As you read my posts here, you might see my writings as black-or-white, all-or-nothing, in nature.
Honestly, I do come off that way sometimes and this would be a correct assessment of my positions and ponderings but for one simple fact: the existence of free will in man within the context of the will of God.
The Father has been speaking things to me since my earliest memories, so you might imagine that I spend a lot of time WAITING to see the hand of the Lord move and fulfill what He sometimes has spoken to me years ahead of time. At least it seems to feel like waiting forever, when you dwell within the finite expression of time, as we know it!
Yes, I have an alarm clock and I age just like everybody else, though I've been told many times I look younger than my years. My answer to this is that I am simply terminally naive and this keeps me looking young.
But, our Father is OUTSIDE OF TIME, or perhaps better put, He is IN ALL TIME AT THE SAME TIME.
Either way, while I speak with strong conviction in the moment that God gives me something to share, I have NO DOUBT that the Lord can, as in the case of Ninevah, respond to repentence and bless His children on earth according to His master plan. And He has a gentle way of instructing me on how to eat my own disappointment when what I originally thought He was saying was tempered with way more mercy than I would've handed out in the situation.
Seriously, I'm a descendant of claymore-wielding Scots warriors! My DNA teems with justice-seeking and butt-kicking.
Seriously, I'm a descendant of claymore-wielding Scots warriors! My DNA teems with justice-seeking and butt-kicking.
So, in one sense, this means that my so-called prophetic 'accuracy' doesn't really matter right? It's just not about ME, it's about what His heart expressed. And the Father doesn't typically give me a forum to forecast and prophesy 'seer' warnings anyway. I believe He is pleased with my willingness to hear Him, study and meditate on His word and serve as a prayer warrior in those times He speaks to me to do so.
The fact that I witnessed the 9-11 attacks overnight on July 29, 2001, didn't matter to anyone other than my ABBA, who was pleased to have interjected me into an open vision, at times physically inhabiting certain aspects of the warfare that I went through in that night.
So I didn't get to take up an extra offering to record and publish the vision in a book. I didn't get on Elijahlist and add to their 'prophetic' readership demographic.
And on Monday night, 9/10/2001, when my son Andrew and I actually heard air-raid sirens in our backyard and the Holy Spirit warned me moments later, saying, "...we're under attack", I had no idea of what to do. Seriously.
Until that next morning.
It didn't take a second plane hitting the second tower for me to hit the floor, sobbing and praying on 9-11. I already knew. He had me ready to pray and I knew exactly what was at stake in the spiritual realm and in our nation. He'd given me a 40-day preview and warning, sans audience.
That kind of 'visitation' doesn't happen every day to me-- most often, I just see things in my day-to-day, the Lord whispers in my ears and my heart and I just wait, pray, listen, then wait some more.
So forgive me if I'm not so impressed with the latest dial-a-word from America's Top-40 prophetic voices who blast out their 'mega-word' predictions for all of us to "ooooh" and "awww" over.
[Prophetic plumb line rant over.]
My bottom line is this: after seeing or hearing something strategic from the Lord, I am going to declare what He tells me, believe what He says will come and ask Him, "what do you want me to do, Lord?"
You see, it's JUST NOT ABOUT ME FRIENDS! IT'S ABOUT HIM!
It's about His pleasure to do what He will with my life, for His purpose and His plans.
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With no further explanation or apologies, I am compelled now to report several things from God, that I cannot shut off, I cannot stop my hearing of these words ringing within my spirit.
I pray that each of us can look at our hearts and ask ourselves, "what am I doing?", as we ask Him to preserve us in Him.
"Am I living for You Lord? Am I turning to You, trusting You, worshiping you, waiting on YOU?"
Help us oh Lord, to follow hard after You. Help us to lay aside our attempts to legislate holiness, and help us to find that sanctified grace You have already provided as we turn our hearts to You.
[Prophetic plumb line rant over.]
My bottom line is this: after seeing or hearing something strategic from the Lord, I am going to declare what He tells me, believe what He says will come and ask Him, "what do you want me to do, Lord?"
You see, it's JUST NOT ABOUT ME FRIENDS! IT'S ABOUT HIM!
It's about His pleasure to do what He will with my life, for His purpose and His plans.
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With no further explanation or apologies, I am compelled now to report several things from God, that I cannot shut off, I cannot stop my hearing of these words ringing within my spirit.
"What the Holy Spirit says to the Church :
Judgment begins in the household of God. Judgment begins in the household of God. Turn your hearts to Me.
This life is no longer about who you are or what you want. It all comes down to this simple question--
WHO DO YOU WORSHIP?"
I pray that each of us can look at our hearts and ask ourselves, "what am I doing?", as we ask Him to preserve us in Him.
"Am I living for You Lord? Am I turning to You, trusting You, worshiping you, waiting on YOU?"
Help us oh Lord, to follow hard after You. Help us to lay aside our attempts to legislate holiness, and help us to find that sanctified grace You have already provided as we turn our hearts to You.
Good word. Who do I worship? Worship of God vs mammon -- the test comes when you look at how most of your decisions are made: based on what your checkbook says or what God says. Sometimes money (or lack thereof) seems to resonate with a loud voice!
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