Jan 29, 2007

ATTN: GLOBAL WARRIORS : A 28 DAY PRAYER FOCUS

ATTN: GLOBAL WARRIORS
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*28 DAY PRAYER FOCUS

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Dear Global Warriors:
Today, i am sending out to you the "latest 28 day prayer focus" along with some prophetic insight from Chuck Pierce of Glory of Zion Ministries.
I know that you will be blessed with this anointed insight and focus, which is brought forth from the Lord, "to cause you to think differently" during this new season, and to bring you into that new place in Him, where your faith will soar.
Please follow through this prayer focus over the next 28 days with us here. I know that you will be strengthened, encouraged and blessed when you do.Have a great day! ~ L.D. Oxford
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"A 28-DAY PRAYER FOCUS"
(To Cause You to Think Differently and Your Faith to Soar!)
~ Chuck Pierce
Greetings and blessings to you! May the Lord direct all of your comings and goings this year! May you see His presence go before you and may He be your rear guard. It is hard to believe that the first month of this year is almost over. I am looking forward to communicating with you this year.
Thank you for praying for our trip to Seoul, Korea for the 100th Centennial of the Pyongyang Revival. Similar to the Azusa Street Revival in the United States, the nation of Korea saw a powerful move of Holy Spirit 100 years ago.
At the meetings in Seoul earlier this month, there were 10,000 to 13,000 in attendance. The Spirit of God moved powerfully. My next Eagles of God trip will be to Europe in March when I will be leading a 10 person team to London, Paris, Luxembourg and Belfast. I will be ministering in every place except Luxembourg.
This will be the first time I visit Luxembourg, which is where my mother’s family originated. They were either ministers or business people. Praying in that nation will be key as we continue to proceed to the transfer of wealth.
I am now on a trip from Memphis to Pasadena to Las Vegas to Atlanta. The prayer focus included at the end of this letter will increase your faith for the year ahead.
WE HAVE MOVED INTO THE MONTH OF "SHEVAT!"
The month of January was primarily the Hebrew month of TEVET. This was a month to war with the evil eye. I wrote a chapter about the evil eye in Doris Wagner’s book, How to Minister Freedom. You can read an excerpt from this book by going to
20070127EvilEyeExcerpt.doc
Many of you have probably gone through key trials this month. This is a time that we must not give in to the power of evil watchers who try to rearrange time and legal structures. This has been a month to be aware of and pray for your Commander in Chief. Who are you connected to?
Who are the authorities in your life, and are you praying for them? Are you prepared for the future? This is a time to review your education or initiation into your next phase of life. Many have gone on fasts. These help to purify the blood so the brain and heart will function properly.
This is a season that we must not be double-minded or caught between two opinions. Ask the Lord to cleanse your conscience and “let your good eye see.”We have just entered the Hebraic month of SHEVAT. This month is biblically linked with the tribe of Asher, which means pleasure, happiness, delicious, and fatness.
However this is a month that we must be like Daniel and “beware of the delicacies of the king.” In other words, we should not have our senses dulled with over indulgence. This is a month to develop the plan of sustaining the generations. Pray for each of your children.
May those that have strayed from His path begin to hear the call to return. May they remember the love of God and start their journey back toward His Kingdom. May those on the fence cross over into the right pasture. How will your olive tree blossom?
This is the month of the letter tzadik – your righteousness becomes your foundation. This is a month of rooting. May your roots awaken to the water of life and every evil root be removed. Find your “well of life.” Look for those who are bringing pitchers of water to you. Study the life of Rebekah and the Samaritan woman. This is a time to shout, “My blessings are on the way!”
DIVINE RECOVERY
Before I led prayer a couple of weeks ago the Lord awakened me at 3 AM and said these words, “You have got to think differently for Me to open up new supply lines. Gather what has been scattered.
Decree that My Body enter into and experience a DIVINE RECOVERY. Gather what has been scattered and I will release a new supply line and give you a new measure.” Also, I hear the Lord saying, “Begin to surround that which has been stranded.
Many are afraid to move on to higher ground this hour. The enemy has convinced them that if they will stay at their present dimension then they will remain protected from him. This is not an hour to call a “truce” with the enemy.
Do not fear the rising water that is surrounding you. For the rising water is a sign that I am ready to lead you into a new pasture. Surround those who have been surrounded, and show them the way into their enlarged place.”
The Spirit of God is also saying,
“Do not be afraid to go back down to that place where you were held in the valley. The valley, or the place where you have had confined vision, is losing its strength. I have a people that are getting ready to journey and come up to the place of ‘seeing’ where I reveal Myself in a new way.
Not only will you see Me, but you will see your desires upon your enemy. If you will go back to the valley, you will find what was captured and the treasures that have been hidden there. Do not fear the giants that were in your valley. Then you will come up, and in the midst of your coming up, you will begin to see what I have for you and how the enemy had planned to waste what I had destined for you in this hour.
Even though you return to a low place, do not fear, for this will be a year that you will stand on new, high ground. For it was the high place that ruled you in your low place. Go back, return and then go up. And the throne of iniquity in your life at the high place will topple.
Worship Me on that high place and you will dance upon that which ruled you. Am I not a God that descended to ascend? Did I not go down to come up? As you descend and go down, take the key that I have set there, render the enemy powerless, and arise, arise, arise to the high place of ascension. Truly the power of My Name is at hand. The gifts in you that have lain dormant will arise as you ascend with Me, and you will have the power to RECOVER ALL!”
RECOVERY MEANS:
*To recuperate or regain what has been lost or taken
*To regain your health or get well
*To return to a state of control or authority
*To save yourself from falling, slipping or being betrayed
*To regain or RECLAIM land or substances from waste
*To retrieve a person from a bad state
*To get back by judgment
*To return to a balance FROM WEAKNESS
*To COVER AGAIN
*To RECLAIM or demand or decree that restoration of a thing will beginRecovery is part of the process of Restoration. However, recovery is linked with strategy and obedience.
Linda Heidler shared the following dream after she heard me say, “Divine Recovery.”
There was a black object (like material blowing in the wind) calling from a hill for me to come to it. Then the dream changed, and I saw the blue chairs like we have in the sanctuary of Glory of Zion, but the floor was concrete rather than carpeted.
On top of the chairs there were flats of brown eggs stacked about five or six flats high. Lots of people were crowding around and I thought the eggs would be knocked off and broken. At the same time, I saw that the people wanted the eggs to be broken so that they could pick up the shells.
They could not see that the eggs were valuable for food. They could not see the resource that the eggs were, but they saw great value in the shells. What they wanted to do with the shells was to put them on a shelf so that people would see that they had an egg shell. The word I heard was ‘relics.’
The people were treating the egg shells like the Medieval Church treated relics. The Lord then spoke to me and said, “Reposition your resources so that you do not suffer loss.”In the next part of the dream I was walking along a path on a hillside. I came across a beautiful jar half full of olives, but people had started to use it as a trash can.
I cleaned all of the trash out because I knew that the olives were still good. I continued walking and came around a curve in the path and there was the black thing I had seen in the first part of the dream. It spoke again and said, “
Oh! I am so happy that you are here. I’ve been here all alone, but now you are here. Please don’t leave me.” It had long things that looked like arms, but were only black fabric blowing in the wind. I looked up and where the head should have been there was a small black and white TV. Some sort of TV show was on it.
I felt sorry for this thing, but knew that I had to get away. I ran past it. As soon as I was on the other side, I knew that if I had stayed, it would have captured me and I would have become part of the TV show. When Linda shared this dream, I began to interpret.
The Lord said, “Do not look at the shell. Peer through. I will show you how to secure what you need to secure for resources. Look beyond the decay and trash. Underneath is the oil of anointing for supply for the future.
Many have discarded that which is precious to them. May there be a recovery of the fruit that was there for you and the anointing that I have for you. Do not be drawn by a spirit of poverty or fantasy this hour. Peer into My eyes and see that I AM real. Poverty and fantasy are calling.
Come away and I will show you how to take a resource and prosper it fully. Do not be caught in the same scenario that has held you in the past. Even that which has become a shell around you will work as a great resource for you.
Do not keep looking at the shell, but peer through that which encased your supply for the future. If you will peer through, I will show you how to secure that which you have now so that you will have plenty of resources in days ahead.
Look beyond where you are looking now. Look deep beyond that which has been decay and trash in your life. Under that is the oil of the anointing that will cause a flow to come that you have not known. This is the time of peering deeper and going deeper than you have gone in the past so you will see what I have for you in the future.”
A SEASON TO WAR OVER YOUR SEEDS… BE SURE YOU HAVE PLANTED THEM!
Susan Stanfield, my assistant, then began to share this: “Chuck had us pick up some mustard seeds through the year in various Firsfruits services. Each seed I retrieved I placed in an envelope. Between Christmas and Starting the Year Off Right, my cat somehow knocked three seeds out of the envelope, and rather than put them back in the envelope, I thought, ‘I think I’ll just plant them and see what happens.’
I have a baby cactus plant in my kitchen window-sill, so I poked the 3 seeds into the dirt on the edge of the pot farthest away from the cactus. I thought, ‘If they ever come up I’ll have to remember I planted mustard seed there, so I don’t mistakenly pull them up, thinking that they’re weeds.’
Within three days, I noticed three little, separate leaves poking up from the dirt where I’d planted the seeds. Two are about four inches tall and the third is about three inches tall.”
When Susan shared this, I realized that many of us have stored the seed that is key to our future. Susan planted hers and it came up quickly. I want to encourage you that this is a year to war with the word of God over your seed.
Decree that this will be the year that the seed you have planted will sprout. DO NOT horde your seed, but plant and sow your seed and watch a great harvest begin in your life. God is going to give you new supply. You will gather what has been scattered. New supply is coming in for us to give. Ask God for new supply so that you can give in an increased measure.
GETTING OUR LIGHT FROM UNDER THE BUSHEL (BASKET)!
This is the year of the Lamp Stand. Our Light must be bright and full this year! We cannot be lukewarm. The Sevenfold Spirit of God is longing to manifest within us and bring us into the fullness of His identity. We must shine!
This is year for our “submerged” identities to be dealt with. He longs for us to be who He created us to be. Be bold as you enter into the days ahead.
UNDER HIS WING: THE YEAR OF CLASHING SWORDS!
These are critical times that require us to think differently. At the end of the Feast of Tabernacles, the Lord visited me and asked many questions.
Any time the Lord wants us to think differently, He asks a question and waits for our answer. This is how critical thinking works. Here is a list of questions for you to meditate on before the Lord that will cause you to think differently in days ahead. This prayer focus will cause your faith to go to the next dimension. May you enlarge your way of thinking and increase your faith in 2007.
MEDITATE AND GIVE HIM AN ANSWER TO THE FOLLOWING.
28 DAYS TO TRANSFORM YOUR THINKING FOR THE YEAR AHEAD!
This prayer focus will take you through the month of February. Many of the days require you to answer a question the Lord is asking. Record your thoughts. Meditate upon His word so you break the power of limitation from your life and renew your mind!
Day 1: Read Proverbs 3. Lean not on your own understanding. Ask the Lord for your strategy of giving this year. Ask Him to fill your storehouses.
Day 2: Read Romans 8. Declare that your mind will submit to your spirit-man. Ask the Lord to fill your spirit with the Holy Spirit.
Day 3: Read Luke 18:35-43. Notice the question. Answer this as if you were the blind man being asked by Jesus... “What do you want ME to do for YOU?”
Day 4: Read 2 Kings 4, Mark 8:1-10. What do you HAVE that the Lord can USE? Reevaluate your resources and let the Lord reveal strategies for multiplication.
Day 5: Read I Kings 17, Luke 14:25-33. Will you put ME FIRST? Many times we fail the test of prioritizing our loyalty. Sometimes we must give first before our resources multiply.
Day 6: Read Matthew 26:31-35. Who are you really connected with? Will you stand with those who the Lord has connected you to? Reevaluate all of your connections and alignments.
Day 7: Read Luke 5:1-11. Is your net mended? Will you let the Lord direct you into a new place? Are you ready for the call that He has for your future?
Day 8: Read Luke 5:12-16. Will you boldly pursue the Lord and allow Him to touch you in a new way?
Day 9: Read Isaiah 6, John 21. Have you surrendered to your call? Are you willing to be touched so you speak in a new way?
Day 10: Read Mark 8:22-26. Could you tolerate being SPIT ON? Are you so conventional that an unconventional method of change would offend you?
Day 11: Read Mark 7:24-30. Are you OK to begin with the CRUMBS? Many of us are unwilling to take whatever we can get to start into a new season.
Day 12: Mark 9:33-37. Are you arguing over where you fit? Are you attempting to exalt yourself instead of waiting to be positioned properly? Is spiritual ambition driving you?
Day 13: Read 2 Samuel 5:1-16. Are YOU willing to go up the WATER SPOUT? The Lord has ways to determine who will be the leaders of the future.
Day 14: Read Luke 16:1-13 Are you more SHREWD than the world? Are you single-minded?
Day 15: Read Luke 13:10-17. Are you bent over or standing UPRIGHT? Has Satan weakened you in a way that keeps you from advancing?
Day 16: Read 1 Chronicles 21. Who will correct you? Day 17: Matthew 25:1-13. This is a year of the lampstand. Is your Lamp or Candle TRIMMED?
Day 18: Mark 9:14-29. Can you BELIEVE? Are you without faith in some areas?
Day 19: Read 2 Kings 8. Are you cutting your losses and MOVING ON? If so, you will see the Lord bring back what you have lost.
Day 20: Read Acts 12. Are you ready to open the door for the next move of God? Are you ready to see your prayers answered?
Day 21: Read Acts 19:1-7. Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?
Day 22: Read 1 Thessalonians 5:12-23, James 5. Is your fire BURNING?
Day 23: Read Psalm 100, Genesis 26, Numbers 20:14-21. Are you willing to dig a new well and move on? Spend the day praising Him so that wells that have been shut up in your life will spring up. Get past anger, enmity, and contention. Build a new altar of worship.
Day 24: Read Luke 10:25-37. Will you stop along your way to help someone else?
Day 25: Read Genesis 12-15, 26, 28. How shall you inherit your promises? The Lord has your portion and your blessings. Let Him point you into faith.
Day 26: Read Isaiah 54. Do you see the weapons formed against you?
Day 27: Read Jeremiah 32, 33. Is there anything too hard for God? Call out to Him in a new way.
Day 28: Read Joshua 5, Daniel 1. Fast as the Lord leads you and expect visitation.
Happy New Year, and may you think critically in these critical times ahead. Receive a FINISHING ANOINTING to finish or complete those things that need to be completed in your life!
Blessings, Chuck D. Pierce


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Jan 22, 2007

COME RUNNING AFTER GOD IN 2007 -- PURSUE HIM!

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COME RUNNING AFTER GOD IN 2007 -- PURSUE HIM!
~ L.D. Oxford
God is looking for a people who He can trust. A people of passion for Him. And we have a responsibity to run after God and to live and to walk in His true holiness.
TRUE HOLINESS
True holiness does not come through just trying a little harder, but comes through complete surrender and dedication to the Lord. Jesus Christ has already made the provision for our salvation and forgiveness through His death on the cross and by the power of His ressurection He raises us up to a "real life" in Him.
He paid the full price for our salvation, healing and deliverance from evil. Yet, we must pay the price to follow Him and to walk it out in our everyday lives with Him. This is called "denying self and following Him." And the Lord offers to each of us His grace to do this, where it becomes our life-style.
This involves actually "following" the Lord and it takes a genuine on-going committment to Him. He already knows that we cannot carry this out perfectly in ourselves, but we still need to be walking this out in obedience through His grace and ability that is already supplied for each of us.
Romans 7:1 - Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
COMMITTMENT TO GOD WITH FAITHFULNESS
Committment to God with faithfulness, and also loyalty and unity when it comes to relationships in His Body. The committment to follow through without anymore procrastination.
Someone has to go to change the world, and God is calling each of His people to do this...and this cannot be done alone by any of us. It must be "as every joint supplies" in the Body of Christ and this means team work.The vital relationships must be continually established and learning to work together. No matter where you are right now, do not hold back any longer!
MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS IN THE BODY OF CHRIST
Make your connections in the Body of Christ and spread out from the right and to the left in reaching out to others, so that we can possess nations and cities for the Kingdom of God. You cannot do this without some leadership and godly relationships in your life.
The Lord says, Ask of me and i will make the nations as your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession. - Psalms 2:8 -NIV
He is looking for people who will say, give to us the nations, give to us our region, give to us our city, lest we die of despair with a broken heart!
WE HAVE WINKED AT SIN IN THE PAST
We have winked at sin in the past. We have allowed gross immorality to run rampant in our nations. Even, your own people and ministers participated in many of those sins. We have allowed prayer to be taken out of schools, when a small group of atheists had their way with changing the law.
ABORTION
Then, we have watched the world pass us by, as many millions of unborn babies were slaughtered from the womb of mothers. Have mercy upon us Lord for allowing the doors of immorality and of abortion to be opened in our nations. Forgive us, oh Lord.
SINS OF OMMISSION
We repent from the sins of those things that we should have done and did not do, (sins of ommission) because we waited to see if someone else would step up to the plate and do it instead. And so it didn't happen on the scale that you intended.
STAND IN THE GAP AND REPENT ON THE BEHALF OF OUR NATIONS
We stand in the gap and repent on the behalf of our nations and people. And we repent for ourselves, for our own personal sins and neglect.
Joel 2:17-18 Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them; wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
vs. 18, Then will the Lord be jealous, and pity His people. (read on) -KJV
A WATERED DOWN WORD AND GOSPEL -- NO MORE!
Then, "some" of the evangelical churches and "some" prophetic voices in our nations fed the people with a watered-down word and gospel, with nice self-help messages along with prophetically fluffy messages that tickled the ears of the people, so that they would not even sense the need for change and to repent.
Enough of neutral prophets delivering words to hype up, to promote their latest book, CD, or product and not caring the least, for the people outside of their elite groups. Enough of ministers telling people that they must pick up the phone right now, and call the 1-800 number, or else they will not receive the 100-fold blessing of the Lord.
GIVE GENEROUSLY TO HELP OTHERS -- BUT BE A GOOD STEWARD
Yes, we should give generously! Yes, we should help the needy whenever we see the need. Yes, we should support ministries and yes, we should sow into good ground. However, we should "consult with the Lord" on where and how much He would have us to give.
Sometimes the Lord will speak directly and clearly and at other times, He may expect us to just do what we know is the right thing to do, wherever a need arises. Then, He expects us to be a good and faithful steward in what we do for Him.
"THE GOOD OLE BOYS CLUB"
Enough of the Christian Country Club mentality, "the good ole boys club" promoting themselves continually and endorsing each other, even when what they teach or prophesy, was either a heavy mixture, or not really from the Father's heart at all.
Let us never despise true apostles, prophets or prophesying, but let us position ourselves to hear and to receive the truth.
RECEIVE ENCOURAGEMENT, EDIFICATION, ALONG WITH THE CORRECTION
Let us receive the encouragement and edification, but also the corrections that are needed in the Body of Christ. And may it all be done through the redemptive Love of God.
May a sound balance of prophetic truth come forth and continue to mature in the lives of His people.
REACH OUT
And last of all, let's never forget that there is a world of people around us who are going to hell in a hand-basket, and we are the ones who should be reaching out to them and to help them to come to know the Lord.
Multiple meetings per week, one more conference and a expensive Carribbean cruise for Christians are fine (when a vacation is needed). No problem!
But, let's not stay so busy in our lives that we do not have any time to help other people who may need us. And let us not forget about those people around us where we live and work in our communities?
BURN UP THE MIXTURE LORD, THAT PURITY MAY COME FORTH
Burn up the mixture Lord. Burn up the wood, hay and stubble that a purity may come forth in the hearts of your people. Let your people come forth as burning men and women of God in 2007.
Burning with passion for you, demonstrating your love for each other in the Body. Burning with love for a lost and dying generation, and burning with your holy purifying fire.
CRY OUT TO GOD -- REFUSE TO CONTINUE AS IN THE PAST
May your people cry out to you now, and refuse to live their lives as and they did in 2006. Refusing sin, refusing to be un-caring, refusing to be luke-warm, refusing apathy, refusing compromise, refusing to make any more excuses, refusing to be cliquish and seeking popularity, but to open their mouths for you, to speak the Father's heart, and to follow up those words with holy actions and godly character.
We will not allow the enemy to poison our hearts, our families and children, with a stew of mixture and soulish gobbildy-goop agenda. We desire the truth and desire your purity and holiness. Enough prophetic blabber without Love, faith and actions. Enough words with no real love and faith to believe and to follow up on those words.
See 1 Cor. 13: 2-4 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand mysteries, and all knowledge; and though i have all faith, so that i could move mountains, and have not charity (love), i am nothing....
SEND THE FIRE AND BAPTIZE YOUR PEOPLE AFRESH
Send the fire afresh and baptize your people afresh with the Holy Ghost and with your purifying Fire, oh Lord. Let it come forth and let it fall now, Lord! And let Your truth come forth in the lives of your people as you are desiring to do!
Expedite your awakening revolution to every nation and let your people rise up as never before until your return. Let the awakening move of the Spirit of God increase and acceleration continue ... and let your people find themselves on the cutting edge of what you are doing throughout the earth.
LET THE JOHN THE BAPTISTS COME FORTH
Let the John the Baptists come forth, let your Nazarites (those totally sold out and seperated unto God) come forth, let your people learn to rule and to reign on this earth and to take dominion with an extreme radical faith and anointing to bring forth and to accelerate this revolution of Your Spirit.
We shall see freedom!!! We declare freedom Lord, over your people and over our nations!!!
WE WILL BELIEVE AND FOLLOW YOU, WITHOUT COMPROMISE
We will believe and follow you as true uncompromising apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers and Holy Ghost power-filled evangelists without the self-glorification, but as true bond-servants.
It's for your glory Lord, with the demonstration and evidence of the Kingdom of God being established on this earth. All for your glory Lord!In the name of Jesus Christ our Savior and King! So be it!
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*This part of the posted message was a call to fasting and prayer that went out several weeks ago and was given in cooperation with several ministries where thousands of people have joined together in doing this corporately and is still continuing now.
It would still be valid for now, as anyone can fast and pray, even starting today. So why not those believers here on the internet also? Either respond to this blog message or either go to our home site and email us from there, so we may know that you are standing together with us in solidarity.
A FORTY DAY SEASON OF FASTING AND PRAYER, BELIEVING THAT AMERICA WILL RETURN TO GOD DURING THE YEAR OF 2007.
This generation will rise up and say "no more" to the enemy. Do you want to be a part of this? Is this for you? If so, then prepare to conduct a fast during this season along with us and many others across the nation.
Start 2007 out right and ask the Lord how and when you should begin. You can begin as soon as you prepare. Sometime during this week would be a strategic time to commence, since there are thousands of others with various ministries, who have already started over the past few days. Here are some basic guidelines for conducting your fast.
DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN FAST
DANIEL FAST: This can be done as a Daniel type fast (basic small portions of vegetables with no meat or rich foods, plenty of water to keep your body hydrated)
Daniel 1: 12 - "....Give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink.
JUICE FAST: A fruit juice and/or vegetable juice fast as the Lord may direct you. Also, drink pure water along with this.
TOTAL FAST: When going on a total fast with water, make sure to use pure water, spring water or distilled water instead of tap-water (or boil your water first, if you have to). Jesus said, When you fast, not "If you fast" in His Word… He also gave instructions on how to conduct your times of prayer and fasting in (Matthew 6:5-18).
WHICH EVER WAY YOU FAST, ALWAYS DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. FOR THOSE WITH HEALTH PROBLEMS AND ON MEDICATIONS:
Those with severe health problems should always consult with a doctor first, before going on any long-term fasts. For most people however, eating basic (lite and small portions) of healthy vegetables with plenty of pure water, (the Daniel Fast) cutting out all rich foods, meats, sweets, junk-food, coffee and sodas would greatly serve as a acceptable type of fasting, since so many are on prescriptions and medications out there. This would also improve your health greatly during the process.
FASTING WITH THE RIGHT MOTIVES
The Lord will honor the fast when it is conducted honestly towards Him and with the right motives. He looks upon the heart. Don't treat it like another diet or weight loss program, or you will find yourself fasting with the wrong motive. Remember, it is a fast unto the Lord not a weight-watchers program :)
FASTING AND PRAYER -- WHAT IT INVOLVES
It involves fasting, praying, seeking the Lord regularly with targeted prayer and feasting on the scriptures during the fast.
If you need extra help or understanding on how to conduct this, Jentezen Franklin has a good book on fasting and prayer featured on his website that is full of great information.
I understand that if you order by his toll free number, you can receive the book quickly.
There are also many different free teaching sources and guidelines on fasting and prayer found on almost any search engine.Write in and let us know that you will be fasting and praying along with us during this season.
I already know that some of you are, but would like to know about how many will be joining together corporately this week. Many blessings in Christ, L.D. Oxford
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Jan 21, 2007

"RECENT PROPHETIC WORDS"

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*WILLING AND OBEDIENT VESSELS
*EVEN THE REBELLIOUS
*BE READY BY MORNING
*ENTER INTO WHAT GOD IS DOING
*WHAT'S COMING FOR 2007
*GIVE EAR AND LISTEN
*STEP INTO THE FLOW
*RISE UP, MY PEOPLE
*COME TO ME, SAYS THE LORD
*SPECIFIC WORDS OF KNOWLEDGE
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"WILLING AND OBEDIENT VESSELS"
~ L.D. Oxford
Isaiah 40:3-5 - A voice of one calling in the desert prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the wilderness a highway for our God.
vs. 4, Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain.
vs 5, And the Glory of the Lord will be revealed, and all mankind together will see it. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken. -NIV
The Lord is calling for willing vessels, and He is now raising up vessels with the same Elijah-type anointing of the Holy Spirit, and in the similiar manner that John the Baptist came.
In simplicity, clothed in humility and willing to decrease so that the Lord would become prominent on the scene and that the people would look to Him.
John the Baptist was also a man of great sacrifice and so are these. These are those whom the Lord is raising up, coming forth as voices crying out in the spiritual wilderness of our present day world.
They are fore-runners...His fore-runners, preparing the way. These are willing and obedient vessels who will prepare the way of the Lord and to prepare the world for the coming of the Lord which is soon to be upon us.
Self-preservation mentality will decrease and He (the Lord) will increase in the lives of His people, and the glory of the Lord will be seen upon His people in a manner unlike anything that we have ever seen before in our life-time.
All across the earth right now, the move of God's Spirit is taking place, gaining momentum, and will continue to accelerate, even as everything that can be shaken will be shaken down. Only that which is of Him shall remain in the lives of His people who truly know Him.
It is imperative that the people of God cooperate with the Lord and begin to seek Him with their whole hearts. Fall in Love with Him, spending quality time in His presence and studying His Word until every part of your lives are transformed.
Listen to His voice, while applying His Word to your lives, which will bring you into right alignment with Him.Open up your ears and have ears to hear and eyes that can see! Deaf spirits, come out in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Deaf ears open up today, both spiritually and naturally!
Blind eyes open up today and see, let the scales come off now, both spiritually and in the natural ...Arise, hearing and seeing with clarity!... in the name of Jesus Christ!!
Dead and spiritually dead! ...Rise up today, in the name of Jesus Christ as a living testimony and witness to the nations!! You are destined to be the salt of the earth and a light unto the nations.
Prayer: And Lord God, i ask now that you release your healing, deliverance and restoration now upon the Body of Christ and to the nations. Break forth upon your church and the nations, oh Spirit of the living God! May your name be glorified again and again, and forever!
The Lord is about to cause the Body of Christ to begin to abound in His genuine Love, and He is going to display his majesty in and through His Body.
He has been raising up Houses of Prayer across the nations to transform regions and to usher in transformation and change in the lives of His people.
The fire of God is being released for the purification of His Body. All wood, hay and stubble shall be burned up by His fire.He is taking a once weak, anemic, sleeping, church and is beginning to transform it through World-wide 24/7 Intercession, fasting, prayer and worship.
The sleeping giant is awakening and will arise and move forward as He has planned. He is raising up a new generation who are discovering His beauty, His pleasure and holiness unto the Lord.
The fore-runners are those who are willing to lay down everything for His service. (Laid down lovers of God) There is no cost of serving Him that they will not pay, even with their very lives.
And the Spirit of God will come upon the nations with a spontaneous combustion of the power of His Spirit as the acceleration of this move of God increases.
The nations will witness that God is real, the one and only true living God, when they see His Love and Glory in and upon his people. And in the hour of that glorious witness, everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord will be saved. Then, the Bride of Christ will be ready, the harvest will be fulfilled and the Lord shall return for his own.
A number of you are called and chosen to be forerunners of His Kingdom. You know who you are! Therefore arise, people of God! Get yourself prepared and ready! Activate! Then, mobilize as the Spirit of God opens the way and directs, in moving you forward as a part of His end-time army.
This is the season for many of you to come forth!
~ L.D. Oxford
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"EVEN THE REBELLIOUS"
~ Ras Robinson
Given December 28, 2006.
Even the rebellious. Look and see whether there is any rebellion in your heart. All authority and authorities are from Me. All the kings of the earth are in My hands. Even the rivers and tides flow at My command.
Where were you when I created Heaven and earth? When did you become so significant that you can ignore my will and plan for your life? Are you subject to no one? I tell you today that the way of rebellion will serve not My purposes for you. Rather, it will interrupt the flow of My divine blessings to you.
Are you satisfied with what only mammon can supply? Come now and let us reason together in the folds of My arms. My grace and mercy await you. My love for you is endless. Even the rebellious.
Isaiah 28:13- "So the word of the Lord to them will be, 'Order on order, order on order, line on line, line on line, a little here, a little there,' that they may go and stumble backward, be broken, snared, and taken captive."
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"BE READY BY MORNING"
~ Ras Robinson
Given December 27, 2006.
Be ready by morning. I am calling you to a state of high alert and readiness. What I am about to do has not been done before. No one has ever beheld it. You will find yourself lost if you do not totally depend upon Me.
My instructions must be both understood and obeyed. There can be no variance from My plan. You cannot pick and choose among My commands. You will do well in this new role I am giving you. Success will feel good and those assigned to you will follow with expectancy of heart.
Today is the day because tomorrow will reveal My vision in which you will live. Be ready by morning.
Exodus 34:2 "So be ready by morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to Me on the top of the mountain."
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"2007 -- ENTER INTO WHAT GOD IS DOING"
(WITH EXPECTANCE, DISCERNMENT, AND RECEPTIVITY)
~ Bob Craine
"We must break the mold of the past and develop a new expectation for God to move anytime, anywhere, and in any way He wills."
"GOD WANTS TO PREPARE US"
I believe that the Spirit of God is more active today than many of us realize. One of our struggles is discerning when and where God is moving.
In our busy society, we run at such a pace, that it's possible to rush past a time and a place where God wanted to encounter us. There is little that we can do about our busyness, except plan to protect our time so that we don't miss God.
When God intends to do something, He will often make it known to groups and/or individuals ahead of time. These advance notices are invitations.
Sometimes, God invites people to partner with Him in bringing His miracles to pass. He gives us notice so that we can pray God's wonderful works into being and prepare our hearts for what He wants to do. Often there are conditions that must be fulfilled in order to realize God's gift.
Joel 2:28 could not be fulfilled until the last days. Isaiah 9 and 11 couldn't come to pass until Jesus was born. The devil worked hard trying to kill Jesus, so that the greatest promises of eternity would be thwarted.
That's what much of the busyness in our lives is all about. If the devil can keep us busy doing good things, especially religious things, so much so that our time with Jesus suffers, he may be able to distract me from seeing and entering into an encounter with God.
There are invitations from God that you don't need to wait for; they are to be received today, right now. For instance, in John 20:22, Jesus breathed on the disciples and said, "...receive the Holy Spirit." He didn't say, "Pray about it or think about it." He said to receive the Holy Spirit right now.
"ENTER INTO WHAT GOD IS DOING"
Over the years, I have heard prophetic words about what God is going to do. Sometimes these prophecies (I believe are from God) never come to pass. I believe that the reason is that a lot of believers don't realize that what God wants to do in the future, often starts today, right now, with me.
If I don't enter into what God is doing right now, I believe it's possible that what God wants to do in the future may not come to pass. God is all-powerful, yet much of the time He uses people to bring about His purposes.
God is doing some great things today, and sometimes we don't even recognize that He's moving! God is greatly showing up in churches, and we may not even notice because we're preoccupied, distracted, or have become dull to Him; and without expectation.
It's possible, for people who want what God has for them, to miss what God is currently doing because they get caught up in routine.God has been teaching me about His sovereignty the last couple of years. In other words, He can do anything He wants to do anytime and however He pleases. God is not at all restricted to doing what He's done in the past.
"WORSHIP WITH EXPECTANCY FOR THE MIRACULOUS"
"God causes His throne to descend in the midst of people who worship Him."Psalm 22:3 says that God dwells in the Holy place where the praises are offered. Our worship becomes God's throne or God causes His throne to descend in the midst of people who worship Him.
I've discovered that when people worship with an expectation, God sits down in the middle of worship, and He comes with a purpose, and His purpose is to touch His people, with Healing, Deliverance, and Restoration.
In most places that I go to minister, I've realized that people come with an expectation, and God has indeed been sitting down in worship with a purpose. My job is to discern the presence of God and to declare that God is present to minister healing and wholeness.
I was in Kingston, Massachusetts, when God's presence was so profound during worship that I was undone. I don't ever recall a more profound encounter with God. When I finally made my way to the platform, I raised my hands in adoration then realized that I hadn't raised my shoulder over my head in more than 2 years because of a bad rotator cuff. It was instantly free.
I realized that as I worshipped, God descended in worship and healed me.I simply announced that God was present to heal, and asked if any who came with pain or limitations, discovered that they were now pain-free or could now move in a way they couldn't do before worship.
After checking their bodies for pain or limited mobility, about 50 or more people responded as being pain-free or had regained their mobility, including a woman with M.S. who danced and ran around the room. These healings also recently happened in Maine, London, and central California too.
"2007 -- A YEAR OF EXPECTANCE, DISCERNMENT AND RECEPTIVITY"
Yes, God uses people to minister to people, but God is not limited to a ministry team or a ministry time. I am not saying that God's new formula for healing is during worship, but He can and does heal during worship when He chooses to. As His church, we must break the mold of the past and develop a new expectation for God to move anytime, anywhere, and in any way He wills.
"I BELIEVE THAT 2007 WILL BE A YEAR OF EXPECTANCE, DISCERNMENT AND RECEPTIVITY."EXPECTANCE:
We must allow the Spirit of God to develop in us an anticipation that God will show up anywhere and anytime to display His power.
DISCERNMENT: We must recognize when God is moving and know what He is doing, so that our thing doesn't interfere with His thing.
RECEPTIVITY: We need to receive what God is doing even if we don't understand what He's doing.
Bob Craine, Senior Pastor Valley Vineyard Church
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"WHAT'S COMING FOR 2007"
~ by Jim Paul
While preparing to speak at a prophetic conference, I had an encounter with the Spirit of the Lord in my home. The day before I flew out to this conference, He came to me and said that He was going to work on the Church and the world this coming year according to three scriptures that are marked with the 20:07.
In Deuteronomy 20:07 the Lord asks the rhetorical question; "Has anyone become pledged to a woman and not married her?" The Spirit began to apply it to the Father and said that "Surely, He has betrothed His Son to the Bride--the Church. He will indeed keep His word.
Believe Me now," says the Spirit of God, "that a new and deeper understanding of this divine romance will increase this year. Some will have encounters with songs, smells and sights of 'The wedding supper of the Lamb' (Rev.19).
This release will deeply heal many who have issues of inner wounding and problems with intimacy. You will hear the angelic songs from that supper table coming even to the lost. I will do this to invite many to the soon-coming party."
In Psalms 20:07 the scripture makes a clear declaration; "Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the Name of the Lord our God." The Spirit of God says "A new level of TRUST is coming to you, My people, this year.
It will seem like even a new kind of trust--trust for strong gifts of the Spirit, signs and wonders and increasing angelic visitations. TRUST in the Lord is the real strength of the Body of Christ, unlike the world's way of displaying strength."
This TRUST will be like the trust that was found in Jesus' ministry on the earth in Mark 11:32. It is 'A God kind of faith.' This new TRUST will be manifested as you embrace the powerful Names of God.
In Jeremiah 20:07, the prophet cries out the word of the Lord; "O Lord, You deceived me and I was deceived. You overpowered me and prevailed. I am ridiculed all day long, everyone mocks me."
The Spirit of the Lord speaks to the Church and says, "In the same way that the prophet Jeremiah was overcome, I am overcoming the Church. My power will come in such a strong manner on the church that you will be overcome and the world will mock you.
This is the cost of the increase of My power. The mocking at times will seem quite severe during this year. However, I will defend you," says the Spirit of the Lord.
"In the same way that the centurion mocked Jesus at the cross (Mt.27:36-47) and then publicly repented after the earthquake, so will I defend you. Don't be afraid, just be prepared for what the world doesn't understand. It fears and mocks, but many of the mockers will become radical believers."
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"GIVE EAR AND LISTEN"
~ Marsha Burns
Given December 26, 2006:
Give ear and listen, My people. Quiet your souls and be attentive, for I am about to speak to every heart that is ready to receive My word. You are entering a new day in the course of time and history, and I will pour out My wisdom where there is room for it to be received.
I will show you the way of your destiny if you can accept it. I will give you a blueprint for blessing if you will hold it loosely and not make it your idol. I have opened the windows of heaven and will pour out on you if you will release your own desires and let go of your need to control your own destiny.
Put your trust in Me, and you will be able to partake of My goodness in abundance, says the Lord.
Malachi 3:10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, and try Me now in this," Says the LORD of hosts, "If I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to contain it.
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"STEP INTO THE FLOW"
~ Marsha Burns
Given December 27, 2006:
Step into the flow of My Spirit, says the Lord. Allow Me to direct your every step, and I will move you into My perfect will and fulfill My purposes in your life.
Fear will hinder the liberty of this free-flow, so you must release all anxiety and apprehension and establish yourself in this divine flow through trusting Me with every detail of your experiences. Fear not, for I am with you!
Isaiah 41:10 Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’
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"RISE UP, MY PEOPLE"
~ by Bill Burns
Given December 25, 2006:
I hear the Lord shouting, Rise Up, My People! No longer will there be a delay. No longer will the days proclaim that I am not at work. I say to you that in this very season you will carry a power that you have never experienced before.
It is My will that you rise up in the Spirit and have power over all of the works of darkness. Do not be deceived, My people, for the evil one troubles you even in times when you do not recognize him in your midst. Fight the good fight of faith.
Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Dress your self in the armor of light. You shall be vindicated and victorious. And, you will live in victory. Ride on victoriously and be empowered. I will be to you a shield and a refuge, a place of safety, says the Lord.
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"COME TO ME, SAYS THE LORD"
~ Marsha Burns
Given December 25, 2006:
Come to Me, says the Lord, and find rest for your weary soul. The days have been hectic, but now you can take this time to rest, reflect and recuperate. Find your strength and comfort in Me. I will open a new door of hope to you, and you will find peace and rejoice again.
Hosea 2:14-16 "Therefore, behold, I will allure her, will bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfort to her. I will give her her vineyards from there, and the Valley of Achor as a door of hope; she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, as in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.
And it shall be, in that day," Says the LORD, "That you will call Me ‘My Husband,’ and no longer call Me ‘My Master."
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