Friday, October 1, 2010
"The Event of Deception and Its Uncovering"
Monday, August 16, 2010
“DO YOU LONG FOR THE REST OF GOD?”
By Mary Lindow
“ All my longings lie open before you, O Lord;
my sighing is not hidden from you.”
Psalm 38:9
I HAVE A DEEP STIRRING IN MY SPIRIT FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT AS I WRITE THIS MESSAGE.
The Lord is revealing a sound in the earth coming from the hearts and deep cries of so many of His people right now.
Perhaps it might even be your as you read. There is a cry of hunger for His sure, safe, presence in difficult times and in
changing times.
A NEED FOR DEEP REST
The world and it's voices of influence, humanistic subtleties, and constant technology and it's sounds, bring about an
overload of weariness to all people, and there is a greater need for a place of rest for the warriors of truth who are very
aware of the pressures that have not stopped mounting for many years now.
DO YOU CRAVE THE SECRET REST OF GOD?
That intimate “you and Him” time? Not just the basic devotional readings or corporate worship and prayer gatherings. I
mean that “place” or room or location to go where you can wrestle, cry, wait, and listen. To rest in the arms of Peace.
IT IS A GOOD THING TO CRAVE THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD!
Look at what the word craving means!
CRAVING
1: to ask for earnestly
2 a: to want greatly
2b: to yearn
3: an intense, urgent, or peculiar desire or longing
THESAURUS DEFINITIONS
Passion
Yearning
Desire
Appetite
Hunger
Hankering
Thirst
Longing
THERE IS MUCH TREACHERY OCCURRING IN THE EVIL PLANS OF DARKNESS
AND THE PEOPLE HELD CAPTIVE BY IT THESE DAYS.
It can bring a real sense of despair, broken heartedness and shock when you encounter this type of thing and when it
attempts to destroy your hope and confidence in what the Lord Jesus has set you apart for to express in His Power and in
His name.
DELAYS DELAYS DELAYS!
I don't know fully why it seems as if good people who are sincere and pure hearted seem to go through so much
persecution and repeated difficulty.
"My soul faints with longing for your rescue,
but I have put my hope in your word."
Psalm 119:81
COURAGE FROM THE ONE WHO KNOWS ABOUT YOUR LONGING
"LORD, you know the hopes of the helpless.
Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them."
Psalm 10:17
What is this verse saying to you and I right now?
It is saying that the Lord HIMSELF will encourage us!
That is why we must continue to fight for that place of Divine “sanctuary!”
That “get away from it all” place of craving and longing for His comfort. He knows our hurt, our loneliness, our scorched
and heart torn issues! He understands how agonizing and bled out we can get when it seems as if battle after battle we
begin to wonder if something might be wrong with us!
“Hope delayed makes the heart sick,
but when dreams come true,
there is life and joy.”
Proverbs 13:12 (NAT)
NOTHING CAN SATISFY DRY LIPS LIKE WATER!
We are in a time where no persons opinions, no one’s books no one’s podcasts are going to satisfy that craving, that need
for a thirst quenching drink of companionship with God.
We long to hear words from someone that tell us everything is going to be all right! That our children will be safe, our
homes protected, our basic needs provided! And yet! Nothing “out there” satisfies us fully!
You see Dear Beloved one…
THIS IS THE SEASON OF GREAT HUNGER FOR A SIMPLE WALK WITH YOUR SAVIOR.
Only time spent with him like a dear dear friend will fill the gaping ache you have.
He will speak, He will comfort, and He will show you what is true and what is false in the days ahead if you will return to
that Place of companionship with Him. Away from the opinions of men and the noise of this life.
“Every word you give me is a miracle word-
how could I help but obey?
Break open your words, let the light shine out,
let ordinary people see the meaning.
Mouth open and panting,
I wanted your commands more than anything.
Turn my way, look kindly on me,
as you always do to those who personally love you.”
Psalm 119:129-131 (The Message)
"A WORD OF PROPHECY"
“ Order you days first in My Presence, and watch the desires of your heart be fulfilled. Man and his council will always fall
short of the full truth of My Wisdom. I have blueprints and a Master plan for so many things yet to build upon in your life.
Come. Let us walk again together.
You are the temple, the house of my Holy Spirit. I desire to build you up in spiritual strength as you walk in prayer and
conversations WITH Me, not TO Me!
I will fulfill your longing for peace and direction as you step up again into a heavenly trust and rest.
People will change, man will fail you, friends will turn hard and cold if they are not seeking My Voice above the clamor of
the day. And you My child will fail others, if you listen to your own voice of reason and intelligence. As you turn to Me, you
will see My compassion poured out upon you and you will then have My power of pure godly compassion and grace to
pour out on others. You will see the anguish that they are enduring through my eyes, not through your own perceptions or
lack of merciful compassion.
Shake yourself! Waken you soul with the truth! Shake off presumption and the reasonings from your soul that justify your
lack of empathy and hardened heart. If you show mercy, I will see, and in your time if need for surley it will come to all,
Mercy will be shown to you.
I too, long for you as well! Seek Me - with all of your heart, your longings, your heartaches, your dreams, and I will be
there with arms of strength to rescue you from despair.”
“You will seek me and find me
when you seek me with all your heart.”
Jeremiah 29:13
“The LORD is good to those, whose hope is in him,
to the one who seeks him.”
Lamentations 3:25
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Friday, July 23, 2010
"THIS LONG SEASON OF TRANSITION FROM SOWING TO HARVESTING"
by Mary Lindow
Are you in a place where you risk laying down what might cost you your
past history and which will create a new and fresh beginning in the walk of
the saint on earth?
ARE YOU YEARNING FOR REFRESHING FROM THE HEART OF GOD THE
FATHER?
Sadly, many choose to return to the safe place of familiarity and control
to gain perspective, and lose the joy set before them.
THE FATHER IS WATCHING THOSE WHO ARE NOT CREATING AGENDAS
AND PROGRAMS TO ATTEMPT TO HAVE AN "EDGE" DURING THIS LONG
SEASON OF TRANSITION FROM SOWING TO HARVESTING.
He is allowing the breaking and "coming to the end of ones' self" to
continue. Few have stepped over the line into the abandonment He desires
from those who claim that their lives are for His use.
IN THIS CRUCIAL HOUR
Yes… Right now even as you read and contemplate, the Lord is not
requiring acts of greatness and profound gatherings to bring glory to His
plans. The Lord Jesus says these words to those who will choose hear:
"THE SACRIFICE I WANT IS A BROKEN SPIRIT.
A BROKEN AND REPENTANT HEART,
THIS MY BRIDE, I WILL NOT DESPISE.
(PSALM 51:17)
WHAT IS IT THAT JESUS REALLY WANTS FROM US? REALLY?
The obedience to do the simple, and often at times, mundane acts of
“silencing our fleshly need for action and comfort."
JESUS REQUIRES THOSE WHO WOULD BE HIS FOLLOWERS TO A RADICAL
DEVOTION AND AN EVEN MORE RADICAL DEPENDENCE ON GOD.
His followers must be meek,(this does not mean weak)
Must not retaliate,
Must go beyond the Word of God’s “rules and regulations”
And instead, understand its spirit.
They must do what is right when only God is looking,
Must depend on God for their needs,
And pursue His interests rather than their own.
HIS DEVOTED FOLLOWERS MUST LEAVE SPIRITUAL MEASUREMENTS
OF OTHERS' HEARTS AND ACTIONS, “SEEMINGLY GOOD OR BAD”
- TO GOD.
In short, true people of The Kingdom live for God, not for themselves.
"ARE YOU IN AN “UNCOMFORTABLE” SEASON BECAUSE
YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO WALK THE NARROW PATH?
"But small is the gate
and narrow the path that leads to life,
And only a few find it."
Matthew 7:14
THIS IS THE AGONY THAT TURNS INTO A GODLY CONTENTMENT!
When we fully realize that only God the Father can be the full and well
trusted Redeemer and Rescuer in all of our life situations right now, at this
moment, in this time of pruning and trimming away of the things we cling
to that bring a temporary band-aid to a deeper issue! Learning to trust and
know that God is truly, truly FOR us.
So Fear not!
He is dealing with the hearts of those who still cling to hidden control over
their brothers and sisters.
HE IS PROBING EACH HEART WHO CALLS HIM LORD!
He is allowing a spiritual discontentment and a holy frustration to stir up
all unsatisfied and unfulfilled hearts until they begin to wail out loud,
”How long, O LORD? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?”
Psalm 13:1
THE LORD IS TRAINING US!
And if you wonder why there is such a limited level of joy and rest in your
heart, it is because until you have a heart that is broken and repentant for
assuming you are allowed to call the shots in your decision making in this
life, He will not expose you to His full measure of Glory!
Psalm 19:13 (CEV)
”Don't let me do wrong on purpose, Lord,
Or let sin have control over my life.
Then I will be innocent, and not guilty of some terrible fault.”
IT IS TRUE THAT THE KINGDOM IS AVAILABLE TO US ONLY
BY GRACE THROUGH TRUST.
But! Genuine faith (trust) means genuinely embracing and yielding to God's
supremacy, not simply acknowledging it and then passing it by as if it did
not exist.
The Kingdom is a supreme treasure, not just a nice “prize”, and those who
really believe this, will sacrifice everything else in their lives for its agenda.
Professed Christians who crave worldly wealth and position but are not
nearly as excited and consumed with the advancing of God's kingdom,
really need to take a brutal and laser piercing look at the true state of their
souls.
If you hear more talk of someone’s ministry title, mission statement
or the things that God has let them acquire, rather than the
stories of God’s redemption, salvation, and mercy, you will have
witnessed the “kingdom of selfish ambition” in the name of the Lord,
but most certainly not the Kingdom of God.
After all the kingdom of God is not a matter of [getting the] food and drink
[one likes], but instead it is righteousness (that state which makes a
person acceptable to God) and [heart] peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Romans 14:17 (Amplified Bible)
When we preach that people who simply “pray a prayer” will automatically
be saved from hell regardless of whether they truly commit their lives to
Christ and commit to trust that He is saving them from sin (from
selfishness, from going their way instead of his), we preach a message
other than the one our Lord has taught us.
2 Timothy 2:19
Nevertheless, God's solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this
inscription: “The Lord knows those who are his," and, "Everyone who
confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness."
Romans 10:9 (CEV
So you will be saved, if you honestly say,
"Jesus is Lord," and if you believe with all your heart
that God raised him from death.
ONCE WE OBEY…HE WILL RETURN WITH HIS FRESH AND SWEET JOY!
Oh, give me back my joy again; you have broken me—
Now let me rejoice.
Psalm 51:8
IT IS AN INTENSE STRUGGLE TO CHOOSE TO BE EXPOSED BEFORE GOD!
But the delight of allowing nothing of the soul to influence your decisions
when the Lord speaks and gives command far outweighs this present
suffering between spirit and flesh!
If you put yourself above others, you will be put down.
But if you humble yourself, you will be honored.
Matthew 23:12 (CEV)
MANY WHO ARE NOW HIDDEN AND YES, BEAT DOWN, TESTED, RIDICULED
AND SEEMINGLY FORGOTTEN, WILL SHORTLY PASS THROUGH THE OPEN
DOORS OF FRESH OPPORTUNITIES…
…AND PATHWAYS OF TRUTH WILL LEAD THEM.
<br>He makes me strong again.
He leads me in the way of living right with Himself
Which brings honor to His name.
Psalm 23:3 (NLV)
THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE SLOWLY ARISING FROM A HIDDEN PLACE
WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING TO GROW IN WISDOM,
UNDERSTANDING, AND DYING TO SELF-LOVE…
…STAY THE COURSE!
”We are pressed on every side by troubles,
But we are not crushed and broken.
We are perplexed,
But we don't give up and quit.”
(2 Corinthians) 4:8
HE HIMSELF WILL BIND UP EVERYTHING BROKEN IN YOUR HEART,
YOUR DREAMS AND YOUR REPUTATION, WITH HIS OWN HAND,
AND HE WILL RESTORE YOUR JOY!
He heals the brokenhearted,
Binding up their wounds.
Psalm 147:3
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Sunday, July 4, 2010
"DEEPER AND YET DEEPER STILL"
It will be an era like none other.
The setting forth of a new and fresh openness to God's supreme
directions.
A shaking off of youthful folly and petty “scrapping” over who
imparts the greatest message or anointing.
As the Lord continues to shake out and stir up the dross in the life of
each believer there will be a corresponding stirring again to deep repentance.
Believers will come out of their groggy existence and begin to allow the
deep purging and removal of fleshy perceptions about whom God has blessed
and whom God might use for his glory, and for His purposes.
Instead of well planned out speaking rosters for heavily and slickly
advertised conference invitations, there will continue to be spontaneous
and Divinely orchestrated gatherings throughout all nations.
It has already begun in several unannounced convocations.
It is being lit and ignited by the very hand of a Sovereign
and brilliantly strategic God.
Gatherings large and small, in halls, homes, and barns, have become a
focus of God's heart. He indeed has an agenda. It is to call the bride,
His beloved, the one He lavishly spent all of his life's blood upon,
to rise up from her slumber and be shaken and stirred to see that He is
beckoning her deeper and yet deeper still...
...to enter into a place of profound grace, mercy, and safety.
As the cry of repentance from dead works, and foolish masterminding of
plans and programs that only led the bride into morbid obesity, is stirred in the
hearts of those ailing and sickened by the results of such overindulgence, deeper
and deeper still will the Spirit of God draw his people into a communion of
body, spirit, and soul, with his plan and purpose.
Those that wait upon the Lord in their gatherings, in their brokenness, in
their humility, will begin to experience a hush of holiness falling upon their
gatherings. The hovering presence of the pleasure of God will invade and
permeate the hearts of those who have come simply to fellowship in the
power of His word and the presence of His Holiness.
THE WEIGHT OF HIS GLORY
This is not to be confused with what has been termed “The Anointing”
or “The Holy Spirit Falling Upon God’s People.”
Not a whisper, not a sound, not a song, nor a shout will be needed.
I have been in meetings the past year, while on ministry assignments or
as an attendee where believers who chose to enter into repentance and allowed
the “Dross work” of God to have full access to every
corner of their souls, where without warning or fanfare, weightiness
invaded the room, the conference, or the meeting halls.
It was as if a drenching tangible mass of warmth and comfort wrapped
itself around every human being present.
It mattered not whether they were youthful or stooped over in
the aging of their bodies.
The weight of the very glory and magnificence of the Supreme Being,
The Sovereign One was unmistakable.
Complicit stillness and sweetness flowed into and out of every soul
present. All who were sitting or standing in this weight of glory did not
need anyoneto tell them the phenomenon that transcended man's orchestration
was happening.
It did not last 5 minutes, 10 minutes, for 15 minutes. It came in waves
and beckoned with the mercy fragrance that only The Still Small Voice can
infuse a room with.
It seems that the more willing the hearts of those in these gatherings who
would simply sit in the weight of this glorious silence, the richer and
deeper the peace became.
And then again, the sweet song of the Lord would begin to sing out over
the people and the people would begin to sing out the sweet song of
repentance and devotion unto the Lord. It transcended ethnic backgrounds,
Deeper and yet deeper still His presence, His glory, His weightiness
would hover.
In one such meeting the waiting in His glory, in His presence, waiting
upon Him, lasted for 45 minutes. No one wanted to leave, and no one
had any personal formats, styles, preferences or agenda.
“Be still!” the Lord said.
“Be still and know.”
“That I am God!”
HEART WRENCHING REPENTANCE
“Repent, then,
And turn to God,
So that your sins may be wiped out,
That times of refreshing may come from the Lord."
Acts 3:19
There have been voices in the body of Christ crying out that she must
repent for her sluggishness, smugness, and presumption.
These voices will be amplified and multiplied throughout the year.
There will be required by the Lord, a setting apart in the heart of every
believer.
The call to separate the coarse and dry husks of chaff, suffocating the
grain of their lives, which was meant to be made into the bread of life so
that others may taste of true and sweet communion with the living God.
Deeper and deeper still will the call to shake off slumber, to once and for
all lay down the sins and arrogance that so the easily traps and ensnares
the life of the bride.
The life of each believer will be tested and the dross, the presumption,
and entitlement will be refined away in the lives of those who count
themselves as servants of Christ, not simply fans of Christ.
THE GREATER THE SURRENDER
THE GREATER THE INCREASE OF HIS GLORY
As each member of the body of Christ willingly steps in to the full scan of
the Holy Spirit's convicting radiance, a fresh awakening of the empowering courage
and strength of Christ as the glorious bridegroom will be brought to the forefront.
He will be the central focus and no longer will the bride lag behind in
adolescent drudgery and laziness.
Wave upon wave of adoration will be lifted up as a love sacrifice to the
Beloved One. And the weight of His glory will shake and rock religious agendas
until they crumble and strip off the need for the noise and glitter that has
cluttered and stifled the rightful honor due unto the King of glory.
When with deliberate consideration, the weight of God’s glory is given full
access to flow as it begins to invade and permeate, be prepared for
unbelievers who may be simply walking by a home gathering, a fellowship service, or
a conference, to be drawn into your gatherings as if wooed or summoned
by a fragrance or sound that they have had move them to go and seek out
where it was coming from. The Lord shall draw them and show them of His might,
His presence, and you shall lead them to Him…
… And they shall find salvation.
INSIGHT AND WARNING
Many are indeed standing in a difficult place, not knowing where to turn or
what to do, and will fall headlong into further disaster if they do not awaken
from the hardness of heart and spiritual presumption that have become
companions and corrupt habits.
Today you have heard His heart; you have heard His voice,
Harden not your heart, and instead quickly heed His voice.
Allow the shaking; willingly permit any condescension, elitism, control,
manipulation, cowardly blame shifting, hateful speech, competition,
anger, and vengeful and revengeful thoughts, to be once and for all
purged out of your soul!
Jump headlong into folly,
Or
Fall into the hands of the living breathing God.
“Take care, brethren,
That there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart
That falls away from the living God.”
Hebrews 3:12
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