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
I'm sorry, but California is not "The Church".
"The World" has always been the problem. So? What's changed?
This is an ignorant article.
God is a God of grace and mercy -- and also a righteous and just God. Being just, He must mete out justice for evil. We must indeed hear the Word and be doers, not hearers only. We must rend our hearts and not our garments. God's call in the famous II Chronicles passage is to HIS people, not to pagans...."IF MY PEOPLE, WHICH ARE CALLED BY MY NAME...."
Amen.
Evil people doing evil things in SoCal. Unfortunately for them, the Lord God is never succesfully mocked...
Wasn't prophecy one of the gifts which ended with the end of the Apostolic Age?
Since I was a teenager and old enough to understand things, I have always heard, 'well, they are doing it in California, it won't be long until they are doing it here'. How true that stateent has proven to be
Virtually every liberal, immoral, leftwing idea and thought has followed "Eastward, ho", rather than the other way around.
I see the signs all around, and this prayer of desparation should be called out to the entire Nation - as we are in grave peril.
God has shown mercies upon mercies, but the immorality continues, and is now being forced into law in many cases. How much longer will God allow this world to stand? How much longer will he allow us, His children, to go unpunished for the crimes committed against Him? Only He knows the answer to that question.
There is an upside to this, however. The majority spoke to this country just a few months ago when George W. Bush was re-elected to guide this great nation. The voter turnout spoke volumes, and the Democrats still cannot believe it actually happened.
If you look at the statistics of churches around the country, the congregations are growing weekly, to the point of building on , up, or a new building altogether. There is hope, and it is growing.
Thankfully, unlike Sodom and Gommorah, there are many more believers still in this great Nation, and growing daily. There is even a spot reserved for Christianity in the MSM, I have noticed, on the ABC (?) nightly news. How amazing.
The challenge as I see it - is now KEEPING this message of GOOD NEWS flowing, reaching the next generation - which is the fastest growing new members in churches across the country (many without their parents, but it is a seed planted), and keeping the vision of long time believers alive, so that we do not get discouraged and fall back. That is the biggest challenge.
Yes, California needs to learn a lesson. They need to understand that the time for their vile and corrupt presentations to the world are over. The country, as a majority, is looking to the days of decent living, television without sex, drugs and violence, and absolutely longing for the days before "Dallas" went out on a limb and broke the proverbial sacred cow of cursing in primetime - remember the first time 'Bastard' was used on television? The entire world sat in awe - the censors let it pass, and the race for vulgarity was on. Now, I daresay one could make it through an entire night of regular programming without hearing profanity flowing like a fountain.
It is our job - as responsible, conservative, Christian Republicans to keep this Nation on track. We have come too far to turn back now - and the hardest test of all awaits in 2008.
Pray, Stay focused, and 'Keep your eyes on the Prize'.
God will allow His faithful,I truly believe, as much time as we need, as long as He knows there is one soul left that can be reached. JK
Fear not for help is being delivered from the south .Hordes of true believers in the real church are coming to overthrow the corrupt and sinful.
After the quake, all will be different.