GOD’S EDITORIALS
The page is ready for release and has been for 4 days
but God says to "WAIT"
and now that He speaks to put it on
I hesitate . . .
for I know the results of this page already
and I'm not ready for them --- yet
PUT IT ON NOW
I WILL MAKE YOU READY
I WILL PROTECT YOU
PASS THE BALL!
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#316
CROSSING THE RIVER
"BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON
WE SAT AND WEPT FOR ZION
BY THE MOPING WILLOWS IN HER MIDST
WE SADLY HUNG THERE OUR HEARTS
OUR CAPTORS SAID
'COME SING A SONG OF JOY'
HOW CAN WE SING WHEN JOY IS GONE . . .
IF I FORGET JERUSALEM?
OUR HEARTS PINE FOR JERUSALEM
GOLDEN CITY OF OUR GOD
BITTER ARE THE TEARS WE CRY FOR THEE, OH LORD
SO FAR FAR AWAY FROM YOU . . ."
"Rivers of Babylon" - Lamb Favorites
I OPENED THE VISION
FOR MY SERVANT TO SEE AND TO KNOW
THE PLAN
THE COURSE OF ACTION FOR THE COMING DAYS
I SHOWED HER A RIVER
ON ONE SIDE OF THE RIVER WAS A FINE TABLE SET UP
THERE WERE WATERFALLS AND LUSH FRUIT TREES
A MAGNIFICENT LAND IT WAS
BUT NO PEOPLE, AS OF YET
ACROSS THE RIVER
WAS EVERY HEARTACHE YOUR HEART COULD IMAGINE
PEOPLE WERE CALLING OUT FOR HELP, FOR FOOD, FOR MONEY
THEY BROUGHT PEOPLE TO THE SIDE OF THE RIVER
TO TRY TO CLEANSE THEM BUT THEY REMAINED SOILED
THERE WAS WAILING AND FLAILING ABOUT
I CALLED MY SERVANT
TO COME ACROSS THE RIVER TO WHERE I WAS
SHE LOOKED BACK AT THE PEOPLE AND REALIZED THAT SHE COULD
NO LONGER HELP THEM EVEN THOUGH THEY CONTINUED TO CALL OUT
THEY WOULD NOT ACCEPT THE HELP THAT SHE HAD TO GIVE
SHE STEPPED UPON THE WATER QUICKLY AND RAN
THE LAST FEW STEPS TO MY ARMS
PEACE WAS HERE FOR HER
LOVE WAS HERE FOR HER
I SAT HER AT THE TABLE AND SHE ASKED FOR PEN AND PAPER
SHE LONGED TO WRITE THE OTHERS
ABOUT THE LAND WHICH SHE HAD FOUND
BUT AS SHE WROTE UPON THE PAPER
AND THREW IT ACROSS THE RIVER TO THE OTHER SIDE
THE PEOPLE WOULD PICK UP THE PAPER AND READ
BUT THE WORDS HAD BECOME SCRAMBLED AS IN RIDDLES
AND THEY COULD NOT UNDERSTAND
I SPOKE TO HER AS I SPEAK TO HER THIS DAY:
I CALL YOU HOME TO WRITE
TO WRITE WHAT IS ON MY HEART
BUT NO LONGER WILL WE CALL THE ONES
TO COME OVER TO OUR SIDE
FOR THEY HAVE BEEN GIVEN AN ABUNDANCE OF WORDS
BUT THEY CHOOSE TO REMAIN IN THEIR OWN SIN-FILLED, DESPERATE WORLD INSTEAD OF ACCEPTING HELP
LEAVE THEM
NO LONGER WRITE WITH CLUES OF HOW TO CROSS OVER
THEY CHOSE WHERE THEY BELONG
BUT MANY WILL STILL COME
LOOK AGAIN AT THE VISION
AND I SHOWED HER MANY, MANY, MANY CROSSING OVER
SOME LEAPT THE ENTIRE RIVER
SOME CAME WITH HEAD DOWN, DRAGGING THEIR FEET
SOME CARRIED LITTLE CHILDREN
BUT MANY CAME AND SOON THE TABLE
WHERE WE SAT WAS FULL
MY SERVANT ROSE UP TO SERVE ALL
AND IN THE SERVING
SHE KNEW THE FULFILLMENT OF HER MISSION
FOR YOU SEE
TIME HAS COME TO MAKE THE DECISIONS
AND THOSE WILLING TO COME
I WILL SHOW THEM THE WAY
BUT THOSE WHO CHOOSE NOT TO ACCEPT MY WAYS
WILL STAY UPON THE OTHER SHORE
IS IT HELL THERE?
CLOSE TO IT
AND THINGS WILL ONLY BECOME WORSE
BUT AS I GIVE MY SERVANT WORDS FOR THOSE OF MY BEING
THEY ARE "SCRAMBLED" TO THOSE WHO DO NOT BELIEVE
THEY ARE IN RIDDLE FORM FOR THOSE
WHO WILL NOT INVITE MY SPIRIT
TO COME AND DOMINATE
ONE MORE VISION
WILL EXPLAIN THE PROGRESS OF THE TIMES
I SHOWED MY SERVANT SEVEN STARS UPON MY WHITE ROBE
THEY WERE STARS OF SILVER AND WERE LAID SIMPLY
ACROSS MY CHEST
I ASKED HER TO CHOOSE JUST ONE
SHE SAID THAT THEY ALL LOOKED THE SAME
AND SHE DID NOT WANT TO PICK JUST ONE
AFTER MUCH DELAY,
SHE PICKED UP A STAR AND LOOKED BEHIND IT
AND THERE WAS
NOTHING
I ASKED HER TO EXAMINE EACH ONE
AND BEHIND EACH ONE WAS
NOTHING
THEN I SHOWED HER A VISION
WHERE THE STARS WERE JOINED TOGETHER
POINT TO POINT
AND THEY CIRCLED IN A MAD FRENZY
BUT PRODUCED
NOTHING
I THEN SPOKE THESE WORDS:
THE STARS REPRESENT THE CHURCHES OF THE END-TIMES
ALL SEVEN ARE REPRESENTED IN REVELATIONS
READ THEM AND SEE WHO PROSPERED
EVEN UNTO THIS TIME PERIOD
YOU SEE THE CHURCHES FAIL
AND BEHIND EACH ONE IS LITERALLY
NOTHING
THEY STRIVE AND THEY JOIN TOGETHER AND THEY WORK HARD
BUT PRODUCE
NOTHING
THEY SAY THAT THEY REPRESENT ME
BUT DO THEY?
DO YOU TRULY SEE MY CHARACTER IN THE CHURCH?
EVEN THIS WEEK
MY SERVANT WAS TOLD THAT SHE WAS, INDEED, NOT WELCOME
IN ONE MORE CHURCH
SHE DID NOT ASK TO ATTEND
BUT THE INFORMATION WAS VOLUNTEERED
FOR YOU SEE
IT WAS TOLD TO HER THAT THE CHURCH WANTED
TO CONTINUE IN THEIR WAYS
NO MATTER WHAT SHE MAY SEE OR HEAR FROM ME
AND SO IT WILL BE
LET THEM CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
NOTHING
WE WILL NOT BE INVOLVED
FOR WE HAVE A WORLD TO CREATE OF PEOPLE
WHO KNOW WHAT REAL CHURCH IS
WHAT IS REAL CHURCH, PEOPLE?
AS THE STARS LIFTED OFF MY CHEST IN PROGRESSION
I SPOKE TO MY SERVANT THAT EACH OF THE CHURCHES
OF THIS DAY PROCLAIM THAT THEY REPRESENT ME
BUT IS THAT THE TOTALITY OF CHRISTIANITY
-- THE REPRESENTATION OF ME?
NOT SO
CHRISTIANITY IS SIMPLY
ME
I AM THE CHURCH
AND ALL WHO BELONG IN ME
I AM
I AM
I AM
THE CHURCH
DO YOU WANT TO BELONG, PEOPLE?
DO YOU WANT TO SIT AT MY TABLE?
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW MY KINGDOM?
THEN I MUST RESIDE IN YOU FULLY
YOU ARE NOT CALLED TO REPRESENT ME
YOU ARE CALLED TO ALLOW ME TO LIVE THROUGH YOU
IN SUCH A WAY THAT THIS WORLD
IS COMPLETELY CHANGED
DO YOU REMEMBER
THE RESURRECTION?
HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED
THE RESURRECTION?
HAVE YOU TRULY DIED TO THE NATURAL MAN
SO THAT YOU MAY RISE UP IN YOUR SUPERNATURAL CALLING?
IF YOU HAVE
IT WOULD BE OBVIOUS TO ALL
COME WITH ME ON A JOURNEY
THOSE WHO ARE TO CROSS THE RIVER
KNOW WHO THEY ARE
THEY ARE IDENTIFIED BY A MARK
WHAT KIND OF MARK?
IF YOU HAVE TO ASK
YOU TRULY DO NOT HAVE THE MARK
COME, PEOPLE, AND SUP WITH ME
COME AND KNOW ME AS I LONG TO BE KNOWN
IT IS TRULY A NEW DAY
AND I MAKE TABERNACLE WITH YOU
AND YOU WITH ME
SHALOM
SEVEN STARS AND SEVEN LAMP STANDS
FILL THE WORDS OF REVELATIONS
SEVEN CHURCHES - SEVEN GROUPS OF PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT THE REGION
BUT WHAT WAS THE TOTAL MESSAGE TO THESE SO CALLED
TO BE LIGHTS TO THE WORLD?
HAVE THINGS CHANGED IN 2000 YEARS?
ARE THE CHURCHES THE SAME?
PERHAPS, BUT WITHIN MODERN-DAY "CHURCHDOM"
ARE FEWER AND FEWER CONQUERERS
AS YOU READ ABOUT IN SCRIPTURE
EVEN IN THE MIDST OF THE CHURCH OF THE PAST
THERE WERE SOME THAT HELD TO THE TRUTH
BUT THIS DAY
LOOK
JUST LOOK
TELL ME WHICH CHURCH BRINGS FORTH MY TRUE MESSAGE
IN POWER AND LOVE?
DO YOU SEE MIRACLES?
IS THE CHURCH WEALTHY AND SET-APART WITH PLENTY TO SHARE?
DO THE PEOPLE LONG TO GATHER DAILY AND BREAK BREAD?
IS THE WORSHIP UNENDING?
WHO STILL ATTENDS THESE PLACES?
IN WHAT WAYS DO THEY COMPROMISE TO ATTEND?
WHO STILL BELONGS TO ME THAT GOES TO A MODERN-DAY CHURCH?
WHICH CHURCH COULD I WALK INTO THIS DAY
IN MY FULLNESS AND BE ACCEPTED?
WHICH ONE?
WHICH ONE COULD MY SERVANT ENTER
WITH THE FULLNESS OF THE ANOINTING
AND REMAIN FOR EVEN A FEW MINUTES?
WHICH ONE?
HOW FAR HAVE YOU FALLEN
THAT I CAN LOOK AT EACH CHURCH
AND NOT SEE MYSELF IN ANY FORM?
YOU WELCOME THE POOR OR YOU HELP THE SICK
BUT WHERE IS THE POWER TO HEAL
THE POWER TO SET APART AND EMPOWER?
ORGANIZATIONS OF THIS WORLD
CAN DO WHAT YOU DO AND BETTER
WHERE IS THE POWER OF THE RESURRECTION EVIDENCED?
WHERE?
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
THE CONQUERORS WITHIN THE CHURCH OF OLD
WERE FILLED WITH MY PRESENCE AND UNASHAMED
OF EXHIBITING MY POWER
THE CONQUERORS OF THIS DAY AND TIME
ARE SURELY NOT ACCEPTED IN THE ORGANIZED CHURCH
FOR THEN THE BALANCE WOULD BE UPSET
COME ON, PEOPLE
IF YOU HAVE TRULY CONQUERED THE NATURAL MAN
MY SPIRIT WITHIN YOU WOULD NOT ALLOW YOU TO BE CONTAINED
WITHIN THE CHURCHES OF THIS DAY
FACE IT
TO CROSS THE RIVER
IS TO COME OUT FROM THE HARLOT CHURCH
TO CROSS THE RIVER
IS TO EMBRACE ME OVER THE ORGANIZED CHURCH
TO CROSS THE RIVER
IS TO WORSHIP ME IN TRUTH AND IN POWER
TO CROSS THE RIVER
IS TO HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH ME SO DEEP
THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO FORSAKE ALL MEN
TO CROSS THE RIVER
IS TO THWART SATAN'S PLAN TO NEUTRALIZE THE
POWER OF THE RESURRECTION
TO CROSS THE RIVER
IS TO COME HOME
COME HOME
NO LONGER COMPROMISE WITH THE WAYS OF RELIGION
AND COME HOME
I WILL BE THERE TO EMBRACE YOU
I WILL
"Well, I just heard the news today
It seems my life is going to change
I close my eyes, begin to pray
Then tears of joy stream down my face
With arms wide open
Under the sunlight
Welcome to this place
I’ll show you everything
With arms wide open
With arms wide open
Now everything has changed
I’ll show you love”
"With Arms Wide Open" - Creed
WITH ARMS WIDE OPEN
I ASK YOU TO CROSS THE RIVER
AND COME HOME
I'LL SHOW YOU LOVE
I'LL SHOW YOU EVERYTHING
#317
THE GREEN MILE --
WHAT'S IN A HANDSHAKE?
I'LL LET MY SERVANT BEGIN THIS ONE FOR HER HEART
IS FULL OF QUESTIONS AFTER VIEWING THIS MOVIE
I watched the movie as You instructed, God
and my heart won't rest from all the symbolism
The main character, John, was a man with a gift - undeniably
and yet, he was a simple man with a very tender heart
He could tell the bad from the good with just a look
He was given a gift of healing, of making well and whole
He was also a man that was tired - very tired
of the condition of people's hearts
He went to his death willingly because he was tired of it all
Before he died he passed on his gift to another through a handshake
and my heart simply quakes this night, God
You've given me a gift that I have wanted to share with so many
I even remember shaking the hands of so many religious men
and yet, the gift which You gave me was never transferred
You healed many people through the words You've given me to speak
and just simple directions
Everyone that You told me to speak healing to - was healed
I see the good and the bad people as simply black and white
as the man in the movie did
But mostly I have grown so tired of trying to help
and not being able to make a difference
Even last week as I "lay in the dirt,"
as You said, I wanted to go "home," too
Six years I have done exactly as You spoke
but we have made such little progress
I had so much to give through my handshake
I would willingly share the gifts You gave me with anyone
but now, I can barely grip to shake a hand due to the accident
and I wonder
Is it over?
Did we simply try and do our Best and it wasn't enough?
AND WHAT IS IN A HANDSHAKE, CHILD?
YOU SHOOK HANDS IN FRIENDSHIP AND AN OFFERING OF LOVE
AND THE GIFTINGS WHICH I PUT WITHIN YOU
BUT BECAUSE YOU WERE NOT RECEIVED
THE GIFTS I DID NOT TRANSFER
FOR DON'T YOU SEE THE PICTURE, YET?
IF THEY COULD NOT ACCEPT YOUR FRIENDSHIP
WOULD THEY EVER ADMINISTER MY GIFTS IN LOVE?
AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE GROWN TIRED
BUT I HAVE GIVEN YOU A NEW TOUCH AND A NEW ARENA
AS IN THE EDITORIAL ABOVE,
YOU ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER
AND THE PEOPLE WILL COME
WHO WERE ALWAYS MEANT TO COME
PEOPLE WHO KNOW LOVE - MY LOVE
THEY MAY NOT HAVE MET ME, YET
BUT THEIR HEARTS KNOW LOVE
AND THAT IS THE START
IT'S MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO TAKE A RELIGIOUS PERSON
AND FILL THEM WITH LOVE
THAN TO TAKE A PERSON WHO DOES NOT KNOW ME
BUT IS FULL OF LOVE AND KINDNESS
AND SIMPLY INFORM THEM OF MY PRESENCE
AND MY LIFE LAID DOWN FOR THEM
THE PEOPLE WHICH YOU SHOOK HANDS WITH BEFORE
WERE UNWORTHY OF THE GIFTS
ALL OF THEM
NOT ONE WILL YOU RETURN A GIFT TO
NOT ONE
BUT OPEN THE DOOR - OPEN YOUR HEART
AS THE PEOPLE COME NOW
AND YOU MAY SHARE ALL THAT I HAVE GIVEN YOU WITH THEM
FOR THEY WILL MINISTER MY GIFTS IN LOVE
SWEET, SWEET, SWEET LOVE
THE MOVIE STRUCK YOU HARD, FRIEND
FOR YOUR HEART BLEEDS FOR THOSE AS THE MAIN CHARACTER'S DID
YOU JUST WANT TO HELP AS HE DID
HE WOULD DO ANYTHING TO HELP
ANYTHING
AND YET, SOMETIMES IT IS TOO LATE
JUST LIKE IN THE MOVIE, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN YOU CANNOT
MAKE A DIFFERENCE
AND THAT IS TRUE FOR THE RELIGIOUS ONES
FOR A SHIELD OF TYPES PROTECTS THEM FROM THE TRUTH
AND THEY REBUKE IT AT EVERY TURN
I BOUGHT YOU A CD YESTERDAY WITH THE SONG.
"IF I COULD TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME"
AND EACH TIME IT WOULD PLAY
I WOULD SAY IN RESPONSE
"BUT YOU CAN'T"
NOT ALL THINGS CAN BE MADE RIGHT
WHEN TOO MUCH TIME HAS ELAPSED
TOO MUCH DEATH HAS COME TO TOO MANY
AND I CANNOT BREATHE LIFE BACK INTO THEM
WHEN THEY CANNOT EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE
GOODNESS AND LIFE WHEN THEY SEE IT
IT WILL TAKE YOU AWHILE TO "RECOVER" FROM THIS MOVIE
BUT I TELL YOU THE TRUTH
YOU WILL SHAKE HANDS WITH A FIRM GRIP SOON
AND MY GIFTS YOU WILL GIVE TO THE WORLD
TO THE WORTHY ONES
AND YOU WILL NO LONGER GROW TIRED OF TRYING
FOR NOW SUCCESS WILL COME
IN EVERY AREA
WE TRIED THOSE WHO CALL THEMSELVES BY MY NAME
BUT THEY WOULD NOT HUMBLE THEMSELVES
AND BE MADE PURE TO RECEIVE
NOW
THE WORLD IS WIDE OPEN TO OUR ADVANCE
SHALOM?
Shalom, Friend
I salute You, Commanding Officer
for once again Your strategy completes the mission
in VICTORY
#318
THE WIND --- POWER SURGES
ONCE AGAIN, MY FRIEND WILL BEGIN THIS EDITORIAL
FOR SHE IS "FULL"
As I waited in the office for the therapy session
I gazed outside the window and watched the wind whip through the trees
The branches moved by the power of the wind
They "gave in" to a degree
that you would think that they would break
But they gave and gave and gave and in the end when the wind was still
they were still intact
God, what is it with people who ask for Your Spirit to come
and yet, won't give in to it?
They won't budge from their proper position to be moved by Your Power
Why can't we be more like how You designed nature to be
that must give in to Your Power to survive?
I remember being at church meetings in the past
where the leadership would ask in earnest for Your Spirit to come
and of course, I stand out like a lightning rod getting "hit" so hard
and the power surges would go through my body and I would cry out
but they would soon put a stop to it and inform me
"God would not do that. You need to leave."
Well, surprise - He does do that
and He does it to me wherever I go if I don't ask Him to "cool it"
Often times I, too, think that it would be improper to display His Power
in public places, but a church?
He really should be allowed to act however He chooses in a "House of God"
especially when He is invited
The people simply don't know the Power and to what extremes
You will go to, God
They fear when they cannot control You
and then they stop whatever vessel contains You
Any remedies to this?
AND WHAT DID I SPEAK TO YOU
AS YOU LAID UPON THE TABLE WATCHING THE WIND?
DID I NOT TELL YOU THAT I WOULD NOW GO WHERE THE PEOPLE
DO NOT ASK FOR MY PRESENCE
BUT KNOW LOVE AND I WILL BLOW AND BLOW AND BLOW
AND RIP THROUGH THEIR MORTAL SOULS
AND ENTHUSE THEM WITH MY POWER?
AS YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED
THE CHURCHES ASK FOR ME BUT THEY DON'T LIKE HOW I COME
FOR I COME WITH DEMONSTRATION AND POWER AND NOISE, AT TIMES
AND THEY ARE EMBARRASSED
TOO BAD
FOR IF THEY WERE FULL OF MY LOVE
THEN THERE WOULD BE NO ISSUE
BUT NOW, SWEET FRIEND
I WILL GO TO THOSE WHO ALREADY KNOW LOVE AND EXHIBIT LOVE
AND I WILL FILL THEM WITH MY PRESENCE AND POWER
AND WE WILL ROCK THIS WORLD
YOU LIE DOWN AND THE POWER SURGES THROUGH YOU AS I SPEAK
FOR YOU KNOW MY POWER - YOU KNOW IT WELL
AND YOU KNOW THAT WHEN I CONTAIN A VESSEL
ANYTHING
CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME
BUT TO THOSE WHO GRIEVE MY SPIRIT
THEY WILL NOT BE GIVEN ANOTHER CHANCE
TO EXPERIENCE MY POWER FOR THEY WELCOMED ME NOT
DO YOU REMEMBER, CHILD, THE SERVICE I SENT YOU TO LONG AGO
WHERE THEY BROUGHT IN SUCH A "BIG NAME"
TO ATTRACT THE CROWDS
AND FROM THE MAIN ROOM HE CALLED FOR MY SPIRIT TO COME?
BUT I CAME UPON YOU IN THE OUTFLOW ROOM
AND NOT UPON HIM AND THE REST OF THE CROWD
I CAME UPON YOU AND YOU COULD NOT "CALM ME DOWN"
I CAME AND THEY SENT YOU OUT
AND THEN CONTINUED TO ASK FOR ME TO COME
I CAME - THEY MISSED IT BECAUSE IT WASN'T THROUGH
ONE OF THEIR ELECT
AND THAT'S THE WAY IT WILL BE
I WILL COME THROUGH THOSE WHO HONOR ME WITH THEIR HEARTS
NOT THE ONES WHO HAVE "BIG NAMES" AND HEADS TO MATCH
BUT THE HUMBLE AND THE ONES WHERE MY SPIRIT HAS FREE REIGN
THAT'S FAIR - DON'T YOU THINK?
FOR YOU SEE THE PASTORS HUDDLE AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT NEW
PROGRAMS TO BRING THE PEOPLE IN
THEY HAVE VISION THAT COULD CHOKE A CAMEL
AND YET, ALL THEY NEED IS
ME
THEY DON'T NEED THE PROGRAMS OR EVEN THE VISION
JUST ME
BUT I AM TOO HARD TO CONTROL
AND SO THEY GO ABOUT BUSINESS AS THEY CHOOSE
AND I AM NOT THERE
I WON'T EVEN VISIT
WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND, CHILD?
What does "HO" mean?
The "HO" that You filled me with so long ago
has begun to erupt again and I can't control it
It overpowers me
ISAIAH 55
"HO! EVERYONE WHO THIRSTS COME TO THE WATERS!"
I'M CALLING
MY TRUE CHURCH TO COME AND DRINK
I'M CALLING
THEM TO STAND IN THE WIND
I'M CALLING
THEM TO LET ME FILL THEM UNTIL THEY CAN
NO LONGER CONTROL THEIR MORTAL BODIES
THEY HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH FUN IT CAN BE
And how much TROUBLE they can get into!
TRUE
FOR THE RELIGIOUS HATE MY POWER
BUT CHILD, YOU WILL SHOW FORTH MY POWER TO THE WORLD, NOW
AND THEY WILL LOVE IT
THEY WILL WELCOME IT
THEY WILL WISH THAT THEY COULD BOTTLE IT AND SELL IT
DON'T BE ASHAMED OF IT
IT IS THE "POWER OF GOD UNTO SALVATION"
FOR THOSE WHO WILL ENCOUNTER THE TRUTH
AND LET IT CHANGE THEM
EVEN AS YOU PASS BY "JACK'S HOUSE"
YOU ERUPT WITH "HO'S"
FOR THAT IS MY LAND AND I WILL TAKE IT OVER
AND I WILL FEED MY TRUE PEOPLE THERE
I WILL TAKE OVER VERY SOON
AND NO LONGER WILL MY POWER BE SENT OUT OF THEIR MIDST
FOR HOW MANY TIMES WERE YOU ASKED TO LEAVE?
THAT WILL ALL CHANGE
I ASSURE YOU
IT WILL
"God does not act that way"
THEY WOULD SAY TO YOU
BUT HOW DO THEY KNOW?
THEY HAVEN'T EVEN SEEN ME AT MY BEST
AND THAT YOU WILL SHOW THEM ONE DAY
I ASSURE YOU
DON'T COUNT THE DAYS UNTIL YOU ENTER AGAIN
FOR I KNOW THAT YOUR HEART BALKS
BUT SERVANT, FRIEND, EVERYTHING WILL BE CHANGED
I ASSURE YOU
GO AND REST
MORE POWER SURGES THIS EVENING FOR A JOB
THAT WILL TILT THIS EARTH
REALLY!
#319
REMEMBER THE TITANS
"We came to win!”
AND THEY DID
BLACK AND WHITE
THEY PUT ASIDE PREJUDICES AND WON
WHAT DOES THIS REMIND YOU OF?
THERE HAVE BEEN MANY FOOTBALL MOVIES MADE
AND MANY MOVIES ABOUT RACIAL STRIFE
BUT WHAT DOES THIS MOVIE PROVE ABOUT TEAM WORK?
THE YOUNG MEN CAME TOGETHER
WITH HATRED AND PREJUDICE AT FIRST
BUT THEY PLAYED TOGETHER AND SWEATED TOGETHER
AND FOUGHT TOGETHER
AND THEN THE BONDING BEGAN
HOW IS A TEAM FORMED?
DOES EVERYONE HAVE TO BE ALIKE?
DOES EVERYONE HAVE TO LOOK ALIKE?
DOES EVERYONE HAVE TO HAVE THE SAME BACKGROUND?
A TEAM IS FORMED BY A COMMON PURPOSE
MY TEAM WILL COME TOGETHER TO BRING ME HONOR
MANY WILL JOIN TOGETHER OF ALL DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS
DIFFERENT COLORS, DIFFERENT FORMS OF WORSHIP
BUT ALL WILL SEEK TO HONOR ME
HOW DOES THE KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS
WANT TO BE HONORED?
SIMPLE
"YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR
HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND ALL YOUR MIGHT."
AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND
VERY SIMPLE
JOIN TOGETHER AS A TEAM
AND HONOR ME WITH YOUR LOVE
BE A TEAM
FOR WHEN YOU TRULY LOVE ME
YOU WILL LOVE EACH OTHER
REMEMBER
"WE CAME TO WIN"
THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN WIN IS WITH
LOVE
THE ONLY WAY THAT TRULY PLEASES ME
IS THE WAY OF
LOVE
LOVE ME
LOVE EACH OTHER
AND WE WILL WIN
THE "GAME"
#320
WHO DO YOU RESPECT?
IF YOU ASKED 1000 PEOPLE
WHO THEY WOULD LIKE TO MEET
THERE WOULD BE A POOL OF COMMON PEOPLE
TO THIS 1000
THESE ARE SURELY THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RESPECTED
BY THIS GROUP
IF YOU ASK 1000 "CHRISTIANS"
WHO THEY WOULD LIKE TO MEET
THERE WOULD ALSO BE A POOL OF COMMON PEOPLE
FROM FAMOUS PREACHERS TO WRITERS TO WORSHIP LEADERS
THERE ARE CONFERENCES DAILY AROUND THE WORLD
WITH A PERSON'S NAME ATTACHED SECURELY
SO, WHAT IS MY POINT?
WHO DO YOU RESPECT?
WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET WITH, TO LEARN FROM,
DEAR "CHRISTIANS"?
THAT MAY BE A MUCH HARDER QUESTION BUT MANY WOULD
BE ABLE TO NAME SOMEONE QUICKLY
FOR THEY SEE PEOPLE THAT THEY WANT TO
MIMIC AND FOLLOW AND YET
WHAT IS MISSING HERE?
ME
IF YOU ASK MY SERVANT
WHO SHE WOULD LIKE TO MEET
THERE IS A LIST OF NO ONE
NOT BECAUSE SHE IS ABOVE OR BEYOND
BUT BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN WITH THE BEST
AND NO ONE ELSE COMPARES
WHEN YOU LEARN FROM THE BEST
NO ONE ELSE CAN COMPETE
SHE LISTENS TO CONVERSATIONS
OF EVEN YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEY SPEAK OF WANTING TO MEET
THIS PERSON OR THAT PERSON
BUT NO ONE
NOT ONE SPEAKS OF BECOMING CLOSER TO ME
NOT ONE
WHY?
BECAUSE IT LITERALLY IS NOT PRESENTED
AS AN OPTION IN CHURCHES OF TODAY
THEY TELL THE YOUTH THAT THEY MUST HAVE FELLOWSHIP
AND BE MENTORED
THEY DON'T URGE THE KIDS TO GO TO THEIR PRAYER CLOSET
TO FIND ME AND LEARN FROM ME
BUT TO LEARN FROM MAN
WHY IS THIS?
BECAUSE THOSE TEACHING THEM LEARNED THAT WAY
BUT THINGS MUST CHANGE
AND CHANGE QUICKLY
I WILL BYPASS THE KIDS OF THE CHURCH
AND REACH FOR THOSE WHO WILL FIND ME, ALONE
AND CHOOSE ME TO BE THE "PERSON" THEY WANT TO MEET
IT'S SIMPLE
BUT TO THE KIDS OF THE CHURCH PEWS
IT GOES AGAINST ALL THAT THEY ARE TAUGHT
FOR YOU SEE
IT LOOKS GOOD EACH WEEK TO HAVE MANY FILL THE SEATS
OF THE YOUTH GROUP
THAT MEANS THAT THE KIDS ARE NOT OUT
DOING DRUGS AND "BAD STUFF"
BUT ARE THERE ANY YOUTH LEADERS
THAT WILL TELL THE KIDS TO PURSUE ME
AND LEAVE EVERYTHING TO FIND ME?
WE'LL SEE
BUT I TELL YOU THE TRUTH
I AM BEGINNING A MOVEMENT WHERE I WILL STEP OUTSIDE
THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CHURCH
AND I WILL FIND KIDS THAT WILL TRULY RESPECT ME
AS A TEACHER AND A FRIEND
I WANT TO BE AT THE TOP OF THEIR LIST
I WANT TO BE NUMBER ONE
AND IF I CAN'T FIND MY KIDS IN THE CHURCHES
I WILL BRING FORTH KIDS FROM OUTSIDE
WHERE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN TAUGHT THAT OTHERS MUST TEACH THEM
AND I WILL TEACH MY KIDS
AND I WILL TALK TO THEM
AND I WILL BE THEIR FRIEND
EVEN AS MY FRIEND
SPEAKS AND WRITES TO THOSE OF THE CHURCH
THEY RETURN TO WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN TAUGHT
TO WHAT IS COMFORTABLE AND ACCEPTABLE
THEY RETURN TO THE SAFETY OF THE WALLS
AND MAN'S OPINION
YEP, I NEED TO START OUTSIDE THE CHURCH WALLS
AND I WILL
WATCH AND SEE
WHAT I WILL DO!
#321
ONE RELIGIOUS MAN
I WILL EMBARRASS MY SERVANT ONCE MORE
BUT FOR A GOOD REASON
FOR I AM SETTING MYSELF UP FOR A CHALLENGE
TO REVEAL HER HEART AT THIS TIME
SHE WOULD NOT VOLUNTEER
BUT I WILL
FOR 6 YEARS I HAVE CAUSED HER
TO BE ABUSED BY THE CHURCH AND THE PEOPLE
WHO CLAIM TO BE OF ME
SHE SURVIVED, BUT ONLY BECAUSE HER HEART WAS PUT ON ICE
BUT I MAKE A CHALLENGE THIS DAY
EVEN AS SHE WATCHED A MOVIE THIS NIGHT
SHE SPOKE THE WORDS TO ME,
"I don't believe that religious people can truly change"
BECAUSE SHE HAS NEVER SEEN IT
ONLY ABUSE AFTER ABUSE AFTER ABUSE
SHE HAS ENCOUNTERED AT THEIR HANDS
BUT THE CHALLENGE IS AND REMAINS
CAN I TAKE A MAN WHO IS RELIGIOUS LIKE SAUL OF TARSUS
AND MAKE HIM MY OWN?
IF I CAN DO THIS, SERVANT
THEN YOUR JOB IS TO WORK WITH HIM
UNTIL THE MISSION I GIVE YOU BOTH IS COMPLETED
WILL YOU AGREE TO THIS?
Just as my arm is not improving,
I have to be honest that I don't believe
that a religious man can change to become in Your Image
I've never seen any religious people become anything, but harder
and more blasphemous with each word that was given them
If You can do this work
and prove the work before the initial meeting
with my arm being completely healed,
since it represents the "church" receiving the words
You give through me,
then I will work with the person
My arm, just like the religious,
is at a place where it won't budge in progress
It came only so far and now it feels as if it isn't broken again
it won't be able to stretch out
I know that You can break the religious
as You have broken me so many times
but please take care, for most don't see Your "breaking"
as an act of Love as I do
and they turn and run the other way away from You
The physical therapists work in great expertise
to coax my elbow to work as it should
but it remains - stubborn and resilient to change
We'll continue to work on it,
but I think an "act of God" is in order
DEAL
THE CHALLENGE IS ON
AND
I
CAME
TO
WIN!
JUST THIS PAST WEEK YOU ASKED ME IF I COULD SIMPLY
REMOVE YOUR ARM FOR IT IS A CONSTANT REMINDER
OF THE SEPARATION FROM THE PEOPLE WHO SHOULD
LISTEN TO MY WORDS
YOU WANTED TO BE RID OF THE PROBLEM
AND NO LONGER HOPE FOR A SOLUTION
BUT I HAVE SET A CHALLENGE FOR YOU TO WATCH
I WILL IMPRESS YOU
I WILL
AND YOUR ARM WILL BE HEALED
AND THERE WILL BE A PEOPLE WHO LISTEN TO MY WORDS
THROUGH YOU AND YOU WILL ALL WORK TOGETHER AS ONE
FOR MY GLORY
I SEE YOUR HEART
I SEE YOUR FACE
AND BOTH TURN FROM MY WORDS
FOR YOU DO NOT WANT TO HOPE AGAIN
BUT I AM THE GOD OF HOPE
AND TERAH
GIVE ME TIME
AND I WILL DO AS I PROMISED
I WILL WIN
I WILL!
All for Your Glory
I hope You win and win BIG!
_______
God, after writing this Editorial
and thinking about it all night
I think I was too easy
How about this:
If You make my arm stronger than it was before
and the mission with this man is very, very short
then we have a deal
I WILL MAKE YOUR ARM STRONGER THAN BEFORE
BUT THE MISSION WILL BE THE LENGTH THAT I SET IN HISTORY
DEAL?
I hate to bring this up,
but You could simply command me to do as You say
and You wouldn't have to "deal" with me
AHHH . . . BUT WHAT FUN IS THAT, SERVANT?
I AM ONE STEP AHEAD OF YOU
WHAT PROBLEMS DID YOU OCCUR WITH YOUR ARM LAST NIGHT?
All night the muscles in my arm kept contracting and stiffening
WHAT DID IT PRODUCE?
a servant in a very bad mood
YES, I FORCED YOUR ARM TO WORK AS ONE
I FORCED THE MUSCLES TO WORK TOGETHER
FOR THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF YOUR ARM
ALL NIGHT LONG
THERE WAS PAIN AND TIREDNESS AND WORRY
AND THAT IS WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
IF YOU ARE FORCED INTO THE DEAL
YOU WOULD WORK TOGETHER JUST AS YOUR ARM WORKED
ALL NIGHT LONG
PRODUCING PAIN, TIREDNESS AND WORRY
NOT
A GOOD DEAL
Ok, last proposal . . .
If You will also heal my heart as You heal my arm
then I will go with Your plan
DEAL
MY PLAN FROM THE BEGINNING
I thought so . . .
You win
WE BOTH WIN!
PS - I will make You one more "deal"
since I am getting into a better mood
quite quickly and here it is:
I will Love You
with my whole heart, mind and soul for as long as I live
and You simply receive the Love.
Do we have a deal?
(Sorry readers - the answer came back in tongues
and according to God there is no earthly translation ---
but I think it's a deal)
. . . and God's right
"WE BOTH WIN"
