Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Satan's Meeting

      I have been trying to delete old documents and reorganize those I want to keep on my computer.  In the process, I rediscovered this email forward I received years ago.  I have no idea who wrote it or I would give them credit.
      There is much truth in the example.  Whether Satan has done it, or we have done to ourselves, the results are the same--we allow our time to be taken up with things that distract us from our relationship with God.  This is a good reminder to rethink our priorities.

                                                              SATAN'S MEETING

Satan called a worldwide convention of demons.

In his opening address he said,

"We can't keep Christians from going to church. We can't keep them from reading their Bibles and knowing the truth….  We can't even keep them from forming an intimate relationship with their savior. Once they gain that connection with Jesus, our power over them is broken. So let them go to their churches; let them have their covered dish dinners, BUT steal their time, so they don't have time to develop a relationship with Jesus Christ.."

"This is what I want you to do," said the devil:

"Distract them from gaining hold of their Savior and maintaining that vital connection throughout their day!"

"How shall we do this?" his demons shouted.

"Keep them busy in the non-essentials of life and invent innumerable schemes to occupy their minds," he answered....

"Tempt them to spend, spend, spend, and borrow, borrow, borrow."

"Persuade the wives to go to work for long hours and the husbands to work 6-7 days each week, 10-12 hours a day, so they can afford their empty lifestyles."

"Keep them from spending time with their children."

"As their families fragment, soon, their homes will offer no escape from the pressures of work!"

 "Over-stimulate their minds so that they cannot hear that still, small voice."

"Entice them to play the radio or I-Pod whenever they drive." To keep the TV, DVDs, CDs and their PCs going constantly in their home and see to it that every store and restaurant in the world plays non-biblical music constantly."

"This will jam their minds and break that union with Christ.”

"Fill the coffee tables with magazines and newspapers."

"Pound their minds with the news 24 hours a day."

"Invade their driving moments with billboards."

"Flood their mailboxes with junk mail, mail order catalogs, sweepstakes, and every kind of newsletter and promotional offering free products, services and false hopes."

"Keep skinny, beautiful models on the magazines and TV so their husbands will believe that outward beauty is what's important, and they’ll become dissatisfied with their wives. "

"Keep the wives too tired to love their husbands at night. Give them headaches too! If they don't give their husbands the love they need, they will begin to look elsewhere. That will fragment their families quickly!"
           
 "Give them Santa Claus to distract them from teaching their children the real meaning of Christmas.”

"Give them an Easter bunny so they won't talk about his resurrection and power over sin and death…"

"Even in their recreation, let them be excessive. Have them return from their recreation exhausted. Keep them too busy to go out in nature and reflect on God's creation. Send them to amusement parks, sporting events, plays, concerts, and movies instead. Keep them busy, busy, busy!"

"And when they meet for spiritual fellowship, involve them in gossip and small talk so that they leave with troubled consciences."

"Crowd their lives with so many good causes they have no time to seek power from Jesus."

"Soon they will be working in their own strength, sacrificing their health and family for the good of the cause."

"It will work!"

"It will work!"

It was quite a plan!
The demons went eagerly to their assignments causing Christians everywhere to get busier and more rushed, going here and there, having little time for their God or their families, having no time to tell others about the power of Jesus to change lives.

 I guess the question is, has the devil been successful in his schemes?
             

You be the judge!!!!!   Does "BUSY" mean: B-eing U-nder S-atan’s Y-oke?

Sunday, February 23, 2020

The Chosen

Have you watched The Chosen series yet?  We just recently heard about it and have begun watching the series.  There is a good chance we will finish tonight because it is so good that we end up saying, "Let's just watch one more."

The series is an interesting concept.  It is billed as the largest crowd-funded media project of all-time, a multi-season series about the life of Christ.  It can only be streamed through an app on your phone or iPad so if you want to watch it on a bigger screen you need an adapter that can connect your device with an hdmi cord to a tv, or maybe you already have an AppleTV or some other way that lets you watch apps. (I am not so tech savvy no matter how hard I try to keep up!).  This wonderful series is available for free because others have "paid it forward".  The producers are in the process or raising money for the second season's production.

Yesterday I picked up the needed adapter and hooked my iPad to our big screen projector.  We watched 3 of the series of 8 last night with friends who loved it as much as we did!  All three videos were wonderful!  I am usually not much of a fan of Bible movies but these incorporate the culture as well as the Biblical stories.  I can hardly wait to watch the rest of them.  You won't want to miss The Chosen!

Here is a link if you want to know more, or get the app so you can start watching: https://studios.vidangel.com/the-chosen

Thursday, February 20, 2020

Coronavirus - Dr. Rath Health Foundation

I have been very impressed by the information I have learned from Dr. Rath.  I even take most of the vitamins he recommends.  It seems to be one of his missions in life to expose the lies we are told about the effectiveness of many pharmaceuticals.

If you are concerned about the coronavirus and believe the media is skewing the information we receive, you might be interested in reading these articles from Dr. Rath's Health Foundation.

https://www.dr-rath-foundation.org/2020/02/the-coronavirus-outbreak-what-the-world-health-organization-isnt-telling-you/

https://www.dr-rath-foundation.org/2020/02/mainstream-uk-newspaper-publishes-article-suggesting-coronavirus-originated-in-laboratory/

 Ever since I read this article:  https://www.dr-rath-foundation.org/2019/04/beware-of-the-bitten-dog-how-bayers-desperate-situation-could-lead-to-desperate-acts/ I've been wondering what kind of of situation could get them out of the mess they're in.  A vaccination for a world wide pandemic would certainly help!  But then someone needed to create a worldwide pandemic, didn't they?  Or is it just coincidence?

There's a lot more going on in the world than we are meant to know or understand.





Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Sunscreen Safety

      If you are a sunscreen user, you might want to read this article, Sunscreen Safety Questioned Yet Again, by Dr. Mercola.  I rarely apply sunscreen unless I'm going to be in the bright sun, especially near water, for extended periods of time, because I have read that the use of sunscreen prohibits the body from absorbing vitamin D from the sun and is therefore one of the reasons for the epidemic of vitamin D deficiency.  When we went to Kauai in November I discovered many sunscreens are banned there.  We were only allowed to use "reef-safe" sunscreen.  I concluded that if the ingredients in sunscreen were destroying the coral reef those ingredients were probably not safe for my skin either.  After reading the above article I see that was a very good conclusion.  I will now be sure to use only sunscreen with "reef-safe" in the description.

Monday, February 3, 2020

AMEN!!

I say AMEN to this encouraging word that was posted on The Elijah List today!


Many Firsts
I've been experiencing many "firsts" in my life recently, and they have been happening in just one week!
The Lord began speaking to me that there were going to be many firsts in this new year. Even the first Sunday of this year was also the first Sunday of the new decade! People are going to be trying and doing many new things. They will be reinvented. They will be rebranded. They will be born again! It's a year where people will truly walk in their callings. They will gain a new name and walk forward as a new creation.
"No longer will you be called Abram; your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations." (Genesis 17:5)
Just as President Trump was the first U.S. president to cross into the border and nation of North Korea, this will be a time and year of firsts. Just as the U.S. Embassy was officially moved to Jerusalem, the capital of Israel, this will be a year of firsts. 2020 will be the year of your "firsts"! First-fruits belong to the Lord.
You Are Breaking Out
You will be breaking out of an old mold. I saw that many people would be breaking out of old definitions, names, titles, and doctrines. Many people are breaking out of the old cocoon and will be spreading out their wings to fly and to soar...to dream and to be!
You are breaking out of the old shackles, chains, bondages, and stigmas that the world has put on you. You are coming out of your grave clothes, Lazarus! 
The World Will Be Shocked
The Lord is about to astonish the minds of men! People are going to be shocked; minds will be blown and jaws will drop. People are going to be so blown away that they're going to have a literal encounter with the face of the King of kings and the Lord of lords. Souls will be saved because of the awesome and God-fearing things that are about to take place all across the world.
"And they were all amazed at the greatness of God. While everyone was marveling at all that Jesus did, He said to His disciples..." (Luke 9:43)
"However, as it is written: 'What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived' – the things God has prepared for those who love Him." (1 Corinthians 2:9)
Signs and Wonders
2020 is a year where everything is changing. The game is changing. The race is changing. The stock market is changing. Everything about the Church is changing. We will see unusual signs in the sky. 
We will see increased signs here on the earth.
I saw that the news was going to be broadcasting record-breaking earthquakes, fires, tsunamis, hurricanes and devastations. I saw record-breaking sports games, political issues, cultural genres, wars between nations...things that the world has never seen before!
"Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall the earth be made to give birth in one day? Or shall a nation be born at once? For as soon as Zion was in labor, she gave birth to her children." (Isaiah 66:8)
This is a year where signs and wonders will be the norm and 2020 will be the setting of a new bar and standard on the earth. Things that weren't possible will be accomplished. Things that seemed to be light years away will happen suddenly and will be commonplace. This is the year of fulfillment and unveiling.
"But there is a God in Heaven who reveals secrets..." (Daniel 2:28)
This is the year where God is going to exceed any and all of your expectations. It's going to be like nothing you've ever dreamed of. We will all know that there is a God in Heaven above!
The Church's Comeback
The Lord shared with me that this is the year of the "comeback" for many people. People are gaining resurrection power. There will be a newness like the new mounting of the strength of the eagles' wings, which rises after its long period of waiting.
This is the year of America's comeback! This is the year of the Church's comeback! This is the year where prayer will be back and the Bible, the Word of God, will be preached aloud on air, screen, and live-time television. Jesus is going to be put on display and the whole world will know that this is the doing of the Lord Himself!
"...The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this." (Isaiah 37:32)
World Records Will Be Broken
This will be a year of landslides! The Lord is about to release victory "landslides" on many slopes, scopes, sides, and fronts.
We will be seeing the true colors of many people in this year. Everything will be revealed. You will see what the left is made of. You will see what the right is made of. You will see what the Church is truly made of.
2020 will be a year to remember! It will be a year of launching. It will be a hallmark year where history will be made!
The Greatest Show Ever
2020 is a year where you will break the records! You will be baffling the minds of many. You are emerging from the depths and from the darkness of the shadows of the Most High.
There is a new breed arising. "Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus" (Acts 4:13).
People will be shocked by God's presence in you. People will be amazed and ask you, "Where did you come from? Who is your covering? Who is this God that you serve?" When they see you and the power, anointing, and authority that you walk in, they will be wrecked. People will be saved because of this new standard and because of this new breed of glory carriers.
I believe 2020 is the year of the world's greatest show! Your true "you" is being unveiled. Your true "you" is being displayed. You are a record breaker and you will forever be a record holder.
The Church will break major world records in this year. There will be an awesome, glorious revelation of Jesus Christ in 2020 and beyond! "This is a revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants the events that must soon take place" (Revelation 1:1).
"Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in. Who is this King of glory? The LORD, strong and mighty, the LORD, mighty in battle!
"Lift up your heads, O gates! And lift them up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.
"Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, He is the King of glory! Selah." (Psalm 24:7-10)
Ben Lim, Senior Pastor
His Way Life Church

Email: benjaminlim6@gmail.com
Website: www.B100lim.org

Saturday, February 1, 2020

'The Fog Attacking Forerunners' by Lana Vawser

I am so encouraged by this word from Lana Vawser which was released through Global Prophetic Voice today!  I don't consider myself a forerunner, but I certainly have felt discouraged and 'in a fog' lately.  That is basically what I was praying about this morning.  Isn't the Lord so good to send encouragement when we ask?  I'm sure you will also be uplifted when you read it.  I am posting it not only for you, but for me to read again and again.

'The Fog Attacking Forerunners' by Lana Vawser 

There is an incredible increase of the pioneering anointing being released in the body of Christ right now and there are many forerunning what God is going to do and release in the body of Christ in this new era. 

The Lord showed me that many of these forerunners are carrying significant revelation and wisdom for this new era and what God is going to do, but they have also been battling a fog, a heaviness and almost a disorientation. The Lord showed me that there is an attack from the enemy right now against many of these pioneers to STEAL REVELATION through many different ways.

I heard the Holy Spirit say:

“Forerunners the greatest release of My wisdom, discernment, divine insight and understanding is available to you right now and the enemy is doing all he can to hinder you stepping into this new realm. The more he pushes and attempts to steal the revelation I am releasing to you through confusion, a slumbering spirit, unusual discourage and despair ad heaviness, push back harder by seeking Me and feasting on My Word. Dig your heels into the ground and do not move. For the enemy is pushing hard, but the truth is, you are now about to press through into the greatest level of divine wisdom, revelation and understanding for this new era.”

THE BATTLE IS OVER THE WISDOM, REVELATION, INSIGHT AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WILL BRING REFORMATION

The Lord continued to speak:

“Forerunners, the divine wisdom, insight, revelation, discernment and understanding I am releasing right now is going to bring forth RAPID and RADICAL REFORMATION on a scale you have never seen. The level of impact, influence, shift and complete reform that will be seen through the release and implementation of My wisdom is unprecedented. This is why the battle is so fierce, but I declare over you today that the battle is about to break, and the banks are about to break. The battle has been fierce, but it is about to break and release the BANKS OF REVELATION, DIVINE WISDOM, INSIGHT AND UNDERSTANDING into your life and ministry that will change everything, bringing rapid reformation.”

MAJOR INCREASE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WISDOM OF GOD
The major increase of divine wisdom that is being released upon the forerunners right now that are seeking God for His wisdom, is unprecedented and the Lord showed me that there is a huge tidal wave of DIRECTION that is coming upon you. God is going to be giving you more and more SPECIFIC CLARITY and UNDERSTANDING on how to implement the WISDOM of God in specific DIRECTIONS. Many have been hearing divine wisdom for this new era but have been unsure of how to walk it out or what it looks like in the natural. There has also been a heavy attack of confusion and disorientation, but the Lord is bringing even greater clarity of DIRECTION. The fog will and is lifting.

I heard the Lord say:
“The distraction is intense because all I have for you is about to gain greater TRACTION”
 
SWIFT DELIVERANCE UPON FORERUNNERS

I have had many encounters with the Lord about the tidal wave that is beginning to gain momentum in the body of Christ in this new era, but is going to increase in velocity and intensity in this new era, and there is a SWIFT deliverance upon forerunners right now. There has been such a battle to keep many forerunners down, in a corner, fighting for their lives in many ways, but the battle is breaking and the torments and attacks of the enemy that have come against you, they are about to stop. Also the areas where you have been crying out to the Lord for deliverance from, I prophesy over you that there is SWIFT deliverance by the hand of God upon you right now.

OVERNIGHT you will move from surviving to THRIVING by the hand of God.

The enemy has fought so hard to keep you in a place of limitation because the Lord will use you in astonishing ways in this era to bring deliverance to others and to see them move into a place of thriving, fruitfulness and abundance.

VOICE OF CONDEMNATION

I also had a vision and I saw demonic figures lurking around the ears of the forerunners. The enemy was whispering such words of “condemnation” into the ears of these forerunners, it was like a constant assault lately.

The Lord spoke:

“Forerunners, there is an attack of your ears by the voice of condemnation because this is the era of your EARS being anointed to HEAR from Me like NEVER before and the era of your VOICE being released in the earth without limitation and hindrance. My voice through you is going to RESOUND louder than ever in this new era. There has been such a long battle over your ears and your voice but I declare unto you today that you have entered the era of INCREASE upon your EARS and your VOICE and you shall find a rest in the HEARING like never before. Pick up your sword and stand against these voices of condemnation and shut down anything raising itself up against the knowledge of who I am and who you are in Me. Your voice will be used to release My truth and your ears will hear My voice with such clarity and there will be such joy in this greater realm of divine revelation and wisdom, that you will remember the battles you have faced, with pain and weariness, no more. Many of you I am raising up now in My wisdom to be a voice of divine DIRECTION to many who are lost and feeling lost.”

“We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to Christ.” ( 2 Corinthians 10:5)

FORERUNNERS, THE ELEVATION OF INCREASE AND PROMOTION HAS ARRIVED

I heard the Lord say:

“Forerunners, the elevation of increase and promotion has arrived”

I saw the elevator open and ready for the forerunners to step in, but what I noticed was the entry pass had two words on it “humility” and “faithfulness”

The forerunners that have been walking in humility and faithfulness to the Lord are entering into this new realm of promotion and increase, and much of the turbulence has also been because of this elevation and promotion that is upon them.

Forerunners, the assignments the Lord has for you in this new era are like nothing you have walked in before, in the level of increase, influence and responsibility He is entrusting to you. The level of divine wisdom, revelation, insight and understanding available to you right now to bring reformation, is unprecedented. So the battle has raged fiercely, but it’s breaking. It’s also a time to ferociously go after what is yours in Christ and stand in your authority and take MUCH TIME to hear the wisdom of the Lord and not run ahead.

This is a time unlike any other. A time that you will take your place in the earth like never before. Don’t shrink back, don’t run away, don’t hide in a cave, arise and keep pushing into Him and pushing back against what the enemy is throwing at you, because you are moving into a whole new realm of walking in divine wisdom, revelation and understanding.
Lana Vawser:
Contact info@lanavawser.com