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DREAM: 11-7-16

11/11/2016

PEOPLE OF GOD I SHARED THE FOLLOWING DREAM WITH A GOOD FRIEND ON THIS PAST MONDAY. I WASN'T SURE THEN IF I SHOULD RELEASE IT, BUT I'M SURE NOW THAT IT WAS NOT JUST FOR ME BUT FOR THE PEOPLE OF GOD.
Had a dream last night. Darkness was all around me in a mist. Fear and dread all around me. Then I turned around and there was a mountain behind me. I jumped onto it and began to jump from cliff to cliff. I went up higher and higher until all I felt was invincible. All fear faded the higher I went. And then I heard a voice say , "this is prophetic".
Monday morning during prayer and meditation, the Lord brought it back to my remembrance and gave me
Habakkuk 3:16 When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.
17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
18 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
19 The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places

GOD ... WHERE AM I

8/8/2016

IF YOU ARE IN A PLACE IN YOUR LIFE WHERE YOU DON'T KNOW WHATS NEXT, WHEN, WHO OR HOW, YOU ARE PERFECTLY POSTURED FOR YOUR NEXT LEVEL EXPERIENCE. NOW IS THE TIME TO JUST GO AHEAD AND ALLOW GOD TO TAKE COMPLETE CONTROL.
YES, I KNOW IT IS UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT DON'T PANIC. GOD HAS YOU RIGHT WHERE YOU NEED TO BE. SO, STAND STILL AND KNOW THAT HE IS GOD AND HE SHALL BE EXALTED ... HE SHALL GET THE GLORY THROUGH YOU IN THIS SEASON, AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS JUST LABOR TO ENTER INTO YOUR REST.
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE HIS YOKE UPON YOU AND LEARN OF HIM.
REMEMBER HIS YOKE IS EASY AND HIS BURDENS ARE LIGHT!
OH, WHAT A GREAT EXCHANGE!
JUST RELAX AND LET GOD DO IT!

GOD KNOWS ALL ABOUT YOU

5/14/2015

GOD KNOWS ALL ABOUT YOU

PSALM 139 is said to be one of the greatest Psalms written of King David. In this Psalm, David writes of the ever present (Omnipresent) and the all knowing God (Omniscient). More specifically, it gives and account of how well God knows each of us individually, even better than we know ourselves.

Before we were even fashioned or formed God, knew every component of our being; physical and spiritual. Our very souls were created with carefulness and precision. Nothing that we are, is a mistake or a mishap, because everything God created was deemed marvelous and “good” in His sight.

Because God took such great care in forming each of us, like any other Artist, God monitors and takes note of us and of everything that pertains to us. And, even in our imperfection, his thoughts of us are only good. Who wouldn’t want to KNOW and SERVE a God like that? Such a loving steward and caretaker is He.

Psalm 139
1 O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.

2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.

3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.

4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.

5 Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.

7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?

8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.

9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.

11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.

12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.

13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

18 If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.

DO YOU KNOW GOD

5/13/2015

Apostle Peter wanted new converts to know God, as in getting to know Him through a relationship with Him through Christ. Until Christ, even the Jews, as well as the Gentiles with their numerous gods, obtained only a knowledge of God through tradition and religion.
Because of our faith in Christ, we can obtain this knowledge and become partakers of all the things that Divinity offers. Only through this intimate knowledge, can we become partakers of the exceeding great and precious promises and power of God.

Accept Christ today, get to know Him for yourselves, so that you too can be afforded the peace, etc., that comes with knowing God.

2 Peter 1:Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

COME ... SPEAK ... AWAKEN

5/9/2015

COME ... SPEAK ... AWAKEN

IN LUKE 13 VS 10-13 JESUS FINDS A WOMAN IN THE SYNAGOGUE, WHO WAS BENT, BOWED AND BROKEN. LIKE THAT WOMAN, THERE ARE SOME OF US WHO ARE IN THE KINGDOM, YET WE ARE BROKEN. MIRACLES, SIGNS AND WONDERS HAPPENING ALL AROUND US, YET WE REMAIN THE SAME. SOME ARE IN LEADERSHIP. HEALING OTHERS, AT THE SAME TIME IN NEED OF HEALING.

THREE THINGS OCCURRED ON THAT DAY THE WOMEN WAS HEALED. FIRSTLY, SHE RESPONDED WHEN HE BID HER TO COME. GOD IS SPEAKING TO US ALL THE TIME. WE MUST QUIET OUR SOULS. PRAY AND THEN LISTEN AND RESPOND TO HIS WORD. WHAT IS GOD SAYING TO YOU TODAY?

SECONDLY, HE SPOKE THE WORDS, “WOMAN THOU ART LOOSED”! JESUS WAS THE WORD OF GOD MADE FLESH AND WHEN HE DIED FOR OUR SINS, WE NOW HAVE JESUS, THE WORD ON THE INSIDE (GAL 2:20 “I am crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me.” ALLOW THE SPIRIT TO CAUSE THAT WORD ON THE INSIDE TO COME OUT AND MANIFEST FRUIT. (Proverbs 18:21. Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.) EAT THE WORD, SPEAK THE WORD AND ENJOY THE FRUIT THEREOF.

FINALLY, BECAUSE WE HAVE RECEIVED CHRIST AS OUR SAVIOR, WE ALREADY POSSESS THE INHERITANCE OF THE KINGDOM. EVERYTHING THAT PERTAINS TO LIFE AND GODLINESS IS ALREADY OURS. NOTICE THAT JESUS DID NOT SAY TO THE WOMEN, BE MADE WHOLE, INSTEAD HE TOLD HER WHAT SHE ALREADY WAS, “WOMEN THOU ART LOOSED”. WHEN WE BEGIN TO SEE OURSELVES AS JESUS SEES US, SPIRITUAL AWAKENING WILL OCCUR. THEN, WE WILL REALIZE WE ARE ALREADY ... … …

THE SCRIPTURE IN LUKE 13 SAYS, THAT THE LAST THING JESUS DID BEFORE THIS WOMAN WAS HEALED WAS TOUCH HER. SPIRITUALLY AWAKENING OCCURS WHEN WE ALLOW JESUS TO TOUCH US; LAY HANDS ON US AND TAKE HOLD OF OUR VERY SOULS. NO BETTER IMPARTATION THAN THAT FROM THE LORD OF OUR LIVES. ALLOW JESUS TO ARREST AND RESURRECT YOU, YOUR SITUATION, AND YOUR VERY LIFE.

SO, I SAY TO YOU TODAY PEOPLE OF GOD, “YOU ARE LOOSED!”

RELEASE

3/2/2015

THE FIRE THAT WE RELEASE MUST BE PURE, AND OF A HOLY DISPENSATION. IT MUST NOT BE STRANGE. AND, IT MUST NOT BE WITHHELD, BUT GIVEN FREELY. THE FIRE IS IN YOU TO CLEANSE AND NOT CONSUME YOU. IT IS POWERFUL AND OF DIVINE ORIGINS. RELEASE IT, AND SET THE WORLD ON FIRE.

SPEAK IT

2/8/2015

Open up your mouth and SPEAK IT! " Life and death is in the power of your tongue and they that love it will eat the fruit thereof"
Fall in love with the WORD of GOD. Then open up your mouth eat it and then SPEAK IT!

POSITIVE CHANGE

12/28/2014

AS I SIT HERE IN QUIET REFLECTION AND PRAYER, MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE FAMILIES AND LOVE ONES OF THOSE SLAIN NYPD OFFICERS. ONE OF WHICH WAS MY BROTHER IN CHRIST - SAID TO BE AN EXCEPTIONAL, GOOD MAN OF GOD, AND I PRAY.
I PRAY THAT AS A PEOPLE ,WE BEGIN TO REALIZE OUR SIMILARITIES AND EMBRACE THEM, INSTEAD OF SO DESPERATELY CLINGING TO OUR DIFFERENCES.
I DO NOT PRAY WITHOUT HOPE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT JUST AS POSITIVE CHANGE HAS ALREADY COME, IT WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO, AND BRING US TOGETHER AS ONE PEOPLE UNDER GOD.

A NEW PARADIGM IS COMING! ... ‪#‎shift‬

IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW

12/12/2014

GOD TOLD ME :
THEY TALK ABOUT YOU BADLY AND TRY TO SLANDER YOUR NAME. HOWEVER, THOUGH THEY HAVE KNOWN YOU FOR A LONG TIME, THEY STILL DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE ... THEY DON'T KNOW THE REAL YOU ... THEY DON'T KNOW YOUR HEART. SO, IT MATTERS NOT WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT YOU, BECAUSE THAT WHICH THEY ARE SPEAKING DOES NOT REFLECT THE REAL YOU. BECAUSE, THEY NEVER KNEW YOU!

EVEN JESUS SAID "HOW IS IT THAT I'VE BEEN WITH YOU SO LONG AND YOU STILL DON'T KNOW ME?" (JOHN 14:9) ... ALL I HAVE TO SAY TO THAT IS ... "IF YOU DONT KNOW ME BY NOW, YOU WILL NEVER, EVER, EVER KNOW ME!"

MODERN DAY GNOSTICISM

12/12/2014

THIS IS GOING ON RIGHT IN THE BODY OF CHRIST TODAY AND SOME OF THEM EVEN CLAIM TO BE PROPHETS. THIS WAS A PROBLEM IN THE EARLY CHURCH. AND, IT IS A FACT THAT THERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN.
IT IS CALLED GNOSTICISM

Gnostics claim to possess an elevated knowledge, a “higher truth” known only to a certain few. Gnosticism comes from the Greek word gnosis which means “to know.” Gnostics claim to possess a higher knowledge, not from the Bible, but acquired on some mystical higher plain of existence. Gnostics see themselves as a privileged class elevated above everybody else by their higher, deeper knowledge of God.

BUT, BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN YOU FORM THESE CLIQUES ... REJECTING OTHERS ... THROWING STUMBLING BLOCKS. SCRIPTURE SAYS,
I COR. 10:11- 12 These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come. 12 So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall!

PAUL DEALS WITH GNOSTICS IN THE BOOK OF COLOSSIANS:
COLOSSIANS 1:9 For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge [epignosin] of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10 that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge [epignosin] of God; 11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy; 12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. (NKJV)

In this passage, Paul begins his attack on the Gnostic beliefs being promulgated to the Colossians. He does so with a few subtle statements that are easily overlooked if the context isn't recognized. Paul states that he and Timothy have been praying for the Colossians, asking God to fill them with knowledge, that they may be fruitful in every good work. In verses 9 and 10, the word "knowledge" comes from the Greek word epignosin. Of this word, Kenneth S. Wuest writes:
The word is an advance upon gnosis (knowledge) in that it denotes a larger and more thorough knowledge. It is a knowledge which grasps and penetrates into an object. It was a favorite word of the Gnostics who used it to designate the superior knowledge which they claimed as their exclusive possession. Paul prays that all the saints might become possessors of this knowledge, indicating that it was open for all to appropriate, not a secret mystery into which only a favored few could be initiated. (p. 175, vol. I, Word Studies in the Greek New Testament, "Ephesians and Colossians")

Paul uses EPIGNOSIN to emphasize the true and full knowledge of God that he wanted the Colossians to attain. The implication is that the knowledge of the Gnostics was neither true nor full. THIS KNOWLEDGE HAS BEEN GIVEN TO EVERY ONE WHO IS A CHILD OF GOD THRU CHRIST.
EPHESIANS 3

14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

IT'S ALREADY DONE!

12/7/2014

GOD DECREED IN GEN 3:15 "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." THEREFORE ANYTHING THAT THE enemy CAN DEVISE IN his MIND (head) TO DO AGAINST US, HAS ALREADY BEEN DECLARED NULL AND VOID.

GOD WILL PROVIDE

12/7/2014

WHEN GOD CALLS YOU TO AN ASSIGNMENT, HE WILL ALWAYS SEND THE PROVISIONS. AT THE AGE OF 2, JESUS RECEIVED PROVISIONS THROUGH THE MAGI FOR HIS MINISTRY THAT WOULD COMMENCE APPROXIMATELY 30 YEARS LATER.

THE MONETARY VALUE OF THE GOLD, FRANKINCENSE, AND MYRRH:

"There's no way to be sure how large the gift was but a small chest would have been an appropraite gift for a messiah. At that estimation and todays market the one gift of gold alone would be worth at least a half million dollars. If it was gold coin it could've been more. The other two gifts were more valuable than gold THEN. While there's no way to know how much, it's a good guess they were of comparable value. So, I would guess that the three gifts combined would easily have been worth well over a million bucks. A couple million even."

NEW BEGINNINGS

9/10/2014

GOD IS PLACING PEOPLE IN OUR LIVES WITH THE LIKE/SAME SPIRIT, DREAMS, VISIONS ... THEY ARE OUR IRON, OUR ARRON, OUR HUR. NO JEALOUSY, NO BACK BITTING.....PURE, SINCERE AND AUTHENTIC CO-LABORERS IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD!!!

ARISE & SHINE!!!!!

8/15/2014

ARISE AND SHINE (take your rightful place in the earth as glory carriers, as sons; fully mature, on the meat of the word ready to draw all men unto Me), SAITH THE LORD! TAKE YOUR HEAD OUT OF THE SAND! AND,COME FORTH AND BE WHO I PREDESTINED YOU TO BE IN THE EARTH! FOR THE TIME HAS COME! NO LONGER WILL YOU BE ABLE TO HIDE YOUR LIGHT! NOTHING CAN COVER THE LIGHT OF GOD. AND THE LIGHT (Jesus, the Holy Spirit without measure...) HAS COME AND MY GLORY HAS RISEN UPON YOU. TAKE UP YOUR MANTLE AND GO! NO LONGER WILL YOU BE AFRAID FOR I AM WITH YOU. AND, I WILL PERFECT YOU AND COMPLETE THE WORK IN YOU AND THE WORK IN THE EARTH REALM. THEN, SHALL I COME! AND, TAKE YOU HOME! AND, YOU WILL RULE WITH ME! MY PEOPLE AND I, YOUR GOD ETERNAL AND FOREVERMORE! ISAIAH 60

TAKE AUTHORITY

8/7/2014

LAY HOLD TO YOUR KINGDOM AUTHORITY; STAND FIRM IN YOUR ROYAL POSITION!!!!
WITH THAT I DECREE & DECLARE: I SHALL LIVE (WHOLE - MIND, BODY, SOUL, & SPIRIT) & NOT DIE: TO DECLARE THE WORKS OF THE LORD!!!!!!
IMPLEMENTING MY KINGDOM ASSIGNMENT WHILE REMAIN WHOLE (NOTHING MISSING, NOTHING BROKEN) & HOLY!!!!!!!!