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Sunday, January 7, 2018

Tim Tebow’s Shocking Story About John 3:16 ‘Coincidence’ Goes Viral - CBN News

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Tim Tebow’s Shocking Story About John 3:16 ‘Coincidence’ Goes Viral

01-07-2018

A video of former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow recalling an amazing Biblical ‘coincidence’ in his life is going viral on social media.

The story begins with Tebow in his college football years. It was 2009 and he was weeks away from competing in the highly televised national championship football game.

Tebow said God led him to write John 3:16 under his eyes for all the world to see while he played.

“The next six weeks leading up to the game I was really agonizing and contemplating what verse and God kept bringing up to my heart and my head John 3:16 which is the essence of our Christianity. It's the essence of our hope,” Tebow said in the video.

After winning the championship game he found out something incredible happened- during the game 94 million people googled John 3:16

“Honestly my first thought was ‘How do 94 million people would not know John 3:16?’” Tebow said. “I was just so humbled by how big the God is that we serve.”

But that’s not where the story ends.

Fast forward three years to 2012. Tebow is a Denver Bronco playing the Pittsburgh Steelers in the playoffs, and after the Broncos won, he headed into the post-game press conference when his public relations representative stopped him in his tracks.

"He says, 'Timmy, did you realize what happened?' I was like, 'Yeah, we just beat the Steelers. We're going to play the Patriots.' And he was like, 'No, do you realize what happened?’" Tebow shared.

"He said, 'It's exactly three years later from the day that you wore John 3:16 under your eyes,'" Tebow continued. "I was like, 'Oh, that's really cool.'"

"He said, 'No, I don't think you realize what happened. During the game you threw for 316 yards, your yards per completion were 31.6, your yards per rush were 3.16 , the ratings for the night we're 31.6, and the time of possession was 31.06 and during the game 91 million people google John 3:16 and it's the number one trending thing on every platform,’” Tebow shared.

“I was just standing there in the hallway about to do this press conference just thinking that that night was about a football game. It really wasn't... we serve such a big God,” he continued.

Tebow believes God did something miraculous that night.

“The God that we serve is a God of miracles,” he said. “I just have to be willing to step out and say ‘here you go, God I’m going to give you my fish and my loaves of bread and watch what he does with it.”

Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Lana Vawser: "I Am Preparing the Way for the New Day – You Will Occupy New Land" The Elijah List

Lana Vawser: "I Am Preparing the Way for the New Day – You Will Occupy New Land"

The Elijah List Jan 2, 2018

From the desk of Steve Shultz:

Lana Vawser's latest article is full of prophetic revelation for this new year. I sure love hearing from God's prophetic voices during this time of year...as it helps us know His heart and sets a course for us.

You will not be disappointed as you read about fresh baptisms of fire, new Believers coming to Christ, us occupying new lands and much more!

Some have already said that 2018 would be an incredible year of Evangelism taking place...and that includes "all hands on deck" through us as Lana shares here:

I saw such a shift taking place across the Body of Christ in regards to evangelism. It wasn't just evangelists receiving an increase of fire and passion for the Gospel, but the Church was being awakened and without fear, loving people to life and sharing the beauty of the Gospel. Many would no longer be caged in fear of sharing the truth of Jesus, but will be so on fire with the revelation of the Gospel that they could not help but speak.

Read about this and much more...as God is also giving us new lands! (To Subscribe to the Elijah List subscribe here.)

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"I Am Preparing the Way for the New Day – You Will Occupy New Land'"

Lana Vawser, Brisbane, Australia

Baptisms of Fire

Recently, I've had a word burning in my heart that has been increasing in intensity. I feel this is a very important word for the Body of Christ right now. Then just this last week, I had a dream where the Lord showed me a baptism of fire, deeper than ever before. There is a fresh baptism of fire—the fire of His presence and His love—that has begun in the Church. It is about to increase significantly in intensity and momentum, and it's birthing a SYNERGY of Holy Spirit fire with a passion for the Gospel.

These baptisms of fire that are taking place now, and significantly increasing across the Body of Christ, are igniting and going to ignite the fire of evangelism. This fire is a deep revelation of the Cross and resurrection. It's going to spread the beautiful Gospel message within the Church in an explosive way.

I saw people within the Body of Christ so overwhelmed and burning with the revelation of the Gospel and the fire of His love. The perfect love of Jesus was going into the world as these ones shared the greatest love story ever told with a completely new and fresh fire.

"I felt His heart so strongly that He is awakening the Church to the foundational message of the Gospel..."

These baptisms of fire will so engulf His people in the well of the Gospel and take us into a whole new realm of being awed and filled with wonder at the simplicity and profundity of the Gospel. There is a divine re-engagement with the Gospel that will take place in this baptism of Holy Spirit fire, leading to deep wells of encounter.

This synergy I saw, of burning Holy Spirit fire for the Gospel, was so powerful. Believers were transformed, chains of fear in sharing the Gospel were gone and replaced with a new boldness and a bursting forth within the Church. The fire of His love that consumed God's people and flowed through them was so beautiful, transforming cultures and nations. The Bride was awake and alive in a way I had never seen.

Receive His Heart of Love for Those Who Don't Know Him Yet

The Lord is wanting to release a greater impartation of His heart to the Body of Christ for those who do not yet know Him. I saw life-changing encounters with Jesus happening all across the world, as the Lord began to ignite the fire of His love for those who don't know Him yet. The fire of His love and revelation of His heart were so powerful in these encounters, that it affected the way the Church would SEE.

As I saw these powerful encounters taking place, scales of judgment, criticism and accusation were falling off many of God's people. They began to SEE the world and those who do not know Him yet through His eyes.

This lead to a greater awakening of loving the down-and-out, the broken and the hurting, and seeing them as HE sees them. Believers all across the earth were being transformed by His heart of love for ALL people. I watched as the Church began arising in a whole new revelation of the love of Jesus and loving people to life. They were loving people toward the One who is the way, the truth and the life—our beautiful Jesus. (Photo via Pixabay)

"I AM Preparing the Way for the New Day"

I heard the Holy Spirit say, "I am preparing the way for the new day." Instantly the sense surrounded me of Bob Jones' prophetic word about the Billion-Soul Harvest. When I asked the Lord about how He was preparing the way, I heard Him say, "I am bringing a great awakening within the Church to the greatest gift and truth of all."

"For this is how much God loves the world – He gave His one and only Son as a gift, so now everyone who believes in Him will never perish but experience everlasting life." (John 3:16 The Passion Translation)

I felt His heart so strongly that He is awakening the Church to the foundational message of the Gospel—an incredible increase in synergy of burning Holy Spirit fire for the passion of the Gospel. A passion so strong that wherever His people go, day-to-day, they are awake more than ever before. They will carry the reality of eternity, burning with His love, and will see others as He sees them, sharing the Good News of Jesus and bringing transformation and reformation.

"I saw people within the Body of Christ so overwhelmed and burning with the revelation of the Gospel and the fire of His love."

The Lord is bringing a great shift in the Church to prepare the Body of Christ to carry the huge harvest that is beginning across the earth.

Increase in the Burden to Pray for the Lost

These encounters will release burdens and evangelistic awareness. I saw the Spirit of God moving within the Body of Christ and increasing the revelation of eternity within the hearts of Believers, placing intercessory burdens upon hearts to pray and intercede for those who do not yet know Jesus. These weren't burdens of fear I saw, but an urgency and intensity. Many in the Body of Christ have been praying for years for people, and suddenly the burden was increasing. Others, I saw the Lord suddenly placing burdens on their hearts to pray for people. Others, were having dreams and receiving the heart of the Lord for people and waking up in a deep place of intercession.

The common theme in each encounter was the Lord releasing an increase of His heart and intensity of intercession, because many of these seeds are about to sprout! As these powerful intercessory burdens were being released and God's people partnered with Him in prayer, I saw many sudden conversions. Fish were jumping into the boat. The urgency wasn't a fearful thing, but was the encouragement of God saying, "Breakthrough and salvation for many is SO close."

There is a fresh baptism of fire coming. It's going to birth a synergy of Holy Spirit fire, stirring up a passion for the Gospel upon the Church. Position yourself before Him and ask for it. Cry out for it! Say "YES" to His invitation, because He wants to increase and release His heart to you to SEE as He sees, to LOVE as He loves, and to share the truth of the Gospel wherever you go. It's the greatest love story the world has ever known. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons)

Get ready to see John 3:16 burn within you like you have never known. Ask Him! Ask Him! He's releasing His heart.

"God did not send His Son into the world to judge and condemn the world, but to be its Savior and rescue it." (John 3:17, The Passion Translation)

You Are About to Occupy New Land

Just recently, I also had a burning within my spirit about the "EXTENSION of land" and the word "OCCUPY" was burning within me. Several nights ago, I heard the Lord say, "Get ready to OCCUPY new land." Then a few days later as I awoke, the Lord was speaking and burning in my spirit again about EXTENSION and OCCUPYING.

As I meditated upon this word, I felt the Lord saying that, "Many will find an ACCELERATION of occupying new land in 2018." The faithfulness of many stewarding the lands that God has given them are about to step into an extension of land, a promotion, and a reward of new land. No matter what is going on around you, the Lord is going to suddenly position you and increase the land He has called you to occupy. This is not something to fear, but something to REJOICE in.

I decree over you in the name of Jesus—that in this new land, you will see greater fruitfulness than you have ever seen. In this new land, you will see greater JOY than you have ever experienced. In this new land, you will experience greater ease in the anointing, refreshment in the spirit, and encounters with Jesus and His Word in a deeper way than before.

Many of you have been battling and fighting over the land that God has given you for SO long. In fact, you have been FIGHTING to MAINTAIN the land He has given you and fighting the opposition of the enemy. Get ready, get ready, for the EXTENSION has begun. You are transitioning and about to be catapulted into occupying MORE land than you imagined and it will be marked with JOY, PEACE and GREAT fruitfulness.

Your season has changed and now you will see BREAKTHROUGH at the HEART of this new land. The rain of His Spirit will fall so heavily in the new land and bring such life, refreshment and fruitfulness, and your eyes will see the faithfulness of God and the recompense of God exploding all around.

There's new land waiting for you! Get ready!

The new land you will occupy is MARKED with Isaiah 55:9-13:

"As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. As the rain and the snow come down from Heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is My word that goes out from My mouth: It will not return to Me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.

You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper, and instead of briers the myrtle will grow. This will be for the Lord's renown, for an everlasting sign, that will endure forever."

REJOICE! It's harvest time! He is positioning you for INCREASE for SUCH a time as this!

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.

Thursday, July 13, 2017

ISRAEL TODAY COMMENTARY: Why Jesus Died Charles Gardner

COMMENTARY: Why Jesus Died

Thursday, July 13, 2017 | Charles Gardner ISRAEL TODAY

Topics:

Christians

Persecution of the Jews – at least from those supposedly following Jesus – would perhaps have been largely avoided if the Church had fully understood the Messianic promises of the Tenach (Old Testament).

Biblical illiteracy among Christians (certainly in the West) is a major contributing factor to its present backslidden state, which is why I heartily recommend R T Kendall’s book Why Jesus Died, published in 2011 by Monarch.

Sadly, the demise of many Christian bookshops in Britain is the reason I have only just come across this profoundly inspiring meditation on Isaiah 53, with a foreword by Jews for Jesus associate executive director Susan Perlman.

The much-loved preacher specifically addresses Jews at various points, but the whole work, in my opinion, is more of a challenge to a sleepy church that has either forgotten or deliberately cut herself off from her Hebraic roots.

Lack of understanding of the fundamental truth that the Messiah had to die – it wasn’t principally the fault of the Jews, or the Romans – is what, in large measure, led to the pogroms perpetrated against God’s chosen people over the centuries.

It is true, of course, that Pontius Pilate, the Roman Governor, handed Jesus over to be crucified, and that the Jewish chief priests consented to it. But Jesus died for our sins – so in that sense we all put him on the cross.

However, ultimately, it was God’s doing – as the Kentucky-born preacher so eloquently argues.

Isaiah wrote: “Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer…” (Isa 53.10)

And in the case of verse 6 of the chapter, Kendall calls it “the Bible in a nutshell”, rather as John 3.16 is often described.

The verse reads as follows: “We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.”

The author writes: “Isaiah 53.6 basically shows two things: that we are all sinners but God has shown his love by transferring the guilt of our sins to Jesus who has paid our debt.”

That many Jews still can’t see that this ancient prophecy is so clearly fulfilled in Jesus is a point of great frustration to many Christians. But as R T points out, it may seem obvious, but we all still need the Holy Spirit to give us the revelation we need on Scripture.

In summary, the passage under consideration speaks, not of a charismatic personality who would be immediately recognised for his dashing looks and regal qualities, but of a Messiah who was despised and rejected, afflicted, wounded and even “cut off from the land of the living”– despite the fact that “he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth”. But he would be raised to life and justify many by his sacrifice.

In acknowledging the part played by Jews in Jesus’ death, the author asserts that God has not washed his hands of them. He is ashamed of anti-Semitism in the church, including that of Reformation founder Martin Luther himself, which he believes was fuelled by the verse, _“All the people answered: ‘His blood is on us and on our children!’” _(Matthew 27.25)

Kendall’s view is that there is no clear evidence that they had authority to pass on a curse to successive generations of Jews.

“Although blindness came on Israel and God opened the door to Gentiles (Romans 11.7-12), the door has always been open to all people who would accept the gospel…I also believe with all my heart that the blindness now on Israel is about to be lifted, and that it won’t be merely dozens but hundreds of thousands (perhaps millions) of Jews who will be converted before the Second Coming of Jesus.”

This book is extremely edifying and enlightening, a ‘must read’ for all serious believers.

Susan Perlman calls it “a treasure trove of gems and practical applications” written with “such skill and biblical insight”.

And evangelist J John says of the title (Why Jesus Died): “This is the most important question to ask, and here is the most insightful and inspirational answer I have ever read.”

R T Kendall, now 82, was minister at the famous Westminster Chapel in London for 25 years and now lives in Tennessee, though he continues to make regular appearances on the TBN-UK television channel.

Charles Gardner is author of Israel the Chosen, available from Amazon, and Peace in Jerusalem, available from olivepresspublisher.com

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