07/07/07 -- Perfection or Tribulation?

July 7, 2007

Joni Ames:

"07/07/07 -- Perfection or Tribulation?"

Dear Friends,

There is a great "buzz" about this coming Saturday, when the date will read 07/07/07. Many are saying that this date has more marriages on it than any other --over 38,000!!! (read article).

Some believe that seven is the number of perfection or completion, and thus it will be a blessed or "lucky" day. God created the world in 6 days, and rested on the seventh because He had perfected what He had done. (Genesis 2:2-3).

The ministry known as TheCall is sponsoring a large prayer gathering in Nashville, which follows a 40 day fast. They are expecting an incredible amount of people to attend--and most of all--for God to show up!

WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY ABOUT SEVEN?

If you search the Bible for the word "seven," you will see that there are about 390 references. Obviously, the number seven holds significance to the Lord.

In the book of Revelation alone, there are seven of each of these: angels, candlesticks, churches, heads, horns, mountains, vials, plagues, seals, spirits, thunders, thunders of creation, and trumpets.

The Bible links the number seven to many important things such as the seventh day being for Sabbath rest, spiritual reflection, and consecration. Revelation also speaks of the seven Spirits of God (Revelation 3:1; 4:5; 5:6).

The number seven may also speak of tribulation. Bible believers know that the Great Tribulation will last seven years (Daniel 9:24-27). During the Tribulation, the antichrist will be revealed (for more information, click here).

WHAT ABOUT THIS DAY, 07/07/07 THEN?

Psalm 118:24 comes to mind -- "This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it."

Jeremiah 46:10 -- "For this is the day of the Lord God of hosts, A day of vengeance, That He may avenge Himself on His adversaries."

I believe that, with so many people praying and seeking God on this day, much will be accomplished! We have a "date" with Jesus!

I feel that the many weddings that are going to take place on 07/07/07 are a sign that there is restoration of the marriage covenant coming to our land. And in that, the restoration of family and family values. The Lord gave me this verse:

Jeremiah 33:11 -- "The voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who will say: 'Praise the Lord of hosts, For the Lord is good, For His mercy endures forever'-- and of those who will bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. For I will cause the captives of the land to return as at the first,' says the Lord."

I also felt that the Lord said to watch for 7/17/07. He spoke this to me through Genesis 8:4 -- "Then the ark rested in the seventh month, the seventeenth day of the month..."

I believe that by 7/17/07, we will begin to see the fruit of 07/07/07 TheCall to prayer, and that the Ark of His Presence will come forth in this nation in an unprecedented way. This may be on a quiet, personal level for each one, or in a loud and obvious way. Which one, I do not know. But I believe the Lord will show up as a result of the many who pray.

PRAYER

Lord, we know that You make EVERY day. But for whatever reason, You have laid it on the hearts of Your people to come together in a special way on 07/07/07.

You say in 2 Chronicles 7:14, "If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from Heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land."

We ask You that, as we pray, You will hear us from Heaven, and forgive us, and heal our land. And we thank You, Lord, that "the people who do know their God shall be strong and do great exploits" (Daniel 11:32). Amen.

Joni Ames
A.C.T.S. Ministries

WILL YOU TAKE ON THE GREATER LOVE SO YOU CAN DO THE GREATER WORKS?

Shawn Bolz with Bob Jones:

"WILL YOU TAKE ON THE GREATER LOVE SO YOU CAN DO THE GREATER WORKS?"

I continue to be amazed by the number of hearts and lives that are already being impacted by The Call Nashville and The Summer of Real Love Tour. Tens of thousands of people are already registered from countries around the world!

We want to pass along some recent information about 07.07.07 The Call Nashville concerning shofars.

We will do our best to continue to pass along information about this amazing move of God. I hope you will be able to join us in Nashville!

Forever Praising,

Ray Hughes

SHOFARS AT THE CALL NASHVILLE

Many people have been asking if they are allowed to bring shofars to The Call.

Shofars WILL be allowed into LP Field on 7-7-07. Upon arriving at the stadium, you may proceed through any gate of entry. Security will ask to check your shofar. Please know that this is standard operating procedure.

We are asking EVERYONE with a shofar NOT TO BLOW IT UNTIL YOU ARE SPECIFICALLY DIRECTED BY RAY HUGHES IN THE EVENING.

This is a will be a strategic and coordinated release of the shofar, a powerful spiritual instrument as we know you understand. Please resist the urge to blow your shofar at any time other than specifically instructed from the platform.

The spiritual importance of this request will be explained from the platform on 7-7-07.

GIDEON'S ARMY - 300 Men With Shofars

A Special Call
In Judges 7:7, the Lord uses 300 men with shofars to deliver the enemies of Israel into their hands.

In the same manner of spiritual strategy and obedience, we are calling 300 men with shofars to be a part of a special group who will be asked to stand on 7-7-07 and be used by the Lord to blow the shofar in a strategic release of sound, praise, and obedience.

We are calling forth 300 men who can stand as follows:

-You have a passion for the Lord and to see Him impact our nation through The Call.

-You can walk under authority and strategic direction on the day of The Call.

-You are prepared to pray Judges 6, 7, & 8, and to fast in preparation to serve the Lord in this way.

If you would like to stand as part of this special group, please email Miles Wiley-Albright at miles@hiwaay.net.

Join 300 Men with Shofars!

A GREAT HARVEST
By Bob Jones

In 1989 the Lord gave me a vision that out of Nashville would come "a shot heard around the world." It would start a revolution to bring liberty and a new freedom to the Church in America.

Because of this "shot heard around the world," the "Minute Men" would rise up—young people who would begin to set this nation free. They would go to the city and also to the open fields where they meet together and have many different bands playing different types of music.

This music will touch people and will raise up these "Minute Men" who cannot be stopped, for they will be youth with a vision, and they will go throughout the world.

And it will bring forth the greatest harvest that has ever been known. It will begin the harvest of one billion youth coming to the Lord in these coming days, which has already started. We will see the greatest harvest of all time taking place in America. It will be on the streets, it will be in the parks, it will be wherever youth gather together, for this music will reveal salvation and a new awakening to the presence of the Lord.

This is the year of the golden throats, and you will have anointed music like you have never seen before and the arts of all types. The next two years are to prepare for the Lord's Woodstock.

Forty years ago, the heathen had their Summer of Love—or Lust—in San Francisco. My Daddy can outdo that. I believe you are going to have the Summer of Love in San Francisco.

What He is about to do is so far above our faith and our belief. There has never been a time like this in history! Get ready for the Church to get saved. Get ready for the songs of God to come in. He's calling all ages to be involved.

Bob Jones
The Prophetic Ministry of Bob Jones

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
By Shawn Bolz

We are in a season of massive change in the Spirit, and many are being relocated or properly placed into the destiny that generations of Christians have prayed into! This means we are going to be the fulfillment of much prayer. There has never been such a great invitation on a single generation!

In January this year, I had an angelic visitation in which an angel came to me who looked differently than anyone I had ever seen. He looked like he had the ability to perform any type of miracle, sign and wonder, power manifestation that could be imagined. I don't know how to explain this, but he actually wore garments that made him look like a miracle worker. His whole being exuded raw power. It would have intimidated me if He didn't have so much kindness in His eyes. He asked, "Do you want to do the greater works?" (John 14:12).

At once, everything inside me cried out, "Yes!"

"Then you need the greater love," he replied.

Jesus actually heard the Father's voice; He was filled with desires that came only from Heaven. When He promised us that we would do greater works than He ever did, He was establishing something that God wants our whole generation to understand. For us to do the greater works, we are going to receive a greater capacity to hear the Father's voice and to do what He is doing, and we need to live out of that greater love. I came to realize that Jesus, as a human here on earth, had an incredible relationship with the Father, but we have even better access to a relationship with the Father because of the Cross.

"God's Summer of Love" is a re-awakening of the culture of love. Most people, even in the Church, can't relate to this, but God is bringing a culture of affection and love that will change those touched by it. I believe that during this summer, people will be in a Heavenly atmosphere that infuses them with an impartation of love!

I've talked to people that were there in San Francisco in 1967 at the first "Summer of Love." They said the conditions were miserable but that it was a mesmerizing experience. The music would start and something inside them would stir...

During this time, a subculture of people were so different (and even sometimes offensive) to society that the news media couldn't help but report about them. They were seen in almost every home in the nation because of the fascination with their dress, hair, behavior, music, art and the message that all of these were imparting into the culture. What if a generation of people began to embrace the greater love in such a way that it could be seen in their dress, music, art, and the very atmosphere in which they were living their lives? What would happen if that culture was the very essence of God's love manifest? Would we again see a subculture hit mainstream in America?

Part of what made that first "Summer of Love" so powerful was that people had a sense of love and community and were experiencing what it was like to be part of a family even though it was distorted. The family structure in America at that time was so controlling and harsh that you couldn't tell people your problems; everything had to look good. There was a whole broken generation under a spirit of control. Suddenly young people cried out, "We're tired of faking it...we're tired of unreality. We're gonna go away to get freedom."

It was a cry of revolution, and instead of answering it, the Church ignored it and pretended that it didn't exist. We're in another day where a whole generation is saying, "I want something that is so new, so different that I never look like what was before." That's not rebellion; that's revolution. Though the original Summer of Love was birthed out of a spirit of rebellion with some revolution in it, what if God was imparting His heart into a generation who had a heart for revolution without rebellion in it—a generation that began to say, "Thank you for paying a price, but we want the 'new' that God wants to give us. We don't want to do things the way they have been done. We don't want to look the same. We want to learn from what was before us, but we don't want to repeat it!" This could be the generation most abandoned to God if we just respond to it.

I believe "God's Summer of Love" is happening because we're in a season of an unprecedented harvest of prodigals...those who've left the Church and those who've never been saved. When they come in, we must embrace them and be authentic with them. The last thing they need is another dose of religion. What they're hungry to see is the reality of Love in our lives, and that it's possible to be in relationship with our Father in a way that's deeper than anything they ever dreamed of.

It's not about the greater works; it's about the greater love. Will you take on the greater love so you can do the greater works?

Shawn Bolz
Director, Expression 58
Email: office@expression58.org

HOW TO BECOME UNOFFENDABLE

June 25, 2007

Francis Frangipane:

"HOW TO BECOME UNOFFENDABLE"

(word reposted from 2005)

"I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh" (Ezekiel 36:26).

God has a new heart for us that cannot be offended, an "unoffendable" heart. Beloved, possessing an unoffendable heart is not an option or a luxury; it's not a little thing. Consider: Jesus warns that, as we near the end of the age, a majority of people will be offended to such a degree that they fall away from the faith. Listen carefully to His warning:

"Then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another...and because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold" (Matthew 24:10-12).

"Many" will be offended; the love of "many" will grow cold. My prayer is that we will hear His words with holy fear.

The Dangers of Harboring an Offense

When we allow an offense to remain in our hearts, it causes serious spiritual consequences. In the above verse, Jesus named three dangerous results: betrayal, hatred, and cold love. When we are offended with someone, even someone we care for, we must go to them. Otherwise, we begin to betray that relationship, talking maliciously behind their back to others, exposing their weaknesses and sins. We may mask our betrayal by saying we are just looking for advice or counsel, but when we look back, we see we have spoken negatively to far too many people. Our real goal was not to get spiritual help for ourselves but to seek revenge toward the one who offended us. How is such action not a manifestation of hatred? For an offended soul, cold love, betrayal, and hatred go hand-in-hand.

People don't usually stumble over boulders, they stumble over stones--relatively small things. It may be that the personality of someone in authority bothers us, and soon, we are offended. Or, a friend or family member fails to meet our expectations, and we take an offense into our soul. Beloved, if we will "endure to the end," we will have to confront the things that bother us.

When Jesus warns that we need endurance, He is saying that it is easier to begin the race than finish it. Between now and the day you die, there will be major times of offense that you will need to overcome. You might be in such a time right now. Do not minimize the danger of harboring an offense.

No one plans on falling away; no one ever says, "Today, I think I'll try to develop a hardened, cold heart." Such things enter our souls through stealth and it is only naiveté that assumes it couldn't happen to us. I know many people who consistently become offended about one thing or another. Instead of dealing with the offenses, these people carry them until the weight disables their walk with God. You may be doing fine today, but I guarantee you, tomorrow something will happen that will inevitably disappoint or wound you; some injustice will strike you, demanding you retaliate in the flesh.

The Root Of Offense

An offense can strike at our virtues or sins, our values or our pride. It can penetrate and wound any dimension of the soul, both good and evil. I once brought a series of messages about gossip. Most people saw their sin and repented, but a core group of gossips were greatly offended and ultimately left the church. When the Holy Spirit exposes sin in someone's soul, if we refuse the opportunity to repent, we often become offended at the person who brought the teaching. Instead of humbling our hearts, we are outraged at the pastor or teachers in the church. Truthfully, most of the time, I have no idea who specifically needs to hear what I'm teaching, but God knows.

Paul told Timothy to "reprove, rebuke, exhort" (see 2 Timothy 4:2). He didn't say, "exhort, exhort, exhort," but exhortation is what we receive in most churches. Certainly, we need to be encouraged, but there are also times, beloved, when we need to be reproved and rebuked. Today, there are preachers who are afraid to preach truth, for fear people will react and leave the church. The end result is a church of easily offended people who cannot grow beyond their inability to accept correction.

People don't change by exhortation alone. There are areas in all of us that need to be confronted and disciplined. The pastor who refuses to discipline and correct those in sin is in disobedience to God. He is unable to lead people into any truly transforming changes in their lives; they will not "endure to the end" if they cannot be corrected (see Matthew 24).

We need to become a people who say, "Lord, show me what needs to change in me." I'm talking about growing up. A wise man will receive a rebuke and he will prosper. But a fool rejects his father's discipline (see Proverbs 15:5).

Personal Offense

An offense can wound our pride when we are not recognized for our good works or ministry. This happened to my wife and I long ago while in California. We were young pastors at a conference when the main leader decided to personally greet each minister and wife. He greeted the couple on our right and then turned to his staff to ask a question. A moment later he returned, but passed us by and went to the couple on our left.

Everyone around us saw we were bypassed. We were embarrassed and offended. But my wife wisely observed that we could allow this thing to hurt us or we could see it as an investment in sensitivity toward other people's feelings. The offense taught us how others feel when they are ignored. Do you see this? You must make that offense become an opportunity to become more Christlike.

The occasions for taking offense are practically endless. Indeed, we are daily given the opportunity to either be offended by something or to possess an unoffendable heart. The Lord's promise is that He's given us a new heart: a soft, entreatable heart that can be filled with His Spirit and abound with His love.

Lord, forgive me for being so easily offended and for carrying offenses. Father, my heart is foolish and weak. Grant me the unoffendable heart of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Francis Frangipane
Ministries of Francis Frangipane
Email: francis1@frangipane.org

OPEN BLIND EYES! AMERICA, GET READY TO SEE AMAZING SIGNS, WONDERS, AND MIRACLES!

une 30, 2007

John Mark Pool:

"OPEN BLIND EYES! AMERICA, GET READY TO SEE AMAZING SIGNS, WONDERS, AND MIRACLES!"

A Prophetic Word to the Nation given to me by the Lord this day, June 28, 2007

The Spirit of the Lord says, "Apostles and Prophets will now be the witnesses that Bring Sight to the Blind!" YES, Spiritually and Physically! You will now begin to see a mighty increase of physical eyes miraculously healed to seal the voice of God saying, "Open My Nation's Eyes Spiritually!"

SPIRITUAL CATARACTS ARE COMING OFF GOD'S CHURCH! NOW!

America, get ready for your eyes to observe some of the most amazing signs, wonders, and miracles that have ever been seen! God is opening our eyes to see that there are more of us than of them! Amen!

The Apostles and Prophets are joining properly now in this new season of the Shift, that has a new mandate: Open their Eyes!

JESUS DECLARED IT FIRST BY GOD'S ORDERS!

JESUS was the perfect apostle and prophet here:

"And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the book, and found the place where it was written, "THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME, BECAUSE HE ANOINTED ME TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE POOR. HE HAS SENT ME TO PROCLAIM RELEASE TO THE CAPTIVES, AND RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND, TO SET FREE THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED, TO PROCLAIM THE FAVORABLE YEAR OF THE LORD." (Luke 4:17-19 NASB, Emphasis added).

"To open their eyes so they may turn from darkness to light, and from the power of satan to God. Then they will receive forgiveness for their sins and be given a place among God's people, who are set apart by faith in Me.'" (Acts 26:18 NLT, Emphasis added).

JULY 7, 2007-THE CALL!

THE EYES OF HIS CHURCH AND THIS NATION WILL BE OPENED BY GOD THROUGH OUR OBEDIENCE TO HIS "CALL."

THE CALL IS A SYMBOLIC PLACING OF MUD BY JESUS IN OUR SPIRITUALLY BLINDED EYES (John 9:6-7):

"Then He spit on the ground, made mud with the saliva, and smoothed the mud over the blind man's eyes. He told him, 'Go and wash in the pool of Siloam" (Siloam means Sent). So the man went and washed, and came back seeing!'"

ONCE THIS HAS HAPPENED, MANY WILL BEGIN TO SEE IN THE SPIRIT CLEAR DIRECTIONS TO BE HIS MESSENGERS TO OPEN THE BLIND EYES AND SET THE CAPTIVE FREE!

IN THE EYES OF THIS NATION, NO ONE CAN DENY THAT JESUS IS LIFTED UP BEFORE THE EYES OF AMERICA AND THE WORLD! THIS IS HISTORY JUST AS MUCH AS A SAUL-TO-PAUL CONVERSION! THIS IS AN ENTIRE NEW CHAPTER IN CHRISTIANITY! THIS IS NO SMALL MEETING, NO MATTER WHERE YOU MAY BE! YOU MUST, YOU LITERALLY MUST STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND UNITE WITH THE CALL OF GOD TO REMOVE THE BLINDNESS OF THIS NATION! THIS IS A MANDATE FROM GOD, NOT A PLAN OF MAN! IT IS SPIRITUAL EYE SURGERY TO REMOVE THE CATARACTS OF HIS CHURCH TO THEN OPEN THE EYES OF THIS NATION FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT HAND!

THE CALL IS OPENING THE EYES OF THIS NATION!

WASH IN THE POOL OF SILOAM-WHICH MEANS SENT!
"Apostello" is the Greek for Apostle. This word, when translated, means "set apart and sent one." This is the time when our nation has shifted into a new move that will be led by God's Apostles!

Jesus is now speaking to us, as the Church and the fivefold ministry leadership, to allow Him to do something we may not like--just as He performed a miracle by rubbing mud made from His saliva on the eyes of a man who was born blind in John 9:1-12. Note that Jesus' disciples asked what sin had been committed for him to be born this way. Jesus answered (in verses 3-4):

"It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was in order that the works of God might be displayed in him. We must work the works of Him who sent Me, as long as it is day; night is coming, when no man can work."

CHURCH, HERE'S MUD IN YOUR EYE!

The Apostles will now lead us as a blind nation to go to the waters of Siloam to wash away the blindness of self-indulgence to receive the new eyesight of THE SENT ONES! Wash the apostles' mud out of your blind eyes and receive your sight!

SHIFT HAPPENED-FROM US TO THEM! Apostles and Prophets: Be reassured from Jesus as He sent this to John the Baptist, so He is now saying this to us:

"And Jesus answered and said to them, 'Go and report to John what you hear and see: the BLIND RECEIVE SIGHT and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the POOR HAVE THE GOSPEL PREACHED TO THEM. And blessed is he who does not take offense at Me.'" (Matthew 11:4-6 NASB, Emphasis added).

America is about to have Eye Surgery from the Chief Surgeon at the skilled hand of the Holy Spirit!

Without the Lord drawing a person, no one can come to Jesus. We were ordained in His master plan before the foundations of the world. Our will is the only part that can stop our accepting God's assignment. That is called "spiritual blindness."

"You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you" (John 15:16).

"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them" (Ephesians 2:8-10 KJV, Emphasis added).

Paul is making his declaration of what God has done to make him a new spokesman for Jesus Christ, the one whom the Jews had crucified—even assisted largely by Paul's (then Saul) own handiwork. No doubt Paul could constantly reflect upon his phenomenal conversion that caused his eyes to be clearly opened and thus transformed his life 180 degrees of being a soldier of the enemy into a soldier for the Cross of Calvary! He had to first have his eyes opened in order to be a messenger that would open the blind eyes of both Jews and Gentiles everywhere.

"And now, behold, bound by the Spirit, I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there, except that the Holy Spirit solemnly testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me. "But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, in order that I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the Gospel of the grace of God" (Acts 20:22-24, NASB, Emphasis added).

SPIRITUAL CATARACTS ARE BEING REMOVED!

God is about to perform Holy Spirit Laser surgery to remove America's Spiritual Glaucoma! We are about to have eyes opened clearly for His Kingdom!

Saul had to be apprehended and then literally led by the Lord to where he would miraculously have his physical and spiritual eyes opened to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. His eyes were dramatically opened, simultaneously with the irreproachable witness of Ananias, and Saul was undeniably converted by the plans of the Lord. Paul's greatest decision, once his eyes were opened, was to become the messenger of Jesus to all the known world of his day. We must now have our eyes cleansed to do the same! Being led of the Spirit will again become an Apostolic way to evangelize the world.

Being led by the Holy Spirit is ESSENTIAL for Apostles! From my days of youth in the fundamentally Spirit-filled Church, we had a term called "led by the Holy Spirit." We hear and witness many contradictions to returning to the Apostle's way of life compared to the directions many teach us today! This Gospel cost our pioneers of this faith. How much will it cost us? Everything! How long do we plan on contending for the Gospel? Forever! My readers and fellow ministry associates tell of hundreds of testimonies of miracles that broke out, as they took a great leap of faith and did what they discerned the Holy Spirit was speaking to them rather than the plans that were already in motion. Oh, plans are very important, but we must remember the ultimate Planner and Calendar Creator is the Living God acting in us through the power of the Holy Spirit. If we obey, it could be the move that makes the difference in saving a city or an entire nation!

Observe the anointed words of His prophets, aligned in this New Shift, in order to be correctly joined with the company of apostles which gives prophetic eye-opening messages from God:

"Then Elisha prayed and said, "O LORD, I pray, open his eyes that he may see." And the LORD opened the servant's eyes, and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha" (2 Kings 6:17 NASB, Emphasis added).

THE PROPHETS ARE NOW DECREEING THE WORD OF GOD TO OPEN THE EYES AND TO ALLOW THE CHURCH TO AGAIN SEE THAT WE MUST BE LED BY HIS SPIRIT!

Zechariah 4:6 says, "'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' says the LORD of hosts."

The plans of man are gone--flesh and blood will not reveal God's Church to further His Kingdom today!

"And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but My Father which is in Heaven" (Matthew 16:17). King David prayed unto the Lord in Psalm 119:18--
"Open my eyes to see the wonderful truths in Your law."

The Spirit guides a Christian that hears and obeys, even in desperate danger. The Spirit was given to Paul at his conversion, called him to be a missionary, and guided him at various times on his journeys (Acts 6:1-6; 13:1-4; 16:6-10.) The Spirit led Paul to leave the churches he had planted for the last time and go to Jerusalem. The Spirit prepared Paul to suffer there for his faith. The Holy Spirit always guides Christians to bear witness concerning Christ. In some cases, He guides us to do this even though we will be persecuted. Remaining alive is not the Christian's goal. For us, it is accomplishing the Spirit's mission.

Help us, dear Lord, to return to the desperate passion as Paul lived by example, how we must first have our eyes opened in order to be God's messenger by the leading of the Holy Spirit to Open Their Eyes!

John Mark Pool
Word to the World Ministries
Email: MarkandSandyPool@aol.com


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THIS IS A YEAR OF FIRSTS--PREPARE FOR THE BIRTHING OF NEW THINGS!

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June 9, 2007

Keith Miller:

"THIS IS A YEAR OF FIRSTS--PREPARE FOR THE BIRTHING OF NEW THINGS!"

Dear Friends,

I must take this moment, while the vision and experience is fresh, to tell you what happened to me last night. It's one of the most incredible, mighty, and awesome experiences I have ever had during a television show or the taping of one.

Prime Time Christian Broadcasting had invited me as a guest speaker. I knew beforehand that God was going to do something on the show, because He'd already told me so while traveling to the Midland-Odessa studios. He promised me He would come during the program.

I didn't doubt Him for a moment. I reflected and considered His promise, excited and determined to prepare for His visit. Hmm, I thought, when He arrives, I'll decree the words of knowledge that He gives me. I'll decree and share what I hear. He said also that He was going to move in healing. We've already seen incredible new levels of healing, but man, He moved last evening!

I shared a word about the Favor of the Lord and the Justice of our God (below). Suddenly, the Presence of the Lord flooded the whole studio on live television, and I had to stop what I was doing! His tangible presence came and flowed through the studio as we broadcast live, and, from several reports, flowed to viewers in homes all over the world. Here I was, live on world television, broadcasting to hundreds of thousands of people in India, the Philippines, and throughout the U.S., and all I could do was bow my head and say, "He's here! He's here! The Presence of the Lord is here!"

What a powerful and awesome Presence. I knew He was releasing something to the watching multitudes (we have already received many testimonies).

Fresh Winds are Blowing...

This has never happened to me like this on television before. But I'm not surprised, because I believe and the Lord has shown me, that the year 2007 will be "A Year of First Things." The Lord has shown me many key things of late about this year, and 2008, and I'll be sharing more and more with you in coming days as He releases me to.

Year of Firsts

Do you have things in your heart, "firsts," that you know are of the Lord, and have believed for but not received? Are they in your heart, your vision, or your dreams, awaiting birth? Expect these "First Things" to happen in 2007 and 2008! Just as He flooded the television studio with His presence--a first for me--these things will birth instantly, and for the first time, in you. Prepare for the birthing of great things! Prepare your life, your business, your ministry, your church for a time of great growth, development, strengthening, and peace.

I LOVE the glory of the Lord. I'm like a child in His wonderful presence. When He shows up, I am filled with joy, gratitude, and childlike excitement. My little grandsons, Ethan and Evan are like that; when they see me, they run to me excited, happy, and thrilled to meet my hugs or high-fives. I'm like them when I'm in my Father's presence. Every time is like the first time--that's the way it is with the tangible presence of the Lord! What a joy, what a privilege, what a wonder it is that He comes in such a powerful way. In just a few moments, so much happens--deep calls to deep in wondrous, unfathomable ways.

Such Power!

We've seen great breakouts of healing, signs, wonders, salvations, and the Lord's power. Oh my gosh, "Such power, Lord!" I believe that these things are on the rise--increasing moment-by-moment, day-by-day--and that the coming two years will flow deeper and broader rivers of harvest.

A key aspect of His glory that He's ministered to me is what I term, the "Daniel Anointing." This is the glory of God's character in us. The glory of the Lord within, that we are people of excellence, a people of Godly character, able to mightily impact the Kingdom where we are--in our surroundings. God is releasing His favor right now. Ask Him to favor you for Kingdom impact in your surroundings for His glory.

Great grace follows this anointing--grace and favor--great increase. Those favored of the Lord are blessed with honor, influence, resources, and so much more. We see this with Biblical saints of old whom God favored, and it's happening now. This is why the Lord has bestowed within us the abundance of glory, that is, who He is, His character, His nature, so that we are able to walk in this release and abundance, in this anointing at this time.

Oh, I have much more to share, but what I want to bring forth from my heart at this time is that, last evening was a "First Time." Even though I've had visions, experiences, dreams, I knew there'd be a time when the Angel of the Lord would appear to touch multitudes as I ministered. It happened. It happened last night. Wow. My television hosts asked if it had ever happened before, and I said, "No! It's a first!"

Release of First Things

Are you ready for the Lord to release those "First Things" that have been on your heart? The things that you know that you know will happen but are waiting for?

Here is what I shared with the viewers last night just before the Angel of the Lord showed up. Let it lodge deep within in your heart, and expect your First Thing. Expect His presence to come in a tangible way--His glory to fill your heart.

The Lord is releasing a powerful revelation and unction of the "Power of Decree" for daily victory. The message over your life is "Victory!"

Revelation of the Power of His Voice

In Isaiah 61:1, we see that the Spirit of the Lord comes upon, and He is anointed to proclaim. In this proclamation, the bound are loosed, and captives are set free. In verse two, again the proclamation of the Word of the Lord is released and the Word is that this year will be the year of the Favor of the Lord and the Vengeance of our God. In Hebrews 1:3, we see that the power of the Word of the Lord maintains, compels, and controls the entire universe. Psalm 29 reveals that His voice breaks open and breaks down. His voice is powerful, majestic, it shakes, it strikes, it twists, and strips, it thunders, and scatters the enemy (Psalm 18:13, 14).

Reversal and Restoration

It is under the unction of the Holy Spirit that proclamation goes forth, that this will be a year of the Lord and the Vengeance of our God. How many of you would like Almighty God to favor your year? How would you like the Lord to proclaim justice over your life and family, for complete reversal and restoration of everything stolen? I believe the justice of the Lord will rewind a situation or circumstance, like rewinding a movie back to a certain point, and that things will happen the way the Lord meant them to! Wow, restoration! Instead of ashes, the beauty of the Lord--that you are called "trees of righteousness and the planting of the Lord!"

In coming days, I'll teach more about this, but realize this, that you become one who declares, by the unction of the Lord, the Year of the Favor of the Lord and the Justice of our God over others. Declare restoration and release over the desolation of many generations--that you would see, in your lifetime, the rebuilding and restoration of lives and families.

Do you see?

This is the point of my message where the tangible presence of the Lord flooded the studio. I immediately stopped teaching, recognized Him, and honored His presence, encouraging the viewers to receive from the Lord that their joy may be full. Receive now, too, that your joy may be full.

Every time the Lord's presence comes to me, I'm in awe. I came undone last night! He abides in all of us forever, but when He chooses to come during a meeting, a service, at prayer time, wow--consider that He came during a live broadcast. The One came to that place last night. Who? The One.

Get Ready!

I believe that we are going to see masses of humanity stop what they're doing to look, but not at what we're doing, friends, but what God's doing, praise the Lord. Get ready for the Favor of the Lord and the Justice of our God upon you and your household. May this year be a year of many FIRST wonders for you!

Rich Blessings,

Keith Miller
Stand Firm World Ministries
Email: info@sfwm.org

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PROPHECIES FULFILLED--PREPARE YOURSELF--SO GREAT WILL BE THE CHANGE!

May 23, 2007

Kim Clement:

"PROPHECIES FULFILLED--PREPARE YOURSELF--SO GREAT WILL BE THE CHANGE!"

Capuchin Monkey Dies of Plague at Zoo and officials are trying to prevent an epidemic

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On May 11, Kim prophesied "go to the zoo and you will see it," so this article certainly caught our attention when it was posted yesterday. The full prophecy is below.

May 11, 2007--Detroit, MI

"Do you think that I would send the prophet to your city, to your soil, and not speak to your economy?" The Spirit of the Lord said, "So great will be the change with the energy crisis--for the motor industry, that people will say 'we gave up on it.'" But God said, "I told you before, those that give up cannot see, but this day I say these words to you: prepare yourself, for this that is going to happen shall come because of a global interruption. Do not look at your present, your current crisis and say 'I am afraid that my family will not eat' for I have never seen the righteous forsaken, nor their seed begging for bread."

What happened to the great words of David? What happened to the great words of Solomon? For God said, "You will always have something; take no thought for your tomorrow when it comes to clothing and food, for if you serve Me and follow Me I will take care of it."

"But there will be a global event that will take place, that causes the motor industry to change so rapidly, and people will say 'we thought it was coming to nothing.' But look now, and suddenly the economy of Detroit, Michigan shall change. It happened before, and it shall happen again, for in the month of October, one of the great months that I give great favor, I shall grant unto you access to the 'goings on.' For this global interruption shall cause men to go to the board and say 'why didn't we see it? It was already written there in the 50's--the 40's and the 50's. It was already somewhere in the thinking of mankind, of science.'"

God said, "Do not fear, for the Middle East shall no longer bring slavery to the men and the women of this Nation in their subtle encounters." For God said, "This day I say to you: Even as you have housed the Islamic community," so God said, "The prosperity that they have enjoyed shall now also be on the other side of the coin." For God said, "There will be great, great salvations, great, great deliverances," but the Lord says "the communities shall be shaken for they shall want God more than they have ever wanted Him." And God said, "I will show Myself strong."

"But the economy of Michigan, the City of Light will not remain as it is. It shall change to such a degree that within an 18-20 month period, houses that once sold for a minimal amount shall suddenly sell--and it shall be like 200%. You shall say as many leaders shall say 'ha'--they shall say 'how could this possibly be, and this prophet speaks as an insane man.'" But the Spirit of God said, "Do not say as the guardian said, when Elisha said 'tomorrow about this time there will be an economic change,' and he said 'God even if He opened up the Heavens would not do this.' And Elisha said, 'You will see it, but you will not touch it.' For tonight if you would see it, you will take a hold of it. You will have a change so great that they will say, 'God did it in the time that He said He would.' I am proud of you. I will not allow your economy to go any further now. Watch for this global interruption, and then take this as a sign. For as I shake the ground of Michigan and terror comes, say to yourselves, 'God is the One doing the shaking' for I will raise you up to be a voice again," says the Lord, "in the economy, and in the politics of this Nation," says the Lord.

City of Light, City of Light, City of Light, City of Light--

"A Governor who is terrorized shall be removed. This will be a sign," says the Lord. Take this as a warning from the Lord God. "They have laughed at the Church, they have laughed at the organization that they have called the Church--they laughed, and so have I," says the Lord. "For this reminds Me of the synagogues of satan that have interrupted My liberty and My Spirit to move. There are three of them in this city that will no longer transcribe the doctrine of demons." For God said, "There is a doctrine of demons that has made you a laughing stock." God said, "In the presence of His people, let the prophet once again speak, that I will use Michigan to deal with the synagogues of satan. They have transcribed the doctrines of demons. You say, who?" God said, "Go to the zoo and you will see it." For God said, "They are acting as if they know much, removing godliness and purity. These churches say, 'The Spirit has done all that He can do.' But little do they know--as remotely as I raised up the little child, Jesus, in a stable, so I will take 17 churches to 23 churches in the Michigan area that are nothing and raise them up, and they will strike down the doctrines of demons by My grace giving them miracles and miracles and miracles and miracles and miracles and miracles," says the Spirit of God!
Kim Clement
Prophetic Image Expressions
Email: hope@kimclement.com



60-Year-Old Woman becomes the oldest in the United States to give birth to Twins

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On May 12, Kim prophesied "in the month of May a double portion shall be granted to the wombs of the women." These twin boys were born just yesterday, and the mom and twins are healthy. The full prophecy is below.

May 12, 2007--Detroit, MI

The Spirit of God said, "A generation of young men and women are ready to be raised up, that's why the enemy would take them out of your womb, that's why the enemy would try and steal from the womb from a young age the children of this day. But I say to you this night that if the enemy would do this to you, then I will pay you back with multiplication. Because he has come on illegal terms and taken what is rightfully Mine, for if your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, then you are Mine," says the Lord. "Therefore, even as wombs have experienced death, and barrenness has been the order of the day; so it is cleared up in the month of May. For in the month of May a double portion shall be granted to the wombs, a double portion shall be granted to the wombs of the women, and those that have not given birth when they should have," says the Lord, "And so it shall be that in this month multiplication shall take place. Can anybody see it?"

"Is there a prisoner of vision; is there a prisoner of prophecy? Is there a prisoner of praise? Because if you can see it, it's going to happen this month," says the Spirit of the Lord.

God said, "It's going to happen again, the greatest revival that has ever happened will be in this Nation. I will see to it," says the Spirit of God.

"I have kept this Nation as I have Jerusalem, watched over it as a mother covers her little ones, her little chicks, so I have watched over this Nation jealously. I have brought from religious bondage to bring freedom to the earth. Do not forget the reason for your embarkation; do not forget the hatred that came because of what you did, then division--Civil War." But God said, "And yet you have stood as a light in extreme darkness. I took your hands and they were torn by the thorns of the vines of Europe as you dedicated lives to France; you dedicated lives for Germany, for Great Britain. And now who is it that would stand with you and who is it that would once again slap you in the face." For God said, "You were a light then, and though there were days of failure, I watched over you. Korea, I watched over you; Viet Nam. What failure is there but that men are filled with greed?" And the Spirit of God said, "Yet I watched over a Nation that caused me to smile when it brought birth to My Spirit and My Kingdom, and it went West and gold came from the earth." Now God said, "There is a different kind of gold that is coming from the very bowels of the kingdom of darkness." For God said, "They will surrender for they have terrorized this Nation."

And The Lord says, "I have chosen this year of 2007 to pay back so many times. This month of May is the beginning of the end. October will be shouts of victory again as it was in the December that Saddam Hussein was captured, so it shall be again and again this year. I have watched over you," and God said, "I have listened to the prayers of your forefathers. I have watched over the words that were written," and God said, "It shall not be removed, it shall not be taken out of the Constitution because listen: My holiness cannot be tainted by men who have no fear of God. I will prove Myself by doing two unique things which shall become a global interruption." And God said, "It shall be a sign that the division that the enemy has tried to bring into this Nation shall be brought to an end. There will always be squabbling, you are Americans!" But God said, "Know this: in the end you will stand as one. Why? Because of My Church whom I am building and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it," says the Lord!

Kim Clement
Prophetic Image Expressions
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THE NEW BREED WILL SHAKE THE NATIONS--BRINGING HEAVEN TO EARTH DAILY

Ryan Wyatt: "THE NEW BREED WILL SHAKE THE NATIONS--BRINGING HEAVEN TO EARTH DAILY"


SALVATION IS NOT WHAT WE THINK

Jesus Christ did not come to earth in the form of a human, just so people could be born again, and one day go to Heaven when they die. That thought is a very watered-down version of the gospel. The gospel that many of us heard at our moment of salvation, was probably something like, "Simply give your heart to Jesus, read your Bible everyday, and be faithful to a local church." That certainly wasn't the gospel that Jesus preached. Many people's idea of salvation is that they now have their bus ticket to Heaven, so when the moment of death comes along, they are assured a seat on the bus bound for Heaven.

God's idea of complete salvation is not just having an assurance of going to Heaven one day, but rather being saved enough to bring Heaven to earth now! This was Adam's original mandate that he forfeited in the garden after disobeying God. I think Jesus was serious in Matthew 6:10, when He told us to pray, "Your Kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven."

THE NEW PROTOTYPE FOR THE NEW BREED

Jesus Christ was sent, and lived His life, as a prototype of what is possible and available for each one of us as believers. Jesus lived His day-to-day life out of the intimate voice of God. He carried His Kingdom (the supernatural realm of Heaven) on the earth with miracles, signs, and wonders following Him.

Jesus came to birth a "New Breed" on the earth and restore the Kingdom of God to them. This new breed is a remnant of people recklessly abandoned, and in love with their God, who through intimacy, destroy the works of the devil, and bring the realm of Heaven to earth daily. This new breed would carry the very DNA of God within them, and continue the mandate originally given to Adam--to fill the earth with the Glory of God.

Adam was the first prototype of an entire human race. When Adam sinned in the garden and became corrupt, he corrupted every human being that would come after him, because all human beings come from the seed of Adam. The Bible separates all of humanity into two categories--In Adam or in Christ. 1 Corinthians 15:45 says this, "So also it is written, 'The first man, Adam, became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit."

The meaning of this Scripture, is that Jesus Christ came as the "last Adam" because like the first Adam, Jesus would be the prototype of a new breed. Jesus birthed a new "man" on the earth who would carry the DNA of God within them, and continue the mandate originally given to Adam.

SATAN PANICKED

When Jesus was born, satan panicked because all of a sudden, he was seeing another perfect Man on the earth just as Adam was before his fall. Could Jesus birth a new race of people that could carry on the mandate of God in the earth? I believe satan probably looked at this situation and wondered how this would happen when there was no perfect woman on the earth to help birth a new race. Nevertheless, satan panicked, and immediately decided that he would have Jesus killed! Satan operated through Herod to kill all male children under the age of 2, in the hopes of killing Jesus, and stopping this new race from coming into existence (Matthew 2:16).

What satan did not realize, is that Jesus had no intention of birthing a new species of human in a physical sense. 1 Corinthians 2:7-8 says, "But we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom, which God predestined before the ages to our glory; the wisdom which none of the rulers of this age has understood; for if they had understood it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory."

Satan fell right into the plan of God by having Jesus crucified. The plan of God was that Jesus would be crucified, raised from the dead, and become a life-giving Spirit (1 Corinthians 15:45) to birth a new breed "in the spirit." God would give humanity an opportunity to be born again, or "born from above."

Like I said, the Lord had no intention of birthing a new species of human, but rather coming to live within human beings, thereby making them different from any other human to ever walk the earth. Human beings would be granted the opportunity to be born a second time, but this time they would be "born from above," in the spirit, and have the very DNA of God within them!

THE BIRTHING OF THE NEW BREED

Jesus stated His earthly purpose in John 12:23-24, "But Jesus answered them, saying, 'The hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified. Most assuredly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it produces much grain.'"

Jesus compares Himself to a grain of wheat. He says that if a grain of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it will produce many more grains of wheat, just like the first grain. Jesus died and rose from the dead, so He could birth a new breed that would be just like Him.

Jesus is the "first born from the dead" as stated in Colossians 1:18, "He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the first-born from the dead; so that He Himself might come to have first place in everything."

Jesus is the new breed. By Jesus dying and raising from the dead, He became the fulfillment of a new prototype of a new breed that would be just like Him. Romans 8:29 says,
"For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the first-born among many brethren."

BORN OF GOD

Born again believers are the brothers of Jesus and the very offspring of God. Let me make this point clear, we are not God, but we are sons of God. If you are born again, you are not just adopted by God; you are literally born of God and you have His DNA within you!

1 John 3:9, says that you literally have the seed of God within you, "No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God's seed abides in him, and he cannot keep on sinning because he has been born of God," and 1 Peter 1:23 says, "For you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and abiding word of God."

AS HE IS, SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD

Jesus clearly states in the Word of God that we will do greater things than He did (John 14:12). The Bible also states in 1 John 4:17b, "as He is, so also are we in this world."

If we are to be, in this world, just as God is "right now," and we are to do greater works than Jesus did, then let's take a look at the way Jesus lived. In John 3:13, Jesus says, "No one has ascended to Heaven but He who came down from Heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in Heaven."

One interpretation of this would be that no one could ascend to Heaven, or be in Heaven, unless they first came from Heaven. Jesus is saying, as He stands on the earth in front of Nicodemus, that He is also in Heaven at this very moment. How could Jesus be both on earth, standing in front of Nicodemus, and also be in Heaven at the same time? He stated this as a fact because, He came from Heaven. The fact that Jesus came from Heaven, gave Him the right to be in Heaven at the same time as standing on the earth, as a man.

Just as the first Adam lived in two realms at one time, connected to God before the fall, so now Jesus is stating that He lives in two realms at one time as the last Adam. The death and resurrection of Jesus, provided us with a way to be "born from above" and become Heavenly citizens. We are seated with Christ in Heavenly places even while present on this earth, because we have been born from above. We also have access to the Heavenly places just as Jesus did while He walked the earth.

WE ARE THE GATEWAY OF HEAVEN ON EARTH

In Genesis 28, we read of an account where Jacob encountered an open Heaven. He laid his head on a rock to sleep for the night, and had an encounter where he saw a ladder set up on the earth and reaching into Heaven. He saw angels ascending and descending on the ladder, and he saw the Lord standing at the top of the ladder. Jacob came out of the experience and marveled at how awesome that place was, and said that this place is the house of God and the gateway of Heaven.

How does Jacob describe the house of God? He describes the house of God as being a place where the gate of Heaven is open, and the angels ascend and descend and the Lord looks on with a watchful eye. According to Jacob, the house of God is a pretty incredible place! Where is the house of God today, where the Heavens are open? The Bible says you are the temple of God (1 Corinthians 6:19).

Where is the gateway of Heaven on earth today? The answer is found in John 1:51, "And He said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you shall see the Heavens opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.'"

In this Scripture, Jesus says that the Heavens are open over Him, and the angels ascend and descend upon Him. Jesus is telling us that He is now the Heavenly ladder that Jacob experienced in the wilderness. Jesus is basically saying that He is the gateway of Heaven on earth.

I believe one of the greatest truths of the Bible that will explode within the hearts of this end-time generation is the truth of Colossians 1:27, "To whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory."

God is trying to get us to a place of truly understanding who we are. The church is having an identity crisis. When the people of God begin to realize that the purpose of Jesus on the earth, was to birth a new breed of people who would carry the DNA of God within them, and bring Heaven to earth daily, we will begin to live with purpose. When the people of God begin to realize their identity as the very offspring of God (as He is right now, so are we), the church will begin to shake the nations with the power of God.

We are the house of God where the Heavens are open, and we are the gateway where Heaven touches earth because Jesus Christ lives within us!

When we realize that the greatest revival to ever touch the earth lives within each and every born again believer, then we will fulfill the mandate of "Your Kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven."

By Ryan Wyatt
Abiding Glory Ministries
www.abidingglory.com