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Great Shall Be the Ruin Of the Evil One
Glenn H. Jackson
...."This is a time of watchful learning My
beloved children. Take heed of all those things which I
have spoken to you and allow yourselves to be a "pure
vessel" of My love to all those whose paths cross yours.
Fear not for even though it appears much has been
lost throughout the years, I swear to you according to My
Word that you shall reap "one hundred fold" (divine
restoration - maximum fruit) in the time between now and
the catching away of the Church.
It is a time of great fruit-bearing. Hold fast to
My Word. Guard your heart with all diligence - for from
it flow the springs of life.
Surely the Evil One will attempt, in desperation,
to remove the seed. But behold My Word has taken root in
your heart and you will not by moved by anything but My
Word, and great shall be the ruin of the Evil One!"....
"SATAN ATTEMPTS TO CAUSE MY CHILDREN TO REACT QUICKLY"
...."My beloved children, if you will listen clos
ely to the voice of My Spirit in EVERY situation you
encounter you will soon forget any concern you might have
for what other people think.
For in waiting on Me every word you speak shall
"bless" the hearer whether they realize it at the time or
not.
It is for this reason that Satan attempts to
cause My children to react quickly - relying only on their
"feelings" of the moment. This is why, as you pause
and wait on Me, then truly the abundance of your heart
shall spring forth. There will be times when that
abundance of My Word will flow forth suddenly as the
Spirit wills, but I say to you practice listening to My
voice at every turn - for in doing so you will be greatly
blessed (empowered) and because of this you will be a
great blessing to all those who cross your path"....
"YOU SHALL SPEAK MY WORD IN EVERY SITUATION"
...."You shall speak My Word in every situation
that I lead you into, but behold - in speaking the truth
continually with no compromise - those who continue to
lean on their own understanding and thus forsake My
counsel shall "surely" be offended.
Make no apology for the words you speak, for out
of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks and your
heart is filled with My Word. Therefore speak out boldly,
knowing that it is I who give you the words. Did I not say
to you "I have put My words in your mouth?"
Only listen to all which I speak to you and
hearken diligently unto the voice of My Spirit, for the
words which you speak are life and only those whose hearts
are hardened against Me - who choose to sow the seeds of
death in the face of the abundant life I have provided for
them - will be offended.
Truly, truly I say to you, they shall be pierced
in their hearts, for My Word is living and active and able
to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart"....
"I TAKE GREAT PLEASURE IN SEEING MY CHILDREN WALK IN FAITH
DESPITE OVERWHELMING CIRCUMSTANCES"
...."Fear not, My beloved ones, for I am about to
bless you in a way you could never have comprehended in
your own understanding. Hold fast for I am with you
always. Be diligent in prayer and in the hearing of My
Word; for you shall not wait much longer for the blessing
to arrive.
I take great pleasure in seeing My children walk
in faith despite overwhelming circumstances, placing My
Word above ALL else, and truly I say to you the world will
see those of My children who do so, for I shall exalt them
(give them a "platform") to a degree whereby all shall see
clearly that it is My hand which is upon them. Therefore,
My beloved ones, having done everything to stand firm,
stand firm!"....
GLENN H. JACKSON
I Am Washing My Hands & I Am Making a Clean Sweep
Mary Clark
Yesterday morning, during intercession, the Lord said
these two phrases to me. He wishes to elaborate at this
time.
***
I, the Lord God Almighty, am doing something at this hour
in a most pronounced fashion. I want you to know that
those things that I have looked on with disdain in My
church are about to be scrubbed clean off the agendas of
those who are in My service. I am requiring that you look
on this as good. I will no longer tolerate those things
that present the living Creator as dull and mundane. I
will no longer do things man's way. No! I will no longer
put up with this abhorrence in My sanctuaries from those
who have stated a commitment to My service. Hear Me NOW,
beloved. I am washing My hands of the dull and mundane.
The name of the living Creator has been sullied by those
presenting Me in this fashion. I abhor it! I abhor all
that is presented about Me that is not ME! There is so
much about Me that I would have My children understand.
There is so much love and good that flows from My heart.
But man for too long has squelched the real Me. Now, I am
about to squelch man's ways - man's scheme of things is
about to be demolished.
The Beloved is going to rise high in hearts, bearing His
will and His true self. His true personality is going to
be shown brightly to those in the world who are called by
His name. Look forward to this, beloved. Again I say, I
want you to look forward to this great washing of My
mighty hands, and embrace all of the changes I bring with
this occurrence.
I am about to sweep some areas clean that for too long
have been littered with the traditions of man. I want you
to behold the mighty broom of the Master as He makes His
giant strokes, sweeping areas of litter clean. These are
areas that you have built a shrine around, beloved. They
must go. They simply MUST go also. Look forward to a
well-swept area in your midst, and know with every good
house cleaning comes something new and attractive. I am
going to add some things in your midst that you may look
on as completely foreign to YOUR way of thinking. When you
see these additions, kindly give Me the opportunity to
explain Myself through My word. Kindly remain silent until
I am through explaining Myself. You will see, beloved,
that it takes patience on My part to give to you blessings
that you would rather refuse. It takes great patience to
see My children, holding tightly to things that are
detrimental to their advancement in Me. I have been and
intend to be patient with YOU. Now, I am asking that YOU
be patient with ME and listen - listen to all that I have
to say, beloved. Yes! Be patient and listen are two
requirements that I am making of you this day. Be patient
and listen!!!
MARY CLARK
A Greater House than Gods
Bryan Hupperts
What would you do if you suddenly had unimaginable wealth and you
could merely speak a thing and it would be done? If this sounds like
a teenage daydream, it happened to one young man named Solomon.
His father was the famed King David of Israel. David had many wives
and lovers who gave him numerous osns and daughters. From among this
considerable litter, it was God who sovereignly chose Solomon to sit
on the throne and continue the promised kingly dynasty.
David had saved jewels, gold, silver, timber, everything need to
construct the long promised House of Worship for Israel's God.
Building the Lord's house was the lone driving passion of his
life. When he was finally ready to begin, God stopped him. David told
the people of Israel, in 1 Chronicles 28 2, "I had it in my heart
to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and
for the footstool of our God, and had made preparations to build it.
But God said to me, `You shall not build a house for My name,
because you have been a man of war and have shed blood.'"
While obviously personally disappointed at the Lord's wishes,
being a pleasing son he complied. He continued saying in verse
6, "Now He said to me, `It is your son Solomon who shall build My
house and My courts; for I have chosen him to be My son, and I will
be his Father.'"
And what did Solomon do with this great task for which he was
appointed? He went the way of many mega ministries and celebrated TV
evangelists. In 2 Chronicles 2:1, "Then Solomon determined to
build a temple for the name of the LORD, and a royal house for
himself."
Did he build the House of the Lord? Yes, and it was one of the
wonders of the ancient world. He also built a house for himself. But
what's wrong with building your own house? In 1 Kings 6:38,
"The house (of the Lord) was finished in all its details and
according to all its plans. So he was seven years in building
it." That's right, it took a massive public building project
7 years to build this palatial structure – all for the glory of
God. The next verse, though, it very revealing about what was really
in Solomon's heart.
"But Solomon took thirteen years to build his own house; so he
finished all his house." He spent 7 years building a house of
worship for God, but he took 13 years to build a magnificent house
for himself. Some scholars speculate that Solomon's house might
have been grander than the house he had built for the Israel's
God. King David amassed a fortune to do the work of the Lord. He
wanted the Lord to be honored in the earth and had it in his heart to
build a place worthy enough – if that were possible - to contain
the presence of God all so that he might receive the worship overdue
him from his people.
Solomon did build the temple of God but built himself a greater
house. In the end, God was so displeased with this man that he tore
the nation of Israel in two. Divided houses cannot stand. Because
Solomon was more concerned with garnering a great name for himself
than honoring the name of the Lord, civil war came to the people of
God.
Civil war continues to rage even in these days as called men and
women earnestly do the work of the kingdom, preaching the Gospel, but
seek to make even greater houses and names for themselves. The sad
result is that God is not honored, the people labor under great
financial strain to build these personal houses (ministries), and
finally the true house of the Lord – the people of God – are
divided and thus cannot stand.
Ahh, for a leader like David to emerge in our generation whose only
desire is to build the Kingdom of God so that the Lord might receive
the worship and praise He alone is due. If this were to happen, God
would be pleased and the people would again find rest. True shepherds
always honor God and lead the flock to lie down safely in green
pastures, beside the still waters, where God can restore their weary
souls. Their sole driving passion is to build a House made up of
living stones all for the glory and honor of their God.
Bryan Hupperts © 2001
A River To Cross
By Alison Papenfus
I was sitting on a plane travelling home this morning and having 3 seats
to myself began to pray concerning my own prophetic gift and the gift in
others on the ministry team I serve with. As I prayed I began to groan
inwardly at our shallowness, our partial understanding, our blindness at
times; I began to cry out to the Lord for a new level of insight, and to
tell him that I was willing to do whatever it took to come to a place
where I could hear him more clearly and stand in a new level of
revelation.
Then I saw a vision. It was of a muddy river, swift flowing, with debris
floating downstream - huge tree-trunks, bits of old cars, what might have
been the roof of a building, sodden clothing and even a few old shoes. As
I looked closer I saw myself and some others standing on one bank. We were
looking at the waters, then wandering away - considering them again, then
wandering off for a bit. I began to understand that I have grown
comfortable with what I have, that the battle to get across another river
to a new place in God is not a welcome effort. I can carry on where I am -
from time to time I may look at the river and think about going across,
but actually when the battle becomes reality ... well, it's a bit more
than I want to do ... because I have just about enough to carry on with
here, on this bank.
As I considered the battle (oh no, Lord - not another one!) and the danger
from tree trunks (wood=man) and old car bodies (rusty old car =
disintegrated ministries), the dirt in the water, the danger of the
current .. it just went on and on ...I didn't want to do it ... not again.
But the dissatisfaction grew in me with where I was - and I knew that I
would have to do it -because I cant stay here!
Then I saw myself and another struggle into the waters. We dodged tree
trunks - when she was knocked over I grabbed her and pulled her back to
her feet, when I was tangled in an old car body she held onto me and
pushed the old car away in the torrent; we waded through thick mud and
deep stones, the water swirled around our chests, we would not have made
it alone. Then we struggled to the far bank. We could not stand. There was
a heaviness about the presence of God that was almost crushing; there was
a thick sence of revelation, suddenly our vision was more vivid, our ears
sharper - but we were unable to rise from our knees to stand, the weight
of the presence of God on the far bank was too much. We could not do what
we had done before - wandering around in our own strength, making our own
plans, speaking words of prophecy as we chose - on the far bank there was
a new level of the fear of God, and a new sence of his purpose for
ourselves and for others.
As my plane came in to land I knew I had some decisions to make. Perhaps I
am not the only one.
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The Kingdom Of God is a "Double Feature"
Michael Sullivant
In a spiritual dream, I saw the kingdom of God as having two theatres
operating concurrently. The first theatre represented God's sovereign
activity in relation to his purposes. The second theatre represented
the arena of human responsibility as it relates to God's purposes. It
was like a "double feature", only the "shows" were playing at the same
time. This was a word play on "two features" of God's kingdom
purposes-God's part and our part. This could also represent two
general "features," or aspects, of God's ways with humanity.
THE DEEP MYSTERIES OF DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY
I saw many people milling around the first theatre, trying to peer
into the deep mysteries that surround divine sovereignty. They were
captivated by the intrigue that it involves. However, the second
theatre was almost empty. This was an urgent concern on the Lord's
heart. Many of God's people were so fascinated by the first theatre
that they were neglecting their arena of responsibility. Their
inquisitiveness was paralyzing them from taking action. In this
particular scenario, they were "philosophizing" as a subtle fleshly
substitute for obeying!
THE SECOND THEATRE OF OPERATIONS
I knew that the Lord wanted to shift his people's attention on to the
second theatre and draw them into it. The show that was playing there
was not as intellectually intoxicating. It was very simple and
practical. There was a posture of heart that was required to properly
participate in this arena. It involved being in awe of the mystery of
God's sovereignty and allowing this to lead them into humility, prayer
and worship. The mysteries of God will never be exhausted by our
finite minds and God has strategically ordained this dynamic.
In the next scene I saw the Lord as a "general contractor" of a vast
building project. He had hired us as sub-contractors on the project.
STAYING OUT OF HIS "OFFICE"
The sub-contractors weren't to concern themselves with trying to do,
or even comprehend, the job of the general contractor-this would
distract them from doing their part. They needed to focus upon their
job. The Lord didn't want people trying to occupy His "office." It
is God's exclusive realm of responsibility to comprehend and
righteously engineer the big picture of earthly activities in such a
way that his name is glorified in the end. God is able to even turn
evil upon its head to serve his ultimate purposes.
Ps 76:10 10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise You; with the
remainder of wrath You shall gird Yourself. (NKJ)
SOVEREIGNTY AS SAFETY NET
In the last scene, I saw the sovereignty of God as a "safety net"
under some acrobats. I knew that we were like those acrobats who, if
they concentrated upon the net's presence, would be unable to perform
their feats. They would miss their timing, their queues and their
leaps and catches. God has called us to do kingdom exploits that
require much preparation, self-discipline, timing, coordination,
teamwork, courage, trust and skill. We should be truly grateful for
the safety net of His mysterious sovereignty, but should not allow its
reality to distract us from the responsibility before us. We are
being called to do our part in the enterprise of God's kingdom. We
are saved by faith alone, but the faith that saves us is not alone.
Faith without works equals dead religion.
James 2:26 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith
without works is dead also.
WHAT GOD MUST DO --- AND WHAT WE MUST DO
Through faith we must intercede, fast, humble ourselves, give
generously, study and meditate, remember the poor, love our spouses
and children, go to the unreached peoples, minister to the sick,
evangelize the lost, serve our local church, preach and teach the word
of God, disciple new converts and develop a rich secret devotional
life. God will not do these things for us. We cannot do the things
that only God can do and God will not do for us what he has called and
empowered us to do with the promised help of the Holy Spirit.
Deut 29:29 "The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but those
things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever,
that we may do all the words of this law. (NKJ)
CARNALITY MOTIVATES US TOWARD THE NOVEL
We tend to be motivated, through both our carnality and the forces of
modern culture, by what is novel. However, the things that God has
ordained for us to do, although we may find fresh expressions for
them, are simple, reasonable and historically established
activities-things like intercession.
CALLING DOWN THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT
May God help us to find our way back to the joyful labor and profound
practice of "calling down" the power of His Spirit and kingdom, both
night and day, upon the regions of this earth in the name of Jesus
Christ our Lord. And, may we be enabled by Him to live out the other
aspects of our lives in such a way that they become totally supportive
of and integrated with this holy preoccupation of prayer.
Present Truth
Jim Wies
The term "Present Truth" itself comes from the terminology used in the old
King James version of the verse in 2 Peter 1:12 "Wherefore I will not be
negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know
them, and be established in the present truth."
Our goal of course, would be to be fully "established in present truth".
The idea, however, is that there is a "present truth" which is, in essence
the "current" truth that God is emphasizing at this present time. For
example, the cutting edge of "Present Truth" during the 1500's was that we
are justified by faith", aka the Lutheran movement. Another example would
be the early 1900's when the "hot" truth, or "present truth" at that time
was that God was pouring out a fresh Pentecostal experience and people were
speaking in tongues. (Azusa Street revival, etc) The hope for us as
prophetic people is that we would be walking in "present truth"; not last
years "old manna" or an emphasis God was bringing forth as "rhema" 10 years
go or 100 years ago.
It could be considered that each fresh move of God is moving in "present
truth". For example, during the 50's and the healing evangelists, God as our
healer was the "present truth". In the late 80's the restoration of prophets
and prophetic ministry was "present truth" . We are now in a time when one
of the "currently emphasized" truths from God is a restoration of the
apostolic, and more importantly than that, the emphasis that one of the
essential responsibilities of the "5-fold" is to equip the saints for the
work of the ministry - to raise up an last days army of ministers to harvest
the earth and make ready a people prepared for HIS coming.
When people or churches apply the term to themselves that they are "present
truth" or "present day truth" they are acknowledging the idea that there are
certain 'current emphasis' truths God works in, and that they believe they
are on the cutting edge of His current "word". Of course there is always
the danger that the "present truth" gang will become an old dead
denomination too, like almost every other movement that was a fresh move of
its day.
Jim Wies
The Text Plus the Holy Spirit
A. W. Tozer
So they come to you as people do, they sit before you as My people,
and they hear your words, but they do not do them; for with their
mouth they show much love, but their hearts pursue their own gain.
--Ezekiel 33:31
When you are trying to find out the condition of a church, do not
just inquire whether it is evangelical. Ask whether it is an
evangelical rationalistic church that says, "The text is enough,"
or whether it is a church that believes that the text plus the
Holy Spirit is enough....
I would rather be part of a small group with inner knowledge than
part of a vast group with only intellectual knowledge. In that
great day of Christ's coming, all that will matter is whether or
not I have been inwardly illuminated, inwardly regenerated,
inwardly purified. Faith Beyond Reason, 30,32.
"I too, Lord, 'would rather be part of a small group with inner
knowledge than part of a vast group with only intellectual
knowledge.' Fill us with Your Spirit and Your presence today.
Amen."
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February 10, 2001
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