Showing posts with label hear God speak. Show all posts
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April 26, 2009

Our Daily Bread

Enjoy your food for thought today as you realize, via Kathi Pelton, that our daily bread is from God, and no other. Do we see and recognize it when it arrives? Read on to hear what God has to say, and prepare to receive your provision today.

Kathi Pelton

Over the past number of months I have had the Holy Spirit speak to me regarding "our daily bread." His instructions to me were to watch each day for His daily provision. I was not to look at what I needed for tomorrow, but to fix my eyes on the day at hand. I could hope for tomorrow, but not worry about tomorrow. Until I began this exercise I did not realize how much time I had been spending worrying about tomorrow.

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?

"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

"So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."—Matthew 6:25-34

Each day I stop and take an evaluation of our daily bread. Does my family have enough food for this day? Is my family clothed today? Is there a shelter for my family today? So far, each day has resulted in a "YES" as the answer for each question. I'm sure that if you asked our teenagers (or even me at times) they might add, "Yes, but..." because they might want more clothes, or food that was bought from a restaurant, or a house with a built-in pool—but our desires don't change the fact that we have our daily bread.

Desires aren't bad, God loves our dreams and desires, but He is breaking the patterns of "worrying" in His people's lives. He is teaching us to be thankful for having our daily needs met. It has been a wonderful experience these past couple of months as I have begun to be truly thankful for our daily provision. Actually, as I have done this, I have realized how much we really do have.

I get to take a hot shower every day. I have comfortable furniture to sit upon each day. I have lights to keep us out of darkness. I have vehicles to take me where I need to go, grocery stores close by to shop for food (I don't have to "till the ground" and grow my daily bread)...and so much more. Do we have needs? Sure, but that's where God comes in and takes the burden of our needs upon Himself.

Fear Produces Worry

Last month I wrote an article called, Removing Roots of Fear, which addressed how to break through the different ways fear manifests in our lives. Worry is a fruit of fear, and a bad fruit at that! I want only good fruit in my life. As Matthew 6 states, worry not only doesn't add a single hour to our life, it steals many hours from our lives. For every hour we spend worrying, is an hour we have lost living in the joy of our salvation. Do we really question whether or not we are more important than the birds of the air to our Heavenly Father?

If the Bible says it, then it's true and we can confidently believe it. It is not assumption or false hope; it is absolute truth. We can confidently declare over our lives that "I am very important and loved by God and I will be provided for!"

In Matthew 6 we are instructed to "seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness"...then all our daily needs will be added to us. This is one thing that our enemy does not want us doing. Satan is always trying to keep God's people distracted by worry and unbelief about our "daily bread" so that God's Kingdom and righteousness is not what is manifesting in our lives and in the earth. It is vital that we learn to truly trust Jesus' faithfulness, and obey Him when He says, "Don't worry."

Obedience is Righteousness

"And if we are careful to obey all this law before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us, that will be our righteousness."—Deuteronomy 6:25

The other day a friend sent me a video of a Labrador Retriever who has won numerous awards for his retrieving ability, not because he is the fastest retriever but because he is the "most obedient." This dog is owned by an avid hunter who is also a Believer. When his owner speaks, this dog listens and obeys. In the video, the owner of this dog tells how he never has him on a leash because he doesn't worry about the dog running off or leaving his protective eye. According to Deuteronomy 6:25, if this dog was human and a Believer, we would say that this is one righteous dog.

It is not God's desire to keep His people on a short leash or behind a protective fence, but in His kindness He does not want us to be harmed so He keeps us hidden or restrained until we learn obedience (which will be our righteousness).

Our family has two dogs, a Chocolate Lab and a Shi-Tzu puppy, and I must admit that neither have been well trained nor are they what I would consider obedient. Because of this, I am careful to keep them behind a fence or within the confines of our house or on a leash when they are walked. When I give them their freedom, they run from my safety and go their own way (which always results in trouble for both them and us). They don't want to be restrained, but they haven't been taught obedience, so they must be.

Though I hate to compare us to a dog, in this case it is relevant, because God is teaching His people the importance of obedience so that He can remove the restraints and trust us to walk at His side always listening and obeying.

"Acknowledge and take to heart this day that the LORD is God in Heaven above and on the Earth below. There is no other. Keep His decrees and commands, which I am giving you today, so that it may go well with you and your children after you and that you may live long in the land the LORD your God gives you for all time."—Deuteronomy 4:39-40

Trust and Obey...There is No Better Way!

The lyrics to the old hymn "Trust and Obey" are a great reminder of the freedom that we are given when we leave behind the burdens and worries of this world and rest in the posture of trusting and obeying. Every parent understands this because it is our greatest joy to see our kids kept safe as they trust and obey both their parents and God. God is no different toward His children...our trust and obedience brings Him great joy. Let's bring God the joy that He deserves by learning to trust and obey.

When we walk with the Lord
in the light of His Word,
what a glory He sheds on our way!
While we do His good will,
He abides with us still,
and with all who will trust and obey.

Trust and obey, for there's no other way
to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.

Not a burden we bear,
not a sorrow we share,
but our toil He doth richly repay;
not a grief or a loss,
not a frown or a cross,
but is blest if we trust and obey.

But we never can prove
the delights of His love
until all on the altar we lay;
for the favor He shows,
for the joy He bestows,
are for them who will trust and obey.

Then in fellowship sweet
we will sit at His feet,
or we'll walk by His side in the way;
what He says we will do,
where He sends we will go;
never fear, only trust and obey.

Joy in the Journey!

Kathi Pelton
Light Streams Ministries
Email: jkpelton@sbcglobal.net

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February 17, 2009

Days of Elijah - Paul Wilbur

As we continue to peruse yesterday's article, let's listen to some empowering music by Paul Wilbur. Designed to assist us in hearing what the Lord has to say, turn up the volume and listen to God speak to your heart.

February 16, 2009

God Speaks Change and Testings

Today's word is one to take and read more than once, as we hear God talking the season of change that we have been waiting, praying for, is upon us.

As Bobby Conner states, "...We are called and commissioned for more than just sitting still and quiet in a church pew, it is time for a true revolution of love and loyalty. We are called to confront the kingdom of darkness...It is time to be doing the Word not just hearing and speaking it...The Spirit of Truth is calling for an examination of what we truly believe..."

As you study this and other words that confirm what God is saying to each and every one of us, realize His Holy Spirit is there for those who will listen and follow His leading. Read the word and rejoice over what God has to say through Bobby Conner.

Bobby Conner: "A Season of Change and a Time of Testing Are Upon Us"

The strong winds of change are upon us! These are defining decisive days of transformation and change. No one will remain neutral - there is no middle ground. This is the year you will make great advance or fall far behind in the Kingdom of God. You hold the key! The choice is up to you. Will you respond to the guidance of the Holy Spirit or will you walk by the light of your own fire?

"Look, all you who kindle a fire, who encircle yourselves with sparks: Walk in the light of your fire and in the sparks you have kindled. This you shall have from My hand: You shall lie down in torment." Isaiah 50:11

The people of God must be prepared for these definitive days. The Spirit of God is calling for a mobilization and marshalling of the army of God; it is time for troop deployment. The word mobilization deals with preparing the forces for action. The word marshalling deals with the gathering and organizing of troops.

We are called and commissioned for more than just sitting still and quiet in a church pew, it is time for a true revolution of love and loyalty. We are called to confront the kingdom of darkness. The word revolution deals with the overthrow of an evil government.

If you are concerned about modern-day trends toward permissiveness, promiscuity, and rebellion against the precepts of God, you will find these days of testing to be very needful. This will be a time of severe testing.

A Time of Testing!

The Spirit of Truth is calling for an examination of what we truly believe. It is time for a real reality check! No longer can we just talk. It is time to walk out what we say we believe. It is time to be doing the Word not just hearing and speaking it.

"But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does." James 1:22-25

This is not the time for dead dry man-directed religion. Mere talk will not get us to where we need to go, it is going to take action and anointing, "For the Kingdom of God is not in word but in power" 1 Corinthians 4:20.

The Body of Christ knows far too much to be living as low as we are living. Never forget faith without works is dead.

"But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect?" James 2:20-22

The Spirit of God is calling for a time of testing to reveal the condition of our spiritual foundation, "Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity. I have also trusted in the LORD; I shall not slip. Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my mind and my heart" Psalm 26:1-2.

Be very sure that God is going to dig deep during these days. This is not time to attempt to cover up and conceal sin, "He who covers his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy" Proverbs 28:13.

It is time to come clean, "Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God" 2 Corinthians 7:1.

God is going to reveal what many have been busy seeking to conceal. It will be very unwise to attempt to cover up our secret sins. Numbers 32:23 warns that we can be sure our sins will be exposed, "But if you do not do so, then take note, you have sinned against the LORD; and be sure your sin will find you out."

In 2 Corinthians 13:5-6, Paul instructs us to test ourselves to make sure our lives are solid, "Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? - Unless indeed you are disqualified. But I trust that you will know that we are not disqualified."

We should ask God to reveal any hidden area of our heart, "Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my anxieties" Psalm 139:23.

We cannot know our own heart because it can and will deceive us, "The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings." Jeremiah 17:9-10

It is time to seek the Lord until He comes and rains righteousness on us (Hosea 10:12).

Bobby Conner
EaglesView Ministries
Email: manager@bobbyconner.org


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February 15, 2009

You Raise Me Up - Selah

Today we desire to hear God talking by listening to His cry for Africa. Selah's "You Raise Me Up" music video highlights efforts of missionaries to bring Jesus to the people of Africa.

Listen as God speaks to your heart.


February 13, 2009

Army of God Mobilized

Gos is talking today to Chuck Pierce, and his article here shows the army of God bringing up the Reserves to assist those who have grown weary on the front lines of battle, lest they go AWOL.

As Chuck states, "...The mind, heart, emotions, and well-being of the soul are intricately connected. Usually the enemy's goal in persecution is not to "burn us at the stake." To persecute actually means to wear down your mind and remove your strength to disable you from having the right connected thought process for success and prosperity in days of turmoil. The heart thinks! Therefore, if the enemy can bombard you with thoughts that produce fear and anxiety, he can then remove your ability to manifest the will of God in your life. The pure in heart see God..."

Caught up in a vision, Chuck heard God talking, saw a sight of the army of God that he reveals to us God's plans for our future. Read and study this message today, there is much to hear God's voice within.

Chuck Pierce: "I Saw a Vision of the Triumphant Reserve that was Being Held for a Time Such as This"

Dear Changing Army:

This month we are concentrating on Creativity in Space and Time! If ever we need to understand that creative part of us, now is the time! I have just completed the book, Redeeming the Times: Get Your Life Back on Track with the God of Second Opportunities. In this book I explain what the Lord called "The Triumphant Reserve."

The Lord has given me a window to write this month. Your prayers are so valuable to keep the Heavens open so I hear what the Spirit is speaking to the Church! Also, I am writing a small booklet on the Triumphant Reserve to help us understand how we each fit within God's plan for this season.

A Vision: "The Triumphant Reserve!"

The Triumphant Reserve! This is a phrase that I want you to get used to. When the Lord caught me up into a realm of vision on May 31, 2008 at Liberty Park, New Jersey, the Spirit of the Lord showed me the time frame in which He would work with this nation and other nations to produce fruit for the future. When I was looking down into the land, there were layers of darkness.

I could see many areas, the glory realms of the earth, that were captured by darkness. I saw how God would have to change entire structures before He could bring forth the harvest for the future. I could see evil root systems planted in the land. I could see evil root systems in my own bloodline based upon land structures that had never been dealt with.

The Lord said, "My people are trying to manage their households and now I am going to have to cause the roots of the land to be pulled up and jarred. Therefore, you will again manage what I assign you, but this will be My time of uprooting. Allow Me to pull up evil structures. Manage what I am assigning you to manage while I am pulling up. Do not let your pride try to stop Me from pulling things up and out that need to be pulled up."

I saw a Triumphant Reserve that was being held for a "time such as this." Many had been on shelves, waiting, but now they were being called forth. Others were realigning in new ways so they could war with their destined tribe. The Spirit of God was calling forth His troops for this hour. The Spirit of God showed me this Reserve, their strength and position in each state in America. He then took me higher and showed me the Reserve and their war for the future in the nations of the earth, God's inheritance. He honored me by giving me a glimpse of the 153 sheep nations in the earth that the angels were contending over.

Relieve the Front Line!

God has a reserve! At our Starting the Year Off Right conference, I noticed something on the worship team. LeAnn Squier, who was sick during the conference, came as usual to the front line, but was limited in the strength she had to bring forth. John Dickson's voice began to struggle. I heard the Lord say, "Relieve the front line." I called forth others from the back to come to the front and sing forth prophetically, even though this was not their normal role, and they responded.

One person on the worship team began to pick up where another one was too tired to continue on. This became like tag team. Weary ones stepped back for a while and others took their places. The power of revelation never ebbed again. Heaven remained connected in the earth realm and "on Earth as it is in Heaven" kept occurring so we could walk victoriously throughout the year.

On the battlefield, many casualties can occur when troops get weary. Weariness can create mental passivity, breakdowns, people going AWOL (Absent Without Leave), and even suicide and death. I believe the Lord is telling us to watch out for those who are exhausted and help them step back and get rejuvenated. He will call you to help someone so they can refocus for their victory ahead and not be taken out by the enemy. He will show you who you are to relieve in service, helps, and ministry.

The Enemy Will Wear Down Your Mind!

In these days, we must remember Daniel 7. Daniel says, "As I looked, this horn made war with the saints and prevailed over them...And he shall speak words against the Most High (God) and shall wear out the saints of the Most High and think to change the time (of sacred feasts and holy days) and the law; and the saints shall be given into his hand for a time, two times, and half a time (three and one-half years)" (see also Revelation 13:1-9.)

The mind, heart, emotions, and well-being of the soul are intricately connected. Usually the enemy's goal in persecution is not to "burn us at the stake." To persecute actually means to wear down your mind and remove your strength to disable you from having the right connected thought process for success and prosperity in days of turmoil. The heart thinks! Therefore, if the enemy can bombard you with thoughts that produce fear and anxiety, he can then remove your ability to manifest the will of God in your life.

The pure in heart see God. If our mind is weary and our heart aches, then we lose the vision for our present and our future is captured. Do not allow the enemy to make you lose focus of your inheritance. Your inheritance is your portion. This is your vineyard! The enemy is in war over the "the earth being the Lord's and His fullness thereof"!

A Renewed Vineyard!

The Lord showed me this principle again as we began to study the vineyard. Every seven years the vineyard was to lay fallow. According to the rabbis, the land, the workers, and the animals were to rest. The people were to study the Word (Issachar-Torah) during that seventh year. This is a picture of dominion in the Messianic Kingdom! The seventh day Sabbath rest, the seventh year, the "seven times seven" or Jubilee, were all time sequences required for the new to manifest. This is also a "new wineskin" principle. A wineskin could become new by being soaked in water and then oiled for seven years. Declare that you are becoming new—in quality, strength, and vision.

There were "Rules of the Vine" formed in the Desert of Wilderness (see Deuteronomy 6:11, Leviticus 25:5-11). In the desert, the Lord gave Moses strategies and direction on how to prosper the vineyard. The fruit could not be eaten the first three years. The fourth year it had to be offered to the Lord (Judah principle to Praise the Lord). The fifth year the owner could PROSPER (see Mark 12:2).

Judah's life adapted to the vine (see Genesis 49:11). As we move forward to see the Tabernacle of David restored, we must understand the vine is being pruned. We must not be like the leaders who went into the Promised Land. These leaders, known as the spies, saw the bountiful grapes, cut them down, handled them and tasted them but would not go to war to possess the promise! Understanding "the cluster of the grapes" is key to understanding the anointing.

We Are Being Prepared!

The preparation phase of the vineyard is the most costly. The vineyard must be enclosed in a permanent fence or hedge. The large stones in the field must be removed. Once removed, these stones were placed in rows. The rows of stones were used to train the vines how to trail. This protected the fruit from dampness. This pictures the stones that we remove from our lives. If we will use those besetting sins and wrong structures properly, they can be what cause the fruit in our lives to multiply.

A winepress had to be hewn out on location. This was to prevent bruising of the fruit when being transferred. The taste and fullness of the grape was linked with the ground of origination. The place that you have been called this hour is important! Two troughs were hewn parallel to each other, one higher than the other. The first trough was for TRODDING, the second was for RECEIVING the juice. A WATCHTOWER was erected to watch and guard the vintage from thieves and jackals (see Isaiah 5:1-7).

The winepress was a place of triumph and overcoming. The vintage began in September with shouts of JOY! (See John 15:5-6.) People passing through had access to the grapes of the vineyard, but were forbidden to carry any away. God is preparing us for the same type of overcoming experiential joy.

Prophetic Word: "Protect Your Vineyard!"

There is a new call to watch the vineyard you have been given. Protect your vineyard from the many enemies that would rob you from seeing His blessing occur during this hour in your life! These enemies include: Dampness, Robbers, Intruders, Little Foxes, Moochers, Different Kinds of Seed being Sown, Decay, Waste and finally, Jezebel and Ahab! Political structures could rob you of your inheritance this hour.

Before I was to lead prayer a couple of weeks ago, the Spirit spoke to me and said:

"Protect your vineyard! Get it clear, plowed up and ready to plant. I am removing one hedge to build another. Ask Me to remove the seeds that will produce wild grapes, rebellious structures, and iniquitous thrones in your portion that you have been allotted. Be a watchman over your portion. I am watching over the earth and reviewing My plan of fullness.

"I am changing the horizon line of My People! Their vision must shift to see what I am seeing. There are enemies in the land that I must now address or the land will be overtaken and its productivity for the next three generations lost.

"I AM going deep to pull up roots that will produce rebellion in days ahead. My People will be revolutionary in a time of lawless rebellion! Declare that the uprooting has begun in your house, your land, and the industry you are part of. Thank Me for the uprooting of seeded, twisted, unfruitful systems and structures that could prevent My Kingdom People from becoming radiant in the future.

"I am passing out new assignments! I am causing you to hear what I am assigning you to. Some will be assigned to nations. Others will be assigned to kingdoms, others to companies, others to churches and others to cities. I will assign some to one person. He or she will open up your future as you pray for them. New assignments are coming this hour." (Ask God to get you ready and positioned for new assignments.)

"See the fields I am calling you to. Many will be called, placed and planted in new fields. From these new fields you will see the boundaries I have for your future. Many of these fields are undefined. I will show you where to build a hedge.

"I Have Begun to Tear Down Hedges!"

"I am reestablishing the fields of harvest for days ahead. While tearing down the hedges, I am uprooting the plants that will not produce the fruit for the future. This is a time to pluck up and pull out. I am setting you in these opened up fields to be My farmer for this season. Learn the laws of harvest. Some of you will be plowers and some will be reapers.

"Many walls were built high in the last season around fields that I had planted, but wild grapes came up. Now I must tear down old fortresses and cause old structures to fall. I will begin to go in now and redo fields. You have been trying to secure the fields from the past season! But now, hedges are falling and the fields that you have been working hard to secure will be replowed and planted with new grain. They will have a new form of harvest. They will be plowed in new ways.

"Get ready, because in your confusion, the tearing down is part of the process. When I asked you to go forth into the fields the last time, I found you under a shade tree saying, 'Why Lord, are You doing things this way?' I am moving you out from under the shade!

"Rejoice in the Changes I Am Bringing that will Produce Great Fruit"

"Shake off your self-pity and allow My light of revelation to fall on you. Some of you are feeling exposed. You are not sure where your boundaries are because I AM changing them. New fruit is being developed. I can regraft, prune and graft again to produce new fruit from old vineyards.

"Do not kick against the goads! The new boundaries and assignments that I am forming around you are key for you to submit to. You had no idea what it would look like when I began to remove and reseed the earth for the harvest ahead. I am beginning to do that. I am giving out new assignments for prayer. You must get your assignment and pray for new industries to form.

"You must pray during this reorganization of industry. Do not just hang onto your job, but come to Me in these days of changing structures. I must transplant and redo the many industries, for many iniquities have been held in the industries that produced the movement of the last season. Now I must redo. Some of you are going through a great emotional crisis in your process of being transplanted. Wait! Do not wither in this season. Your roots will go downward and produce fruit upward.

"There is deeper oil that I am searching to bring forth. It has been held for the season ahead. I must go at a different angle to penetrate into and catch that oil and bring it forth. Don't be afraid to invest in the deeper drilling. It will produce a flow that will sustain you in the next season.

"Like Jonah who went and sat under the shade tree, some of you have not liked what I am doing. I have used you to prophesy to set an order and to create a tearing down and uprooting. You have gotten upset in the changes around you. I will dry up what you are hiding under. Rejoice in the changes I am bringing that will produce great fruit in days ahead.

"I Am Calling Forth Rivers of Healing!"

"I am calling forth Rivers of Healing! Many of you have not been able to see the river. Rivers that have nourished crops and brought healing have dried up. My people must find My Healing River! I will shake up the fields! I am shaking up your field! The river is hidden. It is very deep. Deep must call to deep.

"The river must rise again! There must be a river of healing in certain fields before I can move forward. You have turned toward healing. Your healing process is creating a great shaking. This shaking is tearing the walls of the vineyard. Now new vineyards must be established.

"The river of My power was captured in the last season. A war formed over the movement of the river, and the river became a dry bed. I must watch for the times to break the captivity of the Healing River. My Healing River must flow into new areas to heal the people and the earth.

"You Have Entered an Uprooting Season"

"New instruments are forming! You did not understand the type of instruments I would need in this season. In My reforming, you have not understood what you are going through. I am making new instruments to plow new ground.

"You must change your vision at this time, for your field and assignments are changing. Also, My instruments are changing. I must plow up ground that had wrong seeds, wild roots, and bad fruit. The land is crying out to produce its harvest, but you must allow Me to purify the land."

'If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves and pray and turn from their wicked ways and seek My face, then I will hear from Heaven and forgive their sin and heal their land.' 2 Chronicles 7:14

"You have entered an uprooting season and roots that have been hidden must be found. Your days of communion are changing. Your prayer life will take a shift. Let Me show you how to pray in different ways, new ways. Your English roots are on the verge of changing. The root structure will affect you.

"Ask Me to cause a wall to be torn down and removed. You are dealing with little foxes and I want to change the whole field. The little foxes will crush the grapes and I have got to plow the whole field again. There will be a healing move in those of Scottish descent.

"Do Not Despise Small Beginnings!"

"Do not despise small beginnings! There are new seeds I will sow in those fields. They will come up and look small but will become very fruitful in days ahead. Some of you are not seeing the smallness of the seed that I will plant to cause things to happen. A different vine must be released to produce the fruit for this season. This is a season of pruning and grafting and regrafting. Do not focus on the plant. If you are looking at the plant, you could align with Saul, who had 'The Look.'

"The top of a plant is not the key since the vegetable that nourishes it is down under the dirt. You must learn to see and eat the root that has gone deep. If you are not careful, you will focus on the Saul system and look from appearance as opposed to the stream and the root of Judah that must spring forth this hour. I must shift you, for you are operating out of eyesight as opposed to seeing My root blessing. I AM moving from one layer and I AM going deeper.

"You have been speaking from the surface of your emotions, but I am going deep into the very depths of your heart so you speak forth. Even the songs and the prophecies and that which I have given you have been at one level, but now I am going down into a place that you have never had unlocked. It will nurture what I want to produce this hour. I AM unlocking the next song for you to sing. I AM going deeper to unlock a valve and connect with a river that will produce a different type of song.

"The Furnace of My Fire is Much Greater"

"The furnace of My fire is much greater than hell's lickings. I am causing you to go into the kiln of My process at this time to fire you and make you glazed and radiant so that I can use you as a vessel in days ahead. I will fire nations this year. I will cause things to happen that will create a furnace in nations. In the midst of that happening, I will bring forth those that are tested and tried.

"Do not balk when I assign you to be at the ticket counter at a toll booth. Yes, you have great abilities, but there is a reason I have placed you there. Quit despising your position so that I can rebuild the hedge of the place where I will plant you in days ahead.

"Bless Me at every small beginning. You will see that there was a river producing nutrients at one level, but there is a fire that is down deep that will cause germination to occur. Where hell has licked your feet and your process from the last season, you will see the fire of hell and will know how to distinguish it in the flow of the fruit that I will bring forth in the next season.

"I will bring forth songs that will quench hell's fires in the next season. My people are not aware of the changing structures and are grieving and in denial because the structures are changing. I am going to go deeper to produce the songs to show them the depth that I can bring forth on their behalf."

"The Fruit of the Blessing is in the Root"

The Lord began to show me that He is taking us back to the blessing of the root. That is why some of you are not seeing the blessing you need to see. You need to go back to the blessing of the root! We will not just look at the top or appearance of a thing, but will look at the root. The love of money is the root of all evil. Ask the Lord to deliver you from the root of the love of money.

"The fruit of the blessing is in the root. This is why I prune the fruit and branches. What needs to be lopped off in appearance will be lopped off. You have looked at the appearance, but I am going deeper so that the blessing is connected rightly and will come forth in a new way. The blessing is the fruit that grows from the root. When your root goes deep and draws from the river of My anointing and presence, My blessing cannot help but come.

"I will pluck up certain things this year and leave other things in the ground. I am digging and redoing the field. I am resetting the hedge. Do not move quickly in the plucking up. Many of the root systems that I have are entwined with evil systems that must gently be removed.

"Turn Your Face to the Fire"

"Turn your face to the fire. You have tried to run and leave the fire. Turn your face to the fire and watch the burning and clearing, for the wind of My Spirit is in the fire this hour. I must send forth the burning so there will not be an evil root left. For those who fear My name, I will rise over you as the Sun of Righteousness. That is where your shade will come forth. I will rise again, so turn your face to the fire. Face the wind of the fire, and in the midst of the cleansing, I will rise again.

"Turn your face to the fire and receive your health. Turn your face to the fire and receive your cure. Turn your face to the fire and deliverance will come. My refreshing is in this fire. The Sun of Righteousness will rise over you and you will stand in the land with a new stand. The healing in My wings will restore your fields. Turn your face to the fire in your field and watch Me burn away that which would keep you from moving under My wing of healing. Don't resist the burning of the field.

"Turn your face to the fire, for that is where you will be healed. Many snakes have been in your field, and by the cleansing of the field the snakes will be seen and will leave your field. Turn your face to the fire and My peace will rise up in you. I am in a repair mode and I must burn away and remove so I can repair. Turn your face to the fire and I will repair your broken wing."

"Do Not Grow Weary!"

Keep turning until you have turned into the new path ahead. Do not let the enemy wear you down. Daniel 7 continues to say:

"Until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the Most High (God), and the time came when the saints possessed the Kingdom...But the judgment shall be set (by the court of the Most High), and they shall take away his dominion to consume it (gradually) and to destroy it (suddenly) in the end. And the kingdom and the dominion and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heavens shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High; His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all the dominions shall serve and obey Him."

Do not grow weary! You will triumph in the midst of your changes!

Blessings,

Chuck D. Pierce
Glory of Zion Ministries

Chuck Pierce's Itinerary:

February 21, 2009
Firstfruits Gathering for Adar
Glory of Zion Ministries
Denton, TX
Contact: 940-382-7231

February 26, 2009
Revelations of the Open Book
Cornerstone Fellowship
66 Waverley Drive, Suite 630, Frederick, MD
Contact: 301-631-0969 or office@cornerstonefellowship.net

February 27- 28, 2009
A Year of Open Doors and Gates
Hilton Austin Airport
9515 Hotel Drive; Austin TX
Contact: 877-675-4133


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