Sunday, March 17, 2019

All Nations - Now Think On This by Steve Martin

All Nations
Steve Martin

  
“All nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You, O Lord, and shall glorify Your name. For You are great, and do wondrous things; You alone are God.” (Psalm 86:9-10, NKJV)


If you consider the current status of the nations of the world, more than likely you would not say that they will ever magnify or acknowledge that Jesus Christ is the King of kings nor the Lord of lords. In fact, if you just for a moment think of those represented in the United Nations, your confidence that this will ever happen decreases even more. Very few nations, if even a handful, call upon the Name of the Lord at this present time. Personally, I might consider two at most. Guess which ones?

And yet…the Scriptures state in many verses that ALL NATIONS will one day come and worship the Living God, this One and Only Living God of Israel.

Consider this verse, written by one of the minor prophets of Israel, and yet very profound, a shepherd named Haggai.

“For thus says the Lord of hosts: 'Once more (it is a little while) I will shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land; and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory,' says the Lord of hosts.” (Haggai 2:6-8, NKJV)

All nations will be shaken. Then they shall come to the Desire of All Nations.

In the spring of 1994, my good wife Laurie and I were included as founding members of All Nations Church, at the time just getting established in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Those first ones were Mahesh and Bonnie Chavda, Michael and Leslie Adams, Art and Ruth Maki, and a very nice lady many called Yoo-hoo, or sometimes Lois Hanks. She was the Chavda kids’ grandma nanny. They and all others called her Yoo-hoo because when entering a home she would announce her arrival with, “You Hoo”.

Later that summer the Chavdas and us moved our families to Charlotte, North Carolina, landing here ahead of two semi-loads hauling our belongings after the long 14-hour trip on July 4, 1994. The former 13 acres of Lamb’s Chapel property, now covered over by part of the huge development of Ballantyne in south Charlotte, including the once converted horse barn and all that became our church building, was the memorable scene of glorious nights, particularly with the weekly Friday all-night Watch of the Lord. (You can read much of these days in my book, The Promise – One Man’s Journey to See God’s Word Revealed, published in 2013.)

The church was so named All Nations because it was our belief that the Bible was true, and all people, from every tribe and tongue, would one day come to the Desire of All Nations, Jesus Christ, Yeshua HaMashiach.The Word of God is forever true, with Haggai 2:6-8 as the foundational Scripture.

Fast forward almost exactly 25 years. In a Sunday morning, March 2019 gathering of Antioch International Church, located on the former Heritage USA (PTL) property, once holding the ministry of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, Laurie and I, now members there, were part of the worship team as background vocals. (All Nations Church now resides just across the railroad tracks of that same property, which was part of Heritage USA, and once known as Fort Hope. I was still on staff there in 1999 as the Administrator when we purchased the 36-acres of good land.)

During one of the songs, as we were lifting up the name of Jesus, the Lord gave me a prophetic word. At the appropriate time, during an instrumental break, I loudly proclaimed that “All nations will come the Lord, for He is the King of kings and the Lord of lord. Even as the flags of the nations here wave above you (the near-ceiling walkway perimeter of the assembly room of The Barn is lined with a multitude of national flags from around the world) know that all nations will come and acknowledge Me as their Lord and King.”


The flags draped above the Barn assembly room of Antioch International Church
Fort Mill, South Carolina



As I later thought of it, to myself I wondered if all nations will indeed come. I searched the Scriptures later when I got home. It was confirmed in the written words of the Good Book, this will truly will happen. There will be those from each and every nation that will come and bow the knee to the King of Israel, ruling from the holy city of Jerusalem.

There is also a warning given in several verses in the same Scriptures. Those people of the nations which refuse to give the proper homage to our God and His Only Son will pay the price of their pride, ignorance, and obstinance.

“I will also gather all nations,
And bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat;
And I will enter into judgment with them there
On account of My people, My heritage Israel,
Whom they have scattered among the nations;
They have also divided up My land.

They have cast lots for My people,
Have given a boy as payment for a harlot,
And sold a girl for wine, that they may drink.”
(Joel 3:2-3, NKJV)

My heart cry, reflecting that of my Lord and Savior Jesus, is that each and everyone reading this message will choose now to be included with those, gathered from all nations, who call upon the Name of the Lord. Let all other names be called liars, but His Name, Adonai, Hashem, the Blessed Lord, be called the Name Above All Names, by all nations.

Shalom and ahava (peace and love in Hebrew).

Now think on this,

Steve Martin
Founder/President
Love For His People, Inc.

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Prophecy: Body of Christ Now Going Through Spiritual Debridement - DAWN HILL CHARISMA NEWS

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Prophecy: Body of Christ Now Going Through Spiritual Debridement

DAWN HILL  CHARISMA NEWS

Spiritual debridement. These were the words I heard this morning while sitting in the floor of the sanctuary, praying. As an individual who has had prior medical experience, I knew what debridement meant. I had encountered this in my time as a doctor. Wounds heal from the inside out. I have seen some pretty nasty wounds in times past. There were some wounds that took more time to heal because of their size and because of the presence of decaying tissue and infection.
In order for a natural wound to heal, you need healthy tissue and time. You need proper treatment of the wound. Without proper treatment, healing is delayed and inhibited.
As I was asked to pray for the church, I saw an internal picture of a large, gaping wound, and as I prayed, I heard the words "spiritual debridement." Debriding a wound requires cutting away and removing decay and death from the affected area. It requires removing everything that interferes with healthy transformation to a state that is whole. It requires removing things that cause you to carry a stench that is noncompliant with the fragrance of heaven.
Do you know what is great about removing dead things? Removing things without life in them does not hurt. There is no circulation present. Nerve sensation is dead. Debridement is necessary to heal. Some of you reading this have wounds that have not healed, whether from years of trauma or offense. Some may be holding onto what has lost life. I want to encourage you, allow the healer to debride those wounds with His Word and by the Holy Spirit so that you can be healed in the binding of your wounds by the only one who can heal you.
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A wound heals from the inside out. We must be whole inwardly before we can be whole outwardly. Debridement is a cutting away to expose life and to accelerate the process to a fresh start. Sometimes, we avoid spiritual debridement because we fear what could happen. We become comfortable with the unhealthy flesh. Debridement is surrender to the process, and it can be more convenient to simply cover up the wound and attempt to ignore it.

Debride the Bride

While I was praying, it occurred to me that "bride" is in the word "debride." It is a simple thought, but profound at the same time because according to dictionary.com, the prefix "de-" means in this case "privation, removal and separation." When I looked up the word "privation," I found out that it means the "loss or absence of a quality or attribute that is normally present" (Google dictionary). Just as there is a spiritual and necessary debridement taking place individually and corporately, there is an agenda from the enemy to de-bride the bride, to create a loss or absence of a quality or attribute that is normally present.
The church is the bride of Christ, and we are called to have the characteristics of a bride; pure, spotless and without blemish. A spiritual debridement is taking place. Dead things are being removed, and elements that do not bear life are being cut away. The bride is being washed by the water of the Word. There is some spiritual agitation taking place so that what is alive can circulate properly and remain steadfast in being whole, Spirit, soul and body.
The bride longs for the Bridegroom. We are called to cultivate intimacy with Jesus Christ. We were created to worship the Father in Spirit and in truth. We were created to tabernacle with the Holy Spirit. In every facet of that relationship, wholeness is of upmost importance.
I believe the enemy would like to cause us to lose the attributes that make us the bride of Christ. He wants to de-bride the bride and for us to embrace absence of the qualities designed to separate us from the things of this world. Jesus is the head. We are His body, mandated to demonstrate His kingdom through salvation, miracles, signs and wonders. We are also called to demonstrate His nature of righteousness, holiness and integrity. To not demonstrate His love through the power to save, heal and set free is legalism. To not emanate His nature of righteousness and holiness is a performance and is self-serving. There must be the presence of both. There are many things that are attributes of the Lord and thereby attributes of the bride that the world and the devil would love to strip as our heritage: the call to serve, the call to humility, the call to bear fruit and so on. All are vital.
I am encouraged to hear this and to recognize that spiritual debridement from the Lord is a good thing. It means that healing is available and desired by God for His body. May we all embrace this healing, and may we not lose our identity in Him in the process. Allow God to cut those dead things off and to pour healing balm on your soul. He wants you to carry His fragrance. He wants His body whole and present in the qualities and attributes that are normally present as the bride of Christ. 
Dawn Hill is a Christ-follower and a freelance writer. She writes a blog called "Lovesick Scribe."
This article originally appeared at lovesickscribe.com.
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Former 'Prince of ISIS' Turns to Christ After a God Dream: 'I Saw a Love That Didn't Exist in Islam' - CBN News Ericah Jones

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Former 'Prince of ISIS' Turns to Christ After a God Dream: 'I Saw a Love That Didn't Exist in Islam'
03-16-2019
A "Prince of ISIS" has done what many would consider unthinkable, making a commitment to turn away from his horrifying past to unite with a new way of life through Jesus Christ.
The former ISIS leader, whose identity has been disguised for his safety, is being called Mohammad. The miraculous circumstances that led to his transformation were reported by Dr. Michael Youssef's Leading The Way ministry.
Since the launch of its Christian satellite TV station, THE KINGDOM SAT, Leading The Way is working to touch "some of the most unreachable lives in the Arabic world," including people like this notorious 'Prince of ISIS'.
A video testimony from the ministry reported that one of their follow-up coordinators named Peter received a call several years ago from a man who pleaded to meet with him.
The man on the other end of the phone with Peter turned out to be a spiritual leader in the terrorist group. Even though Peter knew it was possible that Mohammad may try to kill him, he believed God was leading him to go ahead with the meeting.
In a reenacted testimony, Mohammad opened up about his dramatic shift from Islam to Christianity. "One day, somebody asked me why I am a Muslim," he said. Scrambling for answers, Mohammad began to search in the Quran, Hadith, and Sunnah.
"I wanted to find proof and evidence that Allah exists and Islam is right... I found nothing," he said. 
But that wasn't the initial reason why Mohammad met with Peter. He says he had just wanted to kill Peter, but during their first encounter, Peter boldly spoke the Word of Jesus over the ISIS leader.
The meeting did not end on a positive note. Mohammad became frustrated and struggled to grasp what Peter had told him about who God really is.
Then the two met for a second time.
Charisma News reports that Leading The Way's senior director of ministry outreach Maged Atalla explained what happened in the next meeting. "The second time they met, Mohammad told Peter he had a dream and saw an envelope dripping blood with great fragrance," he said.
Peter explained that the dream was God telling him that blood had to be shed for the forgiveness of sins.
"Peter told him, 'Jesus is sending you a message and you need to give your life to Him.' At that moment he surrendered his life to Jesus. Mohammed then told Peter that the first time they met he had a knife in his pocket and wanted to kill him on the spot, but something prevented him from doing this," said Atalla.
Now Mohammad's burning life questions have been answered and his life dramatically turned around.
After repenting, Mohammad experienced a peace he had never felt before.
"I saw a love that didn't exist in Islam," he said.
Because of his regular meetings with Peter, this so-called 'Prince of ISIS' accepted Jesus Christ into his life and began his journey as a Christian.
"The true book, in my opinion, is the Bible," declared Mohammad. "I found the truth in Jesus Christ. And because I have surrendered my life to the Lord, I am certain He will never forsake me."
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Lana Vawser: "Prophets: Hold on! A Major Surge is Coming!" - The Elijah List

Lana Vawser: "Prophets: Hold on! A Major Surge is Coming!"


The Elijah List  Mar 15, 2019

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I sure appreciate the prophetic voice of Lana Vawser from Australia. There is so much amazing revelation coming from the prophetic voices in the land down under!
In this recent article from Lana, she shares some heart-penetrating words from the Lord such as:
The enemy is ferociously angry and he is attempting to muzzle the prophets, but he will not prevail. For I am decreeing over My prophets, 'IT'S TIME TO MOVE INTO NEW MANTLES. It's time for a double mantle to be birthed upon you—the prophet and the evangelist converging! Prophets, you are now birthing! The enemy is coming on assignment to abort, but I am decreeing now is your time to birth!
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Recently, the Lord showed me that there is a significant battle against many prophets right now. They are feeling like they have had the wind knocked out of their sails. I saw many in a place of deep heaviness; feeling oppression, confusion, lack of clarity, disorientation and even torment.
As I leaned into the Lord I heard His voice resound so loudly: "The battle is over MY voice and the mantle of evangelism that is being activated over the prophets! IT'S TIME FOR A MAJOR SURGE OF PROPHETIC EVANGELISM."
Birthing the Double Mantles
I then began to see flashes before my eyes of the positioning hand of God in the lives of the prophets in this new era. He was positioning them in the world in places they never imagined. I could hear the Lord speaking:
"I have and will continue to position you in the Church for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry. I am now also releasing you in greater ways into the world, with great favor to release My words and to spread the Good News of My Gospel to bring in the harvest. It is time for My voice to resound in the world, louder than before, and I am activating a mantle of evangelism over many prophets.
"The enemy is trying to keep many of My prophets caged in this place of inactivity because of fear, and tremendous opposition. I have heard the cries of many of My prophets crying out to Me because of the battle and deep torment they have been facing, but this is because MY VOICE that is about to go forth louder than before. (Photo via Pixabay)
The enemy is ferociously angry and he is attempting to muzzle the prophets, but he will not prevail. For I am decreeing over My prophets, 'IT'S TIME TO MOVE INTO NEW MANTLES. It's time for a double mantle to be birthed upon you—the prophet and the evangelist converging! Prophets, you are now birthing! The enemy is coming on assignment to abort, but I am decreeing now is your time to birth!
"You are about to birth in great joy! You are moving into another mantle, My prophets, and there's a battle on the mantle, but greater momentum shall you find in this mantle than you have ever known. The enemy is terrified of the mantle you are moving into, My prophets. Get fierce! Be ferocious and don't stop! Move! Move! Move! It's time to move into the new mantle. The witchcraft coming against this new mantle is a sign of the momentum contained within the mantle. The promotion—this moving into, this new mantle—is the greatest promotion and shift in many of your lives thus far. It's the greatest increase of anointing that you have known."
Words That Unlock Hearts
In this vision I began to see prophets being positioned in the world and speaking words from the heart of the Father—words that unlocked the hearts of those who do not yet know Jesus, and salvation SUDDENLY came forth.
The Lord said, "There is a completely new display of prophetic evangelism that is about to burst forth as the increase of clarity, revelation and insight is released to the prophets to release My nature and the secrets of My heart to mankind across the earth."
The Lord is training and increasing the prophets right now in clarity and insight to go forth in greater empowerment of the Spirit, to partner with Him in a new level of prophetic evangelism.
Can't You Talk Louder, God?
"It's a Surge!"
I then heard the Lord say, "IT'S A SURGE!" He continued to speak, saying: "There's a MAJOR SURGE of prophetic evangelism that is about to take place, and the enemy is attempting to silence the prophets so they will not move into these double mantles, but I am fighting on their behalf. I am training them in the fire and they will go forth with My words like fire in their mouths, with the fire of My presence upon them. They will begin to see harvest all around. It's time for the prophet and the evangelist to CONVERGE like never before."
Surge is defined as: "A sudden powerful forward or upward movement, especially by a crowd or by a natural force such as the tide." Here are some synonyms for surge: "gush, rush, outpouring, stream, flow, sweep, swell, swelling, heaving, billowing, rolling, roll, bulging, eddying, swirling, tide, burst, pour, cascade, spill, overflow."
It's Time to Go Behind the Veil
"My prophets, it is time to go behind the veil like never before. It is time to come deeper into the place of Jeremiah 33:3. For the level of insight, revelation, and clarity of My secrets and My Word that I am releasing to you in this new era is unlike anything you have seen and heard before. It is a new level of insight and a new level of revelation.
"As you come behind the veil into the secret place, I will entrust you to revelation knowledge and wisdom that you will take into the world and the places I send you. You will release these secrets and they will bring forth a GREAT UNLOCKING for the harvest. Hearts will be unlocked and come into salvation. Cultures, cities and nations will be affected by the answers and prophetic insight that I will release to you and through you for the world, and you will see the world left in awe of My wisdom that will also bring in the harvest. Many in the world will come to the knowledge of My reality and who I am—My goodness—and come to know Me, recognizing the wisdom from on high! It's time to come behind the veil like never before. (Photo via Pixabay)
A Coming Tidal Wave of Activation
"There is also an increase of the training and equipping of the saints for the work of the ministry that is about to ESCALATE and ACCELERATE for the harvest! There is going to be a greater acceleration of the training and equipping of the saints, a greater maturing to send out, prepare, activate and equip. For there is a tidal wave of activation crashing into the Body of Christ right now to activate My people in PROPHECY and EVANGELISM! It's time for the prophet and the evangelist to expand!"
His Voice is Going Forth Louder Than Before
The Lord said, "My prophets, the enemy is attempting to drag many of you into a battle that feels like Hell because you and I are about to snatch souls and save them from the reality of Hell. This is the sound of the harvest! This is why the enemy is screaming at you to stop right now. My prophets, because My voice is about to go forth through you, My Gospel and the secrets of My heart, like never before, will bring MANY into the Kingdom and the saving knowledge of who I am and My goodness. You MUST go forth! It's your time to move into the new activated mantle and move into the harvest field. It's time! You have arrived! It is time.
"I am leading many of you where you have never been before. It's uncomfortable, but it will be glorious as you see Me move in power through you like NEVER before. 'For SUCH a time as this' is resounding loudly over you. Now is the time to trust in Me and trust in My power! The harvest is ripe, and you are being sent forth in great acceleration and empowerment to bring in the harvest!" (To Subscribe to the Elijah List subscribe here.)
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, Queensland, Australia, with their three sons.
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