Posted on 03/24/2008 8:01:06 PM PDT by Joya
The Trumpet by Bill Burns — March 24, 2008:
I hear the Lord saying: Arise, My children, and receive life in these days of resurrection power. You are in a time when I will visit My Church and bring the revelation of this day. I will bring the revelation that is beyond what you can even imagine at this time. Get ready for visitations. Get ready for open visions that will come and light the way and open the spiritual door for you to enter into. I am bringing you to a new spiritual environment, a new arena, a new place of power in My kingdom. Believe Me as I speak to you. I have seen your trouble, your heartaches and the things you have struggled with, but I bring you to the brightness of a brand new place. It will be an elevated place in Spirit where you will in a short time look back and rejoice that your God has undertaken for you, that the enemy is defeated, and his powers are destroyed. I will lead you to greater heights, so arise and receive the resurrection power that will release you from bondage. It will strengthen and heal you. You will no longer dwell in the valley of the shadow of death even though it is indeed only a shadow and has no reality for those who are Mine. You are a chosen generation, a holy priesthood. You belong to Me. Come and be amazed at the exploits that you are about to do under the power of My anointing. Take heart, you who have been down trodden, for the prison doors have been opened. You can now walk out into the new light of day. No longer will you sit in the darkness of the dungeons that the enemy has seduced you into. Come, and experience the brightness of this day of resurrection power, says the Lord.
Small Straws In A Soft Wind by Marsha Burns — March 24, 2008:
The extraneous components of your life have encroached on that which actually gives life and vitality. You have allowed things that have no eternal relevance to distract you from your spiritual focus and purpose in My kingdom. I have called you for such a time as this, but the enemy’s plan is to corrupt the purity of My work in and through you. Now is the time to be re-established on your firm foundation in Christ and to renew your commitment to fulfill your destiny in Me, says the Lord. Be strong and courageous.
Deuteronomy 31:6 “Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.”
ok then
Thanks for the bump.
And if these prophecies do not come to pass, what is the Biblical remedy?
END TIMES, DREAMS/VISIONS, PROPHETIC PING LIST PING
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Thanks, Joya.
Certainly worth some prayerful pondering and readiness to flow with Holy Spirit in such ways.
Sure seems and feels like things have been racheting up in the spiritual realm and are all primed and ready to get kicked up several notches more.
Exciting times.
Blessings,
What would you suggest?
Walk in the modern prophetic even 6 months . . . beginning as a learning in the refiner’s fires neophyte . . . then ask your question again.
Until then. Stay tuned. We shall see.
I’ve corresponded with Bill Burns when I was still in Asia. I’ve always found him quite practical, grounded, Loves Jesus etc. His ministry has blessed me a number of times.
Chuck Pierce is respected by a number of folk I respect. I have found him a bit of a mixed bag. But I think he hears God more than not. I think he can get in his own way occasionally.
But both these docs are at least in the ball park of my own antennae at this time.
We shall see.
My understanding of your experience in the modern prophetic is that it’s fairly nil.
I think he supports stoning.
And I suspect that he expects even Jr prophets to be 100% perfect from their first efforts forward.
Of course, I still think the modern prophetic world in Christianity is a mess.
But the valid is still valid. Sorting it all out is still such a major chore that I don’t bother much with it except occasional checks to see what’s going on in the field.
I’m convinced God is going to clean it all up perhaps very dramatically. Until then, we certainly all see through a glass darkly.
The biblical measure of a prophet is 100% accuracy. There is nothing anywhere in Scripture to indicate that the standard has changed.
So, we will wait and see.
Grace and peace to you...and good night.
Thanks for your good report.
It’s a blessing to hear from you.
May each of us keep our lamps filled with oil, trimmed and burning, watching and praying.
May none of us hear the awful words, “Depart from Me, I never knew you.”
KOOK ALERT!
Here’s something that has encouraged me to keep keeping:
A Jealous God
by Francis Frangipane
Have you ever sensed spiritual resistance, as though some power much greater than you was deliberately opposing your success? We often assume it is the devil who is fighting us. Allow me to suggest that, on some occasions, what is standing in your way may not be an enemy at all; it may actually be the jealousy of God.
Is the Almighty jealous for us? Yes. The Lord describes Himself often in the Bible as “a jealous God” (Ex. 20:5, 34:14; Deut. 4:24, 5:9, etc.). We should expect He would be jealous since we have actually been created for His pleasure. While His covering, nurturing love accepts us as we are, a time comes when He begins to confront the false gods, the idols, which rule in our hearts. Indeed, anything in us that denies Him full access to our souls, that stands between our hearts and His, becomes His enemy.
The revelation that His jealousy will fight against our hidden idols can be frightening if we are intent upon sin, yet it can also be liberating if we desire intimacy with Him. For He will not allow us to find enduring fulfillment in something apart from Him.
Listen to His command in Exodus: “Watch yourself that you make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land into which you are going, lest it become a snare in your midst. But rather, you are to tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars and cut down their Asherim -— for you shall not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God” (Ex. 34:12-14).
Oh, let us hear God’s heart in trembling fear. The Lord’s very name is Jealous. Jealousy is central to His nature. Indeed, it is an abomination that false gods should occupy our hearts, for we are the temple of God.
A Land Of Idols
Israel committed many sins, but the worst of them involved idol worship; idolatry, beyond all others, tried God’s heart. How does that relate to us, you ask? We don’t have other gods in our society. Yes, we do. Though they are not standing openly in our city squares (usually), the idols in our land are just as demanding. In fact, our nation is full of false gods that influence both our actions and our thoughts. Since we each were created to worship God in focused purity, God must confront the idols in our hearts. Indeed, from His view idolatry is unfaithfulness.
Recall the Lord’s word, “No one can serve two masters.” One of the most dominant idols in our culture is obsession with wealth. Even though our currency says “In God We Trust,” it is more often the dollar we rely upon, not God. In fact, while billions of the world’s poor starve, we are addicted to spending our wealth selfishly upon ourselves.
Jesus said in Matthew 6:24, “You cannot serve (bow before) God and mammon.” God, not money, must be our master. If we tithe, give to the poor, and do not let money rule us, wealth can certainly become our servant, and thus a blessing to us and others. But if we allow finances to rule us, mammon can easily become a false God adding stress and greed to our existence. Yet, remember: Jesus did not say we couldn’t have money; He said we couldn’t serve money. The voice of mammon must be subdued if the Lord alone is to be our Master.
Betrothed To One Lord
Consider the powerful influence that entertainment, sports, fashion and the drive for success and materialism have over American society. If the Lord has to compete with our passions, then we are harboring idols in our hearts. Fear also is a powerful idol that rules many souls, especially during these times.
We must see God’s jealousy as His desire to love and shelter us through life. He is without the dark, evil elements that human jealousy has. But even with our finite understanding, we know jealousy is response to unfaithfulness in a loved one. Once human jealousy awakens, it easily can become a consuming fire. If this has happened to you, then you know somewhat how our unfaithfulness affects the Lord’s heart. Paul certainly was thinking about this when he wrote, “For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin” (2 Cor. 11:2).
James 4:5 says, “He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us.” Yet, James also said, “You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.” (James 4:4).
The Lord jealously desires our spirit; He calls us into oneness with Him, where we live fearlessly and radiantly as His bride in the earth. Sometimes, as I seek the Lord, I call Him by His name “Jealous.” It has a profound effect on my heart. I know He knows me and loves me. As I surrender to Him, I actually advance deeper into the secret chambers of His love. Yet, should I pursue other things at the expense of my time with Him -— even this writing itself -— I feel the fire of His jealousy. I am hemmed in and unable to advance successfully anywhere except toward Him.
The Idol Of Wanton Immorality
We’ve discussed the idol of mammon and we’ve mentioned other idols such as fear and worldliness. But let me also speak candidly about another false god: the powerful idol of unbridled sexuality.
Remember, in Exodus 34 we previously read the Lord’s command to cut down the Asherim. The Asherim were fertility goddesses worshiped in the ancient pagan countries surrounding Israel. They were demons that had infested human sexuality and perverted it until sex actually became a central object of worship.
Today, in America, we may not have Asherim or fertility poles on the street corners, but certainly the realm of human sexuality has been exploited by the demonic realm. Sexuality is the bait used to sell a myriad of products that, in themselves, have nothing to do with sex. It’s a demonic power in our world that is corrupting millions of people.
Let me be very plain: If you’re watching movies or looking at other media that glorifies wanton or perverted sexuality, you’re serving a demonic idol. My friends, don’t compromise with immoral entertainment. Don’t compromise with the sensuality that oozes from most of the fashion and music industries. Put an Internet filter on your computer so you won’t stumble. Get rid of the cable movie channels that bring immorality into your home. One thing leads to another and you will soon be under the power of a corrupting and addicting influence that will literally consume your soul.
The Lord created sexuality for the purpose of natural reproduction. Reproduction is God’s design, yes. But Satan has manipulated God’s purpose in order to bind people to their fleshly identity. Once bound, we find ourselves trapped in an almost irresistible and insatiable hunger for increasingly perverse forms of sexuality, none of which have a purpose in reproduction or marriage fulfillment.
Beloved, don’t tolerate open doors to immoral filth. Capture the first inclinations toward sensuality, for it leads to seduction and many a life has been destroyed by this idol. Do not “own” perverse thoughts that urge you toward adulterous or homosexual lifestyles. If you fall, get up, repent, and rise again (See Mic. 7:7-8). Remember, God wants you to destroy the idol of wanton sexuality, not have it destroy you. You must be aggressive and stand up and fight!
Before we pray, let’s recap: God jealously desires your heart. He is looking for people who are faithful to Him in their spirits. And, He calls us to tear down and destroy the inner idols that hold influence over us.
Lord Jesus, I submit my heart to You. I want a heart free from idols, free from false gods, free from demonic masters. Father, I repent for allowing idols in my heart. In Jesus’ name, I take authority over every unclean spirit that has gained access to my life through my compromise. Lord, be Thou the only God who sits in the temple of my heart.”
www.frangipane.org
Cheers.
3Grace be unto you and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
4I thank my God always on your behalf for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;
5that in every thing ye are enriched by Him, in all utterance and in all knowledge,
6even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you,
7so that ye fall behind in no gift, waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
8He shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the Day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
10Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
11For it hath been reported unto me about you, my brethren, by those who are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
12Now this I say, when every one of you saith, “I am of Paul,” and “I of Apollos,” and “I of Cephas,” and “I of Christ”:
13Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
14I thank God that I baptized none of you but Crispus and Gaius,
15lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.
16And I baptized also the household of Stephanas. Besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.
17For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the Gospel, and not with the wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect.
18For the preaching of the cross is foolishness to those who perish; but unto us who are saved, it is the power of God.
19For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”
20Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
21For since, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe.
22For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom;
23but we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling block, and unto the Greeks foolishness,
24but unto those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ, the power of God and the wisdom of God.
25For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
26For ye see in your calling, brethren, how not many wise men according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called.
27But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
28and base things of the world and things which are despised hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things which are,
29that no flesh should glory in His presence.
30But because of Him are ye in Christ Jesus, who from God is made unto us wisdom and righteousness, and sanctification and redemption,
31that according as it is written: “He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.”
{I Corinthians 1)
Not at all.
All of the extra spiritually mature, anointed, discerning and alert folks I know have been feeling similar things for some time. I think these docs articulate things fairly well and encouragingly.
I’ve been waiting for some of God’s surprises in terms of His paradigm shifts for those most Loving Him for many months. We shall see if the timing is right.
I’ve never found anyone’s timing very right on such things. But I know that, too, has to be cleaned up before we get too much further down the END TIMES road.
CHRIST HIMSELF TAUGHT THAT HIS SHEEP
HEARD
HIS
VOICE.
FRANGIPAN OFTEN does a good job of articulating current spiritual truths of current priority to the Body of Christ, imho.
Thanks for this one.
Highlight from Frangipane:
The Lord jealously desires our spirit; He calls us into oneness with Him, where we live fearlessly and radiantly as His bride in the earth. Sometimes, as I seek the Lord, I call Him by His name “Jealous.” It has a profound effect on my heart. I know He knows me and loves me. As I surrender to Him, I actually advance deeper into the secret chambers of His love. Yet, should I pursue other things at the expense of my time with Him -— even this writing itself -— I feel the fire of His jealousy. I am hemmed in and unable to advance successfully anywhere except toward Him.
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