“I AM RESTORING THE GRID”

I was sharing with Holy Spirit recently on a drive into Olympia, Washington, to help a friend and to be at a ministry meeting with another friend … and Holy Spirit began to share with me some things about the times and seasons.

 

As a bit of background – over the last several years many awesome men and women of God within the institutional, mainstream denominational churches, often – and suddenly – found themselves no longer part of the organizations that they had been ministering in for many years.

 

For some it was a voluntary move – they just knew it was time to move on to something, for others Abba had to get them across the bridge and then burn it down behind them to get them where He wanted – OFF THE GRID.

 

And so for many years now they have worked in obscurity, enjoyed being the Church instead of going to church, and have listened to Abba as He began to reveal hidden things for the days ahead.

 

Like Elijah some felt they were the only ones, but in reality, He has hidden away thousands of such individuals around the world… hidden for such a time and season as is about to come upon us.

In the natural, our nation’s power grid serves us well, unless there is a significant or unnatural load placed on it, or parts of it are impacted by events, and then it is literally lights out.

 

In a similar vein, our spiritual power grid has served us well over the decades, but it has become stressed and weak in many areas and any significant spiritual issue or attack could cause it to crash isolating pockets of believers around the nation in spiritual dimness – and in some areas, darkness.

 

Today, Holy Spirit showed me that one of the reasons Abba has taken so many “off the grid” is that He needed to restore and upgrade many key sections and transformer in the old system and could only do it when they were off line.

 

Today I heard Abba clearly say

 

“I AM RESTORING THE POWER GRID”

 

So be prepared and ready to be plugged back into His power system, be ready to take on a significant power shift, and to ensure that His power gets to those who need it…

 

Martin Best, 

Whirlwind Ministries

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Coming Out of the Cave

Over the years many prophetic types and intercessors have spoken time and time again about hearing sounds of the earth groaning...here and there, sounds of the moving earth...

At the same time Abba has been realigning His children, hiding his children, taking the off the grid and hiding them under the protection of His wings...

And like in the days of old the children have seen themselves "alone" unaware of all that He has hidden...remaining quiet least they be found out....

BUT NOW the earth and the children SHALL sound forth in a growing cadence of His voice.

For the days of remaining quiet, of remaining silent, of consistent hiding are coming to an end...slowly but surely He is bringing forth the hidden prophets from the caves to show His power through the sounds of Heaven...
 
However, DO NOT EXPECT THINGS TO BE AS THEY WERE...for this is a new season where the sounds of heaven bring forth the power and the life He has declared over us...
 
Power and Glory are His forever and ever...
 
Enlarge and magnify your expectations for the days of thinking small are done and shall be forgotten for as big as our God so SHALL BE THE MANIFESTATION OF HIS POWER AND GLORY...AMEN AND AMEN

by Martin Best
Whirlwind Ministries

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Comment: This was not shared as a "Public Word" for distributing around the world. This is what God spoke to one of his prophetic voices in the Northwest Region, revealing His heart. 
This website is a collections of prophetic words "to, from and about the Pacific Northwest," so it belongs here. I recommend praying into this, and I recommend laying down expectations. ~NWP

What does this Incipient Outpouring That is Impacting the Northwest Look Like?

What does this Incipient Outpouring That is Impacting the Northwest Look Like?

by Bob Brasset

Recently my friend, Don Pirozok, was with a middle- aged mother and grandmother. Both of these precious ladies have been praying, interceding and absolutely pouring themselves out... seeking a move of God for their region and Country.

My friend, Don, wrote, “When you see these women immediately you are drawn to the visible light shining from their faces-particularly the grandmother. The presence of God seems to accompany her wherever she goes. The grandmother recounted how kids from several neighborhood blocks are being supernaturally drawn to her home to be "saved," so far about 18 in all. This young grandmother has been in constant prayer often late into the night being led to intercede for the different houses, city blocks and neighborhoods in her area. She also mentioned people in stores are commenting on the unusual "peace" which they feel around her and are being drawn by the presence of God. At times cars have stopped in front of her home and people walking by her house just stop and stand not knowing why they are being drawn to her home. My friend, Don, says, “I am so impacted by what the Holy Spirit is doing in her life.”

MINISTRY IN THE STREETS

Another adventure began when Laurs came with the team to minister in the streets. As the team spread out into different areas of the downtown, Laurs asked the Lord, “Where do I go?” Jesus said to her, “Go where my people are”. So she was led close to where some homeless people were hanging and close to an empty bottle depot.

She came to a junction, the Lord said, “Turn left“. Then she saw a motionless person laying in the street and a lady standing beside him. The lady started waving at her. She cried, “I need a phone to call an ambulance!” And so they did. To assure that person they told him that an ambulance was on the way. The guy did not like the idea. He started to crawl across the road , then he hit his head on the pavement and received a few scratches. They prayed. Finally the ambulance came. The man left in the ambulance.

Fast forward a few days later. There’s the guy again in the streets. Laurs spotted him. He’s now open to the Gospel. He’s with another guy who is Islamic. He spoke in Urdu. My friend, Robert, who was also there understood the language. Robert and Laurs then went and bought them coffee, donuts and pizza. They were so happy and surprised! The Urdu guy gave his life to Jesus and the then 4 others did too. (He had been at first very opposed to the gospel.)

After this another person arrived on the scene, pointed to the first guy and said “he is demonized and needs exorcism “. Robert said, “That's not a problem. Jesus took lots of demons out of people”. He stretched his hand out and commanded the demon to come out in the name of Jesus. He, who was at first so hostile to gospel, calmed down and accepted Jesus as his Lord, saying, “How come I feel so peaceful. And what just left my body?”

AN IMPAIRED KNEE HEALED

A person's knee was water logged. He couldn’t t move it and it was swollen badly. He could only limp along in a very stiff fashion. When he saw and heard what was going on, he asked for healing. We said to him, “Do you know that you can have Jesus in your heart and all your sins wiped clean and you can renounce all other Gods?” He accepted Jesus as his Lord. We suggested that he ask Jesus himself for healing, Then Laurs and Robert put their hands on him and started to speak in tongues. Holy Spirit said, “Tell him to start moving his knee.” After he moved his knee 20 times he ran across the road, did some sit ups, did a dance - a jig for the group, and then got his medicine and threw it out” He said, “I don't need it anymore.” He is now planning on going back home soon to witness to his family and his home Village. (He has First Nations background.) Three other people were watching this and gave their hearts to the Lord Jesus too!

My friend said, “Then on Sunday i stood on that corner started to pray and presence of the Lord was there, I spoke out loud, “This corner belongs to Jesus , every demon go and may alcohol taste like poison and drugs be revolting)” Another Muslim person was listening he started to cry , he wanted prayer and made Jesus His Lord .

JUST TODAY

Just this PM my friend, Lance Hollet, and I were in Hillside mall. We came upon an East Indian couple. To make a longer story short. The man has severe arthritis in the knee. He was healed when Lance commanded the arthritis to go but, interestingly, he had to command it 3 times! The East-Indian man gave the healing a very thorough going over and a series of physical test and rejoiced, declaring, “There is no pain, swelling or impairment in any way” Then it was his wife’s turn. She had an incurable damaged muscle in her back; she also had a rib condition that gave her great pain and impeded her sleep greatly. These conditions were ongoing for either 20 years or 10 years, I forget which. Anyway, she too was healed and declared as much after giving her back muscle and rib cage thorough tests and exercises right there in the Mall.

Later, I was passing a dollar store. A lady employee stepped out into the sidewalk and began to reach up to wash a window. Immediately I heard her cry out, "Ow ow, that hurts, that hurts so much! Oh, that is so painful!" I was right beside her so I said, "What's wrong?" She cried out again, "It hurts so much! I have a torn rotator cuff and the Doctor says I must have surgery and I don't want to. It is so painful." I said, "Would it be OK if Jesus heals you right now?" She replied, "Yes definitely the sooner the better. I'm hurting." I said, "Thank you Jesus for this awesome woman. I command the tear in the rotator cuff to be normal and completely healed with no pain, in Jesus name!" Then I said, "Test it out!" You should have seen the expression on her face. It was priceless. As she moved her arm and then began to windmill faster and faster her face expressed surprise, exuberance and joy, like 'I can hardly believe this'. She twirled her arm violently in every direction again and again with a big grin on her face. I was then able to share with a very attentive and receptive woman the very Good News of Jesus!

The next day...yesterday, I deliberately went by the Dollar store to see how she was doing. She said, "I slept the whole night through without pain. It's a little sore today but I think that's because I overworked it in my enthusiasm."

Jesus is indeed wonderful and He continues to heal, save, and set-free people right out there in the marketplace.

AN OVERVIEW

Here’s what this incipient move of God, that has begun to touch the Pacific Northwest (Mostly British Columbia and Washington State) currently looks like:

It Is :
1) Outside the 4 Walls
2) Ordinary Christians and Pastors are being used and giving leadership
3) Not Commercialized
4) Quick Obedience
5) A Longing to See Souls Saved
6) Great Grace to Share the Gospel and to “Take it to the streets”
7) An Unusual Amount of Salvations
8) Prayer, Intercession, Crying out For the Lost
9) A Heart of Compassion
10) Signs and Wonders and regular Supernatural Occurrences----(without boasting or promoting the spectacular)


These are ten elements that seem to accompany those who are being led by God here in The Pacific Northwest. This move of God resembles the early Church in that it is out into the neighborhoods, the streets and the marketplace where life is lived every day. God is using ordinary men, women, and children who have surrendered to a "complete dependency on Jesus" and are being led by the Spirit of God. The highest value seems to be "pleasing God," by seeking and reaching the lost. These saints are "not motivated by money," instead are taking great time at personal cost to follow Jesus into what they expect is full-on revival and harvest.

These miracles of harvest are "not exploited" by commercialization. These healings and deliverances seem to be rather numerous and common. The desire not to offend the Holy Spirit by “attempting to own” the glory of miracles has created a childlike simplicity among the laborers. There is no "one man show" or the "man or woman of God" syndrome. Ordinary saints are walking in extraordinary dependence on the Holy Spirit. The gospel is shared in simplicity with what looks like "great grace". Continual prayer is manifesting day and night for this present move of God. The "Agape-love of God" is filling the harvesters so "fear of rejection and fear of man” is giving way to compassion and vision. This compassion brings a deep longing for the most hardened sinners to be healed and saved. Miracles are an everyday event as evidenced by the numbers of "divine appointments" and healings.

Jesus may this report motivate us to see the season is "harvest time" and a very real outpouring of the Holy Spirit is just outside our homes and “right next door.”

Love-----Jesus Style!

Bob Brassetrsbrasset@shaw.ca

from: http://nwp.link/1jtMJgf 

The Peninsulas of Washington State

The Lord spoke to me on this Tuesday morning in what is (in the Northwest) unmistakably garden season:

I had the sense that God is doing something in some places in Northwest Washington, particularly on the Peninsulas (Kitsap, Olympic) that's a lot like compost. Yeah, I know: weird, eh? He’s not doing this only on the peninsulas, but these are the areas that he brought to my attention this morning, as I was working in my own garden.

Compost is essentially trash (lawn clippings, table scraps, yard trimmings, farm animal poo) that's buried. Often compost is buried in more compost, but my sense was that this was underground, beneath the surface.

And when compost is buried, worms and bacteria and rot work in the trash, and over time, they turn it into the richest, best, most nourishing soil that a seed can grow in, so rich, in fact, that a good gardener will often have to “cut it” with something safer (regular dirt, peat moss, vermiculite, etc) so that it doesn’t burn the tender young roots of a baby plant.

My sense is that God has been doing this in the Peninsulas of Washington State: taking the trash, the castouts, the human beings that have been discarded, trimmed from more civilized culture, and he’s taken the poo, the worst circumstances, crises, difficulties, trials and hopelessness, and he’s buried them, hidden them. And while, over the years, the tourists come and go, the city folk move to the suburbs to civilize them, God has been working in the buried trash and poo, and he’s been working a miracle.

There’s a richness that’s developed among these discarded people, these who have endured such poo from life. There’s a readiness, a goodness, a nourishing home for the Spirit of God to find a home, and to move among a people.

There are no big, famous fellowships that I know of in Northwest Washington, but there’s a lot of fellowship. And so much of it has been under the surface, hidden from view, but in those unseen places, God has been building some mighty sons and daughters, warriors who haven’t known the temptations of big city churches, and who haven’t fallen prey to the cruel masters of numbers and money.

Look to the peninsulas when you’re looking for revival. Listen to the peninsulas when you’re listening for what God is up to. There’s life sprouting in the compost there, life that will influence and nourish the entire region.

David McLain

Persistent Prophetic Warfare

Comment: This is not your typical prophetic word. This is a prophet clarifying the work of the prophetic to which many of us here in the northwest are called. Understand the warfare that you are a part of, take appropriate action, and do not let anything stop you.

Persistent Prophetic Warfare

From my experience there are two “branches” of Persistent Prophetic Warfare. There is what the Persistent Prophet continually does to wage war against the forces of darkness. And, there is what the forces of darkness continually do to wage war against the Persistent Prophet.

Of course, this is also generally true for ANY Child Of God. All born-again believers WILL have to wage war against the forces of darkness – it is written – and WILL suffer backlash and setbacks from that effort – which is also written. There is NO escape. It is our collective reality – and God has made this struggle plain in His Word. From God’s point of view, we are clearly to expect – by faith –  that there will be victories, and we are also clearly warned that there will be struggle.

It was the same for Jesus Himself. 

But I am writing about that particular subset of the overall battle called “Persistent Prophetic Warfare.” And more importantly, about the enemy’s objective and the tactics meant to bring Persistent Prophetic Warriors down.

The scriptural references that apply are legion, I know you know them, so I will be limited in using them and write more from my heart. 

Let’s assume that if you are on my email “to” list [where this article was first published],  that I consider that you already know you have a Prophetic Call of some kind – whether it is the primary Call on your life – a complimentary or secondary Call – or you have intimate knowledge about or experience with those that do have a Prophetic Call. Let’s also assume that as “experienced” prophets we have already exhibited decades of proven experience – and have had ongoing struggle as we have “walked out our faith.”

We have been Persistent Prophetic Warriors.

The enemy is not stupid. When satan sees that you are being obedient and affective – especially long term – he will do whatever he needs to do to “take you out.” He will also be persistent. He will continue to attack your day job, those to whom you report to – like bosses or supervisors, your finances, family, friends, your prophetic “vision”, your health, etc. ...even your effort to continue on with life itself. Misunderstanding, rejection, weakness, shame, embarrassment, disappointment, doubt, fear, and sickness may be your “familiar reality.” You may even be called in front of legal authorities multiple times and find yourself having to repeatedly defend yourself for things you may or may not have actually done. Your family, friends, Christian friends, and co-workers may question you and turn away from you many times.

At points you may loose your prophetic vision too – as these things repeatedly rise up to overwhelm you – and not just in ones and twos – but multiple avenues of warfare coming against you over and over – and over long periods of time.

Effective Prophets sometimes fight on with few friends understanding what they are doing. Effective Prophets may feel the sting of isolation and wonder why they have so many victories, so little recognition, and so much struggle and discouragement. Prophets will know the Juniper Tree. 

And, if Satan can’t destroy you, he will try to distract you.

He will try to separate you from your First Love – and divert you away from your Calling and mission.

He will try to keep you focused on material things: your money, house, cars, clothes, tools, other worldly possessions, and the struggle to get and maintain them. He will try to make work and your ministry overwhelm you: with diverted time, an appeal to selfishly excel, and constant dissatisfactions with procedures, policies, bosses and co-workers. He will try and disappoint you with your family and friends. At times they will be indifferent toward you, neglect you, and – as in my case – outright reject you. He will try and bring fear into your life through the personal, national and international issues we are all facing. He will attack your health, ability to rest, cause you to be dissatisfied with your own level of fitness – and anything or everything else about you. Etc. Etc. Etc.

Satan will use whatever he can to separate you from the Love of Jesus, the Voice and Power of the Holy Spirit, the Absolute Care of our Heavenly Father, and the CALL He Himself has placed on your life. 

You will have Battle Fatigue. 

You will have battle fatigue. Not much fun, huh?

Hardened combat soldiers – those who continue to wage effective war on the battlefield against the enemy – ARE going to be the enemy’s target.   

Experienced Prophet warriors – those who continue to wage effective war against the forces of darkness and win – ARE going to be satan’s target. 

Both are going to face exhaustion. Both are a great threat to the enemy – and the enemy is going to direct his resources toward the greatest threat. 

There is that element of combat experience where the soldier and Prophet get to the point that life and death, victory and defeat don’t matter.

Continue the Fight.

What matters is continuing the fight. Because continuing the fight is right. 

So, be careful to face up to the fact that you are in this thing – Persistent Prophetic Warfare – for the long haul – and that in a certain sense (understand this with godly wisdom) “you” don’t matter.

What matters is far greater than ourselves or any earthly kingdom. What matters is Jesus and the Kingdom of God – and that in the heat of battle you continue to recognize the enemy, continue keep your weapons aimed at him, and continue pulling the trigger.

If victory comes, which it most surely will, there will come a time when your Reward is made known.

Jesus Himself will not forget you – either in the fight or afterward.

The Holy Spirit will continue to empower you and be your Advocate – both in the fight and afterward.

And, our Father will both dry your tears – and bring ultimate judgment.

As it is written: “God is a Rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” 

He Himself said that He would “neither leave us nor forsake us.”

Be persistent. 

Keep pulling the trigger.

Unlike combat soldiers, Prophetic Warriors have an unlimited supply of weapons and ammunition – and our Leadership does not fail.

Regards, Scott

Scott Wiley Arnold

Missouri USA

September 18, 2009

Keeping Up With the Horses

Jeremiah 12:5
"If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you,
Then how can you contend with horses?
And if in the land of peace,
In which you trusted, they wearied you,
Then how will you do in the floodplain of the Jordan?

This is an interesting challenge that I believe God is speaking to His church right now. “You think you’re tired now? What are you going to do when the pace picks up? He’s been saying this for the past couple of years.

And now the pace is picking up. If we were content to jog along in the back of the pack, maybe also in the back pew, not pressing very hard into “God things”, then we’re discovering that isn’t working as well as it used to. I expect we’ll find the back rows of the church becoming more sparsely populated as their usual inhabitants can no longer keep up and fall away.

But the Denizens Of The Back Pew aren’t typically readers of blogs, particularly blogs like this one whose purpose is to challenge the status quo. Readers of this type of blog are more likely to be followers of Christ who are intentional and pressing forward in their relationship with God.

Believers who take the position of, “I want more in God,” tend to be among leaders of this race that we’re running with the footmen. And if the pace of the race is picking up, if the pacesetters are no longer soldiers but horses, then what will happen to those runners who were not falling behind? What will happen to the leaders of the pack?

What do we do? An examination of this passage reveals some answers.

First, the terms are military: “footmen” refers to solders on foot, and they only ran to the battle they looked forward to winning (a different verb was used of fleeing from a defeat). The run to the fight is indeed capable of wearying us, though it does not need to; by running regularly, with discipline and passion, we can keep up with the footmen. That’s valuable when we’re running with the footmen – as we have been, but not as valuable when the horses come onto the battlefield – as is beginning to happen now.

But the assumption is that after running with footmen for a while, we will run next with horses, or more precisely, we will “contend with horses.” Horses, while valuable other uses, were primarily tools of war, in this era, nearly always pulling chariots, so the image is still one of warfare.

But the verb Jeremiah chose is not about “keeping up with” the war horses and their implied chariots; it’s about contending with them. The Hebrew word charah is a primitive root, speaking of passion, jealousy, anger; it’s related to an Aramaic root word meaning “to cause fire to burn

Let’s just be bold and come right out and say it: our pace is picking up. It used to be that we could keep our place in the race by running with a certain level of exertion, and it isn’t working any more. We’re running just as hard, but we’re falling behind.

The solution is not about running harder. There is benefit in running harder when the pace is slower, when the pace-setters are foot soldiers. When the battle horses come onto the field, it’s not about running harder, it’s about charah: it’s about passion, anger, burning.

In this phase of the race, running harder won’t help. Passion is the only thing that will get us through this season, passion for the Man Jesus, for our relationship with Him, passion for the battle we’re facing, for the people who will be the spoils of war for one side or the other. Passion, fire in our soul, is the solution in this season we’re entering.

In traditional Hebrew fashion, the question is asked twice, using two different metaphors:

· If you’re getting weary just running with the footmen, what will happen when you need to contend with horses?

· If you’ve gotten weary in a land of peace (in which you’ve trusted), then how will you do in the floodplain of Jordan?

The phrase “floodplain of the Jordan” is interesting, particularly as we’re heading toward that place, away from the land of peace that we’ve become comfortable with. In the Hebrew, “floodplain” is a the metaphorical translation of the KJV and NKJV, while NIV and RSV translate “thickets”. The original word references “majesty” and “splendor.”

Both speak of abundance, of increase. The region around the Jordan was thick with growth, nearly a jungle compared with the rest of the land, and the reason was the water of the Jordan. So the figure of speech “floodplain of the Jordan” is talking about a season of fruitfulness, of increase, of abundance: an increase of the River, an increase in growth, an increase of harvest.

It might be worth noting that the increased growth around the river also provided cover for predators: lions particularly were known to hide in the cover there. Where there is an increase of harvest, there is often an increase of predators.

The point is this: “If you have been caught up in the crises of the land of peace, what will you do when I begin pouring out more of my river, when you enter the season of fruitfulness?”

It’s easy enough to be caught up with the stuff of life. We have challenges from information overload, from on-line distractions, from provocations coming from landlords, co-workers, other drivers. It’s easy to become overloaded in the drama of this season of running with the foot soldiers.

The fact that it’s foot soldiers we’re running with should help give us perspective: this isn’t about my comfort: we’re running to a battle. I need to be prepared for that battle, my attention needs to be on eternity in order to not be caught up in order to not be wearied in this race. I must “fix my eyes on Jesus” (Hebrews 12:1-2) and run with the discipline of a single focus to keep up with the soldiers. That season was marked by “Just keep on running. Just keep running.”

But with the increased pace of the war horses, there comes an entirely different focus. This season is being marked by an increase of the River among us, and by an increase of growth and of harvest. In this season, we’re beginning to experience the outpouring of God and the ingathering of the lost that we’ve been praying for during the years and decades of “just keep running.”

This is what we’ve been praying for, what we’ve sacrificed for, what we’ve been waiting for! But now that God is answering those prayers, things are different than they once were. The water is higher. The undergrowth is thicker. There’s life sprouting up all over the place, whether in healings, in people coming to (or back to) faith, or in unbelievers being open to hearing the gospel of life.

But there are lions hiding in these bushes as well, still roaring, still seeking someone to devour. If not you, then some of the new believers, some of the people who have been recently healed, some of the folks asking questions now.

We’ll be sustained in this battle by the fire of passion. Discipline – which was so valuable before – is of less value now; its place is perhaps a safety net: if passion falters, then we’re not completely destroyed. But the successful warfare strategy will be to develop a burning heart, to fan the spark of our love for God and for His people into a flame and nurture it into a bonfire. In the wild, have you noticed how a campfire always draws the people around it, but the wild animals are driven away from it in fear?

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Heads Up

Just wanted to share what I discovered yesterday. There is a blanket assualt happening against God's people whom He has kept hidden in His quiver for just the right moment, and just the right season.

Saw a picture of the enemy standing right in front of us, so close that He can't be seen around. He is spewing things, like, it's never gonna come, this is going to take forever, you must endure these assualts.......forever. His goal is to make us give up hope, focus on now, and what is in front of our faces. He is wanting us to take things in our own hands or sit down so we are not ready when God shows up.

I saw that if we would push the enemy out of our way we would see the Lord right behind Him. That the pouring out that has been spoken of over and over is wth Him. That it is not a movement, or a day, of excitement, but it is a permanent outpouring.

If we would push the enemy out of our eyesight, we would break into rejoicing with what we see. We wouldn't be able to help but rejoice, because the presence of the Lord is so near.

Those on the outside looking in can see it, we are so close that we can't see it, unless we push what is standing in our vision to the side.

Isaiah 66:8-9,14
8 Who has ever heard of such a thing? Who has ever seen such things?
Can a country be born in a day or a nation be brought forth in a moment?
Yet no sooner is Zion in labor than she gives birth to her children.
9 Do I bring to the moment of birth and not give delivery?" says the LORD.
"Do I close up the womb when I bring to delivery?" says your God.
14 When you see this, your heart will rejoice and you will flourish like grass;
the hand of the LORD will be made known to his servants, but his fury will be shown to his foes.


Alena Miles



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Resources
• Be a Hero! • Bethel Redding • Graham Cooke • Church Soundguy • End Time Prophetic Vision

Ministries
• Northwest Equipping • Healing the Northwest • Mosaic Northwest • PacificMinistries • Revival Town • Rivers of Grace • Storehouse Ministries

Missions
• Youth With A Mission • Int'l House of Prayer KC • Int'l House of Prayer NW • Int'l House of Prayer WA • Disciple the Nations

The winds of change are here, the winds of change.

I just hear the Lord saying, "The winds of change are here, the winds of change.

This year is a year for the winds of change that the Lord says there are even things being released in the heavenly realm. Angelic hosts, special dispatches from the Head Throne room itself, there are angelic hosts, warring angels that are being released even this season that have never been released, but the Lord would say, This is a new season for victory. The lord would say, There will be greater giants this year than ever before and the Lord says, With those greater giants will come greater victories. For the enemy would say that he would try to release things into the Kingdom of God that would try to pull down and destroy what the church is supposed to be, and pull apart those things that would try to deceive and lead the elect astray.

But the Lord would say, Yeah this is the hour! This is the hour that the elect will come forward; this is the hour, I will raise up My great army even as Joel spoke about. This is the hour, when the Lord says, My army is just not being raised up, the Lord says, But My generals have been trained and My lieutenants have been trained up.

The Lord says, It is time to release them! it’s time to release them into the nations, time to release them into the battle fields. The Lord says, Now My army will take the battle to the enemy. My army will take the war to the spirit of religion - the spirit of self - the spirit of pride. Men have built their own kingdoms but the Lord says, My prophets will pull down their kingdoms. And the Lord says, My fathers will reestablish and will build up on foundations, proper foundations, but the Lord says, This is the season for those foundations, Hallelujah, to be laid, laid like they were in the Early Church, laid like I intended them to be laid, the Lord would say.

The Lord says, Now even I tell you Jerusalem is being built line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little there a little; but the Lord would say, Even as a mason puts bricks upon other bricks in order to build the house, the Lord says, I’m building precious stone upon precious stone, for the Lord says, This house has not been seen! It is a house of precious stones; it’s a house of My revelation and a house of My Word. Even as stones are transparent, these are a transparent people that My Light can pass through. These are a people that My revelation can go beyond, hallelujah, and touch those, hallelujah, that are just not themselves, for this is the season that My revelation will touch the earth; hallelujah, this is even the season, the Lord says, that I’ve ordained for the airwaves to come open across the nations.

This is a time that has never been seen! Everything, everything that I have prepared and planned for, is meant for this time and for this season. For the Lord would say, You will begin to see many that are out there, that have been hidden in the hidden place, even in the cave, where I have taken them to be trained up, but the Lord would say, This is the season for them to be released from their caves. This is the season for My Word and My revelation to go across the airwaves.

The Lord would say, Even as there is great turmoil within the world, the Lord says, There will be great turmoil within My body and within My church. But the Lord says, I’m removing those cells that are not of Me. I am rejecting those cancerous cells that are in My body, and the Lord would say, I’m separating the wheat from the tares, I’m even separating now, for there would be those that would stand up as My judges within the earth and they will begin to judge and proclaim My nature, they will begin to stand up and say this is wrong! This is not right! This is not what is intended! These are the ones that will stand and say Sin! Sin! Sin! when the Word should be Holy, Holy, Holy unto the Lord. For the lord would say, This is a people that would know Holiness for they will see My holiness, they will walk in My holiness, and they will be consumed by My holiness; they will be transformed by My holiness and everything about them will cry out Holy, Holy, Holy for they will be a people that will see the joy and the power of being made whole.

For the Lord would say, This is a now word, this is a rhema word, and this is a kairos moment within My Kingdom. The Lord would say, Even this year the man child is released, even this year, Revelation 12 comes to pass, and the Lord says, Now I raise up, now I raise up, and now I pull down.

This is the season that even My servants came to me and said Lord did You not plant wheat in this field, what are the tares doing there? Do you want us to remove these tares? And the Lord would say, This is the season that I release My servants to normally bring that harvest in and to bind together what is of Me and what is not of Me. This is now the season that they will even pluck out the tares and this is what I hold dear. Many, many tribulations will come forward, many sights will be seen. Even Hollywood will begin to bow to My knee. They will begin to take the knee before Me. For the Lord will say, There will be great turmoils and great shakings. But the Lord says, Ultimately it is My children that will shake everything.

Do not look at Pharaoh. Do not look at his army. For the Lord would say, It’s time to cross over into the greatest things that have ever been seen, into the greatest season of all. The Lord would say, be fruitful and multiply. For this is the season to multiply. This is the season to be fruitful. I ordain My Word to bring increase and now I release My increase, I release increase in you as My fruit grows in you. The Lord says, My nature grows. The Lord says everything else will be added; even this will be a season of financial increase. Those things will begin to be released to those I can trust them with, houses and lands, new territories. I say it’s time to expand, and expand you will, for this is the season to take cities, even whole nations, and you will see before this year is out, entire nations will be affected, it’s what I am releasing right now.

The Lord would say, Expose those things that are not of Me; those things that are only a dim reflection. Now I bring a greater light, --a greater light. In the past, the spirit of religion has tried to snuff out things that I have done in the past, but the Lord says, No more! For I have raised up those who would fight through and press on and teach others.

We receive and we release Your next move Father. Father, we release Your sons and Your daughters. We release Your season of increase.

I just hear the Holy Spirit saying signs and wonders, signs, wonders and miracles; healings that have never been seen.

Shortly we will begin to see the "haves" and the "have nots". Those that really have Me and those that don’t. Those that have, I am releasing and those that don’t… Thank You Lord.

Also, I see Seattle and Canada -- there is going to be a move in Canada. It’s going to start up and it’s going to increase. It is going to be a move, another move of the Spirit. Thank you Lord. Seattle! The Lord is giving me Seattle… things are going to break forward in Seattle and in Washington. Thank You….. Thank You Jesus. Hallelujah.

The Lord is going to lay foundations in South America this year. More than you realize, the Lord says, this ministry will become an integral part in touching South America. And some of the greatest revivalists, healing movements of men that will be trained up will come out of there and touch entire continents all over the world; and actually, because of the anointing in their hearts and in their lives, will bring the stability to the nation. And the Lord even says that to me, that as we come in with revelation of the Kingdom of Who Jesus is, it literally begins to shake things but brings a spiritual stability to areas; it removes the whole hand of the enemy and the hold over peoples lives. It’s a breakthrough. Father we just release Your season and Your age. … Thank You Lord.

I see something also with the Catholic Church. It’s going to come into such an unholy alliance with Islam. It’s going to be exposed, what’s really happening. People aren’t going to believe it when they see it.

Father we choose to move with You. Father we lift up Southern California, Father, we lift up Dallas, Miami, Florida. Father, we lift up those areas, Father, Houston, Father. Lord we just speak for change to come and revival to move within the nations. Lord we ask for everything to (?), everything to be pulled down.


For more information on this prophecy and Prophet Mike Petro, visit Forerunner Ministries at: ForerunnerTV.com Word given 10-19-2008

An Egyptian Delivered Us

As the book of Exodus begins, Israel is in captivity. They were the chosen people of God, descendants of Abraham, but they had become enslaved. They lived like slaves, they thought like slaves, their culture was a slave culture, they believed in their slavery.

Moses was the deliverer for the people of God. He knew it; he tried to fulfill it prematurely, and that’s why he was running for his life.

Moses was also the deliverer for Reuel’s daughters and his sheep.

It was interesting that Reuel’s daughter’s described Moses to their dad as “an Egyptian.” I’m sure Moses looked like an Egyptian, but he was in fact a Hebrew. You know the story: his parents hid him in the bushes at the edge of the Nile and the Egyptian princess – Pharaoh’s daughter – found him, had Moe’s own mom wet-nurse him (thank God for a quick thinking sister!), and after he was weaned, he was raised as Pharaoh’s grandson.

Some have suggested Mo was in line for the throne; that may be just an interesting theory, but it illustrates the reality: Moses may have been biologically a Hebrew, but culturally, he was an Egyptian. He dressed like an Egyptian, he spoke Egyptian, he knew the Egyptian culture and mannerisms, and when he confronted the bad-guys at the water troughs, he approached it from the point of view of his position for the past several decades: as a member of the Egyptian royal family.

No wonder the ladies thought he was an Egyptian.

The church in America is in captivity. Genetically, at our very core, our essence comes from the realm of heaven, but we’ve lived on earth for so long, that we’ve become earthly, natural, in every other way. We think in natural terms. We live among the natural world. Our culture and mannerisms are of this world. We believe in the world we live among.

If the church were actually free, we’d reflect the culture and values of our birth-culture, Heaven. We’d see the events and people of the natural world through the values and resources of heaven. Like it happened around Jesus, and later around some of the apostles, people would find themselves healed – whether in body or in soul – when we were around. We’d measure our resources by the balance in Heaven’s account, not in the bank’s account. Our lives would be characterized more by joy, peace, faith, hope, love, and less by business meetings, church services, project deadlines, job descriptions or stress.

God is raising up deliverers in our day. God has spoken it prophetically, but it doesn’t really require prophecy to see it: there have been only three times that a generation has been wiped out: the massacre that preceded Moses’ birth, the massacre that followed Jesus’ birth, and the massacre of aborted babies today: God is certainly up to something!

Here’s my point: I believe that many of the deliverers that God is raising up in our day will look like “Egyptians.” Egypt has often been used as an illustration of the ways of the world, and many deliverers will look very worldly. They’ll speak in worldly vocabulary and use colorful worldly metaphors. They’ll use worldly mannerisms – not church-cultured mannerisms. They’ll have worldly friends: business leaders, gang leaders, political leaders, artists, educators, barkeepers.

But they’ll be God’s people inside, under all that “worldlikeness.”

The first thing we might see in some of these leaders is that they’re standing up for believers in the secular arena. We’ve already seen some of that: when radical Hindu’s blamed Christians for a popular teacher’s death and started massacring Christians wholesale, there was an outcry, and some of it was from the secular world. The mainstream media didn’t touch the story as far as I can see, but the blogging community did, and many “secular” bloggers spoke out about the injustice.

Does the appearance of a secular person standing up for Christians mean that they’re a deliverer, that they’re even a believer? Certainly not in every case. I don’t believe we’re seeing God’s “Egyptian” delivers quite yet, but I expect that we will in the next several years.

Many men and women who find themselves in the position of defending God’s people against Egyptian slave-masters will shortly find God moving in their lives. They may have a dormant faith, from their childhood or youth, that God suddenly fans into flame. They may be “about to be” Christians, ready for harvest. Or they may be genuine followers of Christ who have been hidden away from the public eye for a long time, possibly even hiding away from the church for many years.

We are coming into a day where God is bringing deliverers out of hiding, men and women who will not look like church-goers, and who in fact, won’t be church-goers, but they will be deliverers sent by God. If we’re not careful, we’ll reject these young leaders because we don’t recognize the clothing, the mannerisms, the style of speech. If we do, we’ll be rejecting something powerful that God is doing among us.

Cave Time

Years ago while I was talking to the Lord, He showed me a massive army coming out of individual, solitary caves. These caves were off the beaten path. Over each cave was a sign declaring what fiery time (pain or sorrow) that cave represented for that inhabitant. I saw that only God was able to go into these places with each individual, as He was the only one who could actually share the pain fully, and bring them out. Some of these seemed to have spent considerable time alone (sometimes years) with God in these caves. When and if they yielded to God and said, “though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him” I saw gold deposited and developed within them. Self will and human frailty fell away, bit by bit, as their strength came no longer from within themselves and their own wisdom, but it now came from God. But as this mighty army of victorious ones assembled and joined ranks I was amazed at the authority they now carried. I saw a uniqueness about these solders I had never seen before. As the enemy would attack from any direction, those who had gained victory, by going through pain and fire in that particular area of attack, came to the fore. They KNEW how to defeat the enemy in this area, and were able to immediately lead the others in victory through their experiences, and the others had the humility and wisdom to follow. As soon as the enemy realized he could not defeat them from that quarter he would try another. Suddenly others would discern this strategy, and from their experiences in their cave time, they would stand up, and the others would follow, valuing the wisdom learned from their experience. It happened time and again from all differing directions as the enemy tried and failed, because these solders had learned from their cave times (fiery trials) and had learned to lean on their Master in that area. All were willing to BE LED in humility as well as to lead when the need arose. NO ONE PERSON SEEMED TO CAPTAIN THIS ARMY BUT THEY WERE ALL DEPENDENT ON EACH OTHER TO WIN THIS WAR, because they had learned, through the fire, to follow their Lord, not self. Often in the midst of our pain or hardship we doubt the goodness of God. Sometimes we rail at God and blame Him for not preventing all that hurts us. Sometimes God pulls us right out of it, but most of the time God wishes to transform the pain that the enemy has incurred, into authority we will have over him the next time. When God created Adam and Eve HE GAVE them dominion over the earth. It was through sin that this authority was given to the enemy. Jesus paid the ultimate price to win it back, but we have to put the enemy in his place by learning to walk in the authority Jesus won for us on the cross. We are still meant to take dominion… So what have you learned in your cave? I hear the Lord CALLING, “AWAKEN!!!!” The words have such force I can see the shock wave circling the earth repeatedly. I see a massive, explosive, exodus of many leaving their caves simultaneously! He is calling on many who never thought they would ever leave the fires they have endured. For some, the fires have intensified recently, and I see the reason. It is TIME for a massive move of God’s Spirit to erupt, and all His soldiers must be ready to bring in the harvest! He is calling them up and in unison with His timing! I see amazing miracles within people’s lives. These people have prayed for so long that they have almost lost hope. I see a FORCE of mighty, VICTORIOUS ones rising up miraculously! I see an Angel wearing a bakery hat and apron, with a stop watch in hand as he looks at many ovens. His job? Making sure we are all ready in time. Extra angels have been dispatched in order to speed people into their victories. I see “AWAKEN” spreading around the earth and being heard in every tribe, tongue and nation. I see Jesus’ Beautiful, Glorious, Bride arising as One in beautiful unison and harmony, both with each other and with her Lord. God is awakening His Bride in ways they never knew they were asleep. God wants to awaken, in you, areas which you never knew existed, or were put on the shelf long ago… Are you willing to be AWAKENED? Are you willing to COME OUT OF YOUR CAVE? Sometimes its scary to leave the familiar behind even if the familiar is pain or bondage. Ramona Michelle Wallace May 14, 2008

Olympia a War Zone

December 11 2007 7^th Day of Hanukkah Olympia a War Zone

Change is coming to ALL who are here in this area. Nothing will be the same. A dividing line is occurring. Those who choose faith in God and choose him over all else are going to find themselves expanding and growing into new depths this year. There IS NO WAY to stay where you have been in this next season. This is not a plateau season. You will either; follow after God and expand or you go in the other direction. This area is in a war zone. God is calling in recruits from all over to help with the war that is getting ready to take place over this territory. This is a strategic move, because both the enemy and the Spirit of God know this place is strategic for the next season.

God is going to be opening doors in this next season. An alert is going out! Do you hear the warning sirens going off!!! I see red flashing lights just like in my dream (dragon dream). Get where God has called you IN THIS SEASON! Don’t assume where HE had you last is where HE wants you now. You might not make it if you are not hearing from the source for direction in the coming years ahead. It pays to be in contact with the living God, Lord of all! Who AM I? I hear the Lord chuckle and then say (as if to emphasize and impress it into us) by saying, “I AM the Lord of ALL Creation including you! I AM HE who was and IS! I AM HE who made you and moved you where you are now living, I created you with my life’s breath, and I AM HE WHO Delights in you, and gives you favor everywhere you go! Dance with me a little longer child. Dance over this territory. Dance and make known that I AM and IS and will BE! Sing over this territory! Dance in the streets of Olympia as my viceroy. You proclaim by your movements what will come to these city streets. Thousands more like you will flood these city streets with praises. This city will not just be known as the city that hears my voice, but will be known as she who answers and speaks my name with Endurance, Peace and deep abiding LOVE!

Awaken the prophets! Awaken them; call all who have been sleeping! Call them awake so they will join MY forces in this city fully awake and ready for battle! The time for battle has not fully come yet, but it will! Take your positions! THIS WILL NOT BE ANOTHER ALAMO! Tell your fellow warriors, this battle can be won! I AM calling through you for reinforcements from all across this land. Many you will not even meet. Some are being sent to different divisions, but know that you must call in reinforcements! Awaken the priests and priestesses of my presence. So many have fallen asleep, tired! Awaken them. Call assemblies, BUT let it be in MY time, not your own. I AM just letting it be known you are entering a new season so be ready for the changes about to take place in ALL AREAS of your lives.

12/11/2007 Ramona M Wallace

THE LORD TOLD ME TO HONOR THIS HIDDEN ARMY OF WARRIORS AS THEY MARCH IN FROM THE BATTLEFIELD

[Note: This word is not specifically about the Northwest, but it is a theme that resonates strongly among many of us in the Northwest as a key theme for this season. -Ed.]

May 26, 2002

Just this afternoon as I was before the Lord, I had a vision and this is what I saw. Before me as far as I could see were stones of all shapes and sizes and different colors. They seemed to be stretched out along a shore. Then, I heard the stones singing and calling out and praying. They were in unison, first one section responding, then another and sometimes all together.

"THESE ARE THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IN PRAYER FOR OVER 40 YEARS"

The Lord told me these are those who have been in prayer for over 40 years. These he says are hidden warriors of prayer who have no faces or titles in the world. The Lord says when He asked who would go, who would labor, who would walk the path of many tears for His Kingdom - they all responded, "Send me, I will go"

At the conferences held all over the world, they are there. They are still calling out and they are sometimes passed over. Most are well over 50 years old. They are content to shout for joy while the youth are lifted up and anointed for ministry.

"THEY ARE RELENTLESS AND FIERCE IN PRAYER"

Their prayers support and call in the manifestations and visitations for their voices and hearts have been disciplined through trials and fire. They are relentless and fierce in prayer, watchers of the times, in harmony with what the Spirit is doing. They are faithful from the back rows in their churches and they stretch out their hands whenever asked. When prayed for, they are quick to fall down on their knees, to repent for the church's actions and their own.

THEY ARE ACQUAINTED WITH GRIEF.

These stones that I saw have become an altar and the Lord is well pleased with the sacrifices that have been placed there. Each heart on this altar is a stone of remembrance like the altars of the Old Testament. They represent a Covenant between the Lord and these saints.

"THEY HAVE PRAYED THROUGH A GENERATION OF UNBELIEF . . ."

They have prayed through a generation of unbelief and have shaken loose the gates of hell. They have held high the banner and raised the standard of the Holy Spirit in the face of the enemy. They have pursued and taken by force the Kingdom of God and through prayer covered the birthing of revival.

So, the Lord told me to honor this hidden army of warriors as they march in from the battlefield. They may never be seen on front stage or talk to multitudes or be seen on TV, but their reward is great in Heaven for they have chosen the secret things of God as treasures. The Lord reminded me of the scripture whereby He says that the last shall be first.

They are singing now as I end this and their song is from the book of Habakkuk:

"Yet will I rejoice in the Lord,

Exult in the God who delivers me.

My Lord God is my strength;

He makes my feet like the deer's

And lets me stride upon the heights.

Vickie Manfredi, Guilford, CT, via the Elijah List

Hidden Warriors

[Note: This word is not specifically about the Northwest, but it is a theme that resonates strongly among many of us in the Northwest as a key theme for this season. -Ed.]


Many of the ones who are called to play a key role in this responsibility are not even known on earth; but they are known in heaven. These spiritual warriors have received the imputed righteousness of God and carry His influence.

They have captured the attention of Heaven and it is now time to arise, like Moses from the wilderness, and exercise their delegated authority.

For a season, David was hidden in the cave of Adullam. When the time was appropriate, he and his mighty band emerged in strength to execute the commission of God. So shall it be with this company.

Although the call is for the entirety of the Church, those that will be used most notably in this battle will be many who are yet unknown in a public forum; but they are well-known before the Throne of Grace. Their reward will be great, once victory is achieved.

The heart of this message is for God's people to adhere to His standard of righteousness. Purity and maturity will prepare us to carry great mantels of authority needed for this commissioning.

A primary part of our mandate for this season is intercession for our nation and Israel. A deposit of anointing and authority is being allocated for those who will apprehend it.

Although we are focused on the prophetic promises for the future, much will be determined by our willingness to embrace this present responsibility. Winning this battle will lay a platform for the achievement of many prophetic promises granted to us as a corporate body and as individuals.

Bob Jones, White Dove Ministries

"IN 2007 I WILL CALL MANY ELIJAHS OUT OF THEIR CAVE"

[Note: This word is not specifically about the Northwest, but it is a theme that resonates strongly among many of us in the Northwest as a key theme for this season. -Ed.]

AS I PRAYED ABOUT THE YEAR 2007, I SAW A VISION OF A PERSON IN A CAVE. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS ELIJAH (1 Kings 19:9). BUT IT WASN'T...."

God said: "I HAVE MANY PROPHETS HIDDEN IN CAVES" (1 Kings 18:4)

"For some of you, your cave is the job you have, or a hopeless circumstance. For others, it is a ministry that doesn't seem to have the impact you thought it would. Some are in the cave of depression. These 'tucked away' ones have been given revelation that many do not understand or receive" (Daniel 12:10).

"I have a word (Proverbs 15:23) for these hidden servants of Mine: 'In 2007, I will bring many of you out of obscurity and into your life calling (1 Thessalonians 5:24).' Did you not know--I have had you hidden like a man hides valuables in a safe?" (Isaiah 45:3).

God said: "JUST LIKE ELIJAH DID, MANY OF YOU FEEL ALL ALONE"

"Many of My children are very zealous for Me, but are mistaken to believe that they are all alone (1 Kings 19:4). I have many other servants 'in the wings' that I have been hiding (1 Kings 19:18). You need to understand that some of the mightiest warriors who ever lived, first had their home in a cave and felt all alone before their king came into power (1 Samuel 22:1; 2 Samuel 23:13). Feeling alone isn't a sin, just a delusion."

God said: "HERE'S HOW TO BEHAVE IN A CAVE"

BUILD A FIRE IN YOUR CAVE: "During this season, your job is to keep the Spirit's flame burning (2 Timothy 1:6), so you can see clearly. Just gather kindling (setting aside time for Me) and I'll do the rest. Many of you feel spiritually cold, and you need the warmth that being close to Me provides."

DO NOT BE ISOLATED: "Just because you are in a cave, doesn't mean you are to shut yourself off from others. When David was in his cave, he gathered other warriors along side of him to prepare for the day when he would leave (1 Samuel 22:2). Isolation is not an option. The enemy wants you to be isolated, feeling sorry for yourself.

As David had his mighty warriors (1 Chronicles 11:10), so do I (2 Samuel 22:35)--You are one of them. I am calling many who are waiting in caves of isolation to come forth and do battle for Me. I want you to gather with other mighty warriors who will encourage you" (1 Chronicles 12:8).

DECORATE YOUR CAVE: "Again, when My servant David was in a cave (1 Samuel 22:1), he prepared his way out by decorating the walls with praise (Psalm 142:7) and putting up drapes of patience (Proverbs 16:32). As you begin to sing high praises to Me, I will set ambushes against your enemies (2 Chronicles 20:22).

Like David, you must not seek vengeance on those who let you down, but trust Me to work out all things for the good, even the most painful things. I will balance the scales (Romans 12:17-21) because I know the hearts of men better than you do (1 Chronicles 28:9). You must not leave your cave with unforgiveness in your heart" (Matthew 6:14-15).

God said: "SOON I WILL BRING MANY OUT OF THEIR CAVE"

"The fullness of time is coming for many in the Church. I have reserved many prophets for these end times. I am calling you to be humble before Me, merciful to all who come into your path, and bold in battle (Proverbs 28:1). I want you to recruit, train, and arm warriors for My Kingdom. Self pity has no room for expression at this time. I am calling you to minister to the lost, confused, and desperate, and then make them ready for war.

As I bring you out of the cave, remember this: I want your entire life to be one long, obedient response to My Holy Spirit (Romans 8:14). To accomplish this, study My Word like you would study a map that was found while lost in the jungle."

God said: "HERE'S HOW TO CONDUCT YOURSELF AS YOU EXIT THE CAVE"

"Before Elijah left the cave, he wrapped himself in his mantle, and as soon as he did, he heard My voice (1 Kings 19:13).

When you leave the cave, do not always look for Me in the dramatic (1 Kings 19:11-12). Instead, like I did with Elijah, I will speak softly to you. Keep in mind that I do not desire you be famous, but faithful (Psalm 101:6), bold, and uncompromising. Rise above a life of double-mindedness (James 1:5-8) and walk in your high calling.

As John the Baptist picked up Elijah's mantle, I have a mantle for you to pick up. Do not simply carry it, but wrap yourself tightly in it. John operated in the 'spirit and power of Elijah' to prepare the coming of the Lord. In like manner, I am calling many out of their cave to prepare for the coming of My Son.

That light you see in front of you is the entrance to the cave, but now...it is turning into an exit. No more cave dwelling for you. It's time for fresh air and a new start. Well, are you coming?"

"ELIJAH TOOK HIS MANTLE, WENT OUT AND STOOD IN THE OPENING OF THE CAVE." 1 Kings 19:13

–Al Thomas, via FireFall Zine