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Dailies On The Vine

Life Begins In Love

and consequently lifelessness begins with lovelessness

may we make it our ambition to be children of the Light possessed by Love

a visitation from the Father is coming (who is Love) and we must prepare our hearts to receive Him; He is the answer for the loveless generation and culture and He is coming to restore hearts to Himself (the Father) so that in turn hearts of the fathers will be restored to the children and likewise hearts of the children to the fathers on the earth … natural restoration is a promise, though the greater restoration is first being connected to His heart

Many desire a new beginning but I encourage you to begin in Love; you don’t want to miss this opportunity to respond because the Father is at the door and He is coming Home

This morning He confirmed this message through a dream that had the same time stamp of another dream He gave previously holding the details of this message of visitation; I also saw the dream play out at Christmas, just as the Lord showed me in the first dream. I cannot emphasize enough that you must open the door for Him in faith, prepare Him room in your hearts and homes. Now is the time! This will be the beginning of revival many have been crying out for. The birthing season is here …

”Until then, there are three things that remain: faith, hope, and love—yet love surpasses them all. So above all else, let love be the beautiful prize for which you run.“ ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭13‬:‭13‬ ‭TPT‬‬

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Dailies On The Vine

The Cold War

We are in loveless times. I’ve never felt the absence of love and honor like I do now, inside and outside of the Church. Personally I’ve never experienced this deficit as I have now in both speech and action from others.

Beware of the “Cold War” – before anything occurs in the natural it preexists in one’s heart and mind. The war initiates in the mind, germinates in the heart and eventually progresses to the action of withholding.

World wars are ensuing, and yet the real damage begins within each frail human soul…

Religion withholds, and bases it’s giving on works and performance. “You better pass all your tests”. This is the ever sliding mountain, that just as one is heading to the peak, never is able to get “over the pass”. It’s evil what we do and how we abuse one another… even in the Church. You think you’re testing the Bride, but she is testing you too… can you love her at what you perceive to be her worst?

If Church leaders do not start loving the Bride (Christ’s Body) she will find another lover, and or become weak and dormant, and eventually handicapped and useless. There is a whole lot of “bridal language” circulating and a lot less action. Christ gave up Himself for her… and anyone who assumes themselves to be a leader must do the same. Conditional love is not covenant love.

We love because He first loved us. This is the example. Not based on performance, based on commandment.

”Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her, So that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the Word, That He might present the church to Himself in glorious splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such things [that she might be holy and faultless]. Even so husbands should love their wives as [being in a sense] their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself. For no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and carefully protects and cherishes it, as Christ does the church, Because we are members (parts) of His body. For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. [Gen. 2:24.] This mystery is very great, but I speak concerning [the relation of] Christ and the church. However, let each man of you [without exception] love his wife as [being in a sense] his very own self; and let the wife see that she respects and reverences her husband [that she notices him, regards him, honors him, prefers him, venerates, and esteems him; and that she defers to him, praises him, and loves and admires him exceedingly]. [I Pet. 3:2.]“ ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭5‬:‭25‬-‭33‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

”And whatever you do [no matter what it is] in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus and in [dependence upon] His Person, giving praise to God the Father through Him. Wives, be subject to your husbands [subordinate and adapt yourselves to them], as is right and fitting and your proper duty in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives [be affectionate and sympathetic with them] and do not be harsh or bitter or resentful toward them.“
‭‭Colossians‬ ‭3‬:‭17‬-‭19‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

The foot of the Cross, through the Blood of Jesus is the only way to ascend the hill in any terrain. And when we walk in step with Him, Christ’s ascension is our glory; in His life and His great Love is where we must remain. His fire is both passionate and refining; we need our Bridegroom King’s burning eyes to see, and His burning heart to breathe. If we remain in Him and are One with Him, He is the wall of fire around us where the glory is contained within – ”For I, says the Lord, will be to her a wall of fire round about, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.“ ‭‭Zechariah‬ ‭2‬:‭5‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

”This is a faithful and trustworthy saying: If we died with Him, we will also live with Him; If we endure, we will also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He will also deny us; If we are faithless, He remains faithful [true to His word and His righteous character], for He cannot deny Himself.“ ‭‭2 Timothy‬ ‭2‬:‭11‬-‭13‬ ‭AMP‬‬

”For in Him we live and move and exist [that is, in Him we actually have our being], as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we also are His children.’“
‭‭Acts‬ ‭17‬:‭28‬ ‭AMP‬‬

”And then many will be offended and repelled and will begin to distrust and desert [Him Whom they ought to trust and obey] and will stumble and fall away and betray one another and pursue one another with hatred. And many false prophets will rise up and deceive and lead many into error. And the love of the great body of people will grow cold because of the multiplied lawlessness and iniquity, But he who endures to the end will be saved.“ ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭24‬:‭10‬-‭13‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

”Beloved, let us love one another, for love is (springs) from God; and he who loves [his fellowmen] is begotten (born) of God and is coming [progressively] to know and understand God [to perceive and recognize and get a better and clearer knowledge of Him]. He who does not love has not become acquainted with God [does not and never did know Him], for God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest (displayed) where we are concerned: in that God sent His Son, the only begotten or unique [Son], into the world so that we might live through Him. In this is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation (the atoning sacrifice) for our sins. Beloved, if God loved us so [very much], we also ought to love one another. No man has at any time [yet] seen God. But if we love one another, God abides (lives and remains) in us and His love (that love which is essentially His) is brought to completion (to its full maturity, runs its full course, is perfected) in us! By this we come to know (perceive, recognize, and understand) that we abide (live and remain) in Him and He in us: because He has given (imparted) to us of His [Holy] Spirit.“ ‭‭1 John‬ ‭4‬:‭7‬-‭13‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

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Dailies On The Vine

The Rage Over Divine Birth

Yesterday I kept thinking, “the spirit realm is on steroids right now!” I was praying into it and asking the Lord to reveal and unmask what it is at the root after I seemingly out of no where was faced with an onslaught of discouragement and personal attacks against the heart. Everything in me wanted to give up … Today I’m reminded of the season we are in, a time we remember the birth of our Savior. The spirit realm was raging then too…

“NOW WHEN Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men [astrologers] from the east came to Jerusalem, asking, Where is He Who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the east at its rising and have come to worship Him. [Num. 24:17; Jer. 23:5; Zech. 9:9.] When Herod the king heard this, he was disturbed and troubled, and the whole of Jerusalem with him. So he called together all the chief priests and learned men (scribes) of the people and anxiously asked them where the Christ was to be born. They replied to him, In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet: And you Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, you are not in any way least or insignificant among the chief cities of Judah; for from you shall come a Ruler (Leader) Who will govern and shepherd My people Israel. [Mic. 5:2.] Then Herod sent for the wise men [astrologers] secretly, and accurately to the last point ascertained from them the time of the appearing of the star [that is, how long the star had made itself visible since its rising in the east]. Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, Go and search for the Child carefully and diligently, and when you have found Him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship Him. When they had listened to the king, they went their way, and behold, the star which had been seen in the east in its rising went before them until it came and stood over the place where the young Child was. When they saw the star, they were thrilled with ecstatic joy. And on going into the house, they saw the Child with Mary His mother, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then opening their treasure bags, they presented to Him gifts–gold and frankincense and myrrh. And receiving an answer to their asking, they were divinely instructed and warned in a dream not to go back to Herod; so they departed to their own country by a different way. Now after they had gone, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, Get up! [Tenderly] take unto you the young Child and His mother and flee to Egypt; and remain there till I tell you [otherwise], for Herod intends to search for the Child in order to destroy Him. And having risen, he took the Child and His mother by night and withdrew to Egypt And remained there until Herod’s death. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, Out of Egypt have I called My Son. [Hos. 11:1.] Then Herod, when he realized that he had been misled by the wise men, was furiously enraged, and he sent and put to death all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that territory who were two years old and under, reckoning according to the date which he had investigated diligently and had learned exactly from the wise men. Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah: A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because they were no more. [Jer. 31:15.] But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt And said, Rise, [tenderly] take unto you the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the Child’s life are dead. Then he awoke and arose and [tenderly] took the Child and His mother and came into the land of Israel. But because he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in the place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And being divinely warned in a dream, he withdrew to the region of Galilee. He went and dwelt in a town called Nazareth, so that what was spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled: He shall be called a Nazarene [Branch, Separated One]. [Isa. 11:1.]” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭2‬:‭1‬-‭23‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

There is raging when there is divine birthing. We see this especially in the birth of Jesus, and so it was the case with many in the Bible when ever the Lord’s plans and purposes were to be manifested in the earth realm through His chosen servants.

However though there be much “noise” in the spirit realm, this is the hour to lean in and listen to the voice of the Lord with great attention and detail. Listen to the warnings like the wise men, obey the dreams like Joseph, fulfill the Word of the Lord in humility.

There are long overdue birthings because this is a cycle. You may not want to hear that, but I’ve written something similar for the last couple of years as I have seen this on repeat. The best we can do is love the Lord well, listen and obey. It takes agreement to deliver quietly and in safety; pray for wisdom, and pray for the hearing, seeing, and obedient Joseph’s to rise and protect the baby. Many plans are delayed and/or are not birthed because symbolically there are “unseeing / unhearing Joseph’s” who did not believe in Mary’s miraculous conception to begin with, or they choose not listen to the instructions of the Lord. Both Mary and Joseph suffered unjust attacks of accusation and scorn, they had reason to give up if not for the Word of the Lord made known to them – thankfully they did not consider themselves wise in their own eyes and even through trial and persecution were obedient. We all need to be like the obedient Joseph’s and Mary’s who are lead by the Word of the Lord (they were lead by the Lord’s voice in angelic visitations and dreams) rather than preferring other voices of influence or authority like a Herod. The wise men, and or “wisdom” didn’t obey and return to Herod as he had requested, for wisdom recognized the plan to kill the dream and purpose of God and therefore returned to their own land (preserving inheritance).

The Lord will not birth an illegitimate child, it is contrary to His nature, for He came to be a Father to the fatherless. He is looking for both mother’s and father’s, as He can not separate Himself from unity and covenant. While the Lord watches over His Word to perform it, He works through yielded vessels who partner with Him. It is a sobering and responsible place to be.

We are covered by grace to carry the promise to fulfillment, however it is humility, wisdom and obedience that preserve inheritance.

In this season we fight low – we put our armor on, cloaked over in humility. With all of our trust and in faith, we set the humble King before us, to worship, adore, and bow before Him and pray, “Your will be done, Your Kingdom come, on earth as it is in Heaven”.

“Now I, Paul, myself am pleading with you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—who in presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you. But I beg you that when I am present I may not be bold with that confidence by which I intend to be bold against some, who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.” ‭‭II Corinthians‬ ‭10‬:‭1‬-‭6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

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Dailies On The Vine

COATED MAN OF LIGHT

The anointing is not illustrious or alluring, it illuminates God’s glory and is holy. This can be confusing even to the most pure in heart if not discerned correctly.

What do I mean? The anointing is attractive and it is meant to be, like a magnet or bright light the anointing coats one like a glaze to shine the Light and glory of Christ. “And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself.”” John‬ ‭12‬:‭32‬ ‭NKJV‬‬.

When I was a young teen, I would on occasion feel “the anointing” when I was listening to secular music. One day in my room when I had been listening to the radio, I asked the Lord, how this could be, thinking I wasn’t in church and I certainly wasn’t listening to worship music. The Lord said to me, “Everyone is anointed, it’s who they choose to glorify with their anointing”. Then I realized, in the big picture we are glorifying either God or Satan, and in essence I was listening to worship music. And no servant can have two masters … I immediately understood these musicians and singers were glorifying themselves and Satan.

I understand for some this is a hard pill to swallow. While I don’t think every single non-worship song is glorying the devil, I think we have long been allured by anointing’s that glory in themselves – whether on platforms or not, whether inside the church or not, whether musical worship or not. And for that matter, worship is not limited to music; for everything we yield as a sacrifice (the giving of our time, our finances, our gifts, etc.) and in every way that we set ourselves apart unto to God in spirit, soul, and body is an act of worship. “Therefore I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies [dedicating all of yourselves, set apart] as a living sacrifice, holy and well-pleasing to God, which is your rational (logical, intelligent) act of worship. And do not be conformed to this world [any longer with its superficial values and customs], but be transformed and progressively changed [as you mature spiritually] by the renewing of your mind [focusing on godly values and ethical attitudes], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His plan and purpose for you].”Romans‬ ‭12‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ ‭AMP‬‬

The purpose of the anointing is to draw men to Christ who is in you, the Anointed One. One of the meanings of anointing is “to smear”, and we must be careful to not use this covering for ourselves, for when we do we dilute and pollute what is due His Name by allowing self to penetrate through this smearing, and are now but mixture obscuring the divine mysteries. “the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations, but now has been revealed to His saints. 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. Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.” ‭‭Colossians‬ ‭1‬:‭26‬-‭28‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

How can everyone be anointed? It’s part of the DNA the Lord created you with. Some have more visible ‘coating’ than others, yet we must remember we are anointed and graced for different things. For example, most psychics are called to be prophets but they do not know their Creator and so glorify themselves and the enemy. This is another reason why Scripture tells us if we receive our reward on earth (glory) we will not receive it in Heaven.

Satan who desired his own glory was cast from Heaven for this very reason. He recognized his anointing, beauty, and adornment, becoming infatuated with himself he desired to be exalted above God. Pride lead to his fall. ““Thus says the Lord God: “You were the signet of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, emerald, and carbuncle; and crafted in gold were your settings and your engravings. On the day that you were created they were prepared. You were an anointed guardian cherub. I placed you; you were on the holy mountain of God; in the midst of the stones of fire you walked. You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created, till unrighteousness was found in you. In the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence in your midst, and you sinned; so I cast you as a profane thing from the mountain of God, and I destroyed you, O guardian cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I exposed you before kings, to feast their eyes on you. By the multitude of your iniquities, in the unrighteousness of your trade you profaned your sanctuaries; so I brought fire out from your midst; it consumed you, and I turned you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all who saw you. All who know you among the peoples are appalled at you; you have come to a dreadful end and shall be no more forever.”” ‭‭Ezekiel‬ ‭28‬:‭12‬-‭19‬ ‭ESV‬‬

This is why death to self is a daily requirement. “The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life, and have it in abundance [to the full, till it overflows].” John‬ ‭10‬:‭10‬ ‭AMP‬‬. We will fall daily, and we will die daily, however we either fall picking up our cross unto the Life of Christ, or we fall through our own pride. Our pride is a reflection of Satan, while our death to self is a reflection of Christ: when we feed ourselves by the sinful nature we help to exalt Satan in the spirit world and when we deny ourselves daily and feed on the Bread of Life we exalt Jesus who is the Name above every Name. And this is the daily war until the end of the age. Now we understand the final war has already been won; so this is the dilemma, the free will of man. Man’s human nature must be held in check, for we all too often become self absorbed. Satan desires the glory for himself, and as our adversary, every time we take glory for ourselves we are actually giving ground to him and giving him a jewel in his crown. He was stripped of his beauty, so the only way he can receive beauty and glory is when we offer our gems to him, and or he takes them when we fall through our pride and self exaltation. The war is for the glory, the glory shines through sons and daughters, what image do you bear? Who is your father?

Scripture writes the anointing destroys the yoke of bondage (Isaiah 10:27). When we wrongfully or selfishly use the anointing, instead of the anointing destroying yokes because of the authority given us, we are governed by the lesser rule of the enemies domain and become bonds to his slavery.

I have written of the above before, yet this is a note worthy of reverberation. You see Satan only desires your soul because He longs for a Bride as well. It is his scheming delight, trickery, and selfishness to take your soul for his glory. Vast are his empty promises wrapped in the pride of life, lust of the flesh, and lust of the eyes (and yes I am writing even to the believer’s). Rooted in self is his desire to take your gems for a crown for himself, raping your soul for any treasure then locking you away in the abyss forever in torment, and separated from Love Himself in the chambers of hell. Satan hates God and equally hates man, because men are the Light bearers of God created in His image. With an understanding that eternal darkness is his fate, Satan fueled by resentment will do anything and everything to wound a heart to detach them from their Creator. But it was Jesus, rightfully named Savior, who gave Himself for the souls of all mankind to purchase His Bride back (atonement for our sins) so that He may be One with Her. Jesus gave up His glory to die and (eventually) marry His Bride. Jesus’ love is the epitome of selflessness, this is eternal life to know the Messiah and be known by Him united as One. Death to self was His invitation to an eternal covenant of Love.

Satan was cast down from glory and desires to be lifted up, he desires ascension. He ascends through the praise of man, which to you and I looks like our sin. He longs for the breath of God, to smell the fragrance of the throne room where once his perfect pitch and melodies filled the House. Now condemned to an abode filled with the stench of sulfur, (literally the smell of rotten eggs) is but a reminder he has no life! “Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, And the sound of your stringed instruments; The maggot is spread under you, And worms cover you.’ “How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations! For you have said in your heart: ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.’ Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, To the lowest depths of the Pit.” Isaiah‬ ‭14‬:‭11‬-‭15‬ ‭NKJV‬‬.

The Bible and our spiritual realities are so simple, and yet complex. However we must remember everything in earth is a mirror of Heaven. Satan can not create, he can only imitate. In a flash of light he was disrobed of splendor and beauty, “And He said to them, I saw Satan falling like a lightning [flash] from heaven. Behold! I have given you authority and power to trample upon serpents and scorpions, and [physical and mental strength and ability] over all the power that the enemy [possesses]; and nothing shall in any way harm you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are enrolled in heaven. [Exod. 32:32; Ps. 69:28; Dan. 12:1.]”
‭Luke‬ ‭10‬:‭18‬-‭20‬ ‭AMPC‬‬. We ascend with Christ when we die with Him and are seated with Him at the right side of the Father. Our lives of obedience and love are sacrifices of praises that enthrone Him, and exalt His Name, Jesus Christ the Most Holy and Anointed One. This is where we dwell with Him, “But You are holy, Enthroned in the praises of Israel.” Psalms‬ ‭22‬:‭3‬ ‭NKJV‬‬.

The coated Man of Light! May it be our prayer to bear the image of the Man of Heaven, honor His anointing and reflect His Light! Jesus You are the Shining One, may we humbly present You with every costly gem Your crown deserves. For our image was formed from Your face and any beauty is but Your beauty. “And just as we have borne the image [of the man] of dust, so shall we and so let us also bear the image [of the Man] of heaven.” 1 Corinthians‬ ‭15‬:‭49‬ ‭AMPC‬‬. “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.”‭‭ James‬ ‭1‬:‭17‬ ‭NKJV‬‬.

“Therefore if you have been raised with Christ [to a new life, sharing in His resurrection from the dead], keep seeking the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind and keep focused habitually on the things above [the heavenly things], not on things that are on the earth [which have only temporal value]. For you died [to this world], and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. So put to death and deprive of power the evil longings of your earthly body [with its sensual, self-centered instincts] immorality, impurity, sinful passion, evil desire, and greed, which is [a kind of] idolatry [because it replaces your devotion to God].”Colossians‬ ‭3‬:‭1‬-‭5‬ ‭AMP‬‬

“The earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein, for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers. Who shall ascend the hill of the Lord? And who shall stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully. He will receive blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation. Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob. Selah Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord, mighty in battle! Lift up your heads, O gates! And lift them up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory! Selah” ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭24‬:‭1‬-‭10‬ ‭ESV‬‬

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Dailies On The Vine

Thankfully Eggland’s Best

Thank You Jesus my eternal hope, Who faithfully gives new mercies every day!

“But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.” The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.” ‭‭Lamentations‬ ‭3‬:‭21‬-‭25‬ ‭ESV‬‬

This morning I awoke coming out of a vision where I saw eggs placed in an incubator to hatch. The Holy Spirit was speaking to my spirit, then I saw the egg carton “Eggland’s Best”. Today, remember the goodness of God, He watches over His Word to perform and fulfill His promises. His great Mercy is new every day! Even if He didn’t give us anything else, He is enough, He already gave us riches unfathomable… and yet on this Thanksgiving Day He is still giving. He is reminding us that the best is yet to hatch, “Eggland’s Best”. Thank you Jesus, we are so grateful!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING 🍁🤍

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Prophetic Scripting

TREASURE AND SAND

Storing A Reward For The Lamb

One day last week while thinking on some spiritual matters, the Lord began to speak to me through a vision, and then I heard my spirit man preaching within me, having a knowing this would be released.

The vision first began seeing a beautiful sunset over the ocean as I was thinking about the Lord and receiving from Him. I was inquiring in my heart wondering ‘why would people not want to be with Him’? There is no exact replica of a sunset, each day beholds its own beauty even if just slightly different, and when you appreciate the details slight differences matter. Next the vision panned downward and zoomed in on the sand and shell pieces on the shoreline. I watched as the sun glistened on a tiny shell piece with its color on display under the captivating and serene rays of Light. The wave came and washed that shell closer out to sea, now buried beneath the sand with an indefinite improbability that I would ever see it glisten in the sun again.

The Lord then likened to me the sand pieces to the the daily manna we are to receive. The emphasis was that perhaps one would never again see that facet of Him, that beautiful angle He would reveal of Himself by His rays of Light just like the piece of shell. The sea is like the depths of His being, in which the Holy Spirit moves in sync with the Son, delivering and leading us to the pieces of Himself to be captivated by and revealed for that day. As the day ends, and the moon transitions we are never without Him, but the revelation Light has passed for that detail of His beauty.

Like the wave pulling energy to and fro, every day, the Creator of Heaven and Earth is reaching in and out to humanity, beckoning those who will appreciate what so many find mundane. And yet there is this Holy dance that the Lord never tires of, seen in the earth’s gravitational attraction around the sun, a beautiful picture of romance and pursuit because we were made to receive Him and know Him.

The Lord God knows that His ways are past finding out, and yet in His divine humility, He still gives new mercies and opportunities every day to find Him and see Him, hoping that you will stop for a glance. Water reflects light, and so it is with the Holy Spirit reflecting the Love that reveals the passion and desire He has toward you, His eyes of sunlight fire over the sea of glass, and the depths of the Lord’s Body (of water) that feed you as He said, eat my flesh.

Symbolically we can compare the Lord’s Body to sand, because sand is granular sized pieces of rock. Not only is Jesus the Rock of Ages who was crushed for our iniquity, He is the split open Rock in the Old Testament that provided water to the Israelites in the desert. “They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts. He made the waters flow out of the rock for them; He split the rock and the waters flowed.” Isaiah 48:21 AMP. BEFORE the foundations of the world He was slain, where He too was split open and pierced where from water flowed from His side. From macro (the earth) to micro (the sand) He is the foundation of our faith. We build up our faith and grow in the Rock while beholding His form and beauty as we gaze upon the micro facets and His intricacies that make up His ways. Yes, they are past finding out, though we have the invitation to know and see Him day by day. No glimpse is quite like the other, mysteries beyond comprehension given so gently that we can digest and come to know Him more every day. What a God, what a Lord, what a Savior that He so patiently, and consistently pursues His created, dressed in the splendor of Omnipotence while disguised in humility unmatched. Does the Sun exist to please the earth? No, the earth depends on her movement sourced from the Sun, and yet it delights the Sun to provide her with His Light from which is all Life.

The book of Proverbs writes, as a man thinks so is he (Proverbs 23:7). The sum of who you are or who you are becoming is the matter of your thought life. Like the sand there are vast and infinite pieces that form who God is, and in our human brevity we can never fully search it out, thankfully we have all of eternity to know and discover His thoughts, yet even then He has no end. Our stewardship of discovering who God is now on this side of Heaven matter’s tremendously in eternity. In the journey of ‘becoming for Him’ as I often write about, it is our taking of the pieces of His Body (sand / shell) to become like Him that we may be built up in who He truly is; that we may see Him and become like Him. The Light of Life shines upon another morsel of Himself that we would not only enjoy Him and know Him in this earthly brokenness to become like Him, but that we would look up and see the Son face to face shining in the Light of His glory.

Do you see? Since the beginning the Holy Spirit longs to reveal Jesus, even as He (the Holy Spirit) hovered over the waters when the earth was dark and formless while waiting for the command of God to reveal His Light (Jesus). “IN THE beginning God (prepared, formed, fashioned, and) created the heavens and the earth. [Heb. 11:3.] The earth was without form and an empty waste, and darkness was upon the face of the very great deep. The Spirit of God was moving (hovering, brooding) over the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light; and there was light.” Genesis 1:1-3 AMPC. The face of the waters is where the Holy Spirit was waiting for the Light so He could reflect the face of Jesus to mankind. The Scripture writes the Spirit was moving. Waves in the ocean are constantly moving because they are energy. The Holy Spirit is the mobilization and energy to our faith, He illuminates the deep Bread or Rock of the Lord and makes it understandable to mankind. The Holy Spirit is the multiplier, and I believe it was He that multiplied the loaves and fish. The more we are unknowing in our human wisdom, we can allow the Holy Spirit to build us up even from fragments of Rock to the person of Jesus. “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.” John 1:1-5 NKJV

Every day there is an invitation to behold His form, to see the beauty and majesty of Jesus – and every day within that invitation is the empowerment to become like Him. Saltwater burns the eyes, yet it is His refining zealous eyes that are burning for you. If we abide near the ocean of the Spirit, we will not lose our salt. If we cultivate hunger for more of Him we will be led to the waters. Sometimes the sun is not visible from the sky, however it is not truth that it ceased to show itself that day. Likewise trying days are ahead, and we will depend on the Light of the Moon (the moon’s Light source is from the Sun) to illuminate the shells; there may be storms, there may be winds but to the faithful, He shows Himself faithful. How interesting to me that gems are found in the very bowels of the earth and in the depths of the sea, formed from distress, pressure, irritation and the like. An oyster for example can not yield a pearl of price without consistent irritation (mostly from sand), a prized diamond can not be formed without immense pressure and extreme heat. If we remain faithful, even despite circumstances, eventually as we partake of Him and meditate on His thoughts and receive His mind – we will be transformed into His likeness, and from sand and rock will ‘become’ pearls and diamonds. What will I have to give the Lamb for the reward of His suffering? Only on earth now do we have the opportunity to become a gem of great value for our Bridegroom King. It is our daily choice, our daily death, our daily love and devotion that form treasure in the depths to be stored in heaven.

Who is promised tomorrow? The Holy Spirit is wooing us to come to the waters and ‘become’ like Him today. Seek the Lord while He maybe found, call upon Him while He is near. For there will even come a day when the sea will pass away, though the eternal Word will remain.

“But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one. For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.” I Corinthians 2:9-16 NKJV

““Ho! Everyone who thirsts, Come to the waters; And you who have no money, Come, buy and eat. Yes, come, buy wine and milk Without money and without price. Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And let your soul delight itself in abundance. Incline your ear, and come to Me. Hear, and your soul shall live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you— The sure mercies of David. Seek the Lord while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the Lord, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon. “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” says the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:1-3, 6-9 NKJV

“How precious and weighty also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them! [Ps. 40:5.] If I could count them, they would be more in number than the sand. When I awoke, [could I count to the end] I would still be with You.” Psalm 139:17-18 AMP

“There is no one holy like the Lord, There is no one besides You, There is no Rock like our God.” 1 Samuel 2:2 AMP

“The Lord lives, and blessed be my rock, And exalted be my God, the rock of my salvation.” 2 Samuel 22:47 AMP

“Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unfathomable (inscrutable, unsearchable) are His judgments (His decisions)! And how untraceable (mysterious, undiscoverable) are His ways (His methods, His paths)! For who has known the mind of the Lord and who has understood His thoughts, or who has [ever] been His counselor? [Isa. 40:13, 14.] Or who has first given God anything that he might be paid back or that he could claim a recompense? For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. [For all things originate with Him and come from Him; all things live through Him, and all things center in and tend to consummate and to end in Him.] To Him be glory forever! Amen (so be it).” Romans 11:33-36 AMPC

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Prophetic Scripting

Zion’s Prayer

I recently had a dream where the Lord took me on a journey in the Spirit and allowed me to see the bowl of mixture being destroyed, particularly in the Western Church.

The dream began in the Mountains or cliffs in Israel with the most beautiful views and prime property looking toward another mountain in close proximity with the ocean between. These apartments were built right into the side of the rock of the mountain. In the dream there was a lack of understanding to the ‘daughters of Jerusalem’, particularly the Western Bride, of how one could afford to live here. Next in the dream the Bridegroom was coming up the mountain and responding to the Western Bride’s inner desire to receive prayer from Him. However she was not facing Him, she was facing west. She was on her knees just outside the apartment though facing west, with her face away from the north mountain with a small wall of separation before her. It was located just outside the door of this apartment at the peak high point of this mountain symbolizing the western wall.

The Bridegroom came straight to her to pray for her as she was on her knees, and answer the secret petitions of her heart but she could not receive the power imparted because she was still locked in with Western communication. Her hands were raised to receive prayer, though she was also trying to power her phone off, and receive the power of the Holy Spirit at the same time. After, she knew she would have to create, or make her own manifestation because she could not fully receive in the moment He was near.

Next in the dream I was taken up in the Spirit and transported through this scene of paradise and taken to a different country and placed on the ground to go up an escalator. I was now elevated to a higher ground level and walked through DSW (designer shoe warehouse) before I was taken to a dim Kitchen with the prophet Joel.

I was standing before a kitchen sink where I was shown a large clear glass mixing bowl. While the bowl had an appearance of purity and transparency, there was no saving the bowl, as it literally couldn’t be saved as it was going to be destroyed in the kitchen sink disposal. It was impossible to remove as the garbage disposal hole was too small to extract from, but underneath the bowl fit with plenty of space.

This was overseen by the prophet Joel standing behind me in the dream, while he communicated the bowl could not be saved.

I believe the Lord is saying, He is removing the bowls that have prepared a diluted gospel of mixture and dealing with the communications of man and his ‘power’ and systems that have left His Body unprepared with no footwear for battle. The Lord is continuing to deal with the hidden sins, beliefs, doctrines, behaviors, self, etc, and all that is hindering from His burning love.

The mixture has created a lack of understanding on the value of counting the cost to serve the Lord whole heartedly, and also a deficit on the value of obtaining her oil that she may abide in paradise. It was not the Lord’s unwillingness to help her that left her (He was on her left side in front of the door of the apartment) that caused her to not receive the power of the Spirit, it was her allowing distractions from other ‘powers’ and communications that turned her away from true North.

A Bride without the Holy Spirit is an unfitted and unprepared Bride. It is the Holy Spirit that leads one to Jesus, and enables us to live an overcoming and victorious life for God. Furthermore this exposes a wanting and waning flame of love within her heart. Even in prayer the Bride is coming up short, for there is mixture that has diluted her understanding and great need for Oneness and abiding.

In this dream there are both personal and governmental implications. The destruction of some systems and ways are imminent. In the dream the bowl belonged to someone whose name means war, strife, church, spring, and fountain. Even the meaning of the name is full of mixture and is diverse. The symbolism speaks that personally we need to continue to yield to the cleansing of the Holy Spirit, that we may be pure and holy springs sourced from the fountain of our Holy God, and corporately gain understanding on the reality of the nearness of the return of the Lord. “The [Holy] Spirit and the bride (the church, believers) say, “Come.”Revelation‬ ‭22‬:‭17‬ ‭AMP‬‬

There is an outpouring of the Spirit as spoken of in Joel 2 that is also imminent, however there is a greater brokenness being required and asked of us especially in the American Church as both ‘Love and War’ are impending. The question is will we be prepared and footed? We also know that in the book of Joel much strife, contention, war, and calls for repentance are written of prior to the great outpouring. There is a dire urgent need to fully receive the Holy Spirit and be one with Him for the days ahead. America has not understood she is naked, and coming up short. Without the Holy Spirit we can not abide in the inner chambers (apartment in Hebrew) of the Lord’s heart, we can not dwell on the Holy hill of Zion.

America I saw the pendulums swinging in the Spirit, back and forth from one extreme to the other. Justice and Mercy are held in the condition of our hearts. The Lord is sounding the alarm for repentance. We can not come away another time. There is not another time…. Today is the day His Holy Fear must grip our hearts. We must fully awake now. We cannot be like the sluggish Shulammite Bride who sought the Bridegroom when the time was appropriate, convenient, and comfortable for her while even after just being admonished by the Bridegroom to catch the foxes that were spoiling the vineyards.
“(Bridegroom) You must catch the troubling foxes, those sly little foxes that hinder our relationship. For they raid our budding vineyard of love to ruin what I’ve planted within you. Will you catch them and remove them for me? We will do it together. (Bride’s response) But until the day springs to life and the shifting shadows of fear disappear, turn around, my lover, and ascend to the holy mountains of separation without me. Until the new day fully dawns, run on ahead like the graceful gazelle and skip like the young stag over the mountains of separation. Go on ahead to the mountain of spices— I’ll come away another time.” ‭‭Song of Songs‬ ‭2‬:‭17‬ ‭TPT‬‬.

The late prophet John Paul Jackson said directionally left in a dream can represent your calling or something you’re called to do and the right directionally represents faith and strength. With this application in mind, even as the Bridegroom was standing in front of the apartment door built on the split rock and directionally to the Western Bride’s left, I believe she has left her calling to live in the secret place as she has not understood how she can not afford to live there, due to the diluted discipleship and teaching she has received. To fully receive from Jesus and see Him rightly we need the Holy Spirit, and yes the calling is costly but the diluted gospel has left her in this state without eternity’s mindset. She has put her faith and found her strength in the lesser power and teaching of the souls husbandman. A divided heart has led her amiss and to the idolization of the pride of life.

The Lord is mighty to save, are we ready to receive Him? May we seek the Lord while He may be found! Holy Spirit give us ears to hear in this hour, give us eyes to see, awaken our hearts again to Love’s sacred and Holy flame!

“Blow the trumpet in Zion [warning of impending judgment], Sound an alarm on My holy mountain [Zion]! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble and shudder in fear, For the [judgment] day of the Lord is coming; It is close at hand, A day of darkness and gloom, A day of clouds and of thick [dark] mist, Like the dawn spread over the mountains; There is a [pagan, hostile] people numerous and mighty, The like of which has never been before Nor will be again afterward Even for years of many generations. Before them a fire devours, And behind them a flame burns; Before them the land is like the Garden of Eden, But behind them a desolate wilderness; And nothing at all escapes them. “Even now,” says the Lord, “Turn and come to Me with all your heart [in genuine repentance], With fasting and weeping and mourning [until every barrier is removed and the broken fellowship is restored]; Rip your heart to pieces [in sorrow and contrition] and not your garments.” Now return [in repentance] to the Lord your God, For He is gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness [faithful to His covenant with His people]; And He relents [His sentence of] evil [when His people genuinely repent].” Joel‬ ‭2‬:‭1‬-‭3‬, ‭12‬-‭13‬ ‭AMP‬‬

“When the Lord has washed away the [moral] filth of the daughters of Zion and has cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and by the spirit of burning, then the Lord will create over the entire site of Mount Zion and over her assemblies, a cloud by day, smoke, and the brightness of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory and brilliance will be a canopy [a defense, a covering of His divine love and protection].” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭4‬:‭4‬-‭5‬ ‭AMP‬‬

Below is an excerpt from Watchman Nee

Experiencing the Fundamental Deliverance from God

If we want to experience deliverance from God, this deliverance must be fundamental, not fragmentary. God has to work in us to deal with our strong point, and He has to break it. Only then will our spirit be released without mixture being imparted to others. If we have never been touched by God in a fundamental way, we may act somewhat spiritual when we remember to do it, but we will manifest the self once our memory slips. Actually, in both cases, whether we remember or we forget, the spirit that we release is the same, and the things that are carried by the spirit are the same.

The problem of mixture is the biggest problem among workers. We often touch life in the brothers, but also touch death. We touch God in the brothers, but also touch their self. We touch a spirit of meekness, but also touch a stubborn self. We find the Holy Spirit in them, but also find the flesh in them. When they stand up to speak, others sense a mixed spirit, an impure spirit. If God intends for us to serve Him in the ministry of the word and if we have to speak for God, we have to ask for grace. We have to say, “God, work in me. Break my outer man, tear it down, and separate it from the inner man.”

If we have not experienced this deliverance, we will express our outer man subconsciously every time we open our mouth. There is no way for us to hide it. As soon as the word goes out, the spirit goes out as well. We are the kind of person we are; we cannot pretend. If we want to be used by God, our spirit must be released, and this spirit must be pure. In order for us to be pure, our outer man must be destroyed. If our outer man is not destroyed, we will carry our own cargo with us when we serve as ministers of the word. The Lord’s name will suffer loss, not on account of our lack of life, but on account of our mixture. The Lord’s name will suffer, and the church will suffer as well.

Extracted from “The Breaking of the Outer Man and the Release of the Spirit”, CWWN, (Set 3) Vol. 54, Chapter 7: Separation and Revelation, a message given by Brother Watchman Nee in Kuling during his training for his co-workers between 1948 and 1949, published by Living Stream Ministry.

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Dailies On The Vine

THE FAVORED

If we are a people who cry out, “take not Thy Holy Spirit from me”, if we should be a people after the Lord’s own heart, then we are a people who willingly take instruction, correction and rebuke. For it is the Holy Spirit who corrects, leads and guides us into all Truth. The Holy Spirit ushers us to Jesus, and even unto a rod for rebuke.

Therefore, do not confuse the fruit or attribute of being loving when it is only with those who you like or are friends with. Servant leadership isn’t about your kingdom, it’s about the Lord’s Kingdom.

Then why are so many who are among the deligated and favored the ones who consistently give their eyes and ears to only those who are within their own groups and cliques? You are not Jesus to those around you, you are a reflection of self or the image you hope others will see. Some test you with their own tricks and agendas under a ‘covering’ of the Holy Spirit, ultimately using Him and so become deceived themselves. And yet praise is given and the actions and attitudes are affirmed, grounding the dysfunctional cycle. At the core it’s religious and pharisaical. All the while a false sense of unity is like wool over the eye, and you can not see that you are divided by the fear of man and it is delaying the plan of the Lord. How quickly we all forget we are The Body of the Lord. And yet whether favored or unfavored, maturity is required and even demanded for the narrow road we must go to carry our cross, and plead, ‘lead us Lord’!

Oh stubborn man, a house divided can not stand!

Forgive us Jesus, for we have sinned against you.

Church. We are failing. Big time.
It all needs to fall apart.

Let if fall

Let it crumble

Let the Nehemiah’s and Hananiah’s arise and lead and restore in Heaven’s wisdom and Fear of the Lord.

Nehemiah means “Yah comforts” in Hebrew and Hananiah means “Yah has favored” in Hebrew. Soon the tables will turn, and the Lord will set His appointed men in command by His Command; those who will bring comfort to Him, for they are men after His own heart and those who Fear His Holy Name.

The Lord God is the Judge, and His very gavel will break apart and shatter all the works of man. May we fear His Holy Name again and rebuild upon the Chief Cornerstone and the spiritual plain of our “forefathers of the faith”.

“But He, well aware of their thoughts and purpose, said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is doomed to destruction; and a house divided against itself falls.” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭11‬:‭17‬ ‭AMP‬‬

“And if a house is divided (split into factions and rebelling) against itself, that house will not be able to last.” ‭‭Mark‬ ‭3‬:‭25‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

“The words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah: Now it happened in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year [of the Persian king], as I was in the capitol of Susa, Hanani, one of my brothers, and some men from Judah came; and I asked them about the surviving Jews who had escaped and survived the captivity, and about Jerusalem. They said to me, “The remnant there in the province who survived the captivity are in great distress and reproach; the wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its [fortified] gates have been burned (destroyed) by fire.” Now it came about when I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days; and I was fasting and praying [constantly] before the God of heaven. And I said, “Please, O Lord God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps the covenant and lovingkindness for those who love Him and keep His commandments, please let Your ear be attentive and Your eyes open to hear the prayer of Your servant which I am praying before You, day and night, on behalf of Your servants, the sons (descendants) of Israel (Jacob), confessing the sins of the sons of Israel which we have committed against You; I and my father’s house have sinned. We have acted very corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses. Please remember the word which You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful and violate your obligations to Me I will scatter you [abroad] among the peoples; but if you return to Me and keep My commandments and do them, though those of you who have been scattered are in the most remote part of the heavens, I will gather them from there and will bring them to the place where I have chosen for My Name to dwell.’ Now they are Your servants and Your people whom You have redeemed by Your great power and by Your strong hand. Please, O Lord, let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant and the prayer of Your servants who delight to [reverently] fear Your Name [Your essence, Your nature, Your attributes, with awe]; and make Your servant successful this day and grant him compassion in the sight of this man [the king].” For I was cupbearer to the king [of Persia].” ‭‭Nehemiah‬ ‭1‬:‭1‬-‭11‬ ‭AMP‬‬

“In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was placed before him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not [previously] been sad in his presence. So the king said to me, “Why do you look sad when you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of heart.” Then I was very frightened, and I said to the king, “Let the king live forever. Why should my face not be sad when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies desolate and its gates have been consumed by fire?” The king said to me, “What do you request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven. I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your presence, [I ask] that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, so that I may rebuild it.”” ‭‭Nehemiah‬ ‭2‬:‭1‬-‭5‬ ‭AMP‬‬

“Now when the wall had been rebuilt and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites had been appointed, I put my brother Hanani, with Hananiah the commander of the fortress, in charge of Jerusalem, for Hananiah was a more faithful and God-fearing man than many [of the others].” Nehemiah‬ ‭7‬:‭1‬-‭2‬ AMP

“The [reverent] fear of the Lord [that is, worshiping Him and regarding Him as truly awesome] is the beginning and the preeminent part of wisdom [its starting point and its essence], And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding and spiritual insight.”‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭9‬:‭10‬ ‭AMP‬‬

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Dailies On The Vine

The Sword Will Come

Another litmus test to reveal and expose the hearts of men. Last night I was shaking under the fear of the Lord. What He is doing in me is not comfortable and it certainly isn’t for the gaining of ‘friends’. But let me get out of the way so you can hear the message – the sword is coming and we better be ready. See you can say and do whatever you want to me and even persecute me – just not at the altar of my Holy God. The righteous indignation is the consequence of unrighteous acts and deeds carried out by the people at the very altar of my God, and for this I commit no sin. Time and time again we profane Him by participating and conspiring in unrighteous thoughts and actions in His very House at His very altar! Where is the reverence and fear due His Name? Let us not go around the mountain again! Holy Spirit sweep in with a revival of conviction. Spirit of burning come! Judgement begins in the House of the Lord because we have committed these sins against God and against one another in His House, not revering Him as Holy while yet pretending to love one another.

October 18, 2022

SHEEP AND GOATS

It has been months ago now I heard in the Spirit “litmus test” more than once. I didn’t understand it at first but soon came to realize the Lord was sending me on assignment and teaching me even through my own suffering, allowing me to see the condition of the Body as a whole. Over a period of about four months through various trials, circumstances, encounters, and mostly through the way others responded to me He was showing me “where the Body was at” so to speak through the litmus tests.

The Lord has been teaching me shepherding through Shepherding me, because a shepherd knows their flock. Our great Shepherd leads with both rod and staff, this is a pivotal time in history and the Body needs both love and correction. Through humbling me in my own life, He showed more than I ever wanted to know – while crushed speechless so I couldn’t boast in what He was sharing with me. This is just a very small impression of the overall dynamic that was laying on me heavy last night – which I hope is perceived through the contrition of my heart, not in judgment or anger.

Last night I went to sleep feeling the grief of the Lord, particularly over how Christian’s within the Church body treat one another. The below scripture came to mind as I said aloud we are hurting His heart. I awoke early to hear the Lord speak in my spirit for a long while regarding.

“And the King will answer and say to them, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these My brethren, you did it to Me.’” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭25:40‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

When did I think I was better than you Lord?

When did I slander your name Lord?

When did I exalt myself over You, Lord?

When was I excluding You from “my group”, Lord?

When did I cut in front of You, Lord?

When did I tell lies and spread rumors about You, Lord?

When did I look down on You, Lord?

When did I compete with you Lord?

When did I judge you, Lord?

When did I accuse you, Lord?

When did I try and “block” You, Lord?

When did I act like I was more gifted than You, Lord?

When did I say I deserved Your seat, Lord?

When did I say I owned a position in Your house, Lord?

When did I pretend to serve You in humility, Lord?

When did I pretend to love You, Lord?

When?

…

“And the King will reply to them, Truly I tell you, in so far as you did it for one of the least [in the estimation of men] of these My brethren, you did it for Me. [Prov. 19:17.]” Matthew‬ ‭25:40‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

The least of men according to our own estimations….

Why are the sheep acting like goats? One reason is the Church has exchanged discipline for the discipleship of the spirit of the world, and Babylon still longs for her.

The Church is lagging behind in immaturity living beneath her calling, the Lord is patient but He is also Holy, and His heart is grieved. There is much work to be done, and it’s time to grow and mature. How do we expect to steward mass harvest when we are still cutting down our own, fighting for position or seeking our own glory … all in His Name? Oh how this burdens His heart!

Sheep, goats, wheat, tares; what’s the difference you ask? Fruit. We are judged by God and separated by fruit.

Are we houses of healing or houses of hurt? No longer can the two streams coincide together. If we hurt people in thought, judgments, words, actions – we are hurting the Lord Jesus in thoughts, we are judging Him, we condemn ourselves by condemning others with our mouths, and the action is just a mere reality of wickedness in our hearts – the very place we boast He has a home.

Litmus test is defined by Webster’s dictionary, “something (such as an opinion about a political or moral issue) that is used to make a judgment about whether someone or something is acceptable”. The Lord loves us more than we could ever imagine and equally He is just and righteous deciding what He is for and what He is against. It is maturity to embrace, welcome and even ask for pruning. You are loved by God when you are disciplined by Him. Get in the fire before it consumes you. Yield and prefer the Holy Flame! Judge yourself so you will not be judged.

Father, forgive us. Holy Spirit convict us. Jesus change us.

“Then he said to me, This [addition of the bowl to the candlestick, causing it to yield a ceaseless supply of oil from the olive trees] is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit [of Whom the oil is a symbol], says the Lord of hosts.”
‭‭Zechariah‬ ‭4:6‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

Spirit move upon us, burn away the chaff, and burn our hearts with holy devotion unto Your Name! Make us a people who truly fear Your Name and keep Your commandments. If we love you, we will obey. Your sheep hear Your Voice and the voices of strangers they do not follow. Guardian of our soul keep us for you!

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Dailies On The Vine

Revealing Of The Heart

Revealing Of The Heart

The Lord will protect the house of David. In the natural Saul was David’s elder, however you can be a David in the spirit and be older than Saul in the natural, and likewise you can be a Saul in the spirit and be younger than a David (and of course vice versa). The New Age or era isn’t dependent on age, it is dependent on heart.

There has been gross doting over looks, ability, and performance while forsaking wisdom, character, and purity of heart in the House of God.

We know this; prophets have been hammering the message especially for the last few years. But why do we continue to seemingly overlook and cover sin in the Body – and while we are all kings and priests in the new covenant, I must especially address those on platform when in essence they are serving compromise instead of serving at the feet of Jesus. Being devoted to Christ in this manner includes your lifestyle on and off platform, for character reaches far beyond speech or the front one gives for appearance. While we are all on the potter’s wheel, there’s a higher accountability for visibility; those who serve and minister to the Lord in leadership, worship, five-fold etc. We are supposed to be literally cut from a different cloth and even ironically our clothing does not reflect such a mandate! Reveal the Glory of God not “the light” of your skin. Reveal the cross that leads others AWAY from sin, reveal the Lamb who’s blood so precious poured out. Reveal Heaven’s mysteries rather than hidden codes that grant access to inner circles. Reveal the Kingdom of Heaven at hand that opposes the kingdom(s) of man.

Heart issues are being exposed. There is no where to hide, on the alter is where we must all go, bow low, and die.

While we are asked to cover with love and grace, and even speak those things that be not as though they were – love still must perfect it’s work in our hearts. No wishful or hopeful thinking can suffice, not even prophecy alone can change a heart – there must be a yielding to the work of the Spirit. Does the prophecy make a man’s heart mature, or is the heart whom finds his life in the Vine who bears mature fruit?

I am grieved, saddened and perplexed. When will the priests and levites purify themselves? When will they yield? How many warnings before we cut off mixture in the House of God? Mercy’s extravagant price undervalued by the sin our Lord abhors, and thanks be unto to Him mercies shall triumph, but for how long will we remain tolerant? How long will justice and truth stay silent?

Are we not to praise those who fear the Lord? The woman, or ‘Bride of Christ’ who fears the Lord is to be praised. We continue to praise those who do not fear the Lord in action.

You may name me religious but the Lord calls it righteous.

I understand that man looks at the outward appearance and the Lord is looking at the heart. Read it again. The Lord is looking at the heart. The Lord is looking at the heart. There is a revealing, and it is what is in the heart. Look in the mirror. How we dress reveals what is in our heart. What we say reveals what is in our heart. What we do reveals what is in our heart. What we think reveals what in our heart.

Who are you, when it’s just you and your heart?

Lord, show us! What is in our heart?

It’s a matter of the heart.

David David David, may the Lord protect and preserve you. A man after God’s own heart.

May this be our prayer: Lord make me a living, burning sacrifice!

“Behold, You desire truth in the inner being; make me therefore to know wisdom in my inmost heart. Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean [ceremonially]; wash me, and I shall [in reality] be whiter than snow. Make me to hear joy and gladness and be satisfied; let the bones which You have broken rejoice. Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my guilt and iniquities. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right, persevering, and steadfast spirit within me. Cast me not away from Your presence and take not Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and uphold me with a willing spirit. Then will I teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners shall be converted and return to You.”‭‭Psalm‬ ‭51‬:‭6‬-‭13‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

“I will praise and give thanks to You with uprightness of heart when I learn [by sanctified experiences] Your righteous judgments [Your decisions against and punishments for particular lines of thought and conduct]. I will keep Your statutes; O forsake me not utterly. How shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed and keeping watch [on himself] according to Your word [conforming his life to it]. With my whole heart have I sought You, inquiring for and of You and yearning for You; Oh, let me not wander or step aside [either in ignorance or willfully] from Your commandments. [II Chron. 15:15.] Your word have I laid up in my heart, that I might not sin against You. Blessed are You, O Lord; teach me Your statutes.” ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭119‬:‭7‬-‭12‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

“A time will come, however, indeed it is already here, when the true (genuine) worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth (reality); for the Father is seeking just such people as these as His worshipers. God is a Spirit (a spiritual Being) and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth (reality).” ‭‭John‬ ‭4‬:‭23‬-‭24‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

“Charm and grace are deceptive, and [superficial] beauty is vain, But a woman who fears the Lord [reverently worshiping, obeying, serving, and trusting Him with awe-filled respect], she shall be praised.” ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭31‬:‭30‬ ‭AMP‬‬

“When they had come, he looked on Eliab [the eldest son] and said, Surely the Lord’s anointed is before Him. But the Lord said to Samuel, Look not on his appearance or at the height of his stature, for I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart. Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, The Lord has not chosen any of these. Then [he] said to Jesse, Are all your sons here? [Jesse] said, There is yet the youngest; he is tending the sheep. Samuel said to Jesse, Send for him; for we will not sit down to eat until he is here. Jesse sent and brought him. David had a healthy reddish complexion and beautiful eyes, and was fine-looking. The Lord said [to Samuel], Arise, anoint him; this is he. Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed David in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward. And Samuel arose and went to Ramah.” ‭‭1 Samuel‬ ‭16‬:‭6‬-‭7‬, ‭10‬-‭13‬ ‭AMPC‬‬

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