PROPHETIC

Bones Rattling
We are living in unprecedented times.  We are in a season where we begin to see Hebrews 12:27 "And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain." God’s plan to purge the world for the coming of His Son, King Jesus, has begun to unfold.  Never in history have we seen what we are going to see shortly.  What is happening with the Dollar, the US and world economy, the sub-prime markets, the hedge funds fiasco, the disappearance of Peace all over the world, the perversion of law and order as we once knew it, the phenomenal increase in crime,  the orderly functioning of nature, the weather and the elements, have all been foretold by God's prophets of old and of recent for Amos 3:7 "Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets."

Many are still in this hour, focused on their own agendas.  Their own prosperity.  Their own survival. Their own needs. Their own wellbeing.  Their own prestige.  Their own doctrines.  Their own plans to build kingdoms, empires, churches and ministries.  God is going to shake it all so that only that which cannot be shaken, shall remain.  The Word of God is so true in Matthew 16:26 "For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" Many will soon find that they have been chasing after wind and will be so disappointed in themselves for spending endless hours, days, months and years pursuing agendas that will not stand the test of God's shaking.  Only the Kingdom of God (and even in His Kingdom, only what was authorized by the King Himself) will remain. 

 The world as we know it today will irreversibly change beyond recognition.  That is why it is so important to have our eyes FIXED on Jesus, the Unchangeable God, to develop without any doubt, the ability to hear and obey His voice and to follow in unconditional obedience.

Recently, God was sharing the message about Pioneers/engineers/forerunners.  God is raising up a people who abandon all in this season, so that they can be the beacons of Hope when the shaking occurs.  God had a testimony of His goodness and love and faithfulness among all the nations of the world in His nation Israel.  But they turned from Him.  So He chose the gentile church to be His testimony among the nations. Hosea 2:23  “And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.” But, we know what became of the church.  Now I believe God is raising up the Bride of Christ, the Body of Christ, the Remnant,  the true and lasting church, who will be a testimony to all the world of their Good, Loving, Kind, Merciful, Just and Faithful God.  God is alive and He needs a people to be a testimony to that fact among a world who believe that God is dead.  I see Ezekiel 37 manifesting right in front of our eyes.  The bones starting to rattle.  Each bone starting to move to the skeleton to which he/she belong.  Soon there will be flesh and then, Life as God raises up this last day army who will be the Bride of His Son, King of the Kingdom.  Do we feel that longing to start rattling?  Do we pray that God will take us to where we fit into the skeleton? 

Or do we cry out for God to restore OUR ministries, OUR prosperity, OUR own image of ourselves, OUR own perceptions of our gifting and calling, even our OWN image of Who God is?

Do we cry out to be united with His body according to HIS sovereign will and plan?  Are we willing to be united to those who are not of our choosing or in parts or places which and where we do not desire?  Are we still dictating to the sovereign God how He should rule His Kingdom and how He should use us in it?
 
Only when we let God be God and realize that we are but flesh, submitting completely to His sovereign authority and willing to be united with whom and where He chooses, will the Spirit of LIFE be breathed into us.

All the things we are observing now are just but the beginning of the shaking.  But as all creation (of man and God) is shaken, the rattling will increase and the Bride of Christ will rise from the Valley of Dry Bones and she will be proved spotless in white, purged like silver, tested as gold! 

Come Lord Jesus! Come! Bring it on!

The Griesels
 

PIONEERS   What are pioneers? The Encarta dictionary says that a Pioneer (noun):” is an inventor or innovator who as a person or a group is the first to do something or is a forerunner in creating or developing something new. A pioneer is the first person to explore territory; one who goes into uncharted or unclaimed territory with the purpose of exploring it and possibly colonizing or settling it. A pioneer can also be a soldier who builds things. In the Army, it is the foot soldier whose duties include going ahead of the main company to pave the way for them by building roads, ditches, bridges, and other constructions.” The Thesaurus says that a Pioneer : “Leads the way, opens up, finds, forges, breaks new ground, initiates and establishes.” America was settled by pioneers. We have called those people Pilgrims. Bless God for those pioneers, for they brought with them a distinctly Christian culture, with a desire to live for God and God alone.  

This nation, that by the grace of God those pilgrims founded, has been known for centuries as the ‘Great Christian Nation.’ I was born into that understanding of this nation, as were many others my age. All of us today know that we are now living in the Post-Christian era. The ‘Great Christian Nation’ no longer exists. However, Bless God! Scripture says;

‘ For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord ‘ (Isaiah 55:8 -KJV)  

Bless God!  Jesus says that He and His Father, Our Father, is working to this day. Now in the time of America’s trouble, the time of the Church’s distress, God is at work- and way ahead of us. Bless His Holy Name. God is sending and has sent out His Pioneers. They are once again going into territory that has long since been abandoned, and making straight the Way of the Lord (again). Some of you may be wondering, why you have not heard of these Pioneers before. That is because they have been called out ahead of the rest. They are making roads and digging ditches, and building bridges, to fulfill God’s purposes, so that others may walk on the Holy Way. (Isaiah 35:8) The work of the Pioneer is a work of strict Obedience and Holiness. Paul was a Pioneer of the faith, rejoicing through his sufferings for the pioneering work of the Gospel ( 2 Corinthians 4:8-12; 6:3-10; 11:23-33). On an earthly plane, the life and calling (for it certainly must be a calling that is gifted with perseverance) of a Pioneer does not pay the dividends that most Americans would be comfortable with. Pioneering is not the playing field for those who would turn from the plow when it hits rocky ground, and it will. Pioneering is the call for those who will stand in the purifying fire until the dross is all removed. Until the purpose and will of our Heavenly Father is blessed and satisfied. However, Pioneering is a call to experience what few have. Pioneering is a work of ministry that can bring great fruit for the Father, and will see the chosen of the Lord as their reward. Pioneers are rebels. They rebel against the world, babylon, and the harlot. Pioneers seek no man to fill their needs, and pledge their heads to heaven for the Gospel. 

Tradewinds

by Linda Chapman

At the beginning of this year I kept hearing the word "tradewinds" from the Lord.Websters Dictionary says that a trade wind is a "wind blowing almost constantly in one direction; especially: a wind blowing almost continually toward the equator from the Northeast in the belt between the northern horse lattitudes and the doldrums and from the southeast in the belt between the southern horse lattitudes and the doldrums" -- usually used in plural.

I felt that the Lord was saying that He was going to blow us, by the power of His Spirit in the direction He would have us go. Sailors always desired to get into the tradewinds because they knew if they could get into the tradewinds, then they would be blown by the wind and not have to rely on their own efforts.

 "Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit", says the Lord.  I believe He is blowing us out of the doldrums ( the place where the wind does not blow at all and the sailors remain stuck there until the wind blows again) into the tradewinds of His Spirit.  It is His doing and we cannot make it happen, but by the power of His Spirit we will be moved along by no effort of our own.  Praise God!  This is truly the place we want to be!  We have been praising the Lord for this word and embrace it for this new year ahead of us!

A WORD: JUNE 15, 2007

Out of the seeds sown for destruction, will come forth a 'Budding', of the Holy Way/USA,like unto Aaron's rod that was dead. Beloved, you are dry, but not dead as some might think. You will witness dry bones coming together, even your own, as a body that will hold close together and worship Me according to My purposes and desires.

This high call was placed upon you from it's unique inception, which is to worship Me freely by My Spirit, says the Lord. As you renew your commitment, that same worship which creates a supernatural fire, will spread across the land in every direction, North, South, East, and West, and it will satisfy the desires of thirsty hearts who long to worship Me in spirit and truth.

Lolli Hart