A Voice Of One...

Will you believe Me again?

2006-09-13T09:46:00.000-05:00

Will you believe Me again?

My dear child I come to you today with a question. It is a question that was asked of My servant Elijah and today I pose this same question to you.

“My child what are you doing here?”

1 Kings 19:9There he came to a cave and lodged in it; and behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and He said to him, What are you doing here, Elijah? Amplified Bible

What are you doing here hiding in a cave when I have called, appointed and anointed you to rise up and do great and mighty exploits in My name? Will you continue to run as Elijah did in fear of what man can do or

will you believe Me again?

This cave that you have run to is a place of loneliness and desolation. For surely I have used this to My advantage. I have allowed you to remain here for a season to give you rest, and to feed you physically and spiritually, but only so that you would have strength for the days ahead. My heart for you is not this lonely cave, but fellowship and love amongst your brethren.

1 John 1:7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. NIV

Will you believe Me again?

I will always, and in all circumstances work all things together for your good because you are My beloved. Yes you are a chosen vessel, a royal priest and even one of the remnant who are called to raise up warriors in these last days.

Will you believe Me again?

The trials that you have faced have left you bloody and bruised. Yes they have even left you with open wounds, but remember Me this day My child because I am still your healer and I can heal you on this day. If you will only touch the hem of My garment My child you will once again be made whole.

Forget what lies behind, yes even the pain that was caused by lost love and lost friends. For I know that you have been through many trials and you have faced much persecution, but I have allowed these things to happen in your life not so that you would become bitter, but so that you would become better. For I have said that I will never leave you or forsake you and I am not a God that I should lie. .

Will you believe Me again?

Look to Me My child, yes look to me. No longer dwell on the past offences, but look to me. For I have plans for you that require your total deliverance from the hindrances of the past. Forgive and put those who have hurt you out of your mind. Allow Me to bring new dreams, new visions, new friends and a new and better season forth in your life.

Will you believe Me again?

Today I send you forth in newness of life and vision. I have placed within you My child gifts. Yes gifts that are not for you alone, but are to be shared and given freely to others.

Matthew 10:8Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give. NIV

In the days ahead I will be sending you to one of My chosen vessels and you will do as My servant Elijah and throw your cloak over them. Yes this vessel I speak of is unaware of the calling that is on their life and therefore they have been wandering in confusion, but I am sending you forth as a mentor and even as a spiritual parent. For I have a plan and a purpose that goes far beyond you My child and much further than you can even comprehend.

1 Kings 19:19[ The Call of Elisha ] So Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen, and he himself was driving the twelfth pair. Elijah went up to him and threw his cloak around him. NIV

Will you believe Me again?

For I have called you for such a time as this. You will equip, mentor, teach and train up the younger generations. Yes even as Elijah was called and anointed in his day, so My child are you anointed and appointed to disciple the next generation of chosen believers. Come out of this Cave My child for your season here is done. No longer look back, and no longer faint. You have never been forsaken and surely not forgotten. The fullness of time has come My child

will you believe Me again?

Esther 4:14bAnd who knows but that you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this and for this very occasion? Amplified Bible

The God of Heaven Will Give You Success

2006-05-16T19:20:00.000-05:00

This morning in my prayer time the Lord brought a few of the Leaders who have been in our lives to my memory. I knew immediately that He was asking me to pray for them and I quickly obeyed. While I was praying for them and naming those He brought to my spirit I heard a great cry. It wasn't something that I heard in the natural, but what I am sharing with you is something that I heard in the Spirit. I was immediately reminded of Nehemiah who I believe to be one of the greatest Leaders in the Word of God.

Nehemiah 1:4 When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted and prayed before the God of heaven. NIV

Go back with me to a time in your life when you yourself were not a parent. Do you remember the parents around you and how you thought in your own mind, "I can't believe they do this and I hate it when they do that." What about the times you exalted yourself in your own mind thinking, "When I am a parent I will never do this or I could never say that." Friends, the reality is as we grow in Christ and in wisdom we come to realize that although we may very well be better at some things, it is nothing more than pride to see ourselves as better than others. We may be more gifted in one area and yet not walk in wisdom in another. In fact I humbly admit that it took me becoming a Leader myself to see this truth and to have a greater understanding of the responsibility and weight that can be upon the shoulders of a Leader. If you are called to Lead then you will lift up your brothers and sisters in Christ and not tear them down. You will quickly understand as David did that even though he was in disagreement, hurt and rejected by Saul he refused to touch him because he was still considered God's anointed. And you will walk in a level of love and forgiveness that goes completely against the natural man as you forgive your brothers and sisters who may have in jealousy, resentment and bitterness or pride thrown you into a pit and lied about you as Joseph's brothers did to him.

For those walking in positions of Leadership
An Encouragement from the Lord...

The God Of Heaven Will Give You Success
A word thru: Sheryl L. York

I heard the Lord say, My child it is I who called you from before the foundations of the earth and it is I who will complete a great work in you. I have heard you mourn for My church and I have seen as you have fasted and prayed for My body. Yes, I have watched and have even taken every one of your tears to place them in a jar because it is I who will repay those who have hurt you. You must press on and continue to stretch beyond your natural mind and take up your cross daily to follow My Son. For it is only as you die to self that you will find that you have come closer and closer to resembling Him. Surely there are things that you have experienced that could have been changed by Me, yet My child in wisdom I had to allow them to happen to purify you until the time of the end.

Daniel 11:35 And some of those who are wise, prudent, and understanding shall be weakened and fall, [thus, then, the insincere among the people will lose courage and become deserters. It will be a test] to refine, to purify, and to make those among [God's people] white, even to the time of the end, because it is yet for the time [God] appointed. AMP

You My child have served Me well and because of this I your God, yes even the God of Heaven will give you great success (Nehemiah 2:20). You will run and not be weary, you will walk and not faint and you will continue to mount up with wings as Eagles, because there are many who have been called, but you My child have truly been chosen. Was this a choosing of My own or a choice that you yourself made? Ask yourself this question and be assured that I am well pleased with you because you have chosen to make your own calling and election sure.

Just as My servant Nehemiah was a great Leader so My child do I see the same in you. For it is I who call you a mighty man of valor and I see in you the very same qualities of integrity, faithfulness, tenacity, strength, commitment, wisdom and fortitude that I saw even in My servant Nehemiah. Yes there have been times when the enemy has come to kill, steal and destroy and yet like Nehemiah you have never given up, and you have never come down off that wall. Yes I see you standing with a sword in one hand and a building tool in the other and always with a willingness to train up others along the way. I hear you often cry out to Me and see you always choose to press forward to advance My Kingdom. There have been times when others have tried to pull you away from your calling and yet I have watched as you stood strong against your adversary.

Yes I have even shed tears with you as those that you have given and sown so much, as well as poured yourself into have walked away from you laughing, mocking and tearing down what you and I have built together by the words of their own mouths. Press on My child, press on, for I ask you this day to press forward forgiving them and understanding that they truly know not what they do. Have I not said that My people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge? Though it may be true that some are walking in rebellion against My Word, there are also those who have yet to grow into the knowledge and wisdom necessary to walk in positions of Leadership today.

Pray for those who hurt you and despitefully use you My child, because My Word truly does not come back void. For in the not to distant future unless they are repentant these very souls will reap what they have sown and yet I ask you to stand as a great Leader. Stand like Moses who even though his sister came against him did not want to see her judged, cry out to me and pray like Job did to save his friends. A Leader never looks for vengeance My child, for I have said that vengeance is mine and it is I that will surely pay. Yes it is I who will make a table for you even in the presence of your enemies. Allow Me this day to send My Word, Yes, today I am sending My Word to heal you. For assuredly I say unto you that it is I who called you from before the foundations of the earth and I will surely complete that which I have started in you, says the Lord.

A Foreshadowing For Tomorrow

2006-04-11T14:02:00.001-05:00

I have been paying very close attention to the recent story of Matthew and Mary Winkler since it first broke on the news. As soon as I heard it my heart went out to Mary, her children and all those who love the Winkler family. I had an immediate sensing that there was so much more to the story than we would ever know, but also that God was speaking to the body of Christ through these events. For those who haven't been watching the news or don't know of the story I will share just briefly that on March 22nd the authorities found that Mary's husband Matthew Winkler had been shot dead in his bedroom, yet she and their children were no where to be found. Matthew and Mary were Pastors of the Fourth Street Church of Christ located in Western Tennessee. Mary was found safe with her children the day after her husbands body was found. She immediately confessed, but all the details have not been forthcoming. This article however, is not about Matthew or Mary Winkler as much as it is about the fact that I do believe that God is speaking to the body of Christ through this story if we will hear Him. I hope you will read on.

OUR PARADIGM IS SHIFTING...
Many believers have fallen into the enemies trap of exalting themselves, or their vision, or their ministries and basically their minds above others. Although God tells us that His ways are not our ways and His thoughts are not our thoughts we tend to believe that the way we see things is the way God does as well. Oh, but friends I have come to learn that this has not necessarily always been so. I recently heard John Paul Jackson sharing that many Christians seem to walk in the natural far more than they do in the Spirit. Thus they only experience the Spirit occasionally; whereas God wants us to walk in the Spirit all the time and as we live our lives we experience the natural around us in a totally different way. Living as a spiritual being brings life, peace and joy, while living in the natural and only experiencing the spiritual occasionally brings confusion, difficulty and even depression.

What is a paradigm? Its basic meaning is to pattern or model. I believe that God is showing the body of Christ a pattern and model with the circumstances that have happened in the lives of this precious couple. I also believe that this is exactly why this story made National news and was so widely covered. God is not only speaking to the Winkler's church members and He isn't only speaking to the people in the State of Tennessee, but He is speaking to the body of Christ at large. In fact if we have eyes to see and ears to hear what the Spirit is saying to the church we will rejoice that out of impending tragedy God will bring Unity.

ARE WE OUT OF OUR PAMPERS...
Religion is an ugly thing. In fact the most critical, judgmental and unforgiving people I have ever met have believed themselves to be religious. Religion puts those who are of another group, another thought, or another teaching in a box and says; "They will never get it or they just aren't willing to grow in Christ." Yet in this one story we see something that many did not expect. We see Gods people rising to maturity. We truly are coming out of our diapers and putting away childish things as Paul asked us to do. I think that many see those in the Church of Christ as steeped in religion. From what I have learned personally they do not believe many of the spiritual truths that you and I live today. As far as I know they don't believe women should be in ministry and feel they are to be silent in the church. They don't believe in the laying on of hands to heal the sick, or that in order to be Spirit filled you will have the evidence of speaking in other tongues. They are adamant that you must be baptized or your sins are not forgiven and they come across as overly firm on what they believe the Word of God teaches without the balance of the Spirit.

However, soon after this story broke I was able to see God in it and I had a serious paradigm shift. What I thought before or thought I saw before I was now seeing completely different through the eyes of God. No longer did I see just a religious woman or a religious people, but instead I saw a church that was truly coming forth without spot or wrinkle. God was using this story to foreshadow the victory & triumph we would be walking in as the 'Church'. While many seem to believe the body of Christ is missing it, He has been training us up in the way we should go and even equipping us for the difficulties ahead all along. In the days after Mary was arrested we began to see love pouring out for her. We have watched on National television as the congregates of this small church have walked free of judgment and criticism. They have not allowed any unwholesome talk to leave their mouths where Mary is concerned and they have shown God's awesome heart of forgiveness throughout this tragedy. The unity surrounding this one event has been phenomenal and I fully believe that we will also see this in the body of Christ as a whole in the very near future. In fact I believe wholeheartedly that this story is not just about the Winkler tragedy at all.

IT'S NOT A TIME FOR DOOM AND GLOOM...
Please understand that I am in no way making light of or discounting what the Winkler's or their loved ones are going through in this trial, but I have to share honestly with you that I see the hand and the heart of God in this as I never had before. This story is about His grace and mercy. It's about His ability to teach us by His Holy Spirit how to love and forgive people for the unthinkable and even the unimaginable. In Matthew 16:2-3 we find Jesus saying "When evening comes, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red,' and in the morning, "Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.' You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. (NIV) We must be a prophetic people who rise above circumstances and look deeper into all things by the Spirit. In fact I encourage you to do what John Paul Jackson often suggests; "Read the white." The signs, wonders and symbols of God are all around us and even in our daily lives, but we must take the time to search them out, pray and read them for ourselves. He is speaking to us symbolically and we should be praising Him that even through this difficult situation He is able to share with those who will listen the awesome things to come. Can I send a warning out dear ones? Be careful who you are listening to in these last days because it is not a time for doom and gloom or fear and heartbreak as many prophets seem to be speaking.

LOOK A LITTLE CLOSER...
1) Mary Winkler was not just a Pastors wife or parishioner in a church. She is also symbolic of 'our sister in Christ'.
2) Mary confessed to something unthinkable. She sinned and fell short of the glory, but because she confessed and is telling the truth she has been shown mercy and given grace in her time of need. God's goodness has been all around her and her children since she confessed.
3) While most would deem what she did unforgivable, God and His people have shown nothing but forgiveness toward her.
4) She apologized and asked her husbands parents to forgive her and they not only forgave her, but said if they could they would take her home with them. Symbolically speaking I believe this says she has been forgiven by God the Father and she has not lost her place in His heart or in Heaven.

God is speaking to His body and foreshadowing events that will soon come. We are in days when difficulty and tragedy would like to destroy us, but God is still in control. In fact He is showing us these things even now so that we will prepare, watch and pray and understand His heart for each of us. Religion will no longer have a stronghold in the lives of Believers. Criticism, judgment and unforgiveness will rapidly disappear in the days ahead. True relationship with Him is taking over every church and denomination as I write this. No matter what we think we see in the natural, (whether it be storms, the disunity of Government Leaders or the constant rumors of war) God wants us to see every trial and tragedy through the eyes of faith, love, forgiveness and we must always be positioning ourselves for UNITY.

BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER...
1) Love your sisters and brothers in Christ, 2) Confess your faults one to another that you may be healed, 3) Forgive everyone for anything they have done against you, so that 4) you're Father in Heaven will forgive you.

Just as God the Father forgives each of us for all that we have done, so has He shown this truth to the world through Matthew Winkler's parents toward their daughter in law Mary. Though some of us might have expected to see people attacking her terribly for her crime (judging & criticizing) the fact is her own brothers and sisters in Christ refused to do so. They have not stood by and watched her be thrown into a lonely pit. In fact they don't even want to see her in the prison house. Instead they have stood up for her as did Ruben & Judah for their brother Benjamin when Joseph tried to send them away and keep Benjamin with him. These men had lived 13 years filled with agony because of the things they allowed and the choices they made in their youth toward their brother Joseph. As time passed they grew not only in age, but also in wisdom and when faced with losing yet another brother and breaking their fathers heart they rose up and wouldn't let anything happen to another one of their siblings.

Can you see the signs of the times dear ones? As siblings in Christ we are finally growing up and we no longer wish to do things that would grieve our Fathers heart. What an awesome sight it is to see that nothing has escaped God. So many of us have followed the life of Joseph that we have forgotten to look deeper into what happened to his brothers. No matter what we see around us, God never lost control of Josephs family and He doesn't lose control in our lives either. Whether we have been in a pit, Potiphars' house or even in the prison; by Gods Holy Spirit we have learned His ways.

CONCLUSION...
Even if tragedy strikes or the unthinkable occurs in the world in the days ahead, I believe God is sharing His heart with us dear ones. He is telling us that the body of Christ will rise up and with His heart they will love the unlovely, and forgive the things that they don't understand. He is saying that we have grown and that we are becoming a people who care about others even if they have done wrong. We are as a body truly modeling and patterning intercession as we willingly stand in the gap for our brothers and sisters in Christ as well as the world as a whole. Without us even knowing it He has truly taken us to a new level in Him. This new level had escaped many of us for years, but we are a Joseph generation and he explained the true heart of God best when in Genesis 50:19-20 he said; "Don't be afraid. Am I in the place of God? You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives."

It is my prayer that you would begin to look deeper into every day situations and circumstances. Look for God in the big things as well as in the little things. My heart is full of joy to see the body of Christ growing in such leaps and bounds. They are being equipped for the work of the ministry and in these last days they are understanding God's signs and symbols knowing full well that He truly does foreshadow what is to come. I can't even tell you the peace that I have in my own life now that I fully understand that He is ever speaking, giving us signs and sharing with us symbols which are not only in dreams but are actually all around us.

Why does He do this? So that we can interpret the signs of the times. His heart has always been that we would know His will and His plans and not only for ourselves, but for our homes, churches, cities and even the nations. We are finally seeing ALL brothers and sisters through His eyes instead of through our own natural eyes. We have grown, we can forgive, we have learned that gossip, slander and judging our brothers and sisters in Christ only hurts us and grieves the heart of our Father in Heaven. And finally I will close by saying I believe we as a body have come to a place where we are allowing ourselves to be fitly joined together. We are becoming a people who are truly willing to model & pattern 'WALKING IN UNITY'.

Just serving Him by serving all of you,
Sheryl L. York
TheYorks@IMentorU.com
www.IMentorU.com

Side Note: To learn more about Foreshadowing I would like to point you in the direction of a book called 'If This Were A Dream, What Would It Mean." written by Murray Dueck. I can honestly say that I believe this book has truly changed my life forever.
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Signs & Wonders

2006-03-28T10:12:00.000-06:00

And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all; they will place their hands on sick people, and they will get well." Mark 16:17-18 NIV

My dear child,
Do you not realize that you are walking in signs?
Have you not recognized that all around you are wonders?
I tell you the truth, for I have found that many in these last days are questioning their faith.
They are even questioning their walk with Me and yet they are forgetting
that My ways are not their ways and My thoughts are not their thoughts.
For I see what you do not see My child.

Look up and again I say look up.
For it is only by fixing your eyes on Me that you are able to see yourself and your life as I do.
If you are continually looking at yourself you will see faults and failures.
Yes, and even inadequacies that will overwhelm you. But
remember My child, that it is I who have chosen the foolish things
of this world to confound the wise. It is I who chose the weak things
of the world to confound the things which are mighty and it is I who
chose the lowly and despised things-and the things that are not-to
nullify the things that are, so that no man may boast.

For I have heard many saying, 'but Lord, when will we do the greater works?
When will we part waters? When will we turn water into wine?
Why haven't we healed all the sick and when will we multiply the loaves
and the fishes to feed the hungry?
And I would say to you now; "Oh yea of little faith".

Look up and again I say look up.
Do you not see that you are even now doing the greater works My child?
Signs are following you because you do believe. For it is true that My son did great works,
but the same Spirit that raised Him from the dead has multilplied exponentially and
now dwells in you. Yes, My Son healed one here and one there,
but today My children are as the fishes and loaves. They are like manna from
Heaven which has now been multiplied to feed the hungry.
You are each an extension of the hands of My Son and you My children
are doing the greater works every time you lay hands on the sick and see them recover.
Every time you triumph over snakes and scorpions and every time you bring deliverance
to a person who is being held captive.

My children go deeper and look further than you ever have before.
Because I, your God am not only in the big things, but the little things as well.
Remember that at the mouth of the cave in Elijah's day I was not in
the earthquake, the wind or even in the fire. Just as I speak to you in a
still small voice, I am in the things that in your perception seem to be small.

Believe and again I say Believe.
Look around you this day and see the signs and yes, even wonders in your own life.
The signs that I am with you are ever present and yet you overlook them My child.
To some a sign of My goodness might be the love of a spouse, the many blessings
your children bring, a home of your own or a job that provides for your family.
For others it is a wonder that they have a place to lay their head or that they
weren't killed in a recent accident that hurt or took the lives of others.
To some a sign of My goodness might be that a sickness or disease tried
to take their lives, yet through prayer and believing they are now walking in good health.
To another it is a wonder that they have not lost their home, their job, their spouse
or their children because of the outward appearance of things happening in their lives.

My children go deeper with Me and allow yourself to see beyond where you have before.
Do not think on things that are of bad report. Spend no time dwelling on your past failures.
Put away from you unforgiveness and evil thoughts towards others.
For it was I who allowed even the difficult things in your life, but it was not without purpose.

The time for murmuring and complaining is over My child.
For I wish above all things that you would prosper and be in health even as your soul prospers.
I abound toward you with blessing and the thoughts that I think toward you are good
and not evil. For I do have an expected and glorious end for you My child and your later days will be MUCH greater than your former days, says the Lord.
Believe My child and again I say Believe.

SIGN...
1: a gesture expressing a command, wish or thought 2: SYMBOL 3: a notice publicly displayed for
advertising purposes or for giving direction or warning.

WONDER...
1: to feel surprise or amazement 2: MIRACLE 3: to feel curiosity or doubt
4: a cause of astonishment or surprise 5: MARVEL

Take Away The Stone

2006-02-27T11:35:00.000-06:00

38 Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance. 39 "Take away the stone," he said. "But, Lord," said Martha, the sister of the dead man, "by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days."
40 Then Jesus said, "Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?"
41 So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, "Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me."
43 When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!" 44 The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, "Take off the grave clothes and let him go." John 11:38-44 NIV

My dear children do you not know how deeply moved I am when I see that you are hurting? For is it not I who is touched by the feelings of your infirmities? Yes, I have even wept with you in your times of great sorrow.

I tell you the truth My children, look up for your redemption draws near. Today for you is a day and yes even an hour which you will never forget. Neither will those around you be able to forget what I am about to do in your life, says the Lord. For today I am having the stone taken away.

THE CAVE…
You have been in a season of difficulty and sometimes even a season of despair, but I have said that I come to give you life and that more abundantly.

Receive and again I say receive.

Believe and again I say believe.

Nothing can hold back My resurrection power and it is nearer to you than you can possibly imagine. This cave is no longer a place for you for I am having the stone removed and yes I will even have the grave clothes removed. For I am even now removing the stench of death that at one time you believed had taken over your life.

Come Forth! Out of the cave of Adullam where David & his mighty men were hiding.

Come Forth! Out of the cave of Obadiah where My prophets were being hidden.

Come Forth! Out of the cave that you ran to like Elijah after killing the Baal prophets.

Come Forth! Out of the cave that you have been buried in like Lazarus who was wrapped and buried because it was believed he was dead.

THE DOOR IS NOW OPEN…
My children some of you have gone into the caves on your own to hide from the persecutions of this day. Some of you have remained in the cave for a season of growing and have become mighty men & women of valor. Some of you however, have done many awesome and wonderful things in My name and yet you ran to the cave because you were exhausted, hungry and felt very alone, but some of you had fallen ill (spiritually). Your brothers and sisters called for help (prayed) and yet it seemed to them as though you were forgotten and even forsaken. In their minds I was not willing to come, I was unwilling to heal you and it was I who allowed you to be wrapped in your grave clothes and laid in that cave behind that stone. They perceived incorrectly My dear Children, but man in his human thinking will always ask…

37 Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?" John 11:37 NIV

Because they believed that I had left you they too left you which kept you bound to that grave/cave. But I say to you today that all has been done to the glory of God. Know as Joseph did that I will take you from the pit to the palace. Love and forgive all who have hurt & forsaken you for there has always been a plan and I have never even for a minute forgotten you. My child you were never forgotten, you have never been forsaken by Me and today I am opening a door that no man can close.

8 I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. Revelations 3:8 NIV

Rejoice and again I say rejoice, My children. Because today I am having the stone rolled away. It is true that you could not do it on your own and it seemed that many were not willing to help you, but by My Spirit and by My Word the stone that had been placed before you is even now being rolled away, says the Lord.

43 When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!" 44 The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, "Take off the grave clothes and let him go." John 11:43-44 NIV

Now My children I am speaking to your brothers and sisters and I am not only asking that the stone be rolled away, but I am also telling them to remove your grave clothes and let you go. Like Annanias who was obedient to go and bring healing to Saul/Paul there are those who will hear Me and do as I ask for bring forth My glory and to advance My Kingdom on earth. Do not reject those who I am sending to help you this day because I have called you to fellowship, unity, love & forgiveness.

RESTORATION…
Yes, I am a God of Restoration and when I restore I do not only give back what you had before and I do not only give back what the enemy stole, but I give to you far more than you could possibly ask of think. So know this My children, today I am having the stone rolled away because you no longer belong in this cave. Step out, receive and only believe, says the Lord.

Discern and again I say Discern

2006-02-22T12:24:00.000-06:00

This morning before my time with the Lord I caught myself falling into bitterness. With all that I have been through in the last few years I certainly felt justified, but God spoke to me ever so gently and exposed something that was attempting to get in and take root. I had to put a stop to it right away because as a Prophet anything that is in me, will also be shared with you. We often times feel we have every reason to be angry, hurt and even bitter, but because of what Jesus went through for each of us on the cross not one of us has the right to be angry, hurt or allow bitterness to take root.

I hope to encourage you today to repent of all bitterness. In all honesty we each make a daily choice to walk in love and forgiveness. We can see things as Joseph did as he chose not to blame his brothers for their evil against him or we can choose to hold them in bitterness forever. Joseph understood that it was God who had taken him down that path and through that journey. Can you put bitterness far from you and allow the Lord to cleanse your heart, mind & even your mouth? It’s up to us friends, we can become Better or we can become Bitter.

Discern and again I say Discern
Is it Soul or Spirit?
A Prophetic word thru: Sheryl L. York

My dear children I tell you the truth, that many in these last days are becoming bitter. Many who I have called and who are speaking in your ears are speaking from their own souls and not by My Spirit at all; says the Lord. I come to you today with a warning that will save you from the bitter roots of judgment that are even now attempting to become imbedded in your soul. Take heed this day My children as I send forth My word to heal you.

TEST THE SPIRITS…
Have I not told you to test the spirits My children? {1 John 4:1} Take the time to walk up to the tree and not to believe only what your own eyes perceive, because from a great distance that same tree may look very fruitful, yet when you get closer you find there is no real food and nothing to really sustain you. In fact I often see things much different than you do. I too am drawn to a beautiful tree that appears very fruitful, but there are times when nothing will be found but leaves. Take the time to look a little further as you may find that you were wasting your time.

Ask yourself this day My children what fruit has been produced in your life by taking heed to teachings or prophetic words that have given you nothing more than a bitter taste in your mouth. In fact I have watched as some are turning you from unity while they are seemingly prophesying unity, yet you do not see it and you applaud these words so much that you lift them up to others as if it were really I who spoke them.

Discern and again I say Discern My children. Have they called you to unity, love, compassion and mercy for your brothers and sisters in Christ or do they leave you feeling isolated and void of love? Do they truly speak what they hear Me saying or is judgment their true foundation?

What of Covenant My children? Do you not know that I am a Covenant making and a Covenant keeping God and yet My heart grieves as I continuously watch My children walk away from each other. They not only walk away from Covenant relationships, but from all correction and accountability. They have placed themselves as god and choose to fellowship only with those who agree with the. Many are prophesying of the pride in others while they themselves are unwilling to work on relationships, refusing to submit one to another and are unwilling to change in any way. Pride comes before a fall My children and just because you have yet to see the fall do not be deceived because many who have been lifted up in your site will soon be brought low. It is not My will that this would happen, but self exaltation must be brought low so that you will not be lead astray.

A LEAKING POT…
Remember that My ways are not your ways and My thoughts are not your thoughts. Watch and discern My children and again I say; watch and discern. Do not allow the bitterness and unforgiveness of others to rub off on you and therefore destroy the work that I am doing in your life. Bitterness tries to hide, but there is nothing hidden that shall not be revealed. Like a pot that is found to have a crack the vessel will eventually begin to leak whatever is found inside. Whether it is good tasting or bad tasting is your part to discern. For have I not said that many will say to me on that day ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophecy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me you evildoers!’ {Matthew 7:22-23 NIV} By this My children you know that not every one who comes into your life will be speaking from Me.

Do not take it upon yourself to judge those that you deem to be cracked pots My children. For even in My hands there are times when the shaping of the clay becomes marred, yet I choose to form it another pot, shaping it as it seems best to Me. {Jeremiah 18:3-4}

CONFUSION IN THE CAMP…
I am not a God of confusion and yet I have seen many in these last days that I have given the grace gift to prophesy stand as if I had placed them in the Prophets office. They are speaking all kinds of words, most of them are their own and they are taking responsibility upon them that is not theirs. For is it not true that I have called them to edify the body and yet they choose the calling of another and begin to uproot, tear down, overthrow and bring disaster wherever they go. And I have also seen many in these last days that I have called to walk in the Prophets office and yet they choose to tickle the ears of those I send them to. They walk in such a fear of man that they refuse to uproot, tear down and overthrow, but only in the obedience of each individual can I do what is necessary in the lives of others and the Church so that I can begin the process of building and planting again. {Jeremiah 31:27-29}

“Assembling of yourselves together” may have a larger meaning than gathering for fellowship. It might just be saying that we should not forsake being in our place. Quote by: Bill Word.

Watch and discern and again I say watch and discern My children, because when words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise. {Proverbs 10:19}.

LISTEN TO THEIR HEART…
Take upon you this day the mind of Christ. For it is true that you can do all things through He who strengthens you. You can love the unlovely, forgive the unforgiveable, show mercy to he who deserves it not and be a people who bring light in times of darkness. Do not follow those who spew bitterness which becomes venom in the life of a believer, but empty yourselves this day of all that holds you back. Empty yourselves My children of all that hardens your heart and turns you against your own brothers and sisters in Christ. No longer listen to those who speak unity, yet seem to condemn relationship, for I tell you the truth, it is I who have called you to become a Covenant keeping people.

Do not reject those who disagree with you or you set yourself in a position of pride instead of humility. Prefer others and always allow for grace in the lives of those around you. For have you forgotten that I have forgiven you for much? I never said that you would be known by your many words, but for your love one for another?

So listen to the heart of those who are influencing your spiritual walk this day My child. Do you hear your Daddy’s heart beating? Find My heart within others and hold fast to what is true and good. For I know the plans that I have for you, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. {Jeremiah 29:11} Discern and again I say discern; says the Lord.

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David's Arise...

2005-12-14T11:27:00.000-06:00

Jeremiah 23: 9-12
9 Concerning the prophets: My heart is broken within me; all my bones tremble. I am like a drunken man, like a man overcome by wine, because of the LORD and his holy words.
10 The land is full of adulterers; because of the curse the land lies parched and the pastures in the desert are withered. The prophets follow an evil course and use their power unjustly.
11 "Both prophet and priest are godless; even in my temple I find their wickedness," declares the LORD.
12 "Therefore their path will become slippery; they will be banished to darkness and there they will fall. I will bring disaster on them in the year they are punished," declares the LORD.

My children although it is true that I am a God of love, grace and mercy, it is also true that I am a God of justice? For, isn’t it I who set before you the paths of life or death? Yet many have chosen their way wrongly and have prophesied by Baal. They have filled My people with false hopes and share visions from their own minds. They have spread their ungodliness throughout the land and they will not go unpunished.

FALSE PROPHETS AND MINISTERS TO COME DOWN…

For I tell you the truth that in the month of Tebeth (January) a great shifting will occur before the very eyes of My people and many who have seemingly been of notable stature in My Kingdom will finally know that I have withdrawn from them. For I have found them to be leading My people astray and just as in the days of King Saul after his greatest disobedience to Me, they will find that I will no longer give My voice over to their deaf ears. I will no longer share wisdom with those who use it as power over their brothers and sisters and I will no longer allow those with great followings to continuously lead My children around a dead dry desert when time is short and I am calling My people to RISE UP.

Go in My children, yes go in and possess the land that I have given you. For I have said that I will give to you the places where your feet trod. I will give to you even houses and lands that you did not build and yet many of you are living hand to mouth in these last days. Yes, you have been led into poverty and destruction by the teachings of wicked men who have taught you falsely. It is not I who have lifted these people up, says the Lord, but you My children have exalted them in your own eyes. As in the days of old My people continue to look for a king or a ruler instead of looking to Me. For I have said that My Spirit will not always strive with man and those who have been falsely exalted in the eyes of My children must be brought low in order to get their focus back on Me.

Is there one who is greater than I? Is there another who can swear by himself? Is there another Creator My children or have many of you found yourself worshipping the creature rather than the Creator?

DAVID ARISE…

For I have said that I have chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise and in the days ahead those that I have hand picked will be coming forth. Yes, even as in the days of My servant Samuel when I sent him to anoint David so have I done in days past and have chosen and anointed YOU for such a time as this. Yes, I have already chosen the next generation of Leaders even in the midst of those who stand as Saul against them. Those who are truly after My own heart will arise and take their rightful position. Not to sit at My right or My left, but to watch over, care for and serve My people, says the Lord.

For I have seen in many who today are leading My people the same evil heart that I saw in Saul. Their lives, Ministries and even churches are run in pride, arrogance and disobedience. Therefore since I have seen this over and over again in those who at one time walked in the anointing I must now bring forth the David’s that I have chosen and predestined to Lead and to equip My Saints.

It is true that for Saul there came a time when he could no longer hear Me through dreams, urim or prophets and so he sought that which he himself had expelled from the land. He began to seek spiritists and mediums, but My servant David put his whole heart and trust in Me and was chosen because he would rule in the name of God and not of himself. His prayers were ever before Me and his heart was in My hands. You might say; ‘but Lord David fell into sin how can he possibly be a man after your own heart?’ But I say to you this day My children that I am not looking for perfection, but faith, trust and a heart that seeks to obey. Be ever watchful My children that you are not following he who has become like Saul in My eyes. For I am no longer speaking to many and you will surely be led astray.

CHOOSE YOU THIS DAY…

My Spirit has been searching for those who have willingly allowed Me to empty them of self. Yes, for those who will not take the glory, but give honor and glory where it is due. Through Countries, and Cities, Churches and homes My Spirit has looked for those who in these last days will serve Me and Me alone. From the North, South, East and West My children there has not been a stone unturned. My Spirit has found you and anointed you to advance My Kingdom in the days ahead.

For surely you do not believe that My Spirit still resides in every church. Do you not see that their glamorous buildings have become nothing more than monuments to a man and not to Me at all My children? From International Ministries to Television Networks you will see a noticeable shifting in the year of 5766 (2006). For I am raising up in these last days those who will hear Me. Those who will continue to seek My face and do My will and those who take no thought for themselves, but are walking in covenant with Me says the Lord.

I am calling you My children for it is now time. Come out, come out of the cave where you have been safely hidden. The cave is not a place for you. For it is I, your Father who is calling you. David arise!

Stop the madness...

2005-11-26T09:28:00.000-06:00

And I heard the Lord say many of My children are unstable in these days when they need solid footing, a firm foundation and stability in Me. They are not being equipped to stand in the storms of life, but are being trained to cut and run.

I the Lord do hold accountable those that I have placed in positions of leading My people. There are many in these last days that I have called to equip the Saints and yet they are vying for position, concerned about their numbers and rivaling each other. Instead of building My Kingdom they are utterly consumed with building their own. They have yet to realize that they have become a resounding gong and a clanging cymbal in MY ears because they do not have love (1 Corinthians 13:1).

By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. John 13:35 NIV

I have watched you My children, yes at times I have watched in tears. You have run here and run there. You take a step forward and yet you run backwards. You say that you hear Me speak and yet you make vow after vow that you refuse to keep. You, My children are double minded and I have already said that a double minded man is unstable in all his ways (James 1:8). I say to you today My children; let not a double minded man think he will receive anything of Me.

Draw nigh to Me, and I will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded (James 4:8)

For you My child are a called out one. You have been chosen and are of the very remnant that must grow in these last days so that you will be well able to equip those that I will place in your care. Yes you, My child were even ordained from the womb and yet you have allowed your soulish nature to keep you running in circles. You are seemingly doing much, but in My eyes you are accomplishing little. This double mindedness keeps you on a revolving cycle of going backwards.

*Backwards like Lots wife who in looking back and wanting what she was leaving behind became as a pillar of salt. Genesis 19:26
*Backwards like setting your hands to the plow and looking back with the unwillingness to move forward which makes you unfit for My Kingdom. Luke 9:62

My children, I the Lord am calling you higher. Prayerfully consider the decisions and choices that you have made thus far. Are they really of Me? Is it I who send you hither and tither? Is it I who send you backwards like a dog to vomit? Set yourself apart to seek Me for the answers. Changes must be made within and you must put on the mind of Christ as there was no double mindedness in Him.

Set your face like a flint My child and stop looking back, going back and running backwards, says the Lord. For I have a plan for you. I have thoughts of peace and not of evil and I already have an expected end for you, My child. Surely I will direct your steps, but you, My child must learn to follow My lead and put away from you any and all forms of double mindedness. Stop the madness…

Shout Restore

2005-10-27T10:03:00.000-05:00

My child, look around you this day because those very things that you see in the natural in this new season are also going to take place in the spiritual. For have I not said; the spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual (1 Corinthians 15:46)? In the days ahead you will step into a new season and you will be experiencing a falling back. This falling back will be in your natural time, but just as in the days of Hezekiah who in his sickness turned his face toward the wall and prayed unto Me for his own health, I say to you today that I am bringing again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward (Isaiah 38:8). In this new season of your life you will feel as though I have again commanded the sun to stand still just as I spoke through My servant Joshua so long ago so that I can work on your behalf. However, I come to you this day asking that you open your heart to Me so that I can begin a process of great restoration in your life. Do not allow unforgiveness to keep you closed off or disconnected from your brothers and sisters in Christ. For it is only in pureness of heart, humility and forgiveness that I am able to do mighty things in your midst.

Restore, Restore, Restore and again I say Restore. For I am truly able to restore even that which once was. Just like an older house, vintage car or even a fine piece of furniture, in order to restore there must be a starting place. There must be a place of beginning and yet through time, weather and trials things began to change and in some cases even get broken. You have said; “But Lord, my life is such a mess, it is all broken before me. I can no longer see goodness ahead and it so hard to believe that anything good can come of it all.” But I say to you this day My child that there is nothing that is beyond repair when placed in My hands. For even in the hands of the potter was the vessel broken and yet I took that vessel and formed it again as I saw was best (Jeremiah 18:4). I took what was already there, what was marred and broken and reformed it into a beautiful vessel and I am doing so again to make you a great vessel of honor. I ask you My child; is there anything that is too difficult for Me? Do not look back at what you perceive was destruction, but look with me ahead to what I can take and turn around for your good. For I do work all things together for your good My child and I can use even the worst of circumstances if you place them in My hands. Leave your broken heart, life, situations and circumstances in My hands and I will restore the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm has stolen (Joel 2:25).

My child, shout to the North, the South, the East and the West this day for I am a God of restoration and My Word does not come back void.

Shout Restore in your finances…

Shout Restore for your family…

Shout Restore even in your friendships…

Shout Restore for everything that you believe in the natural has been torn down or broken and I will begin a work even now in the spirit that will manifest in the days ahead. Yes even in the new season that is coming upon you as you hearken unto My voice and take the steps toward fulfilling this word that I am sending to you this day.

First My child you must be able to look back in love and forgiveness. For it is only in the pure of heart and the humble that I can do great and mighty things. Finally My child YOU MUST BELIEVE that I am not a man that I should lie, but your Father in Heaven who keeps His promises from generation to generation. All things are possible with Me and through Me. So dear one, take the steps this day to place those broken pieces in My hands and Shout Restore as you go about your daily life. For I say to you this day that within ten days you will begin to see that which I am working in the spirit for you. Even in the days ahead it will begin to manifest as you Shout Restore!

Hear & Obey

2005-10-02T23:47:00.000-05:00

God is saying to you today...If you are still clinging to the old wine skin, eating old manna (old teachings) and following an old paradigm you WILL be left behind or die trying to get in to the land I promised you. If you are serving or worshipping man instead of Me you will miss Me entirely when Moses (the present day teachings) dies and I choose another great Leader to take you further than Moses was even able to. If you do not hear the voice of the prophets and come out of the dark you will come to a place where you will no longer see the light. You will find that you no longer recognize white from gray or gray from black. Gray has become the norm and is turning into black while the leaders of present are whitewashing My Word and testalying instead of testifying to keep you following them down a path to destruction.

For I say to you today that I am sending to you those who will be My mouthpeice in these last days and if you shut up your ears there will come a time of famine (of My Word) in the land as was in days of old. To those who will not hear, I will no longer speak. To those who will not see, I will even stop giving visions and dreams for I am searching the earth for those who will HEAR and OBEY. I am calling you My children to come out of the dark. No longer warm yourselves by strange fire, but meet me at the mouth of the cave where I will speak to you. Not through the wind or the earthquake or even the fire, but in that still small voice. Only then can I be sure that you are hearing Me and Me alone. Come out of the dark says the Lord.

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Can you go Underground?

2005-10-01T10:47:00.000-05:00

Recently the Lord spoke to me about why there is a mass Exodus from the Institutional Church today. Larger churches tend to look down upon those who feel called to a more personal home group, but friends the home group was actually the New Testament model and the reality is what people experience sitting in the pews of a building today is far from the body life God intended for us where His children could by His Spirit move in the gifts He Himself gave to them individually. His intent was for ALL of His children to minister/prophesy and not for one man/woman to be exalted while others became nothing more than spectators.

Before you read this prophetic word ask yourself these questions?

Am I committed to God or to my Church?
If God called me out would I go willingly?
Can I honestly fellowship with Jesus alone or do I have to have people around me?
How much longer do I really think it will be before porn, sex, drugs, alcohol and the like are completely 'out of the closet' while God's people are pushed 'into the closet' and only able to worship or pray behind closed doors?

I already understand that those who are stuck in the church in a building mindset will be offended by this posting, but those who realize that God is doing a new thing and must do something new because what has been happening for centuries is not working will understand this prophetic word...

"Just as in the days of My son being placed upon that cross the enemy believes that he is causing death and destruction to My church. He honestly thinks that he is winning, but My children do not be concerned about what you are seeing around you. For it is I who am allowing all of this and yes you will be forced back into your homes, but there is purpose. My church is walking in a form of Godliness, but they are denying the power thereof. I am shaking everything that can be shaken and I am even now moving those who will not listen out of the way so that My glorious church can arrise. For in going back to My original pattern will My children find their place, their giftings, their callings and all of My sons and daughters will finally be free to prophesy.

My people will again be known for their love one for another and the true remnant will become the church without spot or wrinkle. Look with your spiritual eyes My children, for as in the days of My son being placed on the cross for all mankind I am doing something in these last days that truly is far above all that you could possibly ask or think, says the Lord.

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Cover Them...

2005-09-17T09:03:00.000-05:00

Oh, My children how it grieves Me so to hear the backbiting, criticisms & judgments you make toward your own brothers and sisters in Christ. An even greater sorrow is to see the pride and haughtiness in My children as they willingly side with their adversary against those that I Myself have set in positions to lead them. Cover them and again I say cover them. Do not allow your eyes to deceive you My children for even as I had called Jonah so have I called those placed in Leadership around you. Yes today Jonah My servant is mocked and despised as a backsliding Prophet, but dear children the story of Jonah is not about one mans rebellion. The story of Jonah is about My sovereign choice to use man in his humanness. Jonah can be found still today in you and many others that you would never even think. For what you read about his running from My assignment I often see in many of you yet in other ways. Like you My child Jonah was a man called by Me and yet he struggled with taking his own opinion over mine. To this very hour I find My own called out ones thinking their opinions are righteous. Many are not led by My Spirit, but of their own mind which I have told you is at enmity with Me.

To be a Leader is often times to be despised. To be called and chosen often brings sorrow. For those that I have chosen are fools for Christ, but you see yourselves as so wise in Christ! You look upon your Leaders as weak, but somehow see yourselves as strong! You want for your selves honor, yet you dishonor those I have sent to equip you for the battle ahead and for the work of the ministry. Many seem to have forgotten that I have said; “Give honor to who it is due.” In fact I have watched in sorrow as My own children go back to their minds to decide who honor is due instead of looking to Me or My Word. You judge by your eyes (outward appearances) rather than by My Word. You gossip and slander and yet you are deceiving yourselves and still have not learned that I will not be mocked. For what you sow that shall you also reap, says the Lord. A man makes his way by the fruit of his own lips. Therefore many today are in a constant cycle of reaping the atrocities that they themselves have sown yet they cry out to Me to help them. Remember dear ones that My Word was set into motion thousands of year ago and it will not come back void. For, I have said; judge not lest you be judged and I have revealed the truth of sowing and reaping to you as well My children. You must quiet yourselves and begin to sow good fruits to bring forth the changes you would like to see in your lives. My hands are tied as your mouths bind me more than you seem to realize.

For even in the days of Moses I would not allow Miriam to stand against My chosen servant. Yes she too was called, but her opinion was not mine and she found herself outside the camp for her pride. Numbers 12:10… And even in the days of Noah My children I would ask you to be watchful. Do not allow your adversary to make you like Ham, the father of Canaan, who laughed at and mocked his father’s nakedness, but be like Shem and Japheth who took a garment and covered their fathers nakedness as a sign of love, respect and honor. For, it is written that Canaan was cursed, but Shem and Japheth were blessed by their father Noah and also by Me. Genesis 9:20-27

My children I love you so and yes I do give a space to repent, but My Spirit will not always strive with man. Are you so sure that your doctrine and theology is correct that you are willing to look away from the actions of David who I have said was a man after My own heart? Not one of you has endured the hardships of My servant David and yet he would not touch Saul because He knew that he had been anointed by Me. It is I who decide when to take that anointing away My children it is not for you to decide. David was a man of great suffering, but also of great character and integrity. Do not liken your selves or your calling to those of Joseph, David, Moses or Noah if you can not drink of the same cup. For, even the disciples thought they could drink the cup of My son, but when they saw the hardships of that cup they ran.

Come back to Me all you who are backslidden. Repent all who have allowed their opinions, doctrines and theologies to exalt themselves above Your God. You must take heed and capture every thought and every vein imagination that exalts itself above Me, says the Lord. For, I have said that My son is coming back for a bride without spot or wrinkle. I ask you dear ones. Will you be found like the brides who were waiting and ready for His return or will you be like the brides who put off My Word, put aside My teachings and were left wanting? It is your choice My children. Hearken unto My voice and prepare yourselves even now as a bride who awaits intimacy with her husband, says the Lord.

You will go farther than you think you can go!

2005-09-11T15:50:00.000-05:00

This Prophetic word was given to me on September 11, 2005 for David & Shelly Ball. This is one of the most bizarre things I've done thus far, but although I believe God gave me this word for them I have no idea how to get it to them. I am posting it on my Blog in hopes that someone who knows them will share it with them. I will also try to get ahold of them as I believe they might still be in California somewhere. The bible also says that prophecy is of no private interpretation so I pray that this word will bless others as well.

O’ My son and My daughter how I long to share My heart with you both. I have seen your tears and I have even heard your cries. Know My children that I have placed your tears in a jar to repay those who have hurt you.

For you My children have pleased Me greatly. But you would say; Lord, how have we pleased you in times we appear to have failed? And I say to you now that you have never failed Me not even once. It has always been the mouth of the enemy, even the accuser of the brethren who calls you failures, it is not I.

I ask you My children. Where can failure be found in touching the lives of countless people as you both have done? Where can failure be found in serving Me with your whole heart? Where can failure be found in putting works with your faith and finally dear children where can failure be found as you are walking in My Word which says, you are to give diligence to make your own calling and election sure? 2 Peter 1:10…

I am the Father of Abraham, of Isaac and even of you My children and I have not forgotten your work and labor of love which you have shown toward Me. Hebrews 6:10
What I see, is My own children who have gone from crawling to walking and from walking to running. Yes, there is a day coming soon My children when you will run through a troop and I will even cause you to leap over a wall. Psalms 18:29 You will find that the very things you struggled with in the past will be a breeze as My grace falls upon you to press forward and a fresh anointing comes upon your lives. You My children have planted many seeds and to this day I watch as they are being watered. Have I not said that it was Paul who planted, Apollos who watered, yet it is I who gives the increase? 1 Corinthians 3:6-7

You have said, but Lord we have tried so many times. We have been obedient to what we heard you saying. We have even moved upon Your Word to leave our Country and our kindred and go to a place that you would show us, but I must tell you now My children that much of what you have experienced has been outright warfare. For surely I have allowed things to happen that I could have changed, yet in My wisdom I knew the things that you would face as well as the areas you would have to grow in.

My children you are not called to build upon the foundations of others. You are not called to walk in the giftings or anointings of others. For I have not called you to be Pastors. No, My children, I have not called you to be evangelists or even teachers although you both can do the work of these offices. You have an apostolic calling and I am asking you to trust Me as I build My church. I am truly doing a new thing and I have predestined you both to bring forth the new wine skin. You are not called to a City, but to a region. Your focus at times has gone astray because you have been discouraged with the results, but I admonish you now to look only upon Me. For I am the one who calls and the gifts and calling I have placed within you both are without repentance. Romans 11:29… Open your ears to hear Me says the Lord and open your eyes to see further than you have ever been able to see before. For I can & will do far above all you can possibly ask or think.

The scaffolding has fallen many times, but only to get your eyes on Me and Me alone. People will come and people will go, but I will never leave you or forsake you My children. Hebrews 13:5b… Yes, I have sent many to help you and to lift up your hands and yet they were not willing. In times that you have felt betrayed or even abandoned I ask you to forgive them for they truly knew not what they were doing. Place them in My hands, My children as I am doing a work in their lives as well. For I have called many, but few are chosen of their own decisions not to press through the difficult times. Matthew 20:16… You My children have not failed me. You are My elect and even as I chose Jacob over Esau to bring forth the tribes, so have I chosen you for a great and mighty work in these last days.

Look to My son and do not compare yourselves, your calling or your Ministry to another. For My Son could have been seen as a failure. He too was misunderstood, tested and tried. He was the greatest Leader of all time, yet He went through times of great difficulty and was even abandoned by all, but one. In the natural the cross looked like a victory for those who would punish Him, but even when He was buried it was not death. You My children must understand that even at times when you felt that a hole was dug and you had been buried. Even in these times when it seemed your own sisters and brothers in Christ covered you with dirt. I, My children was not allowing you to be buried, but to be planted. Unless a seed fall to the ground and die, it cannot bring forth fruit.

{‘But all who devour you will be devoured; all your enemies will go into exile. Those who plunder you will be plundered; all who make spoil of you I will despoil. But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,’ declares the Lord, because you are called an outcast, Zion for whom no one cares.’ This is what the Lord says: I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings; the city will be rebuilt on her ruins, and the palace will stand in its proper place. From them will come songs of thanksgiving and the sound of rejoicing.

I will add to their numbers, and they will not be decreased;
I will bring them honor, and they will not be disdained.
Their children will be as in days of old, and their community will be established before me;
I will punish all who oppress them, Their leader will be one of their own; their ruler will arise from among them.
I will bring him near and he will come close to me for who is he who will devote himself to be close to me?’ declares the Lord
‘ So you will be my people, and I will be your God.’ Jeremiah 30:16-22 NIV}

Hearken unto the voice of My Word, My children. Do you not see yourselves living the life of those who were called to be apostles?

{For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like men condemned to die in the arena. We have been made a spectacle to the whole universe, to angels as well as to men. We are fools for Christ, but you are so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, we are dishonored! To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless. We work hard with our own hands. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; when we are slandered, we answer kindly. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of he world. 1 Corinthians 4:9-13 NIV}

I, My children am for you and have never been against you. I have seen you go further than others would go. I have watched as your brothers have said; No, don't step out of the boat. But you have listened to Me and have always been willing to walk on water. I have seen you stretch beyond where many others would ever be willing and it is My joy to tell you that you have blessed Me. Finally dear ones know this; “You are stronger than you think you are, you can do more than you think you can do and you can & will go farther than you think you can go!” Says the Lord…

"I Am" a Promise Keeper

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And I heard the Lord say; My child, I Am a Promise Keeper. For I have heard your cries and I have even placed your tears in a jar to repay those who have hurt you. I have held you and comforted you as you have sought me and soaked in My presence. Truly I am touched by the feelings of your infirmities and I have even cried tears of sorrow with you, but you My child, must keep your eyes on Me. It grieves My heart so when you allow the enemy to keep you focused upon yourself, your sin, your faults and what he often reminds you are your failures. Have I not said that in your weakness I am made strong?

It is not perfection that I am looking for My child, but faith. It is only faith that moves mountains. You My child, may have given birth to Ismael's, but even the birth of Ismael could never stop My promise. Isaac was still born, yea, Isaac was the promised one and although I blessed Ismael there did come a time when I sent he and his mother away.

The Ismael's in your life that have caused you great pain, that have even laughed in your face and mocked you saying that the promise would never come do so because they see My hand upon you My child. Understand My child, that it is a spirit of fear and rejection that sets one against another. For I have not given you a spirit of fear, but of love, peace and a sound mind. I look upon your heart and see a greater capacity for love as you walk through difficult times. Continue to pray for those who hurt you and despitefully use you My child, and place them in My hands for I am doing a work that cannot be done by the hands of man.

Your mistakes, your faults and your perceived failures will never stop what I have already spoken and what has been promised to you. The very things that you perceive to be Ismael's in your life will one day watch as the promise is born. Yea, there will come a time when there will be a separation of the two and you will finally live in My promise. So hearken unto My voice this day My child, and know for a surety that it is not perfection that I am looking for, but FAITH, says the Lord.

And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him, to give his people the knowledge of salvation through forgiveness of their sins, because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace." Luke 1:76-79

I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy...

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For I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. Have I not said that it is not a question of your will or effort, but My mercy that raises one up and brings another low. For I said to Pharoah, I have raised you up for this very purpose of displaying My power in you, so that My name may be proclaimed the whole world over (Romans 9: 17). So then I have mercy on whom I have chosen and I harden whomever I will. I say to you this day my child; Think it not strange when people walk away or move out of your life because I am making a way where there seems to be no way. I am even making your path clear and straight before you and I will remove anything that will hold you back or hinder the calling I have placed upon your life. I am a God who prunes & perges, but I do this My child to take you from one level to another level. From glory
to glory and from fruit to MUCH fruit. Yes know My child that I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy and compassion on whom I will have compassion, says the Lord.

Grow in My grace...

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I heard the Lord say; My child I come to you today to tell you how very much joy you bring to My heart. As a Father I am a proud Papa and I rejoice daily in watching you grow in truth, wisdom, knowledge of Me and great grace that can only come through the eyes of love. For I tell you today that I am even now asking you to come up higher. I am opening the doors of your heart and you will see far beyond the places you have been, for I am taking you to places in the Spirit that you could not previously even comprehend.

I ask you to look around you and tell Me what you see. I require of you to look within you and be honest with yourself as well as with Me. Come and sit with Me and tell Me what you see. For I have the answer and I am the way. Only by My Spirit can you grow in grace and look at all things without and within through the eyes of love. Surely it has been My goodness that has led you to repentance and it is that same goodness that will change the lives of those around you.

Today is a day to come up higher. It is a day that you will take steps that will even resemble Me more and more. My child I am asking not only that you forgive the sins of others, but that you grow in My grace and forget them as well. For did I not say that you were to forgive seventy times seven (Matthew 18:21-22)? Have I not said that if you do not forgive then I Myself cannot forgive you? I have set before you this day life and death. Walk in My ways and choose life.

WALK IN MY MERCY....

Today I place a stairway before you. Yes, it is even a stairway to Heaven. It is a stairway that I am asking you to begin to climb as you come up higher and learn to walk in My mercy so that you can see your own brothers and sisters in Christ through the eyes of love. I have wept as I have seen My children looking at each other through darkened glasses. They look not only at others, but even themselves through the eyes of Religion and through spirits that are critical and judgemental. Do they really believe that they are looking through My eyes? Do you honestly believe that negatives that are seen in you or in others is the way I see you? No, for those who do this are not seeing through the eyes of love at all.

I say to you today that a great revelation must come upon the Church. The Church must be without spot or wrinkle and My Spirit is even now moving over the earth and looking for those whose hearts are perfect toward Me. Those hearts that are perfect toward Me however, will also be perfected toward their brothers and sisters in Christ. For I have said and have not changed My mind that men will know you are My disciples if you have love one to another (John 13:35). It is those whose hearts are being perfected not only toward Me, but also toward other men who I will be able to lift up in these next days.

I am even now raising the veil from the eyes of many and they will begin to feel the true beating of My heart for their families, brothers and sisters in Christ, communities and even Countries. For I want to send you to the Nations, but I cannot take you until you cry out for the scales to fall off of your eyes so that you can clearly see through My eyes. Always remember that mercy triumphs over judgement. Understand in a way deeper than you ever have before that if My mercies are renewed every morning for you, My child, so are they renewed for those around you.

MICAH 6:8...
Finally the Lord led me to a scripture and I will close with this....

He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

Do you see the question mark My child? Meditate on this as a question that I have set before you. Look deep within and share with Me your answers. For I have the answer and I am the way.

Come Forth

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Lazarus come forth!!! I say to you this day My child; "Strip off the graveclothes. Do not allow the enemy to bind you hand and foot as he has tried so many times before. I have heard you crying out, yet I can do nothing as you bind Me up with your own words. Do not speak words of unbelief, do not speak harsh words even about yourself. For as you do this you give the enemy legal right to wrap you into graveclothes and he forces you into a place of isolation. I have conquered death and the grave, it is not a place for you. Others around you are trying to help, they are even praying and watching as the bindings are placed upon you, but I have come to you again My child. I have cried out with a loud voice, COME FORTH!!! So strip off the graveclothes My child and allow My Spirit to resurrect that which I have purposed for
you.

Many are called, but few are chosen...

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"Press in My children, move forward for you have believed a lie. You have allowed those who have walked away to discourage you in what I have called you to because you have looked to them instead of to Me for your future, hope and destiny which can only be found in Me. The lie is revealed and through this revelation you will now know that I did not only call you, but yes, I have even called many others. I have placed others in the midst to help you. Some were placed there for just a Season, some were seemingly left behind because you could not take them where you were going, but there have also been many who have found that they were just not able to press beyond their souls to fulfill that which is of the Spirit.You my children are still there, you have found stability and are standing on what I spoke over you, but although I have called many to walk along side you, to lift your hands and to bring revival in Corpus Christi, few are yet to be chosen because their faith is small and many have focused wrongly and fainted in their hearts. For surely I say unto you that I do not look upon you as the eyes of men do. For if I did I would have never chosen the men I used mightily in the Old Testament or New. Abraham was human and chose Hagar and had Ismael, David was human and chose Bathsheba and murdered her husband, Moses and Peter were Men who I used even with their faults., failures and in their humanness and yet there are those who would condemn you for being just what they are "Human". I never called you because of your perfection My children. I separated and called you both even before you were placed inside your mothers womb. You have already been ordained a Prophet to the Nations and man/womans opinion does not change that. I knew of those who would come, but I also knew that with opportunity comes opposition so I knew when they would go and I have not condemned you, but seen you grow in a love that passes the understanding of the natural mind. For just as Joseph suffered even in righteousness and grew in stature and character so are the two of you growing in stature and character through all of the trials that I Myself have allowed. I, even I, have the power to keep you from trials, but in wisdom I know that it is the trials that mold you and soften your hearts to be vessels of honor. For you My children are walking in obedience to a level many will never step into. Did I not say that the vision is yet for an appointed time?Though it tarry, wait for it (Habakkuk 2:3). Do not fall back in times of adversity and remember My children that no one who sets his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for My Kingdom. Yes, My children I did call many to walk along side the two of you, but it is also true that My people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge (Hosea 4:6) as My Word clearly says that when a man leaves his calling he chooses to give up his Bishopric (Acts 1:20) and another man will take his place. Those who will be faithful are coming My children. Those who have stability, integrity and are willing to walk in the character of My son and even of Joseph who in difficult times fainted not because they knew what was ahead was for My Glory and not for them at all. So write the vision once again My children. Make it plain so that those who see it will run with it says the Lord (Habakkuk 2:2). Many have been called My children, but few are still in the process of being chosen (Matthew 22:14). You have pleased Me in your stability and are standing on a firm foundation because you have set your face like a flint (Isaiah 50:7). No longer look back, but press forward; says the Lord.