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Is Anyone Listening?
By Larry Taylor
Zechariah's word to the people of Israel spoken in the context of rebuilding the temple and the city was to avoid the errors of the past. "Don't repeat the mistakes of your fathers" The specific area of transgression was not listening to or taking action on the "now" word of the prophets. Jesus spoke of those who honored the dead prophets, revealing their hearts. They had the same spirit of those who put them to death. The future messianic golden age was celebrated by Israel as a matter of much national pride. But where they failed miserably was in receiving and obeying the current revelation.
This was especially sad when understood in the light of Isaiah 1:19. The promise in this passage states: "If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat of the good of the land; but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be
devoured by the sword' For the mouth of the Lord has spoken." Unfortunately, there were many who disregarded the Word of the Lord and as a result, their enemies stole their God given inheritance.
In the case of Zechariah's generation, they heard the word and repented. Work on the temple resumed and the enemies of God's purpose were overcome. Isaiah 1:9 says "Unless the Lord of hosts had left to us a very small
remnant, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been made like Gomorrah." Thank God for the remnant who hear and obey and are blessed!
Now let me speak in the context of the current state of affairs of the evangelical and spirit filled churches in the U.S. (My specific assignment as of now) God is not just speaking, He is shouting! "Arise, shine for your light has come....and the glory of the Lord is risen upon you." "The glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together..." It is time to receive and release the glory of the Lord. It is time to be the city set on a hill. Take the baskets off your light and let it shine! The miraculous is being poured out in a fresh new wave. Signs and wonders are increasing and His word is coming forth with increasing clarity--IN SOME PLACES. But the majority of the religious community is still mired in ambivalence or outright opposition to what God is saying and doing. Thank God for the places where the Spirit is allowed freedom to rule. But it is time to heed the word...prepare your vessel to receive the glory. Don't repeat the mistakes of the past and miss the day of the Lord's visitation.
The distractions in the body are too numerable to list in this format, but we are in a mess. Immorality is rampant. (In the church) While God is doing a true work of apostolic and prophetic restoration in His Church, men are gathering to themselves organizations that carry the same stench of the denominationalism of the past under the guise of "apostolic renewal." Those who carry the anointing for sign and wonders and power evangelism are still viewed as "fringe" and their words are ignored or marginalized under an ever increasing avalanche of seminars, books and conferences on how to do church based on the principles of commerce and the world systems. True righteousness is being replaced by an "integrity" emphasis that often measures men by men
and overlooks gross transgressions when the "right" people are involved; while magnifying the failures to follow man made rules and procedures among those not in the "in" group.
God help us. Let's not go back. Were it not for the remnant, we would really be in trouble. My prayer is that the remnant will be like orange juice concentrate. When water is added, it goes a long way. "God pour out the
multiplied harvest that has been promised. Take those who have heard and obeyed and multiply them into a mighty ocean!"
LRT
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Radical Christianity
Debra Westbrook
In being radical, there are different things that must take place within
one's life. Within me, I must be radically inclined to immediate obedience in
any and all circumstances where I step out of the boat and onto the water-
following Jesus wherever He may lead me. Immediate obedience will rip and
tear my flesh, rending all religious veils within me that keep the light of
the Holy of Holies from shining forth within my life. I must allow the Spirit
of God by the Word of God to rend that veil that still exists within me.
I must allow the cross to be a "finished" reality in my life. Its power must
kill and crucify my flesh while establishing me in total submission and
humility. Christlikeness must be worked through my very being. There is a
separation that exists in each of us where still the flesh holds dominion
over the spirit. I must willingly bring it to the cross and crucify it.
In order to live and move and have my being in Him (Acts 17:28), I must be
led and controlled by my spirit and not my flesh.
Romans 8:5-6
Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what
that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have
their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind of sinful man is death,
but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; (NIV)
Romans 8:9-10
You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if
the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of
Christ, he does not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you, your body is
dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. (NIV)
Romans 8:13-14
For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the
Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live, because
those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. (NIV)
Romans 8:15
For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but
you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." (NIV)
This radical foundation of being led by the Spirit of God is being birthed
into me, destroying my flesh, which always attempts to rule and dominate my
life. As God is breathing new life into me, I must turn my back on dead
religion that seeks to keep man in bondage to programs and agendas while
failing to release them into the realm of glory that Jesus promised to us.
We are to walk in the abundant light of His presence, which will move us
forward in passion and power. To be radical, I must first confront what
exists within me that would want to live an apathetic, complacent Christian
existence rather than to work the works of the Kingdom by the King who
resides within me.
I must choose to bring my complacency, lethargy, and apathy to the cross to
receive an abundant provision of grace to set me on fire for the sake of the
Gospel of Jesus Christ. When a radical foundation is established in my life,
I start to look more like my Lord. He astounded and confounded the religious
leaders of His day by challenging their traditions and structure. Imagine
that!
Who ever heard such claims? How preposterous! Proclaiming to be greater than
the temple in their midst! (Matthew 17:24) Driving out the moneychangers with
a passionate vehemence that bordered on lunacy! (Matthew 21:12-13) Hanging
out with prostitutes and tax collectors! Empowering women and loving
children! How absurd to a religious establishment whose love had gotten cold
beyond measure!
Healing everywhere He went by unconventional means that astounded their idols
of common sense and wisdom! Putting mud on blind eyes, unstopping ears, and
driving out demons from the very souls of those kept in bondage! Yes, oh yes,
He did it all with a radical abandoned passion and calls us to do the same.
The staid and formal religious system in His day stayed hidden behind
formalized tradition and structure while Jesus took it to the streets and got
in the face of lost humanity. Are we called to do anything less?
As this radical platform is established in my life, I will challenge the
forces of darkness that try to keep me from being victorious and triumphant
in Christ. That in turn will challenge and bring down my strongholds as well
as destroying the strongholds existing in the spiritual atmosphere in my
neighborhood, city, and nation. It all starts with me. Does anyone hear what
I am saying?
Stop complaining, fighting, and bickering. Refuse to bow to depression,
despair, or self-pity. Rise up to be radical in Christ Jesus. Enter the flow
of the Holy Spirit in these times. Rise up from the pews or chairs that we
sit in to start a revolution. I am not talking about rebellion anger, or
control or anything that is not of Jesus.
Let a revolution start in my own heart so that it may spill over into the
lives of others! Be radical! Be passionate in my love for my Savior! Throw
caution to the wind. Refuse to be complacent. Run from those who desire to
bring me down to a state of apathy and status quo Christianity. Let my Jesus
set the world on fire through me, by igniting once again the embers that once
burned bright for my first love.
I prophesy to myself and whoever reads this that we will never be the same.
May God ignite our lives for the sake of the Gospel.May we consider our lives
not unto death to bring forth and trumpet a cry of freedom in these days. May
we burn with undying love for our Jesus. May we let the hand of the Spirit of
God lift us out of our fears, insecurities, slumber, complacency, self-pity,
depression, despair, loneliness, bitterness, and unforgiveness or whatever
impedes or obstructs our progress into an intimate revelation of falling
madly in love with Jesus, now and forevermore!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rivers of Eden
The In Christ Revolution
by Warren Litzman
The revolution is on and we are a part of it. Wonderfully and
gloriously, the Father has let us be a part of it. This revolution
centers on the greatest truth recorded in the Bible -- the truth
that we are "in Christ." It would seem that there would never
need to be a revolution on such a subject especially a revolution
led by God, the Holy Spirit but that is exactly what is happening
today. It is a revolution in that the entire course of Reformation
theology is destined for a radical advance into the fullness
of Christ and a deeper understanding of God's eternal plan than
ever before experienced.
The in-Christ truth is certainly not new. Neither is it some
hidden and obscure truth. It is the most visible and oft-written
truth in the entire New Testament, not to mention its vivid presence
in the Old Testament. In fact, the in-Christ truth is mentioned
over 200 times in the New Testament, with at least 146 of those
times referring directly to the foremost doctrinal truth to be
found in the entire Bible.
It may seem strange that the one truth that is the center and
the circumference of the plan of God should have to be proclaimed
by anyone. It should be the best known and most practiced truth
of any Bible-believing saint. Yet the very opposite has been
true, and this is the reason the Father has provoked a revolution.
I believe He does this so He might direct our attention to what
He is doing in the universe, as well as to what He is saying
in the Word
It must be noted that without this truth being made known to
the believer, there will never be a church pleasing to the Father.
Satan's primary intent is to keep the believer from this truth.
Satan knows that the entire plan of the Father is centered in
Christ, so to confuse modern believers, he keeps them majoring
in the minor issues. How ironic that this truth in Christ is
mentioned more often as a doctrine than any other in the Scripture,
yet many fail to see it.
Perhaps that happens because many think, as I once did, that
this wording alludes to Old English or to a special vernacular
that was common to Paul. For whatever reason, the believer is
denied an understanding of this truth. Without it, neither the
Bible as a whole nor Christ as a Savior can be fully known or
understood. It is a growing fact among the hungry believers of
this world that, without a Spirit revelation of the in-Christ
truth, the believer will never become all that the Father planned
for him to be.
Now the Father, after waiting for centuries for men to turn to
Him in hunger, has heard the cry of those searching ones and
has provoked a move of the Spirit to reveal His liberating secret.
It is called a secret because three times Paul spoke of it as
being hidden in God. It was hidden from the Old Testament writers;
it was not made clear in the ministry of Jesus of Nazareth, though
He often spoke of it; and it was not until Paul had his revelation
of Christ in Galatians 1 that the truth was made public. By this,
one can see that the Father has a will to reveal His greatest
truth when, and only when, He chooses.
It is my feeling that the Father has once again accelerated among
hungry believers the knowing of the one truth that runs the plan
of God and is the only reason for the universe itself. So you
can see why I call this a revolution. Praise God, the revolution
is on as we see the Father alerting and teaching believers all
over the earth His liberating secret. This move of the Spirit
is not doctrinal except in the light that it is the main doctrine
in the Word. This move of the Spirit is not denominational, yet
people from every denomination are involved. It is not of man
nor is it a truth held by "a man," for it is God's will for all
men to come to its knowing. It will be a truth that will revolutionize
modern theology and be the ultimate fulfillment to the Reformation
church
Not A New Truth
The one important thing about this truth is, it has always been
in the Scriptures. We certainly are not plucking out and promoting
some obscure truth. It is as well known as any biblical truth.
That is probably the reason that its greater essence has been
so overlooked by the modern church. This is where Satan has tricked
us. Because the in-Christ truth is so prevalent in the Word,
many have not taken it seriously. There is a spiritual pride
in most believers that surfaces when someone comes saying a thing
differently than they understood it, or when someone says that
emphasis should be placed in another area. This, of course, causes
a revolution among believers, but as I see it, it is the only
way the Father can ever bring His plan to its ultimate conclusion.
The Reason for Everything
To have a clear picture of what God is doing in His eternal plan,
we must see how the in-Christ truth is the catalyst for everything
He does. The incorporation of all believers in Christ is the
prime work of God to correct the self-independence resident in
all creatures since Satan was in the Father's house. Notably
lacking was any feeling that Lucifer and the Father were one.
Thus, when the Father drew up the plan for us, He in essence
had to devise some way His sons could be one with Him. He is
love and has always wanted love from His sons. What He wants
is a union of all men with Himself, and further, a union of all
men with themselves. This is His greatest desire, for one of
the most singular truths in the Scriptures, in Christ, is translated
146 times to read union with God. It is further proven in that
this most-often-stated truth is not just a prepositional phrase
but a doctrinal truth. As a doctrinal truth, it is stated more
often than any other doctrinal truth in the Word -- more than
faith, or power, or love, or baptism, or church. All of these
doctrines are genuine, but none of them hold the importance or
weight of Scripture as does the in-Christ truth.
To really get a clear picture of this truth, we need to see the
truth in the Old Testament. To do this properly, we will rely
upon the New Testament to explain the Old. As theologians say,
"The New is hidden in the Old; the Old is revealed in the New."
As I have often taught students, the Epistles explain the Gospels,
and the Gospels explain the Old Testament. Therefore, to understand
this great truth in the Old Testament, we must call upon Paul.
For example, all creation in and before Genesis 1 is to Paul
an overwhelming fact, that God's purpose is to bring the creature
to a union with Him by placing the creature in Christ. This is
evidenced by Paul's words in Ephesians 1:4, "According as He
hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world....
" Here at the foundation of the world is also stated the foundation
of the greatest truth, "chosen in Him." For Paul, all of creation
deals with the in-Christ truth. In Colossians 1 :15-19, he states,
"[Christ] the firstborn of every creature...by Him were all things
created... all things were created by Him, and for Him: And He
is before all things, and by Him all things consist... that in
all things He might have the pre-eminence. For it pleased the
Father that in Him should all fullness dwell."
Warren Litzman
In Demonstration of My Power
Gloria Shepherd
Walk away from all that has tried to enslave you in this hour, my beloved ones. All that has
held you in bondage to the chains of religion and of the works of the flesh must be shaken off,
and removed for you now.
Many of you are trying to still walk into the new 3rd day work of my spirit through the fleshy
work of your own hands, and you are not surrendering to my spirit says the Lord. You cannot
come into the new 3rd day work of my spirit, until you are fully surrendered at the cross and
have dyed fully to self before me. Then I can bring you into the resurrection power for this
hour. I am about to pour out my power upon you, says the Lord so that you will walk in great
demonstration of my power now, and many will be healed. Come and receive all that I have for
you this day. For I have chosen many of you to walk in this mighty explosive firey anointing
for this hour. Your words will go forth in explosive power of my spirit, in mighty
demonstration of my spirit upon the earth.
These will release great firestorms of my fire over the earth. Out of these fires that will be
ignited upon the earth, will be birthed true revival over the earth.
This 3rd day power that is going to be released now,. will set the earth on fire through it's
explosive power. A power that is not fueled by man's hands, but by the power of my spirit says
the Lord.
nitehawkdw@earthlink.net
Assurance Of My Love
Olivia Reitz
My children, you have allowed anxiety to come into your circumstances. You say, you long for
peace and joy once more. I have been asking you to diligently seek My face. For it is in MY
presence "that you will be filled with joy." It is in My presence "that you will be find the
assurance of My love and Concern for you." It is ONLY in My presence that you will find the
"peace" that you are longing for, and that nothing else matters but to be with Me. In My
presence, I will reveal words of love meant only for you, you will hear My heart of love and feel
My touch upon your face. You have struggled with My love for you, now I want to reveal that
love in a way that you will know without a doubt My love for you, but you MUST be 'quiet'
before ME.
You are concerned about your circumstances - DO NOT allow doubt to come in, My children!
DO NOT question My methods! DO NOT question what I have been doing, or what you perceive
I have not been doing and accomplishing in your life! I have the plan I have laid for you. You do
not understand, but soon you will. There have been deep things I have been working out in your
life, and only I see the end from the beginning. I have the answers and only I can bring them to
pass. Say not in your heart that nothing is happening. There is much happening. Stand back
and watch what I AM doing.
My beloved, you are in a faith walk and that requires "walking with
ME." Without that walk, you cannot have the faith to live in the many situations your life has
taken you and in those where I "will" be taking you. I have called and chosen you for My
purposes, you must resist looking to "your" resources to carry it out, but to MY resources. It is
not about you getting ready, it's about Me getting you ready. Twelve disciples were chosen, none
of them had the natural giftings and abilities to carry out My purpose, but they were willing
vessels. All you need is a heart completely yielded to Me, trusting Me and in obedience to Me.
FAITH! Faith, not in what you have, or who you are, but Faith in ME. There is a new page being
written, a new chapter, a new beginning. You have waited long and now the new chapter begins.
This is your victory chapter. But I ask you now, who do you serve? Your circumstances - OR -
your VICTORIOUS GOD? You cannot serve two masters - CHOOSE to walk 'into' your new
beginning and speak words of praise for your God and what I AM about to do. REJOICE, MY
CHILDREN, REJOICE for the victory is yours!
Olivia Reitz
A message To the Shepherds
Wendy Barrraclough
My children - My children - My shepherds have scattered them each to their own - where they
grieve behind closed doors.
I will strike the shepherds and they shall no more scatter my sheep - My sheep for whom I died.
They (the shepherds) will not give their lives for them.
I wanted them to pick up the lost pieces of their lives.
with meanness and despicableness they have robbed the flock of their inheritance in me.
oh - they have hated them - they have treated with contempt those I died for.
People weakened by disease and life's problems have been cast aside as worthless - flotsam -
driftwood - cast out into the world to fend as best they can - Is this MY heart? - Do I not
seek and save that which is lost? - do I not bind up the broken hearted? - Do I not test those
I love and is not suffering a mark of my grace? - I have not said "you shall be trouble free"
but "in this world YOU SHALL HAVE TRIBULATION".
Suffering is not the mark of enemy work in peoples lives - but the mark of my holy spirit.
You have scorned and neglected the very people I have sent you to defend and nurture.
With discipline and tyranny you have broken their hearts still further - Love was what was
needed and a listening ear.
You judged those I have not judged - You treated with indifference those who needed a caring
hand on their shoulder - And then told them that it was their fault they had problems in the
first place.
What did this do to them? - It made the sick sicker and the wounded doubly wounded.
It is not my heart and it never was and never will be.
My heart is to seek and save those who are lost - Peoples souls can be lost by disease and
neglect - It takes a careful surgeon to cut out the areas of disease and a tender doctor to
ease the bruising and calm the troubled soul.
You still have time to repent - to go to those you have wounded and ask for forgiveness.
Your high and mighty attitude has sent them reeling into the depths of despair - and there is
no hope for some of them - unless by a miracle of My grace caring hands to retrieve the lost
pieces of their lives.
Repent now while there is still time - My anger is hot against those shepherds who have
scattered My sheep - And I will not contend with forever says the Lord.
Matthew 25:40 Psalm 34:19 Jeremiah 23:1-2 Ezekiel 34.
This message is word for word as I received it - I questioned the part where it says "suffering
is not the mark of enemy work in peoples lives" as it is clear in scripture that Satan is
involved in suffering.
What I have come to understand is that this message is primarily intended to counteract an
attitude that has sprung up in the church over recent decades - Its would seem to have been
fuelled by the false "Prosperity gospel" teaching that Christians should not suffer if they are
in Gods will.
I believe that this teaching has brought in a false spirit that masquerades as Jesus Christ but
is devoid of His compassion - mercy and tenderness.
Wendy Barraclough
Call For the Intercessors
Marsha Burns
I tell you that I have raised up intercessors from one end of the
earth to the other, and they pray not according to the
will of man but according to My will and My purposes. Ask
Me to have them pray, and you will be flanked by My
warriors and escorted out of this valley of destruction. I
will cause those who do not even know you to pray
effectively on your behalf. And, I hear and answer prayer!
I speak particularly to those who feel isolated and
alone -- you are NOT alone. I have set aside for Myself a
company of intercessors that know how to pray into My
throne room with the kind of faith that moves mountains.
They know how to pray the "effective fervent prayer of a
righteous man that avails much." I urge you to tap into
this resource.
Faith Tabernacle
A Quarter
Alice Weeks
Several years ago a preacher moved to Houston, Texas. Some weeks after he arrived, he had occasion to ride the bus from his home to the downtown area. When he sat down, he discovered that the driver had accidentally given him a quarter too much change.
As he considered what to do, he thought to himself, you better give the quarter back. It would be wrong to keep it. Then he thought, "Oh" forget it, it's only a quarter. Who would worry about this little amount? Anyway the bus company already gets too much fare; they will never miss it. Accept it as a gift from God and keep quiet."
When his stop came, he paused momentarily at the door, then he handed the quarter to the driver and said, "Here, you gave me too much change." The driver with a smile, replied, "Aren't you the new preacher in town? I have been thinking lately about going to worship somewhere. I just wanted to see what you would do, if I gave you too much change."
When my friend stepped off the bus, he literally grabbed the nearest light pole, and held on, and said, "O God, I almost sold your Son for a quarter"
Our lives are the only Bible some people will ever read.
Be Encouraged.
Alice Weeks
ahweeks@hotmail.com
Pruning Time
Ras Robinson
Last year I planted some crepe myrtles. This year
they needed spring pruning before growth begins. I was pruning for
shape and strengthening of branches. The goal is to increase quantity
and quality of blooms, the ultimate purpose of the plants. During this
exercise, the Lord spoke to my heart: "I am bringing extensive pruning
to My bride during this spring. I have purposes unfolding soon that
will require her to be shaped and structured according to My desires.
She needs to look like my pattern and design for her. She must be
strong for there will be very difficult days ahead. Yet, during this,
she will bloom profusely and bear much fruit. I speak of those who will
receive My pruning. Many will not. Pray for My bride! I will hear
your prayers." (John 15:2 "Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit,
He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it, that it
may bear more fruit." Hebrews 12:11 "All discipline for the moment
seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been
trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of
righteousness." Revelation 3:19 "Those whom I love, I reprove and
discipline; be zealous therefore, and repent.")
fullness@airmail.net
February 8, 2001
ZECHARIAH 1:4 "Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets preached, saying, "Thus says the Lord of hosts; turn now from your evil ways and your evil deeds.'" But they did not hear nor heed Me." says the Lord.
Larry & Carol Taylor
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http://www.riversofeden.com
d.westbrook@att.net
May these words bring glory to Jesus!
CLFLitzman@aol.comSuch hope never disappoints or deludes or shames us, for God's love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit Who has been given to us." Romans 5:5
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