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Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Responding to the Season Change - Morris Ruddick

 

Morris Ruddick
Denver, CO

Responding to the Season Change

Responding to the Season Change

When the season changes, targeting and responding to reality represents a greater challenge. Discerning what’s real; and doing so at the highest levels. It then is maintaining the standard, that is higher still. The lure is in underestimating and ignoring the change, its implications … and subtle connections to both encroaching darkness and opportunity.

It extends far beyond self, power or depravity although each has their tripping points. Being targeted as a standard bearer doesn’t make it any easier. Yet, with an identity of being made in His image, as reflectors of His radiance carries the responsibility of being alert, of reaching higher … and getting it right, especially in the view of the dark claims and perversions of truth amassing and influencing those whose eyes have not yet seen these realities.

There has not been a time, since the late 1930s, when the change and such false narratives have been on such a grand-scale; and with the subtleties, has been more complex and intense. And it is accelerating.

Having returned from an assignment in Israel, it has been in recognizing that the challenge lies in recognizing and responding to the shifts and unexpecteds. More of the same harder represents a snare. Understanding the times is one thing, processing the quantum, accelerating change and emerging narratives is another. We’re facing the basis for strategies that shape nations, economies and seasons. Yet, there is nothing new under the sun.

The prophets of old caught the glimmers and were distinguished by their grasp and response to the dynamics and shifts in the seasons, by sharply discerning and yielding to the heart of God …. employing the right filters to discern the big picture needed to understand the strategy the Lord was unfolding in anticipation for the impeding season.

The glimmers and strategies that resulted …. pushed many of those, whose words are still pregnant with expectation and authority, beyond themselves. These were those who understood the times on a level that made them game-changers.

Discerning the Filters
For those serious about their identities in God, the response to change first must accurately discern the filters. The filters that influence and impact the change. In today’s world we have a choice of the filters we are exposed to. While it has always required fervent discernment, for the people of God, more than in any previous time, the framework must begin with consistent and serious exposure to Spirit and Truth, from the Word of God. 

Alarmingly, the alternative filters have not only become anti-Biblical, but have the seeds of being a higher morality contrary to the foundations of sound values and the infrastructures upholding civilized society. A steady diet of mainstream media leans toward subtle precepts in line with destruction and anarchy. During the rise of Nazi Germany, Hitler took complete control of the communication systems, resulting in only the most fervent and discerning getting a realistic grasp of reality and truth. His inner-circle strategy, labeled the Big Lie, was based on the presentation of issues so preposterous that people would tend to believe.

Another very key filter to this grasp of reality is reaching for a clear understanding of God’s heart; God’s priorities and how He thinks. This is why exposure to God’s Word is vital. It cannot be abbreviated or reduced to a selected slice of dogma. God’s perspective is outside the realm of time. As the prophet Isaiah observes, His ways and His thoughts are higher than ours. His is a big-picture, big-picture perspective.

When Jesus, with His identity hidden, appeared to the two disciples on the Road to Emmaus (Luke 24), they were confused over the crucifixion, as were most other of His followers. They grappled with Jesus’ death being the conclusion of the movement they had become a part of. Yet, in the short journey on that Road, Jesus was able to explain from Scripture and the prophets of old the big-picture perspective of the reality of what had been in process. As it has been unfolding in this hour, it was only the beginning.

Mysteries, Covenants, Judgment and Restoration
In the history of God and His people, the consistent big-picture filters unfolding over time …. have included four key driving factors: Mysteries, Covenants, Judgment and Restoration.

The mysteries tap the fact that reality must be interpreted from the stance that God’s ways and priorities are higher than ours, beyond our grasp …. until God chooses to connect the dots. With no “second-guessing” allowed.

Likewise, our grasp of covenant as a filter defines …. again over time …. God’s response in terms of His relationship with those who have transcended the natural realm to be transformed by His Presence. God’s covenants have matured over time and extend from Abraham to Moses to David to Jesus.

It explains the expectation God has for both individuals, but more importantly for the community of faith, those whose identities are in Him. The book of Hebrews offers a glimmer of that underlying expectation describing Jesus as being the exact radiance of God’s glory. Being made in His image, means we were designed to be reflectors of His Presence, which is somewhat captured in our grasp of the anointing. 

Probably the factor believers tend to be most short-sighted on is that of judgment. Judgment is the correction to align the mystery of covenant to have its full purpose, which Paul noted to the Corinthians indicates that we will one day emerge to judge angels. Jesus stated: “For judgment I have come into the world, that those who do not see may see and those who see may be made blind.” John 9:39

God being righteous and His people being reflectors of His nature; this process over time …. extends to include the judgment of wickedness. Wickedness goes beyond sin and evil-doing.

It is the entrenched rebellion against God that has been manifesting since the time in Genesis 6 of the Nephilim. Wickedness is the outcome from the perverse efforts of the fallen angels to override God’s intention for the pinnacle of His creation in integrating their nature with human nature. Wickedness is what results when sin and evil-doing go unchecked.

Wickedness is the age-old divine conflict, the source of anti-Semitism and the expulsions and holocausts against God’s people that have manifested over the course of history. Before there can be complete restoration, there will be the judgment of the wicked.

Pop-culture’s spin on segments of Scripture describing the birth-pangs of season-changes, such as in Matthew 24, has resulted in abbreviated views …. such that the judgment of wickedness is to be a dire time of bare survival experienced by God’s elect. Yet, Malachi projects such times as being when God will distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.

While the study of end-times is highly controversial, accurately unfolding the mysteries should be approached with caution and humility …. requiring a bedrock cost to know the Lord and His ways, realizing our inability to get more than a progressive unfolding of the glimmers of these higher ways. Isaiah, who was not hesitant in describing that even when encroaching darkness comes, that the light of God’s people will shine even brighter ….. resulting in them “going out in joy and being led forth in peace.” Isa 55

Do Not Despise Small Beginnings
So, we’re talking about the filters needed for God’s people to get an accurate glimpse of reality, of the unfolding events around them. Aside from a balanced foundation of God’s ways and priorities through Spirit and Truth, grasping reality involves what has come to be described as the Issachar context: an understanding of the times, to know what to do.

As a young believer, one of my two very spiritually-seasoned mentors gave me wisdom on this factor of responding to reality. He explained that if we can get the door opened sufficiently …. through the veil separating the natural and spiritual worlds …. to get a glimpse, it will be enough. It underscores the importance of what may seem as small-things, in the glimmers we get from on-High. Throughout the history of God’s people, more often than not, it has been the simple things that have confounded the wise.

There is enough of a glimpse of understanding the times and the chaos and anarchy now happening on a global scale against God’s people to conclude that Israel and the Jewish people are the pivot points in terms of God’s priorities. It bears on those whose identities are in God, taking a stand against the forces of anti-Semitism.

Very close to this priority of His heart is that of the plight of persecuted believers.

Aligned with these realities is the importance of the unfolding strategy that is mobilizing the marketplace, impacting the emerging economic structures and opportunity. It is the assignments of those prepared as modern-day Josephs and Daniels.

Within context, these priorities each bear on the restoration underway and the shift from the influence of spiritual institutions into movements.

The Response to Change and a War-Time Mind-Set
A realistic grasp of the quantum change now underway should trigger the need to embrace a war-time mind-set.

We know from the Centurion Jesus met, that this doesn’t mean belligerence, but rather the identity, authority and planning mind-set of a warrior-leader with the faith that accounts for being a game-changer.

A war-time mind-set results in an alertness and foresight to the signs and a constant preparedness and readiness. That includes understanding the realities of the spiritual atmosphere ….. which can make you a target … as the gloves have been taken off by the practitioners of wickedness.

During my recent visit to Israel I went to the Gaza border, to the site of the October 7, 2023 massacre. The reality of the loss, the rise in the global anti-Semitic response and the looming threat have caused a shift spiritually across the Jewish population. Soldiers carry Bibles and are reading them. Many are asking spiritual questions.

The October 7th Massacre was pure wickedness, reflecting a death cult whose practitioners delighted in the merciless torture and slaughter of innocent, unarmed women, children and elderly, as well as all others …. going from one bordering kibbutz to another, hunting down unsuspecting, innocent victims …. with gleeful Gazan civilians following the murderers to ravage the possessions of the victims.

The utter travesty of the October 7th event is only superseded by the world’s response; shaped and activated by propaganda whose source could only have been the pit of hell. Distortions of reality which side with victimizers over victims, attackers over defenders …. promoting lies over truth. All of which is requiring a reality check and mobilized responses on many levels.

The call for a reality check for those with eyes to see and ears to hear is not an option. It bears a foundation that recognizes that this day was planned and took place without repentance or remorse …. or with any hesitation in doing it again. The age-old theme is the destruction of God’s covenant people.

It is a theme that has happened against God’s people in other parts of the world, that propaganda wars exploiting the information systems …. have ignored or convinced far too many among the righteous to simply sweep under the rug in response. Shall we call that response as it is: without judging the wicked, it ignores responsibility. Of course, the justification is in the “name” of peace.

There’s nothing new under the sun. During the advance of Hitler’s unprovoked conquests, there was the “appeasement crowd” …. voices of the elite and people of influence, one’s whose response to the realities was shaped by the trapping of not being directly impacted …. and wanting to keep it that way. Indeed, nothing new under the sun.

Responding to Underlying Strategies
The rampant secularization of values and morality is Replacement Theology in its highest form. It begs the issue of the vital nature of the spiritual response of God’s people.

The level at which wickedness and secularization operate is a strategic alliance …. between Babylon and Chaldea …. that gives power to both the link between them and the process that results.

On the other hand, scripture has examples of righteous alliances, that despite differences had common ground and faith in their foundations. The Gibeonites are one example. Jesus indeed stated that (Mark 9:40 and Luke 9:50) “he who is not against us is for us.” Such has been the case with the voices emerging in the movements based on shared values. We need to embrace and capitalize on the potential of such strategic alliances.

The need is to not be silent. The need is in exposing the reality of the hidden undercurrents of anarchy, hate and death …. that have Israel, the Jews, but also Christians and Western Civilization in its cross-hairs. The parallel of when Jesus labeled the Pharisees as being blind guides is startling …. ones with the influence who should have been voices, but who were seduced by the trappings and comforts of prominence and power …. coddling up to and cooperating with the aggressors …. actually becoming a part of the threat to their way of life.

So when the season changes, as Jesus described in Matthew 24, the role of the righteous is in supporting and upholding what God is birthing …. while not being silent concerning the realities that call black white and white black …. of recognizing the potential of being reflectors of His Presence …. and of the sensitivity and resolve in tangibly standing in prayer against the darkness.

Taking a Stand Against Wickedness
So, judging wickedness and the voices of wickedness is not optional. It is vital in the process of the push-back gleaned by John on Patmos. Not to be approached recklessly, it requires honor and maturity in its execution. That means consistent consecration. It also needs to be unified. Wickedness is entrenched and cruel. It incorporates a fierce stand against the Lord and His people. It is consistently evidenced with manifestations of hate, anarchy and chaos. It tears down rather than building. It is a cult that draws its power from death. It operates far beyond that sin and evil-doing. God loves the sinner but judges the wicked.

So it is that honor must be employed in the execution of judgment. Honor is a higher standard that when demonstrated is typically beyond self. It is a response of esteem, respect and reverence for God and others, especially brethren and the personal and societal standards that are bedrock to faith and community. It is the converse of the spirit of wickedness.

Honor is the overflow when virtues such as love, humility and faith are in evidence. Despite the level of evil-doing that Saul digressed into, when given the opportunity to put a stop in his attempts to kill David, David responded with honor, refusing to touch God’s anointed. It bears a fine-line distinction in the conflict between darkness and Light, but an important one tied to being instruments of God’s purpose, reflectors of His radiance and nature.

Jesus was astounded at the Centurion’s grasp of the dynamics of faith. This was a man whose combat experience and leadership gave him an intimate grasp of the realities between Life and death …. yet who extended honor to both his ailing servant and to Jesus in his request for Jesus’ authority that he recognized would heal his servant.

Judging wickedness begins with mobilized intercession. Jesus sent His disciples out two by two …. with the authority commensurate with the assignment. There is exponential authority where two or more are gathered in His Name.

God activated Jeremiah’s authority to confront the wickedness of that hour with: “You are My battle axe and weapon of war. Through you I will break nations in pieces. Through you I will destroy kingdoms and strongholds.” (Jer 51:20) Yet, with Jeremiah’s mantle made clear, the Lord revealed His parallel judgment: “And I will repay Babylon and Chaldea.” (v 24). Employing God’s authority begins and ends with embracing the Holy Spirit’s Presence.

Knowing what to do taps a right response to the spiritual atmosphere. In longing for God’s intervention, like the mandate to Jeremiah, it follows a role that begins with the righteous.

David, knowing the difference between judging the wicked and touching God’s anointed, was not hesitant in employing his part of the process in both crying out to the Lord and in battle. As it was with David and the great cloud of witnesses describing our predecessors, so it will be with our steps of completion.

Let us join with David as he cried out to the Lord (Ps 83:1-5; 13-18) “Oh God, do not remain silent and do not be still. For behold, Your enemies make an uproar, and those who hate You have exalted themselves. They make shrewd plans against Your people and conspire together against Your treasured ones. They have said, ‘Come and let us wipe them out, that the name of Israel be remembered no more.’ For they have conspired together with one mind; against You they make a covenant. Oh my God, make them like the whirling dust. Like fire that burns the forest, so pursue them with Your tempest and terrify them with Your storm. Fill their faces with dishonor, that they may know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are the Most High over all the earth .” 

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Morris Ruddick has been a forerunner of the Joseph-calling and God’s economy message, being an international voice for the higher dimensions of spiritual game-changers and intercessors since the mid-90s. As founder of Global Initiatives Foundation, the Strategic Intercession Global Network [SIGN] and designer of the God’s Economy Entrepreneurial Equippers Program and the Jewish Business Secrets YouTube series, Mr. Ruddick’s messages equip leaders and economic community builders with strategy where God’s light is dim in diverse regions around the globe.

He is author of “The Joseph-Daniel Calling;” “Gods Economy, Israel and the Nations;” “The Heart of a King;” “Something More;” “Righteous Power in a Corrupt World;” “Leadership by Anointing;” and “Mantle of Fire,” which address the mobilization of business and governmental leaders with destinies to impact their communities. They are available in print and e-versions from www.Amazon.com, www.apple.com/ibooks and www.BarnesandNoble.com.

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Tuesday, June 16, 2020

“Passover, April 30, Pentecost: Did We Miss Something?” – Johnny Enlow

“Passover, April 30, Pentecost: Did We Miss Something?” – Johnny Enlow


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Passover, April 30, Pentecost: Did We Miss Something?” Johnny Enlow, Nashville, TN



A question so many of you have had is regarding some heavily prophesied dates that have come and gone. Did we miss something? 

Passover was prophesied by many, including myself, as being the most significant since Jesus was the sacrificial Lamb on the Cross. April 30 was prophesied as a date the coronavirus would be shattered. There were several children that had supernatural revelation from God regarding that day. Then Pentecost, occurring the last weekend of May, was also prophesied by me and others as being the most significant since Acts 2. 

Pentecost Sunday was then the day the riots broke out and the George Floyd matters took over everyone’s attention.

This has led many to wonder, Did we get these dates and events wrong? Did something happen more than we perceived? Were the prophets and the revelatory children just all deceived or misled by their own desires? 

The short answer to “Were we deceived?” is NOT AT ALL!  Let me explain.

Passover and Pentecost Are Happening All Year

Though Passover and Pentecost had dates attached to them that coincide with the Hebrew calendar, here in 2020, they are ongoing realities. In essence, 2020, as a year, is about a lengthy Passover and a lengthy Pentecost. There was something big that happened on the exact dates of both, but since the Passover rescue operation is worldwide, it is still ongoing and in different sequences, depending on where. Likewise, the Pentecost outpouring did take place on the Pentecost dates—but the outpourings continue to show up in waves.

I personally experienced a Pentecost infilling and empowering, as did thousands who were with us on a Facebook LIVE on May 29. Watch that video and you, too, might experience it (James Goll, Rita Springer, Elizabeth, Justice, and Grace were with me for it).

Being rescued and being empowered by the Holy Spirit are operations from Heaven for all of 2020. It is not over if you somehow believe you missed it. 

Our nation and the world are in the midst of a major Passover rescue operation from Heaven. Much did happen during Passover week itself, but will be revealed later.

April 30? Coronavirus Gone?

This brings us to the April 30 date. A 7-year-old boy had nightly, vivid dreams where God told him of the coronavirus, “This will end on April 30th.” 

Several other children had similar dreams, visions, or experiences. Some I did not report on. It was too much and too many to ignore; and furthermore, it tied in with a Passover “rescue operation” that several of us saw.

Why is COVID-19 still in the news then? As many of you know, prophetic fulfillment often looks different than imagined. John the Baptist—who was the very one who prophesied Jesus as the Messiah in his forerunner-preaching throughout Judea—when imprisoned by Herod, sent word to Jesus: “Are You the Christ or are we waiting for another?”

Can you imagine second-guessing that level of prophetic fulfillment? When it seemed time was up on potential, prophetic fulfillment, Abraham and Sarah both doubted God’s personal word to Abraham that he would be father of descendants “as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore” (see Genesis 22:17). Yet, the word spoken came back around and was greatly fulfilled.

I could go on and on with these examples. The point is that prophetic fulfillment often lacks the “zinger” effect we desire, but often looking back, we note how amazing it was. 

Jesus and His disciples didn’t plan a Passover date for His crucifixion so that the whole world moving forward would be blessed by the marvel of the timing. It just happened on Passover; and even while it was happening it didn’t seem so marvelous. It was the same with Pentecost. The disciples didn’t plan to wait in Jerusalem for an alignment of the Hebrew calendar and their waiting for the Holy Spirit. It seemed delayed and random, and a few hundred left the waiting room because of it. Then, suddenly, a sound like a mighty rushing wind happened, and then as observers looked back, it became amazing to realize it had happened in coordination with the Hebrew calendar.

All that to say, some demonic empowerment of the COVID-19/coronavirus was broken off on April 30. 

The fear and projection of it ended for those aware of the truth surrounding it. A virus with a death rate in line with the seasonal flu was revealed to us at that time—confirmed by even the CDC; a virus that was symptomless for perhaps 80% of recipients, marginal for another 18%, severe for 2% (specifically if they were older and otherwise health compromised). But then even of those, a high percentage could be cured, if the known HCQ (Hydroxychloroquine), zinc and AZ (Azithromycin) combo were used.

Truly, the coronavirus should be done as a newsworthy story, but surreptitious elements keep it around for other political purposes. There are also conflicting reports from the WHO if masks and social distancing really change anything—and yet that practice keeps going on around the world.

Truly, just as humans have not come into alignment with the Cross—where Jesus paid the price for everything to be dealt with—and so it LOOKS like another price has to be paid; so it is the same today. When Jesus said, “It is finished,” it was. There would be no more sacrifice to come. So we have a virus that “it is finished” should be applied to, yet in various, sinister and mind-boggling ways it is given life and so continues to needlessly quarantine, bring fear, destroy economies, and bring death.

The ridiculousness of it reminds me of the (non-recommended!) 1989 movie, “Weekend at Bernie’s,” where Bernie is murdered, but two young men pretend he is still alive in order to be able to fulfill their plans. In the movie, Bernie is hilariously dragged about and posed with in order to deceive. In real life, it is not so hilarious. 

COVID-19 should be a dead story, not because it isn’t a health consideration, but because it is much less a health consideration than many, many other things not making the news.

Conclusion: 2 Chronicles 20:20My simple conclusion is this: “Believe his prophets and you will prosper.” That is the 2 Chronicles 20:20 word of the year for 2020. As in that passage, there are multiple armies surrounding us and disorienting us. Believe what God is saying through His prophets and move forward in praising God for victory. This historic, stormy, and confusing year of 2020 will produce the big bang reward it was prophesied to do. The best is yet to come.

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Website: www.restore7.orgJohnny Enlow is a social reformer, international speaker, spiritual mentor. He is author of RISEBecoming A SuperheroThe Seven Mountain MantleRainbow God, and The Seven Mountain Prophecy. He and his wife Elizabeth are focused on awakening individuals to their call to provide practical solutions from the heart of God for every problem in society until the real God of all of life is displayed in the seven primary areas of culture in all nations: Media, Arts and Entertainment, Government, Family, Religion, Economy, and Education.

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Saturday, July 13, 2019

"The Lord is Handing Out Scrolls for America" - Larry Sparks THE ELIJAH LIST

"The Lord is Handing Out Scrolls for America"



Larry Sparks  THE ELIJAH LIST Jul 12, 2019

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While in Branson, MO, praying with the amazing community at Morningside Church as they dedicated their new Prayer Mountain Chapel, the Lord gave me a vision. I believe this vision has everything to do with an assignment He is extending to prophets, intercessors and, well, everyone—on how to effectively pray for the United States of America. (Note: I love all nations, so I'm convinced that within this message is a strategy to pray for other nations too.)
Ask for the Lord's Translation
In the vision, I simply saw the hand of the Lord reaching out to prophets and intercessors, giving them rolled-up scrolls on behalf of their cities and states. Anytime we have supernatural experiences, visions or dreams, we cannot be content with simply indulging the supernatural imagery without contending for an explanation.
The high benchmark of the prophetic ministry is not, and I repeat, NOT how supernatural or spiritual our prophetic words, visions, dreams, and experiences sound. When we receive messages from Heaven they will always come in a slightly "coded" manner. There will be this veil around them, not because God is making things difficult for us, but rather He's inviting you and me into dynamic communication with Him as friends and intimates. He wants you and me to ask Him for the translation—and He is faithful to provide it!
The veil of mystery surrounding prophetic messages from Heaven cannot motivate us to immediately indulge our "push button" society, where we jump out and simply share the word as is, in its uninterpreted, strongly-symbolic or allegorical format. Certainly not. Instead, when we believe that we receive a prophetic message from Heaven, we need to first present it back to the Lord and ask Him for clarity on what it means.
What Were the Rolled-Up Scrolls?
When I asked the Lord what those scrolls were, He told me they were the scrolls for cities and states in the USA. What was written in these scrolls represented God's will and intended purposes for our cities and states; they carried what God wanted for the United States of America. (Photo via Larry Sparks)
Reactive Prayers: Cleaning up Messes Made by the Devil
We cannot pray reactively, we must pray responsively. Reactive prayers sound like we are constantly trying to clean up messes made by the devil. By nature, we are reacting to the very real and present darkness around us. I refuse to pretend away the darkness in our land in favor of a pie-in-the-sky, end-times scenario.
Isaiah 60 gives us a stunning parallel of what to expect in this hour: gross and deep darkness colliding with a people upon whom God arises and shines with superior glory. And that glory is not meant to be contained, but rather have a measurable impact on a society gripped by darkness. Jesus did say we are the salt of the earth and light of the world, which means our presence in the earth should transform things around us.
Responsive Prayers: Responding to What's Written in God's Scrolls
Responsive prayers are not born on Earth; they were birthed in Heaven. They are not motivated by what we "scroll" through on our news-feeds everyday, but rather, they are driven by what's written in God's scrolls for our cities, states and nations.
Can't You Talk Louder, God?
The ultimate question should not be what is the devil doing? The question is what is God saying? The truth is, we will pray prayers that are driven by one or the other. We can pray based on what the enemy is doing in our nation—with such prayers sounding frantic, hopeless and full of despair—OR, we can be very alert and in tune with the darkness, while praying superior prayers not driven by what darkness is doing, but are rather influenced by the word and purposes of the Lord.
How to Pray Responsively
Here are some very practical "next steps" on how to pray responsively to what the Lord is doing right now:
1. Refuse to allow darkness and the devil to influence your prayer life. Practically speaking, this means you watch the news but don't pray it. You track world events but don't pray the problems. You don't agree with the darkness. Be very aware of what's going on in the earth, but refuse to partner with the enemy's agenda.
2. Ask the Lord, "What do YOU SAY about my city, state and nation?" The news often tells us what the enemy is saying concerning our nations. This is why the scroll imagery, I think, is so important, especially considering the day and age we live in. We're constantly scrolling through news stories and headlines, being influenced by what we are reading. No doubt many prayers have been crafted based on what our eyes have come across while reading the most recent, horrific news headline. Let's shift things. Let's be very aware of what's going on in the earth, but perhaps more aware of what the Lord wants to do in our cities, states and nations.
3. Specifically ask the Lord for the scroll of your city and state. This is not some mystical thing; it's a matter of the Lord unveiling to you what He wants to do in the place where you live. More than what we see in the news, we want to see what's written in Heaven come to pass in the places where we live. (Photo via Unsplash)
4. Research the prophetic history of your city/state.Often, the unfinished work of the Lord can be discovered by acquainting ourselves with the prophetic history of our cities and states.
Recently, I was overwhelmed by the Lord's presence as He told me things like, "I remember Frank Bartleman. I remember William Seymour. I remember John Wimber. I remember Aimee Semple McPherson." This was all in respect to California, which many tend to write off as perhaps the darkest state in the USA. And yet, there are powerful, spiritual seeds still in the ground. The Lord remembers these seeds and I believe His work is yet unfinished in California. Likewise, it's unfinished in your city and state!
5. Practically ask: "How can I get involved in what God is doing?" Yes, we pray, but oftentimes in prayer, the Lord wants to share prophetic solutions and strategies that demand our engagement. He will tell us to do something so that His will can be released into the earth through you. Of course He is the sovereign God and can do things Himself, but He is looking for agents in the earth realm who He can commission and deploy into every sphere that's been influenced by darkness.
Let's receive what the Lord is handing out to us so we can effectively pray for our cities, states and nations! (To Subscribe to the Elijah List subscribe here.)
Larry Sparks, MDiv
Equip Culture

Email: equipculture@gmail.com
Website: www.LarrySparksMinistries.com
Larry Sparks is a prophetic author, speaker, and lecturer on revival. He presently serves as publisher for Destiny Image (destinyimage.com), a Spirit-filled publishing house pioneered by Don Nori Sr. in 1983 with a mandate to publish the prophets. Larry is fueled by a vision to help the Church community create space for the Holy Spirit to move in freedom, power and revival fire, providing every Believer with an opportunity to have a life-changing encounter in the Presence of God. In addition, Larry is a regular contributor to Charisma Magazine, he conducts seminars on revival, hosts regional Renewing South Florida gatherings, and has been featured on Sid Roth's It's Supernatural, TBN, CBN, the ElijahList, and Cornerstone TV. He is author of Breakthrough Faith, The Fire That Never Sleeps with Michael Brown and John Kilpatrick, compiler of Ask for the Rain, and co-author of Arise with Patricia King. He earned a Master of Divinity from Regent University and enjoys life in Texas with his beautiful wife and beloved daughter.
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Wednesday, July 3, 2019

"Remnant - God says This to You..." Travis Holland, Defiance, OH - The Elijah List


There are many Believers who have spent this last season in a cave. Even though they've been in this cave they have still been encountering God's presence and still encountering His glory, but they feel alone and trapped. In their hearts they feel hurt and abandoned. They feel as though they are the only one who has been going through this in their region, city, and country.
God showed me a golden valley, full of His glory. It was like the fresh, golden pollen of His glory was falling from Heaven upon the valley. As I looked up, I saw the valley was surrounded by mountains encompassing it. In these mountains were a multitude of caves, separate from each other. God said inside these caves were many hurt prophets, apostles, pastors, evangelists, teachers, and fiery-footed sons and daughters who have chosen to dedicate their lives to the Kingdom of God and not religion, money, and self-promotion.
Encountering His Presence But Unable to Hear His Voice
This hidden remnant could not see each other in these caves, and they felt like they were the only ones in a cave season – even though they were surrounded by others just like themselves. There were many that wept alone. There were many who were hurt and had been driven out by other people. It was because of this that they have felt like they were no longer flowing in the same intimacy, vision, and giftings as they had before in the previous seasons. They felt as if they could encounter His presence but could no longer hear His voice as they used to. (Photo via Unsplash)
Suddenly, I heard a clarion call from Heaven. The voice was like a rumble of thunder and lightning but was as clear as a melody of worship. He said, "What do you hear, oh remnant?" They said, "We can't hear anything in tears!"
Then an instrumental of Heaven became louder and louder and I heard the angels and the cloud of great witnesses singing, "You can do it. You can do it!" They were cheering the remnant on. Then God said, "I have not abandoned you. I will give you something bigger than the vision you can see right now. It's time for the remnant to step forth. It's time remnant to arise and shine for your light has come! The glory of the Lord has risen upon you."
Step Out of Your Caves
Then the remnant replied, "Lord, we are all alone, and are timid to step forth." Then God said, "I have many remnant, just like you. There are many in your region, many in your city, many in your country, and many around the world. I never called you to step out and arise alone."
God then spoke again, "I have called the remnant forth as fiery-footed people to arise together, to align together, to run this race together, to bring Heaven to Earth, together. Arise, oh remnant and step out of your caves."
Can't You Talk Louder, God?
As they stepped forward, out of their caves, they saw hundreds of thousands of others who stepped forth too. This mountain range of the remnant Believers was awakened to the fact that they were not the only ones. God had set them apart for such a time as this. They started out of their caves and started a new walk down the mountains to the golden valley that had the glory raining down upon it like golden pollen.
Lift His Name on High
They all came down and locked arms as one Body with one purpose. As they celebrated in the valley, their feet burned with fire upon them, their hands burned with a fresh fire upon them, and when they spoke, like golden pollen, the glory of God flowed out of their mouths as ones that spoke the heart of the Father.
God said, "Look! The ones called 'The Remnant' who thought they were small and alone have now arisen together and aligned together to carry My Kingdom to those that do not know My heart, to those that are hurting and have been crushed, to those that need to have their first love turned back to My Son, Jesus. These ones will be known as glory carriers, fiery-footed ones, nation shakers, and atmosphere changers.
"They will be known for carrying and releasing signs, wonders, miracles, and healings greater than they've seen before. Most importantly, they will be known for passionately loving Me, My Son, and My Spirit, because everything flows from intimately knowing Me and who I created them to be in My Son. They will not do this for their own fame, but they will lift, in unity, My Son's name on high." (Photo via Unsplash)
"...But the Lord will arise over you, and His glory will be seen upon you. The Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. 'Lift up your eyes all around, and see: They all gather together, they come to you; your sons shall come from afar, and your daughters shall be nursed at your side. Then you shall see and become radiant, and your heart shall swell with joy..." (Isaiah 60:2-5)
"Remnant arise and come forth! Align together in unity in this new season. I have something greater in store for you." 

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Travis Holland
Foundations of Revival

Email: aboutus.foundations@gmail.com
Website: www.foundationsofrevival.com
Travis Holland is an apostolic revivalist & itinerant speaker and co-founder of Foundations of Revival. He has a heart to see Heaven invade Earth and to see people live out the Kingdom dynamics they were called to. 
Travis and Chantie Holland have been called to be conduits and to dig up wells of revival all over the world. Those wells of prophetic words and prayers that have been spoken over cities, regions, and nations. He has called them to speak His Words and lay hands and see His miracles, signs, and wonders manifest in people's lives. They also have a vision of equipping those that are called to host His presence in their area.
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