I don’t consider myself to be a prophet. I submit this to everyone to be judged accordingly. I don’t have a problem with you disagreeing with me. I just know in my heart this is what I’m hearing the Lord say.
In prayer and preparation for our service last night in Wytheville, the Holy Spirit led me to Psalms 8, a passage that I believe bears looking at for some things I sense God wants to release in the Body of Christ for 2008.
First of the number eight is the number of a new beginning. With the seventh year signaling an end of some things in our lives that have blessed us, held us together, comforted us, and in some instances tormented us…it’s time for them to end! While in Kenya several years ago, I saw a sign that has stuck in my spirit that read: “What looks like the end, might really be a new beginning.”
Secondly, there are nine verses in this Psalm. Nothing happens by accident. I realize men divided the Bible up in chapter and verse, but if God moved on these men to write these words and we hold them to have come from the hand of the Lord, we have to believe that Holy men of God just might have divided it up in chapter and verse. Nine in scripture indicates a new birth!
Many who have been barren and broken are going to conceive a specific promise of God! Things some of us have been waiting for all our lives are going to come to pass over the next two years! In the words of TD Jakes, “get ready, get ready, get ready!!!!”
Thirdly, a fresh move of the Spirit is coming among children, youth and young adults.
Psalms 8:2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
I also sense there are people, churches and ministries that have been “flying under the radar…laboring in obscurity with very little visible progress are going to come to the forefront with a word of healing, encouragement and restoration.
Next, a visitation is coming that will release the truth of Dominion: God’s Dominion, into the hearts of His people. This truth of dominion will make us realize the Church will not rule by the force of man or by political posturing, but by the force of love! I know some goofy stuff came from a teaching on dominion many years ago, but this time when goofiness begins to manifest, pastors and leader are going to quash it because God is ready for His people to win the battle over the flesh!
In fact, the church is going to be stripped of some of it’s political clout because of the failures of some more of our high profile ministries; this stripping or loss will allow God to release both the message and the anointing for dominion over certain areas of our lives and ministries that have been holding us back and beating us down! Especially in the area of pride! This will cause us to focus on promoting HIS name and not our own!
Our response should be the following:
1. Increase the prayer and intercession. I really should have to say a word about this one!
2. Consider turning some of our services into times of waiting on the Lord. Most mega churches are not going to do this because of time constraints; but the Holy Ghost is going to invade some of these places that have tended to lean toward limiting the use of the Gifts of the Spirit in the services; and pastors and churches who want to shut HIM down, will find Him moving on! What happened at Crystal Cathedral earlier this year with a spontaneous water baptism will begin happening in nominal churches all across America. And with it will come true manifestations of the gifts without the goofiness! And Pentecostal/Charismatic people will say it can’t be so…but it will be!
There is much more the Lord is speaking to me. Maybe I’ll write some more later on, but felt I needed to release this today!
O Father, bring on YOUR visitation!
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This is right on and I am sensing great things for 2008. I believe the remainder of 2007 is a launching pad for 2008. The best is yet to come. I also believe that we are going to see more shifting in mega church ministries to accomodate the move of the Holy Spirit. I also believe that the Jezebel Spirit and Religious Spirit that has plagued our regions is being dealt a death blow by the Spirit of God and that God is raising up govermental leaders and leaders in the church that will work togtether to see this happen.
Love you guys, Brad Morgan
David,
I think all of us who love both the Word and the Spirit are ready for the goofiness to be stripped away that the glory may remain, unconstrained. Goofiness never helps, but oly hinders and distracts. Wouldn’t it be awesome if in 2008 we would stop trying “help” the Holy Spirit and instead would let him help us?
WOW!! It’s amazing how what you are saying is lining up with what God has been speaking to our church… Good word!
Amen David!
Awesome Word! This is really encouraging to me and my spirit just gets excited when we talk about new beginnings. I really feel 2008 is really going to be an explosive year. I was reading Psalm 8:2 and in the NIV it reads: From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise because of your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger. Because Praise and worship is my heart this really stood out to me. It says the Lord has ORDAINED PRAISE from the lips of children and infants. Wow! It’s amazing how something so speechless can bring praise to our Lord. Just like the wind, water, birds, trees, and all of creation does the same. Everyday our Lord is being Praised! And everytime we praise and worship our creator the enemy is put to silence. Keep up the great work! May the Lord bless you INDEED and enlarge your territory!