To You, Whom I Have Called!

Me: Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new day. Lord I love you so much.

Lord: Good morning son. Welcome to the club this morning and thank you for joining us as we walked. We love you too.

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.

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!

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.

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!

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.

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!

Go Where I send You.

Me: 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.
Lord:    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.

Vision: 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.

Lord: 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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

Vision: 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.

Lord: 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.

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.

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.

A Very Personal Word

Me: 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.

Lord: 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.

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 is 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.

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.

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.  What lies ahead is a time of gathering in, a harvest.

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.

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.

I give you a new name, "Benaiah!" 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.

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.

Me: Lord, I really don't see myself as a fighter, more as a plodder!

Lord: 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.

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.

Conversation on 2 Timothy

Lord: 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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: 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. 2 Tim 3.16-17

My Calling to You.

Me: 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.

Lord: 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.

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.

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  the gift of healing for, and prophecy over those to who I give you a word.

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.

Watch out each day for the opportunities I am presenting to you, opportunities to share your story with a stranger, to pray with 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  who to share the good news with, only to share it and let my Holy Spirit do the work of convincing and conviction.

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.

More re-imaginings

Me: 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.

Lord: 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.

The word I gave you on your last Sunday at Stithians, 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.

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.

On 21st March 2010, I said through you, to the congregations of your three churches, at Stithians:

Put Jesus in the Centre.

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.

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.

Imagine a church without buildings.

Imagine a church without clergy.

Imagine a church without liturgy.

Imagine a church run not by a PCC but by prayer!

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!

There are so many different ministries within my church which need to be opened up with new imaginings.

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!

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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  and recreate your society to be just, fair, prosperous and Jesus centred.

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.

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.

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.

The Gifts of My Spirit

Me: Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new and beautiful morning. I love you Lord.

Lord: Good morning Martin. Welcome to the 5 O'clock Club this morning and thank you for joining us on our tour of the estate. We love you too.

I want you all to get to know My Spirit, for in the days to come you are going to need My Spirit with you all the time, working closely with you, and directing your pathway. It is through My Spirit that you are able to take up the battle cry Jesus is Lord! Let My Spirit be in your speaking. Commit every word you say to me and let My Spirit put the words into your mouths. As you allow the Spirit to speak through you, you will begin to notice the prophetic nature of your words. It is the prophetic word, the word from me, that will break down the barriers the Evil One has built up, that keep the children of men from hearing me speak to them. The prophetic word will smash through those barriers and speak comfort to those who tremble and are afraid.

It is My Spirit who gives you all the gifts and tools that you need in ministry. It is My Spirit who equips you to walk the Christian walk. Out of my store house He gives the very latest and most advanced tools to help you break down the works of the Evil One, and build up and strengthen the faint hearted.

It is through My Spirit that I dispense wisdom and knowledge. Notice how I group those two gifts together! Wisdom gives you the ability to use knowledge and to discern truth. When mankind stretched out his hand and took the fruit of the tree of knowledge, he acted without wisdom. Wisdom helps you to use and understand knowledge. The gifts that I give through My Spirit are very special and the wisdom I give is not worldly wisdom, but divine. Into a specific situation I will drop a word of wisdom or a work of knowledge. Use them carefully and in a timely way. By that I mean use them when I direct. Speak into the appropriate moment, for my words are spoken into the 'now!' An undue delay can mean that the word loses its power, because the moment has passed. So exercise wisdom as you speak the word of knowledge.

My Spirit also distributes the gift of faith. Now here I am not speaking of the faith to believe in Jesus, although that is also given by me. No, this is a specific gift, given by My Spirit to those who already believe in me. It gives to the receiver the ability to hold on and believe for, the things he cannot see, the things others hold as impossible. That is why I am linking faith with  gifts of healing. One of the reasons the church does not see as much healing as I want to perform, is that it lacks the faith to ask! I want all my children to have the faith to ask me, and to believe that I hear every prayer, for it is when the church believes that I am Almighty, that miracles and healing follow.

Healing is a special gift. Those who deliver the gift of healing exercise faith, while not being the recipient. The gift is specifically for another, the one who needs healing. It is wrong to think of one person as a healer. Jesus is the healer, the Holy Spirit is the bearer of the gift, and one with faith delivers it. Sometimes it requires faith on the part of the receiver, but that is unusual. The main requirement of the one to be healed is that they are open to the love offered as the gift is given.

The ability to speak in other tongues and to interpret them is also a gift of My Spirit. Once again this should not be confused with the natural ability to speak in foreign languages. Speaking in tongues is directly related to speaking My Word. It may be used in prayer, or to deliver prophecy or wisdom, or on rare occasions it may be used to preach to a congregation who speak a different language. The gift of interpretation is specific to prayers and words given in tongues, and is not just the ability to translate other languages.

I want to deal lastly with distinguishing between spirits. The western world has largely ignored the spiritual realm for so long now, that it has forgotten that there is a battle going on all the time between good and evil. This battle takes place in the spiritual realm, because there are spirits of evil as well as the Spirit of God. Many things are spoken and done, not by the Spirit of God, but by the Spirit of Darkness. He can be very hard to distinguish because so much of what he says is lies that tickle the fancy. Some of his lies are what people think they want to hear. Distinguishing  the spirits is therefore a vital tool for all believers. When a voice inside you says, "Hey, hang on, that doesn't feel right," that is the moment to stop and re-evaluate the situation. You may think that sounds like conscience. Well it is. I put man's conscience there in the first place when I breathed into him the breath of life, so the God shaped bit of man responds to the gift of My Spirit.

In the coming months as I work in the world, all the gifts which My Spirit has distributed amongst believers will be needed. Accept them thankfully and learn from me how to use them. They all require an element of faith to use, but I have already supplied you with enough to use what I am giving. Be bold be strong, and be courageous. I am with you, Jesus is with you, the Holy Spirit is with you. We love you.

Healing and Sin

Me: Good morning Lord. Thank you for waking me this morning and for this new and beautiful day. I love you Lord.

Lord: Good morning son welcome to the club this morning and thank you for joining us on our walk. We love you too.

I want to speak again about healing. It is my desire to heal all the illnesses and disorders of mankind. I do not want my children to have anything less than the perfection I designed for them. However, sin has entered the equation, and sickness has become a part of human existence, just as sin has. This was not in my plan, and I want to restore mankind to the original model I first created.

Healing comes with a new attitude to sin. Most people just accept their sinful nature as something they cannot do anything about. Though they try not to do wrong, they know they will, and just accept it. Because it has subtly become a fact of life, they believe there is nothing that they can do about it, and that somehow I will accept them in spite of their sin. Thus, subconsciously they are reducing the importance of salvation or deliverance from sin. As sin remains in their lives unchecked, so it eats away like a cancer at who they are, and before long they have disease and sickness taking over. Yes, disease and sickness is directly related to sin. To say it is related to a specific sin is much harder. It is more accurate to say that sickness is part of the fallen state of mankind, and that unchecked it will get worse.

I have changed all that, by sending my Son into the world to deal with sin. This was done through the Cross. By setting man free from sin, the driving force behind sickness is cut off. Once sin is cut off from source, it can be removed.

It is the mission of my Church, to proclaim deliverance from sin, sight to the blind and complete healing for the sick. In other words, to destroy the works of the Evil One, who is the cause of mankind's sin.

How do you heal the sick?
You proclaim the salvation Jesus brings, and set people free. This is the primary work of preaching the Gospel! The next step is to cut the cords that bind mankind to sin. It is like a binding rope around man that restricts his freedom of movement. It's all mixed up in attitude and world views and needs to be cut away. This is done through prayer, and in the name of Jesus, by holding on to the truth, and proclaiming the truth.

I am very deeply saddened by the way my people have so quickly and easily let go of simple truths that give them life. Truths like the plain and simple fact that the Bible is my inspired Word, that Jesus is my beloved Son, and that there is no other way to come to me except through Jesus. Facts like: I care for, and love you all, and I want the best for you.

Proclaim these things, and live them out in your lives, so that all those around you may see clearly that I am at work in your lives. That's the start.

Now to healing!
Many people are kept from me through their own sickness, and the sickness they see in others. Because the world has worked very hard, to detach spiritual truths from science, and to try and explain everything in scientific terms, most people think of doctors and healing in the same breath. But the truth is, that healing and salvation go together. Healing of most diseases and sicknesses is a spiritual matter. My children, the Church, that's you, are the best equipped to deal with this matter.

So come to me, and let me show you how to discern when to pray, how to pray, and how to heal the sick who are all around you. Be open to me and very courageous. Step out in faith and watch me work and you will be amazed. Every one of my saved children, that's all of you, have healing within you, and can be used in this mighty ministry. Allow me to use you. Do not hold back, and do not be deceived by the world, which says it can't be done. Through My Holy Spirit all things are possible, because I love you.

Because I love you, you too can love one another. As you love each other it hurts to see those you love suffering. So in love set them free. Do not just pray for them from afar, but pray with them and reach out and touch them. Making physical contact is a way of showing them that I too am reaching out to them and that all healing flows through me. Do not be woolly in your prayer but speak the command I give you. Be prepared to prophesy and do not be afraid of anything, for I am with you.

Go now into your little world, to the people around you and destroy the works of the devil. Bring salvation to the lost and healing to the sick. Set the captives free and sing me a song of praise, for I am with you and have equipped you. I love you.

Ministry of All Believers

2010
Tuesday, 9 February
04:58:46

Lord: I want to talk to you about the ministry of all believers now. When I speak of ministers and ministries, I do not confine this to ordained ministry. I have called many people and am calling many more into ministry that the established churches and denominations have not recognised. I intended every member of my body to be a minister, just as every member of your body has a function. recognise and encourage these 'ministers', who are acting on My calling and are under My command.

In these days, I am sending my children out into the world, to take the good news to all communities everywhere. They are indeed, like lambs going among wolves, but the time has come for the wolves to be converted. So watch out, and listen, and you will hear many miraculous stories, of my protection of those I send out. You will also hear of gentle acts of boldness, by timid believers who are filled with the Holy Spirit. They become bold in the Spirit, to speak the Word I give them. Some people who you thought to be beyond salvation, will come to me and be saved, and there will be great rejoicing in my church. Let the truth of these conversions be recorded and shared, as an encouragement to other congregations. These are the Acts of the 21st Century Apostles.

A time for action is here. This is the age of movement and power. Say to those who find themselves in a ministry that doesn't fit them, "This isn't your own. Get on your knees in prayer and seek My will for you". Many of my ministers and leaders are trying in their own strength, to fit into a mould that is not for them. For too long the establishment has tried to create 'one size fits all' ministry. This will never work! Down all the ages of man, it has never worked, to try and control the prophet! My Holy Spirit is free, and moves where He will, and if my Spirit bestows a particular gift, it is because He knows that gift is the right one, for that person. You must recognise in those around you the gift My spirit has bestowed, and encourage that gift into ministry. There is no joy in struggling to be something you were never made to be. But there is great joy in seeing your ministry flourish, and souls come into the kingdom of Jesus. Indeed there is no greater joy, than to be involved in leading a loved one to the Lord. That joy is worth all the tears.

Those who stay in the inner place of intercession, are to cover my ministers with prayer, guard their coming in and going out. Remember also to cover their personal lives, and their families. Build a protective wall of prayer around them. You don't need to know the details, only that they are always vulnerable in that area of their lives.

To those I call out into the front line, I say this: Go out with the strength of knowing Him in whom you have believed, Jesus the Son of God. That strength is made strong in Joy. Let a song of praise be on your lips, as you go with boldness and tread on the heads of snakes. I, Jesus have defeated Satan. He fell from heaven and great was His fall. I have all authority, both in heaven and on earth, and I give you the authority to destroy the works of the evil one, and to bring the fallen and the lost, home to me. You will never lose your way if you keep your eyes on me. Keep our vital lines of communication (prayer) open at all times. I shall be with you wherever you go.

New Ministries

2010
Thursday, 28 January
04:51:45

Me: Good Morning Father. Thank you for waking me this morning. I love you Lord.

Lord: I am moving my people into new times. Ministries will come forward and be recognised in the assemblies, that were hidden away for fear of ridicule. I am raising up a new eldership to shepherd my people. Listen to my voice, O my people, that I may show you my will and desire for you.

Read my word and ponder it. Even though it may seen a hard or difficult saying, let me show you the truth that lies as the foundation of all I say. Share the scriptures together and be encouraged, as I open the Word to you. Do not open on the Sabbath and close the book for the next six days. Let My word be a meal for every day.

Talk to others about me and relate your experiences of me. The Testimony of Jesus, that is what He is doing in your life, is indeed the Spirit of Prophecy (Rev 19.10) Do not keep the message from the young, saying, “They are too young to understand.” I tell you the truth, the young receive the Word of God with more understanding and delight, than those who have become weary with the world and cluttered by religion. Encourage the children, and receive the kingdom of heaven yourself, with the same delight they have.

Seek me with your whole heart. Spend time getting to know me. Learn to hear my voice as I speak to you in the stillness of the quiet place. Bring your requests to me, and ask out of the yearning of your hearts. Recognise that it is I, the Lord your God, who put a hunger in your heart to see the Kingdom. That desire is in every man woman and child I have ever created. It is part of being in the image of God. I placed a little of myself in every human soul. I also designed into your body mind and Spirit, a ‘hot wired’ connection to me. As soon as anyone, believer or not, cries out to me, I hear their cry, and I respond. Hunger to see the gates of heaven teeming with those who are passing through and into my presence. That is my desire.

Study of My Word, the Witness of Jesus, and Prayer, are the three legs of a stool. They are equal in importance, and together form a firm foundation for a balanced relationship with Me. Let them also be recognised as ministries within the church. All three feed the body and all three reach outside the body to draw in the unsaved.

The worship of my people is important to me. Worship brings all my children together on an equal footing. I love to hear the cry from the heart, I love to hear the sound, and smell the sweet scent, of a song of praise, that comes from the heart. I collect all your tears of repentance, and hold them close to my heart. I channel the love that pours out of you and use it to oil the wheels and spindles of revival.

I am using all sorts of media to speak the message of Jesus, and I want you to recognise them and use them too. I speak through the written word, and encourage the use of all your modern methods of placing that word in people’s hearts. Use the Web, for if that is where people are looking, it is there they must find my Word, to point them to Jesus.

I am using Inspirational Art to convey my Word. Sometimes these works of creation stand on their own and need no explanation. Enjoy their beauty and their boldness, their colour and their detail, and be quickened by my Spirit. Sometimes these works are more difficult and disturbing and need interpretation. Wait on me and do not be afraid to say: “This is what that is saying to me.” Remember I am never negative in art. I inspire truth, and sometimes that truth is disturbing, but even when I show destruction it is often a warning (Amos 7.1-6). Hear what I am saying and heed my warnings!

I am using Music. Music can still the troubled soul (1 Samuel 16.14-end). Music can also aid you, in stilling a busy mind and help you to focus. Worship songs, mood music and scripture songs can be a first class aid to learning scripture, and lifting the soul into my throne room. My servant David, wrote music for praise and worship, as well as in his despair or state of mourning. Music is different in every generation. Do not despise the music of the young. Even the music of your youth was new once, and in every generation young people find me, and express their love for me, in their kind of music. Praise me through Music.

I am using Dance, Drama, Poetry, Films, Comedy and all kinds of humour to touch, to draw, and to help people find me.

Me: In all these expressions of yourself, let them point to Jesus and bring praise to him. Let them be acts of worship, not exhibitions of self. Let all you do be done in the name of the Lord, to His praise and glory.

Thank you Lord for your Love.

Revival - Part of the Whole

2010
Sunday, 24 January
05:00:42

Lord: With your mind so much these days on revivals, past and present, be aware that there were some mighty revivals in the days of the Old Testament. Some 500 years before Jesus came, I made it possible for my servant Nehemiah, to return from exile, to start rebuilding the Holy City, Jerusalem, My Temple and the city walls. At that time the people were still far from me and had become ignorant of the Laws I had given them. They had become, to a great extent contaminated, through living with a heathen people. But in spite of this they had stayed together, paying lip service to me, and longing, as all exiles do, to return to their homes. It was I the Lord who heard the cry of their heart and made that return possible. I did this because I remembered the promise I made, to their father's Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and again to my servant David, that their generations would possess, and live in the Land I had given them, for all time.

After their return to the ruins of Jerusalem, I caused my Spirit to move amongst them, and I gave them a hunger and an openness, to my ways. Then I anointed and sent Ezra to be their teacher, and revival broke out. As in all modern revivals, this 'move of my Spirit' was centred on My Word, the Word of God. Ezra led prayers, and they sang, and they listened from dawn till noon, to the reading and exposition of the Word. All who could understand, men and women, and even children, came to hear and be enlightened. This went on every day for a whole month.

As the people heard the Word of the Lord read to them, they heard how I commanded certain practices of remembrance, to be used for all time. So they renewed their commitment to these practices. This was a great joy to them, and was all part of the renewal process. In later revivals, even those within living memory, I have renewed certain practices, such as Baptism, the Lord's Supper, and waiting on the Spirit for gifts. In each revival these practices have brought great joy. I don't want any of them to be forgotten again, but I want them always to be fresh, and in their right place, without too much emphasis on any one, to the exclusion of another. In all the Christian revivals, I want the centre to be focused on my Son Jesus. Even in the time of Ezra they were looking forward to the 'day of the Lord' - a time when I would come among them in person. I came in the person of Jesus, and am even now with you, in Jesus, through the Holy Spirit.

There are other revivals in the Bible, still to be discovered and expounded. Each one is a part of the whole picture, Like the different parts of the body, each is dependant on the others, and each adds something to the overall function of the body. At the time of the Charismatic Revival, in the 60's and 70's, many called them selves 'Full Gospel' but the real 'Full Gospel' is when all the lessons, and functions, of each revival in history, have been learnt, embraced and acted on. In the same way, a fully functional Church, does not over emphasise any one ministry or rite, but embraces them all, and recognises all the ministries and gifts, of the Holy Spirit, and uses them all, in a balance I show them.

To hasten in the next revival, hunger for souls and pray. Read my Word, in the Light Jesus gives, and focus on Him. Remain open for me to do the unexpected, and pray continually, for the young men and women I am raising up, for front line ministry. Share this.

Dreams and Visions

2010
Friday, 22 January
05:00:36

Lord: Have you noticed, as you read the scriptures, even the hard passages, how I put pictures into your mind. All scripture is pictures, and your speaking and teaching is most effective when you use pictures. Visions or pictures bring light and colour to your mind as well as understanding. There are several things I want to say about visions.

Wait with them. Expect my word to conjure up pictures for you. As you read the Word or as you listen to me speak, let the pictures form in your mind and be displayed on the screen of your inner eye. Gaze on it, study it and recall it, so that its meaning can dawn on you. Vision and pictures are a common part of the learning process for children, but for some reason it is not thought appropriate for adults, who are encouraged to think in abstract thoughts and words. Adults also think using pictures, and behind every great writing is a picture. Make pictures in your mind's eye part of everyday life. Learn to read the picture, in the same way you take in any scene in life. Ask yourself what is happening in this picture, who is there and what are they doing. Draw your first conclusion from the obvious, then look at the detail, and see if that changes the meaning. If the meaning or the reason for the picture is unclear, then prayerfully ask for clearer vision or clarification. I give visions because I want you to understand something, or to hear what I am saying. If you don't see what it means, I will give you another vision. Those who focus on me and see their visions as coming from me, will learn to read them and understand them.

As you look at the pictures and begin to see what they are about, ask yourself two questions:

Does this picture apply to me? And if so how?

Does this picture apply to others or more generally? If so,to whom, and how?

Visions and pictures are, at some point, to share. When others hear about your vision their mind's eye also catches the light and sees the detail. It is good to share visions and pictures with other believers, so that they, prayerfully, can test out your interpretation and perhaps add to it. When others share their pictures with you, do not dismiss them but treat them as from me, and wait on the meaning until it is fully understood. Write them down or record them in some way.

In the coming months and years I am going to use the visual gifts more and more in revealing truth to my people. It will be both an encouragement to the believer, and a sign for the unbeliever.

The visionary and the dreamer of dreams are as important to the church as any other ministry, and should be prayerfully encouraged and listened to. I am already speaking to others about dreams and visions, as I am speaking to you about prophecy and preaching.

This sort of inspired sight should not be watered down or confused with people who are full of good ideas. Those gifts are good also, but are more a natural gift of seeing possibilities, and are the product of an active alert mind, not necessarily me speaking to the Church.

Where I give vision, I also give understanding. Sometimes it is important that the interpretation and understanding comes from another person, as with the gift of tongues, where one speaks and another interprets. This is not however a rule! Many of my visionaries understand and interpret themselves.

Be always open for the many ways I am speaking and teaching my people in these days, for I am doing a new work in your land. I am mobilising a might army and equipping them for action. Prayer warriors awake, Soldiers of Christ arise, Prophets listen and speak as the Lord leads, Visionaries and Dreamers open the eyes of your spirit and let me show you. My church must be ready to move when they hear My battle cry, Jesus is Lord!