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It was Bob Dylan who wrote and sang, "Behind every beautiful thing there's been some kind of pain." Live enough, and you'll find just how true that is. Life is full of contrasts. All of us experience both good and bad times. We all go through ups and downs, and have mountain and valley seasons. And we all, to some degree, have scars and stories to go with them. Our scars are often rooted in deep pain and hardship, but beautiful things can be birthed from them when God is involved in the healing process. And we shouldn't be dismissive of this.
Human beings live in two realities, we live in the physical reality of which most people are aware, but we also live in a spiritual reality of which many are either uncomfortable with, unfamiliar with or unaware of. Our five senses operating in the physical world is where we make decisions. But the spiritual world is a realm from which we have our authority.
One morning, in prayer, I saw a giant pit that had trapped many people — a pit of despair, of sin, of compromise, of failure and hopelessness. Then I saw the Great Shepherd extend His hand to pull OUT desperate souls, giving them a second chance and making all things new! I believe that in the church there is coming a season of tremendous restoration and preparation, for God desires to restore all that the locust has eaten in your life! He will give you double for your trouble and turn your scars into stars reversing the curse. Let me emphasize here that this is a strategic season and we are not to squander or waste it.
Within the body of Christ we've had enough abuse, backbiting, dishonoring and yes, even literal robbery of one another. Without being aware of it, many have actually been tricked into robbing our brothers and sisters in Christ. Opposition has used this deceptive plot against us, causing us to believe we haven't been robbing one another. Our adversary the devil, attempts to tear us down and even destroy us and our relationships with other Christian brothers and sisters.
I had a visitation from the Lord on March 4, 2016 at 3:01 AM. In it He took me to the 'Halls of Heaven' where a great Company of Prophets was assembled. In the Hall I recognized a few that were present: Katherine Kuhlman, Aimee Semple McPherson, John G. Lake and Smith Wigglesworth. Many others I had never seen, or heard of, before, and their clothing suggested that some were from 1,000 years ago. I was so overwhelmed by the Holy Spirit.
The breath of God brings us back to life. It is refreshing. There is something about the spontaneous aspect of prophetic worship that every believer needs. To read something or sing something that is "God-breathed" has eternal impact. When our writing and sound has it's origins out of heaven then it will bring transformation in the earth. Earthly sound will only take things on the downward spiral, but heaven's sound elevates the heart heavenward.
YOU DON'T NEED TO BE NUMBER ONE! Stand beside another and hold their arms up in the cause…and God will send you those who will stand with you. God did not call Joseph and Daniel or Esther to be the top of the mountain as a number one - but as the indispensable number two in support. Your place may be alongside a team that is collectively going to the top. If you insist on being a solo act when you are called to support someone else you.
This morning during prayer, I had a vision where I saw a physical heart with arteries and I felt the Lord speak that this was the heart of the United States. As I looked at this heart, I felt the Lord highlighting the "arteries" of the heart. As I looked closer at these arteries I saw that there were 'blockages' of the arteries. The arteries were clogged and blocked, they were blocked with things that were welcomed and feasted upon in this nation, even from it's very roots, that had 'taken hold' over generations and had caused such a blockage that was putting tremendous pressure on the heart.
Adam and Eve had a great life in the Garden. Not only did they enjoy the creative Presence of God, but there was no devil! If you have ever experienced that "zone" where no devils are around, it will ruin you for just "living in the world." I have experienced that zone a few times, where the atmosphere was truly free and clean with His Presence. It is a taste of Heaven and I know when I experienced it, that I gained a new discernment of what was God and what was not. Many people just put up with stuff!
A few years ago, I drove my son's bright-red IROC sports car alone from California to Atlanta. One day, as I sped through a desert, I looked out at a rainbow that filled the sky and bright sunrays streaked across the windshield. Then, vom! A second rainbow appeared underneath. The colors were more vibrant than I had ever seen before. Suddenly, the road turned right and a gigantic canyon appeared on my left – and the rainbows stretched down and down into the deepness of the cavern below. I was struck with the perfect picture of our lives – and how there is sooooo much more than we have dared to imagine.
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