Kingdom Living

Ruth
Creston, BC
September 12, 2007
Two years ago I went to a conference in Lethbridge. As I was standing at the back and they were introducing the speakers, the Lord spoke so clearly to me "They don't know who's here!" I sensed the Lord was saying "man may recognize certain people but I recognize a lot of ‘hidden people’ who are very important in my kingdom".

Krista
Grand Valley, Ontario
September 12, 2007
Revelations 3:20 may be a key for us in opening things in our cities. It is about God knocking on the door and we are to answer the door and invite Him in and share a meal with one another....its not just for an individual to invite Jesus into their hearts---its for us as people in our town, region, wherever God asks us to open the door to. For me, it’s my town, although I have a passion for my country of Canada! I feel He is asking me to answer His knock on the door of Grand Valley, Ontario and invite Him in. So I have done this, that I would be willing to be the one if no one else would do it. Then, He showed me Psalm 24:7-10---to declare and open up the ancient gates of my town! I went to the old railroad tracks, that are now a trail way, that were made like a gateway to our town... then I went to the top of the hill on the other side of town--yelling it open in faith!!!! I invited the King of Glory, mighty in battle into town, as the Psalms says. It was powerful!!! I felt like I was an official gatekeeper and now I'm trying to stay on top of current things happening in town to pray for.

Mamdouh
Dennis, MA, USA
September 12, 2007
"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope." Jeremiah 29:11

"Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?" Amos 3:3

The above Jeremiah 29:11 verse is frequently quoted by many Christians, to encourage one another. The context of the verse is very interesting. It was given to the people of God in the middle of their brokenness and weakness of their Babylonian captivity. God was telling them, that He is not through with them yet.

Similarly, many of us share the witness of the Holy Spirit, that this is what God is saying to us, His people in Canada and worldwide, now. In the middle of our spiritual Babylonian captivity, God is telling us, that He has plans to revive us, and be glorified in our midst. We recognize His Hand and His work in us as He has stirred us, gathered us together, and infused our hearts with a desire and a cry to see His Glory in our midst, so that Canada and the world may know Him!

Our part is to align our hearts with His Heart, so we can walk with Him. We all sense the work of the Holy Spirit, causing us to search our hearts and turn to Him in repentance.

Kenneth
Qualicum Beach, BC
September 5, 2007

My wife and I have recently taken a journey in search of the Fathers voice. While we were away from distraction we heard very clearly the heart of the Father! He loves most the place where his head can rest. His heart is simply in search of intimacy with all his sons and daughters. Not just the bride, but the broken, the poor, the meek. I have seen more signs of Jesus in the Lost than I ever expected in those of the saved and I can say that those of the saved shine more like the Lord but for the few who are dry lurking off in the depths of the desert. Are we doing enough to save either one? I would like to say yes. The Lord presented Isaiah 58 to me, a scripture I had never read before.
“...on the day of your fasting, you do as you please and exploit all your workers.
Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, only a day for a man to humble himself?"
"Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice
and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?
Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter—
when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.
"If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk,
and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,
then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.
"If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day,
if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD's holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words, then you will find your joy in the LORD, and I will cause you to ride on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob." The mouth of the LORD has spoken. This is where we must set our hearts as we rest. Hidden in the presence of our Heavenly Father, we must open our spirits to the world and cry mercy. "Have Mercy on us Lord! Have Mercy!" Are we doing enough to cover each other? Ask God! "Am I doing enough?" He will tell you.”

Pam
Edmonton, Alberta
September 1, 2007
Ezekiel 33 and 34

Often I have turned to these passages. Not wanting to hear about the shepherds who do not look after the sheep, who turn them away, who feed themselves and not the sheep or who don't go looking for the lost ones. And us, the flock, who trample the pastures and muddy the waters so that the other sheep have less to eat and impure water to drink. And the fat sheep push away the weak ones.

Then I read Ezekiel 33 which speaks of the watchman and how he must speak the word of the Lord to His people so that they might repent of their sins and turn to God. If the watchman does not do this he will suffer the consequences of the sin.

This time reading Ezekiel 34 I see how all of us have fallen short, both the shepherds and the sheep. All of us have pushed and shoved and looked after our responsible for turning others away so that they have wandered off.

The promise of the Lord coming to be the just and right shepherd is encouraging. However if the Lord is asking the Watchman to be aware of our sin, it is so that we can repent and turn away from our sin, that He might have mercy and forgive our sins. So that we who have sinned from the beginning might have our sins forgiven and we might not be destroyed.

Deborah
Qualicum, British Columbia
August 23, 2007
This is a dream I believe the Lord gave me.

My husband and I were being given a tour of an apartment complex, (We were looking for a place to live as we've been moving around a lot for some time house sitting for various people) there were about 4/5 buildings on this property. We decided it wasn't for us ( it was fairly run down) so as we were leaving we stepped outside to see that about 100 people from the complex had gathered for a Sunday Service. They had no building so they met on the lawn outside the apartment. I could see that they were all poor and broken, but they were worshipping the Father with all their hearts. I drew closer and took a seat. The preacher was a very short scruffy red-head with a voice that was so gentle yet full of authority. He was preaching on burdens. He said this was the day to give them to Jesus. As he prepared people for the offering I noticed he was holding these small bags. In them were equal amounts of coins to be handed out to the congregation. No one had seed to sow. The little preacher said "as you come to the front to give your offering, you must also give to Jesus the burden you're carrying"

Just then he looked down at me and said "Deb...You have to give that to Jesus" (I was shocked because I'd never seen him before) His voice was so sweet and loving. As he was looking into my eyes speaking words of encouragement I saw him reach down and transfer the contents of one bag into another to give to me. He gave me twice the seed to sow.

When I woke up and told my husband about the dream. He told me God had given him scriptures to read, he hadn't looked them up yet so we read them together.

Isaiah 58:5-14 (New International Version)

5 Is this the kind of fast I have chosen, only a day for a man to humble himself? Is it only for bowing one's head like a reed and for lying on sackcloth and ashes? Is that what you call a fast, a day acceptable to the LORD ?
6 "Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?
7 Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
8 Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.
9 Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I. "If you do away with the yoke of oppression, with the pointing finger and malicious talk,
10 and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.
11 The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
12 Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins and will raise up the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.
13 "If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the Lord's holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,
14 then you will find your joy in the LORD, and I will cause you to ride on the heights of the land and to feast on the inheritance of your father Jacob." The mouth of the LORD has spoken.

Vicki
Lethbridge, Alberta
August 15, 2007
I had the most awesome vision on Sunday morning in church - we were in praise & worship, and the band was singing a song about welcoming the Glory of the Lord...in my spirit, i looked up, and I saw the Lord, huge and tall, standing in front of me, and His appearance began to shine, one cell at a time - as I watched, it was like each cell in His body was radiating glory out.

It truly reminded me of a Christmas tree, where all the lights are already built into the tree, and when you plug in the tree, the tree itself lights up. It was like in New York City, when they light the Christmas tree in Times Square, that the lights didn't all come on all at once, but like in a wave, from top to bottom, or from bottom to top.

It was truly amazing. And I began to ponder how each one of those cells is one of us, members of the Body of Christ, joined together in Him - it reminded me of that Human Christmas tree that some churches do as a Christmas production, where they all sing to the Glory of the Lord, and they stand in the shape of a Christmas tree - from a distance, they all look like one, but very close up you can see that it's a whole bunch of people. Unity in diversity. One in Christ. Christ being born in and through us for the Glory of the Lord – that His light will shine in & through us, to a lost & broken world.

Isaiah 60:1 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
Isaiah 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.
Isaiah 60:3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

Gerry
Abbotsford, British Columbia
August 14, 2007
A while back God took me to the book of Joshua and I sensed Him saying we are no longer in the wilderness of waiting, but have crossed the river of destiny and now stand in our own Promised Land. Here are some points that the Lord revealed to me,

ENCOURAGEMENT - “Be strong and courageous. For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

BE PURE! - Prior to crossing the Jordan, Joshua ordered the people to purify themselves.

ONE STEP AT A TIME - God told the priests bearing the Ark of the Covenant to step into the flooded Jordan River. He didn’t say what they should do after that, nor did He indicate what their actions would accomplish.

COVENANT PARTNERS - God required the Israelites to reinstitute the ceremony of circumcision, signifying their covenant relationship with God.

GILGAL - The word “Gilgal” refers to a circle or wheel, for God said He had rolled away their shame.

MAKING ADJUSTMENTS - After eating manna for forty years, they now ate the fruit of the Promised Land. God took them from one form of miraculous provision to another.

WHO’S SIDE? - Joshua met a soldier. Asked if he was friend or foe, the man replied, “Neither one, I am commander of the Lord’s army.” The angel did not align himself with Joshua or his enemies; he was there under God’s orders. We are better off to align ourselves with God rather than ask Him to support our agenda.

OUR REARGUARD - Following a great victory, Joshua built an altar and read the whole Book of the Law to the people. The altar represents prayer and worship; the law represents God’s truth and will. Worship, prayer, and submission ensure that the enemy cannot recapture the ground taken.

Gina
Edmonton, Alberta
August 13, 2007
This is what the LORD was showing me today about the body of Christ.

Caught between the Cost and the Glory
Cost-------------------------------------------------------------------Glory
If you were to draw a line and at one end is the cost of following Christ, and the other end is HIS Glory, where would you find yourself? Are you closer to seeing God's Glory, His plans, His purposes, His Destiny for you? Or are you finding yourself sitting and counting the cost of following Christ. We need to come to a place where we let go of the cost associated with following Christ. His Glory is defined in you, just as he planed for you. Choose to let the bitterness of cost go and lean into Christ's dream for you, the hope of Glory. How many more days go by as decay and bitterness keep you dragged down into the damaging perspective of cost? Are you ready to run the side of His glory? Don't waste another day hashing in your mind what it's costing, His plans are glorious. Where would we have to but our dot on the line?
Cost------------------------------------------------------------------or Glory

John
Vernon, British Columbia
August 3, 2007
I believe we are all called to be colonized by the Holy Spirit who is the Governor whom Jesus sent to earth the teach us to live like, act like, talk like, think like and smell like citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven, as if we actually came from there. After all the Word declares that we are citizens of heaven and we are seated in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. So Jesus is the King and his word is and should be law in our lives.

God said let us make man in our image and in our likeness and let them rule over the fish of the sea , the birds of the air, the livestock, and all the earth and every thing that moves on the ground. This means that we were created to rule on earth and act like him because we were made in his likeness so we should be like him.

So let us consecrate ourselves to be like what we were created to be. We are his image and we were made like him. He has put into our make up his attributes and character in our spirit.
So we can have dominion over sin and every bad habit the enemy tries to throw at us. We have the ability and the Holy Spirit to fulfill our God give destiny in this life. May each and everyone of us be so connected to our source, GOD our Father, so that we will with the same ease as a plant that is connect to it's source the ground out of which it was called become what it was meant to be. You see when God created the planet he spoke to the ground, but when he created us he spoke to Himself, Let us make man in our image. So we can do it.

Wendy
Calgary, Alberta
August 2, 2007
On the way to work on the c-train I had this vision:

I was hanging from a cliff with my hands holding onto two poles; one for my left hand and the other for my right hand. Well what is this all about Lord? I thought I was doing pretty good right now.

I sensed that this was not only for me but for the body of Christ.

What I heard was that sometimes, if my right hand slips, I cry out to the Lord to help me put it back onto the pole. Sometimes my left hand slips, and again I cry out to the Lord to put it back onto the pole. All the while, I'm still hanging from the cliff.

What He then showed me was that I expect too little from Him. He also showed me that I don't trust Him enough.

What I saw next was that I was to LET GO OF THE TWO POLES. Thus, as I fall, He is there to catch me. It's His way and not my way.

"But we have this treasure in earthen vessels (clay pots), that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us." 2 Cor 4:7

"We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed..." 2 Cor 4:8

Cory
Quebec
August 1, 2007
Lately, as I have been thinking and praying about my generation, God has been replaying in my mind a vision I saw last summer.

It was like a scene form Brave Heart. There were a few battle hardened soldiers on the field by themselves well outnumbered by the enemy on the other side. But then i began to see on the horizon and over the hills from all directions small bands of fighting men coming to join them.

These bands of fighters are lead by captains who have heard the call to fight and gone to their circles of influence to call out the disillusioned, the ones who have given up hope and stopped fighting, who are resigned to the fact that life will always be like this, and they tell them of the hope, that things can change, and these captains rally them to come and fight just one more time.
Some follow for the sake of the cause, some are looking for a fight, but most follow based on the relationship they have with these captains. Then these bands come together forming an army bigger than any had thought possible at the beginning, and hope increases, they begin to believe again and a battle cry goes out!!!

Sandra
July 31, 2007
The body of Christ (THE ANOINTED) has entered into a new level of authority in the spiritual and natural realm. God's plan is coming full circle now. Watch out! This is the day of vengeance of our God. It is the favorable year of the Lord. There is freedom, release, healing. Today wickedness is being carried away. It's a time of separation, of light taking out the darkness. The WORD I got JULY 30, 5:45am "It is not for you to know "why". I have work to do. Be obedient, be still and know that I Am God. Clouds are forming; clouds are rolling, clouds of darkness, clouds of glory. Covering the earth. Heaven and earth coming together. Clashes of thunder, signs to make you wonder. Today if you hear My voice, harden not your heart. Move in My Spirit, hear from My throne all that I'm calling you to do. Love Me with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, all your strength. Love your neighbour as yourself. So shall you fulfill My plan and abort the lusts of the flesh. Contrary to the things of the world; "you" must be. Confusion to the enemy, life for "you and Me" Buds are blooming, fires consuming. Dross is rising in the melting pots of time. This is your commission -stand in your position. It's the coming of transition of priest and prophet, lords and kings. The coming of the Lord is near. Stand in wonder, stand in fear. All will see the glory, the glory, the glory. Announce His coming, His coming, His coming. Seasons of change, now re-arrange what's in your heart and what must depart. The first shall be last and the last shall be first. That's just My way. My word forever will stay. I Am true, I Am love, I Am Alpha and Omega. You are Mine, made from above, helping in a desperate time. Overcomers, that's your name- to testify and bring Me fame. Light the world with My truth. You're the evidence. You're the proof. My words are power to perform My will. Don't ever forget; you're a light on a hill. You’re a bridge that is covered, flowing across this land. Joining all together in the song of the Lamb"

Then the Lord quickly dropped these scriptures in my spirit. REV.3:5, ISAIAH 45:2, HOSEA 3:5, MATTHEW 18:19, LUKE 5:7, PSALMS 34:2, EPHESIANS :4-5, LEVITICUS 25, JOHN 10:3, 1PETER 1:5 Then He spoke..."If you keep your hands clean and your heart pure, you will see Me"

Albert
Vancouver, British Columbia
July 21, 2007
THE KINGDOM BUS (Vision)
As I was praying about God’s desire for his church I saw a vision of a bus. It was coming through a very narrow passage and the mirrors on both sides were broken off. I also noticed that it had no rear view mirror. Therefore for the bus to precede it could no longer rely on what lay behind or what it had already passed through.

When I looked closely I saw that there was a row of driver’s seats in the front. The one in the middle was a little larger, but each seat had a steering wheel. Each steering wheel was a somewhat different shape apparently to be used at times from different driving conditions. Inside the bus were circles of people, the people in each circle each resembled a particular part of a human body. They seemed to move and flow in an amazing harmony. In fact, looking down on the bus from above the bus was shaped like a body.

The bus was directed through a sound system. But with all the static and motion at particular times it often seemed that only certain persons could understand the VOICE. After the directions were clarified, frequently by the center driver, others would recognize that that is what the VOICE was saying. At times it required several persons to determine what the VOICE was saying. Upon clarity and mutual acknowledgment as to what the VOICE was saying the bus would move ahead by the driver who was best able to maneuver the bus in this particular terrain. Every person on the bus became increasingly alert to hear and understand the VOICE both for personal direction and for the movement of the bus. Meanwhile the bus was filled with love, a sense of involvement by all, and rejoicing that the VOICE was in charge.

As the bus was moving through new territory people were happily welcoming others onto the bus. Many were being delivered, healed and became happy members.  Since the VOICE was recognized and acknowledged as the KING, the bus became know as THE KINGDOM BUS although some simply called it the church.  

Bill
Charlottetown, PEI
July 18, 2007
In my seeking Him in prayer and about prayer I asked the Lord what "praying always" really means. Then this question came to me "what does always being kind mean? What does always being compassionate means? What does always showing mercy mean? etc." This speaks to me about the necessity of expressing the character of Jesus in every part of our lives. I believe the Lord is saying we do this by taking on Christ in constantly living in communion with Him.