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A Message from your Host....And
the Lord said write the vision so they will know. He spoke clearly when
He said write. You must never forsake to write.
Write so that they will know that I am real.
Here I am Lord writing so they will know you are real.
PSALM
91 This morning I over slept, didn’t move until around 6:30, normally I am up around 5:00 to begin praying and reading the Word. Well the night before I had been up until 4:00am, working on the pc, and praying over some requests that had come on the computer. The last thing I remember was falling in the bed, and thinking I hadn’t prayed before I got in, too sleepy to get out of the bed I started praying laying down. For some reason, this wouldn’t do, I got up kneeled in my bed and cried out to the Lord. I grabbed my pillows and prayed over them, I remember rubbing the bed and praying over the bed, then asking the Lord to protect my mind as I slept and to minister to me while sleeping, the last thing I said was “As I lay my head upon this pillow speak Lord for your servant is listening” I said this over and over and fell asleep. The clock said 4:00 as I closed my eyes. I remember hearing music shortly after that and I allowed it to minister to my spirit as I lay there (I have my alarm set to worship music for 5:00, even though most times I open my eyes before it starts). How wonderful is this I thought. I remember hearing “I Am Still Holding On (not the Luther Barnes version, but a slower one), and I was singing along with it when I opened my eyes. Oh my, it was 6:30, I had overslept. I got up and got myself ready, instead of going to my prayer room, I went downstairs saying a little prayer as I went, fixed my husband breakfast, and to be honest the only thing on my mind was sleep. When I fixed his breakfast I came back up stairs with the intention of saying a quick prayer and falling back in the bed for a little while. As I entered the room, I sat down at the computer because I have my bible opened in front of it and it allows me to see what prayers may have come in over night. I begin to read my scriptures and pray sitting in my chair with my hands upon the bible when suddenly I found myself on my knees crying and praying before the Lord. And He began to minister to me and to give me the vision, which I will share with you now. THE VISION: The Lord began to show me out in a place, a place that I didn’t recognize. No one was there, it seemed to be a wilderness, and found myself standing on a path that led to a great fortress. There was a strong presence of peace where I was standing, a peace like I hadn’t felt before. Upon me was the presence of a shadow, which seemed so strange because I didn’t see the sun anywhere, but there was definitely a shadow cast upon me. This shadow seemed to be all around me; strange I thought shadows don’t do that. But like a child, I began to move to see if the shadow could keep up with me. The shadow seemed to anticipate my every move. I was truly amazed by this and thought no one would believe this.
I heard a voice say come, and the only place I
could see to go to was the fortress, so I began to walk toward this
beautiful fortress. As
I started my journey towards this fortress strange things began to
happen. It seemed the
enemy, (oppression, sickness, disease, weakness of every kind,
distress and stress, anxiety and fears of every kind, worry, defeat,
hopelessness and discouragement, anger, deception, unforgivingness,
depression, doubt, guilt and shame, unbelief, spiritual deafness and
blindness, joblessness, lack of every kind hatred and animosity,
back-biting, slander, etc) was coming at me and trying to stop
me from reaching my destination.
I remember thinking even in the midst of being alone in the wilderness; he still has to attack me. Then I remember how the enemy tried Jesus when He was in the wilderness. I kept thinking why can’t he just go away and allow me this get through this trip. I can’t explain it, but I wasn’t afraid, and I wasn’t trying to run. I found myself shouting at myself to run in this vision, but no sound came out of my mouth. It was like when you are watching a movie and you know what is about to happen to the person and you are warning them to get away, or hide, when you know they can’t hear you. I continued to walk towards the fortress, because it seemed the closer I got, the stronger and more peaceful I felt. He was not going to stop this peace; he was not going to have my joy. As the continued towards me, I remember thinking you could turn around, but when I looked back, there was no way I was going back to where I had come from. I was going to reach that fortress; he was not going to stand in my way. I was going to make it no matter what. It seemed when I confessed this in my mind; it went all through my body down to the very root of my spirit. I continued to walk, as the enemy seemed to grow, I declare he was multiplying; a few turned into hundreds, hundreds into thousands, so many I lost count. They started coming fast; I could see them getting stronger. It looked like they were settling into position to strike, I started calling on the Lord as they let loose with their arrows, I continued to walk. Their arrows were going to hit me I remember thinking, but praise the Lord as they tried to get close they fell, some fell to the left of me, and more fell on my right side. I couldn’t explain it but there seem to be a shield built in this shadow, nothing was getting near me, and nothing was hurting me. I continued to walk and praise the Lord. The enemy stopped as if he had to regroup and figure out another way of attack. I stopped praising the Lord, (remember what I said, I stopped praising the Lord) and smiled, and continued my walk. As I walked on the road in front of me seemed to be changing, “Oh no I thought, he has found another way to attack, he is coming at me from below. In front of me were creatures off all kinds, some I recognized and some I didn’t. The road was covered with them, and if that wasn’t enough he had put all kinds of stumbling blocks in my way. It appeared as though the rest of my journey was going to be a challenge, yet I continued to walk, and look towards that great fortress; which seemed to be larger now. I called out for the Lord once more from the depths of my soul and begin to pray. Thoughts ran though my mind, why did you stop praising Him when things got better? I heard a voice say “Walk on”, so I continued to walk, and as I did; I noticed the creatures were being crushed under my feet, when I crushed one another appeared. Then the enemy started increasing them because he knew I couldn’t step on more than one at a time. I cried out even more to the Lord and their appeared angels lifting me up over the enemy’s creatures and the stumbling blocks he had placed in the road. They set me down just outside this great and mighty fortress. I remember falling on my knees praising the Lord for delivering me from the wilderness and the attacks of the enemy. Then I heard Him say “ You’ve been praying and asking for this to become a part of your life, for this to take root in your soul, so that you could live and walk it everyday. My child, I have heard your prayers, I have seen your tears, I am here to see about you, spend time with Me this day in our secret place”.
Tears fell from my eyes as I heard Him speak. These words poured from my lips and I got up to enter in the secret place: Because I dwell in the secret place of the
Most High, I shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I can say of the Lord, He is my strength, He is my peace, He
is my refuge, He is my fortress in Jesus will I trust. He has delivered me from the snare of the
fowler and the perilous pestilence.
He has covered me with His feathers, and under His wings I have
taken refuge. His trust has
become my shield and my bucker. I won’t be afraid of the terror by night,
nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that walks in
darkness, nor destruction that lays wait at noon day. A thousand my fall at my side, and ten
thousand at my right hand, but praise the Lord none of this will come
near me. Only with my eyes
will I look and see the reward of the wicked. Because I have made Jesus, who is my refuge,
the Most High my dwelling place. He
won’t let any evil come near me.
No evil shall come near, nor any near my dwelling place for He
has given the His angels charge over me to keep me in all my ways, in
all that I do, in all that I say, in everywhere I go.
They will lift me up in their hands so I won’t hurt myself.
I will tread upon the lion and the cobra, the young lion and
serpent have been trampled under my feet. Because I have set my love
upon the Lord, He will deliver me.
Jesus has set me on high because I know His name.
When I call upon Jesus, He will answer me.
He will be with me when I am in trouble.
He will deliver me and honor me.
With long life He will He satisfy me and show me His salvation.
A call and a knock on the door
from my husband brought me out of the vision. He opened the door and apologized and wanted to know if I was
ok. He said, “I’m
sorry, go back”, and then left for work.
I truly had forgotten he was home, and had lost track of time. I sat the pc reflecting on what
has just happened, and picked up the pad to write, asking the Lord to
help me to write down all that happened so His people will know that He
is right there with them in all that we are going through. As I began to write, I looked down at my bible and there lay
open was Psalm 91, and as I read it tears began to fall
all over again, as the Lord brought back to my remembrance what happened
in the vision. I pray that no matter what you are
going through, that you will continue to call upon the Lord and that you
will make Psalm 91 your daily prayer before the Lord.
You see I had been reading this Psalm for a while now, and crying
out to the Lord that I wanted it to be real to me, I wanted it to be a
part of my life, I wanted Psalm 91 to be rooted and
grounded in me. And this
morning, the Lord answered my prayer. He allowed me to see what I had
been going through, and how the enemy had been (and will be) coming at
me. He also allowed me to
see that when things started going good, I stopped praising Him like I
should (why do we make that mistake).
He wants us to continue to praise Him every day as though our
very lives depended on it. Not
just when our backs are against the wall.
I pray that this newsletter will
bless you and that you will continue to seek God’s face not His hands,
so that you will get to know Him in a personal way. I pray that Psalm 91 will become real to you,
and that the Lord will allow you to see what I saw. Be blessed, I must now go back and
enter that Secret Place.
A Time of Preparation
You
are going through things you can’t understand right now.
You are going through things that don’t make sense, things
that challenge your faith in Me, things that have you asking why.
Trust Me I know what I am doing. I
AM teaching you to trust me; I Am teaching you to hear my voice.
Don’t allow others to entice you, to pull you away.
I want you to put your trust in Me.
I will be your bridge over troubled waters.
I don’t want you to continue to be on the outside looking in, I
want you to be the center of My Will.
Let it be said not your will, but Thy Will Be Done.
Please take the time to stop and listen to what I am saying, take
the time to write it down for remembrance.
I
want you to sit at My feet, to spend time with Me. Do not be
compelled to leave My presence, but dwell in it and together we
will enjoy each other’s company. I
still need you to do that.
Shhh, be quiet.
Stop fighting against Me, surrender to My will.
Accept where I have you and watch how quickly I will move in your
life. Focus on me and I will speak My heart to you. I
know where you are.
It was me that led you to the wilderness; I led you there
for a time of great preparation. You say you feel all alone? I have
purposely kept you set apart that I might have your full attention. You
say you don’t feel like you fit in? Good, do not desire to be in
with the crowds or to “fit in.” I am placing you where I need you to
be, all is being done according to My good pleasure. I
will remove the desire completely and you will be set free to come
away with Me into the secret place, into the Most Holy Place. I
have destined you to move in great authority, but there is a time
of preparation that is needed before I can release you into the
full flow of the calling I have placed upon your life.
You must stop, and be obedient to My will, to My way.
It’s all part of the great preparation. I
am doing a mighty work in your life, but you must allow Me to do it. You
must trust Me. Do you want to move forward with Me?
Then let My will be done in your life. Trust
Me, let Me have My way, let Me move among you, let Me open the doors.
Let Me prepare you for the change that is about to come.
Trust Me it's all for your good.
THE
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