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Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Darren Canning: "The 123 Season - The Promise Has to Come to Pass!" - THE ELIJAH LIST

Darren Canning: "The 123 Season - The Promise Has to Come to Pass!"

Oct 24, 2017 THE ELIJAH LIST

From the desk of Steve Shultz:

If you have been in times of waiting, either for a season or for years...you really need to grasp this fresh word by Darren Canning of Canada.

In this, he share about the waiting time, and how God's promises DO come to pass while we faithfully serve and grow in the process.

Darren shares this edifying word:

When God speaks, what He says is done in His mind. God has all of time in His hands. There is no wrestling within the mind of God with what is in the beginning and what is in the end. When He says that it will come to pass, it is like He is saying, "IT HAS COME TO PASS." His gaze just stretches a little further along than our own.

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"The 123 Season - The Promise Has to Come to Pass!"

Darren Canning, Ontario, Canada

Psalm 123

Unto You I lift up my eyes, O You who dwell in the heavens. Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, until He has mercy on us. Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us! For we are exceedingly filled with contempt. Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorn of those who are at ease, with the contempt of the proud.

It's a 123 season. Many times, I have seen this number combination on a clock, billboard or license plate. Every time I see it, there is an excitement as if something fresh was about to begin. For me, 123 is the essence of Get Ready, Get Set and Go. This word from the Lord to me comes with an expectation that something new is about to begin – like a new door is going to open or a new feeling in my life is about to emerge. It is a springtime number or a new beginnings number.

"And so, even while we wait for the consummation of the promise, we do so because He convinces us that what He said WOULD happen."

Many of us have been prophesying for a long time that there is a revival coming to the nations that will be unprecedented. The prophet Bob Jones died in the 1970s and had an encounter with Heaven before the Lord sent him back to his body. While in Heaven, the Lord told him that He was sending Bob back to the earth to prepare the generation God was going to use to bring in the one billion soul harvest.

Prophesying Hope in the Midst of Adversity

It seems that the Christian voice is the minority voice in North America, so to prophesy reformation and revival in the face of the Antichrist spirit of our time can be draining, especially since many of us have been doing so for more than 20 years. There are times when I stand and a spirit of prophecy comes upon me and I begin to declare, "Reformation is coming."

If I'm to be honest with you, sometimes I feel conflicted doing this. This prophecy (which I declare and form by faith over the dry bones of modern man), doesn't seem to be coming to pass. I feel like a motorcyclist who is using the kick-start but it doesn't seem to be working...yet.

But God has convinced me that He is real. He has convinced me that He can do anything He says that He is going to do. When God speaks, what He says WILL come to pass. Even though we may grow frustrated, we just have to continue to wait upon the Master's hand.

Psalm 123 (written above) is very interesting to me. It seems to be about the merging of anticipation and waiting. The servant may have to wait a long time, but the Master is the Master. The servant's function is to serve. He/she has no choice but to wait. That is their job and just because the servant is waiting doesn't mean the Master will move any more quickly.

The Master moves when He wishes. We must be there when He wishes us to serve.

(Photo via Unsplash)

It is in the waiting that we truly become servants. The servant must serve when the Master is present and when He isn't present. The promise is that because we are servants we will always have something precious to do for the King. However, the servant that grows weary and leaves his/her post, isn't a good servant because sometimes service is more about waiting than anything else.

We are not the masters of our own fate or the captain of our own destinies. This function in our lives belongs to the King.

He is gracious and loving and brings us into fullness, but we must wait for our times and seasons.

The generation that we live in will not be passed by, but we who are born to intercede and declare must continue to do so until we see the harvest.

I want to be found faithful like Anna, the prophetess: "Now there was one, Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity; and this woman was a widow of about eighty-four years, who did not depart from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. And coming in that instant she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of Him to all those who looked for redemption in Jerusalem." (Luke 2:36-38)

"When God speaks, what He says WILL come to pass."

Virgins were often married at about 15 or 16 years of age in ancient Israel. Some say that they were betrothed (or promised in marriage) as early as 12 years of age although they would wait longer to consummate the marriage. If Anna was married at 16 she would have been a widow by 23. For over 60 years she potentially fasted and prayed for the coming of the Messiah. The Lord impressed upon her that she would actually see His coming. She did not give up, although one wonders if she ever wavered in her longing.

The consummation of that longing was the infant child in her arms. She held Him in her oldest years. She held the promise in her arms! She most likely did not see Him become a man. She did not likely see Him on the Cross or His resurrection. However, she beheld the promise and believed in her heart.

There is something about the Word of the Lord in our heart that keeps us from wavering in the waiting. When we have heard His voice, it convinces us of the truth of that which is spoken. And so, even while we wait for the consummation of the promise, we do so because He convinces us that what He said WOULD happen. (Photo via Unsplash)

Perhaps you have heard Him speak a promise. Maybe you have even heard that revival is coming to the nations. I declare that in the waiting, you shall be refreshed. He will speak again. You will be found faithful in the temple when He appears. You are stronger than you think. Keep going, keep pursuing, keep the faith.

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Darren Canning
Ministry of Darren Canning
Email: darrencanning78@gmail.com
Website: www.darrencanning.com

Darren Canning is a revivalist preacher who travels throughout Canada, the United States, and the world. His heart is for revival and believes that God will touch lives deeply wherever he travels. He teaches on hearing the voice of God and experiencing the supernatural.

Darren's life was touched powerfully through an encounter with God and he was transformed from an atheistic lifestyle to a Believer in a moment. He has spent 14 years working for the government of Canada as an analyst specializing in transportation issues related to Aircraft Safety and Security. He is married to Lydia and is the father of seven children. He believes that if others experience the God of the supernatural then they too will be changed forever.

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Jonathan Cahn (2013 in Washington DC) - Speech you were never supposed to see

Jonathan Cahn (2103 in Washington DC)

- speech you were never supposed to see

YouTube: James T. Hess

Published on Oct 19, 2017

Category: People & Blogs
License: Standard YouTube License

Monday, August 28, 2017

The Real Reason You're Spiritually Exhausted—And How to Fix It - PAT AND KAREN SCHATZLINE CHARISMA MAGAZINE

Maybe you wake up so weary and exhausted you think you can't possibly make it through the day. (Getty Images)

"Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being" (Gen. 2:7). It is the breath of our Father God that imbued life into us, and it is His breath that continues to sustain us. Without this precious breath, humankind would not exist. The breath of God is life itself.

Throughout the Bible, when the breath of God is present, it produces or revives life. If God is our very life-breath, we should be living in a place of revival, but many of us are not. In fact, some of us are out of breath. Life has a way of taking our breath away. The phrase "take my breath away" typically makes us think of moments when the beauty and grandeur of God leave us breathless, but that is not the kind of breathlessness we're referring to. There is another kind of breathlessness that comes upon us when life is pressing in so hard that we feel crushed and desperate, as if we can hardly breathe.

Maybe you wake up so weary and exhausted you think you can't possibly make it through the day. Perhaps you feel hopeless and lost. You're certainly not alone. But our God is a God of hope. If you let Him, He will breathe into you and fill your spiritual lungs with His very life and revive your soul. Then, when you are full of God, His presence will overflow to everyone you come in contact with.

If you have reached for your spiritual inhaler on more than one occasion, perhaps it is time to build a "breathing room" for God. Maybe it's time to create a place for God to meet you and breathe new life into you as you encounter Him on a personal level. But know this—when you inhale God's breath, you will exhale revival fire!

So what is revival fire? The word "revival" has become a buzzword the church uses to describe a great spiritual experience. We are continually talking and praying for revival. But if we're going to pray about revival, shouldn't we know what it actually is?

Oxford Living Dictionaries describe "revival" as "an improvement in the condition or strength of something; an instance of something becoming popular, active, or important again; a reawakening of religious fervor." Wow! That definition should not only excite us but also awaken us to the fact that most of us are not living in a state of revival.

Yes, we go to meetings where we are moved by the music and touched by the sermon, but are we in fact improved, strengthened or reawakened in our spirits? If we truly experienced revival. Shouldn't entire cities, states and nations be changed as people encounter the living God? It seems the body of Christ would be influencing culture rather than culture influencing the church if we were in revival, but that is not always happening. We have become satisfied to merely coexist with the culture around us.

It's time for us to experience personal revival so corporate revival can begin to influence our society. It's time for us to be resuscitated out of our state of lethargy and compromise so we can improve the condition of our world, strengthen the next generation, and reawaken our spiritual fervor so our lives display God's resurrection power. That's what revival is!

It's time for us to groan again that God would send His Spirit across our land. Charles Spurgeon said, "Groanings that cannot be uttered are often prayers which cannot be refused." We need to get back to a place of deep travail, where our soul groans for the breath of God to blow afresh into our lives. We call this the "sigh of the soul." A sigh is when you audibly exhale in disgust or relief. If you are tired of where you are in your walk with God, disgusted by continual shifting winds of cultural compromise, exhausted from fighting the enemy on every front and just surviving, then it is time to build a breathing room in your life, a place where you can breathe in the breath of God.

Adapted from Rebuilding the Altar by Pat and Karen Schatzline (2017, Charisma House). This book challenges you to return to the place where you can daily encounter God: the altar. When this happens and you truly encounter Him, His light and power will flow into you, your homes, church, nation and the world. To order your copy, click on this link.

Prayer Power for the Week Beginning Aug. 27, 2017

This week, go to your spiritual altar and seek a fresh encounter with God. Continue to seek and pray for personal and worldwide revival. Lift up our national and spiritual leaders. Pray that they would seek godly counsel and receive wisdom, protection and direction to navigate the challenges they face every day. Pray for the families who suffered loss due to terrorist attacks, crime and service to their country. Read Isaiah 6:4-8; Romans 13:11-14

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Friday, August 25, 2017

When the Fig Tree Blossoms - Charles Gardner ISRAEL TODAY

When the Fig Tree Blossoms

Friday, August 25, 2017 | Charles Gardner ISRAEL TODAY

Topics:

Yeshua

While spending time in north London looking after my mum again this summer, I was once again inspired by the verdant overhanging fig tree almost blocking my path as I walked (and ran) around Hampstead.

Laden with ripening fruit, it was another reminder of one of the most significant events of our time, largely missed by most people – including Christians – I’m afraid.

In speaking to his disciples about Israel’s restoration and of his coming back to reign on earth, Jesus indicated that one of the signs of his imminent return was “when the fig tree blossoms…” (Matthew 24.32f) The fig tree is a biblical symbol of Israel.

There is a lot of talk in church circles these days of a coming revival of fervent Christianity. There is certainly a need for one, and I pray it will happen. In fact my understanding is that, along with much trouble and strife, there will be revival in the last days because Joel prophesied of how the Spirit would be poured out on all flesh (Joel 2.28). That was partly fulfilled at Pentecost of course, but its final fulfillment is yet to come, although Asia, Africa, the Far East and South America have already witnessed great outpourings of heavenly rain in recent decades.

But who in the church is preparing for the great revival prophesied for Israel? God has not forgotten them, nor has he replaced them with the Church as some preachers suggest. He has made an everlasting covenant with Israel – with Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and their descendants. Covenants are not meant to be broken; a disciple of Christ who expects God to go back on his word has completely misunderstood his character! If Israel is cut off from God because of unfaithfulness, what chance has the Church with all her backsliding over the centuries – especially in terms of persecution of the Jewish people? No, God will never reject his chosen ones. “Only if the heavens above can be measured and the foundations of the earth below be searched out will I reject all the descendants of Israel because of all they have done,” declares the Lord. (Jer 31.37)

Even the New Covenant spoken of by Jeremiah is not addressed particularly to the Church, as you might think from the context in which it is used over Christmas. No, it is with Israel that the Lord promised a new covenant, when he will put his law in their minds and write it on their hearts – and they will all know him. (Jer 31.31-34) Earlier in the same chapter, he declares his “everlasting love” with his chosen people whom he vows to restore – to their land, which would once more become fruitful, and to their Lord, who says: “I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow.” (v13)

If only the Church would take a closer look at Israel, they would be so much better informed and live with much greater hope, for the Jewish state is a mighty testament to our God’s great faithfulness and love. He entrusted the Jews with his word so that they could be a light to the Gentiles (Isaiah 49.6), but they broke his covenant, forsook his laws and turned to idols instead. Yet, just as the prophet Hosea kept faith with his adulterous wife, he never stopped loving them.

He brought them back to the Promised Land from every corner of the globe in perfect fulfilment of his word. Now almost half of world Jewry lives in re-born Israel, and more keep coming as anti-Semitism rears its ugly head once more in the nations to which they were dispersed for so long.

The Lord didn’t wait until they put things right. He honoured his promise and now waits patiently for the time when “they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest” (v34). As St Paul put it, the day will come when “all Israel shall be saved” (Romans 11.26), echoing the word of Zechariah speaking of the time when they will look on him whom they have pierced and mourn for him as for an only child (Zech 12.10).

Perhaps you look at the 200,000 people who marched through the streets of Tel Aviv in support of Gay Pride, and the fact that most of Israel’s population are secular in outlook. But don’t be blinded by that. See how the fig tree is blossoming: a nation has been rebuilt from a barren wasteland, now supplying the world with fruit and a global leader in technology, using their agricultural genius to help African and other countries, and even using their medical expertise to heal their ‘enemies’ as they tend to the wounds of Syrian soldiers wounded in the civil war that has been raging on their northern border.

But the real clue to their coming restoration is evidenced by the growing number of Messianic Jews – those who have recognised that Jesus (Yeshua in Hebrew) is indeed their Messiah. Despite the high price paid by Jewish believers in Jesus (being cut off from their families in many cases), they keep ‘coming home’, like the Prodigal Son – not only in Israel but throughout the world.

Yet the fig tree is still only a bud, a blossom. But it will soon be laden with fruit, like the one in Hampstead’s Spring Path.

The Church really does need to ‘watch’ Israel, especially the growth of Messianic Judaism, for it is key to the unfolding events leading up to the second coming of Christ. It is also key to understanding the lovingkindness, forbearance and longsuffering of our God, who watches over his word to see it fulfilled (Jer 1.12).

Sadly, many Christians can’t see what Israel has to do with them; they seem to forget they worship the God of Israel, which means in fact that it has everything to do with them. But if they only knew, for example, how Jews and Arabs are being reconciled through the cross (in accordance with Ephesians 2.14) and are worshipping together in many parts of Israel, their faith would be encouraged no end. For this surely underscores the truth that Jesus holds the answer to world peace.

Even on the war front, there are lessons to be learnt. The ongoing tension on the Temple Mount, for instance, needs to be understood more as a spiritual battle than a political conflict, representing on a grand scale what Christians are taught to expect in their individual lives.

Ignorance of Israel will leave your faith weakened while knowledge of Israel, even it its present largely unrepentant state, will edify your soul as you realise afresh that you can trust in the one and only Saviour of the world, for whom the Jewish people remain the apple of his eye (Deut 32.10, Zech 2.8).

Some date the budding of the fig tree from the year 1967, fifty years ago, when Israel recaptured the Old City of Jerusalem for the first time in 2,000 years, thereby ending (in the understanding of some) the ‘trampling down of Jerusalem by the Gentiles’ spoken of by our Lord (Luke 21.24). It’s an interesting point that 1967 is generally also regarded as the year the Messianic movement began in earnest, coinciding (as it happens) with the breakthrough of the Charismatic movement that brought a restoration of the gifts of the Holy Spirit to the old historic churches. The feast of Pentecost (known to Jews as Shavuot) is still seen in Israel as a celebration of the Law received by Moses, which of course is now ‘written on our hearts’ through the work of the Spirit in accordance with Ezekiel 36.26f. It seems that there is a ‘golden’ thread holding together this trinitarian truth.

So in this golden year of celebrations, make sure that ‘Jerusalem the Golden’ lightens up your understanding of the Scriptures and of God’s wonderful – though sometimes mysterious – ways.

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

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