Saturday, February 5, 2022

You Will Rise - Part TWO

 


Call unto Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know. [Jer 33:3]

Words to Pray About

Sabotage is a serious one to take before the Lord. 

This clash of the kingdoms is a reality. Anything peaceful can be sabotaged to turn it into evil. People with an agenda can infiltrate peaceful movements and flip it upside down. It has happened countless times throughout history…along with false flags. May the saints of God around the world join in with each other to pray to Jesus (Yeshua) to intervene

INTENSE is another word that has been heavily impressed upon me as well. 
I had to go out for a few supplies yesterday. I do not have a coffee maker so I went to grab a jar of instant coffee. Amazingly, one brand had the word INTENSE on its front…and it was the last jar with that word on it.

I continue to pray about famine due to the vision of the woman with the hungry (starving) child at her feet keeps recurring, as does the time I saw the smoke rise up into individual, racing horses, (and I understoodwar).

We need to pray about the situation in Ukraine. The bear running across northern Canada with three arrows in its mouth comes to mind. In the next article there will be mention of 1933 (the year of genocide [man-made famine]), and specifically the numbers 33 and 3. Astounding.

closed doors – for some it is judgment due to compromise, disobedience, apostasy etc, - for others, it is a blessing (divine protection)

DIVISION continues – the counterfeiter Satan is dividing because the LORD is separating

• [stronger] continuance of GOOD being called evil and EVIL being called good – the clash INTENSIFIES

• two years ago, 2020 the Pivotal Year (see Jan 29, 2020 blog archives), the Lord mentioned dormant volcanoes awakening; to watch volcanoes and earthquakes

*- continuance of “giant” proportion (catastrophic) volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis, devastating floods

• watch the skies (asteroids - alien deception - holograms -) signs and wonders (pray, do not accept everything - Satan can appear as an angel of light)

• the hunger for power and control; watch for release of [worse - deadly] pestilence to bring the people into submission to government restrictions, rules, mandates…(Satan is on a ‘time’ schedule)

• mishandled AI (rise of artificial intelligence, transhumanism, technology misused)

Be aware of the Biblical prophecies, watch and pray. Stay balanced in the Word and in time spent with Jesus/Yeshua.

God’s Side

                         

Deep calls out to deep – go deeper – these are also words heavy upon me, as are:

victory (it began with the coins discovered)

• year of strength and hope for the righteous (please refer back to Part 2, Year of the Giant [...] - scroll down list)

salvation, healing, deliverance (backed up by literal experiences over the past two years) Testimonies will be plentiful…

separating – the Lord impressed upon my heart and strongly presented in 2018 [January] the separating, and I saw it begin, as one church that operated in witchcraft was closed down after being confronted. He was and is separating sheep from the sheep, [cattle and cattle, rams from he-goats – see Ezek 34:17]

• separating (by the King and Lord) of the precious from the vile, the holy from the unholy and the clean from the unclean

The separation is escalating as time speeds up, and the return of Messiah is nearer

*- the separating of those who offer lip service VS those with a heart of servitude  (remember, a closed door may well be divine protection-pray)

The clash of the kingdoms is a war, not a time of pretense – the Lord has RISEN from His throne

time is now (time, time - this keeps showing up – too often to ignore)

new beginning, major changes (Gods people will be put in positions where pressure is put on - do not fear- trying of the hearts continues but think of Jesus in Gethsemane - place of crushing, pressing/oil press) garden filled with olive trees) - pass this test - more coming up next article - pressure

speaking forth (this is imperative! God’s people need to speak forth His Word more – find out His will in times of prayer and ALIGN it with His Word, and SPEAK it FORTH! Some of the false doctrines like the prosperity movement halted many from standing on God’s Word and speaking it over that which they are led to speak it over)

align – alignment (back in 2016, about six years ago, the Lord spoke of alignment, but at that time it was mostly pertaining to His people aligning our lives up with His will) [a cost to the walk]

*- now the Lord indicates that alignment pertains to prophecies foretold by the ancient holy prophets aligning with His will and with His word; the end time events are moving quicker into place – let us keep looking up, awaiting our Messiah; He is soon here

*-- the Holy Spirit has also impressed upon me how things will manifest in the nature realm and in the secular as well, in alignment with His will for these end times (because the prophecies in His Word must and will come to pass, so yes, like it or not, things are going to get uglier in the world (physical realm) as well)

The above is to show how the secular world
is using 'align' (and its variables) - but
God alone knew this in advance

*-- the counterfeiter Satan has been calling for alignment in the secular, in various arenas - use caution and pray to find out which is of the enemy and which is of God - if it is of the enemy, God will reveal, and we can pray [what to do about whatsoever]. 

The end result is God's alone - it will remain if it is allowed in order for prophecy to align (but if it's more of Satan's rebellion and defiance, we can pray, God may very well intervene like He did multiple times in ancient times; He is the wise one who knows the end from the beginning)

 Rise and speak forth, saints! – this is repeated because not enough of us are standing on His word and speaking it forth. Pray, find the Lord’s will for your life and get personal direction regarding all that is happening, then boldly stand on the Word (salvation, healing, deliverance, however the Holy Spirit directs you, speak the Word)

breakthrough and OPEN doors

Stay close to God. Whenever fear threatens or knocks loudly at the door of your heart, speak the WORD [2Tim 1:7 as ONE example]; intimate relationship with the Lord, prayer and the reading the Word will keep us balanced. The Holy Spirit is faithful, and will remind us of the Messiah’s promises and words

Sovereign God Rules


Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The Lord REIGNS [1Chron 16:31]

Saints, remember there are TWO in the clash of the kingdoms.

[NOTE*: There are two in the clash of the kingdoms; God is immovable. He cannot be pushed around. Satan is the resistor, clashing against the solidness of God's kingdom. 

Satan is like a battering ram, clashing against a thick, impenetrable wall. God is steadfast. Satan keeps clashing against the Sovereign Adonai, but his day is coming where he will be forever stopped - BP]

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world. [1Jn 4:4]

Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. [Lam 3:41]

Facing the Giant


Remember some key things the Lord has shown. Firstly, do you remember the simple truths contained within the story of Goliath?

Goliath taunted King Saul and his army every morning and night for 40 days. [1Sam17:15] Fear paralyzed the Israelite army and Saul, their King and commander.

David was a shepherd boy, too young to fight. His father, Jesse, concerned about his other sons at war, sent David with food for the armies, and to check on the welfare of his bros.

After learning of the situation, and seeing the fear that captivated the Israeli army, David was moved in his heart to fight Goliath. But first he had to withstand the accusations of his brother who accused him of pride and of forsaking his work with the sheep, accused of being there only to satisfy his curiosity about the war.

Then when he went before Saul, the king discouraged David by asking him how a mere youth, a shepherd boy, could even think to go against a “man of war” such as Goliath. But despite accusations and discouragements, David convinced a very doubtful, but a very desperate Saul to let him fight the giant Philistine from Gath.

Definitions.net quotes a (non-biblical) proverb: Desperate times call for desperate measures (in adverse circumstances, actions that might have been rejected under other circumstances may become the first choice)

Note*: (Fear has captivated the world; fear blankets the earth in these dark days. It has paralyzed many people, blinding them to the real evil, to the giant, principality/power (End note-BP2022)


Goliath despised David’s outward appearance and was insulted by his weaponry, considering his sling to be a mockery. Goliath threatened him with death.

Despite accusations and discouragements from naysayers (one, a family member (David’s brother Eliab), and another, the ruler of government and armies, (King Saul), followed by the obvious hatred, disgust and threats of the enemy (giant Goliath), David stood his ground, trusted God and knew the battle was God’s.

[…] You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saves not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord’s, and He will give you into our hands. [1Sam 17:45, 47]

Naysayers, accusers, those who hate, despisers, mockers, slanderers, liars and those who utter threats and condone violence are rising up, using fear as their shield – they are ruled by forces on the dark side. 

They will sabotage peaceful gatherings. Fear wants to enter the heart of every person alive, but especially the heart of every believer. Do not allow entry! Believe and trust Adonai, trust Jesus (Yeshua) our Saviour!

Levels of Trust


And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: He shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in Him. [Ps 37:40] 

(Remember this for the year 2022, brethren, for God holds true to His Word and to His promises. Selah)

There is something I have learned going through this earthly warzone, yet sadly, something that was a small measure when I was first born-again. I could believe, but did I fully trust?

The Lord teaches us valuable lessons, from the time we are born-again until the time we leave these earthen vessels, often through difficulties and hardships. 

We learn about the levels of trust, until we become ‘perfect’ (which simply means [Strong’s Concordance – teleios [Grk transliteration], “whole, mature, complete”).

Someone who understood that trust simply meant “trust”, once asked me what I meant by ‘levels’ of trust? The best way I could explain was this. I learned to trust God to get me home when the gas gauge was seriously past empty and gas fumes were dissipated.

I learned to trust Him to provide food and rent money at times when work was slow. Even still, it is not always easy, especially when deadlines came, or stomachs began to growl, or the due date for rent was approaching.

But every time, the Lord comes through, and we learn of His faithfulness, His perfect timing, His creative ways to provide and the truth of His promises. Our faith grows; we begin to read the Bible with eyes that see and ears that hear. We grow and produce fruit. We discover the rewards and joys in giving, and praise the Teacher for remarkable, long-lasting lessons.

Fighting Against and Overcoming Unbelief


What time I am afraid, I will trust in You. [Ps 56:3]

(God knows that in truth, all of us have moments (times) when we are afraid. It is part of our humanness. Why else did He and His angels so often say, Fear not…Be not afraid! Selah – The instinct that warns us of ‘danger’ is not what I refer to. But if a spirit of fear can get a foothold, he will imprison us.

Fear can and will paralyze… but the Holy Spirit teaches us the Word of Adonai, so that we can and will overcome.)

For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. [1Tim1:7]

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear: because fear has torment. He that fears is not made perfect in love. We love Him, because He first loved us.[1Jn4:19]

Again, the apostle is not speaking of the instinctive fear that the Creator put inside of us to warn us of impending danger. He is speaking of perpetual fear…the fear that imprisons us, that holds us captive so that we cannot freely move forward. We learn to overcome fear (if it threatens to take long-term hold of us) and we learn deeper levels of trust.

We learn that we can trust God with all things, but…can we trust Him to one of the deepest levels? Can we believe and trust Him for healing us of a chronic illness or terminal disease? I think most of us would say yes, until one or the other came upon us, and there was no end in sight for the suffering, or the doctors give a hopeless and final diagnosis.

“Get your house in order…”

I used to feel like a hypocrite because I have found it easy to pray for others and sincerely believe and trust God for their healing (admittedly, there are times He has put a check in my spirit that the appointed time is upon the person, and death will come. Only He knows the answer to ‘why’. We do not like it; and we seldom understand.)

I have personally experienced healing, and have also witnessed it. And, as most of us, I have heard many testify and bear witness to His faithfulness and to His power to heal. Astounding documented healings! Glory to the Lamb of God!

Yet, it was due to the struggle regarding my own healing that caused me to think upon hypocrisy. Would the Lord show favour and heal me, as He has done for so many others? Or would some hidden unbelief lurking in the shadows of my soul hinder healing?

Or what if it is my time? Does the Lord not ignore prayers for healing if it is our appointed time to leave these earthen vessels?  It’s strange. We often think we are alone in our misgivings regarding some of the unspoken doubts that we all silently struggle with as we grow in our faith, and as we walk through various hardships, trials and tribulations, continually learning as we grow.

I have often been amazed at the transparent testimonies of other disciples, including respected, genuine godly men and women, who have sincerely voiced going through those same struggles, believing God to heal others, but hesitant or struggling regarding their own healing.

When others are transparent, it does encourage us. It helps us to remember that we truly are not alone in this unpredictable journey, just as the apostle Peter said. How much we are like the butterfly fighting and struggling to come out of the cocoon in order to come into new life and newfound freedom?

Just like a butterfly must struggle inside the cocoon to strengthen its wings in order to fly once it is free, so too, we must gain strength so we can persevere going through hardships and trials in life.

The apostle Peter knew how alone and bizarre his brethren (then and now) would feel or think at times.

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: but rejoice, insofar as you are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when His glory shall be revealed, you may be glad also with exceeding joy. [1Pet 4:12, 13]

Victory over Cancer

from my yard in BC - 2014

One time a woman in her mid-70s, who was diagnosed with breast cancer was prayed over at the end of a church service. It was a small congregation of perhaps 40 or so people. Her husband had watched his wife’s cancer aggressively return after a time of remission following treatment.

It was at his request for his beloved wife that people surrounded her to pray, and laid hands upon her as prayer went up. There were several people taking turns earnestly praying. I stood silently on the outskirts of the people encircling her.

Charismatic practices were new to me, but this was a dear woman and saint of God. Some prayed aloud, the rest agreed silently, or with a ‘yes’ or ‘amen’. I stretched out one hand toward her, but the other I raised toward the heavens.

In my heart I prayed. The exact words cannot be remembered but I do remember feeling awkward and telling the Lord that I did not know how to go about it, but that I was stepping aside, and prayed as I did, He would flow through me to Ruth.

I prayed other things, but cannot remember what. I am not one to use feelings as a sign that something is of God, but in truth, I literally felt something surge through me and pass out of my hand. Immediately, I sensed strongly that she was healed.

Power of God

Is that what scripture meant when it said that Jesus felt the ‘virtue’ leave Him? Did He mean that He felt the “power of God” go out of Him when the woman touched the hem of His garment? [Mark 5:29-30] I am confident that it is exactly what He meant. To this day when I read Yeshua’s words, I have understanding.

When everyone finished praying and moved away, I approached her and asked if she had felt anything, explaining that I felt the power of God touch her, explaining the sensation I felt as if power flowed through me and out of my hand to her. 

My one hand had been stretched out toward her, but it did not touch her. Others were surrounding her, and I was on the outside layer of the circle. I told her that I believed Jesus healed her. She said no, nothing, she had not felt anything, which caused me to wonder just briefly if I had imagined it.

Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for You are my praise. [Jer 17:14]

A few months passed. One day she stood up in church and testified that over the past months, the doctors had kept testing her because she had been in remission before. Yet since people had prayed, she stated that doctors saw no sign of the cancer having been in her breast. She said that doctors were convinced that the cancer was gone.

After five years had passed, she was still cancer-free and looked radiant. Her husband was a happy man as well. I lost track of them when I moved away. It has now been 20 years or so ago. Ruth was in her 70s then, so she is likely with the Lord now. But she would have joined Him due to old age, and forever cancer-free.

Sovereign God


Only God can change a person’s appointed time. He is Sovereign. He rules over all things. He has changed the appointed time for people before. One example is recorded in the second book of Kings, chapter 20.

The prophet Isaiah had told king Hezekiah to get his house in order because he was going to die. The king turned toward the wall in his bed and prayed with tears, reminding God how he had walked before him in truth and a perfect heart, and (doing his best) to do that which was right in God’s sight.

The Lord stopped Isaiah, who by the end of Hezekiah’s prayer was in the middle of the king’s courtyard, and told him to go back and tell Hezekiah that the Lord had heard his prayer and saw his tears.

In three days, he would be well enough to go the house of the Lord. The prophet instructed Hezekiah on what to do to bring healing (put a lump of figs [poultice] and place it on his inflamed boil; some scholars say it was bubonic plague, since the Assyrians were hit with pestilence), and added that 15 more years of life had been given to him. [2Kings 20:7]

It seems like we are not alone in our doubts when it comes to healing a chronic disease. Despite the fact that Hezekiah was told by Isaiah, a well-established and well-known prophet of God, that he would be healed and live, Hezekiah wanted a sign.

More Daylight

God understood Hezekiah’s need to have Isaiah’s word confirmed because when the king asked the prophet what the ‘sign’ would be that the Lord would heal him, without hesitation, Isaiah countered the question with a question, asking Hezekiah if he wanted the shadow on the sundial to go ahead 10 degrees or to go backwards by 10 degrees.


Naturally, Hezekiah went for the hardest request, that being for dusk to retreat, revealing more daylight. Isaiah prayed and the Lord brought the shadow back 10 degrees on the sundial, thus establishing more daylight. [2Kings 20:1-11]

Switch the scenario over to yourself and what happens? Your flesh, with its logic, understanding and reasoning kick in. On the flip side, there is the adversary who wants to see you destroyed, even if he has to rob (steal) your faith to kill you!

So, we see the level of trust for God to provide gas to get home versus the level of trust needed for healing to stay alive. Both require faith as well as trust, but the latter requires deeper, bolder, unshakable trust, married to faith, no matter what the outcome. No matter the outcome?

Fiery Darts or Hot Trials

Yes, the three Hebrew companions of Daniel who had been promoted to handle the affairs of Babylon [Dan 2:49] believed God. Yet they went a step further. They believed God could save them from the fiery furnace, yet they trusted Him that even if He chose NOT to save them, they would not bow to anyone, but Him.


If it be so, our God who we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He WILL [believe] deliver us out of your hand, O king. But if not, [trust] be it known unto you, O king, that we will not serve your gods, nor worship the golden image that you have set up. [Dan 3:17, 18]

The psalmist confirms the faithfulness of God (Adonai). 

And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: He shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in Him. [Ps 37:40]

That is what I mean by levels (degrees) of trust. It is one thing to believe that we can get home when the gas tank is on empty. It is another thing to face powerful earthly rulers and say, “we will not serve or worship (bow to) your gods …even at threat of death, or a fiery furnace.

Are we there in our belief and trust? All true disciples of Christ want to be and strive for it. And with the Holy Spirit’s help and speaking forth (standing on) the WORD of God, in the authority (power) and name of Jesus the Christ, yes! Because we CAN do ALL things through Christ who strengthens us. [Phil 4:13]


…and though we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter, we are more than conquerors in all things through Him that loved us. [Rom 8:36, 37]

Some situations and circumstance make trusting God tough, but it is indeed possible with help of the Holy Spirit. [The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.] [Lk 18:27] With David and Goliath, it was the same.

David trusted God to help him deal with the giant. We know the outcome. The young shepherd boy, with no training as a solider, and with nothing but a stone and faith in the God of Israel, had complete victory! David believed God was with him, and trusted His promise that he would one day be king.

Thereby, David had both boldness and confidence. The shepherd boy trusted the God who taught his hands to war and his fingers to fight [Ps 144:1] in training him to protect his sheep by killing a lion and a bear. [1Sam17:34-36] David had conquered both. He trusted God.

Despite the naysayers, who were his brother and the king of Israel, David slew the giant. He knew the battle was God’s and the victory was certain!

Victory


There will be giants that will be seen this year (both in the spiritual and the physical). Giant events in nature, in political arenas, in cataclysmic events around the world, in the spiritual realm. When these things happen, don’t look at the natural and say we are but grasshoppers and can do nothing. Look at the spiritual and say our God is beyond measure, none can compare. He is for us and we can stand strong and brace, as He leads us.


Canadian Victory coins that I never knew
I had - found in candy dish March 2021
as I was packing up to move - the Lord confirmed
a word He gave me (click to enlarge)

On God’s side, remember the victories He promises amidst it all.

Words to Pray About

For weeks, and some months, more certain words have come to me. This kind of thing began in 2020. When the presence of these words builds momentum and they keep presenting themselves strongly, I pay attention.

The Lord always (please change that to - at times, gives me words because He never overwhelms, but graciously forewarns) gives words to me, and sure enough they prove to be His message at the time. 

We are to pray about everything, with thanksgiving, for the heads up He gives us, and wait upon Him for His answer and direction, both personally and corporately because I am convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that He keeps the remnant on the same page.

We may be at different positions or places on the page, meaning some are further ahead than others, but somehow, He leads us amazingly close, like a legion of 6000 (soldiers), where those in the front are aware of those pulling up the rear guard, and they all march as one unit, in sync.

Certain visions or dreams are brought back to remembrance as well, in a timely manner. Only God knows all things; He sends messengers, usually one of His people; yet He sometimes sends angels to us as well.

But be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. [Heb 13:2]

The visions/dreams:

art from 1933 - Holodomor genocide
(Stalin's 'murder by starvation')

• the weeping woman with a child at her feet (famineMan-engineered starvation

• seeing the black horse (remembering the “horses” that were formed from a backyard fire back in 2012 or 2013 – with two other witnesses)

• a great tidal wave (it was before I knew the word ‘tsunami’)

• a great shaking with fire (also the vision with the fire in the northern part of the Atlantic)

Up above, I already made reference to several words that have been on my heart in past weeks. I can barely express enough how faithful and trustworthy God is and that we truly do NOT need to fear. I continually remind myself and my children. When we are overwhelmed, we can instantly run to Him and He will comfort us.

Look at how He sent ministering angels to Elijah, Abraham, Daniel and even our precious Lord Jesus (Yeshua) in the Garden of Gethsemane. He will do the same for us. We cannot stop the prophecies in the Bible, but the Holy Spirit can help us in prayer.

It won’t be long now, dear saints, before we will join our Redeemer, our Saviour as His Bride. The midnight hour is upon us. Marantha! Saved this for the last part, but I continually keep coming across the word, BELOVED.

The Lord wants His people to know that we are His Beloved, but also the word, Rise. Rise above all that we see. Rise, rise. About three weeks ago, a friend of mine quoted something to me out of a book called ‘Come Away My Beloved’, written by Frances L. Roberts back in the early to mid-60s.

Come Away My Beloved - Frances L. Roberts
Used book 
I ordered: Arrived Feb 1.2022

I was astounded (she is a sister in Christ, but we very often find ourselves on the same page). You see, I had just ordered the very book she quoted from, on a website that offers good, used books. She never mentioned the book before, and I had just happened to stumble across it when I was looking for something else.

It arrived the day before yesterday, Feb.1, 2022. But ‘rise’ seemed as an encouragement from the Holy Spirit, as many have wearied of the long wait times. I was listening to one preacher that made me smile (wish I could remember who). He said something I think most if not all of us can relate to.

I am paraphrasing, but he said something along the lines like if you are growing impatient, remember God has a different clock than we do. Jesus said that He would be returning soon, and that was over 2000 years ago.

When the Holy Spirit put a message upon my heart and He would say the word “soon”, I used to get so excited, thinking maybe a few months at the most. The Lord has never once given me dates, but to me, soon is…well, soon!

Yes, I learned the hard way that my soon is NOT the Lord’s soon, which is why I broke out in a hearty laugh when that preacher said what he did. It is good to laugh at things we do not understand or that may frustrate us.

Laughter truly is good medicine! (Reader’s Digest used to have a section with that very title. Underneath were several good, humourous short stories that readers sent in.)

I believe the Lord is calling to His “beloved”, and telling us to “rise”. He wants us to be strong and fear not, and to remember that He walks with us, our constant companion, even in the moments of silence.

The Timely Move

In 2011, I moved to a place in Winterville, Georgia, where I lived for three and a half years before I returned to Canada. About six weeks after I moved, the Lord gave me a vision that lasted about three days. (It was during a fast.)

I was trying to find the vision that I had written down and shared on the blog. In it was the one part about the woman with the hungry (starving) child at her feet that I had seen. 

But, within the vision was a very small part revealing a dark cloud, which to me represented danger, and in that vision that cloud (at that time, the first week April, 2011) was going for Alabama, northern part of Georgia, Tennessee and some other states.

I had sensed great danger when I had seen (spiritually) this foreboding dark cloud moving, but I did not know it meant "a tornado". “Storm” had been mentioned, but still, I did not think of a tornado.

Actual house I lived in, outskirts Ringgold, GA
Was a converted chicken coop. It has been fixed up, I see.
New or painted siding, windows, fence
 This is from Google search, 2021-11 yrs after I moved.


The Lord moved me from Catoosa County, Baggett Road in Ringgold, GA to Winterville, GA (about 2 ½ hrs away) just nine weeks before the tornado hit. Friends had tried to convince me to stay in Ringgold, but I knew I was not to stay.

Storm Coming

When the women took me out for a wonderful lunch as a goodbye meal, I told them to pray because there was a reason the Lord was moving me out of Ringgold. Although a “storm coming” had been mentioned (to me), I failed in telling them. 

I merely told them to pray because something was coming, and it was enough bad enough for the Lord to move me. Remember, I am not American, and was only in the US until the Lord revealed to me that it was time to return home (Canada). 

Sadly, back then, I had allowed doubt to stop me from mentioning a storm, but I had enough trust and faith to tell them to seek God and pray because something bad was coming.

After the tornado hit, I could not reach them right away. No one was able to get through at first. Finally, the next day after the storm, I got a hold of one friend. They were alright.

My one friend told me though that most people did not prepare because tornadoes normally went around Ringgold. The postal worker who had delivered my mail for the year I lived there, Pam Black, and her family were killed in the tornado. Several others were killed too. Just over 400 were killed throughout the states that the tornado ripped thru.

The reason this has even been mentioned here is to show how the Lord orders our steps to get a clear message to us. I have mentioned how Beloved keeps coming up, and how I was trying to find the 2011 vision for this article to see what all I had written, particularly about the woman with the hungry child at her feet, the fire in the northern Atlantic, the bear with the three arrows, and more.

I thought if I knew the exact date of the tornado, it might help me to zero in on the date of the 2011 vision. I will never forget that the Lord moved me just nine weeks before the devastating tornado hit, but I could not remember the time of year (month). I just knew it was early in 2011.

When I searched, a link for a YouTube video came up, which I decided to watch because [1] I used to live there and [2] it was not quite 15 minutes long. (Not a huge distraction.)

I have mentioned 3, 33 and 1933. The video I chose to watch about the Ringgold GA tornado was still one of the longer ones, as most were less than a minute. But whoever put the video together chose to play a song partway into the video. The song? I Will Rise by Chris Tomlin. Seriously!

And when does the song start on the video? At the 3:03 mark (yes!). Check it out at the link.  Is God not amazing how He orders our steps? One would have to be brilliant to make that all algin, so that is another reason why I know the Lord is leading.

Rise, Beloved

Saints of the most High, our King wants us to ‘rise’ and to know that we are His ‘beloved’. He has surely established that with me. He knows and understands the times we are in, and our struggles, and all that concerns us in these days where everything that can be shaken is being shaken.

He is encouraging us in order to strengthen us and give us hope. It’s strange. I grabbed a picture from Google images about a week or so ago, of an anchor and a hot air balloon to place above “hindrances” title, but Christ wants us to know that HE is our anchor.

He holds us steadily. He keeps us grounded in turbulences. He reminds us consistently right now about VICTORY (victories). He urges us to overcome, for HE has overcome the world. [Jn 16:33] (there’s a 33)

He is constantly reminding me that He is the Good Shepherd. I have a whole folder on it for the upcoming articles. He had even led me to Isaiah 40:11:

He shall feed His flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

But in an earlier article I had posted:

Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being His counsellor has taught Him? With whom took He counsel, and who instructed Him, and taught Him in the path of judgment, and taught Him knowledge, and showed Him the way of understanding. [Is40:13, 14]

(What I am trying to get the reader to notice is that the Lord already had me in Isaiah 40 to post scripture from that book, in one of the recent articles in "Year of the Giant [...] Righteous". It is an example of how God does everything decently and in order!)

And when He kept me focusing on “rise”, because sometimes I have cried out that I am weary…from the battles, in the waiting, in the expectancy of the fruition of His promises to me. 

He reminded me of the vision of the warring angels on the mountain, the chariot, the lion by the chariot, and the man inside or outside the chariot (I could not see for the distance), literally upon a mountaintop (see the first post in [January 20) 2020 – Once Upon a Mountaintop – Part 1). The Elisha-type vision.

He was reminding me that the battle is His, and that His warring angels are standing by at His command. He is the Sovereign Almighty God of Israel. When I mentioned being weary, it is not as a complaint; it was as a cry for help because if He does not strengthen and help me, there is a genuine concern about failing Him. 

None of us want to fail Him; He has loved us so perfectly, with such goodness. Deep within, we all hope to somehow please Him...not that it earns us anything, but simply because we love Him; He is so beautiful.

He caused me to think about the scripture where He says many weary and faint, but He tells us He will strength us, and we will “rise up on wings as eagles’. Of course, I should have known that verse is also in Isaiah 40.

He gives power to the faint; and to them that have no might He increases strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk and not faint. [vs 30, 31]

Yes, the Lord still calls things that are not as thought they were. Bless the Lord!

I Will Rise (Lyrics) sung by Chris Tomlin

There's a peace I've come to know
Though my heart and flesh may fail
There's an anchor for my soul
I can say "It is well"

Jesus has overcome
And the grave is overwhelmed
The victory is won
He is risen from the dead

And I will rise when He calls my name
No more sorrow, no more pain
I will rise on eagles' wings
Before my God fall on my knees
And rise
I will rise

There's a day that's drawing near
When this darkness breaks to light
And the shadows disappear
And my faith shall be my eyes

Jesus has overcome
And the grave is overwhelmed
The victory is won
He is risen from the dead

And I will rise when He calls my name
No more sorrow, no more pain
I will rise on eagles' wings
Before my God fall on my knees
And rise
I will rise

And I hear the voice of many angels sing,
"Worthy is the Lamb"
And I hear the cry of every longing heart,
"Worthy is the Lamb"

And I hear the voice of many angels sing,
"Worthy is the Lamb"
And I hear the cry of every longing heart,
"Worthy is the Lamb"

And I will rise when He calls my name
No more sorrow, no more pain
I will rise on eagles' wings
Before my God fall on my knees


And rise
I will rise

 

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Songwriters: Chris Tomlin / Jesse Reeves / Louie Giglio / Matt Maher

 

A Word of Hope from the Lord

2016

Prepare

                     
For I who have begun a good work in you shall see it through, for I AM the Author and the Finisher (Perfecter) of your faith. Receive, receive My love and know I go before you. I AM your front defense. I AM your rear guard. Fear not! When you feel faint, come to Me. I AM the living water that will refresh you. I shall be your strength for I AM that I AM. Come closer, come deeper for I AM your God and you are My people.

If you shall trust and obey and step out in faith, as Abraham, surely you shall witness all that I promised... And thru it all, I shall be glorified. Yea, seek ye first the kingdom of God and ALL these things shall be added unto you. [Mat 6:33]

Fear not My child…do not look around in dismay. How often must I tell you not to look at the circumstances? How many times has that which you have seen before deceived you in the past?

I know your pain and sorrow. I grieve to see you suffer. Think upon My Son, for He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and people hid as it were their faces from Him; He was despised, and they esteemed Him not. Surely, He bore their griefs and carried their sorrows yet they did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted… [Is 53:3, 4]

Ah, but you wonder why I leave you amidst all this inner devastation and why I do not simply take it all away? Yet I say to you that it is as a refiner’s fire, purging out the dross, burning up the wood, hay and stubble.

Everything that may abide the fire, you shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: Nevertheless, it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abides not the fire you shall make go through the water. [Num 31:23]

You do not see all the work I AM doing, not only within you, but within all My people.

Some have wearied from the warnings; others have wearied from the waiting… yet in that waiting, those who die to self will rise up in My power and I will trust them to do the greater works in all humility, love and mercy for they will do justly. Prepare My people, for you have already heard, prepare and trust Me.

But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him: and by His stripes we are healed.

All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. [Is 53:5, 6]

It is no mistake that you live this day, for you were indeed born for such a time as this. Yea, but the way to your destiny is by the cross; death to the flesh; to self. No one can go with you for death is a journey one must go alone. Yet remember I AM with you.

O sing unto the Lord a new song; for He has done marvelous things: His right hand, and His holy arm has gotten Him the victory.

 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of His people shall He take away from off all the earth: for the Lord has spoken it. [Ps 98:1; Is 25:8]

Make the choice to stop all sin in thought, word and deed. Make the choice to overcome. I will help you if you run to Me [Jesus/Yeshua], rather than give into temptation. Have I not promised you that when it comes to temptation, I will not give you more than you can bear, but make a way of escape?

Have you come this far only to give up now? Have you not heard that when you are weak, then you are strong? I AM your strength, for it is in your weakness that I rise up in you. Will you not rest your head upon My bosom and trust in Me?

Or will you listen to the devil, the same one who deceived Eve? He used her to get to Adam and together they fell, and along with them did all the nature of mankind fall. Do you not see the lessons?

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion walk about, seeking whom he may devour. [1Pet 5:8]

Have I not urged you to bring all things to me in prayer? Did I anger at Gideon when he wanted to know if it was My voice that he heard, and in his caution, he requested a sign not once, but twice, just to be sure? Sound the trumpet and say, the time, the time appointed has arrived. Wait for it.

You have wearied in your waiting, yet I say to you, humble yourself in My sight and I shall lift you up, and give you the strength to abide until the moment the time arrives upon you. This is where understanding is; in Me, this is where true peace is found.  Remember well that which is written:

The Lord your God in the midst of you is mighty; He will save, He will rejoice over you with joy; He will rest in His love, He will joy over you with singing. [Zeph 3:17]

O the afflicted soul that learns to trust in Me; and the wounded spirit that collapses into My healing hands. I shall turn your sorrows into singing, and your misery into joy. I will turn your captivity before your eyes and cast out the prison guard and all the enemies of your soul that held you hostage, believing that the price My Son paid was insufficient. Yea, but He came to set the captives free. Go through the door for it will bring you out of that prison.

Hush now, be still. This is not your battle!

My tenderness broods over you as surely as when My Spirit brooded over the grave of My Son moments before the resurrection power opened wide the grave and My Son arose victoriously! Angels burst forth into singing.

Liberty leads the captives out…songs of deliverance fill the air. It is time; the time is now. The hour is upon many, for salvation, deliverance and healing are in My hand. Stand still and see the salvation of the Lord.

It is all about being still right now, and having done all, to stand. Stand, trust as you rest in Me.

Deep calls unto deep…

for His glory alone

Bonita                                   dovesofthevalleys4@gmail.com





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