If we think how important prayer is in our lives, there is no more significant truth than this: Prayer is the present day ministry of Our King, Lord Jesus Christ.
In this He still lives to serve the purposes of Our Father, Almighty God, as His Servant. Even though Jesus has been raised from death, transformed with a glorified body, has ascended into heaven from this physical realm on earth, and has been promoted to the throne of heaven, ruling over all things in heaven, the universe and on earth; He still carries out the ministry of intercession for the saints and for all those that turn to God, and in this He still lives out His role as "My Servant", as Isaiah calls Him prophetically, (that means the Servant of Jehovah.) Another way of seeing it is that Jesus is still the Servant King, the Servant of Our Father, to do His will, even though all the authority of the Kingdom of God has been given to Him.
So when we turn to pray, we are entering into partnership with Our Lord Jesus, to pray for others, to Our Father, and we are entering into the Ministry of the Servant King. Putting it another way, as the apostle writing to the Hebrews says, we are entering in to the throne room of grace to obtain mercy, and to find help in the time of need; we are coming alongside Jesus in His ministry of intercession. As we do this we are learning what it can be to reign with Christ Jesus by prayer!
It is common for people to be soft on themselves but to judge others harshly. It is also common for people to easily agree with accusations against others. As Christians we recognise the tricks of the devil, who is called the "Accuser of the brethren", to persuade us to condemn others and to turn our hearts against them. But we have a choice - to agree with the Accuser, or to agree with the Great Intercessor, Jesus, to pray for those who would offend us. No matter what people have done, we can come alongside Our Lord, King Jesus, and join Him in intercession for the mercy of God to be poured out on them, and for His grace to change them. This is one of the great privileges of a Christian's prayer.
We have yet to discover the amazing limits of this privilege of collaborating with Our Lord. "Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered the imagination of man, the things that God has prepared for those who love Him." wrote Paul the Apostle. And the very next verse in 1 Corinthians 2 says, " But God has revealed them unto us by His Spirit." And later, " We have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit Who is from God, that we may know the things that are given to us by God."
In this New Covenant era God has given to Christians the privilege of knowing things prophetically. Even when we do not know how to pray for things as we should, we find Holy Spirit comes alongside us to help us with intercession, sometimes with words, sometimes with scriptures or visions, and sometimes with groanings that we cannot escape. The best way to handle this is to pray in our heavenly language, the gift of praying in tongues, and if we do, we will often find an inspiration that helps us to pray. Often this inspiration takes us from one language to another as we pray in tongues. Paul writes that He prays for us according to the will of God, even when we don't know exactly how to pray! This partnership with Holy Spirit in our praying connects us directly with the mind of Christ in heaven, and with the will of the Father!
I have seen so many results of prayer like this that I have no doubt about it. And this exciting realm of prophetic prayer is open to any one of us Christ-lovers who want to learn more about prophetic prayer.
Wednesday 11 April 2012
Saturday 25 February 2012
The Vision of God's Heart
The Prophetic Ministry has to do with the Vision that is in God's heart. It is communicated by the Now Word of God. It falls within what the Apostle Peter calls the "present truth" and the "more sure prophetic word" which he says he and the apostles had received.
It has to do with change by the Word of the Lord. It has to do with obedience to the Word, and the fulfilment of it, including the fulfilment of scripture.
New moves of God are always preceded by some prophetic move, either intercession, preaching, prophecies, visions or prophetic actions. I think it is because Prophetic people have a desire to live in the next realm God is opening up. Prophetic people have a desire to fulfil the scriptures God has sown as seeds in the eternal Church in the earth. All God has foretold about His Church in the earth will come true.
Prophetic people almost subconsciously order their lives by the Word of God; (man does not live by bread alone); they have fallen in love with the Word of the Lord; they have found that love of the truth that sets them apart for God.
Prophetic people will hear and obey Holy Spirit's call and, in this sense, God has always had His prophetic people in the different generations - even if it has been a small group of people, or one man (like Abraham, or Noah), who have been stretching forward into the new frontiers of faith.
This is the reason Prophetic people will always make an impact in the heavenlies; by prayer, by worship, by faith in God's word, by holy living, (e.g."Have you seen my servant Job?")
By the way, holiness is not to impress people in the world, nor the church. It is to identify us as "The Lord's People." Angels also take note of that; - even of a wife that honours her husband; (and a husband that loves his wife.)
Prophetic people will make an impact in the heavenlies by obedience; by living out of the anointing that dwells within them; by their prophetic timing in what they do; by speaking out God's word; ("Who has stood in the counsel of the Lord?" asks the prophet Jeremiah;) and by holding on to fulfil His word by faith.
Prophetic people go and pray until they get God's word on the matter. Once they have it, they rest in faith and persevere in faith until the circumstances change.
The essence of the prophetic has always been to proclaim God's word to prepare the way for the Lord.
Once Prophetic people are caught up in the flow of God's Word or Holy Spirit's moving presence, a divine chemistry is released. In such a flow, encounters with God are inevitable, even for people who are on the fringes of it. But Prophetic people who are caught up in it are not there for themselves or for self-gratification; they have a purpose - to be catalysts for the Body and Bride of Christ to be brought into perfection through intimacy with Our Lord.
In such a flow, what contributes to the transfer or impartation of the anointing to others? It will be by the right word spoken at the right time. There are two extremes in this: Firstly, it can sound like "I have a Word - Now!" Or "I'm so timid, I've got to wait on the Lord - forever; and for confirmation after confirmation, before I'll share it!" There are times Our Lord wants us to wait on Him. No doubt about that. But there is a significant release in the spirit when a well-timed prophetic word comes with a prophetic anointing at a prophetic moment. It releases more anointing.
The Lord has stated two powerful principles that make Prophetic people so essential and necessary for the coming revival; firstly, "Surely the Lord will do nothing, unless He first reveals His secrets to His servants the Prophets." (Amos 3:7), and secondly, "The secret things belong to God, but those things which have been revealed belong to us and to our children, forever..." (Deut 29:29).
That makes it very important that we spend time seeking the counsel of the Lord, "For who has stood in the counsel of the LORD, that he should perceive and hear his word? Who has marked my word, and heard it?" (Jer 23:18) He will take us into the strategy rooms of heaven to hear from the throne what are Our Lord's decrees for this time.
The Vision of the Lord's heart is that the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. That glory was made known first through our Lord Jesus Christ; and now it is time for the Church to make it known. It is time for the Image of Christ to be restored on the earth. That which Adam's race lost for all humanity has been restored to humanity by the Living Word taking on the form of humanity. The Glory of the image of Christ will be restored through the redeemed saints as His Word and His Spirit are manifested again - in us.
It is time for the Prophetic people to be developed in their hearing and seeing, so that the seven spirits of God from around the throne, that were manifested in Our Lord Jesus on the earth, should be manifested in His Church to show His Kingdom government is increasing, on the earth, facilitated by His Prophetic people.
It has to do with change by the Word of the Lord. It has to do with obedience to the Word, and the fulfilment of it, including the fulfilment of scripture.
New moves of God are always preceded by some prophetic move, either intercession, preaching, prophecies, visions or prophetic actions. I think it is because Prophetic people have a desire to live in the next realm God is opening up. Prophetic people have a desire to fulfil the scriptures God has sown as seeds in the eternal Church in the earth. All God has foretold about His Church in the earth will come true.
Prophetic people almost subconsciously order their lives by the Word of God; (man does not live by bread alone); they have fallen in love with the Word of the Lord; they have found that love of the truth that sets them apart for God.
Prophetic people will hear and obey Holy Spirit's call and, in this sense, God has always had His prophetic people in the different generations - even if it has been a small group of people, or one man (like Abraham, or Noah), who have been stretching forward into the new frontiers of faith.
This is the reason Prophetic people will always make an impact in the heavenlies; by prayer, by worship, by faith in God's word, by holy living, (e.g."Have you seen my servant Job?")
By the way, holiness is not to impress people in the world, nor the church. It is to identify us as "The Lord's People." Angels also take note of that; - even of a wife that honours her husband; (and a husband that loves his wife.)
Prophetic people will make an impact in the heavenlies by obedience; by living out of the anointing that dwells within them; by their prophetic timing in what they do; by speaking out God's word; ("Who has stood in the counsel of the Lord?" asks the prophet Jeremiah;) and by holding on to fulfil His word by faith.
Prophetic people go and pray until they get God's word on the matter. Once they have it, they rest in faith and persevere in faith until the circumstances change.
The essence of the prophetic has always been to proclaim God's word to prepare the way for the Lord.
Once Prophetic people are caught up in the flow of God's Word or Holy Spirit's moving presence, a divine chemistry is released. In such a flow, encounters with God are inevitable, even for people who are on the fringes of it. But Prophetic people who are caught up in it are not there for themselves or for self-gratification; they have a purpose - to be catalysts for the Body and Bride of Christ to be brought into perfection through intimacy with Our Lord.
In such a flow, what contributes to the transfer or impartation of the anointing to others? It will be by the right word spoken at the right time. There are two extremes in this: Firstly, it can sound like "I have a Word - Now!" Or "I'm so timid, I've got to wait on the Lord - forever; and for confirmation after confirmation, before I'll share it!" There are times Our Lord wants us to wait on Him. No doubt about that. But there is a significant release in the spirit when a well-timed prophetic word comes with a prophetic anointing at a prophetic moment. It releases more anointing.
The Lord has stated two powerful principles that make Prophetic people so essential and necessary for the coming revival; firstly, "Surely the Lord will do nothing, unless He first reveals His secrets to His servants the Prophets." (Amos 3:7), and secondly, "The secret things belong to God, but those things which have been revealed belong to us and to our children, forever..." (Deut 29:29).
That makes it very important that we spend time seeking the counsel of the Lord, "For who has stood in the counsel of the LORD, that he should perceive and hear his word? Who has marked my word, and heard it?" (Jer 23:18) He will take us into the strategy rooms of heaven to hear from the throne what are Our Lord's decrees for this time.
The Vision of the Lord's heart is that the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. That glory was made known first through our Lord Jesus Christ; and now it is time for the Church to make it known. It is time for the Image of Christ to be restored on the earth. That which Adam's race lost for all humanity has been restored to humanity by the Living Word taking on the form of humanity. The Glory of the image of Christ will be restored through the redeemed saints as His Word and His Spirit are manifested again - in us.
It is time for the Prophetic people to be developed in their hearing and seeing, so that the seven spirits of God from around the throne, that were manifested in Our Lord Jesus on the earth, should be manifested in His Church to show His Kingdom government is increasing, on the earth, facilitated by His Prophetic people.
OUTPOURING OF HOLY SPIRIT RAIN AND NEW ANOINTINGS
During the worship on Sunday morning 5th February 2012, at the Bay Community Church in Muizenberg, I had two visions that merged as one.
I felt the impact of Our Lord's presence like rain before the band started singing about rain. Then I saw the rain was coming from a waterfall. I have seen this waterfall in the spirit many times, but this time it was so full that the water spray was coming from the top lip of the fall AND it was a spray rising up from the impact in the pool at the bottom because it was such a volume of water pouring over the waterfall.
I remember that Judy had spoken about a rain rising up over the mountains to raise the water table in our area so the estuary would be full.
I felt the sight of the waterfall showed that we were coming close to the source of outpouring of the rain of the Holy Spirit - "He shall come down like rain" says the prophet in scripture. Then I remembered the words of Jesus, "He who comes to me, out of His innermost being shall flow rivers of living water." And as soon as I heard that I was lifted up higher and higher, to see over the top lip of the waterfall where the river was flowing to it and I recognised it as the river of life which flows from the throne of God.
As I was looking at the river pouring down over the waterfall, I saw the people around me had their heads lifted up and their mouths open to delight in the rain of the Spirit. And I knew that we simply had to learn to drink Him in to receive this flow of the river of life, coming down on us like rain. But the closer we came to the source in worship, we could stand under the outpouring waterfall to be drenched on the outside and filled on the inside, so that the rivers of life would flow from us into the estuary around us.
Then as I watched I saw a second vision of a tall angel, standing next to the waterfall, looking down at us as we were worshipping. He had a large ladle that he was dipping into a large bowl full of hot oil. He was looking from the bowl of oil to the crowd of people and he was reaching down with the ladle to pour fresh new anointing oil onto the heads of the people. He seemed to be choosing those who were drinking in deeply from the outpouring rain, more than others around them.
Then I heard the words "New Ambassadors. New anointings for New Ambassadors for the Kingdom!"
Then the vision ended.
I feel that I missed the timing in the meeting to tell the vision. But I pray that we will have the opportunity still to receive the message of the vision and the power of new anointings to be New Ambassadors for the Kingdom.
With Love and Faith for you, Tony
Sunday 29 January 2012
Cape town Prophetic Forum January 2012
What an Awesome time yesterday with the Cape Town Prophetic Forum!
There was a theme of repentance for our past behaviour and attitudes followed by a release into new things for the prophetic people in Cape Town. It was a special time for all who were there, I'm sure.
I received the following impressions from the forum session:
There was a theme of repentance for our past behaviour and attitudes followed by a release into new things for the prophetic people in Cape Town. It was a special time for all who were there, I'm sure.
I received the following impressions from the forum session:
HEARTS FROM THE GREAT SHEPHERD
Vision of the Throne.
In the Cape Town Prophetic Forum meeting on 28th January I saw the Throne of God clearly with steps all around. I heard the words, “I have given you Cape Town.” And I realised that Our Lord had opened the spiritual territory for us to occupy and take the city of Cape Town.
Then I saw the Lord offering us eye ointment – anointed by Holy Spirit – to open our eyes to see what He has done, to see what He has made us – to live and move in this realm of the spiritual territory of Cape Town. As we came to the Lord to take the ointment, the veil was removed from our faces and we could see the glory of Christ in one another.
Our eyes were opened by the ointment and we could see Our Lord for who He really is, and what He has achieved – the crucified Lamb Who is now reigning on the Throne of God! As our eyes were opened we could see ourselves for who we are in Him – redeemed ones who have been able to come into the throne-room of Almighty God!
He has made us Holy Priests to come and minister to the Father and the Son, by Holy Spirit’s help. And so we can come up the steps right onto the throne to be so close to Him that we feel His heart and know His mind.
Then as we turn to come down from the throne, we have the authority of a royal priesthood, to speak into the earth the words from the throne. As we speak them into the situations on earth where Holy Spirit is working with His presence, the Word and the Spirit ignite with creative power to change the atmosphere, to change the circumstance. We are sent to change the atmosphere and to change the circumstances.
Then as we turn to come down from the throne, we have the authority of a royal priesthood, to speak into the earth the words from the throne. As we speak them into the situations on earth where Holy Spirit is working with His presence, the Word and the Spirit ignite with creative power to change the atmosphere, to change the circumstance. We are sent to change the atmosphere and to change the circumstances.
The Lord has promised to confirm the words of His servants, He said He would create the fruit of our lips; we shall declare the decree and it shall come to pass; we shall call those things which are not as though they were. And this will happen as we receive the words of the Lord from the throne.
Vision of the New Shepherds.
The next morning on 29th January, I awoke in the early hours with another vision of the throne with thousands of people coming from all directions, walking out of a dark mist. They wore clothes from every nation, ordinary but different for every group. They walked towards the light shining from the throne and as they approached they walked closer into the light. Then nearer to the throne their clothes began to change. The earthly clothes faded and they were replaced with shining white clothes that everyone was wearing. It seemed they had been wearing these underneath their earthly clothes but now the white clothes were shining so brightly that I realised these were their spiritual clothes. So the closer they came to the throne, their spiritual clothes shone through and became brighter and brighter.
As they came around the throne, thousands of them, row by row they ascended the steps around the throne. It seemed that the steps grew larger to make room for them all – and they still kept coming – and then they seemed to penetrate into the heart of Our Almighty Father, and they disappeared for a while into Him, and so they came close to Our Lord Jesus, Who was seated on the throne right next to Our Father.
Then I saw as others came onto the top of the steps around the throne, those who had been in the heart of Our father appeared to step out of His heart and began to walk away from the throne and go down the steps again. But now they were wearing golden crowns on their heads and, as they walked down the steps, each one of them was given a golden sceptre. It seemed to me they were given authority in their minds and authority in their hands.
And as they walked away from the throne, row upon row, the bright white clothes seemed to fade and their earthly clothes appeared, but now they had a light that seemed like an aura around their whole bodies.
The crowns of gold faded but now they had a light of God’s glory around their heads and on their faces. The sceptres of gold changed to become the crooks that shepherds used to guide the sheep. Then I knew these people had been made shepherds by entering into the heart of Our Father. And their new authority was a wisdom given to them to have a shepherd’s heart to guide and guard the sheep with a new heart and a new authority. It was a new authority of wisdom from the mind of Christ and of love from the heart of Father, which they received as they came to the throne.
They had received new hearts from the Great shepherd. They had been drawn by Holy Spirit’s power to come to the throne, and He had used this to make them shepherds to the people of God after His own heart and His own mind.
A New Weight of Glory.
Then I was reminded of a clear impression I had as we had been closing the meeting in prayer at the Prophetic Forum on 28th January. My hands had been held open, palms upwards, and I felt the anointing on my hands and felt the weight of glory.
Then Holy Spirit reminded me of that night in the upper room which John writes about in John 13:3 “And Jesus, knowing that the Father had put all things into His hands, and that He had come from God, and that He was going to God, after supper He stood and took off His garment, took a towel and tied it around himself,” and He began to wash the disciples’ feet.
We can seriously take hold of this responsibility of the new anointing, follow Our Lord’s example and begin to serve one another and serve the body of Christ with Love and Wisdom, because we have been touched with Our Father’s heart for His people.
Sunday 22 January 2012
2012 A Year for New Authority
When Timothy was first sent to Ephesus the Church was about 40,000 in number and under his ministry it soon grew to 70,000. (Church history researched by Dr Rick Renner.) Paul had commissioned him to “do the work of an evangelist.” Timothy had been sent into ministry with the laying on of hands, with prophecy that imparted spiritual gifting. Later, Paul wrote to him to “stir up the gift that is in you.” And so Timothy fulfilled his calling with authority on a different level.
When Peter first stood up on the day of Pentecost to explain Holy Spirit’s outpouring with tongues and fire, he brought relevance to Joel’s prophecy by revelation of its meaning and application. He stood and spoke with the authority of his appointment by Our Lord Jesus. On the Galilee beach Jesus’ words commissioned him to lead the flock of new Christians with fatherly and apostolic authority, which first was shown on that day of Pentecost. Peter’s primary gift was to be an evangelist to reach new souls for Christ, but he stood in an apostolic pastor’s role, unlikely as he was for that role before his baptism in the Spirit.
When Barnabus and Saul worked as part of the leadership at Antioch as recorded in Acts 11, they were working in their roles as prophets and/or teachers. As the season in the church changed and the leadership team became mature, Holy Spirit sent these two out by prophecy and they became apostles. Saul’s name changes to Paul and he emerges as the new leader with a new authority. Paul’s writings reveal that he was both a prophet and teacher in his primary gift cluster, but he operated in apostolic authority because he was sent out by the Holy Spirit and by the leadership team who stood in governmental authority in the Church at Antioch.
There is a difference between the spiritual authority brought by one’s gifting and the governmental authority by one’s commission, sphere and mandate. There is a need to receive both the spiritual authority of the gift ministries and the governmental authority of Our Lord through his appointed leaders set in the churches, and through those gift ministries they recognize with governmental authority.
What is about to emerge is the authority of apostles and prophets which will bring a new manifestation of spiritual and governmental authority in the churches at large, if they are willing to receive it. But He will surely raise up churches and groups of people as examples of His Kingdom authority and government. And since it is Our Almighty Father’s plan to “gather all things together in Christ” we can expect a new authority that will be demonstrated in many churches and groups which will be drawn into this move of Our Lord’s hand of authority.
Remember that the Messianic prophecy of Psalm 110 says that Our Lord was told by the LORD (Jehovah) to sit on the throne in heaven at His right hand until His enemies are made His footstool and, during this season, the LORD promised to send out the scepter of Messiah’s strength (authority) from Zion. (And Hebrews 12:22, 23 says we have come to Mount Zion.) In these days, Our Lord and King will send out authority from His throne through the church.
We have had messages about the need for apostolic and prophetic ministry brought to some churches and conferences over the last thirty years. Preaching about it may make us aware of the biblical truths about these ministries. What we need is revelation of truth that catches our hearts in the free-flow of ordinary life, and that lifts our expectation of the presence of Christ to manifest His authority in us so that we live on a different level – to be seated with Him in heavenly places. Remember, it is by the gift of righteousness and by abundance of grace that we can reign in life, (the Greek word is zoé, the life of the eternal God.) He wants to bring us into an experience of his authority which is dispensed from His throne.
On New Year’s Eve, 2011/2012, I received three phrases from Our Lord:
“It’s about Authority”, “It’s about Fire”, and “It’s about My Love.” I sense this is a New Authority.
After the news of the ANC's intention to invoke the spirits of the dead at their Centenary Celebrations, I now realize that 2012 is a year in which we shall see amazing changes in authority, Politically and Spiritually. 12 is the biblical number for government. 2012 is the year in which Our Lord wants His Sons and Daughters to rise up with a New Authority.
There is a new authority which can only be released by intimacy with Our Lord. It is the authority of the Bride of Christ, who draws near and knows His heart; she hears His whispers and and so knows His mind; she feels His touch so close and feels His heartbeat for the nations. The New Authority will be powered by the Love of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
There will be a new experience of what it is to be raised up with Christ to be seated with Him in heavenly places; to know and experience the authority of the King, the blessings of the King, the honour and favour of the King, and the resources of the King, all flowing from our intimate relationship with Him.
There will be an outpouring of Holy Spirit's fire to fill us with the fervent love of Our father and of the Lamb; He must receive the reward for His sufferings. His love is stronger than death; His jealousy for our souls is stronger than the grave.
I'm glad that the issues have been raised so early in 2012.
I'm glad that our collective response is to dedicate South Africa to the Lord.
I have been praying from Fish Hoek that the South Peninsula should be filled with the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. I have also prayed the Psalmist's and Zechariah's prophecy that "His dominion shall be from coast to coast, and from the Silvermine River, to the ends of the earth." In later years I have prayed, "Lord, let His dominion be from False Bay Coast to Table Bay coast and from the Salt River to the end of the Peninsula."
I believe that now is the time to pray, "Lord, let your dominion be from the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Limpopo River to the ends of the earth!" This is a true promise, and we can expect it to come to pass over South Africa as He has spoken it through the prophets of old.
Let His Holy Spirit fire and love be upon us as we pour out His fervent love for the lost; in prayer, in mercy for the deluded who have missed the significance of these issues, and in good works throughout the nation.
May the beauty of the Lord Our God be upon us, and may He establish the work of our hands. (Ps 90:17)
Let Our Lord's words be spoken of us again as He said through Ezekiel:
"Your fame went out among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through My splendour (comeliness, attractiveness) which I had bestowed upon you," says the Lord God. (Ezek 16:14)
May we succeed in our endeavours for revival in our nation.
Check out: Wayde Taylor: End-time Baptism of holy Spirit Fire
When Peter first stood up on the day of Pentecost to explain Holy Spirit’s outpouring with tongues and fire, he brought relevance to Joel’s prophecy by revelation of its meaning and application. He stood and spoke with the authority of his appointment by Our Lord Jesus. On the Galilee beach Jesus’ words commissioned him to lead the flock of new Christians with fatherly and apostolic authority, which first was shown on that day of Pentecost. Peter’s primary gift was to be an evangelist to reach new souls for Christ, but he stood in an apostolic pastor’s role, unlikely as he was for that role before his baptism in the Spirit.
When Barnabus and Saul worked as part of the leadership at Antioch as recorded in Acts 11, they were working in their roles as prophets and/or teachers. As the season in the church changed and the leadership team became mature, Holy Spirit sent these two out by prophecy and they became apostles. Saul’s name changes to Paul and he emerges as the new leader with a new authority. Paul’s writings reveal that he was both a prophet and teacher in his primary gift cluster, but he operated in apostolic authority because he was sent out by the Holy Spirit and by the leadership team who stood in governmental authority in the Church at Antioch.
There is a difference between the spiritual authority brought by one’s gifting and the governmental authority by one’s commission, sphere and mandate. There is a need to receive both the spiritual authority of the gift ministries and the governmental authority of Our Lord through his appointed leaders set in the churches, and through those gift ministries they recognize with governmental authority.
What is about to emerge is the authority of apostles and prophets which will bring a new manifestation of spiritual and governmental authority in the churches at large, if they are willing to receive it. But He will surely raise up churches and groups of people as examples of His Kingdom authority and government. And since it is Our Almighty Father’s plan to “gather all things together in Christ” we can expect a new authority that will be demonstrated in many churches and groups which will be drawn into this move of Our Lord’s hand of authority.
Remember that the Messianic prophecy of Psalm 110 says that Our Lord was told by the LORD (Jehovah) to sit on the throne in heaven at His right hand until His enemies are made His footstool and, during this season, the LORD promised to send out the scepter of Messiah’s strength (authority) from Zion. (And Hebrews 12:22, 23 says we have come to Mount Zion.) In these days, Our Lord and King will send out authority from His throne through the church.
We have had messages about the need for apostolic and prophetic ministry brought to some churches and conferences over the last thirty years. Preaching about it may make us aware of the biblical truths about these ministries. What we need is revelation of truth that catches our hearts in the free-flow of ordinary life, and that lifts our expectation of the presence of Christ to manifest His authority in us so that we live on a different level – to be seated with Him in heavenly places. Remember, it is by the gift of righteousness and by abundance of grace that we can reign in life, (the Greek word is zoé, the life of the eternal God.) He wants to bring us into an experience of his authority which is dispensed from His throne.
On New Year’s Eve, 2011/2012, I received three phrases from Our Lord:
“It’s about Authority”, “It’s about Fire”, and “It’s about My Love.” I sense this is a New Authority.
After the news of the ANC's intention to invoke the spirits of the dead at their Centenary Celebrations, I now realize that 2012 is a year in which we shall see amazing changes in authority, Politically and Spiritually. 12 is the biblical number for government. 2012 is the year in which Our Lord wants His Sons and Daughters to rise up with a New Authority.
There is a new authority which can only be released by intimacy with Our Lord. It is the authority of the Bride of Christ, who draws near and knows His heart; she hears His whispers and and so knows His mind; she feels His touch so close and feels His heartbeat for the nations. The New Authority will be powered by the Love of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
There will be a new experience of what it is to be raised up with Christ to be seated with Him in heavenly places; to know and experience the authority of the King, the blessings of the King, the honour and favour of the King, and the resources of the King, all flowing from our intimate relationship with Him.
There will be an outpouring of Holy Spirit's fire to fill us with the fervent love of Our father and of the Lamb; He must receive the reward for His sufferings. His love is stronger than death; His jealousy for our souls is stronger than the grave.
I'm glad that the issues have been raised so early in 2012.
I'm glad that our collective response is to dedicate South Africa to the Lord.
I have been praying from Fish Hoek that the South Peninsula should be filled with the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. I have also prayed the Psalmist's and Zechariah's prophecy that "His dominion shall be from coast to coast, and from the Silvermine River, to the ends of the earth." In later years I have prayed, "Lord, let His dominion be from False Bay Coast to Table Bay coast and from the Salt River to the end of the Peninsula."
I believe that now is the time to pray, "Lord, let your dominion be from the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Limpopo River to the ends of the earth!" This is a true promise, and we can expect it to come to pass over South Africa as He has spoken it through the prophets of old.
Let His Holy Spirit fire and love be upon us as we pour out His fervent love for the lost; in prayer, in mercy for the deluded who have missed the significance of these issues, and in good works throughout the nation.
May the beauty of the Lord Our God be upon us, and may He establish the work of our hands. (Ps 90:17)
Let Our Lord's words be spoken of us again as He said through Ezekiel:
"Your fame went out among the nations because of your beauty, for it was perfect through My splendour (comeliness, attractiveness) which I had bestowed upon you," says the Lord God. (Ezek 16:14)
May we succeed in our endeavours for revival in our nation.
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