly desire to glorify God.
Paul not only prayed this and openly spoke that God be glorified in him, but he also stirred himself to lay it all down,
truly showing that this boasting was not mere lip service but the true desire of his heart.
Now, let us meditate, do we really want Christ to be glorified?
The road to hell is paved with good intentions."
~Art Katz
If we were a prophetic people we would see beyond "good intentions".......If all prophesy....and thus the secret of his heart are revealed....then God is truly among you (1Cor.14:24)
~LS
The prophet is required to communicate things as God sees them to a people who not only have a different way of seeing things, but who do not want to see it from God's point of view. That requires, therefore, an unction and an anointing of such a kind as to make the truth of that seeing to penetrate the unwilling heart to the point of repentance, and bringing into conformity that life to God's own seeing. That is a supreme task.
~Art Katz
We desperately need oracles from God who can say what this hour means, and what it is to which we are tending, and what is God requiring in the light of the things that point to the consummation of the age. We need men who can communicate the word. If a prophet is not distinguished by his speaking, then do not look for his credentials on the basis of his gifting or his miracles or his gift of knowledge. That would be a real snare. It is not that their messages are not biblical and good, so much as they have not been oracular, that is to say, prophetic in the sense of the weight, intensity and solemnity of the messages. A word can be sound, biblical and doctrinally clean and yet not be a prophetic word. It does not have the weight, nor the meaning or portent nor ultimate requirement that a prophetic word should.
~Art Katz
The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones. And He caused me to pass among them round about, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley; and lo, they were very dry. And He said to me, 'Son of man, can these bones live?' And I answered, 'O Lord God, Thou knowest.' Again he said to me, 'Prophesy over these bones, and say unto them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. Thus says the Lord God to these bones, 'Behold, I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life. And I will put sinews on you, make flesh grow back on you, cover you with skin, and put breath in you that you may come alive; and you will know that I am the LORD ' (Ezekiel 37:1-6).
It will take a prophectic preaching/ministering to awaken the lost and revive His people
~LS.
Paul preached prophectically right into the Corinthians's heart. The Prophetic preaching at times did not always bring about joy. The Corinthians thought Paul gave them too many rules, but Paul was exhorting them in Christ. The backsliders will see God's commands as rules and burdens. Paul had to expose their feelings:
2Cor.6:12 You are not restricted by us, but you are restricted by your own affections.
It is our own lusts and desires that affect our theology and doctrine.
But the Prophetic preaching brought about a true reviving of the Corinthians!
2Co 7:8 For even if I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret it; though I did regret it. For I perceive that the same epistle made you sorry, though only for a while.
2Co 7:9 Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing.
2Co 7:10 For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.
2Co 7:11 For observe this very thing, that you sorrowed in a godly manner: What diligence it produced in you, what clearing of yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what vehement desire, what zeal, what vindication! In all things you proved yourselves to be clear in this matter.
We have this assurance brethren, that when we preach in His Spirit (Prophetic Preaching) it will awaken the dead and His back sliding people to repentance! His TRUE sheep will Hear His voice through the prophetic preaching of His word!
But, do know brethren that the false/pharisees will despise prophetic preaching. Such preaching will reveal the true from the false. And such preaching will bring you persecution! From within and out.
Look at Moses. Many false brethren went against him. Jesus was always attacked by the pharisees, religious spirits. Many whom want to appear good on the outside, but their hearts are still full of lust and greed and does not like their heart exposed for what it really is. They are deceived that their good intentions are enough. As Art Katz says: The road of hell is full of people with good intentions.
Knowing this brethren , that many attacks will come with prophetic preaching, do not fear! Continue to desire such gift knowing that His sheep will hear. And like Paul, willingly go thru persecution for the Elects sake.
1Co 14:39 Therefore, brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy......
Num 11:29 Then Moses said to him, “Are you zealous for my sake? Oh, that all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD would put His Spirit upon them!”
I want to share a dream I believe the Lord gave me to exhort His
people everywhere. All those the Lord draws to read our site.
I had this dream in late 2008. I wished I had shared this earlier, but have been keeping back many dreams the Lord has shown me concerning His people, individually and corporate. I sense the Lord still want me to share this dream. Why do I keep back at times? Truthfully, because I fear man. Ministering to American professing Christians is very different than ministering to foreigners, like those in India. American people are very sensitive and live in such comfort that it has caused them to act like spoiled children. So, if you exhort them out of love, they easily crack and want to run away from you or become so religious and prideful. I have been unfaithful to the Lord by not stirring up the gift that He has given so that He may use me how He please. It has brought much grief in my soul because of holding back so much truth because I desire to please man above God. It is getting harder for me though, to hold in more. If I don't share the things I know that the Lord wants me to share then I myself will
explode! Like Jeremiah who wanted to hold back the truth because the
more he spoke the more people hated him, but the fire in his bones
caused him to open his mouth.
In this dream, a couple I know wanted to give me their baby that was
still in the wife's womb. I was so joyful with much excitement that
they wanted to give me something so dear and important to them. I
shared with them how joyful I was that they would give me their best.
Then it was time for the mother to deliver the baby. The couple gave
me their baby. Later in the dream I saw the couple. I wasn't in the
dream, but I saw the couple so sad and regretted they had giving me the
baby. They did not realize the cost until now. I did not want to
keep the baby now, knowing that they regretted giving it to me and
knowing now that it was not out of joy, so I gave them the baby back.
The couple was happy to receive their baby back.
I understood immediately the dream. This scripture came to mine.
Discipleship Tested
Luk 14:25 Now large crowds were going along with Him; and He turned
and said to them,
Luk 14:26 "If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and
mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even
his own life, he cannot be My disciple.
Luk 14:27 "Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me
cannot be My disciple.
Luk 14:28 "For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does
not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to
complete it?
Luk 14:29 "Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to
finish, all who observe it begin to ridicule him,
Luk 14:30 saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.'
Luk 14:31 "Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in
battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong
enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him
with twenty thousand?
Luk 14:32 "Or else, while the other is still far away, he sends a
delegation and asks for terms of peace.
Luk 14:33 "So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not give
up all his own possessions.
The baby represented ALL- ALL the
things that are important and dear to us must be laid on the altar so
it will not have any hold on us or else we cannot be His disciples.
We must renounce ALL from our heart or else the "baby" will be in the
way and cause us not to finish what we have started to build.
In the dream, I represent Jesus because Christ lives in me.
See, this couple not only represent themselves, but many Christians
who at first, joyfully "think" they can give up everything to follow
Him, but will realize later when confronted to let go with certain
idols, could not. These people are very deceived. They think they
have let go and are His disciples until they are confronted with the
message of true discipleship. Many will use every excuse to why they
are not letting go of certain things. That they will deceive
themselves to think they have let go of what they "thought" to be
idols. But in reality they have kept the best from the Lord. They have
let go of things that are more easily to let go and keeping back
things that they have made themselves to believe not to be idols
because of the lies they have told themselves.
Many profess Christians are like the couple in the dream. They have
joyfully and hastily told the Lord I will give you everything without
seriously meditating on the cost of discipleship. They started to
build, but will realize later when the message of discipleship becomes
clearer that they are not able to finish it. Some will stop short and
use human reasoning to why they will not let go and so deceive
themselves that they are disciples, but in reality they are not. Then
there will be some who will come to more understanding of the cross
and it will make them sad. They will reluctantly give the Lord their
idols, having no joy to depart with it, but regrets. The Lord will
not take such sacrifice if not giving with joy and seeing the Lord is
worthy of ALL. He will give such offerings back. Many people will
think that the Lord allowed them to keep it because they offered it to
Him and see it has not been taken from them so they will joyfully take
it back. The Lord SEES the heart of regret, and will not take
polluted offerings!
In Malachi 1concerning polluted offerings, the Lord was grieved with
His people because His people offered the blind and lame animals to
the Lord. When the Lord commanded He wanted the best! It is the same today. Many Christian's give God their left overs and keep back the
best for themselves. Are they not like Ananias and Sapphira? Who
said they will give all, but kept back some. So have many Christians
blurted out to the Lord that they will give Him their all, but in
truth they have kept back some! Should not the Judge of the earth be
grieved with jealousy?! If His people will not listen to the small
voice of the Holy Spirit to "let go" and "give all" He will then, in
His mercy send His messengers to tell His people. But, many have
thrown stones of accusation, jealousy, madness...... to His
messengers. Many will say to His messengers, "the Lord will tell me
Himself". But they are the ones who will not listen to the small voice
of the Holy Spirit and obey the clear words in the bible. Many will
also say, "what right do you have to tell me this, you don't know
me".......And such words will go on and on to the ones who doesn't
want to count the cost and follow true discipleship.
My brethren, let us examine ourselves that we would not be numbered
with the false and are like this couple in the dream. Who at first, joyfully want to build with the Lord, but later on find it hard and will quit, will not finish walking in the narrow way. Not wanting to forsake their idols, their lust of the world will blindly lead them to the broad path of destruction.
Let us examine (comparing ourselves to His word, not our neighbors) to see if we are truly in His faith and not our own imaginary faith. Peter
encourages us to make our calling and election sure. Brethren, I too, encourage you to make your calling and election sure. For I want you to be found in confidence and not ashame before Him at His coming (1John2:28)
I am zealous for His people to be built up in His perfection,
according to His word and maturity and not by their own reasoning that
leads to much delusion. May you who claim His name have the same
desire for His body, to see the highest good in others ACCORDING TO
HIS WORD. Let us exhort one another daily while it is called TODAY.
For who knows when it will be the last. But we know the end is
approaching soon, very soon. Let us with such knowledge exhort each
other in all truth, which is love, and in seriousness and sobriety.
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen (1 John5:21).
TRUE CHRISTIAN LOVE
Love is the Queen of the Christian graces.
It is a holy disposition given to us when we are born again by God.
It is the love of God shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit.
True spiritual love is characterized by meekness and gentleness,
yet it is vastly superior to the courtesies and kindnesses of
the flesh.
We must be careful not to confuse human sentimentality,
carnal pleasantries, human amiability and affability with
true spiritual love.
The love God commands, first to Himself and then to others, is
not human love. It is not the indulgent, self-seeking love which is
in us by nature. If we indulgently allow our children to grow up
with little or, no Scriptural discipline, Proverbs plainly says
we do not love them, regardless of the human sentimentality and
affection we may feel for them.
Love is not a sentimental pampering of one another with a loose
indifference as to our walk and obedience before the Lord.
Glossing over one another's faults to ingratiate ourselves
in their esteem is not spiritual love.
The true nature of Christian love is a righteous principle
which seeks the highest good of others.
It is a powerful desire to promote their welfare.
The exercise of love is to be in strict conformity
to the revealed will of God.
We must love in the truth.
Love among the brethren is far more than an agreeable
society where views are the same. It is loving them for what
we see of Christ in them, loving them for Christ's sake.
The Lord Jesus Himself is our example.
He was not only thoughtful, gentle, self-sacrificing and patient,
but He also corrected His mother, used a whip in the Temple,
severely scolded His doubting disciples, and denounced hypocrites.
True spiritual love is above all faithful to God
and uncompromising towards all that is evil.
We cannot declare, 'Peace and Safety' when in reality
there is spiritual decay and ruin!
True spiritual love is very difficult to exercise
because it is not our natural love. By nature we would
rather love sentimentally and engender good feelings.
Also many times true spiritual love is not received
in love, but is hated as the Pharisees hated it.
We must pray that God will fill us with His love and
enable us to exercise it without dissimulation toward all.
BY: A.W. PINK
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