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September 27, 1998:  To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.  Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, all those who love her shall prosper.  As the seasons change in Israel, so they change in those who have been grafted into the good olive tree.  You were contrary & wild by nature until I grafted you into My nature so that you would partake of the fatness of the tree, & gain the benefits of inheritance.  All eyes shall be on Jerusalem for the fullness of the gentiles shall come in.  As the new year begins in Israel, agriculturally it begins with the "early" rains in October.  After a productive year of growth & harvest it is now time to sow again.  Cast your bread upon the waters, for you shall find it after many days.  Fix not your focus on the winds of adversity or the blinding rains, for those who observe the winds shall not sow, and he who is threatened by the clouds & downpours shall not reap.  Sow your seeds, withhold not your hand from that which you will reap back.  For what a man sows that will he reap.  It is time to plow & plant says your God.  Take the benefits of last harvest & begin to plow & plant in prayer.   Plow the hard ground in prayer, allow the rains to soften the soil of your hearts.  The crops shall grow during a dark wet season.  Many of my children have been feeling impatient with their Spiritual progress.  Can you add one inch to your stature?  Know that you are changing day by day.  You may not be where you want to be, but you are where I want you to be says your God.  You are being restored from glory to glory, & from valley to valley, from storm to storm.  You must learn to be patient to operate in the fruit of My patience.  A seed can only grow up to its genetic potential.  I hold the key of genetic potential.  My restoration not only includes your circumstances, but your mind, will & emotional well being.  I lead you by still waters, I restore your soul.  The harvest after the latter rains in May shall be great says your God, for I AM the bread of life, and as grapes & olives are gathered, so shall the oil & the wine flow.  For these seasons are for the purpose of My fruits being produced in your lives says your God.

John 15:1-3  I AM the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.  Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away, and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, (prunes) that it may bring forth more fruit.  Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
 

September 21, 1998:  This is the hour that the prophets of Baal shall be confronted head on.  (Baal worship:  plurality of gods; god of mammon, god of the sun, moon, stars etc.)  The idols of the land have reigned uncontested, as man has empowered them by their apathy & worship.  Many prophets in hidden locations are being set up for direct confrontations with these powers.  A show down between right & wrong.  The light of My glorious gospel shall rise & shine, for the Spirit of Elijah shall confront the Babylon system, & a shaking & breaking of the altars & a removing of the high places, to reestablish the boundaries of My kingdom.  There shall be no false fire, for My fire shall consume all the sacrifices.  My ministers shall be flames of fire, & My angels winds that shall fan the flames of revival.  At the planning table of the enemy, his first priority is to put out the eyes of the watchmen.  Watchmen, watchmen what of the night?  Decoys of enticements, seductions of shame & guilt with relentless fury, cling to the rock, hide in the clefts of the rock.  Enticements of demonic signs, earthquakes, fires & winds to divert your attention from the still small voice.  Escape to Zion!  You who dwell with the daughter of Babylon, come up to the rock of safety!

As I drove home from town, my daughter & I witnessed two eagles soaring in the midst of violent winds.  The winds were so strong they pushed my truck over into the other lane a bit.  What was amazing was the eagles soared with no blowing effect.  They seemed to flow with the winds.  The winds did not conquer them, they conquered the winds.  Hear what the Lord says, though the winds were strong against them, they mastered the flight by My design.  As an eagle is designed to soar, & a soldier designed for war, so I have designed you to flow in your element.  A fish cannot swim without water, & neither can you learn to soar without the element of troubles.  For on the winds of adversity you shall learn to ride & abide.  The waters shall rise to try to undermine the foundations.  The storms of winds in fury shall blow.  Toss the excess overboard, lighten the load, cast your cares on Me, release the burden to Me & trust Me with all your heart.  I have created you for such adversity.  You have been made to thrive in the midst of storms & troubles.  Thrive My beloved!  Rebuke the demonic winds & storms!  You shall rise!

At service last night during worship I saw a sickle and nine sheaves.  It's harvest time.  For the former rain was moderate, but the later rain shall fall & shall soak the barren lands & the dead land shall produce fruit.  The release of the fullness of Apostolic authority with the nine gifts of My Spirit, to prepare My people for My service & then shall they reap My harvest, then the end shall come, says the Lord.
 

September 10, 1998:  When I stayed close to My disciples they were close to Me.  The time drew near for My departure, and as I prayed for the cup of suffering to pass, I found My beloved friends fast asleep three times.  The Spirit of the disciples were willing but the flesh is weak.  I will perfect your weakness through My strength.  So often it will feel like those who are with you are fast asleep & that you must suffer alone in silence.  But I am able, more than able to make you what I have chosen you to be, & I AM with you to will & do My good pleasure.

The Father denied My request that the cup of suffering be removed.  His denial of that request provided that you would never be denied access into My throne room of Grace.  He denied Me, so you wouldn't be denied.  That same night Peter denied My existence three times.  A friend who walked with Me closely.  A friend who was still My friend even in his denial.  I could see in Peter who he was & would be.  There will be times My beloved, that you will all lose your faith in Me, just as My disciples fled away when I was taken.  But though you are faithless I remain faithful.  When the shepherd was struck, the sheep scattered away in fear.

I will never lose My faith in you, because it's My faith in you at work.  A preserving work of grace & favor.  Your confessions should be, "By God's grace & mercy I pray that I never lose my faith."  Dependence not on your will power, but on My finished work that is continuing to build you up into an holy temple.  Satan has desired to test you like a farmer test his wheat, but I have prayed that you will not lose your faith.  Help your brothers be stronger after you return.  After this testing you shall be stronger & more qualified to minister by My grace.

I saw a coconut tree being blown from fierce typhoon winds.  The tree was blown side ways & the palm leaves were being blown off & the coconuts flew first.  The tree never uprooted, but was stripped of leaves & fruit.  When the winds of adversity blow strong, the roots are going deep.  After Peter was blown he said, "lets go back to fishing."  You will find out that the old ways will not satisfy the longing of your hearts.  Peter thought there was no hope left for him, since he failed & denied My name.  The things you see, hear & experience in Me, qualifies you as My witnesses.  You are then qualified to teach of My faithfulness through your lives.  Life lessons qualify you for being life preservers to others.

I exhort you, take care of My lambs.  Take care of My sheep.  I know your hearts better than you, & I AM greater than your hearts.  I know you love Me the best way you know how, & your self doubt is good, for only I truly know what you are capable of in your flesh & Spiritually.  All mankind left to themselves will self destruct.  I reinstated Peter, not with condemnation & guilt, but with an exhortation.  Take care of My sheep.  All of My servants in the Bible were subject to failures.  You cannot understand success without failure.  You cannot understand grace without mercy.  For My mercy seat awaits you as you come boldly to My throne room of grace.  Your failures shall work an inner work of strength & stability in the days to come.  A righteous man may fall seven times a day, but I will help him get back up.  You cannot rightly minister grace unless you have grasped grace & realize if it were not for My grace, the person in prison could be you.  The prostitute on the street could be you.  The wounded soldier could be you.

I saw a staircase going up with two pillars on each side.  The staircase looked like marble, & was huge.  Success in My kingdom is simply obedience to My requirement in you.  Steps of failures to successes, gives you qualifications to help others out of failure into success & maturity.  You are in the palm of My hand, & your walls are always before My face, says your God.
 

September 2, 1998:  Hope deferred makes a heart sick.  Be assured My beloved, that I AM leading you on paths of righteousness for My name sake.  The paths of circumstances & trouble only serve to enlarge your experience of My righteousness. Though you walk in the midst of trouble I AM there & I will deliver you.  You learn obedience to righteousness by what you suffer.  Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way?  Unless of course you yourself are compassed with troubles.  Though a righteous man fall seven times a day, he will get back up.  Because I AM with him to deliver him.  You have been made right with Me because of your trust in My perfect righteousness.  Through this faith in Me, I have brought you into the Fathers Grace & made it available by My shed blood for you to partake of the glory of Cross & the glory of My presence.  Your troubles are working a far greater benefit than you can ever imagine.  Your troubles are producing patience, My type of patience, patient endurance.   My patience in you is producing My character & nature.  This character produces hope for your future, because you made it this far, & you will continue for I AM with you to teach you.  Your hope in Me will never disappoint you, because at the very last moment I will swoop down & rescue you.  If I did it last year, I'll do it this year!  Though you become unfaithful, I remain faithful!  I died for you when you were ignorant & weak.  Know that in all your struggles & weaknesses that I AM still with you to deliver you from those bodies of death.  Death is working life in you.

I came for the sick, the weak, & the outcast.  In the midst of religious hypocrisy I sat at the table, divinely appointed for such a time as that.  To make a clear point.  A sinful woman who desperately pressed into that house, against all hope believed in hope for her future.  As she pressed into that house, the religious scoffed & mocked her.  Some even knowing her personally scorned her after they were as guilty as she.  But in the pious pride of the establishment they must keep the mask of hypocrisy on.  She offered the most pricey perfume, she broke open the alabaster jar & her tears bathed My feet.  She worshipped at My feet, her glory wiped My feet.  She identified in the only hope for her soul.  She wanted true unconditional love with Me.  The perfume that was once used for attracting men to fill the void of her heart, was now applied to My feet.  Her reputation in the community was that of trash, but yet she made a mark on My heart in her great love.  She was forgiven of many things therefore she could only come up.  Did I know what kind of woman she was?  Her remembrance went down in history for a memorial.

There were many people gathered to see Me.  Many stepping on each other to gain advantage.  You must beware of the leaven of hypocrisy.  Everything that is hidden will be made known.  Pretenders that are clean on the outside are made manifest to Me.  I delight in restoring dead things to life.  I AM a God of restoration.  My strongest rebukes came to the religious hypocrites.  Those who thought they were right with Me.  The climbing to their pinnacles of success brought them honor in the "self righteous" sense.  But these pinnacles shall crumble.  For surely the highest place is at My feet in brokeness.  In your brokeness you release fragrance & I will fill that void with love in your heart.  For those that lift themselves up shall be brought low.  But those that are at My feet, I shall lift up into My face.