Tuesday, October 30, 2007

God, I Need...

I wrote this poem this evening. It's my HONEST pouring out before God. If you can relate, be in prayer. God HAS NOT forgotten...

Heb 6:10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

Always the weakest
Rarely strong
Never quite the prettiest
Always something wrong

Never the most wealthy
Nor the most stable
Not the most accomplished
Barely even able

The brightest, not really
The happiest, no way
The most faithful, perhaps
I attempt to be each day

Called and chosen I am
Though like a failure I feel
God, thank you for your mercy
Please touch my heart and heal

Often I feel insignificant
And ever so very small
I’m trying to trust you, Father
I feel as if I’ve lost all

When will the righteous gain
When will I win just one fight
I’m so tired of struggling
And fighting with all my might

The wicked seem to prosper
And believers who backslide
Those who move in their flesh
Seem to catch a free ride

God, I need a word from You
I need to feel you near
I need to know I’m not forgotten
That You still hold me dear

I need to see a breakthrough
A victory in my own life
I’ve prayed for many others
And You delivered them from strife

So now I need a personal touch
A victory I need to see
Father stretch Your hand my way
Then comforted, I shall be

Thursday, October 25, 2007

God is saying, "Let ME choose..."

God is speaking to His leaders - in particular, those who are pastors, and anyone else who has a "following".

So often, the people of God are seeking after NUMBERS in order to claim victory. God is giving visions to ministries that seem too "big" to take place. So, rather than moving on that word, we create an expectation for "one day", "when we are able" and "when God sends us the people."

For too many, ministry has become nothing more than a marketing and recruiting scheme. We spend so much time trying to draw people that we often fail to obey God. Leaders, allow God to choose. Allow the Father to determine who should walk with you. Understand that numbers do not matter to the Father we serve. His word WILL accomplish the purpose for which it was sent.

Judg 7:4 And the Lord said to Gideon, The men are still too many; bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. And he of whom I say to you, This man shall go with you, shall go with you; and he of whom I say to you, This man shall not go with you, shall not go.

Many are missing the mark because too many are following. God does operate through anyone that has not been called. He is not interested in this crowd, but the CHOSEN. Some of you have sincerely sought God and received a true word and a true vision directly from the Father. However, the vision has not come to pass, because you failed to allow God to use whom He desires. As leaders, we often throw people at a need rather than seeking God for every assignment and detail. NUMBERS can be a vision killer! The CROWD will often distract from the CALLED.

Judg 7:5 So he brought the men down to the water, and the Lord said to Gideon, Everyone who laps up the water with his tongue as a dog laps it, you shall set by himself, likewise everyone who bows down on his knees to drink.
Judg 7:6 And the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was 300 men, but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water.

The Father showed me something awesome about Gilead's men. Those who bowed down to drink did what soldiers were expected to do. However, those who lapped like dogs were chosen. Why? Men who lap like dogs are DESPERATE! They were not worried about form or fashion. They were hungry. They were thirsty. They were survivors!

People of God, this is not the time to recruit those who make you look good to the world. In fact, it's time to CUT SOME PEOPLE OFF. The integrity of many ministries has been compromised by the sin of the crowd. Many of your visions have been stifled because Achan dwells among you. Disobedience is in the camp. The world sees success, but God sees distraction, disobedience and rejected worship.

Judg 7:7 And the Lord said to Gideon, With the 300 men who lapped I will deliver you, and give the Midianites into your hand. Let all the others return every man to his home.

God will deliver with those He has chosen. "Let ME choose," says the Lord. There are some of you with friends and family members that God has told you to release. You feel they are supporting the ministry and holding up your arms. For some of you, they seem to have funded the ministry to this point. Yet, they are holding a strategic spot where a chosen person should be. Seek God and allow Him to reveal the army assigned to the vision He has given you to fulfill.

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Have You Made a Vow?

God has given me a word for His people who have been called as messengers in the Kingdom. Many are operating in ministry, and have God why their integrity with people seems to be challenged. God is saying that many are called to a rebellious house. However, others are rejected by people because integrity with God is not up to par. God has begun to expose some of the seemingly little things we are doing that are causing stumbling blocks in ministry. We cannot speak on the Father's behalf when we have driven wedges between Him and us.

Have you made a vow? Many are attempting to walk in ministry and represent the Father when He has ought against them. Vows have been made to God, but remain unfulfilled. For this, repentance is necessary. God's people must be careful to PLEASE GOD FIRST. His people must be faithful to do what we promise to our Father.

Ecc 5:1 Keep thy feet when thou goest unto a house of God, and draw near to hear rather than to give of fools the sacrifice, for they do not know they do evil.

The Word of God tells us that a fool is known by his much speaking. However, one is quiet, contemplating every word before it is spoken, is counted wise. Too many of us are speaking amiss, forgetting that every idle word shall be judged. Especially in the case of prophets, we must watch very carefully over every word that utters from our mouths. When a man or woman becomes the mouthpiece of the Father, sanctification must take place. We cannot allow blessings and cursing to come from the same fountain (James 3:10). We cannot allow wisdom to mix with folly and foolish speech. The tongue MUST be tamed, and we must be very careful not to discredit God with the same mouth we are asking Him to use for His glory.

Too many are trying to use the House of God as a platform to increase popularity. Men are seeking glory, and simply using God's name to get it. The Father is calling His people back into His presence to RECEIVE. He desires to make a deposit into His elect, that His divine instruction will come forth as He commands. Too many are "learning" the right things to say. We continue to preach religion and deliver a "safe" word. Too many are preaching, but they are not speaking as instructed by the Father. He is always talking, yes, but oftentimes He requires His servants to remain quiet. For every prophetic word, there is a season of worship and impartation directly from the Father.

Ecc 5:2 Cause not thy mouth to hasten, and let not thy heart hasten to bring out a word before God, for God is in the heavens, and thou on the earth, therefore let thy words be few.

Even in our time of prayer, God is calling for His people to be cautious. We often pray for that which we believe and feel God should do. In this season, we must learn to pray God's will, just as Jesus did. Yes, our Father wants us to speak with Him and tell Him our desires. However, when we are called to be His instruments, we must learn to pray in a different realm. We must learn to become INSTRUMENTS for God's use in this earth. We must pray in the spirit and become conduits for God's will to be done on earth. With maturity in ministry, prayers become more Kingdom-centered and less personal to the believer's desires.

In reverence to God's will, our words will become few. Our spiritual ears will become open and prayer, for many, shall become a time of revelation and impartation rather than a session of petition.

Ecc 5:3 For the dream hath come by abundance of business, and the voice of a fool by abundance of words.

Faith is shown through works. Many are busy with vain works -- dead works from which the Body of Christ should be delivered. There is a difference between busyness and God's business. Those who truly hear God's voice move only when God says to move. Those who walk in a fleshly desire to feel important do things for their own glory, then gloat about it. Foolishness is then exposes through their many words.

There are some who seem still in the natural, but are pleasing unto God in the spirit realm. They have remained focused. They are busy in spiritual warfare. They have not boasted of themselves, but remain available and ready to heed God's command. They are not boggled down with "fluff" in an effort to look or feel important. They stay in their place, and therefore do not cause confusion in the Body. This is a sign of maturity unto the Father.

Ecc 5:4 When thou vowest a vow to God, delay not to complete it, for there is no pleasure in fools; that which thou vowest--complete.
Ecc 5:5 Better that thou do not vow, than that thou dost vow and dost not complete.

Why is God bringing out attention to the words we've uttered unto Him? Because our words to the Father have caused our flesh to sin.

Ecc 5:6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that `it is an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?

We, as the people of God, have made promises to Him and failed to keep them. We have lied unto God. We have spoken forth idle words into His ears with no intent to fulfill that which we've promised. Even worse, we have failed to repent. We don't realize the gravity of lying to God.

In our "selfish" prayers, many of us have made requests and vowed to serve God with contingencies.

"Lord, bless my ministry and I'll be careful to give you the praise."
"Father, heal my body and I'll tell the world my testimony."
"God, enlarge my territory and I'll feed your people with the true word of God."
"God, bless my finances and I'll sow into the work of the Kingdom."
"Father, bless me with a vehicle, and I'll dedicate it to your work."
"Save my husband, o God, and I'll be a good wife and mother."
"God, increase my knowledge and I'll teach your people the true word. I won't teach religion, but your word."


We've all heard the prayed vows. We've all made such vows, and broken at least some. The Father is calling our attention to this error. Repentance is necessary.

In the 11th chapter of Judges, the Bible tells us of a valiant man named Jephthah. Jephthah was rejected by his family, because he was the son of a harlot. However, when Israel became oppressed by Ammon, the people called on him to deliver Israel from the enemy's hand.

Jephthah prayed for God to deliver his people and made a vow in return for the favor. The vow he made was a foolish one. God delivered Israel, and Jephthah realized his mistake when his only child, his daughter, became the victim of his foolish promise unto God. Unlike many of us, Jephthah did not go back on his promise to God. Instead, he offered his daughter as a burnt sacrifice unto the Father, just as he'd promised.

The Father asked me, "Why do you feel a need to offer me something for which I never asked?". My God! So many times, we forget that God DESIRES to work on behalf of those who are living for Him. Unnecessarily, we place ourselves in difficult situations and cause ourselves to sin by offering God things He doesn't even require.

If you are truly sanctified unto Him - if you are a true worshiper unto God - if you are sanctified and set aside for His work - the Father has pleasure in delivering you.

DO NOT fall into sin by making empty promises unto God. Not only are our vows to God causing separation from our Father, but vows to one another made in His name have caused his people to sin as well. We are to be the light of the world and the salt of the earth. Yet, INTEGRITY has become a foreign word in the Body of Christ.

Wedding vows - for better or for worse? We've made "worse" an excuse for divorce.
Bills and legal agreements - they have become an excuse to declare "the enemy's plan against us"
Working for an employer - we fail to arrive punctual and do our work unto the Lord. When not caught, we say it's the "favor of God"

Not so. These are vows, among many others, made in the sight of God. We represent Him in this earth. God is calling His people back to ACCOUNTABILITY. We must operate in order before we can speak judgment on sinners who are out of God's order.

Have you made a vow? Seek God THIS DAY. As He leads, fulfill the vow or repent and do not enslave yourself again to the words of your mouth.

Thursday, October 04, 2007

Jeremiah 23 (Amplified Bible)

Jer 23:1 WOE TO the shepherds (the civil leaders) who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasturing! says the Lord.

Jer 23:2 Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who care for {and} feed My people: You have scattered My flock and driven them away and have not visited {and} attended to them; behold, I will visit {and} attend to you for the evil of your doings, says the Lord.

Jer 23:3 And I will gather the remnant of My flock out of all the countries to which I have driven them and will bring them again to their folds {and} pastures; and they will be fruitful and multiply.

Jer 23:4 And I will set up shepherds over them who will feed them. And they will fear no more nor be dismayed, neither will any be missing {or} lost, says the Lord.

Jer 23:5 Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up to David a righteous Branch (Sprout), and He will reign as King and do wisely and will execute justice and righteousness in the land.

Jer 23:6 In His days Judah shall be saved and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is His name by which He shall be called: The Lord Our Righteousness.

Jer 23:7 Therefore behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when they shall no more say, As the Lord lives, Who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt,

Jer 23:8 But, As the Lord lives, Who brought up and led the offspring of the house of Israel from the north country and from all the countries to which I had driven them. And they shall dwell in their own land. .

Jer 23:9 Concerning the prophets: My heart [says Jeremiah] is broken within me, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, a man whom wine has overcome, because of the Lord and because of His holy words [which He has pronounced against unfaithful leaders].

Jer 23:10 For the land is full of adulterers (forsakers of God, Israel's true Husband). Because of the curse [of God upon it] the land mourns, the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. They [both false prophets and people] rush into wickedness; {and} their course is evil, their might is not right.

Jer 23:11 For both [false] prophet and priest are ungodly {and} profane; even in My house have I found their wickedness, says the Lord.

Jer 23:12 Therefore their way will be to them like slippery paths in the dark; they will be driven on and fall into them. For I will bring evil upon them in the year of their punishment, says the Lord.

Jer 23:13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied by Baal and caused My people Israel to err {and} go astray.

Jer 23:14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem a horrible thing: they commit adultery and walk in lies; they encourage {and} strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none returns from his wickedness. They have all of them become to Me like Sodom, and her inhabitants like Gomorrah.

Jer 23:15 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with [the bitterness of] wormwood and make them drink the [poisonous] water of gall, for from the [false] prophets of Jerusalem profaneness {and} ungodliness have gone forth into all the land.

Jer 23:16 Thus says the Lord of hosts: Do not listen to the words of the [false] prophets who prophesy to you. They teach you vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility) {and} fill you with vain hopes; they speak a vision of their own minds and not from the mouth of the Lord.

Jer 23:17 They are continually saying to those who despise Me {and} the word of the Lord, The Lord has said: You shall have peace; and they say to everyone who walks after the stubbornness of his own mind {and} heart, No evil shall come upon you.

Jer 23:18 For who among them has stood in the council of the Lord, that he should perceive and hear His word? Who has marked His word [noticing and observing and giving attention to it] and has [actually] heard it?

Jer 23:19 Behold, the tempest of the Lord has gone forth in wrath, a whirling tempest; it shall whirl {and} burst upon the heads of the wicked.

Jer 23:20 The anger of the Lord shall not turn back until He has executed {and} accomplished the thoughts {and} intents of His mind {and} heart. In the latter days you shall consider {and} understand it perfectly.

Jer 23:21 I did not send these [false] prophets, yet they ran; I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied.

Jer 23:22 But if they had stood in My council, then they would have caused My people to hear My words, then they would have turned them [My people] from their evil way and from the evil of their doings.

Jer 23:23 Am I a God at hand, says the Lord, and not a God afar off?

Jer 23:24 Can anyone hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? says the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? says the Lord.

Jer 23:25 I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in My name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed [visions on my bed at night].

Jer 23:26 [How long shall this state of things continue?] How long yet shall it be in the minds of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, even the prophets of the deceit of their own hearts,

Jer 23:27 Who think that they can cause My people to forget My name by their dreams which every man tells to his neighbor, just as their fathers forgot My name because of Baal?

Jer 23:28 The prophet who has a dream, let him tell his dream; but he who has My word, let him speak My word faithfully. What has straw in common with wheat [for nourishment]? says the Lord.

Jer 23:29 Is not My word like fire [that consumes all that cannot endure the test]? says the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks in pieces the rock [of most stubborn resistance]?

Jer 23:30 Therefore behold, I am against the [false] prophets, says the Lord, [I am even now descending upon them with punishment, these prophets] who steal My words from one another [imitating the phrases of the true prophets].

Jer 23:31 Behold, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who use their [own deceitful] tongues and say, Thus says the Lord.

Jer 23:32 Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, says the Lord, and tell them and cause My people to err {and} go astray by their lies and by their vain boasting {and} recklessness--when I did not send them or command them; nor do they profit these people at all, says the Lord.

Jer 23:33 And when these people, or a prophet or a priest, ask you, What is the burden of the Lord [the thing to be lifted up now]? then you shall say to them, What burden [indeed]! [You are the burden!] And I will disburden Myself of you {and} I will cast you off, says the Lord.

Jer 23:34 And as for the prophet, the priest, or [any of these] the people, whoever [in mockery calls the word of the Lord a burden and] says, The burden of the Lord, I will even visit in wrath {and} punish that man and his house.

Jer 23:35 [For the future, in speaking of the utterances of the Lord] thus shall you say every one to his neighbor and every one to his brother: What has the Lord answered? or, What has the Lord spoken?

Jer 23:36 But the burden of the Lord you must mention no more, for every man's burden is his own response {and} word [for as they mockingly call all prophecies burdens, whether good or bad, so will it prove to be to them; God will take them at their own word]; for you pervert the words [not of a lifeless idol, but] of the living God, the Lord of hosts, our God!

Jer 23:37 Thus shall you [reverently] say to the prophet: What has the Lord answered you? Or, What has the Lord spoken?

Jer 23:38 But if you say, The burden of the Lord, therefore thus says the Lord: Because you said these words, The burden of the Lord, when I sent to you, saying, You shall not say, The burden of the Lord,

Jer 23:39 Therefore behold, I, even I, will assuredly take you up and cast you away from My presence, you and the city [Jerusalem] which I gave to you and to your fathers.

Dismembered Bodies (A Prophetic Dream)

Last night, the Lord showed me many things in a dream. It was quite disturbing, and initially very confusing. Yet before I awoke, the Father gave me the interpretation. God has given me instruction to share this, as a prophet and watchman, unto the Body of Christ.


THE DREAM

I was in my grandmother’s old house, located in the country – away from the big city and far down a dirt road. My children and my husband were there, as we lived in the home. I was preparing for a phone interview, and while I was answering employment questions, I asked the children to quiet down quite a few times. This job interview seemed very important to me. Finally, out of frustration, I just walked out the front door, onto the porch. I walked down the steps of the porch and down a walkway toward to mailbox to make sure I could have some peace and quiet.

As I approached the mailbox and continued with me phone call, I heard the sound of hammering. I looked across the field to my left, and saw a figure – a large man – nailing something to a tree in the woods. I pulled the phone away from my ear and yelled at the man. At that time, I saw my husband, who had run out the back door in response to the same sound. I apologized to the interviewer, and asked if I could call him back. Then, my husband asked me what was going on. I explained what I had seen, so he began to approach the thing nailed to the tree, and I followed behind him. We had both seen the man run into the woods.

As we got close to the tree, we noticed that a dismembered head had been nailed to the tree by its hair. Yet, the person was not dead. Below the head, in a black trash bag, were a collection of dismembered body parts. They were all still warm and “alive”, only detached from where they should be. The head was crying, but could not speak.

My husband and I immediately looked at one another in astonishment. Then, I heard my children, who were still in the house, begin to scream. I asked my husband if he had locked the door, and he said he had not. So, we ran toward the house. When we entered, our children were crouched in corner with no clothing on. They were beaten and very afraid. My son, the older of my two, told me that a man had hurt him and his sister.

My husband and I assumed this was the same man who we’d seen in the woods. So, we dressed the children, wrapped them in blankets, and rushed to the local police station. When we got there, medical professionals examined our children as we described to the police what we’d seen.

Now, the town we were in was experiencing a famine. There was a known predator on the loose, and he was being blamed for hundreds of disappearances each day. As people disappeared, the economy went south. Businesses were boarded up as their owners and workers disappeared. No one had money, and many were afraid to leave their homes. People were starving, and no one new was coming into the town.

As we finished giving details to the police, my husband and I walked down a hall, where we saw a clean-cut, young man in a uniform. My husband looked at him and called him “Uncle,” though I didn’t recognize him. We discovered that he was in training to join the local police force. Then, the medical examiner returned with our children to tell us they had been beaten and molested, but would recover.

As soon as my children walked around the corner, they saw this Uncle my husband apparently knew, and began to scream. My son told me he was the man who was in the house. Much to our surprise, it was not the man we’d seen in the woods.

With that, I was filled with anger, and began strangling the man. The police pulled me off of him only when he begged for his life and declared that he could point them to the man who was dismembering people in the town. He was warned that if he did not lead the police to this man, they would allow me to kill him in revenge for what had happened to my children.

However, the man still begged for my forgiveness. Much to my surprise, I agree to forgive him. When I should his hand, my hand illuminated, and all he’d down was literally erased. I looked at my children again, and their countenance had changed. When I hugged them, I knew that what happened to them was somehow “undone.”

My husband left the police station with this man and the police. At this point, I was somehow separated, and simply “switched scenes.”

I found myself with three close friends, who are also prophets, in a thrift shop or boutique. We were determined to find the man who was dismembering the town people. I knew who the three women were, and will use their initials: CH, LE and CDA. When we walked into the thrift store, there was blood everywhere. There was a woman at the front counter who was swaying. She had a look of morbid fear on her face. There were dismembered body parts scrambling around on the floor, just as they were in the streets, looking for other parts of their bodies.

She began to cry and said we could have anything in the store for only 75 cents. This would be enough to buy her some coffee, and that’s all she wanted. There was blood all over our clothing, yet we were not interested in suits, shoes or jewelry. Instead, we gathered many camisoles and stockings. I turned and asked one the prophets, LE, why we were gathering camisoles. She said we’d be bending over and fighting in order to bring this man to justice, so we had to make sure our intimate parts were covered, and that nothing would be seen in the fight.

We left the store and drove down long, country roads, looking for the man. We continued to gather body parts and place them in the back seat and trunk along the way. There was so much blood. Again, the parts were still “alive”, and we did our best to match them up as we went. When we saw a police car, we stopped to find my husband there with them, and the man, finally captured. Strangely, when we found the man, he was “cleaned up.” Originally, he had thick unkept hair. He was in dirty overalls and bloody shoes. Now, he wore a three-piece suit. He had a clean shave and a Bible in his hand. He’d taken all the possessions of his victims, so he wore expensive jewelry and had wads of money in his pockets. He had begun sewing the body parts together, but mixing them up to create new bodies that never before existed. He was frustrated because the bodies were dysfunctional, and they were not bringing him the glory he thought he should receive. He sewed hands of one person to the head of another. He put an eye of one onto the toe of another, claiming things would be accomplished with this new rearrangement, such that the world had never seen, and that he’d get the credit.

I began touching the bodies, along with the other three prophetesses who joined me. As we touched the parts, their dismembered parts were drawn back to them. We cursed the one who’d done this, though no one else seemed to feel it was merited. In fact, even the bodies that were rejoined by our touch tried to fight us. However, they couldn’t harm us. Their blows went through our bodies, and eventually, they just rejoiced that they were made whole once again. The man was not arrested, but only warned by the police to do something else with his time. They realized they could not charge him with murder, because his victims never died. They could not even charge him with kidnapping, because he always left one part of the body in its original place. So, the man smiled and smirked at us (the other 3 prophets and myself), as if he’d won. With that, the dream ended.


THE INTERPRETATION

While still dreaming, I became unconcerned with the man, and my mind went back to my children. I asked God what had happened to them. I wanted to make sure they were okay. God immediately rebuked me. He told me I’d missed it. In fact, He literally rewound the entire dream and began commentating, so that I would understand what he’d shown me. So, I had the entire dream again, with God pausing between scenes to explain.

In the dream, I was the symbol of the prophet and watchman. We were at my grandmother’s house, because this symbolized a place of comfort and complacency. It was peaceful, so I was not alert. I felt safe and therefore let my guard down, despite what was taking place in the surrounding town. It had not hit my grandmother’s land at that point, so I was not concerned. There are many prophets in this hour who are aware of what is taking place in the Body of Christ. Yet, we are comfortable and complacent because it seemingly does not affect us – YET. We are seeing things in other ministries, other countries, other families, but feel it’s not our business to deal with it. We feel that our homes are our only jurisdiction – that we have no say-so or authority to rebuke outside of that. These are those for whom this message must be shared.

The job interview on the cell phone symbolized personal gain and ambition. Because I was anxious to get a good job, I ignored what was happening in the town (the Christian world) and turned my attention away from my children, who were my ministry.

Then, distraction came. The man in the woods caused me to lose focus of both my worldly, personal ambitions and my ministry. The head on the tree symbolized the office of the Apostle. It was nailed to a tree to show that God is re-establishing the office in a prominent, permanent place. Yet, the head was dysfunctional because it had been severed from its other members. Yes, this is the Body of Christ. The man was going around, severing parts of the Body. While they were not killed, they were not able to achieve anything. There was confusion, and the town was dying.

As we noticed the larger problem, God called my attention back to my ministry with the scream. I saw the problem in the Body of Christ, but abandoned my own assignment – my ministry – while trying to investigate. Before I knew it, someone else had snuck in and destroyed the innocence and integrity of the ministry God had given me.

The police station symbolized a place of authority and leadership. Rather than looking for the man who was causing chaos in the town, this officer has snuck into my home and ravaged my ministry. In other words, he turned away from sin and attacked the move of God. He allowed the sin to go on, and felt a greater urge to stop the move of God, as soon as I allowed a window of opportunity. Yet, when I forgave him, God erased the destruction he had done and turned his heart back to finding and correcting sin – the man who was dismembering bodies.

Once my children were in a safe place, I was able to attack the sin. Yes, once I attended to the thing God called me to have responsibility for, I was released to deal with a greater issue, but my ministry had to be restored first.

The store represented the physical church. No one was “on post” because the workers had been dismembered. So, the four prophets, including myself, had to find what we needed on our own. The camisoles and stockings protected our sensitive or private areas, as women. God said that he is girding up his women and protecting our emotions, that we can do His work more efficiently and without distraction. As the enemy begins to pull on and ravage the outer layers, we will not be uncovered due to the layers He supplied.

During our transition, we gathered dismembered body parts – those in the Body of Christ who were out of place, and therefore dysfunctional. The man, who was now dressed in a suit, was the leadership of the church. God reminded me of the Scripture in Jeremiah 23:1 –

Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD.

This “universal” Pastor began undoing what God had done. He severed Body parts and put them where he felt they should go, looking for glory. However, the church and the authority thereof, refused to accuse him. They were stuck on technicalities. Only the prophets were willing to accuse and were not intimidated by his power. As we began to restore, we knew the fight would continue and that we could not count on the authority of the church to back our efforts.


There was so much more, but I will allow the details to minister to you. I will say this, however. PROPHETS, prepare yourselves for opposition, and learn to bury your emotions. Do NOT move out of season. Know your ministry (or your divine assignment), and make sure it is covered. You will not be released until you have taken care of what God has called you to watch over. Observe, but do not fight until you are girded up and released. Then, do not look for the “authority” of the church to validate you. In fact, know that you may be the very one to expose the leaders. If you operate in order, power will follow. You WILL have the power to bring healing, forgiveness, order and in the end – life!

Selah.