Turning things around

 Acts 9 

In the mean time, Saul kept up his threats of murder against those who follow the Lord...

Suddenly a light from the sky flashed all around him he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying 'Saul Saul why do you persecute me?', 'Who are you Lord?' he asked. 'I am Jesus whom you persecute.'

Hear what the Lord is saying to you.

You who hate and persecute me. 

I shall make myself known to witches and warlocks, those who practice divination and sorcery.

Those who have spoken destruction and violence against me.

I shall reveal myself to you says the Lord of hosts

Many shall come to know me for I am the Lord

I shall bring in the lost, the hurting, the lonely, the destitute, the homeless, the hungry.

I shall bring peace where there is anger

I shall bring comfort where there is pain

I shall bring justice and righteousness 

For I am the advocate who stands in heavens courts pleading for you 

I shall be merciful to those who dont know me for It is my desire that none perish

I am the ever living one. 

I was there at the beginning and shall be there at the end for I am that I am.

It is I who hold the keys to death and hades

For I am the victor.  

The Judge of all things has rendered his verdict over you

It was I that took your punishment and bore your shame

I declare He is the Christ who came in the flesh was crucified, died and rose again

He took back what Adam lost

Salvation can be found in Christ alone

He is King 

He is Saviour  

He is Almighty God

He is the Author 

He is Creator

He is Victor

Amen      

The fire

There is a fire coming 

An all consuming fire 

Those who are unprepared will be burned to ashes

Come to me says the fire that speaks from the bush that does not burn up

I have come to bring the lost sheep into the pasture of the Almighty  

For the time is coming when 

I will level the mountains and raise up the plains 

I will cause the desert to bloom  

There is a reversal coming 

I will smite those who preach unholy doctrines 

I will bring down those who build up riches for themselves by taking money from the poor

I tell you those who lead the lost down the road to destruction 

Shall be brought down  

For I am a true and righteous judge

I know all 

I see all 

I hear all

I was here before the beginning and shall be here after the end.

For I am the I am.

There is a time coming when my Holy Spirit shall inhabit the unborn child.

Even from the womb they shall know me 

There is a generation of children coming who shall know me, for I shall be with them from the moment they are conceived.

No sickness shall befall them 

They shall be fruitful and do exploits from a young age 

For I am Creator 

It is mine to build 

It is mine to tear down

A fire is coming 

A holy fire 

A purifing fire 

A healing fire 

I shall tear down those who preach a false gospel

Shall the mighty behemoth and the great leviathan be caged forever?

Come to me for the world as you know it shall soon be no more.

I shall make myself known 

to both high and low.

to both rich and poor 

to both the deaf and the blind 

to the leper and all the unclean 

I shall speak

I shall declare

My name is righteous and true 

I came to bring all mankind into my house

Amen 

How old?

 Acts 7:23 

When Moses was fourty years old. He decided to find out how his fellow israelites were being treated..

Acts 7:30 

After fourty years had passed an angel of the Lord appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.

Do not count yourself out because you are old. See Moses was 80 when he saw the burning bush.      

See, I am the Lord. I will choose whom I will choose.

Your life is mapped out before me like a book.

I know when you were born for it was I who ordained it.

I created you in your mothers womb 

Every hair of you head is known to me.

Though you are advanced in years there is much for you to do.

I have called you by name and you are mine. 

See you are my precious child 

I will use whom I will use 

No man nor demon can stop me for I am The Lord of all creation

Both seen and unseen bow to me for I am Creator.

Will you accept my call to you?

Have you become so weary that you have lost motivation.

See, I shall be to you as a powerful source of courage and intent 

For It is I who grants both the gift of faith and the power to obey.

Come to me and be amazed at my dealings with both men and circumstances.

For I shall use you to bring both faith and belief among all mankind.

I shall use you to bring the poor, the destitute, the lost, the lonely, the old, the young, the rich.  I shall cause you to move among men of all cultures, beliefs and backgrounds.

Do not think that this is too high a task for you, as I shall cause you to walk among the people. 

You shall be filled with my Spirit and walk in power and do exploits and powerful deeds, for my Spirit shall dwell within you.

Amen

Sonship

Romans 8:15

"For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship"

Did you not know? 

He has made you children of the most high God.

Life comes through the Spirit. 

He is the spark that animates you. 

He gives life to your mortal bodies.

He has granted you all the rights and privileges of a true son.

But together with the rights and privileges that He bestows 

You have duties and obligations to ensure the Father's business goes forward as He desires.

Surely He will make His plans known to you. 

You have an inheritance more than you could imagine. 

You shall become peacemakers and as cunning as foxes whilst making the Father's plan come to fruition

He dwells within you. 

His home is your heart and mind. 

Let His heart for men become known to you

For whilst we were sinners he gave His very life's blood for us.

Let his mind become your mind 

You shall think His thoughts and do His will.

He shall live in and through you. 

No longer shall you look to your corrupt thinking, but let His perfect thoughts pervade your inmost being.  

Amen  

Ploughing a straight furrow

 Luke 10:62

Jesus said to him, 'Anyone who starts to plough and then keeps looking back is of no use to the Kingdom of God'. 

Keep looking forward as you journey through your life with God.

Keep your focus ahead of you, toward Jesus whom you are following 

A divided heart is of no use to the Kingdom of God 

Make the choice to follow Him with everything you have.    

He walked with man in the Garden of Eden in the cool of the day.

He walks with you now in all seasons 

For some of you, it's cold and harsh, your circumstances like a winter day  

For others, the heat is stifling, and life is closing in all around you like a storm about to hit

Can you smell it?

Do you sense what God is about to do for you?

Regardless of what season you are in

God is about to bring a change, which, you could not know or foresee.

He gave the order long ago, but now is the appointed time for change, as the last season had to do its work within you.  

He shall bring about a monumental shift in your circumstances 

The winter will soon end and the storm will dissipate before your eyes

Do not be dismayed for He has ordained change 

He shall bring order into chaos and stability into what seems random.

Amen