Five-Fold Today - Christ-Mass - Transition From Second Day to Third Day - Testing Faithfulness - Reflections in the River - The Day Of My Judgment Is At Hand - Living The Victorious Life - Multiplied Grace! - Love Warriors
CHRIST-MASS
by Doug Fortune
Mass is generally thought of in reference to physical substance;
size, weight, density of a body of substance... mass is something
real with substance that manifests in this natural realm. The
Holy Spirit, the Ruach of Elohim (Breath or Spirit of God) that
we read of brooding over the deep in the book of Genesis is the
ESSENCE of Who God is. Jesus was the bodily substance manifestation
or the MASS (in this natural realm) of CHRIST which is the spiritual
substance of God in a BODY... He was CHRIST-MASS. Christ is literally
the ONENESS of God and man... in other words, the Ruach (Breath
or Spirit) whose essence is SPIRITUAL, manifesting in a MASS,
a PHYSICAL body. Christ is also the collision and marriage of
the spiritual realm - the dwelling place of God, and this natural
realm of MASS. Jesus walked in both realms simultaneously...
we find some examples in John chapters 14 and 17. John 14:3 says,
'... I go and make ready a place for you... that where I AM (present
tense) you may be also...', well He was sitting right in their
midst, yet He was in another realm also. John 17:11 says 'And
now I am no more IN the world, but these are in the world...',
once again, He was right there in their midst praying for the
disciples, but in another realm also. Most Christians have no
problem attributing these things to Jesus, however this same
Jesus the Christ has some interesting things to say concerning
US.
As we keep reading in John 17, verse 14 He says, '... THEY are
not OF the world, just as I am not OF the world.'. Again in verse
16 He says the exact same thing. Now back up to verse 15 and
He says, 'I do NOT ask that You take them OUT of the world...'
and in verse 18, '...I also have sent them INTO the world'. So
many in the church are looking for a rapture to take them OUT
of the world, when in fact He wants to take the world OUT OF
the church!... we are HERE in this world for a PURPOSE! Now if
perhaps you think this was just for those disciples then, go
on to verse 20, 'Neither for these alone do I pray, but also
for ALL those who will EVER come to believe in Me...'. And what
exactly IS the PURPOSE?... the answer lies in verses 21 through
26: '...that they all may be ONE, just as You Father are in Me
and I in You, that they also may be ONE IN US... I have given
to them the glory and honor (likeness) which You have given Me,
that they may be ONE, EVEN AS WE ARE ONE: I in them and You in
Me, in order that they may become ONE and perfectly united...
I desire that they also may be with Me WHERE I AM (two realms
at once) so that they My see My glory... I revealed Your character
and Your very Self, and I will CONTINUE to make You known...
that I Myself may be IN THEM...' (Amplified Bible). THIS is our
PURPOSE, to manifest Christ, to be a CHRIST-MASS in the earth!...
to manifest the ONENESS of God and man that is provided through
the cross. When Jesus went to the cross, He prepared a place
where God and man can be ONE, and that place of dwelling in ONENESS
is CHRIST. It is the place where you and I DIE and are resurrected,
NOT to OUR life and this natural realm only; but resurrected
as He lives HIS LIFE THROUGH US... Christ taking on MASS... a
CHRIST-MASS manifesting to the world.
I believe that just as the 'celebration of Christmas' with its
pagan origin seems to have taken over the world with all of its
commercialized materialistic negative impact, the day is soon
coming when the CHRIST-MASS will take over the world as the kingdoms
of this world are become the Kingdom of the Lord and His Christ...
These will be those who walk in the same ONENESS as Jesus the
Christ; those who are walking in both the spiritual and the natural
realm just as Jesus the Christ. I also believe that this many
membered CHRIST-MASS is being birthed into the earth even now...
Just as Jesus was formed in secret in the womb of a virgin, even
so is this CHRIST-MASS being secretly formed in the womb of a
'Virgin Church' and is now pressing into the birth canal. Don't
look for spectacle though, for just as Jesus the Christ was born
in humility and obscurity, so shall this CHRIST-MASS be born...
no big names and glitzy ministry facades. If your life and ministry
seem to be stuck in an obscure 'barn' off the beaten path while
the 'Churchianity Inn' is running at full capacity, don't worry
about it, there is a purpose.
Don't get me wrong... I'm NOT saying that this CHRIST-MASS I
speak of is not manifesting at all now, or that we ought to 'wait'
on something. It IS for the PRESENT, and we should walk in the
measure that is revealed, but we are only seeing a measure now...
the 'fullness of the FULLNESS' is yet to come. I am enjoying
CHRIST-MASS now, and I am looking forward to the CHRIST-MASS
to come.
May CHRIST-MASS be a reality in your life and may you have a
blessed Christmas also.
info@DougFortune.org
Transition From Second Day to Third Day
Rev. George G. Delo
"Whenever the cloud was taken up from above the tabernacle, after that
the children of Israel would journey; and in the place where the cloud
settled, there the children of Israel would pitch their tents. At the
command of the LORD the children of Israel would journey, and at the
command of the LORD they would camp; as long as the cloud stayed above
the tabernacle they remained encamped" (Numbers 9:17,18).
The cloud of God is moving and taking us to a new place. The Lord is
bringing His church into the third day, from Pentecost to Tabernacles. It
is a time of transition from one day to another, and the church is
commanded to arise and move with God or be left out of this next day
move. The Lord has been speaking from every corner of the earth that the
time is upon us.
Some of the significant scriptures concerning the third day and what it
is bringing to the body of Christ are as follows:
"And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his
kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his
kind: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were
the third day" (Genesis 1:12,13).
"Then on the third day Abraham lifted his eyes and saw the place afar
off. And Abraham said to his young men, 'Stay here with the donkey; the
lad and I will go yonder and worship, and we will come back to you'"
(Genesis 22:4,5).
"And let them be ready for the third day. For on the third day the LORD
will come down upon Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people" (Exodus
19:11).
"Now the temple was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, which
was in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius" (Ezra 6:15).
"Now it happened on the third day that Esther put on her royal robes and
stood in the inner court of the king's palace, across from the king's
house, while the king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, facing
the entrance of the house. So it was, when the king saw Queen Esther
standing in the court, that she found favor in his sight, and the king
held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. Then Esther
went near and touched the top of the scepter" (Esther 5:1,2).
"After two days He will revive us; On the third day He will raise us up,
That we may live in His sight. Let us know, Let us pursue the knowledge
of the LORD. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come
to us like the rain, Like the latter and former rain to the earth" (Hosea
6:2,3).
"From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to
Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and
scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day" (Matthew 16:21).
"On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother
of Jesus was there" (John 2:1).
For some of these scriptures you have to go back and read the whole
passage, but as we look at these we see a picture of the third day church
and what the Lord is even now bringing forth in the midst of His people.
The third day represents fruitfulness, both in a great harvest of souls
but also as Isaiah 54 tells us in the coming end of barrenness in the
lives of His people. It is a time of sacrificial giving to meet the needs
of God's loved ones. It represents divine visitation in powerful ways as
God ascends in the midst of His people. The third day brings about the
restoration and completion of God's temple as a holy habitation of His
glory. The third day brings divine favor and empowerment for the people
of God. There is a release of blessing and power as the doors of heaven
are being opened to enable the purposes of God to be carried out. The
third day is a day of restoration and resurrection power as the former
and latter rains are released for harvest and revival. It is time of
resurrection life with signs and wonders being released in the heavens
and the earth. And as we see in John 2, the third day is a day of new
wine and rejoicing. God is turning the water into wine.
The third day church will be a church of glory as God is revealed as
never before through a holy church without spot or blemish. The Holy
Spirit is brooding over the body of Christ to bring God's divine order
and government for the coming forth of His bride of splendor. Many are
seeing this and proclaiming it to the body of Christ. Many are hearing
the word and are being stirred in their spirits to rise up to the
challenge. But change is a very difficult time for anyone. Transition
always comes with a price. Many in the body of Christ are coming up to
this place but having great difficulty going through. Some are fighting
it; some are dismissing it altogether; and others are struggling to find
the way. When God brought transition to Israel from law to grace through
Jesus Christ, the Jews struggled with this change also and in the same
ways. Paul put it this way:
"What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness,
have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness of faith; but
Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of
righteousness. Why? Because they did not seek it by faith, but as it
were, by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone.
As it is written: 'Behold, I lay in Zion a stumbling stone and rock of
offense, And whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame'" (Romans
9:30-33).
The church has been much like the Jews: we have been pursuing the
righteousness of God through the law - self effort, works of the law,
rather than by faith. We too have stumbled over the Stumbling Stone of
Christ. The only way to go from the second day to the third day is by the
only Way - faith in Christ. Either we will fall on the Stone in humility
and surrender or the Stone will fall on us to bring us to humility and
surrender. In order to understand the transition from second day to third
day we must first understand the second day which prepares us for the
third day.
"Thus God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the
firmament from the waters which were above the firmament; and it was so"
(Genesis 1:7) Before there could be fruitfulness on the third day, there
first had to be separation on the second day. The word of God comes to
divide the soul and spirit. Because of the contention in the house,
Ishmael and the bondwoman had to be put out so that Isaac, the son of
promise could be the sole heir of the inheritance. The second day is a
time of separation.
"Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said
to him, 'Abraham!' And he said, 'Here I am'" (Genesis 22:1). The second
day is a day of testing. There has to be first a willingness of obedience
to God. This included the willingness of sacrifice. Until we are truly
willing, God cannot move us into the next day. We must be willing to walk
in obedience, even the obedience of death as we trust God with our very
lives.
"Then the LORD said to Moses, 'Go to the people and consecrate them today
and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes'" (Exodus 19:10). The
second day is a time of consecration and cleansing. No flesh shall glory
in the presence of God. God comes to a people who are already prepared,
sanctified, having been washed with the washing of water by the word.
Ezra, Haggai, Zachariah. The temple was completed only after the people
considered their ways and submitted themselves to the prophetic word and
returned to the priorities of God to build His temple instead of their
own houses. Much of the church has been busy building their own houses,
kingdoms, comforts, etc. rather than being focused on the temple within
lying in ruins.
"Go, gather all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me;
neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will
fast likewise. And so I will go to the king, which is against the law;
and if I perish, I perish!" (Esther 4:16). The second day is a time of
fasting and seeking the Lord in humility and surrender, willing to obey
even if it means death. We prepare ourselves for the visitation of the
King by coming apart from all fleshly desires and putting His desires
first and foremost.
"I will return again to My place Till they acknowledge their offense.
Then they will seek My face; In their affliction they will earnestly seek
Me. Come, and let us return to the LORD; For He has torn, but He will
heal us; He has stricken, but He will bind us up. After two days He will
revive us; On the third day He will raise us up, That we may live in His
sight" (Hosea 5:15-6:2). The second day is a time of return to the Lord
from our selfish ways of idolatry and sin. It is a time of healing and
deliverance, restoration of covenant relationship with the Lord.
"From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to
Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and
scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day" (Matthew 16:21).
Before there can be resurrection, there must first be a death. The way to
resurrection life is the way of sharing in the suffering and death of
Jesus Christ. Unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it
abides alone. The second day is a time of dying to ourselves, being
purified through the sufferings of the flesh.
"When the master of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine,
and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the
water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom" (John 2:9).
You cannot pour new wine into old wineskins. The second day represents
the new wineskins. We must be prepared for the new wine or it will be
spilled and ruined.
Whole sermons could be written on these second day scriptures, but the
point that needs to be seen is that of preparation - the transition from
the second day to the third day requires preparation on our part. This
preparation will take place as we become the generation that seeks the
Lord wholeheartedly. It is through the revelation truth of God's word
that we will be led into the third day glory of God. The Psalmist put it
this way: "Oh, send out Your light and Your truth! Let them lead me; Let
them bring me to Your holy hill And to Your tabernacle. Then I will go to
the altar of God, To God my exceeding joy; And on the harp I will praise
You, O God, my God" (Psalm 43:3,4). The revealed truth will lead us to
God's holy hill where we will become willing to go upon His altar of
sacrifice off of which we will be raised up into His joy.
The Feast of Tabernacles was divided into three parts. The first part was
the blowing of the trumpets. This was a call to a holy convocation, a
time of affliction and repentance. As can be seen from the scriptures
above concerning the second day, it is a time of coming apart in humility
and surrender, rending our hearts and not our garments, weeping and
mourning over our sinfulness, crying out to God with a willing heart and
mind even though we know it means death, the death of the cross. None are
exempt. All must come to this holy convocation and submit to the Lord. As
we cry out to the Lord in brokenness, with a desire for Him alone, with a
willingness to abandon everything of this life, the Holy Spirit will
prepare us for the second step in this work. All we have to offer, all we
are capable of doing, all God requires us to do, is to be willing. And
even if you're not willing, ask God to help you in this and He will do
that too. It is pure grace and mercy.
As we seek the Lord with fasting and mourning, humility and repentance,
the Lord brings us to the second part of Tabernacles, the Day of
Atonement. As Paul put it, 'when the Lord sees fit and is pleased to
reveal Christ in us', then suddenly He will come into this temple made
without hands, and He will sit as a refiner, a purifier of the sons of
Levi, and He will sit and sit until He sees the work is finished, every
defilement washed away.
"For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer,
sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, how
much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit
offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead
works to serve the living God?" (Hebrews 9:13,14).
The Lord our Sanctifier puts to death our old man, circumcises our
hearts, crucifies the sin nature, and then resurrects us into the new man
in divine union with Himself. We are resurrected from the second day into
the third day, dead to the power of sin and alive to God as new creatures
to live in His sight in holiness and righteousness and ultimately eternal
life.
"For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death,
certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing
this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might
be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin" (Romans
6:5,6).
If the church is to become the third day church, it must fall on the
Stone, be washed in the cleansing blood of Christ, identify with the
death of Christ, and be raised up with Him in the newness of life. As a
work of grace it requires faith. Faith comes by hearing the word. Like
Isaiah, we must seek the Lord through prayer and His word until we come
face to face with the depravity of our fallen natures in light of the
glory of God in His holiness, so that we will repent and rise up in faith
to the promise of Christ to cleanse and sanctify us. Abiding in the word
will bring forth the truth that will set us free. God will remove the
stony heart and give us a new heart that will obey Him. And when our
temple is a holy temple, God will come in His fullness, His peace, His
joy, His love, and all that His nature represents. We can grow in grace,
grow in the knowledge of the Lord, be conformed to the image of Christ,
and be the witnesses God called us to be. We can now prepare to celebrate
the Feast of Tabernacles.
Paul said there will be some that will enter this place of rest in
Christ. These are the willing in the day of His power. These are the
company of overcomers being birthed out of the womb of the morning in
holy array. The Lord of Hosts, mighty in battle, is standing ready to do
this work. For those who will yearningly lift their heads unto Him, He is
ready to come in, the King of Glory, to sever the cords of sin and turn
the captivity of His people. Let the third day church come forth!
Submitted by Rev. George G. Delo
Power For Today Prophetic Ministries
www.angelfire.com/va2/powerfortoday
gdelo@juno.com
Testing Faithfulness
Joan Coyle
I heard the Lord ask: "What kind of soldier are you?"
Are you willing to wait, stand, pray, and watch? Keep vigil at all cost;
when there seems to be no intervention from Me, do you ask what have you
done wrong; where are you Lord? When the gifts are still and My voice seems
silent, do you search in other places? Do you seek the grass that looks
greener on the other side? Did Gideon's army know they were being tested as
they drank? Did Moses know he was being tested in the wilderness? That I
Am at this moment testing the strength of each to see who will enter into
the battlefield. Those who will not look for ease or comfort; but will focus
on the goal. To keep your eyes, like flint, on Me. I carry my troops into
battle. The victory is already won. Will you hold steady at this time.
Allow me to prepare you for battle and victory?
ejcoyle@hotmail.com
Reflections in the River
Excerpt, by Randy Clark
The Kingdom of God does not advance so much through the labors of church
councils, committees, or denominational plans as it does through the
dedicated lives of chosen leaders who are visionary people who know they
have been called, chosen by God for the work they are doing. They know they
have a heavenly mandate, a vision from God to fulfill, and because of this
heavenly vision they burn with passion to fulfill it. They know they are
"sent", the basic meaning of the word "apostolic". These "sent ones" these
consecrated ones who are burning with the passion of God are the most
effective means of advancing the Kingdom of God. They accomplish so much
more than the other faithful saints of God who are called, but whose sense
of being sent, and whose awareness of the burning power of God within them
are not as great. Thank God for His "sent ones".
Randy Clark in Kiev, Ukraine
Submitted by New Wine News
nw-news@grmi.org
The Day Of My Judgment Is At Hand
MARTIN SAYERS
Do not be deceived by the spirit of the season. These are indeed perilous times.
You have been warned time and again to be found in safe
habitations. Do not risk all that you have been prepared
to receive by leaving your heart unguarded. I have
prepared you for such a time as this, for in My judgment,
that which will be poured out is great blessings for those
who have prepared their hearts to receive. It has been by
your obedience in the small things that you have prepared
your heart. Like the widow and her two mites.
Mark 12: 41 And Jesus sat opposite the treasury, and
beheld how the people cast money into the treasury. And
many who were rich cast in much. 42 And there came a
certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make
a farthing. 43 And He called unto Him His disciples and
said unto them, "Verily I say unto you, that this poor
widow hath cast more in than all they that have cast into
the treasury; 44 for they all cast in of their abundance,
but she of her want cast in all that she had, even all her
living."
Giving out of your abundance is not giving at all. Yet it
is a matter of the heart. When you have given all that is
in your heart unto the Lord holding no good thing back,
then you will be prepared to receive.
I am looking for vessels that have been emptied of all
selfish ambitions. These are the vessels that will be
filled to overflowing, by My Spirit will I cause all
manner of blessings to come unto those who have been
faithful in the small things. Be not surprised as you see
those who have humbled themselves before the Lord exalted
and promoted. Even as you will see those who have exalted
themselves before men humbled before the Lord.
My children lay down that which has no eternal value; it
has become a heavy burden and you cannot walk with it. You
have been slowed down to a crawl. Look up, get up, and
walk again with your Lord. The Day of your salvation is
nearer to you than it has ever been.
Marty@spiritofprophecy.com
Living The Victorious Life
Mike Forest
God has given us many wonderful promises as His Children, and one
of these promises is victory over the world, the flesh, and the devil. It is
the normal Christian life to live in victory over sin, but yet it is so
often
our testimony that the victory that we desire often time alludes us.
So what is the answer? Will victory come through more self effort? Is
victory something that we do? The answer to these questions can be found in
the Word of God. "But thanks be to God, which GIVES us the victory through
our Lord Jesus Christ." (1 Cor.15:57). True victory is not something that we
work for and achieve as a reward, but true victory is a gift that is given
unto us.
Jesus Christ is our victory. He is the one that has overcome the evil one in
all things, and now He has given us Himself to be our victory over every
attack of the enemy. "For it is by grace that you are saved by faith: and
that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God." (Eph. 3:8). Grace is
something that God does for us. Work is something that I do for myself. Just
as salvation can only be obtained by believing and receiving the finished
work of our Lord Jesus Christ, living victoriously can only be obtained by
receiving Christ as our victory. Victory is a gift and can only be obtained
by grace. It is God that gives us the victory, and He gives us the victory
by giving us Himself to live in us as our victory.
"For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under the law,
but under grace." (Romans 6:14). Sin shall not have dominion over the child
of God because "the law of the Spirit of life that is in Christ Jesus has
made me free from the law of sin and death." (Romans 8:2). When I am living
the Christian life by grace, then there is a power that is working on the
inside of me, that is setting me free from every work of darkness. Living
by grace means that I am living by the life of God that is on the inside of
me. The true Christian life is an overcoming life, because the true
Christian life is "Christ in me, the hope of glory." (Col. 1:27). The true
Christian life is a victorious life because "it is no longer I that lives
but Christ lives in me." (Gal. 2: 20). Just as it is impossible for Jesus
Christ to sin, it is equally impossible for His resurrection life that is
resident on the inside of us to fail.
"For whatsoever is born of God overcomes the world: and this is the victory
that overcomes the world, even our faith." (1 John 5:4). It is the one that
is born of God that overcomes the world, because the one that is born of God
has "the greater One" dwelling within him. The apostle Paul said "for me to
live is Christ." When Christ becomes our very life then our Christian
experience will be one of sustained victory. The true Christian life is an
exchanged life. Just as Jesus Christ was our substitute through death
bearing
our sin and shame upon the cross, now the risen Christ is living His life
within us by the Holy Spirit.
Our part in all this is yielding and believing. We are to yield our whole
being unto God as a living sacrifice, and believe that God is working within
us both to will and to do of His good pleasure. The Christian is not the
defeated that is trying to get the victory. No, the Christian that is in
Christ, seated in heavenly places is the victorious one, that the enemy is
attempting to deceive and bring into bondage. As long as we abide in Christ,
we are victorious. Outside of Christ there is no victory, because "in our
flesh dwells no good thing."
"Jesus Christ has been made unto us, wisdom, and righteousness, and
sanctification, and redemption." (1 Cor. 1:30). God has made Himself
personally responsible for us. The salvation that the Lord Jesus Christ has
provided is much more than us going to heaven when we die. We have not
only been delivered from the penalty of sin, but from the power of sin.
In His Love,
Mike Forest
MForest585@aol.com
MULTIPLIED GRACE!
Homer Owen
...."May grace and peace be multiplied for you." (1 Peter 1:2)
Have you ever been in a meeting where the Lord was moving among His
people to bless them with His sweet presence? A few years back my wife and
I were privileged to be in a meeting like this and I couldnąt believe what I
heard the minister doing towards these folks. It is hard to describe what
was happening but let me try. These folks had some how come to a place that
they had abandoned themselves to the sweetness of Jesus and some were crying
and some were laughing and some were doing other things. But what stood out
to me was what the minister was doing. He would come up to one of these
folks and simply begin to holler: łMore Lord, More, give them more Lord.
Donąt hold back Lord, give them more.˛ And the more they cried or laughed
or what ever they were doing the more the minister asked the Lord to give
them more.
When I was first baptized in the Holy Spirit I cried a great deal and it
seemed that I could hear the angels encouraging the Lord to touch me more.
Can you imagine what it must have been for Saul that day on the way to
Damascus when suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him and he fell to
the ground blinded by the light and had to be led into town. He was blind
three days and wasnąt able to eat or drink. Through out the ministry of
Paul we find him going back to this encounter with Jesus.
"I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him
crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling.
And my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but
in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not rest
on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God." (1 Corinthians 2:2-5)
My prayer for all of us is that His grace will be multiplied to each of
us. We all need more and more of Him. My great desire is to know Him more.
I want to know Him as a friend that doesnąt need anything but just wants to
hang out together with Him.
I have four wonderful sons that are all grown men. I will always be a
father to them, but my desire now is to be friends with them. Jesus will
always be our savior, but His real desire is to be our friend. "Greater
love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. You
are My friends, if you do what I instruct you. No longer do I call you
slaves; for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have
called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have
made known to you." Friends trust one another with everything. I cherish
my friendship with the one that laid His life down for me.
This is coming to you from Homer Owen in Waco, Texas. My home page is:
http://home.earthlink.net/~homerowen/
Love Warriors
Linda Evans
Mike Bickle has said...
Dear Saints of God,
The reason romanced warrior's hearts are protected is because there has been a
great death to love... to human love. 'Our' love is not Kingdom Love... our
carnal human love was but a shadow of LOVE... and our love is not adequate, nor
complete. Our love is not what the world needs -- the hurting and the lost, the
captives need the Agape of God! As in all things of this Heavenly Kingdom we
must die to the old -- in order to live to the New. Love is no different. We
think to "add on" His Love to 'our' love -- but this shall never be. We must
allow the crucifixion of 'our love' in order to be resurrected into His Love.
Our love is flesh, His LOVE is Spirit.
To those warriors who are coming through the transformation in Love -- this
crucifixion is a spiritual reality. They know this aspect of the Divine
Transforming work. All those who have traveled this path ahead of us, have
spoken to us of this -- and yet, until it is our turn, we do not fully
understand. Suffering is a word we think we understand, until our hearts are
fully made vulnerable and transparent ... this is the spear to the heart which
we must receive upon the Cross.
Romanced Warrior's Heart ARE protected and empowered because they receive His
Heart in this death.... then they do indeed carry their primary reward! AMEN!!!
"HIS HEART", "HIS LOVE", "HIS COMPASSION".... and there is no longer any power
on earth which can cause "This Love" to fail... for it is Agape.
May we faint not, nor fall away at the time of the piercing... for it must
come. May we stand in faith and love, holding onto one another as all must come
through this intense time of conformity to the Image of Christ. Even as we look
upon Mary, as a type and firstfruit in the Divine Transforming Work of Agape, a
type of the Warrior-Bride, we see she too was warned of this
piercing-identification with Her Beloved Son... From the very beginning it was
told to her: "And Simeon blessed them and said unto Mary, His Mother, 'behold
this [child] is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel, and for a
sign which shall be spoken against: (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own
soul also) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed." Luke 2:34-35
These called and chosen and set-apart for Love-ones shall become Christ's
surrendered-instruments of revelation for the sake of others. These "Lambs of
Love" shall go forth -- and Love with His Love -- they shall be rejected,
mocked, slandered, reviled -- forces of evil shall be allowed to come fully
against them -- yet undaunted, they shall continue to LOVE with His Love and
the Divine Nature, JESUS who is LOVE in them, shall reveal the deepest lack in
the hearts of others. Love which continues to love no matter what the
opposition is, shall be the means of a great repentance to come upon the
earth... for the thoughts of many hearts shall be revealed.
Everything which is hidden, shall be revealed... and AGAPE reveals all.
Yet... may we each be prepared for the day "a sword shall pierce through thy
soul also."
AGAPE
December 24, 2000
"It is so easy to get your heart wounded in the heat of the battle. But
romanced warriors' hearts are protected and empowered because they carry
their primary reward (which is the power to be exhilarated in love and
fascinated with beauty) within their hearts."
Praise God for those who are willing to be humbled by Love! To become awakened,
needing, longing Lovers of God... yet know also that with the Love comes the
Suffering. The two Love+Suffering go hand in hand... for with the Love shall
come the piercing.
your sister, Linda the Beguine
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