The Arrival of Long-Range Prophecies

As anyone can sense who is in tune with the Spirit and what is taking place on the world stage, we are living in a strategic time of human history. Events are unfolding that if not interpreted properly could create a sense of despair. Prophecy is a gift that will help us interpret these times and respond appropriately. Old and in some cases, ancient unfulfilled prophecies are arriving at this time and they have a message for the Church. 

I recently watched a video about a competitive long-range shooter. He did not shoot at 200 or 300 hundred yards. His distance was not 500 or 1,000 yards. He was attempting a shot at 2,240 yards – a mile and a quarter away using a hundred-year-old Swiss Army rifle with open sights. His target was a life-size steel buffalo. Once on target, he made repeated hits. It was an amazing feat.

Prophetic words are beginning to arrive that were sent downrange long ago traveling across great expanses of time and space to be delivered at this moment in history. When the Lord asked His prophets to speak these words those uttering them may have thought they sounded unusual and without application at the time of their inception. These prophets spoke with unqualified obedience. When their words finally arrive at our place in history, they will also appear out of context because they were spoken in a language and with a mode of delivery that might appear strange to our ears.

Unusual will be a word used to describe these incoming prophecies. Do not be dismissive when these words arrive. Unpack them carefully with wisdom and mercy, not with immediate dismissal. Look past the packaging and mode of delivery to discover the core content of the word. Be willing to discern their message with an open and receptive heart. If you can do this you will become a prophetic target of fulfillment and a carrier of supernatural resolutions to the most vexing situations of our day.

From Garris Elkins, Jacksonville, OR
https://nwp.link/LongRangeProphecies
https://garriselkins.com/

Shawn Bolz Prophesies about the Pacific Northwest

Shawn Bolz has been praying for what God is doing in the Pacific Northwest.

Here's what he's seeing.


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A Word for the Prophetic Movement

by Mark Sandford,

In mid-April I began to feel purposeless, as if I were going nowhere (in spite of the fact that the opposite is true). I felt heavy and dead, and could take little joy in ministry. I have encountered many prophetic people who have been feeling the same way. But when I tell them why, their heavy feeling lifts.

Have you been feeling this way? Here's what I'm sensing. A change is coming in the prophetic movement. The movement began with a vibrant vision: we would rediscover the prophetic gift and office, and bring them back into the life of the Church. Joy came to many as prophetic words were fulfilled, but immature zeal has had its way. The need for accountability has been eclipsed by a quest for the excitement of prophecies (especially personal ones). We want so much to hear from God that we often fail to test prophetic words, as Scripture commands (1 Corinthians 14:29, 1 Thessalonians 5:20, 1 John 4:1).

Although the Bible regards false prophecies as a very serious matter, too many Christians treat them as a non-issue. A prophetic leader may give false prophecy after false prophecy, and it doesn't even occur to followers to test his words. When even our watchmen are not held accountable for their actions, who is left to warn teachers who would stray into heresy or pastors who would fall into sin? Ample objections come from the internet attack dogs who spew their vitriolic fire hoses not only on fires, but on the very fire of the Holy Spirit. But not enough prophetic voices are speaking out with the balance of firmness and compassion needed to protect the precious gifts with which God has entrusted us.

I sense that in order to protect His children from themselves, at this point the Holy Spirit is applying loving discipline by sending thousands of prophetic Christians into what St. John of the Cross dubbed, "the dark night of the soul." . If you are feeling the heaviness I have described, you may be one of them.

Or, if you have already been through the dark night, such feelings may signal a call to pray for others who are entering into it. God often causes us to feel what others feel, to prepare us to pray from a stance of empathy rather than judgment. If this describes your situation, you are probably beginning to feel lighter even as you read this, for you are realizing that the emotions you have been feeling are not your own.

In the sixteenth century, in his book, "The Dark Night of the Soul," St. John noted that when Christians discover spiritual gifts and mystical experiences they too often fall into spiritual pride, either knowingly or unknowingly, desiring to use these to gain notoriety. Some, aware of this temptation, become overly scrupulous. They desperately attempt to scrub every imperfection from their souls, unaware of a hidden motive to find peace in their own perfection rather than in the arms of a gracious and forgiving God.

St. John saw both of these reactions as expressions of "spiritual gluttony." Through his own suffering he learned that whether we are ravenous for notoriety or perfection, God cures us by putting us on a "spiritual diet." The following are signs that this is happening:

-- You may no longer find pleasure in the things of God or life in general.

-- You may no longer easily feel God's presence, have mystical experiences or hear prophetic words.

-- You may find it difficult to pray, feeling little or no enjoyment in it.

-- You may feel spiritually dead.

-- Because of all this, you may feel like God has abandoned you.

-- You may feel like you are backsliding.

--You may feel like everyone has forsaken you, especially your friends.

You may take all this to mean that God has removed His presence. Quite the opposite is true; He has increased it! It only feels like He has removed it, for two reasons. First, during the dark night you may feel like you are walking from a dimly lit room into full sunlight. The brightness of His holy presence can seem blinding, so that you can't see the light of His presence until the eyes of your spirit slowly adjust. Second, Malachi 3:3 says that God refines us like gold and silver. His increased presence can heat up the metal of your heart, causing dross to surface more quickly. You can become so aware of your sins and the deadness of your soul, that at first you do not perceive that His presence has increased.

You may also think the dark night is punishment or reaping for wrongdoing. It is not; it is God's way of leading you to despair of relying on your own strengths, abilities or gifts. In the process, you may discover sins you were previously unaware of, but these did not cause the dark night; they were merely revealed by it. So don't blame yourself for the dark night; be thankful that God is using this experience to build humble character that reflects more of His likeness.

How long must the dark night last? St. John suggested that in order for it to be effective, it should last at least a few years, but that is not absolute; there are many exceptions. It will last however long it takes to get you to the point of despair of self and then beyond it, to where you can abide in Christ, resting in the knowledge that without Him you can do nothing (John 15:5). Only God knows how long that will take.

Meanwhile, do not try ever harder to hear God or spend extra hours in fasting or Bible study in order to jump-start your stalled spiritual sensitivities (not that you should avoid these activities, but do avoid basing them on this motive). Rather, lean into God's embrace and cling to Him like a child in need. Jesus said, "Whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all. And He took them in His arms and began blessing them, laying His hands on them" (Mark 10:15-16, NAS).

To live in Jesus' embrace is, quite simply, God's goal for the prophetic movement. For what is the ultimate purpose of any prophecy, whether it be a word of encouragement, a warning, or even an announcement of impending discipline? Simply to draw us closer to God. What, then, is most destructive to the prophetic movement? Focusing on prophecies instead of God.

For those of you who have been feeling the heaviness in brothers and sisters who are entering the dark night, pray that this will not be a time of torment for them. Torment will come if they strive to recover the thrills His gifts once gave them. Pray for the grace to let that go and to embrace the choice fruit which God designed this season to produce -- sweet contentment in the arms of a loving God. Imagine the babies Jesus took into His arms in Mark 10. Were they prideful? How could they be?

Babies have no gifts or achievements in which to take pride. Did they seek gifts instead of God? Babies know nothing of such things. All that matters to them is the rapturous heart-to-heart and spirit-to-spirit flow of the Father's love. "Whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all." How we squirm in His arms! We would rather be down on the floor where we can play with our spiritual toys.

If you go through the dark night, spend a great deal of time in the quietness of God's embrace. Choose to soak in His presence, even if you cannot yet feel it. Eventually you will! The wait will cultivate patience and humility. Having endured a period without spiritual accomplishments, more than ever, you will know that you truly can do nothing in the power of your flesh. You will become more aware of your shortcomings and sins, yet be far less self-conscious and more self-accepting than before.

And when you finally begin to imbibe the deep satisfaction of the Father's love, it will make you "poor in spirit" (Matthew 5:3), for you will no longer feel the need to become rich in spiritual gifts. When gifts come, you will enjoy the God who gives them. When they are absent, you will enjoy God.

When the dark night has made you into a child who knows no reason for pride, it is then that God will increase the gifts, not only because you can be trusted with them, but because there will be less danger that you might use them to bring harm to yourself and others. And although you will be more able to feel God's presence and power, you will no longer see feelings as the measure of God's presence and power.

Lust for emotional highs will fade within the placid stillness of God's heavenly hug. And you will be able to invite others into that peace; you will be able to speak the truth -- even hard truth -- from no other motive than love.

Not everyone's "dark night" will look exactly like that outlined by St. John of the cross. Throughout Scripture we see saints who experienced elements of it, but each one's list of woes had its own configuration. What was common to all is that their time of suffering always led to the same blessed place.

David wrote, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Psalm 22:1 NAS). But he also wrote many of the most joyful Psalms. Job complained, "I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me" (Job 30:20, NAS). But his life after his time of trial was twice as blessed as before (Job 42:12 NAS). In Lamentations 3:1-33, Jeremiah mentioned many of the elements of the dark night. He complained, "He has driven me away and made me walk in darkness rather than light (vs. 2, NIV). "Even when I cry out and call for help, He shuts out my prayer" (vs. 8, NAS). "My people...mock me in song all day long" (vs. 14, NIV). "I have been deprived of peace" (verse 17, NIV). "My splendor is gone and all that I had hoped from the Lord" (vs. 18, NIV).

Although Jeremiah's prophetic gift brought him nothing but rejection from his countrymen, he found his blessed place in God's embrace: "Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope; because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness" (vss. 21-23).

In Lamentations 3:24 (NIV), Jeremiah said, "The Lord is my portion; therefore I will wait on Him." This outlook was what got him through his trial, and the increase of this outlook was the end-result. What is your portion? The extent of your gifts? The "high" they make you feel? The admiration they inspire in others? Being right when others are wrong? Your mind might protest that this is not so, but only God knows your heart. He knows how long it will take you to learn to really live the words, "The Lord is my portion."

You may pray that the length of the dark night be shortened, but do not be dismayed if it is not. I sense that for many, it will last for the next three to four years. For you, it may last for any length of time within that time period. During that season, prophecies may be scarcer than before. Spiritual highs may be harder to come by. But afterward, you will find yourself in a place to be guided by a new vision -- one centered on the simple premise that it's all about the Father's love.

Jesus said, "Unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds" (John 12:24, NIV). In order to bear the fruit God intends, the current prophetic movement must die -- not die off, mind you, but die to its present form and state, to be resurrected into the balance that God intends for it.

"The Lord is my portion." When this season passes, for those who have allowed God to have His way, this may become the catch-phrase of the new vision for His prophetic movement.

http://www.elijahhouse.org/topical-articles/topics/a-word-for-the-prophetic-movement-april-30-2013/

http://www.hiswholehouse.org/blog/from-the-archives-a-word-for-the-prophetic-movement-by-mark-sandford 

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Some backstory: 

Recently, I was reviewing old posts, and my attention was drawn to this word, and my spirit jumped on it. "This is for a lot of folks right now."   

Mark Sandford (the author) contacted me about it and pointed out that this was a word given four years ago about the four year period that just ended.

He adds, "For those who have been through that time in the dark night, it would bring hope to let them know that the four year period ended in mid-April. Please mention that. And mention that this doesn't mean that everyone's dark night lasted for exactly that four-year period, but it does mean that many people are now getting beyond it."

In any case, yes, he'll have a follow-up word for it this summer. 

Excellent!

These Are No Longer Grounded Eagles

THESE ARE NO LONGER GROUNDED EAGLES, as in those who are not encouraged to soar in their gifts. These are the "grounded" eagles who are seasoned and established by the true heart of Father. 

Back in 2007 when everyone was talking about the eagles arriving in the NW, I had a dream and Father took me to Jeremiah 8:7-8, speaking of the misuse of the law and that even the migratory birds knew when to be where they are called. That was the message Father used to move me out first to Washington State. 

I BELIEVE HE IS CALLING THE EAGLES TO LAND. They are gathering as a prophetic picture of their release to the mantels and mandate they carry and must carry out. This is the beginning of their moment. In the past, many of the prophetic were "run off" or tied to the ground. We can no longer compromise the call by settling to hide in a cave (Adullam) for fear that we will lose our lives. 

This is the moment we were created for. To "land" with others where we are called and to deliver by The Spirit what is in us to give. Those on the earth will not always hear what you are yelling from "above" in the secret place. Jesus descended to encounter humanity. He came to where we are. That is the heart of Father. We must land to release. 

THERE SHOULD BE A GREAT CELEBRATION THAT THE PROPHETS ARE RETURNING TO THE LAND. Yes, they are called to soar, but remember there is a time to connect to the land as well. We see the ploys of the enemy from the high places and we must of course, travel and spend time there with The Father. This is where the "seer" gift works so effectively. 

We must also gather together and take the land that is given us. I'm of course, speaking allegorically. Your land may be your bloodline, your business, your sphere of influence (friendship or relationships). 

I had a dream recently, where I was standing in a snowy field and eagles were soaring directly above my head. These were not all mature large eagles. I believe that some still need to be established in their call. Every one of them was flying just above the ground. They were going to "land". 

I reached up and touched one or two on the tip of their wings. This was such a joyous and incredible moment! I knew that we had been waiting for them to come and here they were, coming in for their landing! 

As a prophetic people, let's not forget to get our heads out of the sky and be real, so that we speak practically and wisely into those on the ground

Melody Paasch

Now Interpret This 

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Matt Sorger: 13 Prophetic Insights and Decrees for 2013

I respect Matt Sorger quite a lot, but I don't often post his words on this blog: I don't often discern that his words have specific Northwest application. In this one, he is not specifically addressing our region (nor is he prophesying from our region), but I hear an anointing on this word that includes those of us in the Northwest region.

As I waited upon God, going into 2013, I received these words from the Lord. Some came in the form of impressions, others came as visions and some came as Scriptures that God was breathing on for this season. Prophetic words are an invitation from the Lord. I sense the following 13 prophetic insights are to be decrees that we aggressively pursue for 2013. 

They are invitations for us to lay hold of. 

13 Prophetic Insights and Decrees 

1. Stagnant waters will be stirred in a fresh way. I saw pools of Bethesda stirring again and a fresh healing stir being released. God wants His people to lay hold of the divine healing anointing in a fresh way this year. I saw deep seated, lingering disorders being healed, even down to the chromosome level. I saw stubborn areas within the soul and flesh being healed that people have battled with for years. 

In John 5:2-5, 9, Christ performs a healing on the Sabbath. Jesus never did anything by chance or accident. He was very purposeful in His intention. God is calling His people to access His healing and power from a place of rest. The Sabbath is more than just a day of rest. It's a spiritual position of rest. In Christ we enter into the Sabbath. We receive because of the finished work Christ has done on the Cross. Rather than begging God for what He has already done, we are to simply step in and receive the finished work. A new level and substance of faith is coming into the heart to receive the finished work. God is highlighting the spirit of faith and understanding the finished work of Christ. Living from the Sabbath position will be crucial in obtaining all God has for us. 

2. A prophetic ear will be given to not only hear but to also listen and comprehend. This hearing will also occur from a position of rest in His presence. Key Scriptures are 1 Samuel 3:3, 10. In a time of no widespread revelation and where the eyes of the high priest Eli were growing dim, the light was still burning in the temple near the ark. As Samuel rested before the ark in the presence of God, the voice of God speaks to him. After several times of hearing but not understanding, Samuel is instructed by Eli to say, "Speak Lord for your servant is listening." 

There is a big difference between hearing and listening. God is refining the prophetic ear and the prophetic movement. He is calling His prophets and His people to come into a place of rest in His presence in the light of revelation. From that place the voice of God will speak. Not only will His voice be heard, but it will be listened to and comprehended. A new clarity of hearing and perceiving God's voice is coming. It will not be by self-effort or striving; it will be from resting in His presence. Not by might, not by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord. 

3. New language will be given by God to properly and clearly communicate truths God is highlighting and speaking. For example, the term "soaking" was not used until the outpouring of God's Spirit in the 90s. This term helped explain the concept of being filled with God's presence. New language will be given by the Spirit to more deeply and clearly understand truths God is bringing forth of spiritual realities. 

4. God is giving the blueprints for the new wineskin He is forming. In Joshua 3:3-6, the people were to follow the ark into a way they have never gone before. As we follow the moving of the presence of God, He will lead us by His Spirit into places we have never gone before. The walk of sanctification will be vital in preparation for the wonders God will do. God is saying to be ready to pull the tent pegs up. When the cloud of His presence moves we need to move with Him. We have to be willing to fold up old structures and ways of doing things in order to stay current and fresh with God. God's marching orders will be given. There will be new alignments and relational structures to facilitate the move of God. 

5. We will not continue to do things the same way. The cloud of God is moving and with that our activities will shift. Our focuses will shift. Some old structures will have to adapt and morph with the new way God is moving. There will be fresh Spirit-led activity. God doesn't want us to be busy. He wants us to be fruitful. Forms, structures and even activities we have done in the past may shift as God moves in new ways. Be prepared to let go of some things and to embrace and step into some new things you haven't done before. It will be vital to go where the Spirit is breathing. Don't hold onto something God isn't breathing on any longer. Be fruitful by moving and being led by the Spirit. 

6. God will be highlighting and deepening within His people an understanding of the true identity of the Believer. Revelation of how to live out of union with God will come forth. We will understand our oneness with God and live out of our inner spirit man. For those who are one with God are one spirit with Him (1 Corinthians 6:17, 19).

7. God is going to bring revelation into foundational, spiritual truths. Things we thought we knew and understood, God is going to have us look again and He is going to give us deeper revelation and understanding into things we thought we knew for years. Look back upon foundational truths, and new light and revelation will be shone upon them bringing the manifestation of true spiritual realities. 

8. The understanding of spiritual warfare is shifting. We are moving from "warfare" breakthrough to a "decreeing and establishing" breakthrough. This will occur with a deeper revelation of who and where we are. Rather than fighting into the second heaven from being under, we will rule and reign from the third Heaven being over. I understand that we wrestle not with flesh and blood (Ephesians 6:12), and that even Jesus experienced personal warfare when He was tempted by the devil and overcame by the spoken Word of God. This warfare will not be fought to obtain victory, but will be fought from a place of victory. 

Christians will live from a third Heaven reality, understanding how to establish on earth as it is in Heaven. A new perspective, a new revelation and with it a new manifestation of Kingdom authority will be released. God is bringing people into a new level of spiritual authority.Ephesians 2:5-6 are key Scriptures. The Church will shift from an Old Testament model of spiritual warfare (Daniel 10:13) into a New Testament revelation of establishing what has already been won (Colossians 2:15). 

9. This is the season of the fulfillment of dreams. Many are being brought from a time where the word of the Lord tested them. The second dream to Joseph was highlighted to me in Genesis 37:9-11. In it Joseph sees eleven stars and the sun and the moon bowing down to him, speaking of his promotion into a position of authority and influence. Eleven plus two is thirteen, the number of this year. People are going to step into the manifestation of unfulfilled dreams. The warfare of the last season is being washed away and a new heavenly perspective is being granted. Just as Joseph's betrayal and trial maneuvered him into his assignment and destiny, so will the trials and testings in our lives propel us into our destinies. Key Scriptures are Genesis 37:9, Genesis 45:5-8, Psalm 105:17-24. 

10. God is delivering people from burdens. But it's not just the removal of burdens. As Psalm 81:6-7 says, He will remove our shoulder from the burden and bring deliverance. This is different than the burden being removed from us. It's us being removed from under the burden. Get ready for divine shifting that will maneuver you out from underneath burdens into a place of deliverance. In other words, situations or people may stay the same, but you will be maneuvered out from underneath them. It's a season of deliverance for those who call on the name of the Lord. 

Psalm 105:37-44 show 10 promises accompanying this deliverance. These include financial provision, divine health, fear of the Lord on the enemy, the covering of His presence, light in the darkness, food, dry places refreshed, joy, lands and nations, and reaping where you haven't labored. Lay hold of these promises for you, your family, church, ministry and business. 

11. There is a generational convergence taking place. It's a season for new, young leaders to be mentored and raised up. Generations are converging together and will function together in relationship for the purpose of multiplication. Generational wells and new wells will open together. Fathers and mothers will take their place and sons and daughters will come into their place. Those that have not been fathers will now step into a fathering role. Genesis 26:18-24 are key Scriptures for this. 

12. I saw a vision of an open door. This is the year of the open door. As we run through it we will come intodivine acceleration. New favor, new opportunities and new advancements. Key Scriptures are Revelations 3:7-13. God will keep us from the hour of trial coming upon the whole earth. It's time to hold fast what you have so no one robs you of your crown. Have patient endurance. The name of God will be upon us. 

13. I saw a vision of the Lord blowing upon a flickering flame. Usually when someone blows on a candle the flame goes out. But as God breathed upon the flame within us it got brighter and hotter. It will be a season of renewing our first love for God (Revelation 2:2-7). God is bringing both an encouragement and warning that if our works are not done from the place of first love, the candlestick can be removed. Ministry work must be done from the place of first love for Jesus. God is calling people back to the simplicity of worship and living a life in His presence. This will also bring deeper consecration, holiness and divine fire as a result. A key verse is Matthew 12:20, A smoldering wick He will not snuff out. 

I encourage you to pray over these 13 prophetic insights and decrees. Meditate on them and apply them to your lives as the Holy Spirit leads you.

Matt Sorger
Matt Sorger Ministries
Email: info@mattsorger.com
 

A Convocation of Eagles

Chapel at the Sea. 4.21.2012.

Introduction: A goodly number of prophetic people from the Northwest got together late in April to share what we're hearing from the Lord.

This was the invitation: "The Convocation of Eagles will be a gathering of the prophetic with the mission to hear what He is saying to the Northwest/West Coast. Our goal will be for each person to have 2-3 minutes to share what the Lord is showing you for this region. David Bodine and Mark Acuna will be facilitating the event and we ask that you come prepared to share and hear from the Lord."

I took notes, as best I could, on what was shared; missed some of it, of course. This is the raw material, not a sanitized presentation. Where I have them, I added the name of the person sharing that section. Note that these prophetic words have not yet been subjected to the discernment of 1 Corinthians 14:29. Each presenter is human; some parts are meat, some parts are bones. Please judge every word carefully, eat the meat, and spit out the bones, as instructed by the Book .

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Conveners:

Barb Steely, Dave Bodine, Mark Acuna, Stacy Ramirez, Joan Pingle (Thanks, friends!)

Introduction to our host, the story behind this facility. Ann. Very cool! (comment: see her blog here.)

Opening: Jerry Chapman: Protocol and Invocation. Wow. (That was heavy.)

Dave: Meditation: “Focus.” We need to focus on what God is focusing on.

Mark: Acknowledging the tears of those who have been praying for this region for years.  Reminder: this is a gathering of the prophetic with the mission to hear what He is saying to the NW and the West Coast.

Barb Steely: Some history: personal history and regional prophetic history. Firebase Rainier. Eagles: as they come off the endangered list, prophets would begin to flourish. . Prophets in the NW. Prophets came to the NW. They stopped coming: darkness in the region. Eagles (bald eagles) are flourishing.

We, the prophetic people of the NW, need to come out of the caves, declare the word of the Lord for what is coming. Declare strongly, clear to the east coast. If God is telling us to speak, we need to speak clearly enough to be heard. We’re off the endangered list. It’s time to flourish.

Jerry Chapman: Last few weeks: struggle. That usually happens before something significant. There’s something here. My cave was covered with cedar boughs. Even struggled today. “Pray for enthusiasm.” That we would be energized.

Ten years ago, a Native American prophetic voice who travels the world. When she comes, she’s commissioned to come. Grand Chief Linda Prince: 120 drums. Her commission: land issues, cultural issues, relationships. Asked her to come to Cowlitz before they were federally recognized. We used words there, occasionally. Linda came w/ team. Shortly after, Cowlitz was federally recognized. Cowlitz leaders apologized for missing it. Cowlitz tribe is in a place of favor.

The church, the kingdom, is beginning to recognize that first nations have something to honor. Commissioned Jerry & Leslie as gatekeepers for the coast region. You’re going to delegate people to see certain things.

“What’s a gatekeeper?” One responsibility: guard what Yahweh has given you with your whole life. One thing I’m seeing: Jezebel spirit. For leaders: Jezebel is after leaders of Yahweh. Going to come, going to sit, going to draw Yahweh’s leaders to look at the local gods, to look at the distractions. Go to someone if needful: ask them to pray for you. Comment: most worship songs come here on Highway30.

Note: there is a strong spirit going on; native communities are gathering totem spirits, ancestral spirits, gathering spirits. As bright as things on this earth are, things of Heaven are brighter. We are called to step into the presence of the Lord and speak our voice, our voice (Firebase Seaside, Hushoma), speak before God.

Joan Pingle: With prophetic people, there often is no time frame. What  you see is not anchored to time. Remember the gathering in Whistler, may years ago. We were getting tons of things about eagles. The eagles were thick enough that the airport was clogged. 3000 people gathered. First reconciliation. No agenda. Wow. Exciting. First: young NA, weeping. “I came through a dream; God brought me. I came to reconcile red & white.” Flood to the platform. Red & white. Reconciling.

Young prophet prophesied flames, spreading. God led us to give a cake to a NA woman. “Oh, you’re going to the party.” With Linda Prince. Multi-cultures. Now God is bringing back, calling forward the eagles. Great granddaughter: It’s not California; it’s Nineveh! My struggle, included many people dying around me. We took an earthquake in our family.

Lord told me (late 90s): “Jezebel spirit is coming down.” Ran into Chuck Pierce, who happened to confirm it. “I Am will bring it down.” Bible: At the burning bush: “I am who I am, and what I am. I will be what I will be.” “I am that I am.” Let him be that. We will avert many things because I Am is in us. When I walked into this room today, I was about knocked down. This is a room full of prophets. God is up to something. This time, we’re going to see the prophetic in everybody. Not just east coast. Thank God for them. But God is bringing the east coast and west coast together, laughing. We are in the greatest adventure we’ve seen so far.

Tom Christo. That’s what the Lord wants us to declare: who we are. Receive a prophet. Prophet’s reward: to see. The mix of the local church pastor/settler and the prophetic/pioneer needs to be merged: both eyes to see both dimensions. God’s bringing balance so we can both see in the Spirit & be taught. We’ve spent 10 years with NA in Wyoming. Jez spirit is empowered by the NA spirit. Shape shifting, manifestations. We need to focus because we’re in transition. You have to focus when God’s birthing something. Focus on God: the one with wisdom, with power. While my wife gave birth to our babies, I experienced the birth pains. Today’s transition: from gospel of salvation to gospel of the Kingdom: the goodness of God leads to salvation. If you have faith to call yourself a sinner, you’ll have faith to sin. Bible is addressed to saints, not sinners. The culmination of knowledge is not a concept, it’s an experience. Church has worshipped knowledge, worshipped the Bible, even worshipped principles (If we do this, God has to do that). But God is making us know his as I AM. Word for these days: Thankfulness. Thankfulness is not a concept. Not just a teaching. It’s an experience.

As prophetic people, we have the power to change the atmosphere of wherever we are. Thankfulness is the key.  I experienced this: Vision: People around were stunted spiritually & naturally. Heavens opened up: new dimensions, including Spirit, Power. Stars: light, w/ occasional dark. Everything gave off sound & light. Joy. Fun saturated w/ expectancy. Endless gifts for everyone. (My secret place is while I’m sleeping.) Weeping for loss of that place. Thanks. Immediately back in that place. Power of thankfulness needs to be released in the church in the west coast.

Second: Honor. Honor those who have gone before us: NA, pioneers, forerunners. We’re not trying to “do the good old days.” We’re honoring what they’ve pioneered. If we honor those before us, honor will be with us.

Third: prayer. Encouragement not to give up. Prophetic prayer is not subject to time. Been praying for a woman since 1980. Been weeping around the world praying for Linda Meisner. Led thousands to the Lord in Jesus People days in Seattle. Got involved w/ a cult. Church wrote her off. He found her on FB. God’s told her to come back to Seattle (from Sweden) to the streets. Key ingredient in prophetic evangelism.

I never come this early in the meeting. I did have a word. It’s why I’m here. Unity. The Body has got to come together. God wants to woo us. I have to go wherever the body is gathering. Shared this in Castle Rock. Such an anointing in CR. Sorry for the tears; interceding for the region. Overwhelming.

In HS, God told me (in science class, in Atlanta) that I was going to the west coast. Sent to Portland & Astoria. It’s time for the body to come together. Honor those who have gone before us. Honor different flavors, different streams. Need to not react when they don’t agree with us.

Awakening is here now. Awaken my heart first. Going through all the old prophetic tapes; it’s all for right now. I will be no other place on this earth than right here, right now. The Awakening has begun. We need to get ready.

Miguel: I was sent here from the east coast. I have a word. We knew Oregon as “way, somewhere out there. Another planet.” I’m from Oregon now. I am an apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ. I’m learning. I’m a student of the things of God. When he brought me here, I asked him about the area.

He opened my eyes. Saw 4 angels coming: there’s a mighty move that He’s sending to the entire west coast. It’s Time. To me. To the church. It’s time for the church to be the church. It’s time for the church to wake up. The promises are for us, for today. Not for the future, for somewhere. God is on the move in the West Coast. Describes miracles: Man w/ steel rod in his back; God made it bone, he could move. Woman w/ bad heart got a new heart. It’s time. So strong in my heart I can’t get out of this thing.

It’s time for us to experience, “You will do that.” It’s time for you, today, to experience the power of God. There is a mantle. The Entire Northwest Will Be Changed Because of Jesus Christ. Revival is here. We don’t see it. We cannot lookback to revival 100 years ago. It’s here now. It’s for us to experience.

Mark Acuna. Joan was saying, “I am the rock you’re kneeling on.” One of the Asters of Astoria died in the Titanic; this is the anniversary of Titanic. Day of great difficulty, great salvation. MV Carpathia was the nearby ship: named after Carpathia mountains: fundamentally, “Rock”. Floating rock of salvation. Psalms: God lifted me out of slimy mire, put me on a rock. Many will see & will hear.

Some of you have been wondering what you’ve been doing in this season. Some active; some waiting. Some feel your giftings are under-utilized. You are on the Carpathia. God put you on the rock, surrendering your life to him. He’s given you a job, and you’re doing it, thinking it’s mundane. Things got exciting for Carpathia when they came upon the sinking Titanic. They were there to hear the cry for help. You will hear the people’s cry for help.

There were people with a gift for navigation who responded to those crying out. Others know how to focus the light. The tragedy was pitch black; you know how to focus Jesus so he shines exactly where you need to focus: exactly the one who stands out. Our giftings are all needed on the Carpathia. The economy will shipwreck many. Natural disasters. Terrorism/war. Sickness.

You & I, just looking around us, we see so many needy people. Many will be shipwrecked. Some will be on lifeboats, barely hanging on. You can’t survive long on a lifeboat; it’s temporary. Remind you: The Rock has set sail. God has told you when to launch out. He set the course. He knows exactly where you’ll need to be to intercept. Welcome aboard.

Dave: Break. Open at 1:30. Start again at 2:00. We’ll go until 5; hard stop then.

Barb: Need to pray. Focus. Another international group called to the NW from New Orleans. Father, fine tune us. Focus us. Thx.

Dave. 1996: started a real ride. God showed up. Holy Spirit invaded their church. “Dave, we want to share with you what God shared with us this morning.” They laid hands on me. Two hours later, I woke up. I’ve felt it twice before: salvation at 19 and a year later when filled with the Spirit. This was new, different. God in me. I longed for those times. I longed for them. This is a longing you couldn’t understand, unless you’ve been incredibly in love. A lot of what we experienced in the 90s is still going on around the world. It’s coming again to the Northwest. We were a prototype. We are still a prototype. Old Pentecostal leader: “You have a genuine move of God. Guard it carefully.”

This is what I saw, this is what’s coming, this is what’s already being built. I see a harvest that’s ripe. I see a church without walls. I see a powerful outpouring so that the church cannot contain it. It’s too big. The same principle applies to churches of any size. Business as usual, and Holy Spirit shows up. Everything is turned upside down. That evening everybody brings their friends, and it’s doubled. Midweek, you’re doubled again. Next weekend, you’ve got 10x what you had before. Next month, ten times that. Businesses shut down mid-week to pray with people. Your home is full. All the time. Hungry are fed. Streets are reached. Everybody, every body, is filled with God.

This is way the heck beyond anything we have capacity to deal with.

I see politically in our country: it doesn’t matter who you vote for, politics will not save us this time. We must trust One, and only one.

We can’t leave. “What happens if all the people left?”

David: Here are four things that I’m hearing for the Northwest. (Vancouver to NorCal.)

--We’ve heard a fair number of prophecies about disasters in the NW, usually earthquakes & volcanoes.

          o I believe that the revelation is accurate, but the interpretation is often mistaken.

          o My sense is that God wants to accomplish drastic things in the social realm, in the spiritual realm, possibly even the political realm, not the physical.

• East coast prophets: “We can’t stop this.”

          o “They can’t stop it. This isn’t their territory.” That’s our job.

          o Gatherings of prophets/intercessors/odd apostle: Speak to the land: small earthquakes/volcanoes, instead of large. Prohibit spirit of fear that wants to ride the reports, and the events. Declare life & hope while we’re at it.

• Better interpretations:

          o Earthquake: shaking up things that haven’t changed in a very long time.

          o Volcano: bringing things out of the depths back to the surface.

          o Tsunami: water. Fresh wave of move of HS, of Kingdom.

• This is not saying that we’ll never have a significant earthquake; we live on the ring of fire. I’m saying that many of the prophecies of disaster have been misinterpretations of legitimate revelations.

--The PNW is a storehouse of prophetic gifts for the nation & the world.

          o There’s a lot of prophetic gifting up here. A whole lot of those gifts (people) have kept themselves free from “the system.”  I believe we have a responsibility to share the wealth.

--This is a season when God is unleashing women.

•  Gentlemen, this is more than just getting out of their way.

          o This involves making a place at the table, drawing them out. It may involve repentance. It will involve submitting to their leadership & discernment.

          o It does NOT mean that we sit down & shut up. This is not “Them instead of us,” which is how the world has tried to teach it to us. This is “Them with us,” or “us with them.” 

          o We would be fools to expect women to become “Men in disguise.”  Part of the shift is making room for women to be strong as women.

•  Ladies, this is more than theory. Don’t wait for someone to make a place for you. for someone to draw you out or repent for past mistakes. This isn’t about defying leadership. This IS about partnership, team.  This isn’t about doing things the ways men do things.

•  Mostly, we don’t know what this is going to look like.  So don’t pretend you understand what this is going to look like. “We have [mostly] not been this way before.”  Because this is new, we will make mistakes. It’s OK. Get up, dust yourself off, repent if you need to, and move on. Expect to get better at this as we do more of it: share the wisdom.

--This is a season for releasing broken people to ministry.

•  People that know Jesus – but still have wounds, issues, sin – are able to minister what they do have. Jesus example:

            o   The Gerasene demoniac: that morning, he’s living in the tombs, chock full of demons, drooling on himself. That afternoon, he’s Jesus’ representative to the Decapolis, to ten cities.

            o  Woman at the well: that morning, she’s “living in sin.” That afternoon, she’s assigned as an evangelist to Samaria, and she’s good at it.

            o  Are they healed yet? Do they have jobs yet? Do they even have their own home yet? Gerasene’s only home is the graveyard. Her only home is with they guy she’s not married to. Yet they minister.

Glen: We are sons and daughters of God, joint heirs. I don’t go to doctors, but I had a heart attack in October. I knew I was either going to heaven or I was going to get a new heart. Jesus is my doctor. He gave me a new heart in October. He gave me a new knee about 8 years ago.

Don’t back down; be persistent.

I had a dream, 2-3 weeks ago. I know quite a lot about deliverance. I saw demon possessed people delivered, bam, bam, bam. We are the body of Christ. Thanks for letting me come to church here with you. I want a new heart, and I want the job of delivering people.

Diana. Had a vision in church. You can still get visions in church. I saw a banqueting table. “Quit picking up the crumbs.” Sometimes we believe too little of what God is providing for us. God has had me in Romans 12. We are all there together. I came here today, not knowing anybody here except my husband. But when I came, I knew I belonged. We need all of us, and we need to all exercise our gifts. Keep speaking into other peoples’ lives.

What is God saying? Focus. We need to focus. Also: some prophets don’t want to come to the NW because it’s dark. But Jesus is a light in the darkness. And Jesus is in us. Immanuel. People didn’t perceive, didn’t receive Jesus. (So they may respond to us similarly.) Holy Spirit is here to lead us to all truth. People have difficulty recognizing God with us. But HS is God IN us, and that’s even harder. You have every gift of God in you. When you go to represent him, look for the darkest place, and bring light there.

Elijah had revival on the mountain: fire from heaven. But before the week was out, Elijah was depressed, alone, hiding in the cave. “I’m all alone.” God spoke to him, quietly. “I have 7000 yet, who have not bent knee to Baal.” God has thousands yet who have not bent knee to Baal, to that which takes our eyes off Jesus, off what he’s doing.

Blind Bart: “Jesus, son of David, have mercy.” The people in the revival tried to hush him up. Jesus stopped the parade, went back to minister to one. “What would you have me do for you?” “I want to see!” Jesus found it more important to heal one, that one, than to minister to thousands.

Jesus said that those who follow him will be despised, hated, cast out. Don’t feel bad if you get thrown out of your church, Jesus got thrown out of his. He makes crooked paths straight. We have lots of crooked paths in the NW. How is he making crooked paths straight around you if he’s in you? You are the vessel to make that crooked path straight.

I know what man has to say. I know what I was raised up to believe. I’m tired of the status quo doctrine & dogma. Please teach me, Father, what you have to say. I’m willing to throw my theology out the window in order to receive that which is fresh and new. He wants to fill us with Him, not traditions of the fathers, not religion. We are to BE the light of the world, the city set on a hill to shine forth.

Sometimes people push me off because of what I see and hear from God. But they pushed Jesus off too. It’s not actually about who we are; it’s about who He is. We spent 20 years in the darkest part of Mexico, demonology, idolatry, syncretism. “Why don’t I see in the Spirit?” “Because if you saw all that the enemy was doing, you’d never get anything done for me.

When I was ready to throw my theology out, God told me, “Grace is grace. You cannot mix grace and the Law. Grace has been accused by the law, by the Pharisees, of coming from the devil. Jesus was called Beelzebub. They say that mercy from grace is too easy. Law wants to kill grace, as it will lose controlling power. Jesus is grace alive among us. He was accused by legalists, Pharisees, of being of the devil. They arrested him, killed him, to keep their control. But as he arose from death, so grace arises to bring life.”

Thank God it’s a dark place. That’s where God shines the best. You are the light he’s shining. He may not lead you to multitudes, but he may lead you to one, by the roadside, “Have mercy on me.” He’s shown us pieces of what he’s doing. From the beginning, his plan is about bringing glory to himself by bringing salvation to those lost.

“God’s will may look much different than we think; don’t try to box it in.” Dream: pain in my heart. “Part of my word is being misrepresented.” What does the Kingdom of the grace of Jesus look like? “You can’t imagine.” We try to box in what the will of God is, but 1 Corinthians 2:9: no mind can conceive what God has in mind. Ask! Seek! Try! Imagine! But you can’t imagine: it’s bigger, better. Jesus didn’t come to condone disobedience. He came to say Grace, Discernment, Love: these are the important things, more than enforcing. It’s not the law: that’s just the tutor, to bring us to this place.

The woman at the well: Jesus uses the person we can’t even imagine to bring life, grace.

Heather: Nazgul: their only weapon is fear. 

Dream: hoards of hell marching on the NW. The 9 of them, the gifts, could see. At a certain time every day, they trained on some giant eagles: scary, but good. Eagles were doing this only because God said so.

When attack came, Nazgul would fly out to terrorize our army. (Our army: 2 mil; theirs: 100 million demons. ).

By the gifts & fruits of spirit, we have to take down fear, which wants to take out our army.

Note: we didn’t over-think it. We just did what God said. Hope I didn’t leave the stove on.

Some said, “You know that’s not real.” Right. “I’m not going to waste my time fighting those I’m trying to save.

Dara Casey: Bright blue. I was waiting for a young person to go first. A word from years ago: the NW had an orphan spirit. God showed me that the orphan spirit and the poverty spirit were married: a union. Because we’ve accepted orphan, poverty, therefore our children have had orphan, poverty spirit.

Hebrews 12:6-9: a sign of being an orphan: not receiving discipline. In the NW, our independent spirit, we’ve chosen to not receive discipline. So our children have suffered. Not known their identity.

Since January: I’ve been seeing birds. I’m a seer: I see, and I make things to bring what I see into the natural.

When I first heard about this convocation, I had no good word. Soon, younger generation came: “We want to be around you & learn. So teach us.” I had to adjust my lifestyle. Young lady, wanting what God has put in me. She got me a nest w 3 little pearls: God speaking to me about hatchlings. We must come together to protect the children. Hatchlings: small animals, hungry for more, just hatching out. Some have never been able to be hatched, because nobody has been willing to brood over them, like HS does. We’ve been unwilling to share our heart, because we’ve been hurt.

There are so many deaths in the past six months. Sad: they don’t get to see their grandchildren, great grandchildren. Our job is to nurture the Kingdom, to nurture the children. We do not have an orphan spirit. We have been adopted. We’re going to carry the fire of God. The Pacific Rim has been designed to carry the fire of God.

Hatchlings need to be brooded over. The need to be fed when they hatch. They need the DNA of the Father.

Someone adds: they need to be let loose and set free from the nest.

George: from the end of the world: Raymond, WA. Have you ever hungered for something? For a move of the HS? So thirsty, you’ll do anything. Hungry to see souls saved that you’ll do anything to speak a word? So eager for the revival we’ve talked about. If you’re not hungry, you’ll not receive it. If you’re not thirsty, you won’t drink. 

Trying to meet with other pastors in Raymond. “I’m not sure you’re supposed to be here.”

I go to the café in Raymond, have coffee with the boys. Share as I can. Last night, saw movie Amazing Grace: as he kept contending, they finally got it. Somehow we can fight this battle. I’m challenged to keep contending. Keep visiting jail, keep building relationship, keep on keeping on. God is calling the church to contend for the faith.

Whatever he gives us, we have to contend for it. We need to fight for our faith.

Terry from Spokane. Acts 17:26: God has put us in our territories, assigned us. We are to stand in that authority.

In 1999, painted a painting: vision for two hours. Not a lovely one. Art in Senate before 9/11 (sponsored by Rick Santorium). This isn’t to be beautiful, not for living rooms. My giant paintings are covered in scriptures, artistically: it’s the only scripture some people will ever see.

Todd Adams: I came to share what God has told us how to minister in our space. In 3 minutes or less.

There’s practice in that: people out there who we really want to speak to: we may have only 3 minutes. Else we go to tattoo parlors, where they hold still.

Honor is something you give. Not get. Not allowed to require from others. Recently, I’ve had people try to honor me.

People aren’t interested in the 4 spiritual laws. But people want to see lives.

People have changed nations in a day. The world won’t understand that.

Church is divided: People who love history, or people who love Jesus.

Only those who are called will respond to the testimony. Must start in prayer.

Standing on chairs to call prophets? We need to do that for prodigals.

There is no knowledge that will come against us that did not originate in the Father. New Age came from the Father. They don’t submit to Father. Don’t be afraid of that stuff. Learn it. Challenge them: You can’t do it anymore.

We’re waiting for Him to manifest on the earth. He’s waiting for us to manifest him.

Don’t ask if you should. Ask if you may.

Do what you’ve never done before. Don’t be caught in the trap. Do what nobody’s doing.

Gary: Cameron & I out in the streets, doing kingdom stuff. Kind of scary; witches come after me. When you start speaking truth, you get people angry. Truth is not in vogue anymore.

In the trenches. I need wisdom. I’m afraid for what’s coming down. Asking Lord for help. Recently started, “Pastoral Care Network,” in response to prophetic word about remodeling the church. Worse than being on the street. We’re called to reach the lost before the end comes.

I’m afraid for people like Cameron: his assignment is Portland state. People get angry, show their teeth. No fear. I’m hearing that, trying to get that. Introduce Cameron.

Cameron. Through a series of visions, God called me to Portland State, but not for degree. Vision: healings, power being dumped out. Major mind-molding in all of Oregon. All the lies are propagated here. (God says, “Grace much more.”)

Some things have resonated. Healing is coming. If you want to see healing: take it to the streets. That’s where you’re going to see amputated limbs grow back.

We don’t talk a whole lot about the gift of miracles: the ability to do miracles. Dream (vision?): No sense of power/authority in the natural, but ability to reach into Spirit. Walked into car: healed broken necks, scoliosis, healed broken people. Healed a broken bike. I see that this will only come through Jesus. But there’s such a need. Such a need for the power of God poured in the streets. Word about Nineveh? Wicked society. I can’t walk in that without authority from on high. I know I walk in that, but why the Tupperware lid between us? Jonah had an anointing to see an entire nation repent. There’s power there.

Authority, outpouring that we desire, happens when go out. In dark places, it’s like we’re preaching in an anechoic chamber: no resonance, no reflection. Jesus, help us!

Who’s molding all this? I know God wants to change it all!

Thanksgiving is a powerful thing. It battles depression, darkness.