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Don Potter sings at Bob Jones Celebration, Feb. 21, 2014 in honor of his passing on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, 2014, at age 84. More videos on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/loveforhispeopleinc Video by Steve Martin, Love For His People
When I prayed for this coming year, I was shown a roller coaster. This means we will have ups and downs this year. I realize that hardly takes a prophet to predict, but the encouraging thing about this vision was that the ride ended at the highest point. We're going higher this year! So don't be discouraged by the dips. Hang on, and know that we will be going up again soon.
Our prophetic friend Bob Jones told us several months ago that it was going to be a very hard winter. I think this one has already qualified for that. As I am writing this in South Carolina, it is 8 degrees outside. I don't remember it ever being that cold here. However, the great thing is that spring will certainly follow. The point is that we must hang on during any dips or hard times. They will come to pass, but they will pass! As Winston Churchill once said, "When you're going through hell, keep going." Keep going.
The roller coaster I saw was very rickety. It did not seem that it could make it through another turn or the ups and downs. It held together, though. I love roller coasters, but this one was not the kind I would get on voluntarily. We don't have a choice; we are on it. Even the strongest systems of this world are very shaky, and most can only make it through another day because God is holding them together. He is doing this for our sakes, so we should never stop praying for them.
A Glistening Train
In the vision, there was a platform at the end of this roller coaster ride. It did not look any stronger than the roller coaster, but as we walked across, it became stronger and stronger. On the other side, there was a beautiful, brilliantly glistening train, which we boarded. It was the most beautiful and well-appointed train I've ever seen.
However, as I boarded, I saw that when it left the platform, it would enter a long, dark tunnel that I could not see the end of. Even so, the tunnel was going up, and this was a powerful, mountain-climbing train.
We're going up. It may be dark and a bit scary for a while, but we are going higher. That was the end of this vision.
Trains often speak of training in dreams and visions. We may still be on a rickety old roller coaster, but the vehicle that is going to take us to where we must go will be training. This speaks to me of Ephesians 4—the equipping of the saints to do the work of the ministry. Even though it may take a while for us to see where we're going (the long, dark tunnel) we will be going up. This is the vehicle that will get us to where we must go.
The City God Is Building
It is the nature of the faith walk not to be able to see where you're going, but you should know what you're looking for. The one who started the walk of faith, Abraham, did not know where he was going, but he did know what he was looking for—the city that God is building, not men.
The cities that men have built are impressive, but once you see what God is building, you can no longer be impressed with anything man is building. It takes revelation to see what God is building. John saw Babylon until he was carried to a high mountain. Then he saw the New Jerusalem, which is the city that Abraham saw. It is still being built. Being a part of it is the highest calling we can have. Do you see it?
As we see in the book of Revelation, the New Jerusalem is the bride, the wife of the Lamb. As Don Potter recently remarked, it is an amazing thing how a bride can look like she is in shambles just minutes before the ceremony. However, in those last few minutes, she comes together and emerges so beautifully and so perfect that you know you have witnessed a great miracle.
This may well be just the way it happens with the bride of the Lamb. We may look like a disaster right up to the end and then, miraculously, we come together without spot or wrinkle. Never give up.
Rick Joyneris the founder and executive director of MorningStar Ministries and Heritage International Ministries and is the senior pastor of MorningStar Fellowship Church. He is the author of more than 40 books, including The Final Quest, A Prophetic History, and Church History.
He is also the president of The OAK Initiative, an interdenominational movement that is mobilizing thousands of Christians to be engaged in the great issues of our times, being the salt and light that they are called to be. Rick and his wife, Julie, have five children: Anna, Aaryn, Amber, Ben and Sam.
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Don Potter leading worship at a MorningStar Ministries conference in Fort Mill, SC.
In this classic video from MorningStar Ministries, Don Potter leads a powerful and exciting time of worship with his original song, "I Have Decided", proclaiming that victory is the Lord's! (Probably recorded around 1995, give or take a few years.)
Editor's Note: The one who put this on YouTube didn't give the date of the event, but I was there. It was probably recorded around 1995, give or take a few years. It was in The Barn on the former PTL/Heritage USA grounds of Jim Bakker. (Thank you Lord for having it restored!)
Thanks also to Don for singing this powerful song, and for again singing it at Rick Joyner's 30th Year of Ministry Celebration on Friday, Dec. 6, 2013, at the MorningStar location, formerly the PTL/Heritage USA Grand Hotel, now owned by MorningStar Ministries. I recorded that time for our YouTube channel which you can watch: Don Potter: "I Have Decided"
Celebrating Rick Joyner's 30th year in ministry, many gathered at the MorningStar & Heritage International Ministries location in Fort Mill, SC Dec. 6-7, 2013.
Don Potter and Suzy Yaraei led the worship time, singing several of Rick's favorites songs, including "In The Spirit", "I Have Decided", and "Come, Come, Come" (these will be uploaded at our Love For His People YouTube channel soon.)
In this episode of Prophetic Perspectives Rick Joyner is joined by one of this week's special guests and long-time friend of MorningStar, Don Potter. Don shares his personal experiences from the beginning of his career as a producer.
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