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Power and Persecution

I woke this morning hearing 1 Peter 4:4. I did not turn to the Scripture immediately, and later began watching a video I was led to by the Spirit. While watching, I opened my Bible to the above Scripture reference, “”In [connection with] all this, they [the unbelievers] are resentful and surprised that you do not [think like them, value their values and] run [hand in hand] with them into the same excesses of dissipation and immoral freedom, and they criticize and abuse and ridicule you and make fun of your values.“

In connection with the excerpt of Evangelist Lester Sumrall below, I believe the Lord is beginning to prepare His Church for persecution. What’s even wilder is that much of the persecution will be from her ‘own members’.

I’ve spoken about this a few years back, though this is one reason of which I believe the Lord is returning for a remnant. Not all in the Church Body will be the Bride. This in essence, speaks to the parable of the 10 Virgins in a sense, 5 wise and 5 foolish. There are many in the Body who are not actually conformed to the entire Gospel. When persecution becomes more prevalent this is when we will see an even greater falling away. Within the Body, there are persecutors and unbelievers of the power of the Gospel, and there are also persecutors because they DO ‘believe’ but are not operating in the same power because they did not go through process. These are the foolish virgins, they have not been through the crushing to produce oil, and they say “I want some of yours, give it to me!” and so covetousness ensues them. Some can not receive you, perhaps jealousy, fear, etc. though none the less living a life in the full resurrection power of the Gospel will cause others to behave in such a way (as written of in 1 Peter 4:4 using other adjectives from different versions) that you will be judged, criticized, maligned, spoken evil about, slandered, abused, vilified, made fun of and ridiculed but the Lord will have sent you. Though pressed, the persecuted remember all the evil can not compare to His resurrection Life; because divine union has afforded them their delight in suffering with The Christ.

Your “own” will reject you. Yet when we look at the life of Jesus no less did He endure, His creation despised and rejected Him, His own hated Him too.
Therefore, the most wise preparation we have is this; allow yourself to be buried with Christ that you may rise with Him.
To the victorious Love and forgiveness will be their banner.
Hallelujah!
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”But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.”“
‭‭I Peter‬ ‭4‬:‭7‬-‭8‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

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Eternity’s Frame

We need a palate and a mindset for eternity once again!

As “we are what we eat”, Lord may we be consumed with zeal and knowledge for Your House, eternity’s Home, and for all those who will enter through Your Door.

”That’s when his disciples remembered the Scripture: “I am consumed with a fiery passion to keep your house pure!”“ John‬ ‭2‬:‭17‬ ‭TPT‬‬

”My love for you has my heart on fire! My passion for your house consumes me! Nothing will turn me away, even though I endure all the insults of those who insult you.“ Psalms‬ ‭69‬:‭9‬ ‭TPT‬‬

”For zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the [mocking] insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.“ Psalms‬ ‭69‬:‭9‬ ‭AMP‬‬

If Jesus endured the cross and its shame for you and I, then surely we can deny our flesh, misunderstanding and persecution, insult and injury (that is really only to our pride) that we would live in the reality of being joined with Him now AND the hope for eternity’s life in Him forevermore.

What are you doing today / what are you becoming that is of true worth? Does it carry eternal value?

Do your heart and affections gain Heaven’s attention?

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RAISED TO LIFE IN YOU

What you thought was the end of you is the container of life for Him.
Can you imagine it being said, “the hope of Glory lives in them”?

It is true, the very Bread of Presence we have received,
we die but not to grieve
Life eternal found and forever I shall be bound to my Savior,
and my Love
I will be emptied as You laid Yourself down for me,
that I may hear You call my name,
Oh my dove
You place your left hand under my head, and raise me to life with You
In the Spirit we are One,
In the Spirit is found all liberty
In the Spirit I live my truest life in Thee

This Life in me, it is Christ, do you see?

”To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.“ Colossians‬ ‭1‬:‭27‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

”His left hand cradles my head while his right hand holds me close. I am at rest in this love.“ ‭‭Song of Songs‬ ‭2‬:‭6‬ ‭TPT‬‬

”[For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection [which it exerts over believers], and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed [in spirit into His likeness even] to His death, [in the hope] That if possible I may attain to the [spiritual and moral] resurrection [that lifts me] out from among the dead [even while in the body].“ ‭‭Philippians‬ ‭3‬:‭10‬-‭11‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

”Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, Because we know that Christ (the Anointed One), being once raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has power over Him. For by the death He died, He died to sin [ending His relation to it] once for all; and the life that He lives, He is living to God [in unbroken fellowship with Him]. Even so consider yourselves also dead to sin and your relation to it broken, but alive to God [living in unbroken fellowship with Him] in Christ Jesus.“ ‭‭Romans‬ ‭6‬:‭8‬-‭11‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

”I have been crucified with Christ [in Him I have shared His crucifixion]; it is no longer I who live, but Christ (the Messiah) lives in me; and the life I now live in the body I live by faith in (by adherence to and reliance on and complete trust in) the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself up for me.“ ‭‭Galatians‬ ‭2‬:‭20‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

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Upon His Shoulder

We give Jesus the cold shoulder when we do not trust Him.

He is alive
He is a person
He should be your husband

”For your husband is your Maker, The Lord of hosts is His name; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, Who is called the God of the whole earth. For the Lord has called you, LIKE A WIFE who has been abandoned, grieved in spirit, And like a wife [married] in her youth when she is [later] rejected and scorned,” Says your God.“ ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭54‬:‭5‬-‭6‬ ‭AMP‬‬

The above chapter is named, “The fertility of Zion”. And coincides with 1 Peter 2; the Lord led me to these passages today by word of knowledge, I didn’t realize at first He was piecing them together.

”like newborn babies [you should] long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may be nurtured and grow in respect to salvation [its ultimate fulfillment],“ ‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭2‬:‭2‬ ‭AMP‬‬

Grow in respect to salvation … salvation is not a thing, salvation is a person. Jesus is the Word, we are nurtured by Him, and grow into respect in ultimately fulfilling the calling to be His wife.

”Come to Him [the risen Lord] as to a living Stone which men rejected and threw away, but which is choice and precious in the sight of God. You [believers], like living stones, are being built up into a spiritual house for a holy and dedicated priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices [that are] acceptable and pleasing to God through Jesus Christ. For this is contained in Scripture: “Behold, I am laying in Zion a chosen stone, a precious (honored) Cornerstone, And he who believes in Him [whoever adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Him] will never be disappointed [in his expectations].”“ 1 Peter‬ ‭2‬:‭4‬-‭6‬ ‭AMP‬‬

Another depiction of the mature Bride; she was once barren though now redeemed consistently yields fruit, never disappointed because of her respect and trust in the Lord her Salvation.

One of the names of Zion is, “my delight is in her”. Our covenant with the Lord is meant to be a delightful union. ”But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels [in festive gathering],“ ‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭12‬:‭22‬ ‭AMP‬‬
The city of the LIVING GOD …

The new priesthood is coming forth, living stones who form a pure bride who rests her head on His shoulder (revering Him for the weight of sin paid), she now governs together with her High Priest/ Bridegroom King.

Lord let it be said of me Your delight is in me. Lord may we say of You, our delight is in You. For surely it is true, all our fountains are in You. ”The singers as well as the players on instruments shall say, All my springs (my sources of life and joy) are in you [city of our God].“ Psalm‬ ‭87‬:‭7‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

”Who is this one? She arises out of her desert, clinging to her beloved. When I awakened you under the apple tree, as you were feasting upon me, I awakened your innermost being with the travail of birth as you longed for more of me.“
‭‭Song of Songs‬ ‭8‬:‭5‬ ‭TPT‬‬

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Honoring The Lord

The Church at large must cultivate an atmosphere for the Fear of the Lord, or else it will cultivate and cut us. This means we must confront compromise, even in our behavior in His House. We act like He is not the One in Authority. If we will give Him His place He will take it; it is better to offer to Him than it be taken from us.

Stewarding His Presence means we teach people by even the most basic shepherding how to honor the Lord in His House. Our behavior matters, our conversations matter. This is not control, it is wisdom at its infancy stage. Sometimes we forget that sheep need to be led, by even the most simple gestures. (We all do, sometimes I forget). The more we talk about setting an atmosphere for an abiding Presence void of chaos, carnal chatter, with healthy guidelines, the more we will practice honoring His Presence and will naturally receive much more from our encounters with the Lord, or even from our Church attendance – for when we encounter Jesus we encounter the riches in His glory, for He is the very place of abundance.

When we revere the Lord as Holy, we will receive much more because that is Who He is.

Right now the sword of the Lord is cutting to conform us to the image of Himself or cutting to cast away. To this I plead, “take not thy Holy Spirit from me!”

”The [reverent] fear of the Lord is the beginning (the prerequisite, the absolute essential, the alphabet) of wisdom; A good understanding and a teachable heart are possessed by all those who do the will of the Lord; His praise endures forever.“ ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭111‬:‭10‬ ‭AMP‬‬

”The reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is the beginning and the principal and choice part of knowledge [its starting point and its essence]; but fools despise skillful and godly Wisdom, instruction, and discipline. [Ps. 111:10.]“ ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭1‬:‭7‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

”But the Lord of hosts is exalted in justice, and God, the Holy One, shows Himself holy in righteousness and through righteous judgments.“
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭5‬:‭16‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

”For it is written, You shall be holy, for I am holy. [Lev. 11:44, 45.]“ #‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭1‬:‭16‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

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His Name Is Holy

I can hear the burning of fire, I can feel it in my bones …

Some of the “best”Christian influencers do not have the influence of Heaven, they are not affluent in the ways and Presence of the King! Prepare for a ‘season’ of burning, yes even in the House of the Lord; every evil alter that exalts itself in the Name of Christ that is Antichrist will be burned down, for they have honored Him with their lips though their hearts be far from Him.

From the least to the greatest, inferior kingdoms will be made low. The true remnant is rising, I see a vision of a remnant of people across America. Some are standing tall, and others only half their height, and others lower still. There’s another changing of the guard, and even what we thought was a remnant is now being sifted, for every inward part the Lord KNOWS. For some every time they begin to rise, there’s a “bop on the head” that aims to push them low, however I see the Lords Hand of true justice and it is His Hand that judges and brings the proud man low. For He will remove the false hand that strikes His people, and He shall break the string of corrupt puppeteers that aim to control. The Lord loves Justice and He will bring into His Light even by Holy Fire. With tangible fire consuming my head and face I hear, “Humble yourself, humble yourself in the sight of the Lord, before His Mighty Hand wipes away those who will not repent and bow low.”

The Lord will exalt and unify for His glory the true remnant rising, and the false He is sifting like wheat. The oppressed will rise again, and the true Body will unite and help each other, it is a time of exponential growth. The growth is not in numbers per se, it is the maturation of the true Bride. Not all who stand tall are false leaders, though the Lord is removing the lampstand of some of the goats, for the Name of the Lord God is Holy.

”Then the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. And the idols shall utterly pass away (be abolished). Then shall [the stricken, deprived of all in which they had trusted] go into the caves of the rocks and into the holes of the earth from before the terror and dread of the Lord and from before the glory of His majesty, when He arises to shake mightily and terribly the earth. [Luke 23:30.]“
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭2‬:‭17‬-‭19‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

”In that day the Branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be excellent and lovely to those of Israel who have escaped. [Jer. 23:5; 33:15; Zech. 3:8; 6:12.] And he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy, everyone who is recorded for life in Jerusalem and for eternal life, [Joel 3:17; Phil. 4:3.] After the Lord has washed away the [moral] filth of the daughters of Zion [pride, vanity, haughtiness] and has purged the bloodstains of Jerusalem from the midst of it by the spirit and blast of judgment and by the spirit and blast of burning and sifting.“
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭4‬:‭2‬-‭4‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

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Feet Of Bronze

Why do we persecute others who are in Christ for their afflictions and suffering when it is Scriptural?

Mature believers help others in the fire, lead them to and from, and they partner with the Spirit to unveil sight to the fourth Man in the fire. Some may walk on water but there is coming a rare people before the Lord’s return with feet of bronze, “fire runner’s”, whose heart is to prepare the Lord’s Bride, that He may receive His reward. They have withstood the trials and suffering that have given them the molded feet of bronze; a sign of obedient love and sacrifice, a price few will pay. Transformed and chosen by God from the furnace of affliction… for during great tribulations they will walk on fire too, they are the mature transfigured Sons of Man.

”and in the midst of the lampstands I saw someone like the Son of Man, dressed in a robe reaching to His feet, and with a golden sash wrapped around His chest. His head and His hair were white like white wool, [glistening white] like snow; and His [all-seeing] eyes were [flashing] like a flame of fire [piercing into my being]. His feet were like burnished [white-hot] bronze, refined in a furnace, and His voice was [powerful] like the sound of many waters. In His right hand He held seven stars, and from His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword [of judgment]; and His face [reflecting His majesty and the Shekinah glory] was like the sun shining in [all] its power [at midday].“
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭1‬:‭13‬-‭16‬ ‭AMP‬‬

”Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried and chosen you in the furnace of affliction.“
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭48‬:‭10‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

”Although He was a Son [who had never been disobedient to the Father], He learned [active, special] obedience through what He suffered.“
‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭5‬:‭8‬ ‭AMP‬‬

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To Empty Me

To the degree that you will empty yourself is the measure that you can be filled with Jesus.

Many people claim to want and desire more of God though refuse to deny self.

“You will empty yourself” – others can not do this for you. The closeness of our relationship with the Lord and the fruit thereof is ultimately our decision. While we are not saved by works, emptying ourselves is a continuous act of yielding one’s individual will. Hence, Paul writes, “I die daily” (1 Corinthians 15:31).

Resurrection life possesses dead people, and its power flows through those who walk in death (to self will) daily.

The Acts Church was a ‘dead church’, though we have yet to see one more fully alive since.

If not now, then when?

”I have been crucified with Christ [in Him I have shared His crucifixion]; it is no longer I who live, but Christ (the Messiah) lives in me; and the life I now live in the body I live by faith in (by adherence to and reliance on and complete trust in) the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself up for me.“ Galatians‬ ‭2‬:‭20‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

”Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.“ Philippians‬ ‭2‬:‭5‬-‭11‬ ‭ESV‬‬

”He must increase, but I must decrease. [He must grow more prominent; I must grow less so.] [Isa. 9:7.] He Who comes from above (heaven) is [far] above all [others]; he who comes from the earth belongs to the earth, and talks the language of earth [his words are from an earthly standpoint]. He Who comes from heaven is [far] above all others [far superior to all others in prominence and in excellence].“ John‬ ‭3‬:‭30‬-‭31‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

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The Answer

No one can reel me in like Jesus.
He is the answer.

As I pondered this simple yet profound Truth, one of the Scriptures that came to mind was Isaiah 53:6 – “We all like sheep have gone astray”, and within the meaning of the word “astray” was the word “reel”, also written in my beginning and defining thought.

Thoughts… they can lead us ever so slightly away from the nearness of Truth, and even innocently we can begin to wander lest we take them captive. We find ourselves questioning, tottering, and even shaken when we gaze upon distractions. With great intention we must remain not only near the Shepherds Voice, though in closeness to Him, and best yet in Him. Like a sound wave the closer the vibration is felt, we hear and discern Him, but this is not the hour of the bell… it’s the hour of the whisper. And more honorable still is the person who remains in Him in Oneness.

Apart from Him, I am nothing.

The Answer // All Things
answer (n.)
Middle English answere, from Old English andswaru “a response, a reply to a question,” from and- “against” (from PIE root *ant- “front, forehead,” with derivatives meaning “in front of, before”) + -swaru “affirmation,” from swerian “to swear” (see swear). The proposed etymology suggests an original sense of “sworn statement rebutting a charge.” The meaning “solution of a problem” is from c. 1300.

Is it not true? We all like sheep have gone astray.
have gone astray,
‎תָּעִ֔ינוּ (tā·‘î·nū)
Strong’s 8582: To vacillate, reel, stray

VAC’ILLATE, v.i. [L. vacillo; Eng. to waggle, a diminutive of wag. See Wag.]

  1. To waver; to move one way and the other; to reel or stagger.
  2. To fluctuate in mind or opinion; to waver; to be unsteady or inconstant.

We are in a moment where we must exercise spiritual disciplines with great intentionality and concentration. It is pivotal for ourselves and the future Church generations to come.

”All of us like sheep have gone astray, We have turned, each one, to his own way; But the Lord has caused the wickedness of us all [our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing] To fall on Him [instead of us].“ ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭53‬:‭6‬ ‭AMP‬‬

Thank you Lord for Your mercy and lovingkindess! The pursuing Savior, the risen Lamb, is He not worthy of all?

”I have set the Lord continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.“ Psalms‬ ‭16‬:‭8‬ ‭AMP‬‬

”I have chosen the faithful way; I have placed Your ordinances before me.“
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭119‬:‭30‬ ‭AMP‬‬

”I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek, inquire for, and demand Your servant, for I do not forget Your commandments. [Isa. 53:6; Luke 15:4; I Pet. 2:25.]“ ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭119‬:‭176‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

If we are being shaken, He is not before us. In stillness and quietness our soul will find Him.

”Set your gaze on the path before you. With fixed purpose, looking straight ahead, ignore life’s distractions. Watch where you’re going! Stick to the path of truth, and the road will be safe and smooth before you. Don’t allow yourself to be sidetracked for even a moment or take the detour that leads to darkness.“ Proverbs‬ ‭4‬:‭25‬-‭27‬ ‭TPT‬‬

”Yahweh is my best friend and my shepherd. I always have more than enough. He offers a resting place for me in his luxurious love. His tracks take me to an oasis of peace near the quiet brook of bliss. That’s where he restores and revives my life. He opens before me the right path and leads me along in his footsteps of righteousness so that I can bring honor to his name.“
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭23‬:‭1‬-‭3‬ ‭TPT‬‬

Thank You Jesus, You have never compromised Your Word; You are faithful, You are worthy, You are holy. You ARE The Way, The Truth, and The Life!

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Wonderful

May we remember who we are praying to ~ the Creator of the Heavens and the earth. The giver of all life, the breath in our lungs, the blood in our veins. He is too wonderful, incomprehensible, multi-dimensional, His ways past finding out. Our intelligence just a speck of dust. May we remember and may our faith increase, for truly How Great Is Our God!

”Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, Measured heaven with a span And calculated the dust of the earth in a measure? Weighed the mountains in scales And the hills in a balance? Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, Or as His counselor has taught Him? With whom did He take counsel, and who instructed Him, And taught Him in the path of justice? Who taught Him knowledge, And showed Him the way of understanding?“
‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭40‬:‭12‬-‭14‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

”“Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; is there anything too difficult for Me?”“ Jeremiah‬ ‭32‬:‭27‬ ‭AMP‬‬

”Is anything too difficult or too wonderful for the Lord? At the appointed time, when the season [for her delivery] comes, I will return to you and Sarah will have a son.”“
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭18‬:‭14‬ ‭AMP‬‬

Let us remember He makes the impossible possible. At the appointed time… at His Word, at His return, His essence, His nearness … Yeshua, our Beloved, our Savior, our Lord in His proximity life abounds, He make all things new.

Forgive us Lord, for in our human weakness we have allowed You to remain small, so less than You deserve. We fail to uphold You where You belong. Open the eyes of our hearts, that we may rightly see and know You.

How Wonderful You Are!

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