There has been a tremendous amount of spiritual warfare the last 4 weeks, at least in my life!
Pam and I have literally seen super extremes in the spiritual climate in different places we have been. We’ve seen people on the mountain top in their walk with God and we have seen people whom if God doesn’t touch soon, they are literally in an almost suicidal state! They don’t need God to touch them; they need deliverance from the satanic assignment!
I have also experienced extreme and unusual attacks against my body and my mind, prompting me to wonder, what in the world is happening?
I sense satan has stepped up the warfare for 2 reasons:
1. satan is attempting to close our open heaven. satan always attacks directly before, or directly after a great blessing from God! I don’t believe satan has the power to reverse something God has done, nor reverse what He has decreed be done: but when he begins to bombard us with temptation, failures and physical attacks, along with that comes an assignment of unbelief! It’s easy to keep your faith strong when everything is going great. The challenge comes when you fail, yield to a temptation or a besetting sin…when your body feels like it is about to lay you down for the last time; when your check book tries to tell you giving to God is a gimmick, a hopeless waste of time, that’s when it becomes a real challenge to keep your faith strong in the Lord and in the power of His might!
If satan can convince you the heavens have closed because of a sin you have committed or something you are doing wrong, we will miss the opportunity to receive deliverance, healing, forgiveness or our miracle breakthrough!
2. Secondly, satan desires to distract us from the realities of an open heaven. In Genesis 28, as Jacob is observing those angels ascending and descending that ladder into heaven, I imagine unbelief tried to grab hold of Jacob; do you think Jacob had the thought “I can’t believe what I am seeing…”? Maybe, maybe not. But as Jacob became focused on the movement of those angels, God stands over the hole in heaven and begins to speak! The purpose of an open heaven in our lives is NOT to get us excited about angelic visitations; it’s to renew our focus and dependence on God!
Every blessing God pours into your life, He does it to increase your dependence on Him and your addiction to His Spirit!
Jacob lived the rest of his life experiencing the blessing of an open heaven. Even when Laban tried to trick him our of his wages and benefits, God would bless him, and in the end, he left Padanaram with more than he would ever need the rest of his life!
I had two different people from two different states call me out of the blue yesterday simply to encourage me: now I want to encourage you: Be strong, and be encouraged! We ARE in a season of an open heaven! And even though we have not experienced everything we thought we would experience in this season, God IS releasing your miracle, your deliverance, your finances, and your restoration for you, your marriage and your ministry!
You will not just see it with your eyes you will hold it in your hands!
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Could it be that the intensity has increased because the revival of our generation is coming?
I believe so…I believe it is near…even at the door!!!!!!!
And the intensity we are feeling is a direct correlation to the level of anointing we are going to see manifest!
Bring it on Jesus!!!!
I only have one thing to say. The new has come. In our church yesterday one of our members ministered in Sunday School about the new wineskins. Then another person in the prayer time gave a word about the new wineskins. Then I ministered in church that the new has come from Isaiah 43:19-19. Again the new has come. Love you guys.
Brad Morgan
“And the intensity we are feeling is a direct correlation to the level of anointing we are going to see manifest!”
Man I need to get excited then because I will be preaching soon while flying over the room. This has been one of the roughest spots in my life. But the first day of revival will more than pay back any struggles that I have ever had in seeking it.
This last week was probably the worst week of my life…there was no doubt a direct assignment against my life! But tonight when the altar filled with hungry hearts seek after Him and Him alone, it made it all worthwhile!!!!
I receive it Brad: THE NEW HAS COME!!!!!!!!!!!
Powerful! Wonderful! Thank you! and AMEN! This is exactly – EXACTLY – what my church body is facing right now.
Flyaway…
we must stay focused on the mark for the prize of the HIGH calling of God in Christ Jesus!!!
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In our church yesterday one of our members ministered in Sunday School about the new wineskins.
We had a sermon about wineskins also back on 7/1/07. Ive noticed that things have seemed “out of the ordinary” lately in our services. I pray its a good sign.
Praise the Lord!
Wow, as usual David this post is both instructive and encouraging. Obviously we need to continue to support you and your family in prayer. I praise God for your testimony brother.
Thank You for posting this letter. This comes in a time that many of us around the globe are experiencing unusual demonic attacks. But one thing that my husband and I know, there is always a reason for the “all of a sudden” things in life.
The Lord has declared that this is his year of divine supernatural release. So we can stand in this confidence. If God said it, It’s already done.
Be Blessed and don’t quit
I and my family are under attack but I have noticed that the my prayers are being answered, but in an exceeding fashion. I am learning how to cope with the attacks from the enemy from the standpoint that the minute that I get news of something unpleasant i immediately take it to prayer and i am constantly binding the enemy. Feel priviliged that you are going through trials, that only means that you are a threat to the kingdom of darkness. I believe that we as the Body of Christ need to team up and send Satan and his cohorts straight back to the pits of hell.
I was just wondering how things were going over a year later.07 was pretty rough for me to of course that was the year that quite running from God and sold out 110%to him,received my calling and God started makeing up for lost time.But let me tell you the attacks before my submission to God were nothing compaired to now(give me a break!!!!!)But praise the Lord I serve a beautiful,forgiveing,loveing,victorious “KING OF KINGS” “LORD OF LORDS” The Great Elohay Elohim,El Chanun,El Shaddai,El HaShamayim,El Sali,El Elyon. I pray that you and your family are well. God bless and keep
Every time God begins to do something freash in your life, or you receive a wrod that you truly know is from the Lord, satan comes immediately to steal away the words that has been sown in your heart!
Paul said it best :” For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared to the glory which shall be revealed in us.”
Paul was from Alabama; you reckon?
Keep digging Chris, God is faithful!