Category: Prophecy

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

Good morning,
    I Am taking all that have been wounded during this great time of testing and making them whole.  Though the storms of life are still raging, those who want more are being drawn in to Me, while pulling away from all of their familiar comforters.  My grace will be sufficient for you to establish a perimeter of holiness.  You will see that many are preferring their way over Mine, but you will never walk alone, for holiness will produce wholeness in you.  I have, and will always have a holy remnant of believers that refuse to bow their knees to the comfort and compromise of being accepted by others.  For when the upheaval comes in this day, and more is coming, they will look for the ones that have remained faithful to Me and My Word.  There will be more shifting in order to do more sifting, in order for Me to have a bride without spot, wrinkle, or blemish.  She must be strong, pure, separate, yet fully ready to work in My fields.  The upheaval and shifting will occur in every realm and sphere known and unknown to man.  You, who are founded on the Rock, will not be moved, taken off guard, or ignorant concerning these things, for if you have been in tune with Holy Spirit, He has made known to you the times and the season that you are in. 
     I do hear My bride saying daily with a great longing to rid herself of the pain of this world and the longing to be with Me, "Come My King, return My Lord!"  I have aroused Myself for I yearn also for you to be with Me.  Do not let those who love this world place shame on you for desiring Me more than the temporary and fleeting pleasures.  You were made for Me!  Know that this is the time when My bride, the Church is being gathered into the palace of her King, separated for the purpose of purification for the selection of the few.  You set yourself aside by the choice of desiring Me and the Kingdom above the kingdoms of this world.
     I Am now bringing My Church back into alignment with My will so that the former and the latter rain of My glory can rest upon you and bring great restoration of your callings, purposes, destinies, and giftings.  There have been a lot that the enemy has tried to snatch from your heart during this season, some have resisted and others have surrendered.  Some of My children have become slow and lethargic, not quick and clear of mind, letting things go that they should have fought for and not released.  I Am now giving the opportunity to pick up the baton, along with all that was lost, and run again.  In this leg of the race you must not look around to see if your familiar companions are running too, for some have laid down.  Yet I have given everyone a "Jonathan" that will stay until the end.  I have placed a "butler" that will open doors for you and I have given Aaron and Hur that will hold your hands while you carry out My plan.  Know that I will never leave you alone, I will set you on high, because you have known Me and My name.  You have stayed faithful and I remain Faithful.  Your roots have grown strong and deep, that is why you will not be moved!
     "Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with mockers.  But they delight in the law of the LORD, meditating on it day and night.  They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season.  Their leaves never wither, and they prosper in all they do." (Psalm 1:1-3);  "He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved." (Psalm 62:2)  "So that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the Word, 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]. (Eph. 5:26-27)
 
Love,

Pastor D.

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

Good morning,
     All of those that have remained planted in Me are experiencing a deeper attachment of the roots.  You will begin to see growth in yourself that you did not think that you would ever see.  You will bloom into that great tree where many will come to for the shade and food to sustain and aid them.  Many of you out of desperation have latched onto Me and have found a revelation of your God as Father and Lover of your soul.  Again, you are reminded that everything that you have endured have been for your growing.  I have allowed you to be tested and tried for I knew that you were going to come forth stronger and more committed and dedicated to Me and to the destiny that I have ordained.  You are like David who was on the backside of the desert, where it looked like no one saw his potential, value, or destiny.  Yet, when the time was right I called him from the place of obscurity and anointed him afresh and anew.  Still none could see the worth of him, but I was just bringing him out, so that I could take him to his starting place, to propel him.  I set him up in the sight of man, so that all could see his unusual faith and trust in Me.  He was able to defeat the giant in his way, and establish My presence in the midst of My people who had lost sight of Who I Am.  Today I have been raising you as a strong tree on the backside of the desert, unknown to man, yet fully known to Me.  I have allowed you to grow in your trust and faith in Who I Am to you.  You will step up to the line, fully prepared to defeat the giant in your land before your people, causing them to know that I Am God.  They will see and know that I Am your God and many will come to you, because I Am lifted high by you.  Your life and your voice will cause many of my children who have lost sight of Who I Am to renew their love.    
     There is now an Esther anointing upon many of My children.  You have been brought to the kingdom for such a time as this, to bring to lost and dying world deliverance and enlargement to My people.  You humbled yourself and stayed in the place of preparation.  You never tried to get ahead or out of line.  You have been one that kept the peace, but now it is brought to your door.  The boldness of your God is rising up in you to declare the Kingdom and speak of the glories of your Father.  You will cry loud and not spare for you recognize that it is imperative to herald.  The spirit of John the Baptist has risen to cry, "prepare the way of the Lord".  Just as there were many who came seeking to be cleaned, there will be many that will come as My children arise from the places of slumber, preparation, and testing, and flow together as a mighty river.  Yes, awakening for the time is at hand!  This is not the time to go back to the things that once held your attention and gaze, no, you can not go back to the old way of business.  For many have said, "it has been a long time since I said I would return."  Remember I Am not slack concerning My promise, I Am longsuffering allowing as many as would to come to repentance.  Stay the steady path that I set before you and do not veer off course.  I will come to all that are looking for My appearance.  Stay prepared and ready for your set time! 
     "For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" (Esther 4:14) 
     "The Lord does not delay and is not tardy or slow about what He promises, according to some people’s conception of slowness, but He is long-suffering (extraordinarily patient) toward you, not desiring that any should perish, but that all should turn to repentance." (2 Peter 2:9)
Love,

Pastor D.

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

Good morning,
     The Spirit of the Lord says;
          Out of chaos, I Am bringing great peace.  As in the beginning the world was full of chaos and I spoke peace into it.  I spoke light into darkness, I spoke creativity to disorder.  I Am doing the same thing now in your life.  I Am speaking and declaring peace to all circumstances in your life.  You have come this far by trusting and believing in me and My Word.  I Am still the same Lord, I change not!  Not one thing changes in Me, for I and My Word are constant, We remain the same.  You can always depend on Me staying consistent.
     In your life I have already dispatched war-faring angels, that are commissioned to walk with you on the right and the left, you are covered.  They will deflect and cast off every hindrance and obstacles seen and unseen by you.  All that you need to do is, "say what I say" about yourself and the steps that I have ordained.  Remember there is nothing that takes me by chance, I Am, was, and will always be all-knowing.  Listen carefully and you will hear the deep in Me calling forth the deep in you.  You will hear Me in your times of worship, in your day to day lives, you will be more aware of the heavenly help.  Your angels have received divine instructions to carry out all orders to bring you into the divine success.  You will not fail as you march with the orders for your assignment.  As you are marching, you will sing songs of thanksgiving.  All murmuring and complaining will cease, for now you are seeing and understanding your assignment.  Your thanksgiving will cause comfort to come to the areas that have been laid waste, I will cause the desert, dry, and unproductive places to be the fruitful fields.  Many will look on and know that you serve the One True God.  Your productive and fruitful life as well as your voice of constant gratitude to Me will be the greatest witness.  As you offer thanksgiving, I will joyfully bring in the harvest of family souls.  All those of your household will come and great joy and rejoicing shall be heard from My House!  Those who refused you before shall humble themselves and come to My House and the living stones, you My children!
     "And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.  Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them." (Jer. 30:19-20)
     "For the Lord will comfort Zion; He will comfort all her waste places.  And He will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord.  Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the voice of song or instrument of praise." (Is. 51:3)
 
Love,

Pastor D.

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

Good morning,
     Wednesday night after our evening church service, I was still meditating on our prayer.  It was a spontaneous unified cry from our spirits prompted by precious Holy Spirit.  The Lord spoke to me as I meditated.
     I hear My Church crying for My return, their hearts longing for My rule and My reign.  The time where peace is the order of the day and love is true and felt.  I hear My children crying to be lifted up in their Father's arms, to know the safe haven of home.  I hear My bride crying to be swept up and swept away.  Yes, now the whole creation is in travail for the culmination of My promise.  I hear and I Am attending to your cries.  As you are coming to an end, you are stepping over into the new, a time that I have longed for, a day of restoration not of things, but of you.  I have always been on a course to straighten out the crooked places in you.  You will open your eyes from the clouds of distractions and see who you really are.  This time all fear will be gone and some of you who have been hindered by the crooked place of fear will no longer be hemmed in.  You will place your hand in Mine and trust that I know exactly how to accomplish even the most difficult task that I have called you to do.  As you take the step the supply will be abundantly given.  It will be a time of taking the five loaves and two fishes, multiplication at the prayers that are offered.  Ask of me in that simple faith, I will hear that cry as well.  You will do as is written of My children, and We will be as one, that is why before the words are formed in your mouth I will have sent the answer.  This is the time that we have long awaited, the maturing of the sons and daughters of God.  Now comes the entrance of the true heirs of the Kingdom.  Boldness to sweep the land that I have given to you, no longer ashamed to offer the Kingdom to all, the rich, the poor, the young, the old, male  and female, the cry will be heard to every nation.  Loud and strong as you join Me to snatch souls from hell's fire.  You just know that the time is close, that it is high time to wake from the slumber.  Cry loud, the night is far spent, the day is at hand.  Go, My messengers, go My witnesses, I have set you free to spread and proclaim.  You must go as one that is on fire, you must go as one that blows with the force of the wind.  I am calling all to lay aside the plans of self gratification, and place the Kingdom call above all.  I Am calling My faithful ambassadors to rise, I will provide all that is needed.  Do not be concerned about what you will say, I will fill you!  All will bubble up as springs of living waters from the deep well of salvation, that comes from the quiet times spent with me in the hiding place.  There are many that are waiting for the words of life that you carry.  I Am sending you to the fields that are ripe to harvest.  The fields are your jobs, in your neighborhoods, in your family, and some are in places that bear My name.  They are ready!  This is the day where the plowman will overtake the reaper.
     Yes, the lost are crying too.  I hear their voices as well, crying to know the true and living God.  You are My laborers, working in the vineyard.  Stay close and listen, listen and obey.  You will be a life-giver and I will enlarge your steps so that you will not slip.  So keep your eyes on Me, and don't be amazed at all that has happened it is all for your perfection, to prepare you for My greater glory.  Great will be your peace in the midst of great trouble, because you will be kept from the wicked one.
     "Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt." (Amos 9:13); "Like the cold of snow [brought from the mountains] in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him; for he refreshes the life of his masters." (Pro. 25:13); "Do you not say, It is still four months until harvest time comes?  Look!  I tell you, raise your eyes and observe the fields and see how they are already white for harvesting." (John 4:35);  "Beloved, do not be amazed and bewildered at the fiery ordeal which is taking place to test your quality, as though something strange (unusual and alien to you and your position) were befalling you.  But insofar as you are sharing Christ’s sufferings, rejoice, so that when His glory [full of radiance and splendor] is revealed, you may also rejoice with triumph [exultantly]." (1 Peter 4:12-13) 

Love,

Pastor D.

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

Good morning,
     Stand up and lift up your hands in total surrender to the great grace that is issuing forth from Heaven's portal.  I know that My people need extraordinary grace to walk in the demonstrations of the former and the latter rain.  I have scooped from the ashes all who desire to walk in this higher realm.  All this purifying and purging was needed in order for you to walk under My anointing and not in the power of your own being.  The fire was lit to burn away all dross and the remnants of idol gods and deadly thinking patterns and everything that had taken your attention from Me.  There will be grace, and you will know for sure that all that is being done, the signs, wonders, and miracles are under My covering of grace.
     You will be drawn deeper into the realms of My love.  I have set the stage for you to know My love that passes all understanding, while the enemy has set traps to cause some to be ensnared by fear, bitterness, hatred, anger, and many other spiritual forces that bring slow and certain death.  I Am saying you must fight the fight of faith and love.  Do the most impossible thing, run toward the giants of fear, bitterness, and all other opposing spiritual forces, be fully loaded and armed with My Word.  You are after all giant slayers, crucifying all works of the flesh and every force that is behind them.  For all who are after My Spirit do imitate Me in all of my ways.  Now will come the crucial dividing line, those who are completely after My will, are distinguished because they will consistently do My Word, not looking at what is seen.  The whole world is awaiting the rising up of the true sons of God.  The enemy's lies seem more dominant, that is even a part of the deception.  If you will only do My Word more often, you will see that the Kingdom is the true powerhouse!  I have come once again to My garden and I Am inspecting your fruit, to see the growth that has taken place.  Yes, growth takes place for those whose roots go deep in My Word, no matter what goes on around them, no matter what season they are in.  In fact that is when you step into the secret, safe sanctuary of your Father.  I have said, blessed are those who trust in Me and have made Me 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 the heat or worried by long months of drought.  Their leaves stay green, and they never stop producing fruit!  You are those strong and steady oaks that the enemy has tried to take an axe to and uproot, but you have refused to be moved.  Yes, I have seen those whose conversation is always on Me.  Even when it was hard I heard you encourage your ownself in Me, by bringing to memory My good record of faithfulness.  So now because you refuse to quit or give up, prepare to stand under the great waterfall of My grace, where your weaknesses will become your strength.  My ability will cover your inability.  The waters are about to overtake you and you will float in this great grace, because you My co-laborers have no need to be ashamed!  
     "I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.  They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed."  (Psa. 34:4-5); "There is no fear in love [dread does not exist], but full-grown (complete, perfect) love turns fear out of doors and expels every trace of terror!  For fear brings with it the thought of punishment, and [so] he who is afraid has not reached the full maturity of love [is not yet grown into love’s complete perfection."  (1 John 4:18);  "And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work." ( 2 Corin. 9:8);  "Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.  For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit." (Jer. 17:7-8)

Love,

Pastor D.

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

Good morning,
     The Spirit of the Lord says:
     I have chosen this difficult place for the place of birthing, to bring forth new life in you.  Here the enemy has been singing a death song over you, he does not fully understand that I resurrect life from here.  I have been singing My love song over you, right at the place of birthing, coaching you forward with My Word!  You will arise and shake off the covering of death and new life shall spring up.  Creativity, ingenuity, and insight will come, and the enemy shall be ashamed that he even touched you, because of his failure.  I will use this a 'pulpit', I will take what the enemy meant for your harm to minister life to all who must come the same way that you have.  They would never have come to Me, except for this place of dying that you have allowed.  Just as your Lord and Savior's death opened doors to new life for all that would accept and receive, you have imitated Him too.  You have chosen to die, even though your feelings opposed, you let the 'old' you die so that the 'new' you could rise from the ashes.  Only when a seed dies and loses its old coat can it break forth into the new.  This is the same for you.  You will shake off the 'old coat' and break forth into the new!  Opening the way for many to follow.  You will arise and hear My love song over you, "arise, arise My beloved", and as you do I will continue singing, "shine, shine My beloved".  Great grace and favor shall cover you!  Even as winter season comes and snow covers the earth, you will continue experiencing a harvest.
     You will walk into a clearness of revelation and understanding, causing you to know and be aware of the plots and snares of the wicked one.  I have positioned you strategically for the authority you have in Me so that you can represent Me and have a profound influence in your sphere.  You are prepared to run ahead of the group, so that your holy living may set the pace and goal for others to attain.  I have given you a distinctiveness, to stand out, you are peculiar for a purpose!  Together we will change the world, it is the set up for the last leg of the race.  Run, and as you do, look right on, neither gazing around at others who are running, this will cause you to stumble and falter.  As you have a fixed gaze, you will have a new anointing for this hour.  The aroma and fragrance of your King intensifies, and will draw all those who desire to come to Me, yet this same fragrance will send others far away.  Those who want Me will be drawn by My aroma flowing from you, those who don't will be repelled, just keep lifting Me up.  Infiltrate your atmosphere with the knowledge of Me.  I have been pruning and priming you for this destiny and this set time.  It is far greater than what you can see and understand!  Yet, I Am revealing more and more as you set yourself aside for Me.
     "Our lives are a Christ-like fragrance rising up to God.  But this fragrance is perceived differently by those who are being saved and by those who are perishing.  To those who are perishing, we are a dreadful smell of death and doom.  But to those who are being saved, we are a life-giving perfume.  And who is adequate for such a task as this?" (2 Corin. 2:15-16)  "I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat is planted in the soil and dies, it remains alone.  But its death will produce many new kernels—a plentiful harvest of new lives". (John 12:24)  

Love,

Pastor D.

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

Good morning,
Here is another prophetic word that we received at our church this past Sunday.
     You have asked Me for a breakthrough.  I say to you a breakthrough is waiting for you as you break through.  Now as you do, you will breakthrough into smooth sailing over the seas that once caused you so much trouble in life, over into a new horizon.  Storms tried to take you under, but you refused to go, you broke through, even as the waves almost washed you overboard.  You broke through as you held onto My hand.  Now you look back and see the devastating storms are behind you.  You can see in the distance with the eye of the Spirit the brand new horizon ahead of you.  You come out of the storms with your hands lifted high, and I have given to you a new song and a new dance.  Victory is heard throughout your land, a bold word and a determined one.  I Am causing the old things to build a pulpit for your testimony of My goodness and faithfulness to you.  The very things meant to destroy you I Am using to accelerate you into the next level of My glory.  Just keep your eyes on Me and together we will soar and fly to places you have never dreamed before, it will seem unreal.  It is about that time and about that season for more of My glory to be demonstrated through you. 
     You have been so faithful to Me.  Now you will enter into a season of My delight and joy.  I have told you before and I tell you again, the world has never seen or known, but they will take notice and see that I love My own.
     Know and remember that right before My Son entered into His glory, the enemy staged the greatest delusion of defeat.  To most looking on at the cross, it seemed a place of defeat, a time of rejection and being despised.  But, He was always My accepted and beloved One, He stood the test and passed.  Because He stood the test, He received a name above all other names.  He received and entered into glory, and set an example for you and an opened door for you to do the same.  The enemy has not changed his mode of operating.  He still does the same.  Right before you enter into the glory that I have prepared for you, he stages the great deception, to try to get you to believe a lie.  Be wise, look, and see!  I say to you this is just the beginning of what I Am doing.  This is not his finest hour, it is ours!  So rise from the ashes and shake off all of the shackles of the past and rejoice in the breakthrough! 
     "How great is the goodness you have stored up for those who fear you.  You lavish it on those who come to you for protection, blessing them before the watching world." (Ps. 31:19) 
     "For God is not unrighteous to forget or overlook your labor and the love which you have shown for His name's sake in ministering to the needs of the saints (His own consecrated people), as you still do." (Heb. 6:10)
 
Love,
Pastor D.

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

Good morning,
     Hear the Spirit of the Lord,
     I have kept you in the palm of My hand through many attempts from the enemy to try and kill, steal, and destroy your life.  I know that some of My little ones have become discouraged and frustrated by the assaults and the war that seems as if it never ceases.  I have hidden you from the strong assignment to take you out before your time, and Mine.  I have planned for you a good and expected hope, something that you have longed for.  You have tried to accomplish the promise, by gritting your teeth and working in the flesh, by trying to reason out the plan I have.  Now, I encourage you once again, My yoke is easy and My burden is light.  It is not to cause your hope to be deferred, so that your heart becomes weary and sick, no, it has always been to get you to put your trust in Me.  I do not want you to be looking in some distant future for a far away promise, but being thankful for My everyday supply and care for you, the promises I have fulfilled!  It is because of My Father's heart that you wake up with strength to arise and to take the steps necessary to move toward your destiny, day by day, moment by moment.  I just want to be loved for Who I Am, not for what I can give you.  I want to be appreciated for what I Am doing, yet those gifts and tokens of My love, usually go unnoticed.  My desire is for My children to long to be with Me where I Am, so much so that night and day your cry is for Me to come and receive My beloved.  I desire your longing for the things of this world to become faint and barely noticeable compared to your longing for My Presence.  I wait and long for your whole heart to be like Mine.  There is no need or want that I will not fulfill for those who love Me, just because I Am worthy of your love.  My countenance towards you is one of longing for you to come closer.  I Am not angry or disappointed, I just want your wholehearted love from a pure heart, not one that is full of stipulations.  As if you can only believe My love for you is based upon the things I give and do for you.  I love unconditionally, that is how I must be loved too!   
     Do not worry about what you eat, or wear, your possessions, or, even your desires, for I Am your provider.  This is where the enemy launches his violent attack, when you are weak, tired, angry, discouraged, lonely, these are some of the open doors, for the devil is an opportunist.  He is looking for you to feel that I have neglected to watch over my Word concerning you.  That is why I beckon you to keep your mind stayed on Me, the place of peace and rest.  My Word is governed by the foundation of My love.  I want you to base everything that you do from the foundation of love as well.  This makes you an obedient lover, who does My word in love.  This is surely changing you from the inside and making you more effective outwardly.  So that you then become My poem of love, easily read by a dying and hurting world!
     "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.  For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."(Mtt. 11:28-30)  "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end." (Jer. 29:11)  Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world.  If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.  For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.  And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. (1 John 2:15-17)  "Come!" say the Spirit and the Bride.  Whoever hears, echo, "Come!" Is anyone thirsty?  Come!  All who will, come and drink, Drink freely of the Water of Life." (Rev.22:17)
 
Love,
Pastor D.

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

Good morning,
     Talking to Father God during my day, He kept saying one thing to me, "Everything is going to be alright".  You see the Father says this one line to me when everything seems too much or there are way too many troubles, when it seems overwhelming.  It is the same as when he would  speak to His disciples when they were overwhelmed or didn't know the way out, He would speak, "peace", or say "fear not".  He wants us to agree with His omniscient view of it all.  He sums it up with His final appraisal.  Again, I will share a personal Word that the Father spoke to me.  He said:
     My dear child, do you not know that when you speak, I listen, and that you have My undivided attention?  I have heard your cry, and you know that I answer My own.  I Am moved by the sound of your voice speaking and declaring My Word, even though sometimes it is but a weak whisper.  I move the mountains at the smallest glimmer of your faith.  I delight in you so much that you can not understand the depth of My love for you.  You are the apple of My eye and the heavens and the world stands in awe and wonder of My love and devotion to you.  My favor is yours, My honor I give to you, to be called by My name.  At My name every knee must bow, so when you speak in My name, My beloved one, everything waits to beckon to your voice, and will bow even unto the weakest command spoken in My name.  I have given to you all power over all of your enemies, just mention My name in faith, see you are hidden under My shadow, that is why no weapon formed against you shall prosper.  When you decree a thing, I am working on it, to establish it on your behalf.  I want you to enjoy your salvation, yes, there will be tribulations, but the joy will make everything worth it all.  Look on Me, and return to Me this devoted love and watch your Father's special care for you and yes, I will even carry you through to victories promised.  I have never forgotten one promise that I gave to you, I Am bringing it to pass.  Stop the enemy from speaking lies to you because of the temporary moments of afflictions you encounter, all these things will change.  If you will keep your stand and fix your gaze, you will experience a rising glory, one that few have ever known before.  You will step into a constant, a higher walk, one that Enoch and Joshua grew in.  Joshua was drawn to My Presence in worship and waiting, when others were busy about other activities.  Enoch learned how to take My Presence of worship and waiting and make it his daily life.  They lived well pleasing sacrificial lives, lived to the fullest, constant in Me!  This is what I have set your course of life for too, so just choose Me above all else.
     "For since the world began, no ear has heard and no eye has seen a God like you, who works for those who wait for him!  You welcome those who gladly do good, who follow godly ways." (Isaiah 64:4-5a)
 
Love,

Pastor D.

Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

Good morning,
     The word for me this morning in prayer is a challenging one for me, being that the only stable and constant in my life is the Lord.  He woke me up with this: My dear child, it is time to exchange your clothing, to take off the garments of despair, weariness, and fear, and to step into the true joy that salvation clothes you with.  There is so much beauty in holiness that my children can't truly comprehend the depths of it all.  All spirits respond to the aroma and the scent of holiness.  It is the strongest repellent to the wicked ones, that is why it is important for you to continue shining forth the beauty that My salvation has brought to you.  As your beauty that is charged by joy in loving Me emanates, all of the heaven responds with My answers of victorious power, delighting to do My good pleasure to all whose lives are perfumed by the scent of joy.  If you believe that I have already given to you the honor of winning, because I have gained for you the crown by going before you, then lift up your head and hands that hang low, run with joy the race for the finish line is in view.  Every obstacle and instrument that was used to try and trip you up, I have turned to your good, to strengthen your resolve, to make the next step more solid, more secure.  You have remained faithful, yet the joy of your first love has dwindled.  Out of your faithfulness, you remain, but you have done so from duty only.  Any real lover can sense the lack of zeal and joy in one that is only there in presence but not in heart.  Remember, how you followed Me in anticipation of My next move in your life.  I Am still full of excitement for our journey, you must renew your desire for me by meditating on My Word that I speak daily.  As you commit afresh and anew to your vows of love for Me and My Word, you will receive a restoration of joy rising in you.  Your whole being will experience a rush like adrenaline being pumped in you to push you forward with increasing joy and strength.  You will do the works of one who loves with joy, which is a scent to all those who are waiting for you to rise up from being bowed low and they will come to your bright rising and will celebrate with us at the glorious end and step into the new beginning!
     "I know your industry and activities, laborious toil and trouble, and your patient endurance, and how you cannot tolerate wicked [men] and have tested and critically appraised those who call [themselves] apostles (special messengers of Christ) and yet are not, and have found them to be impostors and liars.  I know you are enduring patiently and are bearing up for My name's sake, and you have not fainted or become exhausted or grown weary.  But I have this [one charge to make] against you: that you have left (abandoned) the love that you had at first [you have deserted Me, your first love].  Remember then from what heights you have fallen.  Repent (change the inner man to meet God's will) and do the works you did previously [when first you knew the Lord], or else I will visit you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you change your mind and repent." (Rev.2:2-5)  "Behold, God, my salvation!  I will trust and not be afraid, for the Lord God is my strength and song; yes, He has become my salvation.  Therefore with joy will you draw water from the wells of salvation." (Is. 12:2-3) "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.