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Bread For Hungry Hearts
2005
Prophetic Exhortations to edify, encourage, comfort, train and equip the Body of Christ.
December 19, 2005
Volunteer Warriors
1 Chron. 12:38 All these, warriors arrayed in battle order, came to Hebron with full intent to make David king over all Israel; likewise all
the rest of Israel were of a single mind to make David king.
12:23, 38 NIV – These are the numbers of the men armed for battle as the Lord had said. 38) All these were fighting men who
volunteered to serve in the ranks. They came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. All the rest of the Israelites
were also of one mind to make David king.
“I’m calling a warring people made up of volunteers. I have no conscripts in My service. My calling is not a compulsion but a call to yield
to service in voluntary submission and service to the King.. All who would serve Me, all who desire to make me King must come to Me
through a desire to serve Me wholeheartedly in love.
“I’m calling a people of a perfect heart, fully determined, with full intent to Make Jesus Christ, the anointed One the King of kings and the
Lord of lords. I am calling those who are fully determined. I use those whose hearts are set with full intent to worship Me and to minister
to Me as their King, those who have chosen to place Me on the throne of their hearts. I will take those who are willing to fight the enemy
- in their own life and in the life of My body - fight diligently and vigilantly and use them to expand My kingdom on the earth.
“I’m calling a people who are of one mind with the supreme purpose, the top priority of their lives being to make Me King and Lord over
all. Let this be your aim; prepare the way of the king. Let every other ambition, every desire, and every goal pale in comparison to
making Me king.
“Are you fully determined? Have you moved off the throne of your heart so that I may take My place there? Are you willing to fight the
enemy to the death? The death of self and selfish desires? Have you taken your position in the ranks? Are you arrayed for battle?
Move into position. Take your places. The time is upon you. Submit to the leadership of those I have placed over you to lead you into
battle. Come into agreement with those who lead you. Be of one mind with the leaders and one mind with those serving on either side of
you - with a single purpose to serve Me with valor.
“Let this purpose fill you; let this goal satisfy you. Put your energy and your thoughts into fulfilling the goal of making Jesus Christ the
King and giving Him complete reign in your lives. Allow Me to be the Alpha and Omega in all your circumstances. I am the beginning and
the end. I will lead you out into battle and I will lead you in Victory. Let Me be the “be all, end all” of your lives. This is coming up to the
time of reigning with Christ Jesus.
“The time is at hand. I’m calling forth My volunteer warriors to come out of the dark caves, come out in the open and war with Me, come
out of your houses, out of your temples come out - into the great battlefield and run to victory through submission to My kingdom – to the
gospel of the kingdom. Then I will receive glory through your worship, your honor and your service.
“Come My volunteers, great warriors of the anointed King of kings and Lord of lords, come and do battle with Me – and start with placing
Me on the throne of your heart, in control of your life. Volunteer to obey My commands and My directives. You are about to move into a
vastly different arena than where you have worshiped and warred in times pasts. Things are changing. They are changing and you
have a rich role to play. A role full of opportunity and with a reward at the end of service.
Come My children, Come, with your eyes fixed on Me for all your needs. I have everything you need to fight the battle".
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December 14, 2005
Don't Take Offense, Don't Give Offense - Continued
John 16:1, “These things have I spoken unto you that ye should not be offended.”
This verse in the RV says: “… that you should not be made to stumble.”
The NLT says, “I have told you these things so that you won’t fall away.”
(While this is not part of the prophetic word I sent out in the last mailing, I do believe it to be Holy Spirit inspired. This is what I saw as I
continued to read the Scriptures after receiving the prophecy.)
The verse in the RV seems to say that we are more likely to stumble and fall when offense comes. The NLT seems to say that we are
likely to fall away because of offense. And Jesus knew that if we take offense often enough we are in danger of falling away. So I looked
back to see what He had spoken previously that was to keep us from offense. I read chapters 13-15 to get all that seemed to be
connected before He had spoken before he said, in Chapter 16:1, “I have spoken these things…”
What I found is that even though Jesus was fully aware of His authority in Heaven and earth, although He was The Anointed One, The
Word of God Incarnate, He chose to take the role of servant. He washed the feet of the disciples (Ch. 13). He chose to lay down His
power and authority to become a servant of mankind. He chose to live and die to reconcile man to God. He chose to lay down His live
for us in order to demonstrate God’s great love for us.
Jesus asked the disciples if they understood what He was doing. And He instructed them to follow His example. (v. 12 Ch 15) Then in
verse 34 he gave them a new commandment, “Love each other just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one
another will prove to the world that you are MY disciples.” NLT
Earlier, in v. 21 Jesus said that He knew one of them would betray Him. He already knew He was doing to die. He knew how He would
die. And He knew who would betray Him and who would deny Him. Yet He sat down at the table and ate with the one would betray Him
and the one who would deny Him, and those who had not been willing or able to wait and pray with Him in the garden. They were all
there at the table with Him. He knew all their faults and failures, He was aware of all their shortcomings.
They had disappointed Him at various times in different circumstances. Yet He continued to love, to lead, to teach. He did not reveal
their identities or their sins to the others. He knew them well. He knew their hearts, their intents. He knew Peter would deny Him and
Judas would betray Him. Yet He washed their feet and broke bread and shared a cup of wine with them. And He told them all to follow
His example in love and service.
In chapter 14 Jesus told the disciples not to worry, but to trust God in everything. In v. 10 He told them that the words He spoke were
the Father’s words. Then He said we are to do all He did and more. And in v. 13 He said we can ask for anything in His name. So we
are to do even greater works of service, even greater acts of love, laying down our lives to love and to serve those God places in our
lives. And we can ask Him to fill us with His love expecting to receive His love and be empowered by love and serve as He did. He
promised us that Holy Spirit would come to guide us. In v.23 He said, “If you love Me you will do what I say.” And in v.27 He says for us
to not be troubled or afraid.
In chapter 15 He teaches that He is the vine and we are the branches and we must draw from Him by staying connected to Him. In verse
12 of chapter 15 He repeats His command for us to love each other the same way He loves us. Then He tells us how to measure that
love, “The greatest love is shown when people lay down their lives for their friends.”
So I asked the Lord, the question, “How do we lay down our lives?” This is what I see. First we lay down our ‘rights’. We lay down our
selfish desires, our desires for recognition, our desire for justice and fair play, and our right to be respected, or admired, or treated in a
certain way. We lay down our right to be right, our desire to be right, our right to speak our opinion, our desire for praise of men, to have
our egos built up. We lay down our right to sit in the best seat (or the one we are used to, the one we prefer). We lay down our desire
to have others do or say only what we like. We give up our desire to have only the music we like, or to want only certain people to sing
or play instruments, to only listen to the teachers we like, to only receive a word from the people we approve and accept.
We lay down our opinions in order to hear another’s opinion. We lay down doing things our way to allow another to express their
creativity and gifting. We do it all in love for the sake of others. We look for what God has placed in people and try to help bring it out,
help them develop the treasure God has placed within their earthen vessel. We become willing to sometimes not exercise our own gift in
order to make room for another to do so.
We walk in love, live in love, respond in love to everyone and pray for everyone the way we want to be prayed for.
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Dec. 10, 2005
Don’t Take Offense – Don’t Give Offense
John 16:1, “These things have I spoken unto you that ye should not be offended.”
“I don’t want My children offended. So don’t take offense and don’t give offense. I’ve given you all that you need to be free of offense.
Be willing to take on the role of servant. Follow the example I have shown you. Be willing to lay down your life. Lay down whatever you
have or are holding on to in order to demonstrate love to others. Follow My example and love others as I love you. Follow My example
in loving even when others fail you, betray you, deny you or neglect you. Love with My love.
“Follow My example and do not reveal the identities of those who sin against you. Don’t reveal their sins publicly. Keep it a matter
between us. Bring everything to Me in Prayer. Take their place and intercede for them while acting out My love toward them.
“Do not live in worry or fear. Do not fret over what anyone is doing or what they are not doing. Trust Me. Trust the Father, God. Do all
that I have done and more. Do greater works of service. Do greater acts of love. Ask for what you need. Ask for My love to fill you and
overflow. Ask for a servant heart and then go and serve your brother and sister, your family and friends, your neighbors and the
stranger down the road.
“Lay down your life and take up Mine. Lay down your life to serve others. Stay connected to Me. Draw from My wells of love. Draw from
My strength. Go and love. Go and serve. Lay down your opinions, and don’t try to have your own way, but do things My way. Do it all
My way by allowing others to be who I’ve called them to be.
“Prefer others above yourself. Be willing to lift another up in loving service to Me, esteeming others before yourself. This is how to be
free of offense. This is My plan for freedom. If you will lay your life down for others, die to your own selfish ways, your own opinions, and
your own desires, then you will be dead to offense. And remember whatever you do to the least of My children you’ve done to Me.”
This verse in the RV says: “… that you should not be made to stumble.” The NLT says, “I have told you these things so that you won’t
fall away.”
Later I will send "page 2" of this message - what I found as I read the scriptures preceding this verse. = B
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December 4, 2005
Distraction and Assignments
While praying for someone that I had been on the phone with, the Lord began to speak to me through images. I saw her with several
little dogs nipping at her feet and ankles. They were biting her pants legs and pulling - trying to get her to go in another direction. They
were so noisy she couldn’t hear the people who were knocking on her door, or the person calling her from another room.
Then I could see the dog’s collars. They had name tags on the collars. I could read some of the tags, one was “Distraction”, another
was “Relationships”, and another was “Anger”. One I could read part of looked like “Resentment” and another that I couldn’t see all the
letters seemed to be “Rejection”. Some I could not read at all because of the angle of the tag the name wasn’t visible. The leader was
“Distraction”. He made the most noise and did the most tugging at her pant legs.
The Holy Spirit revealed that she is representative of many in the body of Christ today who are being harassed by the enemy. then He
spoke this prophetic word to me for her - and the rest of us.
“I called you and anointed you for My purposes. But the enemy has sent Distraction and his co-workers to keep you from moving on in
My plan. He has all these problems nipping at you to keep you so distracted that you are focused on trying to quiet the dogs, trying to
get them off your feet and away from you – to be free of them – rather than being focused on Me.
"I send people to your door to receive from you of the gifts I have deposited in you. But the enemy keeps sending these “dogs” to you,
day after day, they come back to torment you and cause you to lose your focus. One of their goals is to prevent you from hearing those
I’ve sent to you.
"But you have authority over these pesky animals. You are the head – not the tail. You speak My truth in the power of My name and
send these tormenters running – chasing their own tails instead of your feet! They have no real power over you their weapons are their
noise – to draw your focus away from Me – and the fear and impatience that comes with dealing with them over and over.
"But don’t be mistaken about who they are. Don’t accept them as harmless pets. Regardless of how harmless they may look - they are
dangerous. They are out to get you. Their aim is to distract you, to take your focus and then to trip you and trap you, to cause you to
stumble and fall. Be aware they are not cute, cuddly or lovable little pets. They will not comfort you or be your friend. They are snarling,
yapping, and harassing foes. Beware.
"Refocus on Me. Set you eyes on Me and My chosen path – and keep moving. Set your face like flint to follow Me no matter what comes
your way. I’m calling you to walk closely with Me.
Some of these pests you will have to violently kick aside. Use My Word in authority and command them to stop harassing you –
command them to leave you. Some you can ignore as though they were not even there – just keep walking. Keep moving ahead with no
regard for their noise or their nipping and tugging. Keep My Word on your lips and uppermost in your mind - not the dogs. Keep putting
one foot in front of the other and they will begin to fall back as you move forward with Me. Then you will be able to move on unhindered
in My plan and purpose.
"Invite My presence in every time they come nipping and barking. They cannot tolerate My presence – they will leave. No longer allow
them to draw your focus from Me. Keep your eyes and ears attuned to Me and My voice and move on into your destiny.
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December 3, 2005
Speaking the Truth in Love
Ephesians 4:15, 25 But speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the
whole body joined and knit together by every ligament with which it is equipped as each part is working properly, promotes the body's
growth in building itself up in love. 25) So then, putting away falsehood; let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are
members of one another.
Matthew 18:15 (Jesus said,) "If another believer sins against you, go privately and point out the fault. If the other person listens and
confesses it, you have won that person back."
Galatians 6:1 My friends, if anyone is detected in a transgression, you who have received the Spirit should restore such a one in a spirit
of gentleness.
Leviticus 19:17 Do not nurse hatred in your heart for any of your relatives. Confront your neighbors directly so you will not be held guilty
for their crimes.
James 5:19, My dear brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders away from the truth and is brought back again, you can be
sure that the one who brings that person back will save that sinner from death and bring about the forgiveness of many sins.
"Beloved,
“One reason you are now struggling with these problems is past disobedience. When I spoke My word to you, for you to speak to
another of My children and you did not obey and give the word – that was disobedience. You allowed fear of people and their response
to keep you from speaking the Word I gave you to speak. You could have been an instrument in My hand, an instrument of change, an
instrument of restoration in that life. But you would not.
“ You have also failed to confront problems as they arise –to address wrongs - for fear of confrontation with people. You have feared
people more than Me, more than you longed to please Me. It is an act of love to speak truth from a heart of love. Learn to love while
you learn to walk in truth - do it together - simultaneously.
“It is time for you to walk in a holy and awesome fear of disobedience to Me; and give up your desire to please others and keep the
peace at all costs. Agape love, divine love does not mean that you never disagree with anyone. It doesn’t mean that you can’t speak
the truth and confront problems. But it does dictate how you speak and the manner in which you confront.
“Don’t keep pushing down what are honest, godly reactions to those who are in error or sin. When you keep buttoning your lips when
you know the truth and My Spirit has prompted you to speak that is not righteous. When you keep your lips closed and your tongue
silent when you know by My Spirit you are to speak, you are no longer walking in step with Me. And when you put a lid on your emotions
rather than speak honestly in love, then you are like a pressure cooker under too much pressure – in danger of exploding. Then you
are apt to develop resentment or explode in anger and shame will soon follow. That is at odds with walking in love. It is not My way.
“But if you handle each problem or disagreement as it arises nothing will be too difficult for you to handle. Whether it’s annoyance with
the rudeness of others, resisting someone’s attempt to control you and manipulate you, or speaking out against sin and error, trust Me,
depend on Me and speak as the Holy Spirit leads you. If you allow these problems to build it can become unbearable and seemingly
impossible to handle. Let Me show you how to handle these situations. Let Me give you a “righteous handle” to use in these problem
areas: Walk in love while walking in truth. Place all concerns on My scale to balance truth and love, grace and truth.
“As a good parent, a godly parent, nurtures children they do not give love only. They balance love and discipline. They train by
example and teaching. They speak truth in love, they model truth and honesty. So too are My children to live in relationship to one
another. Prefer each other in love without compromising, without mincing words, without hiding from emotions or problems. It is all a part
of love – holding each other accountable. I’ve spoken through My Word that you are to comfort each other, love each other and submit
to one another. What is there to submit to if no one calls for accountability? How can there be true love without Truth itself?
“When you obey and speak what I give you – when I tell you it will accomplish My will - then give no thought nor have any concern as to
what you see as a result. Hidden work is being done in those I speak to through you. Leave the outcome to Me. Be faithful to speak and
act in love in all situations with patience and forbearance.
“When you hide your true feelings, your true reactions and keep silent rather than speak the Truth I have given you – you become a
liar and unfruitful. My children are called to be a people of Truth. I have called you to beacon of light in dark places. When you
encounter darkness in another, especially in of My chosen ones, and I speak to you from My heart - carry it out in love. Speak forth My
word. It will bring blessing and unity not strife and division.
“Your present difficulty may not have occurred if you were walking in complete and quick obedience to Me. Are you ready to walk in
quick obedience? Are you ready to follow My guidance as I speak to you? Be quick to hear My voice and quick to obey. Learn to be
more sensitive to My desires and to pleasing Me than in the possible displeasure of others.
“I know your heart. I know your desire to please Me. But you lack a little. You lack the whole-hearted determination to follow Me at all
costs – no matter what people may think. Get ready. Be prepared. Listen and obey. Listen to My voice and quickly obey what I speak
to you without thought for what others will think or say. Focus on Me. And walk in love.
“Sometimes you will be unaware that I am using you to speak to someone. You will think it is only conversation. You will consider that
you are only speaking things I have taught you or that you have gleaned from My word. But I can use your conversations, your sharing
of what you have learned to speak a “now” word as rhema to the listener without you even knowing it.
“You want to ‘run with the horsemen’? Prepare yourself. Exercise faith in Me and My word and My ability to guide you in every situation.
Trust Me. Keep your eyes and your ears attuned to Me and you will progress to running with the footmen. You will progress in this love
walk. You are being prepared. You are being established. You are being perfected. Walk in eager obedience.”
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Nov. 29, 2005
Prophetic Word
Take Up Your weapons
When I awoke this morning as I lay in bed, I saw by the spirit, a gun lying in bed covers, almost hidden in the folds of a comforter. I asked
the Lord why was I seeing a gun, was this from Him? And if so what did it mean? This is what I heard.
It is time to take up your weapons. It is time to engage in battle. Not the weapons of the world, no guns, or knives, swords or explosives.
No the weapons I have given you are higher and much more effective than these. The best weapon you have is My Word. Above all
else use My word to defeat the enemy. Speak My Word. Combat the lies of the enemy and bring them down to nothing by the
employment of My Word.
My Word will never run out of ammunition. My Word will never fail. It will not misfire. It will not miss the mark. It is always on time, on
target and triumphant. My Word will bring down strongholds reducing them to dust to be blown away by the wind of My Spirit. My Word
is a weapon you can depend on in every battle.
Use your weapon of prayer. Your sincere, heartfelt, fervent prayers will break down barriers, erect walls of protection and safely; and
pierce the hidden bunkers of the enemy. It will uncover and unmask to reveal the truth of the enemies tactics and strategies. Pray
always in every situation, leaving nothing to chance, neglecting nothing. Bring every concern before My throne in honesty and with
intense, earnest prayer.
2 Cor. 10:4 For the weapons of our warfare are not physical (weapons of flesh and blood), but they are mighty before God for the
overthrow and destruction of strongholds, [Inasmuch as we] refute arguments and theories and reasonings and every proud and lofty
things that sets itself up against the (true) knowledge of God; as we lead every thought and purpose away captive into the obedience of
Christ, the Messiah, the Anointed One.
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November 24, 2005
Be Thankful
Oh, My children, how I long for you to come to Me with thankful hearts. Come to Me with thanks and gratefulness and find what a
difference it will make in your lives. You do not yet know the power of thanksgiving in fullness. Begin to thank Me for everything, truly
everything that comes to you. Thank me in the midst of everything and anything. Not always because of what happens but sometimes in
spite of what happens. Do not wait for everything to be wonderful in your life before you learn to thank Me.
Yes, I have truly done great things in the world. But that is not why I am instructing you to thank Me and praise Me even when things do
not look like blessings to you. No, My children. I am calling you to thank Me because you trust Me. Thank Me because you believe My
Word is true, because in your heart you believe that indeed “all things work together for good for those who love God…*
When you come to Me with thanksgiving regardless of the events of your life you are telling Me how much you love Me, how much you
trust Me. And those are the messages I long to hear from you, My children. That is what I desire to hear. Come to Me with
Thanksgiving and watch what I do.
* Romans 8:28
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 4:2 Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.
Hebrews 13:15 By Him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to His
name.
* Romans 8:28
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November 17, 2005
Be Healed and Be Fruitful
“Beloved,
“You have been broken for too long. It is time for healing. You have struggled and tried to endure. You have tried to smile and go on.
But it is time for healing. It is time for restoration. I am doing a deep work within you. You are mine. My hand has been upon your life all
through the years.
“The enemy has tried to destroy you. He has sought to beat you down, to rob you of your joy. He has told lie upon lie because he is the
father of lies. I say to you, My lovely one, listen to My truth, listen to My voice, tune you ears to My Spirit. Resist the lies of the enemy,
the deceiver.
“Do not allow the enemy to rob you now through anger or unforgiveness. Forgive. Forgive fully those who have wounded you, those
who have rejected you and those who have mistreated you. Forgive, regardless of how hard it may be. Ask Me to enable you as you
determine in your heart and declare with your mouth your forgiveness of all involved.
“I am you maker, your creator and you are Mine. You are beautifully and wonderfully made. You are the workmanship of My hands. I
have called you to walk with Me, to minister to Me, to worship Me, so that I can minister through you and be glorified. You are mine and I
am your God. It is time for your healing so that you can walk in your destiny.
“Beloved, come and rest in Me. Bring all your cares, bring your burden to Me, lay them in My lap, let Me take them. You were not made
to carry these burdens, let Me take them. My plans for you are good and not evil, My planned path for you is easy to walk, not hard.
Draw away with Me. Seek My face. Seek your wholeness, and your healing in time spent with Me.
“Look into My Word, pray to see My heart and listen to My voice. I have healing for you, even for the deep wounds of the past – even for
the deepest wounds of your childhood. You are Mine and I want to be glorified in your life. Ask for your healing to bring glory to Me.
“Look not to the right, nor the left, but listen to My voice. Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost who dwells
within you, who prays for you, who leads you in prayer and speaks My answer to you? Look to Me and Me alone for your strength, your
joy, your peace and your healing.
“Come to Me for restoration, let Me complete the work I have begun in You. Draw close to Me under the shadow of My wing. Draw all
your sustenance from Me, as the branch lives only because it is attached to the vine – you live and blossom and bear fruit because you
are one with Me.
"I see you not as others see you, and not as you see yourself. When I look at you I see the divine gift resident within you. Others may
not see your value. They may discount you; see only the barrenness of a dry twig. Even loved ones and friends may not see your
potential, or your fruitfulness. In My love I have cultivated and developed you. My will is that you bear much fruit, that your gifts be
realized and expressed, that even your hidden talents be revealed and become reality. When I look at you I see your completion, your
fruit.
“Be all that I, the Lord God, have called you to be. Don’t let anyone – not people, or satan – dictate to you who you are and what you
are, or what you can do in My kingdom. I chose you. I called you. I have anointed you. Only I can tell you what you are to accomplish
for Me, for My glory.
“Come to Me, learn more of Me. Listen to My heart. Be healed. Let Me complete the work of restoration I have begun in you, so that
you can walk in the fullness of life that I have ordained for you to walk in.
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LOVE COVERS ALL
November 13, 2005
“Don’t allow the words and actions of anyone to take you where you don’t want to go. Do not allow their words to change you. Let My
word change you. Keep your eyes on Me and keep your heart pure toward people and Me. When you reveal the secrets of another,
you are uncovering their nakedness. Do not uncover anyone. No matter what anyone has said or done – no matter how it hurts you or
affects you, cover it with love.
“Let love, My love cover all. Walk in love and cover the sins of those in your life. Do not fall into the trap of revealing their nakedness for
others to see. Treat them the way you truly desire to be treated. Cover their faults, their failures, their shortcomings, and their sins.
Cover them with love and lift them up to Me. Trust Me to take care of you and those who misuse or abuse you or fail you in anyway.
“Don’t stare at their nakedness and impress it upon your heart and mind to be remembered. Quickly look away from their failure and
focus on Me. Look to Me and cover their nakedness with love as you lift them up to me and keep silent about their wrongdoing. Keep
silent and give it to Me. Don’t hold onto it, don’t reveal it, and don’t remember it. Cover it with My love and keep them lifted up so that I
may work in them to accomplish My perfect will in their lives just as I am working in you.
"Without love you uncover others and without love you uncover your own nakedness. I call you to put on love - clothe yourselves – wrap
yourselves in love. That love becomes your covering. It covers your nakedness. Without love all your sins are exposed – your
rudeness, your envy and strife, your unkindness, your anger, your selfishness, your arrogance and pride. Without the covering of My
love you will fail. You will stand before God and man naked.
‘Love is My character. And love is the base from which all the gifts of My Holy Spirit operate. Without love your gifts mean nothing and
accomplish little if anything. You are just making noise without love.
“That is how the world will know that you are followers of Christ – if you love. When you uncover the sins of anyone for other to see –
that is a sign that you are not walking in love. When you try to expose someone else you succeed in exposing yourselves. When you
uncover others you uncover your own lack of love.
“You are to become an offering for others by sacrificing your rights, your pride and becoming a sweet smelling savor of love to God and
man, as you love the people I place in your lives. Give yourselves in love. Become love to them.”
Pr. 10:12 Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins. (NKJV)
1 John 3:16 By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
Eph. 5:1-2 Be imitators of God as dear children And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a
sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling aroma.
1 Cor. 13:4-7 ‘Love is longsuffering, is patient, is self-effacing, is hopeful, is polite and courteous, is humble, love prefers others above
itself, it is unselfish, is full of grace and rejoices in truth! It bears all things, believes all things, endures all things and never fails.
‘Love is not envious, proud or arrogant, rude or selfish, or easily provoked. Love does not think evil thoughts. It is not irritable or
grouchy. It is not touchy or hostile. Love does not keep a record of wrongs suffered.”
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Nov. 7, 2005
Out With the Old and In With the New
My children,
“This is a time and a season for stripping and cleansing. You have sought Me, asking to be purified and stripped of all that is out of sync
with My character. Now is the time for the stripping.
“I am stripping you of a natural and worldly love and filling you with My divine agape love for others. If you will lay aside your ideas about
love, I will fill you with My love and give you a new attitude concerning love. I’m calling you to walk in love as never before, truly
preferring others above yourself. Learn to listen more and talk less. Listen to what people are saying, then listen for what My Spirit will
reveal to you about the person and his words. If you will humbly listen I will reveal truths to you that will enable you to walk in love with
purity- regardless of how others treat you, regardless of the words that they speak.
“You are being stripped of pride in self, pride in accomplishment, pride in what you have learned through all your study, in order to be
dressed with humility and a servant’s robe. You cannot walk in humility and pride - one excludes the other. They are totally
incompatible. Peacock feathers and aprons don’t go together.
“I am stripping away all your words, so that you may walk in My Word. I’m stripping away all your “goodness” – your self-effort at
righteousness, so that you may wear My purity and holiness. It is an easy thing. My robes of purity and holiness are comfortable and
easy to wear.
“I’m stripping away all your carnal, fleshly judgments so that you may walk in My grace. Every time you see someone behaving in a way
that you believe is unpleasing to Me, ask Me. Ask Me for a glimpse of their heart from My viewpoint. Look at things and people through
My eyes and it will change your heart and your behavior; it will change your path and your walk. I am stripping away every critical
thought, every hint of self-justification and ego – so that you may walk in My Love – My unconditional, enduring, loyal, healing Love.”
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November 3, 2005
Accept Your Assignment in Faith and Trust
My children,
“Come to Me, seek Me and I will enable you minute by minute to be everything that I, the Lord, your God have called you to be.
“Do not be dismayed over what may appear to be failure. Don’t be alarmed over anyone’s reactions to what you do and say. Keep
seeking me first in all things. Let Me be your guide and your rear guard. Don’t look at the situation and think that you have failed
because things are not working out perfectly according to your expectations. My plan is still in operation. My plan is going forth.
“Don’t ever try to prove yourself to anyone. Don’t worry about pleasing people instead seek to please me every day and I’ll prove the
reality of My work in you to others.
“Don’t defend yourselves, or try to prove that you are right, or prove that you are Mine. I, the Lord will be your defense to others. I will
defend you – if you allow Me to do the work. But I will not, I cannot do it if you are doing it yourself. I will not step in to take up your
cause and defend you if you are busy defending yourselves.
“Think on these things. Ponder My words. Know this, know that I gave you the job you have. I put you in your neighborhood, I sent you
to the church you are in specifically to accomplish My purposes for you and in those people at that place. Don’t doubt that I am able to
work in every situation to bring about My will. I will bring good out of your present circumstance. Blessings are in store for you. There
are blessings ahead. My plans for you are good - the best!
Know that you are My agent - sent there to do My will, sent there to speak My word and sent there to demonstrate My love, My
forgiveness and My compassion. Know and believe that I did this. I gave you the job. I knew who else would work there and what they
would need. Believe it. I sent you to the neighborhood in which you live. I knew the people who were already there in need of your
witness, your example. Believe that you are there “on assignment” and seek Me for how to fulfill that mission. You will accomplish much
and walk in great joy.
“Act and live as if you are truly My ambassadors, My agents - wherever you are- because you are. Act as if whether at home, on your
job, out shopping – wherever – that place is your mission field, because it is. Live your life in such a way that whomever you meet,
whoever is around you, will see Jesus in you. Live in such a way that Holy Spirit may speak through you at anytime He chooses to
anyone around you.
“Then in every situation, in every decision, ask for My direction. Look into My Word, listen for My voice, look at the example of Jesus
throughout My word. Then follow His example, say only what you hear Me, the Father say, do only what you see Me, your Father doing.
Crucify your flesh, deny yourself, your rights, your feelings, and your own ideas and submit to Me and My plan and My way. Then you
will walk in victory. You will walk in peace.
“Be like Nehemiah and keep doing the work that I have put in your hands to do. Don’t be distracted by others who want to hinder you, or
stop you from doing what you are doing to help build My kingdom on the earth.”
Ps. 94:22 But the Lord has been my defense, and my God the rock of my refuge.
Ps. 7:10 My defense and shield depend on God, who saves the upright in heart.
Ps. 62:2 He alone is my rock and my salvation; He is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
Ps. 59:9b, 17 for God is my defence. Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing; for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.
Luke 12:11b Do not worry about how you are to defend yourselves or what you are to say; for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that very
hour what you ought to say.
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October 28, 2005
Are You Listening?
My Children,
Are you listening? Are you listening? I am speaking through My prophets. I am sending forth My word. I am speaking through the
elements. I have spoken through the winds and through the water and through the earth. Are you listening?
Change. Change. Change! Truly things are changing at My Word. A change is coming by My hand. You will see great changes. You’
ve already seen that much has changed in the wake of recent events. At first sight things do look bad. Then they may look worse. But
wait and see. Watch and pray. Change requires upheaval. True change requires reversals. Get ready for change.
Do not be afraid. Do not be dismayed. I am fulfilling My word. I have spoken purification. I have spoken cleansing. I have spoken
shaking. I have sent forth My prophets to speak My word. Listen. Listen.
The cleansing will begin in My house. The purification begins in My Body. The shaking begins at the top. My house will be cleansed.
My Body will be purified. All that is unclean, unholy, unsanctified and all that is false, deceitful and soulish will be shaken out or washed
away.
Then will My people walk in purity and holiness. Then will My people walk in true light that will draw the lost and sick and forgotten to
seek Me. Get ready. Get ready. Listen for the wind. Listen. Listen to My word that is going forth in this day.
Seek Me. Rise up. Shake yourself free. Purify your heart and mind. Get ready. Get ready to be My voice crying out in love to those
who need to hear. Get ready.
While you are getting ready, get ready to rejoice. Yes, rejoice. As the shaking and the cleansing and the purifying are coming to an
end you will see Me move as never before. You will walk in power as never before. Signs and wonders will follow all who believe, all who
listen and prepare. Get ready. The weeping and mourning will end. Rejoicing will follow. Get ready.
This one says “Doom!” That one says,” Ruin and damnation!” Another voice speaks forth “All is well. Peace and prosperity is here.”
They declare “Peace! Peace!” But I say, “Change is coming. Great change has begun and will continue until My work of purification
and cleansing is complete. Do not run from it. Do not deny it. Cooperate with Me. Get ready for change and see the fulfillment of My
word. The harvest is coming. Many have sown. Now the reaping is at hand. The harvest is coming. But first a great change. Get
ready.
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Prophetic Word - Oct. 19, 2005
Fully Alive, Transparent and Real
Beloved,
“You have a concern over public exposure, which could prevent you from being as transparent as I have called you to be, as I desire you
to be.. Don’t allow distractions or concern over any self-revelation to prevent you from following My plan for you. Trust Me to take you
where I desire for you to go and protect you as you obey Me. Keep your focus on Me and My assignment for you without undue concern
over revealing something about yourself.
“I am bringing you to a new level in My ways, a new place in your spiritual journey filled with peace. There is a place for you, a place I,
your God have for you that when you get there you will have peace and you will know in your spirit that it is your place. I know your
heart, your desires; I know what pleases you and delights you. The place I have for you will be so comfortable and so beautiful that it will
seem familiar in some ways.
“I Am, God, Jehovah, the eternal One, the God who was, who is, and who is to come; the God of the past, present and the future. the
God of your past – I know everything about you and I have the power to heal and restore all things. I am the God of your present –
today – I know all that is in your heart, I know My plan for you and I have it all in My loving hands. I am working in you to will and do My
good pleasure. And I am the God of your future. It is all worked out. I have a plan for you and My plan is perfect It contains all that you
need for life and peace and joy. Trust Me completely with your life, past, present and future. My plans for you are good and will bring
you much joy as you submit to it.
“I am now clothing you anew in white, the symbol of purity and surrender. As you surrender everything, all that you are and all that you
long to be, all that you have and all that you desire to Me, I am bringing you a new level in Me, a new level of purity, a deeper level of
surrender, a new level of anointing and fruitfulness and a greater level of peace.
“Give up everything from the past – even those things which seem so difficult to give up. Release it all to Me. Do not be concerned with
what you’ve lost or given up. Don’t look to people to fill needs. Don’t mourn over your losses. And do not attempt to patch the wound.
Don’t try to put a bandage on it and make it all well. Give it all to Me and allow Me to bring complete healing in this area.
“I want to show you the two sides of a coin – heads or tails. Different views. On the one side is your calling to be an encourager – a type
of cheerleader who brings the good news of the gospel to those who need to hear. One who points out that victory is ahead - in God. I
call you to speak words of comfort and encouragement to those I send your way.
“On the other side is the call to be real – not putting on a cheerful façade for others, an outward face that does not match your inner
self. You have not been called to be always cheerful and always smiling. Don’t paint a smile on your face to hide what’s inside. Trust
Me completely with every area of your life – your emotions, your desires for your personal life and your ministry gifts and calling. Trust
Me in every way in every thing and I will make everything around you alive with My presence.
“ I want you to be fully alive - not drawn back to the past with half your mind and half your emotions there, but fully living in the present,
fully alive in Me. Not just barely alive, having a pulse with no other sign of life. Not just playing at life as children playing house, but fully
engaged in living life to the utmost, walking in abundant life.
“Wake up to My fulfilling, satisfying, energizing, enervating, electrifying, powerful, loving presence. And you will be more alive than you
have ever been or ever imagined you could be. Wake up to the abundant life that Jesus came to bring you.”
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Prophetic Word for Oct. 13, 2005
Walking Uprightly and Steadily
Jude 24; “…Him that is able to keep you from falling.”
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Ro. 4:20 “Abraham staggered not at the promise of God.”
“I not only keep you from falling but from stumbling and staggering. If you yield to Me, get in the yoke with Me – connected by the yoke to
Me – walking in unison with Me, keeping in step with me – I will keep you from stumbling. I will keep you from staggering.
“Don’t think you cannot do what is to be done. Don’t consider it as too hard. No! Those thoughts will overwhelm and cause staggering.
Rest in the knowledge that we are yoked together. I am here to hold you up. I am here supporting you. I will carry the load. You are not
alone.
“As you walk in greater maturity, as you accept more responsibility, as you accept more assignments you will be held to a higher and
higher standard. It is a growth process. As you mature and experience what your faith can accomplish, as you walk yoked to Me you will
learn to become more watchful, more alert to the stones in your path that could cause you to stumble. I will teach you to watch what you
hear, to listen for words that could cause you to stagger. Keep your focus on Me, but keep an eye on the path for the banana peels of
temptation, the potholes of discouragement, and the stones in the path of relationships. Be alert and on guard against the all the snares
of the adversary.
“I will always be here - right beside you, to guide you and to carry the load. Lean into Me. Train your eyes to watch for those things that
could hinder and stay yoked to Me. Watch even as you talk to Me.”
"... that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of
Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the
glory of His inheritance in the saints..." Eph. 1:17-18
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“My Child,
“Be encouraged. I have not forsaken you, nor taken My watchful eye from you. You are Mine. You are precious to Me. Your life is
precious to Me. My hand is upon your life. My hand is on you, to guide you, to care for you, to shelter you in every storm.
“You know My voice. Listen to me. For I do have some things I want to speak to you. Do not allow fear and concern to distract you. Do
not allow the lies of the enemy to fill your mind so that you are not listening for My voice.
“I am walking in the center of your storm with you. Hold on. Hold on to Me. Hold on to My word. Hold on to your faith. Hold to My hand.
Hold on.
“Do not allow the enemy to torment you with thoughts of impending disaster. Have I not clearly spoken to you in days gone by? Have I
not given you warning of things to come? Is My voice now silenced? Can I no longer speak? Yes, I can speak and I do now speak. I am
giving you My words of direction, of instruction, of warning and of comfort.
“Receive comfort and reassurance now, My child. Receive peace and rest – now. I am well able to speak to you. My voice is still
strong. Do not listen to the lies and accusations of the enemy. The best is yet to come. You have not seen the fullness of My plan for
you yet. There is more, much more. Yes, truly the best is yet to come.
"Do not accept discouragement. Do not accept defeat. Do not accept limitations. For you will see the fulfillment of My promises to you,
if you will but listen to My voice and follow My guidance.
“Yes there are some changes ahead. There are changes coming. Some you will have to make. Some choices you will need to make to
bring about the change that is needed. Some changes will come without your participation. They will come as waves of the sea flow in
unbidden – but unstoppable. But they will not overwhelm you as you rest in Me.
“Listen to me and follow My plan. Follow My guidance. And the things I’ve already begun to speak to you follow through on – carry it
through to fruition. Make a wholehearted commitment to change what needs to be changed. Then through discipline and faithfulness
continue in your new course of action. Be quick to hear and quick to obey. Be faithful in your diligence to continue in it.
“You are Mine. Your life is in My hands – My capable hands. Yield yourself completely to me. Do a greater work of crucifixion of self
and the self-life. No longer yield to habits and ways of old. Put to death all that wars against the new course you must now take. Follow
through by rising up in the spirit over your flesh and you will see victory.
“You are Mine. My loving care covers this storm, this trial; and the storm to come. I am in the storm with you. You are Mine and you are
precious to Me."
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Sept. 3, 2005
Move Out
“Do not be afraid to step outside the box. Allow Me to stretch you and to enlarge your borders. I have much more for you than you have
dared to imagine. Oh the joys of walking steadily in My anointing that await you! Draw close and give yourself fully to Me and watch
what I do!
“The only limit on My Holy Spirit is your capacity to receive. I send you vessels to be filled with My Spirit in the form of needs and trials
that come. These are the opportunities for you to receive more of Me, more of My Holy Spirit. I have an overflow for you. I have
abundance for you and for those around you. Open yourself to Me and allow Me to fill you to overflowing.
“Don’t draw back from what I’m calling you to do. Don’t shrink back from all that I’ve chosen you to walk in. The slightest resistance to
My will, the smallest disobedience, the tiniest neglect of walking fully in the call on your life results in problems. It slows down My plan. It
hinders your walk with me and My plan for your life. Leave the choice to Me.
“The rest you seek will not be found in leisure time, in recreation or reclining on your bed. The rest you seek comes in leaning fully on
Me in complete surrender to My will and My way. Seek Me – then yield completely to My direction. Give up all your ideas and walk in My
direction according to My plan. There you will find peace and rest in Me.”
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Jan. 3, 2005
Stop Long Enough To Hear
My Child,
I've been waiting for you to stop long enough to hear what I have to say. I long to communicate with you at a deeper level than ever
before. But you need to come to Me and sit in My presence to hear My voice. I speak softly. I will not shout for your attention. I will not
compete with all the other noises. I am speaking to you.
First, My love for you is far greater than you realize. The enemy has tried to keep you blinded to the depth and breadth and height of My
great love for you. Believe My love for you. Believe that My Word is true. Come and sit in My presence and allow Me to lovingly talk to
you. I want a Father-child chat with you. There are things I want to guide you into. There are things I want to correct. Listen closely to My
voice and Mine alone.
Allow Me to guide in all things. Do not try to make things happen, no matter how frustrated you feel over the seeming lack of any activity.
I am working behind the scenes accomplishing what you could never accomplish. Trust Me as never before. Become flexible. Let Me
guide you, be prepared, be ready to move quickly without lengthy explanations.
A new wave is coming and you need to be in position to catch it and ride the crest of the wave and go where it takes you. Be prepared.
Don't be left on the shore wondering what happened and longing for what you missed. Take your place. Take your position. You will
hear My voice directing you as you maneuver into the place I have called you to take.
Listen for My voice as you sit in My presence. And know that as you come into and wait in My glorious presence that you will be changed.
My presence is light. And My light exposes everything. Just as standing before a mirror when you undress for your bath you see yourself
as you are, standing in the Light of My presence you will see yourself as you really are. You stand before Me naked. Nothing is hidden.
You will see whatever is not of Me. You will see the smallest thing that needs to be laid down or cast aside. Come into My presence and
be cleansed, be changed, be prepared for the next wave. Listen, and look closely at what I am showing you.
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