THE MINISTRY LETTER 2007 ISSUE 10
To all
handmaidens and bondservants of the Lord Jesus Christ:
AS ONE MAINTAINS BOTH RIGHTEOUS POSITIONING AND
RIGHTEOUS MOTIVATION BEFORE THE FATHER THEY CANNOT FAIL TO CARRY OUT THE
FULNESS OF THEIR DESTINY IN CHRIST
It is
written, "the way of the righteous is smooth (level). We know that as
Christians many times our walk has not seemed so smooth or level, but in every
case any turbulence or turmoil that we might have experienced came from the
"outside" - attempting to affix itself to some ground of fear (flesh)
within. What this scripture means in light of spiritual reality is that the one
abiding in righteousness will maintain a perfect peace and they will know
(through revelation) exactly what they need to know in any given moment. And
thus, seeing through the eyes of faith - they are able to both comprehend and
walk in the perfect unfolding of the Father's will before them. As one
maintains both righteous positioning and righteous motivation before the Father
they cannot fail to carry out the fulness of their destiny in Christ.
MANY AREAS OF THE CHURCH GIVE SATAN MUCH LEEWAY AND IT IS A
GRIEVOUS THING TO THE HEART OF THE FATHER!
The
only thing that can stop one from fulfilling the fulness of their destiny in
Christ is one's "self". When one truly makes the quality decision to
carry out the fulness of God's will for their life and ministry nothing can
stop them! Not Satan and his forces, not flesh and blood, not any outside
circumstance or situation! If Satan truly had the capability that many people
give him credit for he would have killed every potential Christian before they
experienced the New Birth. Many areas of the church give Satan much leeway and
it is a grievous thing to the heart of the Father! To the degree that one has a
revelation of the Lordship of Jesus Christ it is to that degree that they have
a revelation of His absolute victory over Satan and death - at the Cross. As
the Glorious Church we are going to walk out that absolute victory over death
and darkness even unto the catching away of the Church.
WITHOUT REVELATION KNOWLEDGE "ABIDING" IN
ONE'S HEART ULTIMATELY THEY WILL COMPROMISE THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH OF GOD'S WORD
AND BE FOUND MISREPRESENTING THE VERY HEART AND CHARACTER OF THE FATHER
Many
times Satan will attempt "suddenlies" (sudden pressure) in order to
move the Christian into some form of compulsive action or speaking. We can
ALWAYS know that regardless of how intense a given situation might
"seem" that the Father will surely reveal what is necessary as we
faithfully acknowledge Him - first and foremost. The number one catalyst for
experiencing peace in one's life is trust in the Father and His Word, and that
trust is developed through a continual acknowledgement of Him in all of one's
ways. In this "cycle" of acknowledgement, trust and peace, revelation
knowledge is continually born in the inner man. Without revelation knowledge
"abiding" in one's heart they, ultimately, will compromise the
absolute truth of God's Word and be found misrepresenting the very heart and
character of the Father. We need to be a people who exercise a "pin-point
accuracy" in everything that we do and say - for it is only in this way
that the character and heart of God will be truly represented, and we will
perfectly fulfil the entirety of His will for our life and ministry.
IT IS THE DEEPEST HEART-DESIRE OF THE FATHER FOR HIS
CHILDREN TO HAVE GREAT SUCCESS AND TRIUMPH GLORIOUSLY IN ALL THINGS
There
will be certain "pressures" confronting EVERY child of God in the
days ahead and that is why the Father is preparing each one of His faithful
ones so thoroughly. In His faithfulness He is doing exactly what is necessary
(refining through fire) in each individual life in order that they might be
found "standing" - regardless of what they will encounter while
carrying out His perfect will and purpose. It is the deepest heart-desire of
the Father for His children to have great success and triumph gloriously in ALL
things.
TO BE FOUND APART FROM THIS PERFECT POSITIONING IN
THE SPIRIT IN THIS FINAL HOUR IS TO BE FOUND IN ABJECT DARKNESS CONCERNING THE
WILL OF THE FATHER - BOTH INDIVIDUALLY AND CORPORATELY!
There
is no shortage of people in the church who do not have a revelation of the
Father's heart (love) and, therefore, they cannot - and indeed do not -
understand His glorious plan for the remainder of the Church Age. Because of
this, there are many different views in the midst of God's people concerning
the unfolding of end-time events. One thing is certain: EVERY child of God
truly desiring to fulfil their destiny in Christ must come to truly know the
heart of the Father. For it is only from this place of revelation and deep
intimacy with Him that they shall be found in a position to understand
(comprehend) ALL things! To be found apart from this perfect positioning in the
Spirit in this final hour is to be found in abject darkness concerning the will
of the Father - both individually and corporately!
REGARDLESS OF WHAT ONE WILL ENCOUNTER IN THE DAYS
AHEAD THE FIRST AND FOREMOST TASK OF EVERY CHILD OF GOD IS TO SPEAK AND DO
EXACTLY WHAT THE FATHER WOULD HAVE THEM SPEAK AND DO - IN THE POWER OF THE HOLY
SPIRIT
There
is an absolute standard (barometer) by which those who are abiding in
righteousness (righteously motivated) can gauge the hearts of all those who cross
their path in this last hour:
Those who
love God with their whole heart - regardless of the amount of spiritual
experience they have or have not had - will love and accept them and the words
they speak. Those whose heart is not wholly given - regardless of the amount of
spiritual experience they have or have not had - will not!
Regardless
of what one will encounter in the days ahead the first and foremost task of
every child of God is to speak and do exactly what the Father would have them
speak and do in the power of the Holy Spirit - NEVER allowing themselves to fix
their eyes on the words and reactions of flesh and blood.
Let us hear the words of the Father:
"CONSECRATE YOURSELVES THIS VERY DAY THAT YOU
MIGHT SERVE ME FROM A PURE HEART"
...."As
My children allow me to meet even their smallest needs to the most minute
detail, they will experience a deeper revelation of My love for them. By
"practicing" this habit of total reliance on Me for all things, they
will truly be found walking by faith and not by sight - for an abiding faith
comes through a continual hearing, and hearing by My Word. What most of My
children do not realize is that I am communicating with all of My children all
of the time; but Satan has used the ground of "false" humility and
sin-consciousness (unworthiness in My sight) to deceive My children and to rob
them of My blessing and fellowship. I say to you that those of My children who
allow themselves to remain in bondage to a "sin-consciousness" will
not be able to walk by faith, for they deem themselves unworthy in My sight,
and thus they have not sought whole-heartedly to be transformed by the
renewing of their minds. The failure to fellowship with Me in the place of intimacy
has caused them to enter into a place wherein they rely totally upon their five
physical senses rather than My Word. Truly, truly I say to you, My ways are
higher than their ways and My thoughts are higher than their thoughts.
Therefore, My children, consecrate yourselves this very day that you might
serve Me from a pure heart; for truly I say to you, in the days just ahead you
will be able to distinguish very clearly between the righteous and the wicked,
between one who serves Me and one who does not serve Me"....
"NOW IS THE TIME WHEREIN MY RIGHTEOUS ONES SHALL
BE FOUND TO BE RIGHTEOUS"
...."Now
is the time wherein My righteous ones shall be found to be righteous and My
disobedient and rebellious ones shall be found in their unrighteousness! Can I
be represented by unrighteousness and sin and error? Truly I say to you no!
Therefore, I must expose "all" those things which are apart from Me
and yet have been given My Name. But as My light flows forth in this last hour
in superabundance, all those who truly love Me shall separate themselves from
the sin and unbelief which has dragged them into disobedience, and My Church
shall be unified without spot or blemish; and in that day I shall catch Her
away to live and reign with Me forever!"....
...."To the
degree that My Spirit is allowed to flow unhindered through the hearts of those
who truly serve Me, it is to that degree My "glorious" Church shall
come into manifestation in the earth"....
"INTENSITY AND A HOLY INTOLERANCE ARE INEXTRICABLY
LINKED"
...."As
My children come to the place where they have truly given all to Me, they shall
fully experience the "rest" that I have for them. As they continue
forth in My will with a great intensity, it shall be My love and peace which
shall be seen upon them at all times. Intensity and a holy intolerance are
inextricably linked. How important it is for My children to be truly separated in
their hearts and in their minds from any fixation with the "temporal
realm". For in this last hour "any" desire to perceive Me with
their five physical senses will surely lead them into grave error. I
communicate with My children through My Spirit and I am only able to reach them
and bring them to the place of true spiritual comprehension in their inner man
- as they enter into My Presence. For too long many of My children have based
their knowledge of Me primarily on the "preconceived notions" of
their "unrenewed" mind. If one truly desires to know Me, they will
indeed forsake all to follow Me. For it is in bringing their every thought
captive to My Word, and in guarding their hearts with all diligence, that
enables Me to reveal Myself to them to a continually greater degree - day in
and day out"....
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MEDITATIONS ON THE TRUE CHRISTIAN LIFE:
+ We
must take Christ not only as our example and law in the path of perfection, but
as the promise and the pledge of what we are to be. All that Christ was and did
as Substitute, Representitive, Head and Saviour is for us. All He does is in
the power of the endless Life. This perfection of His is the perfection of His
life, His way of living; this life of His perfected in obedience, is now ours.
He gives us His own Spirit to breathe, to work it in us. He is the Vine; we are
the branches; the very mind and disposition that was in Him on earth is
communicated to us.
+ The real
character, the essential attribute of the life Christ lived on earth, and which
He maintains in us, is this: a will perfect with God and ready at any cost to
be perfected in all His will. It is this character He imparts to His own: the
perfection with which He was perfected in learning obedience. As those who are
perfect in Christ, who are perfect of heart toward God, and are pressing on to
be made perfect, let us live in the will of God, our one desire to be even as
He was, to do God's will, to stand perfect in "all" the will of God.
+ As we meditate
upon the Word of God we must always seek to rise up in a different state from
when we first sat down. We must desire to meet Christ in His Word. We turn to
the text in our desire to hear what it is He wants to give us and teach us that
day through His Word. We must meet Him first in the day, before we meet other
people.
+ We are told
what the distinguishing characteristic of the perfect is: "even those who
by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil." It
is the desire after holiness, the tender conscience that longs above everything
to discern good and evil, the heart that seeks only and always and fully to
know and do the will of God that marks the "perfect". The one who has
set their heart upon being holy, and in the pursuit after the
"highest" moral and spiritual perfection exercises their senses in
everything to discern good and evil, is counted the "perfect" one.
+ The knowledge of the
mysteries of God, of the highest spiritual truth, cannot profit us, if we have
no inward capacity for receiving them, and we have no inward capacity for
receiving them except as our inmost life is given up to receive the perfection
with which Jesus was perfected.
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GOLDEN MANNA FROM THE MOUNT
"THE RAIN OF THIS SEASON SHALL FALL UPON THE PROMISE THAT YOU HAVE HIDDEN IN
YOUR HEART"
Bill Burns
ft111@spiritofprophecy.com
http://ft111.com
Expect
Me to come and water the seeds you have sown. Even as April showers bring forth
May flowers, so shall the rain of this season fall upon the promise that you
have hidden in your heart. And, it shall spring forth as My rain comes. This is
the time of the rain, so ask for the rain to come and to water your garden so
that it will become a fruitful place, a place of harvest, a place of joy and
peace, a place that I dwell in.
"YOU SHALL RECEIVE A NEW REVELATION OF YOUR
GIFTING"
You
are entering a corporate time that will be like the feast days of old. This
will be an appointed time of My visitation and presence to open the door of
blessing to My people, says the Lord. When you come together with hungry hearts
- where the brethren dwell together in unity - there the blessing is commanded.
There shall be a feasting upon My Word. Not only will the power of My glory be
upon you, but in that glory you shall be transformed, you shall receive the
blessing. You shall receive deliverance, and you shall receive new revelation
of your gifting. I will begin to draw these gifts out of your innermost being
like a river of life. As you turn your hearts toward heaven, lifting Me up,
there shall come a glorious transformation in this season, says the Lord of Hosts.
Did you hear it? I spoke to you in the beginning of this year, says the Lord,
and did I not say to you that in this year you would hear the sound of heaven?
What then would you believe would happen when you heard the sound of heaven? I
am walking among you to touch you (listen for the sound of my footsteps) and
only one touch is all it takes for the dead to arise and for the lame to walk
and for the blind to see and for the sick to be made whole. One touch, My
people, is all you need from Me. Listen, then for the sound of heaven, whether
it be a mighty, rushing wind or the sound of worship among My people or the
sound of the crackling of the fire that purifies or the sound of the flow of
the living water. If you can hear the sound you can expect My touch to follow,
which will bring health to your bones, strength to your body, victory to your
circumstances, and then My glory shall rest upon you. Arise, you who have been
down-trodden. Arise with hope in your hearts. Stand before Me. Come in faith
and boldness, knowing that all that is required is that you believe.
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"RISE UP IN YOUR STRONG FAITH"
Marsha Burns
ft111@spiritofprophecy.com
http://ft111.com
I speak
to those who have been laid bare and are wide open. Your level of vulnerability
has been frightening at best, but now is the time for healing and building up.
(Ecclesiastes. 3:3) I will hide you in the cleft of the Rock and cover you
there with My hand. I will conceal you from those the enemy would use to pursue
you. Predators will continue to be a fact of life, but you will no longer be
their prey. You are Mine, says the Lord, and I will keep you from the teeth of
the savage beast.You've been almost to hell and back, and you stand amazed that
you've made it through the last round of challenges. Did you hear the alarm?
Did you get the wake-up call? Rise up in your strong faith and go forth to gain
every victory, says the Lord. I tell you that you are now better equipped to
handle whatever life has to throw at you than ever before.
"I AM ABOUT TO CAUSE YOU TO DO TWICE AS
MUCH"
Just
when you thought you were functioning at absolute capacity, doing all that you
could possibly do, watch and be amazed. I am about to cause you to do twice as
much, and yet with efficiency that will actually reduce your workload. I will
show you ways to be more effective in what you've been given to accomplish, but
you will need to be flexible and be open to change and new ways of doing
things. It is a matter of attitude and a willingness to flow.
"ACTIVATE YOUR WILL TO GO FORTH WITH GREAT ZEAL
TO FULFILL YOUR DESTINY"
Beloved,
rise up and stir up the gift that is in you. You have laid aside your mantle,
as discouragement and disheartenment have caused you to back away from what you
have been called to do. The enemy has done his level best to disable you, and
he almost succeeded, but now is the time to come back with a vengeance (to an
extreme and excessive degree). Make a declaration and determine a decree
that you will not sit down, shut up or go back. Activate your will to go forth
with great zeal to fulfill your destiny. And, I am with you, says the Lord, to
establish you in kingdom purpose. Truly you are going to increase in almost
every area of your life, but this increase will require you to stretch beyond
what you ever thought possible. Get ready to experience growing pains.
Revelation is a key. When you need understanding all you have to do is ask and
the light will come on. Make that a priority in this process of growth. Ask;
seek; knock.
"PREPARE YOURSELVES FOR AN ADVENTURE"
Watch
for and discern opportunities that will facilitate divine objectives. Wait for
My leading and then do not be afraid to explore the unexplored, or to develop
the undeveloped. You are a people on the cutting edge of My plans and purposes,
and I will lead you into higher realms of My manifest glory. Prepare yourselves
for an adventure, says the Lord.
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THE DAYS AHEAD
PART 1
....But
when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for
He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak;
and He will disclose to you what is to come....
John 16:13
A "NECESSARY" HEALING WAVE
The
days ahead shall bring forth the release of a "necessary" healing
wave concerning those in the previous "prophetic" move who
"allowed" themselves to be wounded. Notice the quotation marks on the
word "allowed". Despite the horrendous treatment that many - if not
all - received from the "resident authorities" in the previous
"prophetic move" of God a great number of these servants of God -
because of a "distinct" failure on their part to allow themselves to
be "properly" equipped by the Spirit of God - became
"wounded" as a result of either "lowering", or abandoning
all together in the heat of battle, their shield of faith. Thus, the Enemy was
able to penetrate the "soft underbelly" of unbelief that they held to
because of their "refusal" to keep their eyes fixed on Jesus, (the
Word of God) and move in perfect accordance with a revelation of God's will at
all times. Because of their continued disobedience (mental ascension and
presumption) to the will of God they did not have the necessary strength to
fight off the "spirit of unforgiveness" and thus Satan
"was" able to keep them in a severe form of bondage that literally
rendered them - not only "impotent" concerning the tearing down of
the "deep strongholds" hindering the establishment of the True Church
(religious spirits - the spirit of antiChrist) - but almost incredibly, they
became vessels of persecution to the "help" that the Father, in His
tender mercy, sent to them for their perfect deliverance!
ELITE KINGDOM TROOPS RESTORED TO BATTLE-READINESS
In
light of these things God is going to release a "special wave" of
healing in order to restore fully (resurrect) "all" those delegated
authorities that held - and may even continue to hold - "any" ground
of unforgiveness towards those in the "religious" hierarchy of the
"worldly" church - who had been violently opposed to any aspect of
the prophetic movement of God. But the Lord made it very clear to me that only
those who would "finally" let go of the ground of unforgiveness and
bitterness that had held them down for so long would receive their freedom.
There is no acceptance of or provision for the "wilful" (conscious)
holding of "unforgiveness" in the Kingdom of God! This
"wave" of healing shall also expose any "hidden" ground of
unforgiveness and resentment and the end result shall be "elite"
Kingdom troops restored to "battle-readiness" and filled with a
greater degree of God's presence (glory) than ever before. All of this is very,
very bad news for Satan and his forces!
THE "SHEPHERDS"
The
days ahead shall bring forth a "specific" outpouring of God's Spirit
upon those "shepherds" whose hearts are given to the Lord - but not
yet quite wholly (thus preventing them from receiving the "necessary"
revelation concerning the "local" Church and their reception of the
apostles and prophets). This move of God shall lead these "chosen
ones" into a deep and thorough repentance and this will immediately lead
them into the "proper position" wherein they shall finally be able to
receive the aforementioned "necessary revelation".
A SUPERABUNDANT RELEASE OF THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND
REVELATION
The Father will
again release a "special anointing" which shall result in a
superabundant release of the Spirit of wisdom and revelation and
"any" pastors from the "previous regime" who had shown a
reluctance to receive the apostles and prophets and who, in this time, truly
desire in their heart to walk in the "fulness" of ministry shall
receive the power and the anointing to join the "last wave" of
shepherds and together they shall enter into their "proper place" in
the True Local Churches - both individually and corporately. In the meantime
the Father has been raising up those who will - for the first time - walk in
the "fulness" of the office of "shepherd" - men and women
who are so wholly given to the will of God concerning His entire plan for His
Glorious Church that they shall have absolutely no trouble receiving all the
"ministry gifts" into the midst of those they directly feed and
protect.
"ALL" GROUND OF UNFORGIVENESS - MUST BE
"REMOVED" FROM THOSE WHO WILL TRULY LEAD (SERVE) IN THE CHURCH IN
THIS LAST HOUR
The
days ahead shall bring forth a deep and burning revelation of the truth that
"unforgiveness" - "all" ground of unforgiveness - must be
"removed" from those who will truly lead (serve) in the Church in
this last hour. This is the greatest detriment to true ministry and the release
of God's anointing within us. The days ahead shall also bring forth the removal
of all ground of "sin-consciousness" in the midst of all those who
truly love God. Those in "leadership" must forsake any ground of
"unforgiveness" in them in order that their eyes might finally see
that they are being used by the Evil One to condemn certain "true
works" of God. The time is drawing near that any who "kill"
others - having "allowed" themselves to be deceived into thinking
that they are doing God some sort of favour - shall "begin" to perish
and literally will be stripped of "any" authority in the True Church
until such a time as a deep and thorough repentance before God and also those
they have "unknowingly" hindered. The Father shall now begin to
remove all "stumblingblocks" from before the face of those who truly
love Him, in this time.
"INFERIORITY COMPLEX"
This
"purging" of the ground of "unforgiveness" and
"sin-consciousness" by the Holy Fire of God - poured forth through
His holy apostles and prophets - shall remove any and every element of the
"inferiority complex" that many of God's children have "held
to" and there shall come forth the greatest and deepest and clearest
revelation of the Blood of Jesus the Church has ever witnessed. This
"revelation" shall immediately begin to "elevate" each and
every one of God's children who truly love Him into the fulness of their
inheritance in Christ and with each passing day the Church, both individually
and corporately, shall move forth in the fulness of Her divine authority - no
longer in any form of bondage to the strongholds of "unworthiness"
and "condemnation" that had held her down for so long.
THE ADVENT OF THE TRUE APOSTLES
The days ahead shall bring forth the
manifestation of the "fulness" of the office of apostle and because
of this every other office of the five-fold ministry shall finally reach its
"full" manifestation and potential in the local Church. The advent of
the true apostles shall begin a "rapid" birth and expansion of all
five offices (ministry gifts) within every true local congregation of God's
people - both in and through all those who will "partake" of the
"special anointings" upon this first of the last wave of the holy
apostles and prophets! Through the anointing abiding within the holy apostles
and prophets the Father shall begin to "elevate" all those of His
people who truly love Him to heights heretofore "unseen" by them and
they shall begin to operate - for the first time - in the "fulness"
of the authority that is theirs in Christ - the Anointed One and His Anointing.
A POWERFUL AND HEAVY ANOINTING OF TOTAL AND ABSOLUTE
"CONSECRATION"
They
shall go forth in such power and glory that all those who cross their path
shall be astounded. Those whose hearts are toward the Father and His Word - to
"any" degree - shall immediately come under a powerful and heavy
anointing of total and absolute "consecration" and from this place
they shall go forth - even as babes in Christ - to devastate every "stronghold"
and "scheme" of Satan in their path and the Holy Spirit shall
literally multiply (expand) the Church at a rate that is, in this time,
"incomprehensible" to even the most sanctified of God's children!
Those who strive to "maintain" any degree of "religious"
activity shall be forced to "flee" from the anointing of Truth and
Righteousness upon God's holy vessels in this last hour, but they shall know
deep within themselves that something is very wrong. At first they will be
deceived by the Evil One into thinking that it is what they have witnessed in
those the Father has placed in their path that is wrong, but any who have even
the smallest seed of the desire to love God shall gain the necessary
enlightenment. Thus, He shall lead them into their "proper" position
within the local Church and for the first time in their entire lives and
ministries they shall be found to be serving Him in perfect righteousness - for
they shall be freed of ALL bondage to the "religious spirits" who had
both controlled them and used them to persecute (hinder) the true servants of
God.
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