Tag: refining

July 15, 2022 – Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

The refining process has intensified in, and, for My House.  I Am stirring the pot to cause to come to the surface all of the impure metals that have stayed in your heart, hidden from the cleansing power of My Word. 

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Good morning,
 
    The refining process has intensified in, and, for My House.  I Am stirring the pot to cause to come to the surface all of the impure metals that have stayed in your heart, hidden from the cleansing power of My Word.  This process will begin to reveal to you those hidden and coveted issues of your own heart.  The reason is always to make you a vessel of purity, never to make you feel condemned, as some think and even say of Me and those who will boldly declare My truth.  The enemy is an expert at misinterpretation and cunning when it comes to using words to ensnare and lead astray.  As you well know, words can kill or they can give life.  Listen to My Words now, know that I Am shaking My House in order to separate the pure from the impure, the wheat from the chaff, the sheep from the goats.  The great divide has begun, so now is the time for your life to resemble the holy standard that I alone established.  Yes, I know those who are Mine, but you must know those who are Mine also.  Family should know their own family.  For by their fruit you will know them, do not be deceived by their great boasting words or their flamboyant displays of power.  My people will adhere to My Word, they will not try to twist My Words to accommodate their twisted lifestyle.  My people will live a holy life, not just make vague references to it.  Only follow those who follow My Word, for I have told you before that many false prophets and teachers are in the midst, leading and deceiving others to go astray off of the narrow way.  Teaching, and taking great pleasure in those who follow their examples, they are wolves in the flock.  This is the time for cleaving to the Lover of your soul and a time for great discerning, which can only come from intimate times spent with Me in the secret place.  You will see a great falling away of some who have known Me but do not be dismayed, these things must come to pass.  I Am coming for a Church without spot or blemish.  Now, begins the purification of silver and gold, precious metals that endure great heat in order to become the purest.  Once the purification is done there is a small amount of pure metal that is found.  I will have My holy remnant.  I will have a chaste Bride.  I will have a clean House.  You be holy even as I, your God Am holy and perfect!  Keep looking to Me and you will see that My grace will make you all that I have promised that you will be.  It is not by might, not by power, but by My Spirit says your God and Lord.
 
    "… Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit [of whom the oil is a symbol],’ says the Lord of hosts." (Zech. 4:6)
 
    "Beware of the false prophets, [teachers] who come to you dressed as sheep [appearing gentle and innocent], but inwardly are ravenous wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them [that is, by their contrived doctrine and self-focus]. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles?  Even so, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the unhealthy tree bears bad fruit." (Matt. 7:15-17)
 
    "And you shall be holy to Me; for I the Lord am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be Mine." (Lev. 20:26)
 
    "..so that He might sanctify the church, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word [of God], so that [in turn] He might present the church to Himself in glorious splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy [set apart for God] and blameless." (Eph. 5:26-27)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.

January 14, 2022 – Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

I Am calling you up to the highest place, to the mountain of the Lord.  All this time you have been going through a refining process. 

 
Good morning,
 
    I Am calling you up to the highest place, to the mountain of the Lord.  All this time you have been going through a refining process.  I Am bringing up to the surface of your life, the gold that has been buried deep in you, My grand purpose and plan for you before the enemy set out to try to kill, steal and destroy it.  It has been buried because of old dirt.  The old dirt of your past and of previous generational weaknesses.  The gold is priceless, its value will begin to go up and up.  This refining process has brought fires, fires of testing, and fires of purification, removing the "dirt of fear", "the dirt of low self-image", the "dirt of repeated failures", all the "dirt of the old man", and all the other dirty lies of the wicked one.  As you continue waking up towards Me, you have increased in your ability and in your stability.  When you slipped and fell, you got back up, you would not quit.  You heard Me, calling you to come up higher.  You threw off the dirt and begin to allow the process of refining, becoming stronger, and choosing to become a vessel of honor.    
    For there were those who began this walk with you and they are no longer here.  They could not stand the intensity of the fires of change.  They could not stand the steepness of mountain climbing.  As you continued to climb up the mountain, they fell away.  Sometimes it seemed as if you could not take another step, yet you continued by faith and were motivated by love.  Here is where the impossible, became possible; you begin to learn to lean your entire personality over on Me.  When you were weak I remained strong.  As you took the mountain one step after the other, you began to realize the very thing that was sent to destroy you, I began to turn it around for you.  You started to develop "spiritual muscles", getting stronger even through opposing circumstances.  Every new level of the mountain you have been faced with new levels of trouble, suffering, or responsibility, yet you pressed, becoming surefooted even in those times.  I brought you up the mountain on purpose, so that you would see the need to rid yourself of the heavily weighted baggage that you were carrying.  At each new height, you would let go of those things that so easily beset you, desiring to be free.  As you journeyed from the place of familiarity closer to Me, you could hear My voice clearer.  I Am saying, "Come away from the noise of living in the valley, come where adventures of real living and great encounters with Me will show you things to come."  As you keep walking through troubles and sufferings, I will cause you to take the mountain much quicker now, yes, even now.  Remember I know the way!

    Unforgiveness, bitterness, hatred, selfishness, jealousy, pride, and all of the other dirt of your soul that has been used to try and keep you standing still in terror or fear can not keep you down.  You are walking lighter, higher, and stronger now, making strides toward Me.  Let it go, let it all go!  Free to follow Me, higher still.  In order to come up higher with Me, to truly see Me as I Am, you must have a pure heart.  Therefore, you must allow the process of purification, ridding yourself of bitterness, hatred, unforgiveness, feelings of rejection, hurt, misuse, and being abused.  You must cease all forms of manipulation, scheming to have your way, and controlling others.  Rebellion and secret loathing of My Words, doubt, and unbelief must come to an end.  For I Am "God of the heart", I know your motives and the intents of your heart, and if what you are doing, and why you are doing it does not line up with My Word, I will not, and can not bless it!  I know the secret thoughts of your heart. Only those with a pure heart can see God!  The mountain journey will aid and assist in removing any and all impurities of the heart.  So, go up My children.
 
    "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 place [of trouble, suffering, or responsibility]!" (Habbakuk 3:19)
 
    "For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." (Heb. 4:12)
 
    "When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their distress and troubles." (Ps. 34:17)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.