Five-Fold Today - What Will Your Answer Be? - Apples of Gold - Your Time Will Come - The Gagging of the Prophets - How God Tests His Own
What Will Your Answer Be?
I am looking and searching to find a people that I can show myself strong.
Are you one of those people? If you say yes then you shall see the hand of
God move upon your life but you must be ready to do what I tell you at all
times. The time for hesitation is over. It is now time to move and speak
what I tell you to say.
As long as you speak what I give to you and you do not add to or take away
then I will back up every word you speak and they will come to pass. For I
am not a man that I can lie.
When you move and act on my behalf because that is what I have told you to
do then great signs and wonders will take place. These people that I will
show myself strong in are obedient people, they are worshippers and they
are prayer warriors.
Say yes to my call and see the hand of God work, see the hand of God
move, see the words spoken come to pass, see great signs and wonders.
Are you ready?
It comes with a great price. Are you ready to pay that price? Are you
ready to give it all to me? Everything? Say yes and a great journey will
begin the minute you say yes. First it starts in the realm of the spirit
and with your faith. You must believe that it has begun. Then it moves
to the area of sight and then into action where you can hear, see and do.
Are you ready? I am looking for a people where I can show myself strong.
What will your answer be?
patsybarnes@juno.com
Apples of Gold
Prov 25:11 A Word (i. e. A Rhema, or Living Word) fitly spoken is like
apples of gold in Pictures of silver.
THE APPLE Here, is set forth as a strong type of the Word of God The Fruit
of the Lips, a Living Word (i.e. The Word of Wisdom - Gold representing the
Divine Nature - Truth).
Rev. 3:18 "I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou
mayest be rich" (See also Prov 23:23 "Buy the truth, and sell it not.").
See Song of Sol 2:3, 5 ~ 7:8 ~ 8:5. Also see Joel 1:12
This letter is actually a Prophetic teaching ~ A Word of exhortation to the
Pastors of the Bride of Christ that God is raising in this hour. In this
day when there is so much emphasis being placed upon the restoration of
Apostolic and Prophetic Ministry, The Lord has shown me that there is a
need to encourage the Pastors of the Kingdom in a way which will help them
not feel discouraged or overlooked by any means, by what the Lord is doing
presently in the Ministries of others. He must first see clearly where he
belongs in the Body, and perceive exactly how to operate within the Order of
God in order to enhance and speed up what the Lord is doing in this hour.
Therefore, the Lord has laid this study on my heart to touch on certain
elements of truth which will help to define the role of what a Pastor should
be somewhat, in the coming Kingdom of God; and how his relationship to the
people, and with other Ministries should fit in.
Pastors
Oddly, the word "Pastors" (Meaning, "He who Feeds") only appears eight times
in the entire Bible, and seven of these are found in the OLD TESTAMENT!! The
interesting point lies in the fact that six of these O.T. references are
very negative statements against the Pastors of Israel, while only one is in
the positive vein and is a Prophetic Word concerning the calling and
establishment of New Testament (actually, Kingdom-Age) Pastors at the end of
the present Age (See Jer 3:15).
Eph 4:11 "And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some,
evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;"
Jer 2: 8 "The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the
law knew me not: the Pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets
prophesied by Baal and walked after things that did not profit."
Jer 10:21 "For the pastors are become brutish (Senseless, Without
sensitivity), and have not sought the LORD- therefore they shall not
prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered."
Jer 12:10 "Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my
portion (Lit. Heritage) underfoot, they have made my pleasant portion a
desolate wilderness (A place of disorder)."
Jer 22:22 "The wind (of God's Cold Judgments) shall eat up thy pastors, and
thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and
confounded for all thy wickedness."
Jer 23:1-2 "Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my
pasture! saith the LORD. 2 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel
against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and
driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you
the evil of your doings, saith the LORD."
Now for some good stuff:
Jer 3:15 "And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall
feed you with knowledge and understanding."
The Kingdom Age Pastors will have a heart exactly like the Father's; This is
not just my idea, this is the Word of the Father to the Church. For many
years now, and actually ever since there were Pastors at all, there has been
a predominant element among some of them that "Ate up the flock of God;"
instead of really caring for them as the Father would. If they fed them at
all, it was so they could fatten them up for the kill; Instead of showing
them the Father and teaching them His ways, they have been busy teaching
such "Vital Truths" as "Generational Curses," and "How to live prosperously
in God's Kingdom Economy." The aim of their teaching was of course to make
the people put more money into the offering plate so they would have more to
spend on themselves; This is what God meant by the Pastors becoming
"Brutish.." Now a Pastor has a big job on his hands if he is to fulfill
what God desires for him to be; He must be like a tree that can produce a
Word in Due Season for the hungry souls that God sends him. Several years
ago the Lord gave me a teaching on this Apple Tree, and the significance of
it where it dealt with the Ministry.. There are several different kinds of
trees within the economy of the Kingdom. Notice how they are related in
the following Scriptures:
How the Pastor ~ Shepherd is (or will be) among the Five-Fold Ministries:
Song 2:3 "As the apple tree (Angel of the local Church, the Pastor-Shepherd)
among the trees of the wood (Five-Fold Ministry), so is my beloved (Christ
The Good Shepherd ~ The Preeminent One) among the Sons. I sat down under
his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste."
The Book of Joel discloses how the "Trees" of Ministry were totally
devastated during the "Dark ages" of the Roman Catholic Dynasty:
Joel 1: 12
Song 2:5 "Stay me with flagons (i.e. Pentecostal Wines), comfort me with
apples (A living Word): for I am sick of love (The Agape Realm: The Most
Holy Place)".
One might ask "How could she be sick of that?" The Baptism of Fire that
relates so closely to the Most Holy Place is not something that is always
easy to endure; It's like the old saying "I've enjoyed as much of this as I
can stand." The dealings of the Father are often so deep and troubling to
the soul that we need some temporary respite in order to recover our
strength to continue. This is where we need a living Word of God, a Word in
due season to encourage us that it's okay, that we'll make it after all,
just hang in there - The worst is over!!
The voice of the Bride of Christ is crying out for a Living Word, an Apple,
or a "Word in Due Season," if you will.. If the Kingdom Pastor is indeed to
be an "Apple Tree," then one of the predominate fruits of his Ministry
should be toward the line of the Prophetic, in the "Word of Wisdom, and
Knowledge;" and also to raise up other Pastors by the Word of God (Apple
Seeds) which he plants in the people. It may be a little hard to see this
right now considering all the negative things that so many Pastors have done
in the past, and even some of the conditions at present; but remember this
is a Prophetic teaching defining those Pastors which God said He would give
to the Church in the Kingdom age, who would express only the Father's Heart
to the flock.
Song 7: 8 "I said, I will go up to the palm tree (The Upright one or the
Apostle), I will take hold of the boughs thereof (See Jn 15:5) now also thy
breasts shall be as clusters of the vine (The Teacher Ministry, where the
New Wine is Found, See Isa 65:8, Judges 9:8-13 & Rev 1: 13), and the smell
of thy nose (Discernment) like apples (Discernment according to the Word of
God);"
Those who Will be Qualified for the Bride in the Kingdom of God will be
raised up under the Anointed and Pure Word of God by a genuine
Pastor-Shepherd Ministry.
Song 8:5 "Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness (See Rev 12:13-14),
leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree (The Word
of God, and the Ministry of a godly, Kingdom Pastor): there thy mother
brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee."
A BLOW brings a Flow
Apple trees never prosper very well in a temperate climate; perhaps this is
why the Pastor/Shepherds have not produced the kind of fruit they were
intended to.. They have characteristically been very well taken care of by
the "Lukewarm" Religious Systems; No doubt more so than any other of the
Five-Fold Ministries. Apples are found to flourish best in climates which
vary in temperature from 30-40 degrees below zero in the winter to 100+
degrees in the summer. The fact is, that in order for apples to produce to
their maximum potential they must HIBERNATE (A type of DEATH) for three to
five months every year. A good picture of the need for both Cold weather
and extreme Heat is found in Song of Sol 4:12-16 where it is revealed that
the Bride is:
"A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse (The Bride of Christ); a spring
shut up, a fountain seated, 13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates,
with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, 14 Spikenard and saffron;
calamus and cinnamon with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with
all the chief spices: 15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and
stream from Lebanon. 16 Awake 0 North wind (the Cold Winds of Judgment) ,
and come, thou South (the Warm Winds of Blessings); BLOW upon my garden,
that the spices thereof may flow on . Let my beloved come into his garden,
and eat his pleasant fruits (Song of Sol. 4:12-16)."
See also Rev 3:15 "I would thou wert Cold or Hot."
Perhaps the most anointed and gifted people I have ever known have
experienced tremendous and terrible reverses in life; and it is because of
these things that a "Channel" of sorts was opened up within their spirit man
to sense things in the Spirit of God that ordinary people who have never
been broken vessels before the Lord are just simply not able to detect. I
don't mean that in any way to be critical of anyone; I only feel that this
type of Pastor-Shepherd Ministry is going to be one who will have "Suffered
the loss of all things," that he might win Christ (The anointing). For many
years I have discerned a large "Gap" sometimes between the Pastor-Shepherds
and the Apostles and Prophets; perhaps this is because the Pastors have not
been exposed much to the "Heart of the Father," and they tend to be too
"Soulish" in their Ministry to the flock. Since they have
characteristically not undergone the same kinds of deep sufferings that the
Apostle/Prophet Ministry has, they are not able to relate properly to the
"Father Nature" of these two, and quite often are too soft (Feminine)
themselves, and are not able to correctly manifest the Heart of the Father
even if they desired. The bottom line is, they have been too "Motherly"
with the people as a general rule; Perhaps they might be afraid of running
the congregation off if they attempt to deal as a true Father would with one
of his Son's.
"My Father is the Husbandman"
I am not suggesting being "Legalistic" or a "Hard shell;" Neither of those
terms accurately describe the Father at all. What I am saying is that the
Father is "An Husbandman," or one who knows how to prune the "Trees" of the
Garden of God. He knows instinctively by the Spirit when the pruning should
be done without harming the tree, and he understands how to engraft the Word
of God back into that person's life where the offensive "Branch" has been
cut out. A fragmented Ministry though, has produced a Fragmented Church,
and Soulish Pastors have traditionally produced Soulish people; This will
definitely have to change in the coming Kingdom Age.
In the culture of Israel, a boy was brought up by the Mother generally until
he was about the age of 12 years old; this is when he began to come into his
manhood. The Scriptures record that when Jesus was 12 years old (At His
Bar-Mitzvah) He began to be about His Father's Business (The Word of God) in
the House of God.. When a person reaches that point of being filled with
the Holy Ghost at his Pentecostal Bar-Mitzvah, he doesn't need "Mothering"
any more; What he needs then is some "Fathering" in the Word of the Kingdom
which will bring him into the kind of eventual maturity of a true Son of
God. This has been sadly lacking in the Churches; in fact some have had to
leave the Church system entirely to get that kind of "Fathering" directly
from the Lord.
The Impartation of Spiritual Gifts
"For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to
the end ye may be established (Rom 1:11);"
It is our prayer that Pastors will begin to realize that the true Apostles
and Prophets of the Kingdom pose no threat to their Ministry or
Jurisdictions; They are set in the Body to serve and to promote maturity,
and perfect Godliness in the people. The anointing upon these Ministries
will always have a Powerful effect upon those who receive them as Apostles
(or, Sent ones), and they will find themselves moving in more and more
"Apostolic and Prophetic Authority" themselves as they move into, and
cooperate with, the various kinds of impartations of that anointing. I have
made some folks rather upset by saying that the effects of an Apostolic
blessing could last for many generations as it did in the Church at Rome; I
can make no excuses for this statement for Paul never wrote anything like
this (of Becoming Established) to any other Church. Of course the Apostle
imparted much of the Grace and Giftings upon his own life to each of the
Churches he helped to establish; This is one of the earmarks of the
Apostolic Ministry, but I feel that the Words he wrote to the Church at Rome
stand out as a good example of the overall effects of an Apostolic Blessing.
Robert Burgess 6/9/2000
GreatEagle Ministries International
YOUR TIME WILL COME...
There has been a season of deep reflection that has
passed over the body. Not just conviction of sin,
but deep soul searching of the heart. You have seen
the motives of your heart. You have seen the power
of your words as they have passed over your lips.
You are coming much closer to the glory that exposes
your pride, the light that reveals you intents, the Love
that purifies your motives. This is not a easy time and
many are losing hope. Not only have you seen the condition
of your own heart but the log has been removed from your
eye and you are seeing clearly the state of the body also.
Do not be overwhelmed in this time. That is the plan
of the enemy for you. My plan for you is about to be
revealed. For I tell you, I have prepared a hundred
Abrahams in this time who through faith have laid
their promises on the altar before Me. I have molded
hundreds of the like of Moses who have grown humble
and are ready for Me to use. There are a thousand Esther's
who have prepared for this day and will soon step forth.
And there are thousands of David's whose hearts have
been broken before Me.
You feel like you have come to the end of yourself and
for many of you this is true. You have not failed. Do
not turn to look on yourself with disdain. Many of you
have sought to divorce yourselves in this time. Do not
divorce what I have come to redeem. Do not give up so
close to the goal. Abraham laid His promises on the
altar but He never lost faith. Even when the fulfillment
of these promises seemed impossible in his eyes. Moses
went forth only in obedience. Esther stepped out as a flower
in a hurricane and prevailed. David faced his sin and
was not overcome.
I have not forgotten you. I have not passed over you.
Your time will come.
THE GAGGING OF THE PROPHETS
When I hear from the Lord, I seem to hear Him speak to me with words. At
the same time, I also "see" what the Lord is speaking to me about. This
is just the way I seem to personally hear from the Lord. We all hear from
the Lord in a way that is unique to us and to our natures and
personalities. With this as way of explanation, I submit the following to
the judgment and discernment of all of you.
I seemed to see a large group of people gathered before the Lord. They
appeared excited. The Lord was speaking to them. As He spoke to them, it
was as if I could actually see His words entering into these people. The
Lord's words were being put into their hearts, and then would come out of
their mouths. When the Lord's words proceeded out of their mouths, the
people would turn around (with their backs towards the Lord), then they
would speak God's words to other people spread out before them. When they
were finished speaking God's words, they would turn back towards the Lord.
This continued for a time. I then saw the Lord reach out, and put His
hands over the mouths of the people gathered before Him. This stunned and
surprised the people, and they became very still. Their eyes were totally
focused upon the Lord. There was no movement, nothing to distract anyone.
There was an absolute stillness and calmness.
Another, smaller, group of people came from behind the people who had the
Lord's hands over their mouths. This smaller group of people stood before
the "gagged' group of people and began to speak to them. As I listened to
their words, and observed their actions, I gradually became aware that
this small group of people were "teachers," and that they were "teaching"
the gagged group of people.
When the "teaching session" was over, some of the teachers departed. A few
remained with the gagged group of people. The Lord removed His hands from
the mouths of the large group of people. Even when the Lord had removed
His hands, the large group of people remained very still and calm. They
remained silent and quiet.
"Why aren't they saying anything?" I asked the Lord.
"Because I have not put My words into their mouths yet," the Lord replied.
He seemed pleased with the silence of the large group of people. "For a
season, I allowed My prophets to speak freely whatever I spoke to them.
That time has ended. They will speak only what I tell them to speak, only
when I tell them to speak it. I have brought a season of training and
teaching into My Church. For a season, the prophets will speak very
little. This is their time
to learn to wait fully and totally upon Me. They will continue to hear
from Me, yet very little of what I speak to them during this time, will I
release them to speak to the Church."
As I pondered and prayed about this vision and conversation with the Lord,
I felt that a time of intense training has come upon the church. I feel
that for a time, we will hear fewer prophecies, visions and words from the
Lord. This will be supplemented and replaced for a season by those with a
great deal of wisdom, understanding and knowledge of spiritual matters.
These are the people I feel the Church will be hearing from in the coming
days. Their voices of reason will serve as a foundation for the coming
move of God, when He releases into His Church once again the voice of the
prophets. When the great company of prophets begins to speak forth God's
words into His Church once again, they will do so with greater
understanding and wisdom and maturity.
It is a wounded generation we will be reaching. Our words must be seasoned
with honey and with salt. Those who are more mature and wise, and less
rash and impulsive, will be teaching and training the prophets and those
in ministerial positions (as well as all members of God's body) how to
effectively reach out to and minister to these
wounded ones. Until then, for a short period of time, this could very well
be the season of "the gagging of the prophets."
In Him,
HOW GOD TESTS HIS OWN
TIME FOR WISDOM, COUNSEL, AND INSTRUCTION
Lately many Christians have complained to us that prophets have come
and have laid on them great prophecies of grand ministries to which
the Lord is calling them, but nothing has happened--except that
everything has gone in reverse, and trials and tribulations have
befallen them! This morning the Lord made it clear to Paula and me
that it is time to bring some wisdom and counsel for the comfort and
instruction of His people.
LEARN TO DUCK!
First, whenever the Lord elevates you through mighty prophecies-duck!
If the word is truly from Him, He must prepare your heart. Through
humbling and testing, He will cleanse you of those things that would
defile the ministry or prevent its execution as He intends, as He
builds into you a reflection of His character and a willingness to
rely solely on Him. The subsequent time of suffering means He has
chosen you and trusts you to let it work its full weight of glory in
you (2 Corinthians 4:17)!
WAIT FOR CONFIRMATION
Second, quickly humble your heart. Wait for confirmations. "By the
mouth of two or three witnesses every word shall be established" (2
Corinthians 13:1b, NKJV). The Lord may confirm instantly, or wait a
great while. Do not act until He confirms. Please hear it again, do
not act until he confirms. The Devil may be tempting into
presumption, but at the same time the Lord will be allowing that in
order to reveal to you any weak spots in your ability to be humble and
obedient to His counsel. Humbling your heart is vital, because Satan
copies all things, knows the Word as well, and can send his own
confirmations, which are just as false as the promises!
CAN YOU KNOW FOR SURE?
How are you going to know the difference? There's no guarantee you
will! But you don't need to know for sure--it's not your knowing that
will bring it to pass, it's the Lord's faithfulness! For this reason
the Scripture declares that the beginning of wisdom is the fear of the
Lord.
Proverbs 8:12-17 says:
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
Counsel is mine and sound wisdom;
By me kings reign,
By me princes rule, and nobles,
I love those who love me;
I have been down many blind alleys that I thought had been definitely
confirmed. Here are a few signposts that can point to pitfalls ahead.
IF YOUR HEART LEAPS
1) If your heart leaps with joy and you feel elevated and can't wait
to do whatever is prophesied, watch out. The prophetic word has
appealed to your flesh. Pride is rising.
This doesn't mean the word may be false, but it does mean your flesh
is in the way! For a good example in scripture of the breaking and
humbling process after an exalted prophecy, take a look at the story
of Joseph, beginning in Genesis 37. God gave him two prophetic dreams
that he quickly and unwisely "shared" with his older brothers.
They already hated him because he was their father's hands-down
favorite, but these dreams, which showed them bowing down to him, were
the limit; they sold him into slavery, letting their father believe he
was dead. This might be where many people would figure, "Well, that's
that! Must have been a false word, 'cause look at what's happened
now!" or "Look what the devil's doing to poor me. Where's God when
you really need Him?" But no, through years of patient and loyal
servanthood, God prospered Joseph, and he was given more and more
responsibility and trust.
End of story? Nope!
SUFFERING FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS
Now he had to go through years in prison-falsely accused by his
master's wife because she couldn't break his integrity and get him to
sleep with her. First he suffered for his own thoughtlessness and
lack of wisdom; then he suffered for the sake of righteousness! When
God gave Joseph those dreams, did He expect him to behave in a mature
and restrained manner? Was it ill-timed? Did Joseph blow it? No to
all of the above. God's timing is perfect, and knowing Joseph's
character as it was, how it needed to become, and just what it would
take to get it there, God gave him a true word. In due season it came
to pass just as He'd shown that it would, and Joseph was able to walk
uprightly in it because God had done a good work in him.
"HELPING" GOD
2) Flesh is sweaty and tense. If you've been gripped, you may feel
mightily stirred to act, and become possessive and defensive about
"your" ministry. A true call received with maturity will be
accompanied by a sense of peace--and a willingness to lay it all on
the altar! Watch out for the ways your flesh (and the devil) will
prompt you to "help Him do it." It's easy to do too much and it's
tough to wait on the Lord, whose timetable is certainly different from
your own!
DAVID, A GOOD EXAMPLE IN PROPHETIC FULFILLMENT
A good example in scripture of someone with a huge word spoken over
them who did NOT try to get ahead of God's timetable is the young
shepherd boy named David, whom Samuel anointed as King of Israel, at
God's instructions, in I Samuel 16. Did he get to ride into Jerusalem
on his high horse and depose King Saul, who had fallen from God's
favor? No, he came under the existing authority, first as the royal
harpist, to sooth Saul's torment, then as the royal armor bearer, and
then as a fugitive, running for his life from the jealous and
unbalanced king, whom David refused to kill even in defense of his own
life. What David and Joseph both understood was that in order to be
given authority, one must be willing to come under authority-and that
authority may not always be friendly, understanding or "fair"! A lot
of flesh has to die for this to happen!
LOOK FOR GOOD CHARACTER AND A SENSE OF "YES"
3) Look closely at who is giving you that wonderful prophecy, and who
is confirming it. God can give a true prophecy through a rascal, but
the chances are slim. If the prophet's character doesn't manifest
Jesus' nature, be very skeptical; that won 't be a sign of lack of
faith on your part, but only prudence, which the Lord will approve.
But remember, even if this word has never before occurred to your
conscious mind, God has already been at work in your spirit, and a
true word from God, no matter how surprising, will, at the same time
bring with it a sense of "Yes, this is real."
LISTEN TO THE WARNINGS AND WOUNDINGS OF FRIENDS
4) True friends will often give you hard words; "Faithful are the
wounds of a friend, but deceitful are the kisses of an enemy'
(Proverbs 27:6). Job's comforters may applaud and encourage you to
plunge ahead full steam (they want to bask in your glory, proud of and
idolizing you - and are also among the first to turn to rend you when
things go wrong). Set yourself to hear the reproaches and warnings of
friends. "He who hates reproof will die" (Proverbs 15:10b). On the
other hand, don't be a people pleaser who turns from a true calling
just because trusted friends don't approve. Paul didn't decide not to
go to Jerusalem when Agabus prophesied captivity if he went and
friends pleaded with him not to go (Acts 21). If a command has been
clear and confirmed, obey it no matter what, always remembering to
remain attentive to the leading of the Holy Spirit for how and when,
in order to keep from stumbling!
GOD WANTS YOUR SUCCESS
Something to remember-and take comfort from--when talking about
testing: God isn't sitting there correcting your exam papers like some
stern and legalistic school master; He wants you to succeed, and will
do everything to cause you to succeed. Everything that you'll allow
Him to do, that is! Life is full of tests: anything from having to
perform the Heimlich maneuver for the first time on a stranger in a
restaurant (should I do it? what if they decide to sue me?) to being
asked to give $X for a worthy cause (this'll mean having to trust God
for my Visa payment/phone bill/next meal...shall I/shan't I?) to being
willing (or not) to leave the last cookie on the plate for someone
else! In God's economy, tests are to show us where we are, how we're
doing and where we're lacking-He already knows. So sometimes we have
to get caught with egg on our face, or flat on our face, in order to
see where and how we need to die to self and look to Him.
PARENTS UNDERSTAND THIS WITH CHILDREN
If we but think a moment, this isn't too hard to understand. How many
times have our children pestered us to do something we knew wasn't
good for them, until we finally we let them go do it, knowing that, at
this point, the freedom to learn by a mistake is worth a thousand
words; they'll have to learn the hard way what they couldn't accept
from us in the form of advice. Sometimes that permission is only a
test of their common sense, and they decide that, being free to make
their own decision, now they really don't want to do it after all.
But if they do have to learn the hard way, we're still there, loving
them and willing to help pick up the pieces-if asked. God is a far
better Father than we, and acts in the same way, only infinitely more
wisely.
"WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO, LORD, KILL ME?"
So. You've been given a glorious prophecy. What do you do? Lay it
on the altar. If it's a true word, when the time is right, God will
give it back to you. It won't be easy, and if you find yourself
crying out, "What are you trying to do, Lord, kill me?"...just
remember, the answer is "Yes."
All scripture quotations are from the NASB, except where otherwise
indicated.
Elijah House
June 12, 2000
Patsy Barnes
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By Robert Burgess
http://members.tripod.com/great1eagle
Prophetic word by Mark Kaphaem
http://www.angelfire.com/journal/prophetic/
By Hollie Moody
~~ Hollie L. Moody
by John L. SandfordI, wisdom, dwell with prudence,
FROM ONE WHO HAS BEEN THERE MANY TIMES
And I find knowledge and discretion.
Pride and arrogance and the evil way,
And the perverted mouth, I hate.
I am understanding, power is mine.
And rulers decree justice.
All who judge rightly.
And those who diligently seek me
will find me.
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