2/22/2016

I was reading Doug Addison's 'Daily Word' and Father said go back and finish reading his February 2016 prophetic update concerning the dolphins.  So I did.  Father said My people need to see this, especially those who don't read Doug, so here is the portion of that word re the dolphins,

The italics at the end are my comments.

Dream: new move of God
I had a dream that I was in a resort-like place in California. The new movement from God had come and the pool at the resort was all updated. People were swimming in God’s presence. The water represented the Holy Spirit and many people were swimming. As we swam in the pool you could look down on the bottom of the pool and there were remains from previous moves of God.

The dream is showing that as God pours out a new move of the Holy Spirit it will be refreshing to many. Also it will be “new” and we will not need to operate in older ways of doing things. This new movement coming will be completely updated to fit and reach people in today’s culture.

As God pours out a new move of the Holy Spirit it will be refreshing to many.

February 2013 in San Diego

God told me to look up prophetic promises from 2013 that have not come to pass. I looked in my journal and found some major things. One entry that stood out was called “The Sign of the Dolphins.”

On Valentine’s weekend in February 2013, I was speaking at the Power and Love Prophetic Conference at Bethel Church in Redding, California. God spoke to me that there was going to be a major prophetic sign on the news on Valentine’s weekend (2013) to show that His love is coming to people in need.

Sure enough, on the news the next day, there was a story about a massive seven-mile stretch of over 100,000 dolphins gathered off the coast of Southern California. Previously there had been thousands, but on that weekend it was estimated to be over 100,000 dolphins. It was a sight that could not be explained scientifically. You can read one of the many news stories about this phenomenon here.

This was a prophetic sign of a move of God that would come to San Diego in February and bring refreshment. And it would be seen by the entire world.

Symbolically water represents the Spirit and dolphins are encouragers. Many people said that the dolphins had gathered for the food in the area. In the same way, God is preparing a great banquet or party that is coming to Southern California that will impact the entire world. I wrote this on my blog in February 2013.

San Diego Outpouring starting now

Joshua Mills and Jerame and Miranda Nelson held their annual Decree Conference last month in San Diego and indeed something new started. They began seeing a higher level of God’s presence, glory and miracles.

They extended their meetings and are now doing nightly “The Fire and Glory Outpouring” meetings in San Diego. You can join them live or watch the live stream online.

Linda and I visited these meetings and witnessed that, yes, this is the start of something new. It is in the early stages, but God spoke to me that by February 14, 2016 this will begin to spread and affect the world globally. This is the fulfillment of the 2013 Sign of the Dolphins!

Two moves of God coming

God showed me that there are two major movements coming. The first is a long overdue movement to revive and refresh the Church. This is what is beginning to happen in San Diego. The second one is much more radical and it is what I have been prophesying for a number of years.

God’s new agenda will be the spiritual outcasts, those who have been wounded and rejected by Christians. Sadly, many leaders will be tempted to reject this new movement at first because it will be so outside the box of our current understanding of what is possible. This is why God is saying to prepare to be stretched.

Get ready to cross over into a new season of God’s glory and presence.

Get ready to cross over into a new season of God’s glory and presence. A new wave of God’s love and power is about to sweep the world!

Blessings,

Doug Addison



In bold is the movement Father has shown me coming by the end of this seven year period. Again, the remaining of these seven years is God preparing His people to ‘be’ ministers – to the world’ and the next seven is the huge spiritual explosion that He is bringing.

During these first seven years, as saints grow into and start operating in their calling from the Lord, the ‘explosion will start trickling in and growing during these seven years then towards the end of this season build to the bursting point then burst forth, to explode, into the next seven.

Look carefully at Doug's comment on 'outside the box' because will reach souls in new and interesting ways that are 'outside the box'.  Look to the entertainment industry to start looking 'strange'.  Movies (The War Room), music, dance, theater, TV, Father's influence will start popping up all over the place!  And the rudimentary beginnings are already there!

Praise the Lord and pray that His love and grace abound in the lives sand hearts of souls who have ears to hear, eyes to see and hearts to receive.

AMEN

2/19/16

What's just around the corner?

These are more word that Father gave me in 2015 pertaining to what He's preparing to do. I'm leaving what Father gave me in tact.  Little tid bits but as with the birds take a look at them collectively and the explanation at the end.

7/31/2015
Early in my AM session :

I had just read Doug’s daily word and checked my check books and went back upstairs. I noticed it but it didn’t really register with me until I had started my AM session. Then it registered with me. The living room was dark like on a cloudy day. I looked out the window and except for a few clouds the sky was clear. I said to myself “OK, something’s up” (this is how things started with the ‘watchman’ and the ‘birds’). I started thinking about how the sun was shining, but it was still dark. I felt like I needed to turn on my living room lamp yet, normally, when the sun is shining I have plenty of light coming in through the front room window.

The sun is shining yet it is still darkly (as if putting on a pair of dark sunglasses). We see clear skies but there is no brightness. My church has light but it doesn’t shine brightly. I am the light of the world. Be My light in the world so all can see clearly. My light is not a blinding light but it does reveal all things clearly. My light is My love being expressed to others. My light is that all my creation may see My heart (love) shining brightly and that they will desire to come into it. Take My yoke, it is easy to bear for I bear you up with it.

Later in the AM session:        
As I was thanking Father for allowing Wellspring to be a continuing impact in Hagerstown and Washington Co. I immediately went into my prayer language in a very strong, forceful manner with my arms circling around as if to encompass the entire area, several times. Then, not a word but a feeling:

A spiritual explosion is at the edge, on the brink of Hagerstown & Wash Co., not a demonic burst but a Holy Ghost explosion. It’s there, waiting to happen. Not sure when, not sure what it’s waiting for, but it is there, like the hounds pulling at their leashes waiting for the trumpets to blow so they can go chase that fox.

8/11/2015

Where man is hungry, there I can do My greatest works for when man is hungry, then he will seek. When man seeks, he shall find. When he finds he shall receive. When he receives, with all his heart, I shall fill him to overflowing. Do we seek food when our tummies are full? Do we put on more clothing when we are already sweltering? When we think we are satisfied do we seek more? Faith is strongest when in need and when man realizes that I am the One who can meet that need (whatsoever that is not of faith is sin) repenting man will come to Me with an open mind and an open heart he will receive My blessings. My children. My children! All My children need to come to realize that no matter what you have, no matter how much you have you will always be in need until you enter into My Holy of Holies and sup with Me.

8/12/2015

An understanding (not necessarily a prophecy). I was thanking Father for my family and my grandchildren. It was as if I were speaking to Hunter (my oldest grandson [8] in particular) and as I had told his dad (my son, Chris) the church they are in now will serve them well for a season but there will come a time when it will no longer satisfy your needs. You will need to grow so you will have to look farther than we you are now. Then He shared this with me:

Many children are healthy and whole and grow into adulthood and take care of themselves. Other children are born or suffer handicaps (of various sorts) like ‘downs’ or various palsies and so forth. Even though all these children can learn and grow their capabilities are limited and, oft times, they need continuing care for the rest of their natural lives. So is My church. Some children can grow into fully functional adulthood, doing all that I have set before them, operating in the fullness of what I offer them. For whatever the reason, the outward growth of others is stunted. They never fully develop into what I have intended for them. Many ‘handicapped’ children need constant care and help from birth until death whereas healthy children can realize their full potential and I can give them freer rein to operate in My will, thereby they need little ‘supervision’. In service to me, ‘healthy’ children operate in the full potential I have for them, while ‘handicapped’ children need My constant supervision and help.  (read 1 Corinth. chapter 3)

When My children don’t or won’t access all that I have for them, they become ‘handicapped’ and their service to Me is limited which means that I have to keep a closer watch over them, protecting them in their innocence.

Too many of my children function in the ‘handicapped’ mode but My desire is to have a houseful of ‘healthy’ children. My love is the same for each, but I have to care for each differently.

10/17/2015

As I was settling into my green chair for AM prayers, I saw several birds swirling around the tree tops (that tree across the street in the back yard) I thought to myself “There are a lot of birds gathering around the treetops.” Then I thought “Yeah, but this is only temporary. They are preparing to head south or are already in their migration.” Then the put on my heart:

Yes the birds are gathering for migration but My children will gather to stand firm in My Word and in My love. My children will stay (in My kingdom) and learn to glorify My name. I will be their God and they will be My children for they will know who I AM.

11/18/2015

Father had just given me the substance for Sunday’s bible study and I was thanking him for another day, giving me another day and giving me the opportunity to experience the wonders of His creation.

My thoughts drifted to the bush below the front window, next to the steps. I was thinking that all spring and summer it was always green, but not much else. This past month it has had blossoms, a few at first but now the bush is covered with flowers. I was thinking how the grass had slowed down its growth dramatically recently (haven’t had to mow since before Halloween) and this bush is producing blooms like crazy! The fall is upon us and winter is coming soon and this bush has flowers coming out of the ying yang.

And the Lord said everything blooms in its own season and now is the season.

11/21/2015

Again looking out my front window at the tree across the street. Leaves are falling and bird are flitting and a squirrel runs across the fence behind the tree. Little birds are flitting up and down in my front yard. A lot of activity this AM.

Nature is preparing for the season. My children need also to prepare for the season. I am equipping My family and My family needs to take measures to be ready. Listen to My words. Look for My signs. I am speaking to my children.

12/7/2015

1Kings 18:41-46:  The rain starts as a little cloud but quickly grows into massive storm clouds bringing a great rain with wind.

Such is the Holy Ghost explosion that is coming. It is starting as a whisper but over the next six years it will grow into the roar of a mighty wind that will begin to sweep the globe. It will begin as a small “mew” as of a lion cub but it will grow into the mighty roar of the King. It will has already started as a small still voice but the time is coming when the clap of its thunder will be heard ‘round the world.

I am calling My children, I am gathering My children that they will do My bidding bringing souls to My table to sup with Me.


Jesus is the light of this world as He reflects the image of the Father to us.  That light/image is God's love towards us and Father desires that love to flow to us and through us and out to the world so others may see it, desire it and come into His kingdom.  And Father is with those of us who are obedient to His Word and helping us (His yoke) all the way to accomplish His will.

Father knows His children are hungry and they will eat and Father will prepare a table for us.  And when we eat from that table, Father will nourish us so we can accomplish all to which He has called us.

Paul tells the Corinthians (1 Corinth. chapter 3) that, effectively, he is tired of having to feed them milk because their aren't maturing to where they can handle meat.  In Jerusalem, preparing for the "Last Supper" Jesus told His disciples (John 16:12-15) He had more to share with them but they weren't able to bear it at that time.  He said the Spirit of truth would come and guide them into all truth.  when we truly seek the truth, God will show it to us (Matt.7:7-8).  Jesus tells us not to quench the Spirit (1 Thess. 5:19 so when we seek, the Holy Ghost will reveal then we must listen and not reject what He tells us.  Too many Christians live as handicapped because we reject ALL that Father offers us.

Even now Father is already preparing hearts of His children to minister His glory, His honor to the world and (praise the Lord) for our benefit.

Our migration is into the kingdom of heaven (spiritually) for and because we are coming to know who He truly is.

Preparations are going on now as His children are readying to carry His true love to the world.  The Spiritual explosion is just around the corner and when it comes, it will shake the world.

Amen

2/16/16

I know I'm working on a post for this weekend but I just couldn't wait on this one.
I read Doug Addison's daily word (get it via e-mail) as I check my gmail messages each AM.  I also will check facebook updates from friends.

a sister in Christ from Tennessee posted  a Kirk Francis video which was pulled from the Steve Harvey Show and put on Utube - "Wanna be free".  I like the song but to me the awesome thing is that it actually aired on the Steve Harvey Show - national Television!  (look the song up on Utube
'Kirk Franklin "Wanna be Free". a good song)

This AM Doug had a special word beyond the daily word where he shares what Father is doing in San Diego (check it out 'www.dougaddison.com/blog/).  Doug claims that this is the rudiments of what will be a world wide movement of God.  I agree!  But it's not just in San Diego.

Many of God's prophets have been talking about how 2015-2022 is a time of blessing and restitution for God's people.  I wondered and so I asked "Does this mean tribulation is coming at the end of this period?"  Father quickly answered "NO!"

Father is preparing His children for a huge evangelistic explosion at the end of this period.
We will start seeing a lot of 'new' things popping up all over.  People sharing their faith with those whom even they would never have dreamed of, Father being praised and glorified in places where no one ever thought it would, no could, happen - especially in today's world, new vehicles, mechanisms, ways for sharing God's Word will be materializing during this time, all so God's people will be ready and prepared for when the time comes to go out and share His TRUE LOVE.

The world will try to 'explain away' events that will occur but they will have to rely on 'lame' excuses because their is no real logical explanation except for the movement of our mighty God.

He who has ears to hear - let him hear
He who eyes to see - let him see
He who has a heart to receive -receive what our Father is doing.

At church Sunday we were discussing some things pertaining to the coming year and how we should deal with those things.  As we were discussing, Father brought John F. Kennedy to mind.  For those who don't know, for those who may not remember and for those of us who do remember, President Kennedy had two landmarks in his short term of office (he was assassinated in 1963 after being elected in 1960), well two landmarks as far as I'm concerned: 1) taking a firm and positive stand in the Cuban missile crisis and 2) a comment that he made to encourage the American people.  I don't even remember what the situation was but I remember his comment "Ask not what your country an do for you but what can you do for your country!"

This is true for today's churches.  we come to church because the church does things for us - teaches about the bible, gives us the opportunity to sing songs, toss a couple bucks into the plate or gives me something to do until the games come on Sunday afternoon.

I'm in a prophetic church and we all like to hear the good things God has in store for us.  It is encouraging and it's supposed to be.  But I suspect that may be the only reason some show up at church on Sundays - to hear a special word 'for me' so I can go home feeling good about myself.

I would like to apply what JFK said to the church "Ask not what my church can do for me but rather what can I do for my church?"

When we are young Christians we need nourishment and nurturing, but then we need to grow.  We need to mature and realize who we are in Jesus Christ so we can go out serve our church, our community, for the glory of God.  No, we don't have to go out 'barnstorming' the bars, etc. but those around us should be able to 'see' Jesus in us in what we say and do.

We won't all become 'preachers' as such but there is a task Father has designed for each of us and we need to seek out that task and do it - for His glory!  We need to serve in whatever capacity God has called us - and do it well, again so  He gets the glory.  Those blessings we look for will come but we serve simply because we love our Father.

I don't know about you but I know that I won't reach full maturity until I am in the literal presence of my Lord, Jesus Christ.  You know, Paul told the Corinthians that he was tired of giving them milk when they should be taking in more solid food for nourishment but he could only fee them milk for even though they had been 'in Christ' for some time, they were still just little babies.  I want to grow up but I realize what it takes to be a truly mature Christians - and I'm working on it - learning more and more how to live in God's love each passing day.

Give God the glory for how He is working in this old sinful world and for the things He is ye to do.
 And let's all grow in God's 'true' love each day.

Amen

2/6/2016

This post reflects a word Father gave me over five different days in January and February 2015 and overall comments tying the words together.

1/15/2015

                                                     

Looking out my front window I saw a ‘flitter’ around one of the larger, lower tree limbs in the
tree in my neighbor’s back yard (across the street). I watched for a few moments then a small
bird flew out from behind the limb. The Lord spoke to my heart “

The earth is sleeping right now,
but there is still life.” 

My thoughts went to how all the animals and birds only come out in the
winter for nourishment then they scurry or fly back to their respective ‘homes’.

There is ‘life’. It’s not always visible but it is still there waiting for the spring to come so it can re-emerge and bloom.

Years ago, even before I was ‘saved’ Father gave me a poem called “’The Spring Cries”. It was about a seed waiting for the ground to soften so it could spring forth and bloom. It was about the struggle that seed faced before it could burst forth in all of God’s intended glory. This is where God’s people are, now. Waiting to burst forth and bloom in His full glory.

1/28/2015

                                                    

As I was finishing the reading of the ‘Watchman’ prophecy Father put on my heart, that when I was done to look out the window, again. He mentioned something about the ‘snow’. Upon finishing my reading I looked out the window and said “Father, you said something about the snow.” I saw two birds flitting about the treetops and the snow blanketing the ground below.

It is winter and I have hidden most natural food sources to My creation. Some will die in the
harshness of winter but many will survive because they search for the food that is available.

2/3/2015

                                                     

Again, looking out my front window and not really seeing much. Out of the corner of my eye, in
the distance, I caught the flutter of a bird in flight. I saw the breeze rocking the branches of an
evergreen a block away then I noticed the tree in my neighbor’s yard (across the street). I’m not
sure what kind it is but it has shed all its leaves and is barren with all its individual branches
reaching up towards the sky. I seemed to hear the tree cry 

“Make me green again, I desire life.  Let the sap revitalize my inward being. Let my buds push forth. Let my leaves cover my nakedness and let my blossoms reflect your glory. Let me stand in all that you are and I will give you praise for the life that you bring.”

2/6/2015

                                                   

I break my AM prayers into segments & one segment I focus on me. Often I will pace back and
forth between the living room & the small bedroom and sometimes my BR & the kitchen. As I
was coming back into the LR, Father drew my attention out the window (again). There was a
large number of small black birds in the front yard across the street (not the same as before)
pecking away at the ground and the Lord said:

Look at all the birds feeding over there. They fill much of that front yard. They are hungry and
they are consuming all that they can while they can. Souls are hungry for My Word and they
will do the same – given the opportunity. They will consume all that they can while they can and grow the stronger because of it. My children are hungry. Feed My children. Feed them My love so they can grow and wax strong and know and understand not just what they are doing but truly why. I want My children to live in My love so they can give a true reflection of who I AM.

2/24/2015

                                                      

Again, birds. Just getting started this AM and what looked like red bird (I thought cardinal?)
caught my eye in the tree in my neighbor’s back yard. Then I saw several birds (larger than what
I have been noticing out there) and thought “hmmm, it’s still pretty cold but it looks like the
spring birds are starting to filter in and through the area.

” Father spoke to my heart “The rebirth is beginning. New life is coming in. As you see signs of spring starting to move in so are the signs of new life starting to move into My church.”

Towards the end of 2014 and early 2015 many of those operating in the ‘prophetic’ started
talking about a time of blessing and restoration God was bringing His people over the next seven
years starting in 2015. Father had shared the words with me before I had become aware of what
the prophets were saying. In the winter, even though the land looks ‘dead, there is always a
spark of life underneath all that which appears to be dead.

Father says that even though much of His church looks pretty dead, He has a glimmer of life
buried among those ‘dead bones waiting to come out of hiding and glorify Him.

Because of their human weakness, many ‘Christians’ won’t survive the harshness of early
growth but those who seek God will be nourished for they will find the ‘food’ which they need.

The naked tree refers to His church, His true church, desiring to be bathed in His glory and
To grow. Longing to be green again, full of life.

The hungry birds reflect that God’s church is truly hungry for His Word and they will seek it and
be filled. Filled doesn’t just mean having a full tummy, but reflects acquiring all that Father has
to offer us and bathing our lives in His love.

By the end of February, Father says the movement of the church awakening has already started,
not on a large scale, but it has started.  Don't spurn small beginnings.

These prophecies refer to the church coming out of a centuries old shell and starting to grow and
act like the early church. These rudimentary beginnings are Father re-awakening His church so
we, the church, can operate as Father originally intended – on a much larger scale than the little
pockets that we have already seen. If you watch TV, if you listen to what is being preached from
the pulpits by those who are truly led of the Spirit, if you look at what is going on around us, we
can all see that God is doing – already.

There is a progression to these words from our Father from what looks pretty bleak and barren to promises of a flourishing.

Over these next six years Father will bring life back into His church (body) as a whole. Not every church will jump on the bandwagon but there are enough who will that the church will see a revival growing and being established by the end of 2021. Many churches will indeed recognize, believe and be walking in the full power of our Lord Jesus Christ. Not just trying to live for Father as the scriptures say. Not just communicating with Him via the heavenly language (tongues) He has given us.  Not just walking in His Spirit.  Not just activating the prophetic - speaking AND listening to what our heavenly Father is saying but applying it into our own lives and helping others to do the same.  

This is necessary because after this comes a huge Spiritual explosion for which God's children need to be ready. Father has blessed me by showing me through many sources that He is indeed preparing many hearts for this coming time and He is taking these little snowballs and growing them into near an avalanche by the end of 2021. Just as a little snowball can be rolled with more snow to create the base and body of a snowman, God's children will come to realize, without a doubt that Father is God (there is no other) and He can and will do all that He has said He will. He is also equipping His saints to be all that we can be to serve Him to the fullest extent.

Father has shared more 'words' with me showing how He is progressing with His plan and I will share them later. But for now, even though what I have shared here is a year old, it is still relevant today.  It has started with small beginnings and and will grow until the coming explosion. Father will establish those servants whom He has already called and over the next six years He will continue to add as many fellow servants who will hear His call.

As always, all of this I lift up in the name of Jesus and pray He blesses those who read and understand what Father is doing.

Amen

1-26-2016

                                     A blessing in the Storm

As those of us along the Atlantic Coast are still digging out from our snow storm this past weekend Father started on My little brain again early this AM.

I had posted on Facebook the other day how I tried rebuking the incoming storm where Father quickly rebuked me "it rains on the just and the unjust alike" (Matt. 5:45).  My response was "Okaaaaay".  So then I changed my prayer to protects us from what may happen.  He quickly reminded of where Jesus asked Father to not take us out of this world but rather keep us from evil (John 17:15).  I figured Father wasn't going to stop the storm so the least He could do is protect us from the effects of the storm.

Earlier this AM He had my little pea pickin' brain working again.  He started playing a song in my head.  Now we're a small church and we still use a lot of recorded music (played from our laptop, CDs, Ipad, etc) and a song our pastor bought forth, actually a couple of years ago now, and started playing it in my head - a song by Kirk Franklin "A Blessing in the Storm".

Father started showing me the blessings, at least for me, in this storm.  Yup, I'm gonna mention some. WHAG said Hagerstown got

- 24" of snow this weekend, some local areas got 40"
- By Saturday evening, the street I lived on had a single path plowed down the middle
- I never lost power (they called for the possibility)
- I sill have over 1/4 tank of oil for heating
(I don't have the stamina I had as a youth here in my 'seasoned' years [my season has lasted 70 yrs. so far]) but the young gal from next door helped me shovel my walk Saturday afternoon
- and as I was digging my car out, clearing a path to the plowed strip down our street, the fellow from across the street (a bit older than the gal, but still a whole bunch younger than me) brought his snowblower over and helped me finish so I could gt my car out if necessary.  (I didn't even try until late yesterday)
- a lot of snow fell Saturday but my roof didn't.
- He showed me this AM that even though I wasn't excited over the winds that blew on Saturday they did have a purpose: kept ice off the power lines and kept too much snow from collecting on m roof
- I called the gym to see if they were open, they were, & I actually thought about going.  Even after Father had said 'Stay put until today!  I did start out but after seeing the shape of the main roads quickly made it back home and parked.
- Later as I kept seeing cars go up an down the street (not at the same time, still one lane, I decided to go to the store.  so I did.  Got to the main street at the bottom of my street and started towards I81 and saw flashing yellow light a few blocks up.  I decided to turn up the street I used to live on (a couple of blocks from where I now live), waved at a former neighbor - and got stuck about 2/3 the way up the hill.  He & his oldest son helped dig me out & I decided to back down the hill to the street I had just left BUT as I backed down I was watching the snow bank on my left but didn't realize my car had angled a little to the left.  Yup!  I backed into the snow bank on the opposite side of the street.  Myk former neighbor toted his shovel back down to me and dug me out again and yes I did get backed out and to the store.  You ask where's the blessing?  well,l yes I wasn't exactly obedient by going out to begin with.  Yes I made a bad decision in trying to detour around trouble and, yes, Father still bailed me out.  Oh, by the way by the time I got back onto the 'main drag', those flashing yellow lights were gone.

There's more, but I think You just might be getting t he picture by now.  I thank my Heavenly Father that He is always with all His children.  All we have to do is look, ask, then listen (receive) what He says or does for us.  Oh, yeah.  If we just grab and run, stopping to realize what He does for us, we may never realize the blessings He has in store for us.

As I'm writing this, Father is reminding me of the ten lepers (Luke 17:12-19).  Only one turned to give God the thanksgiving and the glory for being healed.

My prayer is that this has or may help someone who reads it.
In Jesus' name

                                                            Valley of Dry Bones

The only time I remember ever hearing a sermon on "Dry Bones" was back when I was a young Christian in the Southern Baptist Church in Prince George' county, Md.  Then it was a call for people to repent and turn back to doing what the bible says.  This is still true even for today but now I am persuaded that there is a deeper twist to this than what 'used to be' preached.

Ezekiel 37:1-14

Today’s Application of Ezekiel’s dry bones.

V1
The hand of the Lord was upon me and carried me out, in His Spirit, and set me down in the middle of a valley which was full of bones

V2
He caused me to pass by them and all around (them) and there were many bones in this open valley and they were very dry.

Imagine being in a valley full of dead men’s bones?
Envision stepping over leg bones, arm bones, skulls
With only a small open spots to place your foot.
And these bones extended as far as the eye could see

V3
And He said to me “Son of man, can these bones live?”
And I answered “Oh, Lord God, You know.”

Ezekiel knows God can do anything.
Bones can’t live by their own power
But God created by speaking things into existence from nothing.
So he knows God can do anything He desires

V4-6
And He said to me again “prophecy unto these bones and say
“O dry bones, hear the Word of the Lord.
Thus says the Lord God to these bones I will cause breath to enter you and you shall live.
I will lay sinews upon you and flesh upon you and I will cover you with skin and put breath in you and you shall live and you will know that I am the Lord.”

Father evaluates a situation, determines what He wants done, then speaks it into existence.
But here He tells Ezekiel to do it.
God is giving authority to a man to speak something into existence even though it is not yet visible (Romans 4:17).
Ezekiel was hoping for something he was not yet seeing (Heb. 11:1)

V7
So I prophesied as I was commanded

Ezekiel was no dummy so he did as God commanded.

He was demonstrating faith through works (James 2:18) by showing his love for the Father by being obedient (2John 6).

V8
And as I prophesied there was a noise
And there was a shaking and the bones came together, bone upon bone.
Then I watched as sinews and flesh came upon the bones and they were covered with skin, but there was no breath in them.
Ezekiel saw the results of his prayer before his very own eyes. The bones coming together
So as he asked, he believed and he saw (Matt.21:22), but there was no life in these bones.

V9-10
Then He said to me “Prophecy to the wind, prophecy, son of man and tell the wind
Thus says the Lord God, come from the four winds, O breath, upon these slain that they might live.”
So I prophesied as He commanded me
and breath came into them
and they lived
and stood up on their feet
and exceedingly great army.

Our Lord is the giver of life
God gives to all life, breath and the things they need (Acts 17:25)
Just as He breathed into Adam’s (man’s) nostrils giving him life (Gen.2:7)

V11
Then He said to me “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel
and behold they say
Our bones are dried
And our hope is lost
We are cut off from our parts.

These bones are Israel
And Israel is hopeless
Because they realize that they are cut off from God – having no real fellowship)

V12
Therefore prophecy and say to them ‘Thus says the Lord God behold
O my people, I will open up your graves and cause you to come up out of them
And bring you into the land of Israel

By using His own hand God can revive His church using obedient servants.
As He brings the church back from death (spiritual apathy) into life (being 'on fire' for Jesus).

V13-14
And you will know that I am the Lord
When I have opened your graves, oh my people
And brought you up out of your graves
And I will put My Spirit in you and you shall live
I will place you in your own land
Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken it and performed it
Says the Lord”

We will know that God is God
And it is indeed He who done this miraculous thing
(given life back into our dead bodies/brought the church back to life)
And we will honor and glorify Him as God
For it is indeed HE who has done this miraculous thing in our lives

Not only will He bring us into His kingdom on 'that' day but here and now, in this world He gives us authority in a realm unique to each individual.


 Our pastor had asked me to bring a word to our fellowship tomorrow (Sunday) and I was going to use this using a character God had given me.  

My character's name was 'Zeke' and he was from New Orleans.  Yep, the 'Big Easy'.  As we go into this next segment, imagine Zeke talking with a southern, I mean s o u t h e r n drawl.  And yes, I had a costume set aside for this character. I had a dark blue bathrobe (two stripes on each sleeve) with a red belt.  Oh, and a wig which looked like I had just stuck my finger into a light socket and because I planned on reading a bit i still would've ha my glasses on.  Envision Zeke giving the responses ('B').

He was Zeke from New Orleans but we could call him 'Big Easy Zeke, y'all'.

Through Ezekiel, God shows us His plans to transform dead bones into vibrant, living creatures
From a spiritually dead foundation to vibrantly alive souls
Giving Father praise, glory and honor
For who He is and what He does for us

1. (v1-2) The stage is set
A Passage says
Ezekiel standing in the midst of a valley of dry bones

B For today
The church is all but dead,
It has lost most actions of what started the church 2000 yrs ago
And though some areas it looks good (the church does a lot of good and right things)
It has not operated as Father originally equipped us - for a long time

2. (v3) The question
A Passage says
Can these dry bones live again?

B For today
Can the church be revived and operate under the full power and authority under which it was originally established?

3. (v4-6) Request to man
A Passage says
Speak to the bones & say “hear the Word of the Lord, I will give you breath, sinew, muscle & skin

B For today
I will give you life so you can breathe once again and be alive, vibrant
I will give you sinews to connect your various parts so they can
function as a single unit once again
I will give you muscle to empower your bones to move and do what they need to do – and in concert because of the sinews.
I will cover you with skin so you will ‘look’ like the church I originally created via Jesus.

4. (v7) Our obedience
A Passage says
Ezekiel prophesied as God commanded him

B For today
Do as Father commands us. Carry His Word where and to whomsoever He says. Do what He says to do as He describes.

5. (v8) What happens – substance on the bones
A Passage says
There was a noise as each bone came into its proper place in each body

B For today
Father orchestrates how His body functions as a whole and how each fellowship functions within that body (Eph. 4:11-12), each with its own individualized task or performance of the task.  Everybody has a job in the body of Jesus Christ.

6. (v9-10) Breath of life into bodies
A Passage says
Ezekiel prophesied to the wind and it came and entered each of the bodies who once were dead but now are alive and they stood up.

B For today
Father breathes the Holy Ghost into our lives so we can be equipped and prepared to ‘do’ for Him because we now live for Him and are obedient to His Word and His will. Father is raising a mighty army of witnesses & workers.

7. (v11) Complaint of living bones
A Passage says
The bones are Israel but they complain because they are feeble and don’t have direction and are ‘cut off’ from our parts

B For today
All the ‘different’ denominations have created an air of being ‘disjointed’, disconnected from each other with little or no real communication between the denominations.  Each denomination acting separately, not interacting with other parts so naturally though they may feel like something is missing.  It is. Fellowship in community. not one big humongous church.  We need eyes, ears, mouth, hands, feet, etc. to fully function as God intended.  Too many churches have thought they 'had it all' and missed out on some wonderful growth.

8. (12) No longer dead/return to Israel
A Passage says
I will bring you up out of your graves and bring you back into the land of Israel.

B For today
Father will heal the silly arguments that separate His true church and bring His true church back under one banner – Jesus Christ, our Lord.  Jesus is till OUR HEAD but we are still hands, feet, eyes ears and mouth, etc.  

Not only does each fellowship have a function but each soul within each fellowship has a function within that fellowship.

9. (13) God is God
A Passage says
You will know that I AM God because I have raised you from your graves.

B For today
True Christians will acknowledge God as the only true and living God because He has brought real life back into our lives as we now live for Him, in His will.  We will acknowledge Him, thanking Him for what He has done for each of us giving Him the praise and glory He so richly deserves for loving us so much.

10. (14) God’s Spirit in us/restoration
A Passage says
I will put My Spirit in you and you shall live
And I will place you in your own land
And you will know that I have done this.

B For today
Father gives us His Holy Spirit for guidance, direction, power and authority to live the life He gives us
And to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with the world.
Because He has re-established us, we will gladly acknowledge Him as our God and magnify and glorify Him in all that we say and do
Because He has given us new life.

Today’s church are largely these dry bones.

Father has been trying to reconstruct His church for centuries
 By the fourth century (could have been sooner) the church was a mere shell of how it started

Protestant Reformation (1500/1600 AD ) added sinew, pushed those old bones in the right direction
All parts starting to connect - the basis for what God wanted to build was forming, the structure
Realization of that God is personal (humanism was good for something)

Holiness movements @1700/1800's) added a little muscle
Back to basics

Do what God has called us to do
Live according to God’s will

focus on God

Pentecostal movement added covering (skin) of the Holy Ghost
Pulling things together into one package
So we could truly start functioning under God’s will
We looked like what we were supposed to
We acted (somewhat) how we were supposed to act
But through all this, the fullness was still incomplete

Apostolic/prophetic brings breath from the ‘four winds’ (life)
Full power from our heavenly Father
That is even a deeper understanding
There is ‘true’ life
Fuller life
More complete understanding of authority God has given us
So we can magnify His Holy Name
Draw souls into His kingdom

Through Protestant Reformation, Holiness movement, Pentecostalism and the Apostolic/Prophetic movements

Father has been bringing His body from a bunch of ‘dead bones’ to a vibrant church which praises Him
Glorifies Him
Which acknowledges Him for who He is
And what He has done.
And is obedient to His Word and Will

We are a part of that church

The formation of planets around a young star

1-9-2016

New beginnings

I had prepared the prophecies concerning ‘birds’ for today, but Father told me to write about what He put on my heart this AM (while my head was still resting on my pillow).

Father started sharing with me ‘New Beginnings’.

January is the first month of our year. To the Christian, ‘one’ means our God is One God, it also means that on the first day God started His creative process, the essence of life and existence – new beginnings. We are in a time of ‘new beginnings’. Father is restoring and refreshing things in our lives and blessing us so we can get a fresh start, a new beginning, on/in our walk with Him so we can serve Him as He has called us.

Father started, this morning, with some tidbits about where He was headed with His church over the next several years and in so doing so He reminded me of a book He had me read within the past couple of years – “History of Christianity” by Johnathan Hill. The biggest thing Father showed me in this book is that from Peter and Paul, through the church’s history and until today and continuing until the day Jesus calls us home, the problems the church has, is and will face have not changed. The approaches may be a little different but the concepts have remained the same. We have never wrestled against flesh and blood (the things in this world) but always against powers, principalities, the rulers of darkness in this world and spiritual wickedness in high places (Eph. 6:11-18). If we’ve lived in Christ Jesus for any length of time we’ve come to realize our true enemy is the devil, Satan, and his cohorts (demons). Not the people and situations around us but rather those spirits that motivate them.

In “History of Christianity” Father showed me that not all Christians confess Jesus out of their love and appreciation for Him. As an example, the book mentioned that at times when a king heard and believed the gospel, because he was king he decided that all his subjects should be Christian, whether they wanted to or not (king’s decree) or, (sometimes) under the penalties including death if they didn’t convert (and I don’t mean spiritual/eternal death, I mean physical/immediate). Some choice? What kind of commitment is there to our Lord under those conditions?

In the Old Testament, the priests stood the gap between the people and God. Unfortunately, over the centuries many Christian churches operated under the same guideline. Oft times people weren’t ‘educated’ and had no reading skills so they were dependent upon the priests and ministers to tell them what God’s Word said.

Education and the Renaissance changed this (a bit) as people were becoming more educated being able to read for themselves. Understand that reading is not a modern concept. The Greeks could read. Every; civilization which had a written language could read and we know (at least) some Christians could read as the Bereans checked their scriptures to see if what Paul was telling them was true (Acts 17). The bible calls us ‘sheep’ and unfortunately too many people (not limited to Christians) would rather be told what to do and think than figure it out for themselves. It’s okay to seek guidance and direction but some folks just don’t want to have to think. Period. What the Renaissance did for us is reawaken our thinking processes but it also reintroduced ‘humanism’ into our thinking. Now humanism isn’t new. Thinking that “I’m the center of everything” is as old as time but a novel idea was reborn “God really cares about me and wants to interact with ‘me’! This thinking brought about the Protestant Reformation. Unfortunately, come churches still have clung to the idea that the masses aren’t smart enough to understand God’s Word for themselves. Praise the Lord that we find out that when we talk (pray) with (not to) Father and read His written Word, we discover that He will and does open up our understanding so we can grow closer to Him. We can know what He’s talking about (even if it’s in ‘King James’ English – try reading the bible in 1611 English).

Father’s desire is that each one of us learns to walk with Him as Jesus walks with Him (No the ‘s’ is not a misprint). Jesus walked with the Father when He was with us on this earth over 2000 years ago and because the Father and Son are one, He (Jesus) continues to walk with Father and will do so throughout all eternity.

Father reminded me of what Jesus did for us: He was born into this world to redeem us from this world (sin and the curse of the law (death)). He walked as we walked for thirty years then He ministered to us for about 3 ½ more years. Then He allowed Himself to be arrested by the Gentiles. He suffered a scourging (a beating with a whip which was studded with bone and metal chips) for our healing; He suffered the indignation and humiliation of the thorny crown and purple robe – silently, for us; He shed the last drops of His blood as atonement for our sins so we wouldn’t have to bear that burden; as He died, water poured forth from His pierced side cleansing us from the same; and He was dead on the cross so they buried Him. The bible says (Jesus said John 15:13) that there is no greater display of love than when a man gives his life for another. But this love didn’t stop at the grave for in order to keep His promise of eternal fellowship with the Father through Him Jesus rose from the grave –alive and well, in the flesh (Luke 24:39). He walked and talked with His disciples for forty days (Acts 1:3) then ascended back into heaven (Acts 1:9) so He could prepare a place for us so we can be with Him throughout eternity (John 14:1-3).

This is our hope, no, our promise that as we live for Jesus we will be with Him forever (John 14 & 15 –yes, both chapters). We die to ourselves by living for Christ and we do that by keeping His commandment – which is to love (Matt. 22:36-40).

So this is a time of ‘new beginnings’. As we listen to Father’s voice and abide in His leading He can take us to new heights, new accomplishments. As we allow Him to work in and through our lives, He can shape us into the servants He desires us to be. He has given each one of us a talent or talents and He desires that we use those gifts to glorify and magnify Him –in this world – so that others might see and desire to come into His kingdom (as well as we), thereby saving their souls from eternal hell. As we use our gifts to serve Him, we find our own souls being satisfied, not to mention that the blessings that will come from the Father because of our obedience.

I rented and watched the DVD ‘War Room’ a week ago. Take a look around and see how Father is already raising up servants (soldiers) to do His will. Will the Kendricks take over Hollywood? I don’t know, the book of Revelation implies that when Jesus returns there are going to be a whole lot of wicked people still in this world. But I will say this that they are and will continue to have an impact on the industry. Maybe, just maybe, through their efforts and the efforts of others in their respective fields (as God has blessed) there will be a positive impact giving people a choice of what to watch, read or do.

Our goal should be ‘to be an impact on whatever God gives us to do, wherever He leads, speaking whatever He tells us’. When we come and/or go people should know that something has changed and that change has been created by our Lord, Jesus Christ. They may not remember us but they should remember the impact Jesus has made – whether they accept it or not.

So whatever we do, we should do as unto the Lord (Colossians 3:23). God is our supervisor watching all that we do.

This is a time of new beginnings. If we have been stale, let’s refresh our relationship with Father through Jesus Christ our Lord remembering that the Holy Spirit (Holy Ghost) dwells within our hearts and He will guide us and lead us into all truth (John 16:13-14). He will empower us and enable us to be true witnesses for Jesus (Acts 1:8). “Empower us?” HE gives us the ability, strength and durability to that whatever He has called us.

As I continue to grow in Christ Jesus I come to realize more and more that I want ALL the ammunition available to me to fight this fight so I can do the things Father has requested of me and to be able to stand against any and all the wiles and assaults from the enemy.

It’s only been in recent years that I’ve come to understand Father’s calling for my life and this blog is part of how I am pursuing that calling.

Each one of us has a calling on our life no matter how great or how small. God has a plan for each and every one of us. He has a task for each of us to perform – for Him – that only we can do in the way God has prescribed. That calling may be ‘only’ (I use quotation marks because with Father nothing is just ‘only’) to our family and friends. That calling may be to our church, the community or perhaps a bigger platform even up to the entire world. He has given each of us a gift that is unique to each one of us and though many others may have a similar talent, God wants us to use that talent in only the way He has designed for us. We don’t know how God intends to use that talent/gift so we do what He asks to the best of our ability. I mentioned the Kendricks having an impact on Hollywood but Father wants us (each one of us) to have an impact on the people and/or situations around us.

This is a time of New Beginnings when God is desiring to use each one of us in the way He intended. We don’t worry about how small we are or how great we may become. We just look for God’s calling in our lives and then do it t as best as we are able. If we need more understanding, more strength, more ‘whatever’ all we have to do is ask and God will give it to us. He will show us, reveal, and as we seek Him He will grow us to be all that we can be. When we ask, look for and try the ‘doors’ it will be given to us (Matt. 7:7. When we ask in prayer, believing we shall receive it, God will give it to us (Matt. 21:22). Sometimes we don’t receive simply because we haven’t asked or asked for the wrong reason (James 4:1-3)

(added 1/11)     New Beginnings means a fresh start for the rest of our lives.  A chance for new growth, new opportunities and new experiences.  We have dreams.  God has dreams (intents) for us.  May our dreams match up with Gods dreams so our lives may be richer and fuller.

In Jesus’ name.