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.

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

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Good Morning,
 
     I was reading the prophetic words given years ago I was amazed to see how pertinent these words are for us today.  I really shouldn't have been amazed because the word of God is always fresh and applicable, it transcends time and is always timeless. This was from December, the year 2008. 

  
The Spirit says:

     I have spoken once, yet twice have I said this to you; "Stand still and see the salvation of your Lord!"  Somehow you think that I am not working, because you don't see in the now the activity that is going on to bring My word to pass for you.  Your angels are constantly at work, to bring to pass My promises on the behalf of the one who believes and stand.  Do not be deceived by the scurrying around of the little foxes of our enemy.  He uses the natural forces to get your attention on him.  He does that to try and get your eyes to roam to the left and right, keeping you trapped by the present activities.  All of the chaos of transition can leave you feeling unsettled if you are not keeping your gaze upon Me and My promises.  I have not changed My mind concerning the prophetic Words that I have spoken over you.  They are settled with Me.  Are they settled with you?  They must be, in order for you to receive them.  They must always be in your heart.  I long to do those good things that I have said to you.  Yet, it is with eyes of faith that you will see the promises fulfilled.
     The winds of trials and tribulations have blown you off course.  They have arisen because of the promises, their purpose was to get you to shift your sail.  You have allowed yourself to be pushed around by these lying winds.  They blow in your ears, your eyes and through your emotions, telling you that it will not come to pass.  Resist those lying winds!  I am stirring up a fresh new wind.  A sweet wind that will cause you to set your sails of faith towards Me once again.  Catch it, and flow with Me to the places of purpose.  I will set you on the straight path once again, do not be detoured.  It is a narrow and constricted path that I have placed you on, it is for your good.  Trust Me, I do know the way.  Learn to follow Me.

    No longer allow personal pain and disappointment to cause you to stand still in fear, but stand, fully persuaded that I am God and I cannot lie.  My purposes and plans will prevail, if you stay in the force of My wind.  Only yield to My wind, not to the winds of doubt, lies and unbelief of our enemy.  If you will only look to Me, I will raise your sights, to see farther than you have been able to.  I will lift your expectations again, with tokens of My goodness. 
 
     "For surely there is a latter end [a future and a reward], and your hope and expectation shall not be cut off. Hear My son and be wise, and direct your mind in the way of the Lord." (Prov. 23:18-19)
     "Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, Lord, hast helped me, and comforted me." (Ps. 86:17)
     "So we’re not giving up.  How could we!  Even though on the outside it often looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where God is making new life, not a day goes by without his unfolding grace.  These hard times are small potatoes compared to the coming good times, the lavish celebration prepared for us.  There’s far more here than meets the eye.  The things we see now are here today, gone tomorrow.  But the things we can’t see now will last forever. (2 Corin, 4:16-18; Message Bible)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

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Good morning,
 
     There is a shifting taking place, for I have heard the many prayers that haven risen up from you.  It has come to my ears like a sweet smelling incense and I have received every prayer.  Every prayer that you sent, every prayer by faith, every prayer that came through distress, every prayer that came through deep longing.  I have heard every one and I have held them near and dear to My heart, says the Spirit of grace and mercy, and I see what the enemy has tried to do.  He has tried with every prayer that you have sent to try and capture them and hold them at bay, to make you think that I have not heard you, because the answer did not come suddenly.  But I Am saying to you your suddenly is on the way.  The dams that have held up the floods of My answers are right now being broken all around you.  Dams of pressure are being released, says the Lord, because I have heard your prayers and I have sent ministering angels to answer every single prayer that you have prayed.  Your angels are standing right now, right now at your side to make ready and answer every prayer that you sent for I Am a God that remembers everything that you have done in My name.  I count you faithful and I Am faithful says the Lord.  I have never forgotten one thing that you have done in My name and I have heaped it up like ashes from the fire and I Am causing those things to multiply back unto you. It is a time of receiving if only you would learn to open your hands wide to receive.  I Am sending it right now says the Lord like a flood because I have pierced the dam that the enemy blocked and held up the blessings that I have ordered in your life.  I have ordered and I have ordained blessings to come to you, and right now that damn is overflowing.  It has burst and it is bringing forth, not just finances, see I Am a God that completes the whole man, not only in finances, but in every area of your life that you have cried out to Me.  I Am answering by giving wholeness in your relationships, and in your body, wholeness in your mind, wholeness in your walk with Me by restoring the joy of your salvation.  I see those that have walked with Me, and I have walked with you through the midst of the valley and I have been with you the whole time says the Lord.  Now there is a lifting of your head and of your heart.  That dam is bursting in your life for joy unspeakable and full of glory, I Am abounding in full force.  So this is the season that you by faith rejoice with Me as I rejoice with you, for I Am sending ministering angels loaded with My gifts on your behalf says the Lord.  This is truly your season of blessings so open your hand and believe and receive.  If you miss it, it is not because I have not given it, it is because you are not receiving.  I have given to you even the mustard seed of faith, so use that, to believe and receive the flow of blessings in your life.  I Am pouring out blessings that you can not contain says the Spirit of grace and mercy.
     "And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you [with abundant increase of favors] and make your name famous and distinguished, and you will be a blessing [dispensing good to others]." (Gen. 12:2)
     "The blessing of the Lord—it makes [truly] rich, and He adds no sorrow with it [neither does toiling increase it]." (Prov. 10:22)
     "And I will make them and the places round about My hill a blessing, and I will cause the showers to come down in their season; there shall be showers of blessing [of good insured by God’s favor]." (Ezek. 34:26)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.
 

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

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Good morning,
 
     How many times have we heard something and interpreted it out of context that may have caused us a great deal of difficulties?  You know the familiar conversation, it goes something like this……"You said ———–!!!" and the person who was speaking says:…."No, that's not what I said!!!"  Has that happened to you lately? 
     Do you remember the game we learned as children, where we would start a conversation by saying a simple sentence and it would be repeated to the next person and on to the next and it would go on until the last person would repeat what they heard?  It would begin by saying something like, " my dog is a black and brown shepherd," by the time it got to the last person it might be, "the shepherd is brown where the black dog bit him."  Well, I learned several things from that exercise: #1 – you can not listen to gossip, it is never complete in truth; #2 – people do not listen intently and last but not least, I came to the conclusion that when you speak there is a force that causes our conversation at times to be misdirected or confused.  
Ephesians 2:2 makes reference to the "prince of the power of air".  Later on in Ephesians 6:12, we have a little more insight into this, "prince of the power of air".  Listen, it reads, "For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places".  So we can see that the devil has a rank of delegated authority, and one of those evil spirits job is the "airwaves".  His sole purpose is to scramble up our communication lines.  He keeps the atmosphere charged with misunderstandings, misinterpretations, dirty filters, poor comprehensions, and selfish hearing, so that we are constantly dealing with offenses, unforgiveness, bitterness, hatred, anger, deception and all other kinds of little foxes that spoil our growth in our ability to hear clearly.  I am not saying this is the case every time, but we are told to know the ways of our enemy, so that we can be victorious all the time.  We take authority over this low-ranking prince of the power of the air and we say that you will not hinder our ability to hear clearly and/or communicate effectively.  We will keep the garden of our heart free of offenses, bitterness, malice, unforgiveness, etc. 

Hear what the Spirit is saying right now: 
     

     "For I am coming for My bride and she must no longer allow spots, wrinkles or blemishes to continue to grow on her.  These hearing problems have caused so many blemishes on My church.  My children continually hurting one another, fighting and bickering over small temporal things that have been destroying their abilities.  You must cease the wars among My beloved, and direct your attention to the enemy, who pitts you against one another.  You must see and understand that a house divided cannot stand, and will end up in self-slaughter.  Stop! My children, I have given to you all the power over all the power of the enemy, now use your power against the enemy and not against each other.  Love, love and prefer one another.  Be merciful, tenderhearted and kind.  Give allowances to one another.  Every time you are hurt by each other, quickly forgive them.  Those seeds of forgiveness will return to you on swift wings of My favor to you.  You will grow twice as much because of the mercy you extend.  You will become more mature and more sensitive to Me and My ways you will be alert to following Me.  This is the way of the Spirit.  Following the high road of love will always cause you to be on top, it is the steps to prosperity that will bring you to good.  Love will mature my bride and keep for her an atmosphere of miracles, wholeness, soundness and true prosperity.  Love is the atmosphere where I, in My glory abounds". 
     "That He might present the church to Himself in glorious splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such things [that she might be holy and faultless]." (Ephes. 5:27)
     "Love one another with brotherly affection [as members of one family], giving precedence and showing honor to one another." (Romans 12:10)
     "And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:" (Matt. 12:25)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

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Good morning,
 
     For this is My preparation, this is My table that I have prepared and set for you, even in the presence of your enemy.  So I set this table for you to eat and partake of all that I have prepared for you it is about keeping you strong, spirit, soul, and body.  I thought long and hard concerning you and where you are and what was going on in your life and I set a table says the Lord.  Every word that I send, every song that I give to you it is so you might arise and shine brightly.  I have given you milk for wherever you are in your walk with Me, if you are a babe I set a table of strong milk.  If you are growing by simply obeying I give you a table of bread, and if you are strong in Me I give you a table of meat.  I set a table says the Lord and it is fresh, fresh, fresh.  I do not give stale things, I give you fresh manna from heaven.  So today I Am depositing and downloading into you a fresh table says the Lord, and it is in preparation for what the enemy desires of you this week.  The enemy is constantly seeking whom he may devour, but I say to you this week as you partake of this table you will be strengthened from on high.  You will have the ability to rise up and ride over everything that the enemy can deliver or bring to you.  For not only will words of My songs come back to you, but every word that I plan for you to take and partake of will cause you to mount up with wings as unto an eagle and you will soar.  You will not walk like mere men but you will soar over the circumstances of this life.  You will begin to see things in advance because you will have the eagle eyes and you will see plans, and purposes clearly and you will know exactly what to do because I have prepared a table just for you.  Come and enjoy, for all that I make is very good.
 
     "Like newborn babies you should crave (thirst for, earnestly desire) the pure (unadulterated) spiritual milk, that by it you may be nurtured and grow unto [completed] salvation," (1 Peter 2:2)
     "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)
     "You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my [brimming] cup runs over." (Ps. 23:5)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.