Lana Vawser: "Many Prophets are Now Moving into an Upgrade of Vision" - The Elijah List

Lana Vawser: "Many Prophets are Now Moving into an Upgrade of Vision"

The Elijah List Jan 25, 2018

From the desk of Steve Shultz:

This is a most exciting word for many of God's prophets...God is increasing gifts this hour and bringing much more clarity to the Body of Christ.

I know the prophetic road is certainly not an easy one...as many are persecuted and criticized in what they share. It's a part of the journey. So...I want all of you prophetic people to be freshed and encouraged in Lana Vawser's word here:

Many prophets are now moving into an upgrade of vision. The Lord is about to take you into a realm of hearing from Him and seeing through His eyes that is on a level you have not experienced before. The Lord is going to take many of you deeper into the Word—into stories that you have known all of your life—but in this season, the Holy Spirit will unlock some of the greatest keys of revelation that you have received.

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"Many Prophets are Now Moving into an Upgrade of Vision"

Lana Vawser, Brisbane, Australia

The Lord has been speaking to me since last year regarding vision, and how imperative and important it is for the Body of Christ to have eyes to see and ears to hear what the Spirit is saying—to be aligned and engaged with what the Spirit of God is saying to the churches.

Since crossing over into 2018, I have been sensing an incredible amount of confusion in the atmosphere. There has been a lot of fear that has been swirling around, and the Lord has been showing me many who have been battling with "confusion" over the vision.

Upgrade in Vision—New Realms and New Depths

"...He desires that the prophets would keep wisdom close, stay yielded to Him and His Spirit and stay low in the secret place."

Many prophets are now moving into an upgrade of vision. The Lord is about to take you into a realm of hearing from Him and seeing through His eyes that is on a level you have not experienced before. The Lord is going to take many of you deeper into the Word—into stories that you have known all of your life—but in this season, the Holy Spirit will unlock some of the greatest keys of revelation that you have received.

I saw many prophets so deep in the Word of God, so deep in the truth of Scripture and encountering Jesus, that the Lord was releasing these keys of revelation which were then being birthed into arrows of fire.

These arrows of fire were then going to be released as prophetic words into the Body of Christ and they were going to bring a change of direction, a cleansing, a purifying and an igniting.

For there are encounters upon many prophets in this season where the fire (like the fire John the Baptist carried to prepare the way for Jesus) is going to be imparted into these prophets. The prophets will be rising up in such increase in strategic prophetic words from God, and with greater accuracy and clarity, which will call the Church to prepare for the greatest move of God we have seen upon the earth. The voices will rise up more and more with the sound of "Cleanse your hearts, prepare your hearts—He's coming!"

They will carry not hearts of judgment, criticism or slander, but hearts of love, hearts of encouragement, and hearts to bring correction with love and rooted in Biblical truth. 

They will speak the words of the Lord with such integrity and purity, because they have been in the heart of the Father. 

They have not sat with the Father just to "get words". They have remained in the heart of the Father to hear what He is saying, to know Him, and to carry His heart wherever they go. As a result, every word they release will be full of His encouragement, edification, comfort and exhortation. (Photo via Unsplash)

Declaration Over God's Prophets

Because of the prophetic words that are going to be entrusted to many prophets in this season and the level of fire and breaker anointing upon these words, the enemy has come in against many of them with such confusion, fear and attack on vision.

I prophesy over these prophets of His heart:

You are about to move into a whole new world of vision. This is your greatest season of encountering the heart of God. This is your greatest season of intimacy with the Lord thus far. Many of you have been feeling an attack on your intimacy and secret place, and that is because you are moving into the greatest season of intimacy with the Lord that you have ever had. The Lord is about to entrust you with some of the most beautiful, treasured, amazing secrets of His heart; firstly because you are His friend, and He shares His secrets with His friends, and secondly to prepare the Church.

I prophesy that you are about to see FIRE UPON THE VISION. Where the enemy has attempted to bring confusion and such fear upon the vision God has for you and through you for 2018, you are not only about to see with tremendous clarity, but you are about to see the fire of His presence, His love, and passion increase within the vision.

You are going to see further than you imagined. You are going to see with sharper clarity than you have seen, and you are going to release the fire of God in such increase as you prophesy. The favor of God is going to fall upon the words that you speak as they are spoken from His heart with love, humility and integrity.

The Lord will take His words through you and they will spread further than you can imagine. This won't be for your glory, but for the glory of God and for the words of the Lord through you to bring change, breakthrough, healing and comfort to many; but most importantly, to draw them closer to Jesus and to know His ways.

Keep Wisdom Close and Stay Yielded and Low

In this increase of vision, with a greater entrusting of words from His heart and favor, I felt the Lord release a warning to me for prophets: He desires that the prophets would keep wisdom close, stay yielded to Him and His Spirit, and stay low in the secret place.

"Many prophets are now moving into an upgrade of vision. The Lord is about to take you into a realm of hearing from Him and seeing through His eyes that is on a level you have not experienced before."

For in this divine upgrade of vision—of greater entrustment with His heart and revelation—I saw the enemy looking for ways to come in and to cause pride to rise in the hearts of the prophets. I saw the enemy looking for the places in the hearts of prophets that were not yielded or places that were wounded and not surrendered to the Lord. In these places the enemy wanted to come in and bring a temptation of pride. 

The Lord showed me that the safeguard is staying close to Him. Stay yielded. Stay low and surrendered in the secret place and stay accountable to others. Keep short accounts with the Lord and let not the exhortation of James 1:5 leave you:

"And if anyone longs to be wise, ask God for wisdom and He will give it!" (The Passion Translation)

"As wisdom increases, a great treasure is imparted, greater than many bars of refined gold. It is a more valuable commodity than gold and gemstones, for there is nothing you desire that could compare to her." (Proverbs 3:14-15 The Passion Translation)

"For wisdom comes when you adore Him with undivided devotion and avoid everything that's wrong." (Proverbs 3:7 The Passion Translation)

Some of the encounters and the revelation from the Lord we'll experience and release will be so weighty, so beautiful to bring such a shift in the Body of Christ, that you must surround yourself with wise counsel and community. 

Stay deep in the Word and remain in the place of humility; close to His heart so the enemy will find no entry point. (Photo via Unsplash)

Prophets of His heart, the season upon you with the Lord is glorious. Take heart, for the attack on your vision and the confusion has been to prevent you from moving into this deeper place of intimacy and revelation with the Lord, but the Lord is breaking it. You are truly moving into a whole new glorious day with the Lord and a level of prophetic understanding unlike you have known.

The heavenly encounters, the throne room encounters, the encounters with His glory will leave you undone. Continue to invite His fire to come and to do all that He needs to do in you and through you. Watch as some of the most powerful words are released through you in this season to prepare and equip the Church to receive, recognize and see the new move of His Spirit upon us. It just may look very different to what they expect. (To Subscribe to the Elijah List subscribe here.)

Lana Vawser
Lana Vawser Ministries 
Email: lanavawser@gmail.com
Website: www.lanavawser.com

Lana Vawser is an active member of the Australian Prophetic Council and releases prophetic words for the Body of Christ and nations, and is featured regularly on The Elijah List and in Charisma Magazine. She is also an itinerant preacher and revivalist who is traveling regularly with her family, seeing powerful moves of God. Lana has a strong, prophetic voice and has a heart to see the Body of Christ develop deep intimacy with Jesus and actively hear His voice each day. 

She also has a heart to see people set free and walk in all that Jesus has purchased for them as they carry Christ into their world each day, awakened to His nature and who they are in Him. Lana is married to Kevin, and they are living in Brisbane, Australia, with their two sons.

Lana Vawser: "Weary Ones, You Will See the Seeds of Promise Faster Than You Realize" - THE ELIJAH LIST

Lana Vawser: "Weary Ones, You Will See the Seeds of Promise Faster Than You Realize"

THE ELIJAH LIST Oct 28, 2017

     From the desk of Steve Shultz:

This is a "wow" word for the weary ones out there...for sure. I think many have dealt with great weariness in seasons past, and are so ready for a breakthrough from God. This latest word by Lana Vawser is like living waters...that will bring refreshing where needed.

See if you relate to this word of the Lord by Lana:

"Many of these weary ones have been battered. They have been bruised. They have been beaten around in this season; but they have remained faithful... I say unto you today, My beautiful ones: You WILL see the seeds of promise, the seeds of obedience, the seeds of praise and the seeds of declaration, come to fruition—faster than you realize."

Now that's good. Please forward this on to as many people as you can...know that, "God will do what He said He would do"...and that word is a now word for you! (To Subscribe to the Elijah List subscribe here.)

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"Weary Ones, You Will See the Seeds of Promise Faster Than You Realize"

Lana Vawser, Brisbane, Australia

The Lord is releasing wisdom to the weary right now. He showed me many in the Body of Christ that are still SO WEARY and feeling discouraged because of circumstances surrounding their promise(s).

These "out of left field" events that have come and challenged the promise and shaken the promises have left many in such a deep place of weariness. Yet there's another fight for hope, yet another fight to continue to stand, yet another fight to continue to keep believing and keep hopes up. The Lord showed me many feeling disorientated again, like their heads are spinning and questions are bubbling up again.

Wisdom for the Weary

"In the fire you have found His heart more than ever. In the fire you have found Him in a whole new way. He is increasing your eyes to see and ears to hear—to carry the wisdom of Heaven for your own life and to encourage and edify others."

I felt the Lord's heart so strongly for these weary, disorientated ones. I heard Him say, "WISDOM is coming to the WEARY." He is releasing divine wisdom, insight, clarity, discernment and encouragement for what is going on right now.

There is a deeper level of revelation coming to the weary ones regarding where the Lord is leading them, what the Lord is saying and what is before them, that is going to heal their hearts. It is going to heal the weariness.

I heard the Lord say:

"Many of these weary ones have been battered. They have been bruised. They have been beaten around in this season; but they have remained faithful. They have remained in the place of intimacy with Me, where their hearts are continually leaning into Me and open to Me. They have not turned their hearts to another, but they have continued to seek Me in purity, and worship Me in the mystery, and continue to lay themselves before Me again with their hearts crying out to Me, 'Lord, I don't understand, but I love You! Your will be done, Your will be done. My life is Yours.'

"I have heard these cries. I have heard the sacrifice of praise. I have seen the obedience and My heart is moved by the weary ones that have continued to remain faithful to Me in the discouragement, in the ferocious battle and in the pain. I say unto you today My beautiful ones: Come to Me, all who are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. There is a rest coming upon you, My beautiful ones, that is going to rejuvenate you, refresh you and fill you afresh with joy, expectation and vision for the future.

"Disappointment, weariness and discouragement in the battle has stolen so much of your joy, so much of your passion, and so much of your vision for the future. Many of you have been targeted with an assignment from the enemy to steal the promises and the seed of breakthrough that I am releasing to you and you have been unaware. (Photo via Pixabay)

"The weariness has caused an exhaustion to not be able to fight much more. But today I declare to you, My beautiful ones, the truth: YOUR HARVEST TIME IS UPON YOU and the adversary is attempting to take you out through exhaustion and weariness before you enter your HARVEST season.

"I say unto you today, My beautiful ones: You WILL see the seeds of promise, the seeds of obedience, the seeds of praise and the seeds of declaration, come to fruition—faster than you realize."

Where There Has Been Great Weariness, You Shall Now Carry Greater Wisdom of My Heart

"Become intimate with Him in whatever you do, and He will lead you wherever you go. Don't think for a moment that you know it all, for wisdom comes when you adore Him with awe and wonder and avoid everything that's wrong. For then you will find the healing refreshment your body and spirit long for." (Proverbs 3:6-7 The Passion Translation)

My heart was full of the pleasure of the Lord for how many of these weary ones have become intimate with Him in the weariness, in the waiting, in the discouragement and in the pain. They have laid down their lives recognizing more and more that they do not know it all, and have simply adored Him with awe and wonder in the darkness; walking with integrity, following His voice.

"Healing and refreshment is upon you!" I heard the Lord say. "Where there has been great weariness, you shall now carry greater wisdom of My heart."

"He is releasing divine wisdom, insight, clarity, discernment and encouragement for what is going on right now."

Through the battle and through the journey you have continued to seek His heart and cry out for His wisdom—even in the places where you didn't understand. The Lord has heard your cries, and you shall now carry greater wisdom and insight of His heart concerning your circumstances, your present situation and future.

In the fire you have found His heart more than ever. In the fire you have found Him in a whole new way. He is increasing your eyes to see and ears to hear—to carry the wisdom of Heaven for your own life and to encourage and edify others.

"As wisdom increases, a greater treasure is imparted, greater than many bars of refined gold. It is a more valuable commodity than gold or gemstones, for there is nothing you desire that could compare to her." (Proverbs 3:14-15 The Passion Translation)

Heaven's Kiss

I saw many of the weary ones. They were nervous, anxious and almost fearful about what is coming next or whether they are moving in the right direction—whether what they heard was God or not—because the battle and the "out of left field" hits of the past have left them feeling so disorientated and unsure. The Lord's heart sees your anxiety; He sees your fear. He sees your nervousness and He sees your heart crying out, "Lord I want Your way!"

I heard the words, "Receive Heaven's kiss"and instantly I saw the seal of the Lord's FAVOR upon directions and hearts' desires. (Photo via Max Pixel)

You are about to see Heaven's kiss of favor upon the pathway! God is about to confirm to you in such a beautiful, deep way—with great favor—that you are moving in His direction. He will confirm you have heard His heart, you have seen correctly and He is watching over His word of promise to you to perform it and fulfill it. There will be great joy in the increase!

A deeper bubbling of praise and adoration for our beautiful Jesus is going to explode out of you. He is taking you into depths of the revelation of His heart and Word that will leave you undone, and you will know weariness no more. You will see the springs of refreshment from His heart bring those weary places of your heart back to life again.

He whispered, "Weary ones, you are about to see with your eyes, the reward for your faithfulness to Me."

Get ready to dance with Him in the rivers of wisdom's refreshment! (To Subscribe to the Elijah List subscribe here.)

Lana Vawser
Lana Vawser Ministries 
Email: lanavawser@gmail.com
Website: www.lanavawser.com

Lana Vawser is an active member of the Australian Prophetic Council and releases prophetic words for the Body of Christ and nations, and is featured regularly on The Elijah List and in Charisma Magazine. She is also an itinerant preacher and revivalist who is traveling regularly with her family, seeing powerful moves of God. Lana has a strong, prophetic voice and has a heart to see the Body of Christ develop deep intimacy with Jesus and actively hear His voice each day. She also has a heart to see people set free and walk in all that Jesus has purchased for them as they carry Christ into their world each day, awakened to His nature and who they are in Him. Lana is married to Kevin, and they are living in Brisbane, Australia, with their two sons.

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Joe Joe Dawson: "Be Confident - Your Breakthrough is Coming!" - THE ELIJAH LIST

Joe Joe Dawson: "Be Confident - Your Breakthrough is Coming!"

THE ELIJAH LIST Oct 25, 2017

     From the desk of Steve Shultz:

I've heard more and more reports of God's people really "going through it"...and I mean going through it! But remember the key word is "through" as you are not staying in this place of challenge and trial.

God is strengthening the saints and bringing us into breakthrough as Joe Joe Dawson shares in this edifying word:

Your breakthrough is coming. Be confident in the faithfulness of God so that when your breakthrough comes, you're not too tired to walk in it! Remember you don't get stronger in the good times but you grow the most during seasons of trials, tests and tribulation. Warfare seasons are meant to strengthen us so we can receive our breakthrough.

Please be encouraged by this word in whatever you are currently walking through...as you are being led into great increase and breakthrough! (To Subscribe to the Elijah List subscribe here.)

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Steve Shultz, Founder and Publisher
The Elijah List & Breaking Christian News 
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"Be Confident - Your Breakthrough is Coming!"

Joe Joe Dawson, Texarkana, Texas

Recently the Lord has been speaking to me about the Kingdom of God, breakthrough and increase. The Lord has been saying to me that Kingdom people are about to receive Kingdom increase that is designed for Kingdom breakthrough. The Lord is setting us up to be able to go get the harvest and bring them in to disciple them.

We are about to see pioneers and forerunners lead ministries that will bring in a harvest and then bring reformation to them. The Lord has been stirring my heart to preach and teach the exact same message Jesus taught which was the "Kingdom of God". 

Luke 4:43 says, "But He said to them, 'I must preach the Kingdom of God to the other cities also, because for this purpose I have been sent.'"

It is time that we start preaching the same message Jesus and the apostles taught. They walked in great power and authority and brought breakthrough and increase everywhere they went. They preached the Kingdom of God for Kingdom purposes.

Kingdom Increase is Coming

Many people in this next season will receive an increase in their life spiritually, physically, financially, and emotionally. These increases are for Kingdom breakthrough and Kingdom purposes. Yes, God loves you and wants you healed and set free! But don't just think this increase in your life is for only you. Everything God is doing and will do is to advance His Kingdom in and through your life in this hour.  

Jesus prayed in Matthew 6:10, "Your Kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven."

"God brings His explosive power into us so that we can understand the authority that has been given to us."

Jesus is at the right hand of the Father interceding for you and me! We must find out what Heaven is saying over our lives, ministries, businesses, churches, cities and nations. Now is the time for Kingdom increase! We must make sure we steward the increase properly.

Proverbs 4:25-27 says, "Let your eyes look directly forward, and your gaze be straight before you. Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure. Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil."

In this upcoming season, we need to be laser focused on the things of the Lord. Do not allow circumstances or situations to get you off track. When breakthrough comes we must make sure we are ready to walk in the breakthrough and steward it well. Don't wear yourself out worrying. 

Seasons of Trial and Testing Strengthen You

Your breakthrough is coming. Be confident in the faithfulness of God so that when your breakthrough comes, you're not too tired to walk in it! Remember you don't get stronger in the good times but you grow the most during seasons of trials, tests and tribulation. Warfare seasons are meant to strengthen us so we can receive our breakthrough.

Sometimes the breakthrough is simply the end of a process God was taking you through toward a certain destination! You must learn to endure and learn from the process. Don't sit around and cry or complain. You won't learn what God needs to teach you for your next level assignment. If you don't break, you will have your breakthrough! God will equip you in the hard times and these times will be full of pressure, but you will come out ready for your next season. Your breakthrough is at hand!

Be Connected to the Right People

Don't look at where you are, look at where you're going. Make sure you are connected to the right people in this season. Surround yourself with only those who will help you walk in the purposes and plans God has over your life.

Hebrews 6:12 says, "We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised."

The hour we are in is a special time for the Body of Christ, we must make sure the people around us are spiritually strong. Grow close to the ones who have been through hard times and followed God all the way through until they got their breakthrough. Align yourself with people who stay in the battle until they inherit the promises and the purpose that God has designed for them!

He Will Show Himself Strong

2 Chronicles 16:9 says, "For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him..."

Whenever God finds someone who has made their relationship with Him the most important thing, He will show Himself strong to that person. These are the ones that are usually on the cutting-edge of what God is saying over regions. These are the people that always have a fresh song or word that is being released. 

Matthew 5:6 says, "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled."

So many people are not tapping into the promises that God has for them because they really don't have a proper understanding about the miraculous power God has given us. We must understand that Heaven is the place of creation and Earth is the place that it's manifested. When we get our hearts in proper alignment with what the Lord is saying, we will start to see this Kingdom breakthrough flood every part of our life.

John 15:4 says, "Remain in Me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in Me."

The Lord is looking for the ones who will receive a word from Him, and hang on to that word no matter what comes. We must hold tight to the word of God, not what the critics may say and ignore the situations that are trying to destroy your purpose. The Lord longs for the person whose heart is dependent on Him.

Psalm 143:9 says, "Rescue me from my enemies, Lord, for I hide myself in You."

Psalm 40:1 says, "I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined to me, and heard my cry."

Walking in His Authority and Power

"It is time that we start preaching the same message Jesus and the apostles taught."

I feel so strongly in my spirit that we are about to start walking in the fullness of God. As Believers, we are about to understand the authority and power that is available to us.

Ephesians 3:19-20 in the Passion Translation says this, "And [that you may come] to know [practically, through personal experience] the love of Christ which far surpasses [mere] knowledge [without experience], that you may be filled up [throughout your being] to all the fullness of God [so that you may have the richest experience of God's presence in your lives, completely filled and flooded with God Himself]. Now to Him who is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly more than all that we dare ask or think [infinitely beyond our greatest prayers, hopes, or dreams], according to His power that is at work within us."

Luke 10:19 says, "Behold, I give you authority and power..." What are we doing with this great authority and power that God has given us? We have delegated authority to change and shift every atmosphere that we walk into. 

Luke 9:1-2 says, "Then He called His twelve disciples together and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. He sent them to preach the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick."

When the children of God can truly grasp the power that is available to them we will start to see breakthrough and an extreme increase over people's lives for the advancement of the Kingdom of God.

Ephesians 6:10 in the Passion Translation says, "Now finally, my beloved ones, be supernaturally infused with strength through your life-union with the Lord Jesus. Stand victorious with the force of His explosive power flowing in and through you."

God brings His explosive power into us so that we can understand the authority that has been given to us. Then we are supposed to let the power within us leak out into every single part of our lives and onto every person we come in contact with. (Photo via Unsplash)
         
The Apostle Paul understood the power of walking in the fullness of God. Romans 15:29 says, "And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the Jesus Christ."  

Paul was completely convinced that when he visited a group of people that the gifts of the Spirit would be manifested. No matter what the people needed, Paul felt confident in his walk with God that the fullness of God would be present to minister to the people. Paul's life was one that was 100% completely devoted to God.

Romans 1:11 says, "For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gifts, to the end you will be established." Paul had such a relationship with the Lord that when he went to minister, the impartation of the gifts of the Spirit of God would manifest themselves in the lives of the people that he ministered to. Paul knew they would receive these gifts and keep them until the end.

We must understand that this delegated authority and power that God has given us is so real and necessary for today. Activate the Kingdom of God that is already inside of you, let it bring the Kingdom increase into your life for Kingdom breakthrough! (To Subscribe to the Elijah List subscribe here.)

Joe Joe Dawson
Joe Joe Dawson Ministries
Email: JoeJoeDawson@hotmail.com
Website: www.joejoedawson.net

Joe Joe Dawson is the founder and Apostle of ROAR Apostolic Network and ROAR Church Texarkana. Joe Joe is married to the love of his life, Autumn Dawson and they have three children Malachi, Judah and Ezra. The Dawson's live and teach a lifestyle of revival and awakening. Their desire is to see every Believer fulfill their God-given destiny and live life to the fullest in God. Joe Joe is also the author of Living Your God-Sized Dream and Recipe for Revival.

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Amber Picota: "God is Raising Up Uncommon Leaders in Uncommon Places" - THE ELIJAH LIST

Amber Picota: "God is Raising Up Uncommon Leaders in Uncommon Places"

THE ELIJAH LIST Oct 7, 2017

From the desk of Steve Shultz:

I know this word by Amber Picota will minister to many of you and you'll be moved, literally, to, "Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to all creation," as Jesus commanded us to do.

I have high respect for people who are called to minister into the highways and byways and don't fit the mold of what we think much ministry should look like. I know ministers who go to uncommon places like New Age fairs, porn events, and minister right on the streets...and God is multiplying this in great numbers!

As Amber shares here:

We are seeing unlikely ministers who don't look, talk or act like professional preachers, who are literally just doing the work and sharing the Gospel in places that typical church-folk might be too scared to go. They are moving in power without a big flashy show, without any dramatic flair. They just do the stuff.

As you read through this article...be encouraged to just "do the stuff" right where you're at! (To Subscribe to the Elijah List subscribe here.)

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"God is Raising Up Uncommon Leaders in Uncommon Places"

Amber Picota, Winchester, VA

All throughout the world in the Body of Christ, I am seeing something very interesting take place. I heard it in my spirit before I even began to see it transpire, but only now have I really been able to put it into words. 

In this season, God is promoting people into leadership in the Body of Christ that just do not fit the "churchy" ideals that we have attributed to church leaders in the past. 

Once upon a time, in the not so distant past, it would have been hard to picture anything other than a preacher in a nice suit, preaching behind a pulpit (or in some outdoor tent) with a mic, when picturing a church leader.

Things are shifting and changing very rapidly right now. The Body of Christ has been in a season of great shift and transition. God has been pushing unlikely and uncommon leaders to the forefront of influencing the Church.

"The truth is that grace will meet you anywhere, in any pit of the most vile sin. "

These are people who God Himself has promoted to a place of great influence that the religious system is often even offended by. They could be easily written off by someone with a closed mind and labeled heretics, lunatics, and zealots by the religious and legalistic. They will often challenge the status quo and they do ministry in a nontraditional way. Some are social media ministers and street ministers. Some are extremely young and some are extremely old. Some are inked and pierced up. Some are business professionals. Some are forerunners and trailblazers, doing things that have never been done before.

One thing is certain: God is promoting unlikely people into leadership positions and positions of influence within the Body of Christ.

An Indicator of What is to Come

I believe this is a strategic move by God that indicates the season that is to come. We are on the cusp of some very amazing things that are about to happen in the world. I believe there are two major "moves of God" that these "unlikely leaders" will be the forerunners of. I will share with you what God has shown me.

• Number 1:

Firstly, I believe there is a move of God that is happening far outside of the "church world". It isn't happening on Sunday mornings, nor is it even happening in a church. It's happening in bars, on the streets, in homes over dinner, and in extremely unlikely places. This is a move of God that is and will continue to bring in the Hell's angels type of people, the gang members, the drug cartels, satanists, prostitutes, junkies, and the other types of people who have been pushed away from institutionalized religion. God is using uncommon leaders to go places that many would be afraid to go to.

• Number 2:

Secondly, another move of God that I see happening is EXTREMELY INTERESTING to me and quite frankly, it was surprising to me. It was something that when God showed me what He was doing, left me shaking my head in awe for several days because quite honestly, it blew my mind.

God revealed to me that just as there is a movement happening with people who have been pushed away from the religious establishment, there is also a movement where God is sending missionaries INTO the religious and legalistic places with the Gospel of grace. 

They won't go in spouting doctrine (although there's nothing wrong with good doctrine). They will go in with signs, wonders, and unfathomable love, grace, forgiveness, kindness and joy.

In these religious churches, the Gospel and the love of Christ isn't being preached well. Instead of telling people that anyone can "call upon the name of the Lord," that Jesus will receive them where they're at, no matter how big of a mess they've made, they are passing off a a gospel that says a person needs to do certain things, jump through certain hoops, stop sinning, and get their life cleaned up, etc., before God will receive them. This keeps people away and from turning to God because they don't even know that God would receive them no matter what...right where they're at!

The truth is that grace will meet you anywhere, in any pit of the most vile sin. But thank You Jesus, grace will not leave you where it finds you. Grace will transform people's lives, if we'll stop packaging it with caution tape.

Are You Ready For This?!!

Are you ready though? Because the Church as you know it is changing so rapidly! I believe the Church will look drastically different in a matter of 5 years! Both of these moves of God have already begun!

We are seeing unlikely ministers who don't look, talk or act like professional preachers, who are literally just doing the work and sharing the Gospel in places that typical church-folk might be too scared to go. They are moving in power without a big flashy show, without any dramatic flair. They just do the stuff. 

"God has been pushing unlikely and uncommon leaders to the forefront of influencing the Church.""

Already, we're seeing this type of movement where God is sending missionaries of the Gospel INTO the Church. These unlikely leaders that God is moving onto the scene are experiencing something very similar to this parable here in Matthew 20:1-16:

"For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. Now when he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 

And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.' So they went. Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise. And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle, and said to them, 'Why have you been standing here idle all day?' They said to him, 'Because no one hired us.' He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right you will receive.'

"So when evening had come, the owner of the vineyard said to his steward, 'Call the laborers and give them their wages, beginning with the last to the first.' And when those came who were hired about the eleventh hour, they each received a denarius. But when the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise received each a denarius. 

And when they had received it, they complained against the landowner, saying, 'These last men have worked only one hour, and you made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the heat of the day.' But he answered one of them and said, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? Take what is yours and go your way. 

I wish to give to this last man the same as to you. Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I am good?' So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen."

God is moving them into the harvest field as influential harvesters, and He has favored them just as highly as seasoned ministers. This is not due to anything they've done, and no amount of prayer and fasting buys you favor. This is just the divine choice of God in this season.

These leaders will need to be aware of the seasons that the Body of Christ is going through as a whole, so that they are clothed in humility, despite the levels of rapid promotion and acceleration that they have experienced.

I know this because my husband and me have been some of those leaders who God has quickly moved into positions of influence, unexpectedly. It can be startling and abrupt, it is a huge responsibility, but it is a joyful task that I am honored to participate with. It is also something we needed to be aware of because the enemy would do anything possible to take these people out.

If you are one of these leaders, simply know the season we are in as the Body of Christ; remain humble and identify an attack of the enemy quickly so that you can agree with God instead of some demonic lie that the enemy might try to sidetrack you with.

It is my hope that this word would be a blessing to your life, but also that it would inspire you to align with what God is doing right now in the Earth. This is an exciting time to be alive! Heaven is invading the earth! (To Subscribe to the Elijah List subscribe here.)

Amber Picota
Co-Pastor Streams of Life Church
Email: amazingamberpicota@gmail.com
Website: www.amberpicota.com

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Messianic Rabbi Says Prayer Can Stop Hurricane Irma - RABBI CURT LANDRY CHARISMA NEWS

A satellite view of Hurricane Irma. (NOAA/Handout via REUTERS )

Messianic Rabbi Says Prayer Can Stop Hurricane Irma

 9/7/2017 RABBI CURT LANDRY  charisma news

Could the following be a key to turning, or stopping Hurricane Irma from reaching Florida and the East Coast of the United States? And if so, what harm would it cause for the body of Christ to rise up in intercession as a collective unified force in the midst of this imminent and crucial hour, to reach out to very throne of God with our decrees?

It was only a mere two weeks ago that the United States witnessed an extremely rare full solar eclipse that reached across the breadth of this nation, from the Pacific to the Atlantic, connecting the dots of seven cities named Salem—from Salem, Oregon to Salem, South Carolina. And then, within four days, Hurricane Harvey hit Corpus Christi, Texas, with deadly force and record-breaking rainfall, causing massive flooding and leaving death and destruction in the wake of the storm. And now, the United States is once again poised and looking down what appears to be the shotgun barrel of yet another natural disaster ... Hurricane Irma!

Could it be that God had issued a decree in the courts of heaven, with the sign of the solar eclipse that crossed the United States on Aug. 21, that judgment has been released into the atmosphere over our land? Could it be that He is saying, "Enough is enough"?

It is estimated that $44 to 55 billion in home real estate loss was realized in the wake of Hurricane Harvey and has already shut down about 16 percent of this country's gas refining capacities, so gas prices are now on the rise.

As of this hour, the total financial loss as a result of Hurricane Harvey is estimated to reach over $108 billion. Our government is big, but not big enough to stand another financial loss of that size and weight.

So my point is this: We need to spiritually intervene and stop these storms. If the Bible says we have control over the weather and over our blessed land, then we need to know how to fine-tune our intercession into a collective unified force.

Could it be that we can turn this?

We now have another hurricane coming; this time toward the East Coast of America named Irma, which means "war goddess; the world." We had Harvey, which means "battle worthy, battle ready, eager for battle, warrior," that came through Corpus Christi, which means, "The body of Christ," and now Irma is threatening to make landfall in the United States within hours. So we have the body of Christ being awakened, and now "a war goddess of the world" is coming toward America.

The Lord has given me a strategy of how to pray and send Irma back into the Atlantic where she will die. So, I want to ask, "Even if we pray and it doesn't go as planned, what do we have to lose?"

All I can say is that if Hurricane Irma hits strategic locations on the East Coast, it will be much worse than the devastation in the Houston area from Hurricane Harvey, because the population on the East Coast is much denser.

Consider this from an unsaved Jewish rabbi:

"'[While] it is forbidden to attribute divine motivations to such disasters,' Rabbi Yosef Dayan, a former member of the nascent Sanhedrin, told Breaking Israel News, 'an introspective process is clearly necessary.'" 

So what he is saying is that this is a time of self-introspection. This is a time to search our hearts and ask questions instead of pointing fingers and making comments about who opened their doors to help in the aftermath of Harvey, or who did not open their doors to help.

This is clearly a critical time to seek God's face.

If we don't understand the cause and effect of nature with God, and our responsibilities with the dominion that we have been given through Yeshua, Jesus, then we are without hope to change the atmosphere, our future and our destinies.

God has clearly given us dominion and authority through the name of Jesus.

"What is man that You are mindful of him ... You have put all things in subjection under his feet" (Heb. 2:6b-8).

So the true questions remain: 

• 1. Do we understand God's judgment in New Testament times?

The instruction in the Bible makes is very clear that God wants to bless us, but if we don't follow His instruction we will be cursed.

God has promised us that we will abide in safe dwelling places. But in order to abide in safe dwelling places, we need to first abide in Him, just as He abides in us. If we don't abide in Him or His instruction, then the safety of our dwelling places will be compromised.

So are we using our God-given authority to stay safe? Or have we given our authority over to the devil?

2. How does the body of Christ act, as an advocate in the courts of heaven, to reverse the curse?

Everyone who is born again, regardless of their calling, has the ministry of reconciliation. Our job as believers is to reconcile the land and the people within our own spheres of influence.

While many Christians are busy battling over theological differences, which is ultimately splitting hairs over words, Satan is ravaging our land as millions of people suffer.

It is time to unify and dismantle Satan's authority over our land and its atmosphere. Considering the situation that we find ourselves in today, if we don't unify immediately, the storms, flooding, fires, earthquakes and rumors of war will never stop

The Word of God, in 2 Chronicles 7:14-15, says, "If My people who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray, and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer of this place." 

The word "wicked" in Hebrew means to follow the dictates of the heart. When will we do it God's way, with His heart?

You have probably all been in meetings where this Scripture is quoted and nothing changed. Has God failed? Is He a liar? No! The fact is that we are not using this Scripture correctly.

If we are His people, this means that we are grafted into Israel as one new man.

The Word of God says that judgment begins with the House of God:  

First Peter 4:17 says, "For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins first with us, what shall the end be for those who do not obey the gospel of God?"  

The eclipse was a warning from God that He is going to reconcile the United States from Salem to Salem, through seven Salems—He is going to reconcile the remnant to be like Jerusalem. And then there were floods in the heartland of America, followed by Hurricane Harvey entering into the United States via Corpus Christi (the body of Christ).

Are we listening? Now Irma (the world) is threatening our shores.

The God that we serve according to Malachi 3:6 says, "For I am the Lord, I do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed" According to the Word of God, the Lord does not change, and the consequences for not following the Torah, or instructions of God, do not change. And it also says that if you don't understand it you will perish. "My people perish for lack of knowledge of the instruction." This is why we study to show ourselves approved through God's instruction. The grace of Jesus does not remove the consequences of ignorance. Grace is the power to fulfill your call, not to facilitate sin or a compromised lifestyle.

According to Joel 3:2, in the days of the restoration of Israel, God will judge all nations that have "divided up His land."

So we are talking about a 70-year window of time since Israel became a state in 1948—70 represented by 7, the number of perfection, and 10, the number of completion. So in this coming 70th anniversary of Israel's statehood, God is saying that if you try to divide and manipulate Israel to give away her land for peace there will be consequences.

Sometimes we just have to look at the facts and then decide for ourselves.

According to a recent article written by Adam Eliyah Berkowitz, "Hurricane Harvey Follows Disturbing Confluence of Natural Disasters, U.S. Peace Talks," he says this:

One overarching spiritual theme places the disaster in a peculiar context. The storm coincided with the Trump administration's Middle-East negotiating team, led by Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt, visiting the region in yet another attempt to jump-start peace talks. The devastation of Hurricane Harvey thus follows in a long line of natural disasters that have accompanied the anti-Israel political process of negotiating with the Palestinians.

Many steps along the way of the seemingly unending Middle East 'peace process' have been marked by destructive hurricanes and disasters. President George H.W. Bush signed the Oslo Accords on Oct. 30, 1991, setting the stage for the ill-fated two-state solution and the idea of land for peace. The very next day, a hurricane dubbed "The Perfect Storm" hit the east coast of the United States, destroying Bush's house in Kennebunkport, Maine.

The trend continued on Aug. 23, 1992, when the Madrid Conference moved to Washington D.C. and peace talks resumed. One day later, Hurricane Andrew, the worst natural disaster recorded in American history, hit Florida.

In 1998, after Secretary of State Madeline Albright gave a press briefing announcing an American-brokered deal that would require Israel to give up 13 percent of Judea and Samaria, Georges, a Category 4 hurricane, hit the United States Gulf Coast with winds of 110 mph and gusts of up to 175 mph. In terms of damage, it was the costliest hurricane since Hurricane Andrew, caused $10 billion of damage and killing 604 people.

Less than one month later, when PLO head Yasser Arafat met with Israeli Prime Minister at the Wye River Plantation to discuss the deal, Hurricane Madeline raged off the coast of Texas. The resulting rains and tornadoes caused over $750 million in damage and kill[ed] 31 people.

In 2005, one of the deadliest natural disasters in U.S. history, Hurricane Katrina, coincided with the expulsion of the Jewish population from Gush Katif, which became part of the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, in a much-reviled political move made under pressure from the US government.

More recently, in June 2016, a summit was held in Paris as a prelude to a multi-national conference that would force Israel to unilaterally accept the two-state solution and create a Palestinian state within its borders. As the delegates left the summit, rain began to fall. Over the next 24 hours, the River Seine rose 20 feet, resulting in the worst flooding Paris has seen in decades.

The connection between politics and disasters seemed so clear that in 2015, former Representative Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., claimed that America's anti-Israel policy was bringing down the wrath of God in the form of "natural disasters." Bachmann said that U.S. President Barack Obama had "in effect declared war in Israel," paving the way for divine "cursing of America."

Rabbi Dayan emphasized that even though it is impossible to assign a divine motive to natural disasters, Judaism does not believe in coincidence or happenstance. Everything in the world, even the weather, is a result of man's relationship with God. The rabbi understood a simple and universal message in the recent disaster.

"'In the month leading up to Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, a divine reminder may be needed to remind us how much our actions affect the world, and how we are all connected, no matter how far away," the rabbi suggested.

The rabbi said that the highest imperative in this process is the relationship "ben adam l'chavero" (between man and his fellow).

"'As we prepare for our holiest days, all of us need to pray for those who are suffering,' Rabbi Dayan said.

Therefore, Harvey—the battle-worthy, battle-ready, eager-for-battle warrior—was a wakeup call to the body of Christ to realize that it is time to do spiritual warfare at a new level. Instead of trying to avoid the war, the Lord is saying that it is time war has been brought to us whether we like it or not.

It's like North Korea shooting rockets over Japan. The war is being brought to us, and we must face it in the spirit realm. It's a new and different day, and we need to take our warfare up to a higher level.

The body of Christ was asleep with no one at the door, and it came right through to wake us up.

Harvey was a Category 4 hurricane that came into the United States through Corpus Christi. The number four in Hebrew means "door," and Corpus Christi, means "the Body of Christ." So what is being said here is that the battle entered the United States through the open gate of the body of Christ.

In Genesis 6:5, the Lord saw how great man's wickedness had become, "and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time." Another sign that marked the days of Noah according to Genesis 6:11 was that "the earth was full of violence." Violence in Strong's #2555 means chamac. Pronounced as "hamas," which means "oppress, violate, do violence, take away violently, unjust, damage, unrighteous, wrong, unjust gain."

In God's economy, you can't take counsel with the devil.

You cannot sit down with a terrorist organization such as Hamas and then negotiate a peace deal with them.

On August 28, 2017, Breitbart News reports: "EXCLUSIVE—HAMAS, PALESTINIAN FRONT LEADERS: JARED KUSHNER'S MIDEAST PEACE EFFORTS WILL FAIL." The Trump administration's efforts to secure an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal will fail, members of Hamas and the National Front for the Liberation of Palestine stated in interviews with Breitbart Jerusalem.'

Now is the time to repent and return to God! He is calling His people to return to His ways according to the instruction in His Word. As the shofar (trump) is blown every day during the 40 days of Teshuvah, let's remember, "If the trumpet makes an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for the battle?" (1 Cor. 14:8). (Remember that "Harvey" means "battle ready")!

It's time to sound a clear call. Who will get ready for battle? Who will stand up to their own flesh and say that they will intercede? We need to pray that President Trump and his administration will wake up and understand that they cannot go against God's Word.

Can we grow up enough in the body of Christ to where repentance and judgment are not bad words? Can we get to a place where we will embrace the truth as mature Christians and take the judgment that Jesus took for us on the cross, becoming intercessors who apply God's Word to our situations in the world—changing the atmosphere for good?

I believe that if we walk in forgiveness with the Trump administration, forgiving them and repenting on their behalf for attempting to negotiate a peace deal with Israel, thereby cutting off its consequences, that Hurricane Irma, when we speak to it and command it to go back out to the sea, will obey our voices. Because the authority that Irma has comes from our sins that Joel 3 speaks of regarding dividing the land.

The time of being ignorant is over.

If God has given the body of Christ in America the ability to cancel these assignments in real time, then we need to roll up our sleeves and go to work with it. We need to come into agreement with what the strategy is.

It's time to unify and dismantle Satan's authority over our land its atmosphere. Let's unify and come into the courts of heaven and agree to stop Irma in her tracks, sending her back into the sea.

Lord, we come to You by the blood of Jesus, and we ask that we be washed as white as snow, from the top of our heads to the soles of our feet. And Lord, we choose to forgive all those within our own spheres of influences and lives, and we also choose to forgive ourselves. We thank You that we are washed in the blood. We thank You that there will be no accusation or backlash and no evil assignments against our families or properties, or anything associated with us.

We thank you, Lord, that we gird our loins with the true gospel of redemption. That God, You so loved the world that You sent your only begotten Son to die and redeem our sins that we might live.

Lord, we prepare our feet with that gospel, to move forward and to speak the truth.

Lord, we put on the breastplate of righteousness, that we would have a heart for all of the tribes. Lord, we know that pride puffs up, and Lord we know that our priesthood is according to that of Melchizedek. Lord, we thank You that our hearts are for You and all of Your purposes. Lord, we receive the anointing of kings and priests.

Lord, we take the shield of faith, and we quench every fiery dart that tries to come against us

Lord, we put on the helmet of our salvation, and we say, "Let the mind of Christ be in us." Lord, we thank You that our thoughts have been sanctified and purified.

We pray that Lord, Your ways are our ways. And now, Lord, we take the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.

Your Word says, "If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves." So Lord, we humble ourselves before You right now. Lord, we agree that we have humbled ourselves and that we have come into Your presence as those who have received this word from You and are seeking Your face.

Lord, we believe that You have given us a word and have called us to repent on behalf of the United States of America in regards to its Israeli peace policy. So Lord, we ask You to forgive us and to turn from that. Lord, until we can get it turned in our nation, we come together as the body of Christ and repent on behalf of our government, as U.S. citizens. We ask You, Lord, to please forgive us for the sins of the bad choices made by the Trump administration and everyone who is involved in that decision.

Lord, we come to You as Abraham did during the days of Sodom and Gomorrah, and we ask that You give us time. There are many righteous in this nation and in our government, but Lord, they have not heard this word yet. So, Lord, we ask that You give us time to get this word out. And in the meantime, we stand in the gap, and we ask You through the blood of Jesus, to please lift this curse off of our nation. Lift this curse, O Lord. We will not divide Your land, and we will speak forth as voices in the wilderness.

Lord, we ask that now, in Yeshua's name, that in the courts of heaven—the open heaven—we ask now that You lift this judgment off of America—in Yeshua's name.

Lord, Your Word says that if we sound the trump, You will deliver us from our enemies. And Lord, we have a very specific enemy from whom we need to be delivered, and her name is Irma—a Category 5 hurricane off the East Coast of the United States. And Lord, we pray that she does not go into the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, or even onto the East Coast. Lord we pray in Yeshua's name and in the authority that You have given us, that Irma would start heading north and then hook back into the Atlantic, around the Bermuda high-pressure mass and dissipate—because, Lord, You are a just God.

Lord, we thank You for teaching us Your ways. And Lord, because we have repented for the sins of President Trump and his administration for making these wrong decisions, Lord, we ask that You make a way so that we can speak to them about Your ways. And, Lord, in the meantime, we thank You that we are here to stand in the gap as repairers of the breach.

Lord, we speak to Hurricane Irma and we say, Irma, in the Name of Yeshua, we dismantle you and pull you off of your assignment of destruction. By the blood of Jesus, you must head north and loop back into the Atlantic where you will dissipate and harm no one. We apply the blood of Jesus, over Irma, in the courts of heaven, and we release the angels of God to literally usher Irma out to sea, where she will dissipate and cease and desist. And we seal it in Yeshua's Name—Amen.

In early 2000, Curt and Christie Landry were called into a pastoral position as they founded House of David Ministries, a congregation that now resides in Fairland, Oklahoma, as well as international ministry headquarters. Curt Landry Ministries and House of David Ministries now co-labor together as they are actively involved with humanitarian aid outreaches in other areas of the world including but not limited to Israel, Indonesia, Ukraine, Hurricane Katrina victims, Togo, Haiti and Nicaragua.

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