How can you set the captives free that don't want to be free?

 How can you open the eyes of the blind that don't want to see?

 

The sad truth is

too many don't care

to breathe the sweet air

of their   promised land.

They'd rather serve and follow and obey man

then honor God and His ways.

In prison they'd rather stay.

They'd rather not be free.

They'd prefer it if i throw away the key.

They'd rather not hear truth and gain the victory. 

They say "Don't speak, for we have no ears to hear.

We like our prison just fine,

you're wasting all those tears

and you're wasting our time.

Why our prison's the finest in this town!

And our jailor's the best that can be found!

We're quite comfortable here

and we're really well fed!"

And not one of them realizes they're dead.

They say to me, quite clearly,   "Be gone!"

"With your talk of the spirit of religion and Babylon "

"We'll continue to look at the scriptures,  not live them.

 Apostles and Prophets are never for now, only then."

And those that do choose to hear prophetic voices,

often prefer false prophets full of empty noises,

saying "Peace! Peace!  when there is no peace.

Only tickle my ears,

and tell me how much God loves me."

The last thing they want is maturity, 

so they forever remain like babies in a nursery,

sucking on the pastor's tit,

never growing  out of it.

Never gathering manna themseves,

they actually think all is well.

Ever learning yet never arriving at The Truth,

they honor God with their lips but their hearts remain aloof.

Laying down their lives,

in living sacrifice 

is too heavy a price.

Go back to sleep little ones,

close your ears and your eyes,

lest you awaken, and you come to realize-

You are Satan's most treasured prize,

for he knows the greatest pain and wound he can inflict on God

is to populate hell with the souls he's robbed.

Babylon's greatest commodity after all is the souls of men,

denying God forever the pleasure of them.

The lake of fire

is God's desire 

to cleanse all creation 

ftom the stain and the stench

of man's sins and abominations.

Though i have the keys to death, hell and the grave,

the churches are so full of people who do not wish to be saved.

I am a lonely voice

crying in the wilderness. 

So few care to listen to 

what i have to profess.

Though i lie here naked

and shed many tears,

Still - they do not want to hear.

They stone the Prophets today

just as surely as they've done throughout history.

They crucify Apostles too,

because their hearts are immunized to the Truth.

I wish i could say otherwise 

but the path to destruction indeed is wide

and narrow indeed is the path to life,

very few go on to become the Bride....

                                                                     .....of Christ. 

Very few will enter the Holy of Holies.

Very few go on to intimately know Me.

Though I've flung the Door wide open,

most choose to put their hope in

the religions men have devised,

that exalt the flesh and abase the wise.

They are those who are wise in their own eyes, 

yet I hear the remnant's cries!

I am theirs and they are Mine,

and I will deliver them from every lie.

They have not bowed the knee of their hearts to Baal.

They've refused to remain in religion's jail.

They pursue Me at any cost,

they'll pay any price,

including laying down their lives.

In service to My will, their will is sacrificed. 

Their reward is greater than they know -

It is the redemption and salvation of their souls -

So....

           listen to My voice and My voice alone.

My Spirit will keep you blameless and lead you home,

where I will wipe every tear from your eyes

and deliver you from this world you despise.

Stay in the Ark, in the cleft of the Rock,

while outside the wicked curse you and mock.

Keep your hearts open and turned towards Me

and together we will fully achieve

all that I won for you at Calvary.

Though you've heard it said many times in many ways -

                                           I LOVE YOU

You - I will never leave or forsake,

you who refuse to partake

of the ways that desecrate 

the Temple that I make.

I hold in My hand each one of your days.

So take that next step.

And that next one too.

And do not forget

to forgive all who hate you

and I'll forgive all the sins that you do.

And you will find,

at the end of time,

every word I've ever spoken to you

is eternally faithful, just and true. 

Still The Dawn

 

Dear Soul,

                     ......who has known grief

                            and sorrow and unbelief...

                You've seen times where

                             there seemed to be no relief.

Yet still the dawn

eventually appeared,

and you saw the light

of His countenance draw near

and then it was

that all things

                              became clear

So don't give up

don't quit the faith,

walk the walk, run the race,

Choose to be still

and patiently wait...

He's promised He will

renew your strength. 

Dear Soul

                    So stressed, unrest within,

                    You are treasured, so precious to Him.

                    He has, without measure, forgiven your sins -

He has joyfully given you

his kingdom of love

where love reigns supreme.

So do not give up,

Do not cease to dream

of a promised land

free of pride, hate and fear,

where love rules inside  each man.

and all hearts are clear,

And sorrows have no place there

for every dear soul

               knows how tenderly He cares...

So wait

                                                                                   patiently

The dawn will arrive

He'll see you through 

He'll help you survive 

The long dark night...

The victory He won

through Calvary's crimson tide

Will bring you, dear one,

To forever dwell

far from Hell,

at His side.........

 Quit trying to sanitize people- that's My job.

 I accept them, warts and, and so should you.

 Let them know they're loved and accepted 

 before they're clean and pure.

 Let them know of My gentleness,

 as gentle as a mother is with her new-born baby.

 I will sanctify whom I have justified - saith The Lord.

 Religion can never cleanse a single soul -

 only give the appearance of cleanliness,

 from man's point of view.

 I, and I alone, change the heart.

 Let Me do My job and I'll let you do yours.

 Delight in change.

    "And the Spirit and the bride say COME.

    And let him that heareth say COME.

    And let him that is athirst come.

    And whosoever will, let him take of the water of life freely."

His bride is made up of all who hear Him - but not only hear HIM but respond to Him by saying to Him "Come".

His bride is made up of all who thirst for Eternal life, not this life that is quickly passing.

His bride is made up of "whosoever will" -

whosoever will seek Him, desire Him, know Him, but above all,

His bride is comprised of all who are in perfect harmony with His Spirit-

Who say whatever He is saying, as He is saying it - "THE SPIRIT AND THE BRIDE SAY"

The bride is filled with, in deep relationship with, The Spirit. 

She is anointed of him.

She is abiding in him and he in her.

She loves him.

She respects him.

She submits to him -

Those without him, are not His Bride.

The Spirit and the Bride are united in their love for Jesus. And when He hears them speaking together, as one, He will reply "Surely, I come quickly".

Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

I believe the moment will come when all who are His will simultaneously say - "Come",

All who are His, all over the world, at the bidding of His Spirit, will pray as One - "COME"

and He will......

 The Holy Spirit has lately brought to my attention the river flowing out of the Temple in Ezekiel 47.  I believe this river is the Holy Spirit and the temple is our body. When we are brought to this river....when it begins to flow out of God's throne which is our hearts, we have a choice. We can remain where it only comes up to our ankles. These are they who invite the Spirit's presence but wish to remain in complete control of themselves. They continue to move in their own strength and wisdom. The river for them is a mere trickle of what it could be. They declare they are "in the Spirit" but the Spirit does not move them or direct them in any meaningful way. They have little or no anointing.

Some, however, will choose to go deeper. For them, the water is up to the knees. They can still use their own strength but it's more difficult - these too face a choice, go deeper or stay partly in control. They are beginning to see the Spirit move them, work with them, in a greater way, but their intellect wants to analyze and understand it all. It's really difficult for them to "lean not unto their own understanding" and let go of rational thought and let the river carry them. They like His presence as long as He is submitted to them - as long as they remain in charge.

Some, however, choose to go even deeper - up to the loins. These are they who allow the Spirit to cleanse them of fleshly lusts and desires, not just sexual but for the spirit of the world, the things the unholy spend their lives craving. It is more difficult for these to sin - they can no longer move in their own will and strength but must stand still or be swept away. Standing, being still, is a key to knowing Him and going on to the next level - a complete and total surrender to Him, a total lack of ego and pride. Abandoning  our life for the Divine life he desires us to live.

But first we must learn to " be still and know that i am God". It is only when we stop moving and being in our own will and strength that we can begin to rely on and live in His. "They that wait upon the Lord" - we must, as did Ruth, come naked before Him, lie at His feet and plead with Him to "spread therefore thy skirt over thy handmaid". And how does God respond to us, when we approach Him in all our nakedness and shame? "NOW WHEN I....LOOKED UPON THEE, BEHOLD, THY TIME WAS THE TIME OF LOVE, AND I SPREAD MY SKIRT OVER THEE, AND COVERED THY NAKEDNESS: YEA, I SWARE UNTO THEE, AND ENTERED INTO A COVENANT WITH THEE, SAITH THE LORD GOD, AND YOU BECAME MINE".

We must give ourselves to Him to do with as He pleases. As His bride, He wants us to become His greatest source of pleasure. And too, as His bride, we must become vulnerable, submitting our weakness to His strength, our shame to His righteousness, our need to His provision, for when we do, He speaks this over us - "I WILL DO ALL THAT YOU REQUIRE - FOR EVERYONE IN THE CITY KNOWS THAT YOU ARE A VIRTUOUS WOMAN". 

When we are still before Him, it pleases Him! Jesus was more pleased with Mary who "sat ar Jesus' feet and heard His word" than Martha who "was cumbered about with much serving", yet was not hearing what Jesus was saying. Many churches are "cumbered about with much serving" but are not sitting at Jesus' feet, listening to his words, specifically for them. Many will become still, and sit at their pastor's feet, listening to his words, assuming they are the words of Jesus but very few pastors have learned how to sit at Jesus' feet themselves, listening to his words. Indeed, most quench the Spirit, despising prophecy. The pastors too often went to a Bible College where they learned to sit at a man's feet and hear his words, therefore this is the pattern they pass on to their congregation. "FOR THEY LOVED THE PRAISE OF MEN MORE THAN THE PRAISE OF GOD".

As for me and my house, I want us to be like the ptiests who could not "stand to minister by reason of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God". Look at denominations if you must, as the temple built by man, with man's hands, according to man's strength and wisdom, that God chose to inhabit for a time and a season- but just as the moment came when God tore the veil in the Temple made by man, and chose to no longer dwell in the "Temple made with hands" - so has He now forsaken denominations and now dwells exclusively  in the "temple made without hands" - that is to say, our own bodies and hearts. May we all remain citizens of that city of which God says "and the name of the city from that day shall be, THE LORD IS THERE", not Icbabod "the glory is departed". 

I want to be in the deepest part of the river, where i have no control over my life whatsoever,  where "nevertheless not my will, but his will is done". I want to be in the river "THAT I COULD NOT PASS OVER: FOR THE WATERS WERE RISEN, WATERS TO SWIM IN, A RIVER THAT COULD NOT BE PASSED OVER". I don't want to be able to get out of the river again. I want to be completely overwhelmed by the river, not relyimg on my strength or intellect anymore. I don't want to go anywhere He doesn't send me - I DON'T WANT A FREE WILL! I want to say with Jesus "I only do what i see the Father doing, and I only say what i hear the Father saying". I want to be in the mainstream of the Holy Spirit's flow. I want to be "swept away". 

                                                                 "Swept Away"

Why did i resist? 

My lover's touch? 

My lover's kiss?

I stood on the shore of the river of life -

flowing from the throne of the giver of life,

I let it wash over my feet

but it took years to get in up to my knees -

I still wanted partial control 

of the life I'd come to know.

I still clung to old habits and sins and such,

never fully submitted to my lover's touch.

I heard from time to time,

from the depths of my being, 

from somewhere deep inside

go deeper, MUCH DEEPER,

My love, My bride,

My joy, My pride,

yet i, still i,

resisted His will.

Wanting to do as i please, 

wanting to serve me,

refusing to lie still.....

But now, after so many wasted years,

I want my lover

to completely cover

me so I'm no longer free

to do as i please.

May i no longer do what resists You.

May i no longer be apart from Thee.

I want to be in over my head,

swept along by the fierce passion

of the One who raises the dead

because He loves them and misses them

and wants to forever shower kisses on them.

I want to stay in the river and never leave,

bearing His precious seed deep inside of me.

For i don't just want to be fully 

submerged in the river that's Holy,

I want the river in me,

one and the same,

my breath, my body, His to reclaim.

Sweep me away, Lord, far away,

to that distant land where I'll remain

forever changed.

Far from the ways of men,

far from thpughts and far from deeds that are fleshly.

Far from the man that was me.

May i commune Lord, alone with You,

no more to stop and start anew.

Rather may it be unending,

prepared in full for the Day that's pending.

From the world's wickedness- kept away,

from all that hates You, swept away.....

"And the Spirit and the bride say "Come"