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Freeing the Captives

Greetings in the Lord! On Friday night I joined an outreach team at the St. Louis Dream Center to go to the inner city neighborhoods of St. Louis for street evangelism. I don't mind telling you that I was a bit nervous--St. Louis has received top billing as the most dangerous city in the US. The words the Lord gave me were not much comfort either. The first word, based on Ezekiel 22, talks about Israel's rampant violence, immorality and idolatry and the Lord rising to deal with them. "Then the word of the Lord came to me: "Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to me; all of them are the copper, tin, iron and lead left inside a furnace. They are but the dross of silver. Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: 'Because you have all become dross, I will gather you into Jerusalem. As men gather silver, copper, iron, lead and tin into a furnace to melt it with a fiery blast, so will I gather you in my anger and my wrath and put you inside the c

Heat to Purify, Wind to Sweep Clean

Greetings in the Lord! Today while watching the news updates on CNN I saw images of fires burning up forests in southern Georgia and also heard about the wind storms and tornadoes blowing through Illinios, Ohio, Indiana, and Tennessee and the Spirit brought to my rememberance the words given on this site April 9th and 11th, both speaking of such natural disasters happening in those regions. One vision of a wind storm was given in Plainfield, Illinois, where a tornado just swept through. "Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it? Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come?" Lamentations 3:37-38. I am also reminded of how the Lord is moving so quickly and fiercely this season--prophetic words coming to pass very quickly. Can you exalt His name even through the eye of a storm? And many will question these words because their understanding of the Lord is a narrow view focusing on blessings, prosperity, and peace. But

A Good Soldier of Christ Jesus

Greetings in the Lord! Last night the Spirit put on my heart to go to the St. Louis Dream Center Tuesday night worship service. This center was founded by Joyce Meyer Ministries, of which I am a big fan, so it was a delight to go and see what the Lord is doing there. Well, instead of their usual service the kids were putting on a skit called, "Voice of Change." The focus of the evening was to teach the audience to be a voice for the voiceless and to spearhead change for our generation by stepping out boldly for our faith in the face of opposition. I must admit, however, I am not a big fan of children's performances. I just don't have the patience it takes to listen to mumbled lines or wait while they remember what is supposed to happen next. Having said that, I will say that the whole night was worth it just to see the closing act. It was a last supper scene, with the disciples singing and Jesus had already ascended. After each disciple sang their part, soldiers

The Whole City Was Stirred

Greetings in the Lord! Can I just tell you how excited I am about the miraculous things the Lord is doing? So many in our midst, we couldn't count them all if we tried! "He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted. When He passes me, I cannot see Him; when He goes by, I cannot perceive Him." Job 9:10-11 Three weeks ago during a worship service the Spirit kept saying to me, "a nointed hands." I wasn't sure exactly what He was saying; "Whose hands? Do You want me to anoint someone's hands?", I didn't understand. After the service a woman from the congregation came up and introduced herself to me. While she was talking I felt the word was for her, so I began to share what the Holy Spirit said to me. The Lord gave this word: " The Lord has anointed your hands for service; He wants to move powerfully through you--right at your place of work, out in the open, publically. All you have to do is be expe

Trample the Great Lion and Serpent

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word comes from Luke 12:29-36~ "As the crowds increased, Jesus said, "This is a wicked generation. It asks for a miraculous sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah. For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation.....for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now one greater than Jonah is here." "No one lights a lamp and puts it in a place where it will be hidden, or under a bowl. Instead he puts it on its stand, so that those who come in may see the light. Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body also is full of darkness. See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness. Therefore, if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it dark, it will be completely lighted, as when the light of a lamp shines on you." ~In these verses we see that Jesus is

The Younger Will Turn to the Older

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word is a rather strong word and it builds off of yesterday's word to those who persist in pursuing the desires/works of the flesh rather than follow the leading and timing of the Holy Spirit. "The Lord has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: 'I will never forget anything you have done.'....I will turn your religious feasts into mourning and all your singing into weeping. I will make all of you wear sackcloth and shave your heads. I will make that time like mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day." "The days are coming," declares the Sovereign Lord, "when I will send a famine through the land--not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord . Men will stagger from sea to sea and wander from north to east, searching for the word of the Lord, but they will not find it." "In that day the lovely young women and strong young men will faint because of t

A Great Harvest of Approval

Greetings in the Lord! Today's word is Psalm 67, taken from the Amplified Bible: "God be merciful and gracious to us and bless us and cause His face to shine upon us and among us. Selah. That Your way may be known upon earth, Your saving power (Your deliverances and Your salvation) among all nations. Let the peoples praise You (turn away from their idols) and give thanks to You, O God; let all the peoples praise and give thanks to You. O let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for You will judge the peoples fairly and guide, lead, or drive the nations upon earth. Selah. Let the peoples praise You (turn away from their idols) and give thanks to You, O God; let all the peoples praise and give thanks to You! The earth has yielded its harvest (in evidence of God's approval); God, even our own God, will bless us. God will bless us, and all the ends of the earth shall reverently fear Him." ~This version of Psalm 67 is a little different than other translations because

The Ninevites Believed God

Greetings in the Lord! "On the first day, Jonah started into the city. He proclaimed: 'Forty more days and Nineveh will be overturned.' The Ninevites believed God. They declared a fast, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth." "When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robes, covered himself with sackcloth and sat down in the dust. Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: 'By the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let any man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything; do not let them eat or drink. But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth. Let everyone call urgently on God. Let them give up their evil ways and their violence. Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish.'" "When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he had compassion and did not bring upon them the destruction he

They Will Refute Every Tongue

Greetings in the Lord! "After John's messengers left, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: "What did you go out into the desert to see? A reed swayed by the wind? If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who wear expensive clothes and indulge in luxury are in palaces. But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. This is the one about whom it is written: 'I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.'" Luke 7:24-27. This word was given in December 2005 to me regarding our modern-day prophets whose entire ministries have been devoted to "preparing the way of the Lord." In particular, the Spirit made mention of Jack Van Impe who has been announcing the nearing days of the "revived Roman Empire," more commonly known as the European Union. At that time in 2005 the Spirit revealed that: "By 2008 the EU will pass their constitu

Voice Calling Out

Greetings in the Lord! "The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. It is written in Isaiah the prophet: 'I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way'--'a voice of one calling in the desert, "Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him."' Mark 1:1-2. And so, the voices are calling out, preparing the way for the Lord. Did you know that? Can you feel it? Has the Spirit been stirring in you an anticipation of His Presence to be ushered in this nation? Yes, voices are crying out and the way is being prepared. "The word of the Lord came to me: "Son of man, set your face torward the south; preach against the south and prophesy against the south and prophesy against the forest of the southland. Say to the southern forest: "Hear the word of the Lord. This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am about to set fire to you, and it will consume all your trees, both the green and dry. The blaz

Roll Up Your Sleeves

Greetings in the Lord! I hope everyone had a great Easter celebration! I, too, was able to enjoy mine, even while working in a day visit to a prophetic conference being held in Chicago. There's never a dull moment with the Lord. :) At any rate, I wanted to take a moment to share with all of you a recap of what the Lord has been saying to me these days, even confirming things He had dropped into my spirit as long as two years ago. On the way into Chicago I got off on a smaller highway that passed right through Plainfield, Naperville, and other towns of suburban southwest Chicago. I had an open-eyed vision of a preacher/teacher being blown out of a pulpit, then from under a tree, and finally from a small hilltop. I knew that these images represented Old Testament idolatry. It was interesting, too, that at the same time I saw this vision that there were many large churches, larger shopping malls, and brand new residential districts of beautiful homes all along this stretch of h

Revival Has Already Begun

Greetings in the Lord! As many of you know, the Lord has sent me to the south St. Louis area along the great Mississippi river for a season of time. And, at the small congregation He has sent me to, I've been a witness to hear and see their cry to God for revival in this area as well as the nation. Well, I want to share with all of you a most blessed word that the Spirit gave us last week: " Revival has already begun in the north." Last week a guest preacher from Florida was invited to come up to help celebrate the congregation's 6th year anniversary. From Sunday to Wednesday he preached on "Supernatural Encouragement"--we were so blessed! It was on Sunday night that we were speaking about revival and the Lord filled my mouth with, "Revival has already begun in the north." From that time, the Holy Spirit has called to my rememberance what took place in the Iron Mountain area: the Jubilee services and many other cross-denomination services tha