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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor

 

You are using the wrong quadrant of your brain

This morning I awoke to the sudden realization that indeed, the left side of jaw was still completely filled with teeth. You see, I dreamed last night that one of my teeth was loose and then just fell out - now I’m an adult and I have no baby teeth. But then even more odd all the rest of my teeth on the left side of my jaw fell out - and at once! So in the dream, I was holding a pile of teeth and saw myself as if I was in a mirror and kept thinking that it was my right side. However random this may be - I felt very distinctly that this was the Lord. So what was He trying to say? After bringing it before Him and doing a little research I came upon this revelation: God is bringing me (also applicable to the Church) to a place of the removal of man’s wisdom for God’s. And the reason that I kept thinking that it was my right side is because the left hemisphere of the brain controls the right body functions. As in, when God’s wisdom was initiated He would be able to be in able to take me (us) to a deeper place spirit, soul, body! Mind, spirit, strength. What was quite interesting about this revelation was that it came in light of a previous dream that I had in which I man that was a Jesus type figure or someone in authority in my life came to me and said that I was using the wrong quadrant of my brain. Now, if I had known that there was such theory this would have made sense but I didn’t - see the picture of part of my research above. How are the two connected? Well, teeth often represent wisdom. So my question to the Lord was “How are losing all my left teeth connected to wisdom?” Well “mans” wisdom has much to do with the left hemisphere of the brain. And then I remembered this “quadrant” dream and He was telling me to look deeper. Something more specific than just man’s wisdom. For me, I felt this was the logical, analytical, fact-based, quantitative thinking. He doesn’t want to take this away but get me (the Church) to allow His wisdom to filtrate through.

The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, And his tongue talks of justice. Psalm 37:30

My mouth shall speak wisdom, And the meditation of my heart shall give understanding. Psalm 49:3

So teach us to number our days, That we may gain a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90:12

Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out! Romans 11:33

For it is written: 
      “ I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
      And bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.”
Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. 1 Corinthians 1:19-21

It seems that this blog has turned into the dreams the Lord has given me - BUT these are the things that He is speaking to the generations! I often don’t know what to do with them but I post them here in hopes that more that one person would be challenged and pursue the Lord in deeper. So what is the Lord saying? Above is a picture signifying my most recent dream. In it I knew that was a volcano ready to erupt and it was in - you guessed it - MICHIGAN. Of all places and why? Well there is a national focus on Detroit and Dearborn, especially with TheCall coming on 11.11.11.. BUT more than that. In the dream of this erupting Michigan volcano - men were lined all around it trying to stabilize with large steel beams (though it seemed so ridiculous, what benefit would that have?) and they tried several times but the rock continued to crumble every time they’d get close. And through discernment I felt the Lord was saying what is coming is something no man can or should try to handle. We can not and should not try to contain what God is seeking to pour out over Michigan. Then, last week I received more than one natural disaster dream. The first one was about a city crumbling to my left as I was walking along the edge of a bluff to a a familiar destination.  There was much smoke that had arisen from the debris. And I felt that this was significant of that quite literally the Lord is shaking down the cities of our Nation but even the world. Then it was as though I was on the same cliff and viewing as flood waters continued to rise and rise and rise and consume everything in its path until I was unable to reach my destination because so much had been flooded through. I felt this was a continuation of the shaking the Lord is bringing - shaking it down and purifying. The next day I had a second dream about a flood that happened through out the night. I was in a house that was not destroyed but when I went outside the next morning I could the whole town destroyed and my car and others just floating and torn to pieces. But it was interesting that there was a married couple in the dream, prior to the flood, that were akin to me and the husband was in confusion as to who he was married to. I felt that the Lord was saying that the Lord with this flood was bringing justice and making the wrong things right. It was then that I recalled a dream a month ago that I was with many people I knew at a home that was like a beach house but it didn’t face the water. And what I remembered was that suddenly we knew large waves were coming toward the house and in order to “remain in safety” we had to dive directly into the oncoming waves - and there were several. I felt the Lord remind me that there is coming not only physical ramifications of natural disaster if we don’t cry out for mercy and repent BUT that there is also a spiritual flood coming that those who stand and watch and don’t jump fully into what the Spirit is doing will not only miss what is coming but are receiving warning. Let us pray for Detroit - Dearborn - Michigan - and our Nation. Let us repent, let us cry out for mercy. Let us cry out to the Lord and intercede on behalf of the justice that is coming. Let us not miss what God wants to do, nor contain in or control it - but let us jump into the flood of the Spirit that is coming and let us be in tune to what God is continuing to speak forth to us!

It seems that this blog has turned into the dreams the Lord has given me - BUT these are the things that He is speaking to the generations! I often don’t know what to do with them but I post them here in hopes that more that one person would be challenged and pursue the Lord in deeper.

So what is the Lord saying?

Above is a picture signifying my most recent dream. In it I knew that was a volcano ready to erupt and it was in - you guessed it - MICHIGAN. Of all places and why? Well there is a national focus on Detroit and Dearborn, especially with TheCall coming on 11.11.11.. BUT more than that. In the dream of this erupting Michigan volcano - men were lined all around it trying to stabilize with large steel beams (though it seemed so ridiculous, what benefit would that have?) and they tried several times but the rock continued to crumble every time they’d get close. And through discernment I felt the Lord was saying what is coming is something no man can or should try to handle. We can not and should not try to contain what God is seeking to pour out over Michigan.

Then, last week I received more than one natural disaster dream. The first one was about a city crumbling to my left as I was walking along the edge of a bluff to a a familiar destination.  There was much smoke that had arisen from the debris. And I felt that this was significant of that quite literally the Lord is shaking down the cities of our Nation but even the world. Then it was as though I was on the same cliff and viewing as flood waters continued to rise and rise and rise and consume everything in its path until I was unable to reach my destination because so much had been flooded through. I felt this was a continuation of the shaking the Lord is bringing - shaking it down and purifying.

The next day I had a second dream about a flood that happened through out the night. I was in a house that was not destroyed but when I went outside the next morning I could the whole town destroyed and my car and others just floating and torn to pieces. But it was interesting that there was a married couple in the dream, prior to the flood, that were akin to me and the husband was in confusion as to who he was married to. I felt that the Lord was saying that the Lord with this flood was bringing justice and making the wrong things right.

It was then that I recalled a dream a month ago that I was with many people I knew at a home that was like a beach house but it didn’t face the water. And what I remembered was that suddenly we knew large waves were coming toward the house and in order to “remain in safety” we had to dive directly into the oncoming waves - and there were several. I felt the Lord remind me that there is coming not only physical ramifications of natural disaster if we don’t cry out for mercy and repent BUT that there is also a spiritual flood coming that those who stand and watch and don’t jump fully into what the Spirit is doing will not only miss what is coming but are receiving warning.

Let us pray for Detroit - Dearborn - Michigan - and our Nation. Let us repent, let us cry out for mercy. Let us cry out to the Lord and intercede on behalf of the justice that is coming. Let us not miss what God wants to do, nor contain in or control it - but let us jump into the flood of the Spirit that is coming and let us be in tune to what God is continuing to speak forth to us!

Two days ago I decided to take a drive to see some water. Around me I tend to get that urge a lot - I reasoned why later when I drove back. I went out to the Straits Lakes near Orchard Lake north of 14 mile Rd. in Michigan. It was most splendid. About 5 different lakes all around you. It seemed in the 40 minute drive that the further I drove away from where I was the more rich - monetarily and naturally the atmosphere became. Not surprising. But I why must I feel I need to see trees and water sometimes? It is the very fact that God says in Romans 1:20, “For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.” You see God REVEALS Himself to us in things He has created with His hands. Yes, He has used us and given us the ability to create technology - BUT His eternal power and divine nature are revealed when we’re able to get away from the things that don’t really show His character or nature.  This is not a complete save the trees and preserve the lakes from wind turbines speech, but I know for me, I received this revelation of God - that He draws me closer when He reminds me through His creation that He infact is not invisible but very tangible :) I love Him because of that!

Two days ago I decided to take a drive to see some water. Around me I tend to get that urge a lot - I reasoned why later when I drove back. I went out to the Straits Lakes near Orchard Lake north of 14 mile Rd. in Michigan. It was most splendid. About 5 different lakes all around you. It seemed in the 40 minute drive that the further I drove away from where I was the more rich - monetarily and naturally the atmosphere became. Not surprising. But I why must I feel I need to see trees and water sometimes? It is the very fact that God says in Romans 1:20, “For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.”

You see God REVEALS Himself to us in things He has created with His hands. Yes, He has used us and given us the ability to create technology - BUT His eternal power and divine nature are revealed when we’re able to get away from the things that don’t really show His character or nature. 

This is not a complete save the trees and preserve the lakes from wind turbines speech, but I know for me, I received this revelation of God - that He draws me closer when He reminds me through His creation that He infact is not invisible but very tangible :) I love Him because of that!

While I was at my moms house late Friday night, I dreamt of several storms. I just simply remember tornadoes. But then it seemed as though things cleared and I was with a group of people at was like a warehouse but a store. Suddenly I was outside with this group of people watching another storm. It was daylight out, and the picture was like a green meadow or a field. In the distance was a what looked like a high hill and suddenly, there was a wall of lightening and the heavens began to come down, the sky literally bending down to this hill. And in a matter of moments a line of what I would say looked like angelic hosts dressed in white, some two by two, others single, some walking, some on white horses all marching in a line towards where we were standing. And I felt the impression/I heard them say that they were to see if the Bride of Christ was ready and that they were preparing the way. When they stopped walking, they turned to face us and all who were aware of their presence, and they began to pull multiple people in line with them and give them orders. They pulled me in line and told me “intercession”. Right after that, i was pulled to the car where a person I cared about deeply was and they were distracted with traffic and their phone not working. Then that person found me and the group I was with. I asked them whether they saw the storm, and they said yes. But they hadn’t seen the line of people dressed in white. Nor did they see the line of lightening. What I feel is that intercession, will be key in this last hour. What do I mean by that? The presence of God daily in our lives. Daily communication. Daily going boldly in to the throne to receive direction and also to intercede as watchman on the walls. I believe that distracted person driving represents that many are still unaware, still blind, to what is happening. And of course I really felt a huge impression of the fact that there are orders being given to those who are willing to bend a knee and bow an ear, that they may be forerunners.  The wall of lightening was to discomfort God’s enemies from 2 Samuel 22:15. But in the sense that I saw it, that during the spiritual storm that is coming there may be violent or troubling events that occur. Like the warring of Elijah and the prophets of baal. The tornadoes in the beginning were I believe a spiritual storm, tearing down, preparing the way for what is to come.

While I was at my moms house late Friday night, I dreamt of several storms. I just simply remember tornadoes. But then it seemed as though things cleared and I was with a group of people at was like a warehouse but a store. Suddenly I was outside with this group of people watching another storm. It was daylight out, and the picture was like a green meadow or a field. In the distance was a what looked like a high hill and suddenly, there was a wall of lightening and the heavens began to come down, the sky literally bending down to this hill. And in a matter of moments a line of what I would say looked like angelic hosts dressed in white, some two by two, others single, some walking, some on white horses all marching in a line towards where we were standing. And I felt the impression/I heard them say that they were to see if the Bride of Christ was ready and that they were preparing the way. When they stopped walking, they turned to face us and all who were aware of their presence, and they began to pull multiple people in line with them and give them orders. They pulled me in line and told me “intercession”. Right after that, i was pulled to the car where a person I cared about deeply was and they were distracted with traffic and their phone not working. Then that person found me and the group I was with. I asked them whether they saw the storm, and they said yes. But they hadn’t seen the line of people dressed in white. Nor did they see the line of lightening.

What I feel is that intercession, will be key in this last hour. What do I mean by that? The presence of God daily in our lives. Daily communication. Daily going boldly in to the throne to receive direction and also to intercede as watchman on the walls. I believe that distracted person driving represents that many are still unaware, still blind, to what is happening. And of course I really felt a huge impression of the fact that there are orders being given to those who are willing to bend a knee and bow an ear, that they may be forerunners.  The wall of lightening was to discomfort God’s enemies from 2 Samuel 22:15. But in the sense that I saw it, that during the spiritual storm that is coming there may be violent or troubling events that occur. Like the warring of Elijah and the prophets of baal. The tornadoes in the beginning were I believe a spiritual storm, tearing down, preparing the way for what is to come.

So another dream :) This week during iProphesy, I woke up after having a dream about 10 people and the Lord said read the parable of the 10 virgins (denoting beauty and purity). Pretty simple but have you read that parable in a while? I draw your attention to verse 10. Let us burn oil as children of light, attendant to You, Bridegroom, Jesus! Let us not by foolish and think that our outer selves will please You for You see our hearts! The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins  1 “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.6 “And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming;[a] go out to meet him!’ 7 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ 9 But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’ 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut. 11 “Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ 12 But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’ 13 “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour[b] in which the Son of Man is coming.

So another dream :)

This week during iProphesy, I woke up after having a dream about 10 people and the Lord said read the parable of the 10 virgins (denoting beauty and purity). Pretty simple but have you read that parable in a while? I draw your attention to verse 10. Let us burn oil as children of light, attendant to You, Bridegroom, Jesus! Let us not by foolish and think that our outer selves will please You for You see our hearts!

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins
 1 “Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all slumbered and slept.
6 “And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming;[a] go out to meet him!’ 7 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.’ 9 But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, lest there should not be enough for us and you; but go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’ 10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding; and the door was shut. 
11 “Afterward the other virgins came also, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ 12 But he answered and said, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, I do not know you.’ 
13 “Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour[b] in which the Son of Man is coming.
About a week ago I had another dream. There was an open field, it was daylight out, and in this field there were pieces of what looked to be scrap metal or large objects. All along the right side of the field there was a forest or a wilderness. In these woods, I saw the figure of one lion standing on its hind legs with the talons and head of an eagle - like the griffin seen in the picture above. There wasn’t just one of these creatures, there was seven. And I knew that these 7 were destroyers. I saw as people would be walking in the field and then get close to the wilderness and be snatched by these creatures, disappearing as though they didn’t exist. Interpretation: While at a house of prayer I felt the Lord speak that the destroyers or the seven lions were in direct warfare against the seven pieces of the armor of God Ephesians 6 - prayer included (helmet of salvation, belt of truth, boots of peace, sword of the Spirit/Word of God, breastplate of righteousness, shield of faith). If I feel what the Lord was showing me correctly, then as there are a complete number of principalities that war against the very armor we are to possess, then they lay waiting in the forest or wilderness for those who would begin to doubt, be discouraged, deceived, or wander in a lost/directionless state. The field can be a place of spiritual nourishment and I feel most represents a field of believers, though I didn’t see people unless they were walking towards the wilderness. But this may be due to the fact that the Lord was drawing my attention to those who are being drawn away. You see, I think about the invisible cloak in Harry Potter when I envision this passage of scripture - that the FULL armor of God makes us impenetrable. But why were there scraps of metal/obstacles near the wilderness? Just to represent the waste that infiltrates our spirit as our soul invites the world in. And why in the world a lion with an eagle head and talons? There are a couple feelings I have. One is that this creature is known by myth as the griffin. This griffin represented the king of the beasts and the king of the birds, known for guarding priceless treasure and possession - may represent the Baals and Ashteroths (sex and money). This creature could also merely represent the dominions and principalities of this world - as Satan is described as roaming around like a roaring lion seeking to devour those whom he may destroy and the eagle is also pictured as swooping down to its prey, an unclean bird. A third option would just be us westerners in the united states - that the eagle represents the nation of the united states and the enemy is using her as nest to lay his head and swaying generations through her idolatry and seduction to immorality.

About a week ago I had another dream. There was an open field, it was daylight out, and in this field there were pieces of what looked to be scrap metal or large objects. All along the right side of the field there was a forest or a wilderness. In these woods, I saw the figure of one lion standing on its hind legs with the talons and head of an eagle - like the griffin seen in the picture above. There wasn’t just one of these creatures, there was seven. And I knew that these 7 were destroyers. I saw as people would be walking in the field and then get close to the wilderness and be snatched by these creatures, disappearing as though they didn’t exist.

Interpretation:

While at a house of prayer I felt the Lord speak that the destroyers or the seven lions were in direct warfare against the seven pieces of the armor of God Ephesians 6 - prayer included (helmet of salvation, belt of truth, boots of peace, sword of the Spirit/Word of God, breastplate of righteousness, shield of faith). If I feel what the Lord was showing me correctly, then as there are a complete number of principalities that war against the very armor we are to possess, then they lay waiting in the forest or wilderness for those who would begin to doubt, be discouraged, deceived, or wander in a lost/directionless state. The field can be a place of spiritual nourishment and I feel most represents a field of believers, though I didn’t see people unless they were walking towards the wilderness. But this may be due to the fact that the Lord was drawing my attention to those who are being drawn away. You see, I think about the invisible cloak in Harry Potter when I envision this passage of scripture - that the FULL armor of God makes us impenetrable. But why were there scraps of metal/obstacles near the wilderness? Just to represent the waste that infiltrates our spirit as our soul invites the world in. And why in the world a lion with an eagle head and talons? There are a couple feelings I have. One is that this creature is known by myth as the griffin. This griffin represented the king of the beasts and the king of the birds, known for guarding priceless treasure and possession - may represent the Baals and Ashteroths (sex and money). This creature could also merely represent the dominions and principalities of this world - as Satan is described as roaming around like a roaring lion seeking to devour those whom he may destroy and the eagle is also pictured as swooping down to its prey, an unclean bird. A third option would just be us westerners in the united states - that the eagle represents the nation of the united states and the enemy is using her as nest to lay his head and swaying generations through her idolatry and seduction to immorality.

The night of the Detroit fireworks, I dreamt of a coney island in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. At this coney island there were several young adults with me, about 8 or 9 to be exact and we took up two booths side to side. We were in the middle of the restaurant and I was facing the entrance. I remember the people I came with getting up to leave and for some reason I was having a sudden loss of how to get home, anxious in fact, because I had driven separately. Suddenly, a man entered the front of the establishment who I knew in the dream was some sort of well-known man of God by the name of Lloyd King. He came a few steps in to the restaurant stood in the middle of the aisle between the two rows of booths and began to say to us, “you must fall on your faces and worship God for the revival that is stirring in your hearts.” Some of us fell on the floor, others watched as he then left the eatery.  Interpretation: This dream was right in line with OneThing coming to Detroit, but more than that I was impressed that this “Lloyd King” was calling forth a remnant, this generation to be forerunners. It won’t be easy but rather a laying down of our lives, a radical abandonment to obedience and to the Lord. And who is Lloyd King? A couple things. Lloyd means old, gray haired - part of what I felt God was saying was that the generations must learn from one another. But the second thing God revealed through His still small voice, was when He asked me, “How would a child say Lord?”. And immediately I understood - we must be children before the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings and be ready for His suddenlies. Then, what was the deal with my anxiousness? I felt that the Lord said to me that there needs to be a much greater trust in Him. He is home and we can’t follow others to find that home - we have a personal responsibility to know God ourselves, something we can’t find through someone else. Further, we can’t make idols out of leaders, even trusted leaders - the only One is God the Father, Jesus His Son, and the Holy Spirit. Famous preacher 1, 2, and 3 or trusted leader a, b, and c will leave one day as we will all fade like the grass - but the One who remains is the Lord. 

The night of the Detroit fireworks, I dreamt of a coney island in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. At this coney island there were several young adults with me, about 8 or 9 to be exact and we took up two booths side to side. We were in the middle of the restaurant and I was facing the entrance. I remember the people I came with getting up to leave and for some reason I was having a sudden loss of how to get home, anxious in fact, because I had driven separately. Suddenly, a man entered the front of the establishment who I knew in the dream was some sort of well-known man of God by the name of Lloyd King. He came a few steps in to the restaurant stood in the middle of the aisle between the two rows of booths and began to say to us, “you must fall on your faces and worship God for the revival that is stirring in your hearts.” Some of us fell on the floor, others watched as he then left the eatery. 

Interpretation:

This dream was right in line with OneThing coming to Detroit, but more than that I was impressed that this “Lloyd King” was calling forth a remnant, this generation to be forerunners. It won’t be easy but rather a laying down of our lives, a radical abandonment to obedience and to the Lord. And who is Lloyd King? A couple things. Lloyd means old, gray haired - part of what I felt God was saying was that the generations must learn from one another. But the second thing God revealed through His still small voice, was when He asked me, “How would a child say Lord?”. And immediately I understood - we must be children before the Lord of Lords and the King of Kings and be ready for His suddenlies. Then, what was the deal with my anxiousness? I felt that the Lord said to me that there needs to be a much greater trust in Him. He is home and we can’t follow others to find that home - we have a personal responsibility to know God ourselves, something we can’t find through someone else. Further, we can’t make idols out of leaders, even trusted leaders - the only One is God the Father, Jesus His Son, and the Holy Spirit. Famous preacher 1, 2, and 3 or trusted leader a, b, and c will leave one day as we will all fade like the grass - but the One who remains is the Lord. 

Experience rather than Knowledge

“God deliver us from teaching truth without experience. For the lack of experience in the truth prevents us from seeing the opportunity that the Father is presenting. When we practice the Presence of God, we can never stumble….. We do not become a new person by changing our behavior; we discover the person we already are in Christ and behave accordingly” - Graham Cooke

The Lord gave me a dream about a month ago and in it there were a group of men likened to the disciples that were going around asking people about love. It wasn’t specific but they were rating where people were at in regards to love, in malls, in churches. Well the dream ended in a church with pews and about 100 people attending a meeting by these gentleman. And they said they were going to go fishing for each of the people there, and that they had a choice whether or not to receive the fish they got immediately or wait - for if they waited they would recieve a greater reward that wasn’t detailed. Most people chose to recieve there fish immediately. When they made that decision, the fish was gutted and the skeleton taken out - the bones handed to the person first, then the meat of the fish. 

Through this I believe that the Lord was saying that the church’s temprature was being taken - were they walking or even understanding Christ’s love. And when these ’disciples’ went fishing, those that chose to recieve there reward immediately recieved the bare minimum (bones first), for they were walking in their sight. Those that waited recieved a greater reward, but they had to trust these strange men - for they didn’t know what that reward was.

And the Lord has been quick to teach me these past couple days about experiencing Him, rather than just knowing what the Word says. Now, the Word of God is VERY important… but if we live by truth we haven’t experienced, what is that a mark of?

I believe that this dream relates, in that, our experience with the Lord isn’t necessarily something seen, but felt when faith is able to sink into our very being and we experience trust.. Isn’t there a greater reward in trusting, than in simply receiving what we see humanly?

I will strum the harp of your heart and wrap you in the banner of My love” - the Lord

Quite often, when I am worshipping the Lord will give me these phrases to begin singing over the people I am ministering to. Today, while leading in worship very solemnly on piano He gave me the above phrase. And I just believe it to be so true - that we realize and accept that the Lord desires us! God is jealous for us and for us to EXPERIENCE HIM not just know what His Word says.

Last week the words He gave me were “Let the words on my mouth be praise (repeated)… for I want to daily live… daily live in Your praise”. For often we live in death without acknowleding it! Every Friday, this solemn time of piano playing is for a duration of time we have open for a healing room. Though this minsitry has only been open for a couple months now, it is during the food bank ministry we’ve had at our church for several years. And no matter who walks in, every person has left with tears… tears of the Spirit awakening their insides to feel God again!

Tonight was an incredible moment! The suddenlies of the Lord are occuring more rapidly as Lou Engle came to share a word that was downloaded to him on the 28th day of a 40 day fast. Almost 400 people gathered to praise the Lord and prepare His way and their hearts to recieve what this word might be. And it was strong. And I was honored to have led for the King in worship and to have a God chosen team behind me!  Ezekiel 22 states: Judgment on Jerusalem’s Sins  1 The word of the LORD came to me:  2 “Son of man, will you judge her? Will you judge this city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her detestable practices 3 and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: You city that brings on herself doom by shedding blood in her midst and defiles herself by making idols, 4 you have become guilty because of the blood you have shed and have become defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close, and the end of your years has come. Therefore I will make you an object of scorn to the nations and a laughingstock to all the countries. 5 Those who are near and those who are far away will mock you, you infamous city, full of turmoil.  6 “‘See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood. 7 In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the foreigner and mistreated the fatherless and the widow. 8 You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths. 9 In you are slanderers who are bent on shedding blood; in you are those who eat at the mountain shrines and commit lewd acts. 10 In you are those who dishonor their father’s bed; in you are those who violate women during their period, when they are ceremonially unclean. 11 In you one man commits a detestable offense with his neighbor’s wife, another shamefully defiles his daughter-in-law, and another violates his sister, his own father’s daughter. 12 In you are people who accept bribes to shed blood; you take interest and make a profit from the poor. You extort unjust gain from your neighbors. And you have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign LORD.  13 “‘I will surely strike my hands together at the unjust gain you have made and at the blood you have shed in your midst. 14 Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I the LORD have spoken, and I will do it. 15 I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you through the countries; and I will put an end to your uncleanness. 16 When you have been defiled[a] in the eyes of the nations, you will know that I am the LORD.’”  17 Then the word of the LORD came to me: 18 “Son of man, the people of Israel have become dross to me; all of them are the copper, tin, iron and lead left inside a furnace. They are but the dross of silver. 19 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: ‘Because you have all become dross, I will gather you into Jerusalem. 20 As silver, copper, iron, lead and tin are gathered into a furnace to be melted with a fiery blast, so will I gather you in my anger and my wrath and put you inside the city and melt you. 21 I will gather you and I will blow on you with my fiery wrath, and you will be melted inside her. 22 As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted inside her, and you will know that I the LORD have poured out my wrath on you.’”  23 Again the word of the LORD came to me: 24 “Son of man, say to the land, ‘You are a land that has not been cleansed or rained on in the day of wrath.’ 25 There is a conspiracy of her princes[b] within her like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they devour people, take treasures and precious things and make many widows within her. 26 Her priests do violence to my law and profane my holy things; they do not distinguish between the holy and the common; they teach that there is no difference between the unclean and the clean; and they shut their eyes to the keeping of my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them. 27 Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey; they shed blood and kill people to make unjust gain. 28 Her prophets whitewash these deeds for them by false visions and lying divinations. They say, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says’—when the LORD has not spoken. 29 The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner, denying them justice.  30“I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found no one. 31 So I will pour out my wrath on them and consume them with my fiery anger, bringing down on their own heads all they have done, declares the Sovereign LORD.” Notice the highlighted sections of Scripture. Lou addressed abortion and that there will be a day of reckoning for the innocent blood that has been shed, willingly and without conviction. He addressed the church that God is looking for those to stand in the gap. The idols in the church of Detroit were spoken of in such clarity and with care, but harshly that political and religious strongholds must come down.  I think about the dream that I had, where a flood came, I believe a flood of the Spirit, and a steeple fell to the ground afterwards. It tore through some existing structures as it fell, but that “religion” was destroyed. I think also about a song the Lord led me to write called “Don’t Paint the Town Red”….. and it addresses 3 things: not painting the city with the blood on our hands but with the Redeemer’s, not paving the streets with man’s riches but with the riches of Heaven, and not cursing the sinners but the idols in their homes. And then in the song, there is a declaration for the release of the “burning ones” - those that will burn with the glory of the Lord. So I just declare a releasing of the burning ones! A releasing of the chosen generation to rise up to their place! A returning of the prodigals, that they would stand up once again! And a rejoicing for the battle that is at hand!

Tonight was an incredible moment! The suddenlies of the Lord are occuring more rapidly as Lou Engle came to share a word that was downloaded to him on the 28th day of a 40 day fast. Almost 400 people gathered to praise the Lord and prepare His way and their hearts to recieve what this word might be. And it was strong. And I was honored to have led for the King in worship and to have a God chosen team behind me! 

Ezekiel 22 states:

Judgment on Jerusalem’s Sins

 1 The word of the LORD came to me:

 2 “Son of man, will you judge her? Will you judge this city of bloodshed? Then confront her with all her detestable practices 3 and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says: You city that brings on herself doom by shedding blood in her midst and defiles herself by making idols, 4 you have become guilty because of the blood you have shed and have become defiled by the idols you have made. You have brought your days to a close, and the end of your years has come. Therefore I will make you an object of scorn to the nations and a laughingstock to all the countries. 5 Those who are near and those who are far away will mock you, you infamous city, full of turmoil.

 6 “‘See how each of the princes of Israel who are in you uses his power to shed blood. 7 In you they have treated father and mother with contempt; in you they have oppressed the foreigner and mistreated the fatherless and the widow. 8 You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths. 9 In you are slanderers who are bent on shedding blood; in you are those who eat at the mountain shrines and commit lewd acts. 10 In you are those who dishonor their father’s bed; in you are those who violate women during their period, when they are ceremonially unclean. 11 In you one man commits a detestable offense with his neighbor’s wife, another shamefully defiles his daughter-in-law, and another violates his sister, his own father’s daughter. 12 In you are people who accept bribes to shed blood; you take interest and make a profit from the poor. You extort unjust gain from your neighbors. And you have forgotten me, declares the Sovereign LORD.

 13 “‘I will surely strike my hands together at the unjust gain you have made and at the blood you have shed in your midst. 14 Will your courage endure or your hands be strong in the day I deal with you? I the LORD have spoken, and I will do it. 15 I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you through the countries; and I will put an end to your uncleanness. 16 When you have been defiled[a] in the eyes of the nations, you will know that I am the LORD.’”

 17 Then the word of the LORD came to me: 18 “Son of man, the people of Israel have become dross to me; all of them are the copper, tin, iron and lead left inside a furnace. They are but the dross of silver. 19 Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: ‘Because you have all become dross, I will gather you into Jerusalem. 20 As silver, copper, iron, lead and tin are gathered into a furnace to be melted with a fiery blast, so will I gather you in my anger and my wrath and put you inside the city and melt you. 21 I will gather you and I will blow on you with my fiery wrath, and you will be melted inside her. 22 As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted inside her, and you will know that I the LORD have poured out my wrath on you.’”

 23 Again the word of the LORD came to me: 24 “Son of man, say to the land, ‘You are a land that has not been cleansed or rained on in the day of wrath.’ 25 There is a conspiracy of her princes[b] within her like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they devour people, take treasures and precious things and make many widows within her. 26 Her priests do violence to my law and profane my holy things; they do not distinguish between the holy and the common; they teach that there is no difference between the unclean and the clean; and they shut their eyes to the keeping of my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them. 27 Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their prey; they shed blood and kill people to make unjust gain. 28 Her prophets whitewash these deeds for them by false visions and lying divinations. They say, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says’—when the LORD has not spoken. 29 The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the foreigner, denying them justice.

 30“I looked for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found no one. 31 So I will pour out my wrath on them and consume them with my fiery anger, bringing down on their own heads all they have done, declares the Sovereign LORD.”

Notice the highlighted sections of Scripture. Lou addressed abortion and that there will be a day of reckoning for the innocent blood that has been shed, willingly and without conviction. He addressed the church that God is looking for those to stand in the gap. The idols in the church of Detroit were spoken of in such clarity and with care, but harshly that political and religious strongholds must come down. 

I think about the dream that I had, where a flood came, I believe a flood of the Spirit, and a steeple fell to the ground afterwards. It tore through some existing structures as it fell, but that “religion” was destroyed. I think also about a song the Lord led me to write called “Don’t Paint the Town Red”….. and it addresses 3 things: not painting the city with the blood on our hands but with the Redeemer’s, not paving the streets with man’s riches but with the riches of Heaven, and not cursing the sinners but the idols in their homes. And then in the song, there is a declaration for the release of the “burning ones” - those that will burn with the glory of the Lord.

So I just declare a releasing of the burning ones! A releasing of the chosen generation to rise up to their place! A returning of the prodigals, that they would stand up once again! And a rejoicing for the battle that is at hand!