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term='time'/><category term='Commandments'/><category term='Different'/><category term='Knowledge'/><category term='Jesus is Lord'/><category term='Left behind'/><category term='Legalism'/><category term='decernment'/><category term='Soldiers of Christ'/><category term='Garden'/><category term='religion'/><category term='Bread of Life'/><category term='Prophets'/><category term='Fix your eyes on Jesus'/><category term='Full Gospel'/><category term='Lamb of god'/><category term='Redeem'/><category term='Chrisrtian Family'/><category term='Provider'/><category term='discovery'/><title type='text'>Conversations with God</title><subtitle type='html'>Extracts from my daily journal, recording a record of my conversations with God, that are to be shared with His Church.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>203</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-5538762304294595429</id><published>2012-01-25T06:50:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-26T07:55:38.998Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='revelation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Salvation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sword of the Spirit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Genesis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Word of God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gospel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cross'/><title type='text'>The Sword of the Spirit.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Sword of the Spirit.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No self respecting soldier will venture on to the battle field without his sword. In modern warfare the sword has been replaced by the gun. However, the gun does not directly equate with the sword, as a gun can be, and usually is, fired from a distance, thus eliminating the need for the soldier to be involved in the battle. A sword, by its very nature, demands that the carrier is directly involved in the battle. To wield a sword requires strength, skill, and tactics!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The sword of the Spirit is the Word of God. In order to wield this mighty weapon, the first requirement is STRENGTH. In order to use the word of God you must first stand in the power of my might. You must realise that human strength is not sufficient on its own to even lift the sword of the Spirit! To receive the power of my might you must first stand with Me. Standing with me is to acknowledge that you are nothing before me and have no inherent right to even come near me. However, by accepting the Lord Jesus, and the sacrifice he has made for you on the cross, he has covered you with his own righteousness. He is my Son and because of his selfless love for you, has made it not only possible for you to stand by me but a reality. Stand by me and allow me to cover your hands and add my strength as you lift the sword high.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lifting the sword high is accepting the Bible is the unchanging absolute truth of God. Yes, the Bible is my words, recorded for your benefit. Accepting it as truth, from the book of Genesis to the book of the Revelation, is the sharp cutting edge of the blade. If you do not accept or believe its truth and reliability, you are trying to wield a weapon with no cutting edge, and no more clout than a piece of old hose pipe!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The second requirement is SKILL. The only way to use the Sword of the Spirit with skill, is to become one with your weapon. Any swordsman will tell you that the sword must become an extension of yourself, you must practice, until it requires only a thought to place that blade exactly where you want it to be, and apply exactly the right amount of force. To do that you must know your weapon!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is no other way to know the Sword of the Spirit than to soak yourself in the Word of God, from the first chapter of Genesis to the last chapter of Revelation. Let the Word become so read by you, that it is there within you, even when the printed word is not in front of you. Every verse of the Bible can be used against the Evil One, and every word can and has been used for evangelism. These words, however, are of no use to you if you do not 100% believe they are God's Word and therefore true! I do not lie; I am truth, Stand on My word and you will find it is like a firm rock in a wild sea. Stray from it and you will soon find you are swept far from the truth!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The third requirement is TACTICS! As we have seen, in order to use the blade successfully you must know it well and know its strengths. Just as the tip of the blade is good for piercing, the edge is good for slicing and the flat of the blade is good for knocking aside, so each part of My word has different strengths for different situations. for example:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For example, the book of Genesis, which is so often dismissed as myth or is regarded as fantasy, is the very foundation of the salvation Jesus accomplished on the Cross. These passages, which are pushed aside by so many and are thought to have been proved wrong by science, are true as stated. If used properly they reveal not only how and when Creation came into being, but also give the foundation for the work of Jesus' victory over the sin of man.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Gospels, Matthew Mark, Luke and John, show without any doubt the amazing love of Jesus, who left the glory of Heaven for the love of you! Yes, every one of you! They show every man woman and child that they are loved. Not by fickle man but by God himself!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For those who have lost their hope for the future, the book of Revelation looks forward to the New Heaven and the New Earth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you become one with My word, learn the lesson of each passage and which ones are best to use in each situation. Sometimes the tip of the sword is needed to pierce the skin of unbelief. Sometimes the edge is needed cut out the cancer of sin or to cut through the chains that bind. Sometimes the flat of the blade is needed to carve a pathway through the masses to expose the gateway to My Truth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Sword of the Spirit is no use to you in someone else's hands. The sword is a one-to-one weapon that requires your total commitment, strength, skill and tactics. You do not fight alone with the sword of the Spirit. I am with you. Stay close and let me help you. Feel my hands over yours as you grasp the hilt. I Love You.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-5538762304294595429?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/5538762304294595429/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2012/01/sword-of-spirit.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/5538762304294595429'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/5538762304294595429'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2012/01/sword-of-spirit.html' title='The Sword of the Spirit.'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22425057776419 -2.766709327697754</georss:point><georss:box>52.22181907776419 -2.771644827697754 52.22668207776419 -2.7617738276977537</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-8307565898900314149</id><published>2012-01-24T06:49:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-24T08:23:28.936Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Moses'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Banquet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Word of God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lord'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Light'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Creation'/><title type='text'>Who is it Who...?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you Lord, that every day you show me hoe great you are and how wonderfully you made all things. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son. Welcome to the club this morning. Thank you for your company and for spending time with us. We love you too!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Children, I want you to look to the days ahead. Open your inner eyes and observe how I provide for you. Who is it who makes the plants bear seed? Who is it that causes the rain to fall and water the earth? Who is it that designed and made all things for your use? It is I, the Lord Almighty, who has created all things out of nothing, and who has provided all things for your enjoyment and benefit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now consider who it is, that has allowed the forces within the earth to erupt, and shake the foundations of the buildings and structures of men? Who is it that withholds the rain from watering the earth? Who is it that causes the rains to fall bringing flooding and mud? Who is it that causes the wind to tear and devastate the land? It is I, the Lord Almighty. For I hold all of creation in the hollow of my hand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the days of Moses, I showed both the children of Israel and the people of Egypt, that when I, the Lord Almighty, see the evil man is doing, I will bring the mighty and powerful to nothing. I will stretch out my arm causing a wind here, and a flood there, a plague on the right and darkness on the left. I will decide between one people and another, destroying one and protecting the other.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Down the ages I have shown that when my hand is against one nation, there is nothing that can stand before me. But my heart of love is open to any who turn to me. I can lift even the vilest sinners and wash them as white as snow and clothe them in righteousness. Many times in your history I have demonstrated that, against all odds, I the Lord you God will provide a banquet for my children in the midst of famine, and though my children are hemmed in with bars of iron, I will open their prison door and lead them out rejoicing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My children, do not despair. Lift up your eyes to the hills and see your deliverance. Lift up your voices and sing praises with all your heart. Be bold, be strong and be very courageous, For I am with those who fear me. Take my Word into all the world, especially where you are. Watch in wonder as I open doors for you and lighten your path. Do not be afraid to walk in the light, for I am the light of the world. Let your light shine in the world and let my light shine in your life, I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-8307565898900314149?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/8307565898900314149/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2012/01/who-is-it-who.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/8307565898900314149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/8307565898900314149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2012/01/who-is-it-who.html' title='Who is it Who...?'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22425057776419 -2.766709327697754</georss:point><georss:box>52.22181907776419 -2.771644827697754 52.22668207776419 -2.7617738276977537</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-6801505969817408841</id><published>2012-01-23T07:14:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-23T19:25:30.336Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voice of God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Heavens'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Free will'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Light'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Creation'/><title type='text'>Let there be Light!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you for your light which shines in our lives, lighting up the dark places. Please walk with us today Lord and be our tutor and our guide. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord: &lt;/b&gt;Good morning son. Welcome to the club this morning and thank you for walking with us. Martin I always walk with you through every moment of the day. It is I who lights your path and guides you in the darkness. When you fail to see the light or feel that I have left you, it is because you have turned away from me!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the beginning of all things I created light. The words of mine that broke the age long silence of eternity were, "Let there be Light." It was in fact, the moment I brought light into world I had created. Two things were needed to create the environment I wanted for physical life: sound and light. My Voice provided both these things. The Sound of my voice and the Light I created on the first day, still resound around the universe, that surrounds the earth. When the sound of my voice and the light I first created fade away, which they will only do at my command, the present universe of material things will cease to exist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why did I create the light and why did I speak the word? It was because I had in my mind to make a man in my own image. A man I could love and who would love me of his own desire (free will). Yes, all the extravagance of the universe was to give this little creation of mine called man, a glimpse of my glory and splendour. I created the Heavens, the stars and the sun, the planets and the moon. I created the constellations and nebula to display to man the light of the glory of his Creator. The sun, the moon and the stars speak of my incredible order and design, and I built into man a sense of wonder and pleasure as he looks upon this beauty. I put within the man I had made a song or praise and wonder, and I filled his mind with poetry and art, to help him find expression for the joy and wonder he was experiencing as he gazed on all that I had made. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know son, man is actually able to behold all that I have made and see it with the same eyes I had, as I said after each day. "God saw it and behold it was very good." That is a formal, not very good translation of what I was experiencing. In today's English it would be more accurate to say, "God saw everything he had made, and it was a delight to behold." I took great pleasure in every atom of creation. I saw beauty in the patterns of the maths, the colours, the designs, the curves, twists and angles. I sang with the sounds of creation and gave the birds of the air their songs. There is not one single event in creation that is accidental. Everything from the greatest star cluster to the smallest molecule is designed and placed where it is.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now son, I will let you into a secret. The only thing that spoils creation is that the man I made to love, and who can freely love me back, has so often chosen to ignore and to spoil the beauty and perfection I created for him. Sin I can wipe out with the flick of my little finger. Evil I can destroy in the lake of sulphur. But when man, whom I love so much, chooses to turn away and ignore all that I have created for him, that hurts. It hurts more than man himself could ever endure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am working so hard to reveal to man the wonders I have made. I have made science beautiful and exciting in every field, and there is so much to discover, enough for every man, woman, and child, alive today, or who has ever lived. or ever will live, to each discover something new and unique, and for there still be more to find! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some of my children are doing just that, and are making enormous discoveries in every field of science, but often their discoveries and enlightenments are being pushed aside by the closed-mindedness of those who are trying so hard to prove I don't exist!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have blinded their eyes so they cannot see and I have switched off the light of revelation for them, until such time as they humble themselves before me and seek my face. For those who know me and seek my face, I shine my light upon them and open their minds and their understanding, filling them with the light and sound of my glorious creation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The same thing is happening in the fields of art, music and creativity. There are those who have turned their back on the light and are creating black art, black music, and creations that jar with all thing beautiful. But those who walk in the light I am shining, hear the sounds of Heaven and see the vision in My mind. As they work with me, we continue the work of creation and behold it as very good.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My beloved children, In all your works, whatever you do, in any field, do all in the light I give. Let me enlighten you and show you all that I have made so that your delights may be turned into discovery and creativity. You see, I love you and I made it all for you to discover. That is why, on the very first day of creation I said, "Let there be Light."&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-6801505969817408841?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/6801505969817408841/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2012/01/let-there-be-light.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/6801505969817408841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/6801505969817408841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2012/01/let-there-be-light.html' title='Let there be Light!'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224355732689446 -2.766709327697754</georss:point><georss:box>52.221924232689446 -2.771644827697754 52.226787232689446 -2.7617738276977537</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-4161012567028907201</id><published>2012-01-22T07:15:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-22T09:18:58.529Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holy Spirit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus is Lord'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='truth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Word of God'/><title type='text'>Now is the Time</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Good morning son. Welcome to the club this morning and thank you for joining us as we walked. We love your company, and are always thrilled to talk to you. Yes, I use the word thrilled. There is great rejoicing and excitement in heaven every time My word touches a heart, and every time man responds to the Father.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Western society is moving into a time when access to the truth is being restricted, by ignorant law makers, who listen too much to the rantings of religious fanatics. These religious fanatics are not from any of the main-stream religious groups, and would not even class themselves as religious. They are atheist, humanists, evolutionary believers, who are on a mission to force their religious beliefs on the world. As their beliefs are totally without any foundation, religious or scientific, and are so against the normal religious, moral and scientific beliefs of the mass of ordinary people, the only way they can enforce their philosophy on Western culture is through legislation.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;My body on earth must stand firm against this onslaught. Proclaim that Jesus is Lord, and that My word is immovable. Use the power I have given you in My most Holy Spirit, to destroy the works of the Evil One, as he seeks to enslave and destroy all of mankind with lies and deceit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My people must not remain silent, for it is when good men do nothing that evil takes its hold. Join with my people who do hold true to my word. Confess with them that Jesus is Lord and that the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, is 'The Unchangeable Word of Almighty God.'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stand now and be counted, for I am completing a mighty work in the world today, such as the world has not seen since its foundation, That work was started in Jesus and will end in Jesus. ALL men shall see Him and tremble before Him, for in Jesus I have invested all authority and power, even the power over life and death. Those who have loved him and accepted Him as my Son have nothing to fear. Those who have blasphemed against Him and through him My Holy Spirit, stand in danger of their lives as they are brought before Me for judgement. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is work to do, my children. Spread the good news of Jesus in spite of all opposition. Shout it from the roof tops and call all the faithful into action. Now is the time of the Lord. I want my world back. Now is the time. Not tomorrow! Not the day after, but NOW!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-4161012567028907201?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/4161012567028907201/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2012/01/now-is-time.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/4161012567028907201'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/4161012567028907201'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2012/01/now-is-time.html' title='Now is the Time'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22425057776419 -2.766752243041992</georss:point><georss:box>52.22181907776419 -2.7716877430419924 52.22668207776419 -2.761816743041992</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-1917075990377917007</id><published>2012-01-13T06:49:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-14T07:44:41.650Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Laws'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Provider'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Loyalty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Commandments'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ten Commandments'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Righteousness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Word of God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Legalism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Judgement'/><title type='text'>Move on with Me!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day you have made for us. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son. Thank you for joining us this morning and spending time with us. We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You will begin to realise that some of the stubbornness found in the scientific community, which blocks and harasses any exploration of truth, is repeated in other disciplines as well, non scientific. For example look at the financial world of banking, insurance and investment. Governments are totally taken in by its lies and its promises of high returns, to such an extent, that any government that has its credit rating down-graded assumes that it is on the road to disaster. Of course it is, but not because some human institution has down-graded it, but because it is placing its trust in something as fluid as money. Such is the extent of the rot, that qualities like honesty, generosity and loyalty are things of the past, and truth, reliability, righteousness and friendship are now rare.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Look at any field whatsoever, and you will clearly see a degradation in quality, care, responsibility, enthusiasm and all the attributes man should be taking as minimum requirements. And all this is before we mention love. Mankind has accepted the fall in standards and quality with hardly any complaint and without doing anything about it. Why? Because they have forgotten Me!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Without having a point of reference, man has nothing to measure quality by. That is why I gave man the laws and commandments of the Old Testament. These were not to restrict the growth of man or the quality of life, but to give man a measuring stick, with which to set his own standards. The commandments I gave to Moses are for all men in every age, they stand for all time and there is no justification for changing or abandoning them whatsoever. Indeed those who take one letter from the Law I have given, call me a liar, and are in danger of the judgement, for in taking from the Law they are causing men to sin!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I never intended that man should struggle to keep the Law, but that they would use the Law I had given them as a minimum standard, on on which to creatively build a better life. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Through the lives and examples of great men and women, who pioneered in many walks of life, I expected men and women to build on their example something even greater. Florence Nightingale set standards of care which in her day were revolutionary, but today are basic. The discovery of Ohm's Law started the electronic revolution, that has moved on to become the information technology of today, which affects all your lives so profoundly.Yet Ohm's Law is elementary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many fields where advances haven't been so great, because man has become locked in legalism and the past. One of these is religion, yes all religion! The basic, minimum standards are clearly laid out for all to see. My Word was given to guide you on from the basics, and lead you into a full and deep relationship with me, but you have chosen to remain locked in the past. Of course you can only move on if you don't abandon Scripture and the Ten Commandments, but you can't make progress if you abandon them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Children, I am calling on you now to learn, and build on the basics and seriously question any deviation which seeks to exclude My Word or My Law. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;In Religion:&lt;/b&gt; Seek Me and build a relationship with me. You can know Me through My beloved Son, Jesus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;In Law:&lt;/b&gt; Read My word in the Old Testament where I make it perfectly clear that I love justice, honesty and truth, and that I favour the poor, the oppressed and the down-trodden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;In Politics:&lt;/b&gt; Put your trust in Me, for I am the Lord your provider. Always seek peace, not war, and do not be led astray, following the gods of the nations around you. Those gods of materialism, military aggression, greed and lust, are made of clay, and will both lead you astray and fail you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;In Science:&lt;/b&gt; My word is your reference. Open your minds and let me show you the truth. Those who fight against My truth will continually find themselves facing dead ends. Those who follow where I lead will find it the most exciting adventure of their lives, as I reveal the truths of the Universe to them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;In Relationships:&lt;/b&gt; Be true, honest and loyal. Always let your yes mean yes, and your no mean no. Live a righteous life. Protect the weak. Raise up the fallen. Speak words of comfort. Clothe the naked, feed the hungry, and share the Kingdom of Heaven with all men and women everywhere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am the Lord your God, you shall have no gods before me.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-1917075990377917007?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/1917075990377917007/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2012/01/move-on-with-me.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/1917075990377917007'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/1917075990377917007'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2012/01/move-on-with-me.html' title='Move on with Me!'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224198000208176 -2.766880989074707</georss:point><georss:box>52.221766500208176 -2.7718164890747072 52.226629500208176 -2.761945489074707</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-2686946586130350015</id><published>2012-01-12T06:53:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-12T08:43:49.167Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Creation'/><title type='text'>Knowledge, A mere drop in the Ocean!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day you have make, Thank you for your love for us and for all you do to help us. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son, thank you for joining us this morning and for spending time with us. We have made this day for you to enjoy, just as we made the cosmos for mankind to enjoy. We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Wow Lord, I have just been reading that paper on &lt;a href="http://creation.com/galactocentric-cosmology" target="_blank"&gt;cosmology&lt;/a&gt;. I wish I could begin to understand the maths involved! I'm afraid they lost me on the first formula!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; It isn't any wonder that you don't understand the mathematics of cosmology, or the principles behind a lot of the arguments used. The problem that holds all scientists back, is simple. They are too close to the event and are not able, as I am, to stand back and see everything. In other words, their concept of how things work is too small.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you want to begin to understand how everything in the universe relates to the Earth, you need to begin to understand that everything that is made, from the smallest molecule, to the largest star system, is inter-dependant on every other molecule and star system. Yes, the movement of a single cell in your body can determine the movements of the sun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From the earliest days since the fall of man, people have speculated that the movements of the sun, the moon, and the stars, determine the fate of men. Yet none have begun to speculate on how the heartbeat of the tiniest insect affects the cycle of sun spots!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I created the universe, and nothing made was made in isolation. Evolution is totally wrong, not because man didn't evolve from apes, but because it assumes that life can be produced by accident. I brought nothing into being before I had every formula, every mechanical, chemical, and philosophical law, carefully worked out. I did not act like a human chemist pouring chemicals into a test tube, to see what would happen! That would pre-suppose that I had chemicals to hand. No, I determined what I wanted, and created the material out of nothing, and wrote the laws which binds all creation as one. There is not a single speck of dust in the universe that I don't know about. Nor is there any molecule that does not have a purpose for the whole.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mankind thinks he is unraveling the mysteries of the universe, but to-date he hasn't even scraped the varnish off the tiniest part. If all the man-made computers of the world were to combine their computing power, they could not even map accurately the family tree of man over the past 6,500 years. So how can they begin to unravel the mysteries of anything outside the Earth?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have, however, placed in the mind of man an insatiable curiosity, a desire he cannot shed, that wants to know! But, as in a child, a little knowledge often causes man to draw wrong conclusions. In building a model to understand the universe, the more information you have, and the bigger your understanding of all the constituent parts, the more likely you are to come somewhere near to the truth. Even with all the knowledge man has acquired and is daily accumulating, the scratch he is making on the surface of real knowledge, is almost undetectable!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So far, science has proved nothing, except that man doesn't yet have all the facts. I am the only one who has all the facts. I alone created, hold and sustain, what I have made. Only I can unmake, and only I have power over life and death!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have made all things accessible to mankind. Man has the ability, with my help, to discover anything about my creation. But all the reasoning skills, all the calculating power of every human brain combined, does not, and never will have, the capacity to hold more than a tiny fraction of all discoverable knowledge!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have done all things, and I sustain all I have made, because I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-2686946586130350015?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/2686946586130350015/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2012/01/knowledge-mere-drop-in-ocean.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/2686946586130350015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/2686946586130350015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2012/01/knowledge-mere-drop-in-ocean.html' title='Knowledge, A mere drop in the Ocean!'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22432944398149 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.22189794398149 -2.7717306583862307 52.22676094398149 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-7908761014487968838</id><published>2012-01-10T06:48:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-14T07:42:41.456Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='image of God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eve'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gift'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Lesson'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Free will'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Word of God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Church'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adam'/><title type='text'>Freed to Love</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new and beautiful day that you have made. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son. Welcome to the club this morning and thank you for joining us on our walk. We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your life on Earth is given to you to help you learn and grow. Every day you meet new challenges and opportunities, and what you learn from them helps you to meet the challenges of tomorrow! It isn't just a question of getting things right all the time. Often the best lessons are learned by making a mistake or doing the wrong thing. However this is only true if you learn from it. and acknowledge that it was a mistake. Sin is when the mistake remains unacknowledged or the lesson remains unlearnt!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Man has the ability to learn and correct his behaviour as he goes along, and, unlike the animal kingdom, has the freewill to choose to do something that could endanger his survival or not be pleasant. Take, for example, a giant crocodile or one of the big cats. If they are hungry or need to feed their young and they see another animal that they can overpower and kill, that is what they will do, in order to survive. A crocodile doesn't think, "Oh dear, that little one has a mummy waiting for it to return for supper!" Nor does it think when it sees a plump female, "Oh I'd better not kill that one; it will make its offspring orphans!" It will seize the opportunity and go for the kill. But man has the ability to make a decision based on factors other than survival. He can restrain his hand, through pity, sympathy, love, and a number of other reasons. This sets him apart from the rest of creation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Man soon learns that if he takes certain actions he provokes a response in others. Sometimes, if the action is good, that response is positive, and manifests itself in love, praise, thanks or generosity. But, if the action is bad or harmful, the response is negative and can be expressed as retaliation, self defence or defiance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What sets man above the rest of Creation is his ability to love. His ability to love stems from Creation, when I made the man in my own image. Being made in the image of God, does not mean that God looks like you! I don't have the same colour hair, or the same defining physical features as any one individual. What I gave man that made him in my image, was the ability to freely choose and freely love. By giving him this priceless gift, I also created the possibility that he could choose the wrong thing, and hate rather than love. But in order to receive his freely given love, that was a risk I was prepared to take.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You have heard me say before, that there is no power in the entire creation stronger than love! Well, that it the reason I was prepared to take the risk, because love has the power to overcome every obstacle. The first lesson mankind must learn is how to love. That is why I created motherhood. Every child should learn to love from his or her parents. When a man loves his wife, he passes on to his children a powerful gift. The pattern of of love. When a woman is loved, either or both, by her father and her husband, she is able to show, give and pass on love, to her children and those around her.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love is the best gift you can give to any human being. It is more valuable than all the latest gadgets, or the most valuable metals or stones in the world. One simple act, or word of love, can build up the broken and lift up the fallen, and speaks far more powerfully than a library of books!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If this first lesson of loving those around you is not learned, then the harshness and cruelty of the world becomes man's teacher, and in place of love, hate takes root. Instead of acts of kindness and generosity, selfishness and violence prevail. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hatred, suspicion and violence are not stopped by hatred, suspicion and violence! They feed on each other and escalate. The only way to counter hatred is to love. The only way to counter suspicion is with truth and trust. The only way to counter violence is with the peace that only I can give. Others will try to tell you differently and will laugh at your naivety. But that is because they have no idea or comprehension, of the enormous power of Love!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My purpose for the Church and or my people is that you become Love in the world. Jesus, my beloved Son, whom I love with all my being, shows you how to love. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jesus was born into a situation where murder, hatred, suspicion and envy surrounded him, from the very beginning to the very end of his earthly life! He overcame all of it, using the gift I gave to him, and have given to every man, woman and child, since Adam and Eve. The gift of being made in the image of God, to have the ability to love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Overcome the world by using this precious gift I have given you. Rise up and show that mankind is not a part of the animal kingdom, but a distinct and unique creation of mine, and made in My image. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let go of the sin, that clings like filthy rags to you. It pulls you down like a ball and chain! Reject the life of hatred, suspicion, violence and darkness, that gives rise to greed and lust. Let it fall from you into the dust. Rise up, men and women of God. Stand tall and straight. Cover your nakedness with the righteousness of Jesus, and clothe yourselves with the armour that I provide. Raise up your sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God, and move forward in the power of Love. No one shall stand before you, no one can stop you for I am with you. I Love You.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-7908761014487968838?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/7908761014487968838/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2012/01/freed-to-love.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/7908761014487968838'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/7908761014487968838'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2012/01/freed-to-love.html' title='Freed to Love'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224355732689446 -2.7666664123535156</georss:point><georss:box>52.221924232689446 -2.771601912353516 52.226787232689446 -2.7617309123535154</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-5411482725211349686</id><published>2011-12-29T06:26:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-29T09:12:58.751Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='weak'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wealth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Provider'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Saviour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Righteousness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='hate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gospel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bound'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Church'/><title type='text'>The Child Shall Overcome</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you for allowing me to walk with you and thank you for feeding my soul with thoughts from you. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son, welcome to the club this morning. Yes, I am able to talk to you and to give you visions at any time of the day or the night, as long as you start the day with me and stay close at all times.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Look Martin, What do you see?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Lord, I see men, big and strong, with muscles like bronze, mighty warriors against whom, none seem able to stand. They wield a sword of hate and have sharp knives of injustice. Around their knuckles they have bound spikes of oppression. On their feet are great boots that trample on the poor and the fallen. Out of their mouths they curse the Lord's people, and their eyes blaze with the red light of lust, greed and anger.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; What you see are those who have determined to destroy the Church and strike a blow against Me. Do not be deceived by their looks; they are not what they seem! To the world, deceived and beguiled by Satan, that is what they look like, unassailable, immovable and capable of great destruction. Look again son. What do you see?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; I see one of these men, naked and bound with chains of iron to a huge iron frame. Every muscle in his body is straining against the chains but all he is doing is causing himself injury and pain. On his face is a look of humiliation and anguish, but the fire in his eyes is not so bright as before. Before him are a group of children, in their early teens. They are preparing food. It looks like soup, and bread! The smell of the soup is rising and curling around the mans nose, causing him to twitch and his stomach muscles to spasm. The children are laughing and singing. They are not laughing at the man, but through happiness, as children do!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; What you see is what I am doing in your day. The young and inexperienced, the weak and those overlooked by the strong, have overcome the strong man, and have bound him with chains. The chains they have used are wrought with the truth, making them unbreakable. The iron frame is firmly fixed on the rock which is Jesus and is immovable The soup and bread they are preparing for him is the Word of God, the gospel of Jesus. This man is heaving and twitching as the smell reaches him, because all his life he has been starved of the truth and the good news. He has been fed with only hate and lies. Have you noticed, he&amp;nbsp; is now alone? I have separated him from his companions. They too are being held in isolation from each other. This is so that they are not distracted or deafened by each other. Together they perpetuate the lie, but alone the lie begins to crumble. What more do you see?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; The soup is ready. The children have climbed on to steps and are feeding him with spoons. After initial hesitation he is eager to consume as much as possible. Ah! I can hear his mind, his thoughts! He is thinking, "&lt;i&gt;If I can eat as much as possible I can regain my strength and escape this bondage&lt;/i&gt;." The more he eats the less red his eyes are. The less his muscles strain against the chains. All the time he has been fed, the children are singing. As they climb down the steps to refill the bowl, the man relaxes and sags against his chains. Sweat is pouring from him, and tears are running like a river down his face.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; As the lie begins to crumble, the man is open to the good news about Jesus and feeds like a starving man. At first he thinks he can find the flaw in what he hears. After all, nothing he has yet heard has ever stood the test of time! But slowly, like a dripping tap, constant and persistent, the truth of Jesus seeps through the crumbling defences. The fire of conviction and anger are extinguished and replaced by the blue of the sky that reflects the glory of God. As he relaxes, the chains become less bondage and more support. Trying to keep hold of the lie, even when it doesn't fit the facts or ring true in his heart, has taken its toll. The result is a bath of sweat which washes all the pain and grime of sin and shame to the surface, and the tears which fall from his eyes are first of shame, and then change to repentance and relief. Yes, relief, as the truth begins to penetrate his last defences. Now son, what do you see?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; I see a broken man, hanging naked and limp, all the toughness of his body relaxed as though in death! His eyes are closed and his head hangs down. Then, as I looked, I saw one single drop of blood fall on his head, and even as I looked, it spread until he was covered with scarlet! Then, starting at the top of his head and working its way down to the soles&amp;nbsp; of his feet, the blood changed into a cleansing water, which washed him from head to foot, as clean as any shower or soap could clean. As I looked again, I saw that the chains had gone, as had the iron frame, and he was clothed in a robe, pure and white as snow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; You see well, for it is the blood of Jesus alone, that is truly able to wash away your sins and cleanse you from all unrighteousness. It is only when you are clothed in the robe of righteousness, that is Jesus, that you are able to come into my presence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I will tell you what the vision means! The man you saw was just one of many, who oppose the truth. They are scientists, politicians, businessmen, teachers, and men and women from every profession and walk of life. Their sole aim, because they have been deceived by Satan, is to rid the world of the truth found in Jesus, and to try and write Me out of the text books! Because so many Christians have been asleep, or not firm enough in their faith, these men and women have made their position so strong, that even some of the elect are deceived by them!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;However, in your day, I have come up against them and confronted them. In the scientific world, I am confounding their theories, and tying them in knots, which don't make sense to them! In the political world, I am toppling governments and leaders, not by bringing them up against a stronger foe, but by raising up the weak and the helpless. It is I who have caused the financial markets to crumble and fall. For too long mankind throughout the world, has been putting all his trust in wealth, and so-called economics. From now on, only those who put their trust in me will prosper.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In all these different fields, it is the young and inexperienced who will prevail. It won't be the academics who present the truth to the scientists, but those who know and love me, those whom I choose to reveal the mysteries of the universe. It will not be politicians who build a better world, it will be visionaries, people with a heart of love and a will of steel. It will not be financiers and bankers that create wealth, but those who hold the secret of love, one for another.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many things that you have all grown used to and consider the basics of life, will pass away and you will be forced to think again about priorities! But those who stay close to me, those who place their trust in me, those who allow me to wash them in the blood of Jesus, they will endure and will inherit eternal life. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do not despise the weak, nor wander from the truth. Do not place your hope on men or nations. Turn to me in repentance and trust, and I will show myself to you as the Lord who saves, the Lord your strength and the Lord your provider. I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-5411482725211349686?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/5411482725211349686/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/child-shall-overcome.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/5411482725211349686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/5411482725211349686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/child-shall-overcome.html' title='The Child Shall Overcome'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224303155257935 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.221871655257935 -2.7717306583862307 52.226734655257935 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-7799388533725164139</id><published>2011-12-28T06:57:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-28T08:18:34.111Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prayer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beauty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Saviour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Righteousness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Name of Jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freedom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Justice'/><title type='text'>Love what I love</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son. Thank you for joining us this morning and for listening and sharing. We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My dear children, to become the people I want you to be, you must first lay down the things that I hate, then take up the things that I love!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hate anger, greed, selfishness and aggression. I hate injustice, oppression, exploitation and lust. I love justice, self sacrifice, and peace. I honour those who stand up to sin and protect the weak and the raise up the fallen. I help those who feed the hungry, clothe the naked and bind up the wounds of the injured. I speak through those whose message is peace and reconciliation. I give power to those who spread the good news of Jesus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Children, the days are upon you when many will come from the east and the west, the north and the south, and will cling to you, and beg you to tell them how to find Me! Do not shake them off, or turn them away, for I have sent them to you! Lift up your eyes to the heavens, rejoice with a loud voice and tell your story. Tell them of the Saviour, and of the loving purposes I intend for all who come to me. Do not be afraid to speak my name, for it is through the name of Jesus, that men are saved. There is &lt;b&gt;no other&lt;/b&gt; name under heaven, whereby men are saved!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tell of my love, and show them how to hear my voice, and draw into my presence. Stretch out your hands and heal the sick, clothe the naked, feed the hungry, and rebuild the broken in body and spirit, with my encouraging words.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let my light shine through you and let your light shine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Children, do not focus upon the depressing and the gloomy, but lift your eyes and focus upon Me. See the things I am doing and the goal to which you must strive. See, I have set before you a vision of beauty and light, with the sounds of children laughing and playing, the birds singing and the sounds of a nature at harmony with itself and in Me. See the things of beauty I am showing you, and hold them always before you. Hold also before you the vision of man at peace with man, and nation with nation. Keep it before you, even when the 'reality' around you defies what I am showing you. Make that vision yours and make it a reality in your life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pray for those who hate, and do evil. Pray My power will break into their sealed lives, setting them free! Pray for peace between nations, and pray for those who are even now fighting for freedom from oppression. My will is that all men and women everywhere, those who know me and those who don't, will live in peace with one-another, in freedom from all oppression, and with true justice and righteousness as their standard. These things can only come about through Jesus, who has bought them with his own blood.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love you. Share my love with all around you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-7799388533725164139?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/7799388533725164139/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/love-what-i-love.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/7799388533725164139'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/7799388533725164139'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/love-what-i-love.html' title='Love what I love'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224198000208176 -2.766880989074707</georss:point><georss:box>52.221766500208176 -2.7718164890747072 52.226629500208176 -2.761945489074707</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-8642651394854254566</id><published>2011-12-26T06:28:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-28T08:19:27.472Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holy Spirit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus is Lord'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prayer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blood of Jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='King Jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Saviour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Temple'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='House of Prayer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Word of God'/><title type='text'>Rebuild My Temple</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me: &lt;/b&gt;Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you for all the joy of the Nativity and for a lovely day yesterday. Keep us Lord in the centre of your will, that we may do what is right and pleasing in your sight. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son. Thank you for joining us this morning and for walking with us, I love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is what the Lord the Almighty says to the leaders and people of the nation:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want you to give careful thought to all your actions and all your deeds. Over the past seven decades of peace you have planted more grain than any nation before you, yet, for all your work, you have harvested little. In those decades your food has been more plentiful than ever before in history, so that even the poor are well fed. Although you feed until you become gross and bloated, you never seem to have enough. You consume more fine wine and exotic drinks than the kings of old ever even dreamed of, yet you are never satisfied, or have your fill. You clothe yourselves in the finest garments, and nothing is too grand for you, yet you are never warm, or grand enough. Even your most modest wardrobe is grander than that of the kings and princes in days gone by, yet you are not kings, nor are kings or princes mindful of you! Individually you receive wages and bonuses, that would have amounted to the GNP of a whole nation in the years of your forefathers. Yet you place it in purses with holes in, and you invest in the folly of bankers, and with fools!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is what the Lord Almighty says to you:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Give careful thought to your ways, for I am calling you to give an account of your stewardship! Give thought to why I have poured out upon you such riches and luxuries. Now look upon the temple of your heart. Your heart was given to you to be my temple, the place where I, the Lord your God, might dwell within you. How hard it is for me to enter that temple within you, while it is filled with the loathsome idols of greed, selfishness and lust!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My house shall be called '&lt;i&gt;A house of prayer for all the nations&lt;/i&gt;', and your hearts must become '&lt;i&gt;the temple of the Holy Spirit!&lt;/i&gt;'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The time has come my children, for a cleansing and rebuilding project. For if I am to heal and save you as a nation, My temple must be established in the midst of you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See how I have blown away with the breath of my mouth, the idols that you have so long worshipped. They are gone like ash blown by a draught, like leaves caught by the autumn wind! The wealth of the nation, built on the greed of men, I have scattered. The harvest of the carelessly scattered seed I have ruined, and the fine silks and suits of wool and cotton I have handed over to moths! I have called for a deluge to cleanse the once fertile land, and for drought to dry up the flowing rivers, that water the ground. I have called upon the four winds to blow upon the Earth and I shake even the tallest mountains and the deepest seas. Man-made dynasties are falling, and rulers shake with fear. These calamities that I have rained upon the Earth, will remain, until my temple is rebuilt in your hearts, and my word is sown freely upon the Earth. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stop building your own houses and lining your own beds. Turn back to me and rebuild in your hearts the temple of the Lord the Holy Spirit. Gather the stones of prayer and the timber of My word. Collect the fabric of righteousness and the gold and silver of generosity and love. Build and furnish My temple that it may be a palace for King Jesus to sit. Bring Him your offerings, the first fruits of your praise and worship, for He alone is worthy to be praised, for by His blood, shed on the Cross, He has set men free from the bondages of sin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The time for secrecy is over, the time of the great conspiracy of silence, is past. The fiery dragon of fear has been overcome by your Saviour. Rise up, men and women of God, and build God's temple in your hearts.&amp;nbsp; Proclaim with a loud voice, "&lt;i&gt;Jesus is Lord!&lt;/i&gt;" Let the arches of Heaven resound with your shouts of praise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No more shall my people be ruled by the god of money, or silenced by the god of political correctness. I am the Lord your provider. I have placed My Word in your mouth, for you to speak without let or hindrance. "&lt;i&gt;I am the Lord your God, you shall have no gods before me!&lt;/i&gt;" I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-8642651394854254566?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/8642651394854254566/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/rebuild-my-temple.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/8642651394854254566'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/8642651394854254566'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/rebuild-my-temple.html' title='Rebuild My Temple'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224276866518835 -2.766709327697754</georss:point><georss:box>52.221845366518835 -2.771644827697754 52.226708366518835 -2.7617738276977537</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-4829354801301583860</id><published>2011-12-24T06:20:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-25T07:45:12.882Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voice of God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pictures'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dreams'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Teaching'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spiritual'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prophecy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vision'/><title type='text'>Pictures and Visions</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you for your love and for allowing me to walk with you each day. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son. Welcome to the club this morning and thank you for walking with us and sharing all your thoughts. We too want to share our thoughts with you, because we love you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Children, I have spent time you talking about the need to be still before me and to wait and listen to me. Today I want to talk to you about seeing things with your mind's eye! Visions and pictures.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Visions have been a part of mankind's experience of me since the earliest times. If you look closely at your thinking processes, you will find that a very great deal of it is pictorial. Not many people think in words only, and amongst those who do, most are actually suppressing the visionary side of their mind! Visions and pictures are a very important part of human life, and are essential to communication. It has been said that, "&lt;i&gt;One picture is worth a thousand words.&lt;/i&gt;" Looking at it from another perspective, it could be said that, "&lt;i&gt;There are not enough words to describe what you see in one glance.&lt;/i&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In holy scripture, you will also find pictures and lots of visions. Both in the Old Testament and the New, visions played an important part in the sharing of My message. It wasn't just holy men and women, who saw visions and dreamed dreams. Indeed, I have often used visions and dreams to get through to people who don't know me. A vivid dream or vision is a very disturbing thing, for one who doesn't have the means to interpret or understand what he is seeing. That is why the great king of Assyria called upon Daniel to interpret for him, and Pharaoh called on Joseph. So ingrained into Peter's tradition was the idea of what is clean or unclean, he would not have listened to me if I had just told him to go with Cornelius; he would have excused himself, saying that he had just imagined that it would be all right. So I had to use a vision or waking dream to convince him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are other ways I use pictures. For example the stories that Jesus told all paint a picture in the mind, Indeed many of the events in his life are like a series of pictures. The feeding of the 5,000, the stilling of the storm, the lost sheep. This is why the world is full of beautiful art works depicting the events and stories in the life of Jesus. This is why you teach your children with pictures, before you clutter their minds with writing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In your western civilisation, for the last few hundred years, as a child grows up, and moves into adulthood, he is encouraged, often forced, to discard picture books, and move on to the written word. He is almost encouraged to forget pictures altogether! This trend is slowly reversing with the increase in comics, glossy magazines, TV and movies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unfortunately, there are also a large number of such publications and media, which depict 'adult' and 'violent' themes, which poison the mind. Thus, the idea that seeing pictures in the mind and visions in the night, can be related to real life and be a means of communicating with me, is still largely taboo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I used visions and pictures first. Indeed I invented it! Satan has dared to hijack my most vivid form of communication, and has frightened my people into being cautious. Children, I don't want you to be afraid of visions and dreams. I gave you inner sight and the ability to see life in pictorial form. I can, with one brief picture, flashed into your mind, tell you something that would take a whole book to describe in words!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In these days I want you to open your spiritual eyes and see the things I want to show you. By seeing, you will understand and so hear what I am saying to you, though not in words! So listen to me with both your inner ears, and your inner eyes. Do not be afraid to share what you see with others, that you may all come to understanding. I want you also to take very seriously those to whom I have given the gift of putting vision on to paper or into print. This is a gift from me, as important today as any other manifestation of Prophecy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Children, learn from me how to see, hear and understand. Learn how to interpret what you see. This you can only do by staying close to me and waiting on my Holy Spirit. Let my voice ring in your ears, "&lt;i&gt;Son of man, what do you see?&lt;/i&gt;" I love you children, stay close to me.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-4829354801301583860?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/4829354801301583860/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/pictures-and-visions.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/4829354801301583860'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/4829354801301583860'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/pictures-and-visions.html' title='Pictures and Visions'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224224288993966 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.221792788993966 -2.7717306583862307 52.226655788993966 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-8697863303871434965</id><published>2011-12-23T06:30:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-24T07:33:55.921Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Redeem'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Free will'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cross'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Creation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><title type='text'>Love, even the Sinner!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for giving me this new day. Thank you for your love and goodness which you have poured out in great abundance. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son. Thank you for joining us this morning and for your company. We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Gather around my children and let me teach you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First of all I want you to be still before me and acknowledge that without me you are nothing. All you have is mine, and I have given it to you. In spite of all your efforts, there is nothing you have ever done or said that would warrant any special treatment or advantage. Before Me all men and women are equal, regardless of their birth, worldly knowledge or wealth. I do not regard race, gender or class. From dust I created man and to dust he will return. Be still and ponder these things, for until you fully grasp this truth, you cannot begin to understand the appalling arrogance of mankind, in assuming he has any standing at all in the larger scheme of things!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now add sin to the equation of your thoughts, and you will, if you are honest, realise that I should have exterminated mankind thousands of years ago, and started again! What was it that caused me to try to redeem what I had made?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The answer is held in a simple four letter word: LOVE. Yes, I was in love with my own creation! That is not surprising really because I invested a lot of love into creation, and especially into mankind. I even breathed my own breath into him, so that he would become a living being like me! This presented me with a problem! There is no place near me where sin can abide. Anything that comes into my presence must be pure and holy, yet I love mankind, whom I have made and I want him to be able to draw near to me! You see my problem!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The only way to solve this problem was to deal with sin once and for all, and release mankind from its bondage. Oh, I could have clicked my fingers and made man only do what what is righteous and true, but then he would have been doing the right thing because I made him do it, and not through his own choice! The thing I loved about mankind was that he has the potential and ability to love me back of his own freewill, and that is what I wanted. I wanted man to love me as freely as I love him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As nothing sinful can exist in my presence, and all sinners would die, even before they saw my face, I needed a way for them to die before they got to that stage, and then to be made alive again without sin! The only way they could be made alive again was if they had died without sin! Oh dear! "&lt;i&gt;All men have sinned and have fallen short of the glory of God&lt;/i&gt;." Romans 3:23.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then it became evident that the only way this would work, was if I was to become a man, and live a human life without sin. I knew full well, that sinful man would be appalled at any form of purity or goodness, and would seek to kill it. So the Man, Me would die, but not because of my own sin, because I don't have any! This would mean that, just as one man, Adam, caused sin to enter mankind, so one man, the Man, Me, would carry on my shoulders all the sin of mankind. Yes, all the sin of mankind in every age and time! I would then place that burden of sin once and for all in the lake of fire, to be destroyed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because I am without sin, death would not be able to hold me, and I would come back to life again. This would then provide a way for sinful mankind, of his own free-will, to accept what I had done and lay his sin at the foot of My Cross. He can do this by confessing and renouncing all his sin, and receiving my forgiveness. Then, leaving the burden at the foot of the Cross, he can move on into my presence, not in his own righteousness, but clothed in my righteousness. Oh how I long for all men to embrace what I have done for them. How I long for you to run into my outstretched arms and look into my face without fear. Oh how I love you. Please make my love complete by loving me back!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Children, as you celebrate Christmas this year remember why I came to Earth, to be born a helpless child in a lowly manger. I did it all because I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-8697863303871434965?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/8697863303871434965/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/love-even-sinner.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/8697863303871434965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/8697863303871434965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/love-even-sinner.html' title='Love, even the Sinner!'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224303155257935 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.221871655257935 -2.7717306583862307 52.226734655257935 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-4598188917988078977</id><published>2011-12-22T06:33:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-22T08:08:34.195Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marriage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Garden of Eden'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eve'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hearing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='relationship'/><title type='text'>Walking in the Garden</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; The relationship I established with Adam in the garden of Eden was very close. We walked and talked a lot, and would watch the sun rise and set together. Anything he asked me I would tell him, and together we named all the creatures I had made, and gave names to the plants and trees of the Earth. I was an exciting time for him as he learnt all about his environment, and a lot about the heavens as well. No information was barred from him in those days, and we spent a lot of time together just talking. Hearing my voice in those days was easier for him, for there were few distractions, and no other voices to lead him astray.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even after I made Eve, we all walked and talked together, and he learnt about relationships. They both struggled a bit with how to be close to me, while remaining close to one another. That lesson is still a difficult one, when a couple feel they should give their all to their marriage relationship! And so they should, and indeed can, while still retaining their relationship with me! You see, I am not a threat to the relationship between a man and a woman. I created man out of the dust of the earth and I breathed into him my breath, the breath of life! Out of man I created woman, and breathed into her my life, so together they live. I invented sex for them and allowed my love to flow between them. Everything that binds man and woman together I created and made for them, that they may be one. I do not come between to divide, but to bind together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When man sins it, grieves my heart of love, and when a man and woman who have pledged love to each other, divorce I feel the pain every bit as much as they do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to restore the relationship I enjoyed with Adam and Eve before their fall. I want to restore it, so that you, my children, may be one with me, as I originally made you to be. I loved the garden I made for Adam, and I yearn to walk in it with you. I want our relationship to be one where we walk and talk together, not just the two of us but all of us! I want all my people to stop excluding me from your relationships with others. I can bind you together in love and make your relationships really special, if you will only let me in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My intention for Adam and Eve was that they would teach their children to walk with me in the garden also. Sadly, before that was possible, I had to close the garden to them, lest they destroy it with sin. Now, through Jesus, it is possible you you to draw near to me, and for us to build that perfect relationship again. In order to do this there are things, baggage collected from institutional religion, that need to be shed. There are things that need to be taught and passed on, to help you learn to listen to me and hear my voice. I need you to commit yourself to me again, and to listen to all that I will say to you, to learn the ways that I will show you, and to share it with your children and your children's children! Walk close to me always, and encourage those around you to walk close to me also. This is something we do together. Love one another as I have loved you. Gather round and be at one with me and with each other. Let me teach you. I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-4598188917988078977?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/4598188917988078977/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/walking-in-garden.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/4598188917988078977'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/4598188917988078977'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/walking-in-garden.html' title='Walking in the Garden'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224276866518835 -2.766752243041992</georss:point><georss:box>52.221845366518835 -2.7716877430419924 52.226708366518835 -2.761816743041992</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-1706700395322759436</id><published>2011-12-21T06:26:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-22T07:50:03.861Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Heaven'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nativity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><title type='text'>Love Changes everything!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new and beautiful fay. Thank you for your love and care for us and for always being there for me. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son. Welcome to the club this morning and thank you for joining us.&amp;nbsp; We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to tell you a mystery that very few people think about, but it affects the life of everyone on the planet!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The mystery is this: There are no loners on Earth. Your lives are all intertwined&amp;nbsp; with each other. Every child who is born into the world seriously affects the lives of others. Everyone alive is very special and unique. No one is expendable in my eyes, and therefore is &lt;b&gt;not&lt;/b&gt; expendable! I love all the millions of people I have made since I first created Adam and Eve.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today many people think they are alone in the world with no-one to love them. And it is true, that many are surrounded by those who do not love them. But I love them with an everlasting love, and I want them to know me and know how much I love them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just as a child born into the world affects the lives of his or her mother and father, so I want my church, every believer, to affect the lives of those around them, by spreading My love. Yes, I want my people everywhere, to seek out the unloved and the lonely and touch their lives with love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When My Son was born into the world he dramatically changed the lives of Mary and Joseph, but also the inn keeper, the shepherds, the wise men, and those who helped them escape to Egypt. He changed the lives of the families with small children in Bethlehem and of the soldiers sent by Herod to kill them. Yes, even of the cold-hard soldiers! And down the ages My son has changed the lives of countless thousands by telling them of My love and touching lives with healing and forgiveness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before He left his disciples, to come home to Me, he told them to do the things he had done amongst them. The church remembers the preaching and teaching, the works of charity and healing, It even goes into the dung heaps of humanity to share the good news, but it doesn't always remember to love the unloved or to stand beside the lonely. It often forgets to fight for the poor and the oppressed. Yet the greatest work of My son Jesus was His Love!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was pure Love that left the glory and security of Heaven to venture to Earth, that allowed him to offer to die upon the cross, in your place. It was pure Love for sinful man that allowed him to suffer the agony of that week. It was Love!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every life ever born on the Earth has the capacity to love and the need to be loved. Every life ever born on the Earth touches the life of at least one other person, and changes them for life! You have had the course of your life changed for the better, and sometimes for the worse, by others. As your lives are touched, I want your response to be LOVE. Yes, love even those who do not love you back, for by filling the world with love, you banish hate and sin, giving it no place to go. Light up the dark places of the Earth with love!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Never let it be heard from your lips: "&lt;i&gt;What good will my little contribution make?&lt;/i&gt;" Every act of love touches the life of someone. It may not provoke a response immediately, but once planted, the seed of love takes root and seeks even the tiniest bit of nourishment to grow, until one day it flowers. The power of love is enormous. When man first split the atom, he was convinced he had discovered the greatest power in the universe. But all the power in every atom bomb ever made is nothing to the power of one simple act of love! When you, from your heart, tell someone you love them, healing flows through the Earth, and bells in Heaven ring. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you celebrate Nativity this year, you are celebrating Love that changes the world for the better. Love one another, and love all men everywhere, just as I have loved you, and bring harmony back into creation. I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-1706700395322759436?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/1706700395322759436/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/love-changes-everything.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/1706700395322759436'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/1706700395322759436'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/love-changes-everything.html' title='Love Changes everything!'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224303155257935 -2.766752243041992</georss:point><georss:box>52.221871655257935 -2.7716877430419924 52.226734655257935 -2.761816743041992</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-5936694757531652782</id><published>2011-12-19T06:37:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-20T07:58:54.247Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Listening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Angel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Commandments'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Trust'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hearing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Action'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Temple'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jonah'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cross'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Church'/><title type='text'>Receive and Act!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you for allowing me to walk with you this morning and for all the love you show to me. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son. Welcome to the club this morning. Thank you for your company on our walk and for sharing your concerns with us. Know that I am with you always and that I love you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have spent many sessions with you, talking about listening to me, and staying close to me. Remember all I have said to you and keep them always at the forefront of your mind. Hearing my word is the key to the next stage, which is 'Action!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had a servant once who was rather good at hearing my word. One day I asked him to go to Nineveh with a message for the people there. Yes, his name was Jonah! Jonah was a good man at heart and, as I said, he was rather good at listening to me. But he was also rather timid and he got scared when I wanted to send him to Nineveh. He was scared of what those wicked people would do to him. He hadn't learned the basic lesson, in spite of all his listening to me. That basic lesson is trust in me! I never send anyone to do my will on their own! With everyone who hears my command to go, and goes, I send an angel. Even though the receiver may not like the message and be very angry about it, the messenger is protected. Jonah had only to trust in me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know the story well, of how he ran the other way, and how I brought him back, and deposited him on the shore closest to the great city. He was very grumpy all the way there. He was angry with the wicked people of Nineveh, that they had pulled him from his comfort zone, and the more blame he heaped on them, the more he wanted me to carry out my threat of destruction! It wasn't long before he forgot, that the whole point of prophecy is to turn the hearts of the hearers, so that they change direction and repent! Which is what happened. Instead of rejoicing with me, he went into a sulk. But I still love him, and he did learn the lesson I was teaching him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The point of the story is that Jonah eventually acted and did what I first commanded him to do. “&lt;i&gt;Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, ....&lt;/i&gt;” &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whenever I command my people to do something, I expect action! Any leader or person in command expects those under him to obey his commands. Messengers and couriers especially, are expected to deliver to the addressee the package or letter sent!&amp;nbsp; The patriarchs and prophets of the Old Testament who heard my voice did as I directed, and thus the history of my chosen people unfolded. When the Church was born, through Jesus, I commanded them to go into all the world and preach the gospel. They were very slow on the uptake, seeing the whole world as only Israel, their safe comfort zone! In order to get them moving, I had to intervene and give them a push! Many time over the centuries I have had to put my boot in and kick the Church into action again, as the tendency is to sit back and leave action to others!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I first chose Israel and allowed the building of the temple in Jerusalem, it was intended that my chosen people should become a funnel through which the nations of the world would come back to me. The temple was to be the neck of the funnel where all their sins and wickedness were left behind, and they passed through into my presence. When that plan failed, and my chosen people themselves became a blockage to the nations, Jesus built His Church. The Church is now the funnel and the Cross has replaced the temple.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today however, the Church institutions have become a stumbling block and often a locked gateway, preventing the unsaved from drawing close. Too many Christians, even those who hear my voice, sit back and expect others to act. Children, this is not what I want, nor intended. When I speak a word to you, old or young, male or female, I expect action to follow hearing! Do not be afraid, for I never send my children into danger they cannot handle, nor do I send them alone. I am with you always and my angels are sent to guard you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These days are exciting days and in these days I am working in mighty power. This generation will not pass away before I have accomplished my great work. Listen to my voice and obey my commands, and know that I am with you always, even to the end of the age. I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-5936694757531652782?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/5936694757531652782/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/receive-and-act.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/5936694757531652782'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/5936694757531652782'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/receive-and-act.html' title='Receive and Act!'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22425057776419 -2.766752243041992</georss:point><georss:box>52.22181907776419 -2.7716877430419924 52.22668207776419 -2.761816743041992</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-7094795830010355647</id><published>2011-12-17T07:24:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-17T09:40:34.294Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Way'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Son of God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Heaven'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Truth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cross'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adam'/><title type='text'>In The Cross of Christ My Saviour</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you for your love Lord, and for the forgiveness and grace we receive from you. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Son. Stay close to me today and let me help you to overcome and be victorious. We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Never underestimate the saving power of the Cross of Jesus. I am doing a work in the world today, which will amaze even those who have been close to me and in the forefront of evangelism for years!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For many generations in the years after Adam and then after Noah, mankind had sought ways of building a bridge back to Heaven. Man may have been stopped from building the Tower of Babel, but he has never stopped reaching out for what was lost in the Garden of Eden. Mankind has come up with so many different religious systems and methods of drawing near to me, that libraries are full of the accounts of them! Some are very good and do genuinely draw people a little closer to me, and some are very good for leading a clean, honest and good life. Others miss the target altogether and enslave and burden people with many rules, rituals and practices that do nothing to reach me, and only harm to those who practice those ways.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Very early on in the course of human history I began to work on a solution to the gulf that lies between man and God! I laid the foundations, as far back as Adam, for a bridge that would span the gulf between us. Unlike any man-made bridge, which starts building from both ends with the hope of meeting in the middle, the bridge I began, started in Heaven and continued out until it touched the Earth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is very good architectural sense in this approach; you see, Heaven is totally stable. Nothing can shake it or move it, whereas the Earth is trembling and shaking, and has done since sin entered it. The Earth is prone, not only to physical earthquakes and eruptions from deep within, but also from spiritual shifts and rumbles. Sin and death are constantly trying to get the upper hand while righteousness and godliness are battling, to not only hold their ground, but to make advances. They are like the ebb and flow of the tide, and the ground is like the sands that shift and change. Because of this basic instability, it is virtually impossible to build consistently, and stably from the Earth to Heaven.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The bridge I have built is totally stable, because is is founded on the rock which is me! It is large and strong and safe, spanning the gulf with ease. Where it touches the Earth, is the Cross of Jesus, and this is the miracle at which to wonder! The Cross is firmly attached to the bridge, and therefore a part of Heaven. But, it is also deeply set in the soil of the Earth for, as an instrument of torture and death, it is a part of the fall of mankind. However the One who died on it was a man, born of a woman, who lived a very human life with all the limitations and restrictions of humanity. Yet He was born of My Holy Spirit and through His righteousness and godly nature, revealed to the world of men, that He was and is My beloved Son. By dying on that cross He became the anchor that holds the bridge to Earth, the gateway through which man must pass to cross over to Heaven.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My bridge is the only way to Heaven and to Me. I say it again, it is the only way! There is no need for any other way. It is wide enough and strong enough for every man woman and child to pass over. Because of the need to anchor it to the Earth, those who pass over the bridge to Me, MUST pass through the gateway of the Cross. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salvation through the Cross is NOT a Christian invention! It was I who decided that it was to be The Way. The Cross of Jesus is the only way! Passing through the gateway of the Cross does not make it exclusive; No one needs to be excluded, all are welcome and it is open to everyone. The Cross of Jesus is all inclusive. "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All who wish to cross the bridge and come to me, MUST lay their burdens of sin at the foot of the Cross, for nothing unclean or sinful can enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Laying their burdens down is an act of repentance and an acceptance of what Jesus had done for them by dying on the Cross. But be quite clear about this, The Cross is for all men, not just the Christian West, but for North, South, East and West. It is the way for the Muslim, the Buddhist, the Hindu and men and women of every religion in the world or none. Anyone who wants to come to me must pass through the Cross, and leave their burdens and their chains behind at the foot of the Cross. It is the only way! It is the way I have made for you all because I love you. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-7094795830010355647?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/7094795830010355647/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/in-cross-of-christ-my-saviour.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/7094795830010355647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/7094795830010355647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/in-cross-of-christ-my-saviour.html' title='In The Cross of Christ My Saviour'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224276866518835 -2.766709327697754</georss:point><georss:box>52.221845366518835 -2.771644827697754 52.226708366518835 -2.7617738276977537</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-2940024380911334913</id><published>2011-12-16T06:45:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-16T08:40:34.835Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kingdom of Heaven'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Book of Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='walk Humbly'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Righteousness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mercy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Justice'/><title type='text'>My Sheep Hear My Voice</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you for listening to me as I make my prayers to you, and for being a God who hears and answers prayers. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son. Thank you for joining us this morning. Of course I hear your prayers. I hear every sound that the world makes, from the sound of a butterfly's wings, and the beating of the heart of an ant, to the roar of the sea beating against the rocks and the sound of the mountains falling! Nothing escapes me. Every time a child of mine cries out for help, I act.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every person on the Earth, I have made. All are my children. With some I am well pleased, and for others I grieve. Since the dawn of time I have made my ways clear to mankind and I have written clearly upon the heart of every man, woman and child, a sense of right and wrong. Even when Satan deceives and hides the truth from someone, I am able to speak truth into their hearts. Some hear and respond to me, and I am able to act for them. Others hear my words in their hearts and choose, yes, choose, to ignore me, and turn back to the ways of darkness and sin. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My word to all men is to do justly, love mercy, and to walk humbly before your God. In the world today there are many who know me and do what is right in my eyes. They feed the hungry, heal the sick, and bring justice to those who are without advocate. There are also many, who do not know me by name, but who, because they have heard in their hearts what is right, act righteously, justly and with mercy and love. I have their reward prepared for them as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are also many who know what is right and wrong, and who choose the pathway of selfishness, greed and violence. The suppress and exploit the weak and the poor, and show no mercy or generosity to others. Because of their ways and the choice they have made, I turn the light of my face from them. That does not mean that I am unaware of their deeds, nor does it mean I have given up on them, for I long for them to turn to me and be saved! However those who resist me, and keep their face turned away from me, preferring the path of darkness and sin, have no place in my Kingdom and their names do not appear in the Lamb's Book of Life. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At the time of Exile, I did everything possible to turn the hearts of the disobedient back to me. I rebuked them and brought calamity upon them. I loved them and gave them another chance, but they stubbornly refused to come back to me. Therefore I had to let them go. Oh how that hurt me, for I loved them so much and still do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Down all the ages things haven't changed. Time and again I do everything I can to turn men back to me. In every generation there are those who respond and do what is right, but there are also others who do not turn to me but listen to the lies of Satan and do evil. My heart still aches for those who choose the path of darkness and to walk away from me, and I am always looking out for them to return to me. Even when they are far from me, drowning in their sin, I hear their heartbeat, and I watch for the slightest flicker of light in in the darkness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today, yes even today, there are those who respond to me and do what is right. And there are those, many in high places, highly respected by worldly institutions, who do not love justice, mercy or peace. They do not walk in my ways or do my will. I am bringing about calamity for them, for all the things in which they trust are crumbling and falling to dust. But still they will not turn to me!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You my children are to love the justice I bring. Love mercy and bless those around you. Do what you know is right in my eyes. Walk humbly before me offering your love, praise and worship, remembering that, but for my grace, you too would be still walking in darkness and in the grip of Satan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I call all the world, the righteous and the unrighteous, to repentance. Repent for all the sin of the nations, for injustice, violence, oppression and war. Repent for intolerance and lack of understanding. Repent for prejudice and blindness. Turn to me and seek my face, that I may stretch out my hand and heal the nation, and raise you up again to walk in righteousness and peace before me. I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-2940024380911334913?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/2940024380911334913/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/my-sheep-hear-my-voice.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/2940024380911334913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/2940024380911334913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/my-sheep-hear-my-voice.html' title='My Sheep Hear My Voice'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224276866518835 -2.766709327697754</georss:point><georss:box>52.221845366518835 -2.771644827697754 52.226708366518835 -2.7617738276977537</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-6499555036506798236</id><published>2011-12-15T06:28:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-15T08:17:30.820Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus is Lord'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Throne of God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Heaven'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Battle Cry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vision'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Light'/><title type='text'>Jesus IS Lord!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me: &lt;/b&gt;Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you for allowing me to walk with you this morning and for loving me. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son. Thank you for joining us this morning and for giving us your worship. We do love you with all our heart. Stay close to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Vision: &lt;/b&gt;The sky darkens and a storm is brewing. The birds hush their songs and the animals of the hedges run for cover. The clouds race to cover the moon and all is dark! As the darkness falls,so the noise of the wind becomes a mighty roar, and all that is in the open bends to its dance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In spite of the wind, I hear a song, sweet and melodious, carried on the wind, yet rising above it. It is the song of the children of God, worshipping! So sweet, so beautiful. It is as though thee songs have take wings, and are flying above the storm, and rising to the very throne room of Heaven.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I looked and in the darkness I saw a light. It glowed with a bluish light which seemed to penetrate the darkness like a knife. It came from a ledge, protected by an overhanging rock on the sheltered side of a mountain. As I drew nearer, I could see that the light and the song both came from a group of people, who were totally at peace with their Maker, and unafraid of the dark or the storm. There was no fire around which they gathered, either for light or warmth, yet there was a warmth emanating from each of them, and they glowed with an inner light. In their midst, the storm made no noise and could not even ruffle a hair of their heads&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I listened, I heard the words of their song, for they sang with one voice:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Jesus is Lord of all,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Jesus is the King.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Jesus the Son of God&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Died for you and me.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Jesus I love you,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Worship and adore.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Help me to love you, Lord,&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; More and more.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Then I was carried on the wings of their praise until I found myself in a great throne room, filled with living creatures great and small. The song I had heard was being sung by all the living creatures, and was directed at One who sat upon the throne. At the end of the song, a mighty shout was heard in Heaven, &lt;i&gt;"Jesus IS Lord!"&lt;/i&gt; At the sound of that cry, the darkness lifted, and the Earth was bathed in light. I saw that from many places on the Earth, groups of people were coming out of their shelters and looking heavenward. Then they too, with a cry that shook the whole Earth, shouted with one voice, &lt;i&gt;"Jesus IS Lord!"&lt;/i&gt; And the Earth was once again filled with the sounds of creation. The birds sang, insects buzzed and children laughed as they played. The trees rustled in the breeze, and the rivers sang as they flowed over stones and pebbles. The whole Earth was filled with the music of creation praising her Creator.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Jesus IS Lord!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-6499555036506798236?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/6499555036506798236/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/me-good-morning-lord.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/6499555036506798236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/6499555036506798236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/me-good-morning-lord.html' title='Jesus IS Lord!'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224303155257935 -2.7666664123535156</georss:point><georss:box>52.221871655257935 -2.771601912353516 52.226734655257935 -2.7617309123535154</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-3725224225113722682</id><published>2011-12-14T06:30:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-14T08:17:17.786Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pain'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Beauty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='suffering'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Follow me'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hurt'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Light'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><title type='text'>To Whom It May Concern</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;To whom it may concern&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; My child, place your hand into my outstretched hand, and let me raise you up. Come with me where I will lead you. Do not look back nor worry about all your cares any more. Let me take care of those you love and let me take care of you. For I have seen your suffering and pain and I have been with you in all your dark nights, and gloomy days. I have never left you. Even in the darkest hour before the dawn, I was sitting by your side, wiping the damp from your forehead and adding warmth to the blanket wrapped around you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Place your hand into my hand and let me lift you up, for the sun has risen and is dispelling the darkness, and causing the dark shadows to recede. Come with me out of the gloom and into the brightness of this new day. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I have never left your side and will always be with you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lift up your head and open your eyes to the warmth of my brightness and allow my love to wash over and through you, to cleanse you of the aches and pains of the past years. Let me be your healing and strength. For I am, the Lord your healer, the Lord your deliverer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Take my hand my beloved child, and follow me into the meadows full of colour and life. Listen to the buzz of life around you and drink deeply of the beauty I have painted in all things, especially for you. Drink my beloved, and live. Draw strength from me, my child, and be healed. I have much to show you. Things that will delight your soul and warm your heart. Too long have you been trapped in the darkness. Now you are free. Run my child, dance and sing, for I have set you free.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Follow me and stay close to me as I lead you on. Gather strength from me, rejoice and laugh for joy. Look around you and behold those whom you love. I have been with them also and have held them as I have held you, in the hollow of my hand. Who am I? I am Jesus. I suffered and died especially for you! But God, who is my Father, and your Father, raised me up on the third day. Death was not able to hold me because I am without sin. Therefore you also are raised to life through me. Come my Child, walk with me and I will show you the Father. I Love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-3725224225113722682?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/3725224225113722682/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/to-whom-it-may-concern.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/3725224225113722682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/3725224225113722682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/to-whom-it-may-concern.html' title='To Whom It May Concern'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444, Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224276866518835 -2.766752243041992</georss:point><georss:box>52.221845366518835 -2.7716877430419924 52.226708366518835 -2.761816743041992</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-1109123888353975420</id><published>2011-12-13T07:31:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-15T07:23:26.352Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus is Lord'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Trust'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Son'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Boldness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Light'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seek'/><title type='text'>Proclaim Jesus IS Lord!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day you have made. I commit this day to you with all it holds, and I ask that you will help me to serve you this day as you deserve. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord: &lt;/b&gt;Good morning son. Thank you for joining us this morning and for your worship. We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would that my people would stand upon my promises and not put their trust in other gods. The current thinking in Europe is that there is safety in numbers, and that all the problems they have faced in the last months will be cured in a matter of moments, by coming together as one. This thinking is badly flawed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the days of Babel, because they did not put their trust in me, I sent an angel of confusion amongst the men and women. I confused their languages and scattered them throughout the whole world. When Israel turned away from me and put its trust in Egypt or Assyria. I sent them away from the land of plenty and safety that I, the Lord Almighty, had provided for them. I sent them to dwell in strange lands, where they were strangers. I put within them a yearning for their homeland, a yearning that nothing would satisfy. I did this in order to bring them to the realisation that they had lost everything, because they had turned away from the Lord their provider.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this, your day, because mankind has turned away from me, I have sent amongst them a angel of confusion, to break up their corrupt thinking and evil ways. There is no comfort to be found in a united, financially motivated Europe, because the heart of Europe is far from me. Those who rely upon such a union will be disappointed, confused and scattered. Those who turn and return to me shall find that I, and I alone, have the answer they seek. Do not fear that Britain stands alone; fear only that she stands without me!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pray every day for this your people to return to the Lord their God. Pray for those who have never known my Son, that they will be introduced to him. Pray for those who make these big decisions, that affect the lives of so many. Pray for the religious leaders of the nation, not just the Christian ones, that they together will call for a day of fasting and prayer before me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now is the time for Christians to end their silence and to speak out with one clear voice, proclaiming Jesus is Lord! Shout it from the rooftops&amp;nbsp; and proclaim it in the valleys. Let every corner of the land echo with the single call to arms, Jesus IS Lord!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lift up the cover that is hiding your light, Place your lamp in a high place that it may shed light all around, that all may see. Be bold, be strong, for I the Lord your God, am with you, and I love you. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-1109123888353975420?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/1109123888353975420/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/proclaim-jesus-is-lord.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/1109123888353975420'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/1109123888353975420'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/proclaim-jesus-is-lord.html' title='Proclaim Jesus IS Lord!'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444, Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224276866518835 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.221845366518835 -2.7717306583862307 52.226708366518835 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-185734549451212523</id><published>2011-12-12T07:39:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-12T09:06:14.740Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='revelation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prayer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Book of Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Righteousness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Church'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='relationship'/><title type='text'>More from Revelation!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day and new week. Help me to use this week to praise your name and give you all praise and glory. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son. Thank you for joining us this morning and for walking with us. The week that lies ahead of you is a busy one, so it is important that you start each day with me. Remember I am with you and I want to be involved in all you do. &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Yes, the message of Revelation to the Churches applies very clearly to the Church today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The word I spoke to the Church at Sardis is particularly relevant. For though many congregations have a reputation for being 'alive' and 'lively', they are in fact dead, because all their 'life' is in deeds of busy-ness. Prayer, and building a relationship with me are unheard of, and very few really listen to me anymore. To you I say, Wake up! Strengthen what remains before that also dies. Hold on to my truth and repent now. Remember what you first received from me, and the words you heard that brought you life. Repent and seek my face, that I may wash you clean, and clothe you in white&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are those who still walk with me and have not soiled their clothes. As they walk with me, they are clothed in white for they are worthy. Their names are written in the book of life and will never be blotted out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The words I spoke to the church in Laodicea, telling them that they were neither hot nor cold, is true of many congregations and fellowships throughout the land. I do not want a lukewarm Church; I want all my people to be on fire for me, and to be so hot that they give warmth to those around them. Open your eyes children, and see that you are no longer rich and have no need, but are indeed poor wretched, blind and naked! I am telling you this, so that you may come back to me. Buy gold from me refined in the fire, so that you can be really rich. Let me clothe you in the robe of righteousness, to cover your shame and nakedness, a white robe, that only I can give. Let me anoint your eyes with a salve that will restore your sight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love you, therefore I rebuke you, that you may repent and seek my face. I am knocking on the door of your life If anyone hears me, and opens the door, I will come in, and we will eat together. I long for you all to be victorious, so that you can sit with me on my throne.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do not look any more at Revelation as being locked in the past. The days are past when a study of this book focuses on the historical. It is prophetic, and speaks directly into the situation today. Until this time the door of understanding has been shut, and what I shut remains shut until I open it again. Today I am opening many doors in scripture, and unlocking the truths that have laid hidden for centuries. I am opening those doors to my Church, because the time is drawing near when all things will be gathered together. Keep alert, watch and pray. I am with you always and I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-185734549451212523?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/185734549451212523/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/more-from-revelation.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/185734549451212523'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/185734549451212523'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/more-from-revelation.html' title='More from Revelation!'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22425057776419 -2.766709327697754</georss:point><georss:box>52.22181907776419 -2.771644827697754 52.22668207776419 -2.7617738276977537</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-332731538784026325</id><published>2011-12-11T06:41:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-11T09:10:11.006Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='revelation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Provision'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prayer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Listening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='First love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hearing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='heal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gospel'/><title type='text'>Revelation today!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you for our time together and for spending the time talking with me. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son. Welcome to the club this morning and for joining us as we walked. We love your company in the mornings and are always ready to talk with you, because we love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you come to Revelation in your cycle of Bible readings, there is much I want to show you. You see, John practiced hearing my voice much as you do! And I revealed many things to him. There were many more revelations I gave him, but some were not adopted by the early church as scripture. If they had been, the church would not have strayed as far as it did in the first few centuries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I spoke to John and showed him many things, both in word and vision, I was continuing the teaching I gave all the disciples when I walked with them in Galilee. If I had spoken then, about the things I later showed him, even John himself would not have understood. For none of the disciples really understood, that I literally meant them, to take the gospel into &lt;b&gt;all&lt;/b&gt; the world! For them, "all the world" meant the land in which they lived, the land of their birth, the familiar and that which they understood. None of then expected to go to Rome, Asia, Europe, India or Africa, and none of them had any concept of life away from Judaism!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The same is true today. You hear of, and read about, Christians who take the gospel out to other countries, but few Christians ever dream that that is where I am calling them! Even you, when you first embarked on training for the ministry, believed that you would come back to the St Albans area and get a parish not far from where you were born. Instead I called you to the Celtic lands of the West where I had work for you to do that only you could do. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For all my children who are called by me, listening to my voice, and being open to revelation is vital, if they are to move where I want them to move! It is only when they are in my presence, listening to me, that I can instruct them where to go and what to do. It is not the place of others to tell them. They can and should assist, but the command to go is mine to give!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many of my children do not hear my instructions, because they are listening to, and tuned in to hear, long term instruction and revelation, when I am trying to give them the next step. Yes, if I am to be Lord of your lives I must instruct you and guide you, every step of the way! When you don't hear the next step, wait! To forge on and assume you know the way can lead to disaster and disappointment. I am the way, follow me!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Often you think I haven't given you the next step, because it doesn't seem to be a natural progression towards your long term aim. The instruction I am giving you, could well be an instruction to deal with an issue that may not seem important now, but which, could easily become a stumbling block over which you fall, in the long term.. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i style="color: blue;"&gt;“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands. I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. &lt;/i&gt;Rev 2:1-5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Church in Ephesus was righteous and hardworking for me, yet there was a small thing that dampened their fire; they had lost that first love which is so important, the spontaneity, the freshness of a new relationship. the sparkle of joy as lovers meet. It was in the way of greater things and prevented them from being where I wanted them to be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Children, be always open to what I am saying to you. One day it may be a prophecy of great moment, that will change the world. The next, it can be some little thing, that seems so insignificant as to be easily missed, but is that which will turn and change the course of history!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Watch and pray and pay attention to &lt;b&gt;all&lt;/b&gt; the things that I say to you. I never say things to catch you out and I never threaten! Even when I prophesied the downfall of nations, I was not threatening them, just telling them what the consequences would be of their actions, or lack of them. The same is true today, even in the "big" matters, like the fall of the world's economies. These things I have caused, in order to show the nations that they need me. The provision is, and always was there, that, "If they turn to me, and away from their wickedness in repentance. I will turn and heal the land." What I do for the individual, I will also do for the nation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is still a little time left, for men and women to pray, and turn the situation round. Repent, and pray my Kingdom and my reign into every nation under heaven.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stand firmly against the small things that are creeping into the laws of the land, which are not of me, and are against the commandments I have given for all men to follow. Hate the sin, and love the sinner! There is no compromise with sin or Satan. Purge the sin from your life, and from the nation, that I may forgive and heal your land.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My heart longs for all men and women to come to me, of their own freewill, and to be healed and set free from all the lies and chains of Satan. I love you all. Come to me!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-332731538784026325?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/332731538784026325/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/revelation-today.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/332731538784026325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/332731538784026325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/revelation-today.html' title='Revelation today!'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224276866518835 -2.766752243041992</georss:point><georss:box>52.221845366518835 -2.7716877430419924 52.226708366518835 -2.761816743041992</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-5450164703222249485</id><published>2011-12-05T06:43:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-05T08:25:31.942Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kingdom of Heaven'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ten Commandments'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Church'/><title type='text'>You Shall Have No gods Before Me</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Lord I give you this day and this week and ask for your hand in all we do and say. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son. Thank you for joining us this morning. Stay close to me, and do not be afraid to ask for my help at any time during the week. I am with you always and hear your every thought. I love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;I am the Lord your God, you shall not put anything or anyone before me&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Only when man truly understands the magnitude of this statement, will the problems the world faces today begin to make sense. Oh yes, all the 'experts' in finance each think they have an economic solution. Every politician of every party thinks they alone have the solution. Every head of state, and leaders of all the different organisations and departments of power, all think they have a solution which will work, but all of them come to nothing and none of them agree. Every one has placed their own idea before me, and has tried to push me out altogether.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I placed first my chosen people, Israel, then my Church, the body of Christ on earth, to show men of all nations that I am the Lord Almighty, and that I really do have the wellbeing of the nations near to my heart. First Israel, and now the Church, succumbed to the ways of the world, and turned away from me, until only a remnant was left. Time after time in history, I have shown beyond doubt, that the nations who trust me, and follow me, are blessed beyond measure. But men still turn from me, and follow the gods they have made with their own hands.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That is why I have chosen the remnant that are left, and am preparing them to be a new force for My Kingdom on Earth. I am calling you, my children, to put me first, and to have no gods before me. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Look at all the great men and women in the Bible. See, how when they walked behind me, and put me first, I was able to perform, in their midst and often through them, great, wonderful and terrible things. When the people followed their lead the nation prospered.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My call goes out now to every nation and people under Heaven, not just to the Church, but to all men and women everywhere. "&lt;i&gt;I am the Lord your God, you shall not put anything or anyone before me.&lt;/i&gt;" When you obey this, the first of my great commandments, then I will reveal to you the great mystery of salvation; I will introduce you to my Son Jesus. Therein lies the hope of the nations and the prosperity of mankind. The hope of the nations today does not lie in monetary, or political unions. It does not lie in the hands of the rich or the poor. Nor is it any use relying on the power of military action. All these forces I am bringing to nothing! The hope of the world lies in my beloved Son, Jesus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My people, turn to me. Look closely at your lives, and root out from them all the gods you have accumulated unwittingly, and placed before me. Repent and allow me to cleanse you and make a new being out of you. Place Jesus on the throne in the centre of your being and let Him be your guide, your salvation and your hope. I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-5450164703222249485?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/5450164703222249485/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/you-shall-have-no-gods-before-me.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/5450164703222249485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/5450164703222249485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/you-shall-have-no-gods-before-me.html' title='You Shall Have No gods Before Me'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22425057776419 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.22181907776419 -2.7717306583862307 52.22668207776419 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-8817896696274520065</id><published>2011-12-04T08:11:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-04T09:45:01.798Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Repentance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Salvation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Repent'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cross'/><title type='text'>Lay Your Burdens at My Cross</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good Morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day you have made. Thank you for always being here for me. I love you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Martin. Thank you for joining us this morning. You know I am always here for you, no matter what time of the day or the night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whenever my children need me, I am there for them. I am often accused of not being there, and as a result someone dies, just like on the occasion of the death of Lazarus! Even my very good friend, who knew me so well, said, "&lt;i&gt;If you had been here my brother would not have died!&lt;/i&gt;" I want to assure you all that no-one suffers or dies in this world alone. I am always there with them, as they go through the depths, or as they pass over. You may not be aware of me, but that is usually because you are not tuned into me. No one passes into life after life, alone. Nor can I be accused of not knowing the suffering of man. I feel every sadness, pain and anguish every man, woman and child feels. The big difference is that, though they feel it only for a time, I feel it for all eternity!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the reason the Cross of Jesus is so important to mankind, for it was on that hideous cross that I suffered all, yes all, the pains and sufferings of mankind in every age, from Adam to the end of time. I suffered it all, in order to take it away from you! That is why I want you all to lay your sin and all your sufferings there at the foot of the Cross, and to leave them there. They are no longer yours, but mine! I want you to walk on from the Cross, unburdened and free, so that you can enter into life. I don't offer it for tomorrow, but for today, for now. There is no reason why anyone, reading this word, should walk away from me still burdened by sin. Lay down your burden now at the foot of my Cross!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hear your cry to me, "&lt;i&gt;How Lord? How do I lay it down when I have carried it so long?&lt;/i&gt;" Dear one, it is simple. Confess that sin, tell me about it and don't hold back. I will not be shocked or surprised; I already know about it! But you need to confess it before me and repent. With the realisation that sin is clinging to you, comes the desire I give you, to be free of it. However hard you shake and wriggle, it clings to you and you will soon realise that you need the help of Someone Else. That is the moment of repentance, when you cry out, "Help me!" At that moment Jesus, my beloved Son, steps down from the Cross and removes the burden from you, taking it on his own shoulders. You never need to carry it again, once He has taken it away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Cross of Jesus has been the salvation of millions of ordinary men, women and children, from every nation, tribe and people, down the last 2,000 years. It still has the same power it had on the day of the Crucifixion, and Jesus is still there in the world with you, lifting burdens and carrying all your sins and sufferings. No one dies alone, and no one suffers alone. I am with you always, right to the close of the age!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-8817896696274520065?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/8817896696274520065/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/lay-your-burdens-at-my-cross.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/8817896696274520065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/8817896696274520065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/lay-your-burdens-at-my-cross.html' title='Lay Your Burdens at My Cross'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224276866518835 -2.7668380737304688</georss:point><georss:box>52.221845366518835 -2.771773573730469 52.226708366518835 -2.7619025737304685</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-1113746534818741882</id><published>2011-12-03T06:22:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-03T08:17:02.791Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Listening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hearing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Son'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Good News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='evolution'/><title type='text'>That All May Hear My Voice</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for giving me this new day, I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son, thank you for joining us this morning and for your company as we walked. We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is a great joy to me, as it will be to you, to know that many people from faiths, other than Christianity, are coming to know Jesus as their Lord and Saviour, through listening to my voice. Yes, listening to me, as you do, is becoming very popular, even with those who come from different backgrounds. In the coming months you will hear more about them, and even from them! In the meantime, pray for them, especially those from Islam, for they have a very difficult time. I want people all over the world, from every religious background and culture, to listen to my voice. I want to speak to them, and tell them about my Son.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This does not mean the Church is released from its responsibility to share the Good News! It actually makes its responsibility even greater! When others, who are coming to me, come to the Church to seek more knowledge about Jesus and salvation, they might well be justified in say, "&lt;i&gt;Why didn't you tell us this before? We have been walking in the dark for centuries, and you did nothing to tell us about Jesus!&lt;/i&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is not just those of other faiths I want to listen to my voice; it is also those who are already called by my name. Yes, I want every Christian, old and young, male and female, rich and poor, to spend time talking to me, and listening to my voice. Any Christian who is too busy with the rituals of religion, to listen to me, is too busy, and needs to slow up! Otherwise I will slow them up, by laying them on their backs, against their will! For centuries I have been shouting at my people, to try and get their attention! They have been too busy to stop and spend time with me. Oh, the work I could have saved them! To say nothing of the pain, suffering and hardship they have suffered needlessly! Spread the word in any way you can, so that all may hear my voice, if they will only stop for a moment and listen!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am showing you, that those of other faiths can come to know my Son. If I can do that, believe also, that I can speak to other, even harder groups of people, who seem determined to shut me out. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first group are politicians who, often see themselves as the ultimate priesthood! Above the law, because they make the law, and without the need for a higher authority. Yes, I am speaking about many, though not all, ordinary MP's, Lords, Senators, and other representatives of the people. They &lt;b&gt;all&lt;/b&gt; need my Son, and they &lt;b&gt;all&lt;/b&gt; need to hear my voice. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The second are a group, belonging to a man-made religion of the very worst type, the secular religion of evolutionism! This group of scientists and their followers purposely shut me out of their lives, and do all they can, to prove that my word is a lie! They actively work to suppress the truth when it doesn't fit with their religiously held myths. They are also guilty of twisting and manipulating the truth, so as to remove those who do discover, or teach the truth, from holding any position of responsibility. But I say this: "They have had their day!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These two groups do a lot of harm in the world, because they do not listen to me. Pray for them, that their ears may be unstopped, and that the door to their hearts may be opened. I want them to discover Jesus, and to start to hear my voice now!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Children, &lt;b&gt;My Word is Truth&lt;/b&gt;. Read My Word, and listen to My Voice. Now is the time to listen! Now is the time to hear! Now is the time to tell others the Good News. Tell them that I love them, and that my Son has saved them, and will set them free from the lies of Satan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love you!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-1113746534818741882?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/1113746534818741882/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/that-all-may-hear-my-voice.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/1113746534818741882'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/1113746534818741882'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/that-all-may-hear-my-voice.html' title='That All May Hear My Voice'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224276866518835 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.221845366518835 -2.7717306583862307 52.226708366518835 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-6799233131920383724</id><published>2011-12-02T06:29:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-02T08:22:15.705Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='River of Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Walk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Devil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Eternal City'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Path'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Light'/><title type='text'>Let Me, Light your Path.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this crisp new day. Thank you for all your love and blessings poured out on us each day. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son. Welcome to the club this morning. Thank you for joining us on our walk and for our conversations together. We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want you, my children, to walk in the light. You shall always be able to tell which is the right road to walk down, for it is the road that follows the light. I am Light and in me there is no darkness at all. The road to Hell is broad and straight but very dark. Occasionally along that road there are large noisy buildings lit with bright neon signs which spread a pool of light on the dark road. They draw the unwary towards their open doors, towards all the distractions of the world, the flesh and the devil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My way is so different, for although it is a narrow path, when you walk the walk with me you will find that my light shines bright and clear on the road ahead. When you move forward with me, the path ahead comes into my light as we walk along. Stay with me and you will never again walk in the dark. I will always be a light for your path and a lantern for your feet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The road to Hell has many dark places, and shadows track the unwary traveller. A constant chill comes off the road. It is a place of dark imaginings and strange and evil sounds. Stay clear, and do not look at the brightly lit doors and windows, for few who are drawn into their brightness ever find the road out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you walk with me, in the safety of my light, you will never be hungry or thirsty again. You will draw closer each day to the Eternal City that is prepared for you. The singing and revelry behind the doors of sin may sound warm and attractive, but the cost is huge and repayment eternal! On my pathway we sing all the time, and we are filled with joy in each others' company. On my pathway, in my company, your shoes never wear out and all your clothing protects you from the weather. I carry all you need for the journey, and we can stop and rest whenever you need to. However, the nearer you draw to the Holy City the less you will need to stop and rest, for the river of life flows fast and strong from My throne, and gives life wherever it flows.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you walk close to me, my light soaks into you and others see my light seeming to shine from you. You become like a mirror, reflecting my glory into the dark places along the road. Let that light from me shine through you and draw others into my light, that we may walk along the road together. I want my church, the people who are called by my name, to outshine the bright distractions of sin and lust, so that those who sit in darkness, or who are walking down the wide path do destruction, may be drawn into My light, and turn from their pathway to follow the way of light and life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When Jesus came into the world 2,000 years ago, a new light shone after centuries of darkness. The world has been a much brighter place since then. I want now, to turn the brightness up, for once again the gloom is spreading and even some of the elect are falling into the gloom. I want you to shine brightly for me and become beacons of hope in your corner of the world. I love you. Shine for me!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-6799233131920383724?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/6799233131920383724/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/let-me-light-your-path.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/6799233131920383724'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/6799233131920383724'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/let-me-light-your-path.html' title='Let Me, Light your Path.'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22425057776419 -2.766752243041992</georss:point><georss:box>52.22181907776419 -2.7716877430419924 52.22668207776419 -2.761816743041992</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-6357718689524540242</id><published>2011-12-01T06:35:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-01T08:02:16.847Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Faith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Trust'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gospel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><title type='text'>Trust.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you for your love which passes all understanding and for being my God. I love you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son, welcome to the club this morning and thank you for your company on our walk. We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to talk to you about &lt;b&gt;Trust&lt;/b&gt; today. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Trust is a very precious commodity that has become quite scarce in many parts of human society. A baby learns very quickly to trust its mother to provide all its needs. This sort of trust is founded partly on an inbuilt chemistry I put there, and partly experience. Because mother, or in some cases father, or another regular person, always provides the child's food and milk, and keeps them feeling comfortable, a trust is built up, so that as experience expands so the trust increases. In adolescence, trusting others becomes more a matter of experience and sometimes shared experiences. In adult life, as man becomes more often let down and hurt by people, trust has to be earned, and depending on the degree of hurt, that can sometimes take a long time,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In society, trust is most often based on performance. If a politician can deliver the goods, people trust him or her. The problems arise when politicians have to do unpleasant things like raising taxes, or cutting services, then the trust relationship begins to break down. Trust based on specific performance is like chasing a cloud; just as you think you have caught it, it melts away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The only sort of trust that really lasts and works, is a trust based on a love relationship. If you add love to the other elements in trust it adds a backbone and makes it stronger. This is why couples who stay in love, often seem to trust their partners more deeply than others.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The trust that man has in me, is based mainly on love. It starts as a person steps out in faith and tries me, like a child accepting nourishment from mother, and that develops into a love relationship, partly based on experience, but rooted in love. The trust begins to grow rapidly as knowledge gained from both study and experience grows! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is not enough for me to tell you that you can trust me! The words need to be backed by experience or faith! Experience is gained by listening to, and believing, the promises I have made, and finding them to be true. The promises become like stepping stones leading from one to another and on. As each stepping stone is tried, and found to be firm and trustworthy, both faith and trust grow. Sometimes, in order to see if a promise stands up to the test, you have to put all your weight on it, like standing on a stepping stone, rather than skipping from one to the other. All my promises to you are trustworthy and sure. I will never let you down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The other great element in trust is being trusted. When someone you love trusts you, you do all you can to be fully trustworthy and, as it were, repay that trust. Not only am I trustworthy, but I also trust you! Yes, I have placed into the hands of my church the most precious gift I have ever given, the good news of my Son Jesus. This Gospel has the power to change the world, by changing lives. It can begin to do that today, and I have entrusted it to you! I would not have entrusted it to you if I didn't know that you are well able to complete the task of delivering it. Yes, I know you can do it, that is why I am trusting you with it. Allow my trust in you to grow, as I have allowed your trust in me to grow. The reason I trust you is my love for you. And the trust you have in me is best founded in your love for me. Remember, love is the greatest power at work in the world today. There is no power greater than love. Love one another as I have loved you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-6357718689524540242?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/6357718689524540242/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/trust.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/6357718689524540242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/6357718689524540242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/12/trust.html' title='Trust.'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22425057776419 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.22181907776419 -2.7717306583862307 52.22668207776419 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-2795989231175295291</id><published>2011-11-30T06:26:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-30T08:17:13.707Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prayer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Heaven'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='relationship'/><title type='text'>Now, About Prayer!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you for allowing me to walk with you this morning, and for listening to all my ramblings. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son. Thank you for your company this morning, You know that we love to listen to your ramblings, as you put it. To us they are not jumbled or rambling&amp;nbsp; but a flood of emotion, desire, love and concern. Because they come from deep within your heart, they are dear to our heart too, and make more sense to us than they ever will to your human mind!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to talk to you today some more about prayer. Prayer is the yearning of the human soul for me. It is when man reaches up to me in Heaven and I reach down to man on earth. It is the moment when we touch, and for a moment we become one again. You can't have too much prayer in your life, for it is a pipeline of my love poured out to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many expressions of prayer, many different ways of reaching out to me. Some require the mind, and for the body are passive. Others are bodily expressions, while the mind is passive. In still others, both the body and the mind are passive and the prayer is purely a spiritual reaching out. It is difficult to teach prayer by a method, because it is an intensely personal encounter with me, and each individual needs to discover that relationship with me for themselves. Prayer can be seen as a courtship of two lovers discovering one another, and just as no two lovers ever express themselves in the same way, so it is with us. It is not important how you pray, only that you do pray. As we commune together, I am able to feed you, and cause the breath I breathed into you that gave you life, to grow,&amp;nbsp; and make you ready for the day when I shall call you home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is vital that you have a time allocated to me during the day, when I can charge your spiritual batteries. But that is only the beginning, for each day you have a shopping list of concerns you want to bring to me and I have a lot of things I want to communicate with you. I am always willing to give you the time to pour out your ramblings to me. Are you willing to give me some time to feed you with all the good things I have for you? By starting each day with space for me, you will find yourself better equipped to handle the problems of the day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The godless in the world have tried to make it 'politically incorrect' to bring God into the workplace, and in many professions are trying to make it illegal to wear Christian symbols or speak of your Christian faith. In reality no-one has the right to restrict you. Oh it's nothing new! My servants Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, all had to suffer because they deemed their relationship with me more important than the King's edict. Just as I looked after them, so I will look after those who honour me above all worldly rule. This is not a licence for civil disobedience. It applies only to those restrictions that come between you and me. No-one, I repeat no-one, has the right to come between you and me!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you build up your relationship with me, I will make my voice clear to you and my words will take root in your heart. I will speak to you and guide you each day, and I will instruct you in my ways. When I tell you to speak of me, you will speak, and none shall be able to silence you. Equally, I will show you when to remain silent. My Son remained silent, when one word from him would have silenced the chief priest and elders forever. He spoke the truth when He told Pilate that he could summon ten legions of Angels to his aid. But His relationship with me enabled Him to know when to speak and when to be silent. So it shall be with those who engage in prayer with me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For those who love me, and want to be in the centre of My will, prayer is not an optional extra to be used only in times of crisis, but an ongoing 24/7 365 days a year relationship with Me. Closer even than the relationship between husband and wife, although it never need come between them. Indeed it should strengthen that relationship as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, my word to my children today is work on your relationship with me, and let me build up our lines of love and communication together. Build up a regular time with me, when we can share together the deep and important things of life. Don't worry about how to pray, just get on with it and find the way we are comfortable with. Tell me often how much you love me, for I love to hear that. In turn I will tell you and show you, how much I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-2795989231175295291?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/2795989231175295291/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/now-about-prayer.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/2795989231175295291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/2795989231175295291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/now-about-prayer.html' title='Now, About Prayer!'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224276866518835 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.221845366518835 -2.7717306583862307 52.226708366518835 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-4783118066211196978</id><published>2011-11-28T06:26:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-28T08:12:38.208Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holy Spirit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prayer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Teaching'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Shepherds'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prayer Warriors'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Intercessors'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Preachers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ministry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prophets'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gospel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Evangelist'/><title type='text'>To You, Whom I Have Called!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Lord I love you so much.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son. Welcome to the club this morning and thank you for joining us as we walked. We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To those whom I am calling to be Shepherds of my people, I would say this: Take the charge I have given you very seriously, for my sheep are everything to me, and I want them all to be safe. Treat them with love and respect, and teach them all that I am teaching you. Do not let your teaching and preaching become cluttered with rules and regulations that do not come from me. As you trust in me, show them how to trust. As you listen to my voice, teach them how to hear me. As you bless them, teach them how to bless others. Avoid divisions, and work for harmony and peace, that the world may see one church, and be drawn to me through you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To those I am calling to be Evangelists and Preachers, I would say this: Go to those I send you, and share with them the Gospel of my Son Jesus, as it has been faithfully passed down from generation to generation. The Gospel is about people, and sin, and how I have dealt with sin. It is about repentance and salvation. It is a gospel of joy, for it brings salvation, liberation and freedom. It is the greatest message anyone has ever been charged to deliver. I have placed a very great value on its safe delivery. Therefore see to it, that those to whom I send you receive the good news. You are not responsible for what they do with the good news when you deliver it, only for the delivery. My Holy Spirit is already at work, in the hearts of those to whom I send you, preparing their hearts, to receive the message you deliver. Therefore speak with boldness, in Love. Do not dilute the words I give you, but deliver them as I give them to you. I know what I am doing!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To those I am calling to be Prophets, I would say this: Your charge is a very difficult one, for the prophet is rarely welcome in his own home town. Cover yourself in prayer and seek me at all times. As I give you the words, deliver them as I command you. If it is a word of encouragement be sure to follow it through with instruction, and guide people to one of my pastors, who can nourish them and lead them on. If it is a word of rebuke, deliver it in love not anger. Be bold and say only what I give you, no more and no less. Let the Holy Spirit do the rest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To those I am calling to Intercession, I would say this: Yours is a powerful ministry that few see, but everyone feels. Prayer is one of the most powerful forces in the universe. When you pray, you tap into the creative power that flows from my throne. Revelation calls it the river of life. Through prayer, lives can be transformed, bodies can be healed, souls can be saved, and situations can be reclaimed and redeemed. Every servant of mine working in the front line of the gospel, every pastor and shepherd in charge of my flocks, every prophet speaking my words before men, needs the full-time backing of my intercessors. You are charged with supporting them in you prayers and being ready, day or night, to cover them in prayer. Many times in the front line they experience dangers, both spiritual and physical. That is when I wake up my intercessors, and move them to pray. To them you are like a life-line, enabling them to draw from the river of life the extra strength they need. I would that you keep a journal of those times I call you to intercede. Note the time and date, and the circumstances. This will be an encouragement to you, and to them, as I show you how, when they needed extra help, you acted in prayer!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Children, whatever the ministry to which I have called you, and there are many more I haven't mentioned today, be steadfast and joyful. Your part in the great plan of mine, is of equal importance to me, even when it is a quiet, often hidden task, that few know about. Remember, every army on the move has a supply train, people who order supplies, who cook the food, who man the radio, who service the vehicles, who push paper around an office. They may seem unimportant to those on the front line, but they are essential to the outcome of the battle. So it is with my army, and the battle against sin, the world, and the devil. Every ministry and calling is important, therefore do all things with vigour and joy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let the light of my relationship with you, and you with me, shine out from you, and be an inspiration to all those around you. Pray together, sing together and work together. Build my Kingdom on Earth, as I show you how. I love you!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-4783118066211196978?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/4783118066211196978/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/to-you-whom-i-have-called.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/4783118066211196978'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/4783118066211196978'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/to-you-whom-i-have-called.html' title='To You, Whom I Have Called!'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224276866518835 -2.766752243041992</georss:point><georss:box>52.221845366518835 -2.7716877430419924 52.226708366518835 -2.761816743041992</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-5584910696637081070</id><published>2011-11-27T06:15:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-27T07:56:15.805Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prayer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Armour of God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Word of God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Scripture'/><title type='text'>The Word of God is ....</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son, welcome to the club this morning and thank you for walking with us. We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me: &lt;/b&gt;Lord, I seem to be struggling a bit this morning, please help me to stay close to you. Please keep the Evil One out, and do not allow him to come near me to destroy or harm our relationship. I love you Jesus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Son, I am always with you. The Evil One can only draw near to you if you bid him come. However, he does fire arrows at you and it is these you feel at this time. Use your shield to stop the arrows. However sharp they are, the Word of God can blunt them, so they fall ineffective to the ground, and there turn to dust. Use my Name as a prayer whenever you feel attacked in any way. There is more power in my Name, than there is in all the atom bombs ever detonated. I promise you, when you call upon my Name, Satan trembles!&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Part of your training involves the use of all the gifts I have given you. Scripture is not just words on a page, but both a two-edged sword to cut down and destroy the works of the Evil one, and a shield, with which you can defend yourself against the arrows and darts that are thrown against you. Using it as a shield is a skill I show you by allowing a few small darts to get through. Do not crumple at the first one, but pull it out and see it clearly in the light of Scripture. Then discard it and allow me to heal the wound. If you leave it in, it will fester and become a hindrance to your mission and calling. Stand firm, be strong and very courageous. You do not stand alone, I am with you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many of those who stand for me feel alone and weary, sometimes even before they have done anything I have asked them to do! This is because they have forgotten that they are not on rations. Unlike the armies of the world's powers, who are sent out on patrol with meagre rations, my people go out with a pipeline attached, which can feed them continuously. The pipeline has two parts, one for the drink, which is the Word of God, the other for solid food, which is a direct line to Me in prayer. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Word&lt;/b&gt; is with you always if you read it regularly and allow it to become a part of your being. You may find yourself in a situation where you don't have a copy of the written word, but if you have already consumed the word as drink, then it is there within you to nourish you and quench your thirst.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prayer&lt;/b&gt; is a resource that you can tap into at any time, 24/7, 365 days a year. I never sleep and am always ready to hear and answer you prayers. Ask and it will be given you, seek and you will find. Even an arrow prayer, shot up to me in a moment of crisis, can change the course of human history, and many a hurriedly spoken prayer, has saved a man's soul! Do not neglect your conversations with me. They are food for your soul and will sustain you through many a campaign.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So you begin to see that My Word is many things. Like a Swiss army knife, it has many blades and many uses. Learn to use it. It will defend you, protect you, cut a path for you, destroy the words of the Devil, and provide you with the nourishment you need to be able to stand, even when all others have fallen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prayer is my lifeline to you. Do not unhitch the line at any time, by neglect of this vital source of communication. Without prayer you will become weak and ineffective. &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Remember seven days without prayer makes one weak!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-5584910696637081070?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/5584910696637081070/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/word-of-god-is.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/5584910696637081070'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/5584910696637081070'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/word-of-god-is.html' title='The Word of God is ....'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224276866518835 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.221845366518835 -2.7717306583862307 52.226708366518835 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-9128461353118265996</id><published>2011-11-26T06:26:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-26T07:46:55.768Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Net'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Praise'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kingdom of God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Father'/><title type='text'>Haul Away!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day you have made. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son. Welcome to the club this morning. Thank you for joining us and walking with us this morning. We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The net is laid on the ground, spread out like a great sheet. The fisherman is walking around it examining it for breaks and frays. When he sees a weakness he gets on hands and knees with needle and twine to mend and reinforce. His fingers work expertly and quickly, and before long you will not be able to see where the break was. The net is clean and strong and ready for the casting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The fisherman calls, and from the dunes other men rise and gather round, then together they wade into the sea. The net is cast far into the deep. After a moment the cry goes up, "Haul away!" and together they each take their chosen place and slowly haul the net towards the shore. It is a good catch and the fishermen sing their songs of praise&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Children, the net is of my making. Although the breaks and frays are not of my making, I am repairing them. I want the net to be perfect, for the catch will be great and I want none to be lost.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The fishermen are those I am calling. I have been busy. While others lounge and sleep, I have been training my crew. People from every walk of life, people from every nation under heaven, male and female, young and old, academics and practical people together. My crew listen to my voice and await my command. When I call, "Haul away." I want the crew to haul as one man, each in his appointed place, exactly as I have taught him, all working together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not all of the catch will come in on the first haul! Indeed the net will have to be cast many times each night and day for all to be gathered in, but just as the fisherman get a thrill each time they haul a full net, so my fishers will also feel the thrill I feel, as souls are gathered into my Father's house. But there will be more than just the thrill of the catch. There will be the joy of fellowship, working together for the furthering of the Kingdom of God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lift up your voices and sing praises to the Lord, for He is great and worthy to be praised.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-9128461353118265996?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/9128461353118265996/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/haul-away.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/9128461353118265996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/9128461353118265996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/haul-away.html' title='Haul Away!'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224224288993966 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.221792788993966 -2.7717306583862307 52.226655788993966 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-3583217733546837270</id><published>2011-11-25T06:33:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-25T08:15:46.968Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holy Spirit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fix your eyes on Jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Watching'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ministry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vision'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mission'/><title type='text'>Go Where I send You.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me: &lt;/b&gt;Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you for your love to us and for holding us in the hollow of your hand. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;Lord:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Be still and watch. I am God and I accomplish what I desire. It is mine to work and mine to complete. Be still and watch as I work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style="color: blue;"&gt;Vision:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt; I saw what at first looked like a disc with a very bright centre. Then it seemed as if I was travelling towards the disc at great speed, and I saw that it was a huge crowd of people, all facing the centre where, one stood, who was clothed in raiment so bright, it shone like the sun, yet I was not dazzled. When He spoke to the crowd, everyone could hear him, even those who seemed so far away on the edge of the disc. Apart from the voice of the one in the centre, all was silent.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Children gather around, turn to me, and let me show you mysteries and truths to warm your hearts. I am in the midst of you, and while your eyes are focused on me, no harm shall befall you. I want you around me in a circle. I do not want you in rows of straight lines like soldiers on parade, where all you can see, is the back of someone's head. I want you around me, where, as you look to me, you can also see the faces of your brothers and sisters. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the Christian walk you are not alone. You are part of a great multitude that no man can number, a multitude of those who all accept my Son, and know me, through Him. I know the name of, and everything about, all those who make up the great multitude. You are my children and I love you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you gather around, you will notice that even though there are so many of you gathered, you are always in the front row. You will also notice that I am always speaking as though you were the only person present. Yet it is the same for everyone gathered. Do not worry about the workings of it. Just accept that I love you, and you have a personal direct contact with me!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I speak with you I want you to listen and feast on every word. I use that expression, 'feast on every word', because I want you to digest my word as though it was food. Let every morsel become a part of who you are. Take my word with you wherever you go, draw on the strength it gives you as you follow the commands that I give you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There will sometimes be many days when all you seem to do is feast on my words, and action seems scarce. This is part of the plan. The work I am doing in these days requires that my children are well fed on my word, and well equipped with the armour and equipment of the Holy Spirit. So use these times to train, and become familiar with all the gifts of the Spirit. Watch me working through others, and observe how I have used my children in former generations. Watch and pray that you do not fall into temptation. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Live at peace with all those who are called by my name. Let there be no strife among you. Unite in my name to share the good new and gather in the harvest. Divisions are part of the world. You are a part of my family, part of my Kingdom, where all are brothers and sisters and all are united in me. Just as the Godhead is one in unity, so too my church shall be one in unity and love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style="color: blue;"&gt;Vision:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt; I looked and I saw that the multitude had turned from the centre and were moving out from that place. The bright one was no longer in the centre, but before every person in the gathering. Where he went they followed, each in their own direction.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; When I spoke to the multitude I was giving instructions to each individual at the same time. To one it was to go North, to another South. Each one has a unique and special mission and ministry, which will take them all in their separate direction. But they do not go alone, neither are they separated from their brothers and sisters. I go with them and lead the way, and always the rest of the Church, my body is supporting and upholding them. In their turn they too uphold and support the rest of the body. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Each ministry and mission of my choosing is upbuilding for the whole church. Each word of mine spoken by groups or individuals is like a brick laid in the wall of the city of God. Each word must be delivered in love, as it was delivered to each person by me. After each mission, and constantly throughout each ministry, return to the centre for refreshment and a fresh word. This is not your work, to be going off where you want. It is my work, and is to the people I send you with my word for them. Speak only the word I give you for each situation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rejoice and be glad as you watch me work. For, in the days to come you will all see many mighty and mysterious things, as My Holy Spirit works amongst you. I love you my children.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-3583217733546837270?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/3583217733546837270/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/go-where-i-send-you.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/3583217733546837270'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/3583217733546837270'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/go-where-i-send-you.html' title='Go Where I send You.'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22425057776419 -2.766752243041992</georss:point><georss:box>52.22181907776419 -2.7716877430419924 52.22668207776419 -2.761816743041992</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-6673860599476876218</id><published>2011-11-23T06:28:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-23T07:54:09.138Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Word of God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prophecy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cross'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><title type='text'>Meet in My Name</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Readings: Ezekiel 20 -21&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you for this crisp fresh morning, with its frost and clear sky. Thank you for allowing me to walk with you and for all our conversations. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son. Welcome to the club this morning and thank you for your company. Thank you also for holding on to the scriptures this morning. I know they are hard and, when read all together like that the prophecies of Ezekiel are very difficult to take, But even as you read them, I know you recognised that much of what I said to the leaders in Exile and to Jerusalem, also needs to be said to the leaders, and to Jerusalem, today! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It seems sometimes as if nothing much has changed. But there is a difference between then and now. When I spoke through the prophet Ezekiel, Jesus had not yet come. In fact the prophet foretold his coming in that passage you read today (&lt;i&gt;Ezekiel 21:27&lt;/i&gt;). The situation now is different, in that Jesus has come and my church is being gathered out of every nation under heaven. Where once my wrath was poured out on the whole nation, and on all nations, today my wrath is directed at those who have turned away from my words and do what is evil in my sight. My love is extended to all who love me and hold on to my word. I am calling all those who through my Son have found the path of the Cross.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To those of you who are low, because you are feeling unfed by the churches you attend, re-focus. Do not expect to be fed by institutions of men. Turn to me that I may feed you. Yes my children, gather together in twos and threes. Gather around my Word and feast together on that Word. Share together and pray together and grow in me. Do not blame the institution, for I never intended it to be the only source of food and teaching. Rejoice that I have given you the liberty to meet together to pray and read my word. Take what I give you back into the churches and be like yeast in the dough.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you open your hearts to me, open your homes to those I send you. Let your homes bring healing and peace to the broken and the bruised. Let your lives be a lantern to those who are lost, and the hospitality of your heart and home a refuge and a shelter, where the weary can rest and be healed. Commit and dedicate your homes to me, then watch as I use them to further my Kingdom on earth. "&lt;i&gt;Love one another, as I have loved you&lt;/i&gt;".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember always, that I love you. Stay near to me and I will encircle you with my love and protection. Trust me and I will show you how I can provide for you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-6673860599476876218?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/6673860599476876218/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/meet-in-my-name.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/6673860599476876218'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/6673860599476876218'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/meet-in-my-name.html' title='Meet in My Name'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22425057776419 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.22181907776419 -2.7717306583862307 52.22668207776419 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-5596807584852288683</id><published>2011-11-22T06:22:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-22T08:18:54.230Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Voice of God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hearing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Listen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Creation'/><title type='text'>Creating is such fun!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you for listening to all my ramblings and for answering my prayers. I love you Lord.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son. Welcome to the club this morning and thank you for joining us. We love you too.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Many of my children are struggling at the moment. As they try to listen to my voice, they listen out for words but do not hear them, yet I am speaking to them. Some people think in words while others think in pictures. The truth is that all people think in images, but some have a very effective translator which instantly turns all the images into words. Most people however, see in their mind's eyes a flood of images and impressions. The skill is recognising which of these images and impressions are relevant. For most people the ability to use these impressions and images is easy. It is part of the human mind that you call instinct! However it is more than, just instinct, for what you receive in your mind and see with your minds eye is raw spiritual data. It is as different from the spoken language as English and Binary! It is, however, far more complicated than Binary or English, and should not in any way be despised. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Listening to me is tapping into this part of you that places thoughts in your mind, and listening to the 'raw data' as I pour it into you. Do not try to interpret, it but let it form into the impressions and images I have programmed into it.&amp;nbsp; As you remain still in your mind, using the other side of your brain, you will find that slowly it begins to make sense. In some people this causes the mind to switch over to the intellect and words start to pour out. For others it remains a deep impression or a firm conviction.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Don't let the complexity of it worry you. The important part is that you still your mind and soul and seek me with your whole heart. In that stillness I will speak to you, and over time you will learn to hear and discern my voice. The next step is to record what you are receiving. The medium doesn't matter. You can use writing, a computer, recording your voice or one of the arts, like painting, poetry or dance.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Often my word comes in the form of inspiration, which leads on to revelation or discovery. You see, I am speaking to my children all the time. Some listen with delight and act upon what I say. Some receive my word without recognising it is me that is speaking, thinking it is themselves. Others receive my word, but think it is only fantasy or wishful thinking and do not act. Still others reject what I say, because they did not hear it from their professor, or read it in some technical journal. However, the fact remains that I speak to mankind every day in many different ways. Some hear and receive, others hear and reject, and still others choose not to hear.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I want my Church to be different! Start with the knowledge that I am speaking to you in a variety of ways. Then I want you to listen with expectation and delight. For I want to show you all so much. Creation was such fun for me; I love every minute of it. I often laugh as I create, for some of the things I come up with are very funny, and incredibly beautiful. I want you all to share in that beauty, and to stand in awe and wonder, as well as delight! Oh, there is so much I still have to share, so much for you all to discover, and it all starts with Jesus. Once you have passed through the doorway of the cross and opened your heart and mind to me, the journey of discovery starts.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Please come and join in conversation with me because I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-5596807584852288683?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/5596807584852288683/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/creating-is-such-fun.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/5596807584852288683'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/5596807584852288683'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/creating-is-such-fun.html' title='Creating is such fun!'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22425057776419 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.22181907776419 -2.7717306583862307 52.22668207776419 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-1477986351518700710</id><published>2011-11-21T07:09:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-21T08:20:13.090Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hearing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Victory'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gospel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Father'/><title type='text'>Listen, What do you Hear?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you for allowing me to join you as you walked this morning and for sharing your word with me. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son, thank you for your company this morning. It's good to have you walk with me. I love these times in the morning, as I know you do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Listen to the rain and the sound of the wind. What do you hear?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Lord I hear the sound like a great cry of victory that wafts on the wind. The rain sounds like the tramping of many people. and then it stops!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; What you hear is the result of the victory I have won over the Evil One. The redeemed cry out with a mighty cry of victory, a shout of praise as the battle is won. On the sound of the rain, you hear the feet of those who have been held captive, as they come before the cross of Jesus and lay their burdens there. As they kneel before the cross all is silent, as the wave of love flows over them. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The battle for hearts is now in full swing. For many years the enemy has confused and blinded even the most scholarly of men and women. But the day is approaching, when even those who most firmly believe the Evil One's lies, will see the light of truth. In that day I will command all my servants to speak my words, and they will prophecy all at once, and the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. On that day the lies of the enemy will evaporate like a morning mist and be no more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seek my face and learn the truth from me. Was it not I who formed all things out of nothing, by speaking the Word? I also speak the Word in this day, and sustain all that I have made. The Evil One does not create truth, or even acknowledge the truth. His lies cause only destruction and chaos, destroying lives and spreading like the fall of a row of dominos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ministry of my Church is to help each one of the fallen to stand again. Do not be distracted my children, by the desire to build, beautify or maintain, the buildings and structures of the 'church'. Concentrate only upon the task I have set before you, the spreading of the Good News of Jesus, and the care of the poor and the oppressed. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in Heaven.&lt;/i&gt; Matthew 5:16&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-1477986351518700710?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/1477986351518700710/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/listen-what-do-you-hear.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/1477986351518700710'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/1477986351518700710'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/listen-what-do-you-hear.html' title='Listen, What do you Hear?'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224198000208176 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.221766500208176 -2.7717306583862307 52.226629500208176 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-3599968130595240172</id><published>2011-11-18T06:33:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-18T08:14:29.361Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Story'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Heaven'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bride of Christ'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='truth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cross'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Church'/><title type='text'>Warts and All!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you for all your love and goodness to us, and that you love us, even though we are still sinners. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son. Welcome to the club this morning and thank you for joining us on our walk. We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want you to publish yesterday's word on the blog. Yes, it was a word for you personally, but even when I speak to you of your life, there are times when I want you to share it with others. This is one of these times.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the factors that makes My word in Scripture seem so attractive and authentic, is that I have not allowed the channels I used, to hide the bad things about people. The usual accounts of human history are coloured by the viewpoint of the writer. Often these accounts are politically motivated,&amp;nbsp; and only paint the good in a person's life, usually exaggerating the virtues, and always playing down the sins. Scripture is full of the stories of those who failed, many of whom went on to be great, because they recognised their failure, and turned to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My Church is full of failures. Indeed most people who enter into any kind of service for me, are either full of faults or are very aware of their failures. Do not be discouraged by that. I delight in helping sinners repent and find their way to me. Sin is not always easy to shed, and sometimes it is humanly impossible to get free. That is why I sent my Son. For generations I had tried with my chosen people, to bring them to righteousness, but on their own they could not do it, and even the laws I gave them could only help them if they followed them with my help. Jesus came and dealt with human sin once and for all on the Cross, setting men free of that burden. From then on it is up to man to recognise what Jesus has done for them, and begin to live the life he has won for them, that is free of sin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your story, and I am talking to all of you, that story of your pathway to Jesus and the walk thereafter, is part of holy scripture, in that it is an inspiration for others, to come to Jesus and find Him for themselves. I want your stories told. Every time you confess Jesus before men, Jesus mentions your name in the throne room of Heaven, and I command that your name be written in the book of life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Part of your story is the tale of your struggle with sin. Some of your story is of your failure. You need not glory in your failure or wallow in your former sins, but confess them with humility and allow the forgiveness of Jesus to wash over you. If the story of David did not contain his adultery with Bathsheba and his other failures, mankind would easily either think him a god, or dismiss his story as legend or myth, believing it to be the made up story of a super hero. When others hear about the struggles you have, they relate their own experiences of life to yours. And because they see similarities, they listen to your discovery of the truth, and are themselves drawn to Jesus. That is what I want! Christians are not a class of super humans who never sin, but a motley band of forgiven sinners, whom I am shaping into the perfect bride for my Son.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Condemn sin, but support and love the sinner. Lift high the Cross of Jesus, so all may see it and be drawn, like soldiers to their rallying banner. Tell your story with humility, and remember the reasons why you needed Jesus. Most of all remember that I love you, warts and all!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-3599968130595240172?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/3599968130595240172/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/warts-and-all.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/3599968130595240172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/3599968130595240172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/warts-and-all.html' title='Warts and All!'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22425057776419 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.22181907776419 -2.7717306583862307 52.22668207776419 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-829808941845609775</id><published>2011-11-17T06:53:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-18T08:10:30.879Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ministry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Harvest'/><title type='text'>A Very Personal Word</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you for every blessing you have poured upon us, and for your loving kindness. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son. Welcome to the club this morning and thank you for walking with us this morning. We love these times spent with you, and the conversations we have. Please keep sharing with us and we will continue to share with you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know you are struggling with some of the passages you are reading in the Bible, but as I said before, hang in there and do not worry too much about what you think it means. Just absorb it and hold it for a time when you will need it and I will make it meaningful. You see, my word was given in many different circumstances, and through many different people. Although every word &lt;b&gt;is&lt;/b&gt; inspired, not every word is relevant to you at this moment in time. When it is needed I will open it for you. In the meantime it is food for your spirit and an extra layer of defence against the flaming darts of the evil one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The words of Jeremiah, and the words of Ezekiel, which you are reading at this time, are particularly pertinent for the world today. For my wrath is against those who do evil things and live godless lives, following the evil ways of the devil. Stand aside from these evil deeds and have nothing to do with them. Focus upon Jesus who is your saviour and listen to me as I speak to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My work for you at this time is gathering in the harvest! Throughout your ministry you have been in a ploughing and sowing situation. The land you have ploughed has been hard like rock, and the roots of evil that have had to be dug up have been deep rooted, but you remained at the task until it was done, and have sown a seed which will itself take root, and in the years to come flourish. This time, since you moved, has been an important time in your ministry. I have given it to you to recover, rest, and be refreshed.&amp;nbsp; What lies ahead is a time of gathering in, a harvest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you use this time of rest, draw near to me and drink of the water of life I give you. Feed on the word I speak to you. Grow strong in the strength I give you, for what is needed of you in the months ahead does not need human strength and endurance, but the strength that only I can give.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many years ago now, your sister received a vision from me. It was of you, standing on a hill, with your hands in the air, powerful for the Lord. The road you have travelled has not been an easy one, and the task to which I call you, will not be easy, but if you stay close to me, and use the power I give you, then together we will complete the task, and gather into my kingdom those whom I am saving.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I give you a new name, "&lt;i&gt;Benaiah&lt;/i&gt;!" Do not be afraid, for no one shall be able to stand before you. My Word shall be a two-edged sword in your hand, and my Spirit shall go before you, cleaving a way through into the lion's den. There you must rescue those who are enslaved by sin, and in the power of the Evil One.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Use a part of your time with me each day to keep the channel between us clean and open, so that my Spirit can flow freely at all times. Listen to my commands to you and act upon them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Lord, I really don't see myself as a fighter, more as a plodder! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord: &lt;/b&gt;That's right son, you are a plodder! You set out to do something and you stick at it until it is done. But you are also a soldier prepared to do battle. The name your mother gave you is Martin. Martin means 'warlike'. St Martin was a Roman soldier and a great man, who found that the battle against sin was a battle worth fighting. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember, as you go where I send you, that those who you are going to rescue, are my beloved children. Allow my love to flow through you and bring them gently home. I love you, and I love them.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-829808941845609775?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/829808941845609775/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/very-personal-word.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/829808941845609775'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/829808941845609775'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/very-personal-word.html' title='A Very Personal Word'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22425057776419 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.22181907776419 -2.7717306583862307 52.22668207776419 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-717208274327692567</id><published>2011-11-16T06:12:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-16T08:17:07.717Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Laminin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Salvation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Praise'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cross'/><title type='text'>My Cross in all Creation</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for giving me this new day. Thank you for all the love you pour out upon us each day. Help me to walk in your way and serve you always, as you deserve. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son. Thank you for joining us this morning and for walking and talking with us. We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; As I sat in the silence, waiting upon the Lord to speak to me, I was suddenly taken back to one of my former parishes, and found myself in the Church, with a crowd of young school children. I was asking then to go around the building and count how many crosses they could find. After about twenty minutes they came back with a variety of answers, ranging from three to a hundred and three! Except for one child, who was considered to be rather slow and not very bright. He had reached four hundred and was still counting them. The teacher went through the class asking them where the crosses were and everyone pointed out the big obvious ones. Then those who were really observant pointed out that the hundred or so kneelers also had crosses stitched on to them. I had by this time circled round to the lad who was still counting, and sat beside him. First I told him he could stop counting now, as they were soon going back to school. Then I asked him to show me some of the crosses that he had discovered. Everywhere in the building he saw crosses. There were crosses where stones joined together, at the junction of every tile on the floor. Even the pews and chairs had crosses at the joints where wood met wood. The teacher raised his eyebrows and smiled, and the rest of the class laughed. But the more I thought about it, the more I thought he was on to something. The Cross of Jesus is everywhere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Yes, son and it wasn't long after that experience, that I brought you in contact with &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_e4zgJXPpI4" target="_blank"&gt;Louie Giglio&lt;/a&gt; and he showed you all about Laminin and about the nebula with the cross at the centre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As a simple exercise I want you to observe how many time the Cross features in your everyday life. Open your spiritual eyes and see the Cross, and when you see it, thank me for sending Jesus. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have written salvation into the very fabric of the universe, into every material thing. When you doubt that I created everything, look again and see my trade mark! When someone tells you that mankind and the earth are insignificant in the cosmos, remember that in the furthest nebulas I have placed the symbol of man's salvation. When scientists dare to tell you that all things happened by chance, point to my mark on the smallest molecules. When politicians try to take you down godless pathways saying that this is the only way, lift high the Cross of Jesus, for it is only through Jesus that mankind is saved.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did not start the world and the cosmos going, only to walk away and leave it to run itself down. I am actively involved in all that I have made, all the time. If I withdrew, or 'fell asleep,' even for one nano second, all that is would cease to be, and indeed would be as though it had never been. When I shut everything down, everything, including time and space will cease to be. I have stamped everything I have created from the simplest cell to the largest stars, with my mark. I put it there for one purpose and one purpose alone, that mankind would see the glory of their God and be glad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So every time you see my mark in material things, or see my mark in someone's life, rejoice and be glad. Praise and worship me, for all that I do is done to help you, who I love, to come back to me so that we can all be one, as we, Father, Son and Spirit, are one.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-717208274327692567?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/717208274327692567/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/my-cross-in-all-creation.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/717208274327692567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/717208274327692567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/my-cross-in-all-creation.html' title='My Cross in all Creation'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224276866518835 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.221845366518835 -2.7717306583862307 52.226708366518835 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-8337117928285023865</id><published>2011-11-15T06:24:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-19T07:02:53.373Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Rainbow'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prayer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Repent'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Armour of God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Battle Cry'/><title type='text'>Rainbow of Promise</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you for our walk together and for being near to me. I love you lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son. Thank you for joining us, and for walking with us this morning. We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lift up your eyes, and what do you see?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;i&gt;I see a rainbow Lord, clear and bright. Every colour is distinct, as though it was made of coloured ribbons! It is a perfect arch, with its top touching the heavens. Outside of the arch of the rainbow, is another, not quite as brilliant, but each of the colours are distinct and clearly visible. It seems as if the whole earth is encompassed by the rainbow, and somehow it sheds beautiful coloured light on everything. Far away on the horizon I see dark clouds, menacing clouds, but even as I watch, the clouds are being driven away by a mighty wind. As they are torn apart and disappear over the horizon, the rainbows fade and the sky becomes blue again&lt;/i&gt;. All this I saw in my mind's eye.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; You have seen well! What I am showing you is some time away, for there is still much to do, as mankind still clings to the material world of greed and possessions. This world has some more crumbling to do yet and there are still some difficult times ahead. That is why I want all my children to be clothed in the armour I provide, with their swords drawn and ready. Keep your eyes focused on Jesus, and your spiritual ears open to receive my command. Let the battle cry of my people, "&lt;i&gt;Jesus is Lord,&lt;/i&gt;" be ever ready on their lips. It is more of a rallying call than a battle cry, a call to draw all men to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beyond the difficulties and hardships that lie ahead, I have placed my rainbow. A promise that, for those who hold fast to my word, and keep their eyes upon my Son, there is a time of brightness and joy, a time of reaping and laughter. The vivid colours of the rainbow represent the variety of peoples I am drawing to myself at this time, people from every tribe and nation under heaven. The reflection rainbow shows, that even to the uttermost parts of the earth, I am working in the hearts and lives of the most unlikely people. This harvest is a long one but it is a very important harvest, for this is to be the year of Jubilee, when I set the captives free.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To all my children everywhere, I call you to pray with contrite hearts for your nation. Pray for your leaders. Pray for forgiveness for all the sins of the nations, and ask me to pour out my healing upon the land. Pray for those who are lost in the jungle of sin and greed, that, as even the things they cling to fall away, they will be able to see the gift I am offering them. Pray for the churches and fellowships of the land, that each may be willing and ready to reach out to those around them in love and compassion, sharing the good news, and healing the sick.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My children, when Jesus called Peter to walk upon the water, he did not do it to show how clever he was, but to show that when you turn your eyes to Jesus and keep them fixed upon him, nothing is impossible. No prayer is too difficult for the one who brought all things into being from nothing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Step out of the boat now, with your eyes upon Him, and let Jesus lead you to the place He wants you to be. I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-8337117928285023865?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/8337117928285023865/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/rainbow-of-promise.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/8337117928285023865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/8337117928285023865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/rainbow-of-promise.html' title='Rainbow of Promise'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224276866518835 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.221845366518835 -2.7717306583862307 52.226708366518835 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-858583477766961434</id><published>2011-11-12T06:35:00.001Z</published><updated>2011-11-12T07:32:48.396Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holy Spirit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Forgiveness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holy Scripture'/><title type='text'>For You, My Beloved</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you for allowing me to walk with you and for all that you have said and shown me. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son, welcome to the club this morning. Thank you for your company. We love to walk and talk with you because we love you.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;-----------------&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Reach out and touch me my Child, do not hold back any more. Bring all the pains and sorrows to me and let me heal you. I have looked, and I see your situation. I have listened, and have heard the cry of your heart. Your prayers have ascended to me and I have heard your petition. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love you and have a purpose for your life. I have dispatched a blessing for you, to lift you and restore you. Keep Jesus before you and wait for Him. listen and hear His word to you and shut out the other babblings of the world, the flesh and the devil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lay all your burdens at the foot of the cross of Jesus and leave then there. Yes, leave them there! Do not take them up again, for they will surely bring you down again. Rise up and clothe yourself in the forgiveness that Jesus holds out to you like a garment. Wrap yourself around and cover your nakedness with the righteousness that He gives you. Renew your mind with the words I have given you in Holy Scripture, and feed on the bread that I give you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Renew your strength and rise up. Place your hand in the hand of the one who stills the water. and let His peace wash over you and soothe your soul. Stand under the waterfall of My most Holy Spirit and let Him wash you as clean and pure as you were made to be. Come to me and let me fill you with my love and make you new, for you are mine and I love you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;-----------------&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Thank you Lord, Let your word go forth and be a blessing to those who are in need of you. Help us all to be channels of your peace and healing today, and help us to bless those around us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Speak your blessing today, stretch out your hands and pray, for your prayers are not limited by knowledge or distance, but are carried on the wings of love. Love one another, as I have loved you!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-858583477766961434?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/858583477766961434/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/for-you-my-beloved.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/858583477766961434'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/858583477766961434'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/for-you-my-beloved.html' title='For You, My Beloved'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8SD, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.2246739 -2.76569429999995</georss:point><georss:box>24.873415899999998 -62.53131929999995 79.5759319 56.99993070000005</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-4733194363079480710</id><published>2011-11-11T06:19:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-11T07:45:57.040Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kingdom of Heaven'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prayer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Confession'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Net'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Forgiveness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blessing'/><title type='text'>A Net over the British Isles</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me: &lt;/b&gt;Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for giving me this new day. Thank you for your love and encouragement and for all the blessings you pour upon us. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord: &lt;/b&gt;Good morning son. Thank you for joining us this morning and for walking and talking with us. We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In these days I am casting my net over all of the British Isles. I have already established fellowships and prayer groups, and have called individuals to pray. I now want these prayer cells, wherever they are, to be aware of each other and to link hands with others as they pray. Each cell is like the knots in the net and each linked hand is a part of the web that makes the net. Close up the holes and establish the links. Do not worry about statements of faith, or likeness of doctrine. I am interested only in my Church becoming an effective net, to draw in the catch and fill the Kingdom. All these cells I am speaking about, love my son Jesus, and are themselves called by His name. Every group has a story to tell of how I work with them. Their stories are as diverse as the number of groups. No two are the same, and I wouldn't have it any other way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Focus on Jesus, pray for the Nation, confess and repent, and receive the forgiveness I give. Lay aside your differences, and offer praise and worship as one. Encourage one another with your faith story, and share with each other all that I am teaching you. Open your hearts to the Holy Spirit and allow Him to develop the gifts I am giving you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know you are all busy! I know that some of you feel under pressure, but make time in each day for me. Allow me to start the day for you by topping up your tank, as you pray and read My word. Satisfy your hunger as you spend time with me, and I will fill you with all the gifts you need for each day. Do not be afraid to speak of me to others, for I am putting a hunger in the hearts of many people today, a hunger that needs satisfying now. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For those at University I say this: In all your studies and research, keep a humble approach in all things. Learn what you can, while that avenue is open to you. In all your work remember me, and call upon me to guide and teach you. Let me show you the wonders of the world, and see it all&amp;nbsp; through my eyes! Whatever your field of study and research, know this: I am you ultimate authority. I know far more than even the most learned experts. Stay close to me and let me teach you and use you, for I have a purpose for you, and have placed you where you are, to glorify me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To all I say; lift up your eyes from your busy-ness and labours. Lift up your eyes and behold the new day that is dawning. It is the day I have made and in this day I purpose many things. Rise up, men and women of God. Rise up and move forward for the Kingdom. Take up your lantern and shine like a beacon. Clothe yourself with the whole armour of God, move forward as one to destroy the works of darkness and establish the Kingdom of Light. Stand in the Name of Jesus, and let you battle cry be "Jesus is Lord". At that cry, demons and spirits tremble and flee. Jesus is Lord!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-4733194363079480710?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/4733194363079480710/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/net-over-british-isles.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/4733194363079480710'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/4733194363079480710'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/net-over-british-isles.html' title='A Net over the British Isles'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224303155257935 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.221871655257935 -2.7717306583862307 52.226734655257935 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-3401122632760400716</id><published>2011-11-10T06:31:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-10T08:01:34.306Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kingdom of Heaven'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Righteousness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='truth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Word of God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holy Scripture'/><title type='text'>Delight in Me</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord: &lt;/b&gt;Blessed is the one who delights in me and lets my words be on his mouth day and night. Those who delight in me are those who stay close to me through all the changes and chances of this life. They are those who hold on to my word, reading and reciting it daily, and making that word a part of who they are! They are the ones who, with open eyes, look for me and see all that I am doing around them. They are the ones who speak of me and delight when others share my name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Those who delight in me see more around them than themselves. They see the poor and the oppressed, they see the sick and the lonely, they see the thirsty and those without warmth or comfort. They see, and they act to reach out to those in need, and meet their needs. They share Jesus with a generous spirit and a warm heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My word is in their mouth day and night because they read my word and delight daily in it, as if it were a feast of good food. They drink it like a good wine and rejoice with a clear voice. By reading my word regularly, they let the word soak into their very being and it becomes a part of them. As a result of the word being a part of them, they act with righteousness and truth, and find they can easily discern what is right and what is wrong. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Walk each day with Jesus my beloved Son. follow in his footsteps and listen with enthusiasm to his words, and copy with eagerness his actions as he loved those around him and shared with them the Good News of the Kingdom of Heaven.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As well as sharing your story and the Kingdom with those who have not heard the Good News, seek out those who are well versed in the gospel and who manifest the spiritual gifts. Learn from them and share what I am doing through you, with them. They can encourage and bless you, and you can encourage and bless them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lift up your voices in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. Praise me and worship me, for it is on the praises of my people that I ride through the earth. As my people lift their voices in loud praise, my Spirit sets the captive free and opens the way to full and perfect healing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Children, let your delight be not in the prowess of men or nations, but in the Lord your God. Focus on Jesus, delight in Him and follow in the path we are lighting before you. In the darkness of the days ahead the only clear way ahead will be the path I am leading you down, for that path, and that path alone, is the path of light and life.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-3401122632760400716?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/3401122632760400716/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/delight-in-me.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/3401122632760400716'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/3401122632760400716'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/delight-in-me.html' title='Delight in Me'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224303155257935 -2.766752243041992</georss:point><georss:box>52.221871655257935 -2.7716877430419924 52.226734655257935 -2.761816743041992</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-17410912129900377</id><published>2011-11-09T06:53:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-09T08:32:25.489Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Repentance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kingdom of Heaven'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Young'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Speak the Word'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Watching'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Forgiveness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='truth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Evangelist'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holy Scripture'/><title type='text'>I say to You</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you Lord for a good night's sleep, and a refreshing walk with you. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Martin. Thank you for your company this morning and for spending time with us. We always enjoy your company. I love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Take your pen, and write all the words that I give you, and do not be afraid, or over awed, by the things that I say to you. Remember that I command, and my word is law!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;To the Young &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I am speaking to the young ones who have committed their lives to me. Rise up, men and women of God. Do not be afraid to speak out the truth, that has been revealed to you through the Holy Spirit. Older men will speak out against you and try to silence you, but their words are as empty as their heads. Base your truth on the Holy Scripture, my word. Use my word as your starting point in all debate and research. Do not let yourselves be drawn by empty theories and arguments that exclude me, for they all lead down blind alleys. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Use all the vigour I have given you in your youth, to pursue truth, and discover all the things that have laid hidden from men since the fall of Adam. Follow the leadings I shall give you, and walk in the way of righteousness and truth. Love one another and uphold each other, as together you work for the Kingdom of Heaven.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Those of you who are feeling the call to be evangelists, know this: In every age, those who I call are young and still have the energy of youth. Be bold, be strong, and use the energy I have given you, as you speak the words I shall give you each time you open your mouth for me. Do not let anyone despise your youth, nor be discouraged, but continue to speak the words that I give you. Remember that I am standing by you, and I am in every word that I give you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are others among you, whom I am calling to support and encourage, to pastor and to nurture. Again I say to you, do not let any despise your youth, or try to discourage you, by saying you have no experience of being a pastor. Let me give you that experience, and guide you to do all the things I am calling you to do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To all of you I say: Stay close to me, and spend time with me. Read and digest my word in scripture. Do not be selective, but read and mark every word, for &lt;b&gt;all&lt;/b&gt; scripture is given for your learning and edification. Listen to the still small voice as I speak to you in the silence, and be prepared, for when I speak to you it will be words of knowledge, wisdom, and prophecy. Use the gifts that I have provided through the Spirit, and clothe yourselves in the armour I provide. I am with you, now and always. Come, let us go out, claim the Kingdom, and proclaim Jesus is Lord!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;To the Older ones&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I am speaking now, to those who are past the first flush of youth. I want you to rise up from your comfortable chair! Take to the walls of the city, and watch. Use all the wisdom, and knowledge I have given you, as you watch, wait, and listen. Look at the state of the city, and the mess that is in people's lives. Look at the corruption, and the injustices, that have been brought about by greed. You may not feel that they are your fault, and may even feel indignant as you look upon them, but I want you to repent for your city, repent for your nation, repent for the sin of the world. I call on you to do this, because those who have caused this mess, or who live entrenched in their lives of sin, cannot yet repent themselves. Through your prayers of repentance, I will cause a wave of repentance, to sweep through the nations. That wave will carry others with it, and like a tsunami, will gather momentum, until it has washed all things clean. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Encourage the young men and women, who now carry the torch of faith. Pray for them and support them in every way. Correct them in all gentleness if they stray, and do not criticise them, for they speak as I command them. Bless those around you, and support my children, as they discover their ministry and place, in the church I have created, and in the Kingdom I have established.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To &lt;b&gt;All&lt;/b&gt; I say: Love one another, as I have loved you!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-17410912129900377?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/17410912129900377/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/i-say-to-you.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/17410912129900377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/17410912129900377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/i-say-to-you.html' title='I say to You'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224303155257935 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.221871655257935 -2.7717306583862307 52.226734655257935 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-66912555135507376</id><published>2011-11-08T06:12:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-08T08:09:14.883Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Trust'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Righteousness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='truth'/><title type='text'>Like a Mighty Wind!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you for your love and care for us.Lord I commit this new day into your hands. Help us to use this day to your praise and glory. Lord I love you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Martin. Thank you for joining us this morning and for our walk together. I am always with you, even when you don't feel me. I am closer to you than marrow to the bone. Continue to walk with me and stay close to me. I am all the help you need and I love you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Behold, I am causing a mighty hurricane to blow upon the earth! A wind that will blow on all men and nations, to purge them of the dust and ashes of in-justice and corruption, to clear the stench of rotting standards and morals. This wind is powerful and violent. Only those who are well rooted in righteousness and truth will be able to withstand it, and remain standing when all has ceased. Hold on to the commands that I have given you and stand firm upon the rock which is Jesus. Live your life close to me and maintain all righteousness and humility before me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reach out from the rock, and pull in those who cry for help. Help them also to stand upon the rock which is Jesus. Cast a net, as a fisherman casts, to gather in the shoal. Cast it wide and haul hard, for, the catch that is being gathered is huge. Receive all who come, do not be selective or choosy. I am gathering in men and women, boys and girls of every nation, colour and creed. The poor and the wealthy together, the educated and the un-educated. The thing that unites them all is that they are all sinners like you, and I love them all. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Though it will look as if all has been destroyed, remember that I am with you, and with my Church. When the wind has died down, and all is calm again, then you must rise and go into all the world, to pick up, and gather in, all whom the Lord your God has destined for salvation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do not pick up the pieces of the establishments and structures that I have destroyed. I do not destroy what is useless, in order for you to rebuild it again. Rather, pick up and rebuild the broken-hearted and the suffering. Gather in the lost and the crying. Comfort and support the bereaved and those who mourn. Leave the rubble and dust. Let me wash it away with the same rain with which I will water the parched earth. Let me bring new life into being.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stand firm in the Lord Jesus. Speak the word of righteousness and truth. Do not fear, for I am with you. Those who wait upon the Lord will be saved.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-66912555135507376?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/66912555135507376/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/like-mighty-wind.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/66912555135507376'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/66912555135507376'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/like-mighty-wind.html' title='Like a Mighty Wind!'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224303155257935 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.221871655257935 -2.7717306583862307 52.226734655257935 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-4241678152393835907</id><published>2011-11-07T06:14:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-07T07:33:53.789Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='River of Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Calling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Witnesses'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Word of God'/><title type='text'>I am calling them.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this crisp new day. Thank you for your love to us, and for all the grace you have poured upon us. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son. Welcome to the club, and thank you for walking with us this morning, we love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the stillness of this moment listen to me, for I am calling my children from the north and the south, from the farthest east, to the farthest west, out of every nation under heaven, and every tongue and people. My word is being heard in the furthest corners of the earth, and my children are beginning to listen to the sound of my voice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In every nation and tribe on earth, I am raising up those who speak my words and can be used by me. I am raising you, my children, to be my voice where you are. Some I call to be missionaries to the furthest ends of the earth, but to you I say, "&lt;i&gt;Be my witnesses where I have placed you. Do not be afraid to speak of me, for you do not speak alone&lt;/i&gt;".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let your lives be pure and holy, and live out the righteousness of Jesus every day. Be a mirror to reflect his love in the world. Welcome those who come to you seeking the truth. Feed the hungry in spirit, and clothe in righteousness those who are in rags.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See, I am causing the river of life, which flows from my throne, to run at your feet. Take of the water I give, and drink. Fill your cup and offer life to those who are thirsty. Only water from this river can satisfy the longings of the human heart. For the real thirst I have given man, is for the real life only I can give.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Evil One has deceived the world, and they offer their own drink, a drink of lust and greed, that only brings pain and suffering to them and to those around them. Do not drink of it, but turn to the Lord your God and drink from the river of life. Then your strength will be renewed and you will run as though you had feet with wings, and you will not grow weary nor will you stumble or fall.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The time is here when the things of the earth most people call their right to own or the necessities of life, will become rare or too expensive to own. Do not be concerned, for you will soon discover the things that are truly necessary, and will experience my provision of all that you need. Trust me, and rest in my love. Beyond this time of hardship a great light is shining, a beacon to guide my children home. Be of good cheer, and lift your voices in prayer and praise, for I am the Lord your provider, the Lord your healer, and the Lord your salvation. I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-4241678152393835907?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/4241678152393835907/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/i-am-calling-them.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/4241678152393835907'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/4241678152393835907'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/i-am-calling-them.html' title='I am calling them.'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22425057776419 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.22181907776419 -2.7717306583862307 52.22668207776419 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-4608502656912818348</id><published>2011-11-06T06:31:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-06T08:59:05.561Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holy Spirit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Praise'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vision'/><title type='text'>As I looked, I saw...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day you have made. Thank you for your love to us. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Martin. Welcome to the club this morning, and thank you for walking with us. We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Vision:&lt;/b&gt; I saw a multitude of people dressed in loose, ragged clothing, with their wrists tied together with rope. Around them were an equally great multitude of people running here and there in seeming bewilderment, not knowing what to do. At first I thought they were those who had bound the multitude, but then I saw that they wanted to do something to set the others free, but didn't know what to do! Then I heard the voice of the Lord calling, "&lt;i&gt;Unbind them and set them free!&lt;/i&gt;".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then I looked again and I saw one dressed in white. His robe was shining with a brightness that lit up all those around him. His face shone like the sun, and many&amp;nbsp; turned away, unable to gaze at his brightness. Around him was a large group of people, also dressed in glorious bright robes, and carried over their arms a great quantity of white sashes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Those who were bound with cords held up their hands to him, and as he reached out and touched each one, their bonds fell to the ground and turned to dust! Then those who followed bound one of the sashes around the waist of each of those set free, and as the sash was tied, the ragged clothes they wore became shining white, and their faces shone like the sun.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When all those who had been bound were set free and dressed in shining white, the one who had set them free turned to those who were milling around, not knowing what to do, and he spoke to them, saying.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;i&gt;Where were you when I called to you from the midst of my needy people? Where were you when I wanted hands and feet to carry the good news? Why did you not respond to the call of my prophets? The reason is that you would not leave the shelter of those gloomy places you call my house. All your energy has been spent on things I did not call you to do, and you never called on me to help you or empower you. All around you were those who needed me, and you did not enlighten them. Without realising it, you too were becoming bound and enslaved. Repent and turn to me that I may set you free.&lt;/i&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Even as I looked, many fell upon their knees and held up their bound wrists to him, with tears in their eyes. Others, however, were turning away from him, their faces cast down, and were moving out and away. Some of those who were dressed in white went to them, to turn them back, but were pushed aside. Only a few turned back and joined those on their knees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then the one who had spoken to them breathed on them, saying, "&lt;i&gt;Receive the Holy Spirit of My Father, and be set free.&lt;/i&gt;" And as one, the bonds of those on their knees fell to the ground, and they were all clothed in bright white, with a shining sash around their waist. Then, with one voice the whole multitude raised their voices in a hymn of praise, glorifying Jesus the Son of God. So great was the noise of the song of praise, that even those who had turned away looked back, and a few ran towards the multitude. As they ran their bonds fell off and their raiment turned white as snow, and they too joined in the hymn of praise to God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Lift up your eyes to the fields and see, they are already white and ready to be harvested. Pray therefore, the Lord of the harvest, that he send workers into the fields, that all may be gathered in. Go where I send you. Speak the words I give you. Heal the sick and raise the dead and proclaim, "&lt;i&gt;The kingdom of Heaven is at hand.&lt;/i&gt;" I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-4608502656912818348?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/4608502656912818348/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/as-i-looked-i-saw.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/4608502656912818348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/4608502656912818348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/as-i-looked-i-saw.html' title='As I looked, I saw...'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22425057776419 -2.7668380737304688</georss:point><georss:box>52.22181907776419 -2.771773573730469 52.22668207776419 -2.7619025737304685</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-3099691265048669392</id><published>2011-11-03T06:30:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-07T07:28:03.403Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kingdom of Heaven'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Throne of God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Church'/><title type='text'>All One in Christ.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you for a good night's sleep, and for all the blessings you pour out on us, your servants. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Martin. Thank you for joining us this morning and for your company as we walked. We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jesus:&lt;/b&gt; One day, when I was talking with my disciples, they asked me about the hierarchy of the Kingdom of Heaven. They were discussing which of them would be secretary or treasurer, and who would sit at my right hand. Inside I wept, because even after being with them so long, and teaching them so much, they still didn't really understand that my Church, and the Kingdom of Heaven, are not run on the same lines as worldly institutions and kingdoms.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Kingdom is my Father's. He is the king, and always will be. I am His Son, but there is no succession to the throne of Heaven; we are one and He is king for ever and ever. My Father is almighty, and there is no one who can stand against him, for He created &lt;b&gt;all&lt;/b&gt; things and &lt;b&gt;all&lt;/b&gt; peoples. He knows all things, and needs the help of no one. Therefore there is no need for secretaries and treasurers! I sit at his right hand because He has given me that place. There is no seat beside me, save His alone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I came to the earth and called my disciples to form the Church, I did not intend that it would in any way resemble the institutions of men, but that it should reflect the Kingdom of Heaven. My Father is the King, and all of those who come to him, and form the Kingdom, come through me. All are equal before my Father, for everyone has been redeemed and saved through My Cross.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have no bishops, moderators, or clerics of any sort in the Kingdom, for all who are saved stand shoulder to shoulder before the throne of Grace. I want you, my Church, to be like that here on earth. Look only to My Father and Me, as we sit upon our thrones before you. If you take your eyes off us, and look at others, you could, and will, go astray. Stand as one, for you are our family. Love one another, as I have loved you. Uphold and support each other and accept the love and support of those around you. Share with each other all that I teach you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Together, in my strength alone, reach out to those around you who do not yet know me. Share your story, and bring them to me. Forgive those who sin against you, remembering that I have forgiven you. Do not be drawn into pointless arguments or divisions. Remember that I and my Father are one, with the Holy Spirit, and we want to be one with you also. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everyone has a very slightly different view from the one standing next to him, just as everyone sees a different rainbow! So there are bound to be differences in opinions. I don't mind that you are all different; that is how I made you. Share your differences and be richer for it. Only be united in one thing. Be united in me!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bless those around you, and bless one another. Rejoice together that you have a special place in My Father's kingdom, a place near to His heart. Love one another as I have loved you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-3099691265048669392?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/3099691265048669392/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/all-one-in-christ.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/3099691265048669392'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/3099691265048669392'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/all-one-in-christ.html' title='All One in Christ.'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224303155257935 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.221871655257935 -2.7717306583862307 52.226734655257935 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-9150341707378370891</id><published>2011-11-02T06:17:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-02T07:21:37.232Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fix your eyes on Jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Trust'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Listen'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><title type='text'>For You?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you for your love for us and for your bountiful provision. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Martin. Thank you for your company this morning. and for spending time with us. We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want you my children to stop looking inwards at your 'problems'. I am speaking to my Church. Your 'problems' are of your own making, because you have taken your eyes off me and have forgotten that I am the Lord your provider. Fix your eyes upon Jesus for he alone is the way, the truth, and the life. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My child, I want you to look outward from yourself and see the things I will show you. Lay aside what lies behind and move forward along the pathway I have lit before you. This is a walk of faith, an unknown path for you, but I know the way, and if you will place your hand into mine, I will lead you through the unknown, to the light beyond.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lay aside your fears of the unknown, and all the false teachings you have been fed. Place your hand firmly into the outstretched hand of Jesus. Let Him enfold you, and encircle you with His love and strength.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Listen to my words as I teach you. As you hear and receive my words, let the fear melt away, and let my truth become a part of who you are. Let go of the anger, and look into the loving eyes of Jesus. Lay all your burdens, all that weighs you down, at the foot of His cross, that it may be dealt with once and for all. Turn to me, and ask those questions you are longing to ask. Let your tears be turned to laughter and your sorrows turned to joy, as my love fills you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You doubt me? That is because you have always been let down! Test me and try me, for I am a rock that will not be moved. Even if all the anger and hatred in the world is thrown at me, I am still the same today as I was yesterday and will be tomorrow. My love is eternal and I love you. Try me!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Lord, I bless whoever that word is for. May they find you and come to know you as the trustworthy friend you are. Thank you Lord. I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-9150341707378370891?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/9150341707378370891/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/for-you.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/9150341707378370891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/9150341707378370891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/for-you.html' title='For You?'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22425057776419 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.22181907776419 -2.7717306583862307 52.22668207776419 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-1870554094941333289</id><published>2011-11-01T06:21:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-04T07:35:05.181Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New Testament'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Old Testament'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='World View'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='truth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Word of God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Scripture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Creation'/><title type='text'>My Word is Truth</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Martin. Thank you for joining us this morning and for your company on our walk. We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Children, there are still some of you who are struggling with my word! You have listened to the voice of the deceiver who has persuaded you, that only some of my word is true and trustworthy. You have been taking certain parts of scripture, and because they do not fit with your world view of history, you have dismissed them as poetry or myth, with only a thread of truth in them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stand back for a moment, lay aside all your preconceived ideas about Genesis, Moses, Abraham and Jesus. Look again at what Scripture says, and ask me to reveal the truth to you. You say that you believe in me and trust me. Ok, believe and trust what I say. My Word is truth, from the first word through to the last word, the alpha and the omega. I do not lie, and I do not mislead.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When others tell you, what they think happened in the six days of creation, or in the days of Noah, Moses and Abraham, ask the question, "&lt;i&gt;Were they there to observe and witness?&lt;/i&gt;" The answer is, "&lt;i&gt;No, they were not there&lt;/i&gt;". Their opinion is heavily biased and coloured, by a wrong view of history and scripture. It was I who created the heavens and the earth. I was the one who drew up the plans for all things, and mapped out history. I raised up men of greatness, and I caused thrones to crumble and fall. I was there! I have given you a record of all that I have done. Start with what I have given you, then explore all the sciences and see where it leads you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My word is my gift to mankind. It is given in order to start him on the right pathway of exploration. It is not there to hold you back, but to push you on. It is there to set you free to think my thoughts after me, and to see creation as I see it. I want you all to see the big picture, and I want you to discover me. Do not separate the Old Testament from the New, they both need each other. The Old leads you through the whole span of man's history to Jesus, and the New builds on the Old, bringing it all up-to-date. The Gospel of Jesus makes sense of the Old Testament, and the Old is a foundation that cannot be shaken, on which the gospel is firmly fixed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I make no apology for re-quoting Paul's words which I gave him, "&lt;i style="color: blue;"&gt;All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.&lt;/i&gt;" 2 Tim 3.16-17&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The most important two words for you in that passage, my children are, "&lt;i&gt;All Scripture&lt;/i&gt;". You cannot take some of my words and say, "&lt;i&gt;I accept these&lt;/i&gt;", while rejecting the rest, because it "&lt;i&gt;isn't comfortable&lt;/i&gt;".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My word is truth and life. It remains truth and life, even if you don't believe it! If you want to draw close to me, and walk in my way, the only way to see things as I see them, is to begin by believing what I have written down for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not everything in the Bible is comfortable, indeed some things are very uncomfortable. Many of the things I am saying to the Church today are not easy or comfortable. That is why I am saying them, in order to shake you out of complacency, back into the centre of my will for you. I need my Church, all of you, to be on track, close to me. I need you to believe me, and to trust me. For those, to whom I send you, will quickly discern if you do not believe what you preach or teach!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My Word is a rock, on which you can stand with confidence. Stand then and be seen and heard, and let others come to the rock which is Jesus, for Jesus is the Word! I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-1870554094941333289?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/1870554094941333289/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/my-word-is-truth.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/1870554094941333289'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/1870554094941333289'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/11/my-word-is-truth.html' title='My Word is Truth'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22425057776419 -2.766752243041992</georss:point><georss:box>52.22181907776419 -2.7716877430419924 52.22668207776419 -2.761816743041992</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-4903146996898061070</id><published>2011-10-31T06:50:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-04T07:31:52.552Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holy Spirit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Armour of God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='truth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Good News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gospel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gifts of the Spirit'/><title type='text'>Stand Up and be Counted!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord: &lt;/b&gt;Where are the shepherds of my people, and why have they not spoken up, in defence of the oppressed and the poor? Where are my evangelists and preachers, and why is my message being watered down and the truth diluted? Why are you silent, when those who speak against me, and who do not have the truth, rant and rage against my Church? Why do you stand by, and let others steal the gifts I have given my Church? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When the evil spirits cried out against my Son Jesus, he rebuked them, and commanded them to be silent. When he crossed the path of those possessed of evil spirits; he cast them out, and delivered those possessed and oppressed. When the sick and wounded came to him, he healed them, and gave them hope. In the early days of my Church, the people came to listen to the word being faithfully preached, and when the authorities tried to stop them, the apostles said, "&lt;i&gt;You cannot silence us, because God has told us to speak. We must obey Him, not you!&lt;/i&gt;" Now it seems that my Church, which carries my special message for the world, is being silenced, out of fear of those who are offended by me! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did not entrust the good news of Jesus to be stored away, out of sight and mind, and kept for another generation, or more opportune time! I entrusted it to you, to share freely today! I gave you the gifts of My Holy Spirit to enable and empower you to do it well. It now seems that you are being disarmed at the first opposition! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stand up, men and women of God. Clothe yourselves in the armour I have provided. Take hold of the Sword of the Spirit, and cut your way through the opposition of Satan. Stand firm, and speak of me, to all who will listen. Satan is a defeated foe. I have triumphed over him, and he is now under My feet. Destroy his works; set the captives free. Proclaim the day of the Lord's salvation, and gather in the lost, the lonely, and the oppressed, that they may find true liberty in me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Children, I have given you the liberty of free speech, in order to proclaim the gospel. No man, no government, no judge and no court, has the right, or the ability to stand against me and take that away from you. Stand by My command to take the good news into ALL the world. Take it to ALL people everywhere. Let no one stand in your way. When your Church leaders fail to stand by the gospel of truth, I will withdraw my Spirit from them. Do not follow them, but stay close to me. Fix your eyes upon Jesus, my beloved Son.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stand up, and be counted for me, as I muster my army, to march forward and claim the land back.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-4903146996898061070?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/4903146996898061070/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/stand-up-and-be-counted.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/4903146996898061070'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/4903146996898061070'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/stand-up-and-be-counted.html' title='Stand Up and be Counted!'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224303155257935 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.221871655257935 -2.7717306583862307 52.226734655257935 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-3552498471962925006</id><published>2011-10-30T06:24:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-01T09:17:30.584Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prayer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Build'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jeremiah'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='heal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blessing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><title type='text'>Tell them of my love</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; The evil in man's heart has grown and the imaginations of his heart have become consumed with filth, as the evil one deceives him, and leads him further down the road to destruction. In the days of Noah I saw the evil of men's hearts and determined to do away with all that I had made. Only my righteous friend Noah and his sons were saved from the destruction. What stays my hand today ,from total destruction, is not one man and his family, but the bride of my son, the Church. The Earth heaves with restlessness, as it waits for me to act. It tries to cleanse itself of such evil, but my hand restrains it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My children, pray for the Earth which I have made for you. Bless the ground from which you were taken. Thank me for the clean air you breathe and the trees that replenish it each day. Bless the sea in her abundance and the soil bringing forth fruit and food. Pray for her peace, so that during this time you may be able to bless all men. Speak words of peace. Tell of my love and share Jesus. Encourage all men and women everywhere, to hold on to truth, and reject the lies of the false prophets, as they speak soothing words that pamper and condone the lusts and desires of mankind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember the prophet Jeremiah, who lived in very troubled times. He alone delivered my word to Judah, when all the other prophets and priests told lies and offered sacrifices to other gods. They prophesied in my name, that no one would be able to prevail over Jerusalem. But they did not speak my words, so I brought all the disasters upon them, that my faithful servant Jeremiah prophesied against them. Yet, even then I gave them a chance to repent, saying to the King of Judah, "&lt;i&gt;Deal righteously with the poor and the oppressed and turn to me.&lt;/i&gt;" But they would not listen and scoffed at me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My children, be true to my word and hold fast to the Gospel of Jesus, for in Jesus, and in him alone, is your salvation. As you pray for the Earth, pray for the leaders of men, pray for people who hold power and influence. Pray especially for those who fight for freedom and justice. They need special prayer, as it is so easy to slip from freedom-fighting into retaliation and oppression. Pray that the good things gained by their struggle will not be lost in the aftermath. Teach all men everywhere to bless and not curse, to heal and not wound, to build and not destroy. Tell them of my love.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-3552498471962925006?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/3552498471962925006/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/tell-them-of-my-love.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/3552498471962925006'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/3552498471962925006'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/tell-them-of-my-love.html' title='Tell them of my love'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22425057776419 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.22181907776419 -2.7717306583862307 52.22668207776419 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-8339965480328955742</id><published>2011-10-29T07:44:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-29T08:40:07.377+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holy Spirit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Evil One'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Righteousness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ministry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='truth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Scripture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><title type='text'>Conversation on 2 Timothy</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Many prophecies made in the New Testament are being fulfilled in your day. I am drawing all things together now as the time approaches for the Bride of Christ to be revealed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In these days I want you all to be on your guard. Guard the truth, guard your righteousness, hold to all that I have entrusted to you. Watch out for those who are lovers of themselves, with no love for others. Be wary of those who love money wealth and power, who trample upon the lives of others, especially the poor and helpless, in order to gain and hold on to wealth. Where it is within your power to do so, shun these people and do nothing to further their aims. Do not listen to their lies, or their smooth talking for it is all deceit. Their days are numbered and their ruin is already ordained and will be complete.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have nothing to do with those who are boastful, proud, abrasive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful and unholy. Let the Holy Spirit convict them and turn them away from their ways, which are so far away from my standard for them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do not excuse or make allowances for those without love, the unforgiving, slanderous, and those without self control, the brutal, and those who hate what is good. These have made a choice and are following in the ways of the Evil One. Again I charge you to hand them over to the Holy Spirit, for they are His work, not yours. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be wary of the treacherous, the rash and conceited, of those who love worldly pleasure before loving God, even when they have a form of godliness, but deny the power of God. Have nothing to do with them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be always protective towards the vulnerable and the gullible. Watch out for those who are burdened by sin, and easily swayed towards evil. Pray for them and teach them. But also protect them from those who would lead them astray with their smooth words and devious actions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your ministry my dear children is not, unless I specifically tell you, to confront the powers of Evil head on. Your ministry is to destroy the works of the devil by liberating all those he has enslaved and chained to sin. Speak the words of love I give you and be bold to proclaim the truth. Live a life of righteousness and walk with me along the path I show you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Soak yourself in the Scriptures, my words to every generation. Make the Scriptures part of who you, are and allow me to teach you my ways as I have taught my servants in every generation. Remember this: &lt;i style="color: blue;"&gt;All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.&lt;/i&gt; 2 Tim 3.16-17&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-8339965480328955742?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/8339965480328955742/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/conversation-2-timothy.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/8339965480328955742'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/8339965480328955742'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/conversation-2-timothy.html' title='Conversation on 2 Timothy'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224303155257935 -2.766752243041992</georss:point><georss:box>52.221871655257935 -2.7716877430419924 52.226734655257935 -2.761816743041992</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-7967068770494812693</id><published>2011-10-28T06:45:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-01T09:10:15.095Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Walk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Saviour'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Righteousness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gospel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='cross'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><title type='text'>Be at One</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord: &lt;/b&gt;To all my people who are called by my name, I say this: Be strong in the faith of Jesus, who, for the love of all sinners, suffered and died on the cross. It is no small thing to suffer as he suffered, or to die as he died. He was not dying for his own sin, for He had no sin! He did not suffer for himself, but for you, in order that you might be set free from the bondage of sin and death. What He did for you on the cross, was not something that you can idly reply to with, "&lt;i&gt;Oh that's nice!&lt;/i&gt;" He saved your life, and the first response after surprise, is surely gratitude!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saving a life, gives the Saviour a right to ask for something small in return. Not a reward, more a request. He has given His life up, so that you can live, so His request is that you accept what He has done for you and turn away from your old life of sin, and live a life of righteousness. If you are really glad that Jesus has saved you, you will surely want to tell others, and bring them to Jesus, for Him to save them also.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, salvation doesn't stop there! Salvation is a continuous process. It starts with an encounter with Jesus, and continues with a walk that leads you along a pathway, away from your old life, and into a new life of light, love, and righteousness. That pathway is anything but dull! It is the most fulfilling and satisfying walk you can ever imagine. It is not always easy, and often involves danger and suffering, but all the danger and suffering are nothing, compared to the price Jesus, my beloved son, paid for you. It is nothing, compared to the glory that is now before you. Even though you may be chained and in prison, the good news that is on your lips, is not chained. When it is spoken out, it is carried in the hearts of those who hear it! Oh, it may seem to have been rejected at first! But know this: My word does not return to me, without first accomplishing all that I purpose for it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My children, do not quarrel, or play with words that achieve nothing but division. My gospel is one. It is at unity with me. Let it also be at unity with you. Your love for the Lord Jesus is what unites you. It is your passport to Heaven. Petty arguments and divisions do nothing to further the Kingdom, and only bring dishonour to my name. Lay aside all that divides. However dearly you hold on to it, if it does not further my Kingdom, it is not important! Be at one with all the brethren. Bless each other in my name.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Teach the truth as I handed it to you. Do not dilute, or change my word one iota. Those who are seeking the truth with all their heart, will recognise it when it is given to them. If you dilute or change my word in any way, those who are seeking the truth, will not recognise your word as truth, and will be prevented from entering into life. You will have to account for their souls before me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love one another as I have loved you, and love those to whom I send you. Bless them with your story, bless them with your love, bless them with the gospel of Jesus. Be like Jesus to them! Share, teach, heal and deliver, in my name, just as I have commanded you. But do all this as you stay close to me. You cannot do it on your own! Walk with Me, talk with Me, and stay with me. Let Me be your strength and your rock. I am with you always, because I love you!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-7967068770494812693?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/7967068770494812693/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/be-at-one.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/7967068770494812693'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/7967068770494812693'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/be-at-one.html' title='Be at One'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224276866518835 -2.766752243041992</georss:point><georss:box>52.221845366518835 -2.7716877430419924 52.226708366518835 -2.761816743041992</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-5617949173881417081</id><published>2011-10-27T07:18:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-01T09:08:11.290Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holy Spirit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Righteousness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='truth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gifts of the Spirit'/><title type='text'>Speak My Words of Life</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you for your love poured out upon me and for every blessing you have bestowed on us. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son. Thank you for joining us this morning and for walking with us. Stay close to me today and be ready for my words.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My Spirit is at work in the world today and the gifts He gives are being used daily by my people. I want all my people to be aware of My Spirit at work and to be there, so that He can use you all as channels of power.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be wary of those who do not acknowledge the Holy Spirit or who attribute His work to 'natural' forces. There are even those, some in high esteem, who say that the outworking of My Spirit is only delusion and that those who manifest the Spirit are sick. Stand fast in your faith and remain open to My Spirit at work in you, for the days are now upon you when those who blaspheme the Holy Spirit will be denounced by your Father in Heaven. Keep your eyes fixed upon Jesus and walk in the way I have appointed for you. Do not waver either to the right or to the left, but walk in my way. When you are ridiculed by men, do not answer back but allow the Spirit to vindicate you. No one who acknowledges me before men will ever be put to shame, for I am with them. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Walk in righteousness and truth. Sing as you walk of the wonderful works of God. Let your voices be lifted to the heavens and join with the angels and all those who worship before the throne of God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Children I want you to seek my kingdom and my righteousness. Learn how to use the gifts that I have bestowed upon you through my Spirit. Do not be afraid of stepping out in faith as you lay hands on the sick, or pray for the needy. I see what is in the heart and I stand by my words. You never have to justify what I say, for my words are the words of life and it is through my word that life on earth is sustained. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mankind does not sustain life, and he has clearly shown that he is incapable of even carrying out my simple command to him, to look after the creation I have made. Fortunately for mankind I maintain all that I have created, and have limited man's ability to destroy all life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your task this day is to counter the hatred and destruction of the Evil One, and of sinful man, using the greatest gift of all, Love. I want you to show love to all people. Love the unlovely. Love the hurting and the sick. Love those who are lost and those who despair. Let my Holy Spirit teach you to love in new and practical ways. I want you to love even those who hate you, and do good to them. Counter the negative with the positive and speak the words of life I give you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When you encounter anger today, counter it with peace. When you encounter hatred, pour out a blessing. When you see someone wronged, speak out and strengthen them. Use all the spiritual armour I have provided for you and destroy the works of the devil. Know this, I am with you and I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-5617949173881417081?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/5617949173881417081/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/speak-my-words-of-life.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/5617949173881417081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/5617949173881417081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/speak-my-words-of-life.html' title='Speak My Words of Life'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224303155257935 -2.766709327697754</georss:point><georss:box>52.221871655257935 -2.771644827697754 52.226734655257935 -2.7617738276977537</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-1524846336350533213</id><published>2011-10-26T06:25:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-01T08:54:36.419Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holy Spirit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='First love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Discernment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Commandments'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='rock'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Name of Jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Good News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Knowledge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tongues'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prophecy'/><title type='text'>Regain your First Love</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; For about sixty generations now, my church has been passing on the good news about Jesus, but there are many corners of the world that are still untouched by the good news. Even after all these generations, and after all the effort, the church is distracted from living and preaching the good news, by focusing upon things that are nothing to do with the gospel and do not give life to my people. I did &lt;b&gt;not&lt;/b&gt; come to earth to found a building preservation society, nor did I come to form and support a church of surrogates, priests and ministers, who do all the work while the people do nothing!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I called you to me, I filled your hearts with excitement as you realised the truth and committed yourselves to me. I opened your eyes, to see what I was doing in the lives and hearts of men and women, as they turned to me for salvation. I laid needs upon your hearts to pray for. I allowed my Holy Spirit to use you in prophecy, knowledge, discernment, tongues and healing. I filled your hearts with love for those around you, and your voices with praise and worship for me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have not changed! The gospel has not changed! The Holy Spirit is still there, but I do not hear the worship that comes from the heart. I do not see any more the excitement of seeing me at work! Where is that love you had for me when you first believed?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Has the last 2,000 years watered down the gospel? No! My word stands forever and for all time. You, my people have allowed the clamour and senseless mutterings of the world to distract and deceive you! You have listened to the lies of the Evil One, and have let go of My commandments and my statutes. You have turned your eyes away from Jesus and have allowed the bright lights and loud music of the world to distract you, and lead you away from my path. As you have wandered further away from me you have become deaf to my voice, and oblivious of my call. Even your leaders have been listening too much to the world's wisdom, which is not wisdom at all, and have created a theology to fit the world's ideas, instead of allowing the world to see the truth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As the institutions of worldly power are shaken by my hand, and many become fearful for their future as the props they were leaning on fall, you my people, must stand firm on the rock which is not shaken and which cannot be moved. That rock is Jesus! Hold tightly to the truth revealed in Jesus and spread abroad the Gospel! Turn your eyes upon Jesus, and listen, as I speak to you through Him. Learn well, how to hear my voice, and remain obedient to me, for only those who hold on to me will not be shaken in the days and month ahead, as I shake again and again, the institutions of men.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hold on firmly to my truth, and my commandments. Endure the laughter and mockery of the world for a little longer, for before the year is out, many of the rocks and safe places, in which they trust, and on which they have based their whole lives, will shake, crumble and fall into a pile of dust!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be ready to reach out your hands to help those who fall and draw them to the safety of the rock, which is Jesus. Do not reprove them. It is for My Holy Spirit to do the convicting Reach out and draw them home. Nourish them with the words of life. Live out the gospel of peace and love ,and regain and relive the love you had for me when you first believed. Regain the excitement you felt when you first saw me working and lift your hearts and your voices in praise and worship to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let your light shine brightly in the darkness of the world. Be a lighthouse, a beacon, to draw all men to me. Do not waiver or be daunted by the task, for I have equipped you and will provide for all your needs and all the needs of those to whom you minister. I am the Lord your provider, and I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-1524846336350533213?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/1524846336350533213/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/regain-your-first-love.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/1524846336350533213'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/1524846336350533213'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/regain-your-first-love.html' title='Regain your First Love'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22425057776419 -2.766752243041992</georss:point><georss:box>52.22181907776419 -2.7716877430419924 52.22668207776419 -2.761816743041992</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-1458186284469822911</id><published>2011-10-24T15:56:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T17:38:21.606+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prayer'/><title type='text'>Day of Prayer!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord: &lt;/b&gt;The collapse of the world's monetary systems is the worst in history! I have caused it in order to bring focus back to me. The cause of my wrath is corruption and greed in very high places. No country in the world is excused; all are equally guilty. In Europe, the various financial whiz-kids are frantically trying to find an answer, that will put them back to where they were before the crisis started. This will not be possible, as I shall thwart all their efforts to reinstate the same regime of corruption and greed. There is only one answer, and I am ready to give it, if they would only ask me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This situation is now worse than any financial meltdown in history and it will deepen! For many months now I have been calling my people to pray. Some have responded and some have not. I have called bishops, moderators, ministers and leaders, to gather their people to pray. Only a very few have responded.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When war is imminent, or natural disaster strikes, church leaders once called for a day of prayer. Many of the institutional churches are also in a state of financial melt down. My Roman church is morally in a very grave state, because they have not obeyed me, nor have the leaders recognised the crisis for what it is, or called on me for help.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have called to them all, but I am still waiting for, archbishops, popes, and church leaders, to call their people, and the nations, to prayer for the world situation. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Where are the days of prayer? &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Where is the holy fast? &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;What are my people in places of power doing? &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why did I allow you to be placed in those privileged places? I put you there, so that you could act and bring My wisdom and My answer to these events.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you do not recognise me and respond to my call, how can I help you? If you continue to bury your head in the sand, I will bury you all so deep there will be no resurrection.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh my people, read the signs of the times, open your hearts to me and un-stop your ears. Lift up your eyes, look away from your accounts. Your help does not come through accountants and bankers, and there is no permanent help from the present systems, which are all biased to the rich and unfair to the poor. They are based upon greed! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Look to me the Lord of love. Seek my righteousness and my answer. Only in Jesus will you see the way out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did not spare my chosen people Israel when they turned from me, but I handed them over to be chastised by foreign kings. I was hard on them and turned my face from them, because of their iniquity. Only when a remnant was left, did I turn again to them and restore them. Their mission, to be a vehicle of the Good News of the Messiah, I passed on to the church. Many gentiles and those foreign to Israel have carried the torch and spread the gospel. Many have lived lives of poverty and suffering in order that the good news could be passed on to &lt;b&gt;you&lt;/b&gt;. If I did not spare them, why should I spare you?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Leave your books of numbers and your laws, which imprison and oppress the poor. Turn your back on people, organisations and nations, that try to suppress my truth. Get on your knees and pray! Put on sackcloth, cover your heads with ashes, confess your sin, and the sin of church and nation, and plead for my forgiveness. Shout this message from the rooftops, that all may hear and turn to me. I am calling you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;"...if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land".&lt;/i&gt; 2 Chronicles 7:14 &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-1458186284469822911?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/1458186284469822911/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/day-of-prayer.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/1458186284469822911'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/1458186284469822911'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/day-of-prayer.html' title='Day of Prayer!'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224303155257935 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.221871655257935 -2.7717306583862307 52.226734655257935 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-3645276899020467249</id><published>2011-10-24T06:28:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T07:55:53.296+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Witness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Story'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Faith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ministry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='mission'/><title type='text'>My Calling to You.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you for our time together as we walk and for you being with me all the time. Lord I give you this day. Help me to walk in your way and do your will. Lord I love you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son, Thank you for walking with us this morning and for being here for us. Yes, that might seem strange to you who always think of us being here for you! We are always here for you, but we enjoy your company and conversation, and we are grateful to you for giving time to us. Stay close and ever watchful. Let me lead you into a ministry, and into areas you have only dreamed of so far. We love you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My children, I am calling to you today to step out of your comfort zone. Step out in faith and break with the spirit of this present darkness. Turn aside from all forms of greed and idolatry. The modern forms of idolatry are holding on to idealistic ideas I have not given you, of materialism and placing your trust in the things that money can buy. Idolatry today, as in days gone by, is turning away from me, and following after other gods who can give you nothing but heartbreak. Leave all these gods behind you and step out on to the path that I will show you, a path of righteousness and truth, a path which will lead you into a land of fresh green pastures and an abundance of fruitfulness. Do not let your lives be full of anxieties and concerns over things you cannot change. Instead look to me to show you the things you can change and the people you can bless.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So much energy is wasted, and enthusiasm lost, because you pursue that which is not your concern. Let your concerns be the things I lay upon you, and not what the world would have you be concerned about. For every need in the world, I raise up those who will rise to the challenge and meet that need. I will also raise up those around them to support and uphold them in their mission. But not everyone is to be concerned with every need or issue. Devote your energy and expertise to the things I give you, and bless and support the people I draw within your sphere. Pray for those I lay upon your heart. Heal those I give you&amp;nbsp; the gift of healing for, and prophecy over those to who I give you a word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This calling of mine to you, will bring you out from your cover of 'safety', which is not a real cover, just a hiding place, and into a place on the front line where I am working. There, on the front line of battle, all the gifts I have given to you will be needed, as you fulfil all the tasks I give you. Here on the front line, you will need a daily dose of prayer and fellowship with me, a briefing session, where I can show you all that I want you to do. Then I want you to stay focused and do the things I command of you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Watch out each day for the opportunities I am presenting to you, opportunities to share your story &lt;b&gt;with&lt;/b&gt; a stranger, to pray &lt;b&gt;with&lt;/b&gt; someone in need, to bless someone just because they cross your path and I point them out to you. I will present you with opportunities to encourage and build up someone who is low, or to raise up another who is fallen. Keep your ears open for those who ask after me and are seeking me. Sometimes their asking is done in a quiet, tentative voice. Listen out for them and respond. Remember, you are my witnesses. You are the bearers of my gospel, which is the gift of salvation to all who hear it. It is not for you to decide&amp;nbsp; who to share the good news with, only to share it and let my Holy Spirit do the work of convincing and conviction.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Children, this is new ground for many of you. Do not be afraid, be courageous, be bold and strong, and let me lead you. Together we can bring in my kingdom.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-3645276899020467249?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/3645276899020467249/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/my-calling-to-you.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/3645276899020467249'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/3645276899020467249'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/my-calling-to-you.html' title='My Calling to You.'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224276866518835 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.221845366518835 -2.7717306583862307 52.226708366518835 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-3509148810728868146</id><published>2011-10-20T06:22:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-11-01T08:41:50.895Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Journaling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hearing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Waiting'/><title type='text'>Are you too Busy?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new and beautiful day you have made. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son. Thank you for joining us this morning and for your company on our walk. We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Children, I want to go back this morning to journaling: the writing down of the words I give you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Journaling is for your benefit, and to act as a record and reminder to you of the conversations we have. It is not a substitute for prayer or spending time with me; rather it is a record of that time. In order to journal meaningfully you must first enter into my presence and spend time with me. Being still before me is the time when we can become close and not just hear, but feel each other. It is during this time of stillness, when the mind is handed over to me, that I can switch on the intuitive side of your brain and tune you into Heaven. It is very important that you do not get frightened by this, and switch off too soon. Listen to the thoughts I put into your head and see the things I show you. Listen to the still small voice, which whispers in your ear, then let all that experience settle and soak in and become a part of who you are. Then, and only then, will you be really ready to journal, for then you will be beginning to hear me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please don't give me the tail end of the day, when you are too tired to give me your attention. I have given you night time to sleep, and mornings to walk with me. If you find it difficult to wake up in the mornings, try going to bed earlier and asking me to wake you up. Remember the words I gave you &lt;a href="http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/me-good-morning-lord.html"&gt;last week&lt;/a&gt;: "&lt;i&gt;If you are too busy for me, you are too busy&lt;/i&gt;." If you are too busy then it is time to look long and hard at what you are doing. Sometime you are not too busy, but because you haven't started with me, the day becomes ragged and inefficient! I can help you to organise your day and help you to be more efficient and effective, if you will only start the day with me. I love you, and I don't want you to feel you are wasting the time I have given you, and I certainly don't want you to regret your life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am the Lord who loves you. I am the Lord your provider. Try me!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-3509148810728868146?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/3509148810728868146/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/are-you-too-busy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/3509148810728868146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/3509148810728868146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/are-you-too-busy.html' title='Are you too Busy?'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22432944398149 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.22189794398149 -2.7717306583862307 52.22676094398149 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-1902869477005141236</id><published>2011-10-19T06:30:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-19T08:32:19.269+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kingdom of Heaven'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prayer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Trust'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Forgiveness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Light'/><title type='text'>Which way  Lord?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day, Thank you for the clear shy and the brilliant stars, and the moon that gives me light to walk the dark path. Thank you for your company and your guidance. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son, welcome to the club this morning. I'm so glad you liked the celestial show I laid on for you this morning. Though the path may be dark, if you always walk with me I shall be a light for you to see and a lantern for your feet. Trust me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Martin, this time each morning walking with me and spending it in conversation, is very important both for you, for me, and for others as well. I would that all my children would spent a good time with me, uninterrupted and in constant communion with me. Not only do you benefit from this time, but all those for whom you pray benefit as well! I hear all your prayers as you ask them, and you have time to hear my replies. Encourage others to spend time with me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you walk with me and begin to rely on me for all your needs, you will begin to see me work in new and wonderful ways. As you encounter forks in the road you are walking, ask me to show you which way to walk. As you meet with opposition, ask me for words to say. As you meet with difficulties, commit each one to me, and let me do the sorting. Let your prayer always be, "&lt;i&gt;Which way Lord?&lt;/i&gt;" or "&lt;i&gt;What should I do now Lord?&lt;/i&gt;" Then listen, as I instruct you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you look at the examples of this in the Bible, you will see that I often said things like, "&lt;i&gt;Assemble and do nothing!&lt;/i&gt;" or "&lt;i&gt;Watch me work.&lt;/i&gt;" Then, as the people watched, I have given them the victory without their needing to lift one hand! Sometimes, indeed often, I will tell you what action to take, and then you will move forward in power. But remember always, the power is mine, not yours, and the action you take is at my command. All glory must be given to me. I am the Lord who guides you. I am the Lord your strength.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know, and I understand your weaknesses, but it is when you are weak that I am strong. It is when you are low or cast down that I can raise you up. When I raise you up, you can be a strength to the weak and an encouragement to those who are cast down. Remember always that one encouraging word, offered in love, can change a life and save a soul.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Always speak in love, never in hate. Give all your anger to me, and let my love take over and heal the hole that is left. Always be ready to forgive, just as you have, in Jesus, been forgiven. Keep your eyes fixed on me and seek always the Kingdom of Heaven. That is your destination and the place to which I am leading you. A place near to my heart. A place I have prepared for all those who love me. A place where you will be near to me and those whom you love and where you will feel at home. I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-1902869477005141236?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/1902869477005141236/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/which-way-lord.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/1902869477005141236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/1902869477005141236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/which-way-lord.html' title='Which way  Lord?'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22425057776419 -2.766752243041992</georss:point><georss:box>52.22181907776419 -2.7716877430419924 52.22668207776419 -2.761816743041992</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-8596688983536566669</id><published>2011-10-18T06:48:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-18T08:24:57.076+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Thirsty'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Banquet'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Righteousness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bread of Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hungry'/><title type='text'>An Invitation</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for giving me this new day. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son. Thank you for joining us this morning and for walking with us. We love you and we are always pleased when you join us. We love you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to give my people an invitation today. It is an invitation to be shared freely with those who will receive it. As the days go by this invitation will become more and more attractive, for it speaks into where people are.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The invitation is to those who are hungry and thirsty, but find they have not got the currency to buy the food and drink that satisfies. I am speaking of spiritual hunger and thirst here. Come and buy without money and without price. Come buy, and eat. I am the Lord your provider and have bread that satisfies, and wine that makes your heart glad. The world cannot give such bread, nor can the grapes of the earth provide wine that satisfies like the wine I give. Flour for the bread I give is milled in Heaven, and the grapes that produce the wine grow along the edge of the river of life that flows from my throne. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do not waste your time seeking for bread and wine like this from any other source, for there is only one supplier and his name is Jesus. Do not hunt for this food in the dark places of the earth, or in the scrap bins of the rich, for not one crumb, nor one single drop is ever thrown away. Neither is a charge ever made for it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is spread out upon a broad, long table, covered with a cloth of pure white. There is enough and to spare, for I have opened my store houses that all who come to me may be fed and have their fill.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go out my children into all the Earth, and take my invitation with you. I desire that all peoples, far and wide, will come the feast I have prepared. Go to the far north and the deep south. Go east until you meet the west, and west until you meet the east. Do not be afraid to go and share this invitation with people who do not know me, for you will find that I have already prepared their hearts to receive all that I am providing for them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Declare to all the word. "&lt;i&gt;Seek the Lord, while he may be found; call upon Him while He is near. Turn away from the wicked and follow no longer the ways of sin and destruction. Think on that which is good and wholesome. Speak about the things of light and righteousness. Turn to the Lord your God that he may heal your ways and forgive your sin, then come and eat of the banquet the Lord has provided for you.&lt;/i&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember my children the words I have given to you: "&lt;i style="color: blue;"&gt;As the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: it will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.&lt;/i&gt;" Isaiah 55:10-11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go out therefore in joy. Take my invitation with great rejoicing, for I am bringing in a great harvest and all the harvesters will rejoice as they gather, and sing as they bring into my store houses the harvest I am gathering. Shout and sing with a loud and joyful voice that the Lord your God is King. I love you. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-8596688983536566669?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/8596688983536566669/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/invitation.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/8596688983536566669'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/8596688983536566669'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/invitation.html' title='An Invitation'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224276866518835 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.221845366518835 -2.7717306583862307 52.226708366518835 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-1884810883193405968</id><published>2011-10-16T06:58:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-16T08:52:04.987+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fruit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Greed'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='suffering'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Knowledge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seek'/><title type='text'>Suffering - Sin</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you that this is a day you have made specially for us to enjoy. Help us to stay in the centre of you will, that in all we do we may please you. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Martin. Thank you for joining, and walking with us, this morning. We love you too. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Today I want to talk to you more about my love. There are many who choose not to believe in me, because they say they cannot reconcile a God of love with the suffering they see around them. Oh, how Satan has blinded their eyes! It is because I love mankind so much, that the full effect of man's sin hasn't destroyed him already! Suffering is the direct result of sin. When mankind chose, using the free will I gave him out of love, to disobey the only command I gave him in the garden, he opened the way for sin and suffering to take over. It was a simple case of cause and effect. By disobeying my command not to eat the fruit of that tree, and that tree alone, man chose to take the consequences of his action.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At that time in his immaturity, he was not ready to deal with, and use, the flood of knowledge, that came upon him as a direct result of his action. When your children are young you do not allow them to play with certain tools or pieces of equipment, as they could be dangerous to life or health. As they grow and mature, these things can be introduced to them and they can be taught to use them properly and safely. The fruit of that tree was forbidden to them for that reason. I did not intended to forbid it to them forever! If I had intended that, I would not have placed the tree there in the first place!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are lots of things I have placed in the world for the use of mankind. Plants and berries, rocks and trees, crystals and gems. Some of them are give to make the earth beautiful, because in my love for man, I want this special environment I have made for him, to be beautiful and pleasant to live in. Man has, in his immaturity, placed the wrong value on many, things and has misused the gifts I have given him, finding uses for them that I never intended.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many plants, nuts and berries are attractive and appealing, but are poisonous if eaten. That is because I did not create them for man to eat. Some have medicinal properties, or contain natural chemicals that can be used as antidotes or for healing ointments. Certain metals and gems have been given great value and are used as currency, to be hoarded and owned by a few, when their real purpose has yet to be discovered, and in some cases never will be now, because it is too valuable to be wasted on scientific research. The misuse of these materials and plants that I have generously provided has given rise to greed, which in turn has led to wars, and both greed and war lead to suffering.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Suffering also arises from ignorance, because in his arrogance man does not seek me for the answers to sickness, injury or need. Daily you can see the results of mankind not listening to me. Daily, men and women make pronouncements about things they know nothing about, and in many cases their 'authoritative' statements cause others to suffer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many work in areas they have no feeling for, or love of. Lawyers, who do not care for right and justice, but are lining their own pockets. Bankers, who have no interest in the needs of their customers and investors, only in their profit and bonuses. Politicians, who have no care at all for their constituents, but seek their own glory. In every walk of life people suffer in jobs they hate and are ill suited to do. They suffer because they are trapped by the greed of others. These things are not of my making; they are the results of sin and greed.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My love for mankind is so great, that I have not totally destroyed him many times! My love is so great that I put in place, for man to use, everything that he needs, to be fully provided for and for the earth itself to be self sustaining. It is man, in his immaturity, that has abused and misused all I have provided for him. But he doesn't need to do this. If only he would stop turning his back on me and just acknowledge the miracle of creation and the wonderful provision I have made for him. If only he would stop from his busy-ness, trying to get rich, and begin to explore the riches I have provided for the good of &lt;b&gt;all&lt;/b&gt; mankind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I call on my people everywhere, to stop seeking after mammon and seek first the kingdom of your God. Seek the righteousness that I desire of you. Instead of looking inward, open your eyes to those around you. Instead of opening your mouths in slander and curses, bless those around you and wish them well. Tell them of me and of my love. Pursue all that makes for peace and goodwill. Then, and only then, all the riches that most men seek, will be added to you. I am the Lord who created you and loves you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-1884810883193405968?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/1884810883193405968/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/suffering-sin.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/1884810883193405968'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/1884810883193405968'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/suffering-sin.html' title='Suffering - Sin'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22425057776419 -2.766752243041992</georss:point><georss:box>52.22181907776419 -2.7716877430419924 52.22668207776419 -2.761816743041992</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-1091745711923790495</id><published>2011-10-15T06:31:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-15T08:13:47.473+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kingdom of Heaven'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Salvation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Harvest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Word of God'/><title type='text'>Word for Today</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this fresh new day. Help me Lord to stay close to you today and to be in the centre of your will. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Martin. Welcome to the club this morning and thank you for joining us on our walk. Stay close to me this day and I will keep you in the centre of my will. I love you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About the blog Martin, I want you to continue publishing each day I give you something. No, it's right you don't know who sees it, or will see it in future. That is for me to decide! Just be faithful and publish what I give you. No word of mine falls on barren land. Every seed I sow takes root and come to life. Sometimes it takes a lifetime for it to flower! In others the seed takes root quickly, and the plant grows tall and straight. But the growth of my seed is not the responsibility of the sower; that is my part. It's up to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want my whole church to realise that no proclamation of my truth ever falls on deaf ears. Yes, there are those who pass it over or who turn their backs, but always there is someone who takes the word away with them, and ponders it and feeds on it. When you are weak and you feel you have failed, is the moment I am strong, and where success is found. Do not be discouraged. Hold fast and keep proclaiming.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At this time I am drawing in those whom I have called, those to whom the word was delivered some time ago. Though it appears nothing happened, I have been working on that seed and giving it growth. Be prepared for those on the fringes of the kingdom to suddenly come alive, and break into a run that will bring them straight into the arms of Jesus! Rejoice with them and be glad. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Those who harvest this time, will gather in those who they did not sow. Others will reap a harvest from those you have sown. Rejoice that you have had your part in their salvation, whether sowing or reaping. The important thing is that the harvest is full!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When Paul wrote his letters to the various churches, he wanted them to be read to the whole church and to be shared among the congregations, but he had no idea that they would be continually read down 2000 years! The same is true of the blog and the books I give you; they are not just for today's readership, but for all who I direct to find and read them. My words are eternal, spoken outside of time. Remember that, as you write them down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be encouraged and build each other up in faith and boldness. Move forward like a mighty army and claim the land back for me. Open up communication lines, that my word for today may be heard and read in every corner of the world. I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-1091745711923790495?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/1091745711923790495/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/word-for-today.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/1091745711923790495'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/1091745711923790495'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/word-for-today.html' title='Word for Today'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224276866518835 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.221845366518835 -2.7717306583862307 52.226708366518835 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-4757816286484941805</id><published>2011-10-13T06:05:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-13T12:07:59.887+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Salvation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Light'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><title type='text'>Let your Light Shine</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me: &lt;/b&gt;Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Martin. Thank you for rising when I woke you in spite of your tiredness. Rest in me today and be refreshed. We love you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want you, my people to be a people of light. Draw close to me and receive my light, that will shine out of you and light the path for others to come to me. Light is my gift to creation. It makes life possible and enables the passage of time to be recorded. Walk in the light that I shine on you, for if you walk in the light you will not stumble and fall. Many are still walking in darkness and shadow, unable to see the ground beneath their feet, let alone the path before them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But I have caused the people who walk in the dark to see a great light. At the moment they don't know what it means or from whence it comes, but they are drawn towards the light, and within their hearts I have planted a hunger to come to the light and live. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The light they are drawn to is the light of my people, who are filled with the glorious light of the gospel of Jesus. So shine brightly and be a beacon for me. Let your light shine into the shadows where fear lurks, and into the corners of lives which have been shut up and locked away, for when I come to set men free, I want to shine my light into every corner of their lives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So much of the hurt of men and women today is the direct cause of a time of extreme darkness and pain, a time when they were vulnerable and alone, afraid with no-one to turn to. Shine into that dark place so that I can go in and dwell there, both now in the present, but also in the past and the future. Remember I am outside of time and my light can shine back into the past, as well as guide you into the future. In me there is no darkness at all. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the darkness of sin there are so many shadows and so much gloom that even the way out is obscured. That is why humans shut off dark places of the soul and try not to remember them. In guiding souls to me, I do not want you to be afraid to go with the seeker back into those dark places, and shine the light of Jesus there, so that the shadows and gloom may be dispersed, and the place may be seen for what it is. You will nearly always find there is a sense of reluctance to go back, often linked with shame and guilt. These are two things that need to be faced again, dealt with, and healed. There is nothing in anyone's past that I am unaware of, and nothing that I cannot deal with and heal. I am the Lord who heals you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Confession and repentance are signs of my Spirit working in a life, and dealing with these dark places. Be watchful and pray. Be careful not to be drawn into the trap of bruising a damaged soul, by treading on these hurts before they are free of them. Let me guide you and show you how to deal with each individual, for all my children are unique. All have walked down a different path. The past is to be forgiven completely, and their share in the kingdom of heaven is to be made known to them, that the light of hope may shine in their lives to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh how I love them and how I love you. My love is bursting and longing to pour out upon them in blessing. I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-4757816286484941805?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/4757816286484941805/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/let-your-light-shine.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/4757816286484941805'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/4757816286484941805'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/let-your-light-shine.html' title='Let your Light Shine'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224276866518835 -2.766752243041992</georss:point><georss:box>52.221845366518835 -2.7716877430419924 52.226708366518835 -2.761816743041992</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-5363163050584374950</id><published>2011-10-12T06:22:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-12T08:20:35.577+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='revelation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holy Spirit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Testimony'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Word of God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prophecy'/><title type='text'>Testimony to Jesus - Spirit of Prophecy</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new and beautiful day.&amp;nbsp; I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son, welcome to the club this morning. Thank you for walking with us and sharing your heart. We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When prophets are faithful to the word I give them and proclaim it boldly, it has far reaching effect, far beyond anything they ever dreamed of! For example, my servant Isaiah was one of the most faithful men of his day. The word I gave him to speak was not an easy word, and not always well received. He spoke words into the NOW situation, words that applied to the people who actually physically heard him deliver them, but that same word has spoken with great power to other people throughout the generations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes words are spoken which apply to a later time. for example his prophecies that relate to Jesus. The disciples and the early church rejoiced as they say the fulfilment of these prophecies, for it encouraged them to believe and go through all the persecution and suffering they had to endure. Those same words still speak to many with the same power, to encourage and build up, as they had in the first century. That is because my Word is everlasting and stands forever. It was spoken outside of time, in the Heavenly Realm. Therefore it is heard and full of meaning in every generation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The proclamation of Jesus through the gospels is prophetic. It is my word spoken for all eternity. Your testimony to the salvation Jesus has given you, is prophecy and is spoken in the halls of my throne room! St. John wrote in Revelation chapter 19 verse 10:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;And he (the angel) said unto me, ....worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy&lt;/i&gt;. KJV&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do not be afraid then to speak the word I give you, or be slow to share your story (&lt;i&gt;testimony&lt;/i&gt;), for as the words fall from your lips they take up wings like an eagle and rise into the heavens. Not only are they heard on Earth, touching the hearts of those around you, but they are heard in Heaven, and recorded with your name in the Lamb's book of life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The book of Revelation also tells how the word of God is like a sharp sword coming out of your mouth, that will cut closer than a razor to divide bone from marrow. This sword is not just a figure of speech; it is very real. Use the Sword of the Spirit to cut down the briar and brambles, the evil one has caused to grow up around my children. Cut a pathway of truth through the wall and set my people free. My word never returns to me void! When St Paul said that all should seek after the 'higher gifts (prophecy) It was because he rightly saw that my call to &lt;b&gt;all&lt;/b&gt; believers is that they should &lt;b&gt;all&lt;/b&gt; be bold and share their story with others, and be numbered with the prophets who give testimony to My Son Jesus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My prophets do not need any qualifications or letters after their names. My prophets do not need to be well spoken, or able to stand before thousands and speak eloquently. My prophets have a story to tell and are those who are ready to share their story. It may be with individuals, or it may be in small groups or it may be before great crowds or even before kings and princes. Wherever you share the testimony of Jesus, your words are honoured and will not return to you void.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As Isaiah called the prophets to go up mountains and on to the rooftops and shout the Word of God, so I am calling all my people to proclaim boldly their true story of Jesus in their lives, that others may hear and turn to Him and find life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I spoke the Word in creation, all things came into being.&lt;br /&gt;When you speak of Jesus, new life is breathed into your hearers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-5363163050584374950?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/5363163050584374950/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/testimony-to-jesus-spirit-of-prophecy.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/5363163050584374950'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/5363163050584374950'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/testimony-to-jesus-spirit-of-prophecy.html' title='Testimony to Jesus - Spirit of Prophecy'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22425057776419 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.22181907776419 -2.7717306583862307 52.22668207776419 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-1257443294211551983</id><published>2011-10-11T06:47:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-11T08:21:02.410+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kingdom of Heaven'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='miracles'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hearing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Boldness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><title type='text'>Walk the Path with Me.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you Lord that you always hear our prayers. Lord I commit all those for whom I have prayed this morning and I ask Lord that you will meet all their needs whatever they are. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Martin, Thank you for joining us this morning and for spending time with us. Thank you for your prayers for those you love and care for. Be assured that I have heard every one of your prayers and have acted accordingly. We love you, and we love those you pray for.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you listen to me, be open to what I am saying, for I would lead you into areas you would not normally go, and down paths you would not normally tread. Do not be afraid, only be strong and very courageous. The sort of paths I will take you down require you to take a step of faith.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When my Son was about to leave his disciples and come home to me, He gave them a commission to take the gospel into all the world. He told them to heal the sick and raise the dead, and to do all the things that He had done. These things can only be accomplished when my children walk close to me. When you walk close to me and we become working partners together, these signs and wonders will follow. And the Kingdom of Heaven will be enlarged.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Each day, as you draw close to me, you bring those with needs to me. I want you to continue to do this, but not with an attitude of resignation, or with a belief that "&lt;i&gt;this is a disaster.&lt;/i&gt;" I want you to bring them to me in faith, believing that I have the perfect answer for them! Then be bold, and ask me what that answer is! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ask me what you should be doing about it, for it may be that you have a role in the answer. Be open to what I say to you, for if I do ask you to act, I require you to act immediately! When I speak to you and share with you my will, hold on to that vision of my perfection, and do not let anything move you from claiming that vision in it's entirety. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The same is true when you pray for those who need to be drawn into the Kingdom. Some people are incredibly stubborn and resist all attempts to 'convert them'. If I give you the vision of them as my children, it is time for you to be stubborn, and to hold on and claim them for the kingdom. Do not let go of that vision or stop praying, until you see them on their knees praying for salvation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do not be afraid to journal what I tell you about. It doesn't need to be made public, but if it is recorded, it is there to remind you, of both my will, and when delivered, my answer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So when I reveal a path and open the way for you, walk along it with me, for you will never walk alone; I shall be with you. Open your eyes and watch me work. Be glad, for I am always with you, and always at work. I want us to be together in this work. I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-1257443294211551983?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/1257443294211551983/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/walk-path-with-me.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/1257443294211551983'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/1257443294211551983'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/walk-path-with-me.html' title='Walk the Path with Me.'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224224288993966 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.221792788993966 -2.7717306583862307 52.226655788993966 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-759534207365439604</id><published>2011-10-10T06:42:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-10T09:28:12.080+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friendship'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Journaling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Quiet time'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prayer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Listening'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hearing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><title type='text'>Hearing Me: Teaching</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for giving me this new day. Please help me to stay in the centre of your will today. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Martin. Thank you for joining us this morning and for walking with us. We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What a cry I hear from my people all over the world! It's a cry from the heart that reaches to the heavens. It is a cry I am ready to answer. The cry comes in many different forms and arises from many situations, but essentially the cry is pleading for the same thing: "&lt;i&gt;How can I hear the voice of God in this situation? How can I shut out the noise of the ungodly and listen to the still small voice?&lt;/i&gt;"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In order to hear my voice and to discern what I am saying, I want you to create space for me in your day. How can I talk to you if you keep wandering off doing something else? Apply one simple rule to your day. Give one hour to me uninterrupted. One hour, I hear you cry in desperation, how can I find one hour in my busy day? Let me tell you this, and there is no compromise or other option here, if you are too busy in your day to give me one hour in twenty four, then you are too busy, and need to shed some of the things you are doing, or alternatively get organised! No one, I repeat, no one, in any occupation, should be too busy to have at least one hour to be still before me. So, look at your life, look at your schedule and look at your priorities. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make time to be still before me. This time of stillness can be an early morning walk, preferably before the busy world wakes up. Talk to me as you walk, and allow your mind to dwell on the things and the people you talk to me about. If it isn't possible or practical for you to walk, then sit in a quiet place. If you have a tendency to fall asleep then sit in a light place. Spend time letting all your concerns and worries flow out to me, pray your prayers and then allow the stillness wash over you. You see, more often than not, people pray to me, but then when they have run out of words they think it's all over, and get up and busy themselves again. I am in the silence after you have spent your prayers. I am in the stillness when words have run out. Stay in that place, wallow in that peace and let the silence soak in. This is the time when your mind and your brain switch over to spiritual mode. This is the time when all the interfaces I built into you engage, and Heaven becomes visible, and you are able to hear divine thoughts. It is essential that you do not run away from this time of stillness.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At first the stillness is quite hard to cope with, because your life is so full of busy-ness and noise. It requires practice, lots of practice! The best time to start learning to live in my presence and hear my voice, is as a child, so as you learn this, teach your children. Starting the day in this way will set you up for the whole day and make every part of the day more fruitful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Staying in an attitude of prayer, aware of me, let the time of stillness move into a time of listening to the thoughts I drop into your mind. Those thoughts may be related to your prayers, or they may be totally unrelated. Do not be afraid to ask me questions, but be prepared to listen for the answers! I don't always use lots of words to answer your questions. Indeed more often than not, I instil a feeling, a conviction, an assurance that some course of action or some idea is right. People often explain it as, "&lt;i&gt;I just knew it was the right thing to do&lt;/i&gt;." &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As in most close friendships, I often want to tell you that I love you, and as you grow in your friendship with me, I hope that you too will want to express your love for me. Time spent loving each other is time well spent.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember I am God Almighty. What I have to say to my creation is valuable. I do not waste my words! What I say to you, whether personal or prophetical, it is worth recording in some way.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Job 19:24&lt;i style="color: blue;"&gt; ...that they were inscribed with an iron tool on lead, or engraved in rock forever! &lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaiah 30:8 &lt;i style="color: blue;"&gt;Go now, write it on a tablet for them, inscribe it on a scroll, that for the days to come it may be an everlasting witness.&lt;/i&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeremiah 36:2 &lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style="color: blue;"&gt;Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah and all the other nations from the time I began speaking to you in the reign of Josiah till now.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;"&lt;/span&gt; New International Version ©1984&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This writing can be in the form of a diary or a journal, and is best if it records context as well as my words. That is, what you ask, or what caused me to say the words. This is so that as you look back after time, you will remember why we had that conversation. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do not be afraid of recording everything. As you get used to talking to me and listening it will become easier to discern what is me speaking and what is you. It is always helpful to have someone to share your journal with, who can be a sort of safety valve to guide you back if you do stray. But you will find that that will not happen very often, unless you walk away from me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Martin, your pattern of walking and praying, then Bible reading of both Old and New Testaments, followed by stillness and journaling, works well for you, because you have time with me, you get in tune with me around my word, then you listen to what I am saying and record it. It works for you because I have chosen to wake you up and lead you into this pattern. Each person has to develop their own pattern to fit their own situation. There are, however, things vital to hearing my voice.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;Prayerful stillness.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Open spiritual ears and eyes.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;An open Bible.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Some method of recording what I say.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;All this requires time every day when you won't be distracted or interrupted, when we can just be together to love each other.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i style="color: blue;"&gt;"...if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land".&lt;/i&gt; 2 Chronicles 7:14&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-759534207365439604?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/759534207365439604/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/me-good-morning-lord.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/759534207365439604'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/759534207365439604'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/me-good-morning-lord.html' title='Hearing Me: Teaching'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224276866518835 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.221845366518835 -2.7717306583862307 52.226708366518835 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-4171313572537303126</id><published>2011-10-08T06:47:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-08T08:20:29.734+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holy Spirit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Armour of God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Trust'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Righteousness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='truth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Turn to me'/><title type='text'>Come to Me</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you for your love and care and for all your wonderful provision. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Martin. Thank you for joining us this morning and for your company and your prayers. We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The world's financial crisis will continue to get worse, especially for the nations that do not ask me for help. Down the ages I have told my people not to lean on the godless nations for support and help, for the help they give is tainted and is totally based on self interest. There is only one source of true help in these days and that is me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who is it that makes nations rise and fall? Who determines the number of days for every ruler and king? Who is it that causes the seas to stay within the boundaries I have set? And who is it that opens the flood gates and allows the seas to cover the land? Can man control the winds that come, or command the clouds to cover the sun? No, man cannot even control the smallest parts of my creation, so how then can he believe he has control over the nations of the world?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pray, my people, and repent. Turn your eyes to the Lord your God, that I may reach out my hand and stay the tide, and turn back the flood. Open your hearts to me and obey the commands I have given you. Lay aside your garments of sin, and unbelief, your doubts and sorrows. Let righteousness be your breastplate, truth your belt, and faith your shield. Let My word be the sword in your hand, wielded by My Spirit, and let the good news of Jesus be the shoes on your feet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Place your trust in me, and do not let the advice of sinful men dull your ears to My word. Pray for your leaders (&lt;i&gt;politicians&lt;/i&gt;), to listen to me and place their trust in me rather than in men or nations. The days are at hand when the small and the weak, who call upon my name will become the strong and mighty. The days are at hand when even the might of America will dwindle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Those who call upon the name of the Lord shall be raised up and become strong. Those who put their trust in me shall find a rock that cannot be moved, though Heaven and Earth be shaken!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Light up the fire of my love in your heart that it may become a beacon for all to see. Return to the love you had when you first believed. Become again as little children, and trust in your Heavenly Father to provide your daily bread. I love you and long for my children to gather around and listen to my voice. Come and be refreshed. Come and be healed. Come.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-4171313572537303126?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/4171313572537303126/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/come-to-me.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/4171313572537303126'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/4171313572537303126'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/come-to-me.html' title='Come to Me'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22423743338103 -2.7668380737304688</georss:point><georss:box>52.22302143338103 -2.7693055737304686 52.22545343338103 -2.764370573730469</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-4038600209024591727</id><published>2011-10-07T06:18:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-07T08:30:37.337+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Trust'/><title type='text'>My Day is at Hand</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you for allowing me to walk with you and for your advice and help as I pour out my heart to you. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Martin. Thank you for joining us and sharing with us this morning. These times are given so that you can feed-back to us, and we can feed in our advice and help. After all we do love you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the world the pushy and aggressive seem to get their own way and have the most say. That is because the world doesn't listen to me or seek my advice. When man wants some sort of protection he seeks to make alliances with his stronger neighbours. This must not be so among you, for the days are coming when those who put their trust in nations or systems will be without support, for these things are passing and there is no help in them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The day of the Lord is at hand, and those who belong to me, who were once nothing in the world, will become the strong on whom others lean. Draw your strength from me, so that you can be strong while others faint from weariness. Feed yourself with the food I give. That food is my word. Allow my word to become a part of you. Chew it and digest it and let it speak words of health and strength to you. Those who wait upon the Lord will renew their strength. Those who do not wait upon me will burn up all their own strength and have nothing else to draw on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the days ahead allow me to provide for you all your needs, for a time is coming when even the simple, ordinary necessities of life will become hard to come by. I am the Lord your provider. Allow me to care for you and I will bring you through to the land of promise, the place of hope. I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-4038600209024591727?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/4038600209024591727/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/my-day-is-at-hand.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/4038600209024591727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/4038600209024591727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/my-day-is-at-hand.html' title='My Day is at Hand'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224224288993966 -2.7668380737304688</georss:point><georss:box>52.221792788993966 -2.771773573730469 52.226655788993966 -2.7619025737304685</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-3183047924930984202</id><published>2011-10-06T06:15:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-06T08:02:36.506+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Body of Christ'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Evangelism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Grace'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><title type='text'>Jesus The Gate</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for a chance to be together in the cool of the day. Thank you for your love Lord. I love you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Good morning Martin, thank you for walking with us this morning and for sharing this time. We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lorna is right, there would be those who could be offended by what I say to you, but that has always been the case. What Jesus said caused many people to be offended and turn away from him, and down the centuries every Christian witness has received opposition, just as you have in your ministry. Do not be discouraged by that. Rather be encouraged. Jesus did not come to sweet talk the hard of heart, but to open the gate they had thought was securely locked, by them! Through this gate all can enter the Kingdom of God. That gate is Jesus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What you have to realise is that the ways of the Kingdom and the ways of the world are diametrically opposed to each other, because they have a different centre, and therefore a different world view.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When the world's organisations do evangelism, the purpose is to increase membership and therefore income, and to increase influence and 'power' and therefore justify their existence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My body on Earth, my Church, has Jesus in the centre and all evangelism is Jesus driven. The sole purpose of evangelism is to bring souls out of darkness into the light of Jesus, to save them from death in sin to life in Jesus. There should be no thought of personal gain or prestige on the part of the evangelist, no thought of influence or power, just my love. For all that the Church has to offer is given freely by me, no charge, just pure GRACE.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Successful churches are not those that are good at fundraising, but those that bring folk to Jesus and nourish them with sound teaching and lots of love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Successful evangelism is usually done quietly by example and quiet conversations. Without pressure, but with a true story of faith, most people move forward towards Jesus. It may take several goes, but always remember that the converting is my task, not yours. I am with you in all your witnessing, even when you think you didn't do very well. Every word spoken for Jesus in love and sincerity, drives home like a bullet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works and glorify tour father which is in Heaven&lt;/i&gt;. Matt 5:16 ISV&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-3183047924930984202?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/3183047924930984202/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/jesus-gate.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/3183047924930984202'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/3183047924930984202'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/jesus-gate.html' title='Jesus The Gate'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22417171140682 -2.7669239044189453</georss:point><georss:box>52.22174021140682 -2.7718594044189455 52.22660321140682 -2.761988404418945</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-3171483973524699778</id><published>2011-10-05T06:19:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-05T08:24:18.109+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='revelation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='re-imagine'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Music'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holy Spirit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ministry'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Genesis'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Healing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Word of God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Church'/><title type='text'>More re-imaginings</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for walking with me this morning and for this new day. Help me to serve you Lord in all I do and to praise you with my whole heart. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Martin. Thank you for joining us this morning and for your good company. Yes, I say good because we do enjoy your company, and our conversations with you, while we walk. We love you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The word I gave you on your &lt;a href="http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2010/03/last-sermon-in-stithians.html"&gt;last Sunday at Stithians&lt;/a&gt;, I want to apply more generally today. When you left the parish I intended that word for the congregation gathered there. Today I want to speak it to a wider congregation. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday I spoke to you about reaching out to those who had forgotten their commitment to me, whose faith had become buried in decades of neglect. That is re-thinking, or re-imagining evangelism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On 21st March 2010, I said through you, to the congregations of your three churches, at Stithians:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i style="color: blue;"&gt;Put Jesus in the Centre. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read the New Testament and reveal what it has to say about the Church Jesus built, and compare it with what we, man, has built. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The time has come when tinkering and re ordering is not enough. We have to re imagine, not using man-made structures as our template, but Jesus. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Imagine a church without buildings. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Imagine a church without clergy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Imagine a church without liturgy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Imagine a church run not by a PCC but by prayer!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These were not words to be brushed aside and forgotten, but were meant as a stimulus to get the churches moving towards the church I want. Only a few have taken it seriously, but are finding it hard to think big against the tide of institutional conservatism!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are so many different ministries within my church which need to be opened up with new imaginings. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All forms of evangelism, and the use of all forms of media and communication. Being where the people are and being known there. Yes, even in the chat rooms, on facebook and all the other types of twitting and cheeping!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the things that really surprises souls on arrival in the Kingdom, is the variety of music. In Heaven we love music as a way of expressing ourselves, but it's not at all like church music! Oh, we have that as well, but the main expression of praise, gladness and joy, is much more up-beat and noisy! Much more foot tapping and hand-raising type music!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Art speaks to the heart as well, and is a powerful form of evangelism and teaching. Actions also speak louder than words, and one act of love in Jesus' name is more effective than a thousand sermons for bringing people into the Kingdom.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want my Church to be full of joy and for their joy to be infectious. The world makes a big show of being jolly and happy, when underneath souls are crying in pain and loneliness. My joy, which the world cannot give is deep inside and permeates the whole being.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want my Church to dare to believe My Word, the Bible. I gave it to you to be the central pillar of truth and teaching, but you have listened to the voice of the deceiver and, without realising it, have come to believe that there is no truth in it. The Bible stands as truth. It is the only rock in your age that does not shift. Jesus is my Word, The Bible is all about him from the beginning of Genesis to the end of Revelation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bring Him back into the centre, where he belongs, and turn your eyes upon Him. As you gaze at Jesus you will see what I see, a hungry world of hurting men and women who need me. You will not see one single spire or roof fund. You won't see one single PCC meeting, synod or assembly of deacons; you will see a harvest field ripe and ready for the reapers. As you look for evangelists and pastors you will not find the big names. What you will see is a fellowship of believers, where all are evangelists and all are pastors to each other, where the sick are prayed for together and where my Holy Spirit flows.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pray for the traditional pastors and evangelists, that they will also catch the vision of shared mission and shared ministry. I want you and them to live Jesus every moment of every day. I want you to be Jesus in the home, in the workplace, in the schools and universities, in government and all the armed and civilian services. I want Jesus in the banks and in the stock exchange, so that I can rebuild&amp;nbsp; and recreate your society to be just, fair, prosperous and Jesus centred. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You may initially say this all seems like pie in the sky. But the world, mankind will not see the difference Jesus can make unless YOU, who are Jesus in the world, are where the changes need to be. Unless you are there to show the way and speak My Word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stretch your imagination and think My thoughts. Re-imagine what it means to be a Christian. Put Jesus back where He belongs, in the centre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember, there is not a place on earth, not a single person, not a trade or industry, not a colour or a creed, where I do not want to be. All the earth is mine and I want it back, because I love the lost and I feel the hurts of the damaged and the pain of the lonely. Help them to reach out and touch me, that I may heal your land and build My Kingdom.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-3171483973524699778?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/3171483973524699778/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/more-re-imaginings.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/3171483973524699778'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/3171483973524699778'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/more-re-imaginings.html' title='More re-imaginings'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22417171140682 -2.7669668197631836</georss:point><georss:box>52.22174021140682 -2.771902319763184 52.22660321140682 -2.7620313197631834</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-2174034376008972116</id><published>2011-10-04T06:24:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-04T08:15:38.947+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Faith'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Evangelism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Commitment'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Garden'/><title type='text'>The Lost Garden of Faith</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you again for the beauty of the early morning sky and the brilliance of the stars you have placed in the heavens. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Good morning Martin. Welcome to this new day where the sun shines on many lives today, where only darkness had been before (&lt;i&gt;ref to Amanda Knox' release&lt;/i&gt;). Do not worry, for those who commit crimes like that do not escape from me! Pray now for Hugh, that I may vindicate him also.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;I want to talk to you this morning about uncovering the underlying faith of others. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rq36SlWQJ_w/Toqyio0u5lI/AAAAAAAAAr4/8ZoY9GRiYLY/s1600/heligan_gardens_vinery_c185x165.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="178" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rq36SlWQJ_w/Toqyio0u5lI/AAAAAAAAAr4/8ZoY9GRiYLY/s200/heligan_gardens_vinery_c185x165.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Remember for a moment the fascination you felt on your first visit to Heligan, when learning about the discovery of the garden that had laid undisturbed under a layer of overgrowth and compost. How the team of gardeners and volunteers literally rolled up the years, and uncovered&amp;nbsp; what was underneath. Well, for many people in the country today, it is the same; the garden, which is their encounter with me and their early faith, has been buried by years of distraction, mis-teaching and neglect. You see, faith needs looking after, and a relationship with me needs diligence and care. Once faith no longer shines, it doesn't take long for all the distractions of the world to grow like weeds and cover the once beautiful and well-ordered garden.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For 75 years Heligan lay under a carpet, and the memory of its former splendour faded from memory. So with many of my children. For decades their first love for me has laid dormant under a blanket of sorrow, their first commitment to me lies forgotten, a fading memory! This story of lost faith applies not just to individuals, but to families, communities, and churches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As part of what I am doing in the nation today, I want you to gather workers, to unroll the overgrowth of decades, to discover and re-kindle the spark of faith to its former glory, and make it even more beautiful for me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The work requires a great deal of patience and love. Unlike working with new converts and the un-churched, this work is with those who think they are all right and haven't noticed that things are not what they used to be. Even worse, many believe that they have moved on, and that what they have now is better than it was when they first believed. They think they have matured!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It has to be a gentle but persistent work, just like unrolling the decades in the garden. There are many seeds and plants that are are still alive and must not be uprooted. Sometimes you will need to listen to and revive the stories of the past in order to understand the present, just as the gardeners searched books, records and plans to learn what to expect next.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do not be afraid to ask me, for I remember every commitment ever made and can quote every prayer ever uttered. I can map every life I ever made through every joy and every tear. I know the path down which every soul has travelled, and I purpose to heal every hurt you have ever suffered.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As the gardens of faith are revealed, tread carefully and with respect, for though they have been neglected for so long, many plants are well established and will recover very quickly to blossom and flourish. This is what I want. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ask and I will show you what to do, seek and you will discover, then step back, move on, and let me finish what I started so long ago.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All this must happen alongside evangelism. They both will bring souls into the Kingdom, back to me. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-2174034376008972116?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/2174034376008972116/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/lost-garden-of-faith.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/2174034376008972116'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/2174034376008972116'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/lost-garden-of-faith.html' title='The Lost Garden of Faith'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rq36SlWQJ_w/Toqyio0u5lI/AAAAAAAAAr4/8ZoY9GRiYLY/s72-c/heligan_gardens_vinery_c185x165.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444, Buckfield Road, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22432944398149 -2.7668380737304688</georss:point><georss:box>52.22189794398149 -2.771773573730469 52.22676094398149 -2.7619025737304685</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-1785419577831798002</id><published>2011-10-02T07:06:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-02T08:41:35.953+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Worship'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='awe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Thanksgiving'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wonder'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Creator'/><title type='text'>Worship</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you for sharing that incredible dawn this morning with all its dramatic colour and beauty. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; The question you read in that forum yesterday, "&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Why does a God of Love require worship?&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;" is not such a peculiar question as it may seem. I know that at first you thought is was somebody mucking about. But it was actually a very sensible question and well asked. For many people the worship, offered by the average established religious group of any denomination, is uninspired and even boring for those who take part, because their hearts are not in that kind of worship. There is a feeling that worship should say something, and that type of worship doesn't express what the average worshipper is trying to say.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;True worship of me arises out of love. It starts with my love for mankind. Everything you can see hear and touch, every feeling and sense you have, was created by me so that you could be a fully responsive living being. All things were made for your good and to make your life fulfilled and beautiful. As you begin to realise this love I have for you, and want in your heart to love me back, worship swells up within you. You may not call it worship, but that is what it is!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you begin to explore and discover the incredible wonders, of how you are made and of all the intricate and fully interdependent parts with which you are made, the mind is filled with awe and wonder. As my word says: "You are fearfully and wonderfully made." Not one single cell in your body, not one single molecule, came into being by accident, and not one tiny part of you evolved from another. Each was pre-programmed by me before your mother conceived you, and reproduced itself into that incredible being which is you.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;Just think for one minute about the fantastic way your hand can be manipulated to grip with an iron grip, or to lightly touch in a caress of love. Think for a minute how the brain can process and interpret images received from the eyes, or sounds received through your ears, or smells received through your nose, and accurately interpret what they are and what they mean. And can store them so that at a future date they can be recalled and remembered. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just a very few minutes of pondering on how fearfully and wonderfully you are made should spark in each one a sense of wonder, awe and thanksgiving. The expression of this, and the acknowledgement of my part in it, is the beginning of worship. I do not demand it in the sense of standing over you with a whip until you worship me! But the realisation of the greatness of your Creator sparks within you a response of worship. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How you express it is not laid down in rules or rituals, but is expressed from your heart in love. Down the ages men and women have explored many ways of worshipping me, from music and dance through all the arts, through writing, to acts of love and charity. All are valid and all are unique for the person offering me their worship. I want my people to continue to find ways to express their love, thanks and awe to me, in their own way. As long as it comes from them, from the depths of their being, it is like music in my ears and raises joy in my heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Worshipping together is wonderful too, for as well as sharing wonder and awe, you are also sharing fellowship one with another.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-1785419577831798002?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/1785419577831798002/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/worship.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/1785419577831798002'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/1785419577831798002'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/worship.html' title='Worship'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224198000208176 -2.7668380737304688</georss:point><georss:box>52.221766500208176 -2.771773573730469 52.226629500208176 -2.7619025737304685</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-4710047974268002029</id><published>2011-10-01T06:24:00.007+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-01T08:34:30.420+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holy Spirit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stars'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Son of God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Traditional Church'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Heavens'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Belief'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Word of God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Creation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Church'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Seasons'/><title type='text'>At The Sound of My Word</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new and beautiful day. Thank you for the stars and for the birds that sing, and thank you for the peace and quiet of this dawn. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Martin. Thank you for coming with us on our morning walk and for sharing your thoughts with us. I enjoy sharing thoughts with you. We have so much to share and I have so much to teach you. Stay close to me and listen to my voice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you gaze at the stars in the heavens, think on me. It was one of my first works of art. Although to you on the earth the heavens seem to be static, and the constellations constant and eternal, in reality they are constantly changing. Most of the changes are mega in size compared to the earth. Everything in creation is changing. Creation itself is changing, for all things in creation are bound together by time, and time moves on. Life within time is a cycle that repeats itself over and over again. Thoughts change, world views change, relationships change. All life passes through its seasons, and the seasons move on. But in all this there is one constant, one unchanging factor, one anchor that never moves: My Word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the beginning, before time, I spoke my Word, the sound of which can still be heard as it echoes around all that I have made. It was spoken out of time and is therefore at the beginning and at the end, unchanged and unchanging. In my Word I expressed my love. Again my love is outside of time, unchanged and unchanging. Although heaven and earth will surely pass away as all created things will, my love, spoken through my Word, will never pass away.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My Word is fully expressed in Jesus, my beloved Son, and I am building for him a bride, all pure and holy, brought into being by my Word, before the foundations of the earth were laid. That bride is my Church. Not the establishment, or institutional Church, but my living Church, made up of those I have chosen and saved. They have not signed on the dotted line, nor do they subscribe to some statement of belief, code of practice or articles of faith. They do not call themselves by denominational names or after some movement. Their hearts are truly open to me. And my Holy Spirit, my Son Jesus, and I freely come and go and dwell constantly in their hearts. The love between us is eternal and unchanging, and there is nothing in all creation, neither in the heavens or in the earth that can separate us or divide us. We are one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stretch out your arms and raise you hands. Bless those around you. Bless and do not curse. Let your blessing go out from you freely and in abundance. For those you bless I also will bless. Bless in the name of my son Jesus and let your blessing rest where you place it. Do not recall it ever. Only when your blessing is totally rejected will it return to you. Do not call it back. I want my Church, the bride of Christ, to be a constant blessing to all the world, now! Not in some age to come, but now! As I have loved you, love one another. As I have freely blessed you, so you must bless one another. This is the call of my Church. This is your mission. Love, as I have loved you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-4710047974268002029?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/4710047974268002029'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/4710047974268002029'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/10/at-sound-of-my-word.html' title='At The Sound of My Word'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-5012862006533186086</id><published>2011-09-30T06:22:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-09-30T07:36:38.611+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prayer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Watching'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kingdom of God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Grace'/><title type='text'>In His Service</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for giving me this new day. Thank you for the stars that shine so brightly and for the promise of warm sunshine and another beautiful Autumn day. I Love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Martin. Thank you for joining us this morning and for your company on our walk.&amp;nbsp; We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Walking in the centre of my will is not always being in the front line of battle. As any army advances there are always the support services that work quietly behind the lines feeding, clothing, and dressing the wounds of those engaged on the battle front. Those who work in those support services are just as important as the army itself. As my army advances I to employ the services of untold numbers of support service personnel. These loved ones are right in the centre of my will for them, and I need them to be working as I direct, in order for the work of the kingdom to progress.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want all my children young and old, male and female, to seek my guidance as to where they should be and what they should be doing. I don't need everyone to be eyes or everyone to be a voice, for there are many other functions the body has to perform. There are also times when even those in the front line have time to sit, eat and take their rest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once you were slaves to sin. Sin never gives rest, it is always present and is a harsh taskmaster. But now you are free and belong to me. I require righteousness, but I also pour out my grace. I do not drive my loved ones into the ground, I raise them up and give them strength. Under sin you lived in fear, with me you have joy unspeakable and love freely given.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do not be discouraged when things go quiet, rest and build up your strength. Feed on my word, encourage one another. Remain watchful and open for I work suddenly and unexpected. There will be times when you feel as though you have been thrown in the swimming pool at the deep end, and there will be times when you are paddling around in the shallows. Stay close to me and you will know what is in my will and when you step out of it. Not all busy-ness is necessarily where I want you to be. Often being busy distracts you and keeps you from the real task. Watch and pray, lest you fall into the temptation to be worldly busy. When I give you busy-ness I will also give you all the tools you need and follow it up with great blessing as the work of the Kingdom progresses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you continue along the pathway with me you will find that I lead you into different phases and ministries during your walk. Some are front line some are support, some are working with the young and some with the old. Just because I bless one part of your ministry with great success and then move you into an apparently less active or 'successful' field, doesn't mean you are not where I want you to be. It is a good thing that you are not always aware just how effective you are, else you would become arrogant and proud. One day you will see clearly just what I have done through you, and you will be amazed that the most effective times are the times when you feel low or ineffective. &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;So, stay close to me and let our relationship develop as I guide you. Be content to be who you are and the person I made you. leave the finding of 'work' for you to do in the Kingdom to me. I am the Lord your provider. This way you will find fulfilment and satisfaction. I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-5012862006533186086?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/5012862006533186086/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/09/in-his-service.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/5012862006533186086'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/5012862006533186086'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/09/in-his-service.html' title='In His Service'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22411913375742 -2.766880989074707</georss:point><georss:box>52.22168763375742 -2.7718164890747072 52.22655063375742 -2.761945489074707</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-2344511305656114044</id><published>2011-09-29T06:27:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-09-29T07:49:23.647+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Salvation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Israel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='World'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Church'/><title type='text'>I call My People</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new and beautiful day. Thank you for your love and goodness and being there for me. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Martin, Thank you for joining us this morning and for your company which is always welcome. We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My message to mankind never changes. It is very simple and straightforward. I love you and want to be your God, so that you can prosper and do well in the world I have made for you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My message for my people Israel is the same as it was in the days of Isaiah the prophet. It is simple and straightforward. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;This is what the LORD says to me with his strong hand upon me, warning me not to follow the way of this people: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: blue;" /&gt;&lt;br style="color: blue;" /&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;“Do not call conspiracy everything this people calls a conspiracy; do not fear what they fear, and do not dread it. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: blue;" /&gt;&lt;br style="color: blue;" /&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;The LORD Almighty is the one you are to regard as holy, he is the one you are to fear, he is the one you are to dread.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: blue;" /&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;He will be a holy place; for both Israel and Judah he will be a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall. And for the people of Jerusalem he will be a trap and a snare. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: blue;" /&gt;&lt;br style="color: blue;" /&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;Many of them will stumble; they will fall and be broken, they will be snared and captured.” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;Isaiah 8:11-15 NIV&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My message to the church is simple and straightforward. I love you and have lifted you out of sin and despair. Do not forget what my Son has done for you, or despise or forget the gospel you received, for it is by grace that you have received life. Stand firm in your faith and share freely the grace I have bestowed on you. I, and I alone, am your refuge and your strength. Do not place your trust in the powers of the world to protect or help you. They are not your God. Trust in me and know that I am God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today I am launching a new work in your land. Today I am calling new workers into the vineyard. Today my Spirit is moving in a more visual way than ever before, because it is harvest time and I purpose to bring in all my sheaves. Lift up your eyes and see that the fields are indeed ripe and ready for the Harvest. Pray for the workers who toil to bring it in, and be ready every day for those whom I am sending to you, for nourishment and healing. This is the day I have made. This is my work. If you want to be involved with me, stay close to me and keep your eyes fixed on Jesus. We love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-2344511305656114044?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/2344511305656114044/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/09/i-call-my-people.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/2344511305656114044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/2344511305656114044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/09/i-call-my-people.html' title='I call My People'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224198000208176 -2.7668380737304688</georss:point><georss:box>52.221766500208176 -2.771773573730469 52.226629500208176 -2.7619025737304685</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-6444392800887420607</id><published>2011-09-28T06:40:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-09-28T08:58:57.133+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Word of God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Freedom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='believe'/><title type='text'>Tell My People I love them</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new and beautiful day. Thank you for the clear shy and the bright stars. Thank you for the promise of a new and perfect day. Help us lord in all we do to bless this day. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Martin, welcome to the club this morning. Thank you for joining us and for your company. We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tell my people I love them, tell my people I care about them. Though it is me who brings disaster upon the institutions man cares so much about, I still love them people. Show them that they must put their trust in me and not in the creations of man, for as me and women trust in me and stand with their feet planted firmly on my word, my power is released through them and they will see miracles all around them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ask my people why they find it so hard to believe in the God they say they follow. If they say they believe in me why do they not believe and trust in my word, the Bible. The Bible was not written down to deceive or misguide, but for instruction and as a foundation of truth. From the book of Beginnings (Genesis) to the Revelation of John, you will find truth unshakeable, and teaching you can trust. As you read it, read it with a mind open to me and to the revelation I will show you through it. Read my word in an attitude of listening prayer, and let me speak to you. I speak deep into your inner being and write my words onto your core memory so that it effects every cell in your body. A daily dose of my word is like medicine to the sick, and food to the healthy. You don't have to worry too much about being 'learned', just read the word and let it soak into your every being. Let every day either start or end with a good dose of my word and it won't be very long before you find that the words you have read and absorbed will bring forth a fruit in your life you never expected.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you listen to me in other ways, be always ready to check what you hear against my written word. I never contradict my word. I will often lead you into new ways and enlighten you with new revelation but it will aways be able to stand against my word in the Bible and seen to be consistent and true. As you test my word be careful to prayerfully discern what is the word, and what is a human interpretation of the word. Religion had added many things to my word which only cause men and women to stumble and stray. Strip away the extra and the gospel becomes a highly sought after product! My pure, unadulterated word, brings salvation. The extra, added by theologians and religious people brings captivity and bondage. I want all my people to be free of captivity. The only bondage I accept is the bondage of my love, freely given and freely received. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Tell the people I love them, &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; tell the people I care, &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; when they feel far away from me, &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; tell the people I am there.&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Written by Leonard Bartlotti &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; © 1972 Gospel Publishing House&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-6444392800887420607?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/6444392800887420607/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/09/tell-my-people-i-love-them.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/6444392800887420607'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/6444392800887420607'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/09/tell-my-people-i-love-them.html' title='Tell My People I love them'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224198000208176 -2.7668380737304688</georss:point><georss:box>52.221766500208176 -2.771773573730469 52.226629500208176 -2.7619025737304685</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-4287954529177985259</id><published>2011-09-26T06:45:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-09-26T08:52:56.682+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='revelation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Good News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spiritual'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inspiration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='encouragement'/><title type='text'>See Me at Work</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you for all you have done for us and your constant love and guidance. I commit this day to you. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Martin, thank you for your company this morning and for walking with us. We will always be there for you and will always love you. Stay close and watch me work. ............&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.......... My children, lift up your eyes and behold what I am doing in this age. Open your spiritual eyes and see me, for I am working in places you do not think of or expect me to be working. Pray for spiritual discernment to see things not usually seen and invisible to secular man. I am working in people's lives in ways you never dreamed of, touching their lives with flashes of inspiration and revelation. I am teaching people to know me where other teaching methods have not touched them. I am working in the minds and hearts of young and old alike. I speak to those with little ability and I speak to the confidant and able.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As your open eyes behold those I am working with, be ready to build up and encourage all whom I send to you. I am starting with those around you, those whose lives are already touching yours. But as you grow more aware and more confident, I shall bring to you those whom you do not know, some from far afield and many from overseas. Treat them all the same, and share my love with them. Do not withhold the good news out of fear of rejection. Be bold and strong and very courageous, for the work is mine and I want you involved. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Share with others all that I am showing you. Build one another up in faith. Do not be afraid, for I am with you and cover all you do in my Son's name. Let your light shine and the gospel blaze across the land, as I fulfil my word and accomplish my work in your midst. I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-4287954529177985259?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/4287954529177985259/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/09/see-me-at-work.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/4287954529177985259'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/4287954529177985259'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/09/see-me-at-work.html' title='See Me at Work'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224276866518835 -2.7666664123535156</georss:point><georss:box>52.221845366518835 -2.771601912353516 52.226708366518835 -2.7617309123535154</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-5001354905243349333</id><published>2011-09-23T06:26:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-09-23T08:30:16.577+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Body of Christ'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Unity'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Traditional Church'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bride of Christ'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Word of God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Church'/><title type='text'>United in One Body</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord: &lt;/b&gt;Good morning Martin. Thank you for your company and for spending time with us. We love your company and love you too.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Today I want to talk to you about being a part of my body here on earth. My servant Paul spoke about being parts of the body, each with a specific function, and that is right and something most people can understand with ease. But there is a side to being part of the body that is mostly neglected in Christian teaching. It is the total belonging to each other, the complete interaction and union between the different members. There is not one single member of your body, not even one cell, that can operate alone; each is totally dependant and inter-dependant on every other cell or organ. Every body is a single unity, made up of millions of functioning parts, but when one part breaks down the usefulness of the whole body is affected.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;So it is with my body here on earth. The church is made up of millions of people, each designed to be a fully functioning part of the unity. None of these people can function on their own. You all need one another, and not just those immediately around you, or those with whom you have a like mind. Good communication with, and complete harmony with, other units and organs in my body the church, is essential for the church to become the Bride of Christ. Being critical of, or not having fellowship and showing love to those who are not like you, is like poison in the blood stream, which eventually affects the entire system. Let my life blood flow through each of you and connect with those around you. Share love, one with another and be in harmony, so that the body can function properly. The days of division between believers has passed, and those who stay behind the barriers of division are not in the centre of my will. You don't have to be in total agreement on every issue to be in harmony. If there is something that divides believers, my children, it is probably not a matter of salvation and you are both wrong! Think about that!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;As you open your eyes to my body here on earth, and begin to take delight in the love and ministry of others, you will find that your own function in the body becomes clearer and you will become more effective in all you do. It is time for my body on earth to become one. That does not mean you all become members of one denomination, but that, in spite of denomination, you all find unity in my church.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;As the institutional churches continue to crumble, you will find more and more of my people gravitating towards each other, and making connections where My life can flow freely, and each cell can grow and flourish.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Everyone who finds my Son and comes to him, becomes a theologian and is drawn to My word. Those who study My word together, and explore it prayerfully, with open hearts and minds, will find more knowledge about me and my creation, than in all the universities of the world, for I will not withhold any good thing from my children. I am not saying that theology taught in universities is no use, far from it. What I am saying is that I am the best teacher, and that all you can learn at university is available to you, and more, by walking together, close to me and letting my life blood flow between you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Lay down the things that divide, the prejudice of others and of the past. Lay down the doctrinal differences between you, and see each other with my eyes, and love each other with my heart of love. Learn from each other and share your stories. Function as one and build up the connections between you, so that you can, with them, become a part of the unity which is my body here on earth. I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-5001354905243349333?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/5001354905243349333/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/09/united-in-one-body.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/5001354905243349333'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/5001354905243349333'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/09/united-in-one-body.html' title='United in One Body'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224145422589906 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.221713922589906 -2.7717306583862307 52.226576922589906 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-4970525790211477059</id><published>2011-09-22T06:43:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-09-22T08:20:35.039+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holy Spirit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Creator. Kingdom of Heaven'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Righteousness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='truth'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gospel'/><title type='text'>The Lord Your Righteousness</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you for the stars that you have placed into the heavens to give light to the earth in the hours of night. Thank you for the rain that waters the earth and the sun that gives light and warmth. I love you Lord, with all my heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning son, thank you for joining us this morning and for your company on our morning walk. we love you too with all our heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to address the young people today. For the pressure is always on them when they leave school, to go into a profession that will bring them wealth, and often that is what they think they want. In your day I have begun to rock the institutions, that the world thinks are so important for a society to be strong. I have shaken government. I have shaken banking. I have shaken the stock exchange. I have brought an AAA grade nation to the brink of bankruptcy, and I have raised up nations that others fear. I have done all this because man has abandoned the way of righteousness and truth. No longer putting his trust in me, he has placed his trust in so called 'great nations,' and has made treaties that do not honour me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am snatching the role of policy maker and decision maker from the hands of those who dishonour me, and am going to give it to younger men, who have set their paths on the way of righteousness and truth. I am raising up men and women with wisdom, learning and understanding beyond their years. They have these gifts not because they are, clever in the eyes of the world, but because I have poured out my Spirit upon them. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I say to you, remember your Creator in the days of your youth. Seek me with your whole heart while you are young, that I may bestow upon you the gifts that will enable you to build the Kingdom of Heaven, both here on the Earth and above. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Remember, I love righteousness and justice, and I hate injustice and evil. I see all things and no deed, good or evil, goes unnoticed by me. I raise up those I choose and I break down those who offend me. If you walk in My ways and hold on to My word, I will surely bless you and prosper the path you tread. I will entrust to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven which is the gospel of my Son Jesus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To those of more mature years I say to you, remember the days of your youth, and see how I worked in your lives. Pray for those who are now in their youth who are daring to believe and follow in the path of righteousness. Bless them and encourage them. Teach them and make space for them. Commend them and promote them, as they seek as you did, to serve me with their whole heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To all, both young and old, I say this: Do not worry about the things that are happening in society. These things have to be, before I can rebuild, not as things were, but as I have planned them. Money, wealth and position, will not be at the heart of my kingdom, for I am the Lord who provides all you need, and there will be no need to store up and accumulate. I will provide for you on the day of your need. Hold on to me and keep walking in my ways for I am the Lord your Righteousness. Commit your bodies to me for I am the Lord your healer. You are my children, and I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-4970525790211477059?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/4970525790211477059/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/09/lord-your-righteousness.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/4970525790211477059'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/4970525790211477059'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/09/lord-your-righteousness.html' title='The Lord Your Righteousness'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224145422589906 -2.7669239044189453</georss:point><georss:box>52.221713922589906 -2.7718594044189455 52.226576922589906 -2.761988404418945</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-7274423481289573172</id><published>2011-09-21T06:47:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-09-21T12:28:44.579+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friendship'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Witness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prayer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sharing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Good News'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Word of God'/><title type='text'>Talking About Me</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Today I want to talk to you about sharing me with others. I have watched over the years with growing sadness, the reluctance of my people to openly talk about me, and to raise the subject of their trust in me with others, unless they are of like mind. Part of the reason for this is that they are unsure of their relationship with me. That of course is easily dealt with, by spending time with me and allowing me to speak and reassure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Part of the reason is they are afraid of being ridiculed by their friends. That probably says more about their friendships than about their faith. Real friends accept who you are, and respect your faith and understanding of the things of God. In most cases a gentle, natural sharing of your faith with your friends is a really positive experience. It can lead to a real deepening of the friendship, and in some instances lead to opportunities to lead a friend to me. Do not be concerned about ridicule for it arises out of ignorance or fear. Be silent while the ridicule, continues and let it burn out, but hold fast to me. It is only a shell surrounding the person, and, once spent, will crumble when it has no effect on you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Another fear, that prevents my people sharing me, is the ungrounded fear that they will be unable to answer determined questions, or convince others about the truth. This fear is based on a lack of Biblical knowledge. Read my word and you will find many useful passages to help you. For example: " &lt;i&gt;.... Do not worry beforehand about what to say. Just say whatever is given you at the time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.&lt;/i&gt;" Mark 13:11 NIV. Send me an arrow prayer and commit what you say to me, and be amazed at how I will speak through you. As for convincing others, that is not a task for you! That is the work of the Holy Spirit. I called you to be my witnesses. That means you are called to tell your story as it happened or is happening. You don't have to elaborate or theologise what you say, just speak the truth. When you get to the point where you are telling someone your story, I am already at work in their heart and I will do all the convincing necessary.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let your conversations about me with each other be natural. Do not be ashamed to mention my name or afraid to tell what I am doing. Oh, how often you finally confide in someone about a strange dream or experience you have had, only to find they fully understand and have had a similar experience. When you talk about me freely and share your story, you will find a real interest from those who don't know me, and a desire to know more and experience what you have experienced. Then you will have the amazing thrill of seeing faith in others born, and have the opportunity to nurture and bless them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your witness in the world as Christians is vital to the Kingdom. It is the way I have chosen for the good news to spread, and the Kingdom to expand. It is not an 'optional extra' or a 'tag on' it; is the beating heart of the Churches' mission to the world. Go into all the world and be my witnesses. Bring men and women everywhere to be my disciples. Heal the sick and raise the dead, tell others about the wonderful love you have received in Jesus, and watch me work! I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-7274423481289573172?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/7274423481289573172/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/09/talking-about-me.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/7274423481289573172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/7274423481289573172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/09/talking-about-me.html' title='Talking About Me'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22432944398149 -2.7658939361572266</georss:point><georss:box>52.22189794398149 -2.7708294361572268 52.22676094398149 -2.7609584361572264</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-7699001109921868060</id><published>2011-09-20T06:32:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-09-20T08:23:21.315+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holy Spirit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prayer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Forgiveness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wisdom'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gospel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><title type='text'>I will never leave you</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning, and for this new day. Thank you for the many blessings you have showered on me and for the love you have shown me. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Martin. Thank you for joining us this morning and for your company and your love. We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am with you always, even to the end of time. I never abandon what I have started, neither do I leave those whom I have made to fend for themselves. Never think that God has abandoned you, for I am always close at hand and hear the cry of all my people, even of those those who are deaf to me. You never need to be afraid or hesitant to tell people I love them, or to assure them that I hear every prayer they utter. Let it be known in all the world that I am interested in the lives of everyone, yes everyone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am seeking even those who society has rejected. I work in the slums of the world. I work in the prisons and hospitals. I am in all the dark places and even in the deepest pit. I stand alongside those who do not yet know me, and I am with those who think they have no need of me, because I love them all with an everlasting and overwhelming love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am also with those who are accepted by society and those who are in positions of power and authority. I am with those who abuse power. I don't approve of what they do, and often I stay their hand. I wait for the day they break and turn to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I bring financial collapse on nations, companies and individuals, it is not because I have abandoned them, but because I love them and want them to place their trust in me and not in their wealth or their goods. If my people whom I love will repent of their sins and turn to me, I will turn to them and lift them up and heal their land.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pray to me for your land. Pray for the politicians I have given you. Pray for the gift of wisdom and understanding for those in authority. Pray for my people that they will rise up, and proclaim boldly the message I have entrusted to them. Pray for for those who oppose me and think they can turn men from me, that they will be humbled, and themselves cry out to me for help.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pray for those in leadership in the established churches and organised religions. Pray that they will turn to me and preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and turn their backs on the other so-called gospels the churches have imposed upon their people. The only building I want as a temple is the human soul, and the only Gospel I want preached is Jesus Christ risen from the dead for the forgiveness of all sin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As the movement of the Holy Spirit moves across this land and indeed the whole world, the only word that will have any effect on people's lives is 'Jesus'. It is in the name of Jesus that the word is preached. It is in the name of Jesus that men and women are healed. It is in the name of Jesus that I forgive sins, and it is in the name of Jesus that I will draw all men into the Kingdom of Heaven. No other name will work. No other gospel is valid. Jesus is my Son whom I love. Listen to him.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-7699001109921868060?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/7699001109921868060/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/09/i-will-never-leave-you.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/7699001109921868060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/7699001109921868060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/09/i-will-never-leave-you.html' title='I will never leave you'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22411913375742 -2.7669239044189453</georss:point><georss:box>52.22168763375742 -2.7718594044189455 52.22655063375742 -2.761988404418945</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-7845232314251618065</id><published>2011-09-19T06:22:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-09-19T08:53:12.014+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Material World'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Science'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Spiritual'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Free will'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Creation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Laws of nature'/><title type='text'>Risky Love!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you Lord for the birds waking up in the hedgerows and the dawn lightening the sky, for the peaceful business that starts each day. Thank you for our time together and for all you show me. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Martin. Thank you for joining us this morning, and appreciating all the many things we have made for your enjoyment. We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today I want to talk to you about my love for all people. People often ask, 'How can a God of love, love evil people as well as good? Is he condoning the evil as well as the good?' Or they ask, 'How can God love little me when he has so many others to love as well?' This last one is often linked with a disbelief that I can hear everyone's prayers all the time, even when people all over the world are praying at the same time!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We the simple truth is that I am aware of the heart beat of the tiniest creatures that I have made, and can hear their cry as clearly as the cry of the elephant or the roar of the lion. I am also aware of the sounds of a mighty star as it explodes into&amp;nbsp; trillions of tiny pieces, and I know where each particle of dust will eventually come to rest. The reason I know these things is that they are all a part of my creation. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want you to think for a moment on this: When a man thinks he has created something it is because he has taken material, already provided, and has re arranged, joined and combined it. He has tooled and shaped and laboured until the original material is hidden by the new shape and purpose of 'his creation'! However, when I create I start with no material at all! Not even the smallest particle or electron, nothing! From the concept of the idea in my mind I begin creation of the very atoms and molecules I need. I create even the basic laws of chemistry, physics, mechanics and all the many other sciences man hasn't even begun to discover yet. My mind is always working on new ways to create and make new things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Man was one of my earliest ideas. Put in human terms, so you can begin to understand it, I created man because I wanted to express the love that was welling up inside of me. What would it be like to have a created being that was able to love me back? Not because I made him to love, but because he wanted to love me of his own free will.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mankind is incredibly complicated in every part. He is not just an animal, which is also incredibly complex, for he is able to be self aware beyond the capability of animals. He also has to contain and be totally integrated with the spiritual side of life where I live. Man is even more complicated than the angels, for they live totally in the spiritual world. The material world is not, as many suppose, separate from the spiritual world; it is contained within it. We are fully aware of the material world on a scale you cannot yet conceive, but we do not live within the material world as you do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I do however know what it is like to be material, for I have placed myself in every man. And I came myself in the form of Jesus to dwell with you and be a man. In Jesus I experienced the full range of human experience and emotions. I felt all the things you feel, and was for a time limited as you are limited. Though in Jesus I was fully aware of the spiritual life, I was still tied to the body and the world, until released from it by my death and resurrection.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every time you pray to me I am aware of your entire being. Not just the words of your prayer but all the emotion, love, and concern you have. I am aware of the chemical and electrical changes that happen in every cell of your body as you pray, and though you may not be fully aware of it, spiritually we become one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Again, speaking in terms you can understand, every night while you sleep, your mind, which is like an interface between you physical self and your spiritual reality, downloads all the experiences and events of the day. Having deposited it with me, your mind then archives it in memory for later recall. At any time in your life you can recall that memory, but with my help you can also relive that day. Don't worry about this. It is far more complicated than I have told you and is securely in my hands. It all has to do with the simple law of nature that I created, where time is contained within creation. Yes, time is also a creation, and is bound by laws I created. I live outside of this restriction, so I am able to be aware of all time at once, and all people at once. Thus, when you pray I know your prayer even before (in time) you ask it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just as you get excited when something you make goes right, so I also am excited by my creation, especially when the freewill side of things goes as I longed it would. I get excited because I love creation and I love mankind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can't imagine the risk love took in providing man with free-will! Satan, who is also a creation of mine, provides the alternative to my way. But I have built into mankind the ability to resist him and make the right choices. Everyone has that ability, even those who do evil things. I love the person I made with all these abilities. I will always love them! I do not love the choices they have made or the evil they do. I will do all I can, within the restraints of the free-will I have given them, to bring them back to me, because I love them. I also love those who never do evil, and who love me back. They delight my heart always. Those who stay close to me and do my will, will begin to move on to the next stage, which is exploring all that is in my mind. Those who do evil cannot go down that road, for it is hidden from them by the blindness of their own eyes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh I do love you all so much!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Thank you Lord. I love you so much too!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-7845232314251618065?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/7845232314251618065/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/09/risky-love.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/7845232314251618065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/7845232314251618065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/09/risky-love.html' title='Risky Love!'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224145422589906 -2.766880989074707</georss:point><georss:box>52.221713922589906 -2.7718164890747072 52.226576922589906 -2.761945489074707</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-3568012880968358798</id><published>2011-09-18T06:11:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-09-18T08:49:24.849+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holy Spirit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bible'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Testimony'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Word of God'/><title type='text'>Recording My Words</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me: &lt;/b&gt;Good morning Lord, Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Thank you for the rain that waters the earth and fills up the lakes and rivers, watering the dry and parched land. Thank you for your Holy Spirit that flows like a river and waters your people with the spiritual water of life. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Martin. Thank you for joining us this morning and for our time together. We love you too.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Martin, I want you to start typing and let the flow take over. Up to now I have started talking and you have typed away a few sentences behind me, but now I want you to enter into flow, and type as I give you the words. It may not seem much of a difference to you, but it helps, because your intellect doesn't get in the way so much.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is very much the desire of my heart that more people should communicate with me in this manner. It's not so much what you say to me, but what I say to you. I want my people to be aware of my voice and what I am saying to them, not just in the 'now', but for always. I don't waste my words. Every word I utter is food for the creation, honey to the lips and water to the parched. When I give a vision or a dream, it takes some thinking about to fully appreciate what I am saying to you. So also, with the words I speak to my Church. For centuries the Church has pondered and thought about my word in the Gospels and applied that word for each generation. Sometimes the Church has been so engrossed in theological discussion, it has missed my word for that specific generation. I want you to do both: to read, mark, learn and inwardly digest the written work in the Bible, and also to listen, note and record the spoken word I give you. Then let those who read later also reflect upon what I say.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When the word I give applies to an individual or a group or even generally, I will quicken the heart of the reader and speak to them through that word. &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Often you have found that a word I give you doesn't seem to mean much to you, but you later find it really speaks to someone else. That is because, as I said before, no word of mine is wasted. And every Word I speak is for the Now, somewhere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recording My words is a ministry in itself. Let the record of My words be readily available, and encourage others who hear and record my words to share them openly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also speak loudly through actions. The testimony of My working in people's lives is a powerful witness. Which is why I want my Church to be real about sharing your story. All men love a story, and a five minute testimony is worth an hour's theological teaching, because it is already applied to life. Even if you think your story is not worth telling, it is worth the telling, because to someone who hears it, it will be a light on a dark pathway, and a means of them finding Grace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For you Martin, seek out these real life stories, and encourage the owner to share them through the published word. Let all the world see that I am at work in the lives of ordinary men, women and children, healing, blessing and saving them. This is My work and is worth the telling. I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-3568012880968358798?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/3568012880968358798/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/09/recording-my-words.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/3568012880968358798'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/3568012880968358798'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/09/recording-my-words.html' title='Recording My Words'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.224145422589906 -2.7668380737304688</georss:point><georss:box>52.221713922589906 -2.771773573730469 52.226576922589906 -2.7619025737304685</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-448594353661898424</id><published>2011-09-16T06:20:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-09-16T10:27:02.792+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='blood of Jesus'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Abba'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Heaven'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Father'/><title type='text'>Abba, Father!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day with all its promise. Please help me Lord to stay in the centre of your will this day and to do and say what is pleasing to you. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Jesus:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Martin. Thank you for your company this morning and for your conversation. Please continue to pour your heart out to me, so that I can show you my love. So many people today are too inhibited to show me their heart. This is because they are encouraged to be self sufficient. It's all a part of the 'Great I am' culture, where the centre is self and I have been removed from the central position. Allow me back into the centre of your life, to occupy the throne in your heart, and your life will be fulfilled. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the common factors in the dramatic conversion is the realisation that you are weak and unable to do anything yourself. It's the realisation that there is only one person to turn to for help and deliverance, and that person is me. I have provided for all your needs once and for all on the Cross of Calvary. Upon that Cross I dealt with all the sin and shame that clings like mud. With my blood, shed on the cross, I wash you clean. I clothe you in a pure clean garment and make you presentable to My Father in Heaven.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Both My Father and I have longed, since the foundation of the earth, for you his children to come freely to me and return home to the Father's house. That is why I love it, and Father loves it, when you pour out youy heart to us so freely. It is a sign that you are ready to receive so much the Father has for you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We long for you to cry out from the heart, 'Daddy'. We want you to run like a delighted child into the outstretched arms of Father, and receive the warm strong hug that only a father can give. Reach out in delight and touch his face. Look and listen as He shows you all that he has made for you. Yes, the Father has made all things for your delight, because He loves you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once again Son, I am using speech directed at you, but this is a word for all people everywhere. I speak to all who would come to me and call me 'Daddy'. I speak to all those who are lost, fallen, frightened and alone. Come to me and find comfort, love, provision and a warm embrace. We love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-448594353661898424?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/448594353661898424/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/09/abba-father.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/448594353661898424'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/448594353661898424'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/09/abba-father.html' title='Abba, Father!'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22411913375742 -2.7667951583862305</georss:point><georss:box>52.22168763375742 -2.7717306583862307 52.22655063375742 -2.7618596583862303</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-1759621511474031048</id><published>2011-09-14T06:36:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-09-14T08:15:26.705+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holy Spirit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kingdom of Heaven'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prayer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Salvation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Knowledge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tongues'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='prayers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><title type='text'>Language of the heart</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for our walk and your company. Thank you for listening to all my ramblings and concerns and for the wonderful peace you give me when I have unloaded it. I love you Lord.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; Good morning Martin. Welcome to the club this morning and thank you for your company. I love to listen to your ramblings. I always love it when my children talk to me out of their hearts. I would rather hear one faltering prayer from the heart than an hour of prayers written by another. The prayer from the heart doesn't need to be well composed or even coherent, I know what you are saying because I read your heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That is why praying in tongues is so helpful. You don't need an accurate word for word translation, as long as it flows from your innermost being. Think of it a bit like a computer. You can feed into the keyboard your English words and symbols, but inside the message is racing around the chips in a totally different language. Were you able to slow it down to a speed you could decipher it you would still not understand it unless you first learn to decode, or interpret it. The language of the heart is a spiritual language that is used in Heaven. You can feel it, and understand it, but you don't actually need to run it through the intellect or language centre in your brain to understand it. You only need to do that if you want to describe it to another person. Like the language of love it needs no words. This is why the good news about salvation is universal. You don't need to be a great intellectual to receive it, and often the highly intellectual person finds it hard to receive, because it doesn't always conform to human understanding and knowledge. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You will remember from your childhood a saying that was very common: 'Feelings ain't Facts.' Well I want to tell you that feelings are a very important part of the language of love and the Kingdom. I gave man the ability to feel. I also gave him another sense which the world calls instinct. Nine times out of ten what you think of as instinct is a spiritual nudge from me. Learn to discern what is from me, and don't be afraid to ask me. There are so many gifts and abilities I have given to mankind that still lie dormant because he has grasped knowledge above life. Knowledge &lt;b&gt;does not&lt;/b&gt; give life, but living life brings knowledge. The tree of Life was more important than the tree of Knowledge. Choose Life!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, pray your prayers from the heart. Don't be concerned about their composition or beauty, just pour them out to me. I love to hear them and I honour and hold precious, every prayer from the heart, prayed by anyone. Listen to the prayers of others, and hear in them the love that wells up from the heart, and be glad that your Heavenly Father hears, through the tears and the sighs. He hears through the pain and the hurt, and he alone reaches into that secret place and delivers healing, warmth and comfort. Open the door to let his love in. Behold, I stand at the door and knock. Whoever opens the door of their heart to me, will find I come in, and with My Heavenly Father and the Holy Spirit, we make our dwelling within you. Why? Because we love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-1759621511474031048?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/1759621511474031048/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/09/language-of-heart.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/1759621511474031048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/1759621511474031048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/09/language-of-heart.html' title='Language of the heart'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-8046676770905434193</id><published>2011-09-12T06:31:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-09-12T07:51:35.212+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holy Spirit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Full Gospel'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Worship'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Traditional Church'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Group'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Kingdom of God'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Church'/><title type='text'>Spirit Led Church</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me: &lt;/b&gt;Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day that you have made. Please help me to discern the meaning of the Dream last night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style="color: blue;"&gt;Dream:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt; I was about to take a service in St. John's Church, Harpenden, but the altar and sanctuary were piled high with boxes and packing material. I spent some time trying to clear the area so we could hold the service, but people came in for the service, and when they saw the mess they left. Eventually it was cleared, but there were only a very few people left in the building. David Pinkney and others from the past came in and I gave him a hug. As I turned back to look down the church I saw there were people already worshipping. I went to join them. As I did so, I knew there was no need for a worship leader, but that we were all equal together.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="color: blue;" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Me:&lt;/b&gt; Lord please show me the meaning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lord:&lt;/b&gt; St. John's Church represents for you the traditional Church. It was where you grew up spiritually and where you felt secure and at home. You always liked the tidy order of the sanctuary, where the rite could be performed and where there was no doubt what was happening or what would come next.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In reality the sanctuary was filled with packing and trimmings The real rite was not taking place there, but in the hearts of the congregation. In order for Church, worship, and the gospel to really mean anything, the meaningless clutter has to be got rid of. Now, about this clutter. I showed it to you as packing because that is what it was, packing that has helped to protect the Gospel message from decay and distortion, through the years of neglect and lack of understanding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course, getting rid of all that had become so much a part of church life, is going to make people leave. What has become the 'status quo' has been disrupted! It is only when those who hold so dearly to the 'packing' have left, that the real clearing out can progress and reach its conclusion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;David Pinkney, and those from the past, represent the true faith as you were taught it, the full gospel and the true worship we all enjoyed in those days of The Group. I am not going to bring The Group days back; they have gone and that moment has passed. But My Spirit, that led and guided in the days of The Group, is the same Spirit that is leading the New Church into the 21st century. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The establishment and all denominations will change beyond recognition! Structures will crumble and fall as the faithful abandon them and come to me. The New Church, which will rise out of the dust, will worship me with a clean and pure heart. There will be no ministers, priests or bishops as the world knows them; every man will know the Lord and teach his neighbour. I shall be in the midst of them. They shall be my people and I shall be their God.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My call to my people is to pray in the Kingdom. Gather in my harvest. I love you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5489909552867233611-8046676770905434193?l=martinhogan.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/feeds/8046676770905434193/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/09/spirit-led-church.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/8046676770905434193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5489909552867233611/posts/default/8046676770905434193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://martinhogan.blogspot.com/2011/09/spirit-led-church.html' title='Spirit Led Church'/><author><name>Martin Hogan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13649649430461559613</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_lSjsYpNsOLc/Sxa4j970NcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/kfzmVJY_u1A/S220/Photo+11.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>444 Buckfield Rd, Leominster, County of Herefordshire HR6 8, UK</georss:featurename><georss:point>52.22411913375742 -2.766752243041992</georss:point><georss:box>52.22168763375742 -2.7716877430419924 52.22655063375742 -2.761816743041992</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489909552867233611.post-1018396250479752838</id><published>2011-08-31T22:26:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-09-01T08:10:15.804+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holy Spirit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ministry'/><
