PROPHETIC CHAMBER

One of the most consistent ways that the Lord speaks to me is through "dreams."

Once again, by the grace and faithfulness of God, the Holy Spirit gave me a very vivid instructional dream. The dream was filled with color and emotions, but no words. I do feel that this dream has meaning for me in a personal manner and yet contains truths that are for the Body of Christ. So let me unfold it.

I was attempting to stand in a room where there was a low ceiling. It was an old room filled with religious senses all around it. It was a room representing the Church in its present condition and, in particular, the overall condition of the church where I live in Greater Nashville, Tennessee.

I was standing on the outer edge of the room and I kept trying to stand up. As I would do this, my head would butt against the ceiling, and I could actually feel the weight of the stone ceiling on my head in the dream. I kept trying to raise the roof off by standing up, but it was not working. Then something like a giant, heavenly can opener came down from above and cut a huge hole in the stone roof. The hole appeared in the center of the room. I then moved from the outer edge to the center of the room, and as I did - I looked up.

The sky was filled with the promises of God!

There was now a brilliant "Open Heaven" stationed right over my head. The sky was blue and there were beautiful clouds hovering. I could feel the warmth of the sun upon my body. The atmosphere was filled with faith, hope, love and life.

I then proceeded, in the dream, back to the edge of the room where the ceiling was still intact, and yes, still quite low. Again, I had to crouch down to get under the low ceiling. I attempted to "stand upright" only to feel the weight of the ceiling suppressing me once again. So I stepped back into the center of the room. What a contrast!

Oh, there was clean air to breathe. There was light and no darkness. There was a sense of purpose and destiny fulfilled. I was now positioned correctly under an open heaven, enabling me to achieve the purposes of God. I was centered and walking in the light.

Interpreting the Experience

As I woke up, I had several "knowings" as a result of this dream experience. Again, there were no audible words in this dream. But the feeling dimension was very alive! I did feel a word dropped inside of me, though, as I woke up - "Get Positioned for an Open Heaven."

God wants us each to be properly aligned in this hour with Him and His purposes. He wants to lift the lid off the can, but we must position ourselves properly as this occurs. We must move from the side issues to the central ones. We must be centered on Him.

Walking in Open Heavens deals more with His work versus ours. Our efforts to push through and even "stand uprightly" are acknowledged, but it is truly His work from above that creates a sustained place or Open Heavens for His presence. He has the ability to break through even the hardest of places, circumstances and low ceilings.

Again, in the dream, the Lord saw my efforts and acknowledged them, but then He did the work that I could not. I find it quite interesting that it is more about His work from above than our work from beneath. He does respond, however, to our efforts. But we do not create an Open Heaven - He does. He is the Creator - I am not. I am a responder to His great love and initiative. Yet, what goes up must come down!

Below you will find a short excerpt from my study guide Revival Breakthrough. In it I give some basic Biblical teaching on Open Heavens, so - "Get Positioned for an Open Heaven!" Get into Kingdom Alignment for such a time as this. Step out of the shadows of the side edges and move into the center of His word, will and ways. Be centered in Him - after all, being "centered in Christ" is the best place to be!

Blowing The Roof Off The House

A. Making Jesus At Home In Your House - Read Mark 2:1- 5 slowly as a parable. Ask the Holy Spirit to bring personal applications to your life.

1. Mark 2:1 - Is Jesus at "Home" in your house, family, congregation, city? What would you need to do to have Him be more than the "honored guest" who occasionally shows up?

2. Mark 2:2 - When Jesus is "in His temple," people will gather and revelation will rest on the word of God. May God's house be full to overflowing and may the crowds gather once again to hear the word of the Lord!

3. Mark 2:3 - Some became dissatisfied with the crowds as they were. Four men became desperate for a "breakthrough" on another level. Through the heat of the day they carried their paralytic friend on a stretcher to the house where Jesus was. They worked hard to carry this "dead weight," possibly at a distance. It cost them something to get him there, but they wanted more!

4. Mark 2:4 - They could not get near to Jesus due to the crowds. They could have given up, but instead - they moved from the natural into the supernatural to find their solution. Then hope came. We will tear the roof off the house. So they proceeded upon the roof to tear it open with their hands. Through great effort - they dug a big hole in the roof (Opened Heavens) and lowered their friend into the presence of the living Messiah.

5. Mark 2:5 - Jesus saw "their faith." Whose faith? All their faith together! Then he spoke to the paralytic: "Your sins are forgiven." This results in healing the body. May these words echo through our lives today and the sick Body of Christ be raised up to "wholeness."

B. Opened Heavens

1. Like in Genesis 28:16-17, we need the gates of Heaven opened over our cities, churches and families.

2. Like in Mark 2:1-5, we need to "Blow the Roof Off" our thinking and concepts and believe the Lord for extraordinary works of grace. Desperate times take desperate measures. We need desperate laborers to arise, who are not content with life as it is, to tear the roof off in order to lower another into the presence of Jesus!

THREE KEYS NEEDED

A. Prayer Opens The Way!

1. Testimony of the Hebrides Island Revival in 1952: Two desperate women - Peggy and Christina Smith, 84 and 82 years old - were desperate for a revival on their island off of Scotland. They began praying from Isaiah 44:3, "For I will pour out water on the thirsty land and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out My Spirit on your offspring and My blessing on your descendants."

They reminded God of His word. Then they began to claim Isaiah 64:1: "O that Thou wouldest rend the heavens, that Thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might quake at Thy presence..."

The oldest sister was blind, but she received a vision and proclaimed, "He's coming! He's coming! He's already here!" The Spirit of God fell in a barn that night where seven young men were praying from Isaiah 62:6,7, where it tells us, "On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen; all day and all night they will never keep silent. You who remind the LORD, take no rest for yourselves; and give Him no rest until He establishes and makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth."

Sure enough, God came. This began the great Hebrides Revival under the preaching of Duncan Campbell. A spiritual radiation zone was created and many souls were saved!

2. Testimony of Evan Roberts and the Welsh Revival of 1904: At the age of 13, young Evan began to seek the Lord. At the age of 26, revival came to his hometown. He taught the people to pray two simple prayers. The first, "Send the Spirit now, for Jesus Christ's sake." The second prayer was similar: "Send the Spirit now more powerfully, for Jesus Christ's sake." Indeed, God's Spirit came down and 100,000 souls were swept up into God's Kingdom.

Today, a cry is arising: "More, Lord!" Yes, there must be a youth revolution come as it was with Evan Roberts. We must have a "trans-generational anointing" as it was with Peggy and Christina Smith. It is time for prayer to arise and to blow the roof off the house!

WHEN WE CARE FOR HIS PRESENCE

I want to tell you a dream that has recently again gripped my soul. In January 1999, while I was having some forced rest due to a hernia surgery, the Lord visited me with a piercing dream that is helping to set my course of direction right now, and I believe is a clear word to His people in this hour.

In this dream, I was holding long loaves of bread each wrapped in their own individual napkin. I was holding these loaves of bread close to my chest, right over my heart. Then I got our youngest child's (Rachel's) blanket she has had since birth. I now wrapped these loaves of bread in her dear baby blanket. I held the bread close to my heart and just kind of rocked the bread as you would a newborn child.

Then I heard the words, "When My people will care for, cherish, nurture and love the 'Bread of My Presence' like a parent does its newborn child - then revival will come." I then found myself awakened out of the dream only to find my arms were held out as though holding and rocking something. I then heard myself prophesying out loud in the bedroom the same words I had just heard in the dream as the sweet presence of the Holy Spirit was lingering over my body. The Lord was emphasizing these words by having them repeated twice!

This I know - He wants us to cherish and care for His Presence. Pray for His presence. Love His presence. Nurture His presence; after all, isn't this what you have longed for all your life? Isn't this what you were made and created for - to be a carrier of the most brilliant Presence?! Isn't this the answer to the Church's cry for more?

When will revival come? You got it! When we get up in the middle of the night - do the night feedings, hold the child close to our bosom, and wash the child of new beginnings with love and compassion - then revival will come!

Join me as we call forth an Open Heaven and Portals of Revelation to be opened across the face of the earth! May the Church around the world drink deeply from the wells of revival!

Let His Presence comes forth!

+++ URGENT PRAYER FOR MICHAL ANN GOLL +++

Health Update: The Goll's Cry for Mercy!

Many of you know, that Michal Ann was taken back into the hospital on Friday, August 15 and just came home again on Friday, August 22. Her cancers markers in a ten-day period of time more than doubled. They have reached a level of over 50,000 - this of course, is dangerously high. The amount of active cancer in Michal Ann's body is higher now than it was back in February when she only had three weeks to live.

The doctor privately told me that he did not think she would make it home from the hospital this time. I was advised to take all necessary practical steps required. With many tears I followed the counsel given to me and put some things in order.

As Don Finto in Nashville told me some weeks ago, "Pray and believe that she will be healed, yet make the necessary plans as though she will not." That might not sound appropriate to some of you - but it is the realistic tension we are walking in and when it fell on my ears, I believed it to be a "word of wisdom."

Michal Ann is like the cat with nine lives and she just keeps bouncing back – somehow. Probably, because of her tenacious ability to fight, your willingness to pray and God's willingness to respond.

Greater Clarity on Michal Ann's Condition

It seems that she started to have some pneumonia spring up on her upper left lung and some fluid again on her lower right lung. They put her on antibiotics that we think took care of the pneumonia and they also did a procedure, using a needle, to withdraw the fluid off of her lungs.

This has helped her to breathe better and be in less discomfort so she is able to rest. She is back on oxygen again and is very mentally disoriented much of the time. She has come a long way again though, but she has truly slipped significantly. The doctor is going to wait another week before having her do the next chemotherapy treatment, which will not occur until the Tuesday after Labor Day.

Medically (in the natural), we are in a time war. She needs more time for the chemo to break up the tumors in her lungs and other locations. But she also has to be strong enough to bear the brunt of these brutal treatments.

Some say to just stop all the treatments. But Michal Ann says she still wants to fight. And as long as that is her desire - we will fight with every means available.

Our sensitive doctor is being very careful that old patterns do not repeat - so every precaution is being put in place. We are very grateful to the Lord for this.

The Veil is So Thin

Right now, the veil between the eternal and the temporal seems very thin for Michal Ann. In the hospital this past week, she had two different experiences in which she seemed to be interacting with something in the spiritual realm, so I am watching to see what she might see or experience next.

We thank the Lord that Michal Ann came back to our home on Friday, August 22. She had to be carried into the house by Paul Ehm, who lives with us, as she is not strong enough to walk on her own. She is very weak and disoriented most of the time.

But we stand waiting...waiting for the stirring of the waters...waiting for the tumors to disappear...waiting for strength to reappear...waiting for the more...knowing He is enough!

Having Michal Ann back home is challenging and in some ways it is quite hard. But we want what she wants and the doctor gave her a choice of a rehab unit or coming home. She became very alert and responded, "I want to go home!" So home she is with Smokey our cat lying right next to her in her hospital bed.

How Am I?

Physically, I still have two small tumors behind my stomach area. One is one inch by one and a half inches and the other is one inch by one inch. They both still have active cancer in them, but it is contained. I will return in about four more months for another round of scans to see where my health is at that time. I will let you know more as I know more.

Right now, I am very torn and at times emotionally spent. It is not easy living in the tension of faith and the reality of where things are in the natural. I still cry for mercy for Michal Ann to be fully healed! And yet, the journey has been so long - there are times I just want her released from this pain and suffering in this mortal body to go on to her eternal reward.

So I am lifting a cry for mercy. Will you lift a cry for mercy with me?

So there you have it! Another transparent update from a modern-day weeping Jeremiah. But always rest assured, we believe that God is good all the time and His mercies endure forever!

WITH A CRY FOR MERCY!

James W. Goll and the Entire Goll Family!
Encounters Network

PROPHETIC CHAMBER

I love renewals, revivals and "moves" of the Spirit, and when they are birthed out of desperation for God, the end results are meaningful and long lasting. These kinds of occasions always build memorials honoring the memory of the event of God's total intervention.

However, I am amazed at the many, many people in Christendom who follow after signs, wonders and miracles in the hope that they will receive something from the hand of God outside of their own personal faith and belief. In other words, they are looking for something just to be handed to them without even exercising their own faith.


SIGNS AND BLUNDERS

Blunder: A serious mistake caused by ignorance or confusion.

Sign: A motion or gesture used to express or convey an idea, command or decision.

There are too many beloved genuine Christians who simply cannot perceive when something is ordered of the Spirit, and loosely base their intoxication of the event on the fact that there are miracles happening. Another rhetorical religious quote, which is often heard, is that "souls are coming into the Kingdom," as if this were something highly unusual! In our gatherings, I am pleased if and when there are unbelievers, and often give them an opportunity to give their lives to Christ. However, the true mission field is not within the walls of our safe gatherings, but all throughout the world, as Jesus Christ Himself showed us clearly. His "winning of souls" was done as He moved through cities, streets and cultures of His day.

His greatest opponents were the religious bigots in the synagogues that isolated all forms of inspiration to their forms, customs and ceremonies. Worship had lost its fear and trembling and had become a social occasion, rather than a moment of holiness. Jesus came into their gathering places and when any attempt was made to demonstrate the power of God for the benefit of those in need, they accused Him and even tried to kill Him. His daily walk with the lowest of society, as well as the rulers of the day, gave Him access to a diversity of cultures and beliefs, as well as a wide array of resistance.

TODAY

Today, many are trying to BUILD their churches, drawing people inside by advertising "signs, wonders, and miracles." The fact is, most people rarely have miracles in their personal lives, and so in an attempt to reach out and receive one, they are driven to even the smallest sign of breakthrough. Unfortunately, they often leave these places extremely disappointed because they may not have received what they hoped for. Sometimes the revival offered no more than a few people shaking with an occasional testimony of a miracle.

Thank God for the few miracles that do happen, and believe me, I also pray and teach those who come to my meetings to expect the miraculous, supernatural intervention of God in every place I go to minister. Even though we also see genuine manifestations in our gatherings, this cannot be the only reason we gather together.

WE SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED WHEN WE COMPARE OUR PRESENT SPIRITUAL STATE OF EXISTENCE WITH THOSE FROM THE PAST.

The Purpose and the Drive

Tragically, inspiration is isolated to the few breakthroughs in the various parts of the earth, and what is emerging is a false sense of inspiration coming from our egotistic purposes. A purpose that is driven by ego, will falsely inspire you and drive you to greater selfish desires. By nature, we are basically self-centered and desire nothing else than a gyrating strike from Heaven, a miracle in our body, and another shot in the arm to survive our present drought and famine of inspiration. Thank God if this happens to you when you attend meetings, but let me try and explain my personal conviction and what drives me to implement what I believe Jesus really desired for His followers to do.

The overriding importance of a disciple of Christ is not simply the content of their message, or even the display of miracles, but the overall spiritual experience they exemplify in every area of their lives. The follower of Christ is not a mere mouthpiece for God's message as some may suggest. They do not lose their own personalities as they become absorbed into God, but rather share the divine pathos through their own sharply aligned sympathy. A disciple's experience of God is actually characterized by communion with His divine consciousness, sympathy with divine pathos, and a deep concern by God for humanity. The follower of Jesus Christ is a WITNESS and should be able to make God audible to the world around them. The disciple hears God's voice, and putting their own opinions aside, should view the world from God's perspective. MAKING GOD AUDIBLE WILL MAKE HIM LAUDABLE.

What do I mean? When you truly become the voice of God and communicate His intentions accurately, it will result in God's praise and commendation from those who receive your message.

The Manifestaitions

When we come together, we should expect true manifestations of God's presence in our meetings and even more in our daily lives. However, we can't be willing to settle, as many Christians seem so willing to do, with just any claim of the "demonstration of God's power", which have often been in signs that have little, if any, significance. Many times, those who are sincerely seeking a breakthrough, are drawn in to these "signs and wonders" conventions and revivals, but in the end are disappointed when they realize that there is nothing really out of the ordinary happening. When we commune and interact with the Creator of mankind, we must expect to see His favor and intervention, as found in clear examples of the Ancient Manuscripts of the Bible and other historical writings. The Scriptures are filled with many incredible examples of how the miraculous can happen when a man or woman puts their trust in a word from God and are willing to step out of the boat and take some chances. I don't believe the appearance of gold, jewels, uncontrollable shakings, or other phenomena, as reported by some today, is worth settling for as a "revival" or "move of the Spirit".

Even a few deliverances or "decisions to follow Christ" are shallow comparisons to the works of our heroes of the faith, whom many times gave their blood for the breakthroughs and encounters with God that are documented in their incredible diverse journeys. The fact is, when we mingle with God, with His divine consciousness, we will also be profoundly impacted and motivated to become beneficial to those who are around us. That is what ministry is all about. In other words, the fruit of any work of God should be long lasting and able to impact our generation, and even generations to come. God forbid that we ever despise His work, no matter how great or small it seems to be in our perception, but we must have eternal fruit when there is a genuine encounter. Over the past couple of months, I have been asked by many people for my view regarding certain manifestations, movements, and even ministers involved in the current revivals.

In Matthew chapter 9, John approached Jesus to discuss an individual he had just encountered, who was casting out demons in Christ's name, but was not a part of their group. John went so far as to forbid the individual from ministering at all. However, Christ made it clear to John that he was focusing on the wrong thing. John was more worried about who endorsed this man and his ministry than whether or not God was actually using him to minister to the people. Although Jesus had not actually endorsed this person's ministry, which seemed to be most important to everyone, he told John they were not to forbid him!

38 Now John answered Him, saying, "Teacher, we saw someone who does not follow us casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow us."
39 But Jesus said, "Do not forbid him, for no one who works a miracle in My name can soon afterward speak evil of Me. 40 For he who is not against us is on our side."

Jesus wasn't as concerned about the endorsements this minister had, as he was the actual works that were being done. I will always support gatherings where people come together in the name of Christ to seek a divine encounter with God. I believe God loves to show up, show off, and take all of the credit. I am thankful for the miracles that happen in people's lives when God touches them as a result of these corporate gatherings. I will never speak a word against anyone who is doing the works of Christ or at least giving people a place to come together to seek God in prayer and worship, however, my endorsement of any particular revival or ministry is also not necessary.

The fruit or the continuing results of any true move of God will always speaks for itself. The "Upper Room" was the place where the disciples had a supernatural experience with the Spirit of God and were empowered for ministry, but they didn't stay inside that little room they were in! From that place, they carried the demonstration of the Spirit outside the four walls into the marketplace and turned the world upside down! That should be what follows any true "deposit" or "impartation" that comes from the Kingdom of God.

Start with the Basics

If we are to see something birthed or released from Heaven that will change our world, we must start with the basics that Christ taught about the Kingdom. We must pray for the Kingdom of God to come to the Earth, into our own world! The world will be shaken and even restructured in many areas when we begin to practice Christ's teaching regarding the Kingdom of God. Jesus said, "Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness." When Jesus taught the disciples to pray, He did not tell them to pray for the King Himself to come. He told them to pray for the Kingdom to come. When He sent the seventy out, He told them to heal the sick, cast out devils, and then to announce, "the Kingdom of God is near you."

When He was approached by the Pharisees and asked when the Kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied and said, "The Kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, 'See here!' or 'See there!' For indeed, the Kingdom of God is within you." (Luke 17:20-21) These are the words of Jesus Christ. When the Kingdom of God comes and His will is done on the Earth, it's not just spiritual changes that will occur, but it will impact every part of our world including the land, the economy, the governments, and the people. It's not about just building bigger churches.

We have to stop focusing on the cheap thrills that make us ineffective to the world around us, and look for the manifestation of His purpose for each and every Kingdom in the world. God wants you and I to make a significant contribution in every part of our world, including business, politics, science, agriculture, medicine, sports, music, entertainment, and of course, the family! We must learn to "ask" Him to do more than just bless our church or meetings. Christ's teaching on the principles of "Asking and Receiving" implies a great importance, on our part, to ask for much more than just enough to help us and our small group. If we only pray for miracles and interventions that will benefit our own families, ministries, or churches, and never seek God's intervention for our regions, nations, those of other cultures, or anyone outside our own walls, then we are still selfishly motivated. The only "move of the Spirit" we would be welcoming, will be that which will fall grossly short of God's intention of manifesting the Kingdom of God in all of the Earth.

You will never recognize Him when He comes; if He comes outside of what you have been programmed to believe He will look like, and it's possible you won't be open to Him, if you allow yourself to believe you've already found "the revival". No one will ever be able to copyright or exclusively claim the expression of God in any generation, because He simply refuses to settle into becoming the boring, mundane figure that religion has made Him out to be. Together, we must continue this journey to know and reveal Christ and His works to a generation that is sick and tired of religion.

The Church must go into the World

As you probably know by now, the world is not going to come to the church to get saved. We, as the Church, must go into the world, just as the light must penetrate the darkness. Jesus Christ never invited anyone to the temple to come and hear Him. In fact, He was usually thrown out of the temple. He stepped outside the realm of religious influence to touch those who were busy in the marketplace. Instead of standing on our pulpits with moral measuring rods, screaming curses at this sinful world, we should be building altars in the presence of unholy people, and offering Him praise. We should be offering Life and Living Water to an adulterous woman, instead of gazing at her with lustful eyes and then stoning her later. We should be filling fishermen's nets with fish and then presenting the truth to them, instead of shouting about the potential evils of their "great catch."

We should be met by demoniacs and lunatics at the entrance of a city, instead of being hailed by the politicians with red carpets. We should be commissioning new converts as the missionaries to the same regions where they were delivered, instead of indoctrinating them with irrelevant patterns and forms of religion, and then sending them to the "mission field." We should be expelled from the religious centers and temples for identifying the true enemies, (Luke 4:16-29), instead of being exalted as celebrities because of our "cliché preaching".

Go into all the World!

We cannot continue to focus simply on having 'revivals' in the church, while the rest of the world continues on its present course. 'Revivals' in the church are great, but if they do not produce a demonstration of the Kingdom of God outside the four walls of the church, they are pointless. It is time to follow Jesus, not only as we see Him in history, but also as He is presently revealing Himself. Where is He moving today? What is He saying? Where does He want us to go and what does He want us to pray about? He may lead us to go into some unusual places but it is time to go.

Mark 16:2 - "Go into all the world and preach the Good News to all creation."

Kim Clement

PROPHETIC CHAMBER

"Start Believing What God Has Declared Over Your Life."

Kingdom Company

In a powerful prophetic encounter I was told these words: "A Kingdom Company - an emerging generation that will take charge." They will rule the visible world from the invisible realm.

The Kingdom Company - who are they? The Kingdom Company will consist of overcomers! With no agenda, their goal will be to assure that Christ Jesus receives the glory due His name.

"Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me. To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. 'He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'" Revelation 3:20-22

God is calling and commissioning a Kingdom Company to function in dominion authority and revealed power, however, it will be from a foundation of Christ's love.

This emerging generation will demonstrate dominion demeanor, thus establishing the Kingdom of God with Christ-centered love. Exalting the King in His Kingdom is our highest goal. The Spirit of God is releasing the much-needed grace to display God's love while also demonstrating dominion demeanor. We have sought power and God longs to release first passion. It is the love of Christ that motivates us.

Business Leaders

Another aspect of the Kingdom Company will be revealed in the business world. The Spirit of God is in the process of radically visiting the business sector. Numerous business leaders are turning to Christ in unprecedented fashion. The favor of the Lord is evident upon these people. These men and women will move in great grace anointings deposited upon their lives to help establish the Kingdom of God. The Spirit of Truth will release outstanding wisdom. One of the offsprings of wisdom is wealth.

Expect to see great grace and overflowing favor bestowed upon Christian companies; remember, it is God that gives us power to get wealth in order to establish His covenants (see Deuteronomy 8:18).

Expect to see wealth transfer - God promises that "...the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous" (Proverbs 13:22). God will prove Himself faithful to His people. Expect the favor of the Lord to rest upon the faithful.

Your True Identity - Kings and Priests

It is imperative that you realize your identity in Christ. In Colossians 2:9 we discover this central fact concerning Christ Jesus: "For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily." The next verse is revolutionary; it will change your outlook on life. "And you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power" (Colossians 2:10).

You are complete, which means you lack nothing at all, as you abide in HIM! Abiding in Christ and allowing Him to flow freely out of you enables you to function with the greatest degree of success, thus fulfilling God's call upon your life.

Understanding your true identity is essential in order to obtain your divine destiny. You are called to success, to walk in overcoming victory, because "...as He is, so are we in this (present) world" (1 John 4:17).

The task set before us is no small task; we are to restore the desolate heritage of many generations.

"Thus says the Lord: 'In an acceptable time I have heard you, and in the day of salvation I have helped you; I will preserve you and give you as a covenant to the people, to restore the earth, to cause them to inherit the desolate heritages.'" Isaiah 49:8

This is the acceptable time, or in other words, the time of God's overflowing favor. This is a time that Heaven is open to our prayers. "I have heard you!" God's Word promises that if we ask anything according to His will, we will receive what we are asking for (see 1 John 5:14,15).

Also notice from the above passage, Isaiah 49:8 says, this is the day of salvation - a day to receive the help and support of the Lord (see Psalm 121:1-5). This is the day of restoration and of the restoration of desolate heritages - you can expect to recover what many generations have lost.

You are to be established as a Kingdom priest. There has never been such an incredibly important season of advancing the Kingdom of God. We are in His Kingdom "for such a time as this" (see Esther 4:14). His Kingdom is in you for such a time as this.

Missed Diagnoses

We cannot survive missed diagnoses - it is time to believe who we are. Now is the time to grasp the promises of God concerning your destiny through Christ - you are more than a conqueror (see Romans 8:37).

Contrary to the secular view, this world is not a playground but a battleground. Our life is either a series of testimonies gained from battles won, or a list of regrets from our past defeats. We have a mandate from Heaven to develop a militant attitude, in holy violence, to stop every advance of the devil (see Ephesians 6:12,13).

Let this promise of victory arise within you! "For whatsoever is born of God overcomes the world and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith" (1 John 5:4 paraphrased). God has created you to be "the head and not the tail...above only, and not...beneath" (see Deuteronomy 28:13).

We are fighting from a place of victory, not just for victory. The power of God resides within you. It is time to release this power. When we have a clear revelation of who God is, we will truly know who we are. We are made in the likeness and in the image of God (see 1 John 3:2).

The whole of creation is waiting for the manifestation of the sons and daughters of God. All of creation groans, waiting for our transformation (see Romans 8:19). Be confident of this: every demon and dark force shall bow when the sons of God appear. This emerging Kingdom Company (the overcomers) will strike terror at the hearts of the enemies, as in the days of Jesus (see Mark 1:24).

The absolute dominion that God gave Adam was once lost, but it shall now be fully restored as the sons of God walk in dominion and power, ruling the heavenly places and the earth from a foundation of true love.

Start believing what God has declared over your life. When faith grows exceedingly in your heart (see 2 Thessalonians 1:3), you will have this strong inner-knowing and conviction:

God has planned for me to be utterly invincible to satan's attack. God has by no means planned any defeat for me. I am unconquerable, clothed in His righteousness and covered by His love. The same immeasurable, unlimited power of Almighty God that raised Christ from the dead is at work within me to overcome every evil (see 1 John 3:8; 1 John 4:4; Ephesians 1:19; Ephesians 3:20).

You are the Kingdom Company of people called and commissioned to function as kings and priests.

"...and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen." Revelation 1:5-6

This is not some unfounded assertion; notice, the person making this promise is Christ Jesus, the faithful witness. He is the One that has washed us from our sins in His own precious, powerful Blood.

Without question, the Spirit of God is releasing Kingdom concepts that reveal the pathway to overwhelming victory. God's prophets are crying out to prepare the way of the King.

"The voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted and every mountain and hill brought low; the crooked places shall be made straight and the rough places smooth; the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.'" Isaiah 40:3-5

For the past several decades, the Lord has been releasing prophetic voices across the nation to prepare the way of the Lord. Truly, a highway is being prepared in the desert. The valleys or low places are being filled in. Also, the high places have been pulled down. The crooked places are being made straight and the stumbling stones removed. The promise should cause your soul to rejoice - and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed.

Christ the King

The Spirit of Truth is highlighting Christ the King during these days. Much will be released concerning the Lordship of Christ (see Colossians 1:13-19). Our uppermost goal is to advance the King in His Kingdom. Our prayer is for the Kingdom of God to be revealed on earth just as it is in Heaven. Without question, Christ is King of kings and Lord of lords.

The directions are clear in 1 Timothy 6:11-16:

"But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and gentleness. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

"I urge you in the sight of God who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate, that you keep this commandment without spot, blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ's appearing, which He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen."

Paul prayed that we would "walk worthy of the Lord...being fruitful...and increasing in the knowledge of God" (see Colossians 1:9-12). Our prayer each day must be "on earth as it is in Heaven" (Matthew 6:10). There must come a swift synchronization between our walk and Heaven's will. Just as Christ could say, "I only do that which I see My Father doing," we must have clear focus, too.

Great revelatory light will be released regarding dominion. We are discovering that we have been granted Kingdom authority to bind and loose (see Matthew 18:18).

It is imperative that we maintain a deep walk in the Word of God (see Psalm 119:9-11); this will bring about the freedom we need to draw near to the Lord. We must approach His Holy hill with hearts and hands that are pure (see Psalm 24:4-6). Not only can we approach the hill of the Lord, we can and should abide on the hill of the Lord (see Psalm 15:1-2).

Each day we must seek to draw ever nearer to Christ, seeking to yield, ever deeper, our will to His will. It is as we face Him in faith - open and trusting - that we are changed into His likeness (see 2 Corinthians 3:18).

Dominion demeanor is ruling the visible world from the invisible realm!

Functioning from a Foundation of Love!

In a powerful prophetic encounter during the Day of Atonement, I heard these words: "A Kingdom Company! An emerging generation that will take charge." We are to rule the visible world from the invisible realm from a foundation of Love.

The Spirit of God is establishing sons and daughters, not mere servants. You were created in Christ Jesus to rule as a Kingdom king. It is time for the Body of Christ to move from just theory to execution and action. Scripture declares it is the people who know their God that will display strength and take action (see Daniel 11:32). God never intended to establish His Kingdom with just mere words; He also intended to establish it with power (see 1 Corinthians 4:20).

The word dominion speaks of a forceful show of manifested power and authority, the key word being show. Authority that is not active is neutralized. The word neutralized speaks of being made ineffective, especially by removing its ability to act as a threat or obstacle. Another meaning is: to make something's potential zero. This is the foe's intent - the devil couldn't care less about your religious activity, just as long as he has been effective in neutralizing your true Kingdom power.

Demeanor deals with behavior, manner, or appearance, especially as it reflects on character and conduct. In this period of time, you are called and commissioned to become Heaven's earthly agency for Kingdom rulership on earth. You are intended to embody the nature of God on earth and serve as His divine representative in a physical and spiritual world.

Take it Back

One generation will receive the restoration of everything Adam lost in the fall. This is our purpose; this is the Kingdom Company's goal. The creation and commissioning of man was the first introduction and establishment of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth. God's first intent is His present purpose. Our entire world is in cosmic calamity because of man's rebellion and neutralization of dominion authority. God is looking for a people who will take their place (see 2 Chronicles 16:9).

Notice the promise released in Exodus 19:5-6: "'Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine. And you shall be to Me a Kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel."

Obedience is a key factor in establishing the Kingdom of God. We cannot build according to our pattern; only as we trust and obey will true understanding be revealed. Remember, there is a way that seems right, however, it is the way of destruction and death (see Proverbs 14:12). God's plans are higher and far more wonderful than man's plans (see Jeremiah 29:11).

Bobby Conner
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