Man thinks he should rearrange his church service to capture My heart. Does he know what captures My heart? If I am not displeased should Man seek to please Me? Should he take away what is old, and that which old people are accustomed to because he thinks I am bored? Or is it he, Man, who is bored?
Because Man senses that something is missing in church, he seeks out the replacement. Man should seek out My heart. There he would find that which brings joy to Me. I look upon a sin-torn world and carry its grief. No man could do this for Me. Yet there are daily occurrences in life that bring Me joy. A child’s smile; a father teaching his son how to build a fort; a mother holding her mother’s hand as they cross the street together; young people on their wedding day . . . Your heart sings as does Mine when I behold goodness in this dark and evil time.
Do I ask you to change your church service? No, I ask only for your love. I see your love in your songs of worship, in prayers for each other and meeting each other’s needs. I listen as you break the bread of Life, My Word. I am awed and show respect when that which is Spirit is yielded to; as a father smiles at his son who does his word, so do I.
A church glorifies its Head by being a body, healthy, and functioning with purpose. It is My Spirit which supplies both of these; health and function. If a man will love Me, he will love his brother, and the body will be built up by each joint supplying the needs of the body, as it has need. Each man, woman and child will be set in their place, doing what the Head says and purposes to do. Then I am come, in My fullness and glory. This is what I am looking for.
“What about the miracles, the power and glory of your presence?” you ask. Did My Son do anything of His own? Did He not follow Me, His Father, even as you follow Him? In following My Son Jesus, how can you be other than His image? How can you prophesy your own words, or build your own ministry? You cannot, except you walk independently of My Son. This is My grief, that some say My name yet do not follow Me. They go out ahead, and speak presumptuous words. But their words will fall to the ground and what they build will fall with them.
I want to be glorified in the sons I have begotten. They are brothers and sisters of My Son who went first, Jesus. You will see My sons as lights in a dark world. They give Me pleasure. They wait on Me and love My word, performing My words and acts. They seek Me and find Me acceptable, taking no offense with Me. Shall I not send power to confirm their words when they speak what they have heard from Me? Shall I not open their eyes to the works they were predestined to do? Would I not be less than a god, to expect Man to do mighty works under his own power? But I am more of a god than Man can imagine with his mind. I shall prove Myself to Man in his church and come in My glory, and he shall be undone. His joints will sigh and his heart grow faint within him. It will be a great contrast to the sensation he imagines My presence to bring. And yet I will not take Man’s breath away, for I love him.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008
The Good Shepherd
Today in church my eyes rested on a painting of the Good Shepherd rescuing a sheep. I could hear the Holy Spirit say “But He wasn’t a shepherd; He was a carpenter”. This was an odd way to look at the depiction of Jesus, yet I knew that his vocation had been carpentry, and then He went into ministry.
In Jesus’ parables He used the analogy of the Shepherd because it captured the nature of nurturing and caring for people. He couldn’t illustrate this concept with carpentry, therefore we have no parable about the Good Carpenter. Carpentry is what He did. He also tends to us and feeds us like a Shepherd cares for His sheep. This caring is who He is.
Jesus is both Carpenter and Shepherd, and so much more. What He is in our lives may be seen in our work, and in our relationships with others. I believe that the Holy Spirit wants to point out that we should not find our identity in what we do; it is found in who we are. We won’t be remembered for how wonderfully we built a chair, or taught a math class. But we will be remembered by those whose lives have been changed by His life in us.
In Jesus’ parables He used the analogy of the Shepherd because it captured the nature of nurturing and caring for people. He couldn’t illustrate this concept with carpentry, therefore we have no parable about the Good Carpenter. Carpentry is what He did. He also tends to us and feeds us like a Shepherd cares for His sheep. This caring is who He is.
Jesus is both Carpenter and Shepherd, and so much more. What He is in our lives may be seen in our work, and in our relationships with others. I believe that the Holy Spirit wants to point out that we should not find our identity in what we do; it is found in who we are. We won’t be remembered for how wonderfully we built a chair, or taught a math class. But we will be remembered by those whose lives have been changed by His life in us.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
The voice of God
Dream 4-9-07
I was with people in a room. One other & I looked out at the stars at night. The Lord spoke, and His large voice came through a robed man standing in the heavens. As He spoke, we (the other & I) went further into heaven. I saw a black shield behind and further out from the man in heaven. It spoke the same words. Further into the heavens we saw below us and above us also, as if we were in a space craft with a bubble-type window. Stars below us went off like fire works and I pointed them out. All the while, God’s voice spoke. We never got as far out as the source of the voice, but He filled all of what we call outer space, yet we could also hear Him on earth. End
Interpretation
In Isaiah 66:1,2 we read that heaven is God’s throne and the earth is His foot stool. Yet He is interested in the affairs of Man. He has given us authority to govern our lives, yet guides us by His voice. He speaks of His own nature, touching ours so that we would become more like Him. Hallelujah!
The man from heaven is a witness to God’s glory and is the Spirit of Prophecy. I saw this same Spirit speak out of the 7 thunders last year, and he looked like Elijah.
The black shield is God’s covering, as in Psalm 18:11. His voice goes out and we perceive it as line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little, there a little (Is 28:9,10). Those who hear Him are weaned off of milk (verse 10).
My sense of time changed when I was out in space also, because the affairs on earth seemed small in comparison. Yet they were of interest to God and His voice continually spoke to us. It is not His time of silence anymore. Also, prophecy does not originate on earth; it’s from heaven, coming through man to man. Man has become used to the mundane and has substituted it at times for that which is from heaven and is spiritual.
I was with people in a room. One other & I looked out at the stars at night. The Lord spoke, and His large voice came through a robed man standing in the heavens. As He spoke, we (the other & I) went further into heaven. I saw a black shield behind and further out from the man in heaven. It spoke the same words. Further into the heavens we saw below us and above us also, as if we were in a space craft with a bubble-type window. Stars below us went off like fire works and I pointed them out. All the while, God’s voice spoke. We never got as far out as the source of the voice, but He filled all of what we call outer space, yet we could also hear Him on earth. End
Interpretation
In Isaiah 66:1,2 we read that heaven is God’s throne and the earth is His foot stool. Yet He is interested in the affairs of Man. He has given us authority to govern our lives, yet guides us by His voice. He speaks of His own nature, touching ours so that we would become more like Him. Hallelujah!
The man from heaven is a witness to God’s glory and is the Spirit of Prophecy. I saw this same Spirit speak out of the 7 thunders last year, and he looked like Elijah.
The black shield is God’s covering, as in Psalm 18:11. His voice goes out and we perceive it as line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little, there a little (Is 28:9,10). Those who hear Him are weaned off of milk (verse 10).
My sense of time changed when I was out in space also, because the affairs on earth seemed small in comparison. Yet they were of interest to God and His voice continually spoke to us. It is not His time of silence anymore. Also, prophecy does not originate on earth; it’s from heaven, coming through man to man. Man has become used to the mundane and has substituted it at times for that which is from heaven and is spiritual.
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Faith for healing
4-5-08
This morning in prayer I asked the Lord how we can have faith for healing when we see people are dieing, and we have been praying for them. I told Him that I have faith for what I see Him do, and what I have read about in the scriptures. This is the answer He brought;
“Faith is not separate from God’s sovereignty, and sovereignty is not separate from God’s heart. You know what God can do, but you don’t know what God will do.
People used to ask Me what My will was. I don’t ask you to have faith in what I can do . . . I ask you to have faith in Who I am. I have revealed Myself to Man as Goodness, Provider, Protector, Counselor, and so much more.
I know the hearts of men and the plans of satan. None of this fools Me. But I am surprised. I am saddened at Man’s plans, and at his faith in those plans. Man has come to hate My sovereignty and sees it as an obstacle to obtaining the goal he wishes to achieve. Man will end up hating Me, raising his fist and cursing Me.
If only they knew that I am Good. If only they sought Me for My plan. The humble will. But the arrogant will boast of their false knowledge and give false assurances of false securities. ‘Look at me,’ they say. ‘I hold your answers.’ And in a moment’s time they, and their work, will be gone. But the righteous will inherit the land forever.”
We affirm God’s goodness in worship. I believe He would have us perfect this sacrifice of praise, not just in our worship services at church, but in our lives. Surely He is Good, and His Mercy endures forever!
4-5-08
This morning in prayer I asked the Lord how we can have faith for healing when we see people are dieing, and we have been praying for them. I told Him that I have faith for what I see Him do, and what I have read about in the scriptures. This is the answer He brought;
“Faith is not separate from God’s sovereignty, and sovereignty is not separate from God’s heart. You know what God can do, but you don’t know what God will do.
People used to ask Me what My will was. I don’t ask you to have faith in what I can do . . . I ask you to have faith in Who I am. I have revealed Myself to Man as Goodness, Provider, Protector, Counselor, and so much more.
I know the hearts of men and the plans of satan. None of this fools Me. But I am surprised. I am saddened at Man’s plans, and at his faith in those plans. Man has come to hate My sovereignty and sees it as an obstacle to obtaining the goal he wishes to achieve. Man will end up hating Me, raising his fist and cursing Me.
If only they knew that I am Good. If only they sought Me for My plan. The humble will. But the arrogant will boast of their false knowledge and give false assurances of false securities. ‘Look at me,’ they say. ‘I hold your answers.’ And in a moment’s time they, and their work, will be gone. But the righteous will inherit the land forever.”
We affirm God’s goodness in worship. I believe He would have us perfect this sacrifice of praise, not just in our worship services at church, but in our lives. Surely He is Good, and His Mercy endures forever!
Friday, April 4, 2008
Sarahs & Abrahams
Sept 1, 2004 Prophecy Sarahs and Abrahams
There is a generation in which I sowed seed, and men have tried to abort the seed before it became a mature ear of corn. It is called the “Sandwich” generation. This generation has raised their children, and now many of them care for their parents. In them I promised to build a deep foundation for a mighty work of God. Of them I said they would be my Joshuas and Calebs. I put my seal of promise on them, and they are not forgotten. They are the Sarahs and Abrahams who will give birth later in their lives. I have not changed my mind. When Man looks on the outside, they see men and women aging. There are surgeries, illnesses, cancers, mental illness. To Man, these are disqualifiers. To God, this is the deep work of the Father. These are the ones I will dip my pen into their fountains and write upon the hearts of generations to come. They will write scriptures. And their references will be written on the hearts of many, for I am about to pour out My anointing on these who have waited on Me. They have not been long in service to the Church, but to their God, the angels announce their names. I have received the rejected servants who no man would hire. I, Myself, place them in the harvest. There are none cast away, no souls in whom I have invested seed will be passed over because the Church rejects them.
I am the Lord of the Harvest. I yearn over the work I left for My body to complete. I have many gifts in the body which would not be used if men and women were passed over. Unearth My jewels. See My work. It is a work I have brooded over for a generation, and they are ready.
There is a generation in which I sowed seed, and men have tried to abort the seed before it became a mature ear of corn. It is called the “Sandwich” generation. This generation has raised their children, and now many of them care for their parents. In them I promised to build a deep foundation for a mighty work of God. Of them I said they would be my Joshuas and Calebs. I put my seal of promise on them, and they are not forgotten. They are the Sarahs and Abrahams who will give birth later in their lives. I have not changed my mind. When Man looks on the outside, they see men and women aging. There are surgeries, illnesses, cancers, mental illness. To Man, these are disqualifiers. To God, this is the deep work of the Father. These are the ones I will dip my pen into their fountains and write upon the hearts of generations to come. They will write scriptures. And their references will be written on the hearts of many, for I am about to pour out My anointing on these who have waited on Me. They have not been long in service to the Church, but to their God, the angels announce their names. I have received the rejected servants who no man would hire. I, Myself, place them in the harvest. There are none cast away, no souls in whom I have invested seed will be passed over because the Church rejects them.
I am the Lord of the Harvest. I yearn over the work I left for My body to complete. I have many gifts in the body which would not be used if men and women were passed over. Unearth My jewels. See My work. It is a work I have brooded over for a generation, and they are ready.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Hawaii
Greetings in the love of Jesus,
A few years ago my husband Dave & I lived in Hawaii, on the Big Island. While there the Lord gave me a series of dreams about some natural disasters that would take place. I would like to print these for you as a testimony of what the Lord has said, so that we would pray for the Big Island and any other places that might be affected. In the dream below the Lord had shown me that the tectonic plate under the Big Island would "rock", causing at least 2 waves to cover the west side where Kona is.
Since this dream is almost 3 years old, you may wonder why I am posting it now. It actually was posted in Hawaii after having this dream, and I wrote to many churches, seeking to form an intercessory group to pray concerning this. I was unsuccessful. In following dreams the Lord showed volcanic activity as well, with great loss of property. In 2 of these dreams He showed an airlines; in one dream it was "going down", and in the other dream it was "belly-up". I have seen these symbols as markers, indicating that the time is near when we see this come to pass. With the announcement of Aloha air lines closing its doors due to bankruptcy, this symbol has now come to pass. It is time to publish these dreams again, and continue praying for the safety of those on the Big Island. Please read on. And thank you for all your prayers, Helen
Dream 5/5/05 Tidal Wave hits Hawaii
I was in Hawaii on the Big Island where I live, with Dave & others. A huge tidal wave came in and swamped us, pushing us upward on the mountain. We were in our car so I drove from where we settled back down when the water receded, and drove further upward. As we drove we could see ocean waves swamping the shore and dragging everyone back out to sea. I could also hear their screams. I wondered if the waves were getting taller or if the island was sinking as I watched from higher up, the island being engulfed by more waves advancing.
We wanted to get to our house. I turned downward from the upper highway to a connecting street. To my right a huge wave of water came towards us around the corner. Before it washed over the car I rolled up the window as quick as I could. Though this kept our car from being washed down to sea, I began wondering about my sister and her husband and thought them might be lower down the mountain than us, and in terrible danger. That last wave had come, as if the wave was sweeping sideways around our part of the island.
Scene change – Everyone was recovering from the devastation. There was no electricity, but it was daylight. People were growing things in their gardens, and considered what they could trade with each other. There was a sense of cooperation amongst all the survivors, and loss. End of dream.
Interpretation – this dream shows the physical enactment of the rocking of the Pacific Ocean tectonic plate. Other dreams in which the Lord has spoken about the plate moving were as follows;
David’s dream 1/18/05
Helen’s dream 1/22/05
Helen’s dream 3/23/05 showing the land in the SF area elevated.
[NOTE: On 10/15/06 we had a large earthquake on the Big Island of Hawaii as the Pacific plate began to crack under the weight of the island. At the time of this writing there have been many more quakes.]
A few years ago my husband Dave & I lived in Hawaii, on the Big Island. While there the Lord gave me a series of dreams about some natural disasters that would take place. I would like to print these for you as a testimony of what the Lord has said, so that we would pray for the Big Island and any other places that might be affected. In the dream below the Lord had shown me that the tectonic plate under the Big Island would "rock", causing at least 2 waves to cover the west side where Kona is.
Since this dream is almost 3 years old, you may wonder why I am posting it now. It actually was posted in Hawaii after having this dream, and I wrote to many churches, seeking to form an intercessory group to pray concerning this. I was unsuccessful. In following dreams the Lord showed volcanic activity as well, with great loss of property. In 2 of these dreams He showed an airlines; in one dream it was "going down", and in the other dream it was "belly-up". I have seen these symbols as markers, indicating that the time is near when we see this come to pass. With the announcement of Aloha air lines closing its doors due to bankruptcy, this symbol has now come to pass. It is time to publish these dreams again, and continue praying for the safety of those on the Big Island. Please read on. And thank you for all your prayers, Helen
Dream 5/5/05 Tidal Wave hits Hawaii
I was in Hawaii on the Big Island where I live, with Dave & others. A huge tidal wave came in and swamped us, pushing us upward on the mountain. We were in our car so I drove from where we settled back down when the water receded, and drove further upward. As we drove we could see ocean waves swamping the shore and dragging everyone back out to sea. I could also hear their screams. I wondered if the waves were getting taller or if the island was sinking as I watched from higher up, the island being engulfed by more waves advancing.
We wanted to get to our house. I turned downward from the upper highway to a connecting street. To my right a huge wave of water came towards us around the corner. Before it washed over the car I rolled up the window as quick as I could. Though this kept our car from being washed down to sea, I began wondering about my sister and her husband and thought them might be lower down the mountain than us, and in terrible danger. That last wave had come, as if the wave was sweeping sideways around our part of the island.
Scene change – Everyone was recovering from the devastation. There was no electricity, but it was daylight. People were growing things in their gardens, and considered what they could trade with each other. There was a sense of cooperation amongst all the survivors, and loss. End of dream.
Interpretation – this dream shows the physical enactment of the rocking of the Pacific Ocean tectonic plate. Other dreams in which the Lord has spoken about the plate moving were as follows;
David’s dream 1/18/05
Helen’s dream 1/22/05
Helen’s dream 3/23/05 showing the land in the SF area elevated.
[NOTE: On 10/15/06 we had a large earthquake on the Big Island of Hawaii as the Pacific plate began to crack under the weight of the island. At the time of this writing there have been many more quakes.]
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
God-given authority
God-given Authority
10-4-06
Satan wants man’s God-given authority. We have become the protectors of that authority, not wanting to yield it to satan’s emissaries (Rev 3:11). When we foolishly set aside who we are in Christ, we do not walk in our God-given authority. There is a casual nature which comes into our lives, as if someone else can finish what God gave us to do, and we thereby damage that faith given us for His works’ sake. We bear His authority for a purpose we don’t see through our natural eyes; the purpose is seen through eyes of faith. An inheritance for the whole earth waits for those who walk in faith bearing the message of the Kingdom of God. Those who give their appointed crowns to others who seem more qualified to manage their calling will damage the overall work of the kingdom of God, and if they do not return to their walk of authority in Christ, they will be judged along with the unbelieving.
“Though you are hindered by not seeing those things which are unseen, and though you are distracted by those things which you do see, there is victory awaiting you. Remind each other about the One who brought victory through His blood, or you will seek victory in your own efforts at loving and working in this world. Your own love is not sufficient for the trials ahead. But it is by remembering that you will realize the victory won and the authority granted through the cross, and that every Word from My mouth is ever true. You are daily given living words to sustain your lives, to see by, to walk in faith by.
Man keeps treating faith as if it is magic. It is not an unseen force which draws the power of God to it. The basis of true faith is found in remembering My Words and believing them. The enemy is all about changing times, seasons, and changing the truth into lies. But I am turning the hearts of men back to the foundations of truth given to him when the victory was first won. This incomparably great power which raised Jesus from the dead works in us (Eph 1:19-23). This kind of power is not just magic or energy; it is authority.”
10-4-06
Satan wants man’s God-given authority. We have become the protectors of that authority, not wanting to yield it to satan’s emissaries (Rev 3:11). When we foolishly set aside who we are in Christ, we do not walk in our God-given authority. There is a casual nature which comes into our lives, as if someone else can finish what God gave us to do, and we thereby damage that faith given us for His works’ sake. We bear His authority for a purpose we don’t see through our natural eyes; the purpose is seen through eyes of faith. An inheritance for the whole earth waits for those who walk in faith bearing the message of the Kingdom of God. Those who give their appointed crowns to others who seem more qualified to manage their calling will damage the overall work of the kingdom of God, and if they do not return to their walk of authority in Christ, they will be judged along with the unbelieving.
“Though you are hindered by not seeing those things which are unseen, and though you are distracted by those things which you do see, there is victory awaiting you. Remind each other about the One who brought victory through His blood, or you will seek victory in your own efforts at loving and working in this world. Your own love is not sufficient for the trials ahead. But it is by remembering that you will realize the victory won and the authority granted through the cross, and that every Word from My mouth is ever true. You are daily given living words to sustain your lives, to see by, to walk in faith by.
Man keeps treating faith as if it is magic. It is not an unseen force which draws the power of God to it. The basis of true faith is found in remembering My Words and believing them. The enemy is all about changing times, seasons, and changing the truth into lies. But I am turning the hearts of men back to the foundations of truth given to him when the victory was first won. This incomparably great power which raised Jesus from the dead works in us (Eph 1:19-23). This kind of power is not just magic or energy; it is authority.”
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