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Rev. John McFarland
Confirming The Saints Mission Statement
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Monday, February 27, 2012
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Friday, February 24, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Prophecy 23
Thus saith the Lord...
There are many times and seasons in the course of your life, and one cannot be judged by another. "The thing that has been shall be", but the thing that has not been for you shall also be. The times and seasons of your life are in my hands, and I do not delegate them to others that they might provoke you to something which is not within your time or before your season. A time is a set time and a season is a set season, which has parameters by which the issues of your life are judged. If I bring you there before the time, then you will not be prepared. For what man wears in summer those things which are necessary to the winter, lest they overburden him and cast unnecessary care upon his life and thereby weary him: as if he might run when it is time to walk with patience, even as "I lead gently those that are with child, drawing them after Me with cords of love". For your times and seasons are in my hands, and there is no other recourse to the sons of men but to yield to my calling and my leading. I take great care to teach you how to respond to my words; but I will also lead some by bit and bridle when it is necessary to fulfill certain things within their lives, which are beyond the scope of that to which they have already been yielded and expectant. Give your heart an opportunity to consider my words to you and meditate upon them, rather than simply being excited to hear them. There is an answer within my words which often reveals and confirms the questions you ought to be asking but have neglected to ascertain by the timeliness and other contexts of our meeting. When, where, and how did I meet you today, that was different than in times past? The moment beyond the moment you expected always makes a difference by intention; as when men say, "When you least expect it, then expect it!" What can I say to you when you will only hear your own voice repeat that which was never intended to be redundant, but expansive and reciprocal within our fellowship. Your voice is alive with the creativity of the moment, if you dare to speak into your own life, but you hesitate. Meanwhile, you allow others to say things which are a distraction for you to accommodate; when you ought to say no to them, and declare your own direction, so they might also learn: and more often by the simplicity of your spirit, beyond all the words you might otherwise say to them. Give voice to your heart and declare that which is right, and do not hesitate between two opinions when you know my truth concerning any situation. Give your heart fully to Me and abide in my Word, that my words may be peaceable to you when I speak plainly in the times and seasons of your visitation.
Amen.
There are many times and seasons in the course of your life, and one cannot be judged by another. "The thing that has been shall be", but the thing that has not been for you shall also be. The times and seasons of your life are in my hands, and I do not delegate them to others that they might provoke you to something which is not within your time or before your season. A time is a set time and a season is a set season, which has parameters by which the issues of your life are judged. If I bring you there before the time, then you will not be prepared. For what man wears in summer those things which are necessary to the winter, lest they overburden him and cast unnecessary care upon his life and thereby weary him: as if he might run when it is time to walk with patience, even as "I lead gently those that are with child, drawing them after Me with cords of love". For your times and seasons are in my hands, and there is no other recourse to the sons of men but to yield to my calling and my leading. I take great care to teach you how to respond to my words; but I will also lead some by bit and bridle when it is necessary to fulfill certain things within their lives, which are beyond the scope of that to which they have already been yielded and expectant. Give your heart an opportunity to consider my words to you and meditate upon them, rather than simply being excited to hear them. There is an answer within my words which often reveals and confirms the questions you ought to be asking but have neglected to ascertain by the timeliness and other contexts of our meeting. When, where, and how did I meet you today, that was different than in times past? The moment beyond the moment you expected always makes a difference by intention; as when men say, "When you least expect it, then expect it!" What can I say to you when you will only hear your own voice repeat that which was never intended to be redundant, but expansive and reciprocal within our fellowship. Your voice is alive with the creativity of the moment, if you dare to speak into your own life, but you hesitate. Meanwhile, you allow others to say things which are a distraction for you to accommodate; when you ought to say no to them, and declare your own direction, so they might also learn: and more often by the simplicity of your spirit, beyond all the words you might otherwise say to them. Give voice to your heart and declare that which is right, and do not hesitate between two opinions when you know my truth concerning any situation. Give your heart fully to Me and abide in my Word, that my words may be peaceable to you when I speak plainly in the times and seasons of your visitation.
Amen.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Prophecy 22
Thus saith the Lord...
For the time is come and now at hand when you need to consider many things; which you might have been able to avoid in the past, when you walked through all your experiences with confidence, but were unable to run when those seasons came upon you. "I have heard about you with the hearing of the ear" were the words of amazement with which Job prefaced the pronouncement of his transitional experience with Me. "But now I see you with my eye" are the words of someone entering into the fullness of the experience by allowing themselves to be moved forward and brought up to speed, even as "the effectual fervent prayer of the righteous man avails", when the passion of your fervency becomes equal and appropriate to that which you desire; holding nothing back, as if there might be some other time or season to enter into the fullness of the work unto which I have called you. There is nothing beyond this moment except the door you enter to a new experience of relationship with Me. "I can make a way where there is no way", but this is the way that I have made for you. This is the door I place before you and will open if you will knock. "Behold I stand at the door of your heart and knock" for you to let Me in unto salvation; but then I call you forth to Ask, Seek, and Knock at my door for all other things. "Ask and it shall be given unto you, Seek and you shall find, Knock and the door shall be opened." When I open a door for you, none can close it; and when I close a door, none can open it again. You can not return to a past season of your life, although you carry your experience forward with you, as if it were all one. And there is no disparity in how I order the times and seasons of your life, as if there was anything out of order, although it returns to you as the promised restoration of what the cankerworm has eaten. This is a new season before you in which everything old is new again, so you have not returned to the past, but are fulfilling the present to enter into the future. Too often men turn to their unfulfilled past to search for answers, rather than meeting with me in the present to live in the moment which is their future. Remember the words of Paul, "Forgetting the things that are behind, I stretch myself beyond myself that by some means I may apprehend that for which I have been apprehended by God, and attain unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus". I will close a door behind you shortly that you will not expect, and in a way you will not fully understand until a new door is opened before you. Come unto Me, and let Me be the Lamp unto your feet, and the Light unto your path as you seek Me, for I Am the Door.
Amen.
For the time is come and now at hand when you need to consider many things; which you might have been able to avoid in the past, when you walked through all your experiences with confidence, but were unable to run when those seasons came upon you. "I have heard about you with the hearing of the ear" were the words of amazement with which Job prefaced the pronouncement of his transitional experience with Me. "But now I see you with my eye" are the words of someone entering into the fullness of the experience by allowing themselves to be moved forward and brought up to speed, even as "the effectual fervent prayer of the righteous man avails", when the passion of your fervency becomes equal and appropriate to that which you desire; holding nothing back, as if there might be some other time or season to enter into the fullness of the work unto which I have called you. There is nothing beyond this moment except the door you enter to a new experience of relationship with Me. "I can make a way where there is no way", but this is the way that I have made for you. This is the door I place before you and will open if you will knock. "Behold I stand at the door of your heart and knock" for you to let Me in unto salvation; but then I call you forth to Ask, Seek, and Knock at my door for all other things. "Ask and it shall be given unto you, Seek and you shall find, Knock and the door shall be opened." When I open a door for you, none can close it; and when I close a door, none can open it again. You can not return to a past season of your life, although you carry your experience forward with you, as if it were all one. And there is no disparity in how I order the times and seasons of your life, as if there was anything out of order, although it returns to you as the promised restoration of what the cankerworm has eaten. This is a new season before you in which everything old is new again, so you have not returned to the past, but are fulfilling the present to enter into the future. Too often men turn to their unfulfilled past to search for answers, rather than meeting with me in the present to live in the moment which is their future. Remember the words of Paul, "Forgetting the things that are behind, I stretch myself beyond myself that by some means I may apprehend that for which I have been apprehended by God, and attain unto the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus". I will close a door behind you shortly that you will not expect, and in a way you will not fully understand until a new door is opened before you. Come unto Me, and let Me be the Lamp unto your feet, and the Light unto your path as you seek Me, for I Am the Door.
Amen.
Psalm 119 Tau
Psalm 119 - JTMV
TAU
169 Let my cry come near before you, O LORD: give me understanding according to your word.
170 Let my supplication come before you: deliver me according to your word.
171 My lips shall utter praise, when you have taught me your statutes.
172 My tongue shall speak of your word: for all your commandments are righteousness.
173 Let your hand help me; for I have chosen your precepts.
174 I have longed for your salvation, O LORD; and your law is my delight.
175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise you; and let your judgments help me.
176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant; for I do not forget your commandments.
TAU
169 Let my cry come near before you, O LORD: give me understanding according to your word.
170 Let my supplication come before you: deliver me according to your word.
171 My lips shall utter praise, when you have taught me your statutes.
172 My tongue shall speak of your word: for all your commandments are righteousness.
173 Let your hand help me; for I have chosen your precepts.
174 I have longed for your salvation, O LORD; and your law is my delight.
175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise you; and let your judgments help me.
176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant; for I do not forget your commandments.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Psalm 119 Schin
Psalm 119 - JTMV
SCHIN
161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart stands in awe of your word.
162 I rejoice at your word, as one that finds great spoil.
163 I hate and abhor lying: but your law do I love.
164 Seven times a day do I praise you because of your righteous judgments.
165 Great peace have they, which love your law: and nothing shall offend them.
166 LORD, I have hoped for your salvation, and done your commandments.
167 My soul has kept your testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
168 I have kept your precepts and your testimonies: for all my ways are before you.
SCHIN
161 Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart stands in awe of your word.
162 I rejoice at your word, as one that finds great spoil.
163 I hate and abhor lying: but your law do I love.
164 Seven times a day do I praise you because of your righteous judgments.
165 Great peace have they, which love your law: and nothing shall offend them.
166 LORD, I have hoped for your salvation, and done your commandments.
167 My soul has kept your testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
168 I have kept your precepts and your testimonies: for all my ways are before you.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Psalm 119 Resh
Psalm 119 - JTMV
RESH
153 Consider my affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget your law.
154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to your word.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not your statutes.
156 Great are your tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to your judgments.
157 Many are my persecutors and my enemies; yet I do not decline from your testimonies.
158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved because they did not keep your word.
159 Consider how I love your precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to your loving kindness.
160 Your word is true from the beginning: and every one of your righteous judgments endures for ever.
RESH
153 Consider my affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget your law.
154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to your word.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not your statutes.
156 Great are your tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to your judgments.
157 Many are my persecutors and my enemies; yet I do not decline from your testimonies.
158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved because they did not keep your word.
159 Consider how I love your precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to your loving kindness.
160 Your word is true from the beginning: and every one of your righteous judgments endures for ever.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Psalm 119 Koph
Psalm 119 - JTMV
KOPH
145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep your statutes.
146 I cried unto you; save me, and I shall keep your testimonies.
147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in your word.
148 My eyes prevent the night watches that I might meditate in your word.
149 Hear my voice according unto your loving kindness: O LORD, quicken me according to your judgment.
150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from your law.
151 You are near, O LORD; and all your commandments are truth.
152 Concerning your testimonies, I have known of old that you have founded them for ever.
KOPH
145 I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep your statutes.
146 I cried unto you; save me, and I shall keep your testimonies.
147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in your word.
148 My eyes prevent the night watches that I might meditate in your word.
149 Hear my voice according unto your loving kindness: O LORD, quicken me according to your judgment.
150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from your law.
151 You are near, O LORD; and all your commandments are truth.
152 Concerning your testimonies, I have known of old that you have founded them for ever.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Psalm 119 Tzaddi
Psalm 119 - JTMV
TZADDI
137 Righteous are you, O LORD, and upright are your judgments.
138 Your testimonies that you have commanded are righteous and very faithful.
139 My zeal has consumed me, because my enemies have forgotten your words.
140 Your word is very pure: therefore your servant loves it.
141 I am small and despised: yet I do not forget your precepts.
142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your law is the truth.
143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet your commandments are my delights.
144 The righteousness of your testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
TZADDI
137 Righteous are you, O LORD, and upright are your judgments.
138 Your testimonies that you have commanded are righteous and very faithful.
139 My zeal has consumed me, because my enemies have forgotten your words.
140 Your word is very pure: therefore your servant loves it.
141 I am small and despised: yet I do not forget your precepts.
142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your law is the truth.
143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet your commandments are my delights.
144 The righteousness of your testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Psalm 119 Pe
Psalm 119 - JTMV
PE
129 Your testimonies are wonderful: therefore does my soul keep them.
130 The entrance of your words give light; it gives understanding unto the simple.
131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for your commandments.
132 Look upon me, and be merciful unto me, as you used to do unto those that love your name.
133 Order my steps in your word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep your precepts.
135 Make your face to shine upon your servant; and teach me your statutes.
136 Rivers of waters run down my eyes, because they keep not your law.
PE
129 Your testimonies are wonderful: therefore does my soul keep them.
130 The entrance of your words give light; it gives understanding unto the simple.
131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for your commandments.
132 Look upon me, and be merciful unto me, as you used to do unto those that love your name.
133 Order my steps in your word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep your precepts.
135 Make your face to shine upon your servant; and teach me your statutes.
136 Rivers of waters run down my eyes, because they keep not your law.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Psalm 119 Ain
Psalm 119 - JTMV
AIN
121 I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to my oppressors.
122 Be surety for your servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
123 My eyes fail for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness.
124 Deal with your servant according unto your mercy, and teach me your statutes.
125 I am your servant; give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.
126 It is time for you, LORD, to work: for they have made void your law.
127 Therefore I love your commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
128 Therefore I esteem all your precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
AIN
121 I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to my oppressors.
122 Be surety for your servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
123 My eyes fail for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness.
124 Deal with your servant according unto your mercy, and teach me your statutes.
125 I am your servant; give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies.
126 It is time for you, LORD, to work: for they have made void your law.
127 Therefore I love your commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
128 Therefore I esteem all your precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Prophecy 15
Thus saith the Lord...
Sometimes the things you think are expedient are not really all that important. You desire those things which by the familiarity of their repetition provide you with a comfort zone for all that you do. You say to yourself, I can see my way forward only if I can see my way back, because your point of reference is upon those things rather than fully upon Me. You desire to know Me. But you still think of me in terms of the things I perform, and your accountability to the things I require.
Sometimes the things you think are expedient are not really all that important. You desire those things which by the familiarity of their repetition provide you with a comfort zone for all that you do. You say to yourself, I can see my way forward only if I can see my way back, because your point of reference is upon those things rather than fully upon Me. You desire to know Me. But you still think of me in terms of the things I perform, and your accountability to the things I require.
Psalm 119 Samech
Psalm 119 - JTMV
SAMECH
113 I hate vain thoughts: but your law do I love.
114 You are my hiding place and my shield: I hope in your word.
115 Depart from me, you evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
116 Uphold me according unto your word that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117 Hold me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto your statutes continually.
118 You have trodden down all them that err from your statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
119 You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love your testimonies.
120 My flesh trembles for fear of you; and I am afraid of your judgments.
SAMECH
113 I hate vain thoughts: but your law do I love.
114 You are my hiding place and my shield: I hope in your word.
115 Depart from me, you evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
116 Uphold me according unto your word that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117 Hold me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto your statutes continually.
118 You have trodden down all them that err from your statutes: for their deceit is falsehood.
119 You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love your testimonies.
120 My flesh trembles for fear of you; and I am afraid of your judgments.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Prophecy 14
Thus saith the Lord...
When I begin to consider the things that are made ready to your hand, then I realize that there are still certain things that cause you to hesitate, which are always the same; and you hold to them as an implacable obstacle to your new beginnings. There are places within you that refuse to be healed as if of their own volition, and circumscribe all your activities with a reluctance to try again, or press yourself beyond measure. You are comfortable with what you can measure, but not with the unknown. You operate your gift in faith for others, because it speaks to their journey and not your own. You draw the line of your journey where others from the past can still see you in order to receive your identity in part from them. What if a tree falls in the woods? Does anyone hear? Your name is before me continually on the lips of others who hold you in remembrance, as much if not more than you consider them. Touch me now with the feelings of your heart. Commune with your heart upon your bed. Commune with Me upon your bed, for I am your heart. Be still, and consider my feelings within your feelings. There is nothing too difficult for Me, and that includes what you think is too difficult for you. You are made in my image, but you are not Me. Stop trying to play God within your own heart and yield to my leadings instead, and respond to all my overtures. The signposts are there before you at every turn. Consider the changes to your thoughts and your daily vision of the world around you in so short a time. My word has become as blinders to your eyes, as you let me lead you by my word and voice rather than a bit and bridle. I created the Horse Whisperer in response to an open heart: encountered here and there, now and then, for different reasons; but always to the same end of extending kindness and removing cruelty and fear from both man and creature. Speak to this mountain within your soul and let it be removed; not by power, not by might, but by my Spirit. For the weapons of your warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the casting down of imaginations and their strongholds.
Amen.
When I begin to consider the things that are made ready to your hand, then I realize that there are still certain things that cause you to hesitate, which are always the same; and you hold to them as an implacable obstacle to your new beginnings. There are places within you that refuse to be healed as if of their own volition, and circumscribe all your activities with a reluctance to try again, or press yourself beyond measure. You are comfortable with what you can measure, but not with the unknown. You operate your gift in faith for others, because it speaks to their journey and not your own. You draw the line of your journey where others from the past can still see you in order to receive your identity in part from them. What if a tree falls in the woods? Does anyone hear? Your name is before me continually on the lips of others who hold you in remembrance, as much if not more than you consider them. Touch me now with the feelings of your heart. Commune with your heart upon your bed. Commune with Me upon your bed, for I am your heart. Be still, and consider my feelings within your feelings. There is nothing too difficult for Me, and that includes what you think is too difficult for you. You are made in my image, but you are not Me. Stop trying to play God within your own heart and yield to my leadings instead, and respond to all my overtures. The signposts are there before you at every turn. Consider the changes to your thoughts and your daily vision of the world around you in so short a time. My word has become as blinders to your eyes, as you let me lead you by my word and voice rather than a bit and bridle. I created the Horse Whisperer in response to an open heart: encountered here and there, now and then, for different reasons; but always to the same end of extending kindness and removing cruelty and fear from both man and creature. Speak to this mountain within your soul and let it be removed; not by power, not by might, but by my Spirit. For the weapons of your warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the casting down of imaginations and their strongholds.
Amen.
Psalm 119 Nun
Psalm 119
NUN
105 Your word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep your righteous judgments.
107 I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto your word.
108 Accept, I beseech you, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me your judgments.
109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget your law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from your precepts.
111 Your testimonies have I taken as my heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform your statutes always, even unto the end.
NUN
105 Your word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep your righteous judgments.
107 I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto your word.
108 Accept, I beseech you, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me your judgments.
109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget your law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from your precepts.
111 Your testimonies have I taken as my heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform your statutes always, even unto the end.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Psalm 119 Mem
Psalm 119 - JTMV
MEM
97 O how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.
98 You through your commandments have made me wiser than my enemies: for they are ever with me.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for your testimonies are my meditation.
100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep your precepts.
101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep your word.
102 I have not departed from your judgments: for you have taught me.
103 How sweet are your words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 Through your precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
MEM
97 O how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.
98 You through your commandments have made me wiser than my enemies: for they are ever with me.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for your testimonies are my meditation.
100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep your precepts.
101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep your word.
102 I have not departed from your judgments: for you have taught me.
103 How sweet are your words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 Through your precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Psalm 119 Lamed
Psalm 119 - JTMV
LAMED
89 For ever, O LORD, your word is settled in heaven.
90 Your faithfulness is unto all generations: you have established the earth, and it abides.
91 They continue this day according to your ordinances: for all are your servants.
92 Unless your law had been my delights, I should then have perished in my affliction.
93 I will never forget your precepts: for with them you have quickened me.
94 I am yours, save me; for I have sought your precepts.
95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider your testimonies.
96 I have seen an end of all perfection: but your commandment is exceeding broad.
LAMED
89 For ever, O LORD, your word is settled in heaven.
90 Your faithfulness is unto all generations: you have established the earth, and it abides.
91 They continue this day according to your ordinances: for all are your servants.
92 Unless your law had been my delights, I should then have perished in my affliction.
93 I will never forget your precepts: for with them you have quickened me.
94 I am yours, save me; for I have sought your precepts.
95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider your testimonies.
96 I have seen an end of all perfection: but your commandment is exceeding broad.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Psalm 119 Caph
Psalm 119 - JTMV
CAPH
81 My soul faints for your salvation: but I hope in your word.
82 My eyes fail for your word, saying, When will you comfort me?
83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget your statutes.
84 How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on them that persecute me?
85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after your law.
86 All your commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help me.
87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I did not forsake your precepts.
88 Quicken me after your loving kindness; so shall I keep the testimony of your mouth.
CAPH
81 My soul faints for your salvation: but I hope in your word.
82 My eyes fail for your word, saying, When will you comfort me?
83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget your statutes.
84 How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on them that persecute me?
85 The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after your law.
86 All your commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help me.
87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I did not forsake your precepts.
88 Quicken me after your loving kindness; so shall I keep the testimony of your mouth.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Psalm 119 Jod
Psalm 119 - JTMV
JOD
73 Your hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
74 They that fear you will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in your word.
75 I know, O LORD, that your judgments are right, and that you in faithfulness have afflicted me.
76 Let, I pray you, your merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to your word unto your servant.
77 Let your tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for your law is my delight.
78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in your precepts.
79 Let those that fear you turn unto me, and those that have known your testimonies.
80 Let my heart be sound in your statutes; that I be not ashamed.
JOD
73 Your hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
74 They that fear you will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in your word.
75 I know, O LORD, that your judgments are right, and that you in faithfulness have afflicted me.
76 Let, I pray you, your merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to your word unto your servant.
77 Let your tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for your law is my delight.
78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in your precepts.
79 Let those that fear you turn unto me, and those that have known your testimonies.
80 Let my heart be sound in your statutes; that I be not ashamed.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Prophecy 9
Thus saith the Lord...
My heart has gone forth to you in hearing your words when you inquire of me. For you pray that you may prophesy to the edifying of the saints, beginning with yourself. Do not fear for the weakness you feel before me. It is the breaking of the outer facade that men bear in resemblance to what they believe is appropriate. It does not touch on the vulnerability of your dependence upon me for all things. For now you have come to a place of quieting your soul before me. Your thoughts and your feelings have become still before the lover of your soul, as you wait to see my response to your least empathy to know me. The silence seems to assail your thoughts because it is unfamiliar. It needs to be a hesitation. It needs to be a meditation of a meditation, which is your innermost feelings concerning your own thoughts, as you engage mine. Are you right? Are you wrong? How will you change? Especially as you become aware of your seeming limitations. There is a difference between the beginning of a matter and the end. There is a difference between your concern for your own thoughts, and your concern for mine. There is a difference between what pleases you as a means to an end, and what pleases me as an end in itself. Your ability to recover yourself out of a snare is important to me. How much more important to you to see the snare beforehand? There are many voices in the world vying for your attention and offering their own wisdom of assimilation, while still holding you within and subject to the plans of others. Allowing you to only escape into a sense of false security, rather than full deliverance. I have given you another wisdom, for my Son is made Wisdom unto you, and you now have the mind of Christ to guide and direct you into all Truth, by the Holy Spirit. Hear my voice and remember these things. For I have touched a place within your spirit to heal you this night from your anxiety, doing a greater work than the sum of all my words to you. The Gospel is not in words only, but in power, and much assurance of the Holy Spirit, and with great joy. Receive my joy this night as a witness to my words, even as all the words of the prophets are confirmed with signs and wonders following. Limiting my words does not limit Me. I am the Living Word.
Amen.
Thank you, Lord!
My heart has gone forth to you in hearing your words when you inquire of me. For you pray that you may prophesy to the edifying of the saints, beginning with yourself. Do not fear for the weakness you feel before me. It is the breaking of the outer facade that men bear in resemblance to what they believe is appropriate. It does not touch on the vulnerability of your dependence upon me for all things. For now you have come to a place of quieting your soul before me. Your thoughts and your feelings have become still before the lover of your soul, as you wait to see my response to your least empathy to know me. The silence seems to assail your thoughts because it is unfamiliar. It needs to be a hesitation. It needs to be a meditation of a meditation, which is your innermost feelings concerning your own thoughts, as you engage mine. Are you right? Are you wrong? How will you change? Especially as you become aware of your seeming limitations. There is a difference between the beginning of a matter and the end. There is a difference between your concern for your own thoughts, and your concern for mine. There is a difference between what pleases you as a means to an end, and what pleases me as an end in itself. Your ability to recover yourself out of a snare is important to me. How much more important to you to see the snare beforehand? There are many voices in the world vying for your attention and offering their own wisdom of assimilation, while still holding you within and subject to the plans of others. Allowing you to only escape into a sense of false security, rather than full deliverance. I have given you another wisdom, for my Son is made Wisdom unto you, and you now have the mind of Christ to guide and direct you into all Truth, by the Holy Spirit. Hear my voice and remember these things. For I have touched a place within your spirit to heal you this night from your anxiety, doing a greater work than the sum of all my words to you. The Gospel is not in words only, but in power, and much assurance of the Holy Spirit, and with great joy. Receive my joy this night as a witness to my words, even as all the words of the prophets are confirmed with signs and wonders following. Limiting my words does not limit Me. I am the Living Word.
Amen.
Thank you, Lord!
Psalm 119 Teth
Psalm 119
TETH
65 You have dealt well with your servant, O LORD, according unto your word.
66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed your commandments.
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept your word.
68 You are good, and do goodness; teach me your statutes.
69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep your precepts with my whole heart.
70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in your law.
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn your statutes.
72 The law of your mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
TETH
65 You have dealt well with your servant, O LORD, according unto your word.
66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed your commandments.
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept your word.
68 You are good, and do goodness; teach me your statutes.
69 The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep your precepts with my whole heart.
70 Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in your law.
71 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn your statutes.
72 The law of your mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Prophecy 8
Thus saith the Lord...
Give me you heart, your mind, and your soul. As often as you come to Me, renew you vows before me; keeping in mind all those things which I have spoken to you in the past, and with which you agreed: for you are my word to you as my word works in you. You are the sum total of the parts of those things my word has performed in you, and not less. I will not work from what you have forgotten, neglected, or abandoned in your weakness, unless I find a good reason within the trials of your faith. For I do not always expect you to come forth as pure gold at the outset, or purge all the dross from the silver without many firings. But there is a point at which I will make you another vessel, if you are unwilling to yield to the present process at work within your soul. You have waited upon me at many seasons in your life, and I have been faithful unto you, even when restoration did not come at the time or in the way you expected. Hear my voice now and understand that every conversation we have is a lively thing within your soul, wherein you are engaged with me and submitting yourself to me by simply listening to my voice and quieting your own within this time of sharing. As often as you lose the thread of our conversation by some outward distraction you pause and clear your mind and listen more closely again, which increases your capacity to hear me both for yourself and others; for there are many distractions even in your ministry to others as you hear them crying out within their hearts, minds, and souls in unbelief, or hoping against hope, or desiring the wrong things. So shall you bring their distractions as imaginations back down under their feet, so they will be able to receive a sure word for the future walking in a plain way.
Amen.
Give me you heart, your mind, and your soul. As often as you come to Me, renew you vows before me; keeping in mind all those things which I have spoken to you in the past, and with which you agreed: for you are my word to you as my word works in you. You are the sum total of the parts of those things my word has performed in you, and not less. I will not work from what you have forgotten, neglected, or abandoned in your weakness, unless I find a good reason within the trials of your faith. For I do not always expect you to come forth as pure gold at the outset, or purge all the dross from the silver without many firings. But there is a point at which I will make you another vessel, if you are unwilling to yield to the present process at work within your soul. You have waited upon me at many seasons in your life, and I have been faithful unto you, even when restoration did not come at the time or in the way you expected. Hear my voice now and understand that every conversation we have is a lively thing within your soul, wherein you are engaged with me and submitting yourself to me by simply listening to my voice and quieting your own within this time of sharing. As often as you lose the thread of our conversation by some outward distraction you pause and clear your mind and listen more closely again, which increases your capacity to hear me both for yourself and others; for there are many distractions even in your ministry to others as you hear them crying out within their hearts, minds, and souls in unbelief, or hoping against hope, or desiring the wrong things. So shall you bring their distractions as imaginations back down under their feet, so they will be able to receive a sure word for the future walking in a plain way.
Amen.
Psalm 119 Cheth
Psalm 119 - JTMV
CHETH
57 You are my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep your words.
58 I entreated your favor with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to your word.
59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto your testimonies.
60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep your commandments.
61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten your law.
62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto you because of your righteous judgments.
63 I am a companion of all those that fear you, and of them that keep your precepts.
64 The earth, O LORD, is full of your mercy: teach me your statutes.
CHETH
57 You are my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep your words.
58 I entreated your favor with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to your word.
59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto your testimonies.
60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep your commandments.
61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten your law.
62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto you because of your righteous judgments.
63 I am a companion of all those that fear you, and of them that keep your precepts.
64 The earth, O LORD, is full of your mercy: teach me your statutes.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Prophecy 7
Thus saith the Lord...
Hearken unto me, and incline your ear to my voice. For I have called you to a place of understanding in the midst of your days that you had not thought possible. You have stretched yourself beyond yourself in different times and seasons and then drawn back to what is familiar and what is convenient for the moment in which I seem to be actively doing nothing more to engage you. But in those times and seasons I am busy preparing the lives of others to line up with yours and their hearts and minds to be prepared to receive you, because you will speak a word into their lives which is not at all convenient for you or them, because it will sometimes be a word against their unbelief. It will be something they neither expect or desire because they cannot see or understand the necessary transitions in their lives to get to where I want to take them. They desire the ends but they do not desire or understands the means to the end. But here and there I will make a place for you in their lives which they cannot deny because of the efficacy of your words unto them and the confirmation of my truth as something quite apart from their own thoughts, if they were to devise their own way. Here is my word to you, that I have come in this season to call upon you to set you apart to work that which is pleasing to me so all your works will be established in my counsel and your actions at my own behest. Where will you go and what will you say? Give it no thought. Let me speak into your life daily as you meditate upon my Word, turning your meditation into prayer. So shall you sow the truth of what you receive as a harvest in the heavenlies. For even as many others have prayed to receive what I send you to reveal in them, apart from your own labor to seek me on their behalf, so shall they be enlarged by your prayers for them before you even meet with them. There will always be a supply of those necessary things to the faith of others that you will release to them as a faithful steward, even as Joseph prepared Egypt for the lean years, which was not always done in their sight, but was understood by their faith in the authority of man. How much more should men trust in the invisible God with whom all things are possible? For I have given these things into your hands, which others cannot open and release for it is not appointed unto them. For many will seek after the repetition of the deeds of others, confusing my work in others for their own, which I will not approve. But I have given you your own works and your own measure of authority not at all made ready to the hands of others, because it is not the prescription of the apothecary that might be ground by effort in a mortar with a pestle to break it down and renew it again. It is my Living Word in your mouth, only made available to your eyes, as you see what the Father is doing.
Amen.
Hearken unto me, and incline your ear to my voice. For I have called you to a place of understanding in the midst of your days that you had not thought possible. You have stretched yourself beyond yourself in different times and seasons and then drawn back to what is familiar and what is convenient for the moment in which I seem to be actively doing nothing more to engage you. But in those times and seasons I am busy preparing the lives of others to line up with yours and their hearts and minds to be prepared to receive you, because you will speak a word into their lives which is not at all convenient for you or them, because it will sometimes be a word against their unbelief. It will be something they neither expect or desire because they cannot see or understand the necessary transitions in their lives to get to where I want to take them. They desire the ends but they do not desire or understands the means to the end. But here and there I will make a place for you in their lives which they cannot deny because of the efficacy of your words unto them and the confirmation of my truth as something quite apart from their own thoughts, if they were to devise their own way. Here is my word to you, that I have come in this season to call upon you to set you apart to work that which is pleasing to me so all your works will be established in my counsel and your actions at my own behest. Where will you go and what will you say? Give it no thought. Let me speak into your life daily as you meditate upon my Word, turning your meditation into prayer. So shall you sow the truth of what you receive as a harvest in the heavenlies. For even as many others have prayed to receive what I send you to reveal in them, apart from your own labor to seek me on their behalf, so shall they be enlarged by your prayers for them before you even meet with them. There will always be a supply of those necessary things to the faith of others that you will release to them as a faithful steward, even as Joseph prepared Egypt for the lean years, which was not always done in their sight, but was understood by their faith in the authority of man. How much more should men trust in the invisible God with whom all things are possible? For I have given these things into your hands, which others cannot open and release for it is not appointed unto them. For many will seek after the repetition of the deeds of others, confusing my work in others for their own, which I will not approve. But I have given you your own works and your own measure of authority not at all made ready to the hands of others, because it is not the prescription of the apothecary that might be ground by effort in a mortar with a pestle to break it down and renew it again. It is my Living Word in your mouth, only made available to your eyes, as you see what the Father is doing.
Amen.
Psalm 119 Zain
Psalm 119 - JTMV
ZAIN
49 Remember the word unto your servant, upon which you have caused me to hope.
50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for your word has quickened me.
51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from your law.
52 I remembered your judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
53 Horror has taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake your law.
54 Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
55 I have remembered your name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept your law.
56 This I had, because I kept your precepts.
ZAIN
49 Remember the word unto your servant, upon which you have caused me to hope.
50 This is my comfort in my affliction: for your word has quickened me.
51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from your law.
52 I remembered your judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
53 Horror has taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake your law.
54 Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
55 I have remembered your name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept your law.
56 This I had, because I kept your precepts.
Monday, February 6, 2012
The Bachelor 6
Just a note to elaborate on later, since some of my writing is going to become archival thoughts as opposed to regular blogging at least until I get up to speed. But there will eventually be a serious final product about The Bachelor.
Casey S. was just sent home, but she was actually sabotaged by Chris rather than making her own decision. She had broken up with a guy named Michael quite some time ago, who called in and said he still regarded them to be in a relationship, as men always do, even after a divorce. God's truth is that if you have slept with someone you are always going to feel as if you are connected to them because it is a spiritual thing. There is a sense in which you need the equivalent of an exorcism to be free, which is called "breaking soul ties". So while she was sincerely searching out her feelings, which was a precious reveal on her part, she was ill prepared to deal with what was happening on another level. She simply wanted to be sincere.
Jaime went home tonite, but she was just trying too hard to figure it out and make things happen by talking it to death, but had no natural connection.
Casey S. was just sent home, but she was actually sabotaged by Chris rather than making her own decision. She had broken up with a guy named Michael quite some time ago, who called in and said he still regarded them to be in a relationship, as men always do, even after a divorce. God's truth is that if you have slept with someone you are always going to feel as if you are connected to them because it is a spiritual thing. There is a sense in which you need the equivalent of an exorcism to be free, which is called "breaking soul ties". So while she was sincerely searching out her feelings, which was a precious reveal on her part, she was ill prepared to deal with what was happening on another level. She simply wanted to be sincere.
Jaime went home tonite, but she was just trying too hard to figure it out and make things happen by talking it to death, but had no natural connection.
Prophecy 6
Thus saith the Lord...
If I give you something to think about will you follow it to the very end of it's possibilities, and continue to allow it to speak to you until it is finished speaking everything that you need to hear in this new season of your life, even as "day unto day utters speech and night unto night shows knowledge". I have spoken many things to you in the past which you have not pursued to the full measure of your heart, mind, soul, and strength. If only you would simply remember there is a measure of strength within you just beyond what you perceive to be possible, and stretch yourself to enter more fully into all those things. Perhaps I will speak to you in a parable, or fashion some metaphor out of your own experience, or from what you see in the lives of others round about you; and yet interpretations still belong to God. I have given you wisdom and instruction so there are certain things you might recognize immediately, but there are other things over which you must still wait upon me for an answer. There are so many who desire to put all things into a box, and break down the issues of life into personal laws over which they may exercise their own judgement and control: towards justifying themselves and condemning others. But there are so many things in which I desire for you to lean upon me and not to your own understanding, wherein first knowing the right question is more important than the answer. If you find the right answer to the wrong question, then you still have nothing but presumption, until you hear another voice behind you in the way correcting your mistake. Often your answers are based upon the limited questions you ask and presume to superimpose upon situations in which you have no understanding of what I'm actually doing; where what you see is only the tip of the iceberg, or one of many turns in the road to bring someone to a destination where you can finally speak into their heart and have them receive my word from you. I will heal you in all the issues of your heart and mind as you stay yourself upon me. You do not need to know the end of every matter from the beginning, for I neither slumber nor sleep. You may say with the psalmist, "I will both lay me down in peace and sleep, for you O Lord only make me to dwell in safety".
Amen.
If I give you something to think about will you follow it to the very end of it's possibilities, and continue to allow it to speak to you until it is finished speaking everything that you need to hear in this new season of your life, even as "day unto day utters speech and night unto night shows knowledge". I have spoken many things to you in the past which you have not pursued to the full measure of your heart, mind, soul, and strength. If only you would simply remember there is a measure of strength within you just beyond what you perceive to be possible, and stretch yourself to enter more fully into all those things. Perhaps I will speak to you in a parable, or fashion some metaphor out of your own experience, or from what you see in the lives of others round about you; and yet interpretations still belong to God. I have given you wisdom and instruction so there are certain things you might recognize immediately, but there are other things over which you must still wait upon me for an answer. There are so many who desire to put all things into a box, and break down the issues of life into personal laws over which they may exercise their own judgement and control: towards justifying themselves and condemning others. But there are so many things in which I desire for you to lean upon me and not to your own understanding, wherein first knowing the right question is more important than the answer. If you find the right answer to the wrong question, then you still have nothing but presumption, until you hear another voice behind you in the way correcting your mistake. Often your answers are based upon the limited questions you ask and presume to superimpose upon situations in which you have no understanding of what I'm actually doing; where what you see is only the tip of the iceberg, or one of many turns in the road to bring someone to a destination where you can finally speak into their heart and have them receive my word from you. I will heal you in all the issues of your heart and mind as you stay yourself upon me. You do not need to know the end of every matter from the beginning, for I neither slumber nor sleep. You may say with the psalmist, "I will both lay me down in peace and sleep, for you O Lord only make me to dwell in safety".
Amen.
Psalm 119 Vau
Psalm 119 - JTMV
VAU
41 Let your mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even your salvation, according to your word.
42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproaches me: for I trust in your word.
43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in your judgments.
44 So shall I keep your law continually for ever and ever.
45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek your precepts.
46 I will speak of your testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
47 And I will delight myself in your commandments, which I have loved.
48 My hands also will I lift up unto your commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in your statutes.
VAU
41 Let your mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even your salvation, according to your word.
42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproaches me: for I trust in your word.
43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in your judgments.
44 So shall I keep your law continually for ever and ever.
45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek your precepts.
46 I will speak of your testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
47 And I will delight myself in your commandments, which I have loved.
48 My hands also will I lift up unto your commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in your statutes.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Super Bowl Sunday... Or Monday?
In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth, and He said, "The evening and the morning were the first day", because He knew there would eventually be a Super Bowl. Of course, as usual, the heathen got confused, messed up, and switched everything around b-ass-ackwards; and religious folks bought into it, because they want everyone to at least feel guilty about something. But really spiritual folks know that any football game played after 6pm on Sunday is actually being played on Monday. So the only real question is whether Super Bowl Sunday/Monday is also the only day of the year when you can have a Bud Lite at half time, while watching Madonna "Vogue" for "World Peace". I am happy to report there was no obvious wardrobe malfunction. Burp! Not really, this year.
Prophecy 5
Thus saith the Lord...
I have come before you this night to speak of many things and I will not withhold my counsel from you. You have also enquired of me concerning many things, and your heart and mind is stayed upon those things, when you consider all of my wondrous works to the sons of men. But you are inclined to want some justification and acceptance before men, although their thoughts and the things they approve among one another are so completely alien to my complete desire for my children. It is the weakness of your flesh from their rejections of you in your youth, which now plays upon your natural mind and does not evince the will of the Spirit to restore you to my image instead. While they seem to be doing those things which are acceptable to all men, yet they disport themselves with wrong attitudes and perverse reasoning; so that the end of all their works are emptiness for them and those who follow after them; because they are not rooted and grounded in Me, and the Truth of my Word, which is established precept upon precept. If they neglect a precept for some momentary convenience, then they have not built upon the Rock: so their ongoing works are unsupportable, and shall not stand. It is not a light thing that I have said, Come out from among them and touch not the unclean thing: because they have defiled all the ways of life, but deem themselves to have arrived at some truth which gives no heed to my word. They prophesy a vision of their own heart as the end of all their ways, which is only death to their relationship with Me, both temporal and everlasting. I cannot use you fully to redeem them, until you finish separating yourself from them, so there is a distinct difference in everything you say and do. How shall you call them apart when they see you stand in the same way; here and there, now and then? I have given you a stronger will than you have exercised up until now, because the law of kindness is with you; only you must determine the right measure for the right time. You have already experienced those differences in the varied seasons of your life, as I have also now put you in remembrance and bring them before your face. This is a time to let all those things come together and coalesce within your life, your vision, and your calling. So I will establish and settle your faith as never before within this year of my divine government, for I shall build my Church and no man shall let it, no man shall stop it, no man shall interfere.
Amen.
I have come before you this night to speak of many things and I will not withhold my counsel from you. You have also enquired of me concerning many things, and your heart and mind is stayed upon those things, when you consider all of my wondrous works to the sons of men. But you are inclined to want some justification and acceptance before men, although their thoughts and the things they approve among one another are so completely alien to my complete desire for my children. It is the weakness of your flesh from their rejections of you in your youth, which now plays upon your natural mind and does not evince the will of the Spirit to restore you to my image instead. While they seem to be doing those things which are acceptable to all men, yet they disport themselves with wrong attitudes and perverse reasoning; so that the end of all their works are emptiness for them and those who follow after them; because they are not rooted and grounded in Me, and the Truth of my Word, which is established precept upon precept. If they neglect a precept for some momentary convenience, then they have not built upon the Rock: so their ongoing works are unsupportable, and shall not stand. It is not a light thing that I have said, Come out from among them and touch not the unclean thing: because they have defiled all the ways of life, but deem themselves to have arrived at some truth which gives no heed to my word. They prophesy a vision of their own heart as the end of all their ways, which is only death to their relationship with Me, both temporal and everlasting. I cannot use you fully to redeem them, until you finish separating yourself from them, so there is a distinct difference in everything you say and do. How shall you call them apart when they see you stand in the same way; here and there, now and then? I have given you a stronger will than you have exercised up until now, because the law of kindness is with you; only you must determine the right measure for the right time. You have already experienced those differences in the varied seasons of your life, as I have also now put you in remembrance and bring them before your face. This is a time to let all those things come together and coalesce within your life, your vision, and your calling. So I will establish and settle your faith as never before within this year of my divine government, for I shall build my Church and no man shall let it, no man shall stop it, no man shall interfere.
Amen.
Psalm 119 He
Psalm 119 - JTMV
HE
33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep your law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
35 Make me to go in the path of your commandments; for therein do I delight.
36 Incline my heart unto your testimonies, and not to covetousness.
37 Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken me in your way.
38 Establish your word unto your servant, who is devoted to your fear.
39 Turn away my reproach of which I fear: for your judgments are good.
40 Behold, I have longed after your precepts: quicken me in your righteousness.
HE
33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep your law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
35 Make me to go in the path of your commandments; for therein do I delight.
36 Incline my heart unto your testimonies, and not to covetousness.
37 Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken me in your way.
38 Establish your word unto your servant, who is devoted to your fear.
39 Turn away my reproach of which I fear: for your judgments are good.
40 Behold, I have longed after your precepts: quicken me in your righteousness.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Prophecy 4
Thus saith the Lord...
Keep my counsel for I have called you to understand me by the interaction between us and not simply by listening to the direction of other men, whose interests are often limited to the goals of their own lives, which forego the asides to learn new lessons in the Spirit, which will otherwise enlarge them to meet the needs of others at the same time, by realizing the inherent harmony only possible within the diversity of my faith and giftings. For they will seek to understand a thing by putting it into a context of their own making, which is convenient for their own work, even though it places limitations on those round about them by trying to get others to walk in lock step with what is important to their own direction, as if it was all one only by imitation and similarity. In my Kingdom, "there is a diversity of gifts and a diversity of operations even of the same gift", so that no man is pigeonholed by the limitations of what he lacks but is adapted by the divergence in his life and abilities to become something more than he expected, but perfectly adapted to my expectation for the future. For your lives are not about the past, as much as they are about the future, and about the changes that come and the growth of your character, through dying to your past limitations to find present fulfillment, "which is always exceedingly abundantly above and beyond all you can hope, think or ask", because the limitations of your past have not yet brought you to the place of understanding what might yet be, as you die to unfullfilled hope as disbelief in the smallness of the seed in the ground being able to grow and eventually bear abundant fruit, which was not at first based upon the faith to believe, but the willingness to sow, until you learn to simply believe my word to you, declaring what "eye has not seen and ear has not yet heard". This is my word to you.
Amen.
Keep my counsel for I have called you to understand me by the interaction between us and not simply by listening to the direction of other men, whose interests are often limited to the goals of their own lives, which forego the asides to learn new lessons in the Spirit, which will otherwise enlarge them to meet the needs of others at the same time, by realizing the inherent harmony only possible within the diversity of my faith and giftings. For they will seek to understand a thing by putting it into a context of their own making, which is convenient for their own work, even though it places limitations on those round about them by trying to get others to walk in lock step with what is important to their own direction, as if it was all one only by imitation and similarity. In my Kingdom, "there is a diversity of gifts and a diversity of operations even of the same gift", so that no man is pigeonholed by the limitations of what he lacks but is adapted by the divergence in his life and abilities to become something more than he expected, but perfectly adapted to my expectation for the future. For your lives are not about the past, as much as they are about the future, and about the changes that come and the growth of your character, through dying to your past limitations to find present fulfillment, "which is always exceedingly abundantly above and beyond all you can hope, think or ask", because the limitations of your past have not yet brought you to the place of understanding what might yet be, as you die to unfullfilled hope as disbelief in the smallness of the seed in the ground being able to grow and eventually bear abundant fruit, which was not at first based upon the faith to believe, but the willingness to sow, until you learn to simply believe my word to you, declaring what "eye has not seen and ear has not yet heard". This is my word to you.
Amen.
Psalm 119 Daleth
Psalm 119 - JTMV
DALETH
25 My soul cleaves unto the dust: quicken me according to your word.
26 I have declared my ways, and you heard me: teach me your statutes.
27 Make me to understand the way of your precepts: so shall I talk of your wondrous works.
28 My soul melts for heaviness: strengthen me according unto your word.
29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me your law graciously.
30 I have chosen the way of truth: your judgments have I laid before me.
31 I have stuck unto your testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
32 I will run the way of your commandments, when you shall enlarge my heart.
DALETH
25 My soul cleaves unto the dust: quicken me according to your word.
26 I have declared my ways, and you heard me: teach me your statutes.
27 Make me to understand the way of your precepts: so shall I talk of your wondrous works.
28 My soul melts for heaviness: strengthen me according unto your word.
29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me your law graciously.
30 I have chosen the way of truth: your judgments have I laid before me.
31 I have stuck unto your testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
32 I will run the way of your commandments, when you shall enlarge my heart.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Prophecy 3
Thus saith the Lord...
When I have heard you call upon me in the past you have lifted up your voice as if I was a God afar off, but now when you you speak to me you speak quietly and with measured thoughts and tone as you would to a friend close at hand. Your heart has found a place of difference through trust and waiting upon me, rather than thinking you might persuade me by your much speaking, and the hindrances of the past have always been the sound of these doubts within your own heart, listening to your own voice rather than waiting to hear mine. You will not be heard for the multitude of your speaking, nor for your vain repitition, as you try to persuade yourself not to think otherwise than my word says. But you are called to have faith which is it's own answer, and the answer of the heart. "For with the heart man believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation", but it is the answer of the heart and not merely the thought of your mind that makes the difference. You do not need to persuade me concerning my word, but rather concerning your heart. You have given me access to your heart, but you need to give me place within your heart daily, so we may sup together. I have given you a thought and then you find it peaceable as you search it out, and within this communion I know the preparations of your heart, both preparing to receive me and also respond to me. Your name has come before me often with thanksgiving for the things you have ministered to others. Have you ever considered that others are as thankful for you as you have been for them, thanking me and asking me to bless you for your kindness as you have also inquired concerning them. There is more continually taking place in the heavenlies than most saints consider as they focus on trying to prevail with me for immediate needs. There is a plan for every life, and sometimes there is a curfew imposed upon you, so as not to allow you to wander around and be engaged in things which do not concern you, even in those places and with those people to whom you have gone before. There is a dormant time in every growing season when the seed in the ground is generating it's own heat to be able to germinate by breaking down the natural walls that have defined it's form up until that moment of transition. This is something you must realize, and share with others, and allow in others, rather than seeking to be a part of everything in their lives, as it is written, "One sows, another waters, but I, the Lord God, give the increase". Your time has come again to be increased by me. This is a season of growth for you, and I will establish and settle your faith in new areas of your life. Lift your voice and cry out to me in the night seasons, and bless me.
Amen.
When I have heard you call upon me in the past you have lifted up your voice as if I was a God afar off, but now when you you speak to me you speak quietly and with measured thoughts and tone as you would to a friend close at hand. Your heart has found a place of difference through trust and waiting upon me, rather than thinking you might persuade me by your much speaking, and the hindrances of the past have always been the sound of these doubts within your own heart, listening to your own voice rather than waiting to hear mine. You will not be heard for the multitude of your speaking, nor for your vain repitition, as you try to persuade yourself not to think otherwise than my word says. But you are called to have faith which is it's own answer, and the answer of the heart. "For with the heart man believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation", but it is the answer of the heart and not merely the thought of your mind that makes the difference. You do not need to persuade me concerning my word, but rather concerning your heart. You have given me access to your heart, but you need to give me place within your heart daily, so we may sup together. I have given you a thought and then you find it peaceable as you search it out, and within this communion I know the preparations of your heart, both preparing to receive me and also respond to me. Your name has come before me often with thanksgiving for the things you have ministered to others. Have you ever considered that others are as thankful for you as you have been for them, thanking me and asking me to bless you for your kindness as you have also inquired concerning them. There is more continually taking place in the heavenlies than most saints consider as they focus on trying to prevail with me for immediate needs. There is a plan for every life, and sometimes there is a curfew imposed upon you, so as not to allow you to wander around and be engaged in things which do not concern you, even in those places and with those people to whom you have gone before. There is a dormant time in every growing season when the seed in the ground is generating it's own heat to be able to germinate by breaking down the natural walls that have defined it's form up until that moment of transition. This is something you must realize, and share with others, and allow in others, rather than seeking to be a part of everything in their lives, as it is written, "One sows, another waters, but I, the Lord God, give the increase". Your time has come again to be increased by me. This is a season of growth for you, and I will establish and settle your faith in new areas of your life. Lift your voice and cry out to me in the night seasons, and bless me.
Amen.
Psalm 119 Gimel
Psalm 119 - JTMV
GIMEL
17 Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live, and keep your word.
18 Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.
19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not your commandments from me.
20 My soul breaks for the longing that it has unto your judgments at all times.
21 You have rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from your commandments.
22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept your testimonies.
23 Princes also did sit and speak against me: but your servant did meditate in your statutes.
24 Your testimonies also are my delight and my counselors.
GIMEL
17 Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live, and keep your word.
18 Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.
19 I am a stranger in the earth: hide not your commandments from me.
20 My soul breaks for the longing that it has unto your judgments at all times.
21 You have rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from your commandments.
22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept your testimonies.
23 Princes also did sit and speak against me: but your servant did meditate in your statutes.
24 Your testimonies also are my delight and my counselors.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Prophecy 2
Thus saith the Lord...
Stir up the gift that is in you by the laying on of hands of the Presbytery. For there is a history in your life going from one season to another, not marked by vain imaginations, but by the utterance of prophets, confirmed in the mouth of two or more witnesses, and in the midst of the congregation of the righteous. I am not here to hearken unto you, but to remind you of those prophecies which have gone before on you, that led the way to you, that have already born fruit in the lives of many others when they least expected to hear from God concerning their circumstances, often at the extremity of their own strength, who were quickened by your faithfulness and the efficacy of the truth from your lips. I have heard you in an acceptable time, and have answered all your prayers for restoration and to fulfill your desire toward the brethren, not to requite them in kind but to see my tender mercies visited upon them in all their distress. For you have heard my voice in the times of your own distress, rising up early to hear my voice, and waiting upon my counsel, so that you were not only comforted but can now comfort others with the same comfort I have shown unto you. Take heed to my word and let me guide and direct you into all those things you desire, for many will run after what they think I will do for them, rather than walk with me in what I am doing in and through them, so they always seem to be answering to a voice behind them in the way, rather than experience me as a present help in the time of their trouble, wondering why I do not seem to be there for them, when in truth they are not there with me at the place of our rendezvous, even as Adam walked and talked with me in the cool of the evening and was refreshed by our communion and prepared for the new day. This is a time of preparation for excellence in all the earth, when men shall see the fruition of those things which they have truly sown to the spirit, rather than expecting me to reward them for those things over which they have shown no care beyond the moment of discovery. Every fruit has seed after it's own kind, which must be sown to reproduce, even as the tithe is given unto me that I may continue to prosper you in the next harvest season of your life. If you receive my joy then be joyful with others, if you receive my peace then be peaceful with others, as often as I am patient with you then sow more patience in your relations with others, even as men say pay it forward so shall it be waiting and multiplied to you in the future. Give and it shall be given unto you, good measure pressed down, shaken together and running over shall men give into your bosom. For does it not seem strange to you when you find favor in places where you have not sown before, but this is that which has begun running over in your life. When you give to me nothing is lost: even as the boy with the loaves and the fishes, who afterwards received baskets full of fragments, even gathered for him by others. This is not a competition to have something more than others, whether possession or reputation; but to give away what you can never again lose, even as the Centurion had a Memorial with me in the day and hour of his greatest need. Heed my words and decide this day what you can afford to sow and where you ought to sow to specifically fulfill my will for your life and my benefit by you to others; as you fill up the cup of my sufferings, poured out over and over again to a dying world, letting the death working in you work out as life in others.
Amen.
Stir up the gift that is in you by the laying on of hands of the Presbytery. For there is a history in your life going from one season to another, not marked by vain imaginations, but by the utterance of prophets, confirmed in the mouth of two or more witnesses, and in the midst of the congregation of the righteous. I am not here to hearken unto you, but to remind you of those prophecies which have gone before on you, that led the way to you, that have already born fruit in the lives of many others when they least expected to hear from God concerning their circumstances, often at the extremity of their own strength, who were quickened by your faithfulness and the efficacy of the truth from your lips. I have heard you in an acceptable time, and have answered all your prayers for restoration and to fulfill your desire toward the brethren, not to requite them in kind but to see my tender mercies visited upon them in all their distress. For you have heard my voice in the times of your own distress, rising up early to hear my voice, and waiting upon my counsel, so that you were not only comforted but can now comfort others with the same comfort I have shown unto you. Take heed to my word and let me guide and direct you into all those things you desire, for many will run after what they think I will do for them, rather than walk with me in what I am doing in and through them, so they always seem to be answering to a voice behind them in the way, rather than experience me as a present help in the time of their trouble, wondering why I do not seem to be there for them, when in truth they are not there with me at the place of our rendezvous, even as Adam walked and talked with me in the cool of the evening and was refreshed by our communion and prepared for the new day. This is a time of preparation for excellence in all the earth, when men shall see the fruition of those things which they have truly sown to the spirit, rather than expecting me to reward them for those things over which they have shown no care beyond the moment of discovery. Every fruit has seed after it's own kind, which must be sown to reproduce, even as the tithe is given unto me that I may continue to prosper you in the next harvest season of your life. If you receive my joy then be joyful with others, if you receive my peace then be peaceful with others, as often as I am patient with you then sow more patience in your relations with others, even as men say pay it forward so shall it be waiting and multiplied to you in the future. Give and it shall be given unto you, good measure pressed down, shaken together and running over shall men give into your bosom. For does it not seem strange to you when you find favor in places where you have not sown before, but this is that which has begun running over in your life. When you give to me nothing is lost: even as the boy with the loaves and the fishes, who afterwards received baskets full of fragments, even gathered for him by others. This is not a competition to have something more than others, whether possession or reputation; but to give away what you can never again lose, even as the Centurion had a Memorial with me in the day and hour of his greatest need. Heed my words and decide this day what you can afford to sow and where you ought to sow to specifically fulfill my will for your life and my benefit by you to others; as you fill up the cup of my sufferings, poured out over and over again to a dying world, letting the death working in you work out as life in others.
Amen.
Psalm 119 Beth
Psalm 119 - JTMV
BETH
9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way, but by taking heed thereto according to your word?
10 With my whole heart have I sought you: O let me not wander from your commandments.
11 Your word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
12 Blessed are you, O LORD: teach me your statutes.
13 With my lips I have declared all the judgments of your mouth.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.
15 I will meditate in your precepts, and have respect unto your ways.
16 I will delight myself in your statutes: I will not forget your word.
BETH
9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way, but by taking heed thereto according to your word?
10 With my whole heart have I sought you: O let me not wander from your commandments.
11 Your word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
12 Blessed are you, O LORD: teach me your statutes.
13 With my lips I have declared all the judgments of your mouth.
14 I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches.
15 I will meditate in your precepts, and have respect unto your ways.
16 I will delight myself in your statutes: I will not forget your word.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Prophecy 1
Thus says the Lord...
When I have come to you in the past, I have offered you certain things according to the desire of your own heart. But this is a season in which I desire certain things from you, which you have been afraid to offer unto me because of reluctance on your part, and also the presumption of your inability to perform those things. But have I not called you to stretch yourself beyond yourself, even as you now know yourself to be. I call men faithful because I call them faithful, as Paul has also said unto you that he judged not himself but allowed Me to judge him. I have called you with an everlasting calling, and I will perfect that which concerns you, and I will not forsake the work of my own hands. I have begun a good work in you and shall perfect it unto the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Do not be presumptuous about what you cannot do, neither run to try to emulate others in things whereunto I have not called you. There are different gifts and even different operations of the same gifts, and I have called each of you to something that sets you apart and makes you unique before others, so you might speak into specific hearts where others are rejected and have no access for a multitude of reasons. Now I am come unto you to work in your heart and mind that which is uniquely and differently pleasing unto me. So yield yourself unto my Spirit in all that you say and do, whether in your downsitting or your uprising, your going out and coming back in again, that you may be an example to those round about you, who do not want to be followers of religion, but desire to know me in truth and the uniqueness of the outworking of my life in them, as well as what they have seen in you. Give heed to my Word daily and increase in all these things.
Amen.
When I have come to you in the past, I have offered you certain things according to the desire of your own heart. But this is a season in which I desire certain things from you, which you have been afraid to offer unto me because of reluctance on your part, and also the presumption of your inability to perform those things. But have I not called you to stretch yourself beyond yourself, even as you now know yourself to be. I call men faithful because I call them faithful, as Paul has also said unto you that he judged not himself but allowed Me to judge him. I have called you with an everlasting calling, and I will perfect that which concerns you, and I will not forsake the work of my own hands. I have begun a good work in you and shall perfect it unto the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Do not be presumptuous about what you cannot do, neither run to try to emulate others in things whereunto I have not called you. There are different gifts and even different operations of the same gifts, and I have called each of you to something that sets you apart and makes you unique before others, so you might speak into specific hearts where others are rejected and have no access for a multitude of reasons. Now I am come unto you to work in your heart and mind that which is uniquely and differently pleasing unto me. So yield yourself unto my Spirit in all that you say and do, whether in your downsitting or your uprising, your going out and coming back in again, that you may be an example to those round about you, who do not want to be followers of religion, but desire to know me in truth and the uniqueness of the outworking of my life in them, as well as what they have seen in you. Give heed to my Word daily and increase in all these things.
Amen.
Psalm 119 Aleph
Psalm 119 - JTMV
ALEPH
1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way: who walk in the law of the LORD.
2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
4 You have commanded us to keep your precepts diligently.
5 O that my ways were directed to keep your statutes!
6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all your commandments.
7 I will praise you with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned your righteous judgments.
8 I will keep your statutes: O, forsake me not utterly.
ALEPH
1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way: who walk in the law of the LORD.
2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.
3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
4 You have commanded us to keep your precepts diligently.
5 O that my ways were directed to keep your statutes!
6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all your commandments.
7 I will praise you with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned your righteous judgments.
8 I will keep your statutes: O, forsake me not utterly.
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