Good morning,
"After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us
up, and we shall live in his sight. Then shall we know, if we follow on
to know the Lord:
his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us
as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth." (Hosea
6:2-3) God has
promised to revive us, but we must awaken and arise from the slumber of
circumstances and troubles. Usually it is because we have too many
other "loves" that have our attention and our affection. But when our
inflection changes and we cry out loud for God to revive us from a place
of desperation, God will come as the former and latter rain. God will not share us with other loves, or idols, can't you hear these
verses ringing in your heart; "You shall have no other gods before me." (Exodus 20:3); "Do not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God." (Exodus 34:14). He is raising us up from depression or discouragement to revive – to
restore us to life, to action, to vitality, [to raise from a state of
neglect or disuse] to bring us back, to make us valid, operative and
flourishing. The former rains represent the winter showers and
the latter rains represent the heavy downpour of rain that brings the
crop to maturity, the spring rains. We are about to experience a
torrential downpour in our lives, but it will be upon those who have
humbled themselves and cried out for a revival and choose to be awaken! God desires for everyone who names the name of Christ to receive His
best, but first there must be a willing heart. "If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:" (Isa. 1:19)
Our Father God will not force you to His highest plan and good for your
life, you must have a desire to yield. He wants willing lovers. Those
who are humble, willing, and obedient will partake of the torrential
downpour. The choice is yours but I would like to provoke you to change
your infection and cry for more of God. Provoke means to stir to a desired feeling or action; to move deeply; to arouse your
zeal; to summon and call forth an emotion and or action; to stir up on purpose; to fire up; to impassion; to build a fire under. One
of the biggest hindrance to us experience the next level of revival is "pride" a resistance to letting God do whatever He needs or want to do
in order to raise us up. Never must we be found resisting God's hand
upon our lives. "Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye." (Acts 7:51) "But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble." (James 4:6) We need more grace, God's divine ability over and upon our own ability, So, don't be hard hearted and
stiff-necked people, humility
invites God into your affairs! Be like the early saints who didn't
resist God in receiving the Holy Ghost, they were willing and they
received the grace of the Holy Spirit. Read Acts 19:1-6, they
were believers who had not heard of the Holy Spirit and speaking in
other tongues yet. They could have resisted God and the next level by
staying full of pride, thinking they knew it all or had it all, but the
scripture says that they received the Holy Spirit,
spoke in tongues, and prophesied. There is so much more of God and we
need to remain teachable, humble, willing and obedient, if we expect to
eat the good of the land that God has for us.
up, and we shall live in his sight. Then shall we know, if we follow on
to know the Lord:
his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us
as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth." (Hosea
6:2-3) God has
promised to revive us, but we must awaken and arise from the slumber of
circumstances and troubles. Usually it is because we have too many
other "loves" that have our attention and our affection. But when our
inflection changes and we cry out loud for God to revive us from a place
of desperation, God will come as the former and latter rain. God will not share us with other loves, or idols, can't you hear these
verses ringing in your heart; "You shall have no other gods before me." (Exodus 20:3); "Do not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God." (Exodus 34:14). He is raising us up from depression or discouragement to revive – to
restore us to life, to action, to vitality, [to raise from a state of
neglect or disuse] to bring us back, to make us valid, operative and
flourishing. The former rains represent the winter showers and
the latter rains represent the heavy downpour of rain that brings the
crop to maturity, the spring rains. We are about to experience a
torrential downpour in our lives, but it will be upon those who have
humbled themselves and cried out for a revival and choose to be awaken! God desires for everyone who names the name of Christ to receive His
best, but first there must be a willing heart. "If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:" (Isa. 1:19)
Our Father God will not force you to His highest plan and good for your
life, you must have a desire to yield. He wants willing lovers. Those
who are humble, willing, and obedient will partake of the torrential
downpour. The choice is yours but I would like to provoke you to change
your infection and cry for more of God. Provoke means to stir to a desired feeling or action; to move deeply; to arouse your
zeal; to summon and call forth an emotion and or action; to stir up on purpose; to fire up; to impassion; to build a fire under. One
of the biggest hindrance to us experience the next level of revival is "pride" a resistance to letting God do whatever He needs or want to do
in order to raise us up. Never must we be found resisting God's hand
upon our lives. "Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye." (Acts 7:51) "But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble." (James 4:6) We need more grace, God's divine ability over and upon our own ability, So, don't be hard hearted and
stiff-necked people, humility
invites God into your affairs! Be like the early saints who didn't
resist God in receiving the Holy Ghost, they were willing and they
received the grace of the Holy Spirit. Read Acts 19:1-6, they
were believers who had not heard of the Holy Spirit and speaking in
other tongues yet. They could have resisted God and the next level by
staying full of pride, thinking they knew it all or had it all, but the
scripture says that they received the Holy Spirit,
spoke in tongues, and prophesied. There is so much more of God and we
need to remain teachable, humble, willing and obedient, if we expect to
eat the good of the land that God has for us.
Listen to this; "Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the word of his servant? Let the one who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the Lord and rely on their God." (Is. 50:10) If
you obey God and His servant, darkness and trouble will come, but if
you stay yielded and trusting in God's willingness to revive you, He
will give you the former and latter rain. "Though I
walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch
forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand
shall save me." (Ps. 138:7) Those
are promises that we can rely on as we believe for revival, but we
don't want to be found resisting his aid and assistance and trying to do
it on our own. "Behold, all ye that kindle a
fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of
your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of
mine hand; ye shall
lie down in sorrow." (Isa. 50:11) I pray as I
provoke you that you will humble yourself under God's mighty hand, cry
out loud for revival, and don't let pride, which is being stiffnecked
and hard hearted keep you from receiving the next great level of grace. Pride will cause you to walk in a deceptive fire and it will cause you
to lie down in sorrow! Join us as we humble ourselves and cry out for
revival.
you obey God and His servant, darkness and trouble will come, but if
you stay yielded and trusting in God's willingness to revive you, He
will give you the former and latter rain. "Though I
walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch
forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand
shall save me." (Ps. 138:7) Those
are promises that we can rely on as we believe for revival, but we
don't want to be found resisting his aid and assistance and trying to do
it on our own. "Behold, all ye that kindle a
fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of
your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of
mine hand; ye shall
lie down in sorrow." (Isa. 50:11) I pray as I
provoke you that you will humble yourself under God's mighty hand, cry
out loud for revival, and don't let pride, which is being stiffnecked
and hard hearted keep you from receiving the next great level of grace. Pride will cause you to walk in a deceptive fire and it will cause you
to lie down in sorrow! Join us as we humble ourselves and cry out for
revival.
Love,
Pastor D.
Daughters of Z 