Praise, Praise, Praise!!!

HUGE PRAISE!!! Mom was so good today. Her appetite is improving; she was alert and joking. She laughed and laughed at Brent's you tube video log "1adaymyles." She was so much back to her normal self that she kissed the occupational therapist on the cheek in thanks for helping her.

Jesus, I just wanted to say, "You are awesome!" You listen to my cry. You touch my soul. You hold me... Thank You, so much for touching my dear, sweet mother, the woman who modeled love for me.

My Lovely Mother

Below I have pasted comments from Facebook in regards to my Lovely Mother (The blond in the first row). We started off this new year on January 2nd when Mom was hospitalized with cellulitis in her leg again. She was sent home on IV antibiotics, which I administered. We just finished the IV antibiotics on January 21st, and then this new problem occurred. Please pray!


Just got a call from Dad that Mom fell yesterday and this morning. I’m hoping it’s just weakness and not the infection flaring again. Mom just finished IV antibiotics last week for a chronic recurring leg infection. Please pray!

January 26 at 11:55am

Mom had difficulty walking again today. She starts physical therapy tomorrow. Jesus, strengthen my Mama. I still need her even at 45 years of age.

January 27 at 7:34pm

Prayer Update: Mom ended up falling again on Thursday for a total of three times this past week. Because her mental status continued to deteriorate, we took her to the ER yesterday. Thank Jesus, we did because her kidney (she only has one) was failing. The docs aren't sure why yet. Please pray! Also, pray for wisdom and strength for me, as I am responsible for some heavy decision-making.

Sun at 7:36am

Prayer Update: I spoke with Mom's nephrologist yesterday. Her remaining kidney is functioning at only 10%. He is not sure what caused the assault on her kidney, but suspects she took an over the counter pain reliever. My bet is still all the heavy-duty antibiotics she needed to take for her multiple infections.

Yesterday at 10:51am

She was pretty with it mentally yesterday. I am thankful we were able to express our love to one another. :)

I was also VERY blessed to be able to share my heart with my dear brother, Alan. He knew I was very tired, and needed to rush off to work. As he hugged me goodbye, he whispered one word in my ear, "Peace."

Thank you my, Dear Brother, you are an absolute blessing to me!!!! I Love you, and work went great!!!!

Yesterday at 10:56am

SMALL STRAWS IN A SOFT WIND by Marsha Burns

Dear Beautiful Grace Readers,


I desire to do what God would have me do. Being timid in regards to my call is just as detrimental as being presumptuous. Lord, clarify, moment-by-moment what You have called my to do, to be, not what others say or the world says. If I need to release, empower me to release completely. If I need to stand, give me the grace to stand tall. I will be the warrior bride You have assigned, but I can't be her without Your power surging through my mortal body. Life can be very hard, BUT You are VERY GOOD!!!

I Love You, Jesus!!!
Your Beloved,
Beautiful Grace

"Keep looking up, and refuse to allow discouragement to keep you from breakthrough. There are things over which you have no control, things that are beyond your level of responsibility and authority. These are the circumstances that you need to release to Me, says the Lord. That means you must let go completely. Otherwise, your thoughts and emotions concerning these issues only hinder the work of My Spirit. Answers and breakthrough will come as You seek Me, and I will give you peace when you trust Me."

Isaiah 26:3 You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.
 
Marsha and Bill Burns Website

Eileen Fisher: Corporate Prophecy for 2010

This is the Year of Restoration, Jubilation and Resurrection.  The following corporate prophetic word was given by Eileen Fisher on January 5, 2010 during her weekly Prophetic School of the Holy Spirit meeting in Colorado Springs, Colorado:

This is the Year of Restoration

"Stand...Stand...Stand and command. Command the wind of adversity to come at your back, no longer at your face; so that it can be a driving force that will drive you into My heart stronger and stronger.


"Command the pain to be changed into a plan, so that that plan will allow Me to change the pain for My gain," said the Lord. "Lift up the past, for I am not a God of waste—but, I am a God of creation. I am a God who gathers up the leftovers. Whether they are insignificant or of great treasure, I gather them.


"Tonight, I am gathering you to My heart to hold you; to breathe fresh on you; to provoke you to enter in to My presence; to provoke you to jealousy, to come after My heart as a passionate lover. For My heart is going to capture your heart. And I will drive out fear, bitterness, regret, pain, rejection, abandonment. I will come as a champion of your heart and drive out all other things of destruction.


"I have come to unchain your heart, your spirit, your mind, even your bodies. I have come to unchain you—for I want the shackles broken, that you will run in My Spirit. Then you will leap and you will fly in My Spirit. You will learn to glide in My Spirit, and then you will have learned how to abide in My Spirit.


"For this will be the year of quick growth. Quick growth. This season of quick growth will also be the season of quickening by My Spirit. I will quicken to your remembrance My Word, My promises, My majesty, My authority. I will quicken to your remembrance, in a split instant, the weapon for the warfare. For I see, standing before Me this night, weary warriors; but, I stand before you this night as a worshiping, warring, wonderful Commander.


"And I promise you this: I will raise you up to command. For you will become My voice, My hand, My feet and My heart. You will remember this as the year of restoration.


This is the Year of Jubilation

"It was spoken forth many years ago: the year of Jubilee, the year of Jubilee! And it only left a deposit of disappointment in the hearts and lives of My people. But I say: This is not the Year of Jubilee—this is the Year of Jubilation! (This is the year) you will learn to exercise the victory. You will learn to enforce the victory. You will see unbelief changed into faith. You will see those hidden sins that have tried to become partners in your bed, so that they would rob you of My sweet fellowship and intimacy. You will see Me come in as a ravished lover. And I will cast down and cast out everything that is not clean.


"For I am going to lie beside My Bride. And as I lie beside her, I will whisper in her ear her orders. And I will stroke her hair. And as I do, I will strengthen her thinking. I will strengthen her heart, her mind, her will. I will strengthen even her spine, for she has been bent over by shame caused by others. But I will strengthen her spine so she will stand strong and know who she is. She will no longer walk with eyes that are cast down, apologizing. But instead, she will carry in her eyes the authority of My eyes, that will cause others to cast away their eyes—the eyes of unbelief, of challenge.


"For I am about to call My Bride to rise up from the bed of apathy; for she has taken herself to bed because of weakness and a sickness in heart. But I am coming to lie beside her, and I shall sit her up, strong. And then, I shall gently stand her and I shall parade her. And she shall march in the parade of the King of Kings. She will carry the sword of My Word with victory, and she will be known as the Bride of Valor.


"Resurrection Will Renew My Bride This Year," Says the Lord

"For I say unto you, you are worthy of My Blood. You are worthy of My death. Now, you will come to understand that you are worthy of My resurrection. For 'Resurrection!' will be the battle cry. Resurrection will renew My Bride this year: Resurrection of multitudes of broken dreams, resurrection of finances that were robbed, resurrection of identity (for My Bride lost her identity and wanted to become anonymous, rather than become belittled).


"You are about to see a giant of a Bride. Get ready to become mobile in My Spirit, for this will be My battle cry. Flex your muscles, My Bride! For this will show the strength of the coming King," says the Lord your God.


In Jesus' name, Amen.
Eileen Fisher
Eileen Fisher Ministries

Email: Eileen@eileenfisher.org

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Spirit of Prophecy Bulletin

THE TRUMPET by Bill Burns -- January 18, 2010

The Lord God wants you to know today that He loves you; that He cares about you; that He watches over you. He knows the trouble that you have been through and that you have chosen to stay the course, and in spite of the hardship, to walk with Him. And, the Lord says, now is the time of your reward. These are the days in which I will give gifts to My beloved. For the bride must have her wedding gift and those gifts will be multiplied and they will be varied from person to person. They will be those things which I desire for each of you; whether it be the spirit of revelation, the gift of prophecy, or the gift of healing. For I would have you to know and to understand that I am not a God that cannot see or a God who does not know you. I watch over you and I walk with you even when you do not understand that I am there; even when you have questions and are not sure that I am with you. I have spoken in My word that I would never leave you nor forsake you, and that, My beloved, is the truth. I am calling out to you today to come closer to Me, because I am speaking My words to you this day. I would have you to receive the presence of My glory and to put on the armor of light. I would have you to go to war. Victory is assured! I will lead you in the path of victory and bring you forth on Zion's hill. There I shall also give you opportunities to rest in the midst of the battle. I shall equip you and teach you and send you out again into the valley and into the battle. It is not My purpose to wear you out and I shall not. It is only Satan who wears out the saints. When you find yourself weary and without strength come unto Me with that burden and I shall lift it from you and restore, strengthen, and heal you, says the Lord God.

SMALL STRAWS IN A SOFT WIND by Marsha Burns -- January 18, 2010:

In a vision, I saw a wall before me that seemed to be a dead end. Yet, as I got closer, the wall evaporated, and I could see clearly that this obstacle had been an illusion which had given way to what I heard in the Spirit was the "expanse of destiny." And, I heard the Lord say: This wall of obstruction has become a door of renewed hope and freedom that is set before you. I release you now to break away from the past and break through everything that has been a hindrance to your spiritual progress.

Hosea 2:15 I will give her her vineyards from there, and the Valley of Achor as a door of hope; she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, as in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt.

Learning Community Behaviors

I had an inservice today at work on "Learning Community Behaviors." Again, these behaviors have decidedly Christian roots. They are taken from Vaugh & Hackson, 2000.

• Be fully present.
• Be self-responsible for changing.
• Listen, listen, listen, and respond.
• Lean into discomfort.
• Experiment with new behaviors.
• Take risks, be ragged (meaning, allow yourself to be imperfect and make mistakes), and let go.
• Accept working through conflict- through disagreement, we learn from each other.
• Be crisp and say what is core. (Don't beat around the bush.)
• Be open-minded.
• Honor confidentiality.
• Be soft on people, hard on the problem. (Love people, hate the sin.)

We are expected to not only teach our patients these behaviors, but also to model them!

Jesus, Your ways are being made known to this world. Light shines and chases away the darkness. All for the glory of One!!!! AMEN!!!!

The yellow indicates my thoughts.

Spirit of Prophecy Bulletin

2010 A YEAR OF BREAKTHROUGH
by Bill Burns

The following is what the Holy Spirit has revealed to me about what will take place in the Church in 2010. (John 16:13)

The number 5 is God's number for grace (strength, empowerment and blessing), so ten is the number of double grace. A double portion will be available to God's people in 2010. Romans 5:2 tells us that "we have access by faith into this grace." Therefore, every person should establish himself in a position of faith to receive a double portion of God's grace that is now being released.

Small Straws by Marsha Burns: I'm giving you an extra measure of grace. I will exert My holy influence over your life to strengthen you and bolster your faith, says the Lord. If you will discern it, you will find and enjoy the unusual fragrance of My company. Receive with joy, and bask in the sweetness of My presence. Come and find your delight and rest with Me. 2 John 1:3 Grace, mercy, and peace will be with you from God the Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.

In 2009, the year of fullness, some Christians began to exercise a fuller and more complete faith. However, many in the Body of Christ went through a crisis of faith because of hardship of the circumstances that they found themselves in.

Fractured FaithThe Lord used the term "fractured faith" to describe the condition of many of His people. This is what I saw:People were praying by holding up bowls (representing faith) with their prayers inside the bowls (Revelation 5:8). However, when they lifted the bowls up before the Lord, the bowls fractured and then fell apart. The prayers then fell out of the bowls because they had no faith to support them.

Then, I had an understanding that these were Christians who knew the Word of God, and they knew that faith comes by hearing the Word of God (Romans 10:17). They also knew that faith works through love (Galatians 5:6).

So these were those whose faith should have worked, but didn't. So, I asked the Lord why , and He said it was because of the intensity and length of the battle that many had been worn out and had become discouraged.

I then asked how one recovers their faith when they already know the Word and love God, but their faith is fractured.

Faith's RestorationI saw the Holy Spirit come as the Wind and pick up the pieces of the bowls and restore them by cementing them back together, and He said, "This is My gift to the people of faith."

And, He said, "This is the process of the restoration of faith."

1. Repent for discouragement because it gives birth to doubt, and whatever is not of faith is sin. (Romans 14:23)

2. Call on the name of Jesus because He is the Author and Finisher of your faith (Hebrews 12:2).
Ask Him to restore your faith and to send the Holy Spirit to you. (John 16:7)

3. Ask the Holy Spirit to give you the Gift of Faith (1 Corinthians 12:9).

This is the faith that restores. It is God's faith and not man's. This is the faith that becomes the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1)

2010 will become the year of the restoration of faith if this God-given plan is followed. "Ask and it shall be given." (Matthew 7:7)

Small Straws by Marsha Burns:

I am not a God who cannot see or understand the tests and trials that you have endured. I see, and I have sustained you through the trouble, for I am with you. And now, today, I pronounce a blessing on you -- a tangible blessing; just open your heart to receive, says the Lord.

Proverbs 10:22 The blessing of the LORD makes one rich, And He adds no sorrow with it.

A Year of BreakthroughThe number 10 also signifies the perfection of divine order. The following is a word that the Lord gave me concerning His "divine order" for 2010:

The Trumpet: That which I give you shall become completely yours because that is My heart towards you, that you fully possess the kingdom that I have translated you into. So get ready for this new year. For indeed it shall be a year of triumph for many and it shall be a year of overcoming because it will be known as the year of the breakthrough of those who follow Me. Zion's path has already been established. Follow it. Follow it through My word as led by the Spirit. For all things will manifest at Zion. Come then, I say, My children to that mountain. Come to the mountain that transfigures you, changes you. Come and see, come and taste, come and dine, come enjoy that which I am about to do, says the Lord.

The Lord told me that He was going to give us a "new centering point" to work from. This will be a new point of entrance into the supernatural realm of the kingdom.

The Holy Spirit will move us and center us in a position that aligns with heavenly portals. This is much like your satellite television dish, which must be perfectly aligned with the satellite so the signal can be received. As we enter into the heavenlies through these portals, we will see more clearly into God's purposes than we ever have before. Out of the portal experiences visions, dreams, and prophetic words will be more revealing than ever before.

We will break through into a higher spiritual order than we have known. As these portals are established, angelic visitation will occur more frequently. These experiences will quicken our faith and establish such a spiritual reality of the kingdom that we will begin to have breakthroughs on all levels. Breakthroughs will occur most frequently in our finances and in health issues first and then in other areas.

The Lord of the Breakthrough is coming in this year to lead His people into victory, which will result in the recovery of those things lost.

A Year of Recovery The thief has been relentless in this season, and he has stolen from many of God's children. Nevertheless, the Lord is calling 2010 a year of recovery. He is speaking to us in the same way that He spoke to David in 1 Samuel chapter 30. While David and his men were away from camp, the enemy came and stole the women, children, and belongings. David was discouraged when his men blamed him and wanted to stone him.

The Path to Victory:

1. Like David, we must learn to overcome discouragement by encouraging ourselves in the Lord.

2. David inquired of the Lord, and God said, "You will without fail recover ALL." And, He is saying this to us!

3. David pursued the enemy. Recovery will come because of spiritual warfare. David attacked the enemy and recovered all that had been taken from him and more.

This will be a year of recovery for those who will do spiritual warfare and demand the return of that which has been lost. Have you lost your health? Have you lost your finances? Or, has it been something else? Do you want those things stolen? Then, go to war, and you will recover all!

A Year of Equipping Last year the Lord told me that 2009, 2010 & 2011 would be years of equipping. We are being equipped with more of the authority of the Lord to defeat the enemy.

Luke 10:19 Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

This is one of the reasons that so many people had a hard time in 2009. Equipping takes place in adversity. In other words, adversity is the playing field of equipping. In fact, adversity is necessary for spiritual growth. Adversity is the opposing force against one's growth. Adversity is trouble, persecution and tribulation that comes against us. "We must, through many tribulations, enter the Kingdom of God." (Acts 14:22)

We are leaving the Church Age (age of compromise), and we are being moved prophetically into the Kingdom Age (rule of Christ). In doing so, we are going to encounter more opposition from Satan. He does not want us to have the kingdom authority that we are being equipped with.

If we want to be equipped with Christ's authority, then we must embrace the adversity.

Romans 5:3-4 And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope.

The enemy will come, but do not fear because the Lord will come to us in His glory.

Isaiah 59:19 So shall they fear The name of the LORD from the west, And His glory from the rising of the sun; When the enemy comes in like a flood, The Spirit of the LORD will lift up a standard against him.

The word "standard" here means to establish a way of escape, to cause to disappear or hide.
We will be hidden by the glory of the Lord as He comes to fight with and for us so that we can receive His authority. I believe that this next move of God's glory will be seen in the West - west of Jerusalem, in the United States.

The cry of the Spirit in this time of equipping is: Isaiah 60:1-2 Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the LORD is risen upon you. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the LORD will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you.

Allow the Lord to equip you. Embrace the adversity by trusting in the Lord to protect you. Walk in the glory, and grow in your authority. It is your destiny.

A Year of the Tithe The tithe is a tenth part of our income that we give to honor the Lord and those who do His work. In this year of 2010, God is going to honor those who tithe. He spoke these words to me: "I am going to honor those who honor Me with their giving. The benefits of the tithe will be multiplied and amplified in this year. Give, and it will be given back to you as it is written."

Luke 6:38 "Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you."

God's benefits of the tithe: Malachi 3:10-11 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, That there may be food in My house, And try Me now in this," Says the LORD of hosts, "If I will not open for you the windows of heaven And pour out for you such blessing That there will not be room enough to receive it. And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, So that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, Nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field," Says the LORD of hosts.

Some would say tithing is not a New Testament principle, but what did Jesus say in the New Testament? In Matthew 23:23 He said tithing is something "you ought to have done".

Some would say that tithing was part of the law and was eliminated when Jesus fulfilled the law. However, tithing was part of Abraham's covenant with God (see Genesis 14:20) before the law, and the law could not "annul the covenant that was confirmed before by God in Christ". (Galatians 3:17)

Galatians 3:14 That the blessing of Abraham might come upon the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

Galatians 3:29 And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Instruction - do not give your tithe because you have to, but because you want to give to the Lord with great joy.

2 Corinthians 9:7 So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.

When you tithe, wrap it up with faith, and then release it with joy, expecting God to bless you because of your obedience. God will then rebuke the devourer on your behalf and pour out His blessing upon you.

Financial recovery will take place for many in 2010 because of the tithe.

Mysteries Revealed 2010 will be a year when mysteries will be revealed. Some of the things that God ordered in 2009 have not been understood. However, revelation of God's purposes that took place in our circumstances will be fully understood in 2010, and the benefits of those changes will be received this year.

The Lord usually gives me a chapter in His word that reveals that which will take place in the coming year. This year I was given Revelation chapter 10. In chapter 10 the apostle John hears seven thunders that spoke.

Revelation 10:4 Now when the seven thunders uttered their voices, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, "Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them."

The seven thunders are mysteries yet to be revealed prior to the seventh trumpet.

Revelation 10:7 but in the days of the sounding of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, the mystery of God would be finished, as He declared to His servants the prophets.

The seven thunders may reveal seven distinct mysteries, but I believe they will be more than that. I say this because seven is God's number of perfection brought to completion. I believe that the seven thunders represent the voice of the Lord that reveals many hidden things.

The book of Revelation is a book of sevens (completion) in which God finishes (through Jesus Christ) all things that pertain to His creation. Therefore, I believe that a multitude of mysteries concerning the lives of believers will be revealed.

These revelations will set them free from bondages, reveal their purpose, release their gifting, and many other things.

Mysteries will be revealed that will give direction to the Church (corporately), and mysteries will be revealed personally for individual believers.

2010 will be a year of mysteries revealed, mysteries that will give wisdom and direction, much of which will come prophetically.

In verse 11, John is told that he must prophesy again. Prophets, do you see this? Many of you have been silenced by the enemy. But, God says that you must prophesy again.

The gift of prophecy will become more revealing in these days. We are living in the days of divine announcement. Will you listen, hear, and speak?

These are those things that I was shown for 2010. May you have a blessed and prosperous year!

Shocking Reversal: Researcher at National Cancer Institute Admits Abortions DO Raise Breast Cancer Risks

Karen Malec (January 7, 2010)

"Although the study was published nine months ago, the NCI, the American Cancer Society, Susan G. Komen for the Cure and other cancer fundraising businesses have made no efforts to reduce breast cancer rates by issuing nationwide warnings to women."

Less than two months since the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued new guidelines recommending against routine mammograms for women in their forties, a second breast cancer scandal involving a U.S. government panel of experts has come to light which has implications for healthcare reform.

An April 2009 study by Jessica Dolle et al. of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center examining the relationship between oral contraceptives (OCs) and triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) in women under age 45 contained an admission from U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) researcher Louise Brinton and her colleagues (including Janet Daling) that abortion raises breast cancer risk by 40%.

Additionally, Dolle's team showed that women who start OCs before age 18 multiply their risk of TNBC by 3.7 times and recent users of OCs within the last one to five years multiply their risk by 4.2 times. TNBC is an aggressive form of breast cancer associated with high mortality.

"Although the study was published nine months ago," observed Karen Malec, president of the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer, "the NCI, the American Cancer Society, Susan G. Komen for the Cure and other cancer fundraising businesses have made no efforts to reduce breast cancer rates by issuing nationwide warnings to women."

Brinton was the chief organizer of the 2003 NCI workshop on the abortion-breast cancer link, which falsely assured women that the non-existence of the link was "well established."

Dolle's team reported in Table 1 a statistically significant 40% risk increase for women who have had abortions. They listed abortion among "known and suspected risk factors."

Brinton and Daling had previously studied this population from the Seattle-Puget Sound area in the 1990s and reported risk increases between 20% and 50% among women with abortions. In the 2009 study, they and their co-authors wrote that their findings concerning induced abortion, OC use and certain other risk factors, "were consistent with the effects observed in previous studies on younger women."

"Obviously, more women will die of breast cancer if the NCI fails in its duty to warn about the risks of OCs and abortion and if government funds are used to pay for both as a part of any healthcare bill," said Mrs. Malec.

A brief analysis of the study, Dolle et al. 2009, was provided by Dr. Joel Brind, professor of biology and endocrinology and deputy chair for biology at Baruch College, City University of New York.

Last year, studies from Turkey and China also reported statistically significant risk increases for women who had abortions.

Source: Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer

Fountains of Living Water: A New Season

I believe God showed me in a dream last night that the new season I am entering will be difficult, but will yield many blessings. Jesus even named the season in the dream, but I can't recall it now. Heart to heart relationships during this season, will cause unity to flow. Similar circumstances and trials bind us together.

Take heart, Beloved, Jesus knows the season we are in. He is with us!!! He will be with us now and forever!!!!

SMALL STRAWS IN A SOFT WIND by Marsha Burns

SMALL STRAWS IN A SOFT WIND by Marsha Burns -- Dec. 22, 2009:

Beloved, I have already brought warnings to you to guard your heart with all diligence. Be aware that the enemy is roaring around, looking for those who will get in his most dangerous territory through allowing their emotions to run wild. Guard your thoughts and emotions, and refuse to allow the devil to bring discouragement, disappointment and depression. Rise up and embrace My joy, says the Lord, and be strengthened in your inner man. Draw near to me, and place your hope in My love for you. Resist the devil, for there is no temptation too great for you to overcome.

1 Corinthians 10:13 "No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it."

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Consecrated Graduates From Art Institute

Consecrated graduated from the Art Institute of York (Formerly known as the Bradley Academy for Visual Arts) with an Associates Degree of Specialized Technology in Computer Animation this morning.

He was part of the Alpha Beta Kappa National Honor Society.

Congratulations, my dear son!!!!

I'M VERY PROUD OF YOU!!!!!

Some of his work is posted on this link.

Back to the Future: Jesus is Healing Our Past and Setting Up Our Future by Luke Holter

Hope, Identity and Breakthrough

I have found myself charged by the Lord as of late to call the Church into a place of hope, identity, and breakthrough. Many in the Body are dealing with great grief, and are looking to their past and letting hurts, failures, and mistakes determine where they go in their future. God is committed to us coming into a place where we align ourselves with our true identities as children of God. God desires to give us good gifts, to bless us, and to give us a future.

God wants us to be healed from our painful history and to find our identity in Jesus. "The issues" that make up who we are and how we live are found in "how we relate to our past and what we think of Jesus." Finding the grace in God to overcome your past is the key to what will unlock our hearts to move forward and into 2010—with wholeness. The Holy Spirit will reveal to us the places where we are held captive by bitterness, anger, and shame.

Our identity must first be established in our relationship with God or in intimacy with God. Our relationship with God is grounded as we encounter His thoughts and affections toward us. You have to know that your current circumstances are not punishment for some way you have failed God. If we have a confident relationship with Papa, we will not be waiting for the other shoe to drop, but instead we will overcome the negative aspects of our history and start to walk in confidence and purpose. If we agree with Heaven and literally start speaking the biblical truth of who we are before God, we will begin to soften and become accessible for healing.

A Vision of Healing the Past

The Holy Spirit walked me through a vision, where I saw a large group of people lined up in front of me, and showed me how He literally went into each person's past.
In one instance the Holy Spirit went in through the eyes of a woman in front of me, and He took me to this woman's bedroom when she was a child. She was lying on her side, crying in bed, and I watched as Holy Spirit started to cup His hands around her feet and breathed into His hands. This little girl started to slowly light up with a warm glow as if light was coming from inside of her and glowing through her skin.

I was then pulled back in front of this grown woman, tears were rolling down her face as she said, "I forgive you, dad." The Holy Spirit had literally gone back in time to when she was an abused little girl, and He healed that place in her heart.

Next, I saw an older man standing in line, and again I went on a journey with Holy Spirit and saw this man much younger sitting on his sofa, sobbing. His wife was explaining to him that she didn't love him anymore and was leaving him for another man. The man was left alone sobbing on his sofa as she said goodbye.

Then I watched as Holy Spirit rushed to him and started to put His hands around this young man's heart and breathe. The same event took place as above, and I saw this young man with a warm glow. Then again, I was pulled back and saw the older man now with tears rolling down his face. The man was looking straight forward and said, "I forgive you, sweetheart."
This was what was taking place with everyone in line. They were all allowing the Holy Spirit to go deep into their pain, hurts, and disappointments to heal them. God then said, "I am literally going back in time for the sake of your future."

Everyone in this line had luggage in their hands, and now at the front of the line was an airplane. Written on the side of the airplane was the phrase, "Acceleration to 2010," and I heard a voice in Heaven say, "If you're boarding the promises of God, you have to check your baggage." The luggage was too big and heavy to take on board this airplane of acceleration and had to be handed over to Jesus before boarding. As people chose to hand the luggage over to Jesus, He took their baggage from them.

We need to let go of the baggage in our lives and move forward with Him. God is dedicated to us going into our future—healed up and restored. We have so many wonderful things in our future as we grow in Christ Jesus, and our heart responses to situations that have hurt us are vital in our journey.

Let's choose to be brave and allow the Holy Spirit to go into our past so we can be made whole and released into our future! Make a decision today to not hold captive those past wounds and failures, but to trust Jesus with our past, present, and future. Today the Father wants us to choose to forgive.Declarative Prayer: Father, we trust You and give You permission to go into the deep places of our history and do a work of healing. Jesus, we forgive those who may have hurt us out of ignorance or even malice and we choose to give them to You.
I want you the reader to literally say, "Jesus, I give You 'person's name' and everything that this person did to me, Lord please forgive them." We invite You, Holy Spirit, to even now begin a work in our own hearts toward daily forgiveness. We choose to let these past hurts go for the sake of our future.

In Jesus name, Amen.

Luke Holter
Prophetic Sheep Ministries

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Book Review: Tilly

As my readers know, I volunteer for my local pregnancy center on a weekly basis. A few weeks ago, Donna, the client services director recommended that I read the novel, Tilly, by Frank E. Peretti.

I enjoyed the easy to read format, but more than that, the deep content revealed in its pages. The theme of this story is forgiveness, restoration, hope, and the power of Jesus' blood to wash away our most grievous sins.

Sin always comes with a price tag, and its cost may be our emotional health, BUT Jesus mercy and grace prevail!!!!

This book is not for the very young reader, because of the images of abortion portrayed through words.

Read this book if you desire an increase in compassion for women who have been deceived by the world to think that abortion is a personal "choice."

Beautiful Grace: Thought For the Day

I love it when I plan to tell Jesus about all the "stuff" going on in my life, and He tells me to just lay in His Presence and soak Him in. Suddenly, the "stuff," which still remains, fades into the background, and He becomes my focus.

How I love You, Jesus!!! I love You so much more than the things of this world!!!!

Psalm 73:28

"But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord God and made Him my refuge, that I may tell of all Your works."

Beautiful Grace: Thought For the Day

One of the biggest challenges faced in this life is not losing heart while pursuing a close, heart to heart relationship with Jesus. Others may view this attempt as the grasping of religion, but no matter what others think, Jesus knows!

Proverbs 29:25

"The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever leans on, trusts in, ...and puts his confidence in the Lord is safe and set on high."

10 Revelatory Keys for You to Use to Plant Your Heavens!

Dear Blogging Friends,

May you be encouraged to press through that which has been hindering your abandoned worship of King Jesus! Nothing past, present or future can stop us from clinging to our beautiful Savior!!!

With Much Love...

Beautiful Grace

by Chuck Peirce

Take your limits off of yourself! This is a time of enlargement and fulfillment. Your testings have produced new boundaries of authority in your life. Break old judgments that you have levied against yourself and others. See yourself and describe yourself the way God sees and describes you. You are fearfully and wonderfully made! Yes, times have been difficult, but in the midst of your testings the Lord has a done a great work in you. You are not the same this season as you were last season.

Resist legalistic tactics that prevent you from worshipping in a new way. Robert Heidler says this: “We must learn to discern between the wheat of grace and the tares of legalism. They look alike. They grow together. Grace is based in faith working through love. Legalism is based in fear and control which are workings of witchcraft. Religion and legalism will morph together to form witchcraft. Legalism ‘bewitches’ people into believing that after beginning by grace they can advance through legalism.”

In this season you must rehearse the Word! We must meditate on what God says until the power of that revelation enters our bloodstream and cell structure. We must learn to worship and minister in our homes. This is allowing our gifts to be activated in new ways in small groups. When the time comes that we are not free, we will already know how to continue in our homes. Take the points below and use them to speak into your life and the environment around you.

Linda Heidler is a Scribe in God’s House. She tries to capture the revelation that is coming forth each time we meet for corporate prayer, discuss in meetings what the Lord is saying from heaven, and when someone is prophesying. We then “watch” with this revelation. You do war with the prophetic word God gives you. I have a book about this called God’s Now Time For Your Life. Each week we send out prophetic words in our emailers to encourage you. I also prepare a daily prophetic devotion for you. Now, we will attempt to encapsulate 10 Points to help you war. From the last two weeks, here are TEN KEY REVELATORY WAR POINTS for you to decree into your atmosphere.

1. 
   In the season of “AYIN or “The Eye”, when God opens your eyes to the demonic realm in a greater dimension, we must see beyond the dark structure that we have discerned and view into the realm of God. The Lord is showing you the demonic so you will know what is resisting you or that which will attempt to block or discourage you. When you see these foes, do not be overwhelmed. Remember Elijah saw the “word and the demon gods” that Jezebel was aligned with and ran from his position of authority (1 Kings 19:1-2). This postponed the Lord’s plan to change the government of Israel.


2. 
   The Spirit of God is giving you the prophetic revelation you need before you need it. Be alert to LOOK AGAIN at what He has already said to you in the past seasons. He will now refresh His voice so you can gain the revelation you need now and see a manifestation of His grace and promise in your life.


3. 
   Like on a train, God has released engineering and conducting angels. The Spirit of God wants many things engineered (as in construction) and conducted (as in electricity) in this season. We are entering into a new 16 year Building Season. The apostolic leaders that are being raised up today will be downloading Heaven’s building plan for His Kingdom projects. Invite these angels as messengers to bring God’s plans.


4. 
   God will be sending some of His people into dark structures. Do not fear the darkness. He will give you “night vision” to see a path of righteousness through any unrighteous structure. This will be like moving in the Gulf Stream through the normal ocean currents. The Gulf Stream is a warm stream that originates in the Gulf of Mexico, goes through the Florida Straits and into the colder waters of the Atlantic Ocean. The demon forces will part like the Red Sea and will be held back while God’s children go into their new assignments. Look at all GIANTS as your food.


5. 
   We must go up to the source of the river. Just do not be looking at “jumping in the river” this season, but go to the source where the river is beginning. Go to the high places. Topple old Thrones of Iniquity, follow the river down, and break all dammed structures. Find your supply sources that have been held up in the last season. God is opening our eyes to see those in need and is filling our mouths with the word that will bring them past the plan of the enemy.


6. 
   There is a shout rising from us that will cause God to meet us with His shout. He will open the fountains of the deep to release the revelation for how to enlarge our tents and walk forward in this season. There is a shout deep in your belly where the “springs of living waters” exist. Play skillfully with this shout as it rises and flows from your mouth (Psalm 33).


7. 
   There is a new drink bubbling up within us that will expel bitterness, pain and sorrow.


8. 
   God will open our eyes to things we could not see in the last season so that He can activate the vision within us and finish what He has begun in us. He is Alpha and Omega. Alpha will show you what needs to be finished. Omega will show you how to walk things to the end.


9. 
   God is making our minds new. The crowns you received in the last season need to be cast at His feet. Those crowns were meant to be given to our Lord and not worn into this season. He is fitting us and giving us new crowns to present to Him. He is putting new turbans on our heads and developing a new mindset for a new season. Read Zechariah 3.
   


10. You will see Babylon arise in a new way. Do not fear. The kingdoms of the world are becoming His. This happens by us being sent like Daniel to be the greatest influencers in the Babylon system.

My Personal Times and Seasons Named by Weeks (8/8/09 to 11/7/09)

Each week, review what the Lord has been showing me or working in my life. My friend, Lidj, gave me the idea to actually name the weeks. My Jesus is so good to me. He has not left me alone in this world, orphaned. His grace fills my being and causes me to rise up.

May my personal times and seasons be an encouragement to you!!!



8/8/09 "New Beginnings, You Embrace My Heart."

8/15/09 "Do Not Despise the Day of Small Beginnings, For Little by Little the Enemy is Driven From the Land."

8/22/09 "Teach Me to War With Love, For It is the Most Powerful Weapon."

8/29/09 "Rest in Me; Be Still Before Me; Worship Me. It is I Who Break the Bonds. I Am the One Who Removes the Parasite. You Must Not Struggle in Body or in Soul. You Have Been Called to Worship Me, Spend Time With Me; Dance with Me; Lay Before Me, Beautiful Grace. Have I Not Promised to Shoot the Arrows?"

9/5/09 "The Irony of Answered Prayer"

9/12/09 "A Dream, A Word, A Life"

9/19/09 "Who You Are is God's Gift to You. What You Do with Yourself is Your Gift to God."

9/26/09 "Call Forth the Seed."

10/3/09 "Even a Hint of Gray on White, Still Darkens the Light."

10/10/09 "Gentleness and Calmness Prevent or Put to Stop Great Offenses."

10/17/09 "A New Season, A New Path"

10/24/09 "You Cover Me With the Shadow of Your Wings."

10/31/09 "A New Day Has Dawned."

11/7/09 "He Will Not Allow My Foot to Slip."


With Much Love...
Beautiful Grace

He Will Not Allow Me to Slip

"He will not allow your foot to slip or to be moved;

He Who keeps you will not slumber."

Psalm 121:3 (Amplified Bible)

Last night's dream:

I was walking over freshly mopped floors through the hallways of a school. I was concerned that I would slip on the wet floors, but I kept walking without slipping.

Part of this morning's Bible reading included Psalm 121! God was telling me that even though I am walking over slippy areas, He will not allow my foot to slip or be moved!!!

Thank You, my Jesus, for Your encouragement. It's just one of the very many reasons that I love You!!!

The Fish Philosophy: Getting Along With Others

Yesterday during orientation for me new job, we watched a video on the Fish Philosophy. This thought process began in a fish market in Seattle, Washington, and has grown into an effective way of getting along with others. I listed the four basic components below.

• Play- Have fun while working.

• Be There- When you're with someone, really BE with them.

• Make Their Day-Treat someone to a compliment or encourage them.

• Choose Your Attitude- You job may be difficult and stressful, but you still have the choice to be happy and upbeat.

Again, I am amazed at how many Christian traits are encouraged in a secular workplace. Thank You, Jesus, You are Incredible!!!

Have a Fishy Day!