What Have You Heard?

 In  his song "Enlarge my Territory" (From his "Live in South Africa" Album) Israel Houghton Of New Breed, sings these words:

"Say what you heard so you can see what you said.  Say what you heard, so you can see what you said."

Which begs me to ask the question, "What have you heard?"  and "Who are you listening to?"  

Because there is plenty of JUNK being said these days. It may even be fact. But facts change! Truth does not.   So tune into what GOD is saying!  Specifically, "what is He saying to YOU?"  That is really, really important.  But to dicipher what He is saying, we have to 1. understand it will not go against scriptural principles, and 2. learn to listen a whole new way!  We have to listen with not just our ears, but with our HEART.  The "ears" of our heart hear God much better than just the ears on the side of our head!  Because the ears on our head want to send everything through our brains to "analyze" it.  But the things of the Spirit are heard first in our spirit man and then relayed to our head!  

Somethings that God is going to speak to your heart, is going to rock your world. Your mind will be on tilt, and you'll be scrambling to hold on to something, anything, because it is so stupendous and mind boggling!    That is where this little song comes in.  

Israel goes on to say, "Jesus take the limits off of me..."  Now you must understand, it is not Jesus who put the limits on you, it is usually ourselves and most certainly the world around us; who wants to speak negativity and doubt into our life continually.  

So, even as we ask God to take the limits off of us, there are things that we must also do.  We must speak to ourselves the dreams that He has placed with in us. WE must nurture them with things that feed our faith- Scripture, Worship songs that fire up our faith, hanging with like minded friends who believe in us, and most importantly; spending time with the ONE who placed the dream there in the first place!

1Timothy 1:18 (GNB)  Timothy, my child, I entrust to you this command, which is in accordance with the words of prophecy spoken in the past about you. Use those words as weapons in order to fight well...

Here Paul is instructing Timothy that by the prophecies he has received, if he stores them in his heart and repeats them to himself, he can fight the good fight of faith, by remembering and saying what he has heard God speak to him!

Philippians 4:9 (KJV) Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you. 

The word "received" here means "transmitted. "The things transmitted to you..."  Holy Spirit is the Transmitter, speaking to us what God would have us to know. Sometimes He uses men/women to speak them, sometimes He just impresses them upon our heart. Question is, do we have our antenna's up? Is our frequency clear, or do we have it jammed up with interference?  The enemy will always send a barrage of "chatter" to try to drown our Our Lord's voice.  

But Jesus has said, "My sheep hear my voice."  He also said , "I know my sheep and I am known of mine."  Not might or maybe, but "I AM KNOWN" (by those who are mine), and "THEY DO HEAR MY VOICE."  He said it, and so we need to start saying it too!

Stop speaking doubt and negativity or confusion to yourself. Quit saying, "I don't understand!" Start saying, "By Faith I receive both Wisdom and Understanding, because Jesus was made Wisdom unto me, and the Father said for me to ask for it and HE would give it to me!"  Start confessing, "Jesus is my Shepherd and I hear His voice clearly and the voice of a stranger I will not follow! I listen for and receive His instructions."


Isaiah 30:21 (BBE)  And at your back, when you are turning to the right hand or to the left, a voice will be sounding in your ears, saying, This is the way in which you are to go. 

Jer 33:3 (AMP)  Call to Me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things, fenced in and hidden, which you do not know (do not distinguish and recognize, have knowledge of and understand). 

God is more than willing to talk with us, are we willing to hear what He has to say?!

Prayer:  Oh Lord! Enlarge the territory of my heart, to receive more of You! Clear the channels of communication from all interference and "chatter." Help me to turn off those things that distract and pollute my spirit, drawing me away from you.  Not only do I choose to believe what you tell me, but I choose to "say" what I've heard (You say), that I may SEE what I have said I heard.  Though the vision may tarry I WILL wait for it, because you have said it will surely come Lord.

Journal:  What you've heard!  And Wage a good warfare against all the naysayers with it.

A Vision, and 3 Songs

I received this email today:

November 8, 2012

 I stirred from a vision of a female immersed in water, face up. I believe her eyes were open and there were flakes of some sort floating above her eyes. The first thing that I thought of was when scales fell from Paul’s eyes. This woman did not look like me. Could this be the church? Could it be America?

What do you hear?

First, I will speak of the woman.  As I read this, I saw a fully developed woman, just floating in the water, as if she was waiting or resting.  Immediately I saw a baby inside a womb in the sac of water, totally immersed, awaiting its birth.  When a baby is born, it does not have a say in the place or the setting. For such a time as this that child is brought forth. Who knows how that one will grow to touch nations.  But God does.

Secondly, there were flakes above her eyes.  Distracted by the flakes, that is where her focus was.  The enemy of us all, would have us to get sidetracked and focused on the wrong things, so as to sneak by us.  Also yes,  they are blinders, blocking her vision, blocking the light, from opening her eyes.

3rdly, Is this the church? Is this America? Or is this the American Church? Yes, Yes, Yes!  However, when she becomes immersed in the Spirit (the water) and allows herself to be washed again by the water of the Word, then revelation will come, her eyes will be opened and the scales and blinders will fall off of her.

Upon hearing the election results, an old protest song against the Vietnam war began playing round and round inside of me:  “Where have all the flowers gone?  Long time passing.  Where have all the flowers gone?  Long time ago.  Where have all the flowers gone?  Girls picked them everyone.  When will they ever learn, when will they ever learn?”

When will we learn Lord to put You first in all we do?

Next it shifted into; “I wish we’d all been ready” by Larry Norman.

Life was filled with guns and war
And all of us got trampled on the floor
I wish we'd all been ready

The children died, the days grew cold
A piece of bread could buy a bag of gold
I wish we'd all been ready

There's no time to change your mind
The son has come and you've been left behind

A man and wife asleep in bed
She hears a noise and
Turns her head, he's gone
I wish we'd all been ready
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/l/larry_norman/i_wish_wed_all_been_ready.html ]
Two men walking up a hill
One disappears and
One's left standing still
I wish we'd all been ready

There's no time to change your mind
The son has come and you've been left behind

The father spoke, the demons dined
How could you have been so blind?

There's no time to change your mind
The son has come and you've been left behind
There's no time to change your mind
The son has come and you've been left behind

I hope we'll all be ready
You've been left behind
You've been left behind
You've been left behind

This is a reminder and a warning.  Jesus IS coming back! And, if you think it is bad now, the world has yet to witness the depths of darkness, depravity and suffering that will be.  So, we must resolve to preach Christ, no matter the cost and win the lost!

And then it has changed to:

 We have overcome- by the Blood of the Lamb- By the power of His Blood we shall stand.  We have overcome by the Blood of the Lamb- and He will bring the victory!

No more to be defeated.  Our hearts are filled with His praise For through the blood that Jesus shed for you and me We walk in victory every day.

It seemed as though Holy Spirit was taken me on a musical journey of emotions and thoughts and then bringing me back to where lies our power and from whence comes our help.

While looking up these lyrics I came across this video by Desperation Band.  The lyrics cause you to refocus…not that we can or should totally ignore  our surrounding situations,.  Just that they should not dominate us, but rather we should dominate them! 

Notice the last verse: “Power in hand, speaking the Father’s Plan

You’re sending us out, light in this broken land.  All authority, every victory is Yours…

Here am I, send me! Send me! Use my hands, my feet, and my voice.  Let me speak the truth in love!  Let me issue edicts from above.  Let me declare the manifold wisdom of God to the powers and principalities.  Let my voice, our voices, be the voice of change, bringing back the nation from godlessness to Righteousness. From liberality to morality!  From plurality to Theocracy! One nation UNDER GOD.  And when God is running things there is no darkness or shadow of turning, for in Him is Light and Goodness and Justice and Virtue and Wisdom.  

Speak the Fathers Plan. It has not changed!  It is still the same!  He still uses the weak, foolish and base things of the world to confound the wise! 

 

Speak the Father's Heart. Do not lay blame and criticize or play that game. Do your part. Pray for Christ to be formed in our elected officials.  

Pray, "Our Father,  (oh that means we are related and family, so love each other and fight for not with each other!) which art in Heaven (and thus you have a much broader view than we, so help us to see) 

Hallowed be thy Name.  ( Your name is still tops Lord!  There is none greater than you!  And because there was none greater, you swore by your own name and made a covenant with Abraham- and thus with me and you) 

Thy Kingdom come,(with its rule and its way) Thy Will be done,(without balking and reservation) in earth ( I am an earthen vessel, so In this piece of earth Lord!) even as it is done in Heaven... 

Give us this day (following you one day at a time Jesus!) our daily bread.  (You are our bread, our very life and sustenance!  We need your touch upon our lives.) 

Forgive us our debts, (we owe You so much! And we say thank you so little!  We make so many mistakes...and lose our way.  Thank you for coming to Earth to show us the way!) As we forgive our debtors.  (Teach us how to forgive debtors without excusing sin. Loving the person, hating the sin. Help us Lord. Get the religiosity out of us, and bring on the real!)  

Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the Kingdom(authority) and the Power and the Glory! Forever and ever. Amen. So be it.

Vision of Dancing with Jesus

 Hello Dear Ones,

 I wanted to share with you the vision I had 
as I was writing the poem, 
"Dancing The Dance of Life With My King."  
As I wrote and asked Him to speak to me in the poem, the next lines were directly from His heart and as the rest of the poem unfolded, I had this vision as I was writing:

As I wrote the poem, I could see me and Jesus dancing and as we twirled and danced, something golden that looked like stars and "gold dust" were created from our steps and went swirling and flying out from beneath our feet every time we stepped.

I sensed/knew that this Glory Anointing that was created as we danced was being sent out 
(into the atmosphere) and creating and changing things...actually causing situations and circumstances to be changed.

This was not reserved for just Him and I, but in the vision I was representative of any person who would come dance with Him...

I was pondering this vision to get the wording right to describe what I saw, and the very next morning Brenda Craig posted to her blog the devotion called the "The Big Dance."  

So naturally, I had to post it here as a continuation of what the Lord is speaking to us!  But I would be remiss if I did not share the behind the scenes part, which was this vision that I just shared with you. 

Truly there is a "rest" in dancing with Him!  It is effortless and sweet to glide in His arms across the dance floor of our lives.  If you have ever
waltzed or danced a minuet with someone, then you understand that Ballroom Dancing is an art and a thing of Grace and Beauty.  And so too, when we dance with Him there is a Grace and Beauty that exudes from our lives.  

For we do not bring a backpack onto the dance floor, or a suit case!  But rather we are dressed in beautiful attire as we rest lightly upon His arms and take our cues from His slightest and gentle touch, nudging us which way to go.

My friend Terri once coined a phrase that her sister and I really like.  It was this: 
"Dancing through the Darkness of this World 
On the Feet of Faith."

As we are in His Presence and at ease in His arms, trusting His instructions and signals, we can move effortlessly and with much grace, finding the path of our dance lighted by the Glory of His Countenance- He being the very Word which lights our way. 
Selah!

Warrior Princess Bride

In intercession on 7/16/11 I saw and heard:

I saw Jesus bending over a beautiful woman who looked like a Princess in every sense of the word. She appeared to be in a deep sleep. He gently brushed her lips with His and blew into her mouth and she began to stir.

I heard these words:

“I am giving mouth to mouth resuscitation to you my Bride. And as my lips touch yours and breathe in new life and revive you, I am putting my Words upon your lips. So now arise my slumbering Beauty.  No longer, think of yourself as fragile and weak, for though you are very beautiful, you are indeed lethal to the enemy.  Too long you have languished, and so I say shake off that spirit that has laid you low, and arise in new power and pick up your weapons and step lively into your destiny. Speak My Words that I have placed upon your lips. Draw forth your bow and shoot them into the atmosphere for great change. For have I not said ‘My Words will not return to me void?’  You are my Bride, My chosen One, but you are also my Warrior.  Arise!”

Next, I saw her standing upright looking around, alert, vibrant, and almost shining! There was a “brightness” that emanated from her…  She had on a long flowing filmy white gown, that had short puffy sleeves and she carried a bow and had arrows on her back.  She had a woven metal belt of gold around her waist, and a sheathed dagger and small sword attached at her left side. She had a woven (of) gold breastplate over her gown, but it was not bulky and I didn’t even notice it at first… it seemed whisper light and she moved freely with it.  She had a woven (of pure gold) band around her forehead, (like a hippy era headband if you will) and long, long flowing, thick and wavy locks. 

I perceived that although in a flowing dress, she was very adept at hand-to-hand combat if necessary, and quite a formidable foe not to be tangled with lightly!  While some might underestimate her because of her great beauty, elegance and grace, there was something not tangible that spoke about her of a boldness, fierceness and a fearless confidence and determination.