Predikan med Marc Dupont

Marc Dupont är just nu i Sverige och kommer bla att tala i Huskvarna denna helg och i Halmstad nästa helg. http://marcdupontministries.com/

Dessa två videoklipp innehåller en predikan som hölls i Göteborg vid ett tidigare tillfälle:   

Goliath Had a Brother

Goliath Had a Brother

By Francis Frangipane
(En Español)

Here's the scene: You are in a battle against sickness, oppression or some similar struggle. You seek God, and in some way the grace of God touches your life. Your victory may have come through a word or prayer or some other encouragement, but you absolutely know the Lord has delivered you. Using the five smooth stones of divine grace, you defeated your Goliath.

But then, a few weeks or months or perhaps years later, all the old symptoms suddenly return with a vengeance. If you were struggling with an illness, it manifests worse than ever; if your battle was regarding a relationship or a particular sin, it seems as though all progress has been lost. You are back to square one.

Have you ever been there? These negative experiences can drain the faith from your heart. You lose the anticipation and power of faith, and a spiritual paralysis immobilizes your soul. You may still attend church, but your faith is unresponsive. When others testify of deliverance, you worry secretly that they, too, will "lose their healing."
For many, the result is one of faith-shaking disillusionment. Scripture says, "Hope deferred makes the heart sick" (Prov. 13:12). This "heartsickness" is a spiritual disease that can cripple your walk with God. Remember, faith is the substance of the things you hope for; if you lose hope, your faith becomes hollow. How can you trust God when it seems as though He let you down? You wonder: Did I lose my breakthrough, or was I only deceiving myself and never really had it?

Dear one, it is very possible that what you are experiencing is not a loss of God's blessing but an entirely new spiritual battle. This new war is a very clever and effective deception that Satan uses to try and worm his way back into the lives of those delivered by God.
I had been praying about this very thing, this recurring battle, when the Holy Spirit spoke to my heart: "Goliath had a brother". I was immediately reminded of David's war against the Philistine giant. We all know that David became a great hero by trusting God and defeating Goliath. However, things changed as we see in 2 Samuel 21:

"Now when the Philistines were at war again with Israel, David went down and his servants with him; and as they fought against the Philistines, David became weary. Then Ishbi-benob, who was among the descendants of the giant . . . intended to kill David. But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine and killed him" (2 Samuel 21:15-17).
 
Years after David conquered Goliath as a lad, after he became king he had to face other giants. In fact, 1 Chronicles 20:5 reveals that at least one of those warring against David was "the brother of Goliath," and four were his children (2 Sam. 21:22). We can imagine that these giants, being Goliath's kin, looked like Goliath, boasted like him, dressed like him and probably even smelled like him. The Scripture says that while fighting one of the descendants of Goliath, "David became weary" (2 Sam. 21:15). 

The Bible is silent as to what might have been going through the king's mind as he battled these giants. Perhaps he wondered, I thought I killed Goliath. What is he doing back? But Goliath had not come back; he was dead! David was actually fighting the giant's kin. It just looked like the same battle!

Likewise, you also have had many successful victories. Just because the current giant you are facing looks like one you defeated in the past, do not accept the lie that you never really won the first battle! By the strength of God's grace, you trusted the Almighty and conquered your Goliath. The first giant is dead. Satan is masquerading as your former enemy so he can slip past your shield of faith and thus regain entrance into your life. Resist him. Do not accept the lie that you were never delivered. Stand in faith. Faith is the victory that overcomes the world (1 John 5:4).

The living God who helped you conquer Goliath will empower you to overcome his brother as well.
Father, I come to You as Your servant. Like David, I have become weary with fighting an enemy I thought I had defeated. By the power of Your Holy Spirit, however, I expose the lie that this is the same foe I previously conquered. In Jesus' name, I rebuke the enemy. I ask You, Lord, to send angels to strengthen me supernaturally, just as angels often strengthened Jesus. In the name of the Lord, Amen.
Adapted from Francis Frangipane's book, Spiritual Discernment and the Mind of Christ available at www.arrowbookstore.com.

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Lövhyddohögtiden i Jerusalem

Igår kväll startade Lövhyddohögtiden I Israel och den pågår under 7 dagar. Från och med i morgon fredagen den 20 september till och  med tisdag den 24 september pågår firande i Kristna ambassaden i Jerusalems regi. Tusentals kristna människor från hela världen kommer till Jerusalem för att fira och visa sin kärlek till judiska folket men framförallt tillbe och lovsjunga Abraham, Isaks och Jakobs Gud i Jerusalem..

Det skall ske att var och en som är kvar av alla de hednafolk som kom emot Jerusalem skall dra dit upp, år efter år, för att tillbe konungen, HERREN Sebaot, och för att fira lövhyddohögtiden. Sak 14:16
 
Sändningarna kan följas via TV-sändningar om man skaffar ett inloggningskonto, vilket du kan göra här http://feast.icej.org/live?

Detta är ett reportage från de omfattande förberedelserna som pågår innan festen, oj så mycket att tänka på och vilket engagemang! Guds välsignelse! /Barnabas






Fler clip kan du se här:
http://feast.icej.org/feast-tabernacles-videos?

Bra böneinitiativ

1 minut, starta gärna lokala grupper, för samordnad bön över hela landet:

 

källa:http://jesusmylord.se/enminut.html

Yom Kippur - Day of Atonement

Ikväll börjar Yom Kippur som är en av Herrens högtider. Det är den heligaste dagen i det judiska folkets kalender. 
Denna text kommer från en messiansk församling:

Yom Kippur - Day of Atonement

As we stand before the holiest of days in the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), we reflect on the meaning of this day in the light of scriptures:  

"This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month you must deny yourselves and not do any work-whether native-born or a foreigner residing among you-because on this day atonement will be made for you, to cleanse you. Then, before the Lord, you will be clean from all your sins. It is a day of Sabbath rest, and you must deny yourselves; it is a lasting ordinance." (Leviticus 16:29-31) 

 We commemorate this day as the Lord appointed it and each year it is still a sight difficult to get used to. Many who have never been in Israel during Yom Kippur will have a hard time imagining how the whole country, the entire nation come to a halt. It is as though life literally pauses and there's a sense of eternity in the air. The country literally stops for a day. 

It is the only day once a year when there is no work, no transportation of any kind (public or private), the streets are clear of cars, and children fill the streets and roads with their bicycles. All malls, stores, restaurants, coffee shops, private businesses as well as public institutions, from the smallest to the biggest are all closed. There is no TV, no radio, no entertainment of any kind.  

The whole nation is so aware of the importance of this day that even such secular city like Tel Aviv is immersed in fasting and praying. People go to synagogues, participate in traditional Jewish prayers of repentance, seeking the ultimate redemption: for their name to be written in the Book of Life. 

In Leviticus 16:32-34 it speaks about the work of the high priest who was to make atonement on behalf of the whole nation once a year. The atonement would be enough to cover their sins for a year.  

 "The priest who is anointed and ordained to succeed his father as high priest is to make atonement. He is to put on the sacred linen garments and make atonement for the Most Holy Place, for the tent of meeting and the altar, and for the priests and all the members of the community. This is to be a lasting ordinance for you: Atonement is to be made once a year for all the sins of the Israelites." (Lev.16:32-34)  

We, as believers, know that Yeshua is the fulfillment of Day of Atonement, as He has provided an eternal redemption ONCE FOR ALL.  

"But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation. He did not enter by means of the blood of goats and calves; but he entered the Most Holy Place once for all by his own blood, thus obtaining eternal redemption." (Hebrews 9:11-12) 

Join us in prayer for the salvation of the nation of Israel. As they open their hearts in seeking God and redemption during this holy day, we fast together with our nation for their repentance, salvation through their Messiah Yeshua and reconciliation to God. 

Also, please pray for the peace of Jerusalem and this nation, and for churches and congregations in Israel to continue growing and walking in their God-given destiny."

To Speak or Not to Speak?

Från Rivers of Eden:

To Speak or Not to Speak? – Speaking from Outside the Walls

Posted on September 6, 2013 by riversofeden1 — Leave a comment ↓

 

When I moved out and away from anything remotely resembling organized religion, shame and guilt tried to move into my life. I felt disqualified. Over time I began to see that God alone qualifies me. I am not qualified by being a member of a church. I am not even qualified by being in a church. I am the church. I am qualified by just BEING in Christ. That is a great place to live. 

Unfortunately, the church today disqualifies many based on externals alone. An answer of ‘no’ to any of these questions and bam, they stamp on you ‘DISQUALIFIED’. Any answer that cuts against religious form in which they determine that you are a perceived lone ranger and bam, they stamp on you ‘DISQUALIFIED’. Look at whom Jesus picked. Look at how Jesus moved. Enough said.

The pertinent questions: Are you covered? Who is your covering? Who are you accountable to? Do you attend a church? Did they send you out? Did you leave in good standing? What are your beliefs?

Our answers:
No, I am not covered by a denomination or an organization. Jesus is my covering.
Yes I am accountable to many whom God calls me to walk with and alongside in life. My relationships are formed by the Spirit just like Jesus did in His life.
Define church. You asked me if I attend a church. Define church. Does it count when I meet with a small group of people over the course of 5 years? Our numbers do not go above 8 but we know each other through and through and have walked through life together in every way. Is that church? Or what about meeting in Starbucks and simply talking to people that are seeking the Lord? Is that church? Define church.

Do you get the picture? I am not advocating rebellion or independence. But, for many years I lived in shame thinking that because I left the church I was disqualified to speak to the church, for the church, or as the church. How can I leave the church when I am the church with Christ in me, the hope of glory? Years ago changed my perspective quite a bit. The lens of conformity and tradition fell from my eyes like scales. The lens of performance and program fell off instantly.

Define church. How can it actually be defined? I know I may stir up anger in many reading into what I am saying. You may have thought you knew me and now you know you don’t.
Here’s the deal. My love for the mystery, the beauty and the creativity of the Body of Christ has intensified with a passion when I was able to look at it without the lens of religion, charismatic form, or a denominational bent. That was not possible when I was in the system. I missed the forest for the trees. Forgive the cliché.

I do not feel self-righteous in any way. I don’t think, “I have it. They don’t.” Despite my journey of being a forerunner, I know that God is still healing my life, ministering to me daily, and loving me always. He has kept me from bitterness and anger in my heart  when religion or tradition blinded me from the Lord Himself. I have walked out to walk into a broad place of intimacy in Christ. More to come. 

källa:
http://riversofeden1.wordpress.com/2013/09/06/to-speak-or-not-to-speak-speaking-from-outside-the-walls/

Bön

Bed gärna för dessa två samlingar:

 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/TheCall-Geneva/121832691186120

http://www.thecallgeneva.com/2013/index.php



Elav 2013

ELAV 2013 Information

ELAV 2013 will gather hundreds of Jewish, Arab & international young people together with both local and international worship teams and speakers to seek the heart of God through worship, prayer, teaching & fellowship. Join us for three days of encountering His presence as we give ourselves to Him!

Dates/Times

August 17-19

Begins: Saturday, August 17, 7:00pm

Ends: Monday, August 19, 10:00pm

Location

Haifa International Convention Center

http://www.succathallel.com/?page_id=7 

God´s goovernement on earth

GOD'S GOVERNMENT ON EARTH

Glenn H. Jackson

God has given all power to His Son, Jesus Christ both in heaven and on earth. He is the King of kings. 

One night some weeks ago as God woke me up to pray, Lord Jesus said to me: I have been given all power and authority on earth, but i can not rule there, as my government is not coming together to execute my decisions on earth! He said He has given His five ministers: apostles, prophets, evangelists, shepherds and teachers, but they don’t even understand who they are or that they should come together to seek my will and to lead things so that they will take place in your nations on earth!

He said look at your nations, your governments are gathering, every minister from their governing field, coming together to negotiate and seek how to do things. He said even the antichrist is gathering his government in Europe… but Mine is not understanding and hearing my call and purposes how to do things according My order…

He said, the decisions are made in heaven, by His Father and Himself with the 24 elders there, but them to be done on earth, He needs His goverment to do it’s part in leading. Your nations are ruled by governments so that things are taking place in good order. He said He has many things He wants to do on earth, but there is not His order in His churh to execute His will, everyone is scattered and do as they think is best in their own field. 

He said, there is a stumbling block in this; earthly governments are chosen by people in democratic way, but in His Kingdom He is the One who has chosen His officers, the fivefold ministers. Epf. 4:11 says that He gave some to be apostles, some prophets and so on. People wants to choose leaders by themselves and they have chosen those who have spoken according their pleasures and paid attention to them. But He said there is a change coming to this, He is going to rise up those He has chosen and call them together to seek Him and to lead His kingdom on earth. We need eyes to see what He is doing, ears to hear and heart to understand His will in order this to take place. This is going to separate those whose who’s eyes, ears and hearts are towards God and heaven from those towards people and world!


http://jtlmin.com/c%20FBN2013index.htm

Källa:
http://kingsministries.fi/2013/05/17/gods-government-on-earth/?lang=en 

Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem, DPPJ

Israel behöver våra böner varje dag, men en gång om året kommer bedjare från över 175 nationer överens om att be specifikt för Jerusalem. I år är "The Day to Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem" söndagen den 6 oktober: Läs gärna nedanstående utskick från DPPJ med mer information. Svensk affisch finns här:
http://www.daytopray.com/Resources/international/Swedish

Guds välsignelse! 
/Barnabas

Urgent: Over 100 million are praying. . .are YOU?

Dear Praying Friends,

GOD is stirring the hearts of His people to pray for Jerusalem as never before.

Christians from China to Germany and from Kenya to Brazil are raising their voices in fervent intercession with His Son, on behalf of Jerusalem and all her inhabitants, both Jew and Arab alike in response to what is happening in the world today, and in alignment with God’s word, (Psalm 122:6,7.)

Join me in this global chorus of prayer.

We are weeks away from a powerful moment when on Sunday, October 6th, hundreds of millions of Christians in literally every corner of this planet will unite for the Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem (DPPJ), a day specifically set aside annually for the Church to gather and pray for Jerusalem. This prayer call has come from more than 1,200 global leaders (click here to view a partial list of leaders).

YOU can make your presence felt and pray for God's power and His peace to flood the streets of Jerusalem by doing these four (4) simple things:

1. Share our short, entertaining new video with your friends, church, and through social media. 

2. Become the DPPJ Representative for your local church or city. 

Make sure that your church is praying. The DPPJ is not a single location event but rather a worldwide celebration day when local churches pray for Jerusalem in their Sunday services, in accordance with Psalm 122:6. 

There will be a Jerusalem Celebration on this day carried live on GOD TV around the world, but the real thrust of the initiative is on the local church level.

 

To receive the FREE equipping packet now for your church, and to obtain helpful materials such as posters, prayer cards, videos, flyers, and children's resources for your local church, go now to www.daytopray.com.

If you are in Jerusalem during the week of October 1-7 and would like to attend the Jerusalem celebration of the DPPJ that will be broadcast by GOD TV around the world, go to www.daytopray.com to get more information about how you can attend.

3. Sign the "Call to Prayer Resolution".

Thousands of Christians from all over the world have signed this document calling for a day of global prayer for Jerusalem and all her inhabitants. Add your name to this growing number today. Click here to sign the "Call To Prayer Resolution".  

4. Please forward this e-mail to as many people as you can.

Our goal is to reach 150 million Christians within the next 30 days with this timely message for the Body of Christ. Help us meet this goal for the Lord's sake and for His advancing Kingdom! If you will simply take a moment right now and forward this on, especially to your pastor, close friends, and prayer partners, we can literally sound a global trumpet to bring clear focus and awareness to this urgent prayer effort. It really, really makes a difference if you will take only five minutes and forward this e-mail.

We thank you for putting action to your prayers and for taking part in seeing God's true peace for Jerusalem unfold in this hour of history!

May the Lord's Shalom rest over each of you,

Rev. Robert Stearns

Co-Chairman, Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem

Dr. Jack Hayford

Co-Chairman, Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem

Dr. Paul Cedar

Executive Committee, Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem

P.S. If you have not yet done so, please make sure to add your name to the thousands of Christians around the world who have signed the "Call To Prayer Resolution." Be sure to check out the free online resources as well as the DPPJ materials available in more than 20 languages.

To order your FREE DPPJ equipping packet (U.S. and Canada only), click here.

For resources in 20+ languages, click here.

Click here for FREE resources to equip your youth, ages 3 - 18

Click here for FREE resources to equip college students

Click here to sign the prayer resolution.

Click here to find DPPJ coordinators in your region.

Click here for web banners to post to your own website.

For more information, call the DPPJ office at 1-800-519-4647 or visit www.daytopray.com.

Mountain Movers 2010 Johnny Enlow

För mig blev denna undervisning med Johnny Enlow en ögonöppnare på många olika sätt. Undervisningen börjar ca 37 minuter in i videoklippet och är ganska lång, men väl värd att lyssna på:

Utan mänsklig visdom

Förlaget Vingården har börjat spela in DVD-filmer och denna film tycker jag verkar intressant:

Utan mänsklig visdom

”I olika kulturer tilltalas man av olika saker, och det mänskliga sinnet försöker gärna attrahera lyssnare och dra dem till Kristus genom mänskliga metoder.
Paulus visar hur helt Gud tar avstånd från det. I talet om korset finns inget som tilltalar vårt naturliga liv. 

Hur har Guds Ande verkat i tidigare väckelser? Hur skiljer dessa sig från de så kallade väckelserna vi ser idag?

Innehåller 1 DVD-film med 60 minuters speltid. Bredbild. ”

Läs mer på:
http://www.vingarden.org/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=32&products_id=1039

Davids tabernakel

WORD FOR THE WEEK

"Apart from God giving us a revelation of his own holy nature, we have no yardstick to measure the church, or the culture. Fortunately, though, this is exactly what is happening.

God is bringing back the plumbline of worship 'as it used to be' (Amos 9:11; from the passage quoted by James in Acts 15). Worship not according to our traditional patterns or even our contemporary culture, but according to the Tabernacle of David.

So, what does this mean? To have worship restored as it was under David's Tabernacle for Amos's generation and ours, was to be cleansed of idolatry – to have our heart fixed on the Lord (see Psa 57:7 KJV) – to worship only him. As David so poignantly asked – 'Who may ascend the hill of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false' (Ps 24:3-4 NIV). Every false allegiance and affection – every false god was thrown to the ground in his passion and pursuit of the true and living God. It means laying down every priority, agenda, and value system that is contrary to the heart and character of God. ...

Let us be assured that Christ is returning for a worshipping Bride — a perfect and mature church, moving in the restoration of David's Tabernacle, and experiencing the full realisation of all he purchased at the Cross (see Eph 4:13; 5:27). At this glorious climax she will offer to him a world renewed in the power of the kingdom (see Mtt 13:33; 1 Cor 15:24, 25)."

Excerpt from "Restoration of David's Tabernacle"

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Ett ord för Sverige

"Sweden

 The Lord will bless the efforts to bring down the walls and spiritual barriers in the church. Just as Barnabus had to go get Saul (Paul) before he could be fully released in his own ministry, the divided church in Sweden needs each other to fulfill their destiny. Saul was a hard and difficult man, but he would become Paul, and the Lord saw him as the apostle of grace who could be trusted with His most fruitful field.

The increased economic and social earthquakes are opportunities for those with vision. Sweden will be a fortress for the cross, and a light that shines to the east, the west and the south."

Utdrag från:  

Prophetic Words for 1994

Morning Star Prophetic Bulletin #6

Rick Joyner

källa: http://www.morningstarministries.org/resources/prophetic-bulletins/1994/prophetic-words-1994#.UgdQNW2d9uM

 

Prepare!

När jag skickade ut detta profetiska tilltal:
http://profetiskt.blogspot.se/2013/06/ett-profetiskt-ord-till-sverige-pa.html
som Matt Sorger fick för Sverige i början av juni till några vänner, så fick jag följande respons av en kär syster:

Så starkt, när jag kom till den delen han skrev God is calling Sweden to PREPARE for what God is about to do då drog jag mig till minnes den där drömmen jag fick för ett tag sedan:

DO NOT MISS WHAT GOD IS ABOUT TO DO STOP DOING THE WRONG THING; GET READY!

I had a dream on night, with great strength and authority I was speaking to people at an airport (I almost got afraid of myself of which power I spoke) I was instructing people to get packed, the people where in the airports waiting lounge. But had made this place their home and had little focus to pack, their suitcases where empty and neatly put in stacks. I told them the time was 5 and the flight was to leave 6:10 don’t miss the flight! I sat down with a woman at a table that was so focused with the table decorations; I told her there was no time for that. Some people where out buying things at the duty free, totally had no focus any more when the flight was to leave. After a while I got some people into movement and they started packing. Others came and told me there was a whole hour before the flight would leave, they wanted to go back into the duty free place. Some left others stared packing.

This was the dream the words came to me so clear to me as I woke up ; DO NOT MISS WHAT GOD IS ABOUT TO DO STOP DOING THE WRONG THING; GET READY!

Jag fick också:

Matt 25

The Parable of the Ten Virgins

25 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4 The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. 5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.6 “At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’7 “Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 8 The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’9 “‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’10 “But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.11 “Later the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’12 “But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’13 “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

Utövande av makt

Beskrivning av innehållet i undervisningen i videoklippet:

Vi kommer att titta på korrekt och gudfruktig användning av makt och inflytande i det kristna hemmet och i kyrkan i ljuset av exempel och undervisning från Herren som har getts all makt. Vi kommer först att komma till en förståelse av vad makt är och hur vi använder den samt ta upp olika sätt på vilka vi kan missbruka vår gudagivna makt och skada fåren till vika vi har blivit kallade som herde. Slutligen kommer vi att studera  hur makt som är återlösande (redemptive) ser ut i en ledares liv. 
 


källa:
http://www.foclonline.org/workshop/leadership-power-and-authority-church-and-home

The proper and godly use of power and influence in the Christian home and in the church will be considered in light of the example and teachings of our Lord to whom all power has been given. We will first come to an understanding of what power is and how we use it as well as consider various ways in which we can abuse our God-given power and bring harm to the sheep we have been called to shepherd. Finally, we will consider what power that is redemptive looks like in the life of a leader. - See more at: http://www.foclonline.org/workshop/leadership-power-and-authority-church-and-home#sthash.y9gqAn4e.DmQR25Yz.dpuf

The proper and godly use of power and influence in the Christian home and in the church will be considered in light of the example and teachings of our Lord to whom all power has been given. We will first come to an understanding of what power is and how we use it as well as consider various ways in which we can abuse our God-given power and bring harm to the sheep we have been called to shepherd. Finally, we will consider what power that is redemptive looks like in the life of a leader. - See more at: http://www.foclonline.org/workshop/leadership-power-and-authority-church-and-home#sthash.y9gqAn4e.DmQR25Yz.dpuf

The proper and godly use of power and influence in the Christian home and in the church will be considered in light of the example and teachings of our Lord to whom all power has been given. We will first come to an understanding of what power is and how we use it as well as consider various ways in which we can abuse our God-given power and bring harm to the sheep we have been called to shepherd. Finally, we will consider what power that is redemptive looks like in the life of a leader. - See more at: http://www.foclonline.org/workshop/leadership-power-and-authority-church-and-home#sthash.y9gqAn4e.DmQR25Yz.dpuf

Från Rivers of Edens blogg:.

"The Voice – The Vision

Posted on July 29, 2013 by riversofeden1 

 

When there is chaos, a voice of truth rises up to lead the way through confusion. A Voice of Truth is rising up in this time. God is raising up many people that are passing through a transitional time, where they are being asked to count the cost in speaking that which God desires spoken in these days. I recently had a recurring vision while in prayer. 

The Vision: People were passing through a canal that linked two bodies of water. I will call this ‘transitional waters’ through which many are passing from one point to another. Some were swimming. Some were treading water. Some were wading. These transitional waters were a point of training for a people to speak for God, to be a Voice, not an echo. It was in this place that many realized there was a cost to be a Voice. Those who speak will be challenged, persecuted, ignored and rejected. Yet, how desperately we need a Voice of Truth in these times.

Let me challenge you in this blog series. You may be thinking that this does not apply to you. I would ask you to think again. This series will challenge you to speak truth and also to accept truth when someone speaks it to you in grace. Truth sets captives free. Truth breaks lies that control our lives. Jesus said, 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. (John 8:32 NKJV) Do you want to be free? Truly free? Then you must hear truth and speak truth in the person of Jesus Christ.

So I will jump right into the waters in this blog to call forth a Voice of Truth in many who will read this. I won’t qualify my statements by trying to think of everyone who may resist what I am going to say. There will always be the offended and the accusers. Many will oppose a Voice of Truth by saying there is not enough love being spoken.  Some will say the words are judgmental or strong. There are any numbers of reasons to shut our voices down. Yet, you must speak for the world needs your voice.

As the Lord said to me one day, “Debra, just say it!” I am passing through these transitional waters with many of you, learning to speak what God wants spoken and weighing my words carefully in the Spirit so that grace is evident and real flowing through my life. What about you? Don’t you see them? There are people all around you needing truth to be set free. I see them. We will talk about them in this blog series. You may find yourself among them – how you were or how you are. And, you will definitely find others you may know who you come into contact with everyday. Enjoy the journey with me!"

Källa:
http://riversofeden1.wordpress.com/2013/07/29/the-voice-the-vision/
 

The warfare of brokenness and pure devotion

WORD FOR THE WEEK

"The Western church, like a ‘passive smoker’, has inhaled the toxic fumes of its culture. Like Israel of old, she has bowed at the altars of the surrounding nations. And, like her, has inevitably come under a discipline of God. Unlike Asia and large regions of Africa, the West is apostate. Having embraced the creator-God as her Bridegroom in the first several centuries she turned to other lovers – to false gods. But to whom much is given much is required. Because of the light she received in those first several centuries her judgements will be that much more intense. Therefore, until the Western church falls on the rock, the rock will continue to fall on her. The reason we are not seeing the breakthrough in the West, in my view, is simply because God is resisting it! ... If we persist in our pursuit of other gods we will continue to be resisted. The idolatry of technique and the frenetic pursuit of new and better models of doing church will only continue to provoke his displeasure. Even “spiritual warfare” will fail if the underlying sin is not dealt with. Our controversy is not so much with “principalities and powers” as it is with God! As the creator of the earth, he is the ultimate ‘territorial spirit’. The earth is his and if we return to him as the one true and living God he will give it to us – he will bring down every prideful demonic stronghold over cities and nations, because they have first been brought down in us. Our warfare is, therefore, the warfare of brokenness and pure devotion." Excerpt from "Snakes in the Temple: Unmasking Idolatry in Today's Church and Pointing the Way to Spiritual Breakthrough" Purchase ‘Snakes in the Temple’ UK & International | Australia & International FORWARD TO A FRIEND or share on social media

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Nyligen hölls 2013 års Epicenter konferensen i Jerusalem under temat "The Power of the Word", ledd av Joel C. Rosenberg.
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WORD FOR THE WEEK

"… the mark of the new order is not membership of a particular group or movement. It is whether we have yielded to the processes of God in the perplexity of prophetic delay and learned the lessons of the cave (see the full article for an explanation of these terms).

We stand at a transitional point in history – the overlap between an old order and the new. There is right now a new move of God being prepared in the wings. But before it breaks forth, we are being faced with a time of prophetic delay, and therefore with decisions – will we find refuge and dream fulfilment through human ability, 'head and shoulders' government, or in the Lord? Will we cast ourselves in brokenness on him or merely resolve to overcome in our own strength depending on our skill, training, and programs - on human strategy and planning? The purpose of prophetic delay, of transitional times is probationary - we are being weighed in the balance - but will it fall to the old order of human control or to the new order of humility and brokenness.

We are talking here about an inner quality of the spirit that is supernatural. It cannot be faked – it is more than cultural graciousness and good manners. It is something deep in the human spirit that only God himself can create. It comes in the extremity of our circumstances – when we are either crushed by the weight of God's awesome presence or overwhelmed without emotional, physical, or financial strength – when in utter weakness we call on the Lord.

Therefore, let us cry with David, 'Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me'; for 'the sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart…' (Psa 51:10, 17).

And in this moment of prophetic delay let us also be confident that the One who lives in a high and holy place lives also with 'he who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite' (Isa 57:15)."

Excerpt from "Lessons from the Cave: Responding to Prophetic Delay"

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