17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth.
18 And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake.
19 The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.
Is 24

We are about to enter into a time of great change.  A short season of blessing will be completed soon.  It is vital in this coming season that our eyes be fixed upon the Lord.  That we are properly clothed in the spirit for this coming season.  Let us not be deceived by our current condition.  Take time to be before the Lord so that He may reveal things that must be changed in us that must be removed.  Let Him wash you in the Blood of Jesus and His word.

I would suggest you read all of Is 24.  I have had a series of visions and dreams that I do not have the liberty to share.

But suffice it to say, we must be very alert in the spirit and standing rightly before the Lord.  Our spiritual ears must be sharply attuned to the frequency of heaven.  We must be immediately obedient to every unction of the Spirit.  There will be no time for delays. 

The Lord told me a little while back, My people are not ready.  But I will make up the difference. 

The Outpouring of God's Presence will be simultaneous with the persecution that will be coming.  It will be dark times, but we will be clothed in His presence.

Isaiah 60 tells us "Arise and shine, for your light has come!  And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.  (outpouring of the glory of God on us) For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and deep darkness the people (see that it is dark while God is outpouring His Glory on us).  And His glory will be seen upon you.

The people will be drawn to us, good and bad.  "and kings to the brightness of your rising".  There will be opposition.  Remember we are a part of a great army.  We are about to enter into battle.  There will be deaths in this war.  We must be willing to complete our call to the end.  "They loved not their lives unto death."  Are you willing to except your call?  Even unto death?  The time for comfortable chrisitanity is coming to an end.  Let us be sober-minded considering the times we are now entering in.

This months trip to Eagle Butte, SD was very eventful.  The ministers that came received as much ministry or more than the people who came to the meetings.

One thing that we all have in common is there is something going on in each of our lives.  We were never told it would be easy to serve the Lord.  There is a heavy price to being obedient.  Though it is always much better to obey the Lord and do His will, it is not always easy.

We must be fixed and resolute in our mission as we go forth for Jesus.  Knowing that God will deal with the things we cannot and be with our families when we can't be.  Paul said it like this..

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.  Phillipians 3:13-14

We must pick up our own cross daily to serve the Lord. We are entering into a new day, a time where it will not always be easy to identify ourselves with Christ.  The media  and the powers that be are diabolically coming against Christianity.  Just yesterday the horrific massacre was pinned on a radical christian group.  There will be more of these in the days to come as this "New World Order" agenda continues to establish itself.  Don't be surprised when the persecution comes, be surprised when it doesn't.  If you are truly living for God, living a life of Holiness and walking as a disciple of Jesus persecution will come.  Paul didn't say lightly  "From now on, don’t let anyone trouble me with these things. For I bear on my body the scars that show I belong to Jesus. NLT Gal 6:7"  These marks were literal and spiritual marks that identified Paul with Jesus.

But we know that we have the victory in Jesus!  Our eyes must be fixed upon the Lord, not our circumstances.  God must be big in us in this hour.  Many great miracles and breakthroughs are and are about to take place; but only for a short time. Then we will see the persecution start here in America.  Yes there will be a great Outpouring of God's presence, but it will be during the persecution that is about to come.  It was when the church was persecuted that it spread out and grew, things will be no different in the time to come.

It's not a time to be afraid, just soberminded.  It's time to take our heads out of the clouds.  Our eyes must be fixed and unmoveable upon the Lord!  Time is short there is a harvest to reap, we (all of us) must be busy about the Father's business.  Go Forth! Go Forth! Go Forth in Jesus name!