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Word for Today:  December 15

Believe

• If you can believe, all things will be possible for you and nothing will ever be impossible to you.
• If you can believe, you can move into the realm of the miraculous.
• If you can believe you can change your life, your situation, your circumstances and your destiny.

Believing is the key to the impossible.  Believing is the secret to success.  Believing is the way into heaven.  Believing is the way man connects with God.  Jesus said that if we can believe all things will be possible to us (Mark 9:23).

The Bible says that if without Believing it is impossible to please God.   Believing is the way to please God and the way to tap into the supernatural power of God.  Believing is the most powerful force on earth.

Your believing can change things around you and make them line up with your will and the will of God.  Nothing you can do as a Christian is more important than Believing.

Believing can change our nation.  Believing can produce miracles.  Believing can bring God into your situation and solve all your problems.  Believing is life-changing.

Believing changes death into LIFE

Matt. 22:29   Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.

Agree with me:

• God has Power.  (Ability – Authority – Resources)
• God’s Power is a First Order Power.
• All things existing, past, and present, came out of God’s Power.
• God’s Power is a Present Day Reality.
• God’s Power can Change the World.  (It can even change you).
• God’s Power is IN THE BELIEVER.
• God wants His Power to be Released into the Earth.
• Only Believers can do this.

We will learn How to Release God’s Power into the Earth….

            You are Born Again to RELEASE this POWER into the earth.  It is up to you and up to me.  It is up to the church.  The Power of God will not prevail in the earth until and unless we RELEASE IT.   It will not happen unless we make it happen.   It will not come out of the Church until it comes out of YOU.   All of creation is waiting for the manifestation of the Sons of God.  

Rom. 8:19   For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.

            The world is waiting for the Power of God to be revealed in us.

Eph. 3:19   And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

Eph. 3:20   Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,

Eph. 3:21   Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

2Cor. 4:7   But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

Ps. 68:1   Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.

Isa. 60:1   Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.

Isa. 60:2   For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

Phil. 2:12   Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

            We must be missing something.  There must be something we have not understood about this.  Do we really know what these verses mean?  Have we come into a Revelation of the awesomeness of these Statements of Fact?  How is it that we have settled into such wimps and weeneies and weaklings when all of Heaven’s Power is in us?  What is wrong?  What has happened?  Where have we missed it? 

• God has made an awesome investment in you. 
• God has confidence in you.
• God believes in you.  
• God’s Miracle Power is in you. 
• All of heaven’s power is in you. 
• You have the potential to change anything that needs to be changed. 
• You can change the world. 
• You can change you.

            Nothing is too hard for God and God lives in YOU.   The Bible says that with God all things are possible.  Paul wrote that “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me…”   The Word declares that if “You can believe (have the God-kind of faith) all things are possible to him that believeth…”  (Mark 9).   When you got saved, God made a Divine Deposit in you.  Your body became the Temple of the Holy Ghost.  You are no longer your own because you were bought with a price…”  We are to glorify God with our bodies.  We are Born Again to release the Power of God into the earth.  

            People are becoming more aware of their need for God.  As politics fail, as economics fail, as education fails, as religion fails, our need for a viable and real and powerful connection with God is more apparent.  People will turn to God because of the sovereign move of the Holy Ghost that causes conviction to fall on unbelievers and backsliders. 

God is calling us to be channels of His Power in the earth.  We are the restraining force holding back all the relentless powers of darkness that are poised to overthrow every kingdom and nation.  Why is it that atrocities such as those that are presently happening in other parts of the world are not happening here in America?  Because we are called to be the nation from which God will release HIS POWER into the earth and throughout the earth.  With all our shortfalls and shortcomings, this nation is still the One Nation on this planet that God has sovereignty raised up to launch His Power into the Human Race. 

            Every Believer has God’s Power.  They may not act like it, look like it or talk like it… but THEY DO.   According to God’s Word… HIS POWER IS IN EVERY BELIEVER. 

            One reason many do not function in this power is because they do not know where it is.  If they do not know where it is they cannot function in it.   If they cannot function in it they cannot use it.  If they cannot use it they will be buffeted and whipped by the devil.  And the things that need changing will not be changed.

            It may be a shock to you but GOD’S POWER is not in HEAVEN.  “All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth…”  is what Jesus said in Matt 28:18.  We have been taught that we are to pray for God’s Power to FALL on us.  For God to “send the Power…”  For the “Fire of God” to fall and come down from heaven.  We were led to believe that we could do nothing unless the Power “fell” on us.  As a Baptist, I prayed for a Revival to come from Heaven.  Our whole concept of GOD’S POWER has been warped and steeped in error.  No wonder we can’t operate in God’s Power… we don’t even know what it is, where it is,  how to get it or how to release it. 

“Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the (wonder-working, miraculous) power that worketh in us…”  Eph 3:20

            God’s Power does not “come down” or “fall on us”…. God’s Power emanates from our RE-BORN HUMAN SPIRIT that is BORN AGAIN in the IMAGE of GOD and HIS SON the LORD JESUS CHRIST!!  God’s power is IN US.  It is not in heaven and it is not floating in space or gathering in the skies to fall on us when we “pray through…” 

“Arise, shine, for thy light is come and the Glory of the Lord is RISEN UPON THEE…”  Isa 60:1

            “Let God arise and His enemies be scattered…”  Psa 68:1 

(Is He supposed to come out of the ground?  NO.  Then what is He supposed to “arise” out of?  He is to RISE out of the RE-CREATED, RE-BORN HUMAN SPIRIT… and when He does HIS ENEMIES (and yours, too) will be SCATTERED.  

“We have a more sure word of prophecy, whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the Day Star ARISE in your hearts…”  II Pet 1:19

            God’s Power is IN EVERY BELIEVER.  It is ADEQUATE and it is ABLE.  The problem is not that GOD WON’T… it is that GOD CAN’T because of our UNBELIEF. 

            JESUS PRAYED: “THY KINGDOM COME…”  The Earth was designed to be a DUPLICATE of HEAVEN  (Where God dwells… explain the 3 heavens).  Earth was designed to FUNCTION and OPERATE just like HEAVEN functions and operates.  The WILL OF GOD is for the EARTH to be JUST LIKE HEAVEN….. NOW.  TODAY.  At this time it is obviously not like Heaven, but JESUS told us to PRAY and BELIEVE that it would get to be like heaven.  The WILL OF GOD is the very same today as it was in the beginning… and that is that GOD’S KINGDOM WOULD BE ESTABLISHED ON EARTH.  That purpose and plan and will of God is in the process of being accomplished and established today. 

            JESUS told us to “seek first the Kingdom of God…” (Mat. 6:33).  He told us to first FIND the KINGDOM.  Locate the Kingdom.  Discover where the Kingdom is.  The Kingdom operates through the RECREATED HUMAN SPIRIT.

  “Neither shall they say Lo here or lo there: for behold the Kingdom of God is within you…”  Luke 17:21. 

            The KINGDOM is where the Power is.  (The Power of this Nation rests in Washington… the equivalent of a Kingdom).  The KINGDOM is where the KING is.  The KING is in the HEART of the BELIEVER.  Where the KING is the KINGDOM IS.   Where the KINGDOM IS, is where the POWER IS.  Therefore the KINGDOM is in the heart of every believer.   That is the LOCATION of the KINGDOM.  When GOD has DOMINION in your heart, the KINGDOM OPERATES THERE and the WILL OF GOD is DONE on earth… Just like Jesus told us to pray.  The HUMAN SPIRIT that is BORN AGAIN is where the KINGDOM of GOD is set up.  Within the KINGDOM you will find everything and all things you need… in every realm of life.  The KINGDOM is designed to PRODUCE WHAT YOU NEED or TO LEAD YOU TO WHAT YOU NEED or TO CAUSE WHAT YOU NEED TO COME TO PASS.

            The KINGDOM LITERALLY and ACTUALLY CAME when JESUS made it possible for you to be BORN AGAIN.  The kingdom of darkness was replaced by the Kingdom of Light… the Kingdom of God… when Jesus defeated satan in the bowels of the earth.  That made it possible for GOD to live in the HEART of the BELIEVER. 

            The SOURCE of all your needs is found in the KINGDOM… because that is where GOD IS.  GOD is the KING who operates in the DOMAIN of HIS KINGDOM.  Wherever GOD is there is ADEQUATE SUPPLY.  That is why Jesus told us to “SEEK FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND HIS RIGHTOUSNESS AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED UNTO YOU…”  The disciples were talking about the everyday necessities of life…. food, shelter, clothing, protection, provision, etc. 

            Most of JESUS’ PREACHING dealt with the KINGDOM.  11 of the parables in the NT are about the Kingdom.  Jesus said that when the Gospel of the Kingdom  is preached to all the world, that the end would come….  He wanted to make sure that we understood about the Kingdom.  Here are some things you need to know concerning the KINGDOM:

1.  The KINGDOM is in the HEART of every BELIEVER.  You have the potential of causing the WILL of GOD to be DONE on earth wherever you are.  When the KINGDOM COMES the WILL of GOD is DONE!!  When you operate by KINGDOM PRINCIPLES then the Will of God is done wherever you are!!

2.  The KINGDOM is a SPIRITUAL (INVISIBLE) KINGDOM (Domain).  It operates by and through the RECREATED HUMAN SPIRIT.  Jesus told Nicodemus that unless a man is “BORN AGAIN” he cannot see the Kingdom of God.  That which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the Spirit is Spirit…”  God wants the “Invisible” Kingdom to become visible.

3.  The KINGDOM is BASED on the NEW TESTAMENT or NEW COVENANT.  The POWER of the KINGDOM comes from the BLOOD OF JESUS.  The Kingdom is not operational in the O.T….  It was born in the GATES OF HELL and RATIFIED by the BLOOD of JESUS when He entered the HEAVENLY TEMPLE and sprinkled HIS BLOOD on the MERCY SEAT!!

4.  The KINGDOM  is the SOURCE for all your NEEDS.  Our needs do not come down out of heaven and fall on us like rain.  They are PRODUCED in GOD’S HEADQUARTERS where GOD DWELLS and where GOD IS ACTIVE.  That is in YOU and in ME.  The RECREATED HUMAN SPIRIT is the PRODUCTION CENTER for all that we need…. Spirit, Soul and Body.  God put Himself inside of you in order that you might be COMPLETE. 

5.  The KINGDOM CAN AND WILL WORK IN EARTH.  It is not reserved for us in heaven.  It is on earth that we need the THINGS OF GOD… the POWER of GOD… the AUTHORITY of GOD…  the ABILITY of GOD… The SUPERNATURAL WORKING of the GIFTS of the SPIRIT…. Jesus said we are to pray and believe for the KINGDOM to come and for the WILL of GOD to be DONE in EARTH as it is in HEAVEN.

6.  All the EARTH ANXIOUSLY AWAITS the COMPLETION of the KINGDOM.  The KINGDOM is not completed yet… but it is BEING COMPLETED and soon it will be the VISIBLE KINGDOM of GOD on earth with JESUS RULING as KING for HIS THRONE in JERUSALEM.

How to Release the Power of God:

• Decide to.
• Believe the Word.
• Find where the Power is. 
• Cooperate with God.  Agree with God.
• Speak the Word ONLY.   Let it come out of your Mouth… just as Jesus allows it to come out of His mouth…

If you are a Believer, God’s Power is residing IN YOU.  And you can release it at the point of your present need.

DO IT

Word for Today:  December 14

One Factor.

There is only one factor that gives credibility to any legitimate ministry.    There is only one factor that guarantees the success of Kingdom work.  There is only one factor that makes preachers really preach and churches really produce lasting results.  Effectiveness and productiveness are not the result of man’s effort, ingenuity or education.   Success is not correctly measured by size.  Bigger is not always better.   And smarter is not always wiser.   Breadth is never as important as depth.

In Kingdom Ministry it is the Anointing that produces results.  Without the anointing all our efforts are but sounding brass and tinkling symbols.  Where there is no anointing, there is no Life.  It is the anointing that breaks the yoke and sets the captive free.  It is the anointing that brings revelation and produces conviction.  It is the anointing that moves the heart and rends the soul.

With all our getting, preachers, let us be certain we get unction.  Education is good, but it can never substitute for anointing.   Personality and popularity and acclaim are good, but they can never accomplish what the anointing can accomplish.  The coming Millennial Kingdom will operate in limitless anointing.  This anointing will change nations and kindreds and peoples and tongues.  The anointing will bring glory to God and honor to Jesus.

In all the years of ministry, I’m not so sure as to exactly what the anointing really is, or how to adequately explain it, but I can surely tell when I haven’t got it.  And so can you.

• The anointing gives credibility to ministry.
• The anointing eradicates human limitation.
• The anointing speaks the truth.
• The anointing breaks the stronghold of the enemy.
• The anointing ignites the hearts of complacent Christians and impregnates the barren church to produce children.

The Anointing Breaks Every Yoke

            How do we prepare for the Increase?   (1) By BELIEVING it is coming and (2) By GETTING READY.  During the storm season, we followed the paths of hurricanes  with intense interest. As they head into the Gulf, folks begin to make preparation. Cars line up for gas. Stores are crowded with people buying flashlight batteries and water and candles and ice and canned goods… they are busy preparing because they KNEW it was coming.

2 Kings 3:7-20:

2Kgs. 3:7         And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, 1 will go up: 1 am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses.

2Kgs. 3:8         And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered The way through the wilderness of Edom.

2Kgs. 3:9         So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days’ journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them.

2Kgs. 3:10       And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!

2Kgs. 3:11       But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may inquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel’s servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah.

2Kgs. 3:12       And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

2Kgs. 3:13       And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

2Kgs. 3:14       And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee.

2Kgs. 3:15       But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.

2Kgs. 3’16       And he said, Thus saith the LORD Make this valley full of ditches.

2Kgs. 3:17       For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not. see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.

2Kgs. 3:18       And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand.

2Kgs. 3:19       And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.

2Kgs. 3:20       And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water.

The prophet told them to dig ditches. He told them to make the valley full of ditches. They were instructed to dig before there was any water. There was no sign of water. Water was nowhere to be found. There were no rain clouds, no rivers, no streams, no lakes. There was no water. But the Man of God commanded them to DIG DITCHES.

Get Ready. IT is on the way. Water was coming. Dig the ditches. God brought the Water and it was Life to them. The same water that was Life to Israel, became death to those who were fighting against God and God’s people. When the enemies saw the water it appeared to be blood, they rushed in to finish the kill and take the spoils but found God’s People Revived and Ready for Battle. The Moabites were smitten and slain and driven back into their own land. Israel was Victorious. They dug the ditches and prepared for the flood… even in the midst of a drought.

Years ago God spoke to my heart regarding this hour. He took me into His Word and gave me the 54th Chapter of Isaiah. He told me that this promise was ours. Since then, this entire ministry has been given to Making Preparation for The Manifestation. As best as we knew, we followed the leading of God.

Isa 54:2  Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;

Isa 54:3  For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

He told us to “enlarge the place of our tent…” We did.  

He told us to “stretch forth the curtains of our habitation…” We did

He told us to “spare not…” We didn’t.

He told us to “lengthen our cords and strengthen our stakes…” We did   

We did what He told us to do.

Now it is time for Him to do what He said He would do:  listen:

“For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left ….”

“Thy seed shall inherit the heathen and make the desolate places to be                              inhabited…”

Now it is time for us to dig the ditches because the flood (increase) is on the WAY. Every ditch we dig will be filled with the overflow. Every ditch that you dig will be filled with the overflow.  The only limitation to the flood that is coming is the lack of ditches for the flood to fill. How many will you dig? What will you Believe God for?  When are you going to start?

2Kgs. 4:1         Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.

2Kgs. 4:2         And Elisha said unto her, What shall 1 do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.

2Kgs. 4:3         Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

2Kgs. 4:4         And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into. all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full.

2Kgs. 4:5         So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out.

2Kgs. 4:6         And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.

2Kgs. 4:7         Then she came, and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil; and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.

The Prophet told the widow woman to go and borrow some pots. He told her to borrow not a few, but many. She was going to need them. She did not need them right then, but she was going to need them. He told her to go behind closed doors with her sons and begin to pour out the oil. All doubt and unbelief had to be shut out. All opinions of men had to be shut out. All skepticism had to be shut­ out. “What do you need all the empty pots for?”

            “You have never had that much oil in your whole life:”

            “You will never fill all those pots up.”

            “You must be out of your mind.”

She was willing to be ridiculed and criticized. But …she needed a breakthrough. She needed a miracle. She needed God to come through for her. When she had borrowed the pots she began to pour from the vessel of oil. The oil multiplied… it continued… it increased until all the empty pots were full to the brim. The oil did not come until she had the pots. The manifestation did not come until she made the preparation.

This is what God is saying about the increase. IT is on the way. We need to dig our ditches and borrow our pots. God is sending the Rain and the Oil. He wants us to be ready to contain them. The Water will bring Refreshment and Life. The Oil will bring Power and Prosperity.

This is the Abundant Life Jesus came to give to all men. The Increase will bring this into the earth for those who will dig their ditches and borrow their pots.

2022 is our Year for Preparation

Word for Today:  December 13

God has given us weapons

 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds,) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.   2Cor 10:4-6

They are mighty weapons through God to the pulling down of strongholds  … they are not carnal and they are not natural … they are Supernatural and they are efficient and they are effective and they work.

They are given to every believer in order that every believer might overcome the attacks of the enemy. These weapons are for warfare. They are not for vacation. They are for pulling down and destroying and they are to be used.

The reason we have these weapons is that we might overcome the powers of darkness…. that we might stop the devil. If we do not use them, they will not work, and we will not stop the devil. If we do not exercise them, we will not break through and put the devil on the run.

God gave them. God gave them to Believers. God gave them to Believers in order that Believers might confirm what Jesus did to the devil.

Jesus destroyed the works of the devil. Those works are still destroyed. The Bible says that

…to as many as received Him to them gave He power to become…  John 1:12.

You have the power and authority to become whatever God has purposed for you to become.

This is why Paul says… “I can do all things though Christ…”

Because I am a Believer in the Lord Jesus Christ and because God, in these last days, has given to me the Spirit of Prophesy (Acts 2:18;  Rev 19:10), I earnestly and confidently prophesy, in faith, the following for my country, the United States of America:

1.  That there shall be a mighty and supernatural Spiritual Awakening in the Leadership of our nation. 

2.  That the Office of President of the United States will once again be restored to Righteousness and Godliness.

3.  That the Supreme Court will recognize the authority of the Word of God as the Foundation for Law and Order and Justice.

4.  That the sins of our past and present shall be forgiven and covered by the Blood of Jesus.

5.  That the powers of darkness are being driven back in every area of our government.

6.  That Biblical Moral Values shall be restored and protected.

7.  That the Congress of the United States will honor God and the Bible and will defend and protect the Spiritual Foundations upon which our nation was founded. 

8.  That the traditional Bible standard for Marriage and Family will be restored…. One man and One woman One time… forever.

9.  That the Home will become and remain the Moral and Spiritual Example God has set forth in His Word.

10.  That there will be unity and accord among the races

11.  That there will be a Spiritual Renaissance in the Public Education System

12.  That the Colleges and Universities will undergo a supernatural shift from Humanism, Atheism, Agnosticism and Materialism to principles of the Christian Faith

13.  That I will pursue God and His Righteousness with all my heart and assume my responsibility to Bring my Country back to God.

These things I prophesy in faith, according to the Word of God….

If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.    2Chron 7:14

Will your join me?

Word for Today:  December 11

Worship God.

Come before His Presence.  Stand in Awe of His Glory and His Goodness and His Power.  Be still.  Listen.  Wait.  Be quiet.  Weep.  Tremble.  Fall on your face.  Bow down.  Kneel. Worship God.  Get lost in God.  Get “caught up” in God.  Stand before Him.

When the Glory filled the temple in the Old Testament the priests could not minister so powerful was the Presence of God.  On the Day of Pentecost in Acts, the saints who were filled with God staggered as drunk men and spoke in unlearned languages.

All around them people knew that something supernatural had taken place.  Some were amazed.  Some were confounded.  Some marveled.  All were moved by the awesome Presence of God… They Worshipped and God responded.

I walked into a convention center filled with over 1000 people 40 years ago and was met by an overwhelming Presence of the Holy Spirit.  Those present were mesmerized in True Worship.  They were singing in the Spirit.  They were praying in the Spirit.  Some were standing with uplifted hands, others were kneeling…. They were weeping and rejoicing and dancing and many were prostrate on the floor laying at the feet of their Glorious God.

They were as one and they all were literally “drunk with the Holy Spirit” (Acts 2).  It was the most moving and emotional meeting I had ever experienced in my entire life.  It was at that moment God let me know I could have More of Him than I had ever received.

This revelation came in the atmosphere of True Worship.  I remember rushing to the altar for prayer.  I remember a saintly Episcopalian Rector who laid hands on me and gently prayed for me.  I was literally flooded with the awesome and Real Presence of the Holy Spirit… and my life (and ministry) was forever changed.

What’s coming? 

The Bible is very plain about the events that will take place in the future.  If we know the Word we will know what is going to happen.  If we know the Will of God we will know what to expect and when to expect it.  God never intended for His children to be ignorant of His End-Time plan.  God never intended for His children to be caught by surprise.  God wants you to know what is going to happen and approximately when it is going to happen.  Now, if you do not care, you will not know.  If you are lazy and carnally minded, you will not know.  If you are caught up in the world system, you will not know.  If you are bound up in religious bondage and dead doctrine, you will not know.  However, you can know and you will know if you open your heart to the Holy Spirit right now..

            First, we are living in the End-Time.  There is no doubt about this.  Look at what the Bible says concerning events that will be taking place at the time Jesus comes again.  (See overhead)  From what I can determine from the Bible, there is not ONE PROPHECY left to be fulfilled before Jesus Comes Again.  His appearance is IMMINENT. 

            The NEXT EVENT will be Jesus coming in the clouds to take His Church  out of the earth. “For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first; Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up (harpadzo) together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air:  and so shall we ever be with the Lord…”  1 Thes 4: 16-17.

            “Then shall two be in the field, the one shall be taken, and the other left.  Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken and the other left.  Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come…”  Mat 24:40-42

            This is referred to as the Rapture of the Church.  It is a “catching away” or a “snatching away” of all true Believers from the earth at a time when it is least expected.  It will be world-wide and it will be sudden.   It will be blessed for those are saved and it will be tragic for those who are lost.  According to the Bible,  the Saved who have died and gone to be with Jesus will be reunited with their bodies and they shall “rise first” and then those of us who are alive and remain shall be taken up together with them in the air.  Suddenly, all the TRUE  Christians will be gone from the earth.  Suddenly, all Christian influence will be removed from the earth. 

Suddenly, all the church buildings and facilities of True Believers, will be vacant and empty.  Godly men and Godly women and Godly young people will ALL BE GONE.  Mothers will leave unbelieving children.  Daddies will leave unbelieving children.  Brothers will leave unbelieving brothers.  Sisters will leave unbelieving sisters.  Families will be divided.  Friends will be separated.  Only those who are READY will be taken.  Those who are living in disobedience, in rebellion, in open sin… those who are luke-warm and lazy will be left.  The True Christians will all be gone.  No one left on earth but the lost, the backslidden, the unbelieving, the skeptic… “the lawless and disobedient, the ungodly, the sinner, the unholy, the profane, murderers, manslayers, whoremongers, those that defile themselves with mankind, kidnappers, liars and perjurers…” (1 Tim 1:9-10) 

All goodness will be gone.  All love will be gone.  All kindness will be gone.  All compassion will be gone.  The TRUE CHURCH will be GONE and the world will be left to the powers of hell and destruction.  Antichrist will emerge and begin to rule and millions will be tortured, persecuted, abused, murdered.  There will be another holocaust… but this one will be world-wide and it will cause blood to run in every street in every city in every nation on the earth.  Demon forces will be loosed on earth and suffering will be supernatural. 

These events are plainly detailed in the Book of Revelation, Chapters 6 through 18.  After the Rapture, there will be NO ESCAPE.  The suffering and torment that will be experienced by those who are left behind is indescribable.  Men will cry for the mountains to fall on them and for the earth to swallow them up… they will scream for death but death will not come.  “…and the kings of the earth and the great men and the rich men and the chief captains and the mighty men and every bondman and every free man hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of his wrath is come and who shall be able to stand?…”  Rev 6: 15-17.

            This is called the Time of Tribulation.  And it will last for a period of 7 years.  The first 3 1/2 years will witness the rise of the antichrist.  The last 3 1/2 years will perfect his rule and reign.  The entire 7 years,  the antichrist will reign and the earth will be ruled by demon forces.  There will be a continual series of Judgments… 7 seal judgments, 7 vial judgments and 7 trumpet judgments… Millions will die as this 7 year period of Tribulation ends with the Battle of all battles… the Battle of Armageddon. 

“And another angel came out of the temple, which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.  And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, thrust in thy sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.  And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.  And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.”   (184 miles)  Rev 14:17-20.  See also Rev 19: 11-21.

            While these events are taking place on earth during the 7 years of Tribulation, those of us who were Caught Up at the Rapture will be in heaven with Jesus.  We will be preparing for the Millennium.  We will be getting ready to return to earth with Jesus and to rule with Him for 1000 years.  There are two events that will take place in heaven while antichrist is ruling on earth.

            First, we will go with Jesus to the Judgment Seat of Christ.  It is here that all Believers will be rewarded according to their faithfulness while they lived on earth.  We must each stand individually before Jesus and answer to Him in regards to our conduct on earth. 

“For the Son of Man shall come in the glory of His Father with His angels and then He shall reward every man according to his works…”  Mat 16:27

 “…for we shall all stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ.  For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me and every tongue shall confess to God.  So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God…”  Rom 14: 10-12 

“For we must all appear before the Judgment Seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad…”  2 Cor 4:10.

 “And, behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be…” Rev  22: 12.

            It is here that we will be rewarded and receive our crowns which will be laid at Jesus’ feet.  It may be a time of great rejoicing and it could be a time of great regret.  We will be judged and rewarded according to our works.  We are not saved by our works, but we will be rewarded according to our works.  The rewards we receive and the crowns we are given will be cast at the feet of Jesus as we honor Him and worship Him.  It will be all that we have to GIVE to Him.

            Next, we will accompany Jesus and all the Saints of all the ages to the Marriage Feast or Marriage Supper of the Lamb.  “Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to Him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and His wife hath made herself ready.  And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white; for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.  And He saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.  And He saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God…”  Rev 19: 7-9. 

The choice is YOURS TODAY.  Which will it be, Tribulation or Triumph?  Suffering or the Marriage Supper?  If you could miss the wrath of God that will be poured out without mixture… surely you would.  If you could instead be guaranteed a place at the Marriage Supper, I know you would accept.  I am sent by God to make you an offer.  I am His messenger (angel) to give you that invitation.  What will it be?  What will you do?  God extends you a Personal request for your presence… will you accept?

YES_______

NO_______

Word for Today:  December 10

Regeneration.

Regeneration is the God-ward side of Salvation.  In Regeneration, the dead human spirit is Quickened and brought to life by the Spirit of God and man is restored and made righteous.

The genetic signature of your spirit is “re-gened” with the identical genetic structure of God Himself.

Notice:

• The New Creation is redeemed from the curse and penalty of sin.
• The New Creation is made Righteous. The New Creation is restored to favor with God (Reconciled).
• The New Creation becomes an Heir of God and Joint Heir with Christ.
• The New Creation is provided Power to live in victory.
• The New Creation has access to all God’s Provisions:
• The New Creation Overcomes the World. I John 5:4

And as a result, the New Creation man will love:

• The Brethren: And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. 1 John 4:21
• God: By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. 1 John 5:2
• God’s Word: O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.119:97
• The Church: Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;  5:25
• His enemies: But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;   5:44
• The Lost: For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:   5:14

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.  2Co 5:17

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“What is going to happen next?” “How much longer will this age last?” “Will the end come and, if so, when?” “How can we know when God is going to wrap things up?”

First, God is on time. He is never late and He is never too early. He is always ON TIME.

Second, God is not confused. The world has not messed up His Mind. Regardless of where man is or what man is doing, God has a Purpose and a Plan for this World and for His Church.

Third, we (those who are Believers) can KNOW what time it is on God’s Prophetic Clock and what is going to happen in the coming age

This message is an attempt to reveal what we can expect to happen or begin happening in 2022.

Notice where we are in God’s Time. Imagine that Time is a Highway. Try to see Time as Interstate 10. If Tallahassee, FL represents the Beginning and Mobile represents the End… and we were traveling along toward our destination. I believe we would now be entering the Bayway.

God wants us to know what we can expect over the next twelve months.  It would be wise for  us to note how God has worked in 2000 year sequences in the past. At approximately every 2000 years, God has brought to pass some major world‑changing and history‑altering event. If we begin with CREATION… then approximately 2000 years later, God sent the Flood that destroyed the demonized world sparing only Noah and his family. Approximately 2000 years later, Jesus was born in Bethlehem in keeping with the prophetic promises God gave. We are now in another 2000 year interval as we enter the year 2022.  

The world has a way of attempting to answer the questions men are asking today. There are so‑called spiritual “Prognosticators” in the world system. They are consulting the spirit of antichrist to satisfy the curiosity of the questioning, unbelieving world. Psychics.  Card readers. Star gazers. Crystal balls. Ouija boards.  Psychic Readings…    They want to know what is going to happen. They want to know about the future. They want to know how much time we have left. Everybody wants to know. Thankfully, The Bible… The Word of God… has the Answer.

1 Th. 4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren,.,

First God does not want you and me to be ignorant.

• Of the Word (If you know this, you will know the rest).

• Of the Present
• Of the Future
• Of His Plan for the Ages

If we are not to be Ignorant we must Know something.  Knowledge negates Ignorance. Therefore, God wants us to Know some Things:

• He wants us to Know the Times and Seasons.
• He wants us to Know What to expect.
• He wants us to Know When to expect it.
• He wants us to Know how to prepare for it.

TIMES and SEASONS:

Matt. 24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

What can we expect to happen or begin happening over the next twelve months?  

Matt. 24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye shall know that summer is nigh:

Matt. 24:33 So likewise ye when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

Dan. 12:4 But thou, O Daniel shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

Increasing World and Space Travel.

Everybody is going somewhere. This generation is a mobile generation. Our contemporary culture is running “to and fro.”  Supersonic travel speeds can transport you from You New York to London in about the same time it takes to drive from Mobile to Birmingham. It is no big thing to be in Africa the same day you leave the US, Or in Europe in 6 to 8 hours. My grandfather was a grown man when Henry Ford built his first automobile. From the time of Adam and Eve until the late 1800’s man could travel no faster than a horse could gallop. Today, aircraft can travel at Mach 3 and Space craft can exceed 15,000 MPH.

How many people own an automobile? How many own more than one automobile? How many of you will go somewhere today in an automobile, or a bus, train, or airplane?

• There are presently more than 200 million motor vehicles in the US.
• Most families have at least one car per person.
• The societies on planet earth have become Mobilized. They are running to and froe.

Increase of Knowledge.

 Man‑made computers, with artificial intelligence are smarter than the people who made them. They are capable of handling information exponentially faster than a human trained brain.  

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I remember when the transistor was invented.

I remember when television was invented..

I remember when the first man‑made earth satellite was launched.

I remember the time the first man walked on the moon.

In the ’70’s there were no personal computers. The first computer we purchased for the church office church filled an entire room, cost nearly $30,000 and would do less than the cell phone I own. And the desk-top computer on which I am writing this.   

Technology is racing at such a speed that nearly every product it produces is outdated before it can be marketed.

Knowledge is increasing.

NOW, WHAT to EXPECT:

I PREDICT:

1.          That Millions will fall into great Spiritual Deception. Mathew 24:5

As people begin to despair of things in the natural world, they will begin to open their hearts to the supernatural. And everything supernatural is Not God.

Mysticism. Eastern Religions. Worship of Angels. And historical individuals.  Emphasis on psychic phenomena. And this will get worse. We have already had presidents that consulted with psychics.   Ford Motor Company followed the advice of psychics in naming some models of their automobiles.  

2.          That there will be a dramatic increase of International Incidents and  localized Wars. Matthew 24:6

International turmoil.  Islamic Fanaticism. Terrorism.  A  powerful attempt to divide the races and set them in opposition to each other. Watch out for those personalities that preach hate, division, and “ethnic cleansing.” Tribal massacres and wars throughout third world countries.

3.          That Millions will suffer and die because of Natural Disasters. Matthew 24:7     r

             Unusual and rare natural disasters. I predict that natural disasters (floods, famines, earthquakes, volcano eruptions, tornadoes, hurricanes, etc.) will receive global attention and will result in the loss of lives.  And in addition to these natural disasters, medical science will be challenged by the appearance of untreatable and drug resistant organisms. There will be break‑throughs but there will be new epidemics and possible pandemics.

4.          That persecution will break out against many Christians and some will be martyred Matthew 24:9

Because of a resurgence of Communism and strengthening of the Islamic nations and their “Holy War” many Christians will fall under persecution and some will be martyred. Even in this country, the Believers will have to unite and stand against a powerful move to limit Spiritual and Religious Freedom.

5.           That hatred and division and violence will increase in the Family Unit. Matthew 24:10

Divorce. The breakdown of the Family. Unfaithfulness and infidelity. Because some will Stand for God others will be offended. Families will be divided and hatred will arise. We are witness to family members murdering family members. Children murdering parents: Parents abandoning children. The age of Abuse… physical, emotional, sexual.

6.         That many personalities will arise and claim to have the Answer to the Problems of the World.  Matthew 24:11

Some who call themselves Ministers of God will fall into the category of False Prophets. Much attention and notoriety will accompany their ministries but they will lead many into deception… especially those who are not founded in the Word of God. It may sound like “revival” and “spiritual  awakening” and “a visitation from God” but beware that those who are promoting such could be False Prophets. The only True and Reliable test is the Word of God.

7.           That wickedness and violence will increase and hatred will be widespread. Matthew 24:12

Iniquity.  Gross immorality or injustice, wickedness The very things God hates will increase as this age draws to a close. Perversion. Carnality. Sex Sin. Abortion. The unthinkable and the indescribable. Wickedness. The eroding of moral standards. Calling evil good and good evil. The “relativity of right” and “new normal”… the fact that there are no absolutes as far as moral standards are concerned. Hollywood. Entertainment. Music. Moral codes. Bible Standards will be ignored and man’s standards will be accepted.

Love will decrease as lust increases. As love decreases people will become objects instead of persons with feelings. This I predict.

8.          That the Gospel will preached in Power to all the Nations of the earth and great Signs

             and Miracles will accompany it. Matthew 24:14

Many will hear and heed the Call of God. Some of you will go. Others will help you go. The Gospel of the Kingdom will be sent arid preached to all nations and kindreds and tongues and peoples. All modern communication technology will be used: Television, Radio, Short

Wave, Computer, Satellite, Internet, World Wide Web… every conceivable means will be employed by people like you and me to preach the Gospel to all nations…

Matt. 24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

Matt‑ 24‑4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

Matt 24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

Matt. 24.6 And, ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

Mat” 24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against’ kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

Matt. 24:8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Matt 24 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.

Matt. 24:10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

Matt: 24:11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

Matt. 24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold

Matt. 24:13 But He that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved

Matt. 24:14 And this gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in all the world fora witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

As you can see, these “predictions” are in fact, Bible Prophecies.  And they are happening TODAY.

BE READY!