This groundswell of tsunami champions must have coaches and mentors who are like spiritual archeologists helping them find hidden wealth. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE THIS GENERATION OF CHAMPIONS but it will mean laying aside "church as usual" to make way for these Kingdom champions! While these sons and daughters will put the house of God first and hold up the hands of their pastors, not all will want to focus their call inside the church but some will have a passion for ministry outside of the church walls to impact the marketplace, governments or other sectors of life. We need to be ready to equip them in their passion (not ours) and never hold them back with a Saul "like" intimidation or fear that they might take over. . THEY ARE NOT HERE FOR US, BUT WE ARE HERE FOR THEM.

This mobilization will take more than occasional deployments or programs, but these saints are looking for full blown Kingdom infiltration and influence to shake cities and countries for God. It's time to HARNESS and TAP into this POWERFUL ARMY of believers so let's move on into developing these protégés by celebrating their zeal and making room for their mistakes as well as their successes. Do you hear the tsunami coming? Let's open our arms and embrace the flood of THIS PERFECT STORM.

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  The Wind & Fire of Kingdom Influence February 2008        

While 2008 is a time of New Beginnings, God has given a prophetic Word that it will be the Year of the Perfect Storm... A Kingdom Storm.

The dictionary's definition of The Perfect Storm is: a weather pattern involving many elements in an atmosphere, interconnecting and colliding to create a 'once-in-a-lifetime' storm, literally a critical impact created by a powerful concurrence of simultaneous factors. The PERFECT STORM of 2008 is not a physical storm, but a Spiritual STORM with activation of thunder, water, wind, and fire manifesting simultaneously. 

Last month in this article we shared about the THUNDER of God's voice (regeneration) (Heb.12:26-29) and the WATERS (of renewal), but in this time of the PERFECT STORM we will also see the WIND  (revival, His MOVE) and FIRE (His renovation). We've had individual manifestations of these elements throughout history, but this PERFECT STORM will activate all the elements simultaneously (1Peter 4:17) to SHAKE, CLEANSE, MOVE, and RENOVATE His HOUSE (the church) first, setting things in order for Kingdom advancement. THIS STORM HAS ALREADY MADE LANDFALL and it will bring a  CULTURE SHOCK.

When Jesus came walking on the water to His disciples during a raging STORM it was a CULTURE SHOCK to everything they ever thought they understood, but He was simply displaying Kingdom principles by His actions. Since Jesus had already been WATER baptized (representing death, burial, and resurrection), He was manifesting those resurrection principles by walking victoriously over the waters. Many automatically associate "storms" with a negative connotation, but there's a possibility Jesus was actually causing the STORM as He represented the first fruits of incoming Kingdom authority colliding with the elements of a corrupted world system.  He had not yet even faced the grave, but He was obedient in Kingdom principle bringing the power of resurrection authority over the winds & waves of turbulence.

NOTE: While Jesus ultimately "calmed" the storm, He only did it to "calm" the nervous disciples because storms didn't bother Him at all. He was not there to teach the disciples how to get rid of storms, but He called them out of the boat into the raging storm to learn how to walk on top of waves. Only Peter stepped out, and although he got distracted, he experienced a taste of Kingdom culture, a new life dynamic.

God is sending a KINGDOM STORM that will clash with old world systems and world religions, and while the WAVES, WIND, and FIRE will energize and overwhelm obedient Ambassadors with blessings, the same STORM will devastate the "empire building" and hidden agendas of the disobedient (Duet. 28:1-68). While those who are stiff necked in the traditions of men will fight to survive and rebuild their name; Duet. 28:37 says they will become a sub-cultural "by-word" with no relevance to infiltrating or influencing cities or nations.

In 2 Samuel chapter 22 the account is given how the fierce storms of Saul raged against David, but then God responded with a STORM sounding His thunderous voice, fire, wind and waters in David's behalf to carry him to a "larger" place (verse 20), a new level of KINGDOM INFLUENCE.

Saul represents an "old empire" mentality of men" that seeks to kill  the NEW (or Kingdom mentality) represented by David. When we say the "old" we're not talking about  older ministers who have pioneered in the past, because we need their wisdom and foundational heritage now more than ever, but the "old mentalities" the storm will bring down are carnal philosophies and pharisaical strongholds.

We are in a time of MULTI-DIMENSIONAL and SIMULTANEOUS SEASONS where the sower catches up to the reaper (Amos 9:13) and where former and latter rain come in the same month (Joel 2:23). This is a TIME of ACCELERATION where we need to be investing HOURS with God on our knees to be ACCURATE, EFFECTIVE and RELEVANT without compromise. It will rain on the just and the unjust, but how that rain IMPACTS our lives will depend on how much of the King's character and integrity we are yielded to.

This KINGDOM STORM, while earth shaking, will actually introduce a new dimension of KINGDOM INFLUENCE!  The definition of influence is: the power to affect and impact thoughts and actions, to have a position and ability to affect change, or transform a culture. This simultaneous THUNDER (regeneration), WATER (renewal), WIND (revival), and greater FIRE will be Kingdom RENOVATION (to the church), INFILTRATION (into governments) and INFLUENCE (to the nations) manifested through God's Ambassadors to burn off the old to release the NEW!

Just as the disciples marveled at what manner of man Jesus was that the winds and waves obeyed His command, the nations and cultures of this world need to see the manifestation of God's Kingdom through His Ambassadors bringing an influence that renovates mindsets, governments, and economies. All creation is waiting for the manifestation of the sons of God!  Romans 8:19

Miracles, signs and wonders will come forth and impact this world like never before starting NOW, because we've discovered that we, in Christ, are manifestations of the PERFECT STORM to impact generations uniting our voices as ONE VOICE of Kingdom culture to glorify God.  So don't be shaken by what's coming, but prepare to be the ones God uses to do the shaking for His glory!

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Activating A Prophetic Memory December 2007                                                     

One of the greatest obstacles we face entering into a new day and fresh revelation for 2008 are unresolved issues and old memories in 2007.

Even if 2007 was a great year there may be other times in the past that bring up memories of challenges, hurts, and failures that would seek to define our capabilities and hinder us from great expectations for 2008.

Christmas time is wonderful with the celebration of Christ's birth and rich times with family, but too often some will burn out over keeping traditional memories alive in an overwhelming schedule only to find themselves burned out and in debt when 2008 arrives.

WE MUST DROP ALL OLD CLUTTER and ENTER INTO 2008 BY ACTIVATING OUR GOD GIVEN CAPACITY for a PROPHETIC MEMORY

The Biblical definition of "memory" is a reference point, a significant point or mark, and a mindset recalling an embedded thought or image. Most think the MEMORY is supposed to be dedicated to the "past", but the truth is, God designed us to have the capacity of MEMORY to fill with prophetic "future"

When the first Adam fell the memory (or mindset) became corrupted filling up with past sin preventing men and women from grasping their God given destiny. The second Adam (Jesus) came to destroy the yoke of sin and restore people to God and their ability to see a future for their lives set in Kingdom purpose. That's why 2 Corinthians says; "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away, behold, all things are become NEW!

Of course there's a place in our MEMORY for cherished recollections, foundational frameworks, and storage of accumulated knowledge set in our minds over time, but the greater purpose of a MEMORY in the redeemed man and woman is an activation of prophetic God ordained destiny (set by God before we were formed in our mother's womb, but yet to be manifested).

We have so relegated "memory" to the past that it's hard for some to fathom the truth that God's plan for our "memory banks" was always intended for the purpose of recalling a future that was set in us before the first Adam fell, and restored to us by the obedience of the 2nd Adam. The past need no longer dictate our future, but our God given FUTURE activates our life NOW.

Some might say; "How can we have a memory of something that hasn't happened yet?".. but the fact is, it has happened because God is not making up our lives as we go along, but He has ordained us to His plan before we ever took our first breath. Psalm 37:23 says that the steps of a good man are ordered (ordained) by God and he delights in his way!

Please don't confuse anything being said here with an extreme doctrine of "predestination" because while God has purposed us and given us preordained destiny, He has also given us free choice to fulfill His plan or fall short of His glory.

Romans 4:16a,17 says; Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the SEED;... of Abraham (As it is written, I have made thee  (preordained) a father of many nations before Him whom he believed, even God, who quickens the dead, and calls those things that be not as though they WERE

To fully understand a prophetic memory, we can describe it as an apple seed. The only way a particular seed will produce an apple is if the destined and designed memory of an apple is embedded into that SEED... even though an apple has not manifested yet, the prophetic memory in the SEED will produce an apple. Abraham believed God according to FAITH in God who told him that a NATION was in him before he ever saw it.

Even now there is an embedded memory of 2008 in every man and woman of God to manifest God's purpose as Yea and AMEN! Our prophetic God ordained destiny is set but we can't see it through the mindsets of yesterday!

It's time to clean house in our minds, and clear out any clutter of "past" thoughts that could keep us from seeing God's strategies and plans ahead. We cannot even allow the "holidays" to distract our minds from the purging and renewing process God is performing in all of His ambassadors. In fact Romans 12:2 says to be TRANSFORMED by the RENEWING of our MINDS. We can't "renew" to a past reference point, but we can only "RENEW" to a POINT set forward.

Even the FOUNDATION laid in the past was established in our future and for our future. The apostle Paul said it this way in Philippians 3:13,14, to "Forget those things which are behind by reaching forth unto those things which are before, to press toward the MARK (memory) for the PRIZE of the HIGH CALLING of GOD in CHRIST JESUS!

 In 2Peter 3:1,2, Peter said he wrote to them to "Stir up their pure minds by way of remembrance, to be mindful of the words spoken by the prophets". That remembrance was a recollection and a REMINDING of a prophetic word to keep their minds pure and uncluttered of what was going on around them so they could see clearly the plans set in the path before them.

It's time to STIR UP our PURE MINDS to remember (or remind) ourselves of what God is setting our minds and hands to be and to do in 2008. Tap into the prophetic memory banks located in your redeemed spirit and get ready to soar higher than ever in 2008!

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             Ordained by the King, No Other gods Allowed.  November 2007,

Thou shalt have no other gods before me Exodus 20:3 This decree given by God to Moses was the first Commandment of ten activating the basic foundations of Kingdom protocol to man.

NOTE: a false god or idol is an image of a counterfeit deity or rule requiring bondage of servitude. The worshipper of a false god assumes they're getting self worth, identity, success and power from that image.

Of course men and women of God would never knowingly involve themselves in a graven image of sin or a false god, yet we need to be aware that anything, even good things that define and shape our identity (distracting from God's image), can become a "god".

In Exodus 20:4 Commandment number two goes on to decree; Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or likeness of  any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God...

The definition for "graven" is to carve, fashion, to cut, to shape and to "mark" into a set pattern or blueprint. A "graven image" literally seeks to ordain a  mindset to frame every thought to a conformity. God makes it clear that He will allow no other "gods" to shape or define His people because it is He alone who ORDAINS who we are in true purpose and destiny. This is why He set the specific foundations of apostles and prophets and other Kingdom offices, titles, and gifts, not to glorify man's ego and pride, but to activate His set (ordained) order, define our Kingdom function and place, that His Name might be glorified.

God has sent this very timely Word because we are in a shift of seasons, as His church and Kingdom citizens. We cannot afford to be SHAPED by worshipping the "images" that speak of a former move or mindset. Any  man-made traditions and religious strongholds that come in the name of "Christianity" will be tried with the fire of God's ordained Kingdom purpose in this SHIFT and everything that is an idol will burn up. GET READY for the CHURCH to go through some MAJOR CHANGE.

Here are 3 things that MUST not become "gods"...

1. SELF WORTH IN an IMAGE... Several years ago God instructed me to give all of our nearly new church chairs to a young minister who was planting a church, and I was more than willing, but then God clearly said; "Give your pulpit too." This stunned me greatly because this was a beautiful Plexiglas pulpit that had been especially made for me. I literally grabbed the pulpit and said; "I can't give this, I need this." God said; "Then, you've allowed it to become an idol of self worth to define identity." I repented and quickly gave the chairs and pulpit to the young minister and this was the beginning of destroying dependency on past framed images so that I could come into a greater revelation of God's Kingdom mantle and mandate for my life.

While the things God has done in the past provides needed foundational stability, it is not established to become a memorial rut, but it is set to be a launching pad promoting what God is doing NOW manifesting a prophetic future. When we hold on to "things" that dwell in "past glories" (and "past battles") to establish our credibility (or security) it becomes an idol or a "god" conforming us to a warped image set in pride. We MUST let those old wineskins go so we can anchor into God's image for a revelation of who we are becoming, and where we're going. Of course God gives pulpits, buildings, gifts, and talents, but they should only serve us as tools and never shape us or define our progress. False gods conform and commit us to faulty past reference points, but God transforms us into an ever increasing progressive prophetic destiny ORDAINED by Him.

2. RECOGNITION OF or DEPENDENCE ON MEN... Men and Women of God do not ordain us, but God is the one who ordained us before we were formed in our mother's womb, and then He confirms, activates, and acknowledges our ordination through His designated elders set in authority. God has set apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers to train, guide and equip us, and it is vital that we submit ourselves under God given leadership, but these offices are NOT set to restrain or sustain you, but to develop and RELEASE God's ordained image through you. We should never seek to wear another leader's spiritual suit  because God has ORDAINED Kingdom mantles fitted specifically for us.

Spiritual fathers (men and women of God) serve a vital purpose to spiritual sons and daughters, but it is not to create dependency on them as a "god" or to impose their own image on upcoming champions, but the mandate on spiritual fathers is to nurture and equip till Christ be "formed" (His image engraved) in them activating a birthing and release of their God ordained purpose into the heart of The Father (God) directly.

God is the one who PROMOTES us and we cannot depend on the "recognition" of seemingly successful or well known men and women to advance us. Proverbs 18:16 says that our gift makes room for us, and brings us before great men, and it's not because they caused our advance, but those great leaders recognize the already evident advance in us and are drawn to it. Dependence on the acceptance and recognition of affluent or notable people will ultimately bring compromise and bondage to their dictates, and God made it clear, there can be no other gods before Him.

3. IDENTITY THROUGH GAIN & PERFORMANCE...  Excellence in performance is important but it can never be at the expense of building character, relationships and integrity. Talent and ability can become an idol that deceives some into thinking achievement alone  identifies WHO they are. 1Timothy 6:5,6 says some suppose that GAIN (what we do) equates to godliness (who we are), but the truth is that godliness (who we are in His image) with contentment (of internal growth) is GREAT gain (to produce what we do).

NOTE: Most of the ordination process is about forming and developing, and only the final aspect is involved in activation of performance.

The anointing is the activation of the ordained. Psalm 23:5b says; "God anoints my head with oil; (result) my cup (or ordained purpose) runs over." The anointing is defined as to be smeared, saturated, infiltrated, consecrated  and activated in the Name and nature of God. This anointing abides in the ordained of God. Psalm 132 says that God has ORDAINED a LAMP for His anointed. We are arising in His plan.

We MUST cast off every false god and image that has ever tried to define us, because the ordained purpose of God is greater than any past graven image that tried to mark you.

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  Monthly Message for October 2007: Promotion Comes Through Humbling Ourselves

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time. 1Peter 5:6 

There is a move of God about to be released through this region (nation and globe) that will be accompanied by His refining fire, a shaking and a pruning. Paradigms will shift, old man made religious pride will be exposed, and hidden agendas will be made known.

God has always given man the liberty to chose the path to walk in, but a shaking is coming that will test those choices. This next move of God will start at the house of God, the leaders, and those who represent the King of kings as His Ambassadors.