2009
Dear friends-
This morning I was meditating on the "joy of the Lord." Over the years I have heard many definitions of it.
This morning I got up early. And I spent some time with the Lord. It was not too long before the grandchildren started trudging up the stairs. Lately my grandson Jacob and I have developed a "routine" of sorts. While Tina is getting ready for work Jacob and I go in my room and we sit on the bed and read. He goes and gets books and then he climbs up on the bed. He sits there and imitates lions and ducks and kittens and dogs. This morning we were reading Little Ducklings. And he just sat there as we counted the 8 ducklings and imitated the ducks. And then it was time for him to go. Each morning he goes to his day care after we visit. And he does not want to go. He will let me put on his shoes and his jacket, but then he realizes we are going to be apart. And each night when he gets hoe, he runs to spend time with me.
The Lord told me that what I feel for Jacob (And the others.), is "the joy of the Lord." Or more precisely, the feeling I have for spending time with him. And he told me that the change for believers for the year 2009 would not be the laughter, (though that is one description) or the feeling of freedom(though that is another) but understanding the TREMENDOUS love the Father has for each of us. And he told me for many it would begin in the head. Just as we have to "mouth" the words of forgiveness to prime the pump, I felt that this would be much like that. We would need to prime the pump. What may begin in the natural will end up in the supernatural. And like the prodigal's father awaiting his return so is the Lord's desire for you to come into His presence.
So, number one for 2009. YOU ARE THE JOY OF THE LORD!
And prodigals. Each year we hear this word. Well as 2008 begin to climb it's final steps, I felt an overwhelming sense of the "salvation of the Lord." And in the last few days I have witnessed salvations coming to the lost AND a return of the PRODIGAL. Here is what the Lord is saying. The seed of the righteous SHALL NOT PERISH! Do not worry(Be anxious for nothing!); but honor God with your faith in Him. Worry is a product of fear-based faith; rather than exercising your faith in God's ability to turn things around. What you need to be doing is putting your faith in what God's word says about you and your children, and if you don't know, then do a little research on what He does say about you so that you can believe God for the right answer, rather than focusing on the problem.
Even if it seems your children are as far as they can get away from the Lord, base your faith on scripture, for example: Proverbs 11:21, states with confidence that "the seed of the righteous shall be delivered". Believe that His promises will come to pass, pray for their protection and believe that He is protecting them, and speak them whenever your children come to mind, rather than worrying about any particular circumstance, because nothing is too difficult for God.
My personal confession has been that my children are SAVED. Not prodigals.
Number two is that the prodigals are saved and are coming home.
Number three is that the salvation of the Lord is here in a large way.
Peace...
Number four is peace. I have seen so many anxious and the like. A few weeks ago, I felt the Lord say that He is going to bring peace. How many have cried out for peace and not "felt" it? Be anxious for nothing. That is your part. Establish your faith in that word. Be anxious for nothing and pray "like crazy" for everything. As we do our part, the scriptures tell us that
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:6-7) We worry not, we pray and God comes along and blesses us with a supernatural peace.
And the Lord is reaching out to us in a super way. This year has all the fixings in the natural to be a real doozy. But the Lord has provided well for his people. I have heard we are at the end, in the middle and even clueless. I have been meditating on what the Lord has been saying about a "move of God." I clearly heard Him say "you are a move of God." His people are the move of God. Oh you can pray for a move of God, but this is the year that the answer is in you. The completed work of the cross. The supernatural workings of the Lord are in you. Like the famous spaghetti sauce commercial. "It's in there!" Well, He is in you. Jesus gave us great and precious promises for us to fulfill His work.
Number five-YOU ARE THE NEXT MOVE OF THE LORD!
As I have meditated on things, I know that the world and it's economy is in total fail mode. We are looking at trillions like our bedroom piggie bank. There is speculation here in the US as to "can we make it." Hypoinflation is happening and currency is stopping. Fortunately the currency of heaven is faith and grace. The allowance of these to operate bring response.
And I sit there as I view things I say the door is open for outbursts of technology to reverberate. But inventions without plans and financing are just numbers on a shelf. Technology has reached an all time high and we are still in trouble. Integrity in business appears to be at an all time low. Ironically, just as the gifts are without repentance, nothing can stop the appearance of ideas, but without integrity the finances evaporate and the motion is stopped. We will see people who do not know the Lord operating with a new found understanding of integrity and "righteousness." Watch as the vacuum left by large vehicle manufacturers and the like are quickly filled by smaller companies. There will be a struggle against the global thinking. The idea of "buy American" will begin to manifest here. There is a beginning of an overpowering of the wrongness of the working of the government. A type of anarchy (because it is against the government.) is being manifested. While Kissinger can talk about a "new world order" and Obama being at the head of it, the people are becoming full. A breaking poit is in the making. The deafness is being corrected. The vision being cleared. In our own country we have gone from a fagricultural mentality to an industrial mentality to a technology mentality. There will be attempts to return to the first two, but technology will win out. And we will see a shift in gas prices beginning in February imposed by "governments" and this will soon move tech people to the forefront. Because people will "not" buy into the taxation issues. There will be a new realm of "teachers" in the workplace and people of distinction will be born out of this. While few will "win" gold medals, many gifts will be released to the forefront.
And the body of Christ. We will see many turn towards us as we move down from the "pulpit" and into the pews. The church that abides will be the church that recognizes it's position in the community as a piece and a peace. The church will leave it's services for people in need. The gatherings will be more socially oriented as people allow the release of the Lord through themselves. This is not reducing the sovereignty of the Lord but establishing the church as sons. Carrying the burdens of the Lord to the people. And the burdens of the people to the Lord. There will be shifts of many as "holes" are filled and the "nets" are secured.
That's it for the moment.
Blessings,
Lee
Pillars Of Clouds& Fire Ministries
88 WCFR Drive
Springfield, Vermont 05156
802-384-3993
Building relationships for the goodness of our region.
www.pocafministries.org
This morning I was meditating on the "joy of the Lord." Over the years I have heard many definitions of it.
This morning I got up early. And I spent some time with the Lord. It was not too long before the grandchildren started trudging up the stairs. Lately my grandson Jacob and I have developed a "routine" of sorts. While Tina is getting ready for work Jacob and I go in my room and we sit on the bed and read. He goes and gets books and then he climbs up on the bed. He sits there and imitates lions and ducks and kittens and dogs. This morning we were reading Little Ducklings. And he just sat there as we counted the 8 ducklings and imitated the ducks. And then it was time for him to go. Each morning he goes to his day care after we visit. And he does not want to go. He will let me put on his shoes and his jacket, but then he realizes we are going to be apart. And each night when he gets hoe, he runs to spend time with me.
The Lord told me that what I feel for Jacob (And the others.), is "the joy of the Lord." Or more precisely, the feeling I have for spending time with him. And he told me that the change for believers for the year 2009 would not be the laughter, (though that is one description) or the feeling of freedom(though that is another) but understanding the TREMENDOUS love the Father has for each of us. And he told me for many it would begin in the head. Just as we have to "mouth" the words of forgiveness to prime the pump, I felt that this would be much like that. We would need to prime the pump. What may begin in the natural will end up in the supernatural. And like the prodigal's father awaiting his return so is the Lord's desire for you to come into His presence.
So, number one for 2009. YOU ARE THE JOY OF THE LORD!
And prodigals. Each year we hear this word. Well as 2008 begin to climb it's final steps, I felt an overwhelming sense of the "salvation of the Lord." And in the last few days I have witnessed salvations coming to the lost AND a return of the PRODIGAL. Here is what the Lord is saying. The seed of the righteous SHALL NOT PERISH! Do not worry(Be anxious for nothing!); but honor God with your faith in Him. Worry is a product of fear-based faith; rather than exercising your faith in God's ability to turn things around. What you need to be doing is putting your faith in what God's word says about you and your children, and if you don't know, then do a little research on what He does say about you so that you can believe God for the right answer, rather than focusing on the problem.
Even if it seems your children are as far as they can get away from the Lord, base your faith on scripture, for example: Proverbs 11:21, states with confidence that "the seed of the righteous shall be delivered". Believe that His promises will come to pass, pray for their protection and believe that He is protecting them, and speak them whenever your children come to mind, rather than worrying about any particular circumstance, because nothing is too difficult for God.
My personal confession has been that my children are SAVED. Not prodigals.
Number two is that the prodigals are saved and are coming home.
Number three is that the salvation of the Lord is here in a large way.
Peace...
Number four is peace. I have seen so many anxious and the like. A few weeks ago, I felt the Lord say that He is going to bring peace. How many have cried out for peace and not "felt" it? Be anxious for nothing. That is your part. Establish your faith in that word. Be anxious for nothing and pray "like crazy" for everything. As we do our part, the scriptures tell us that
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:6-7) We worry not, we pray and God comes along and blesses us with a supernatural peace.
And the Lord is reaching out to us in a super way. This year has all the fixings in the natural to be a real doozy. But the Lord has provided well for his people. I have heard we are at the end, in the middle and even clueless. I have been meditating on what the Lord has been saying about a "move of God." I clearly heard Him say "you are a move of God." His people are the move of God. Oh you can pray for a move of God, but this is the year that the answer is in you. The completed work of the cross. The supernatural workings of the Lord are in you. Like the famous spaghetti sauce commercial. "It's in there!" Well, He is in you. Jesus gave us great and precious promises for us to fulfill His work.
Number five-YOU ARE THE NEXT MOVE OF THE LORD!
As I have meditated on things, I know that the world and it's economy is in total fail mode. We are looking at trillions like our bedroom piggie bank. There is speculation here in the US as to "can we make it." Hypoinflation is happening and currency is stopping. Fortunately the currency of heaven is faith and grace. The allowance of these to operate bring response.
And I sit there as I view things I say the door is open for outbursts of technology to reverberate. But inventions without plans and financing are just numbers on a shelf. Technology has reached an all time high and we are still in trouble. Integrity in business appears to be at an all time low. Ironically, just as the gifts are without repentance, nothing can stop the appearance of ideas, but without integrity the finances evaporate and the motion is stopped. We will see people who do not know the Lord operating with a new found understanding of integrity and "righteousness." Watch as the vacuum left by large vehicle manufacturers and the like are quickly filled by smaller companies. There will be a struggle against the global thinking. The idea of "buy American" will begin to manifest here. There is a beginning of an overpowering of the wrongness of the working of the government. A type of anarchy (because it is against the government.) is being manifested. While Kissinger can talk about a "new world order" and Obama being at the head of it, the people are becoming full. A breaking poit is in the making. The deafness is being corrected. The vision being cleared. In our own country we have gone from a fagricultural mentality to an industrial mentality to a technology mentality. There will be attempts to return to the first two, but technology will win out. And we will see a shift in gas prices beginning in February imposed by "governments" and this will soon move tech people to the forefront. Because people will "not" buy into the taxation issues. There will be a new realm of "teachers" in the workplace and people of distinction will be born out of this. While few will "win" gold medals, many gifts will be released to the forefront.
And the body of Christ. We will see many turn towards us as we move down from the "pulpit" and into the pews. The church that abides will be the church that recognizes it's position in the community as a piece and a peace. The church will leave it's services for people in need. The gatherings will be more socially oriented as people allow the release of the Lord through themselves. This is not reducing the sovereignty of the Lord but establishing the church as sons. Carrying the burdens of the Lord to the people. And the burdens of the people to the Lord. There will be shifts of many as "holes" are filled and the "nets" are secured.
That's it for the moment.
Blessings,
Lee
Pillars Of Clouds& Fire Ministries
88 WCFR Drive
Springfield, Vermont 05156
802-384-3993
Building relationships for the goodness of our region.
www.pocafministries.org
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