THIS IS THAT - Prayer With Purpose

This is that ...

On the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came...

Many Jews were confused and marveled, “Whatever can this mean?”

Then Peter standing up raised his voice and began to speak. “These are not drunk as you suppose...but this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel...” (Acts 2:16)

This is that... is a resource to reveal, and give light to scripture...by comparing scripture to scripture. Only God can reveal God. Only His Spirit can “guide us into all truth.” (John 16:13)

For more comprehensive studies into the glorious Word of God see:
The Library (Formerly Tuesday Bible Study.)

Also, remember to join others and pray for our nation through Conference Calls: PRAYING IN AGREEMENT

When you act on God's Word it will illuminate your purpose and put a fire in your bones and a two-edged sword in your mouth!

January 17, 2023

1/17/2023

This is That
January 2023: The Spirit Realm Realities
“And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”
(1 Corinthians 13:13)

GOD IS LOVE
Why is love the greatest of these? Because without love, faith and hope lose their foundation. Without love, faith and hope cannot release the Kingdom of God into the earth. That does not please God because “the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.” (1 John 5:19)

The Whole World
Imagine getting onto a freeway where no one is obeying the speed limits. Suddenly there is chaos everywhere! People are driving every which way, changing lanes, speeding up…then suddenly slowing down, no regard for others. Uh oh, there’s a crash over there and then another one in the fast lane. Panic and chaos have taken over; fear is everywhere as people come to a stop because they cannot move. “How can I get off this freeway? Is there any way out of this?”

What did Jesus say about love?
“ ‘And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment. And the second, like it, is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.” (Mark 12:30-31)

“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” (John 13:34-35)

Paul gave us a description of what love looks like in action. See 1 Corinthians 13:4-7. Notice below what happens when nations turn away from God.

End Days: Perilous, Chaotic Times
“But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!” (2 Timothy 3:1-5)

Definition of Perilous: full of danger or risk; hazardous, risky, unsafe

What then?
Are God’s people to live in fear continually, like being stuck on a freeway with the ungodly ruling in our governments??? Absolutely not! “Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the Day of Judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.” (1 John 4:17) The Helper, the Holy Spirit lives within you. That means the Kingdom of God is in you. He will direct your steps and keep you from getting stuck in world chaos. But will you hear Him?

“Now these are the ones sown among thorns; they are the ones who hear the word, and the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.” (Mark 4:19) The Word has enemies!

The Unfruitful Word
If fear and the cares of this world enter into you it’s a sign you are being pulled away from scripture: your soul desires other things. Faith cannot move the mountain. Prayer becomes ineffective and the Kingdom of God does not bear fruit. Faith works through love; loving God, loving His Word, loving others.

One Generation: You!
We are the generation sent to harvest souls into God’s Kingdom. Walking in faith, hope, and love are especially important to Intercessors.

If we choose to abide in worldly programs, newscasts, party lifestyles, alcohol, and so on, Holy Spirit/ spirit-man may become silenced as soul and body are taking you away … influenced by the sway of the wicked one. That current is strong, saints. Watch out! Some, whose heart becomes so hardened may not be able to get back.

Keep your will set on God’s ways every day. Holy Spirit will prompt us to study the Word, pray throughout the day in tongues, listen to faith teachings and so on. Eat from the tree of life, not the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

Peter says:
“His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love.” (2 Peter 3-7)

Jesus our High Priest and Intercessor
“Also there were many priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing. But He, because He continues forever, has an unchangeable priesthood. Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.” (Hebrews 7:23-25)

His call has become our call. This strong desire we have burning in our hearts for lost humanity comes from the heart of our Lord.

When God sent the Holy Spirit to earth on the day of Pentecost, tongues of fire sat on the 120 prayers in the upper room. The power of tongues was manifested. “When the sound occurred, the multitude came together and were confused…”
Peter stood up and preached and that day 3,000 people got saved!
(See Acts Chapter 2)

Tongues!
There is no defining of the power of this gift, for it starts in our hearts where Holy Spirit resides. When released it can give praises to the Most High and increase our strength. It also joins us together with others who are seated in high places in prayer. And, of course, tongues can be released with great authority as a tremendous weapon of power against principalities and powers in the air over our cities.

Spirit-led tongues can take you into your divine place of authority to loose multitudes from the captivity of demons. Tongues can cause the lost in your city to hear the gospel and receive Jesus as Lord. Tongues are a mighty weapon that blast through the air. They cannot be contained or stopped. They are divinely sent. The devil can’t stop tongues. However, he does desire to keep you from praying in tongues. Why? Because he cannot steal what he doesn’t know. One way satan can stop tongues is through the soul to distract you.

When the 120 prayers began to pray in tongues, an anointing came upon Peter to preach the Word. His anointed words were received by the lost and curious. His words became as living water which got them born again!

We have this same power; even quick prayers for one we may see on a street corner or someone in a store are powerful. An intercessor is touched with God’s compassion for those that are lost.

Saints, multitudes of souls are seeking what they know not. Our High Priest and Intercessor is calling them into Him…

Remember this: we are one Body seated in heavenly places in Him. When we pray, we are never alone but are joining together with other parts that we know not in the natural.

*The spirit-man has a “need” to express the deep things in the heart to the Father through tongues.

Secrets of 2023
There’s something about this year 2023. Some of those things are hidden.
God is not revealing everything to the prophets, but intercessors have the job to pray them in! Ask God for more about this. What a divine and glorious call we have been given. “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done Lord Jesus!”

The Spirit Realm Realities
“And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”
(1 Corinthians 13:13)

Feed your spirit the Word, Beloved!
You might enjoy Proverbs Chapter 8.

January 3, 2023

1/3/2023

January 2023
“Lord, what about 2023?”

I had a picture of something like the shape of a megaphone, large at one end, gradually getting smaller and smaller, eventually only having a tiny opening at the end. I remember seeing this years ago. It has to do with time.

As we get closer to Jesus’ return and the end days, it is producing more and more pressure. It is similar to a baby entering into the birth canal. Neither the mother, nor the baby, can stop or control what is happening. People are going to get crazier. But we are not of the “world.” His body will shine with His glory, a glorious church without spot or wrinkle!

I have been studying 1 Thessalonians Chapters Four and Five:
“For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words. But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. For when they say, ‘Peace and safety!’ then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape. But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day should overtake you as a thief. You are all sons of light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as others do, but let us watch and be sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk are drunk at night. But let us who are of the day be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet the hope of salvation. For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him. Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.”

Over the years I have jotted down other scripture references in regard to the above passage. I’ve decided to write them out.

Jesus’ Ascension
“Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, who also said, ‘Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.’ ” (Acts 1:9-11)

“And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed—in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: ‘Death is swallowed up in victory.’ ” (1 Corinthians 15:49-54)

The Day of the Lord-God’s Wrath:
Old Testament: Isaiah 2:5-22
“O house of Jacob, come and let us walk In the light of the Lord. For You have forsaken Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled with eastern ways; they are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they are pleased with the children of foreigners. Their land is also full of silver and gold, and there is no end to their treasures; their land is also full of horses, and there is no end to their chariots. Their land is also full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made. People bow down, and each man humbles himself; Enter into the rock, and hide in the dust, from the terror of the Lord and the glory of His majesty. The lofty looks of man shall be humbled. The haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. For the day of the Lord of hosts shall come upon everything proud and lofty, upon everything lifted up—and it shall be brought low— Upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan; upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up; Upon every high tower, and upon every fortified wall; upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all the beautiful sloops. The loftiness of man shall be bowed down and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day, but the idols He shall utterly abolish. they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, from the terror of the Lord and the glory of His majesty, to go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the crags of the rugged rocks, from the terror of the Lord and the glory of His majesty, when He arises to shake the earth mightily.”

“Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near—at the doors! Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away. But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, but My Father only. But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. Then two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left. (Matthew 24:32-41)

Matthew 24:42-44
“Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.”

This means the house was broken into because:
1. The owner was not watching,
2. The owner was not ready,
3. The owner was not going up!

2023
“See that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if they did not escape who refused Him who spoke on earth, much more shall we not escape if we turn away from Him who speaks from heaven, whose voice then shook the earth; but now He has promised, saying, ‘Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also heaven.’ Now this, ‘Yet once more,’ indicates the removal of those things that are being shaken, as of things that are made, that the things which cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire.” (Hebrews 12:25-29)
Stay watching Saints!

What an honor to be given our assignment on earth in these last days! Prayer and intercession paves the path for revival. I remember on January 4, 2011, the Lord gave me Isaiah 40:3-11 and said to gather the Saints to pray specifically for California…and then expanded to our great nation!

December 15, 2022

12/15/2022

This is that…December 2022

Dear Intercessors for the Kingdom of God,
You were born for a purpose!
We are a chosen generation equipped with a purpose to live in the nasty here and now! Jesus spoke about these end days we are experiencing but He also spoke of us, His glorious church, holy and without blemish!

I believe the end days clock started ticking in May1948 when Israel became a nation.

The Parable of the Fig Tree
“Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near—at the doors! Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place.” (Matthew Chapter 24:32)

Yesterday the President signed into law The Marriage Equality Act.
(See https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8404 )
We can either get fearful and upset over these things or we can stand our ground and walk by faith. We continue to see, step by step, the advancement and power of evil against God’s laws and scriptures.

Jesus foretold years ago what would take place in our generation:
“As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. (Matthew 24:37-39)

The Days of Noah (Genesis 6:5-8)
“Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.
So the Lord said, ‘I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.’ But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.”

One Commentator said:
“... they that are held by the intoxication of wickedness shall not so much as perceive the dreadful nature of the things that are on the point of being done.”

Paul said, “For when they say, ‘Peace and safety!’ then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape.”
(1 Thessalonians 5:3)

“But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet. For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
(1 Thessalonians 5:8-9)

Politics and Intercession
You remember the story of Esther and her wicked enemy Haman. He went to the King to have all the Jews destroyed because their laws were different from the King and they refused to obey the King’s laws. The King told Haman, “Do with them as seems good to you.” (Esther 3:11) Esther, her uncle Mordecai, and all the Jews cried out to the Lord with fasting and weeping. God intervened saving His people and bringing swift judgment upon their enemy Haman. The gallows Haman made for Mordecai were instead used to hang him!

Holy Spirit and Prayer
Esther and Mordecai didn’t have God inside them!
How much more effective the Body of Christ is especially as we pray in tongues! It can take us into heavenly realms that produce great change over and in our cities. And speaking in tongues builds you up by re-charging your inner man with power from the Kingdom of God. Plug in! This type of prayer we can do throughout the day, no matter where we are or what we are doing. Exercising your spirit through tongues every day builds stamina!

The Authority of the Believer Builds His Church
Spirit-filled prayers change the atmosphere over your city. God can cause your spirit/Spirit to break strongholds of demonic powers in the heavenly using the enormous power of Jesus’ name!

This is the power of His resurrection!

You and I have a divine purpose as Intercessors: get the lost into the Kingdom! You’re the Sheriff in your city. We are to use scripture (our weapons) against the advancement of evil in our states and nation. Whatever you allow will be allowed; whatever you bind and cast out will be locked up! Arrest and cast out devils. (Mark 16:17-18) Don’t be timid about this. Speak those words of authority so the angelic armies of God can be activated to move out!

Intercession lays track for the rest of the Body of Christ to advance in their individual assignments. We’ve got to get this done, Saints. Your location is your divine realm of influence in the spirit!

If you’re afraid to cast out devils, you don’t know who you in Christ.
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“And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” (Matthew 16:18-19)

The Church has been given the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven. What does that mean to you?

What about 2023? Angels! Separation!
It’s all about the Tares and the Wheat! (Matthew 13:37-43)

“He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. The field is the world, the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom, but the tares are the sons of the wicked one. The enemy who sowed them is the devil, the harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are the angels. Therefore as the tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of this age. The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all things that offend, and those who practice lawlessness, and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!”

The End
“For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only He who now restrains will do so until He is taken out of the way. And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the breath of His mouth and destroy with the brightness of His coming.” (2 Thessalonians 2:7-8)

The end days clock is ticking…

December 7, 2022

12/7/2022

December 2022
Years ago I remember Brother Copeland shared a true story of an elderly woman who lived in England. As a young woman she was hired to work in the service of the Queen of England. At the end of fifty or sixty years, she was retired and given a paper of the Queens appreciation for excellent service. She had it framed and placed on the wall in her small apartment which was in a poor section of London. Although her living circumstances were difficult, she always remembered what an honor it was to serve the Queen.

One day a gentleman came to visit her. As he was leaving her apartment, he noticed the document hanging on the wall and stopped to read it. He was overcome with amazement and asked her if she knew what it was. She replied with great joy that it was for her years of dedication to the Queen. He said yes, that’s right, but not only that, the Queen has provided you with a home of your own and a substantial monthly income for the rest of your life. He then found out this dear woman had never learned to read.

She just didn’t know.

In 1981 I attended my first Spirit-filled church. Someone gave me a paper entitled: “Who I am in Christ” which I still have. Typed on an old manual typewriter, I would continually make copies and hand them out to other Believers. Nothing comes close to the impact that this knowledge has had on my life, except of course meeting Jesus and finding The Bible!

In 2004 I began writing a daily devotional, “Who I am in Christ,” which Michael and I published a year later. That piece of paper I received at church in the 80’s was the foundation of my book…and my life.

Many years later, while we were taking extended ministry courses at our church, we went out to lunch with one of the instructors and his wife. As I was sharing about writing my book, I mentioned it came about from a paper called, “Who I am in Christ” from the same church that we all had attended years ago.

“We typed that.”

“What?”

“We wrote that!”

Our God is amazing!

Intercession!
She just didn’t know…
Someone came to the aid of this dear lady living in poverty.
That’s a picture of how intercession for “the lost” intervenes and affects others. Our prayers ARE affecting multitudes and permeating the heavens over our cities to break up barriers against The Gospel. Never get discouraged about our nation, God is doing business and the glory is at hand! Your prayers are more powerful against the devil when you know who you are!

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November 19, 2022

11/19/2022

This is that…
November 2022

Prophetic End of Days Prophecy
“The Fullness of the Gentiles”

“For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written:

‘The Deliverer will come out of Zion,
And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;
For this is My covenant with them,
When I take away their sins.’

“Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are beloved for the sake of the fathers. For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. For as you were once disobedient to God, yet have now obtained mercy through their disobedience, even so these also have now been disobedient, that through the mercy shown you they also may obtain mercy. For God has committed them all to disobedience, that He might have mercy on all.”
(Romans 11:25-32)

All Israel will be saved.
Does that mean those who did not believe Jesus was their Messiah will be saved in the end?

Read Romans Chapter 11.
God speaks of “grafting in” those that have been cut off. This is very interesting, because one wonders if God has them in a place like Abraham and the righteous dead were in, waiting until their Messiah fulfilled His assignment of death on the cross.

Paul writes in Romans 10:1-4
“Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.”

Righteousness
The Apostle Paul reveals the difference of the righteousness which is of the law, and the righteousness which comes as a personal belief in what Jesus Christ accomplished in His dying on the cross. That belief and confession produces the new creation in Christ, the righteousness of faith, which is right standing before God without any shame, just as if I had never sinned! (Romans 10:8-10)

The World’s Rejection of Jesus Christ
Without Jesus, there is no forgiveness of sin.
He was the pure Lamb of God, sacrificed for the redemption of man. This is God’s way and it is pure, holy, and everlasting. Without the shedding of Jesus’ blood appropriated to the unsaved person, there is no eternal life in Heaven.

2022: Man decides what is righteous.
“I will do it my way. I will think the way I decide. I judge what is right, and I will act the way I want to act. I am good without God or any preacher telling me how to behave. I will live according to what I feel is right. When I die, I cease to exist. That’s it. There is no hell and there is no heaven.”

They have no fear!
“For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the righteousness of God.”
(Romans 10:3)

This One Generation
*Timothy writes of this generation. “Perilous times will come for men will be lovers of themselves …” (See 2 Timothy 3:1-5)
*Jesus says, “… this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place.” (Matthew 24:34)
* “Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons, speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron …
(1 Timothy 4:1-2)

My Generation
When I was a child, God, prayer, and love for my nation was allowed in my public school. Then, in 1962 The Bible was banned from being taught in school. Each decade since then has seen a terrible deterioration of godliness and morality. These children grow up to be ungodly adults. Now they have permeated our society with lawlessness. The last four years they are beyond restraint! All restrictions seem to have been removed so that debauchery now spreads like an evil cancer across our nation. And as a result, our elections are dishonest.

Yet, God says:
“They are without excuse..."
Romans 1:16-32

Evidence of God’s righteousness is everywhere on earth! His order of life can be seen. Seeds get watered from the rain in the heavens and produce food for man and beast. The seasons, they change for a reason. God established His righteousness—His right ways to accompany and meet man’s needs. The earth and the heavens witness: “There is a Creator!” All life has the seeds of Righteousness because they originated in God the Creator of all, including the child in the womb, who when born continues to grow up and develop into an adult!

The Bible itself, written long ago, is the “living seed of life.”
And it warns us today of these difficult times that you and I were sent to live in:

“But as the days of Noah were, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. For as in the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will the coming of the Son of Man be. (Matthew 24:37-39)

“Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.” (Matthew 24:44)

Holy Spirit
“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” (John 14:26-27)

Dear Saints,
The harvest truly is great and so is our purpose!
Pray more in the Holy Spirit! It edifies you. (1 Corinthians 14:4)
*Your spirit-man needs to be re-charged just like your cell phone!

November 10th, 2022

11/10/2022

November 2022
The Vault
We have a lock box at our bank.
Why?

Because we want to keep important documents and items safe. No thief can get in there and steal them. Although we have our belongings there, we cannot get to them with only our key. Neither can the bank get to them without our key. Two keys are required to open our safety deposit box. Not only that, but a bank manager must be called who has the key that opens the entire vault where others have also stored their items for safe-keeping.

Building His Church
“And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”
(Matthew 16:18-19)

Two Keys of the Kingdom of Heaven:
Anointed words from the Holy Spirit that empower your words as you release them.

Enemies to Building His Church
Those keys (words) will not open or close anything:
1. If a believer hates his political enemies or has unforgiveness toward another
2. If a believer is carrying “the cares of this world”

Both are faith blockers in the Kingdom of God. That means intercession is void of power. And that is exactly what the enemy wants!

The Vault
The new creation man has a key.
Holy Spirit dwelling in new creation man has a key.

The Master Key
Father, the Creator of all life, has the master key to everything for all time.

Why Keys?
Because of God’s enemy: the thief. The Kingdom of God suffers violence, but the violent take the kingdom by force. That force is in your spirit where Holy Spirit lives 24/7.

Keys open.
Keys lock up.
Words are keys.
1. Faith-filled words heal the sick, open blind eyes, raise the dead. The end-day’s revival starts with intercession. When that prayer-power is released to cast out devils through words, it changes the atmosphere over our cities which help the lost seek Jesus! Pray for the lost something like this: “I bind and cast out devils of lawlessness; lying anti-Christ spirits and party spirits come off of them! Holy Spirit come upon the lost; cause them to seek Jesus. Be firm. Tongues will break through barriers.

2. Anointed tongues are the spiritual force from which angelic armies of God receive orders. The enemy of God cannot decipher tongues. This power is explosive and multiplies where several Believers operate as one voice! These keys are binding and loosing, releasing God’s Kingdom into the air! Praise God, things are changing as hardened hearts soften to hear the Gospel.

3. Tongues will be like a flat balloon without the spiritual force that comes from personal study and fellowship with the Father. Hearing faith-teaching continually will keep your inner battery charged up 24/7.

The Vault: What is it?
It is the Kingdom of God within you!
You’re loaded with treasures of power!!!

October 3, 2022

10/3/2022

October 2022
Your Seat
We had reservations at a Christian Concert. We each had a ticket with our seat number on it. As we entered the auditorium it seemed to be buzzing with excitement. We found our seats and sat down. No one else could sit in our seats because they were reserved only for us.

As seasons change and we get closer to that special date circled on God’s calendar, (which is kept secret from us), we will continue to experience the pressure that’s in the atmosphere; not only His Body, but everyone on earth. As it was when Noah was building his ark and it was getting closer to being complete and ready for occupancy, people around him got more and more depraved: “every intent of the thoughts of his heart (man) was only evil continually.” (Genesis 6:6) “I am sorry that I have made them,” Father said.

Jesus said, “For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.” (Mt. 24:38-39)

2022 continues on its course as “the tares and the wheat” are being separated. The pressure will cause tares to react one way while the pressure purifies the wheat with this goal: Be The Glorious Church! Once there, the ark will be complete and Jesus will return in the air with our glorious transformation.
(Read 1 Corinthians 15:50-58)

While the Father is at work shaking the nations to bring in the lost, remember where you are seated and the price Jesus paid for your seat; “even when we were dead in trespasses, (Father) made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.” (Ephesians 2:5-7)

How can we be in two places at the same time?

The realm of the Spirit is within you, not somewhere in outer space. This is where you are in Christ, seated with His authority. As intercessors we interact between two kingdoms. Our authority is far beyond those of earth: fallen man and demons. Our authority comes directly from God, and His Kingdom is within you.

The Heavenlies
Just as my example of entering an auditorium and sensing a different atmosphere, when we gather together in this heavenly seat (place), we release power to bind and to loose. (Matthew 16:18-19)

Others are there awaiting their assignments which cannot be done until “words” are released and sent forth.
This is your sword of the Spirit/spirit that angels require before they can enforce Kingdom power and stability on earth. (Ephesians 6:10-20)

Saints, discern the times we have now entered. Don’t get rattled, stay in His peace. We were born for such a time as this: to bring in the lost!

September 21, 2022

9/21/2022

This is that...9.21.22

The Groaning ...
Early Birth Signs!
“For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly waits for the revealing of the sons of God...
For we know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. Not only that, but we also....even we ourselves groan within ourselves, eagerly waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our body... Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.” (See Romans 8:18-27)

1. Who is groaning? The whole creation (nature).
Why are they groaning?
Nature is groaning for the revealing of the sons of God to use their authority to manifest peace and order in the heavenlies and on earth due to the fracturing and disorder that rampant sin is producing.

2. Who is groaning? The Body of Christ.
Why are we groaning?
We are waiting for the adoption: the redemption of our bodies that will occur in a twinkling of an eye.

“Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I tell you a mystery:
We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed— in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.
For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written:
“Death is swallowed up in victory.” (1 Corinthians 15:50-54)

The deep inward groaning or yearning of God’s children is the waiting for the adoption, the redemption of our bodies. Like a woman in labor, her birth pangs intensify with time until a great amount of pressure comes just before the delivery.

3. Who else is groaning? The Holy Spirit.
He is groaning with us to give us help when our spiritual and mental strength is depleted and we feel overcome with bad news. If fear is taking hold and entering in, Holy Spirit is there to provide courage and renew boldness. He is the one Who enlightens scripture to transform it into power to be released to your inner man. To every Believer baptized in Him, He is there within you, not outside somewhere, but in you, to strengthen your spirit, soul, and body.

He makes intercession for you with groanings which cannot be uttered out loud until the Believer releases them in tongues.

The unity of Holy Spirit and you is not really two but the two are one. It is like this: Holy Spirit/spirit. Meditate on this:
He is all power. He is the One who raised Jesus out of Hell!
That same resurrection power is in you! (Romans 8:11)

TONGUES!
Praying in tongues is tapping into the power grid of God!

Many of His children are not giving voice to releasing this power.
When we become weak and downcast it may be because we are not letting the power within — out.

When my tea kettle’s water is boiling and bubbling up, it produces a high pitched noise and gets my attention. I take the lid off, pressure escapes, and the screaming subsides!

Saints, there’s no doubt the end days are difficult times, but God has given us Himself.

Let Him express Himself! Pray more in tongues! The power that created the universe and everything on earth is in you and me, the Body of Christ. We are equipped to overcome!

Withstand the pressure of evil in these last days. Pray in tongues throughout your day, here and there, or more as time permits. The screaming will stop!

Philippians 1:28
“Only let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel...
and not in any way terrified by your adversaries, which is to them a proof of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that from God.

August 2022

8/28/2022

Strategic Air Command
No, not the movie, the Body of Christ which is seated in heavenly places in Christ, far above all principalities, powers, dominions and authority! It is our time, Saints, not to grow weary in doing good, but on the contrary, to mount with wings like eagles to demand the Kingdom of God to come forth! Jesus said the Kingdom of God is in you. Release it with faith-filled words based on scripture. Tap into the power plant of tongues in intercession. Devils run from it!

Now the season changes!
Our intercession is laying track for other ministries with boots on the ground to be empowered. Arrest and cast out demonic forces that are blocking and stealing miracles, signs, and wonders from the churches. The Kingdom will break forth in local churches everywhere with demonstrations of power to heal all the sick and hurting. Prepare for the harvest.

One Generation – Luke 22:32
You and I are getting older. That means time is running out. One generation, our generation, has a magnificent purpose to fulfill. Think of that! The last generation has been chosen with the greatest assignment of the church age: bring in the harvest of the earth! “Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are already white for harvest! And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. For in this the saying is true: ‘One sows and another reaps.’ I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored, and you have entered into their labors.” (John 4:35-38)

Seed
God made everything by seed, including you!
Without seed there is nothing. Words are seed.
“By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made with things which are visible.” (Hebrews 11:1) Faith without words is dead. Everything in nature was created by His Words. Everything is subject to our words in His name. Spirit words are the sword of the Spirit/spirit. (Ephesians 6:17)

Time
“And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.” (Matthew 24:22)
It seems there is pressure to get things done, especially the assignment to bring in the harvest. And what is the harvest doing? They are wondering what in the world is going on. They are aware that things are different. And that’s exactly what God wants! I was thinking about the last quarter in a Super Bowl Football Game. Thousands are seated in the stands watching the game but also watching the minutes go by.

Saints, we’ve got the ball! How much time do we have before Jesus calls us up to meet Him? We know it’s soon. What each of us accomplishes in this last season will determine what our assignment will be in the millennium when we return with Jesus to rule and reign with Him! Glory to God! (Revelation 2:26)

Remember, our prayers of authority are laying track for souls to come to Jesus! The Kingdom of God suffers violence, but the violent take it by force...every day. You’ve got the ball!

The Harvest
Harvesting is the process of gathering a ripe crop from the fields.
Reaping is the cutting of grain or pulse for harvest, typically using a scythe, sickle, or reaper. On smaller farms with minimal mechanization, harvesting is the most labor-intensive activity of the growing season.

“Contend for the heavenlies! Take dominion here!
For what happens here has influence upon the cities below,” says the LORD.

Strategic Air Command:
Dominate the weather. Chaotic weather most often is the result of witchcraft and sorcery. That can be cast out. Stay alert and watch. Keep your armor on, but stay in peace and in His Word. We are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people on assignment with a purpose.
An empowerment of grace be upon you.

*If the news upsets you, your authority may be hindered.

This is that...August 2022

8/18/2022

Someone recently said, “As Intercessors we have to be informed of things going on in our nation so that we can pray about them.” Holy Spirit said: “No, not exactly.”

Spirit/spirit
Holy Spirit knows about everything that is going on. He leads us as we pray, especially in tongues. Tongues will provide an alternate route to bypass the traffic in the mind. Praying in the Spirit is connecting to Him--Spirit/spirit, completely as One being—a new creation in Christ!

Rather than trying to depend only on gathering information from news programs, we can go inward to the re-created man to pray out mysteries...secrets that are in code directly to Father! Get comfortable with not knowing everything. We pray out hidden, undisclosed knowledge that the world does not have access to, but Holy Spirit does. He is God! We hit the target 100% of the time!

Romans Chapter 8:1-6 contrasts walking according to the flesh rather than living according to the inward Spirit/spirit. We can transfer this knowledge to a higher place of intercession with tongues. Remember, the enemy cannot steal what he doesn’t know.

Romans 8:1-6
Notice highlighted words.
1“There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
3 For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh,
4 that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
6 For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.”

Highlights to Intercession
Vs. 1. do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
Do not pray according to the earthly physical senses. What you hear, what you see happening in the news, is all subject to change. (2 Corinthians 4:18)
Vs. 2. Those Intercessors who live/walk in the Spirit/spirit are made free of sin and death. You are under grace. (Romans 6:14) Praying in tongues comes out of the new-creation man that is totally free, beyond earthly restrictions.
Vs. 3. What the Old Testament Law could not do because it worked through the flesh (weak), God accomplished by sending His Son’s Spirit into man. We operate in the higher realm of the Spirit. There, we pray out mysteries that advance the Kingdom of God. Also, tongues will add muscle to build your inner man and make you bold to bind and cast out devils that are against the Gospel. (Jude 1:20, Matthew 18:18)
Vs. 4. Jesus Christ fulfilled the righteous requirement of The Law, therefore the law is now fulfilled in us who walk according to His Spirit. This empowers our praying to a new level of authority on the earth. Do you really know who you are in Christ?

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.” (2 Corinthians 5:16-19)

The Ministry of Reconciliation
Sinners need to be prayed for before the “word of reconciliation” can get through their mental barriers of unbelief. There are many anti-Christ spirits in the atmosphere that need to be bound and cast out over our cities. They are there because there has been little to no enforcement to lock them up. “And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold.” (Matthew 24:12) Let’s kill the root, Saints!

Back to Romans Chapter 8
Vs. 5. Set your mind on things of the Spirit. A few minutes of tongues will silence your thoughts and advance the power of your prayers. Remember it is always Spirit/spirit. Tongues can go where no man has gone before!
Vs. 6. The carnal mind is not based on God’s Word and will result in prayers that are consumed with the problem. Restating the problems over and over will not produce change and may bring weariness and despair. To be spiritually minded is life and peace from God’s Word. That’s where faith resides. And faith works through love!

The Power of Angelic Armies Await Your Orders!
1 Corinthians 13:1 “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels...”
So when you declare the mountain to move, angelic armies are released to remove hindrances that are preventing revival. But remember, hatred and unforgiveness toward evil leaders will keep your faith stuck at the red light.

When praying for my city, I go back and forth between English and tongues. I am very aware of the angels.
Sample: “I plead the blood of Jesus on every lost person in my city. I command devils of lawlessness and anti-Christ spirits against the Gospel to be cast out of them now! You devils be taken captive by the great armies of God! I pray for the lost to hunger for Jesus. Lord, give them ears to hear and understand what Jesus did for them. Pull them into You, Father, in Jesus’ name. I speak peace and order over my city.”

Always keep in mind: You and I are enforcing what Jesus has already accomplished!!! And He wants us to DO this!

***Often while on a walk I like to have Brother Hagin join me in tongues...
This video is 30 minutes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ew4XXc1c5k&t=643s