March 29, 2005

The Refiner

Malachi 3:3 says: "He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver"

This verse puzzled some women in a Bible study and they wondered what this statement meant about the character and nature of God. One of the women offered to find out the process of refining silver and get back to the group at their next Bible Study. That week, the woman called a silversmith and made an appointment to watch him at work. She didn't mention anything about the reason for her interest beyond her curiosity about the process of refining silver. As she watched the silversmith, he held a piece of silver over the fire and let it heat up.

He explained that in refining silver, one needed to hold the silver in the middle of the fire where the flames were hottest as to burn away all the impurities. The woman thought about God holding us in such a hot spot; then she thought again about the verse that says: "He sits as a refiner and purifier of silver." She asked the silversmith if it was true that he had to sit there in front of the fire the whole time the silver was being refined. The man answered that yes, he not only had to sit there holding the silver, but he had to keep his eyes on the silver the entire time it was in the fire. If the silver was left a moment too long in the flames, it would be destroyed.

The woman was silent for a moment. Then she asked the silversmith, "How do you know when the silver is fully refined?" He smiled at her and answered, "Oh, that's easy -- when I see my image in it."

If today you are feeling the heat of the fire, remember that God has His eye on you and will keep watching you until He sees His image in you.

Know that God is watching over you. And, whatever situation you're going through, will cause you to be a better person in the end. Remain Blessed.


What a great blessing it is to know that our Mighty God is watching over us. That when the situations around us seem to only increase and our hope seems to decrease; it is for our good, and for the best. Remember that even in the hottest seasons of your life it is when God is truly shaping you into His perfect image, so that you may "shine like stars in the universe." What a glorious promise, to know that in the middle of our storms God is purifying our flawed selfs so that we may be taken from glory to glory until the day Our Lord comes to take us to be with Him forever.

"Yo soy de mi amado, y de nadie mas. En El esta mi contentamiento."

In hot pursuit,

Sarahi

March 22, 2005

A song by Juan Luis Guerra

I love merengue, especially when it comes to Christian merengue that only brings honor and glory to God. Not the merengue that brings pleasure to the flesh, but the merengue that is pleasing to GOD, the merengue that God delights in.
So anyway, here's a song from the "Para Ti" (For You) latest CD of Juan Luis Guerra. For those of you who have never hear of this guy; he's a Christian worshiper and prophet. He used to sing secular music (merengue and tropical) was very famous and popular, and very given to the sensual pleasures of his flesh. But then, he became a Christian and is now a worshiper and a trompet, he's an awesome prophet.
This song is called "Eres" (You are). I'm making a rough translation of this beautiful, song.


Eres/You are
Words and music by Juan Luis Guerra

Oh Senor, en ti he confiado/ Oh my Lord, I've put my trust in You
Pongo en tus manos mi espiritu/ My spirit I put in Your hands
Oh Senor, me has redimido/ Oh my Lord, you've have redeemed my life
Y en ti se alegra mi corazon/ And my heart rejoices before You (throne)

Eres mi fuerza y mi morada/ You are my strength and shelter
Eres la voz de mi madrugada/ You are the voice in my dawn
Eres mi roca y mi torre fuerte/ You are my rock and my strong tower
Eres Senor/ You are my Lord

Oh Senor, bendito siempre/ Oh my Lord, forever blessed
Alfa y Omega, principio y fin/ Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end
Oh Senor mi ser te adora/ Oh my Lord, my whole being worships You
Y en Tu presencia quiero vivir/ And in Your presence I wan to live.

God has become my only adoration. My only love. I have no eyes for anyone else, I wish for nobody's company by His alone. He's the first voice I hear at dawn, the last voice I hear as I go to sleep; the Only One I dream of, the One I love, I adore.
God, You know You're my life, my world, my everything, my Beloved. God, I am your slave, but not because You took me by force, but because I gave myself unto You! Jesus, Father, Holy Spirit; I Love You. I long for your company, for your voice. Just to see your beautiful eyes as I wake up every morning... Come, stay here with me, by my side... forever.
At Your feet,
Songbird

March 19, 2005

New Prohetic trends will NOW emerge

This article was writen some months ago. I see how this word is coming to pass... It's so awesome that out generation is a generation of prophet-worshipers with a sword, what a great blessing to not only be called a servant, but a friend; to fight right next to my Mighty Warrior Poet, mighty in power, mighty in deeds... Some sentences and words I've bolded so that you pay close attention to the main words the Spirit of God is speaking to His childre.
I've learned to be silent during these weeks, just to wait on the Lord. I don't move a finger of mine unless the Lord tells me to do it so. Generation, listen, listen to the soft, sweet voice of the Poet, then, the Warrior will call you out for war.
In hot pursuit,
Sarahi

New Prophetic Trends Will NOW Emerge: A 10 Day Prayer Focus to Decree & Emerge into Your Promises Ahead!

By Dr. Chuck D. Pierce

AN EMERGING PROPHETIC GENERATION SANCTIFIED FOR WAR!

Much that has been hidden will now begin to EMERGE! The prophetic voice is going through a metamorphosis and getting ready to emerge. Many have grown weary of a lack of integrity and immaturity in the prophetic. However, I have seen the prophetic since 1986 being like a butterfly emerging out of a cocoon. When the butterfly emerges there is great beauty. A metamorphosized beauty is linked with holiness. Psalm 96:9 says, “O, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness. Tremble before Him all the earth.” God has been renewing the mind of the prophets and breaking their conformity to this world (Romans 12:1-2).
To be conformed means that your outer fashion and appearance is modeled or patterned after world lust. God is removing the old garment from His prophets, transforming their minds and spirits, and preparing them to speak a clear word in season. This is a generation that is arising that will enter into a holy clarity of God’s expression in the earth.

We are entering a SEASON OF CRISIS. At any midpoint, it’s crucial to continue pressing forward and not go backwards. The Lord has a desire to raise up a generation to bring peace or wholeness into the earth realm. However, this is a generation with a sword in their hand. Many have resisted embracing the war aspect of this season. This happened in Numbers 14 when it was time for a generation to enter into Canaan to establish themselves in God’s promised land. Twelve spies went in. Ten returned with a report of the promises being real in the land. However, they were unwilling to go to war for those promises.
Forty years later, we find the Lord sanctifying a generation that would cross over into the war and possess God’s promise. We find the Lord developing a priesthood that would go before the people. We find the Captain of the Hosts meeting the leadership in a way to lead them past “their camps” and into His plan. We find a generation that was ready to BELIEVE and FOLLOW! That same thing is happening now. A generation is rising that is willing to believe, war and follow.
A FAITH-FILLED GENERATION IS EMERGING!

We have recently entered the Hebraic Year 5765. This is the fourth year in a seven year war season that began in September 2001. This is the year that many issues will come FULL CIRCLE! Therefore, this is the year that a generation must emerge with great spiritual life. This war is over the manifestation of covenant blessings in the earth realm. A generation is rising to bring forth the next dimension of covenant blessings in the earth. There seems to be ten emerging prophetic issues that we need to be concerned about this year. To emerge means to rise forth and come into view, to become visible, apparent or known, or sudden unforeseen situations coming into full view that require immediate action.
A generation is always linked with the act or process of producing offspring. A generation signifies a stage or degree in the succession of a person or a group of people who are aligned in experience, attitude, spiritual force or product development. A generation signifies a stage that should produce the next level of improvement and quality.
In Biblical understanding, a generation is linked with a revolution of time, or a certain age or lifespan where something happens. The Hebrew words for generation are doar and dur which mean to dwell or circle. Therefore, a generation is not just linked with age but with a heart to enter into the fullness of God’s planned inheritance for this time frame. It is a people filled will faith and a different spirit that have a heart cry like Caleb who said, “I’ve waited forty years - give me my inheritance now.” It is a corporate army who is crying, “We will not go around that mountain again! We are ready to break old cycles and enter in!”
In Matthew 24:6-7
the Lord told us, “And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled. For all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet” (emphasis added). If “the end is not yet,” then we must rise up and enter into the “now” of God. The end has connotations of finality. Since we have not reached that final place where the culmination of all things has occurred, we must learn to operate in the now!
What we do now will determine our future. Isaiah 46:9-10 says, “Remember the former things of old, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done, saying, ‘My Counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure.’”
When we hear the word “war” we have thoughts of destruction, sorrow, grief, loss, conflict, and death. However, the Lord says clearly, “See that you are not troubled.” God is putting a peace in our hearts so a generation that is arising will go to war for all of God’s covenant promises. This generation is not just people young of age, but a people with a heart filled with faith, aligned together to bring forth God’s plan. There are many wars ahead: wars over the changing of laws and times, wars over calling good evil, and evil good, wars of compromise, wars of religion wanting us to take a form but denying the power of God. But God! This is a generation who will declare, decree a thing, and watch God bring it forth in the earth.
DECLARING BY FAITH FOR CYCLES TO SHIFT NOW!!!!

When the Lord makes a declaration He already knows the end of the thing. Recognize that you are on a path of life. It is set before you. You are urged to press along that path and endure that path until you reach the end. There are big boulders and potholes in the way, and often times, the path needs to be cleared out before you can begin. There may even be boulders all along the way. However, our Father in Heaven is going to watch after you from the beginning of that path until the finish line because He already knows the end.
With this reality we should never lose faith or hope along our path. The real issue along the path is to have a reality of who God is and what His purpose is from the beginning until the end. “I am the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last” (Rev 22:13). This is simply a statement that says, “I AM. I AM, and I can make you well able to accomplish My purpose here on the earth.” A verse that I want to remind you of is Jeremiah 33:3 from the Amplified: “Call to Me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things, fenced in and hidden, which you do not know (do not distinguish and recognize, have knowledge of and understand).” Let God show you things that you do not know so you can walk in victory.

10 EMERGING PROPHETIC SHIFTS!

A 10 Day Prayer Focus to Decree & Emerge into your Promises Ahead!

1. A New Passion in God’s prophetic people to be holy and separated out of and unto His purposes. Read Colossians 1. Ask God to reveal any unholy, besetting sin within you that could affect your conscience and allow Satan’s seducing, condemning voice to speak subtly in your ear. Meditate on Joshua 1-3. Prepare yourself for victory.

2. New emerging strategies that will cause us to have the right word to change legal structures. This is where the real war over our nation lies. Read Acts 3-5. Pray that the spirit of boldness begins to rest upon you. Ask the Spirit of God to deal with all of your infirmities. Ask the Lord to show you your place of involvement concerning legal structures in days ahead. Read Colossians 2. Ask God to remove any religious legalism you might be operating in.

3. New strategies concerning supply and the transference of wealth. Read 1 Kings 17, 2 Kings 4, and Mark 12:41-44. Decree that the spirit of poverty will not speak and deceive you this year. Ask God to show you how to multiply your resources. Ask the Lord to give you favor with your creditors. Ask the Lord to show you how to give. Ask the Lord to break a spirit of greed or covetousness in your bloodline.

4. New warfare strategies of recovery and reversal of fortune. Sit before the Lord and ask Him to give you the mind for recovery. Last month we prayed 1 Samuel 30. Re-read 1 Samuel 30:6-8. Encourage yourself in the Lord. Then read Jeremiah 30. Ask the Lord to give you an understanding of the power of restoration. Then pray Haggai 1-2. Decree that all disinterest, disillusionment and discouragement will break from you. Pray for every building project that God has put in your path – that includes ministries and your church as well as any physical building. Ask God to unlock the silver and the gold.

5. A new release of the seer anointing that will cause us to experience new dimensions of our covenant blessing. Read Jeremiah 31-33. Look very closely at the promises that are recorded with the new covenant. Ask God for any distinct obedience that He would have you do to prepare you for the new. Ask the Lord to open your eyes to mighty things that have been hidden to your understanding.

6. A new miracle mantle upon God’s people that produces signs, wonders and healings in the Body and the world around us. Be overwhelmed and encompassed by His supernatural LOVE. Read Colossians 3:1-17. Pray in the Spirit for five minutes. If you do not have a spiritual language then praise for five minutes. Receive a release of compassion. There will be great breakthroughs in the area of blood, the mind, and the endocrine system. Read Hebrews 4 and 9. Pray for everyone you know that has diseases related to the blood, mind or endocrine system. Ask God to bring them in your path so you can lay hands on them. Do not be afraid to lay your hands on the sick and pray for them this year.

7. New prophetic declarations that will cause old cycles to be fully completed, and new administrative methods released. Read Ezekiel 36-37. Read Matthew 14. Make a list of old cycles that have been hard to break. Decree the opposite.

8. A new season of adventure. This will not be a “safe” season spiritually. You must be willing to step out by faith. Read Hebrews 11. Then choose one of the faith characters and read the history of how that person stepped out. Ask God to give you faith to make a bold leap of faith this year. This is a year to walk a FINE LINE in every area of life. Do not be afraid of falling. Do not try to stay balanced in the flesh. Do not let your fear of change make you afraid of making decisions. This is a year of the Spirit supernaturally rekindling the power gifts. The war will take a supernatural turn. Read 1 Cor. 12 &14. Do not be afraid to experiment and be creative. Witchcraft will become very subtle. The Spirit of God will lead us into occult vs. Holy Spirit wars. Ask Holy Spirit to invade your life, church or ministry connections, and your state.

9. A new season of aligning the generations. Pray for three prodigals that you know. Pray for a college campus. Read Luke 15, especially vss. 11-32. We must connect the generations. Three generations must learn to war together this year (Isaiah 59:15-21). All three generations should speak the same prophetic declarations. The word generation is linked with circle. If you have time, re-read Esther 9.

10. New watchman strategies. Read Ezekiel 13:5. Prophets must shift from just prophesying to watching and standing in the gap. Our watchman assignments are changing. This will be a year of confusion and mixed reports. The Lord will release great discernment based upon our connections and alignments. Ask God who and what you are watching after. Read Genesis 2:8-15. Ask God to define your garden. Ask Him what gardens you are watching after. Read 2 Samuel 18:19-33. Ask God to give you a sure word over those assignments that you are watching after. Read Isaiah 62. Let the restlessness of God come upon you that you may be watchful and not keep silent over the burdens of your heart.

March 15, 2005


Small group at my house with other people who came visiting from Mexico Posted by Hello

Bere and I with Mike Herron Posted by Hello