Ears to Hear (Part 3)

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 offences, 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 everytime, 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 & or communicate effectively. We will keep the garden of our heart free of offences, 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".

Wow! Well, I’m speechless.
Love,
Pastor D.

Prophetic Word – September 17, 2008

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Good Morning,

This is a prophetic word that was given to our church;
The Jewish calendar is about to begin, at the end of September begins a New Year. It represents being strong and new beginnings. That is why I have told you once and now again, the old bondages and things that have so easily beset you, even this year will begin to fall off of you as easily as the leaves fall from the trees. It is the evidence of change or transition for a new beginning for my people. A time that you will be more sensitive to My voice, you now have My attention like never before. Your sweet worship, your tender sweet worship has come up as a fragrance to My nostrils. All heaven is tuned to the cry of my beloved. And now because you have stirred yourselves up for the time of love with Me, our love-feast will cause all things in your lives to accelerate. In times past where you have pushed and dragged yourselves into My presence now you will sense a light-heartiness, some will be literally skipping, others will come with a little jog, this desire for Me will greatly increase, some will be running to be in My presence. Nothing will hold you back, for you have tasted the goodness of Me, the great lover of your soul. Now you are willing to show your love for Me by obeying, it is the strongest desire ever.
It is this driving passion that awakens you. You have stirred up the fire in your soul and you will not be satisfied until you awake in My likeness. Because of this heightened longing for Me, My glory will be on the increase, in and upon you. The intensity will begin to burn up " those things" in you that have hindered you in the past; for everytime you would pick up the pace " those things" would cause you to stop, slow down or become stagnant in your love, zeal and pursuit of Me. But now your eyes are clear and your vision is no longer obscurred by other lovers. You have finally let all others go and I have become the center of your life as I have always desired it to be.
Now, together we are unstoppable. The earth will shake upon the awareness of us being one, truly one. Our love will impact your world, yes, all those around you will know that you belong to Me. For they have longed to see this great Romance lived out before them. They will see and things will begin to turn around for you. Others will begin to lay their treasures at your feet. All good things will begin to flow just like water to My Garden, you, my love. You who have felt unloved will be totally consumed with love. Those relationships that were teetering on the verge of disaster, shall be revived. My loves, that have had things violently taken from them will have double restored.
This is a time for us to celebrate, a prelude to the greatest celebration ever. Look up for I am celebrating the beauty of You. Now My beauty, the beauty of holiness radiates from You.

Even as you receive this Word from the Lord, pay attention to,"how you hear." Clear away the hearing obstacles, so that you can hear clearly. Next time we come together we will shine more light upon the "way" we hear. Meditate on the words given here and think on this scripture; John 16:13, " But when He, the Spirit of Truth (the truth-giving Spirit) comes, He will guide you into all the Truth. For He will not speak His own message, but He will tell whatever He hears (from the Father; He will give the message that has been given to Him), and He will announce and declare to you the things that are to come."
The truth is that we are His beloved and He is ours. Now let’s say it out loud, "I am my beloved’s and He is mine! I am my beloved’s and His desire is toward me. (S.O.S.7:10) The voice of My beloved! Let us hear Your voice; for Your voice is sweet..(S.O.S.2 vs.2 & vs. 14 )
Be blessed,
Pastor Debra