Sunday, December 14, 2014

God Is Restoring the Signs and Wonders Movement

Heavenly breakthrough
(Flickr/Patrick Emerson)
It seems like so many times recently during prayer I am reminded of the Prophet Elijah casting his mantle on Elisha. In that single moment a spiritual calling was released and an invitation to come up higher was given. This moment would not be recorded in Scripture if Elisha did not discern the weight of what was taking place. 
"So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him" (1 Kin. 19:19).
Elisha was being called by God to take the mantle of a prophetic father and advance! I so clearly hear the rumbling of revival in this hour. There is a transition that is taking place, and a generation of people are arising in the earth who long for the outpouring of the presence of God. 
We have read the books about the great healing ministers, powerful prophets and renowned revivalists who have gone on before us. When they died they left their mantles on earth waiting to be claimed and taken to the next level. It is time that this generation makes spiritual history! It is time that we have a fresh outpouring of power, miracles and awakening.
In a time of prayer recently a powerful word of the Lord came to me about the mantles being released:
I am calling this generation forth to move in the supernatural. Even as the church in the book of Acts went from place to place with power and demonstration, so am I calling this generation to move in power and demonstration. No longer shall the hand of man prevail; no longer shall the wisdom of man stand. 
I have invested the power and authority of My kingdom inside of My family, My sons and daughters. There is an awakening unto fullness, fullness of sonship, fullness of covenant, fullness of position and grace in Me, there is an awakening to the fullness of My power, My kingdom that I have called you to carry. There is a banner of fire being cast over this generation, and I am raising up voices who will release My wind and My breath upon the embers in order to fan the flame. 
This generation is called and marked to burn for Me. This generation is called unto the supernatural. I am raising up and establishing healing ministries in the earth as a sign and a wonder. I am sending forth prophetic ministries in the earth to awaken My people from their slumber and call them back to My heart. The spirit of slumber has blinded the eyes of many and they have been asleep at the wheel while destined journeys and planned exploits have crashed in the spirit and not been fulfilled because they were driving with their eyes closed! 
I am calling them to wake and move with Me. I am casting the mantle upon My people! I am casting the mantle of supernatural ministry upon My people. I am calling them to arise into the kingdom. The kingdom is supernatural. My sons and daughters are supernatural people called to signs and wonders. There is a generation that is arising in the earth that shall walk in uncommon faith and do uncommon exploits by my spirit.
Friend, I believe that this is the word of the Lord for you and me! God is calling His people to move in the supernatural. A new era of revival is beginning, and you have a part in it. Heaven has no small assignments! Let us be like Elisha and recognize the moment that we are living in. Jesus is inviting us to move deeper and allow Him to shine brighter through us. My prayer is that we receive the mantle of fire and go forth blazing with the fire of revival! "For our God is a consuming fire" (Heb. 12:29).
Ryan LeStrange has been preaching the gospel for more than half of his life. As a young man, God led him to leave his home and travel to Tennessee to study and train under Dr. Norvel Hayes, who later became his spiritual father. Pastor Ryan shares the apostolic call of Dr. Hayes to establish churches, ministries and bible colleges, and to train leaders in the body of Christ. Ryan hosts a weekly television show on God TV called Power4Today. Ryan is the Apostle and leader of Impact International Apostolic Fellowship, a network of churches and ministries around the world with a single vision to birth revival. He has founded two bible colleges, served as an associate pastor and traveled as an evangelist. Visit him online at ryanlestrange.com.

Friday, December 12, 2014

SMALL STRAWS IN A SOFT WIND by MARSHA BURNS--12/9/14:
You are in the early stages--the very beginning of the current spiritual season. And, you can barely tell a difference from the last season; the changes are imperceptible. But, the subtleties are important and powerful. Take the time to evaluate what has occurred in the past two months, and you will see more clearly the significance of what I am doing in your life, says the Lord.
Zechariah 4:10 For who has despised the day of small things?

Sunday, December 7, 2014

Protection in the coming chaos and rioting.

Word from the Father:
Oh, My children, hear your Heavenly Father this day.  Soon chaos and rioting will be the norm.  I do not want you unprotected when this happens.  It is imperative that you all get close to Me now.  Seek Me in your secret closets, the secret chambers of your hearts.  Get alone with Me, and often.  If you would draw nigh unto Me, I will draw nigh unto you.
Now listen to your Heavenly Father this day.  When chaos and rioting fills the streets, I do not want any of you to be in harm’s way. Therefore, you each must learn to be led by My Spirit even in the smallest of details throughout your day.  And each morning you must seek Me in what you should do for that day.  It may be that I will tell you not to leave your home for work.  This will be for your own protection.
It is My deep desire to protect My own in the coming days.  But I cannot protect those that stray from My will for them.
It is not a small thing when one of My own fall prey to the enemy. I take guarding My children very serious.  But you MUST obey Me to have My protection.  I will guide and lead each of you to where you will be safe.  But if you stray on your own, then you shall be open prey to the enemy.  I do not desire this for you.
Oh, but many of you believe that you have My protection merely because you carry My Son’s name.  Well I tell you each now, yes it is true that I shall protect those that carry My Son’s name.  But this is ONLY provided that you spend time with Me in your secret chambers and do what I say.  Have you not read in My word that those who dwell in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under My shadow, which is your protection?  So do you think that you can dwell in My secret place while doing your own thing? Nonsense…….
So hear Me now.  Get alone in your secret closets with Me and often.  You must learn to hear My inner voice directing each of you.  This chaos and rioting is coming soon and I do not want you unprotected when it comes.  So again, I say, get into your secret closets with Me each day and often.  I shall meet with each of you if you do this in honor of Me.  For I love each of you with an everlasting love and do not desire evil to befall any of you.
I love you, My little ones.  So heed your Heavenly Father this day and carry My protection upon you in the coming days of terror.
***Personal note.  My pastor has told me that the Lord has told him on several occasions that it is imperative that we learn to clearly hear the Lord’s voice at all times throughout the day.  And we are to be ‘instant’ in both hearing and obeying Him because we won’t know what will happen throughout the course of a day and so our very lives will depend on it in the days ahead.
James 4:8  Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
Proverbs 22:3  A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Psalms 91:1  He that dwells in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Psalms 91:2  I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
Psalms 91:3  Surely he shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the deadly pestilence.
Psalms 91:4  He shall cover you with his feathers, and under his wings shall you trust: his truth shall be your shield and buckler.
Psalms 91:5  You shall not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flies by day;
Psalms 91:6  Nor for the pestilence that walks in darkness; nor for the destruction that wastes at noonday.
Psalms 91:7  A thousand shall fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you.
Psalms 91:8  Only with your eyes shall you behold and see the reward of the wicked.
Psalms 91:9  Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge, even the most High, your habitation;
Psalms 91:10  There shall no evil befall you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.
Psalms 91:11  For he shall give his angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.
Psalms 91:12  They shall bear you up in their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone.
Psalms 91:13  You shall tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the serpent shall you trample under feet.
Psalms 91:14  Because he has set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he has known my name.
Psalms 91:15  He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him.
Psalms 91:16  With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation.

Friday, December 5, 2014

SMALL STRAWS IN A SOFT WIND by MARSHA BURNS--12/5/14:

Refuse to give up or let up; keep pushing against the powers of darkness until you have complete breakthrough. I have made a way of perfection in every circumstance. But, you must stay in the flow of My Spirit. This is a time when you need to mind your own business and maintain good boundaries for yourself and others. Stay within the confines of righteous authority, says the Lord.
Psalms 138:8 The LORD will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy, O LORD, endures forever; do not forsake the works of Your hands.

Monday, December 1, 2014

"Of the increase of His government and peace
There will be no end,
Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,
To order it and establish it with judgment and justice
From that time forward, even forever.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this."
Isaiah 9:7

In the midst of international and national crisis, economic instability, and attacks against religious freedom, I am fully confident of God's prophetic promises in His written Word. He said without reservation, that the increase of His government and peace will not cease (see Isaiah 9:7). Not only will His Kingdom and peace increase, He will zealously establish that increase with justice and righteousness.
We receive His promises as solid and prevailing truth especially as we are systematically oversaturated with news of injustice around the globe. Jesus is passionately bringing forth His Church as a glorious and beautiful Bride in the earth. She will shine! No matter what happens, Christ's Church "WINS!"
Since His Kingdom on earth is increasing, this translates into the visible increase of spiritual authority of His Church. What do I mean by spiritual authority? We all have the authority to govern planet earth "in Jesus name." That has both spiritual and natural implications, but it all begins in the spirit realm. I'm sure you've heard this before, "First the spiritual, then the natural." We deal with the spirit of the matter first and the natural will adjust itself accordingly. (Photo by Jennifer Page "Brush of Angels Wings" via elijahshopper.com)
Our Spiritual Authority Will Increase
We've been designated priests and kings in the earth and our spiritual authority is tied into those designations in Christ. We exercise this authority primarily in prayer and also by releasing prophetic words and prophetic actions that dismantle darkness and bring the illuminating light of God into situations. We then move into strategic action into the affairs of nations as we do what we "see the Father doing."
I've often found that we have things legally available to us in God, but living it out is a whole different matter. This is what I mean when I say "our spiritual authority will increase". It's probably better to say that we will see a visible increase of authority as we understand the spiritual realm more clearly and apply what we know more precisely.
How does the Church grow in spiritual authority?
The Church grows in authority by gaining fresh understanding of the spiritual realm and applying these truths victoriously. Out of conscientiousness to not offend God or cross any lines Biblically, many have rejected unusual spiritual experiences and even hidden their personal stories of breakthrough. Why? Because their breakthrough happened in ways they couldn't yet explain from the Word of God. I've had this happen many times personally and had to sit on things for a season until I could clarify it in plain language and from Biblical precedent.
For example, when I was a new Christian it was not accepted for a Christian to have demonic problems in the ways that I was having. I had to be delivered from occult spirits a year after I was saved and baptized in the Holy Spirit. It took time for me to explain that experience from the Bible to those who were not aware that Christians can and do have spiritual problems.
What I'm seeing in the future is the Church accelerating in decoding spiritual mysteries and cracking new codes in the spiritual realm. Jesus is on a mission to set people free and He is going to teach His Church how to do that better.
ElijahList Prophetic Resources
Just like the apostle Peter, you will stumble into new truth and then have to work it out afterward. You recall that Peter fell into a trance in Acts 10 and was instructed in the trance to accept Gentiles into the faith. Previously Gentiles were off limits to Jews and considered unclean. Peter had an experience with new truth and then had to process it out and test its validity.
Just like Peter, we too will be stumbling into more and more truth. We will then have to do our homework and test it and validate it through the written Word. I have discovered that every time I've had such an experience, I can always find it somewhere in the written Word. This is a key protocol that we have to have when introducing new patterns and protocols to the Body of Christ. The results, however, will entice us to shift our thinking and embrace something new.
Unlocking Mysteries
Another big challenge will be to find language to explain what has been newly discovered. Spiritual mysteries often remain mysteries because we don't have the language or the understanding to grasp it. Many such revelations will have deep spiritual implications and go beyond our human language. We will have to craft linear explanation to help others grasp things that are intangible, but effective. Not explaining things properly can cause truths to be rejected instead of embraced. We must think before we speak and not promote new things as spiritual fads, but push it as solid and proven truth.
Warrior's Heart by Jennifer PageThis quest to unlock mysteries will be fueled by personalized promises and mandates to deliver lands, spiritual atmospheres, and whole nations IN A DAY. The drive to see people freed from spiritual, emotional, and physical bondage, and things assigned to them by culture, will drive the search to crack new spiritual codes for freedom. We will go beyond what we know now.
The Lord is saying to "Keep asking, seeking, and knocking. Don't stop knocking!" God is releasing bigger vision, wider mandates, and opening the storehouses of mysteries so you can get the job done. (Photo of Warrior's Heart by Jennifer Page via elijahshopper.com)
With new understanding will come new teachings. Our present teachings about the spiritual realm, spiritual warfare, prophetic intercession, etc. are often methodology based on Biblical truths and genuine personal testimony. For example, a widely-used prayer model for physical healing is actually a methodology based on the Bible and crafted from many testimonies. We use this prayer model at our church fairly effectively, but we are ready to adjust it once a more efficient model is discovered and tested to be true.
Our methods and subsequently our teachings will experience a shift as we crack new codes and gain new testimonies of deeper deliverances. There will be new methodology! The Lord is exhorting us to patiently test such things, hold fast to what is good, but not to hastily reject new things. We will also have to take the appropriate time to develop "bridging" communication and not turn new truths into just popular fads that will fade.
He's increasing your storehouse of unlocked mysteries! These mysteries will communicate the manifold wisdom of God and create whole new sounds of wonder in the earth. People and places absolutely lost and beyond hope will emerge out of deep darkness and truly shine with the light of God.
Jennifer Eivaz,

Come Alive (Dry Bones)- Lauren Daigle