Tag: transition

October 3, 2025

Good morning,

This is a season of supernatural breakthrough, it will happen in spite of what is happening in the realm of the natural  You must be prepared to war as soldiers, with My weapons which are not carnal, but mighty for pulling down strong holds. Do not fail to cross over during this time of transition.  Dual purposes are always going on simultaneously to help bring about My desired results.  There will be a Spirit of boldness that will arise upon My children to cross over the Red Seas in their lives.  Take it by force, seize it and lay hold of it now.  The first step of faith that you take now will break up the ground for the new.  You must stay in the Spirit and begin to rely on the revelation that you have received from times of deep intimacy with Me.  From here you will gain insight for the very next steps to take your land.
As with Daniel, My servant of old, wars are always being fought right over your atmosphere.  These spirits are despotisms that are trying to cause you
not to hear My instructions, but at the same time, angels are warring on your behalf in order that you might hear, receive and obey My instructions for this season.  Many hindering spirits of all levels and degrees have been unleashed to try and stop you from finishing the course through to the end.  Offensive, distorting, and destroying spirits that have an assignment to keep you full of confusion and to stop you.  Do not allow or let this happen.  Keep a guard over your heart and mind by applying the salve of My Word on your heart and mind, do it double-time.  I have given help from on high!
Your refusal to give the enemy any of your territory will cause a lifting of your eyes and mind.  You will truly see that I, the Lord your Mighty warrior shouts over you with a voice of triumph.  I will let out a sound of victory that will revitalize and recharge you, spirit, soul and body.  You must stop allowing your mind to wander back to times of failure.  You will not fail in this season if you will keep your mind stayed on Me.  Any thing that attempts to assault your thought life with the disease of the old you must make it fall away. 
In this period of time I will plant in your heart all that was difficult to bloom before.  There will be streams in the desert for you.  Strong fruit will grow in your valleys. You will continue to grow in spite of all surrounding chaos.  You will thrive and keep reaching for My plans and goals.  Stay alert by reviving your times of prayer and quiet times with Me.  You will see that I still have much to reveal to you.  Set your mind like a flint and you will become a sharp threshing instrument against the forces of evil.

“Behold, I will make you to be a new, sharp, threshing instrument which has teeth; you shall thresh the mountains and beat them small, and shall make the hills like chaff.” (Isaiah 41:15)

“Then he said to me, Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your mind and heart to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come as a consequence of [and in response to] your words. But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me for twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief [of the celestial] princes, came to help me, for I remained there with the kings of Persia.” (Daniel 10:12-13)

“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, [Inasmuch 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 Corin. 10:4-5)

“For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the despotisms, against the powers, against [the master spirits who are] the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere.” (Eph. 6:12)

Love,

Pastor D.

September 26, 2025 – Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

Good Morning,

“The fastest runner doesn’t always win the race and the strongest warrior doesn’t always win the battle…” (Ecc. 9:11).  “Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize?  So run to win…” (1 Corin. 9:24).  Therefore since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up.  And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.  We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith.” (Hebrews 12:1,2)

We all can sense the heaviness of despair and discouragement that has tried to seep into the hearts of believers.  I am reminded of David who cried out, “Why am I so discouraged?  Why is my heart so sad?  I will put my hope in God!  I will praise Him again – my Savior and my God.” (Psalm 42:5).

During difficult times, David chose to hope and praise God afresh and again.  Listen to Jesus as He tells us  the climate during the times of the end.  “Sin will be rampant everywhere and the love of many will grow cold.  But the one who endure to the end shall be saved.” (Matt. 24:12,13).

    We must not let our hope be put off to some future day, we must place hope, fresh, new hope everyday in God and in His Word.  He gives us fresh new mercies every morning, so we ought to offer God the same.  Mercies for hope!!  Jesus said those who endure—-{to undergo patiently, tarry, have fortitude, never give up, to stay and abide} to the end shall be saved.  This world depicts the attitude of a person who is under a heavy load but refuses to surrender to defeat, because he knows he is in his place.  “Endure suffering along with me, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.  Soldiers don’t get tied up in the affairs of civilian life, for then they cannot please the officer who enlisted them.” (2 Timothy 2:3,4)  

We must try and keep our focus on the eternal plan of our kingdom and not get so weighted down by these present sufferings of this temporal world or our temporary situations.  The glory that is to come and the glory that is soon to be seen in the children of God will far outweigh any present sufferings, for it is temporary.  Remember the enemy is trying to get your love for God to grow cold, through outward pressures of living.  We are wiser than that!

    The Spirit says: You are in your place, the place of transition and transformation.  I have brought you here.  Stand firm!!  The place where I will come along and speak to you the sweet words of encouragement that you long to hear, stand still.  Listen carefully, My words will change every fiber of faith that reside on the inside of you.  Doubt, unbelief and discouragement will flee from you.  Don’t you know that our enemy is afraid of you, who you are in Me.  This is the reason he tries to stop you in the middle of your transition.    He knows that I am doing a supernatural change in you.  You will arise from the place of depression, for this is not your place, it is too tight for My child.  You will be raised up with a renewed vision.  A giant “believing believer” shall arise from this cocoon.  You are in a state of metamorphosis, the real you is about to be revealed!!!  You will come out looking just like Me.  You will be brought to the place of, “open fields”, where I will enlarge and strengthen you.  You are a strong victorious champion in Me.  I see the end from the beginning and I know that your end is good.  I see you standing and waving your victory banner.  Lift up your hands to me and I will lift you up.  As long as you keep your eyes on Me,  I will bring you to the finish.  Do not put your trust in that arm of flesh, lean totally on Me.  As you lean on Me, you will receive with clarity of vision and hearing the steps that you must take.  Your eyesight and your hearing have transcended to a higher level, because you have been purified of the blockages.  You are advancing! You are advancing!

Love,

Pastor D.

January 31, 2025 – Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

Good morning,

I am reminded of a story about a young boy who found a cocoon, and seeing how hard the insect struggled on the inside, he cut the cocoon open, thinking he would help the bug escape.  Instead, the butterfly died.  A butterfly expert told him that it is the struggle within the cocoon that gives strength to the butterfly and enables its wings to grow and develop.  Only then can it emerge and go free.

If God cares so much for butterflies, to give them a covering while they transition, I know He covers us as we change or even as we are going through tough or trying times. Is. 41:10 says, “Fear not, (there is nothing to fear), for I Am with you; do not look around you in terror and be dismayed, for I Am your God, I will strenghten and harden you to difficulties, yes, I will help you; yes, I will hold you up and retain you with My victorious right hand of rightness and justice.”  This “hardening” us to difficulty, is also where we receive strength to come forth from our God-given cocoon.  Harden means to make tough, to strengthen or confirm in disposition, feeling or a course of action, to make bold.  You see we become tougher and stronger to outer circumstances and easily pliable to inner change.  He will harden us to difficulties emotionally, spiritually, and physically.  

This is the Word of the Lord; “I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord,  thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome.” Do not be shaken or moved by the outward circumstances that have come to test and try you, I have allowed them so that you might see what We are doing on the inside. I Am shifting how you think, and what you are preoccupied with thinking. All of the cares of this life are temporal and I need you to keep eternal vision. The futility of the race of this world will overwhelm your thought life if you let it which pushes out “keeping your mind stayed on Me.” I need you to meditate and ponder on My Word and My promises to you consistently. You know that Our enemy’s purpose is to take your mind off of Me and My Word down a tunnel of hopelessness and despair. I Am greater than all of the scenarios of your wearied thoughts. Know this, I have overcome the world and I have given you the keys to open up the door and walk as an overcome in every area of life. Be prepared always to wage war against the enemy. But what I have given, I have given! Stand and take your position, as you do you will see the salvation of your Father.

“But take heed to yourselves and be on your guard, lest your hearts be overburdened and depressed (weighed down) with the giddiness and headache and nausea of self-indulgence, drunkenness, and worldly worries and cares pertaining to [the business of] this life, and [lest] that day come upon you suddenly like a trap or a noose;” (Luke 21:34)

“You will guard him and keep him in perfect and constant peace whose mind [both its inclination and its character] is stayed on You, because he commits himself to You, leans on You, and hopes confidently in You.” (Isaiah 26:3)

“You are a hiding place for me; You, Lord, preserve me from trouble, You surround me with songs and shouts of deliverance. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!” (Psalm 32:7)

Love,

Pastor D.

August 18, 2023 – Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

Good morning,

In the midst of all that is going on in the world, there is an excitement welling up on the inside of believers. We can sense that our God has brought us to this place for some of our greatest moments as the Body of Christ. We are about to truly represent the Kingdom of God like never before. He has made the promise that light shines the brightest when it is the darkest! Let us meditate on this prophetic word and begin to decree what our Father is saying.

Stubborn stains of sin, all those stubborn stains and they keep trying to pop back up. You have applied the blood and you have applied the Word, but it seems that it will scrub it away for a moment but then it comes back up again. Hear the voice of the Father: These stubborn stains will be removed. There are specific ones in each one of your heart and life and mind that I Am removing today.

Those who have been asking Me over, and over again, “Why God, why does this keep happening.  Why do I keep feeling this way? Why do I have to keep dealing with this?”  If you have said those things to Me and you keep saying God, “I’m trying, I’m trying”. Hear Me say to you:

There are set times, times that all that you have been doing have brought you to.  There was a set time at the pool of Bethesda.  There was a set time for your Lord, My Son to come.  Set times, and in those set times supernatural occurrences happen and all “the time” has been bringing you to your set time.  Do not despise those washings that you have gone through over, and over, and over again, for it has brought you to this set time. 

This transition will open up a large and broad way.  This is a set time and when I finish, everyone will know that you have been with Me in preparation for your set time. Mark it and tattoo it in your heart, do not just put it on a sheet of paper, make a banner about it, so that every time you run by it, you will reinforce your set time by declaring it with your mouth. Put it on something where you will see it all the time. You will say with your mouth, this day I received my set time, I was always being brought to this moment.  Everything that I have been doing, everything that I have gone through, every struggle, every test, and every trial has brought me to my set time and I have come to the pool of Bethesda and I Am made whole!

“Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.” (Ps. 102:13)

“He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.” (2 Samuel 22:20)

“And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.” (Hab. 2:2-3)

Love,

Pastor D.

March 17, 2023 – Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

 I have placed My deep in you, in earthen vessels.  I have hidden My profound wisdom in you.  Now in this set time, I Am taking the cover off of all that lies within you. 

 
Good morning,
 
    I have placed My deep in you, in earthen vessels.  I have hidden My profound wisdom in you.  Now in this set time, I Am taking the cover off of all that lies within you.  This world will come to see and get a glimpse of how deep I really Am.  This generation will walk in a higher revelation as I disclose to them in more intimate detail My plans.  My deep is calling to the deep in you.  No one, including you, has seen the real you, but I will give you a preview of what I have invested in you.  Hidden riches in secret places, I have placed in you and now you will discover the realms and levels of My deepness in you.  Treasures that will bring deliverance, wholeness, and insight.  First, you must yield to My pruning, for I Am cutting away the weeds and clutter of living in this world from you.  Next, you must open yourself up, so that you can dispense the heavenly glory to this earth.  My will being done on earth is the greatest move for this set time.  Signs and wonders follow you as you yield to My Word and stay in heavenly places.  You must demonstrate the power of My highest wisdom to this world.  I Am popping the top off of the vast deepness in My yielded ones.  Removing spiritual cataracts, the cloudiness and obscurity that have kept your feet from swiftly running.  KNOW THIS, THAT THOSE WHO ARE TRULY HEAVENLY MINDED ARE THE MOST EFFECTIVE TO THIS EARTH.  For you will be the ones that use all that is given from heaven, all the power, all the wisdom, all of the insight, and the ability to advance the kingdom in EVERY WAY, spiritually, physically, financially, and in their souls.  Staying heavenly-minded will cause you to accomplish all that is beyond the earth, man's ability, it is godliness.  Everything that causes heaven to kiss the earth, then you will see My will be done on earth.
     Remember this is the season of completed transition.  Yes, many will make enormous changes that will spare their lives as well as their families.  Don't despair and fall into the trap of laying down.  Stand up and stay connected with the heavenly promises that I have given to you.  I will cause reforms in areas that have laid dormant, look I Am blowing a fresh breeze over them.  Stand in the gap for your nation, stand in the gap for your family.  Heaven has sent you aid from on high, angels to assist in this high assignment.  Each step will bring you closer to destiny.  Your steps taken during this season will be multiplied and intensified.  Don't be bullied or harassed by the spirit of Rab-shake to come down from your assignment, stay on the wall.  For I Am shaking all that is in My house and in this world so that My glory will be multiplied in you!
 
    "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 Corin. 2:6-7)
 
    "[Roaring] deep calls to [roaring] deep at the thunder of Your waterspouts; all Your breakers and Your rolling waves have gone over me." (Ps. 42:7)
 
    "Do not, therefore, fling away your fearless confidence, for it carries a great and glorious compensation of reward. For you have need of steadfast patience and endurance, so that you may perform and fully accomplish the will of God, and thus receive and carry away [and enjoy to the full] what is promised." (Heb. 10:35-36)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.

 

September 2, 2022 – Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

 I know that you are going through a tough transition, yet I have not forsaken you.  This will open up for you a large place, a place where you will begin to trust and lean on Me like never before. 

 
Good morning,
 
    I know that you are going through a tough transition, yet I have not forsaken you.  This will open up for you a large place, a place where you will begin to trust and lean on Me like never before.  As you have shifted, you may think that you have lost loved ones, positions, careers, and even ministries.  It is not over, I Am working on something for you.  I have always had a good plan for you, and it is My plan that will prevail.  I have seen the tears and the heartaches, the times of feeling rejected, or cast away.  You were never rejected by Me, no, never.  I have waited for you to turn all of your affections and desires to Me.  I will be all that you need, but you must renew your love for Me.  I will fulfill the longings of your heart and heal your brokenness.  I will give you a heart that thinks like Me.  You will then see that you have not really lost anything, instead that you have gained more ground in Me.  As you begin to shake yourself free from the cares of this world, you will awake to see the new light that has arisen over the obscure places that you have tread upon.  I will send men to help you and send you help from on high.
    Distractions of this age have tried to occupy my children's thoughts.  They are led astray by their thoughts.  I have given you a sound mind, but you must keep your mind stayed on Me in order to keep it sound.  Many are falling away from Me because they no longer spend the quiet moments with Me in worship.  They are careful and busy about many things so that from dawn until the night their thoughts are not towards me.  It is My peace that I have given to you in the past that guards your thoughts and your emotions.  I say to you, to be concerned about your true Love.  I Am the One.  Too many lovers make you an unfaithful lover.  When was the last time that I was the only One on your mind?  I Am a jealous lover, I will not have any other love before Me.  Come back to Me with the simple, believing, love that you once had, and I will receive you to Myself and restore to you the joy that you had in serving Me.  If not you will miss My next move, you will not be able to see, for your other lovers will detain you and keep your eyes covered.  You must come to Me again as a virgin love.  Depend on Me, I Am trustworthy.
 
    "Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God. And God’s peace [shall be yours, that tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and being content with its earthly lot of whatever sort that is, that peace] which transcends all understanding shall garrison and mount guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus." (Phil. 4:6-7)
 
    "You [are like] unfaithful wives [having illicit love affairs with the world and breaking your marriage vow to God]! Do you not know that being the world’s friend is being God’s enemy? So whoever chooses to be a friend of the world takes his stand as an enemy of God. Or do you suppose that the Scripture is speaking to no purpose that says, The Spirit Whom He has caused to dwell in us yearns over us and He yearns for the Spirit [to be welcome] with a jealous love?" (James 4:4-5)
 
"For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome." (Jer. 29:11)
 
Love,
 
Pastor D.

November 19, 2021 – Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

As I bring you out and over to your “promise land”, don’t forget your brothers and sisters who are making the same journey for their crossover. 

 
Good morning,   
 
    As I bring you out and over to your "promised land", don't forget your brothers and sisters who are making the same journey for their crossover.  Offer to them the same comfort, encouragement, help, and support that you have received.  Remember, I have been faithful in sending you help from on high.  Sometimes in the form of good anointed words to heal your hurting heart, other times I have given finances as a token to push you over the hill that was too much for you.  I have supplied to you whatever was necessary for your maturing.  I Am gracious and gentle to you as you transition and make the change.  My mercy kept you in My hands. 
       
    I desire that you now become My ministers of mercy to one another, as those who are walking behind you on the same road, grow up.  You must be the consoling voice to the hurting parts of My Body.  On the road that is contracted by pressure, I have placed rest areas along the way, full of encouragement and mercy, to assist and aid to make the walk of faith prosperous.  I will not forget the labor of love that you show by serving all other saints.  I Am measuring your seeds back to you, pressed down, shaken together, and running over.  You must make all your seeds full of love, kindness, gentleness, long-suffering, meekness, and temperance, powerful ones that will bring to you a bountiful harvest.  Do not become selfish by not opening your hands of love and mercy because of your own difficulties, test, and trials.  Always giving, casting your bread on the waters, for waves will come at all times and in a variety of ways.  Harvesting in your field, make it good!  Do not forget that your brothers and sisters are on the same narrow road as you, be an easy marker for them to follow.    
 
    I Am coming soon, to receive you.  Be a people of unity, preferring one another.  Victory is on the horizon for My people who will stand side by side.  Your voices ringing as one is an intoxicating sound to Me.  With you, I Am well pleased!  You are imitating Us, We are One.  

 
    "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of sympathy (pity and mercy) and the God [Who is the Source] of every comfort (consolation and encouragement), Who comforts (consoles and encourages) us in every trouble (calamity and affliction), so that you may also be able to comfort (console and encourage) those who are in any kind of trouble or distress, with the comfort (consolation and encouragement) with which we ourselves are comforted (consoled and encouraged) by God." (2 Corin. 1:3-4) 
 
    "I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace." (Eph. 4:1-3)
 
    "That they all may be one, [just] as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, so that the world may believe and be convinced that You have sent Me. I have given to them the glory and honor which You have given Me, that they may be one [even] as We are one: I in them and You in Me, in order that they may become one and perfectly united, that the world may know and [definitely] recognize that You sent Me and that You have loved them [even] as You have loved Me."
(John 17:21-23) 
 

Love,

 
Pastor D.

June 11, 2021 – Ears to Hear/Hearts to Obey

 I know that you are going through a tough transition, yet I have not forsaken you.  This will open up for you a large place, a place where you will begin to trust and lean on Me like never before. 

 
Good morning,
 
    I know that you are going through a tough transition, yet I have not forsaken you.  This will open up for you a large place, a place where you will begin to trust and lean on Me like never before.  As you have shifted, you may think that you have lost loved ones, positions, careers, and even ministries.  It is not over, I Am working on something for you.  I have always had a good plan for you, and it is My plan that will prevail.  I have seen the tears and the heartaches, the times of feeling rejected, or cast away.  You were never rejected by Me, no, never.  I have waited for you to turn all of your affections and desires to Me.  I will be all that you need, but you must renew your love for Me.  I will fulfill the longings of your heart and heal your brokenness.  I will give you a heart that thinks like Me.  You will then see that you have not really lost anything, instead of that you have gained more ground in Me.  As you begin to shake yourself free from the cares of this world, you will awake to see the new light that has arisen over the obscure places that you have tread upon.  I will send men to help you and send you help from on high. 
     Distractions of this age have tried to occupy my children's thoughts.  They are led astray by their thoughts.  I have given you a sound mind, but you must keep your mind stayed on Me in order to keep it sound.  Many are falling away from Me because they no longer spend the quiet moments with Me in worship.  They are careful and busy about many things so that from dawn until the night their thoughts are not towards me.  It is My peace that I have given to you in the past that guards your thoughts and your emotions.  I say to you, to be concerned about your true Love.  I Am the One.  Too many lovers make you an unfaithful lover.  When was the last time that I was the only One on your mind?  I Am a jealous lover, I will not have any other love before Me.  Come back to Me with the simple believing love that you once had, and I will receive you to Myself and restore to you the joy that you had in serving Me.  If not you will miss My next move, you will not be able to see, for your other lovers will detain you and keep your eyes covered.  You must come to Me again like a virgin lover.  Depend on Me, I Am trustworthy.
 
    "But take heed to yourselves and be on your guard, lest your hearts be overburdened and depressed (weighed down) with the giddiness and headache and nausea of self-indulgence, drunkenness, and worldly worries and cares pertaining to [the business of] this life, and [lest] that day come upon you suddenly like a trap or a noose;" (Luke 21:34)
 
    "You will guard him and keep him in perfect and constant peace whose mind [both its inclination and its character] is stayed on You, because he commits himself to You, leans on You, and hopes confidently in You." (Is. 26:3)
    
    "He brought me forth also into a large place; He was delivering me because He was pleased with me and delighted in me." (Ps. 18:19)
 

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,
  
     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 familiarities 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.  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.  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. 
 
     "Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who by faith have testified to the truth of God’s absolute faithfulness], stripping off every unnecessary weight and the sin which so easily and cleverly entangles us, let us run with endurance and active persistence the race that is set before us, [looking away from all that will distract us and] focusing our eyes on Jesus, who is the Author and Perfecter of faith [the first incentive for our belief and the One who brings our faith to maturity], who for the joy [of accomplishing the goal] set before Him endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God [revealing His deity, His authority, and the completion of His work." (Heb. 12:1-2)
     "Do you not know that in a race all the runners run [their very best to win], but only one receives the prize? Run [your race] in such a way that you may seize the prize and make it yours!  Now every athlete who [goes into training and] competes in the games is disciplined and exercises self-control in all things. They do it to win a crown that withers, but we [do it to receive] an imperishable [crown that cannot wither].  Therefore I do not run without a definite goal; I do not flail around like one beating the air [just shadow boxing].  But [like a boxer] I strictly discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached [the gospel] to others, I myself will not somehow be disqualified [as unfit for service]." (1 Corin. 9:24-27)
     “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad and easy to travel is the path that leads the way to destruction and eternal loss, and there are many who enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow and difficult to travel is the path that leads the way to [everlasting] life, and there are few who find it." (Matt. 7:13-14)
 
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.