Category: Prophecy

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

I have brought you this way.I have brought you this way.Even though you say, “I have cried a lot”.Even though you sing, “I have cried a lot”.  I have bought you this way.  It was intentional.

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Good morning,
 
I have brought you this way.
I have brought you this way.
Even though you say, "I have cried a lot".
Even though you sing, "I have cried a lot".  
I have bought you this way.  It was intentional.
Your tears have brought a harvest of joy.
Your tears, your tears will bring a harvest of joy. 
For those who sow in tears will reap in joy. 
Harvest is coming.  
Harvest is coming and it's filled with joy, so much joy.
The difficult ways, the difficult steps, the difficult way you gained the knowledge that you have.
The difficult way that you have known, it was done to make you more like Me.
I have seen to it says the Lord, I have brought you this way to bring about a greatness in your life, to bring about a greatness in your heart so that you would never be moved or be persuaded to do anything other than follow Me all the days of your life.
I have brought you this way, to make you stable and unyielding to testings.
You have seen many giants in your land and I have seen to it, says the spirit of grace and mercy, that they were brought down by your words, brought down by your worship, brought down by your praise.
I have brought you this way to make you the man, or the woman that you are today.  
I have brought you this way even though you did not understand, I knew the way.
I knew the way and I would not change the path to bring about what you are today.
I have brought you this way so that you might stand in times of difficulty, knowing who I Am, never being persuaded to go another way, never listening to the voice of the enemy who would cause you to sway.
I have brought you this way and this is what I planned for you even before you were formed in your mother's womb.  I knew the days, I knew the steps, I knew the way and I brought you this way to fashion and form you into the one who stands before Me, holy, fully persuaded to follow Me all the days of your life.
I have brought you this way, not easily moved by circumstances, nor situations.
I have brought you this way, even though you did not understand when you cried those tears.  I was taking those tears, and I was using them as seeds to multiply back to you a harvest of joy.
I have brought you this way and I knew that you would become the person you are today easily swayed by My spirit, not easily swayed by the enemy.
I knew exactly what I was doing in you.
I knew exactly what I was bringing you to.
I have brought you this way says the Spirit of God.
 
     You thought I had forgotten about you.  You thought I had left you in the valley but I Am a God who is faithful to the promises that I have made to you and I have called you to war with the promises that I have given to you.  Even when it looked like darkness surrounded you, I was even light in the midst of the darkness calling you and causing you to come up.  Come up higher, another step, come up  higher way with Me.  I know your tears, and I know your heartbreak, but now I have turned those things around for your good so that you can save and help many others who are in that place, in that valley, in that place of indecision where the enemy tries to confuse them.  Now you can direct them out of that valley into the light says the Lord.  I anointed your for this season, I anointed you for this time. I have never, never abandon you, but I anointed you for this time. I held you in My hand that is why you stand today.  It is no mighty powerful thing that you have done except yielding to Me, yielded to My way, yielded even when you did not understand what was going on and you held on to My hand.  I have made you, says the Lord into My image, that you might stand before men to bring them into the Kingdom in the last days.  For you know the way, and you know your Father, and you know My heart and it is because you have endured those difficult, hard, and trying things, that you know that I Am faithful, for I brought out. I will never leave you alone and I will never abandon you, but I Am working miracles, signs and wonders in you so that you can do them and walk in them.  That is who I Am, faithful to you, faithful to the call, faithful to My purpose, faithful to My plan, says the Lord.
 
     "And all of us, as with unveiled face, [because we] continued to behold [in the Word of God] as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are constantly being transfigured into His very own image in ever increasing splendor and from one degree of glory to another; [for this comes] from the Lord [Who is] the Spirit." (2 Corin. 3:18)
     "Light arises in the darkness for the upright, gracious, compassionate, and just [who are in right standing with God]." (Ps. 112:4)
     "They who sow in tears shall reap in joy and singing.He who goes forth bearing seed and weeping [at needing his precious supply of grain for sowing] shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him." (Ps. 126:5-6) 
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

My people are always searching for an “easy word” and an easy way!  Life is hard, you say, and I say, yes, and the enemy of your soul tries to make it tougher than it really is.  I have always tried to strengthen you and make you tougher than anything that might come your way.  Making you well able to endure and outlast whatever you encounter.

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Good Morning,
    
     My people are always searching for an "easy word" and an easy way!  Life is hard, you say, and I say, yes, and the enemy of your soul tries to make it tougher than it really is.  I have always tried to strengthen you and make you tougher than anything that might come your way.  Making you well able to endure and outlast whatever you encounter.  Even when you are weak, My strength in you will arise and cause you to be able to go through and come out without the smell of that trouble on you and more wiser than you were before you entered.  My faithfulness to you is great, I will not fail to bring you to completion if you will allow Me.  I need your cooperation to do what is necessary to make you whole.  I have imprinted you upon the palm of My hand, so your name is always before My face, and because My love for you is so deep, I am constantly raising up watchmen to call out your name in prayer.  I do not slumber, so I Am constantly bringing it to pass.  That is why my angels, those that have been assigned to assist and minister to you, will not cease to accomplish their assignment concerning you.  Remember that I have given to you everything to bring you to your divine destiny.  There may be times that this may be held up because of the endeavors of the wicked one, and sometimes things you do, but as long as you will keep your trust in Me, it shall be even as I have spoken it to you.
     I have been removing all that causes you to stumble, so that you can do the work of laboring with Me.  You are the ones that I have ordained to see to it that the devastation of your generation will turn, and be elevated to the city on a hill that I destined you for.  Look past the smoke screen of the wicked one, and all will be made clear to you, you are the Joseph's in your family.   You have been sent ahead in order to save your generation from complete destruction.  It is no small thing that the enemy keeps trying to bring confusion to you and to take you out.  Just as he chased and hounded Joseph to try to make him doubt the call on his life, so the assignment of the enemy remains the same.  Through many trials, test, and tribulations, Joseph prevailed.  His destiny was greater than the testings that he endured, and through it all He became a developed and tested vessel for My glory and My plan to save nations, but especially his own generation of people.  Now you stand in the same place, you are even as Joseph.  You have endured trying and difficult times, accusations from within and without, you have been imprisoned for doing right.  Do not despair, your Helper will bring you out, for your destiny is to save your nation as well.  Many generations are waiting for you to rise up and shine from the dust.  You were brought forth for such a time as this.   I have confidence in you, for you are in My image, I Am a Warrior, and so are you!  The greatest part of you is yet to be seen.  Don't give up!
     "And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations." (Is. 58:12)
     "And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.  But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.  For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them." (Is. 61:5-7)

     "For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them." (Isaiah 61:4-8)
     "And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.  Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.  Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong." (2 Corin. 12:9-10)

Love,

 
Pastor D.

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

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Good morning,
   
     I Am taking you to a place in Me says the Spirit of grace and mercy.  While the world is in chaos and confusion, and everything is breaking down in this system, I Am calling you back to Me and I Am not only calling you but those who have gone back to the pig slop.  Those who have slid back into this world because the world had a voice that they heard, recognized and was familiar to them, and they fell back into the same things that they came out of.  To them I Am saying, come back My children. I ask you who have stayed close to Me to intercede and cry out for them for I can not make up My treasury of diamond without them.  Many of them I called and formed even before their mother's knew them and I knitted them as My diamonds, I knitted them into My treasures, I knitted them into My tapestry and I called them My own but because their hearts fainted and failed them, they have turned back from Me and now you My shining stars must begin to do what I have called you to do and intercede on their behalf.  Do not be content with those who have slid back, do not be content to let them go for I am not content says the Lord.  Call them even as I Am calling them through you, intercede in the night season even as you begin to get your place back where you used to be, they have a place in Me and I have not forgotten that place says the Lord.
     As you intercede power shall come upon you, and you will begin to know things that you have never known.  Hidden things that I have kept for this moment and this season of life that we are in together will be revealed.  I have never forgotten one moment and no history has gone by that I was not present or in the midst says the Lord and this history, I have already written the things that must come to pass and so if you will line up with Me these things must come to pass.  Yes, I am using men and I am using them right now says the Lord, some are like clay in My hands, others are hard and stoney but I Am breaking them down to use them for My purpose in this season. So I Am calling from the north, the south, the east, and the west. I Am calling and My voice has become loud like a trumpet for I Am calling back My own. For there are many that have backslidden and there are many that have not yet tasted the goodness of your Father, and I Am crying out to them.  So your fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, your sons and daughters, your nieces and nephews, your uncles and aunts, I know them says the Lord and I have not given up on them. Nothing is too hard or too difficult for Me.  I am turning hearts even now, even now as you come together, I hear the cry of My people.  I hear My people's voice crying out in unison for those who are lost and those who are gone astray.  I will respond says the Lord and I will bring them back and I will bring them back in a strong way says the Lord.  They will not wander again, their hearts will not lust after the things of this world and your hearts will not either.  For you will recognize and understand the greater things that I have prepared for you and set aside for you.  I Am bringing you to that place that you will see and understand the secret things that I have stored up for you, and you will look at this world and you will understand, there is nothing that this world has that I have not given you in abundance and much more. I have laid up for you great treasures, yet unseen and beyond comprehension. 
 
     "Now therefore, if you will obey My voice in truth and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own peculiar possession and treasure from among and above all peoples; for all the earth is Mine." (Exodus 19:5)
     "Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; is there anything too hard for Me?" (Jer. 32:27)
     "I will say to the north, Give up! and to the south, Keep not back. Bring My sons from afar and My daughters from the ends of the earth—Even everyone who is called by My name, whom I have created for My glory, whom I have formed, whom I have made." (Isaiah 43:5)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.
 

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

 
 
Good morning,
 
     I Am looking for those who are willing.  I Am moving all the time.  I am moving but I can only move on those who are willing, and when those who are willing will yield to Me, I will cause them to flow over on the hard and stubborn ground.  Ground that is hard because it has never experienced the rain nor the water that I send that causes their lives to grow and blossom in them.  Those who have been resistant to My ways and resistant to My will.  You must stay willing, in order for Me to bring about My plan.  So now because you hunger and thirst for righteousness, I am filling you to the capacity that your natural body cannot stand and then you will overflow.  I hear your cry, as you ask, "what's going on God?"  I Am telling you open up, open up, and you will see.  I Am bringing forth those hidden treasures that I have placed in you long ago, they are coming out, and men and women shall partake of these things that I have placed on the inside of you.  You shall be like a tree, a full blossom tree, full, for all of those who are thirsty and hungry and running for the shade from things that the world is bringing upon them, so you must be willing.  
     While the enemy seeks those whom he may devour, I always seek those who are willing My child.  I seek the willing hearts, for they are the ones whom I show myself strong on their behalf.  What happened when you first gave your life to Me, you were willing, and once you were willing I could do all the things that I have done up until now to make you new.  My children, do not change your heart.  I Am the God of the willing worshipers.  I Am looking for those who want to, who are eager to, who desire Me more than their necessary food, then I will step in and I will show you great and mighty things. I Am looking and seeking for those who are willing and I will not let you down. I will fill you up, I will cause you to overflow in every place that your feet step says the Lord.  It will be mine, you will begin to call back the souls that have been backslidden, and those who never knew Me, because you will be overflowing. Over filled with My glory and the willingness.  Many shall see that there is a difference in you.  It will not be something that they can put their hands on but recognize that something is different in you than everybody else around you.  It will be My anointing that rests heavily upon you, it will be like a shroud or a garment that I place upon your shoulders.  Sometimes it may feel heavy and you may not know what to do, but if you open your mouth and begin to praise Me and speak by the Holy Spirit all things shall be made known to you, secret things, hidden things.  Things that I desired and planned for you from days before you were formed.  I knew you and I made a plan for you.  My plan will not fail, I Am asking that you stay willing and follow Me all the way to the end.  My plan is good, understand My plan is good.  Don't look at what you see right now, those things are subject to change.
     
     "We are assured and know that [God being a partner in their labor] all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [His] design and purpose." (Rom. 8:28)
     "If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land;" (Isa. 1:19)
     "For You did form my inward parts; You did knit me together in my mother’s womb." (Ps. 139:13)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

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Good morning,
 
     My children were made to arise, so arise, shine, and be radiant with My glory.  The glory that has been missing, that has not been brought forth in you and through you I am bringing forth.  We are uncovering those secret places in your heart and in your life that have been covered up by the circumstances of this world.  Arise from the circumstances and the situations that life has put you in.  Arise in my fresh anointing that is upon you to be radiant and shine upon this earth with the gifts, talents, abilities and the understanding that only comes from My presence.  The enemy can not imitate nor cover up the glory that I have placed on the inside of you for this season.  He has brought great pressure to try and camouflage all that I have given, to stop your effectiveness.  There is always a fight in you to press on and because of that fight in you to press on I Am anointing that very fight says the Lord.  You will arise in a fresh boldness and a fresh anointing to go forth.  You will not be stopped from this moment on nor hindered by the poison darts of thought and words that have assaulted you in the past.  Now you recognize My glory and you are more acquainted with My anointing and you know My presence.  You are knowing Me more intimately day by day through the things that you have gone through.  I have not abandoned you but I have strengthened you for this very moment.  The moment that the enemy thought that you would give up, is the moment that you will arise, shake off the heaviness of fear, failure and disappointment and forge ahead in power.  My glory is on the inside of you, My Spirit flows freely on the inside of you and you can not fail, you will not fail, and you will arise with more boldness, more strength for this moment and this season that I have set you up.  For I have not forgotten, I have not forsaken you nor have I discounted you but I have lifted you up.  For I say, arise and shine My people, arise and shine, be radiant in the moments that you are in.  For the darkness will give way to the radiance that shines through you. 
     I anoint you afresh, even though those times may look hard and difficult, you will put on the garment of praise for your roots have grown deep in Me. The world will look and see that there is a true God because they will see him radiant on the inside of you.  They will know that I Am alive by the words that you speak  and by the radiance of your life being lived in front of them. Even those who do not know Me will see that you are unusually unique, and consistently upright in the midst of perverse generation.  So arise says the Lord, I Am uncovering the gold that is on the inside of you.  I have been doing it for years to bring forth what I have put on the inside of you, now it is manifesting daily, as you shine.
 
     "For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee." (Is. 60:2)
     "And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.' (Is. 42:16)
     "Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses." (1 Tim. 6:12)
 
Love,
 
 Pastor D.

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

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Good morning,
  
     Here in heaven we await your eye-opening and heart revelation, that you are truly seated with Us in the heavenlies.  You have within you all that is necessary in order to bring Our Kingdom to earth.  Yes, all that I have is freely yours, so that you may have heaven on earth.  My sons and daughters living in the authority of heaven on earth.  You will no longer live beneath the rights, authority, or privileges that belong to heaven's ambassadors.  Loving truly, living truly and handling the Kingdom affairs in truth, governing your territory with power and humility.  You are kings of the King, a holy nation, a royal priesthood, called to operate under heaven's banner of victory.  Listen, for I am sending a shout out to My children, "It is Our time to demonstrate the glories of Our Kingdom".  Walk under the shadow of your Father's grace and favor.  At this divine time when you speak, you will speak as your Father does.  You must open your mouth and declare what I Am saying to this generation.  Watch and see what I will do as you decree!  All healings, miracles, wonders and manifestations will be seen and done on behalf of Our Kingdom, not for any self-seeking kingdom of man, any man.  Our harmony will increase the advancement of the Kingdom.  Because you have made a choice to remain in My love and stay true to My Word you will be shown the ways of your Father.

     My children that have poured their lives out for Me as an offering fuels the fire in their hearts for Me, they shall receive the heavenly prize and vast rewards for faithfulness.  You have held firm to My promises, while brightly radiating My Light in the midst of a perverse and crooked generation.  Announcing boldly, by your lifestyle that I Am good to all that live for and by My Kingdom precepts.  Doing My will on earth as it is heaven, living wholeheartedly for Me, and having a full and abundant life, validating that I Am your source.  I Am faithfully watching over My Word concerning those who are obedient, steadfast, trustworthy and upright covenant keepers.  Step out on the waters and walk and see that I will uphold as you walk by faith.  Do not fear, only believe, and you will see the windows of heaven open over you every step of the way.  I will calm the waves and you will not fail, but succeed in all that you put your hands to do.
 
     "But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a dedicated nation, [God’s] own purchased, special people, that you may set forth the wonderful deeds and display the virtues and perfections of Him Who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light." (1 Peter 2:9)
     "Do all things without grumbling and faultfinding and complaining [against God] and questioning and doubting [among yourselves], That you may show yourselves to be blameless and guileless, innocent and uncontaminated, children of God without blemish (faultless, unrebukable) in the midst of a crooked and wicked generation [spiritually perverted and perverse], among whom you are seen as bright lights (stars or beacons shining out clearly) in the [dark] world, Holding out [to it] and offering [to all men] the Word of Life, so that in the day of Christ I may have something of which exultantly to rejoice and glory in that I did not run my race in vain or spend my labor to no purpose." (Phil. 2:14-16)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.

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.