Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.—Acts 5:15

God uses shadows. I don't mean spooky, weird, strange or hidden things. He wants to use your shadow. In Acts 5 Peter's shadow became an "overshadowing" of the power of God. God's power wants to overshadow every circumstance.

Only when the wedding party ran out of wine was when they asked Jesus for help (John 2). No, the Church is not out of wine by a long shot. They thought they were doing quite well with their own wine, but never knew what they were missing until they tasted what Jesus could provide. I believe Jesus is saving the best for last. I see people in the Spirit laying down their glory and allowing His glory and power to fall on them. What a trade!

God overshadowed that party. Notice, shadows have no pride. They care not what others think. They go wherever they need to; they do not rebel. They seek no recognition or reward. They do not brag. The person casting the shadow doesn't do the work; the power of God does.

God's overshadowing power is coming! Are you ready? Are you willing? Let His shadow begin!

His Overshadowing Will Birth Signs and Wonders

Mark my words, not all who see signs and wonders will believe (Luke 16:30-31). Then there are others who believe in signs and wonders but dwell on them, caring more for them than the One who grants them. We quickly dismiss those two camps. With that said, some will believe because of signs and wonders (John 4:48). Jesus was attested to (proven to be who He claimed) by signs and wonders (Acts 2:22).

The early Church abounded in signs and wonders. I believe the current Church (you, me, and anyone who will accept it) can be "overshadowed by His power." Peter was, and the result was people bringing their beds and couches into the street that they might be touched by his shadow...touched and healed. Many are healed through the laying on of hands, but when people start getting healed by shadows, we've got a major move of God in motion.

I'm not a nut nor a weirdo, but folks, something is afoot, and there is a sense of expectancy in the Kingdom. It's been proclaimed, prophesied, whispered in small circles, talked about in crowds, shouted from the roof tops, published, emailed, picked up and transmitted by satellite, twittered and agonizingly interceded for. Now it's about here, ready to be revealed.

The Gospel train is moving, the tracks have been laid, and many prophetic words will come to pass...but watch for the shadows, even yours.

What God's Overshadowing Means

In Luke 1 Gabriel is speaking with Mary, the mother of Jesus. The angel is telling her she will conceive a Son who will be called the Son of the Highest. She asks him how this will be? He says something very odd: "The power of the Highest shall overshadow thee" (verse 35) That word "overshadow" is the same Greek word in Acts 5:15 where "the sick were brought into the streets that at least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them."

Mary was overshadowed by the power of God, enveloping her in a cloud of glory and impregnating her with the Son of God. She abandoned herself to God's will. Peter walked in such holy recklessness and abandonment that the Most High overshadowed him and people flocked to receive and were healed.

God will cast His shadow on all who will not cast their own shadow. Signs and wonders will follow these people (Mark 16:20). Are these people elite, better than others or super holy? No, that doesn't bring miracles (Acts 3:12). They are people who refuse to quit. Battered, beaten down and fed up, they get up again and go on for God.

Rearrange the Furniture to Reach the Shadows of God

Notice, the first batch of new Believers (Acts 2:41) came into the Church because of a manifestation of the Holy Spirit (Tongues). They were overshadowed by God. The second batch (Acts 4:4) came in because of a manifestation of the Holy Spirit (healing the lame man at the Gate Beautiful). They were overshadowed by God. These were miracles that opened the floodgates of salvation for thousands.

People needed miracles in those days as much as they need them now. Maybe you need one or know someone who does. Overshadowing means good news. Soon, many prophets will predict God's glory overshadowing the Church. This is good news. (I have no use for doom and gloom, always giving out bad news. Yes, we all need repentance, but making people feel guilty makes people run from God, not to God. The Church doesn't need bad news. Sinners don't need bad news. They know how bad they are. They need the liberating power of God.)

I see in the Spirit the overshadowing power and love of God falling on the Church, causing many to bring their couches out into the streets and receive healing. Get ready to rearrange the furniture. Let Him overshadow you.

Al Thomas
Celebrating His Life Ministries

PROPHESIED ON THE 10`TH OF AUGUST 2008, NAJOTH BERLIN- SPANDAU

“My people, there were times, that challenged you in big way, so that you felt rubbed! It was a season, that gnaw on your substance! But right now I am starting to refresh and repaint you with My anointing!
There is a new color coming into your life, that you have not received before! It is a new and fresh anointing, that brings you into the place, where you will stay in a new strength and power!
There is joy, protection and the glance of My glory!
Be ready to smell the fragrance of the preparation of a meal!
There is a higher place for My Bride, where I will let her smell the fragrance of My new meal from Heaven!
It is a fragrance, that I release on earth to bring you higher! It is a fragrance, that goes hand in hand with the measure of hunger in your belly! There will not be a spiritual blockade! It is a place of an open Heaven to show you the meal of My glory, says the Spirit of God!
Don` t reject what I will bring to you, because it carries My calling for your next steps (Acts 10)!”


Amen and Amen.

In His new Fragrance of Revelation

Daniel Glimm

Introduction by Larry Randolph

In 2005, I was visited by an Angel of the Lord who showed me a string of events that would unfold beginning in 2007 through the end of 2012. One of the most striking predictions was his proclamation that, "The economy of this nation will go down a long, dark hill."

Among many other things, the angel also informed me that in the same year I saw the deaths of many Hollywood celebrities, it would signify the end of an era and the beginning of change in the nation. I shared these things in a few meetings, but felt that I should not yet release the details of the visitation on a national scale.

"What God Told Me in July of 2008 About THAT September"

Then in July of 2008, the Lord informed me that a "perfect storm" would hit the nation in the middle of September and that it would be the beginning of the economic collapse the angel revealed to me in 2005. Again, I was reluctant to draw national attention to the coming events and purposely restricted the prophetic word to a small number of conferences.

Although the prediction came to pass around the 15th of September 2008, part of my reluctance to give the prophetic word was due to much of the negativity that is often associated with a number of prophetic ministries. As one called to encourage the Church prophetically, I tend to shy away from anything that sounds like "gloom and doom" and often wait for God to show me the redemptive value of what is happening.

"I NOW Feel an Urgency to SOUND THE ALARM!"

That being said, however, I now feel an urgency to sound the alarm that unprecedented events are approaching us on many levels. We are at the end of the "holding pattern" we have experienced this year and are about to enter another season of change and great shaking.

In fact, there is a "super-shift" coming that is truly bittersweet and will ultimately reveal the best of times and the worst of times. In view of the sobering times we are approaching, I have decided to release a prophetic word that I recently delivered at Grace Center, my home church in Franklin, Tennessee.

As you'll hear in the prophecy, the shift begins this September, continuing throughout October, and will gain both momentum and velocity by December 31st. Interestingly, the 31st is a "blue moon" night that is an astronomical rarity—thus the phrase "once in a blue moon."

Also, a part of my decision to release the following prophecy is related to yet another encounter I had in August. Around the middle of the month, I had a vision of a 5.0 earthquake that would mark the beginning of a critical shift. I also saw a greater shaking that was to follow in the near future. The next day, I called my friend Bob Jones who confirmed that he was also feeling "a trembling" in the Earth.

Several days after our conversation, there was a 5.0 earthquake in Alaska on August 19th, which confirmed to me the importance of the vision. (Reported on Fox News August 19, 2009: 5.0-Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Anchorage, Alaska.)

And, if I am interpreting correctly what I feel and see, there is yet a seven-fold shaking of greater magnitude coming that will produce enormous and perhaps catastrophic disruptions on economic, political, geophysical, atmospheric, and spiritual levels.

No Matter What Events Unfold, God is "Unfailingly Redemptive"

However, the good news is that God is unfailingly redemptive, no matter what events unfold in the world. According to the Prophet Isaiah, when darkness invades the Earth, the glory of God is certain to arise upon His people. Although we are entering uncertain and turbulent waters, remember that the challenges we face can affect us for good or for bad.

When God shook the fountains of the deep in Noah's day, for example, the flood had both negative and positive implications for that generation. For those outside the ark it was devastating, but for those inside the ark it was liberating. So depending on your posture in Christ, the coming days can either be the best of times or the worst of times.

Larry Randolph
Larry Randolph Ministries

Note by Steve Shultz: You've Got to Hear this Word Now! I have broken a normal guiding of mine. I need you to LISTEN to this word rather than read it—for the URGENCY is that great!

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