A Word of Encouragement for 2010
by Sandie Freed
Believers,
I wanted to write and encourage you! The year of 2009 has been a year of much shifting, changing and rearranging. However, it is important to move forward into 2010 with a great expectation. Knowing that God Himself was in the shaking and shifting of our last season will empower you rather than cause discouragement. Discouragement will steal courage for the season ahead. It is very important to shift into 2010 with courage and godly anticipation for a divine visitation. God desires to show us His glory; however, as He passes by, we must believe He is doing all He promised even when we can't actually see it in the natural. We must develop greater faith to see with spiritual eyes in the year ahead.
A Season of Divine Measurement
In 2006, I heard from the Lord that 2010 would be a year of a completed "measuring." The term "measure" is important to God. You will notice that in Scripture the term "measure" is often used. Just to name a few, Psalm 39:4 states that God "measures our days" (AMP). When planning the temple, it was important that the curtains "measured" the same (see Exodus 26:2,8). Several chapters in Ezekiel speak about the "measuring" of the temple. Interestingly, one of the words deriving from the word "measure" is the word "stretched"! As God measures us, He is also checking to see if we have endured the stretching process! I believe we did!
In 2006, I prophetically saw God measuring us for the next four years and that it would be a type of testing for a shifting into our next season, beginning in 2010. The number 10 often speaks prophetically concerning a divine measuring. Think of the number of years that Israel wandered in the wilderness-40 years-which is 4 times 10. Four is a number that represents things in the natural-such as the four seasons, the earthly realm, four directions (North, South, East and West), etc.
In this type of thinking, we depend upon the natural eye. However, our enemy would cause us to focus on what occurs in the natural. This would link us to the past and to the occult if we are not careful. Remember, the occult attempts to keep revelation hidden so that we cannot see. Revelation exposes what is hidden-so you need to understand the war between the occult and revelation. In other words, keep pressing for revelation, which is the ability to see in the supernatural-like peeking into Heaven!
But thinking along the linesof "divine measurement" (again, multiplying 4 with the number 10), let us be reminded of how often the "natural circumstances" affected Israel's faith while they were being tested in the wilderness. At each wilderness stop, their faith was challenged and God was measuring their trust and obedience. Obviously, we can certainly learn from Israel's mistakes in the wilderness and, therefore, become determined to shift into our new season with greater faith, right? I don't know about you, but I feel that God has used 2009 as a type of plumb line in my life. I pray I passed the test!
Know that the enemy would desire to discourage you during such uncertain times and cause you to walk in confusion. While God is measuring us to determine levels of increase, the enemy seeks to kill, steal and destroy. Let's be alert in this next year and become more determined than ever before to run the race that has been set before us.
We are Like Moses Asking God to Show Us His Glory!
A few nights ago, I met with a group of ladies at an annual gathering of many women connected to Zion Ministries in the Bedford, Texas area, as well as some guests, and I heard a word of encouragement for them. I want to share this with all of you because it was a corporate word to the entire Body of Christ. The Lord told me that many of us have been similar to Moses, being asked to move forward into unknown territory. Again, when we venture into the unknown, we are uncomfortable because we can't fully see our future-therefore we must trust God and develop supernatural eyesight.
I'm sure you remember the story. Moses had presented some "needs" to God and needed to know that God was going to be with him as he led God's people. Moses told God he would continue to lead, but he needed someone to go with him. In other words, before stepping out, Moses needed some type of confirmation. So, Moses asked for God's presence to go with him. The Scripture quote from Exodus 33:15, 16 defines Moses' concern: "If Your presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. How will anyone know that You are pleased with me and with Your people unless You go with us? What else will distinguish me and Your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?"
As I was studying to present this article to you, I thought about the Ark of God: the Presence of God that was in the wilderness for a season. In my book, Conquering the Antichrist Spirit, I go to great lengths to discuss why the presence of God had not manifested in Israel. There were many different wilderness "stops" that Israel made, but many don't realize that the Ark had its own wilderness. I encourage you to consider ordering this book if you feel as if God's presence is not manifesting in your life. We need God's presence in this next year as never before.
The dark is becoming darker and we must be a brighter light. Jesus is the Light of the world, so in order to arise and shine, we must look into the face of Christ and be determined to be a reflection of His Glory. Jesus said if we have seen Him, then we have seen the Father. Though Father God told Moses that he could not see His face, we can rest assured that we can see Father's face if we look into the face of Christ! What an awesome thought!
The Lord heard the cry of Moses and said that He would give Him the direction needed. God replied to Moses by saying, "I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name" (Exodus 33:17).
What an awesome reply from the Lord! God affirmed that He would do what Moses needed. Believers, don't allow discouragement to come right now during such uncertain times. God has promised you that He will fulfill what He declares! It's time to get out some of those prophecies you have placed on shelves, or find that journal where you documented God's promises and begin to declare, out loud, what God has spoken concerning your future.
The enemy has attempted to steal your vision; he does not want you to see! You must look once more at what God has promised, stand on His promises and see your future. You may be in the midst of a shaking, but you're not being shaken out of your destiny...God won't allow it!
Let's look at Moses' next response:
-Then Moses said, "Now show me your glory."Exodus 33:18
Wow! Don't you want to see God's glory, also? I know I sure do. But, look what God's reply was to Moses:
And the LORD said, "I will cause all My goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim My name, the LORD, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. But," He said, "you cannot see My face, for no one may see Me and live."-Exodus 33:19-20
Now, let's pull aside and look at what is occurring. God is going in front of Moses...to His future. God is clearing the pathway for Moses' destiny with a manifestation of His glory. But, dear ones, you need to get this part; God said that Moses would not "see His face" when He passed by him. What we will witness is His glory passing by and then see His back after He has finished making a straight path for us to follow. Oh, how I pray I can convey this by mere words. I am trusting the Holy Spirit to take over here... Look at verse 21:
Then the LORD said, "There is a place near Me where you may stand on a rock. When My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by. Then I will remove My hand and you will see My back; but My face must not be seen."-Exodus 33:21-23 (my emphasis added)
Beloved, there are times when we cannot see God coming! Yet we must believe and trust the fact that He is still moving toward fulfilling what He promised. We may not see it happening in the natural, but when His glory passes by we know it because we experience visitations through His Word, prophetic messages, Bible studies, etc. Let's not maintain a mindset concerning how God visits us, okay? If we can do that, we're ready for Him to visit us in a fresh way.
That Was God
Now, let's fast forward a little to the New Testament. Jesus is the Rock, right? Also, God says that we are "hidden in Christ." Therefore when His glory passes by, we must be hidden in Jesus, and standing on the Rock! We will witness the glory if we are standing on the Rock. We may not get "goose bumps" during a visitation, but if we remain connected in Christ-well, a visitation is guaranteed! Believers, our ground in the natural is very shaky. Unless we are truly standing on the Rock, we will tilt and maybe even miss the time of His visitation to us! If you are struggling, then it's time to hide in Christ. Find Jesus in this season and renew your relationship with the King of Kings. You will experience peace, satisfaction and fulfillment in Him.
Now, back to Moses. As God's glory passed by Moses, he was able to see His back. I believe that we may not always see God coming, but we know and trust that He is and that He is faithful to intervene in our circumstances. We will experience His glory because He promises to pass by. Also, when He passes by and has cleared a straight path for our future, we can look at His back and then say, "That was God who just passed me by!"
Have you ever been in a situation when you weren't certain that what was occurring was God until it was over? And then you found yourself saying, "That was God." This is because it already happened; you used hindsight, but all along God was coming, His presence manifested in your situation, and you didn't realize it until it was over!
There are many different ways to describe this passage. Theologians believe that this is how God revealed the "past" to Moses and empowered him to write the first five books of Scripture. But for me, now, today, this speaks to me differently. I have cried out, God, I need to know that as I move forward Your presence is with me. He is saying that, As long as you all are still trusting and believing in Me, then I'm still moving to accomplish what I have promised.
Dear ones, don't be discouraged any longer. God is moving on your behalf! We may not see breakthrough in the natural, but if you will allow the Holy Spirit to touch your eyes, He will give you supernatural eyesight for your future. We are overcomers. Be encouraged. You WILL break out of old cycles in your new season.
Allow me to pray for you: Father God, You know all things. You alone are God. You say that You are not a God that would lie, and that what You have promised, You will fulfill. We are crying out for Your glory. Today we are determined to become hidden in Christ. We will firmly stand upon the Rock and trust You. We realize that when things are dark it may be a time when we are hidden in Jesus. Empower us to see with spiritual eyes, and understand with supernatural understanding, and realize that You are moving forward into our future and creating straight paths into victory. In Jesus' name. Amen.
Have a glorious 2010!
As always, love and blessings,
Sandie Freed
Zion Ministries
Email: zionministries1@sbcglobal.net
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WILLIAM
C. YOUNT
Hagerstown,
MD
www.billyount.com
"THE POWER OF BEING A FRIEND WILL BE UNLEASHED IN 2010!"
Do you know why facebook is taking the world by storm? It is bringing friends together... old friends, new friends, future friends. I have met one friend I haven't seen or heard from in twenty years! Some people with whom I thought our relationship had come to an end are now adding me as a friend on facebook. I realize 'adding me as their friend' may be through some mistake or through another person's suggestion but nevertheless I see the hand of God bringing people together. We were born for relationships and as the earth is being shaken and men's hearts are failing for fear, I hear the world crying out for a 'true blue' friend in 2010! I believe the key that unlocked the hearts of people when Jesus came to earth was Matthew 11:19 "Jesus was a friend of publicans and sinners" and He still is! I believe just being a friend to someone begins to open the heavens over that person's life for God to reveal Himself through.
HELL'S NUMBER ONE ENEMY IN 2010 WILL BE RELATIONSHIPS!
At first I was turned off with facebook for you don't get to talk to people face to face.I then realized the key to really get to know a person is communication through words. The first sign of a strained relationship is often a lack of communication through words. We often hear offended people say, "We had words between us." And it's words that can bring a broken relationship back together again. I am reminded of an old song by the Bee Gees. "It's only words and words are all I have to take your heart away!" In spite of strained relationships ongoing communication with words will often break down walls of division and strife. I sense many offended people are still communicating through facebook if only to poke fun at each other. But at least it is ongoing communication and I prophesy that many enemies will become friends in 2010 through facebook and by other means of just keeping in touch.
YOUR ENEMY TODAY COULD VERY WELL BECOME YOUR BEST FRIEND IN 2010!
God often puts something we need in the person we don't like. Don't count anyone out in your relationships, even the hurtful ones. Your enemy today could very well become your best friend in 2010! "The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend." ( Abe Lincoln ) "Proverbs 16:7 "When a man's way please the Lord, He is able to make his enemies to be at peace with him."
On facebook you get to think before you say something and that probably gives all of us a friendly edge in communicating. I am sure many family and friends of soldiers at war treasure the words of their loved ones through writing although they don't get to see them. I then realized how we don't literally see God face to face either but it's His written word to us in the Bible that draws and reveals His face to us in intimacy. How important are His words? Psalm 138:2 "You have magnified your 'word' above all your name." It's through the words of Jesus that we truly get to know him and what He is like. It's the same with people. If we saw the person's face but they were wordless, we could never get to know who they really are. You can tell who a person is through their words. Even what seems to be frivolous on facebook like someone telling us what they are doing right now or thinking about is building bridges in every day life. We get to know people in their every day lives and begin to discover we all are so much alike and have the same needs to be loved and feel needed. I know a few people who in person don't say much and they are hard to get to know but on facebook they light up expressing their heart and I have gotten to know what makes them tick. One person whom I know who in person is so quiet has just released a book that she has written. This person is full of creative words of life that reveal her significance.
2010 IS THE YEAR YOU AND YOUR BEST FRIEND WERE BORN FOR! Proverbs 17:17
Proverbs 17:17 "A friend loves at all times and a brother is born for adversity."
By now through all of your relationships on earth a best friend has surely surfaced. If not, I believe a best friend is coming forth to be with you in this coming year to help you through to your victory against impossible odds. And you were born to help your best friend through whatever they may face. 2010 will be a defining year for friendships that will prove "two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. And if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him who is alone when he falls for he doesn't have another to help him up." Ecclesiastes 4:9,10 Perhaps in many of our ministries and lives our greatest need is not for finances but friends. Friends just naturally want to help each other no matter what the need may be.
Even Jesus on earth seemed to have a best friend who seemed closer to Him than the other disciples. It was John, the 'beloved'. He leaned on Jesus' breast at the last supper and showed up at the crucifixion when the rest had forsaken him. Jesus' love for John had cast out all fear in him, even the fear of death. Jesus even trusted John with the care of His mother as he was dying. John had such a relationship with Jesus that he wrote a whole book about Jesus called Revelation. This book is a revelation of Jesus and how we overcome in the midst of a chaotic world. "And they overcame him ( the devil ) by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony and they loved not their lives unto death" Rev.12:11 It's interesting that John was not afraid of death and yet he ended up living the longest of all of the disciples. John had the heavenly attitude of 'Whatever happens, We win!
Proverbs 18:24 "A man who wants friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother."
"Father in Jesus Name we thank you that you no longer call us servants but your friends, if we love you and love others. ( John 15:14,15 ) Even when we were lost you were our best friend who came and found us. Help us to show ourselves friendly to this hostile world. Help us to be God with skin on for those who don't know you. Help us to allow you to love through us that many will find you as their best friend forever in 2010!
"What a friend we have in Jesus!"
SHARON HARGRAVE
WORD FOR 2010
GENERATIONS: GOD'S PROPHETIC PLAN
Unquestionably, we are entering times of heightened spiritual activity and confrontation. We believe 2010 will be a year considerably different from the past, with measures of breakthrough experienced by the remnant who qualify; those having positioned themselves before God with humility, contrition and who tremble at His Word.
This truth was recently re-emphasized to me while conducting meetings in New Zealand. While there I was reminded of a story recorded in the life of the notable healing evangelist Smith Wigglesworth. It involved a key secret in his walk with God and the release of divine power through this great champion.
In 1922 Wigglesworth journeyed to New Zealand for a series of healing campaigns. At the time, he was unknown to New Zealand's leadership, but with great confidence various pastors rented the Wellington Town Hall to host the meetings. To everyone's delight, the Lord was wonderfully present in power bringing healing and salvation to scores. The services were so successful that additional meetings were arranged and each was filled to capacity with God healing the most difficult cases of sickness and disease.
At the conclusion of the campaign one of the host pastors, while walking along the seashore with Wigglesworth, asked what his secret was to walking in demonstrations of God's power. Wigglesworth responded, "I am sorry you asked me that question, but I will answer it. I am a brokenhearted man. My wife who meant everything to me, died 11 years ago. After the funeral I went back and lay on her grave. I wanted to die there. But God spoke to me and told me to rise up and come away. I told Him if He would give me a double portion of the Spirit-my wife's and my own-I would go and preach the gospel. God was gracious to me and answered my request. But I sail the high seas alone. I am a lonely man, and many a time all I can do is to weep and weep
A
broken and contrite heart was the secret to Wigglesworth's success with God. It
is written in Psalms 51:17,"the sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken
and a contrite heart, oh God you will not despise."
The pastor to whom these comments were made recorded that he clearly understood Wigglesworth's comments were directed towards the spiritual outpouring within the generation preceding the Lord's return. He said, "It was quite evident that the evangelist had a special vision granted to him of the coming outpouring of the Spirit in an unprecedented effusion in the days just before our Lord comes to snatch away the Church."
Taking it to Another Level
Clearly, Wigglesworth was given a glimpse of God's plan for this present hour. It is also recorded that while in South Africa in 1936, Wigglesworth accurately prophesied what has now become known as the Charismatic renewal. He along with many other prior champions was allowed to prophetically observe and forecast what we as a generation can enjoy in God. Even so, the same qualifications are necessary for us that existed with Wigglesworth and the others.
Our Need for True Leadership
Like Daniel and his three friends in Babylonian captivity, we desperately need the impartation of Heavenly wisdom and knowledge as well as intelligence in all manner of writing and literature. We desperately need insight and interpretation of our dreams and visions. (Daniel 1:17)
I have often studied and written on the life of Daniel; a man highly esteemed and greatly beloved in Heaven. The Lord told me years ago that Daniel was a prototype of the generation he foresaw. In many ways, Daniel and his three friends provide a prophetic picture of the manner by which the Lord will equip His people for special end-of-the-age assignments. The Babylonian captivity of natural Israel provides a forecast of our present condition and the Lord's promise for deliverance.
These four young men provide a prophetic standard for the spiritually strong who know their God and carry out great exploits. They will intimately know God and engage the revelatory realm of Heaven. In them will be an excellent spirit granting acute perception and understanding to interpret dreams and visions, clarify revelatory experiences and solve difficult and enigmatic problems. They will be people who apprehend insight from the throne room and respond to the invitation to "come up here" to be shown things to take place in the future.
A few years ago during a prophetic experience, the Lord specifically stated to me that Daniel 1:17 was spiritually linked to Ephesians 1:17. These are parallel passages stating the same promises from different time frames. One is from the Old Covenant outlining God's dealings during difficult times but also pointing to a future day of supernatural intervention into the lives of mankind. The other is expressed in the New Covenant recording for all generations the heritage of the saints.
Despite our perceived personal limitations, the Lord is a quickening Spirit. He has promised to give life to our mortal bodies with His Spirit and grant to us the spirit of revelation that will access mysteries, secrets and revelatory knowledge as our legacy in Him.
Tokens of the Past
Many who attended Maria Woodworth-Etter's meetings at the turn of the 20th century would be caught up in the Spirit to experience visions and revelations of the Lord. These accounts are well documented and verified. Some would be commissioned in their encounter as missionaries to foreign lands and emerge from their visionary revelation capable of fluently speaking the language of the nation to which they were called.
Likewise, the Lord is more than able to equip us to access the unfathomable treasures hidden in Him that require supernatural gifts like those entrusted to the apostle Paul. As the Bible also clearly promises, the Holy Spirit knows what is hidden in darkness and reveals the deep and secret things. Light dwells with Him bringing illumination to that which has been set apart and reserved for the generation of destiny. (Daniel 2:22)
Even now there are individuals engaging the revelatory realm of Heaven receiving downloads of insight into physics, light, sound and spiritual colors. The visitation of the apostle John to the throne room was both visual and audible. His experience disclosed awesome sights, sounds and vibrant colors surrounding the Lord's seat of dominion and victory. The more understanding we have of that realm the greater our ability to cooperate with Heaven in the demonstration of the Kingdom dominion on the earth.
Mysteries and Secrets of God
You
have heard [these things foretold], now you see this fulfillment. And will you
not bear witness to it? I show you specified new things from this time forth,
even hidden things [kept in reserve] which you have not known. T
During the days of the early Apostolic Church, unprecedented events were taking place. The disciples were compelled to examine the prophetic writings of the prophets to provide a scriptural basis for their experiences. No one could have anticipated the prophetic fulfillment that transpired on the Day of Pentecost. The Scriptures pointing to Pentecost were present all along but now the experience itself unlocked revelatory insight into the mysteries of the Kingdom that were imparted during the early Church.
There are notable thoughts and plans resident in God's heart that have been sealed and held in reserve until the appointed time. That day has now arrived and the Lord is releasing spiritual impartations that will be dynamic in their applications. The scriptural truths and Kingdom mysteries that are imminently before us will have as much impact today as Martin Luther's ninety-five theses nailed to the Church door in Wittenberg Germany did in the early 16th century.
"The course of this
conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice
and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral
between them." George W. Bush
George
W. Bush was talking about the current conflict in Iraq
and Afghanistan
but what he said rings loud in my spirit for the injustice being experienced by
the many women and children thrown into the sex traffic trade. God is not
neutral when it comes to this injustice and therefore, we should not be either.
In
recent days there has been many news stories and articles come out about human
trafficking/modern day sex slavery. Even though it has been talked about some
in the media there are still so many Americans who are not aware of it because
of the lack of awareness and resources. Awareness is key in taking action
against this devastating problem.
Being Aware of Human
Trafficking
One
of the reasons Cry For Justice was started was to be a resource and help bring
awareness of human trafficking to the people of this Nation. I recently met
with a Victims Specialist with the FBI and she shared something with me that
was very eye opening. She said many law enforcement branches do not have
anti-trafficking departments. This could be because of a lack of finances and
manpower or surprisingly enough, it's the mindset of thinking "it doesn't
happen in this area". The truth is it happens everywhere!
I
do not believe it is any one person or organizations fault that there is not
more being accomplished to fight against human trafficking. What I do see
happening is the Father moving on people, Christian and non-Christian alike,
and breaking their hearts for these women and children as His heart is breaking
for them. He is calling for people that will be a voice for the voiceless and
eyes that are willing to be opened to look at the problem for what it is. It is
a dark, devastating world that causes women and children to live in fear, loose
all hope and their identity.
Because
there is such a great need for awareness, Cry For Justice is expanding our
awareness campaign for 2010. Right now we are creating awareness programs for:
Schools:
It
is so important that we talk about human trafficking to the very people that
are potential victims - children! How
many children/young people could be saved from sex trafficking if they had
knowledge of how traffickers "recruit" their victims. It could be they have a
classmate that is being or has been trafficked and if they know what to look
for in a victim they can recognize it and help rescue someone. Just as
important as the children knowing, teachers and other school employees should
know what to look for as well, they see children day in and day out.
Communities:
This
includes community groups, law enforcement, social service agencies and other
government agencies that might come in contact with victims of sex trafficking
or trafficking establishments. It is vital they understand what trafficking is
so victims will be taken care of properly and not looked at as the criminal.
Churches:
This
year we started an awareness program for churches and ministries. We see the absolute
necessity in educating the Body of Christ about human trafficking. The only
thing that is going to break the back of this thing is the power of Jesus
Christ and His healing love over the victims to restore them to walk out the
true destiny He purposed for them. There is a dream in His heart for them. The
Body is His hands and feet and we must take responsibility for these lost
children.
We
now have a Cry For Justice Awareness Packet available for anyone who has a
heart to help bring awareness about human trafficking in their sphere of
influence. The packet includes an informational DVD, information about human
trafficking and information about Cry For Justice. Everyone can use their
voice.
We
are working toward having a residential facility and we're in the process of
raising finances to secure a facility for victims who do not have a home to go
to after being rescued. Our heart is to provide a safe and loving home for each
child where they can heal physically and emotionally.
Two things I would like to leave you
with today for your consideration is:
First, please consider helping Cry For Justice financially. We can't do what the Lord has called us to do without financial support and I ask you to pray about sowing into the lives of these woman and children that we are going to be a part of rescuing and restoring. We need facilities, staff, money for media projects and for the awareness programs we are putting together.
- A Glimpse of God's Heart
for the Body of Christ and the Harvest
by Munday Martin
Intro by James W. Goll:
It is my joy and honor to commend to you the ministry of one of today's authentic revivalists, Munday Martin. God has raised up Munday and Jennifer Martin's ministry of Contagious Love International as a next generation voice of credibility, revelation, power and compassion. They make the Gospel of Jesus Christ relevant in our generation and I am proud to have them be a part of our Encounters Alliance-a coalition of Leaders. You will be blessed by the power and testimony of the Holy Spirit in their lives.
James W. Goll
Encounters Network
We are entering into a new decade soon. The other day I was asking the Holy Spirit to reveal to me what He is about to do in the Body of Christ in 2010 and over the next decade. He began revealing to me by the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation what is about to take place. Most of what He shared for me is a word for the Body of Christ. This is what He began to show me:
We're All Rising Up in the Glory Together and Will be Activated to Walk in Everyday Life as Jesus Walked
There has been such a release of the Kingdom message in the past decade in order to prepare us for the restitution of all things spoken about in Acts 3:21, "He must remain in Heaven until the time comes for God to restore everything, as He promised long ago through His holy prophets." God's sons and daughters have been hearing about using the keys of the Kingdom and walking in the dynamics of the throne, so that we could learn to walk in a lifestyle of living on the earth as we would in Heaven. The light of His glory is coming upon a radical warrior Bride to contend with the gross darkness that has robbed many of their true identities in Christ.
We are now emerging from the ruins of passive Christianity. We have exiled from the mentality of waiting for a rapture to come rescue us away from this present darkness, rather than take our stand and overcome until we go to be with Jesus. We are learning that deep darkness is a reality and it is going to continue out there. However, Isaiah 60 makes it very clear that when it does get dark, get ready for an explosion of light! "Behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon you, and His glory shall be seen upon you. And the (nations) shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising." Yes, we will one day be caught up to meet the Lord in the air, but that day will not come until God restores everything.
As we learn to become the living tabernacle of David and use the keys of the Kingdom that are rightfully ours, we will walk in the same anointing Peter walked in, where even his shadow healed people when it was cast upon them. We will walk in the same miracles, signs and wonders that Jesus walked in. Much of the Body has not realized they have a miracle ministry on the inside of them and forfeited their divine Kingdom rights and watched others with miracle ministries, when they themselves can carry the atmosphere of Heaven wherever they go.
"Fathering" and "equipping" will become the norm in the Church across the world in 2010 and beyond. "The man of God" mentality is breaking off the Church in the nations. What I mean by that is many have, for years, put men and women of God up on pedestals and revered them in excess, and some even seemingly worshiped them. God is breaking the perception off His sheep that they must wait for the "man of God" to come to their town and bring revival. The whole Body will be rising up in the glory together and will be activated to walk in everyday life with a miracle, prophetic, and signs and wonder ministry. A family of God is arising and shining and He is bringing up His family into dignity and honor.
Watch for Outbreaks of Joy Across America
There will be a sign released right now that will help inebriate people who have suffered across the Body of Christ! Watch the outbreaks of joy across America right now! Watch for the outbreaks of joy!
The Lord told me recently, as I began to smell His fragrance come in the room which smelled like myrrh, that He is releasing the oil of joy right now. Many are about to experience the new wine and the oil of joy who have never felt it before, even across denominational lines. For many it will linger for days and days. Psalm 104:15 says God gave "wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil to make his face shine, and bread that sustains his heart."
Watch for the sign of wine outpourings of the Holy Spirit. Watch also for the sign of oil and bread, as God will rain down manna again in meetings, and oil will physically come more on a mass scale than it is now in some churches. Out of being infused with this glory outpouring, it will release a new boldness, strength and confidence to fulfill our Kingdom mandate no matter where we are. It won't matter what neighborhood we are in, or what nation or what kingdom we are in, because the kingdoms of this world will become the Kingdoms of our God. The Lord told me that He will visit cities all over America with unusual outpourings similar to Toronto. He showed me fireworks and told me that by July 4th of 2010 there will be a new Independence coming upon His Bride in America and Canada.
"The Body is Going to Help Shift Men's Paradigms of Who Jesus Is"
Get ready to see a mass exodus of Believers leaving behind old traditions that have made the Word of God to no effect. Believers will leave behind their Egypts of vain religion into a new land of fullness. Those who have the vision of "glory centers" and "training centers" in their heart at this hour are right on target with the Spirit of God. Bob Jones' word about one billion youth coming to Christ by 2020 is going to happen, and we must be ready to train those that have come out of the bondage of religion, and even alternative lifestyles.
The Lord told me, "I am about to move on the subcultures of America." Just as He chose to save many hippies in the 60s and 70s, get ready to see even the magazines declare another Jesus Revolution has started by 2014! It will invade youth in the indie rock scene, it will invade youth in the hip-hop culture, it will even invade Hollywood and MTV. Get ready to see God's hip-hop prophets arise. Get ready to see God's techno rave DJ prophets arise. I even see healing revivals taking place in clubs across America and Europe.
Watch as the Lord begins to shift culture with His Kingdom culture of Heaven. The Body is going to help shift men's paradigms of who Jesus is. Those who have turned to the occult are going to meet God's presence-carriers in the marketplace and streets. Multitudes who are in New Age will begin to hear how the Church is a place where they can go to get healed, be loved, and find freedom in this wonderful man named Jesus. A healing revival is going to spread on mass scale!
A Decade of Unprecedented Harvest
Seven-fold restoration will come even on a governmental level. Wherever an ungodly leader of a nation steps down, the sons of light have the privilege to take that position. Nations will begin to see a new leadership as God restores. Whenever an ungodly person steps down in media, get ready for a son of light to take the position seven times more. The fulfillment of Isaiah 60 is coming to pass on a mass scale.
This is going to be a decade of unprecedented harvest that the Church and the world have never seen. God says, "I have heard the groanings of creation for the manifestation of the sons of God, and I am about to cause a media revival that will shake the heavens and the earth that no man can stop, that will invade even Muslim, Buddhist and Hindu culture through media and Internet with a Kingdom of power and a Kingdom of glory."
God also showed me that the nation of Israel is going to enter into a fresh, new season of harvest. This healing wave of glory will come to many Messianic churches in Israel and will cause a great influx of Jews and Arabs receiving Jesus (Yeshua) as their Messiah.
2010-It's Time to Believe for the Impossible
by Barbie Breathitt
With God, All Things Are Possible
It is time to see and believe that with God all things are possible (Luke 1:37). Just as the angel of the Lord spoke to Mary about her relative Elizabeth in Luke 1:36, a woman who was called barren yet was already in her sixth month of pregnancy, so it will be for many in 2010-where, against all odds, the fruit you have been waiting to see will come forth in abundance.
Elizabeth and her husband served faithfully. Elizabeth was waiting for a child even though she was labeled as barren. God will give to us the desires of our heart as a sign of His faithfulness, and these will come in uncommon and unusual ways. When they come, they will need to be nurtured and gently cared for. Elizabeth was known as barren. Hannah was barren, despised and laughed at by Peninnah, Elkanah's other wife. But God remembered both of them. If an old, barren woman can become fruitful in her old age, what could possibly stop you from being fruitful, too? The Church is often symbolized as a woman; as we pray for souls many will be birthed into the Kingdom of God.
This year we will see true alignments with others for the purposes of God. Just as Mary needed to go to Elizabeth to fulfill prophecy and destiny, so God will align us with the right people for "purpose"-no matter how big or small that purpose may be. When Mary came near to Elizabeth the baby leaped in her womb (Luke 1:41), and she was filled with the Holy Spirit, proclaiming blessing on Mary and the fruit of her womb. In true alignments there will be a recognition and blessing of the fruit and promise in the Spirit that each person carries.
John the Baptist was filled with the Holy Spirit from conception. Because of our past experiences we learn to value what we've been given. When God gives us a new beginning by activating or enlivening the gifts within us by the Holy Spirit-then the new will come forth. This new beginning will bring forth eternal fruit. Be encouraged-you have not been forgotten or overlooked
New Order in 2010
Ten is the number of law, government, restoration, nurturing, order, trials and testings in our wilderness journey, and it is also the number of responsibility. When world economics seem to decrease, I believe it is vital that our tithe and giving increases to sustain spiritual order and supernatural provision in our life. Ten is the number that represents the Pastor and testimony. We will see a completing of many things take place from the fullness of time, bringing in a new ordinal perfection. The Lord will remind you that 2010 is the year of taking responsibility for the new divine order that has been given. God's new order will bring in restoration of the things that have been stolen during our wilderness journey.
This will be a time for nurturing intimate times with God, developing our relationships, and securing the right alignments in the Body of Christ. Many in the Body of Christ have seen God's favor and blessings come through in unexpected ways. Remember, God's provision often comes in our darkest hour. Watch God straighten out relationships and restore things you have lost or had stolen. See the character of Christ being pressed deep within your being.
The manifestation of the nine gifts of the Spirit will begin to increase in our lives as never before (1 Corinthians 12:8-10). God is going to reward our faithfulness and works we have done in spite of the difficulties and trials we have been going through.
Isaiah 60 is for today. The glory of the Lord is increasing upon individuals. "Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee..." We will know the realities of this Scripture in increasing dimensions as we believe in the gifts of God within us. Believe in the Christ in us, and let your faith draw upon the outflowing of His anointing and glory as He breathes upon and stirs up the gifts He has placed within you.
Obstacles and distractions that once seemed insurmountable will be overcome "suddenly," like unexpected birth pains. These suddenlies will bring significant change and breakthrough, drawing family members, friends and acquaintances closer to God, and many will be saved.
Do not fear the opposition or persecution that will come from enemies. Let your enemies work for you. Remember, God is able to turn everything to your benefit as you continue to trust Him in every circumstance. Difficulties that are thrown at you will cause your heart to become pure. Remain focused on God in prayer. Don't allow fear, anxiety, panic or intimidation a place in your life.
True Alignments and a Year of Completion
People's opinions will try to hinder you from making true alignments. Learn to recognize one another by the Spirit. See opportunities through God's eyes; do not judge by the past, but know what godly gifts people are carrying within and who they are becoming in Christ.
In order to come into true alignments, we need to confront and address the issues of the heart. If these areas are not addressed, they can lead to misalignments or disagreements. Recognize selfish ambition and resist the temptation to align with others strictly for your own purposes, benefits or to "look good" by using others for what they have to offer. 2010 will also be a year of discerning and judging things with new spiritual insights. This will insure proper order to help us correct past mistakes by making things right so that we will not go through or repeat old, destructive cycles again.
This is a year of "completion." God wants to remove negative, hurtful relationships, character flaws and destructive thought patterns from our lives. God will severely judge the sins we choose to hold onto this year. God wants us to be consecrated vessels unto Him. To enter the presence of the Lord in the Holy of Holies we need to repent of any known sins or appetites that are keeping us back from surrendering our whole heart to Him.
It is time to surrender completely in order to be aligned to reach our greatest potential and destiny. Be willing to step out into the new and unfamiliar. The Lord is going to deal with things that try to steal or hinder us from prospering or reaching our destiny. Ask God to send the east wind to sink the "destiny thieves" (Psalm 48:7) and destroy selfish ambition that would steal from another. Many need to repent of hindering others from reaching their potential, because we have enslaved them for our own benefits instead. When one person suffers the whole Body of Christ suffers. God alone holds our future, destiny and eternity.
Lean on God this Year and Rest in Him
We will be learning to lean into God more and more each year. Leaning on Christ enables the burdens of life to slide off our shoulders and come to rest at His feet. By trusting Him to carry our burdens we give up the need to worry and control our circumstances.
How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings. They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house, and You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures. For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.-Psalm 36:7-9 NKJV
Learning to rest and dream in His peace enables us to sleep with no concerns, knowing our God is going to uphold, guide and protect us. "When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches, for You have been my help, and in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy. My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me" (Psalm 63:6-8). Minute by minute, through every circumstance of life, we trust God to hold us in His strong, loving, right hand. Meditate on the Scriptures.
God is doing a new and different thing. Like David we are to place our trust and faith in the goodness of God in the land of the living. Isaiah 43:18-19 says, "Do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, NOW it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert" (NKJV). We must also look for opportunities to be hospitable by meeting the needs of others with the simplest of things.
"With Me All Things are Possible. Only Believe!"
Prophetic word of the Lord: "Tune your heart to hear the exhortation of My word! It is time to gather, unify, and rise up. It is time to break up the fallow ground and dig into the Word for the fresh waters of this season. Re-dig the wells of the old anointings that have been lost. Then dig new wells that will greatly strengthen you. For certainly the anointing will bring the glory and the presence of My Kingdom upon your life.
"Dig, drink deeply, and sing to the wells in your life to spring up and flow out of your bellies like living water. Dig and do not stop digging until your thirst is satisfied. The river of life flows through My Kingdom. Remember, My Kingdom is within you. The mysteries, power, and the secrets of My divine promises are in the living water of My Word. So plant yourself by the river of living water and drink deeply of My healing waters; let the dry barrenness be removed.
"You have journeyed through the wilderness heat of the valley of the shadow of death. But in 2010 you are coming to the oasis of living water where deep, clear springs will bubble up out of the depth of My Kingdom reservoirs. Therefore, come dig in and drink in My eternal life and strength. As you drink to your full, darkness will leave, and My glorious power and the healing presence of My Kingdom will come to manifest through your life. Use your faith shovel for digging the wells of wisdom in the ancient patterns of the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
"Refuse the enemy's voice of discouragement, who attempts to keep you from fulfilling your destiny. You are called and chosen to demonstrate the light of God's Kingdom in this hour. You live in the generation where darkness is attempting to abound, but God's grace and truth will abound much more. I have empowered you to do the impossible, because with Me all things are possible. Only believe!"
God's Breath to you,
Breath of the Spirit Ministries
Year to Stand in Heaven's Open Window
by Garris Elkins
Dawning of a New Day
I prayed a simple prayer: "Lord, show me what the year 2010 will bring." As soon as those words were uttered, I saw an image. I saw someone standing inside a castle-like, stone building looking out through a large circular window. This person was looking towards a distant horizon. The dawning of a new day was just beginning.
The reflection of the early light was illuminating their face. The window was high up in an elevated position, many levels above the surrounding terrain. Because of where this person stood they were able to see the coming dawn before those who were still sleeping in the darkness at ground-level. This image reminded me of when I used to fly airplanes. I would pilot my aircraft into some distant airport just before sunrise. As I approached my destination I would be flying into the first rays of a new day.
As I continued to reflect on what I was seeing, I began to realize this was an image for 2010. God desires to position His people in a higher place of revelation so they can see what is coming. This higher place would change their perspective.
"2010-A Year to Stand in Heaven's Open Window"
As I gazed at the image of this new dawn I heard the Lord speak to my heart, "2010 will be a year that I will open a window of Heaven. If you are willing, you can come up higher and I will let you see the things I have planned. 2010 will be a year to see the approaching future if you will heed My invitation to come up to a higher place and stand in the open window of My purpose and vision.
"I brought you into Myself and made you Mine-heirs of promise-before you took your first step of destiny. I gave it all to you before you could perform the works of My hand. In this new dawn there will be signs of a higher purpose I want My people to see in the coming year. In 2010 look for signs that will manifest in the systems of the earthly kingdom. These signs will reflect My heart.
"There is Coming a Fullness of Joy"
"A fullness of My presence is not yet upon you. As My Word says, 'Weeping may endure for the night, but joy comes in the morning.' I am asking you to look into the darkness and prophesy a new dawn. As you prophesy, My joy will fall in your camp. I am sending a joy to My people that will appear premature. This joy of Heaven will rise in you like the dawning of a new day.
"There is coming a fullness of joy for My people that will be as bright as the noon day sun. This new dawn of joy will be seen by you while the world still sleeps in a lingering night of despair. The sounds of your joy will be heard in the camps of darkness before the new day is realized. You will begin to dance in the approaching dawn. Come up and stand in the window of Heaven and see what I am about to do.
"If My people who are called by My Name will humble themselves before Me and seek My face in this new day, I will do a new thing in your midst. From the window of Heaven you will see the new dawn of joy before I call it to rise into the natural realm. All new dawns break in Heaven before they are seen in the earth.
"Come up and stand in the window of Heaven and see My coming heart and purpose for 2010."
Garris Elkins, Senior Leader
Living Waters Church - Medford, Oregon
Email: info@livingwatersmedford.org
Will Bring About Changes to this Nation
by Kim Clement
Prophesied on October 25, , 2009, in Memphis, Tennessee:
"For there has been a scheme and a plan against the President of this nation, to suffocate him." God says, "The enemy has planned in 2010 to bring shame to the first African President. So that they will say, 'Never again shall an African American be the President of the United States.' This will not happen," says the Lord. "This will not happen. This will not happen.
"There shall come a change in the early part of 2010 and many will say, 'Look, things are not quite as bad as what it seemed,' and those who have murmured and those who have spoken evil, those who have spread words out to bring shame to this race will not be satisfied."
God says, "It has been My desire to raise up a man who would honor Me. Yet the people say, 'But the policies, what about the policies?'" God says, "I told you I will change everything in the midterm of this Presidency. However, the enemy has planned an assassination to suffocate his voice. This will not be completed."
God says, "This will not be successful. This will not be the desire of the people at the time. There are three groups that have planned this, and the prophet has heard these words. For the one who prophesied this President into existence will not regret the words that God placed into his mouth."
"Three groups are putting this together to bring shame to the USA in 2010, but it shall be," says the Lord, "that I will take My angels and I will cause them to hear the prayers of Daniel, Daniel of old. And the prayers of Daniel shall be placed into this time and into this moment. For they shall say, 'What is happening with the prince of Persia? Why is it that there is a battle going on?'"
God said, "The spirit of Daniel is praying that this will not take place. I will bring freedom to Persia. I will bring freedom to Persia. I will bring freedom to the Middle East, but there will not be a peace treaty. However, the salvation of the Lord shall begin to take place in the Middle East as never before."
"Spiritual Renewal in 2010 Will Break the Cycle-I Will Break the Cycle"
God says, "Your President shall have a great conversion in 2010 which will bring about changes to this nation and because I have spoken.
"Your prayers and your praise shall bring about a change in the atmosphere; your praise and your shouts bring about a change, for you don't understand the significance of these sounds. I'm not listening to the journalists or the prognosticators. I'm not listening to CBS or NBC or ABC or FOX." God says, "I'm not listening!
"I'm listening for one sound and one sound only. The prophetic sound that comes from My people as they shout out the victory; for there is a victory that is coming that is greater than ever. A spiritual renewal in 2010 will break the cycle. I will break the cycle. For they have already predicted, 'This President is in line to die in office.'
But God says, "Hear the word of the Lord. I do not see men the way men see men. I see men through My eyes. I know their hearts. I know that the changes you desire politically and economically are not happening. No one can change anything in this nation but the Lord God Almighty. No one can. A prosperity is about to come upon the Church in such an unusual way."
God says, "Athletes are about to arise and penetrate the Kingdom of darkness. Economists are about to come forth from young men and young women, and the African American people shall rise up and say, 'We have been given the honor and the privilege to go into the marketplace and to build pulpits, and to bring people to Christ,' and so it shall be that I shall put My mantle upon this nation," says the Spirit of God.
An Exposure
"There shall be an exposure; a corruption that has been taking place in the political arena shall be exposed," says the Lord. "And they have prayed for this President to lay face down in shame. And they shall say, 'How is it that he (Obama) was the one who brought the truth out, and this that took place, this corruption that was taking place, was not revealed by the journalists of this hour but by the President of the United States?'
"Why? Because this President sought the Lord, got onto his knees and prayed out for God's blessing upon the nation."
"Your Song Has Come Before Me; You Will Not be Brought to Shame"
God says, "I will honor the prayer in the Easter of 2010. I will break the cycle.
"For they have predicted another one shall die in office. It shall not be so. For this President shall leave this office bringing honor to the African American people."
God says, "Some will say, 'Now will there ever be another African in the White House?' Yes, there will be another. It shall be an African American woman whom I shall raise up to stand in office and you shall be proud in Memphis, Tennessee, for you celebrated the word of the Lord.
"I've loved to listen to you over the centuries as you have sung. You sang in pain, you sang in bondage and you sing in freedom. They will never take your song away. You sang as slaves, as bondswomen, you sang of freedom.
"And that sound has risen to Me today again. Certain people of this nation who are enemies of the Cross have said, 'We will bring to shame this race.'
"Are you not Americans-citizens of this kingdom?
"No, you will not be brought to shame. There will not be another unnecessary death. There will not be another unnecessary assassination. For your song and your breath, the fragrance that is upon you, has come before Me," says the Spirit of the Lord.
Kim Clement
Prophetic Image Expressions
Email: hope@kimclement.com
2010- Year of Birthing
by Apostle Cheryl PerryAs you have let go of the old, the new is brought forth. New seasons, new destiny's. Your destiny's will change. Because you are birthed and have birthed new seasons, new ministries, new anointings, new levels in my spirit, new levels in My glory
This is not the end, but the beginning of a new season
Prepare now for what I do in 2010
Prepare now, do not be caught as ten maidens at the wedding with no oil in their lamps. Prepare now, for the wave of My glory will come. Prepare now, My children, because a new level, a new wave comes.
I open the heavens upon those who hear My voice, upon those who seek My face, upon those who have a heart for My people. So hear My voice, My children, whom I have called this day from the far corners of the earth. Hear Me, My sons and daughters, hear Me my apostles and prophets who I have sealed with the seal of My anointing. A new destiny awaits you as you prepare. A new season awaits you as you hear the sound of My voice.
As you heed and obey the voice of My prophets upon the earth. Turn your ear to the sound of heaven. Turn off the distractions of what is happening in your world. Turn off the cares of this world and tune your ear to the cares and concerns of heaven. For what I do is far greater than what you have seen.
So move My people, move into the place I have prepared for you, move My people, move into the habitation of My glory upon the earth. Move My sons and daughters, move closer- closer-- yes, even closer to Me. My arms are opened wide to embrace you, to envelope you with My glory
You must prepare, you must allow what I have placed in you to develop fully. Rest in Me My children, enter into the birthing room of My glory. Rest and prepare for the birthing forth in 2010.
