a house of prayer for the nations

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jLrcbhbZXA

I’m really “going for it” here…

This is not an easy topic…

But I want to share on this…

I really do…

This is – what I am sharing in this post – my personal conviction before the Lord…

When two people – a man and a woman – being both of sound mind and at an age of understanding – from a free will – both of them – freeing entering into the covenant of marriage – when they do this if either of them were to divorce the other – then neither of them can re-marry while their divorced spouse is still alive (well they can but it is sin before the Lord – it is not pleasing to the Lord – it is not His will for their lives before Him)…

I am not talking about arranged marriages here or marriages where one party is not in their right mind – or is forced to say “I do” under fear – or where one of the parties is not entering into the covenant from a free will…

These ‘covenants’ don’t count with God – they are false agreements – they are not the free coming together of a man and woman in covenant before God…

I am also not talking about sexual intercourse or fornication, i.e. I am not trying to say that if you’ve had sex with someone but not married them that you’d be committing adultery if you then married for the first time someone other than the person who you’ve had sex with – I’m not saying that also…

Sin is sin but it appears to me that it’s better not to marry and live in sin, i.e. commit fornication (I know this sounds strange but bear with me), than it would be to get married and then commit divorce…

If things in your marriage are so bad that you physically can’t live with your partner then the Lord would seem to indicate that if you choose to leave then you would need to stay single or be reconciled to your husband or I guess visa versa for a man being abused by his wife…

Why am I sharing on this?

It’s something that’s been on my mind for awhile now and I feel to ‘speak out’ about it…

There are certain things which you just can’t do (well you can but its not God’s will that you do – the Lord will forgive anything – except denying that the Holy Spirit is the only way that you can live the Christian life – but this is not the point – there comes a time in our relationship with the Lord where we’re not thinking about what we can get away with but are thinking about how we can most please Him – I hope I am transitioning – or about to be transitioning – into that place – this is my desire)…

Marriage is so important because it typifies Christ and the Church – Christ never divorces His Church – He puts up with her – I don’t mean that in a derogatory way but I know of what I speak – He’s had to put up with me… 🙂

God did divorce the nation of Israel but the nation of Israel (blood only) was not and never will be the Church – there are some from the nation of Israel (by blood) who were divorced nationally who were not divorced spiritually who were part of the Church (spiritually)…

You know what I mean…

He who joins himself to the Lord – the symbol of marriage – is one spirit with Him – impossible to divorce yourself from the Lord…

And He will never divorce Himself from you – He is one spirit with you – spiritual consummation has already taken place – this is why marriage is such an important picture or type or symbol…

Everyone does make mistakes and God does forgive sin…

This is not the issue – the Lord doesn’t want the flow-on effects from divorced people marrying again – that’s it – it’s not a punishment – its a safeguard and a security for sin from being able to get a stranglehold on our society…

If we find ourselves in a divorced position then we are completely forgiven by the Lord as soon as we’ve repented (or accepted His will in it if our partner has initiated it and the Lord has put no guilt on us for it) but we then need to remain in a position of singleness, i.e. not remarrying, and trust the Lord to “sort things out” by either bringing back to us our spouse or even – if all efforts to “bring back” our spouse have failed – in asking the Lord to remove our spouse from this earth – so we can remarry (if this is what is on our hearts – trusting that to be of the Lord) – or to enable us to remain single – be eunuchs for the sake of the Kingdom – for the rest of our lives (if this is what the Lord’s will is for us) – this is very hard but I believe the Lord is able to “come through” for us in whichever situation we find ourselves…

I was talking with my two work colleagues (my two immediate work colleagues) the other day and somehow we got onto divorce and I heard myself say to them, “If I were to divorce all it would show would be that I didn’t have enough patience to work it out” and then I said, “And if I was to start another relationship all that would show would be that I wouldn’t have any assurance that things would be any better”…

They seemed to see the wisdom in this (even though they don’t know the Lord yet)…

I hear a lot about Grace…

I believe in Grace…

I believe God’s Grace covers us when we repent from our sins…

I don’t believe God’s Grace is an excuse to go out and do something which God has specifically said not to do…

God has said not to be unequally yoked with non-believers – but let’s say you do that – become unequally yoked by marrying a non-believer – I don’t believe the Lord then wants you to divorce that unbeliever – I don’t believe He does – I believe He’d want you to repent to Him for marrying the unbeliever and then let 1 Corinthians 7 take its course…

The unbeliever might not want to live with you – the unbeliever might want to divorce you…

If so, then you’re free from the unbeliever – which is a good thing – but then have to remain single until the unbeliever dies – when you are freed from the law of the husband as per Romans 7…

The unbeliever may want to live with you and this marriage may have the Lord’s “blessing” in the sense that the Lord makes it easy for you – because you’ve repented – to “get on” with your relationship with Him, i.e. not be hindered by your unbelieving spouse…

Wherever we find ourselves we must trust in the Lord and not take matters into our own hands (well obviously we don’t have to do that but we want to as we are changed more and more and more into His Image – it’s for His and our benefit that we do – we are teaching the world about Him in this – about His relationship with His Church – we are teaching the world about Him – about His Unconditional Love and Faithfulness to His Own – His Bride – His Church – His Love)…

Even those of us who are married to those who know the Lord have plenty of areas where we need not to “take matters into our own hands” – only the Lord can achieve anything of value in our lives and we’ve all got plenty of sin to deal with…

So the forgiveness isn’t the point – the “moving on” and “starting over” is…

Matters must be addressed…

Problems must be resolved…

Issues can’t be “swept under the carpet”…

I know of what I speak…

The Lord has dealt with me on these matters (and still is – He is testing our surrender in all things – all things – nothing is left out – nothing is left behind – He is testing our surrender on all things – wait on the Lord – wait for the Lord – if you wait He will bring about His best for you – He is the God of Miracles – and He will do miracles for you – I know it – I know it – I know it)…

More than you would know…

None of us who find ourselves in these “impossible” positions can help ourselves – only the Lord can help us…

We can’t be patient…

We don’t have self control…

Only the Lord does – as we cry out to Him sharing our hearts with Him – He comes close to us and answers us out of His Heart – through the pain He ministers His Intimacy into our hearts and teaches us about Him…

Which – at the end of the day – is far better than intimacy with another male or female (depending on your gender) human being…

He is “the good bits” in any friendship or relationship we have – “the good bits”… 🙂

And He is able to hold us – and sort through these “deep desires” within us which “push us” into relationships – relationships which are not healthy or stable – He will “hold us apart” from these relationships until we’re ready to handle them “in Him”… 🙂

Love you,

Andrew

“There is a depth to what you are learning that I want you to share with My entire Church”…

“You are ‘going ahead’ and ‘blazing a trail’ which My Church will follow – you are”…

“You are learning what it is to be ‘nothing’ and what it is to trust Me for the ‘impossible’ – for there are no impossibilities with God – none”…

“You are learning that I am ‘enough’ – you are learning this practically – and you are learning that you do not have to ‘strive’ – to ‘take over’ – to ‘make things happen’ – to remain in – and be in the centre of – My will”…

“My will is being completed through you – My will is being completed through you – I am speaking to you and I am saying, “My will is being completed through you” – My will in waiting – My will in ’emptying yourself’ – My will in equipping you for what lies ahead – there is much ahead Andrew – much ahead for My Church – and I am equipping you to ‘handle it’ – to ‘handle it’ and ‘manage it’ and frustrate the plans of the enemy in this day”…

“You are nothing but I will use you – you are nothing but I will use you – you are nothing but I will use you”…

“You will be used by Me for I have chosen you – I have chosen to use you – this has nothing to do with you Andrew – this has everything to do with My will for your life – if I say, “Speak” then you are to speak – when I instruct you, you are to be obedient to Me”…

“You have chosen this path and it is now ‘resting’ on you – this path of surrender towards Me”…

“I have chosen you because you have chosen to submit to Me”…

“Yes, I initiated this – yes, it is all ‘of Me’ – but I have chosen you – to use you – because you have surrendered yourself to Me”…

“This is what I am teaching My Church – I am not looking for ‘perfect’ people – I am not looking for ‘perfect’ people before I can use them – I am looking for surrendered people – and this is what I have found in you – a willingness to trust Me for the impossible – and this is what I am looking for in My Church – I want a people who will trust Me for the impossible – and wait for Me to complete it in their midst without ‘growing restless’ as the children of Israel did when they made ‘the golden calf’ in the desert – I do not want this – any more ‘golden calves’ – I want you – My People – to know Me in fullness – My Sovereignty – My Sovereignty – My Sovereignty is what I what you to know – all of you – in My Midst”…

“I am ‘among’ you Andrew – your Church – I am among you – all of you – I am among you all”…

“You know of what I speak”…

“Yes, people will misunderstand you but you know of what I speak – ‘your Church’ – you know of what I speak”…

“The responsibility is yours Andrew – and to all who will submit, the responsibility is theirs – theirs too – to carry or uplift My Church before Me – that is why I call it ‘your Church’ – because like Paul before you, you are – all you who take this place – carrying My Church on earth – through your submission – through your surrender – through the ‘hanging down’ of your own hands – of your own plans – of your own efforts – through the ‘hanging limp’ of your own efforts and waiting upon Me – you are carrying – in a Divine Mystery – My Church on earth – this is the secret of intercession – the lowest – the meekest – is the one carrying the Church – the greatest authority and power is given to the one who has relinquished the greatest authority and power – let go of ‘grabbing’ this power and this authority for themselves”…

“I am speaking to you and I am speaking to you before men – speak the truth Andrew and share with My Saints what it is that I tell you – submission is what you must share – submission is what you must ‘model’ – do not go beyond the submission which I have worked in your heart – do not ‘show off’ – do not ‘go beyond’ – stay where I have told you to be – stay there and you will be protected – you will be protected from pride in My Presence”…

“There is much to do – this is about to ‘break’ over your head – value and treasure this quietness – it will not be for long – value and treasure this time which you are spending with your family – it will not be forever – value and treasure every experience I bring across your path for I am not ‘wasting’ your experiences or your time – I am establishing My Character in you – every experience Andrew – every ‘waiting’ – every ‘pain’ or ‘peturbance’ – I am establishing My Character in you – My Character and it will be ‘complete’ in My time and it will be complete in My Church in My time – I will have a ‘perfect’ Bride – I will – you know of what I speak – I will have a perfect Bride and I will come again to reign – I am speaking to you and I say, “Wait” – “Wait Andrew and I will accomplish all that I have commanded you to do – I will accomplish it all and it will be fulfilled in it’s time”, declares the Lord – declares the Lord who has mercy on you”…

“I will establish it in its time”…

“Now share this message of waiting – of waiting on Me – with My Church and in turn with all who will receive it in the world – show them the way Andrew – and I will be with you”, declares the Lord who has mercy upon you…

A simple thought – never say, “Never” to the Lord…

When the Lord requests something of us or demands something from us, “Give me this”, He might say, we might not be able to give it to Him “then and there” but we must never say, “Never” (as a final answer – it might “come out of us” naturally at the beginning but not as a final answer) to the Lord…

He will always wait – very patiently – for us to “come through” to a “place” of surrender to Him – I honestly believe with all my heart that He waits as long as we are willing to trust Him to “bring us through”…

I speak this to someone I know – I know I am speaking to someone I know – Wait for the Lord – Wait for the Lord – He will bring you through – I know this as I speak – I know I am speaking to someone I know – this is a release for you – wait for the Lord – He is and will be waiting for you…

Back in late October early November last year I was blessed (as I look back) to go on a work conference to Fiji (we went to a resort) and during our spare time the Lord was speaking to me (some of it is blogged here under a post from that time) about my future with Him…

He really “put me on the spot” and “called in” the surrender which I’ve known has been coming ever since I was saved – it was a “turning point” for me – something that stands out…

The breakthrough came where I cried before Him and told Him that I just wasn’t willing and I was so scared that He’d just “leave” – like turn His back and leave – but instead He said, “I will wait for you”…

And that shook me and broke me and then I cried with tears of joy…

I was so broken as I’d been afraid that when I couldn’t “perform” He’d “walk away”…

But no, He showed me that He’d wait…

Later, not long ago, as I biked home from work He reminded me that He’d wait for as long as I was willing to trust Him, i.e. to continue waiting for Him to create the willingness in me to “come up” to whatever surrender He’d set before me…

I am very blessed – very blessed to know this – and I want you to know it too…

God is not standing there with a gun at our heads – my friend needs to hear this – He is not – He will wait for how ever long it takes – He will – but if we harden our hearts and say, “Never” to the Lord – a firm, calculated, “Never” – then He will take us at our word and we will be “stunted” in Him – we will never reach our potential in Him (what He had planned for us – this is very sad – yes, all things work together for good but I know of what I speak and I know that I am speaking the truth)…

We have unlimited patience from God at our disposal if we’re prepared to be patient with Him to create the willingness in us to “come up” to the surrender which He has required of us (or even the willingness or the desire to wait for Him for the willingness to be patient with Him – whatever our “starting point” is – we do – know of what I speak)… 🙂

Please hear me – the willingness is there with God – we do not have a gun at our heads as children of the Living God…

We do not…

Hear me in this – it will set you free…

Our earthly fathers disciplined us as they saw fit (however they were able or even the best that they knew) but our God (our Father) disciplines us for our own good that we may share in His Holiness (i.e. that we may share in a relationship – a closer and closer and closer relationship – with Him who is Holy – that is why He calls us into deeper and deeper and deeper surrender)…

Some surrenders might take years to “come up to”…

But once you “come up to it” you never lose it – because it is – the willingness – created in you by the Holy Spirit – it is Divine – and it is “un-losable”…

Yes, we can stagnate but we can’t “go backwards” from the surrenders which He’s enabled us to achieve in that attitude of waiting – I know what I am saying is true…

Love you,

Andrew

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osrH2UJMV0k

I watched this on Intercession some time back – a few months ago now – and was really blessed – there’s some good stuff in there… 🙂

Love,

Andrew

Your vows are binding upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You. (Psalm 56:12 NASB)

I have had a few experiences in prayer – I will never forget them – where from deep within my being I have promised God in the Holy Spirit that I will do certain things…

I haven’t “made these things up” – they have come from deep – right in the core of my being – and as I “speak them out” I know that I am promising these things in the Holy Spirit – I am speaking in the Holy Spirit – speaking out in the Holy Spirit and promising the Lord that I will do these certain things…

These experiences are burnt or etched into the very fabric of who I am – what I am – and what I live for…

I can’t escape them…

The Lord told me to read Psalm 56 this lunch hour and I “trip across” this verse (verse 12)…

For You have delivered my soul from death, Indeed my feet from stumbling, So that I may walk before God In the light of the living. (Psalm 56:13 NASB)

And this verse (verse 13) is indeed how I feel – it’s like He has this unshakeable purpose for me which I cannot escape – which I will walk in – and when I get near to “slipping away” or “getting off track” He “brings me back” because His vows – the things that He has promised through me to Himself in the Holy Spirit – because of these things – He brings me back and fulfils them – He is so good…

I do not make vows to God – like Jesus said, “make no oath at all” – but I have had these experiences of promising God things in the Holy Spirit and when they happen they are so free – there is no effort in me – no striving – no thinking, “Oh dear, how on earth could I ever do that?” – no, the Anointing is there and an unshakeable faith – a knowing – is there that I will do those things – but not I but Christ within me…

I guess I was just available – just willing – just waiting…

But He was the One who made me available, willing and waiting…

When we’re in that place – He is free to move – and move He does…

The things I’ve promised Him are big things – things which I could never accomplish in a million lifetimes – but He will do them through me and He will do them through His entire Church – for what I see I see being a group activity – not an individual activity – the power of our performance will be in the whole not the sum of the individual parts – although the individual parts are important…

Promising in the Holy Spirit – I encourage you to surrender to the Lord for Him – the Holy Spirit – to speak through you from the depth of your being and promise the Lord – the Father or Jesus – I don’t know which I promised what I promised to but I sense it was the Father – I’m pretty sure it was – that I would do “such and such” and see “such and such” before I leave planet earth…

And the cool thing is because He promised it through me I don’t have to do anything to make it happen – I can just watch Him making it happen – and this makes me very happy…

Thank You Lord… 🙂

To You be the Glory forever and ever, Amen…

I feel from the Lord to share what was going on in my last post on “The good and the best”…

The Lord has taken me through this now…

The Lord told my wife and I to shift out of our rental – I think we first heard this back in August or maybe it was September or October – I don’t remember…

The word I got was “uncertainty”…

We both got a “No” to renewing for another year…

We moved out over the holidays and put our stuff in two different garages – family members’ garages…

The Lord kept telling me to pack and wait…

Our youngest daughter had a word not to look for a place for a week or so just as we were “running out of time”…

My brother in law offered us to house sit and the Lord gave me peace to accept this…

We are moving out of their house in a couple of days…

My brother in law’s Nanna had just gone into a rest home and her house was empty so they offered us this house but initially I didn’t have a peace…

When I went on my bike I went to look at a rental – or to sign up at an agency offering this rental – in “all the right zones” for our children’s schooling (the best zones) and which would offer them a “future” here in Christchurch – this was when the Lord rebuked me…

He had told me in the shower about my brother in law’s Nanna’s place that morning – and I’d emailed myself something about this – it was a “turnaround” but the Lord said we should take it – the Nanna’s place – it was small and only had one bathroom – and He said it would reduce our debts but it was in all the wrong zones to the ones we liked…

Anyway, I told my wife – and the Lord said, “temporary not permanent” – and she was OK with this and then I told my brother in law…

Oh, I went – with the Lord’s permission – to look at that house later after signing up – He said, “Go and let it go” (it was going to be about the same rent as our old rental had risen to)…

And I went and it had earthquake damage – the upstairs floors were sloping away and it “put me off” – like He said it would – but I’d already surrendered my “future” in Christchurch to Him…

It was “too late” – after seeing that place I went round to see the Nanna’s place and we said, “Yes” to the offer (not knowing how much rent we’d be charged per week)…

The rent will be (practically – very nearly) half of what the rent had just risen to at our last rental – Praise the Lord – He is good (clapping)…

Thank you to Cindy for praying for me that day – I feel so blessed…

Temporary not permanent – our youngest daughter is in the same school as last year but our two boys will be in a new school – the Lord released an Anointing for me to pray for this school and the Nanna’s house on Sunday as I was shifting some of our gear into it – we’re “camping” – not taking all our stuff there – but the Lord is there – I felt that – the wind will blow in the Balsam Trees there and we – our family – the Horton family – will be led on from there into what He has for the Horton family…

Praise You Jesus…

I am very excited…

🙂

Oh yes, I forgot, Supernatural Faith – this is what I’ve been praying that the Lord would give me – He talks to me and often I don’t believe Him – this was an experience which three years ago – when we returned to Christchurch – really stressed me out – not this time – He enabled me to wait…

He enabled me to wait and not stress – very little stress was had by me this time – Praise His Holy Name – and He will lead our family – the Horton family – on from here – He will – I feel the joy as I type – His words are coming to pass – His words are coming to pass – and He will not let our family down – there is a destiny on us – as there is on every family who knows His Name – and He will not be thwarted in our lives – the family will go on – the family is secure – we have chosen Him over all others…

I know of what I speak…

Praise You Jesus…

Increase our faith…

Speak through us Lord…

All over the world let us see Your Wonders…

Praise You Jesus…

I am so happy… 🙂

This post really links in to a previous post “Mysteries”…

The Holy Spirit has been painfully showing me some things in the last day which have really “blown my mind”…

I never knew these things – maybe you did – but I didn’t…

When He told me yesterday I was in shock…

I felt like Daniel must have felt when he was “appalled” after his visions…

I felt like that – I didn’t have any visions – it was just what He was telling me…

There are decisions in front of me…

The Lord told me that one of them was “the better” (the good) and the other was “the best”…

The life of Paul was brought to me…

The Lord had showed this to me previously but the penny had never dropped until yesterday…

I won’t go into the specific choices which are in front of me but what He showed me really “rocked my world”…

For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus so that he would not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hurrying to be in Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost. (Acts 20:16 NASB)

For Paul had decided…

For he was hurrying…

“And now, behold, bound in spirit, I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there, except that the Holy Spirit solemnly testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me. (Acts 20:22-23 NASB)

After looking up the disciples, we stayed there seven days; and they kept telling Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem. (Acts 21:4 NASB)

Paul was told “over and over” it would seem “not to set foot in Jerusalem” by the Holy Spirit through “the disciples” (the brethren)…

Agabus then stood up and said the following…

“This is what the Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.'” (Acts 21:11b NASB)

Something changed there – the Holy Spirit was warning Paul “not to set foot in Jerusalem” and then – in this word from Agabus – the Holy Spirit – respecting Paul’s choice to go anyway – said, ‘In this way the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles’…

Wow…

This is what I saw and it really saddened me…

The Holy Spirit will tell us “over and over and over” not to do something – I’m not talking about sin here I am talking about a decision which we need to make – I am not talking about sin here – and if we won’t listen to Him then He will “change tack” and accept our choice and “work with it” – but there is pain involved…

He isn’t happy – I experienced this yesterday – I didn’t “stuff up” but I very nearly did – He was angry with me and He told me so (it felt a bit like Moses I guess when the Lord got angry with him)…

He had been telling me “over and over and over” – I email myself my conversations with God (as I don’t have anyone else to email them to and don’t feel them appropriate for anyone else anyway as they are personal) – I get out my heart before the Lord and He talks back to me in these emails which I email myself – it gets it all out – a certain thing which I was to wait for – and telling me a certain thing and I just couldn’t wait and I had these “other desires” coming up – which He seemed to be honouring and I was confused…

As I biked over somewhere to do something He began speaking to me and I saw how His plan had changed…

Or was changing…

This happened to me when we went to Dubai – He only gave peace at the last minute and it was a “belated peace” – like He allowed it but He wasn’t happy about it – and I don’t want this to happen ever again – the pain which I went through when that happened was “unbearable” – it was horrible – and I don’t want that repeated…

I need to continue to wait…

And I saw that if we resist Him – the Holy Spirit – when He speaks His “best” for us – no matter how impossible His best seems – and no matter how much we struggle to believe it – or even to believe that it is even possible – even though I’ve told Him how much I’m struggling to believe that it is even possible – then He will “change His plan” and give us something else – still better (the good) than anything else in our current locality or setting but not as good (not to the same level – “second best” was the word He used regarding this potential choice) as the best which He has prepared for us…

I saw that He had “the best” prepared – and it’s completely impossible for me to “achieve it” – He held it out to me so to speak and I saw it – and as I biked I chose it – the best – even though it brought me a lot of pain (what He said to me was, “What do you really want Andrew?)…

And He brought back that story with Paul which He’d given me understanding on previously so I could choose…

We limit ourselves…

We limit what we are capable of achieving in God’s Hands…

I am thinking of someone as I write…

I know this person is limiting themselves…

They know God’s will for their lives but just aren’t able to believe it…

I know what this feels like – it’s “impossible” and it feels “wrong” but it isn’t – and they know “deep down” that it isn’t…

The Lord spoke to me about this person also yesterday that if they weren’t willing to complete His “best” for them that He’d have “something else” for them but they would know for the rest of their life that they’d “turned up (or down)” “the best” (I feel such pain) for what they were now experiencing…

This “crushed” me also…

I just can’t do that…

At the end of the day I only want God’s best for my life…

If it means that I don’t have anything and look really stupid waiting for it I’d prefer this to “hurrying” and trying to “get things under control” again – I can’t do this – I just can’t…

I hope this sharing is making sense to someone who is reading…

Or a number of “someone’s”… 🙂

Holy Spirit please protect us from resisting You – please protect me from resisting You – I never want to resist You again…

Take over Holy Spirit – live through me…

Your will be done – Your “best” be done in my life – I choose it – whatever it is…

Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding but must be controlled by bit and bridle or they will not come to you. (Psalm 32:9 NIV)

(The Lord reminded me of this verse yesterday also – I’m so like the horse or the mule – it’s not funny… 🙂 )

I can’t “wait” but You in me can and I give You permission to “wait” in me – I give You permission to create “waiting” in me… 🙂

I am sorry for hurting You Holy Spirit…

I am sorry for making You angry with me yesterday…

I know Your love – I am sorry…

I understand what You are doing and I agree that it is necessary that I walk through this…

You will protect me – protect my decision yesterday Lord…

Thank You… 🙂

Bless You Lord…

I love You,

Andrew

However, the king said to Araunah, “No, but I will surely buy it from you for a price, for I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God which cost me nothing.” So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. (2 Samuel 24:24 NASB)

Samuel said, “Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams. (1 Samuel 15:22 NASB)

The Lord told me to write this morning – first day back at work today – and so I am…

I’m not really sure exactly what He wants me to write but the word sacrifice came to mind as I commenced…

Sacrifice…

Giving up something because the Lord has told us to…

Not giving up something because we decide it is a good idea or because we think we have a problem with it but because the Lord has told us to…

I can’t go into details but the Lord told me to sacrifice something part way through 2013 – He warned me that it was coming and then He finally (towards the end of the year) told me to “let it go”…

He also told me towards the end of the year to sacrifice something else – another thing which was precious to me – and I have “let this go” also…

Both these things were “good” things…

Both these things were things which the Lord had told me to do…

And then He told me to “let them go”…

Why?

He is teaching me not to put my trust or my hope or my happiness in the things He tells me to do…

Or to “get comfortable” in them because He can just as easily ask me to do something else… 🙂

I’m “getting it”…

And His peace (and assurance) is with me…

But it isn’t easy – it’s all the people around you who you feel “won’t understand” but the Lord is showing me that it’s “alright” – He has control of who understands and who doesn’t and their call is different to mine and what they need to know is different from what I need to know – I just need to be faithful to Him…

So sacrifice…

Never sacrifice anything because you see you have a problem with it…

Why do you say that Andrew?

Because God has His timing – His lining up “all His ducks” – before He tells us to sacrifice something – and every time He tells us to sacrifice ‘something’ He is releasing us into “something else” – I know this for a fact – I have unshakeable faith on this one – which the Lord is giving me as I type…

Regarding the second verse above – the Lord showed me yesterday that even though Samuel was “late” in coming Saul disobeyed the Lord by completing the sacrifice himself and not waiting for Samuel – the Lord was testing Saul and Saul “failed” the test…

We are to wait until we next hear the Lord’s Voice…

If the Lord says something and then when that time comes that thing does not happen we are to wait until the Lord does complete that thing or release us into something else…

He is testing our hearts…

We are to continue waiting even when He is “late”…

Love you all,

Andrew

A rebellious man seeks only evil, So a cruel messenger will be sent against him. (Proverbs 17:11 NASB)

As I woke up this morning and lay in bed (I’m still on holiday here in New Zealand) the Lord spoke to me about rebellion…

We’re going through a shift – a house shift – at present…

The Lord has been leading – we’ve got most of our “stuff” in our oldest daughter’s garage and the rest is going to my sister’s garage tomorrow – we’ve got to be out of our rental by the end of Sunday (New Zealand time) – we’re “on-track”…

We haven’t got a house to go to at present…

We’re “house sitting” at my sister’s while they’re on holiday…

The Lord has been involved all the way through and I know that we’re sitting “in” His will – we have peace…

But “where to” from here?

The temptation is there to try to “make something happen”…

And the Lord spoke to me about rebellion…

The “voices” around us all have their “opinions”…

But we must move in the Lord’s peace – neither my wife nor myself have had a peace as yet that the Lord has revealed where specifically we are to live…

This is quite “disconcerting”…

As the children – our two boys – have a need to have an address before they can be enrolled in school…

The Lord said to me that He would give us an “in-between” place – which has turned out to be my sister’s place – which was offered to us without us asking for it (Praise You Jesus)…

We’ve also been blessed by my sister’s husband’s trailer to do the shifting which was also offered to us – and because the owner is selling the house we’re in we don’t have to clean the carpets as they’re being replaced – Thank You Jesus – so we’ve seen the Lord’s provision to date…

The temptation is still there to “make something happen”…

So again the Lord spoke to me about rebellion…

We blame the fear of man – “what is everyone thinking?” – “they must think we’re stupid” – these thoughts which come – but the Lord showed me this morning that the fear of man is an “excuse” or a façade or a “hiding place” for the spirit of rebellion…

At the end of the day what does the Lord say?

The Lord says to wait…

He gave me – a few weeks back – Moses at the Red Sea – the Egyptian army coming towards him and the Red Sea in front of him – and Moses waited on God…

Then He reminded me of Jesus when He began to hunger (starvation setting in) after fasting forty days and forty nights and Jesus didn’t “grab” for Himself…

So I continue to wait – I just need a peace from the Lord as to what we are meant to do…

Rebellion wants our own way…

And is the root of everything we do which is not pleasing to God…

Either we can go our own way – and try to “make things happen” or we can go God’s way and die – “What do You want Lord?” – “What are You going to do Lord?” – and this is what I have chosen…

When we got back to Christchurch just over three years ago our children missed the first week of school because we hadn’t been able to find a place – that was a very stressful situation – this time we’ve known the peace of the Lord…

But “where to” from here?

I have had “a vision” on my heart but I need to “wait” for the Lord to fulfil it…

But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. (Matthew 6:33 NASB)

The Lord showed me that surrender to whatever He wants to do – whether you know what this is or whether you don’t – just surrender to it – is seeking first His kingdom and His righteousness – and as we do this everything else which we need is added to it – everything which we need to fulfil His will is added to us – it is a surrender which promises the provision to do His will…

That’s the “catch” – it’s a surrender – an unconditional surrender to do His will – not our ideas – but His will – which brings the release of the provision – the financial provision even – of God into our lives to complete His will – first vision – then provision (that just came to my mind – I might have heard that somewhere before possibly – I think so)…

God provides when we “cease”…

Otherwise we have to strive to provide and this causes control and pain and all that other stuff I’ve experienced in the past…

I don’t want that anymore – I want the Lord…

🙂

Lord, I commit our family to You – I commit our “next move” to You…

Your will be done for our family on earth as it is in heaven…

Glorify Your Name in all the earth…

Would not God find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart. (Psalm 44:21 NASB)

Teach me Your way, O LORD; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name. (Psalm 86:11 NASB)

I will give thanks to You, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And will glorify Your name forever. (Psalm 86:12 NASB)

The secrets of the heart…

I was praying for someone earlier this morning (yesterday morning now – as I started this post yesterday morning) and I saw something in this person that I’d never seen before…

I’d been looking for a key – looking for a key to unlock their heart – and I found it – well the Lord showed it to me…

It came after I’d exhausted every available means to find this key for them…

The Lord gave it to me and I started to rejoice…

I started to laugh and laugh and laugh…

The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. (Psalm 119:130 KJV)

It’s time sometimes as we pray for people – it’s time (giving things time – if the Lord isn’t giving us an answer it’s just “leaving it with Him” and waiting for Him to give us an answer – we can’t “hurry” the Lord 🙂 )…

When you have that “moment” when you “see it” in the spirit (the spiritual realm) it’s all worth it… 🙂

I am laughing now also… 🙂

Trust…

Trust was the key for this person…

They had never been able to trust members of the opposite sex…

When they were “drawn” to members of the opposite sex it was always on “their terms” so that they could be in control (they wanted to be close to members of the opposite sex but just couldn’t do it unless they were “in control” – that was a “safety mechanism” for them)…

This had had disastrous results in their life…

But they hadn’t seen it…

I asked the Lord specifically whether this person had seen it and He said, “No”…

Wow…

They were “kept” (safe by the Lord from the sin which would lead to death) in all that control (witchcraft is spiritual murder) because they had not been aware of what they were doing…

Childhood events can scar us deeply…

A “point of control” one teacher I read called it – things which happen to us in the vulnerability of our youth which “scar” us and make us see other events in life from this perspective even though they may not be – they “taint” our experience of life and cause us to “put up our walls” and not allow anyone “through”…

I saw this for this person and in seeing it I knew that the Lord would set them free…

Finally and forever…

Just as Jesus fulfilled the Sabbath so that there is no more Sabbath so Jesus fulfilled circumcision so that there is no more circumcision…

Circumcision was given to Abraham – pre-Law – as an outward sign of the promise which God had given him and to his descendants forever…

Jesus is the Seed – through Isaac your offspring shall be named (Genesis 21:12)…

Jesus was circumcised and through Jesus all who have clothed themselves with Jesus Christ have been circumcised – cut off – in Him…

He is our Circumcision…

Just as He is our Sabbath…

So both Circumcision and the Sabbath were fulfilled by Jesus on the cross…

There’s a mystery here – Acts 7:8 – Abraham was given the Covenant of Circumcision – Genesis 17 is clear that it applies throughout his descendant’s generations but then Genesis 21:12 tells us that through Isaac Abraham’s offspring will be reckoned and then Galatians 3:16 tells us that Jesus is the Seed – standing metaphorically in the place of Isaac – through which the promises would be fulfilled…

Jesus fulfilled the need for circumcision – we were in the loins of Jesus when He was circumcised for us just as Levi was in the loins of Abraham when Abraham paid tithes to Melchizedek…

Jesus finished circumcision in His Body on the cross when He was “cut off” for us…

I have a strong witness from the Holy Spirit that what I am saying is true…

Search it out, seek the Lord on it for yourself – but I believe strongly that what I am sharing is the truth…

But it makes sense – as the children of Abraham are those of the faith of Abraham and once we come into Christ all that Christ did is credited to our account – we are complete in Him – in Christ…

Tithing is another one…

Jesus is our Tithe…

Abraham paid tithes – of the spoils of war not of his own produce – to Melchizedek – Hebrews 7 – it’s all really above my head but I am in awe of God – this whole Melchizedek thing – takes us back to before the Law where Jesus “takes over” from Melchizedek and becomes our High Priest forever in the order of Melchizedek…

Jesus was offered up to the Lord – as the Firstborn Son – as our tithe to God…

We are completely accounted for by the Sacrifice of Jesus…

That is why we are encouraged to give generously as it is on our hearts to give…

We don’t have to give…

Abraham didn’t have to give to Melchizedek but he wanted to – and he did – it was “meant to be” – he was fulfilling something way over my head that Hebrews 7 explains – I reckon Paul got this revelation (Hebrews 7) in his third heaven experience – that’s just my opinion – as I reckon Paul wrote Hebrews – it just “feels” like him – Paul… 🙂

So we’re covered by Christ – He is our Circumcision, He is our Sabbath and He is our Tithe – we are complete and completely covered in Him…

We are so complete…

Praise You Jesus…

You are Wonderful to me…

Nothing to strive for – just receive and let flow through us the free gift of God – He gives His Spirit without measure…

Come into the Presence of God and receive from Him – receive Eternal Life – flowing out of your inmost being – Rivers of Living Water – His death became your life – let Him live in you – He will not disappoint you – for Hope does not disappoint – but He who God brought back from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who indwells you…

Jesus is our Circumcision – He was “cut off” for us…

He took the wrap…

He sanctified Himself that we might also be sanctified…

He loved us unto death – He lived for us…

He lived perfect for us – but you know He wouldn’t have had it any other way – He wouldn’t have had it any other way because He loved the Father and He would have done what His Father told Him to do even if He could have done anything else – we see this when He faced the cross – when He faced the thought of taking on the Father’s Wrath – He re-coiled from this – He did – but He went through with it because He trusted His Father…

His Blood and the Water which flowed touched the earth – it touched the earth so that the Blood of God and the Water of God touched – was poured out – on the earth which He created causing the entire earth to become an Altar for God…

He was poured out on the Sacrifice and Service of God – similar to what Paul says happened to him later on – on the Altar of this earth…

He sanctified the entire earth that day – He covered it – He covered it with His very Life’s Blood – with the very Water from His Pierced Side – Oh, I love You Jesus…

You are the Great High Priest – You are Worthy…

You are Worthy…

Worship You Jesus…

You are the Soon and Coming King and we bow and worship before You – Your Humility has given You the Right – the Sole Right – to reign – and you shall reign on this earth – and we shall reign with You – submitting to and yielding to Your Authority on this earth…

Bless You Lord…

For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. (Galatians 6:15-16 NASB)

and in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ; (Colossians 2:11 NASB)

Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called “Uncircumcision” by the so-called “Circumcision,” which is performed in the flesh by human hands–remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall, by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace, and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity. (Ephesians 2:11-16 NASB)

Praise You Jesus – all one in Christ Jesus – we – the Gentiles – are now with instead of being separate from Christ – we – the Gentiles – are now included instead of excluded from the Commonwealth of Israel – we – the Gentiles – are now partakers of and familiar with the covenants of promise instead of being excluded from them and now we – the Gentiles – are with hope in the world instead of without it…

We have everything freely given to us in Christ and this was always His Purpose – He wanted the whole Jewish race to achieve this but they failed – so He came and achieved it all by Himself – as a single Jewish Man – He achieved the reconciliation of the entire world to the Father on the cross so that all that the Father gives to Him – Jesus Christ – Yeshua HaMashiach – will come to Him and experience the Forgiveness, Healing, Cleansing & Deliverance which He won on the cross – and eventually experience the resurrected body that He experienced when He was glorified and welcomed into heaven to sit at the Right Hand of God His Father…

Praise You Jesus – there really isn’t anything left to do – nothing – He has done it all – but as we yield to His Holy Spirit He completes the work on earth which He needs to complete so that we and in turn the world may see His Glory – manifested through yielded, surrendered human vessels – won by His Love and not berated by His Wrath (His Wrath no longer “abides on us”) – won by His Love and not motivated by fear (although we respect Him and His Authority over our lives as our Lord) – in love with Him and surrendered to go anywhere He calls – without even a thought of sacrifice – because we have been won by His love – and stripped of everything else – nothing else remains in us but love for Him (and reverential fear and submission to Him as Lord) – our circumcision has been made complete – Praise You Jesus – this is what You died for – a company of practically circumcised “cut off” human beings – who love You more than their own lives – You have won my heart with a single look from Your Eyes – You have won my heart as the beloved was won by his beloved in Song of Solomon – You have ravished my heart Lord with a single look from Your Eyes – You have ravished my heart and I am won for You…

Come Lord Jesus and take Your Place…

I was blessed to be given an article on fasting by a respected brother in Australia…

I read it – or finished reading it – last night…

It really had an impact on me…

I didn’t agree with every single thing mentioned but I definitely agreed with the spirit of it…

It was written just after the second world war…

By a brother from America (I believe) – it was very powerful…

This is what I saw…

This is my interpretation and I’m adding to this what I’ve experienced in this to date also…

and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land. (2 Chronicles 7:14 NASB)

I really believe that the “humbling themselves” mentioned in this scripture is fasting – going without food…

The author believed that fasting is essential with water – especially the longer fasts which the Lord will cause us to complete for His Glory…

I agree with this and nature itself teaches us this lesson…

Ester fasted and went without water for three whole days – I’ve done this before and with around half a day to go I had to go to bed and sleep – I just couldn’t function any more…

What the author explained was that even Jesus when He went through the forty days in the wilderness didn’t go without water – he explained that when the scripture says, “after this He hungered” it means exactly that – but it didn’t say, “I thirst” (I’m adding things in here) as Jesus did later on the cross…

He (the author) believes that what Jesus went through for us in the wilderness was to leave us an example – something which we can go through also in the power of the Holy Spirit…

He (the author) believes that Moses went through something different – He was in the Presence of the Lord for forty days and forty nights and didn’t eat or drink – he did this twice “back to back” in the Presence of the Lord – this was supernatural – people can’t survive without water for this long (naturally) but the Lord sustained him (Moses) and his face glowed after the experience…

He (the author) also brought out that when the Lord took Moses home he was still in strength (like a young man) and there was nothing wrong with his eyesight…

He was 120 years old (Moses was) when the Lord took him home and this gives great comfort to us all (I’m excited about this)… 🙂

Fasting has been proven to regenerate life – to give “wings” to that passage in Isaiah about waiting on the Lord and rising on wings as eagles and running and not growing weary and walking and not fainting and having our youth restored like the eagle…

Very exciting…

🙂

Anyway, the point which stood out to me – which wasn’t “backed up” by the author – was that Jesus was “propelled” into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil and He fasted…

The Lord showed me that He would call me into these sort of fasts – He told me when and gave me a peace – so I need to wait for this – I fast at present but it is very “easy”…

The way I fast is just to not eat when I don’t want to eat or when the Lord specifically tells me not to eat…

I find this easy as He gives me the desire to do it and I don’t think about food or drink during these times – usually it’s short fasts without food or drink – that’s been the pattern for me so far but it has had an effect on me – I can see that looking back after reading what the brother shared…

I’m not a believer in “self-will” or “determination” or “a strong will” or “trying hard” or “pulling yourself up by your bootlaces” or “gritting it out” or any other similar turn of phrase…

I want the Lord to do what He’s doing in my life and if the Spirit propelled Jesus into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil and gave Him grace to fast and pray (I guess) during His temptation then this is good enough for me – it was “painless” for Jesus as the Spirit was leading it…

When later on in His ministry His disciples couldn’t cast out a demon Jesus told them, “this type comes out only by prayer and fasting” and I believe (as did the author) that Jesus’ fast (and I believe He prayed) had prepared the way for Him to be able to cast out that particular type of demon…

We are called to follow in His steps and we can through His Spirit who has been given to us…

Everybody has different types of metabolism…

Some people can fast for longer than forty days – the author mentioned fifty days – as long as they have regular water – the author mentioned that boiled (hot or warm) water is the best (I thought that was interesting)…

Whereas some “hunger” again after only twelve or twenty one days…

What he (the author) explained was that when scripture says “after this He hungered” this is a sign – a good appetite – that Jesus’ body was healthy – when the hunger returns (you lose the hunger after three or four days apparently) near the end of your fast – that is a sign that your system has been “cleaned out” and your “healthy appetite” is a sign that you are ready to complete your fast…

Jesus continued His because the Father hadn’t told Him to stop – another proof to me that the Holy Spirit initiated it and the Holy Spirit needed to “terminate” it also… 🙂

Jesus didn’t “grab” for Himself even when starvation had set in – the author explained that starvation is when the hunger returns and you keep on fasting – this eventually leads to death…

So Jesus laid His life down to death even in the wilderness – the cross was not the first time that Jesus laid His life down to death – interesting eh?

David also fasted – the Psalmist – he fasted so much and didn’t care what people thought of him – he got so skinny that one Psalm records that he was just “skin and bones” but he did it for the Lord and didn’t care what anyone thought of him – just like his “dancing before the Lord with all his might” exploits – he didn’t care what anyone thought of him – even his wife…

He was resolute…

The human body has been designed to fast – he (the author) gave some fascinating medical facts from people who have fasted and the thing which is burned (the majority of what is burned) is fat (97% I believe in the example given) the blood is basically “untouched” by the fast proving that the life of the body is in the blood as the scripture says (the brain was also basically “untouched” as was the nervous system)…

So fasting basically “cleans you out” and if this is true for the body – many “healings” (just natural healings) have occurred when people have fasted with skin diseases (and worse) – things which were incurable have “gone” during fasting – then how much more when you add prayer (as the author said) will things “go” in the spirit…

You can’t cure demons through fasting – demons need to be cast out…

I laughed when I read that part…

Although the author believed that some demons would leave just because the toxins, etc, in your body were being eliminated – he was insinuating that demons love “scum” and “rubbish” – I’m not sure I have a witness for this but it was an interesting thought (it might be true)…

I’m “all for it” if it works… 🙂

I had one experience of fasting (or surrendering to fast) when I heard a demon inside me say, “I’m out of here” – I can remember that…

It had obviously gotten “too hot” for it… 🙂

So there’s a joy in me to share this…

The Lord’s done something in me…

Once I saw that the Lord initiated it with Jesus everything changed – what the Lord initiates He motivates – that’s what I believe – and have experienced…

He “holds us on” to what He motivates and initiates…

So what am I saying?

A Holy Spirit initiated fast with prayer – as He leads in terms of both the fasting and the prayer – with water – I believe this to symbolise the word (the scripture) – is very powerful in the Hands of God…

I believe we should all (who are adults and fully grown) be seeking the Lord for when He would have us undertake such a fast – fasting through the initial “tough” three or four days, drinking lots of water (boiled water, maybe hot or warm) and getting to that place where we have no appetite, enjoying His Presence even if we’re at work (as long as we don’t have a very physically demanding job – people have done it – a testimony was shared) and then waiting for the hunger (a good, healthy appetite) to return symbolising that our system is restored and then after the fast and prayer we will start to see the results as the Lord releases them…

I believe in this as a lifestyle – I never thought I’d be saying this – but the Lord showed me last night that this would become a lifestyle for me and I have surrendered to it with joy – Praise His Holy Name…

Thank You Lord – and we will see the world saved in this state of humbling ourselves and praying and He will hear from heaven and He will forgive our sins and He will heal our lands…

Praise You Jesus – in unity – Your Church completing Your work on earth…

Praise You Jesus – You are our Example and greater things will we do because of Your submission to the Father on our behalf – Your “coming underneath” to serve us…

Praise You Lord…

Love You,

Andrew

(Ps. after the long fast fruit juice – orange, grapefruit or grape – is encouraged then natural or canned fruit then soup – with some milk – then vegetables and then finally back to your routine diet – the author suggested that the “warm down” period should be as long as the fast until you get back to your regular diet – interesting eh?)

Father, in Jesus Name, my heart is breaking…

I see the pain which You see in Your Church – all the pain which You see – all the unfulfilled dreams and expectations in Your children – all the things which You have said that You would do which have not yet come to pass…

I see that Your children have grown tired waiting for Your will to be done on earth as it is in heaven – they have grown tired in waiting for You to fulfil all Your good pleasure in their lives…

Their lives are mundane – and empty…

Devoid of meaning…

Squeezed into the world’s mould…

There is anxiety and pressure and stress and none of this – this that they feel – is of You…

I see the pain – I see the “drain” (the emotional drain) and I am sad…

Where is the reality of life in Christ – where is the reality of Your Presence – Your overcoming power – where is the reality?

Apathy covers Your people…

We are not walking in the “greater things” which You promised…

Why?

Why Lord?

What is stopping this?

The Presence of God is needed – come Lord…

I welcome You to come and flood this earth with Your Presence…

Let every single one of Your children feel Your Tangible Presence as You come…

We are empty without You…

We are nothing without You…

Our jobs are nothing without You…

Our families are nothing without You…

Our churches are nothing without You…

Our prayer gatherings are nothing without You…

Our worship is nothing without You…

Come Lord and take Your Place in our world…

Come Lord and Presence Yourself amongst us…

Come – I invite You – come – and burn out of us everything which is not pleasing to Your Name…

Every falsehood…

Every falsehood…

Every falsehood…

Every lie…

Every lie…

Every lie…

Every hidden and deceitful thing…

Every hidden and deceitful thing…

Every hidden and deceitful thing…

The secret things of darkness…

Let them be burnt away in Your Presence…

Come Lord and let us be deceived no longer…

No longer…

No longer…

Let us be deceived no longer…

Show us the truth in the light of Your Presence…

Your Presence…

Your Presence…

The Truth in the light of Your Presence…

Come Lord Jesus…

Go to the core with Your Sword…

Discern between soul and spirit…

Discern Lord…

And cut…

Cut away all that is not pleasing to You in each and every one of us in Your Church…

In each and every one of us…

Let no deceit remain…

Let no falsehood remain…

Let no lie remain…

Let no hidden thing remain…

Let no secret sin remain…

Let all be clean and out in the open and out from under the cover of darkness and out in Your Glorious Light…

Let Your Light shine on us and let us be exposed…

Completely and unmistakably and irretrievable exposed and laid bare in the sight of Him with whom we have to do as Your word says…

Expose us Lord…

And wash us clean…

Wash us practically clean in Your Blood…

We are positionally clean in Your Blood but we need to be practically clean in Your Blood – make us practically clean in Your Blood…

Let us as we sit as coals on Your Altar feel the heat of Your Presence all around us – the heat of Your Presence – let us feel it and let us be saved – practically saved from all that defiles and makes us unfit to be carriers of Your Glory…

We are carriers of Your Grace and we are carriers of Your Glory – anything which would disqualify us from being so to the world Father – remove these things from us – I am not talking about the “end result” sins – I am speaking of the root producing those “end result” sins…

Take the root from us Lord – lay the axe at the root of the tree and destroy the tree in us which produces bad fruit…

Destroy in us the tree of the knowledge of good and evil – let us be for Your Glory…

I fall so far short Lord – I go round and round in circles – I do – You know I do – destroy the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in me and let me just have the tree of life – You Yourself – living in me – let Your Presence cover and overshadow me and also Your Church…

I have been waiting for a long time Father – You know this – I have been waiting – I have been pouring out my heart to You – I have seen breakthroughs in the spirit (the spiritual realm) but I long to see – to experience – an overwhelming sense of Your Reality in the overcoming work of the Holy Spirit in my life – I long for it – I long for it – I long for it…

Come Lord Jesus in me and come in Your Church – reveal Your Son in me – reveal Your Son in Your Church…

We are seeking You Father with all our hearts – all our hearts – come in us Father – those of us who are seeking You with all our hearts – and in unity take us from where we are to where You would want us to be – Christianity is not an “individual sport” but a “team sport” – take us Lord – those of us who are seeking You with our entire hearts – whose hearts burn as they read this prayer – take us where You want us to go and “drag” our brothers and sisters (in the nicest possible way 🙂 ) with us in Jesus Name…

Expose our sinfulness and remove it practically from us – expose it to us…

To us ourselves and give the revelation which breaks the root (let our brothers and sisters see our hearts and provide confirmation of what You are doing in our lives)…

The Truth shall set you free – the truth shall set you free…

Set us free by Your truth – Your Truth…

Praise You Jesus…

Remove control from us…

Completely and let us wait for You – wait on You…

I am waiting Lord…

Let us wait…

And let us rise on wings as eagles…

Eagles…

Intercessors…

Let us rise on wings as eagles and intercede for our brothers and sisters…

Wherever we are Lord – take us from there and unite us – your Intercessors – together all over the world – wherever we are – whatever nation we belong to – let us be united all over the world – and pray – in concert – as You lead us – let us pray in concert – we are not “removed” from each other – we are one – we have power in our unity – perfect love casts out fear and love covers a multitude of sins – let us pray together – Father – cause us – Your Intercessors on earth to pray together – in Jesus Name – create unity Lord – first amongst Your Intercessors and then amongst Your Church – the leadership of Your Church – Your Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors and Teachers and then amongst Your Body – Your Saints all around this world – bring the unity which will bring the salvation of the world – bring the unity in openness – a level playing field – and bring it in the safety of Your “there is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” Presence…

Any who would reject this Father – Your “there is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” Presence – let them as the Pharisees of old did – let them experience Your Judgement – let them experience “God opposes the proud”…

Let them experience it in full measure – “God opposes the proud” – and let Your Presence – the Golden Fire or Anointing which Tommy Hicks saw in his vision – come and be received by Your children and those who will not receive it Lord let them be removed from this earth – those who “steel” their hearts against receiving Your Anointing and speak evil of Your Anointing as It comes – as He comes – Your Holy Spirit comes (who brings the Anointing and is in some amazing way that I don’t understand the Anointing) – to set them free – let them be removed from this earth and taken home to know You in fullness and never to blaspheme You or Your Anointing again…

I know what I am speaking of Father, I know what I am petitioning You for – I have seen Your Anointing – Your Holy Spirit – spoken evil of by Your children – I have seen it – and it has grieved me – it has grieved me…

I am asking You to act, I am asking You to break rebellion – I am asking You to break independence – I am asking You to break pride – I am asking You to break “kingdom building” (territorial kingdom building – out of selfish ambition) in Your Body – I am asking for every mountain (pride) to be removed (brought low) and every valley (humility) to be exalted (lifted up to a place where those servants can be acknowledged and their humility seen and modelled and imitated by your children – elevate the humble Lord and cast down the proud – remove from all positions of authority all who rule in pride and elevate to positions of authority in Your Church those who walk in humility and let them model this to Your Body – coming “underneath” to serve – to bring unity – and to allow Your Holy Spirit to move…

Praise You Jesus…

Praise You Jesus…

Thank You that I can “get my heart out” to You…

Bless anyone who reads this prayer Lord and please give me at least one “Amen”… 🙂

Love You Lord,

Andrew

Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ. (Galatians 6:2 NASB)

The Law of Christ…

Bearing one another’s burdens…

The Law of Christ…

Leaving you an example that you should follow in His steps…

For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps, (1 Peter 1:21 NASB)

This is the purpose for which we have been called – to fulfil the Law of Christ – to follow in His steps – to suffer for each other – to fill up in our own bodies what is lacking in Christ’s suffering for His Body which remains on earth – this is what we have been called for…

This is our purpose on earth…

What an amazing purpose…

What an elevated purpose…

Not really…

It’s pretty humble really…

It’s pretty dirty really…

It’s not that exalted…

It’s pretty meek and lowly…

“Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. (Matthew 11:29 NASB)

But it does give rest to our souls…

That’s the only thing which does…

Bearing up others’ burdens…

We are not their slaves – but we are their servants for Christ’s sake…

We are not fulfilling their every whim and pleasure but we are seeing what the Lord has for them and holding them up before Him for Him to release it to them…

It brings me great sadness when I feel my brother or my sister’s pain in not being what the Lord would have them to be – even if they are completely oblivious to the fact that this is happening – when I see it – I feel the pain…

I am – and have been feeling a lot of pain recently…

This is a season of transition – transition in the Church…

What will emerge will be an overcoming Church…

What will die will be all the “cling-ons” that have attached themselves to the Church – they are not the Church but have attached themselves to the Church – these will suffer harm and will be removed from the Church…

They have – as one prophetic picture I saw that someone had painted/depicted – attached themselves to the train (wedding gown) of the Bride but the demonic horde who have attached themselves to this train will be cut off with the Sword which is in the Lord’s Hand…

A time of cleansing and setting free is coming to the Bride – the Church – which is His Body…

How?

By each of us “getting underneath” our brothers and sisters – as the Lord leads us – and interceding for them – day and night – without ceasing – to be “set free” – anything we see in their lives we are to intercede over…

Any burden we are given for them we are to discharge…

This is our mandate…

This is the way the Church will be transformed…

And our pain when we do not see them – those we are interceding for – respond – is the pain which Christ bears daily – but He will remove from us all that causes stumbling…

He will – He is our “pain remover”…

Only He – only He – only He…

We are to keep bearing the burdens – this is how we fulfil the Law of Christ – and even in our pain – Jesus was a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief – Jesus will give us rest for our souls…

In our focus on others and the bearing of their burdens we are strangely protected from focusing on ourselves and our “wish lists” from the Lord…

Love you all,

Andrew