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Marriage in the Mountains

Greetings in the Lord! Recently I've been reading an 8-day prayer "focus" prepared by a respected prophetic voice directed at getting people launched into 2008, a year of "new beginnings." Today's Scripture passages were taken from Genesis 1, Exodus 1, Joshua 1, 1 Samuel 1, Matthew 1, and Acts 1 and dealt mainly with significant Biblical births, new endeavors, and the Creation story. After reading those passages, I asked the Holy Spirit what I should be getting out of those "new beginning" chapters from the Bible, and He led me to read Jeremiah 4:23-28) "I looked at the earth, and it was formless and empty; and at the heavens, and their light was gone. I looked at the mountains, and they were quaking; all the hills were swaying. I looked, and there were no people; every bird in the sky had flown away. I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert; all its towns lay in ruins before the Lord, before His fierce anger. This is what the Lord sa

The Wild West

Greetings in the Lord! Today the Lord is putting on my heart Joel chapter 3, of which I will share selected verses: v. 1-2)"In those days and at that time, when I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, I will gather all nations and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat. There I will enter into judgment against them concerning My inheritance, My people Israel, for they scattered My people among the nations and divided up My land." v. 12-13)"Let the nations be roused; let them advance into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit to judge all nations on every side. Swing the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, trample the grapes, for the winepress is full and the vats overflow--so great is their wickedness! v.14,16)"Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision....The Lord will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem; the earth and the sky will tremble. But the Lord will be a r

Crucial Update

Greetings in the Lord! I wanted to give you an update about a word given in January of 2006. The word was: "Before the beginning of 2008, the European Union will pass its constitution," thereby making the EU an official governing body. You may recall, that in 2004 there was a push to ratify th at Constitution, which was struck down by referendum in only France and Holland in 2005. After a "cooling off period," the ball was picked up again early in 2007. In a nutshell, EU officials simply renamed the Constitution a "Treaty" (of Lisbon), made slight legal modifications, dropped the formal use of the EU flag and emblem, and changed its exclusive reference to Europe's Christian heritage to an all-inclusive religious stance and reference to "humanism." Otherwise, the EU "Constitution" remins essentially the same. On December 18th, 2007 the Treaty of Lisbon was sealed, and now awaits passage (walk-throughs) in the governments of the

The Long Race

Greetings in the Lord! While many prophetic voices are writing about the "new beginnings" of 2008, the Lord has been really speaking to me about the presidential race of this year. One word keeps ringing in my spirit: 'process.' I discern that this year's election race will be divinely used as a "process" to reveal heart conditions of our people, even within the Body of Christ, as we engage in dialogue and debate about who we want for president and why. Pay attention to the conversations around you and of your own words, too. For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. And do not be quick to join in the political debates, for what do we know, really? In Matthew chapter 20, there are 3 stories that deal directly or indirectly with the "first being last, and the last being first." In the one story, the early workers were indignant because the later ones got paid the same wage as they did, even though they did less of the work. I discer

2008--New Beginnings

Happy 2008! Well, it is good to be back writing again...at last, the hiatus has come to an end and it's time to start sharing with you all again. :) With no further adieu, I have a couple things to write about. First, I want to share the scripture passage the Lord has given me for 2008, from the book of Haggai, especially chapter 2. Haggai 2:6-9) "This is what the Lord Almighty says: 'In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea, and the dry land. I will shake all nations, and the desired of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,' says the Lord Almighty. 'The silver is Mine and the gold is Mine,' declares the Lord Almighty. 'The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,' says the Lord Almighty. 'And in this place I will grant peace,' declares the Lord Almighty." Specifically for the American Church I see it like this: we are like a bag of flour being