Why I love and Value the Prophetic: Reason 3

Why I love and Value the Prophetic: Reason 3:

Confirmation to What God Has Spoken

In the Scriptures we see how the Prophetic comes to encourage people to continue on with what God had already spoken. Two of many examples are Haggai the Prophet with the rebuilding of the Temple and in Act 21:11 Agabus told Paul what would happen to him in Jerusalem.  The people of Israel had already been told to rebuild & Paul must have already heard from the Lord concerning the events which would happen in Jerusalem since his response was, “…For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."

My husband George and I were getting ready to go to a conference.  I spent time in prayer asking the Lord for Him to use me in the Prophetic for the conference; I generally take notes as He shows me things in prayer.  The Holy Spirit gave me a picture of a very tall African-America man – probably 6’10” and as the Lord showed him to me I began to cry out to God on his behalf concerning just about anything I could think of which had to do with the Book of Nehemiah. 

At the conference there he was – nearly 6’10”, African-American – I walked up to him, said I’d seen him in prayer and was led to pray for you about the Book of Nehemiah. I prayed for courage, to scale the City’s walls at night, to not give into the enemies’ tactics, etc.”  This got his attention! He’d felt led to move his church (he was the senior pastor) to a risky part of the city but was being resisted by the other leaders.  He had spent the last 10 weeks preaching out of Nehemiah trying to impart vision to the church.  Needless to say, The Lord spoke to him and he was very encouraged to continue with what he’d heard from the Lord.  

Let’s pray with eyes wide open –

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Be Alert!

Be Alert!

If you have experienced a personal awakening lately; if you have been turning your face towards His Face, bending your knees and kissing the Son (Psalms 2:12), if the lost have stirred your heart to open your mouth, if you are revived, then I have a word from the Lord for you…

Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.  1 Peter 4:12-13

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.  Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.  But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. 1 Peter 5:8-11

You are not crazy!  Think over the time since you again turned your face to The Lord…Notice anything different? You are being resisted by the enemy.  He thinks he is so clever but the devil is only a tool in the Hand of our Precious Savior to make us stronger…If we recognize his tactics and keep pressing forward.  Don’t let the enemy outwit you!  Keep pressing, keep loving, keep praying and fasting; you aren’t going crazy, you are getting stronger!

Col 4:2 Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving;

 

CNN or HPN (Heaven’s Perspective News)?

CNN or HPN (Heaven’s Perspective News)?

The News which comes from Heaven is incomparable with the news from Earth -– they are from different worlds.  The news from Earth is only the natural unspiritual view of happenings upon the Earth.  The news from Heaven is much different; Its view of the same circumstances is complete and right and True being revealed from God’s perspective.  They both see the same events but the perspectives are completely different.  The view from Heaven will not only see the same circumstances but it will also see God’s Heart, God’s design, and His purpose for it; even how it fits in the eternal plan of things.  The news of Earth cannot do this…It only reports what it sees, God also only reports what He sees but His view is accurate and complete and right!  

In 2 Kings 6 we read about Elisha and his servant and the difference in the way they viewed the news around them.  Dothan was surrounded by an army, chariots and horses from the king of Syria, which is all Elisha’s servant saw and he was terrified, “Alas, my master!  What shall we do?” was his response when he saw them; Elisha saw from Heaven’s view!  Oh, Elisha saw horses and chariots and a vast army but his focus was not on the one which his servant focused on…He saw God’s army surrounding the army of Syria!  The rest of this account is incredible; directed by God and not at all the way man would naturally act towards his enemy; they (the Samaritans) fed the Syrians, sent them away and there was peace.

We can see from Heaven’s perspective too - if we want - but we must pay the price! 

Jeremiah 33::3 Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.’