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| Silver | Jan 25 2013, 01:50 PM Post #1 |
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Embrace the Wind by Dan Wilson Around the world we see God repositioning His people. The season is changing. Looking at this as the world sees it, our first response might be to resist change due to fear of the unknown. But with the mind of Christ we recognize that life led by the Spirit will never remain the same. None of us can predict which way the Wind of the Spirit will blow next. If our goal is to respond to the Spirit, change will become an expected constant in our lives. 2 Corinthians 3:18 reminds us that we are transformed into Christ's likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. Transformation requires that we accept, even welcome change. Embrace Change ![]() What has been fruitful, fulfilling and productive in the past season may no longer be the best. In order to take hold of a new thing, it is often necessary for us to release our grip on an old thing (a ministry, job, or position) that is near, dear and comfortable. Though still good, the old thing can slow us down because it is not the best. God's hand of favor will not rest upon those clinging to the old, familiar place. His desire is that we hold on to Him. This demands discernment and listening to hear from Father what things we are to cling tightly to and which to let go. At times we slip into thinking God really needs us in roles we have occupied well in past years when the time is right for someone else to take over. He is doing new things! Sometimes we must be willing to let go of good things in order to be free to take hold of what is next. This is an exciting time to be in the "school of the Holy Spirit." Listen. Trust. Obey. You will also need great grace as others you have been working or ministering with will also be feeling these winds of change. There will be new partnerships and new alliances, hallelujah! Conversely there will be some sentimental partings. Be ready to gracefully release these loved brothers and sisters into God's perfect plan for their lives. We are both born of the Spirit and born by the Spirit. God's truths never change, but the manifestation of His will in our lives has new expression day by day. Through experience it becomes clear that God's plan is always the best. Rejoice in any change initiated by your loving Father. Change is a tool required for the transformation process allowing us to fulfill our destinies in Him. You can trust the Wind. Be light as a feather. Holy Spirit will blow you exactly where He desires you to go in this season of change. Embrace it. Embrace Him! Embracing the new in 2013, Dr. Dan Wilson Supernatural Marriage Ministries info@supernatural-marriage.com ========================================= January 25, 2013. Get up and get moving. You have had a halfhearted attitude in believing I could, can or will move on your behalf. Did Abraham see My provision while he was tying up his son Isaac and laying him on the wood on top of the mountain? How about Noah, did he see the rain amongst the gopher wood and smeared pitch? Could David see that his endless practice of slinging stones while tending sheep would be preparation for one of Israel's greatest victories? Be about doing what I have given you instruction to do. Waiting on Me is one thing. But being unenthusiastic is another. Rise up and start moving forward. I am for you. James 2:22-24 (NASB) You see thatfaith was working with his works, and as a result of the works, faith was perfected; and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness ," and he was called the friend of God. You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone." Kevin Robinson January 25, 2013. You are forgiven for revealing the secret of another. Yes, you have done this more than once. Now make sure you have confessed it and asked forgiveness. Surely your reputation has been tarnished. You will need to spend some time making things right and walking righteously before others. Pray and ask God to grant mercy and to clean your slate of these sins. He can set you free. It could be that you will have a chance to become a firebrand of integrity and goodness. May it be so for you. The Lord says, "You have wounded some by your sin. As surely as you have confessed it, you are fully forgiven. Now stand up straight, hold your head high and be the saint I have made you to be. I love you." Proverbs 25:9-10 (NLT) "When arguing with your neighbor, don't betray another person's secret. Others may accuse you of gossip, and you will never regain your good reputation." Ras Robinson January 25, 2013. I have given you a new assignment. You have wondered if you can do it and if it was I who gave it to you. Yes and Yes are My answers. Right now you will not understand all the reasons why you have this assignment. It will not become evident until later. You will see why what is happening is happening. Don't hedge or shortchange now the one you will be working for because it will affect the future. I am preparing you for a greater assignment. Do this one well...really well. Things need to be done well now and these will prepare you for greater coming things I have for you. Matthew 25:23 (NIV) "His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!' Bev Robinson |
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| Silver | Jan 25 2013, 02:02 PM Post #2 |
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ELAINE TAVOLACCI Staten Island, NY www.awordinseason.info www.TheVoiceOfBreakthrough.com Heavenly Encounters with The King of Glory We are living in a time when God wants to show Himself strong and reveal His glory. I believe that we are going to experience encounters in which Jesus will prove His undeniable power on our behalf. In the bible there is a story about Elijah when he confronted the prophets of baal on Mount Carmel as he called down fire from heaven. When he first encountered them he said, "How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him." Jesus is asking us the same question today as He is about to move in a mighty way once again. The Lord says, I am the King of Glory and I will reveal Myself in this season on your behalf. I will release you into new encounters in the days ahead. Don't look for Me through other sources. Don't look for Me through strange voices. As you see the cloud the size of a mans hand, know that My redemption is drawing near. As you see the dark clouds, know that the rain is imminent. It is the darkest clouds that carry the heaviest rain. As I said in My Word: I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh, your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. I am about to do great things in your lives and ministries as I release My glory in an unprecedented way once again. As you draw near to Me, you will rise to higher heights than you have ever imagined. I will release revelation to you as you take the limits off Me. I will meet you as you step out of your comfort zone. Allow My glory to revive you once again and release you from all spiritual lethargy. I will take you from a life of mediocrity to a life of abundance. Allow Me to open your eyes to see wondrous things. Don't get discouraged by the prophets of baal nor be intimidated by their gods. I am El Shaddai and I will show Myself strong on your behalf. Don't draw back when you are confronted but use the authority that I have given to you. To many of you this is uncommon but understand My covenant and receive what is rightfully yours. Don't settle for less that what I have for you. As you perceive the world growing darker, My glory will grow more radiant in your life. Allow My Word to penetrate deep within your heart as a fire shut up in your bones. Ask for the rain, in times of rain and I will pour out in abundance and show Myself strong on your behalf. You have not been called to live a stagnant life but you have been created for greater things for the days ahead says the Lord. 1 Kings 18:21 Elijah went before the people and said, "How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal is God, follow him." 1 Kings 18:38-39 Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench. Now when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, "The Lord, He is God! The Lord, He is God! Acts 2: 17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, that I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams. And on My menservants and on My maidservants I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy. The palm tree's depth of its roots exceeds its height as they go deep in search of water. The palm tree could bend all the way to the ground during a storm. As its roots dig deep into the soil, the tree straightens up again and comes back stronger. It could withstand the most turbulent storms that comes its way. In the same way, Jesus wants us to be spiritually strong, deeply rooted and grounded in Him and in His word. The Lord says, I am seeking those who are strong, steadfast and immovable. I am looking for those who are grounded in My word. They are those who are deeply rooted because they have spent time with Me and therefore they recognize My voice and My leading. They are convinced in what I show them because they know that My word will never return void. They are those who are resilient to the winds of adversity just as the palm tree. They have the tenacity and strength to bounce back no matter what comes against them. They are able to grow in almost any soil where they are planted. They are even able to survive the Monsoon storms and hurricanes because of their ability to endure under pressure. I am calling you to be pliable as a Palm tree planted by rivers of water that bends during hurricane forces but does not break. Just as the roots of a tree anchor the portion of the tree above ground, plant your life in alignment with My word. Allow My word to bring stability to your life and every situation. Just as the roots ensure an adequate food supply to continue their important functions, you must also abide in Me for your spiritual nourishment. Just as the roots of the tree transport water, allow your roots to go deep in Me, searching My word daily. As you do this, you will learn how to thrive in every environment. Just as palm tree's roots go deeper than its height, I am calling you to allow your roots to go deeper. Take time to build this personal relationship with Me. This will ensure a strong foundation and you will excel to new heights bearing fruit in every good work says the Lord. Psalm 92:12-13 The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. Those who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God Jeremiah 17:7-8 "Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit." Ephesians 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. |
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| Silver | Jan 25 2013, 02:08 PM Post #3 |
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SMALL STRAWS IN A SOFT WIND by MARSHA BURNS http://ft111.com/ Draw near and stay close to Me, says the Lord. Renew your commitment to Me in your heart, and fulfill your dedication through keeping your intentions pure. Watch diligently and overcome temptations that are designed to take you off course. These are indeed perilous times, but I have chosen you for such a time as this to live in truth and righteousness. You are Mine, called by My name. 1 Peter 2:9-10 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy. |
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| Silver | Jan 25 2013, 06:35 PM Post #4 |
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| Silver | Jan 26 2013, 02:31 PM Post #5 |
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What you are giving birth into is confronting that which is left within you. You are contending for the faith to prevail. Nothing shall overcome you or overwhelm you if you set your face towards Me. You must not let the voice of apathy, or the voice of spiritual weakness, or the voice of old failures speak to you. You must allow faith, the faith I placed within you, to drive out all that remains to be unseated within you. What I have determined for you is true, for your scroll is ever before Me, and is destined only for you to do. Let Me arrange it all fully for you. You must defeat the death that contends within you. Life is confronting the death that seeks to remain within you and to secure it's weakening foothold again. You must understand the process for liberty that is at work deep within. I am setting you free from every entanglement, from every deep seated root, and from every tendency that leads you astray from faith in Me. You are gaining the victory. You must let the rest be removed by Me so that you can walk victoriously and also unwaveringly in your thoughts before Me. Do not look at yourself, or at your present situations, and at your inability to walk fully in me, and try to measure yourself from within. This causes you to reinforce the things that are leaving you, and it causes you to fear My ways, and when you do, you begin to walk back into your ways again. You must fortify your thoughts with Me. You must measure yourself by Me, by My Word, and by My Spirit that speaks to you from within. Lay your walls with Me to see clearly. You are learning to build with My tools and not yours. You are learning to establish new principles based upon Me and not about your capability or inability. What I am able to do is greater than you. It is greater than you can perceive, or understand at this point. You have to establish faith in Me, and you must trust Me unquestionably. This is the root of your instability. Your lack of trust in Me, and your lack of trust that I can make you into what you shall be. I have brought you to birth, and now you are warring for the things of eternal worth. But you cannot measure them by the world's worth, or ideals. Allow My scales that are within you to recalibrate your thinking, to reharmonize your soul to Mine, and let My Peace set your boundaries by which you will walk ahead. Trust in My measurements, and not in your perceptions of what you think you shall be. Leave the remodeling to Me. I am transforming you entirely! Set your thoughts on the things above, and let My Peace grow like a dove. I am flowing within you at a gentle pace until you are whole. Then when you are totally whole, My Power will surely within you more fully unroll. You are on target for My Goal. Set your sights upon Mine. Sit down at My Table and feast on My Wine. I am creating a whole new design, and you will have to allow Me to finish what's left within you to redesign. When I am done, you shall break out in joy divine. Your feet are upon My Paths. You are where I have placed you to be. You are seeking My Face, and that is why you have endured this fight for your race. You must not waver anymore, for this is the Hour of My Favor beginning to pour. I am moving things around you logistically, and you must wait until all things fall where they should be. Be still before Me, and rest. I shall move even more, and you shall understand what is left to be done, as you choose to trust in My Hand and in My Oversight of your life. Let go of the last remaining fears, and let Me have them, and shed no more tears. It is a time for joy, and for peace, for I am at work, and you shall live your life within Me. I have abundance for you, but you cannot draw it out, or walk in it fully if you continue to look at what I am extracting from within you. Set your eyes on My things above. Set your face upon the mirror of My Word, and see those things more clearly from within My Pages, and you shall more fully understand that I have been healing you in stages. I am building you into a new work that is emerging from within you. Do not limit Me by what you think you see. Let Me build you fully. Don't you realize that when I build something within you that is to be, that I use nothing from you, nothing from this life, and nothing from the past. I destroy all of that which was, and that which is, to now bring forth that which is to come? I have a future for you, and it includes a future and a hope, and a faith that is greater than yours. You must trade in your building materials for Mine. You must not try to help Me finish the building process that is left within you. You must yield to My ministrations, and allow Me to hasten you to your final destinations. I am finishing your walls with My Peace. I shall not only give a full and complete new birth from within you, but I shall violently break forth from within you! I shall do great things that will amaze even you! I have set My Heart upon you, and nothing shall prevent Me from removing the last things from within you, only that which is within you can prevent Me. I want you to let go, and rest in Me, let Me finish you as you emerge in your new reality. You must see Me through My Reality. I am not like yours, and this is your struggle. You are trying to see everything through yours. You must allow Me to remove that and then you can see through Mine. I have a rich wine to pour, and as you open more fully to Me, I shall pour it out liberally. Thankfulness shall break forth from within, and you shall not look upon things only as they have always been. No, for I shall transform all things into what shall be, and you shall drink My Wine of Sincerity with Me. You shall rise up with Joy, and shall walk with fortitude and with boldness into the new that is opening up before you. Set your feet fully on My Paths, and walk them knowing that you sit within My Higher Seat, and your vision shall be complete. Our faces shall fully meet, for you shall rule from Love's seat. Scriptures: Isaiah 25:6 And on this Mount [Zion] shall the Lord of hosts make for all peoples a feast of rich things [symbolic of His coronation festival inaugurating the reign of the Lord on earth, in the wake of a background of gloom, judgment, and terror], a feast of wines on the lees--of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. 7 And He will destroy on this mountain the covering of the face that is cast over the heads of all peoples [in mourning], and the veil [of profound wretchedness] that is woven and spread over all nations. 8 He will swallow up death [in victory; He will abolish death forever]. And the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces; and the reproach of His people He will take away from off all the earth; for the Lord has spoken it. 9 It shall be said in that day, Behold our God upon Whom we have waited and hoped, that He might save us! This is the Lord, we have waited for Him; we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation. Psalms 149:1-4 Hallelujah! Sing to God a brand-new song, praise him in the company of all who love him. Let all Israel celebrate their Sovereign Creator, Zion's children exult in their King. Let them praise his name in dance; strike up the band and make great music! And why? Because God delights in his people, festoons plain folk with salvation garlands! 5-9 Let true lovers break out in praise, sing out from wherever they're sitting, Shout the high praises of God, brandish their swords in the wild sword-dance— A portent of vengeance on the God-defying nations, a signal that punishment's coming, Their kings chained and hauled off to jail, their leaders behind bars for good, The judgment on them carried out to the letter —and all who love God in the seat of honor! Hallelujah! TM 1 Corinthians 15:54 And when this perishable puts on the imperishable and this that was capable of dying puts on freedom from death, then shall be fulfilled the Scripture that says, Death is swallowed up (utterly vanquished forever) in and unto victory. 2 Timothy 1:10 [It is that purpose and grace] which He now has made known and has fully disclosed and made real [to us] through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, Who annulled death and made it of no effect and brought life and immortality (immunity from eternal death) to light through the Gospel. Philippians 3:13 I do not consider, brethren, that I have captured and made it my own [yet]; but one thing I do [it is my one aspiration]: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the [supreme and heavenly] prize to which God in Christ Jesus is calling us upward. 15 So let those [of us] who are spiritually mature and full-grown have this mind and hold these convictions; and if in any respect you have a different attitude of mind, God will make that clear to you also. 1 Corinthians 9:24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners compete, but [only] one receives the prize? So run [your race] that you may lay hold [of the prize] and make it yours. Hebrews 3:1 SO THEN, brethren, consecrated and set apart for God, who share in the heavenly calling, [thoughtfully and attentively] consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest Whom we confessed [as ours when we embraced the Christian faith]. 2 [See how] faithful He was to Him Who appointed Him [Apostle and High Priest], as Moses was also faithful in the whole house [of God]. 3 Yet Jesus has been considered worthy of much greater honor and glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has more honor than the house [itself]. 4 For [of course] every house is built and furnished by someone, but the Builder of all things and the Furnisher [of the entire equipment of all things] is God. 5 And Moses certainly was faithful in the administration of all God's house [but it was only] as a ministering servant. [In his entire ministry he was but] a testimony to the things which were to be spoken [the revelations to be given afterward in Christ]. 6 But Christ (the Messiah) was faithful over His [own Father's] house as a Son [and Master of it]. And it is we who are [now members] of this house, if we hold fast and firm to the end our joyful and exultant confidence and sense of triumph in our hope [in Christ]. 7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: Today, if you will hear His voice, 8 Do not harden your hearts, as [happened] in the rebellion [of Israel] and their provocation and embitterment [of Me] in the day of testing in the wilderness, 9 Where your fathers tried [My patience] and tested [My forbearance] and found I stood their test, and they saw My works for forty years. 10 And so I was provoked (displeased and sorely grieved) with that generation, and said, They always err and are led astray in their hearts, and they have not perceived or recognized My ways and become progressively better and more experimentally and intimately acquainted with them. 11 Accordingly, I swore in My wrath and indignation, They shall not enter into My rest. 12 [Therefore beware] brethren, take care, lest there be in any one of you a wicked, unbelieving heart [which refuses to cleave to, trust in, and rely on Him], leading you to turn away and desert or stand aloof from the living God. 13 But instead warn (admonish, urge, and encourage) one another every day, as long as it is called Today, that none of you may be hardened [into settled rebellion] by the deceitfulness of sin [by the fraudulence, the stratagem, the trickery which the delusive glamor of his sin may play on him]. 14 For we have become fellows with Christ (the Messiah) and share in all He has for us, if only we hold our first newborn confidence and original assured expectation [in virtue of which we are believers] firm and unshaken to the end. Hebrews 6:1 THEREFORE LET us go on and get past the elementary stage in the teachings and doctrine of Christ (the Messiah), advancing steadily toward the completeness and perfection that belong to spiritual maturity. Let us not again be laying the foundation of repentance and abandonment of dead works (dead formalism) and of the faith [by which you turned] to God, 2 With teachings about purifying, the laying on of hands, the resurrection from the dead, and eternal judgment and punishment. [These are all matters of which you should have been fully aware long, long ago.] 3 If indeed God permits, we will [now] proceed [to advanced teaching]. Philippians 4:8 For the rest, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence and is honorable and seemly, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely and lovable, whatever is kind and winsome and gracious, if there is any virtue and excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think on and weigh and take account of these things [fix your minds on them]. Romans 14:17 [After all] the kingdom of God is not a matter of [getting the] food and drink [one likes], but instead it is righteousness (that state which makes a person acceptable to God) and [heart] peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. 18 He who serves Christ in this way is acceptable and pleasing to God and is approved by men. -Susan O'Marra 01-25-13 http://intheimageofhisgloryministries.blogspot.com/2013/01/w hat-you-are-giving-birth-into-is_25.html |
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| Silver | Jan 26 2013, 03:32 PM Post #6 |
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