a house of prayer for the nations

I’ve just had a revelation…

I’ve known this but just seen it in the thing which I’ve really been struggling with – struggling with God with for quite some time now…

I’ve seen this before but never for this specific situation…

I’ve been pouring out my heart to God – things which have been hidden in my heart – things which are desires of my heart (things which I really can’t express to another human being) – things which He knows and I’ve told Him about – things which I’ve surrendered to Him but the desire doesn’t go away…

And so I keep asking Him, “Is this Your will Lord or is it this instead?”

He knows what I’m speaking of…

I haven’t been letting Him go – like Jacob before me – I haven’t been letting Him go – I have been seeking Him regarding this with all my heart…

It is a matter of the heart…

Anyway, as I was watching a YouTube video series of the secret of her ministry by Kathryn Kuhlman I paused on about video 2 of 6 (or maybe 3 of 6) and I talked to the Lord…

And He showed me this – yes, I was surrendered – that was good – I was willing either way in the situation which has been so much on my heart (that I have not been able to get it off my heart) – but here was the breakthrough…

It was in offering it up to Him and not needing to know…

Offering it up to Him whatever He does – with respect to this particular situation (and then I saw this will be repeated again and again throughout my life) – and experiencing His Peace and then the Joy came – Praise You Jesus – this is the deepest area of life – and I’ve been able to surrender to not know what His Specific Will is but just to accept whatever happens – just “let the chips roll” so to speak (I feel the joy) – and know that He is “in it”…

I feel so secure right now…

So secure…

It – the issue – is between me and Him – that was not the point, He used it to teach me a very valuable lesson – He is Enough…

Just Him…

Just Him…

Just Him…

He is Enough…

Just knowing Him…

Just knowing Him…

Just knowing Him…

He is Enough…

🙂

And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:7 NIV)

It transcends wanting to know… 🙂

We come to a place of peace…

We are led through the gate of “pour out your hearts to God” and we come in to the gate of “fullness of joy in His Presence and Eternal Pleasures at His Right Hand”…

I, like Kathryn Kuhlman, have never seen Jesus – I’ve had visions but I haven’t had real experiences of Him where I have seen Him in the flesh – like going to heaven or having what Paul had on the road to Damascus and yet I know that my knowledge of Him is real and precious – and it is this knowledge which is becoming my life…

I am beginning to love Him more than anything else in the world – including this blog – or sharing about Him – or doing stuff for Him – or being seen to be “this or that” in the eyes of men and women… 🙂

I love you – those who read what I share or who take an interest in my life as I share it via this blog – but I do not worship you – I pray that you will know Him and fall in love with Him in the true spiritual sense of the word – in spirit and in truth… 🙂

I let you go to Him… 🙂

All who have “aligned” yourselves with this blog or with the spirit behind this blog (I’m not meaning like a spirit being but like the spirit and purpose of this blog) – I give you back to Him… 🙂

You are His… 🙂

All of you are His… 🙂

Seek His Face…

Know Him…

Love Him…

Let Him pour out His Love in your hearts…

Let Him love you…

As He (Jesus Christ) does this – you will begin to love Him back and give yourself freely and wholly to Him in consecration and love – the love response that He deserves…

Don’t strive – just receive it…

Love you,

Andrew

I’ve really had this on my heart… 🙂

It has been quite a painful burden for me… 😦

And yet one which I am becoming more and more comfortable with… 🙂

I feel like in this post I am kind of “nailing my colours to the mast”… 🙂

Let’s see how this comes out…

There are many I believe in our world who know Jesus as their Lord and as their God who are slandered by others as if they are “of their father the devil”…

The Lord knows those who have been “born from above” and He knows that they are not “of their father the devil”…

But what if their fellow brothers and sisters don’t know and what if their fellow brothers and sisters slander them as if they are not part “of the household of faith”?

This is what pains my heart…

The enemy of our souls – Satan – the devil – wants to stop unity between brothers and sisters in the Body of Christ – he is “the accuser of the brethren”…

If he can get us to believe that a brother or sister is not a brother or a sister and to denounce them then he has won a great victory…

I don’t like giving any glory to the enemy but the above – if he can achieve this – is really counterproductive to the Kingdom of God – because the world will only know that Jesus is the Messiah sent by the Father when they see us – His children – in unity – perfected in unity…

We may not agree on everything – but this much is clear – anyone who has had a revelation from God that Jesus Christ is God – He is the Word of God – He has existed from the beginning, He always will exist and He has never ceased to exist – and He is Lord and anyone who knows that He died on the cross for their sins and has given themselves to Him believing that what He did – offering up His Body and shedding His Blood – has caused their sins to be forgiven, washed away forever and forever forgotten by God – because the Wrath of God fell on Him (Jesus) and not on them – then that one – who receives the Sacrifice of Jesus Christ for their sins and gives themself to Jesus – that one is born of God – that is the proof of their having been born of God – their faith in the “It is Finished” work of Christ… 🙂

And I say this – who will bring a charge against one of God’s elect?

That one – any one of them – has been chosen by God for salvation – who will bring a charge against them?

Christ Jesus has accepted them – they are accepted in Him – He has given them a new heart and a new spirit and a righteous soul – they are the Righteousness of God in Him – they are no longer what they used to be, they are literally a new creation in Him…

Who will bring a charge against them?

Who will say, “you are of your father the devil!” to them?

Anyone who says this will find themselves fighting against God Himself…

He has promised all the descendants of Abraham by faith that “he who curses you I will curse” and “he who blesses you I will bless”…

I know that I want to be blessed by God and so I know that I don’t want to curse any descendent of Abraham by faith, i.e. any brother or sister in the Lord – despite their behaviour…

Yes, I did say, despite their behaviour…

No matter what practical issues with sin they might still have – once we know in our spirits that they are born again because of their confession of faith in the Lord Jesus and in His shed Blood (we know in our hearts that this is real) – no matter what sanctification they might still need to experience – they still remain “accepted in the Beloved” – they do not “fall from Grace” because of a lack of sanctification in their lives – the only way to “fall from Grace” – as Paul tells the Galatians – is to go back to trying to earn your salvation via the Law…

We do not “fall from Grace” by committing sin as believers – we do not fall out of fellowship with the Lord by committing sin as believers – we are right now permanently seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus – permanently – the curtain in the temple was torn in two from top to bottom and we are presently permanently seated in the Holy of Holies in heaven with Jesus…

This is our position – our sins have been forgiven and are remembered no more – when Jesus returns He brings a salvation “without reference to sin” to those who believe in Him – it really is that good in terms of our acceptance with God our Father in heaven… 🙂

So if one of our brothers or sisters is struggling with something what do we do?

Do we “bag them” and say, “you mustn’t be saved – sort yourself out or you’ll lose your salvation!”? No, this is ridiculous…

We say, “the Lord loves you just the same whatever you do, what can I do to help you become what you really want to be practically – a new creation practically – in Him?” and then we say, “I will do whatever it takes to journey with you so that you can practically become what you are”…

This is how we are to respond…

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus…

We want to be righteous because we are righteous…

We want to be holy because we are holy…

We have nothing to prove…

Our holiness and righteousness were given to us fully and freely as a free and undeserved gift and we know this – deep down all of us who have been born of God know this – we know who our Father is and know that we had nothing to do with our birth – it was His choice not ours…

We know this – thus we are all – no matter how “strange” or “crazy” or “weird” some of us might seem – children of God – on the same basis – none of us – no matter how gifted we are – is any better than any other child of God in Christ Jesus…

We are all one in Christ Jesus…

Yes, we are…

So why don’t we act this way?

Because we have an enemy who wants us to believe lies and feed us lies out of fear…

Once we are free from his lies we will flourish in faith and in hope and in love…

And we will see that together – all helping each other not competing against one another – we will achieve God’s “Grand Design” that the world will believe that He sent Jesus to be “the Saviour of the world”…

Yes, that is His “Grand Design” – that is His intention – salvation for the entire world through His shed Blood and receiving His Free Gift of Salvation by faith in His Name – that is what He wants…

And He will get it once we – as His children on earth – become perfected in unity or perfected in one…

This is why I am so passionate about unity in the Body of Christ…

Those who are “anti-unity” are like a cancer in the Body of Christ…

They are fighting against themselves – destroying other cells in the same body as them (and thus destroying themselves) – and a kingdom (Body) divided against itself will not stand…

Those who are used by the enemy to be accusers of the brethren will not experience the anointing of God on their lives…

Because the oil flows down from Aaron’s beard – the unity is what causes the Lord to command the blessing – life forevermore…

Let’s think about this…

Is it better to give someone the benefit of the doubt that they are a brother or sister in the Lord or is it better to be unwilling to believe that they are – even though they confess with their mouth, “Lord Jesus” and believe – tell you that they believe – in their heart that God raised Him from the dead?

Which is better?

Love always trusts…

Of course it’s better to believe that they are…

Even deeper than this if God shows you in intercession that they are – even if no one else can see it – then you are to “hold on” to that and “pull them through” so that others can see also the reality of the Salvation of God in their lives…

If you believe that someone is when they’re not what is the worst possible thing which could happen?

God could show you that you’re wrong and re-direct your prayers for them to pray that they would be saved…

Would God do this?

Yes, He would – because He desires them to be saved – and desires you to pray for them that they would be saved – because He’s told us – “first of all” to pray for all men that they might be saved…

Do we need to be afraid of our fellow man?

No…

Do we need to be afraid of the enemy and his demons?

No…

We – as children of God – are untouchable…

Scripture tells us that the evil one does not touch us…

He cannot touch our new heart, our new spirit and our righteous soul…

He cannot taint or pollute our new creation…

This understanding gives us – gives me – great boldness in “going after” the lost – knowing that the only thing that the enemy can touch is, “sin within us” and this is not us – and if he does touch this – the Lord will overcome him because greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world – and where sin abounds grace much more abounds – we have already overcome him by our faith…

So when we see this we stop being suspicious and fearful and fault-finding and unwilling to join ourselves with our brothers and sisters – we stop our isolation and isolating ourselves from our brothers and sisters and also stop isolating ourselves from our fellow man – and we “get out there” and be Christ to them – in as much as Christ has been formed in us to this point in time…

Will we be perfect?

No…

Does this matter?

No…

As we will share that we are a work in progress and want to be like Christ but will not cower under condemnation when we don’t get everything “exactly right” we will just get up and try again knowing that “sin within us” is not us and nothing we do or don’t do can change what God has practically made us – in reality on the inside in Christ – knowing that we will experience more and more and more of this practically on the outside – through our behaviour as we walk before the world and before our brothers and sisters in the Lord – walking before Him Alone – He who has already accepted us completely…

For God the Father to change His Mind about you – a child of God sheltering under His Blood – He’d have to change His Mind about Jesus – He’d have to disown Jesus – as Jesus is your Righteousness – and Jesus is permanently and will never cease to be your Advocate before the Father…

You have an accuser – Satan…

And you have an Advocate – Jesus Christ the Righteous…

And so does each of your brothers and sisters in the Lord…

Do you want to be used by the accuser in the lives of your brothers and sisters?

This is a strange post (in some ways)…

It was a comment which Catherine (Gideon’s wife) made to me yesterday which really got me thinking…

Enabling is a term which means that our response to something actually enables that thing to have power in our lives…

We can not enable demons…

If the demons are expressing themselves through a human being then we cannot enable that human being to continue to be a conduit for those demons to express themselves through…

I’ve just seen this…

I hadn’t seen it prior to Catherine’s comment…

If there are demonic manifestations coming at us through human agents then out of love for those human agents we must resist those demonic voices and entities and tell them to leave…

I’m seeing this and I’m feeling the authority…

It is not loving to allow those who communicate with us to be bound by these demonic entities and if these ones are in our sphere of authority then we have authority in Jesus Name to bind these entities out of love for these ones and out of a concern to ensure our “patch” of authority remains “uncontaminated” – I’ve never seen this before…

Love is the motive…

That’s been the “missing link” for me… 🙂

We don’t just have to “put up with” demonic manifestations…

We can overcome them in Jesus Name…

We have the authority to do this…

Yes, I have experienced times where the Lord has allowed me to be attacked by demonic manifestations and I’ve experienced His Peace in those times as I have “humbled” myself and allowed those demonic entities to attack me through human agents – another example is coming to mind as I type (but I’ve never been “happy” about it)…

Wow, this is powerful…

I’ve never known how to handle it when I am cursed – I’ve always felt shutdown and not known how to handle it…

When I’m cursed I speak to that demon and I command it to go (I see this now)…

It has no authority over me…

None…

Because I am in Christ and under His Blood – no demon has any authority over me…

None…

Ever…

And I don’t have to “put up with” their abuse…

Except if the Lord chooses to let me die – be martyred – at their hands – which He will show me I’m sure (like Paul being stoned and coming back into town)…

I can bind them and if I can’t remove them then I can bind them so that they cannot operate around me – in my sphere of authority…

If you are a wife of a demonically controlled husband and you are under his authority, i.e. in submission, then you have authority to bind those spirits “acting out” through your husband – in love to your husband and in love to yourself and your children…

If you are a husband of a demonically controlled wife – who is voluntarily living in your house – then you have authority over the spirits “acting out” through your wife – in love for your wife and in love to yourself and your children…

Tough love…

Is the word which comes to mind…

I’ve never understood tough love until now…

There is no point “keeping the peace” with demonic entities…

They must be evicted…

And if the Lord doesn’t release us to evict them (doesn’t release that anointing) – everything must be done in the Lord’s timing – then we must bind them so they cannot operate…

I believe this will be encouraging to at least one person who reads this… 🙂

Love you,

Andrew

In February 2012 I gave my car away to a relative who had need of it – I felt the Lord told me to do this and so I did…

There was spiritual significance in this which I won’t go into…

Following this I was biking in to work until the end of last week…

I’d expected the Lord to give me another car…

I didn’t really pray about it much – I just expected it…

I persevered with my biking – bicycling…

I got wet a number of times…

I’m thick sometimes…

Finally it dawned on me that I needed to pray for a car – Nancy had told me that she’d prayed…

So – after Ricki-Lee got her car – after she, Shannon and Whangaroa had prayed and I’d prayed once (I think – that’s all I remember) – I began to pray for a car…

Around ten years ago the Lord promised me a car – there was a prophetic word which came out (two actually) at our Prophetic Intercessors group here in Christchurch and the Lord followed that up and then last week (Wednesday I believe) He gave me confirmation that that car was coming – it will be given to me and it will be brand new – I know what it is but I won’t say that here…

Anyway, last Thursday (I believe – just after that confirmation from the Lord the afternoon before) – I’d mentioned earlier in June that I was believing the Lord for a car to Gideon (who with his wife Catherine – supported by a leadership team – leads our local congregation here in Christchurch) – I had a ring from Gideon asking me about my faith regarding the car so I pretty much told him the above and then he said, “Well Winton Rufer has just phoned me saying that he doesn’t need one of his Soccer Academy fleet cars for a year and as soon as he said that I thought of you, ‘That’s Andrew’s car'”… 🙂

Awesome… 🙂

So I picked up this car – it’s very cool – and that has made things easier to get the children to sports – to get to our local congregation and also to be able to go off to Arthur’s Pass for our prayer conference coming up in September and I’m sure there’ll be other things also… 🙂

Anyway, Gideon picked me up from a café to take me to pick up the car and as I was sitting there with my work notebook the Lord got me to write down,

The season is changing…

Now is the time for harvest…

And then He got me to write down,

Now is the time for harvest…

seven times followed by,

declares the Lord

after the last time…

I sensed the context was New Zealand…

Just before that I’d written down,

I love You Lord…

I love You Lord…

I love You Lord…

I love You Lord…

(like from the song, “In moments like these…”)

He is releasing the harvest… 🙂

“You shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. (Deuteronomy 8:2 NASB)

I have often asked myself, why have I gone through all the things which I’ve gone through in my life – my life doesn’t appear anything like a straight line in my own understanding… 🙂

I really feel that the Lord has reminded me – and He’s reminded me of this scripture before – that all the pain and the trauma – the emotional trauma – the sheer lack of understanding – the bafflement and the confusion – or the attempts for confusion to overwhelm me – which I’ve been through have all been necessary…

None of it is superfluous to what I have needed to have established in me…

And there will be more – I know this as I type…

Death is all about surrendering to the unknown – surrendering to the un-knowable…

Jesus said to His disciples,

“It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority; (Acts 1:7 NASB)

Moses said,

“The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the words of this law. (Deuteronomy 29:29 NASB)

There are certain things which God withholds from us for our own good to teach us what is in our hearts…

If He didn’t do that we would never see the control and the rebellion which lurk deep in our hearts – as we’d always be getting “our own way” with God…

Imagine if every time we wanted to know something the Lord would “jump” and tell us…

We’d feel like we “owned” God and have an expectation on God to always “perform” when we “demand” information from Him…

But God isn’t like that…

Truly, You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, Savior! (Isaiah 45:15 NASB)

It is God’s prerogative when He tells us what He wants to tell us…

Why?

Because He loves us and wants us to see what is still remaining of “sin within me” in our hearts – in my heart…

I feel so good this morning – as I’ve just been through one of these “death” times with the Lord…

And I’ve come out the other end to a settled place of peace where He has given me instruction – in His time – and it is settled instruction and will “hold” me during this next season of my life…

I know this…

It’s so beautiful when He brings us through…

It’s like our heart is like a weaned child within us – no longer demanding – no longer desperate – but filled – and content…

It’s so good that God doesn’t answer or “leap” or “jump” to our every demand – it’s tempting to do that as parents – I know I’ve been tempted to do that with my children – I’m especially thinking of my oldest son – but I’ve been blessed to say, “No” to my oldest son’s demands when I haven’t had a peace and I’m starting to see that this will build character in him as it has in me…

Praise You Jesus…

At the right time You speak to us…

Not too soon, not too late…

Control is the insidious thing which hides – it only comes out in seasons of great inner turmoil or distress – I know what I am speaking of here…

God speaks words to our hearts to test our hearts – and then He changes His Mind once we have come through to a complete surrender to the words which He spoke and then He reveals more “ugliness” within us as we go, “What? You told me that and now You’re changing Your Mind? What is this?” and then He shows us that the place of trust is to believe every word He speaks – like Abraham did – without flinching and without “going there” in our minds and asking all those questions – because by practice, i.e. we’ve been there before and “had it out” with God before, we know that He is using this to “purge” us and “expose” us (to ourselves) and help us see what remains (and we don’t protect ourselves from God – we believe Him – we take Him at His word in simple childlike faith and belief) so we can offer it all up to Him for Him to purge it from us, remove it from us – it just goes when we see this – so beautiful…

Not many people understand this…

Not many people understand that the first fruits belong to the Lord…

Not many people understand that the Lord hides Himself…

He does this to draw our new heart to Him…

As our new heart – like Jesus when He went to the cross – always believes that God is Good and is worth being close to – and so the new heart “comes after God” pursuing Him even as He “withdraws”/”hides Himself” even as He seems to get further and further away and even as circumstances appear to be impossible and moving us further and further away from what He has promised us – we draw near in full assurance of faith having our hearts sprinkled with a pure conscience and we – our new hearts – draw near by the Blood of Jesus and we come boldly before the Throne of Grace and we wrestle with God – as our father Jacob (Israel) did before us and we inherit the Promises – the Promises which God has made to us – as Jacob did of old – he found favour with God as he wrestled with Him (Jesus) and so will we as we wrestle with Him (Jesus) and the Father and the Holy Spirit to know His will for us as He hides Himself from us…

I am not saying this is a permanent place – but I am saying that it is a seasonal place – where God takes us to purify us more and more to dwell in His Presence and reveal His Presence to the world – deeper and deeper cleansing – deeper and deeper purity – things don’t make sense but we learn through practice, through walking through it (and venting 🙂 ) to trust Him practically in all aspects of our lives…

I know there is pain ahead for me – He has told me – I will suffer loss – I know this – He has told me – I must walk that loss as a failure – as Jesus walked the loss of the cross as a failure – He hung His Head – He did not shout His innocence from the cross at His tormentors – I must walk the same way – I know this – this is the loss of self righteousness which the Lord is calling me to…

I know this…

Death gives way to victory when you submit to it…

As believers we have nothing to fear in death – either physical death or the death of our reputations, or being “overlooked” or “unnoticed” or “misunderstood” or “brushed aside” or “overlooked” (I said that twice 🙂 ) – it doesn’t matter – Jesus was not perturbed when He went to the cross – no one else saw it – no one else saw what He was going through but His Father saw it – but even His Father couldn’t intervene and give comfort to His Son – the Son who He loved – that is death – to walk through something which no one else understands completely alone – that is death – the physical suffering added to it added to the pain but Jesus was “up to the task” and He overcame and thus we can – and will overcome… 🙂

I am an overcomer… 🙂

And so are you if you have been born of God… 🙂

For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world– our faith. (1 John 5:4 NASB)

We have God’s DNA – no matter how we are “sliced and diced” we will always have – as one speaker I heard earlier in the year shared (in so many words) – “My Dad’s DNA”… 🙂

Praise You Jesus…

Nothing can separate us from the Love of God which is in Christ Jesus… 🙂

Hallelujah!!!

I’ve been seeing more about Israel…

Paul said so clearly in Galatians 3…

Therefore, be sure that it is those who are of faith who are sons of Abraham. (Galatians 3:7 NASB)

Abraham had a son, Isaac and he was “of faith” so he was a son of Abraham, i.e. blessed with Abraham the believer…

So then those who are of faith are blessed with Abraham, the believer. (Galatians 3:9 NASB)

Isaac had a son, Jacob and he was “of faith” so he was a son of Abraham, i.e. blessed with Abraham the believer…

Abraham had another son who was not “of faith” and was not blessed with Abraham the believer, Ishmael…

Isaac had another son who was not “of faith” and was not blessed with Abraham the believer, Esau…

When Jesus spoke to the Jews who had believed in Him, i.e. believed everything that He had said thus far, in John 8 and brought up this point about Abraham and them doing the works of Abraham, they failed the test…

They didn’t believe that He was I AM like He was saying that He was but Abraham did – Abraham recognised Jesus when He appeared to him when Jesus and the two angels came and sat with him outside his tent and Sarah prepared the meal…

Before he talked with Jesus about what He was going to do to Sodom & Gomorrah…

Jesus made it very clear in John 8 that being a physical descendent of Abraham through Jacob does not mean that you are a spiritual descendent of Abraham and an heir according to promise – you may be a physical descendent of Abraham through Jacob and be “of your father the devil”…

If you are a physical descendent of Abraham through Jacob and also “of faith” then you are of all men the most blessed – this is my opinion – you have such a rich lineage in the things of God both in your bloodline and also in your spiritual bloodline but if you have the spiritual “DNA” of Abraham the believer – as we all do who have been born of God from among the Gentiles – as the scripture promised beforehand to Abraham (and Abraham was saved before circumcision, i.e. before he became a Jew “physically”) that in him all the nations of the earth would be blessed – then you are more blessed than a physical descendent of Abraham through Jacob who is not “of faith” as that one will spend eternity in the lake of fire and brimstone but you will not…

So, Paul says – in agreement with Jesus…

For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh. But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God. (Romans 2:28-29 NASB)

There is a day coming where every single physical descendent of Abraham – via Jacob – will also be a spiritual descendent of Abraham – via Isaac, via Jesus – and these ones will remain until He comes – they will be protected during the last three and a half years of human time – the time of Jacob’s Trouble – before the millennial reign of Christ on earth…

We, those who are sons of Abraham by faith and heirs according to promise are also part of Israel – we have wrestled with God and have prevailed in receiving His blessing – as Jacob our spiritual father through Abraham did also – we are princes with God – heirs of God – all sons of God in Christ Jesus – we will reign with Christ on the earth for a thousand years – it’s always been about faith…

Never about blood…

Yes, about Blood – His Blood and faith in His Blood – but never about physical blood or lineage or inheritance through physical, genetic lineage…

The day of the Lord’s favour – the epoch which we find ourselves in presently – will come to a close with Jesus returning to Jerusalem – to a temple – to reign – to sit on a physical throne – the throne of His father David – to reign in Jerusalem – from Jerusalem – for a thousand years…

All those who are translated up to meet Him in the air as He comes down before His feet touch the Mount of Olives will be transformed “in the twinkling of an eye” into His Image and will be like Him forever…

Hallelujah!!!

He is Lord!!!

We are – those of us who believe in Jesus and have believed in Jesus for all time – the true Israel of God…

We are the ones who have wrestled with God and have prevailed with Him to be blessed by Him – blessed by Him with salvation – we can take no credit for this – but we are the ones who have turned our faces towards Him, cried out to Him, sought His Face, kept seeking Him, kept imploring Him to show us His Glory and kept going “through thick and thin” to know Him in this world – we are truly “the heros of faith” (we are the ones who have fulfilled “the beatitudes”) – all of us – without exception (through the new heart, the new spirit and the righteous soul which He has given us – by Grace we were saved through Faith and this not from ourselves – it was His Gift so that we cannot boast)…

Everyone who has believed is a son or daughter of God in Christ Jesus and is a descendent – a true descendent – of Abraham the believer…

Abraham was promised that his seed would possess the gates of their enemies – and we will – the meek shall inherit the earth – and we will – we will reign with Him on the earth…

The Fullness of the Gentiles will come in…

And all Israel shall be saved…

All Israel includes every physical descendent of Jacob left alive on earth at the time of His return – all these will be believers in Jesus – and also every spiritual descendent of Abraham left alive on earth at the time of His return – All Israel – shall be saved…

All Israel includes the Fullness of the Gentiles – the Fullness of the Gentiles is a sub-set of All Israel…

Isaiah 45 speaks to us,

Israel has been saved by the LORD With an everlasting salvation; You will not be put to shame or humiliated To all eternity. (Isaiah 45:17 NASB)

This is the truth…

As Scripture says, “Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.” (Romans 10:11 NASB)

In the spiritual Israel is the Chosen Race…

In the spiritual Israel is all of the Elect of God…

In the natural Israel was a chosen race and they will be chosen again before He comes to reign – they will be purged and cleansed and take their place – their rightful place in the Israel of God – as both natural and spiritual branches in the vine which has their root in the natural – the root of the faith of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob – the Patriarchs…

Moses came later and the Law is not our inheritance – but Moses was himself of the faith of Abraham, Isaac & Jacob – but our “descendent-ship” (I think I’ve coined a new word there) is measured not through Moses but through Abraham…

We are not under Law but under Grace and we “are blessed” because we are “of faith” – beautiful… 🙂

So when scripture speaks of Israel its not just “cut and dried” which Israel scripture is speaking of…

It could be physical Israel, i.e. the physical descendants of Abraham through Jacob…

It could be physical & spiritual Israel, i.e. the physical descendants of Abraham through Jacob who are also “of faith”, i.e. believers in Jesus…

It could be non-physical but spiritual Israel, i.e. the non-physical descendents of Abraham through Jacob who are “of faith”, i.e. Gentile believers in Jesus…

Or it could be physical & non-physical spiritual Israel, i.e. all the Elect of God from all time from every tribe, kindred, tongue and nation worshipping before the Throne of God…

Wherever that Throne might be at any point in time (God will give you wisdom)… 🙂

All Israel shall be saved…

Hallelujah Lord!!!

All Israel shall be saved…

None whom the Father gives to Jesus will be lost – none from all time…

As Jesus said,

The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son does remain forever. (John 8:35 NASB)

And,

For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to promise. (Galatians 3:26-29 NASB)

Hallelujah!!!

You are Worthy Jesus!!!

Worthy to Reign!!!

You are the King of the Jews!!!

Never a truer word was spoken – and You laid down Your life for Your true subjects – those who would come to know You in their hearts – who would have their hearts circumcised by Your Spirit which You poured out upon them without measure – come Holy Spirit and breathe on these slain that we might come to life all over the world and serve You, serve You Jesus, serve You Father, serve You Lord – You are the Great I AM and we bow before You tonight – the entire household of faith – and we worship You – to You belongs eternal praise and we – true Israel – will give You that Eternal Praise for all Eternity – You are Worthy!!!

And Your Blood Conquers All!!!

I feel to complete another post on Pain (I completed one last year but I feel I’m slightly more “advanced” in my practical understanding of this topic now than I was then 🙂 by the Grace of God 🙂 )…

I’m aware that these sort of topics aren’t really that popular but I’m not really trying to be popular anymore – people will make of me what they make of me – like Paul said, “If I was still trying to please man then I wouldn’t be a servant of Christ”…

This is true (what Paul said) and I concur… 🙂

Anyway, yesterday morning as I prepared for work in my motel room over in Brisbane, the Lord gave me a rather remarkable experience where I understood what it meant where Paul said, “Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I do my share on behalf of His body, which is the church, in filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions.” (Colossians 1:24 NASB)…

We read these kind of scriptures and they just “go right over our heads” but when we actually experience them then they become real…

As you will be aware I’ve been sharing on taking “the lowest Place” offering ourselves to the Holy Spirit to intercede through us for the world that salvation would come to the world as Jesus prayed in John 17…

Through His Church…

Salvation would come to the world through His Church…

This was always His desire – even through Israel He wanted salvation to come to the world – but they kept it to themselves – even through the Church He has wanted salvation to come to the world – but we have kept it to ourselves – but now things will change – in this final generation things are about to change…

I found myself – the Holy Spirit within myself – but when I surrender to Him it becomes me – as I am one spirit with Him according to scripture when I’m living out of my new creation and He the Holy Spirit is living through my new creation I become (I am already but I practically experience becoming) one spirit with Him and I feel what He feels and I pray what He prays – that is our fellowship – the Holy Spirit and mine – that we are one – when I am surrendered to Him – He never surrenders to me but I must surrender to Him but when I do – when I line myself up under Him then I practically become one with Him in purpose and unity and I have His authority to pray whatever is on His Heart and I know that it will happen…

Anyway, as I was praying – I suddenly experienced that verse, I found myself praying that all the pain that the entire world was feeling which was holding them back – stopping them – from being able to come to Jesus – to be practically set free – that I would bear that pain for them so that they would be free to be “lifted up” to actually be able to appreciate and understand what Christ had done for them – there is so much pain that we all “live under” that we are actually blinded to the realities of just how great a Salvation we have been given…

What a great salvation we have been given – I found myself praying that for the rest of my life and right on until Christ returns to reign from Jerusalem that I would carry the pain of the world – a sister had prophesied this – that I would know the burden which Jesus had right until the end – over me – and yesterday morning I saw it come to pass…

The song I wrote – We will give our lives to the world – is coming back to mind – He gave me that song but I’ve never really practically experienced that line “and the pain He daily bears, He will never bear alone” before yesterday morning – to that “complete” extent…

I was so free of “defending myself” and trying to “ward off” pain that I just welcomed it on behalf of the world to hand it up to God and transform my soul – to sort me out also – so that they could just “focus” and “live” and fulfil the will of God for their lives…

How beautiful was that – it was priceless…

It is so Supernatural – I even found myself wishing that I might spend eternity in hell so that the entire world could be saved…

It’s just like Paul said in Romans 9…

He could wish that he was accursed – Paul was truly interceding for the Jewish race as he prayed that – the Holy Spirit in Paul was interceding for the Jewish race and in chapter 11 Paul’s intercession was complete – “All Israel shall be saved”… Hallelujah!!!

And this is the reality when the Holy Spirit intercedes through us – He gets His prize – He is not denied – because He – the Holy Spirit – has taken “the lowest Place” – in the Godhead He – the Holy Spirit – has taken “the lowest Place” – He is groaning through me now with weeping as I share this – this is His Heart – to take “the lowest Place” and give Himself on behalf of the world for their salvation – He is serving Jesus and the Father – He is glorifying Them (Jesus and the Father) – not drawing any attention to Himself – and this is what we are called to do – He will not be denied because He has taken that “lowest Place” and Jesus has also taken it and Jesus only does what He sees His Father doing so the Father also has taken it and They the Godhead are interceding on behalf of the world – that the world may be saved – “I have sworn by Myself, The word has gone forth from My mouth in righteousness And will not turn back, That to Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear allegiance.” (Isaiah 45:23 NASB) – when You’ve made an oath like that You’ve then got to intercede that into existence – I know the truth of what I type – I am feeling it – I feel His Passion deep within me – He has made an oath that before time is no more – He will save the entire planet – there is a time coming – before He comes again when the entire planet will worship Him – as per that other song He gave me “One Day The Lamb” – and He is interceding towards this – I feel it and I know because I have fully surrendered myself to Him – no one can tell me otherwise – I have experienced it and I feel His Pleasure as I type…

Incredible Power…

He is so Powerful…

And His Love conquers all…

O Jesus, come in Power upon Your Church – show us just how Powerful we are in You when we have completely surrendered ourselves to Your Purpose and to align ourselves with Your will…

There is no fear here – no suspicion – no self protection – just what Stephen felt as he was stoned and Jesus felt as He was crucified – nothing but love and any “abuse” which is heaped on us is gladly welcomed as it can only be used to remove the remains of “sin within us” – it cannot touch us – our new creation – which is perfect and always will be perfect – our new heart, our new spirit, our righteous soul, our delight in the Law of God, our Mind of Christ, our will to do His will – all these things which He has freely given us and the enemy cannot touch – our new creation – our “born of God” ness… 🙂

He, the enemy, cannot touch us and once we know this we are mighty in God and can offer ourselves for the salvation of the world – we can abandon it all – as Jesus did – for the sake of the call – as the song says (great song)… 🙂

I love that song, “We will abandon it all, for the sake of the call”… Praise You Jesus – and we will, we will, we will…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sb4RrF9VxI

Welcome the pain, intercessor of God – if you’re reading this and you’re not understanding it – don’t worry – He will give you insight – if you’re reading this and your spirit is deeply moved then you know that you have a connection to Him – to His Heart and you will intercede for the world – you will offer up the “first of all” prayers on behalf of all men because our God desires all men to be saved – and more than that has sworn an oath in His Own Name that before the end of time there will be a day when every tongue alive on earth swears allegiance to Him as Lord…

Not in feigned obedience – which will occur during the millennium – but each one bowing down – each family bowing down – all over the world from their place – accepting His Salvation – this is what Jesus saw in the later part of John 17 – the fulfilment of Isaiah 45:23 – every word which God has ever spoken will surely come to pass – the enemy has done his best to blind our eyes and get us worried and bothered and pre-occupied on him and on how “scary” he is and how “scary” it all is what the kings of earth are doing but He – the Lord – sits in heaven and He laughs (Psalm 2) – because He knows the end from the beginning – the Desire of All Nations shall come – yes, right at the end there will be a falling away and the man of lawlessness will be revealed and a number of us who know the Lord will lose our lives but before this He will get His Harvest – He will get “the fullness of the Gentiles” and “all Israel shall be saved” – Paul saw it (Romans 11) because he was surrendered – Jesus saw it (John 17) because He was surrendered – Isaiah saw it (Iasiah 45) because he was surrendered – I’ve seen it because I am surrendered – not that I surrendered myself – but that He surrendered me… 🙂

I had nothing to do with this – I’ve just been shown what He’s been showing me…

So pain, we welcome the pain so that they – everyone in the whole world – can be released from that blindness which pain brings – that numbness – to be able to look up and see the salvation of God…

His Truth is so liberating – His Truth is so freeing – Do you see someone who is practically free and full of the Joy of the Lord – that is someone who is liberated by the Truth… 🙂

Even in the midst of their pain – their painful intercession before the Throne they are full of Joy – as I experienced yesterday morning as I made this surrender to take the pain of the world for the rest of my life on earth – I was full of Joy and Victory – I experienced the victory of no longer needing to protect myself but to welcome the pain, welcome the rejection, welcome the attacks, welcome the snubbing – all the things which the enemy throws at us can only affect our “sin within me” they can’t affect “us” – the true us – is our new creation – he, the devil, can’t affect me…

I am hidden in Christ…

And my pain is what is given to me by Christ to fill up what remains of His Suffering when He was upon earth – we’re not atoning for anyone’s sin – we’re just carrying their pain so they can lift their shoulders and their heads and start to “smell the roses”…

Who sees this?

Who wants this?

Another challenge – like on “the lowest Place” thread – who will submit to this for the rest of their lives?

Who will join me here – interceding for the world?

Who will love the world so much that they will lay down their life for the world as Jesus did?

I have – by the Grace of God – will you?

I really feel that the Lord wants me to share on unconditional love…

His Love…

His Love is unconditional…

Whether it is received or whether it is not received His Love is unconditional…

We really need to see this…

We cannot withhold love…

It doesn’t matter who has done what to us – we cannot withhold love…

To withhold love is to withhold God…

Jesus Himself when confronted by Satan in Judas said to both, “Friend, what you do, do it quickly”…

Jesus’ attitude was one of love…

This protected His Heart from bitterness…

I have experienced this…

Even towards the devil I have experienced the compassion of God…

The Lord loves all He has created…

He is their Creator…

One side of His Character does not annul the other…

Yes, God will send the devil and his demons to the lake of fire and brimstone…

They will suffer His Wrath for all eternity – constantly…

No remission…

As will all who do not receive Jesus Christ as Lord – believing in Him to forgive them from their sins and handing their lives – their very beings over to Him…

But even for all eternity as these ones suffer in the lake of fire and brimstone – God will love them and feel compassion towards them – He will have sorrow in His Heart – I know this – I have experienced this…

Do you see the dual nature of God?

He is Perfect Love and He is Perfect Holiness – He is Perfect Righteousness – and the Blood is the only covering – propitiation (the Holy Spirit will give you wisdom) – for sin…

When someone does something to us that we don’t like – we harden our hearts against them – we do – we do it all the time – we fight back or we defend ourselves or we say something nasty back about them – all of these things are coming from a place of hurt and not of unconditional love…

When we see this in ourselves we see that we have not had the Love of God – His Unconditional Love – Perfected in us in that particular area and we are led by the Holy Spirit – as I have just been this morning – to “give back” our conditional love to God for Him to “give us” His Unconditional Love…

This issue is most acutely highlighted in our families…

We can’t “run away” from our families or from our family commitments…

If we have a member of our family who is suffering under a spirit of rejection then they will resist the Love of God…

That’s what the spirit of rejection does…

It resists the Unconditional Love of God…

It won’t believe that it exists…

So it tests it…

It does whatever – and I mean whatever – it can to disprove the existence – the practical existence – of the Unconditional Love of God – for that discredits God and it means that that person can continue – with no guilty conscience – to live in their prison of unbelief regarding the existence of the Unconditional Love of God because (their excuse is) “no one has modelled this for me – I’ve never seen it in reality”…

God is calling us – those who know Him – to model this – Unconditional Love – in reality – in our marriages, in our families, in our workplaces and in the world at large…

As we do there will be an explosion in the Knowledge – the Practical Knowledge – of God in all those around us…

This is what Jesus talked of in John 17 where He said that our Unity – our sharing of His Unconditional Love with each other – as those of us who know Him – with each other in close, physical, local proximity with each other, with the world watching on – would convince the world of the reality that Jesus Christ – in so many words – was God – sent by God and was the Saviour of the world…

The reality is being able to respond – from the heart (effortlessly) in Unconditional Love – to an unprovoked attack from the enemy through another person…

There’s nothing “in this” for us – think about your marriage, think about your children, think about your workmates, think about your fellow local congregation members – they all do things which hurt you – do you withdraw? do you distance yourself? do you get a new job? do you leave your local fellowship (using whatever excuse comes to mind – yes, I know that God does call us to leave our local fellowships at times – this has happened to me – but I know I’ve left a number for the wrong reasons also 🙂 ) – but there definitely is something “in this” for us – to see the miracle of God’s Unconditional Love working through us and His Love is better than life…

Experiencing His Unconditional Love coursing through us is better than life…

Think about that…

Think of all the times you’ve sat in your marriage or in your family or in your job or in your local fellowship and you’ve been “bored stiff” or hoping that “such and such” won’t approach you because you “hate” such and such because they “push your buttons” or “don’t listen to what you say” or “don’t validate your feelings” or just “don’t get you” or “whatever”…

I’ve been there…

Many times…

Imagine now that for every one of these challenges the Holy Spirit (God) in you has a solution…

His Unconditional Love…

You don’t know exactly what it is that will “crack open” that individual to God’s Love – but He does – and He lives inside you…

And He (the Holy Spirit) wants – as one brother at our local congregation has been saying – to “come out”… 🙂

He (the Holy Spirit) wants to come out to “break our walls down” as the song says from the “inside out” – to reveal Himself to the world…

To show the world the power of the unity of the Church – brothers and sisters living in close fellowship with each other which the world just doesn’t have – living in such close fellowship with each other that they don’t consider anything they possess to be their own – they are trusting each other – even with their very lives – because they see that this is the Love of God…

Can you see it?

I can see it…

It is a Love Revolution…

To borrow a phrase… 🙂

A true Love Revolution…

Perfect Love casts out fear (rejection) and Perfect Love never fails (or falls down)…

It never stumbles – he who loves his brother has nothing in him to cause him to stumble…

You can see where this is going – Unconditional Love will lay down its life unto death for those around it to see it’s reality…

Stephen comes to mind, Jesus comes to mind, Paul comes to mind, all the Apostles come to mind…

Only God can do this – but God lives inside of each and every one of His own…

There is no excuse…

Let Him out…

Lose your life…

Gain it…

A quality of life – no matter how short in the physical – where you experience the Unconditional Love of God pouring out of you to the unlovely – to those who have “not a good thing to say” about you… 🙂

To those prickly, condemning, accusing ones… 🙂

To those who try continually to “put you down”, “put you in your place”, “sit down young man”, “I’m the boss, you do as I say”…

All these personalities which we struggle with on a daily basis can be overcome with God’s Unconditional Love – we are not (no longer) trying to make our lives easier by solving the problem for ourselves so our “wall” of “self protection” can be “un-attacked” anymore but we are genuinely wanting to make a difference in their lives and excited (well as much as humanly possible 🙂 ) to make a difference in their lives – whether they receive this love or not…

That is not the issue – we desire them all to receive it – whether they do receive it is not our problem (not our responsibility – unless God specifically lays that on us in intercession)…

That is God’s problem (unless He entrusts that to us as an assignment in intercession – we will know if that has occurred – there won’t be any doubts about that – I assure you, you will know if He puts a burden on you cos you won’t be able to “get rid of it” – and you will try I assure you because it is uncomfortable at the beginning – I have experienced this – our selfishness resists this – but He doesn’t give up when He gives us a burden – I am laughing on the inside)… 🙂

Our job is to love – to release and share God’s Love with them…

Their response (ultimately – even after our intercession)  is between them and God for all eternity…

Love to you all,

Andrew

The place of selflessness is truly a beautiful place…

In this place you can truly wait on God…

I’ve just seen this…

I’ve been waiting on God – or trying to – for around a week and a half now – realizing later on in that period that He was calling me into His Presence…

I woke up very early this morning and have been sitting here in silence waiting on Him – waiting on Him to speak to me – and I believe He just has…

This is so beautiful…

When we are waiting on Him – answers to prayer, breakthroughs, etc – we often feel “How long Lord?” or I know I do and He showed me that when there is no selfishness in me I won’t be asking, “How long Lord?” which has to do with how long must I wait but instead I’ll just be happy to pray the prayers which I pray whether there is anything in it for me or not – including the joy of hearing about the breakthrough or the deliverance or whatever – for what is selfless is all about others…

Just the joy of praying the prayer is enough – just the joy we feel when we pray the prayer is enough – even if we never hear of the breakthrough – it is enough…

There is nothing selfish in God…

We are not “holding on” for the breakthrough (to actually occur and be told that it has actually occurred in the natural) – we are rejoicing in the breakthrough in the spirit (the spiritual realm) – in advance – when the Lord releases the faith to us to rejoice – in advance…

Hallelujah!!!

This is our joy – maybe we won’t know in the natural when breakthroughs have occurred in “real time” until we get to heaven…

Hallelujah!!!

This is OK – our spirits tell us that they have occurred as we receive the joy in prayer and this is enough…

Our desire is to see others set free…

The only sure way to know that is in the spiritual – the spirit – realm…

Hallelujah!!!

We live by faith and not by sight…

Hallelujah!!!

This is a breakthrough for me…

Thank You Jesus (I am very happy)…

This has been worth waiting for…

That is our job in prayer – to pray until we rejoice – in advance – in the victory which we have seen in the spirit (the spiritual realm) and then “let that thing go” – Hallelujah!!! – believing that it is already accomplished – not holding on for tangible proof – Hallelujah!!!

Ohhh… I am soooo excited…

Yes…

(Clapping)

That’s the breakthrough I’ve been looking for…

We somehow (or I have anyway) feel that we need to see breakthrough in the natural before we can be released from our burden but we don’t – we almost (or I have anyway) feel (felt) guilty if we haven’t yet seen it in the natural (and we feel others expectations that if it hasn’t yet happened in the natural it hasn’t yet been “successful intercession” – or whatever – at least I have felt this way)…

Further to this we have some prayers for others which involve our own happiness – like the prayers where we are praying for those who we will work with personally for the Lord – “Sort them out Lord!” we basically say, “Sort them out!” – but we don’t realise the selfishness behind that prayer…

When the Lord told me a few days ago that the reason one certain breakthrough – in the natural (or physical) – was taking some time with someone I’m praying for was that He was showing them His Perfect Patience it really rocked my world…

Wow, it’s like this particular person will look back and think, “Wow, God let me ‘go there’ and do that and take all that time and He Patiently waited for me (through Andrew) until I’d ‘gotten that out of my system’ – Wow”…

That was what He showed me and that broke it for me in terms of my waiting for that particular person to come through to their breakthrough (in the natural)…

This is seeing things from God’s Perspective and not our own even when those things affect our every day lives…

I’m reminded as I type that someone has modelled this for me – the leader of our prophetic intercessors group here in Christchurch – he has modelled this for me…

Back in the early 2000’s after Nancy and I were married we were a part of this group – I got impatient over how long things seemed to be taking and wanted to “get on” with “my ministry” (Oh dear me – how immature was I…) and we parted company…

I still remember at one intercessors conference after this he said quietly to me that he didn’t believe it was God’s will that I had left…

I seriously resisted that (Oh dear me – God has been patient with me)…

But he was right – but I needed to “get that out of my system” – before the Lord could “take me all the way around the world and back” to see that with him – this leader – was where I was meant to be – for my training in the Lord – I need the training which I have been receiving from this leader…

Do we see this?

He – the leader – went through a lot of pain during my absence – I wasn’t able to support him – and he needed this – but since I’ve been back we’ve had a number of breakthroughs because of the unity – and he sees this and so do I – there’s been a restoration of sorts in our relationship because we’re in right alignment – God has His Timing in everything…

So we wait and we wait for the good of the other person always…

I get it now…

🙂

Apologies for being so thick Lord…

Whatever pain we have to go through to “get there” is worth it (always worth it and forgotten when the joy comes)… 🙂

Love You,

Andrew