As we entered into the last week of Jewish Jubilee year 5776, I just like to highlight some of the things impressed upon me. This Sunday sundown will be 2 Oct, Rosh Hashanah, the Hebrew New Year. As we know, many things seem to happen around the time of Rosh Hashanah. Exciting things. Especially more so for this year when we are preparing to enter into Jewish year 5777. Another crossing over.
Previously I was never interested in the Hebrew calendar as I am not a Jew. But ever since a sister told me about Rosh Hashanah in 2010, I began to be interested. That was the first time I heard about it. She said things seemed to happen faster in the second half of the year because it is the Jewish New year in Sept. There is a lot of spiritual activity around the Jewish New Year.
Later on I began to be inducted to other Jewish months, thanks to another sister. She was the one who sent me Dutch Sheets' video last year on 'Full circle, higher level'. He said God always caused the blessing to come around the same time next year. So it behooved me to understand what the Jewish month means so that I could cooperate with God for each month, to be more in the flow. In the past I didn't like to know about what the future holds for me, what each month holds for me. But I realised that God wanted me to know so that I will be able to move with Him.
But learning the Jewish calendar was a bit confusing to me. There is this Jewish civil calendar and the spiritual or religious calendar. The Jewish new year starts from Rosh Hashanah and this calendar is used to count the years from the creation of mankind. Then there is the Jewish religious calendar which starts from Mar or Apr every year, and it is called the month of Nisan.
This is decreed by the Lord as the first month for the nation for they were delivered from Egypt. Hence in the religious calendar, the new year happens in Tishrei or the seventh month of the religious year. I only learnt about this now. If you want to count the years, you use the civil calendar but if you are talking about the months, Nisan will always be the first month of the religious calendar.
Now I just like to share a little about the prophetic messages on the Hebrew year 5777. On the whole, the prophets seemed to be so excited about this new year because it was prophesied to be the year of harvest, where the time of revival has come. Some of them were saying that this revival was long overdue, as the last one was supposed to happen in 2005 but it didn't. They observed that God's revival usually happens every 11 years but this time the gap was 22 years.
Come this Rosh Hashanah, the Feast of Trumpets, we move into the new Hebraic year 5777 (Ayin Zayin) and this will be a year that the Lord will bring us into a new "rest" in Him, even as the shaking is all around us. It is a year that we will see a "finishing" anointing come upon the Apostolic and Prophetic people of God. It is a year that we will see the "triune" sword of the Lord released against His enemies and continue through this new season!
5777 will be a breakout and breakthrough year that begins this October! Five is the number of grace and the number of government, and the fivefold expression of God. Seven (Zayin in Hebrew) is the number of rest; it can symbolise a sword, and it represents the finished work. I believe this year we will begin to exercise His authority and government in a way like we've never experienced before, as we enter into a rest in Him like we have never known.
We will see the triple sword of the Lord (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) go forth into all the earth, bringing down the enemy's plans just as Haman's plans came to naught and the tables were turned upon Him as the Queen received the favor of her king!
Many prophets are declaring that we are on the cusp of the greatest awakening in redemptive history, and that we are poised for a massive transfer of wealth and provision (as God did with the Israelites coming out of Egypt, Ezra in the rebuilding of the temple, and as Jesus with the gifts of the Magi), that we are on the eve of the outpouring of glory that will outshine any move of God in history.
For those that have ears to hear and eyes to see, for those that move in the Issachar anointing (knowing the times and the seasons) there is an overwhelming sense that the days of victory and taking the land are now upon us! Tighten your seat belts – 5777 is just around the corner!
Friday, September 30, 2016
Friday, September 16, 2016
IT'S TIME TO GIVE BIRTH! (video)
I am so excited to share the latest video message titled 'It's time to give birth! Last month I released the word which was 'It's your NOW time!'. Well, I felt like this latest message wasn't a repetition but a progressive advancement from the last one. In this message, I sensed the urgency not just to discern your appointed time is here but to get ready for that final push.
Many of you have been in spiritual labour for a very long time and you are so weary, almost giving up. I felt that Lord telling you not to give up, not to get distracted now because it is the crux time, matchpoint. It is the climax of the story when your dreams are about to be birthed after you give the final push. Many of you have had so many false closings that you couldn't be sure if this is it. I am here to tell you to doubt no more for this is it, this is really it, the moment you have been waiting for all these years! Start rejoicing because your 'baby' is crowning and about to be birthed very soon!
Many of you have been in spiritual labour for a very long time and you are so weary, almost giving up. I felt that Lord telling you not to give up, not to get distracted now because it is the crux time, matchpoint. It is the climax of the story when your dreams are about to be birthed after you give the final push. Many of you have had so many false closings that you couldn't be sure if this is it. I am here to tell you to doubt no more for this is it, this is really it, the moment you have been waiting for all these years! Start rejoicing because your 'baby' is crowning and about to be birthed very soon!
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
HEARING FROM GOD
I just like to share some of my experiences in hearing from God. Hope it will bless you!
1. It may not always be in the way I expected, as God can speak through anything
2. Be open about the outcome after being led to do something
3. He will always provide a witness or confirmation if I ask Him, even the timing of the prophetic word (if you are mature enough to handle it)
4. Most times you cannot see how obeying God in one thing has any correlation to the promise you are waiting for but behind the scenes, they are all connected
5. Change always bring with it some level of uncertainty and discomfort but press past that stage of transition and things will be ok after you birth that spiritual baby
6. Sometimes I make mistakes when hearing from God but it's part of the learning process and God will always work all things out for my good
7. Hearing of God needs practice, lots of practice and journaling really helps a lot!
8. Most times after a strong prophetic word is given, things go the opposite way
9. God sometimes gives a prophetic word during a tough season to excite you and keep you in the process; things may not happen immediately after He spoke but that doesn't mean you heard Him wrongly
10. Many prophetic words are for another season, in which there is a time of preparation from God, a time of character building, strengthening of our spiritual muscles because His plan is so big, we need to grow to walk in that greatness
1. It may not always be in the way I expected, as God can speak through anything
2. Be open about the outcome after being led to do something
3. He will always provide a witness or confirmation if I ask Him, even the timing of the prophetic word (if you are mature enough to handle it)
4. Most times you cannot see how obeying God in one thing has any correlation to the promise you are waiting for but behind the scenes, they are all connected
5. Change always bring with it some level of uncertainty and discomfort but press past that stage of transition and things will be ok after you birth that spiritual baby
6. Sometimes I make mistakes when hearing from God but it's part of the learning process and God will always work all things out for my good
7. Hearing of God needs practice, lots of practice and journaling really helps a lot!
8. Most times after a strong prophetic word is given, things go the opposite way
9. God sometimes gives a prophetic word during a tough season to excite you and keep you in the process; things may not happen immediately after He spoke but that doesn't mean you heard Him wrongly
10. Many prophetic words are for another season, in which there is a time of preparation from God, a time of character building, strengthening of our spiritual muscles because His plan is so big, we need to grow to walk in that greatness
GOD SPOKE, NOW WHAT?
Recently I read Doug Addison's latest book 'God spoke, now what?'. I have received so many nuggets of truth from his book, some of them reinforced my own experiences of hearing from God. John 10:27 says 'My sheep listen to My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.' Although I agree that it is natural for us, the children of God to hear our Father's voice, I still feel that sometimes we need some help. Our Abba Farher longs to speak with us, and He is speaking to us al the time but we may not discern or know it. Sometimes we misunderstand what He is saying and fall flat on our faces as we tried to step out in faith. Then we get all discouraged, wondering if we heard Him correctly in the first place. The negative experience also deterred us from hearing His voice.
Primarily Doug Addison wrote this book to address prophetic hopelessness in many people's lives. When someone gets a prophetic word that does not seem to come about in their life they can suffer from prophetic hopelessness and often give up on hearing the voice of God. That is what people need right now; people need their longings fulfilled and their hope in God restored. Proverbs 13:12 says 'Hope deferred makes the heart sick but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.' Through this book, Doug teaches us to activate our prophetic words so that they could come to pass and we can experience the fulfilment of a prophetic word.
I believe that many of us have received a word from God at some point of our lives. Some believers may not know that is the word from God because they either don't believe the word or don't trust the person who gave the word. Hence they don't receive. That is like the seed sown on the rocky ground and the birds of the air came to eat the seeds. Yet there are some who received the word but because persecution and trials came and they gave up the word. Then there are some who received the word but because it took longer than expected hence they started to grow weary in the waiting.
My experience with prophetic words either in my life or others' lives is that most misunderstandings come because we didn't discern the timing of that word. Like Doug said, many a times, the prophetic word given is not for now. We would need to understand the timing of what you have heard from God. At the same time, it is important to activate or respond to it in some way. It is biblical to do something practical along the way. He encourages people to do something to activate their prophetic words, but do not go bankrupt doing it.
He said God will often speak to you in a powerful way during a season that you really need it. Most of the time we get very excited and then nothing happens. This is because God gave you the prophetic word to get you through a difficult time and keep you going through the process of refinement. An often difficult part of hearing God is understanding if what you are hearing is for now or later. This can only come with practice, along with some trial and error. Sometimes God will speak to you about something that you are being called to in the future. He may even give you signs that look like it is happening now. But then things change and the opportunity or situation goes away.
Another common thing that could get people discouraged is the fact that troubles can come along with the prophetic word, especially powerful ones. Doug addressed this in his book. When the stakes are that high like for apostle Paul, you need a powerful prophetic word to carry you through the challenging times. God was pretty much calling Paul to change jobs and move. Just know this, when you get a powerful word, sometimes it is designed to get you to hold on through a hard storm. If you think about it, you do not need powerful words to do normal things. There are a lot of things in life that you do not need a powerful prophetic word in order to accomplish.
Sometimes the greater the calling or the greater the prophetic word, the tougher the path is going to be, and the more resistance you are going to face. That is why God has given you that clarity, so that you will remember His word and not give up. Many times people find that after a prophetic word is given, instead of seeing it come to pass, things went totally the opposite way. Persecution, spiritual resistance and troubles come because of the word and people are confused wondering what happened. But this is quite common. It means you are headed in the right direction.
Doug said that it often takes time for prophetic words to be worked out in your life and I found this to be true. The prophetic word is like a seed sowed into your heart and you will have to give it some time for that seed to grow into a tree before it can bear fruit. Though some prophetic words God gave you might be for now, to get you to act on it immediately for it is the appointed time, most of them are for the future seasons.
God will use the prophetic to get you on track, encourage you and help you to accelerate into your life’s calling. Trust God to speak to you and guide you, but do not forget to activate what He is saying to you. If you are called to do something that you are not released to do yet, or you are not at a mature enough level to do yet, then do not worry about that. You can still begin to prepare now. You can take a class, read a book or watch videos on the things you are called to do.
Primarily Doug Addison wrote this book to address prophetic hopelessness in many people's lives. When someone gets a prophetic word that does not seem to come about in their life they can suffer from prophetic hopelessness and often give up on hearing the voice of God. That is what people need right now; people need their longings fulfilled and their hope in God restored. Proverbs 13:12 says 'Hope deferred makes the heart sick but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.' Through this book, Doug teaches us to activate our prophetic words so that they could come to pass and we can experience the fulfilment of a prophetic word.
I believe that many of us have received a word from God at some point of our lives. Some believers may not know that is the word from God because they either don't believe the word or don't trust the person who gave the word. Hence they don't receive. That is like the seed sown on the rocky ground and the birds of the air came to eat the seeds. Yet there are some who received the word but because persecution and trials came and they gave up the word. Then there are some who received the word but because it took longer than expected hence they started to grow weary in the waiting.
My experience with prophetic words either in my life or others' lives is that most misunderstandings come because we didn't discern the timing of that word. Like Doug said, many a times, the prophetic word given is not for now. We would need to understand the timing of what you have heard from God. At the same time, it is important to activate or respond to it in some way. It is biblical to do something practical along the way. He encourages people to do something to activate their prophetic words, but do not go bankrupt doing it.
He said God will often speak to you in a powerful way during a season that you really need it. Most of the time we get very excited and then nothing happens. This is because God gave you the prophetic word to get you through a difficult time and keep you going through the process of refinement. An often difficult part of hearing God is understanding if what you are hearing is for now or later. This can only come with practice, along with some trial and error. Sometimes God will speak to you about something that you are being called to in the future. He may even give you signs that look like it is happening now. But then things change and the opportunity or situation goes away.
Another common thing that could get people discouraged is the fact that troubles can come along with the prophetic word, especially powerful ones. Doug addressed this in his book. When the stakes are that high like for apostle Paul, you need a powerful prophetic word to carry you through the challenging times. God was pretty much calling Paul to change jobs and move. Just know this, when you get a powerful word, sometimes it is designed to get you to hold on through a hard storm. If you think about it, you do not need powerful words to do normal things. There are a lot of things in life that you do not need a powerful prophetic word in order to accomplish.
Sometimes the greater the calling or the greater the prophetic word, the tougher the path is going to be, and the more resistance you are going to face. That is why God has given you that clarity, so that you will remember His word and not give up. Many times people find that after a prophetic word is given, instead of seeing it come to pass, things went totally the opposite way. Persecution, spiritual resistance and troubles come because of the word and people are confused wondering what happened. But this is quite common. It means you are headed in the right direction.
Doug said that it often takes time for prophetic words to be worked out in your life and I found this to be true. The prophetic word is like a seed sowed into your heart and you will have to give it some time for that seed to grow into a tree before it can bear fruit. Though some prophetic words God gave you might be for now, to get you to act on it immediately for it is the appointed time, most of them are for the future seasons.
God will use the prophetic to get you on track, encourage you and help you to accelerate into your life’s calling. Trust God to speak to you and guide you, but do not forget to activate what He is saying to you. If you are called to do something that you are not released to do yet, or you are not at a mature enough level to do yet, then do not worry about that. You can still begin to prepare now. You can take a class, read a book or watch videos on the things you are called to do.
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