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Called, appointed and anointed by God, Pastor Debra Lowe has been called to the forefront to pastor along side her husband, Michael Lowe at Hesed Ministries. Pastor Debra has served the Lord for 39 years. Called as a Prophet to the nation she also walks in the office of teacher and is an intercessor. Pastor Debra has used these gifts to minister to the body of Christ, teaching men, women and children to enter into His presence causing them to mature and be changed by His Word. As a servant of the Most High God she brings forth a word in due season to the body of Christ.

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

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Good morning,
 
     I am waking up my lovely bride, says the Spirit of Grace and Mercy.  Every fairy-tale you have ever heard before has an inkling of truth in it, they have taken parts of My character and traits.  I Am the Prince that awakens his bride with the kiss of love, the bride that has been cast into a deep sleep.  I will come to rescue her riding on a white horse.  I have prepared for her mansions and we will live happily ever after.  Yes, my bride, my beauty shall awaken from her sleep and when she arises says the Spirit of grace and mercy, great and wonderful things shall she do.  She is up to something, says the Spirit of mercy and grace, she is up to Me.  As she comes closer and closer to Me she will begin to act like I act, do what I do, say what I say.  My bride will spontaneously erupt into My great anointing, and the eyes of her understanding shall be enlightened, she will know things that she did not know.  Revelations, the Spirit of revelation has come upon My sleeping beauty.  She shall arise and do great and mighty things and together we shall arise to new heights of victory and glory.  I say that the spirit of increase is upon her, she shall increase in whatever she put her hands to.  It is a new beginning for her and she shall shake off the grave clothes of the past experiences of discouragement and disappointment.  She shall arise and dance over the graves of her life and she shall strengthen herself by celebrating the One she will see reflected in the mirror.  As she looks deeply she will see Me in her, My beauty reflecting through her.  Everything that I have brought her through is to bring her to this great awakening. She shall arise as one that has been in slumber, as one that has been asleep for a long season.  
     She shall brush away the sleep of dreams and she shall realize that this is living, truly living.  She shall begin to do great and awesome deeds and the nations shall tremble under the force of my bride.  The nations shall quake under the force and authority that she shall arise in.  Men and women shall stand and shutter, and the desires of their hearts shall turn towards Me, for they shall see in this last day that My army is also My bride.  She is a beauty that is no longer asleep, she has risen with My purpose in her heart.  As she tramps throughout the land she shall take back those things that the enemy has stolen, and together we shall arise as we conquer the land that belongs to Me.  Then says the Lord, I shall rise up as a man of war and I shall do violently against the enemy of her soul and she will stand still and see the salvation of her God.  When she gets tired I shall arise upon her with fresh new strength to carry the race forward, says the Lord.  I will not quit and she will not quit.  We will not give up until that day begins to dawn brighter and clearer.  My bride will know who she is in that day says the Lord.  In the reflection you will see Me greater and stronger and mightier then ever before.  I shall arise as the mighty Lion of Judah, I shall arise with a great roar shaking the land and cause men and women to tremble at my voice.  I will come with justice and righteousness, I will deliver My own.  I am coming for My glorious bride!  
 
     "Arise [from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you—rise to a new life]! Shine (be radiant with the glory of the Lord), for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you! For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and dense darkness [all] peoples, but the Lord shall arise upon you [O Jerusalem], and His glory shall be seen on you. And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising." (Is. 60: 1-3)
     "[For I always pray to] the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, that He may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation [of insight into mysteries and secrets] in the [deep and intimate] knowledge of Him, By having the eyes of your heart flooded with light, so that you can know and understand the hope to which He has called you, and how rich is His glorious inheritance in the saints (His set-apart ones),  And [so that you can know and understand] what is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing  greatness of His power in and for us who believe, as demonstrated in the working of His mighty strength." (Ephes. 1:17-21)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

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Good Morning,
 
     Let the winds of adversity blow and the storms of change rage against My trees that I have planted.  They may bow at the fierce gust of the winds, but they will not break.  They, who are Mine have allowed Me to plant them near the river.  Their roots go down deep, so deep that nothing can penetrate to their depth.  They sway with the force of the storm, but they are easily up-righted.  For they are rooted in My Word and they have stood the test of time.  They are the great oaks and evergreens in My garden.  When the heat of trials, tests and adversities come, they have found their shade of protection in My Word.  These oaks and evergreens have been fruitful to all in My garden.  Others take delight in their shade and in the sweet smell that comes from their leaves of life.  The foxes and all the enemies of My garden are shocked by the incredible stamina of these great and powerful trees.  They have learned how to use all the difficulties and adversities as fodder for their continued growth.  My trees remain connected to Me, their source, I have received much glory from their obedient and yielded life.  In the days that are coming upon the face of this earth, it will be My trees that will stand for Me and for righteousness and not be moved by what moves the world.  Their trust is in Me and My faithfulness to them and in keeping My promises.  Because they are deeply rooted in Me, they will rise with wisdom and insight for the days ahead, many of them will be like Joseph and Daniel.  In times of difficulties, times of oppression, times of uncertainty and in challenging times, Joseph and Daniel received heavenly wisdom, knowledge, insight and revelation for their families as well as for their nations.  I am giving to My trees of righteousness that same ability.  One will receive a piece of the puzzle, another will receive their piece and still another their piece.  My true people will come together and they will excel at this time as they learn how to be One, as I Am One with the Son and Precious Spirit.  We are whole together.  So shall My people come, each with his piece to make a whole.  Stamping out their childish ways, envy, jealousy, selfishness, and a list of fleshly devices of separation.  One as I long for you to be.  Listen My trees for I Am revealing to you the way to go through the midst of these times of tribulation and testing without anything hurting or harming you.  If you want in, come and let Me plant you and prune you by My river that you too may be an oak or an evergreen in My eternal garden.

  
      "This is what the Lord says; Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans, who rely on human strength and turn their hearts away from the Lord.  They are like stunted shrubs in the desert, with no hope for the future.  They will live in the barren wilderness, in an uninhabited salted land.  But blessed are those who trust in the Lord and have made the lord their hope and confidence.  They are like trees planted along a riverbank, with roots that reach deep into the water.  Such trees are not bothered by heat or worried by long months of drought.  Their leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit." (Jeremiah 17:5-8)
     "I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener.  He cuts off every branch of mines that doesn't produce fruit, and He prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more….remain in Me and I will remain in you.  For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in Me. (John 15:1-4)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

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Good Morning,
 
     This is the season where my warriors will be able to do more harm to the kingdom of darkness, than ever before.  As they have gone through the valleys, they have come out trusting Me, their great Warrior.  Many for the first time in their walk with Me, have experienced Me as their personal bravery.  They have awaken from the slumber that this world system lulled them into.  Now they truly begin to see My Word work in their affairs.  I have been a Father, a Provider, a Counselor, a Healer, a Friend and a Lover to them.  They have stretched themselves during the difficulties that they were challenged by, and found out that the Greater One keeps every promise.  I have overshadowed them, so that the darts of the wicked one did not destroy them.  They arose and soared higher than they thought was possible, acquiring new levels of faith and more sensitivity to My presence.  They chose to stay disciplined as they went through the fire and the flood.  My warriors have come out, delivered, set free, loosed and changed.  Stronger and braver still, against all of the forces of the enemy.  They do not fear, or run from adversities, but uses the storms of life to cause them to mount up higher.  For I, the Lord have strengthen them and hardened them to difficulties, and with each one, it has become easier for my warriors to face the next battles.  This bravery and strength was born out of those hard places as they trusted in El-Gibbor.  Oh, I have taken such delight in these warriors!  They have learned to do My Word at all times, yes, even when it was not easy.  Joy, is found in My house at all times, and my warriors have found deeper joy in Me.  Trusting Me has brought a calm assurance and great joy.  Now they know Me, truly know Me as the Faithful One.  The enemy is shaken by this revelation.  My people humbled themselves and depended on Me, not in their own ability or in their strength.  This season is a great spiritual battle and they are not neglecting their full armor.  They have stood face to face against the forces of darkness and withstood them by My grace.  They must not turn in retreat, for cowards will perish.

    Every warrior that is truly Mine, can not love this world, nor his own personal comforts more than their obligations to this great armed forces that they have enlisted in.  Truly, the arm of flesh will disappoint and let down every time.  This is a serious season for serious warriors.  I have given them a brave and courageous spirit and a persistent heart.  They are determined to keep faithful to the end.  With this kind of heart, an increase of revelations will flow into their lives.  This committed remnant of believers shall come forth, a greater degree of the miraculous in their personal lives.  The enemy thought he would have you on the run, yet, after all of the smoke clears, there you stand.  Standing in the power of your God and His personal bravery.  My brave courageous warriors who walk in the fear of their God and in the revelation that there is no weapon formed against them that will prosper.  They boldly declare and decree it and the wicked one flees, yes, he runs from them.  For great is the army that carries out My Word.

     "Through God we shall do valiantly [a force; an army; wealth, virtue, valor, strength; a great host, might, power, strong war]; for it is He that shall tread down our enemies." (Psalm 60:12)
     "But no weapon that is formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall show to be in the wrong. This [peace, righteousness, security, triumph over opposition] is the heritage of the servants of the Lord [those in whom the ideal Servant of the Lord is reproduced]; this is the righteousness or the vindication which they obtain from Me [this is that which I impart to them as their justification], says the Lord" (Isaiah 54:17)
     "The Lord God is my Strength, my personal bravery, and my invincible army; He makes my feet like hinds’ feet and will make me to walk [not to stand still in terror, but to walk] and make [spiritual] progress upon my high places [of trouble, suffering, or responsibility]! (Habakkuk. 3:19)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

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Good morning,
 
     I require greatness from each of My children, but pay attention to My voice; greatness is serving Me and My Kingdom, waiting at the gate to obey My Words.  Greatness is delighting to do what I have said in My Word.  It is serving your brothers and sisters in My house.  It is not as the world sees greatness.  Every time you give of all that I have given you, to really serve another, selflessly, that is when I Am glorified.  A change of heart and mind is necessary in order for you to live your life in real prosperity.  For as you die to your self, that is when you will truly live the life that I will make center-stage.  Many desire greatness, but miss the mark in My House!  Know that I Am looking within to find the pure in heart.  I will join with you in your efforts to be more like Me.  For I sent My Son as as a servant to all in order that many more servants would be born.  He gave His life in order to cause many more to really live!  This year begin to walk out one of My secrets revealed; in order to be great, you must be a servant.  You will find those things that have evaded you up until now will begin to be attracted to you.  You will begin to notice that it is not so hard to prosper in every area of your life.  To those with this purity of heart and a genuine motive to minister or wait upon Me and those in the Kingdom, revelation will abound.  It has always been this way.  In order to gain your soul, you must lose it, in order to receive you must give, this is the way I operate, and the way My children move and grow in the Kingdom.  Abundance in the midst of lack is what I do best, for the Kingdom is greater than the world's system, it cannot be stopped.  So, make up in your heart and soul to be great by serving, and you will rise above all that is formed against you this year and for all times.  What others consider small, I see as great, and My vision is perfect, Renew your mind to the way that I think, and you will see through My eyes and then you will understand the joy in serving.
     "So Jesus called them together and said, “You know that the rulers in this world lord it over their people, and officials flaunt their authority over those under them.  But among you it will be different.  Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of everyone else.  For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (Mark 10:42-45) 
     "I do not consider, brethren, that I have captured and made it my own [yet]; but one thing I do [it is my one aspiration]: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the [supreme and heavenly] prize to which God in Christ Jesus is calling us upward.  So let those [of us] who are spiritually mature and full-grown have this mind and hold these convictions; and if in any respect you have a different attitude of mind, God will make that clear to you also.  Only let us hold true to what we have already attained and walk and order our lives by that." (Phil. 3:13-16)
     "If they obey and serve Him, they shall spend their days in prosperity and their years in pleasantness and joy." (Job 36:11)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

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Good morning,
 
The Spirit of the Lord says;

     My children are learning what it means to be inaccessible and safe under the shadow of My wings.  I will deliver My children from the pestilence that walks in darkness.  While all those around them are falling because of the great shaking, My children will see their ministering angels that work on their behalf.  Heaven is at divine attention, waiting for My children to decree the Word over their lives and to stand and see the salvation of the Lord!

     At the same time there will be a great falling away from My house.  Many will become discouraged and dismayed because of the calamities that are coming to this world.  They will desire to gather to them those who would teach them only what brings their flesh delight.  While My holy people will not compromise My Word.  Those who have not been intimate with Me, will side in with unbelievers, who do not know My heart nor My ways.  You can not entertain worldly ideas concerning My Kingdom, only in My Word is revelation and understanding found.  As you see the judgments that are coming upon the earth, many will say, "a loving God would not allow these things to happen".  Yet, I have endured the atrocities of sins from mankind and I have extended My mercies to all.  Because of their choices, these things have come, because of the hardness of men's heart against Me, harvest has come for the seeds that they have sown.  Yet, I still cry out, "Come, all who are weary, come!"  I will deliver and save those who will acknowledge Me and live their lives according to My Word.  They will experience a mighty move of My supernatural abilities.  Now is the time to run with My message to a world that is thrown into turmoil.  Raise your voices high, saying, "This is the way, walk in it, come to My Father's House where there is forgiveness of sins."  Be bold in this season, for you will be snatching them from the very fires of hell and utter torment.  I Am anointing you, afresh to do this work, and great signs and wonders will precede and follow you.  You must be about the Father's business, do not be entangled with the affairs of this temporary life.

     You are in the middle of one of the most important times in Our history, Kingdom rising against kingdom, nation against nation, catastrophic events and disasters occurring in every place on this earth.  People are lovers of themselves, haters of good, unholy and lovers of pleasure.  The love of My people have even grown cold.  This is the time for My true Church, My Bride to look up, all of heaven's doors are available for you.  Awake, arise, and shake from you all that has kept you mesmerized.  I have turned up the Light, so that you may walk in all the righteousness, and have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness.
 
     "For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of Light [lead the lives of those native-born to the Light].  For the fruit (the effect, the product) of the Light or the Spirit [consists] in every form of kindly goodness, uprightness of heart, and trueness of life.  And try to learn [in your experience] what is pleasing to the Lord [let your lives be constant proofs of what is most acceptable to Him].  Take no part in and have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds and enterprises of darkness, but instead [let your lives be so in contrast as to] expose and reprove and convict them". (Ephesians 5:8-11)
 
     "And refute [so as to] convict some who dispute with you, and on some have mercy who waver and doubt. [Strive to] save others, snatching [them] out of [the] fire; on others take pity [but] with fear, loathing even the garment spotted by the flesh and polluted by their sensuality. (Jude 22-23)
 
     "For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through [the full, personal] knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again become entangled in them and are overcome, their last condition is worse [for them] than the first. For never to have obtained a [full, personal] knowledge of the way of righteousness would have been better for them than, having obtained [such knowledge], to turn back from the holy commandment which was [verbally] delivered to them. There has befallen them the thing spoken of in the true proverb, The dog turns back to his own vomit, and, The sow is washed only to wallow again in the mire." (2 Peter 2:20-22)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

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Good morning,
  
     As you increase your pursuit of Me, you will begin to hear and see the activity that is going on in the heavens on your behalf.  We are busy working on the final touches for your advantage and favor!  As you pray in the spirit you will press past the hindrances of the mind of your own understanding.  You will cause your spirit to be more attuned with Holy Spirit thereby receiving insight and wisdom that is high above this world's ability to comprehend.  You will also avail yourself to My grace, My ability over and upon your inability.  You will synchronize and cooperate with the desires of the Kingdom.  Your praying in the spirit will raise your level of intuitiveness.  You will be more sensitive to the sounds and the movements of Holy Spirit.  As you pray more in the spirit, you will understand My heart and My will, your desires will then line up with Mine.  This increasing prayer will motivate you to push past the ordinary and into the extraordinary of My gifts that I have freely given to you.  You will recognize the greatness in you, because of My grace that is upon you.  You will now walk as mature children of God, in the days ahead, doing what My children should do.  You will imitate Me in more than one way.  Signs and wonders that were meant to follow this great company of believer's will greatly intensify during this season.  Still, My mature children will remain humble.  They will not lower My standards to accommodate men.  My standards always lift men up, they never degrade.  Compromise will not be named among these mighty people of prayer.  They, rightly divide between good and evil, they are not led astray by much words.

     Get ready to arise and soar, to be elevated to new levels in My Spirit.  To see things in the light of My eyes.  You will no longer be satisfied to live ordinary, you will aspire to live the Kingdom life.  A phenomenal and supernatural life should be normal for My mature children.  I have made everything that is heavenly, accessible to My own.  Now, all of the earth is awaiting your next move.  Will you pray in the spirit more?  Will you unlock hidden mysteries that I have made ready for your use?  I have given you the keys.  Open up and begin to flow, for out of you will come living waters.  It is enough to breathe new life into all that are around you.  Go forth in prayer and rejuvenate, resuscitate, restore, replenish and recreate your territory!
 
     "So that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men (human philosophy), but in the power of God.  Yet when we are among the full-grown (spiritually mature Christians who are ripe in understanding), we do impart a [higher] wisdom (the knowledge of the divine plan previously hidden); but it is indeed not a wisdom of this present age or of this world nor of the leaders and rulers of this age, who are being brought to nothing and are doomed to pass away.  But rather what we are setting forth is a wisdom of God once hidden [from the human understanding] and now revealed to us by God – {that wisdom} which God devised and decreed before the ages for our glorification [to lift us into the glory of His presence]." (1 Corinthians 2:5-7)
     "Therefore humble yourselves [demote, lower yourselves in your own estimation] under the mighty hand of God, that in due time He may exalt you." (1 Peter 5:6)
     "But those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] shall change and renew their strength and power; they shall lift their wings and mount up [close to God] as eagles [mount up to the sun]; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint or become tired." (Is. 40:31)
 
Love, 
 
Pastor D

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

This is the time that you are going to run free like the child that I have made you to be and nothing shall hold you back in this season says the Lord.  

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Good morning, 
   
     I have already done those things that you have asked Me for, and because you have exercised your imagination and your mind to see beyond the moment that you're in, I Am causing you to walk in and step in and possess those things I have already prepared for you long before you were born.  I knew this moment and this day that you would step in.  I knew how you would feel, I knew how the enemy would try to push you away from Me.  I knew that you would choose My way over the way of the enemy, and because you have chosen My way I have opened the way broad for you to walk in and nothing shall by any means hurt you, stop you or affect you.  This is the time that you are going to run free like the child that I have made you to be and nothing shall hold you back in this season says the Lord.  You will experience such peace and freedom that you have longed for but you have not experienced.  You are going to step in and you are going to begin to run in it and make your way wider as you do so says the Lord.  And as you widen your way in this peace, in this freedom, others are going to see and they are going to notice that peace and freedom is upon you.  Those that have been longing for the very things that you have been longing for will come and join you says the Lord.  As you step into that freedom just begin to lift your hands and declare peace and see those things that I have already prepared for you.  For I knew your way and I knew this day says the Lord, nothing has ever changed or caught Me off guard.  Even though the situations and circumstances around you have changed, it has not changed My plans for you.  I Am stalwart in the things that I said I would do, I never change, I never alter and this is My plan for you and it is for good all the days of your life and you are about to enjoy such a goodness.  A season of goodness that you have never seen.  Watch and see the windows of heaven are opened over My children and you are going to dance and rejoice and experience peace, peace in your mind, peace in your hearts, peace in your thought life, peace says the Lord.  Get ready, get ready, get ready!
 
     And at the close of your calendar year, know that I have already opened up windows of unexpected blessings.  Some blessings you did not even know it was coming, some you expected but it blew you away because it was too much.  Praising and rejoicing from the beginning of the year until the end for the goodness that I will bestow upon those who trust and believe Me.  Watch and see, and you are  going to say Father good, Father good every day of your life, Father good.  I will say with you, "yes, I am good all the time".
 
     "Behold! I have given you authority and power to trample upon serpents and scorpions, and [physical and mental strength and ability] over all the power that the enemy [possesses]; and nothing shall in any way harm you" (Luke 10:19)
     "Great peace have they who love Your law; nothing shall offend them or make them stumble." (Ps. 119:165)
     "I am the Good Shepherd; and I know and recognize My own, and My own know and recognize Me." (John 10:14)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

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Good morning,
 
     All that hear and hearken to My voice in these times when confusion attempts to cause you to be moved, will from my Word receive double honor.  Stand and believe Me because of My Word and I will give you double for your shame.  Those who are being led by My Word and not by their emotions, or by their circumstances and all who will not give up will reap the rewards of their harvest.  As the days become more and more difficult, some that sat at My table will leave My house for the momentary pleasures that bring a lifetime of misery.  Yet, I will have a remnant that will stay true and faithful to Me and My Word.  I and my Word are one and that will never change.  I Am watching those who are faithful to My Word, so that I may shower over them blessings.  They will be My Josephs' in this season.  Families will be preserved because of their faithfulness to do My Word.  I will instruct them in the night season with dreams and visions.  They will have witty inventions and creative ideas in a time when all seems lost.  Supernatural wisdom will be given to them, because they have kept themselves pure and holy.  Just like Joseph they will refuse to be dictated to by the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes and the pride of life.  They know how to run under My shadow when faced with sin for a season.  They will still be holy.  This will be the holy remnant that have kept themselves as virgins in this world, choosing to be holy vessels in these last days.  To be the dwelling place for My glory to shine forth.  My glory will go forth through the wisdom and abilities that My holy people will exhibit to a world that is in chaos.  Peace, I speak to my children, peace I command to rest upon My obedient ones.  Be empowered to prosper in every area of your life.  I have commanded My angel army to be at your side, to assist in all of the kingdom affairs.  You will succeed and nothing will hinder.  All that the enemy thought would hinder you, will turn around and annihilate his plans and purposes against you.  You will step over his snares and traps this season and not give his plans a second thought, because you will cast down every high thing, every lie and cunning device.  They are old devices that are known to Me and the Kingdom, deceitful, prideful and  full of lies.  Be strong in Me and declare boldly to the spirit of the enemy, "I will not stop, go back or give up".  Have a single vision now, do not be distracted, run to win.  Many may fall at your right and left, but because you have made Me your Refuge, you will be stable.  I Am going through My garden to remove the tares that have grown and entangled itself around my true plant.  Draw your energy from the deep roots you have in Me.  My children that have placed their trust in Me will grow deeper in Me, for now more than ever they know that I Am their true hope.  This transition has hemmed you in to Me and my Word.  We are truly becoming One.
 
     You will be called priests of the Lord, ministers of our God.  You will feed on the treasures of the nations and boast in their riches.  Instead of shame and dishonor, you will enjoy a double share of honor.  You will possess a double portion of prosperity in your land, and everlasting joy will be yours.  For, I the lord love justice.  I hate robbery and wrongdoing.  I will faithfully reward My people for their suffering and make an everlasting covenant with them.  Their descendants will be recognized and honored among the nations.  Everyone will realize that they are a people that the Lord has blessed.(Isaiah 61:6-9)
     I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. (Psalm 16:7)
     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, [In as much as] we refute arguments and theories and reasonings and every proud and lofty thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God; and we lead every thought and purpose away captive into the obedience of Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) (2 Corinthians 10:4-5)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

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Good morning,
 As we rush toward the day set aside to celebrate Christ Birthday, we pray that you and your family find the rest, peace and the goodwill that is promised to us.
 
     For all who have endured a great fight of affliction this year, look forward to the shifting of the winds.  The winds of adversity that were blowing hard against you and were trying to move you off course will now shift in your favor.  Instead of blowing against you it will now be used to assist you and blow you to the destination that has been planned for you.  Rather than you furiously flapping your wings in the wind and being in opposition to the force, now you will be able to stretch your wings out and soar.  Because you faithfully withstood the contrary forces, I will now cause you to enter into a season of supernatural ease.  Even though the winds of opposition will still be blowing, I will use them to assist you into this season of ease.  You have labored to enter into this rest of Mine.
     You refused to give up and quit, so get ready for your springtime!  I have laughed the enemy to scorn, for he thought that he had killed some things in your life.  Yet I had covered them up and kept the seeds growing, because you hid yourself in Me, therefore I have made you inaccessible to Him.  All of a sudden blooms of the new will begin to crop up in your life, yes, the desert places in your life will begin to blossom as a rose.  It will be a time of walking in the revelation, for my children who truly believe will do My Word with great efficiency and skill.  All who are planted and fixed, My trees of righteousness, will bring forth their fruit in abundance in their season.  Expect and look for your season of ease, right in the middle of the winds.
     "Let us therefore be zealous and exert ourselves and strive diligently to enter that rest [of God, to know and experience it for ourselves], that no one may fall or perish by the same kind of unbelief and disobedience [into which those in the wilderness fell]." (Heb. 4:11)
     "The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the rose and the autumn crocus." (Is. 35:1)
     "To grant [consolation and joy] to those who mourn in Zion—to give them an ornament (a garland or diadem) of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the garment [expressive] of praise instead of a heavy, burdened, and failing spirit—that they may be called oaks of righteousness [lofty, strong, and magnificent, distinguished for uprightness, justice, and right standing with God], the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified." (Is. 61:3)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

Do not fret over the transitions and changes that I have allowed in your life.  Most of the things that have been removed; whether people, familiar situations or circumstances, would have obstructed you from reaching the ultimate goal or position that I Am bringing you to. 

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Good morning,
     Just as last week, I have been instructed to show how relevant prophetic words can be in our lives.  Some have a time frame when they are to be revealed and others are constant as the written word of God.  Whether written – the Logos word, or spoken and revealed – the Rhema word of God, we need to cherish each word given and run the race and fight the good fight of faith!  This is from December 2009.  As the year ends and the new year is upon us, we can expect more changes.  We will find that most of the effective and long lasting changes are those that will happen within us.  We will see that we are made of tougher and greater quality of character than we perceived.  We are made in His image after all.  These changes will enable us to keep on moving closer to the Father, while others that may have run with you at one time begin to drop out.  Here is the message that the Lord spoke to our church on December 28. 

The Spirit of the Lord says;     

     Do not fret over the transitions and changes that I have allowed in your life.  Most of the things that have been removed; whether people, familiar situations or circumstances, would have obstructed you from reaching the ultimate goal or position that I Am bringing you to.  Some familiar-ties would have been an obstacle, while others would have been a deterrent to keep you from running unhindered.  Others would have caused you to be snared by the enemy of your soul and stopped completely.  Let them go!  These obstructions in your life have hindered you from the clarity of great revelation.  These revelations are necessary in order for these times of transition.  These changes have all been about bringing My people up to a higher level, changing how you see and what you see as being genuine and real.  Now you must release the load of weights that have caused your run to become sluggish and tiresome to you, you must choose to lay them down.  Your flight will be glorious, as you and I, shake from you all that would detain you from reaching your proper place and position in Me.    

    I have already spoken to you that the way would be narrow and not many will choose that way.  The way is made so that your eyes should only look forward and stay focused on Me and all that is vital to the Kingdom and its advancement.  This narrow, constricted passageway will lead you to the wide open spaces of living in the realms of My Spirit.  My Holy Spirit has been directing your course, you may have struggled on this course, yet you did not fight against Holy Spirit and because you chose to yield to Holy Spirit, you will reach your destination with more power, more glory, more anointing, more wisdom and more understanding of Me and My ways.  You have now entered into a new position and place of authority, because of your endurance during times of transition.  New keys are now placed in your hands for the opening of doors that you thought were locked to you.  You will enter boldly now without fear or shame.  You will walk into your promised territory, holding your head high, for you have kept the faith and stayed true to Me and My Word.  Your focus remained on Me and the Kingdom, even through the darkest times of change.  For your faithfulness you will abound with blessings and rewards.  You were not lead astray by the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, or the pride of life.  These three have slain many strong men of faith, yet, your love for Me remained strong.  I Am well pleased with you, My children.  Keep moving on the path of holiness and your destination will always be glorious!  Stay focused and My light will forever brighten your steps into the right position of holiness.  

     "I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind (declare to be improper and unlawful) on earth must be what is already bound in heaven; and whatever you loose (declare lawful) on earth must be what is already loosed in heaven. " (Matt. 16:19)
     "And to the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the Holy One, the True One, He Who has the key of David, Who opens and no one shall shut, Who shuts and no one shall open: I know your [record of] works and what you are doing.  See!  I have set before you a door wide open which no one is able to shut; I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept My Word and guarded My message and have not renounced or denied My name." (Rev. 3:7-8)
     "But the gate is narrow (contracted by pressure) and the way is straitened and compressed that leads away to life, and few are those who find it." (Matt.7:14)
     "Therefore then, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who have borne testimony to the Truth], let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance (unnecessary weight) and that sin which so readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us." (Hebrews 12:1-2)
     "Do you not know that in a race all the runners compete, but [only] one receives the prize?  So run [your race] that you may lay hold [of the prize] and make it yours." (I Corin. 9:24)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.