A CRUCIAL WORD FOR CALIFORNIA [Get it together believers or it's ZOT TIME]

Here's a couple of contrasting encouraging docs from Somers' site:

Changes Are In The Air

Shirley Lise

Changes are in the air. I am lifting you out of the old and establishing you in the new. I am shaking off the last particles of the dust of the Earth and delivering you from its barrenness. I am giving you a new hope and setting your feet upon higher ground. What you valued in the flesh nature will no longer hold you captive, for I am raising you up in this day into the high calling and into Heavenly places. So understand that a ripping away of the old is taking pace and a grieving for the past, but soon, you will be on higher ground, on a higher plane in the Spirit where you will see things from a new perspective.

On this higher plane you will triumph over every injustice. You will not be held back by the lusts of the flesh, but you will triumph over them. In this place, relationships will take on a whole new dimension. You will see them in the light of the Spirit and will no longer be hindered by soul ties of a fleshly nature. I am doing this new thing among you. I am severing ties with the world and lifting you up into Heavenly perspective where your judgment of people, places, and events will change as you look on from above.

I will not leave you desolate. I will come and nurture you with food from Heavenly places. I will feed you with My delicacies. I will broaden your perspective and give you greater vision and greater understanding of events taking place. I am raising your sights off the things of the Earth and giving you understanding from a Heavenly perspective, for soon you will come into the full stature of Christ, seated with Him in Heavenly places so that you are able to rule with Him in things pertaining to the Earth.

Enlighten your understanding. Come into agreement with My will. Understand that I have done a great work to bring those who are Mine into position in My kingdom, that I have been releasing kingdom authority in this day and preparing My Own to reign and rule with Me. Be willing to let Me complete the process of removing the Earthly nature and replacing it with a Heavenly nature, the nature of the risen Christ.

Shirley Lise

riverpub@sgci.com

The Dawn of Breakthrough

Shirley Lise

Anticipate change. I am changing the flow of things. Those things that have been dammed up will be let loose. You will experience great anticipation as I move you out of the comfort zone and into a free flow of things.

I am taking you on in the Spirit, into realms of greater depth and intimacy with Me. Do not despise the day of small beginnings. I will be moving swiftly to take down the high places and raise up the low. Keep focused on the job at hand, on the work given you to do. Do not waver. Do not lose heart, for I am about to bring great blessing your way. I am about to give you the desires of your heart, to move you into circles where the flow of My Spirit will be free. I am asking you to co-operate with the vision given, to allow Me to guide and direct affairs. You are closer to your destiny than before. There is a new understanding that I am releasing in this day. You will flow with the work of the Spirit. I will gird you up and make a display of My splendor through the works of your hands.

Take care to observe the cues given to bring you out of the old and into the new. You will come to understand that nothing and no one will be able to deter what I am doing. Just as I promised, I am moving you into the full revelation of My coming. There is no turning back, no reversal. You are being carried on and into the new thing I am doing, into the work I have laid out. This is the day of fulfillment. This is the day when I shall come through with the word given concerning the work and the vision. This is the time of the fulfillment of dreams and visions.

I have given My Beloved the tools to build. They shall rebuild the ancient ruins. Prepare for the new thing. Do not despise the day of beginnings. When things begin to roll, there will be a great movement to accomplish My end-time plan and agenda. Be faithful. Keep believing, even at times when all evidence points to the opposite. I will give you the ability to bide the time till refreshing comes. I will guide you and direct you and take you into areas of expertise fitting the cause. I am the author and perfector of faith. I will perfect My will and way in your midst.

Gain ground. Take precedence. Onto deeper and better things! I am taking you into the depths of My Spirit. I shall gather the people and dwell within their midst. Already, revival fires are burning. You will see them in your midst. The people shall be drawn by the brightness of the light within you. You will see that I am faithful. Carry the light. Light the flame of passion in the hearts of the people. Know that I have given you the means by which you shall draw them unto Me. Do not doubt the mandate. You will see results soon. You will see the ingathering taking place in your midst. I have assigned angels to guide and direct affairs.

This is the dawn of breakthrough. I will give you the ability to venture out into unknown waters. I shall give you the ability to break ground and take ground in My name. I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will find life. So be faithful to the call. Gather where you have not sown. Take in the harvest. Power from on high is yours to bring the captives into liberty. Just as I promised, My power has come. I will bring wholeness to those who are shattered. There is a promise to be given to all those who grieve......I will bring healing to every wound!

Shirley Lise

riverpub@sgci.com

A very interesting one about comfort and resting in God from Somers' site:

May 3, 2005

DREAM: I had a dream this morning... Someone (like a nurse) handed me a little baby too young to walk... the child had been through some type of surgery which had left 2 holes with bandaids over them near the child's stomach, near the belly button... the baby could not get comfortable... I kept holding it in different positions, and finally found the 'happy position'... the child stopped crying... I was happy because the child had found it's 'resting place'. I was Happy, it caught me by surprise to 'feel happy' (JOY)... then I woke up.

MESSAGE: So maybe that's part of our Job down here in our Battlefield Stations... just to help those around us to get comfortable enough to REST (IN HIM)... wherever they may have left off with HIM last is way beyond our knowledge, but the TECHNIQUE for getting people to REST is always the same (manners are manners)... then they can LEAN ON HIM... all we have to do is just make them comfortable enough to REST IN HIS PRESENCE, regardless of their circumstances, regardless of what they may be going through... God is Big Enough to meet them where they are (we are not), all HE asks us to do to just be HOSPITABLE toward them while HE gets HIS arms around them again.

I believe this one is worth some prayerful pondering--also from the Somers' site:

Prophetic Insights For The UK

Musa Opiyo

May 8, 2005

Two Trumpets

In a vision I see two shofars. The first one has Ezekiel 37 written on it and as it sounds, it is calling the Lord's army to awaken from their slumber. From North, South, East and West he is gathering his army of men, women, boys and girls, and calling them to awaken. He is drawing them from the four corners of this country to be united together to receive a strategy to overcome the enemy from the Chief Strategist, Jesus himself.

A second shofar is then blown and its high pitched piercing sound is calling his people to war. And I hear the Lord saying fear not. As I said to My servant Joshua, so I say unto you, be strong and courageous. Do not fear the war that is before you, for I have anointed your hands for war and your fingers for battle. (Psa 144:1)

A Call To War

There is a war going on in the heavenlies between the armies of heaven and the armies of darkness. God is calling his people to violent praise and intercessory prayers. God is calling his people to begin to pray unusual prayers of faith. Decree that every stronghold is broken. God is calling us to violent praise. This means to praise him even when we feel that there is so much opposition, for that will be a sign that you are nearing breakthrough. The Word of the Lord to his people in this land is Don't give up. Continue to prophesy and decree the downfall of every unrighteous foundation and structure in the land and call down by faith the anointing that breaks the yoke (Isa 10:27).

There will be an unusual sign in the heavens of rain falling at unusual times, even during the summer months. As we pray for this nation and its leadership, it will be a sign of breakthrough and the Lord bringing the former and latter rain in its fullness (Jer 5:24). God is sounding his trumpets to awaken his people and calling his people to earnest prayer for the nation.

This is a time of grace and a time when he is releasing an open heaven over his saints so that they will receive direction on how to pray. I believe the Lord wants us to be bold with our prayers, as the word says that the Kingdom of God suffers violence, and it is the violent that take it by force (Matt 11:12). Let us boldly come come before the throne of grace and ask him for this nation.

Harvest for Souls

There is a turning of the tide and I believe there is a great harvest of souls in this land waiting to hear the message of Christ. I believe there is a mindset of self-consciousness that the Lord would want to break over his people. The Lord wants us to be radical for him, and by that I don't mean to just get out of control, but a boldness to share Jesus message of salvation freely knowing that some might reject this message. The Lord will give us wisdom in leading us to those who we are to minister to, because there are some who are not ready to hear the message of Christ's death and resurrection, and so we are admonished to be careful not to "cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet" (Matt 7:6)

Prayer Covering against Terrorism

The Lord is calling his people his people to pray for a covering of the blood of Jesus over the borders of the nation, because there is a big wave of terrorism planned and meant for this nation, yet I hear him saying If only My people would prayer. Prayer will change the course of events and all plans and operations of terrorism will be averted if we continue to pray.

Harvest for Muslims

There is also coming a great harvest for Muslims into the Kingdom of God that is going to happen here in the UK. There is a special grace for Muslims and so I hear the Lord say don't be surprised to see Muslims unusual open to hear the Gospel. At this time it is very easy to judge muslims and to label the word 'terrorist' on them, yet the war we are up against is not against flesh and blood, but "against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places" (Eph 6:12), which in this case is the spirit of Islam behind it. I prophesy the fall of the spirit of Islam in this nation says the Lord.

Marketplace anointing being released

There is a marketplace anointing on this land. I hear the Lord say I am going to move out of the four walls of the church and into the businesses and offices, into the supermarkets and into the retail outlets. I am calling My people, those that are willing, to be vessels of light in these areas. I am breaking the confines that people have placed Me under and reaching those that were previously unreachable.

A Garment of Praise

There is a garment of praise that is being placed over this nation. I believe the Lord is releasing new sounds in the heavenlies that will shake this nation to the core. I hear the Lord saying My people do not realise the value and strength of their praise, but as they open their mouths I will fill it with My praises says the Lord. It was praise that brought the walls of Jericho down. Praise sends the armies of darkness into confusion, and so as we praise, the enemy shall be sent into confusion.

Know who your true enemy is

I believe this is a warning from the Lord against seeds of division that are being sown by the enemy, satan, in order to distract us and throw us off course. The Lord is calling us to unity in our walk with him (Amos 3:3). Why is he sowing division? "Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken." (Eccl 4:12) He knows that as we stand in unity, we are a much stronger force against him and together in our prayers and our praise there isn't much that he can do. Let us stand together as one Body in Christ. A new day is dawning for the U.K. From the four corners of this nation the Lord is drawing us together to seek him and worship him in spirit and in truth. A day in which his promises for us shall come to pass, for they are indeed yes, and in Him amen (2 Cor 1:20)

Blessings,

Musa Opiyo

http://mannaword.no-ip.com

I like this one, too.

Strange As It May Seem

Susan Cummings

Strange as it may seem, you are not failing in your pursuit of Me. Just because the walls of opposition have raised and have stood in full array against you, does not negate your progress. It actually reveals it. For nothing comes by chance or by accident, but I do all things on purpose. These trials have served to settle you and firmly root you in Me.

You need the opposition to bring you further into Me, and to show Me through the issues, so that others can see Me in them, as you deal with them. I teach you through the things you suffer and the things you learn. It is also the way others follow. For all of My People learn through each other. This is why you cannot stand alone, nor live apart from one another.

Each step builds upon the next, which is the foundation for the next, and the platform from which you will climb upwards. Without each step, you would not arise unto Me and expand in your understanding. Every situation has it’s trial, it’s good, and it’s grace. Look at it through My eyes, and see My will for you. Embrace it and bring it into your heart, for within it, is my treasure to you.

Many want My treasures, but don’t want the opposition that it takes to make the treasure. They are formed through much fire, pressure, and yielding to My hands. Not many stay upon My wheel and allow Me to turn it till I am finished, but it is always My Purpose to create a perfect work. You are My perfect work child.

Take every day as a gift from Me, and see it as a journey of transformation and perfection. I do nothing half way or with faultiness. It is those who look at themselves through their own eyes, that see their faultiness and their humanity. But when you look through My eyes, you will see My handiwork, and will rejoice. My Standards are much different than yours, and I have a higher purpose than you can fathom, and a greater purpose for your life than you can yet embrace. But trust Me to bring you to completion, and yield to My hands.

Everything has it’s season and I am moving exactly where I want to in your life. I am moving through My Body, and showing My handiwork, as it comes forth out of you. Each of you will display Me, as I work through you. You are My great and strange work in the earth, and many will marvel at what I will do through each of you in the days to come.

Think it not strange that I am working behind the scenes. It is the greater works that are now being established within you, and when I am finished, they will come forth out of you. For I am working a great, and very deep work, that I alone will be glorified in, and seen through. So, rest in Me. I am moving.

Keep drawing near to Me, and stay your heart upon Me. Quiet yourself before Me, and allow Me to finalize My ministrations to you, and in you. For surely, what I have been forming within your life, will come forth in this season.

-Susan Cummings 5-2-05 12:29 am

http://groups.msn.com/CummingsFamilyAdventures

http://topica.com/lists/JustHisWords

I Love this one from Somers' site:

Through

Judy Bauman

5/7/05

RivermistLighthouse1@comcast.net

THROUGH

On April 29th while reading a teaching by Johnny Enlow entitled, You Have Not Passed This Way Before, I had a quick vision. Given the fresh ‘bread’ found in his article, I found this vision like frosting on the cake. You can read it in its entirety at:

http://www.injesus.com/Groups/ViewMessage.cfm?MessageId=PB006Z4S&UCD=jbk

Vision: I was talking to a person standing in front of me. The Lord was standing behind me. I became transparent. The Lord reached His hands THROUGH me and lovingly embraced the person. He then pulled the person THROUGH me and to Himself. End

Now while I thought it was interesting, it happened so quickly it hadn’t really occurred to me that I had just had a vision. As I continued to read the article, there was a word that jumped out at me. The word was all in caps and it was the word, THROUGH. It stunned me for a second as I thought about what I had just seen. This is what the sentence declared:

“We have so limited the Holy One of Israel and we will be astounded at what He does THROUGH us in these last days.”

The sense I got from the Lord about this vision was that I, being representative of the Body of Christ, was talking to an unbeliever. It seems clear the Father wants us, as His Body, to be transparent so that He can draw the lost to Himself. We live and move and have our being IN Jesus. Being IN Christ and doing things THROUGH Him is how we fulfill the call to be His ambassadors to make His appeal and carry out the great commission given to us each. Our commission is found in Matthew 28:18-20:

And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.

It also paints a clear picture of John 14:6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except THROUGH Me.” NKJV (Emphasis mine)

It is my desire to exhort you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, fully pleasing Him. I pray that you would be fruitful in every good work and increasing in knowledge and all wisdom and spiritual understanding of God. May you walk worthy of Christ who called you into His own kingdom and glory. He has anointed you to be His ambassador. Jesus is making His plea to the lost THROUGH you so that they may be reconciled to God the Father THROUGH God the Son.

Jesus taught that we do this by walking in His grace and truth THROUGH Him, for He is the Spirit of truth. It is knowing the truth and walking in the truth that sets us free. First gird up your loins with the belt of truth, continue to dress in God’s armor, and walk in the truth of God’s Word. Please see Ephesians 6:10-18 and John chapters 14-17 for further insight. A deeper study of the word THROUGH will thoroughly bless you. Remember that the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

Grace and peace,

Judy Bauman

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