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Friday, December 1, 2017

This Might Be the Single Greatest Threat to the Devil—And It's Often Overlooked - DAVID HOFFMAN CHARISMA NEWS

A customer registers his handprint before proceeding on the world's first-ever permanent bitcoin ATM.
A customer registers his handprint before proceeding on the world's first-ever permanent bitcoin ATM. (REUTERS/Andy Clark )
Note: This is a guest column by my friend David Hoffman.
If you had bought $100 in bitcoin in 2010 and didn't sell, it would now be worth almost $73 million. That is an incredible return.
Last year on November 29, 2016, the price of one Bitcoin closed out at $732.62. That means in the past year, it really grew.
We are living in a time where there is great opportunity to invest in a lot of different things. With great opportunity, there is great risk involved as well.
Bitcoin was arguably one of the best financial investments of the past 5 years, just as Apple was a great financial investment over the past decade.
Though these were good financial investments for many, there is a much better investment that a person can make. That is investment in the kingdom of God. God wants us to invest our time and energy in serving Him and promoting His kingdom. It has infinitely more benefit and returns than the best investments on this earth.
One of the biggest blessings when investing into the kingdom of God is that there is no risk of loss. Even if you invest the slightest amount of your life in God, it is never for a loss. If you invest in a person by sharing the Gospel with them and taking the time to disciple them, you will never be at a loss.
In the world we live in, there are many things vying for our resources, time and energy. The believer faces a unique financial temptation. There are many things promising that if we invest in them. we will have what we need to be free to better serve the Lord. It doesn't work that way. It is a big temptation.
The Bible is clear. It says in Matt. 6:33 "but seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be given to you." The devil and the world system want it to be the other way around for the believer. "Seek first your financial stability and future security and the kingdom of God and His righteousness will be added to you."
In light of all of the buzz around bitcoin, and even the recent soaring stock prices, many Christians have become very interested and pulled towards a mentality that posits "I have to have financial security to serve the Lord." Increasingly, I have seen Christians putting greater emphasis on investing in some of these new investment opportunities as a good way to make money, and with money, financial freedom to better serve the Lord. The idea is "You need money if you are going to do anything great for God."
I recently saw a video with one of the wealthiest ministers in the world sharing about this. He said:
"In Satan's eyes, there is nothing more dangerous than a preacher who has got enough money in his bank account to do what God has called him to do."
That is not true. It is just plain false. Elijah did not have money in the bank, and yet he called down fire on the Baal prophets and led Israel to repent. Jeremiah, had no money in the bank, and yet he served the Lord faithfully as the only true prophetic voice in Judah during a season of great wickedness and deception. John the Baptist really had no money, and yet he prepared the way for the Lord and is considered the greatest prophet of all time before Christ. The disciples were not rich, and yet they were able to heal the sick, cast out demons, and advance the Kingdom of God. The Bible is full of countless examples.
We must not forget what the Apostle Paul said in 1 Cor. 1:26-29
 For observe your calling, brothers. Among you, not many wise men according to the flesh, not many mighty men, and not many noble men were called. But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise. God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty. And God has chosen the base things of the world and things which are despised. Yes, and He chose things which did not exist to bring to nothing things that do, so that no flesh should boast in His presence.
The greatest threat to the devil is not a Christian with money, it's a Christian with the fullness of the Holy Spirit. That is what will change the world. That is what will open the door for greater ministry. The reason the apostles could be "the men who have turned the world upside down" (Acts 17:6) was because they had an encounter with the living God on the Day of Pentecost that so transformed them, and so filled them, that regardless of their lack of finances, they were able to operate in the power of God. God doesn't rely on physical resources to accomplish His purposes.
This observation is not coming from someone who is detached from dealing with finances and ministry. I do full-time ministry, and I often feel like I wish a had a lot more money to do what I feel God is calling me to do. So, I understand the temptation of feeling like more finances are necessary to better serve the Lord; nevertheless, it is a temptation. I understand the feeling that comes from seeing a lot of money used inappropriately on ministry initiatives, agendas and items that don't help to transform communities and the culture with the gospel.
There have been times where I wished my ministry had the amount of money that I saw being used inappropriately elsewhere. I have thoughts things like "If only I had that much then...." However, I am growing to see that what Paul said in Philippians 4:11-13 about contentment in all things is a necessary attitude that God wants me to embrace in my life. It is wrong to think "If only I had that much money then....." Jesus' ministry was nothing like that. I am learning that the key to success is to be "full of the Holy Spirit." The Holy Spirit changes things. Many ministries have millions of dollars, and yet they are not changing the world for Christ.
Phil 4:13 says "I can do all things because of Christ who strengthens me." Christ, not finances, is the believer's strength. It is the power of God that brings the change, not money. We need the power of God. We don't need physical riches. We need spiritual riches. We need to be rich in faith, rich in truth, and rich in love.
Invest in God, invest in His kingdom.
Empires have risen, and empires have fallen. Stocks have soared and stocks have dived. People have gained wealth only to go on to lose it.
Bitcoin will one day bottom out and leave everyone who invested lacking and regretful. The dollar will one day bottom out. Everything in this world that seems to offer security, offers no true security. Invest in Jesus. Invest in His kingdom. Invest in love and truth. When this world fades away, when everything else fails, Jesus Christ and His Kingdom will not fail. His kingdom is an eternal kingdom that cannot be shaken. Investing in the kingdom of God is the only investment with a sure return, and it is the only investment with eternal benefits. 
David Hoffman is an evangelist and the director of Kingdom Enterprises, an outreach and evangelism ministry in Tucson, Arizona. His passions are to reach the lost with the gospel of Jesus Christ, ignite a passion for evangelism within the lives of believers and to help equip them to live Spirit-filled and Spirit-empowered lives. For more information or to contact him, please go to HisKingdomEnterprises.com or IgniteAmerica.org.
Bert M. Farias, revivalist and founder of Holy Fire Ministries, has authored several books with an emphasis on helping to restore the true spirit of Christianity in the Church today, including the newly released, Passing on The Move of God to The Next Generation and the highly sacred book, The Journal Of A Journey To His Holiness. An anointing of fire marks his ministry with frequent demonstrations of the Spirit and power of God. He ministers interdenominationally and cross-culturally in nations, churches, conferences, on the streets and in homes. He and his wife Carolyn also host The Holy Ghost Forum – a school of the Spirit. Follow him at Bert Farias and Holy Fire Ministries on Facebook and @Bertfarias1 on Twitter.
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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Chuck D. Pierce: Rend the Heavens and Let Prophetic Revelation Fall! Key Prophecies for Now! - The Elijah List

Chuck D. Pierce:
Rend the Heavens and Let Prophetic Revelation Fall! Key Prophecies for Now!

Chuck D. PierceNewsletter dated December 16, 2013:

Dear Advancing Saints:

During this season, there is lots of spiritual activity in the atmosphere! This is a time to prophesy. Recently, I was a leadership meeting and the statement the Lord had me share was:

"The gifts that Yeshua left in the earth realm to enforce His authority were apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, and evangelists

The gift that gets controlled or stopped, which hinders the others from coming into fullness, is the prophet's gift and authority. Apostles will attempt to build a pattern without present revelation, and end up building man's model."

The Lord has been falling on us in our worship gatherings with prophetic revelation! Receive this revelation from this portal to your heart:

Watch the Shaking! A New Path Form!
New songs break old cycles.
Here is a Song of the Spirit from James Vincent:

And it's not only happening above us, but it's happening beneath us. 
The foundations of the earth are being shaken,
And there is a reckoning in the deep, 
The Lord's power and His Might is going to be the only thing standing after this fight.
Just the same way David stood before Goliath, 
And said one of us is going to be left standing and it's going to be me,
It's going to be for the One who lived forever, 
          Who lives eternally and you are going to fall before me this day.
Oh the reckoning – it's happening beneath our feet,
It's happening beneath our feet, 
          It's happening beneath our feet. 
Watch the shaking, watch the shaking, watch the shaking, watch the shaking!
The Lord says, "Some of you are moving down and you are taking layers in the ground where iniquity has dwelt in the land that I've caused you to have. Not only move up, but also move down. Even look at stocks that have been linked with what has been mined from quarries.

Look at quarry stocks, and look at investments that are linked with true mining, for I am going to move on mining systems in this hour.

"I am stirring the nether springs; I am stirring the healing waters of the nether springs of this earth

Look! Look! Look! There are treasures hidden in that darkness that I am stirring, healing waters to bring forth in this hour

I'm going deep underneath and there's healing springs that have never sprung up. There's mining structures that have never brought forth. I am sending whirlwinds down in the earth as well as stirring up the powers that have held back and covered over the resources that have been hidden."

There is a path ahead that will shake open for you to be sent!

There has been necessity for us to cut open paths on the ground as well as on the roof of the Global Spheres Center (pictured here). This big, old building's ceiling is carrying lots of ice. Pray for us – that the heavens clear. We need a new roof, but that is a different project for a different time.

Doors and Bees, and Paths, Oh My!

Not only is this season about doors and bees, but it's also about PATHS! 

We need to understand that there will be situations in your life when you are going to have to wait until your path from last season is connected to the path for this season. 

You also must know that you are going to have to actually form the path through worship. You can't just jump in and say everything is formed, but you will need to worship!

Don't try to go forth in the same way that you've always gone forth. Just as with the path you see, you will have to break up ground that needs to be broken up. You have to break up slippery places where you could slip in days ahead.

Once you've done your part, sit down and rest and wait till God puts the other piece in place. Don't try to do it all; don't try to do more than you should. Even use other paths that others have formed. 

Let God order the connections necessary for your breakthrough!

Allow the Lord to start you, new and fresh. Let Him add to you; let each gift that is necessary to be aligned come into your path for this season.

This is a key time of watching, entering in, and watching how God sets our course ahead

For the Lord says, "I will cause your path to connect where it needs to connect this season. I will cause you to move forward. I Am paving the way for you to become victorious! Things will get lighter and lighter and lighter – do not fear the darkness!"

Father, we thank You today not only for the door, we thank You not only for the honey of the land, but we also thank You that You will form a PATH to get us through the door and into the honey of the land.

Vision – A Whirlwind Released from the 3rd Heaven on December 11, 2013

(From Marty Cassady, Anne Tate, Chuck Pierce, Janice Swinney, Dee Dee Roberts, and Elaine Priestly):

I just saw a whirlwind released from the 3rd Heaven – the highest Heaven where God is seated on the Throne. And that whirlwind is totally encircling the 2nd Heaven. I don't know what's going on, but during these 10 days something is breaking!

The Lord is releasing a whirlwind over Washington, DC. It is a day of turning; things are turning, thrones are turning over, and power is shifting. 

Things are shifting in Washington DC. The King is going to be enthroned! And over Rockefeller Square in New York, we say a whole new re-alignment of the structure of economy in this land is now turning

I Am, and what is been held up now and held back will start being given over. Lord, we decree it today!

There's a new news to report; there will be new news to report. They'll be a shift in the media it will be right to say that God is God and every man a liar

God will be true and every man a liar! And I saw that same swirling over Mayo Clinics and over Johns Hopkins Universities, and over the major hospitals and the learning medical institutions in this Nation.

God says, "My whirlwind is being seen over them and there will come a new rule of righteousness in medical study; in experiment into the healing industry in this land. My healing will rule and will reign in those structures!"

And all of those ruling forces over that Obamacare and that insurance structure that's stopping I AM, Jehovah Raphe, from rising up in this land, we say today there's a new breakthrough! You'll begin to see that whirlwind taking out your enemy!

There's a catching up over Kansas; a catching up over Kansas. And the Spirit of God is going to rise out of Kansas and in other places, in DC., and will say what is necessary to be said this hour. 

We loose revelation, we loose words that produce whirlwinds and we declare they are being re-deposited over the Federal Reserve System

We say let Your whirlwind of words begin to come down and deposit revelation where it should be.

"For I am your spin doctor! I am spinning today over the regions of this earth that need to be corrected. I am blowing away, by My Spirit, those things that have held you captive and I am establishing My Spiritual government over those things that need healing and need release! ...

Jump into the grace of this spinning force and go with Me and land at a new place!

"I am bringing a shaking underneath the mountains and I am causing it to fall. I am breaking and shaking underneath those mountains to turn up those things that have been hidden. Those things that need to be exposed, I Am exposing.

"For this is a time that I am beginning to cause My people to come up, and to come up and over; this is a time I'm calling you to come up and over. And those things that have stopped you, those things that have kept you back, I'm shaking them off of you. 

I'm causing them to shake underneath your feet. I'm causing you to step right through, so you begin to see a vision of what I'm doing, because I'm breaking those old molds off of you.

"I'm breaking those old impressions off of you; I'm removing that old thing you need to shake off. You need to let it go because I'm putting you to the top of the mountain. Some of you are rising, some of you are coming up, some of you are moving into a new realm.

There's new dimensions to begin to see, and I'm causing you to see, break open and begin to see through those dimensions

Let Me restore, let Me renew, let Me bring forth a new value in you!"

The Next 10 Days Are Critical!

"Over the next 10 days I will call you to a certain night watch that will uncover that which has kept you from taking ground in past seasons. 

When I call you in that one hour, stand before Me, sit before Me, lay before Me and watch Me give you strategies that will uncover ground that has been held back and release supply that could not be released."

I see the Lord lifting depression, that thing which has held you down during this season. Instead of saying, "I despise this time of season," He is saying, "Like Mary, let it be unto Me, because the angel of the living God will come and He will overshadow you." And even now as this word is being released He's overshadowing you and the depression is breaking and you'll no longer be depressed but you'll be exalted by the very Presence of the living God!

We ask for an overshadowing of Your glory realm that breaks oppression, depression, and how we have been laid out and suffered in the last season.

The Ayin (this decade) Season is a Shifting Season for New Vision!

The Lord is saying to go back to the beginning of this decade. The Word of the Lord starting at the shift of this Ayin season which would be right at 2009 September.

"I was shifting a season at that time – an Ayin season for you to see in a new way and gain new vision. But some of you are hanging onto old structures that are hanging onto you. Those things are clouding the path ahead. And in this year of the PATH, cut loose what is necessary to let go of, so you so you can see your path very clearly. 

Shut the door completely to the old, so you are walking in confidence in the new. 

Shut the door to even your old way of worship, your old religious structures, and your old visions systems. Shut the door to it and advance!

"Even that cloud that has been around you. I am going to give you energy to leap above that cloud so you can see. Leap quickly, look quickly and see your path. For when you return to the place you presently are you will say, 'I got a glimpse but I'm not sure how to get there.' The more you leap, the easier you'll see, and you will walk into the place that I have for you.

These next eight weeks are key for you walking into this place. So leap, see, leap, see, and the way will open up.

"This is a season that as you leap you are going to begin to see what it's like to fly. Other generations have been earth bound, but this is the generation that those that have gone before you are believing that you will fly – that we will send you forward and you will fly through the heavens.

"Don't you know you were created, shaped and formed with those hinds feet to leap from one high place to the next? In this season, as you begin to leap from revelation to revelation, the leaping from revelation to revelation will cause you not only to see clearly and sharply what's in front of you and the future I have planned, but will also clear up the questions of the past. 

There has been a path and a plan from before you were. This is the season to begin to leap and see, leap and see, and have an understanding of what your life was purposed and planned for from the beginning."

Father, those that were leaping from one high place to the other, and one of the ruling spirits of the high places knocked them down and caused them to fall in the cracks, we decree right now we're pulling people up out of the cracks. We decree we're pulling them up out of the cracks. We're decreeing that we're dusting off and repairing their hind's feet.

Lord, we ask today for a repairing of our hind's feet and to pull us up out of the crack that has tried to hold us captive when we were leaping from one place to the next.

"Some of you are surrounded by death. Some of you keep saying, 'If I just get out of this place of death I can do this or I can do that.' But even in a place of death you can establish the Presence of the Most High God!

"I Am the Ancient of Days over your life

I have wisdom that is beyond any modern structure that you are contending against. Even the world is trying to wear you down and cause your mind to be weary at this time. But I am raising you above the world's way of thinking, and in raising you above; I am seating you next to Me.

"Do not lose your joy in the midst of this warfare that you're in. For in the raising up, I will cause you to have wisdom that can dismantle every demonic host that are assigned to wear you down. 

Do not grow weary in that circumstance that you are having to tediously contend in. Continue to contend and I will show you the strand of revelation that you need to defeat your enemy."

Vision of Wall with a Sparrow WATCHING!

Now let me leave us with this. Not quite two weeks ago I was sitting in my office and I had a vision. A sparrow was on a wall, looking very intently. The season had changed and it was cold. All of a sudden, Psalm 84 came to my mind:

"How lovely is Your tabernacle, O LORD of Hosts! My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the LORD. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. 

Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young - even Your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God. Blessed are those who dwell in Your house; they will still be praising You."

"Watch carefully over these next several weeks for a season is now upon you of great change. 

Change is now here with you, and in the midst of this change watch carefully, for it will affect greatly your young and your young's young. Watch carefully! For this is a time not only to position yourself in My tabernacle and find your place in praising Me, but in the midst of your positioning yourself, watch carefully, for the nest now will change.

"I will change how you have secured your nest, and only from the revelation of My house can your house be built properly. This is a time at this change of season, for you to watch. For the nest that you once had will now change and your young and your children's young will learn to protect themselves in a new way. And you will continue watching from My Tabernacle until the next two generations learn how to watch and build their own nests with Me."

Blessings,

Chuck D. Pierce
Glory of Zion International Ministries

Charles D. "Chuck" Pierce serves as President of Global Spheres, Inc. (GSI) in Corinth, Texas. This is an apostolic, prophetic ministry that is being used to gather and mobilize the worshipping Triumphant Reserve throughout the world. GSI facilitates other ministries as well, and participates in regional and national gatherings to develop new Kingdom paradigms. 

Chuck also serves as President of Glory of Zion International Ministries, a ministry that aligns Jew and Gentile. He is known for his accurate prophetic gifting which helps direct nations, cities, churches, and individuals in understanding the times and seasons in which we live. 

Chuck and his wife, Pam, have six children and seven grandchildren. He has authored over 20 books, including the best-sellers Possessing Your InheritanceThe Future War of the ChurchThe Worship WarriorGod's Unfolding Battle PlanInterpreting the TimesRedeeming the Time, andTime to Defeat the Devil.


December 17, 2013

Steve ShultzFrom the desk of Steve Shultz:

This word from Chuck Pierce and his team is fully "pregnant" with revelation of all kinds. Revelation about this season. Revelation about all the gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy.

And it contains revelation about our nation.

This one quote is KEY for the next 10 days:

"I just saw a whirlwind released from the 3rd Heaven – the highest Heaven where God is seated on the Throne. And that whirlwind is totally encircling the 2nd Heaven. I don't know what's going on, but during these 10 days something is breaking!

The Lord is releasing a whirlwind over Washington, DC.

It is a day of turning; things are turning, thrones are turning over, and power is shifting. Things are shifting in Washington DC. The King is going to be enthroned! And over Rockefeller Square in New York, we say a whole new re-alignment of the structure of economy in this land is now turning."

The only way to grasp the full meaning of this word is to carefully and slowly read all of it. You'll find it very encouraging and also very instructive!

Enjoy,
Steve

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