Rebellion Leads to Death

Samuel said,

   "Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
   as in obeying the voice of the LORD?
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
   and to listen than the fat of rams.
For rebellion is as the sin of divination,
   and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the LORD,
    he has also rejected you from being king."
 Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice. 1 Sam 15:22-24 

Why did the Lord reject Saul?   Saul had a problem with those who were in authority over him. 
There is a way that seems right unto a man or woman but the end thereof brings death. Prov 14:12  
Every way of a man or woman is right in their own eyes,but the LORD weighs the heart. Prov 21:2 
Samuel was a Prophet and he spoke the Oracles of God and he was sent by the Lord to anoint Saul as King and give him a message.  The Lord spoke through Samuel and told Saul " Go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey." 1 Sam 15:3  Saul was just anointed as King.
He was probably very proud of himself and his new position of authority but he sought to use his new authority to gain wealth unrighteously.  Saul saw the wealth of the possessions in which these people had and he coveted these things not realizing that he already had them due to the fact that He had just been anointed as King.  
" Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep and of the oxen and of the fattened calves and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them. All that was despised and worthless they devoted to destruction." 1 Sam 15:9

And Samuel saw into Saul's heart and said ,
"Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel?
The LORD anointed you king over Israel. And the LORD sent you on a mission"  1 Sam 15:17   
Saul saw himself as being the little.  I did not see himself as being anointed and sent on a mission from the Lord.  When you do not see yourself as the Lord sees you then you can sometimes bring trouble upon yourself because as a man or woman thinks in their heart about themselves so they are. 
As in water face reflects face,so the heart of man reflects the man. Prov 27:19
If you think you are little then you will act as if you are little.
Saul acted as if he was a child coveting the toys of his playmates.
In order to pursue these actions Saul had to harden his heart to the Word of the Lord that was spoken to him.
"Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the wilderness,where your fathers put me to the test and saw my works for forty years."  Heb 3: 7-9
Blessed is the one who fears the LORD always,but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
Prov 28:14

This was a willful act of rebellion on Saul's part.

Deuteronomy gives us an example of what happened to a rebellious and stubborn child.
If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them, then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives, and they shall say to the elders of his city, 'This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.'  Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel shall hear, and fear.  Deut 21:18-21

Samuel said to Saul  "You have done foolishly. You have not kept the command of the LORD your God, with which he commanded you. For then the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. But now your kingdom shall not continue. The LORD has sought out a man after his own heart, and the LORD has commanded him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept what the LORD commanded you."  1  Sam  13: 13-15 


If you know what God has spoken to you and yet you think that you know a better way of doing things and you go ahead and do it your own way in a willful act of rebellion against the Lord how can you expect God to bless you?   Saul could have kept the anointing and kept his position as King if he had only chose to listen and obey what the Lord was telling him to do but the choice is given to us. What will you choose to do my friend?   What is the Lord speaking to you?   I'm pleading with you my friend to obey what the Lord has spoken to you so that you will be able to keep the anointing and the position of authority that God has given you.  

Sanctify Your Church Lord!

The word Sanctify means to make holy, to set apart as sacred, consecrate,
to entitle to reverance or respect, bless, hallow, anoint, enshrine, exalt. 

"Hear me, Levites! Now sanctify yourselves, and sanctify the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and carry out the filth from the holy place.
For our fathers have been unfaithful and have done what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord, and turned their backs. 
They also shut the doors of the vestibule and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense or offered burnt offering in the holy place to the God of Israel. 
Therefore the wrath of the Lord came on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has made them an object of horror, of astonishment, and of hissing, as you see with your own eyes. 
For lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. 
Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel, that his fierce anger may turn away from us.  My sons, do not now be negligent, for the Lord has chosen you to stand in his presence, to minister to him, and to be his ministers and burn incense to him.  2 Cron 29:5-11

Here we see that the wrath of the Lord came on Judah and Jerusalem because of the filth that was going on in the temple.  These people were unfaithful and did evil and turned their backs on God.  
You might ask, but what does this have to do with the Church?  
The eyes of the Lord are looking to and fro throughout the earth and He is seeing the filth that is going on in the Church and how although some people go to church faithfully every Sunday they do what is evil in his sight outside of the Church building and this is why they live in bondage and captivity. 
Its time we carry the filth out of the holy place of our spirits, souls and bodies!
 
The Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands.  Acts 7:48  
Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.   1 Cor 3:16-18
Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 1 Cor 6:19 


What agreement has the temple of God with idols?  For you are the temple of the living God.
As God has said: “ I will dwell in them and walk among them. I will be their God, and they shall be My people.” 2 Cor 6:16

And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,  in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.  Ephes 2:1
You are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,  having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,
 in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.  Ephes 2:19



The Lord is saying, "Enough is Enough" 

 Blow the trumpet in Zion, Consecrate a fast, Call a sacred assembly; Gather the people,
Sanctify the congregation, Assemble the elders, Gather the children and nursing babes;
Let the bridegroom go out from his chamber, And the bride from her dressing room.
Let the priests, who minister to the LORD,  Weep between the porch and the altar;
Let them say, “Spare Your people, O LORD, And do not give Your heritage to reproach,
That the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples,
‘ Where is their God?’”    Joel 2:15-17 

 Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.  1 Thess  5:23

Sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear. 1 Peter 3:15

Divine Power

You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you Acts 1:8
His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us to His own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us His precious and very great promises, that through these you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of passion, and become partakers of the divine nature.    2 Peter 1:3
The same power that came upon you when you received the impartation of the Holy Spirit is the same power that will give you what you have need of.  He has called you to partake of His divine Glory and Nature.  As you abide in His Glory and in His presence.  The Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trial, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgement.  2 Peter 2:9  
Through the revelation that we have received in the Word of God and by the Holy Spirit we have the power to escape the corruption that is in the world and become the Sons of God that He created us to be. Eye has not seen and ear has not heard what God has prepaired for those who love Him. 

Love your Enemies

Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,  bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. Col 3:12-14

We are given a choice to put compassionate hearts of kindness and humility and patience when we are faced with things in our lives that just flat out have a way of getting on our nerves.  
You ever had a day in which nothing seemed to go right?   
It was just one thing after another and it made you wonder why all that stuff was happening and if God was really on the throne?  
We can allow ourselves to get bitter or we can choose to forgive.   

For if you forgive men their trespasses, your Heavenly Father also will forgive you; but if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.  Matt 6:14 

I have had times in my own life where I cried out to God telling him but so in so said this to me and so in so did that to me and He gently reminds me that He cannot forgive me if I will not forgive these people so I end up having to humble myself and forgive and when I do I find the forgiveness and mercy that I need. 

You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.  But I say to you, Do not resist one who is evil. But if any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also; and if any one would sue you and take your coat, let him have your cloak as well; and if any one forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.  Give to him who begs from you, and do not refuse him who would borrow from you.  You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. 
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in Heaven; for He makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.   Matt 5: 38-45

Great Exploits

The Lord says " I am mobilizing my Church.  There have been some of you who have been sitting on the sidelines of the game of life watching and waiting and hoping that I would come and tap you on the shoulder and say get in there and play.  Now is the time my son, my daughter.  I am tapping YOU on the shoulder and putting you in the game.  You have felt as if I had placed you in a box and put you on a shelf or in a drawer but NO LONGER shall you feel this way for now is the time that I am bringing forth my ENTIME MINISTERS who shall not stand in the wisdom of man but will stand in my power and in my authority just as Elijah did and just as my Son did so shall YOU do and even GREATER EXPLOITS shall you do because I AM with you.  I shall bring much glory to my Name.  As you give me the Glory, the stronger I shall become in and through you. 
I want my Church to know that each and every person has a gift and a talent which I am anointing now and I am bringing them forth and I am going to be using that which I have given to them to bring in the lost for the fields are white unto the harvest.

Humble Yourself

You shall remember the whole way that the LORD Jehovah your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.  Deut 8:2 

The wilderness that you have been going through is not meant to destroy you but it is meant to HUMBLE YOU.  Only when the Lord Jehovah knows the true intentions of your heart will HE be able to entrust you with the true riches of HIS GLORY.  

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.  Luke 18:14
"God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble." James 4:6
Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you. James 4:10 

For the last two nights the Lord has gave me two dreams.  In them I saw two big name Preachers who are known worldwide.  I asked the Lord for the interpretation and He revealed to me that these two ministers were going to miss out on this next great Entime Latter Rain Revival because they would be too busy trying to bring glory to THEMSELVES rather then bringing glory to God.  One was busy playing a game with the lives of the people of God and his own staff members were attempting to warn him of what was about to come to pass if he didn't stop playing his game but he refused to listen. 
The next minister was actually walking in lust and because the Holy Spirit anointing was no longer on his life he was as Saul.  Remember who Saul prophesied when the Spirit of the Lord came upon him?  This man once moved with a Prophetic anointing upon his life but now he had to have his staff members Prophesy over people because the Holy Spirit no longer was able to speak through him as HE once did. 

The Lord spoke that we are to be careful and we are not to TAKE the GLORY.  All Glory must go to HIM.  Without HIM we are NOTHING!    If you want to be someone who will be able to touch and minister to this generation then you must have HUMILITY. 

"Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.  Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.  Matt 18:3-5 

There are so many Ministers out there today who are promoting themselves instead of promoting the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  They are attempting to build their own little kingdoms instead of being like Nehemiah and building up the Kingdom of God.  You have to keep the sword of the Word of God in one hand and keep building with the other.  

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you.
1 Peter 5:6

I am the LORD; that is my name; my glory I give to no other,nor my praise to carved idols.  Isaiah 42:8

For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it,for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another. Isaiah 48:11

Give glory to the LORD your God before he brings darkness,before your feet stumble on the twilight mountains,and while you look for ligh the turns it into gloom and makes it deep darkness. Jer 13:16

The Holy Spirit Speaks

Thus Saith the Lord
" I am always speaking to my Church.  I am always speaking to my Body but they do not always hear me because the cares of this world crowd out my voice and make it sound distant.  This is like interferance on a cell phone call you sometimes cannot hear what is being said. 
Tell my church to get ready and make themselves clean, sanctify themselves for my return, call for a fast, seek my face for time is running out and the prophecies are being fulfilled.  Not one jot or tittle shall go unfulfilled but phophecy shall unfold in the days ahead. 
Have I not spoken it and shall I not bring it to pass?  Nation shall rise up against nations and wickedness shall rule in high places, rumors of wars and devastation resulting from natural disasters throughout the world.  These are the birthing pains of what is to come . 
You know my Word but yet you do not study it for if you had truely studied it you would not be so shocked to see what is happening in the world right now. 
I am bringing to pass what has already been spoken over your life.  I am hastening my Spirit to perform it.  Even now I have my angels going two and fro across the earth battling to manifest my promises to you and to all my Church.  There has been a warefare in the Heavenlies but no more!  I have cut your enemy down.  There have been many enemies but each one I have removed out of your life and they have not been able to hurt you anymore. 
The devastation in Japan was foretold and my Japanese people were told about me and my Son.  Some believed and they are with me now in Heaven and others refused to believe and so now they suffer. 
Those whoes hearts are not fully turned towards me will not be able to withstand the mark of the beast.  Those who are weak in their love for me will not be able to endure what is coming.  Church you must rise up and be strong.  You must stand in my strength and abilities for there is warefare which has begun for SOULS and only the soul that abides in me and my Word shall endure and overcome the days ahead. So sanctify a fast and prepair to stand strong in faith and not waver!  Do not be double minded anymore but stand! " 

A Certain Samaritan

A certain Samaritan journeying came to him, and seeing [him], was moved with compassion,
and came up [to him] and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine; and having
put him on his own beast, took him to [the] inn and took care of him.

And on the morrow [as he left], taking out two denarii he gave them to the innkeeper,
and said to him,

Take care of him, and whatsoever thou shalt expend more,  I  will render to thee on my coming back. 
Luke 10:33-35   


When was the last time you allowed yourself to be moved with COMPASSION to do something?   This week we have saw pictures from Japan which depict the devastation and destruction that an Earthquake and Tsunami can do to any structure standing in their way.  There are teams of Samaritans on the ground looking for the survivors in the midst of the rubble.

This got me thinking about the millions of souls that go to church every Sunday and sit on the pews around us and yet they are bound and suffering from one thing or another and have a need for someone to reach out to them in the compassion of the Lord and bind up their wounds.    Just this last Sunday my husband and I encountered a couple who were suffering because their home was involved in a fire.   We would have never known if we had not taken the time to allow the compassion of the Lord rise up within us to pour out the oil and wine into their wounds.  

I want to encourage you today my friends to reach out with the compassion and love that the Lord has given you and pour it out upon the hurting and those who are in need around you and watch and see the healing miracles that God will bring into their lives.  

A Call to Deliver

Brethren, If a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual RESTORE such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted.    Gal 6:1 

This scripture is addressed to the Body of Christ.  If we are filled with the Holy Spirit then we are qualified to be able to minister restoration to our fellow believers who have backslidden or have been trapped or bound by sin. 

A demonstration of restoration can be found in the life of Lazarus being raised from the dead but he was still bound head to foot with his linen graveclothes.   If you notice in John 11:44 it says " And when He who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth.  Jesus said to them,  LOOSE HIM, AND LET HIM GO." 

It was not Jesus's responsibility to unwrap and untie these graveclothes from Lazarus but instead he commanded the disciples to do it.  How many people do you know that are suffering from bondages and are bound by sin?   You have been entrusted with a ministry of deliverance.   Since you are spiritual you are qualified to set the captives free so go forth my friend and bring the deliverance that people are searching for.  

Armor of Light

It is time to wake up, wake up out of your slumber. The night is now over and the day is almost spent. Its time to put away the deeds of darkness and put on the armour of light.

You are the children of the light so walk in my Spirit. My Spirit is Love for all humanity. I have compassion towards all mankind and I groan and yearn that they might come into a personal relationship with me. I am lonely for their fellowship.

There are some that say that they are mine and yet they walk in darkness still because they have not yielded themselves to the fullness of my Holy Spirit. Why would you choose darkness and sin and death when I offer you eternal life, love and peace?

The armour of light I give you will repell every circumstance that comes your way that would try to damage your souls. Be careful, be watchful for your enemy is marching through the land seeking whom he may devour. You must show him that you will not be intimidated by his sneers, his comments, his lies, his false accusations.

Stand your ground rooted and grounded in my word and nothing shall by any means hurt or harm you.
Make a joyful noise unto me now for I have given you the victory over your present circumstances!

Execute MY Authority

I have for a long time been withstanding the forces of darkness that have populated the earth. These powers and principalities and rulers of the darkness have had to bow their knees and tremble at the sound of my voice but I am desiring to give this very same power and authority to my Church. The problem is they have not been willing to execute my authority.

I have given them the keys to unlock the door but still they sit idly by and watch as signs and destruction comes upon the earth and wonder why are these calamaties happening? It is because they do not execute my authority in the earth. They do not realize that I created them to rule and to reign with me in Heavenly places. They are in this world but they are not of this world. They are here on a mission.

This is not time to sit back and allow the enemy to invade and control. You have the power to withstand and hold back the antichrist if you would simply speak my name. At the mention of my name demons tremble and flee. You do not realize the power I have placed on the inside of you. Now is the time for you to use it. Now rise up Church and execute my will on Earth as it is in Heaven!

Time for Me

I love you with an everlasting love.

I desire to throw my arms around you in compassion and mercy but you have been
too busy for me in your life.  

You have this appointment and that appointment and this scheduled and that thing to attend.



Where do I fit into your schedule?

Thus Saith the Lord

Because you have asked me to bring you out of financial bondage and captivity I shall do it. No more shall you be a bondservant and slave to your mortgage note and your car note. I will bring you supernatural deliverance from these things. I desire that you prosper. I desire that you have freedom in your finances in order that you might become a blessing to others.


If my people will humble themselves and turn from their wickedness I would heal their land and this includes their finances. Financial security must be based on my principles not man's principles.

You my child are no longer a bondservant but you are my friend. As my friend I am desirous to bless you because I love you. My love is not an earthly love but my love is from everlasting to everlasting.

God Knows How you are Laboring

When you read the chapter of 1 Kings 19 you see a picture of Elijah the Prophet who was scared and was running for his life and God asks him "What are you doing here?" His fear had taken him to a place that God did not want him to be at. He was in hiding because he had the mentality that he was the only Prophet left. "I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away" God's response to his stinking thinking was to command him to get out of his comfort zone of that cave.


Verse 15-16

"And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria:
16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room.

It was like the Lord was saying ok you think your the only one left well its time you went out and made a disciple who will carry on with the mantle I have placed upon your life.

He then rebukes Elijah for his me,me,me, I,I,I mentality.

In verse 18 when he said " I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him." He is reminding him that he is not the only one left. I'm sure that this reassured him enough to give him the courage to do what the Lord was commanding him.

He found Elisha in verse 19

He departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him.

If you are plowing and laboring today. I have good news for you God knows where you are and what you are doing! He is saying your days of laboring are over! Now is the time that the mantle of the Prophet is being cast upon us. There is a Prophetic revival taking place right now and we are about to see people that were plowing moving in the miraculous signs, miracles and wonders!