Salvation has come to the Gentiles to make the Jews jealous or envious so that they will press into salvation unto the name above all names, Jesus Christ.
I know, that sounds harsh when you just state it as a fact but truth be told, I am not the author of that statement. Paul said it in Romans 11:11-14. If the Jewish people are suppose to be jealous of our salvation, what does our salvation look like that will make them jealous to the point of believing in Jesus Christ as Savior and not just a prophet or a carpenter?
Our salvation needs to be followed by signs and wonders. Period.
One of the best examples of some signs and wonders following the saved, born again people of Christ is found in Acts chapter 10.
Example 1
Cornelius has a visitation from an angel at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The angel says that his prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God. He then tells him that he is to look for Peter and bring him to his house.
Example 2
About noon the following day, Peter went up on a rooftop to pray and he fell into a trance. He had a vision of heaven opening up and a sheet let down to the earth a plethora of four footed beasts of the earth, wild beasts and creeping things an fowls of the air. A voice came from heaven and said, Peter kill and eat. But Peter said, Not so , Lord, for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.
The voice spoke again and said, what God hath cleaned, do not call not common.
This happened 3 times.
While Peter sat and pondered the vision, the Spirit spoke to him again and told him 3 men were seeking him and he was to go with them...THEN, doubting nothing, when he saw the 3 men, he went with them. He goes to Cornelius' house and sees that there are all manner of people gathered, Jew and Gentile. He reminds them that it is unlawful for Jews to gather with non-Jews BUT He tells them that now, God hath shown me that I should not call any man common or unclean that is a follower of Christ.
This day all of our heritage as a child of Christ, whether Jew or Gentile, was determined openly, triumphantly! Because Peter and Cornelius prayed and obeyed God, we are realized as clean because God hath cleansed us and ALL can be washed white as snow.
I want to take us back to the point of Peter having God come to him and show him something foreign. God showed him a vision and Peter doubted 3 times....because it went against what Peter knew to be reality to all he had ever been taught; Jews did not eat unclean animals. He was not about to participate in something not known as truth to him.
I am thankful that God did not give up on Peter at this point. Our inheritance depended on Peter proclaiming that what God makes clean, is clean.
The conclusion of this day is that while Peter was preaching to all that had gathered,
v44 "The Holy Spirit fell on all them which heard the word. And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, and on the Gentiles also, was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit. For they heard them speak with tongues and magnify God."
The power of the Holy Spirit; signs, wonders and miracles, came to Peter and Cornelius because of their prayer and fasting. But, at first, Peter did not want to accept it...it was unusual to him....he was perplexed!
We should not be afraid of the things of God that perplex us. If Peter had not accepted what perplexed him, circumcised and uncircumcised would not have gathered together.
If we are to believe Roman's 11:11, all that perplexes us will be that which causes envy of those around us to come to Christ to receive that which perplexes the world!!
Does speaking in tongues perplex you?
Does dancing to worship God perplex you?
Does shouting to the Lord with a voice of triumph perplex you?
Does jumping up and down perplex you?
Does laying on of hands perplex you?
Do limbs growing back, cancerous tumors disappearing before your very eyes perplex you?
Would the mortgage of your church or Christian school being paid off perplex you?
Would a supernatural deliverance from addiction perplex you?
If so, then we need to seek to be delivered from our preconceived notions about the things of God..... just as Peter was delivered.
I want God to perplex me. I am so open to being perplexed!! I want all that God has for me whether I understand it or not!! I let go of my control and submit to His ways which are so above mine.
Dear Lord,
I want to praise you because you are the Creator, you are the Redeemer, you are Salvation, joy, peace, healing, deliverance, my all in all. I worship you because you are Jehovah God. Abba Daddy. I ask Father, that you allow us all to let go of all we think and know. Let your spirit witness with our spirit to the mighty supernatural things of God that perplex us and try to confuse us. Let us be like the child that freely gives their trust to their parents. Let us freely trust that you will show us all that we need and send us the supernatural into our lives so that the world will see and know that you are the only true and living God.
Let our children see the signs and wonders of heaven all around them.
Let the parents seek you as never before so that their children will know you.
Let our hearts hunger and thirst after righteousness...not the things of this world.
Change us so we want more of you and seek you first.
Lord, as we dedicate ourselves through prayer and fasting, show us your glory. We will be quick to give you all the glory for what you have done. We will praise you in advance for all that you do. We will not limit our imaginations because we know that you are able to do abundantly above all that we could ask or think, through your spirit that is at work within us!
Father, perplex us in mighty ways!!
In Jesus name,
Amen.
Carla
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Oh, Taste and See
I was driving down the road yesterday and all of a sudden "Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good" Ps. 34:8 popped into my head. Then the word "taste" literally poured-torentially, into my spirit...deeply, saturating my inner most being. Later I looked up some definitions of the word taste and found one that resonated with the feeling that I had for this new revelation of the word..."to recognize the quality of something".... by tasting.
When I ponder that, my spirit takes a deep breath, as if I am breathing in the "quality" of God. That is something I have never done before but it is oh, so good. It is the new things of God that has me standing in awe and wonder lately.
I believe that He allowed me to taste and see something of Him lately that is becoming contagious to those around me. He has allowed me to see a new side of Heaven on Earth, the reality of "signs and wonders shall follow them that believe". The infilling-soaking of Him in me is oozing out..........that is what He desires, that we be so filled with Him that He oozes out. God just gave that idea a thumbs up!!
I want to share one of those "taste and see" sightings-oozings that happened recently. I am blessed to be a part of our auction committee at our great little christian school in Newtown, Ohio and we were working diligently to prepare the event. We did things a little differently this year, we had a huge focus on prayer and focusing on God and not getting wrapped up in the stress of the event and He was faithful to us to keep us focused and not become too stressed or tired. Early on in the process, our director shared with me her financial goal for the event. The Lord had given me a number and let me tell you, the number I had was way higher than her number... it was out of the park for what we normally raise at this event. For a long while I kept it to myself because I knew it was a crazy number. God and I had many conversations about how crazy it was...at the end of our conversation I would just shake my head and say, "Lord, you can do it!!" The committee prayed into the supernatural and uncommon favor but I still did not mention the crazy number in my head.
Closer to the event, we had a meeting with the higher ups at the school and we shared the plan for the evening. Our Head of School asked what our goal was and the director stated her number, which was right in line with what we did in years past. Under my breath, I said, "That's not the number I have in my head". He said, "what is your number?" I told him I was afraid to say because when I did, it would become a reality. He said go ahead, we need to pray into it with you. So, I blurted out my number which was significantly higher....not a word around the table was spoken for a minute, you could almost hear a gasp from our director but in the end, he said, "ok, that's what we are going to pray for." This number was not mentioned again, to anyone, until the night of the event.
We closed all the tables and people collected the items they had won. Soon the guests were all gone and the committee was cleaning up for the night. The woman running the transactions for the event came over and said do you want to hear our first preliminary number? Of course we said YES! She very proudly but somewhat in shock told us the number and Praise God, it was two thousand dollars OVER THE AMAZINGLY CRAZY OFF THE CHARTS NUMBER that God had put in my head. We broke every record that had ever been set by the academy for this fund raiser!! Those of us who had been in the room that day when I blurted out the amazingly crazy off the charts number were in glorious shock. The entire school is still in shock of how good God was that night.
All I can say is, that it was His number and He chose to do that for us and all He wanted us to do was believe. I honestly believe that He was saying to me the other day, "You tasted and saw how good I can be when you believe... go ahead and believe Me to do BIG things!"
That "taste" of Him that I got through all this will forever change me. I also believe that this story is changing everyone who hears it. We are all still in shock and awe of our God. By the way, the number was almost DOUBLE our average...And, the total continued to grow after that night.
Praise God again!
I pray that you have a desire to "taste and see" something great and wonderful in your life. I do believe that God just wants to give "signs and wonders" to follow us so that not only will our faith increase but also so the world will see what a Good God He really is.......
Dear Lord,
I thank you for your goodness and mercy towards us. I thank you that your Holy Spirit is at WORK in us! Bring heaven to earth through our prayers and through our belief that you will because you are!
Increase our faith and increase our prayers. You are nothing less than the biggest miracle we could ever imaging or think. You are able to fix everything in our lives that is broken. You are able to take us over the top or off the charts with big, CRAZY, AMAZING, BLOW YOUR MIND blessings. You will do it because you want the world to TASTE AND SEE THAT YOU ARE GOOD.....
In Jesus name,
Amen
Carla
When I ponder that, my spirit takes a deep breath, as if I am breathing in the "quality" of God. That is something I have never done before but it is oh, so good. It is the new things of God that has me standing in awe and wonder lately.
I believe that He allowed me to taste and see something of Him lately that is becoming contagious to those around me. He has allowed me to see a new side of Heaven on Earth, the reality of "signs and wonders shall follow them that believe". The infilling-soaking of Him in me is oozing out..........that is what He desires, that we be so filled with Him that He oozes out. God just gave that idea a thumbs up!!
I want to share one of those "taste and see" sightings-oozings that happened recently. I am blessed to be a part of our auction committee at our great little christian school in Newtown, Ohio and we were working diligently to prepare the event. We did things a little differently this year, we had a huge focus on prayer and focusing on God and not getting wrapped up in the stress of the event and He was faithful to us to keep us focused and not become too stressed or tired. Early on in the process, our director shared with me her financial goal for the event. The Lord had given me a number and let me tell you, the number I had was way higher than her number... it was out of the park for what we normally raise at this event. For a long while I kept it to myself because I knew it was a crazy number. God and I had many conversations about how crazy it was...at the end of our conversation I would just shake my head and say, "Lord, you can do it!!" The committee prayed into the supernatural and uncommon favor but I still did not mention the crazy number in my head.
Closer to the event, we had a meeting with the higher ups at the school and we shared the plan for the evening. Our Head of School asked what our goal was and the director stated her number, which was right in line with what we did in years past. Under my breath, I said, "That's not the number I have in my head". He said, "what is your number?" I told him I was afraid to say because when I did, it would become a reality. He said go ahead, we need to pray into it with you. So, I blurted out my number which was significantly higher....not a word around the table was spoken for a minute, you could almost hear a gasp from our director but in the end, he said, "ok, that's what we are going to pray for." This number was not mentioned again, to anyone, until the night of the event.
We closed all the tables and people collected the items they had won. Soon the guests were all gone and the committee was cleaning up for the night. The woman running the transactions for the event came over and said do you want to hear our first preliminary number? Of course we said YES! She very proudly but somewhat in shock told us the number and Praise God, it was two thousand dollars OVER THE AMAZINGLY CRAZY OFF THE CHARTS NUMBER that God had put in my head. We broke every record that had ever been set by the academy for this fund raiser!! Those of us who had been in the room that day when I blurted out the amazingly crazy off the charts number were in glorious shock. The entire school is still in shock of how good God was that night.
All I can say is, that it was His number and He chose to do that for us and all He wanted us to do was believe. I honestly believe that He was saying to me the other day, "You tasted and saw how good I can be when you believe... go ahead and believe Me to do BIG things!"
That "taste" of Him that I got through all this will forever change me. I also believe that this story is changing everyone who hears it. We are all still in shock and awe of our God. By the way, the number was almost DOUBLE our average...And, the total continued to grow after that night.
Praise God again!
I pray that you have a desire to "taste and see" something great and wonderful in your life. I do believe that God just wants to give "signs and wonders" to follow us so that not only will our faith increase but also so the world will see what a Good God He really is.......
Dear Lord,
I thank you for your goodness and mercy towards us. I thank you that your Holy Spirit is at WORK in us! Bring heaven to earth through our prayers and through our belief that you will because you are!
Increase our faith and increase our prayers. You are nothing less than the biggest miracle we could ever imaging or think. You are able to fix everything in our lives that is broken. You are able to take us over the top or off the charts with big, CRAZY, AMAZING, BLOW YOUR MIND blessings. You will do it because you want the world to TASTE AND SEE THAT YOU ARE GOOD.....
In Jesus name,
Amen
Carla
Sunday, November 15, 2015
The Beauty of You
Sometimes God just wants to rip the scab off and expose the wrongness underneath the wound.
When things don't heal well, they often cover up an underlying condition that has not been given the proper treatment to heal.
In nursing terms (by profession, I am a nurse) this is called 'debriding' the wound. Debridement is the removal of dead or damaged tissue to improve the healing of the remaining tissue. After debridement, you expose the open wound to heat, light and medications that would then cause it to heal. If it went through a couple of days of treatment and if it wasn't healing properly, we would debrede it again...and again and again until proper healing took hold.
As painful as it may be, God will restore you. He will bring you to a place that all will be well again.
But, He may first have to rip some things off of you. Things you may think are healed and okay.
God doesn't use band aids......He uses tonic that will cleanse from deep within...the blood of Jesus Christ! All we have to do is ask Him to see the root of the issue. Weeds will only disappear when you dig them out from the root. The same will be of your 'issue'. It will only heal when you rip it out from the root.
Over a year ago, I asked God to show me the root of things. He actually showed me some 'roots' I didn't know were an issue.
Today, I can tell you that it has been a painful process but I can also tell you that I am living in a very 'high' place. A place of ordained appointments. A place of destiny.
I am realizing dreams.
That is God's desire for you. Which actually is your desires too; you just have to let them start coming out through the mess of scabs and scars you may carry.
When He starts ripping the scab off, the Beauty of You can come out. The Beauty of You that He created.
Dear Lord,
Rip the stupid scab off!! Let your design of me come forth! Let me walk in your love like never before. Show me your Glory!
I know that You will help me through this and do it in love and compassion. You will do it slowly, so I won't die.
Then, You will put me back together as only You can do!
You are a "Good Good Father"! (Housefires II .....listen to it!)
I pray this in Jesus name,
Amen
Carla
God is Calling....
Last Thursday I was working at the christian school that my children attend for our upcoming auction. I was in one of the back rooms preparing auction baskets when I heard someone calling my name. I stepped out into the next room to find our school Development Director coming to get me. She grabbed me and said, "God is calling...God is calling"
She quickly began to explain that she had been driving back to school from a meeting downtown when she passed this young girl pushing a baby in an umbrella stroller on the side of one of our cities most dangerous 4 lane roads. She said she was just compelled to pick her and the baby up. She thought she would be picking her up and taking her wherever she was headed. Instead, when the young mother got in her car, she asked, "where can I take you?" the young girl replied, "I don't know....I've been walking for 4 hours". Our director sat speechless, not knowing what to do next. She just drove while she heard the girls story and mindlessly headed back to school.
She discovered that the girl was living with the baby's daddy and his parents but they did not take care of her or the baby; no food, no money for the baby, no transportation, no support in the least. The babies daddy often didn't come home from work and went out with other women. She had walked from a very poverty stricken part of town where she lived with them through our downtown area and on to parks and places she had never seen. She was very far from home. She said she didn't know what she was going to do; she just had to get out!
Our director made it back to school with her and the baby, still not knowing what she would do. She just came and found me and took me to her. We sat and talked while the screaming baby calmed down. We gave them both food and drink. I talked with her and asked her all of the important questions about her safety and her baby's daddy. She really seemed like a balanced girl. I have met some people that you know in the first several minutes that there are deep issues that you can't solve but this girl was different. She was smart and intelligent. Willing to work and not seek entitlements. She was just telling the story of someone trapped in bad situation and couldn't get out. She was very calm at first but then the story started coming forth.
Not only is she in this horrible situation now but three years prior, she had a baby and a boyfriend had killed the sixth month old baby while she was at work. We sat in horror as she told how it had happened...tears streaming down all three of our faces. It was gut wrenching!
God was definitely calling!! Our hearts were ripped open by her story and we were amazed that she had the courage to live another day after the tragedy. She said that all of this had happened after she moved here. I asked her about her family and she said she had an uncle in California that she would really like to go stay with...he would take care of her.
At that moment, I knew God was calling us to get her to California!!
After much sharing and praying with her......she did ask the Lord into her heart and knew she needed to get back in church..... we took her back to that home with the plan that if in 24 hours she still wanted to go and see her uncle, we would make a way to get her there. She had to talk with the daddy and make sure there was no issue with her leaving and if all was good, we would make plans.
I kept in constant contact with her and we talked several times to make sure that all was well and that she and the baby were all right.
God had been dealing with me over the last several months about widows and orphans. I knew that God had brought this girl to us as a part of divine appointment to prove our commitment to being His hands and feet. I do believe that is the calling all of us are hearing and we need to step up and do, not just say we care but DO! He is asking us to put our money where our mouth is so to speak. If we love Him, He will be in our actions not just in our words. I also believe He will give you an opportunity to say yes to a widow, orphan or child....I believe this will be your heart test. I pray you pass it.
Today, we took our young lady and her baby to the airport and sent her to her family that would take care of her. Her uncle was answering the call.
Yes, God is calling.......
Dear Lord,
I thank you that you chose us to be your hands and feet for this young lady and the little one. You said the little ones belong to you. You also said if we do for others, we are really doing for YOU. We pray for our girl and baby with fervent, constant, BIG prayers! Be mighty in their lives. Make great plans for them. Bring people to them that will sow into their lives in Kingdom ways. Bring heaven to them!
We love you and thank you that you saw her need. You have her baby in heaven. I believe that you started her on the path to meet us long ago. I believe that you have great things in store for them with loads of love, joy and restoration!
We sent them with many things that will help them but we know that you will help them the most. Bless and watch over them Lord!
Use us for Your Glory! We will answer when you call!!
In Jesus Name,
Amen
Carla
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Compromising the Kingdom
Compromising the Kingdom
I am beginning a study on the book of Isaiah and in doing so, my spirit is being checked to get to the root of some deception in my own life that is cloaked and hidden in the depths of compromise. The introduction to the prophet Isaiah takes you back to King David and the split of the nation of Israel. In going back to knowing Kings and their legacy, the world of paganism and idolatry have to be exposed to understand the decisions of Kings that took the Israelites away from Yahwey; the only true God. If the Holy Spirit grabs your heart with this revelation, additional research on your own will be required. You can use many sources to study further but I strongly encourage you to petition the Holy Spirit to take you deeper for the deliverance of your spirit from the dangers of compromise and other hidden spirits in your life.
As I have asked the Lord to reveal spiritual roots to me, I can't tell you how He has shown me the truth behind situations, some are ordinary everyday situations and some are some serious life circumstances that have the potential to really effect my life or the lives of those around me. It is amazing to me that, because I asked, He started revealing!
But it is most likely, that His spirit lead my prayer to ask for this, because He knows me best and knows what I can handle. Some of the things being revealed, are serious truths that I have to delicately handle with His help. Discernment is a potentially dangerous spiritual gift.....it must be coupled with wisdom from Him to know what to do with the information you are receiving.
As this world becomes a more dangerous place both politically and socially, we must have a supernatural deposit of God in us to take us through the rough waters to come. His faith in us. Having an insurance policy is only beneficial if you know the benefits provided by it. Same is with God, you can have Him but if you don't know the benefits He provides, you can never use the in your life. Study and know the word, which is our policy manual.
This world is compromising the kingdom with a slow drip, drip, drip prozac like intravenous supply of "tolerance". Tolerance is preached by many and what it does is cause people become afraid to speak truth for fear of being called a "hater" or someone clinging to their gun and bible... i.e.-crazy wacko Christian. Let me just ask you this, did Jesus teach compromise or did He preach and teach light to darkness? What about Salt? He taught us counter to what this world is telling us all. He said you are either for me or against me; no grey area. He is still calling us to stand firm and not let go of the faith...His faith in us will see us through. Be strong and courageous for He is for us and who can be against us!!
The enemy is also trying to wear us down so that we are so tired we just give in! He is in control of this world (for the time being) and he knows how to manipulate our lives even without having dominion over us nor a habitation within us. If he can make you so busy you don't go to church to get your spirit fed or keep you so busy you are too tired to be a warrior, he will slowly whittle away at your resolve to be a light. It's like your child wanting something and he just keeps bugging you until you give in because you are too tired to say no for the 100th time. Know what I mean?
I encourage you today to take inventory of your life. Prioritize and put God first...everyday! That is where your strength will come from and your mind, body and spirit will feel His refreshing. Your strength and power will return. Put your family and YOU second. Say no to business and say no to the things you know go against God.
Stand firm. All of heaven will back you up!!
Psalm 27 The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? ....One thing Have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.
Dear Lord,
We worship and we honor you. We long to see your face and be in your presence. Strengthen us against the evil one of this world. Give us discernment and understanding to see the enemy and his tricks. Also show us the root of the matter iso that we may deal with it at its' origin... Give us eyes to see as you see. Give us feet to go where you want us to go. Give us hands to do only what you want us to do. Help us to know your truths and your word. Load us up your the benefits of heaven. We give you our life and our family. Place our feet on solid ground.....
In Jesus name,
Amen
Carla
As I have asked the Lord to reveal spiritual roots to me, I can't tell you how He has shown me the truth behind situations, some are ordinary everyday situations and some are some serious life circumstances that have the potential to really effect my life or the lives of those around me. It is amazing to me that, because I asked, He started revealing!
But it is most likely, that His spirit lead my prayer to ask for this, because He knows me best and knows what I can handle. Some of the things being revealed, are serious truths that I have to delicately handle with His help. Discernment is a potentially dangerous spiritual gift.....it must be coupled with wisdom from Him to know what to do with the information you are receiving.
As this world becomes a more dangerous place both politically and socially, we must have a supernatural deposit of God in us to take us through the rough waters to come. His faith in us. Having an insurance policy is only beneficial if you know the benefits provided by it. Same is with God, you can have Him but if you don't know the benefits He provides, you can never use the in your life. Study and know the word, which is our policy manual.
This world is compromising the kingdom with a slow drip, drip, drip prozac like intravenous supply of "tolerance". Tolerance is preached by many and what it does is cause people become afraid to speak truth for fear of being called a "hater" or someone clinging to their gun and bible... i.e.-crazy wacko Christian. Let me just ask you this, did Jesus teach compromise or did He preach and teach light to darkness? What about Salt? He taught us counter to what this world is telling us all. He said you are either for me or against me; no grey area. He is still calling us to stand firm and not let go of the faith...His faith in us will see us through. Be strong and courageous for He is for us and who can be against us!!
The enemy is also trying to wear us down so that we are so tired we just give in! He is in control of this world (for the time being) and he knows how to manipulate our lives even without having dominion over us nor a habitation within us. If he can make you so busy you don't go to church to get your spirit fed or keep you so busy you are too tired to be a warrior, he will slowly whittle away at your resolve to be a light. It's like your child wanting something and he just keeps bugging you until you give in because you are too tired to say no for the 100th time. Know what I mean?
I encourage you today to take inventory of your life. Prioritize and put God first...everyday! That is where your strength will come from and your mind, body and spirit will feel His refreshing. Your strength and power will return. Put your family and YOU second. Say no to business and say no to the things you know go against God.
Stand firm. All of heaven will back you up!!
Psalm 27 The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? ....One thing Have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.
Dear Lord,
We worship and we honor you. We long to see your face and be in your presence. Strengthen us against the evil one of this world. Give us discernment and understanding to see the enemy and his tricks. Also show us the root of the matter iso that we may deal with it at its' origin... Give us eyes to see as you see. Give us feet to go where you want us to go. Give us hands to do only what you want us to do. Help us to know your truths and your word. Load us up your the benefits of heaven. We give you our life and our family. Place our feet on solid ground.....
In Jesus name,
Amen
Carla
Monday, November 2, 2015
Prophetic Woe to America
In this Woe, there is redemption....My Friends, do not be afraid to read.
Last week several things set themselves up for me to be writing this to you today. I do not take using the word 'Woe' easily nor do I come to you with a 'word' from the Lord lightly. Understand that God set this up and it is clear to me that all the tidbits of information that I am going to share with you are no coincidence ...as most call it, it is a Godsequence.
Last week I was channel surfing and came across Rabbi Jonathan Cahn on the screen doing an interview with a Christian TV host. So I set down the remote, settled in to watch and see. Jonathan Cahn is the author of the book The Harbinger, if you have not read it, might be a good time.... It tells of the ancient mysteries of Israel setting a pattern that ties into America today....page 18, "Because unless you understand what happened then, you'll never understand what's happening now......A key for an appointed time....[for] America...Now for America". As I started listening to the program, he was mid sentence talking about "Abominations to God". I will use a couple of excerpts from his book to set up what he was currently saying for today. Chapter 2 of his book talks about ancient Israel. "Israel, the northern kingdom, eight century B.C.,... They should have known. It was all there from the beginning, but they forgot...forgot their purpose, their foundation which made them unique. They had a kind of spiritual amnesia....subtly at first, then outright, then brazenly-driving Him out of their national life and bringing in idols to fill the void. They cut themselves off from the faith on which their nation had been established and became strangers to God." sounds shockingly familiar!! the next lines bring us to date, "And as for their most innocent, their little children, they offered them up as sacrifices.....On the altars of Baal and Molech."
He was comparing the Abominations to God that lead to the falling away of Ancient Israel with our America today.
Ancient Israel America
1. Sacrifice of innocent children 1. 1973 Roe vs Wade-killing of innocent
2. Sexual Immorality 2. 2015 Supreme Court re-defines marriage
3. Idol Worship 3. Aug. 2015 god "Kali" (Hindu god of
death) lit up on Empire State bld. NY City
This was about all that he discussed on the show but it was enough to trouble me and start my spirit searching. Here is where my searching spirit was taken.....
Woe Number 1
While my son has basketball practice, I take my dogs on a long walk on a beautiful path through the woods. I turn on some worship music, I let it play loudly from my pocket (no ear buds...I want the whole earth to hear and rejoice with me!) I walk. I pray. and sing....I know my dogs worship too; they seem to prance and wag their tails to the music. Anyway, I was walking and talking with God about the state of America and what we should be doing to stop or help? What are the strategies WE are suppose to be taking? then, I heard Him VERY clearly say;
God; "Christians need to vote for my ways...vote based on nothing else".
My immediate retort; "you can't just vote your values, you have to be smart about it and look at the entire package"
God very simply; "Matthew 6:33 BUT Seek ye FIRT the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all the OTHER things shall be added unto you"
Me; "Oh Yeah......" Selah
plain and simple........ No Abortion + traditional marriage= God first.
Woe Number 2
God; "My people need to start praying and binding that which is on earth that does not line up with My ways. Didn't I give you the power through my Holy Spirit and didn't I give you ALL authority through my Son? What so ever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, what so ever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven"
Saints, We have the power and the authority! He commands us to use it.
I will give you a couple of my confirmations to this word.
Confirmation One;
Friday morning, October 30- the Lord put the words of Obama and Hillary Clinton on my mind. I looked up the date of Obama saying "We are five days away from TRANSFORMING America"....and voila !! ...the date he said that was Oct. 30, 2008. WOW! that was a spiritual confirmation to me. H. Clinton has taken that statement even further by saying in April 2015, "deep-seated cultural and religious beliefs.. have to be changed." No Saints, We have to transform this world....NOT them transforming us!! through our prayers!
Confirmation Two;
Sunday, Nov. 1 - yesterday! my Pastor preached this very topic. He was talking about Transformation and the state of the US.... abortion, the Supreme Court redefining marriage and our elecected officials. He said, "when we bind things on earth, we have the backing of heaven!!"
We have not used our authority. WE have supernatural backing. As Cahn said Ancient Israel had done, we have also done... "we have forgotten".
I do not wish to belabor this point any further because I really want to give you time to let the Holy Spirit sink this deep in you. I want the conviction to come heavy on us all, combined with the steadfastness of Heaven, with some Super into our Natural to do this thing!!!! PLEASE, PLEASE click on the share button below to get this to as many people as we can...the only way we reach people is the word of our mouth. The word of our mouth has power, the power of LIFE AND DEATH! This is the Great Commission...Go and TELL...
I am not a great writer by any means (actually, I am not a writer at all) but I am a great prayer warrior. I just click out what I hear on this keyboard and I have to trust that I am being obedient to what He wants me to do.
Dear Lord,
Hear my cry to you for this nation, for your people, help us use the keys of the Kingdom that you have given us. Help us use them with all authority in Heaven to bring heaven to earth! Open the ears of those who know you, open their eyes and heart too. Let us stand for you without wavering. Dying a spiritual death to the flesh, entering into a new revelation of our spirit. Let us not repeat the mistakes of the Nation of Ancient Israel. Let us stand for you and your ways. I bind satan and his ways on this earth. I bind his plan for this nation and the children of God. I loose the hounds of heaven on the enemy. I bind him and toss him and his demons back into the pits of hell. I release a spiritual awakening with a fresh revelation to the body of Christ of the power and authority of the Holy Spirit at work in us. I release your blessing and mercy on us. We repent Heavenly Father, as a nation. Forgive us for killing our babies. Forgive us for being tolerant of the enemy that has tricked us into complacency. Forgive us for not praying. Forgive us for not fighting. Forgive us for forgetting you. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, for thine is the Kingdom and the power forever....
In Jesus Name,
Amen
Blessings,
Carla
Last week several things set themselves up for me to be writing this to you today. I do not take using the word 'Woe' easily nor do I come to you with a 'word' from the Lord lightly. Understand that God set this up and it is clear to me that all the tidbits of information that I am going to share with you are no coincidence ...as most call it, it is a Godsequence.
Last week I was channel surfing and came across Rabbi Jonathan Cahn on the screen doing an interview with a Christian TV host. So I set down the remote, settled in to watch and see. Jonathan Cahn is the author of the book The Harbinger, if you have not read it, might be a good time.... It tells of the ancient mysteries of Israel setting a pattern that ties into America today....page 18, "Because unless you understand what happened then, you'll never understand what's happening now......A key for an appointed time....[for] America...Now for America". As I started listening to the program, he was mid sentence talking about "Abominations to God". I will use a couple of excerpts from his book to set up what he was currently saying for today. Chapter 2 of his book talks about ancient Israel. "Israel, the northern kingdom, eight century B.C.,... They should have known. It was all there from the beginning, but they forgot...forgot their purpose, their foundation which made them unique. They had a kind of spiritual amnesia....subtly at first, then outright, then brazenly-driving Him out of their national life and bringing in idols to fill the void. They cut themselves off from the faith on which their nation had been established and became strangers to God." sounds shockingly familiar!! the next lines bring us to date, "And as for their most innocent, their little children, they offered them up as sacrifices.....On the altars of Baal and Molech."
He was comparing the Abominations to God that lead to the falling away of Ancient Israel with our America today.
Ancient Israel America
1. Sacrifice of innocent children 1. 1973 Roe vs Wade-killing of innocent
2. Sexual Immorality 2. 2015 Supreme Court re-defines marriage
3. Idol Worship 3. Aug. 2015 god "Kali" (Hindu god of
death) lit up on Empire State bld. NY City
This was about all that he discussed on the show but it was enough to trouble me and start my spirit searching. Here is where my searching spirit was taken.....
Woe Number 1
While my son has basketball practice, I take my dogs on a long walk on a beautiful path through the woods. I turn on some worship music, I let it play loudly from my pocket (no ear buds...I want the whole earth to hear and rejoice with me!) I walk. I pray. and sing....I know my dogs worship too; they seem to prance and wag their tails to the music. Anyway, I was walking and talking with God about the state of America and what we should be doing to stop or help? What are the strategies WE are suppose to be taking? then, I heard Him VERY clearly say;
God; "Christians need to vote for my ways...vote based on nothing else".
My immediate retort; "you can't just vote your values, you have to be smart about it and look at the entire package"
God very simply; "Matthew 6:33 BUT Seek ye FIRT the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all the OTHER things shall be added unto you"
Me; "Oh Yeah......" Selah
plain and simple........ No Abortion + traditional marriage= God first.
Woe Number 2
God; "My people need to start praying and binding that which is on earth that does not line up with My ways. Didn't I give you the power through my Holy Spirit and didn't I give you ALL authority through my Son? What so ever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, what so ever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven"
Saints, We have the power and the authority! He commands us to use it.
I will give you a couple of my confirmations to this word.
Confirmation One;
Friday morning, October 30- the Lord put the words of Obama and Hillary Clinton on my mind. I looked up the date of Obama saying "We are five days away from TRANSFORMING America"....and voila !! ...the date he said that was Oct. 30, 2008. WOW! that was a spiritual confirmation to me. H. Clinton has taken that statement even further by saying in April 2015, "deep-seated cultural and religious beliefs.. have to be changed." No Saints, We have to transform this world....NOT them transforming us!! through our prayers!
Confirmation Two;
Sunday, Nov. 1 - yesterday! my Pastor preached this very topic. He was talking about Transformation and the state of the US.... abortion, the Supreme Court redefining marriage and our elecected officials. He said, "when we bind things on earth, we have the backing of heaven!!"
We have not used our authority. WE have supernatural backing. As Cahn said Ancient Israel had done, we have also done... "we have forgotten".
I do not wish to belabor this point any further because I really want to give you time to let the Holy Spirit sink this deep in you. I want the conviction to come heavy on us all, combined with the steadfastness of Heaven, with some Super into our Natural to do this thing!!!! PLEASE, PLEASE click on the share button below to get this to as many people as we can...the only way we reach people is the word of our mouth. The word of our mouth has power, the power of LIFE AND DEATH! This is the Great Commission...Go and TELL...
I am not a great writer by any means (actually, I am not a writer at all) but I am a great prayer warrior. I just click out what I hear on this keyboard and I have to trust that I am being obedient to what He wants me to do.
Dear Lord,
Hear my cry to you for this nation, for your people, help us use the keys of the Kingdom that you have given us. Help us use them with all authority in Heaven to bring heaven to earth! Open the ears of those who know you, open their eyes and heart too. Let us stand for you without wavering. Dying a spiritual death to the flesh, entering into a new revelation of our spirit. Let us not repeat the mistakes of the Nation of Ancient Israel. Let us stand for you and your ways. I bind satan and his ways on this earth. I bind his plan for this nation and the children of God. I loose the hounds of heaven on the enemy. I bind him and toss him and his demons back into the pits of hell. I release a spiritual awakening with a fresh revelation to the body of Christ of the power and authority of the Holy Spirit at work in us. I release your blessing and mercy on us. We repent Heavenly Father, as a nation. Forgive us for killing our babies. Forgive us for being tolerant of the enemy that has tricked us into complacency. Forgive us for not praying. Forgive us for not fighting. Forgive us for forgetting you. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil, for thine is the Kingdom and the power forever....
In Jesus Name,
Amen
Blessings,
Carla
Monday, October 26, 2015
It's a New Season
As I stood in church yesterday getting lost in the worship, I felt God come down and hold my hands very still and He whispered into my spirit, "I'm giving you a transfer of your DNA. You are completely changed from this moment on." I could not move. I stood transfixed in my saviors' embrace, His love washing over me.....through me to my very core.
I need to sit a moment even now and let the washing continue! (if I could write in tongues right now, I could communicate with you ;-) but......Ok, I'm composed and ready to hopefully communicate now....
This was not a miraculous, God just came down and performed something out of the blue awesome.....this was and is a long journey that is in no way over. For months now I have been pursuing God like nobodies business!! In May I stepped down from every position of leadership I held at my church. I took a month off from everything else and just simply prayed. I met God in every way that I could. I have been asking Him to change me, re-arrange me, make me upside down, inside out, whatever I could think of that meant a new me, Do it Lord!! (there is a back story to those events in May that went on for a year, just so you know).
Coming into a New Season is not easy. Think about winter and all the preparation that the earth and it's living inhabitants go through just to prepare. Leaves change colors, leaves fall to the ground, trees and bushes hunker down -sit dormant. The sun's hours start diminishing, coolness starts letting the leaves know it's about time, nutrients running through the branches slow down, the leaves start dying .......The earth gets still and quiet....waits. Slowly, one by one, as the wind blows through the branches, the leaves let go, fall to the ground. After a time, all that is left is the structure that has held those leaves for the previous season. The tree sits bare while the harshness of winter surrounds it. It sits all alone. Maybe one bird comes and lands on it's branches but doesn't stay. Busy squirrels run from tree to tree; never staying too long in one place. If there is a nice hole in the tree, the squirrel will make a home but it is too empty for most inhabitants to want to stay through the cold snowy season. No, this season change is a hard and lonely one. Dependent on very little except one source of light to make it through.
Part of me wants to stop here because I think you get the picture. I really want to stop and go cry in a corner but God wants to finish this page so we can go on to the next one :-)
God is always the one that wants you to keep going on to the next one.... He is the one that brings you through the season changes. He is the one that wants you to want to go through the seasons so He can change your DNA! Oh how wonderful it is to have the Heavenly Father wash over you with His love! Oh how wonderful it is to know that you have gone through a season and are about ready to sprout new beautiful leaves ...and even some beautiful flowers!!
I can tell you that the pre-season change was absolutely painful. Those leaves were not just lightly attached. NO, they were sown into my previous DNA. The atmospheric changes around me started causing a twinge of awareness that something was about to happen. God started stirring my spirit, causing me to know...it was TIME. For what, I did not know. No matter what everyone else around me felt, I knew that my atmospheric bubble was different. God started dangling a new vision before me like a spiritual carrot. I took the bait!!! I started reaching for that carrot with a passionate plea to have it no matter the cost. Pursue, pursue, pursue... Music started playing in my head day and night; pursue, pursue, pursue...... Prayer in tongues would pop out of my mouth in a crowd of people (closed my mouth to keep it to myself) pursue, pursue, pursue.....
My oh my how the atmosphere was changing! Multiple carrots started clouding my vision. pursue, grab one, pursue , pursue, grab another, pursue.... oh and I need to mention that along the way, multiple sown in leaves were being ripped from my branches. But as the ripping took place, my comfort came from more pursue, pursue, pursue.....
And now, I sit here this morning and smile. God has changed me and rearranged me. I know we are not done but I know that I can make it through a season change. I am in new places and He is showing himself in amazing ways. He is flowing again. My leaves are coming in and I am even seeing a flower here and there! and Boy oh boy are they beautiful!!
My time at church yesterday is just an example of how Jesus and I spend everyday!! He grabs my hands and whispers to me more than I ever thought possible.
I know that this season change is not for me alone....He wants to change all of His children. We are entering into a season change on earth!! Angels are being seen by many, hearts are being opened, families are being reconciled, He is calling His children to come home and sit in His house... a house of healing, restoration, deliverance freedom!!
Renewal of mind, body and spirit. That's a mighty season change. "Come home" He cries!
"I'm coming Lord" she cries.....
Dear Lord,
Change us all! Move on our hearts and dangle some carrots in front of my brothers and sisters! Let them start to smell heaven. Come in, washing over us in wave after wave of your glorious love! Heal our hearts and make us whole. I thank you for changing me so that I can see and feel like you see and feel. Change the atmosphere so that we all can be ready for the season you are calling forth!
In Jesus Name,
Amen.
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