TRANSITION
By Cherie Sheridan
6/24/2013
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Transition: A change, a passage from one location to another, one sound into another, one phrase into another.  Some transitions are abrupt, sharp, even painful.  Other transitions are smooth, gradual and pleasant.   

What is an example of an abrupt transition?  A sudden storm, tragedy, one that we don't have forewarning with.  Something that just suddenly comes upon us and propels us into change.  These sudden changes can be demonic or diabolic in nature.  Set for our destruction.  This is a time we must bear down and find the Lord in the midst of the upheaval
and hang on. We must hear the Lord as best as possible during these times.  Often times, in this type of transition we feel as though we are being carried about by a great current with no ability to make it stop.  We can't get off this ride.  Yet the circumstances surrounding this transition may be almost too much for us to bear.   

The more we set our mind to the circumstances and meditate upon them the worse it will be for us.  We must get our mind upon the Lord.  During such a crisis moment it is often difficult to be still before God.  We may cry out in desperation but it will not change the circumstances.  Somehow we must become still.  Watch a movie, listen to some worship music, go for a walk.  You must disengage from the situation before you can move forward.  Similar to the process of giving birth you must “breathe” to keep your body through the contractions in a more controlled state.

We as a nation, USA, have been in transition.  We are not done.  When we come out of this change we won't look, smell, or act the same.  Most of the transition this nation is going through and will continue to experience is not good overall.  We have thrown in the towel in defeat to the overwhelming tide of sin that has been unleashed upon us.   

Many individuals in the body of  Christ have and are being uprooted and moved around.  Like the pieces of a giant chess board we are being positioned.  Some pawns will be taken in this game in order for castles, knights and bishops to take decisive positions in the end game.

In the book of Daniel chapter 7 starting in verse 25 the word of the Lord tells us “He shall speak pompous words against the Most High, Shall persecute (wear out)  the saints of the Most High and shall intend to change times and law (transition).  Then the saints shall be given into his and for a time and times and half a time.”  It has been appointed by God that the saints will be forced into this “transition” by the enemy.  Transition is a necessary process of birth.  Some labor is harder than others.
 
1 Peter 4:12 “Beloved think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is try you, as though some strange thing happened to you.”

We all go “through” change and trials.  This is part of life and part of being a child of God.  This particular season in God is abounding with many changes and transitions.  Like going up and down a flight of stairs, every step is a transition.  Some steps are large, broad and gradual while others are short, quick and narrow.

The scriptures often liken this transition to childbirth.  The joy of conception, the time of carrying, growth, incubation of the baby (promise); the time when it seems like the promise will never come forth then....suddenly transition.  I have five children.  I can tell you from personal experience transition is a whirlwind of emotion.  Excitement, fear, fatigue, pain and just when you think you can't take it for another moment, birth.  The one carrying the promise has gone through transition and the one being born has also come forth through transition.  Next is complete change.  Everything following transition changes.  Lifestyle changes, where you live, what you do can change.  It cannot stay the same because the dynamics of your life have now been forever changed.

 We as believers in Jesus go through many transitions.  For many in other nations accepting Jesus as their Lord and savior suddenly throws people into transition.  They are no longer accepted by their natural family when the accept their eternal family.  They are cast out and forced to flee, many for their lives.  

I spoke of two types of transitions: abrupt and smooth.  What does a smooth transition look like?

An example of a smooth transition would be:  The Lord impresses upon you to leave where you are an go to a new location.  We can choose in this transition.  We decide to some degree when it begins, we still don't know the end but we have time to prepare.  Things and life are not suddenly ripped from us.  Nor is our world thrown into a major uproar all at once.  This is likened to the broad, gradual smooth steps or a childbirth where you've received and epidural.  It lessens the pain of transition.

When the children of Israel walked around in the desert for forty years that was their transition time.(See Exodus)

God will carry us during and through transition.  He will provide for us. He will use the time of transition to cleanse and purify us.  This time is meant to prepare us to receive the promise.  Upon entering into the promise land there is still another cleansing.  God will cause us to cross over Jordan before we can take possession of our land flowing with milk and honey.  He will cause the river to part for us once again. Joshua 3:14-17.  Again, God is demonstrating to us His faithfulness to us and that we can trust Him and believe Him to bring us into our promise.

We must maintain forward momentum.  We do not want to get stuck in transition.  As with childbirth, we must continue to “bear down”.  We have to “push”. We have a role to play in the process of transition.  
  
Finally there comes the time where all our efforts bear fruit and come forth. The promise arrives, but now what?  We have to care and tend to our promise.  We have to help it to develop and grow.  We have to strive to hear God for every direction.  We should have learned through the transition how to hear God.  We should have also learned that God doesn't need our help, just our obedience.   

Our transition was specifically custom designed by God for us to bring us forth in Him.  It was designed to purge us of the works of the flesh. It was also a time for healing and opening up of our heart for the Lord to come in to the deep places and remove those hidden things.  The wounds and pain that would hinder us in our promise land.

NOW:

The purpose for transition, the purpose for the attaining of our promise land is to establish God's Kingdom here on earth.  We have been readied to demonstrate what it is  to walk as a child of God, even as Jesus walked.

“Arise, shine: For your light has come!” Is 60:1 That sounds like a birth. Jesus is that light being made manifest in us through the Holy Spirit.   He wants us to illuminate Him!  That means we are going to stand out from the crowd.  We are going to be shining brightly for Him.  People will notice, demons will notice.  Expect it.  It is happening now.

“And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.” Is 60:2 God's manifest presence will be rising upon His people! Any moment now.  It has already begun!  Do you understand what that means?  Really?  Can we truly fathom what it means to have the “glory” the very essence and splendor of God emanating from us?

“For behold (look and see), the darkness (destruction, death, wickedness, deception, sorrow) shall cover the earth, (We cannot stop the darkness from coming.) and deep (gross) darkness (covering like a cloud looming over the people) the people;  

But the Lord will arise over you, and His glory will be seen upon you. The Gentiles (those that are not the Lords) shall come to your light, (We won't have to do anything but shine and they will be drawn to the glory of the Lord upon us.  Point to yourself and say, “that means me”.), and kings to the brightness of your rising.”

Kings (businessmen/women, leaders, have kingdoms, they have domains, lands, seats of authority and rule and influence over their domains and those that dwell in them.  The glory of God upon us will drawn them to us.

1 Pet 5:6 “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God so that in due season He may exalt you.”

Transition was our time for humbling ourselves before the Lord God, so that He may exalt us (cause us to rise) before Kings and the Gentiles so that we may influence them for the Kingdom of God.

Let's go back to the book of Daniel.  The story does not end with the saints being given over to Satan.  That was just for a “season” a “transition” time.  Let's read what the rest of the story says.

“But the court shall be seated (place of authority), and they shall take away his (Satan's) dominion, to consume and destroy forever, (that means it's over for him, he cannot persecute God's people anymore.) vs 27 “Then the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdoms under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people, the saints of the Most High.” (Did you read that? Doesn't sound like God's saints are defeated anymore!)  His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And all dominions shall serve and obey Him.”

Are you in transition?  Or have you just entered into the promise land? Both places require you to hear God, have faith and trust in Him and obey.  The key for moving forward in the promise land is obedience unity and faith.  When you are in your promise land God goes before you and opens the doors all you have to do is walk through them.  He will make things fall in place that there is no way you could make happen.  You've been stripped in the transition.  The bridges have been blown up. The old ways won't work in this new land.  You and I must hear God in this season more than ever.  Things that were hard in the past God will make easy.  When His glory rises upon you His favor comes with it.  You can't mess it up.  Did you hear me?  YOU CAN'T MESS THIS UP!  God is doing this just listen and obey.  God wants to bless you.  He wants to prosper you.  He wants to make you so blessed that it will get the attention of the kings!  They're going to say, “How is it you did this?”  and you will be able to say, “Let me tell you about my God.”.

We know our world is going through a metamorphosis.  No matter what nation you live in change is taking place.  We can't stop it.  Trying to hang onto the past will only make things harder for us. Paranoia and fear are running rampant and it's going to get worse.  Individuals are going to be and are being monitored on a mass scale.  This news about the governments monitoring us is not really news at all.  We've known this for some time, the fact is that they are just not able to cover it up anymore.  Yes our freedoms are being messed with.  True liberty only come in Christ.  Man can only place limitations on our physical body, our spirit man can not be limited when we are in Christ Jesus.  We do not have to walk in fear, we can walk in His peace.  His perfect peace.  We have eternity with Christ. This world and the trials we go through are for the purpose of training and equipping us to live in eternity with Him.  We learn the laws of the Kingdom of God and the operations of His Kingdom while we are here.  This earth is also a transition.  When we go through our transitions we must ask God for His eternal perspective and not our temporal one.  If we base everything we do in light of eternity we can endure.

At the end of transition is the promise!

Hebrews 6:15 “..after he patiently endured he obtained the promise.”




 

March 22, 2020
I originally gave this message in March 2013.  But while travelling in the USA this month I had a dream on March 15, 2020 that brought this message back to the surface.

As we know there is a global pandemic of the Coronavirus 19.  I had this dream before all the nations began requiring quarantines.

The Dream:  In my dream I had traveled through neighborhoods and houses. I saw a couple pick up a piece of wood.  About a foot long 2 x 4.  A man and a woman both picked up this wood and went inside a house and shut the door.  I also saw on top of the house some hay.  Then as the dream unfolded all the houses burned to the foundation except the house the couple entered.  I understood that everything that was not built upon the rock of God and was built with wood, hay and stubble would be burned in this trial.

I would like to encourage people in this season where there is a forced stop on our activities to be a time of introspection and repentance.  Many of the things we have built in our lives were fleshly and carnal.  God may have not caused this plague but He had allowed it to be used to get our attention.  We as a body of Christ have to be set ablaze once again.  We have been busy doing ministry or works and have failed to enter the Presence of God and seek His face.  Ministry has been all about us and not about God.  We are here to fulfill His purposes on earth.  He is not a magic genie at our beck and call to serve us.  We are called to serve Him.  

I have been outside of the USA for about 5 years now.  During my time in the USA I was very aware of how there was everything available to pamper the flesh.  So many stores and businesses to meet every need you could have. Those these things are nice and a convenience they had a great pull on the flesh and it's needs.  Whatever you wanted it was there. Having lived abroad I had to give up a lot of these thing a while ago.   It wasn't until I returned to the USA that I really saw how seductive these things are.  When you have these things around you all the time you don't really think much about it.  Now these are the very things that are under fire during this trial.  

Also, the need to go, go, go.  While being on the forced quarantine I encourage you to take some quiet time and get back to hearing God.  Shut off the TV and the radio and be still.   Don't worry about the bills, what you will eat or what you will wear.  God said He knows you have need of these things.  Get back to walking in faith.  Pray in the Holy Spirit and rise above the chaos and get into Heaven's atmosphere.  It's there you will find the peace you need to weather this storm.

The things we do by the instruction of the Lord will stand.  Everything else we do will be burned up in the fire.

When was the last time you actually prayed without asking God for anything?  You prayed simply because you wanted the Presence of God?  God knows how to get our attention and I hope He is getting all of our attention so we can get back to our first love.

God is our anchor in this storm.  He will make a way where there seems to be no way.  He is our Help.  He is our Provision. He is our Healer.   Do NOT Fear.  Psalm 91 says NO Plague or Pestilence shall come near our house.  We must believe the truth of God's word if we want to see it manifested in our lives.  

During my late teen years until the age of 26 I had a reoccurring dream.  In the dream there was a giant.  The giant slept and dreamed.  I knew the dream the giant was dreaming was my current life.  I knew when the giant woke up my life would change.  When I accepted Jesus as my Lord and savior the dream stopped.  I knew the giant was waking up. That was in 1992

Fast forward to 2006.  The Lord had begun showing me a giant.  This giant stood head and shoulders above the clouds.  The Lord told me to look at this giant.  Then suddenly, I was the giant.  The Lord asked me what did I see on the horizon.  I told Him I did not see anything.  He said, that was the problem.  The sons of God were to be walking like giants in the land.  He told me I was to wake up the giant. 

So throughout the years I have been praying, breaking, loosing and unlocking the giant in the realm of the spirit.  Additionally, I would teach, train and equip those that God sent to me. 

Now, here in Finland, (May 2016)  I have continued in breaking free the giant.  Something dynamic in the spirit happened the other day while my husband I prayed.  I saw the ropes that were on the giant break.  I saw the giant not only awake but begin to sit up and gather his senses. 

I am not talking about the giants that are the sons of Anak and  the Nephillum. I am talking about the Sons of God that are to walk in the fullness of the measure of the stature of Christ.  Eph 4:13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: Joh 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

Eph 4:14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
Eph 4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
Eph 4:16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

What is the significance of all this.  When the true Sons of God arise they will have dominion over the earth for a season. Revelation 11 discusses the two witnesses (Acts 1:8, Acts 10:41). Why two witnesses? 2Co_13:1 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established
So the truth will be established.

The two olive trees ( Greek word, elaiah - fruit or the berry).  Adam and Jesus

Mat 7:17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
Mat 7:18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
Mat 7:19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Joh 8:41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
Joh 8:42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. 
Joh 8:43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
Joh 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. 
Joh 8:45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. 
Joh 8:46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? 
Joh 8:47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. 

The two trees.  Good tree; good fruit  and Evil tree; evil fruit

The two candlesticks are lampstands.  Also Good and Evil.
Luk 11:33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.
Luk 11:34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
Luk 11:35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
Luk 11:36 If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.

There is true light and there is dark light.

Joh 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
Joh 15:2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Joh 15:3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
Joh 15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
Joh 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 
Joh 15:6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.
Joh 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 
Joh 15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
Two prophets.  True and False

2Th 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
2Th 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 
2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 
2Th 2:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
 
I believe there is more to what Rev. 11  is saying if we analyze this in light of known scripture.  We are called to be witnesses of Jesus.  We are called to bear fruit.  We are called to be the light of the world. We are called to proclaim and declare the word of our King.  There is one branch, Jesus (Zech 3:8).  He is the true vine we are the branches.(Rom 11:17-24)  We will do the works of Jesus and greater works. Jesus did more than heal a few sick people.  He came to destroy the works of the devil and establish the Kingdom of God.  Jesus demonstrated to us what it was to walk in the authority of God as a son. As the true Sons of God arise in the knowledge of who they are in Christ, they will walk in the power and authority of God in humility and love.  In true submission to the King of Kings.  There will not be self-promotion, ambition, covetness, adultery, fornication, greed, fleecing of the sheep and all the other wickedness that is being performed in the church, starting first with the "leaders" and down.

The sons of God that are arising will confront the powers of darkness in territories and regions.  They will demonstrate the Kingdom of God in Truth and Love.

I had two visions:  The first vision was a vineyard that was well groomed and kept.  There were vinedressers caring for the crop.  There was fruit on the vines.  The Lord told me the vinedressers were the True Shepherds.
The second vision:  I saw what looked like it used to be a vineyard.  It was overgrown, full of weeds, unkempt.  There were no vinedressers.  There was no fruit.  Jer 12:10-13

The second vision represented the state of the church where the leaders are not caring for the flock.  They are shepherds that will be judged.  They are full of greed, selfish ambition, lust, programs with no power, God is not in the building.  Anything goes as long as the people give.  They do not know God or His ways.

Eze 34:8 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;

Eze 34:9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; 
Eze 34:10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them. 


For a long time I have been getting the numbers 11:1 or 11:11.  It is amazing when God finally reveals what He has been telling us for so long.

Rev 11:1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.

2 Cor 6:16 says, "No ye not that you are the temple of God?" 
We are being measured by God.  What is on our altar and what are we worshipping.

Rev 11:11 And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.

The giant is about to stand up and be the witness that God has called it to be.  There will be Truth and the Lie.  The fear of the Lord is about to fall upon the people once again as God's true sons stand to their feet.

I hope you read this far because this is a revelation of a lifetime!  OMG!  Can you feel it?  Stand Up Sons of God it is time to Arise!

Isa 60:1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. Isa 60:2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. 
Isa 60:3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. 
Isa 60:4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. 

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I believe this dream is important and very relevant to the season we are in.  Seducing spirits does not just deal with sexual seductions.  The seductions of this season are deception, trickery, lies, slight of hand, fake friends.

There was a competition between two individuals.  There was a score board on a glass partition.  They seemed to be keeping even score.  Their scores contained names.  They were facing each other off.  I saw a face appear in the middle of them and take his pointer fingers and slide them back into position.  Suddenly the score board began to change.  The names on the board under one of the opponents began to turn red.  Then just like a cut and paste on word processor the names were cut from one side and placed on the list of the other opponent.

Scene change:

I'm in a gathering.  There is a man speaking and sharing about the Blood of Jesus.  As he is speaking 4 people walk through the door and continue on inside.  I knew there was only supposed to be 3 people so I called them back.  When the forth person turned around it had the body of a woman.  She was wearing a gold cocktail type dress.  When every one in the room turned to look at her they all froze and became mesmerized.  The face wasn't a face at all.  It was a spot light, emitting a bright light.  From where I stood I could see that it wasn't the being at all.  It was fake.  While most of the room was immobilized there were a few people around me that weren't, myself included.  I saw the hand of this thing begin to reach forward to touch someone and I began invoking the Blood of Jesus, repetitively and with force.  This being froze.  I could hear it's thoughts.  That it had no power over those who truly walked in the blood of Jesus.

I woke up from the dream saying the Blood of Jesus out loud, so much that it woke my husband up too and he began say the Blood of Jesus.

Mat 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.


1Ti 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

There is a false light that is now shining in the world.  Many people believe it is the true light of God, but it is not. 


Pro 14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

There are a lot of pitfalls in the world right now.  If are one of those who willingly expose yourself thinking you are immune to it's influence you are already deceived.  What at are some of these pitfalls?  Television shows, most of which are glorifying the devil in various ways, even mocking Truth.  Attending church services where teaching completely defies the Truth of the word of God.  God changes not.  If He says something He means it.  How far away from God are you?  Are the things you do based upon a relationship and a fear of the Living God?

Are you confident in your relationship with the Lord?  If you can say, "well, there is some areas I could probably work on."  What are you waiting for?  Now is not the time to be far from God.  There was only a handful in my dream that were not caught by the spell of this being. 

Luk 11:34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.
Luk 11:35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
Luk 11:36 If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light.

The word of God is clear. If what you look upon is evil your body is full of darkness.  It is all or nothing.

 It is time for the Body of Christ to get serious about their walk with God.  No more gray areas.  No more lukewarm.  Hot or Cold.  That's it.

God is looking at our hearts.  He is looking at our motives for what we do.  You can go to a million church meetings and still not know God.  We must mature into Him.  Which side of the scoreboard are you on?  Jesus? or Satan?

Have you every wonder after reading Matthew 13:8 what the Lord was referring to?

This comes from the scripture of the sower in Matthew.

Mat 13:3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
Mat 13:4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:
Mat 13:5 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
Mat 13:6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
Mat 13:7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:
Mat 13:8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
Mat 13:9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

I have often wondered exactly what the Lord was talking about here. I have heard different teachings concerning what a 100 fold, 60 fold or 30 fold represent but some how these teaching never truly sat complete with me. In the teachings I heard or read the “fold” was representing the yield. As I was meditating upon these scriptures noting also that Jesus said the “100 fold” was first not 30, I believe the Lord gave me insight into what He was saying here.

How many of you have ever planted a garden? Well I have. Although I am not a master gardener by any means the Lord has used the gardening to teach me things.

Say I want to make plant starts. For those of you who may not know what that is; it's when you get those egg carton looking containers, put some soil in them, plant your seed and water and wait for your new baby plants to start sprouting. Most of those containers have 8 or more little wells for you to plant your seeds but for math sake lets say 10.

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When I plant my seeds in each well I expect a sprout to come up in each one. I know some plants require 2 or 3 seeds in each well but I am trying to keep it simple.

So for the sake of simplicity, if I plant 10 seeds I expect to get 10 sprouts. If 10 sprout come forth I have a 100 fold on the seeds I planted. They all have produced a plant. The plant has only just begun to grow however. If when the plant gets a little larger 3 of them whither away and die did I still get my 100 fold on my seed? The answer is: YES.
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If I plant the same 10 seeds and only 6 sprouts pop up. What was the “fold” on the seed I planted? Yes, 60 fold.
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If I plant the same 10 seeds and only 3 sprouts pop up, what was the fold on the seed I planted? Yes, 30 fold.
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I know I am making this ridiculously simple but I feel it is important because this has been a mystery for a long time. This is how the Lord explained it to me.

If I plant 100 seeds I expect 100 plants to come up. When I get the 100 plants I received 100 fold on my original 100 seeds. Fold is NOT yield.


As in my example I can get 100 fold on seeds meaning they produce a plant but the plant can die, be eaten by bugs, get sun scorched before it ever gets to the point of producing a harvest. This is what Jesus was talking about.


It is not 100x, or highest possible yield. It is getting 100 percent on the original investment of grain or whatever has been sowed; whether it be money, goods, time...whatever.


If I am an investor I expect to get my original investment back (the fold) plus the yield or the increase.


Anyone who has done any type of gardening or farming knows different plants produce different yields and have different growing seasons before they produce their harvest. Some plants like trees can take years before they produce fruit. While other plants like tomatoes and okra are seasonal and will produce a yield in a fairly short time.


All the plants in the story of the sower Jesus spoke of produced a “fold” if they sprang up, the ones eaten by birds did not produce a “fold” but not all of them produced a “fold” gave a harvest. Jesus goes on to explain what he meant in the parable as to why not all the seeds planted would be able to produce.

Mat 13:18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
Mat 13:19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
Mat 13:20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
Mat 13:21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
Mat 13:22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
Mat 13:23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.


In Mat 13:23 Jesus goes on to say that the one who bears fruit is the one who ground has been tilled and fertilized. The one who hears God's word and Understands it or is enlightened by it. But not only hearing but action tied into hearing. To hear and to do nothing will not produce fruit. A main of understanding knows how to apply Godly wisdom and understanding.

So for instance I am teaching you now about “fold” and “yield”. What is the purpose for this teaching? I am sowing a seed of revelation into you right now as you read this. What should be the expectation? I expect that you would have understanding of the difference of “fold” and “yield” but why should that matter? Because there are things in each of our lives that we have seen the “fold” on we just didn't realize that it was that. We were looking for the harvest but the “fold” has to come first. Then the harvest comes. If the plant never grows it will not produce a harvest. So there are many plants out there right now that are seemingly not producing fruit. Maybe you have been praying for a love one to come into the Kingdom of God. You have planted the seed. There is a plant but you haven't seen the fruit yet. Don't get discouraged, some plants take longer to produce the fruit. Keep watering, keep fertilizing, keep thanking God for you harvest coming.

Another thing, once the plants start producing fruit there is an optimum time for harvesting. If you miss that timing the fruit will whither or dry up. Some plants that is what you want; like beans or plants you are using to produce more seed for a following sowing season. But to get a harvest you have to GO and get it. The harvest doesn't jump in your baskets for you. It requires work to get your harvest and to maintain your garden to get optimum yields.

Also, certain types of plants have greater “yields” than others. One year to the next the same kind of plant can change in yield based upon the weather, water, sun and other factors. So it is in the Kingdom of God.

Is this helping? I hope so.

I know for those of you who garden you are probably having all kinds of other things that can happen to your plants while gardening pop into your minds. Good. That means God is using this teaching to stir revelation inside of you that you can use to produce first a “fold” then a “yield” in your life or the lives of those around you.


Jesus goes on to expound more in the following scriptures of what the different growing conditions will produce and what the weed seeds are and the good seeds and the good ground. These are all very important factors for us receive 100, 60 and 30 “fold” on the seed sown but remember we are looking for the “yield”. How much can one healthy plant produce under the best growing conditions?


Now let us look at ourselves. What kind of plant do you consider that you are? Are you example #1 seed sown by the wayside? #2 seed sown on stony ground? #3 seed sown among thorns? #4 seed sown in good ground? Can you say that you are giving the Lord a 100 fold on the seed He has sown in you? Are you producing fruit? We are told in Genesis 1:28 “be fruitful and multiply” Fruitful people will produce more fruitful people. Are you producing fruit? What kind of fruit are you producing. Remember, weeds produce fruit too.


Let us be healthy plants that are producing fruit for God's Kingdom. Let us also actively gather the fruit that is now ready for harvest. God said it is time for the Harvest to be reaped. Lest be busy gathering. One last thing, Some fruit looks good straight off the plant, some don't. Not all fruit looks appetizing straight off the plant; once it has been plucked it must be washed and prepared.


Blessings.
Cherie Sheridan
http://www.ontrackrestorationproject.info

Lev 19:28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.


Lev 19:28 tells us what God says about receiving a tattoo. I would like to share with you what is happening in the realm of the spirit when a person receives a tattoo. Especially since today people are marking and mutilating themselves extensively.

First we must understand, when we have truly accepted Jesus as our Lord and Savior God places His mark upon us. In the spiritual realm this can be seen and sometimes in the natural.

Gen_4:15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

The Lord marked Cain so that everyone would know He was his and was not to be touched, though Cain was exiled. Obviously, others had to be able to see this mark.

Lev 19:28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.

How many people do you know have put names or pictures of loved ones on their skin? Here God is telling us specifically not to do this. There is always a much deeper reason why God gives us such a command. Think spiritually. Not naturally. “God is a Spirit, they that worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and in truth.” John 4:23 It stands to reason then that God gives us commands that will effect us in the spirit first before they effect us in the natural realm. 


2Co 4:18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.


God has marked us once we are His for service in His Kingdom. 


Rev_14:9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,


Whose mark you bear is to whom you belong. 


When we tattoo and mutilate our body something much greater is going on in the spirit realm. We are saying that we are being bound and becoming a slave to whose mark we wear. Cattlemen brand their steers for others to know they have ownership. Slaves were also marked, and are still being marked, by their owners. The difference is that now, many people don't know they are enslaved but they are!


God marks His people and Satan marks his.

Slave owners would mark their slaves with tattoos, branding, earrings or piercings in the nose. 


Slave Punishment - Branding or Tattoos
The slave punishment for theft was to be branded on the forehead with the letters "FUR", from the Latin word for thief which was "fure". Tattooing was sometimes used instead of branding as a means of permanently marking a slave with the sign of his crime.  New slave recruits to gladiator schools had

Roman tattoos (stigma, from where the English word stigmatised derives) applied as an identifying mark on the face, legs and hands. http://www.tribunesandtriumphs.org/roman-life/slave-punishment.html




Human branding or stigmatizing is the process in which a mark, usually a symbol or ornamental pattern, is burned into the skin of a living person, with the intention that the resulting scar makes it permanent. This is performed using a hot or very cold branding iron. It therefore uses the physical techniques of livestock branding on a human, either with consent as a form of body modification; or under coercion, as a punishment or to identify an enslaved or otherwise oppressed person. It may also be practiced as a "rite of passage", e.g. within a tribe, or to signify membership of or acceptance into an organization. Wikipedia




God, in Lev 19:28, tells His people not to cut your flesh or tattoo yourself. Again, God has sealed His servants. He is sealing them in the “spirit” realm.


Rev 7:3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed (mark of GOD) the servants of our God in their foreheads


Joh_6:27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed (God's mark).


Eph_4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed (mark of God) unto the day of redemption.

Now that I have given you biblical and historical examples of tattoos, brandings, cuttings and body modifications; let me explain to you what is taking place in the spirit world when this is done.


When you place a physical mark on your body several things happen. One, you have disobeyed God's word. Two, you have defiled your body. Three, you have now become enslaved. Four, you have opened a spiritual door which will allow demonic entities entrance into your body and soul. Five, you are now emitting signals in the spiritual realm which will attract other demons to you; (IE, you usually desire to get more tattoos); which in turn opens you up to more demonic activity.


There has been a very deceptive movement of Christians getting tattoos, THIS IS NOT GOD. GOD does not go against His word. I don't care if you put a cross on you or what the symbol is. Don't do it.


God calls us His bond-servants. He marks us with HIS seal. If we mark ourselves with something else then we declare to the spirit realm we are not His.


I know there has been some prominent ministers that have received tattoos AFTER they were saved. I don't care who they are, don't you follow them. God calls them Blind guides. You alone will give an account for your walk with God. You won't be able to stand before God and say, “So and so did it. Or so and so said it was O.K.” God will say to you, “What did I say?”


I've told you what the Lord says about tattoos. Now for those of you who received tattoos or marks on your body before you were saved or in ignorance you can REPENT but that is not enough. Let me explain. Repentance deals with the sin of disobedience. You've acknowledge what you did was contrary to what God says about it. The blood of Jesus forgives and cleanses you of the sin. However, there is still this spiritual mark emanating into the spirit realm. This needs to be shut down.


CLOSE THE DOOR


Previously I said that these spiritual marking will draw other demons to you. They gain entrance through your flesh. The place where you received the tattoo or mutilation becomes a door or portal entrance into you by demonic agents. There is quite a lot I could say on this topic but I want to focus on getting these doors shut. It's not hard but it must be done. Many people have open doors and suffer sickness, torment, affliction, demonic activity in their homes, demonic activity in their sleep, lack and many other things; all because these doors are wide open to the enemy to come in.


Pray this prayer to close the demonic doors opened by tattoos and mutilations.


Prayer:


Father God, I recognize now in your word in Leviticus 19:28 that I was commanded not to receive tattoos or marks on my body. I repent and ask for forgiveness for having sinned against you and your word. Please wash me afresh with the blood of Jesus.

Now, in the name of Jesus, I break agreements with these tattoos, their symbolism in my life and their enslavement of me. I shut the demonic portal attached to each tattoo on my body, in the Name of Jesus. I seal them shut by the blood of Jesus never to be opened again.

Any demonic power that has gained access to my body through tattoos or mutilations I revoke your power and your ability to influence my life in Jesus name! Be removed and cast into the sea! In Jesus Mighty Name. Blood of Jesus flush all demonic residue from my body, cleanse me and purify me. In Jesus name. Amen.

Tell your friends who have tattoos to “shut the door” to the demonic activity in their lives. Lay hands on the tattoos and command them to be closed.

Go and sin no more. Meaning, don't get anymore tattoos! God's Grace is not available for mis-use. He calls us to obedience.

Cherie Sheridan
www.ontrackrestorationproject.info

As we all know things are changing all around us at a rapid pace.  Heaven is active as the final chapters of this cycle of events is fulfilled. 

Jesus will be returning in His people before He returns for His people.  It is an incredible time to be here on earth.  We will have opportunities to demonstrate the Kingdom of God like never before.  We must be Bold and Courageous in this time.  We must stand, un-moveable, fixed and stay passionate for the things God is passionate about.  Firstly, souls.  Our objective must be to set the captives free and liberate them from darkness.  To do this we must be able to hear God.  We must live and move and have our being in Him.  I'm seeing a world that is calling good evil and evil good.  We must not compromise.  We do not have to be hateful but we do not have to co-operate with sin.  The love of God in us should be compelling us to bring people into the Kingdom of God, regardless of personal persecution.  We must demonstrate God's presence, His love.  There is only one way to do that, we must spend time in HIs presence.

In this season is not enough for us to say "we" know Jesus.  What is most important is; does He know us?

Mat 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

Mat 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?

Mat 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

For Jesus to Know us we must spend time with Him.  Would He pick you out of a line up and say, " You, Mary, you're mine."  Or would He pass you by; or worse yet say, "Depart from me".

The Lord has been revealing many things to me but has not released me to share much.  Yes, bad things are happening and about to get much worse.  They are happening to good and bad people alike.  Our current administration does not have the American public in their best interest.  There is propaganda being pushed.  Lies are being printed as though they are truth.  Our liberties are being undermined and taken from us as we stand by and watch.  Racial wars are being instigated.  The true hearts of people are being exposed...wickedness.  We are being tested with these "supposed outbreaks of violence".  This is a complete manipulation of people and their emotions; additionally it is a test of our response to the national guard.  The break down and the attack of the authority or police departments is only to bring in military controls.  Infiltration of our schools by un-godly and immoral practices without the knowledge of parents is to turn the children against the parents.  We as Christians have failed in this.  Unfortunately, the racial wars are in the hearts of the people in the "church".  When we truly live in the Kingdom of God there is no race.  We are children of the "Light".  The fact is "everyone" has an agenda.  What's yours?  What's mine?  Propaganda now playing bully against Israel.  Will be continue to fall for these lies?  Are we so blind that we do not see what is being done?  If we do see what are we doing about it?  Groups are coming together to promote all types of wicked agendas, can't God's people come together to promote righteousness?

God's people have been under such attack that they have had to leave their God-assigned post to "earn" their bread.  Their prayers have been consumed with need instead of the agenda of Heaven. 

Is it too late?  For some things, I believe it is.  It is important that we get right with God, immediately.  The time for extended "inner healing" may have past.  It's time to get in rank and file and move.  The battle is on.  We are at war.  We are not waiting; it has already begun.  We must begin to cry out for our King to come!

We must inquire daily of the Lord for His instructions.  Then we must perform them.  There can be no delay.

Rev 3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

Have you kept His word of patience? Does He "Know" you?  Do you hear and obey "His" voice.  These are the important things we should be focusing on in this season.  Are you doing what He has told you to do or are you still stubbornly resisting Him?  The time for saying, "Well, I know God wants me to do this but..." are over.  That, plain and simple is called REBELLION or DISOBEDIENCE.

He will keep His.  Can you say you are His?  Do you live for Him?  Do you live to do His will?  Do you KNOW Him?  Are you still trying to reason things out with your brain?  Are you moving with the crowd instead of His Spirit?  The Sons of God are lead by His Spirit; not prodded, pulled or pushed.  Lead.

"The Kingdom of God suffers violence and the violent take it by force!"  We must "rise up" in the Spirit and war! 

Pay attention!  Meditate on these scriptures.  ARE YOU READY?

Mat 24:1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.

Mat 24:2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

Mat 24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

Mat 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

Mat 24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

Mat 24:6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

Mat 24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.

Mat 24:8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

Mat 24:9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

Mat 24:10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

Mat 24:11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

Mat 24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

Mat 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

Mat 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

Mat 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)

Mat 24:16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:

Mat 24:17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:

Mat 24:18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.

Mat 24:19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

Mat 24:20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:

Mat 24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

Mat 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

Mat 24:23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.

Mat 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

Mat 24:25 Behold, I have told you before.

Mat 24:26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.

Mat 24:27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Mat 24:28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

Mat 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

Mat 24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Mat 24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Mat 24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

Mat 24:33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

Mat 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.

Mat 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.

Mat 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.

Mat 24:37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Mat 24:38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

Mat 24:39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Mat 24:40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

Mat 24:41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

Mat 24:42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

Mat 24:43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

Mat 24:44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.

Mat 24:45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

Mat 24:46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

Mat 24:47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

Mat 24:48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

Mat 24:49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

Mat 24:50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,

Mat 24:51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

If God showed up.
It's Sunday morning. Hurriedly I prepare to go to church. As my feet hit the ground I quickly consider; What task await my day?

I awake sleeping children and bark out orders, get up!, get dressed!

Maybe I set out food for breakfast, maybe not. I grab a bag of donuts and pass them on to the kids.

I jump into the shower while shouting to my husband to get moving too.

The children are grumbling. They begin to tease one another. I yell at them, “Knock it off!”.

I barely get in a “hello” to my spouse. As we rush out in separate cars.

I go speeding down the highway. A car pulls in front of me going slow. I get irritated.

The children continued to be disagreeable in the car.

Thus my day has begun.

We arrive at the church. We all get out of the car. Primp ourselves and put on our church faces.

The appearance of the perfect family.

I enter into the church house. Unlock the doors and prepare it to receive the people.

People begin trickling in. They take their places as if a great performance was about to take place.

Billets of todays show are handed out at the door.

Greeters, Ushers, Musicians, Altar workers, Sunday school teachers and my husband, the Pastor.

The day begins. The rush of the Sunday show. Lights! Camera! Action!

The choir beings, sings their three songs.

The anouncer of the weekly agenda steps up and takes the fee for todays program.

Now the speaker, the Pastor. Pulls out a sermon ten minutes before performance time and gives the people what they want to hear.

God's a good God! “Yes, Amen”, say the people.
He wants to bless and prosper us! “Yes, Amen”, the people respond again.
His grace covers our sins and weaknesses! “Yes, Amen”.


Next week we will be having another “Chicken -q” to raise money for our new building.

Singles group will be meeting on Wednesday.

Quilting classes are Tuesday.

Youth baseball team meets on Saturday....

on and on the list of community group activities go on.


Then, suddenly, right in the middle of our perfectly choreographed meeting a little woman stands up.She moves out from her seat and begins to proceed to the front.

I was wondering to myself, what is this woman doing? Maybe I should stop her.

She goes right up to the pulpit. Who is this? What does she think she is doing?

She speaks the the Pastor. She says, “I came into this church to meet with God. I needed to hear from Him today. I've been going through hard times since my husband died. I came up to tell you. God is not here. I never heard one prayer. You never invited Him to come. You have displayed your great oratory ability without power. You handed me a program for the day as if I was going to the theatre. I did not see anywhere on your program a time for prayer. Do you not gather to worship God?”


Unexpectedly, this little woman, begins to groan with such deep agony. People are unsure what to do. Is she in pain? Then she cries out, “Oh God, wreck this place. Tear down every structure that was not erected by You. God, please have mercy upon us. Visit us. We need you!”

Suddenly, the floor began to shake. The walls began to move. Terror appeared upon the faces of the congregation. What's happening? Their feet were glued to the floor. They couldn't run for fear.

Then it happened. A cloud began to form in our midst. A weight of conviction began to fall upon everyone. People began to groan and wail. No longer prim and proper. People were falling to their faces in repentance. The Holiness of God came and was revealing to each person their own hearts.

Hearts that were not “God centered” but “self centered”. Time suddenly disappeared. Every agenda became insignificant, in light of the presence of God. All the things people thought they had to rush home and do just disappeared.

As people began to repent, people began to be healed! God's presence was healing His body. This was truly His Grace! For though, we had only given Him lip service, through the heartfelt prayer of one little woman, He showed up and touched each one of us. This is truly His Grace and Mercy!

Who knew we could feel this way! Who knew there could be such freedom of heart! Who knew there could be such love!

I was in the church and had not known God. It was a social club, a fellowship center. A place to network. Who knew it could actually be a place where God shows up!

The End

This is a story I made up or is it?

People are coming to the church to find answers. The church, for the most part, has not had them. A church without power is the reason why things are happening in this world as they are.

If you as individuals and as churches and church leaders are not willing to pray, truly pray. Not give five minutes here and there you will not have what is necessary to make change in this nation or any nation.


We want a move of God or so it is said. If that is true, then it will require EVERYONE to come together to pray. Yes pastors, you have to participate too! Leaders set the example for others to follow. People have not been taught how to pray. We want to attack the enemy with a water pistol that leaks. That's why the church is sick.

God is holding the Shepherds accountable for the condition of the church.

Jer 8:9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?

Jer 8:10 Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

Jer 8:11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

Jer 8:12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.

Jer 8:13 I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.

Jer 8:14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

Jer 8:15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!


Jer 8:22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?


Will we allow our hearts to be pricked once again by the conviction of God? What has been the focus of your prayer life? Think about it? Your job or career? Your family? Your ministry? Your? Your? Your?

How much of our prayers have been focused upon God's plan for the earth? For His people?

What would happen in YOUR church when God shows up? Will you welcome Him? Or will you drive Him out? The Holy Spirit is the gentleman, God is not. He is GOD! He doesn't need your permission to show up, but He will not stay where He is not welcomed.


Aren't you tired of all the empty meetings? Conferences? How much knowledge can you receive?

Has it changed your life? Are you any closer to God? Do you have a more intimate relationship with Him because of it? Let's get real! Are you still sick?

So and so recognized me! Oh, I helped with this meeting! Oh, the Pastor talked to me! WHO CARES! How shallow can a person's life be!

Each one of us have the opportunity to spend one on one time with the King of all Glory and have HIM recognize us! Is that not more important?

The shallow nature of the individuals is the reason why you don't share your faith with others. Why the world is dying without a savior. If you truly knew God you would want to tell others about Him.

Others are willing to die for their cause. For a God they can neither see, encounter or hear. We should be convicted by this! WE SERVE THE LIVING GOD! How long will you straddle the fence?

1Ki 18:21 And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.





Cherie Sheridan

8/24/14

By Cherie Sheridan

How many of us have journeyed through our new found life in the Lord Jesus with baggage? We seem to make occasional stops along the way which empowers us to release some of this baggage as we go.

Yet, if we look at the whole of our life we can see that there are areas where we need to get rid of more baggage.

The need to be rid of this baggage in scripture is called deliverance. The Word tells us that deliverance is when God extends His hand towards us and gives us victory over the things that have been defeating us; whether they exist inside of us or outside.

Jesus came to deliver us; to loosen us from the hold of the devil and destroy his works.

1Jn 3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy (looosen) the works of the devil.

I know that there has been great debate whether a Christian can have demons inside of them, using them to stir up trouble in their lives, homes or churches. Let us consider this. What is it in us that is saved? Is it our mind? No, because scripture tells us to renew it. (Rom 12:2) That a process that takes discipline, study and time. Is it our body? No, because we are told to crucify the flesh with it's many weaknesses. (Gal 5:19) Is it our soul? No, because we must learn to submit it to the Lordship of Jesus. (Jam 4:7) So what then is saved and changed when we accepted Christ?

Our spirit is quickened. Made alive by the Holy Spirit when we ask the Lord Jesus to come and take Lordship over our lives. Tit 3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration (rebirth), and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

I can tell you this from personal experience. Christians need deliverance. Satan has worked overtime convincing them they don't so he doesn't get booted out of the church. He uses people in the church to stop the move of God. To get people to stop praying. To water down worship. To cause havoc in our homes. To cause sickness in our bodies. To bring in compromise. To steal our blessings. To keep us always begging God, for the things God has already provided for us through Jesus.

In John 14 we find that Satan was coming for Jesus. Jesus clearly states “and he has nothing in Me.” That is what made Jesus the perfect sacrifice. He was a lamb without spot or blemish. The thing is, we are not. If Satan where to come for you, could you say to him “can't touch this?”

In Matthew 4 we read that Satan was trying to tempt Jesus as he was coming off a 40 day fast. Jesus was week from hunger and Satan was attempting to take advantage of that.

Mat 4:9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
Mat 4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

Satan, is always looking to be worshiped. He has been very cunning in obtaining many worshipers.

Jesus came to destroy this and establish the Kingdom of God (Supreme God) in us. Through our lives and the lives of our ancestors there have been many altars established in us that are not to the Supreme God.

Jesus declares in Matthew 12 that if you have received deliverance then the Kingdom of God has come near you. If Jesus role was to administer deliverance to God's people then that is also our job as well.

Mat 12:28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.

In my experience as a minister 100% of my prayers has been to bring deliverance to people in diverse situations. Whether it is to cast out devils, tear down demonic altars, cast out sickness, break Ancestral strong holds or ask for deliverance from demonically assigned circumstances.

The Word of the Lord declares healing is for the believer. Then why aren't we healed? If to the best of our knowledge and ability we are living right, standing in faith, confessing the Word over our life; why then aren't we healed?

We need to ask the right question. What is blocking our healing? What is blocking our breakthrough?

Why are we barely being sustained when God said He would provide for us?

You might say, “I already went through that. I already went through my season of deliverance.” If your deliverance was complete Satan couldn't block what God wants you to have.

Deliverance has to lead us to the point that we, like Jesus, could say, “Satan, you have nothing in me.”

The scripture is full of the ways Satan steals from us and hides our blessings and our destiny. The books are now open and we must ask the Lord to let us see His word with new eyes. Eyes of understanding that we will be enlightened. Don't fall into the trap that Satan will feed you; that you already know this, and that you've heard it all before. If you truly did you would have your victory.

I have been in deliverance ministry for 23 years, yet the Lord continues to reveal Truth to me. I contemplate how we can become fully delivered? I know how I walk with the Lord. I know how I have sought Him and pursued Him. I think, if it has taken this long for me, what chance do people have that don't pursue Him and are satisfied with just stepping into the Kingdom?

I John 5 gives us some insights into the areas we need to address. Ask the Lord to let you see what I am saying.

1Jn 5:17 All unrighteousness (injustice) is sin (an offense): and there is a sin not unto death.

Have you ever wondered what the sin was John was speaking of in verse 17?

1Jn 5:18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinner not; but he that is begotten (born of God, or delivered of God) of God keeper (guards himself, watches) himself, and that wicked one (the devil, evil, lewd, malicious, diseased, grievous, derelict) toucheth (attach oneself to) him not.

1Jn 5:19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

1Jn 5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding (deep thought), that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

1Jn 5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

John was emphasizing idolatry in these verses and how once God has delivered us from it we are to guard ourselves that we don't fall into it again. There is a point of deliverance where Satan can no longer touch us. That is where we are headed.

Look around your life. Are there things going on in it that do not line up with the Word of God?

Our deliverance doesn't start with this generation. It catches up with us here.

We must deal with the sins of our forefathers.

Exo_20:5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

Exo_34:7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

Num_14:18 The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.

Do you know about your ancestors lives three and four generations back? I don't. I don't have any idea what they worshiped, if they were murderers, witches and warlocks. I don't know what kind of covenants or vows they made against their offspring. All I do know is that there were plenty of things that I had to get clear of, repent of and get delivered of.

How long is a generation? Depending on where you look between 20 to 30 years. So we are talking about 60 to 120 years.

I know this, personally, I had been involved with the occult before I was saved. My sister is involved with the occult now, my aunt was involved in the occult years before she was saved. So for me it was obvious that there was witchcraft and occult activity in my ancestors. That is just what I know of.

Think about some of the things you had to break agreements and covenants with when you accepted the Lord Jesus as your Savior.

It wasn't enough just to deal with your sin. You must go back and deal with the sins of your forefathers (mother) and of your in-laws. When you marry someone you join yourself to them and their sins too.

We need the Lord's help to expose all the hidden things that have been lurking around in darkness within us. Subtly influencing our lives without our knowledge.

Pro 20:27 The spirit (divine inspiration, intellect) of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts (apartment, chambers, innermost part, parlour, within) of the belly. (body, hollow, womb, within).

Pro 20:30 The blueness (bruise, hurt, stripe) of a wound cleanseth (scouring) away evil (adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, displeasure, distress, grief, mischief, misery, naught, noisome, sadness, sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wretchedness, wrong): so do stripes (a blow, wound, pestilence, beaten, plague, slaughter, smote) the inward parts (apartment, chamber, innermost part, parlour, within) of the belly. (hallow, belly, womb, bosom, body, within)

So just in case you were still in doubt where these things are that you have to deal with it is obvious that they are “within” us.

1Pe_2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. (Spirit, soul and body wholeness).

Now looking at the scripture we can see that the stripes Jesus took were for our inward deliverance. That deals with demons, Family strongholds, sickness, affliction, depression, disease and much more.

O.K. You may have been able to follow me this far but now I am going to throw out some things that I know to be true and have found proof within the scripture for addressing these things; however, this information is not well known in the church circles unless you come from another country other than the USA.

I take authority right now over ever demonic force that would try to blind you, distract you, spirit of slumber and anything that would try to keep you from the revelation of this Truth, I bind it in, Jesus name.

Satan has been playing games with the body of Christ and he has been doing it for a long time. He was here before God reformed the earth.

Gen 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
Gen 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness (misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness) was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

The word for darkness here is also used in Isa 60.

Isa 60:2 For, behold, the darkness( misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness) shall cover the earth, and gross darkness (gloom) the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

Just as the Lord covered the the face of the waters, He will cover us with His Glory to deliver us from the darkness which I have already proven through scripture resides in us.

Satan is and was that darkness that covered the earth. He existed in the water, above the water, everywhere that would have been considered earth before God spoke to transform it. Satan's influence was already established in the earth realm.

Gen 1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Gen 1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

God is still dividing the light from the darkness.

Gen 1:6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.

Gen 1:7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
Gen 1:8 And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Gen 1:9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Gen 1:10 And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.

Then God started dividing up the water. He turned part of it into the Heavens, part into dry land and part in Seas.

Before I go further I want you to consider something. If I have a glass of water and I dissolve salt into it. I wait for all the salt to dissolve, then I pour part of the water into three separate glasses. Will each glass contain salt from the original glass? Will you be able to separate the salt out without distillation?

The answer to the question is yes, the salt will be in each glass and no, you cannot separate the salt out without bringing through some type of distillation process.

Stay with me a little longer, I am making a point.

For those that are prayer warriors, I want you to consider a moment. Where is the focus of your prayer when you are taking the Kingdom by force?

The second heavens? The earth realm? Maybe beneath the earth? When you are warring for peoples deliverance what realms do you enter to unlock them?

There has been a large oversight when we war. There is a realm that has locked people, infiltrated their lives, established altars and strongholds that we fail to address. That is the Marine realm (prayer), the sun, the moon, the stars, the elements, the air.

As in my example of the salt in water. Satan was already in the water. When God separated things Satan's realm was disbursed into these places as well.

Maybe you already know this. But it was a revelation to me. There is some good information on the internet that deals with the Marine Spirit (teaching) realm and what it controls. I would advise you to search it out and begin addressing things in your life with this new information.

Satan, has been stealing from us. He has hidden what God has ordained for us to walk in. Our destinies have been locked up. Parts of our lives have been demonically caged. We must go to war in the spirit to recover what has been stolen. I have a teaching called “They Shall Recover”. God has appointed an anointing for recovery. We must ask Him for it and go to war and recover our families, our callings, our health, our marriages, our inheritances. We must take an offensive position. We must stop passively standing by while our life passes us by. You are here to fulfill a purpose. Jesus came to Establish the Kingdom of God and Destroy the works of the Devil. If we are His disciples, it stands to reason that whatever we do will include this too.

Joh_14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.

If what you are doing is not a threat to Satan and his kingdom it's time to re-group. He should be terrified that you are around. EVERYONE is called to deliverance ministry if they are a child of God. We are supposed to be setting the captives free. How can we do that when we are still being held captive?

What is holding you captive? Maybe you don't know and you need help. That's what the body of Christ is for. That is what this ministry is for. If you can't find someone where you are contact us.

I have books available that will begin to address basic issues in your life. The key in being set free is wanting it with your whole heart. God is maturing the Body of Christ quickly now. The time for the slow process is over. He has equipped and trained willing vessels to help in the “quick grow, recovery” process. Pray and ask the Lord who you should ask for help. God knows who has been assigned to help you.

We must all strive to get fully liberated of everything known and unknown that has had influence and control over our lives. We must be able to say like Jesus, “SATAN, YOU CAN'T TOUCH THIS!”


Cherie Sheridan
http://www.ontrackrestorationproject.info

By:  Cherie Sheridan


Oh, the bliss of new salvation. The excitement of a cleansed and forgiven life.

Awestruck! Mesmerized by His Glorious presence. Drawn into His rapturous love only to be led away into a new darkness. A revelation of the inner workings of the soul.

Like joining the military, the initial excitement of becoming a tool of change dims quickly as the grueling exercises and training to become this tool begins. Neck snapping change. Early rising, to be sent out into the cold and dark world to train. To run, to crawl, to climb, to endure hardship, to expertly learn each weapon in your arsenal. Yet, this is just training. The true purpose for this hard work is yet to be revealed. Then, waiting.

I'm equipped, I'm ready to go! Wait and wait some more. Now it's about timing. Deployment comes suddenly. Are you ready? Did you successfully complete your training? Were you injured in the process? Can you see your training as training?

We have glorified the tales of those that have gone before us. The tales of sacrifice, of heroism, of torture. As though enduring hardship was something others went through.

2Ti 2:3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

Looking back from this point to the day of your salvation. Can you see the path of equipping and training you have traveled?

1Pe_2:19 For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

Can you see the gradual separation in your life from the world? Can you see how God has strategically removed strongholds from your life? Liberating you from even the most insignificant worldly perception. Bringing you to a place where all you see is Him, His desire, His plan and purpose for your life. A place where nothing else matters except to please Him and fulfill your mission.

Mat 19:29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life

A place where you can be still and know that He is God.

Psa 46:10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.

We have arrived at a time and season where looking back, licking our wounds is no longer a luxury.

God, Himself is strengthening His people for the days ahead. We must set our face like flint. We must get our instructions directly from the Lord for this season. It's going to look different, feel different.

If you are willing, the Lord will use YOU in unexpected, glorious new ways. The harvest is all around us. It's time to bring it in.

I am going to share something with you the Lord revealed to me. Recognize this. The scripture was first spoken. There were not chapter verse notations. They were put there for ease of location. I saw this scripture spread out on a paper, not like it is in the bible. This is what was revealed to me.

And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ;

and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.

But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to

pass; but the end is not by and by. (the end is not yet)

Consider these scriptures not only in a world concept, but also in a personal context; within your own life experience.

Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation (What are nations? People of different origins, perceptions, peoples, cultures), and kingdom against kingdom (realms):

Here we see people that see things differently will oppose us. There will be spiritual warfare between the Kingdom of God (which we are a part) and the Kingdom of Darkness.

And great earthquakes (commotions, tempest) shall be in divers places, and famines (scarcity of food), and pestilences (diseases); and fearful sights (frightening things) and great signs (miracles, supernatural events) shall there be from heaven.

Too often we look at scripture based upon its interpretations by others who have taught us. In light of their past and experience. The Word of God is always fresh, it is always now, it is always pertinent to us in the season of time in which we live. Consider Jesus speaking these words directly to us now. How would they reflect the things that we have endured as we have matured in the Kingdom of God?

I want you to consider the following verses not as eschatological events, but as events taking place in YOUR life now.

But before all these, (That means everything listed before this) More concretely, that means you must go through the following before the other things will happen.

they shall lay their hands on you (grab hold of you and your giftings for their use) I have a teaching called “Touch not” it can be found in “Growing in the Kingdom of God, Vol. II” and also as an article online.

and persecute (make you suffer) you, delivering you up to the synagogues (assemblage of persons), and into prisons (guarded, everything you do is scrutinized and watched), being brought before kings (a sovereign) and rulers (leaders) for my name's sake. In short, this would be considered your boot camp training. Gal 4:2 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father.

And it shall turn to you (turn out to be a) for a testimony. (witness)

Isa 60:3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising (exaltation, arising, lifting up).

Isa 60:4 Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.

Joh_1:7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

What the Lord is revealing here is that after we have gone through the process of being laid hold of, persecuted, corrected, trained, disciplined we will bear fruit that will reflect Him.

Heb 12:11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

1Pe 5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt (elevate, be lifted up, arise) you in due time:

Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: Who are you answering? Who are you making your case to? The ones that are being drawn to the light of your rising. You are contending for the faith. You are being a witness of the Kingdom of God.

All the training, all the suffering, all the sacrifice and learning to trust God has been to develop God's Kingdom in YOU. You have been trained to trust the Holy Spirit in you to say what is necessary in each given situation. Not to spout off religious answers. You have been being developed to share God's love and His power, His compassion. The Truth of why Jesus came to earth.

For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. In sharing the Truth, in Love; a Truth that has produced roots in your life, that has given you an unshakeable foundation there is no argument that can stand against it.

The closer you walk in the Truth, the more people in your present life will turn against you. It's still all part of the process. People that you loved and trusted even as you have grown in Christ will turn against you. They will abandon you. People that you stood with, that you went to battle for in prayer will turn against you. Don't be surprised. It's all part of the process of drawing us ever closer to God alone. They shall cause you to die to any remaining part of self that requires recognition and confirmation from others to do what God has told you to do.

And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.


But there shall not an hair (glory) of your head perish.

Psa 3:3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.

In your patience (endurance) possess (lay hold of) ye your souls (vitality, spirit).

Now upon reflection of these scriptures we can see them in a different light. Not that one interpretation negates the other. On the contrary, the illumination of this present Truth can now be seen more fully in our lives. Jesus is always drawing us closer. Wanting us to trust Him more and more. He wants us to yield to Him in ways that do not make sense to our natural minds. All the while bringing us more and more into His image and likeness until the image we see in the mirror no longer is ours but His.

2Co 3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

If you feel as though your friends and peers have kicked you to the curb just remember;  It's all part of the process.  Praise the Lord!

The Lord has been giving me the following scripture from Isaiah 21 for quite some time.  
"Therefore my loins are filled with pain; Pangs have taken hold of me, like the pangs of a woman in labor.  I was distressed when I heard it; I was dismayed (vexed) when I saw it.  My heart wavered, fearfulness (horror, terror)  frightened me;  The  night for which I longed He turned into fear (quaking, trembling) for me.
Prepare the table, Set a watchman (await) in the tower, Eat and drink.  Arise, you princes, Anoint (consecrate) the shield!" 
Is 21:3-5 

From the first time I read this, I knew what the Lord was saying.  At the same time, I didn't want to know. 
We are at the point, the culmination of history arriving at it's destination.  Just like a woman in labor cannot stop the birthing process once it has begun, so it is now with God's timing of "end-time" events.  They cannot be stopped.

What is this pertinent verse of scripture saying to us?  What is it to prepare a table? Psalm 23 says a "table shall be prepared in the presence of our enemies."
We are to be in a place of readiness and waiting upon the Lord.  He said to eat and drink.  What does that mean?
Jesus said, Joh 4:34  Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
Joh 6:27  Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
Joh 6:55  For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

The word of God is interpreting the word.  To eat and drink is to do the will of the Father in Jesus.
Arise, you princes.  Stand up! God is giving the command and He will be exulting His people in this season.

Isa 60:1-3  "Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. 
For, behold, the darkness (misery, destruction, death ) shall cover the earth, and gross darkness (gloom) the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising."

Isaiah talks about the night that I longed for.  This is it.  Night is the darkness.  Gen_1:5  "And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day"

God is causing us to shine.  He will be bringing those that have consecrated themselves unto the Lord to the forefront.  Anoint your shield.  Make sure you have your heart and focus right in this season.  It's not about the stuff.  It's not about the recognition.  It's about the Harvest!  It's always been about the harvest.  Your shield, is the shield of Faith.  Heb 11:1  Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 
What are you applying your faith too?

If you are not bringing people into the Kingdom of God in this season then what are you doing?  Have faith for souls.

If you are doing your part, whether it's training, shepherding, evangelizing; the focus in this season should be soul-winning. 

If God's glory is upon us in this season the people will be drawn to us.  We just need to share Jesus and bring in the harvest.  The Holy Spirit will do the drawing, we just need to do the talking.  We need to be His hands, feet and mouthpiece.

How do we anoint the shield?  We must be spending time with the Lord.  Completely yield to the Lord in this season.  This is not the season to hold back.  If the Lord gave you a word for your life, start moving in that direction.  What are you waiting for? 

Joh 9:4  I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
Joh 9:5  As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

Joh 11:10  But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.

As long as we are here and Jesus is in us the light is still here.  When His people are gone, His light will be too.  We must spread the light, share Jesus, the Gospel to everyone we meet.  We must get out of ourselves and get into bringing others into the Kingdom.

If we truly love, with God's love, we'll stop judging and condemning the lost (who we used to be) to hell.  If we truly love, no matter who the people are or what their position is we will share Jesus.  Let's get to work!  There's a lot to be done. 

Farmers don't rest until they gather in the harvest.  One day can make the difference between having a bountiful, healthy harvest or having their field and all their work destroyed.

Joh 4:35  Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest."

Joh 4:34  Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

Luk_22:27  For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth. 

Jesus said in John 4:34 that His assignment was to do God's will and in the next verse He discusses the harvest.  In Luke 22:27 Jesus says that He was here to do work or harvesting.  If that was Jesus' assignment and we are to do the works of Jesus gathering the Harvest would have to be one of our assignments also.  Stop making excuses for sharing your faith. 

Lord, I pray for your Holy boldness and fire to fall on your people for the empowerment of being witnesses to the ends of the earth.  In Jesus name.  Amen.




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This word was posted in our October 15, 2013 news letter.  Since that time that terrible storm hit the Philippines and now the Tornadoes in Illinois.

The Storm has hit!
I know we are going to be having a cold winter.  I can tell you the storm has hit (economic)! It will not stop and become business as usual.  This storm will effect this country and others for a long time to come. The worst of it has not hit yet.  Make sure you are hidden in the "secret place of the Most High" as He passes by this nation, we want His hand to cover us.

Pray for
Mercy and His Grace to cover America.

The Spirit of
God is hovering.
I don't know about everyone else, but this has been a year full of great change.  Old friendships released, new ones created.  Upheaval from physical and spiritual locations and establishment in new ones.  The release from past trials and things that were holding us back.  To the embracing of things to come, destiny manifesting.

There is no doubt that we have entered into a new season.  Past paradigms won't work in this new spiritual
location.  We must be at a place of complete trust and reliance upon the Lord.  There can be no more doubt.  There seemed to be a short season of unwinding or de-tangling from former attachments, people, jobs, locations and identities.
 
As we move into this new season we must be confident that we have the antidote for what is happening.  We have "THE ANSWER"!  His name is Jesus.  We must fearlessly and boldly proclaim what He has done for
us to the world!  They (the people) are looking for Him, they just don't know it, YET.  The Spirit of God is hovering over the face of the deep once again; waiting for the Word of God to come forth and bring life. 
That word will come out of you and me.

Expect to see more crazy storms(physical & economic) to come before the end of the year. 
God is allowing this to get the attention of the people  We must be ready with the TRUTH at the moment they cry out, "What must we do to be saved? (How are we to fix this?)"

Allow God to reposition you.  You might say, "I've never done this before."  That doesn't matter, you've been
trained and raised up by the Holy Spirit for such a time as this.  Move into the uncomfortable position so God will receive the Glory.  God has equipped you with everything you need for this season.  He is now pouring
the water of His spirit upon you to activate those dormant seeds inside of you.  Just like the desert, they will bloom, seemingly overnight.

Hold on to His hand, He will lead and guide you in the way that you should go.  Trust and rely fully upon God.

Sunday the Lord took me on a road trip.  He led me to visit two different churches, one in the morning and one in the
evening.

Both of these churches love Jesus.  But it was very obvious that important information and revelation that the Holy Spirit has already released to the Church was missing.  It has also been missing in other churches the Lord has also had me visit.

Why is there such a disparity between the different parts of the body?  Why is it, they may have one little revelation and build a whole cultural doctrine around it?

Why is it that they all conform to the same image in their church group or there pastor, but are not truly conforming to the image of Christ?

How is it that we can be students of the Word of God and miss key information that He is now releasing to us?

During my adventure I was greeted by loving people, that is until you question them on their doctrine. 
 
There is a blanket that covers the people.  It is demonic in nature.  As long as the people don't try to break out of this blanket the devil leaves them alone.  He may give them a little warfare to make them feel like they are doing something, but that is mostly for his entertainment.  He watches and laughs.  You foolish Christians.  You don't even know who you are.  In your little box, your little world.  What should be obvious is not even visible because of the delusion and ignorance we choose to walk in. 

The church chooses to focus on certain scriptures because it will make man feel important.  Yet, there is  no power, no miracles.  The very function of the Holy Spirit in the church has been  relegated to certain duties as though you can put God in a box.  Show up here when we sing this certain song or pray this certain prayer.  We don't need your anointing to draw the people, we can go advertise and create events that will draw people.  We don't need to believe God to bring in the resources, we'll just have another bake sale, chicken-q or yard sale.  Let's just merchandise the people so we can get our needs met. 

The church has failed to go to God for their instructions.  They do what they do out of habit.  It worked 20 year ago so it must work now.  Or God gave instructions to hold a bake sale 1 time for 1 event and now it's become a habit.  The church is being run as a business instead of a representation of the Kingdom of God.  We preach the message “believe” God, yet the majority of the church doesn't know what that means.  They don't know how to let God build HIS house.

Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it:  Ps 127:1

Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?  Acts 7:49

Are we so vain to believe that we can build God's house?  Do we really believe we can make it happen?  You might say no.  Yet, everyday you struggle to figure out a new gimmick to keep your church afloat you are doing just that.  How much money do you think you can pump out of the people that attend your church?  What if God called you to pastor homeless and penniless people?  Are you going to pump them for your needs?  Will you quit or not do it at all?  Will you go beg money from other resources?  Do you believe God truly called you to this task?  If you do, trust Him to provide for it.   There has been a great deception in the body of Christ.  It is insidious.  It is undermining.  It is stopping the move of the Holy Spirit.  We are so insensitive to the presence of the Holy Spirit we have failed to notice He is not even showing up to our meetings. 

We say we are preaching the word yet we are failing to be “doers” of the word.

I have seen manipulating by the worship teams.  They know how to lull people into the mood they want.  I have seen times when the people were not entering in to the worship and the leader go back and play nostalgic songs just to manipulate the people in.  Why do they have to manipulate people?  It's because they are not pressing into God to have the anointing to release to them.  They are not taking serious the privilege and the responsibility they have been given by God to lead His people into His presence.  It's just a gig.

Manipulate into giving, manipulate into doing, manipulate, manipulate, manipulate.

I want a new truck, manipulate.  I need to pay this bill, manipulate.  We need a shed, manipulate.   I want to expand the building, manipulate.  I'm supposed to be on T.V., manipulate.  On and on it goes.  Sincerely presenting something is not a manipulation.  It's how it's presented and the motives behind it and if it's God-led or not.

 What happened to believing God?  What happened to waiting on the Lord?  Do we actually think that we need to help God?  If God wants us to do something He is more than able to bring everything we need to do it to us.  The problem is we are not willing to wait for Him to do it and/or we think we know what He wants us to do when He actually has a different interpretation to the instruction He gave than that which we understood.  Surprisingly, God doesn't need us to help Him.  He needs us to obey Him and be in position to receive what He gives to us.  When God brings things to us we don't have to strive to maintain it or keep it.  That is His responsiblity.  If we do it, then we have to take care of it all.

Over and over again, I have seen God doing a house cleaning.  Churches are being closed down.  Pastors or I should say people who call themselves pastors and are not.  Don't have the first clue about what is going on in the lives of the people they are to “serve”.  Yes I said it.  They are supposed to be “serving” the people.  Not the other way around.  Strutting around as though they are above the“lay people”.    What is worse, they have taught the people that this is God's order!  So the people unwittingly submit to this abuse. The Lord rebukes these pastors who mistreat HIS sheep.

Jer 23:1 Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD. 
Jer 23:2 Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD. 
Jer 23:3 And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase. 
Jer 23:4 And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the LORD.

If you have been misled and have been one of those deceived, self-centered “pastors”....REPENT!  While you still can.  Ask God to forgive you for destroying the sheep of His pasture.  Ask for His forgiveness that you may yet be able to become a true pastor.  If your not called to be a pastor don't call yourself one.  You can be a part of the five-fold ministry and not be a pastor. 

Pastors, pay attention to the people that God is sending into your congregations.  Some of them are being sent there by God and carrying His judgment with them.  What do I mean?  God is sending His true prophets into His house.  They may never say a word.  They may never pray a prayer.  But they walk in the Presence of God.  When they come in, they come in to see.  They may present an opportunity to you.  They may introduce a revelation to you.  They may not fit your mold of what a prophet is.  None the less, they are sent by God.  Pay attention.  Go to God immediately if they bring something to your attention.  Check it out with God.  

How often do we as leaders make off the cuff decisions or statements based on knowledge and not because the Holy Spirit led us that way?

As leaders, we must remain flexible and pliable in the hands of the Holy Spirit.  We must be willing to pack up and move with the cloud.  We may have gotten comfortable being camped out by the pillar of fire but when God moves on and you decide to stay all you have is a camp and no fire.

Here is something else that I saw on my journey.  I went into a church where the women don't wear makeup.   They feel it makes them more holy.  Yet, at the same time, they wear stiletto shoes, fishnet stockings and skin tight dresses.  Hello, am I the only one who sees the hypocrisy here?  Holiness comes from the inside out. If you like to dress nice, wear makeup or not that should be a personal decision.  When the Holy Spirit is leading us it should be appropriate and modest. Here's what Jesus had to say about taking certain things to extremes.

Mat 23:24Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
 
So I ask again.  How do we as the body of Christ come into the same Truth?

RELATIONSHIP with Jesus, the Holy Spirit and the Father.  There is only one way.  We must spend time with Him.  More than 5 or 10 minutes a day or week.  How can you take on the mind of Christ when you don't spend time talking to Him to find out what He means when He says things in His word?

The congregation also has the same responsibility as the leaders to have a relationship the Jesus.  As individuals we must be able to hear God and discern His voice for ourselves.  People can make mistakes.  Just because Pastor “So & So” says something doesn't make it Truth.  You are to take what He says to the Lord to confirm whether it is Truth.  There is a lot of things being said and taught that is not the Lord at all.  If you are truly the Lords then you will know if what is being said is from Him or not.  When you stand before the Lord your pastor won't be standing there with you.  It will be just You and God.

Joh_10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

I was in a discussion the other day with a Pastor.  Every response he gave in the discussion was natural, horizontal.  I was trying to talk to him on a spiritual level and he wasn't able to hear me.  He was not spiritual.  He was carnal.  Yet, these are the kind of pastors leading some of God's sheep.  

Please don't misunderstand me.  I am not trying to bash pastors or the church.  I am addressing a real problem that exist.

Gal_6:1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
1Co_14:37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. 

We have a responsibility to hear God's voice no matter who God is using to do the speaking, man, woman, child or donkey (Num 22:27).

What is the solution?  We must pray and ask the Spirit of Truth to inhabit His church once again.  That the Spirit of Truth would be poured into the body of Christ corporately and individually and drive out the spirit of error.  Also, that a hunger to know God, His Word, His Presence would come back to the body of Christ once again.  A pricking of the heart.  A stirring of the Spirit.  A tarrying at the altar of God.
 
Joh_14:17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you
Joh_16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
 
1Jn_4:6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
 
CAN YOU HEAR ME?




Cherie Sheridan
11/12/2012
 http://www.ontrackrestorationproject.info


 

Are your feet shod?
By Cherie Sheridan
 
Eph 6:15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

 The Lord told me to ask the question; Are your feet shod?  To my amazement I found there was a lot more to that question than I realized.  
 
He told me to start with the word “preparation”.  I started with theusual dictionary look up and Strong's definition.  It means readiness.  If I would have stopped there I would have missed out upon a wonderful revelation of God's word.

 I continued to look up scriptures that “preparation” was found in.  I found that preparation wasn't just an act, it was an assigned day. “The day of Preparation” or also known as “The Preparation”.   The Preparation was the day before the sabbath or the Passover.  Mat 27:62, Mar 15:42, Luk 213:54, John 19:14, John 19:31, John 19:42 and yes, Eph 6:15 all say “the Preparation”.

 Having had this sudden insight that the Lord has been saying much more regarding our feet being shod (fully covered) with the Preparation of the Gospel of Peace than I had previously understood I continued to dig regarding the meaning of “The Preparation”.

 This is what I found.  Preparation is an ablution.  An act of washing; a cleansing or purification by water, specifically sea water or “salt”water.  Preparation is intended to prevent evil and secure good. Webster

 Lev 2:13 And every oblation of thy meal-offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking 

According to Leviticus all offerings to the Lord should be covered with salt.  Jesus had more to say regarding this.  In Matthew 5:13 Jesus addresses our saltiness.  Interestingly enough, He states un-saltiness gets trodden underfoot.

Mat 5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth
good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under foot of men.
 
In Mark 9:49-50  He tells us to be seasoned with salt and have peace.  I find this interesting because here again we have salt (necessary for“the preparation”) connected with peace.

Mar 9:49For every one shall be salted with fire.
 
Mar 9:50 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost its saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace one with another.

 There is also one very important statement here.  This salt comes through fire.

Have you come through the fire?  Have you experienced firey trials in your life?  This is part of “The Preparation”.  There is a process here to having your feet shod.  It's not just slipping on a pair of spiritual army boots.  It's not just verbally confessing that you have your spiritual armor on. You are going to go “through”something….preparation for Passover; before you get these special spiritual Kingdom distributed, specialized foot
coverings.

 Heb 2:8 Thou didst put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he subjected all things unto him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we see not yet all things subjected to him. 

God has been bringing us to a place where all things will be under OUR feet.  What?  Everything that is not salty or as Heb 2:8 says,“everything that is not subject to Jesus”.  Why do I say our feet?  Are we not the feet of Jesus?  We are if   our “feet”, our foundation, that which we stand upon, that which gives us balance, that which propels us is the Kingdom of God.  

Bad feet effect the rest of the body.  It won't support it's weight.  They can't carry the body properly to where it needs to go.  

So, are you salty?  Are you seasoned with salt?  God doesn't except what we have to offer unless it's covered in salt.  Without salt, we are bland, tasteless, good for nothing.  We have nothing to say that anyone wants to hear.  It doesn't make people thirsty wanting more.

 Numbers 18:19 discusses a covenant of salt.  In 2 Chr 13:5 David was given the kingdom over a salt covenant.  Becoming salty, being purified by fire is what the essence of the “The Preparation” is about.  

Alright, moving right along.  What is “the gospel”?  A short, easy definition is “a good or joyful
message”.  I don't know about you, but that really doesn't tell me anything.  A good and joyful message about what?  In Eph 6:15 we are talking about the gospel of Peace; that comes through firey trials.  That empowers us to stand in the
Name of the Lord.  That makes our enemies to be under our feet.  Let's find out what God says about Peace.

 The Hebrew word for Peace is Shalom.  It means: well, happy, friendly, welfare, health, prosperity, favour, friend, good health, rest safety and whole.

 Webster's definition for Peace is: a state of tranquility.

 Freedom from disturbance or agitation.  Freedom from war.  Freedom from internal commotion.  Freedom from
private quarrels, suits or disturbances.  Freedom from agitation or disturbance by the passions, as from fear, terror, anger, anxiety or the like.

 It is a quietness of mind, tranquility, calmness and quiet concience.

Sounds pretty awesome doesn't it.  That is probably why in Psalm 34 we are commanded to pursue peace.  Psa 34:14 Depart from evil, and do good; Seek peace, and pursue it. We are told in Psalm 29:11 that peace is a blessing from the
Lord.

 Psa 37:11 But the meek shall inherit the land, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. 

According to Psalm 37 when we are meek, which is to acknowledge that you can do nothing without the Lord and are fully consecrated and submitted to Him, you will have an abundance of peace.

 We are told in Psalm 85:10 that righteousness and peace kiss.  That means that exchange breath, they are intimate.

Psa 85:10 Mercy and truth are met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
 
So if you want peace you must walk in righteousness or right standing with God.  One of the definitions of peace was having a clear concious.  When we are right with God we will have His joy.  Proverbs 12:20 tells us that peace brings joy.

 We can have “perfect” peace when our mind is stayed or focused upon the Lord.
 
Isa 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whosemind is stayed on thee; because he trusteth in thee. 

Isaiah 9:6 tells us that Jesus IS the Prince of Peace.

Isa 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince  of Peace.

Here we return to our original discussion of our feet wearing the preparation of the gospel of peace.

Isa 52:7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace, that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation, that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!

That says it all!

Now I will ask you once again.  Are your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace?  

If you can with all confidence say yes, awesome!

If not, like many of us we must continue to press into the Lord.  Make Him our firm foundation.  Peace is a blessing from the Lord.  The Kingdom of God is Righteousness, Peace and Joy.  They all work together.  We cannot have peace without first walking in righteousness.  We must have that confidence before God that He hears us because we are cleansed and walking rightly before Him.  Fully trusting and relying upon Him for everything in our life.  Having come through the firey trials.  Being salty and savoury to the Lord.  Knowing that in Him we have His Peace and we move and live out of that place of Peace in Him.  We don't move out in head knowledge or because it seems good.  We move out only upon His instruction.  When we do, we will crush our (the Lord's and ours) enemies beneath our feet.  We will have on our special snake stomping, scorpion crushing boots.  Where the stings of scorpions cannot harm us or the attacks of vipers cannot penetrate and poison our walk and stand with the Lord.    
 

There is coming a famine to the Land.  Famine of natural food and a famine of the True Word of the Lord.
Now, more than ever, it is imperative that each person develop their relationship with the Lord.

Your ability to discern how the Lord speaks to you will preserve you.  God is always speaking to us.  If we are praying and pursuing Him we can expect that He will be communitcating with us.  You might say, I don't hear the Lord.  He doesn't talk to me the way He talks to others.  Well, you are probably right.   He talks to you personally.  He may repsond to you in dreams, visions, inner knowing.  You may hear Him speak to you.  He literally my give you a sign, like a billboard.  He may have you hear His response from another person or from a radio program.  Something. Someway.  God will respond to You if you have been seeking Him.  

If you have been one of those individuals that run from one seminar, conference or meeting to another...STOP!  Stop and hear God for yourselves.   God can give you more in five minutes alone with Him than hours and days of conferences.  The Word you learn isn't what keeps you.  It's the Word you know through revelation that keeps you.  That only comes through personal time and intimacy with God.  He can tell you where you are to go, if you sit still long enough to listen.  It will save you time, money and the possibility of being deceived by speakers who only want to merchandise you.

I had a dream recently.   I was outdoors, there seemed to be a gathering of people milling around,  as if for a picnic or something.  People were picking up trash and placing it in special cans,   one for aluminum another for trash.  People were talking and laughing.   Then suddenly, I was prompted to immediately go into some kind of a cave-like alcove.  There were some women in there that had been talking.  There where beds in there.  I was prompted to get under the bed.  I motioned to the women to hide.  I saw children coming in from outside.  They had baseball bats, hockey sticks they were setting against the wall.  They also had been prompted by the Holy Spirit to hide.   

Next there were armed men, in trucks.  They were dark skinned me.  They were shooting and killing everyone in sight.  They even came into the place where we were hidden.  They couldn't see us.  The Holy Spirit kept us hidden.  They still shot at the area where we were hidden but the bullets were deflected, at least the ones shot at me.

Psalm 91 addresses the Secret Place of the Most High.  I want to tell you this is a real spiritual location.  God's secret place will surround you and protect you.   You can dwell in this place 24/7.   Those who are truly the Lord's do not have to fear.  He will keep us and protect us.  We must know how to trust Him and rely completely upon Him.  Holy Spirit in us will give us the instructions we need to be in the right place at the right time. 

I believe this dream represents real events that are going to happen.  Maybe not exactly like this, but to the extent that we must be sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit for our protection and provision.  There have been many other dreams the Lord has given me concerning this time we are in.  Many of which I am not permitted to share.  Again, the emphasis is going to be our personal walk with the Lord.  If you don't have one.  Today is the day of Salvation.  Ask Jesus to be the Lord and Savior of your life.  Begin talking to Him and the Holy Spirit of God to fill you with His presence.  Get a Bible while they are still available and ask the Holy Spirit to teach you the Word of God.

There is a true famine of the Word of God in the Land.  There is alot of knowledge, but not alot of truth.  The ones who know the Truth are the ones who are spending time with the Lord.