Holy Fire...Is it Just for Moses?

Unconventional Ministry

 
What is unconventional ministry?
 

I heard so clearly the Lord say to me, “I have called you to an unconventional ministry.”

I have pondered this in my heart now for years and it has been burning in my soul over these last few months. Burning like a red hot coal in the middle of my chest.
Only since these last few weeks have I even begun to remotely understand in the least what the Lord has in mind.

The odd thing about it all is that when I first heard the Lord use those words, “Unconventional ministry” I wasn't actually excited about what I “thought” He had in mind.
Then when I began to "think about it more" and ponder what the Lord meant by “unconventional” I began to dread the idea.
 However, now that I have spent time listening to Him explain it to me [years] through prayer and His Word and example; and believe I have a more realistic view of what He has in mind;
I am more excited than ever at the idea of fulfilling the destiny the Lord has for me.

So, what is this "unconventional ministry" I am talking about?

Simple…..Ministry the way Jesus did it.

Luke 9:23 

 ²³ Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me."

John 5:19 

 ¹⁹ Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does."

 

1) It may, [probably will] cause a few waves in the religious orders of the current day; 

[thus the “unconventional"]

2) It will be ministry moved by the Spirit of God;

3) It will be ministry full of the Love of God; 

4) It will be ministry based outside of the four walls of the church.

5) It will be a ministry that regardless of what other may think or say stays true to what the Lord says.
because;

"Obedience is better than sacrifice."

1 Samuel 15:22 

 ²² But Samuel replied:
   “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices
   as much as in obeying the LORD?
To obey is better than sacrifice, 

   and to heed is better than the fat of rams. "


Has God called YOU to step out of YOUR COMFORT ZONE to serve Him in an unconventional way?


It's really not that difficult...just ask yourself ~


What would Jesus do?


and

Do it.

The battle line is drawn....                                                                       Chosen ones are being called. 

           

        

The tension of impending

battle is in the air

                                          God's watchmen on high alert.

Are you ready?

No time to be letting your guard down, for laziness or sleep. The oil in your lamps must be kept full at this hour.

Morning and evening on your knees. The King is coming and we are to be ready. The enemy knows his time is short and will stop at nothing less than death to the saints.

Are you ready?

Put on the full armor of God.....Be watchful...Stand firm in your faith....and BE READY.

Have you ever..........?

Do you ever just....stop.....and  listen to the world around you?

Do you ever just pick something from the world around you and focus on that one thing and just wonder how it came to be?

Do you ever sneak out sit in the quiet of the night when everyone else is asleep and just sit quietly by yourself, waiting not saying a word...no music...no prayers...just quiet....waiting on God?

I have.

It is amazing.

I have been doing it allot lately. I mean I have always done it, through out my life time, but here lately, I have been doing it even more so. As I go through my day at work for no apparent reason I will just stop what I am doing and .....listen...to what is going on around me. I mean  intently listen.

It is as if I have become acutely aware of people and things around me in a whole new way.

And my life?

That as well has become less important in a odd type of way. One I can't rightly

 explain. I am more and more aware of my need to invest my time and effort into things that will benefit me eternally, myself as well as others.
Every waking moment....literally...I am thinking about the next moment I will have free to meet with the Master....and ultimately...the day He will return to earth as King....or if it be his will I should meet him first in Heaven.

I am so in love with Yeshua.

Heaven Awaits

By: Amy Colleen

Copy right All right reserved May 2003

Warm, Soft, Strong;

His arms hold me close.

Tenderness, Peace, Love;

He speaks with his eyes.

Together in silence;

Face to face at last.

Tears of joy shed together;

No memory of my past.

A love to die for;

A death to live for;

The two become one.

My Lord and me;

Heaven Awaits

The Man Whose Never Been

    

          

               THE MAN WHO'S NEVER BEEN               

People wonder what's come over me.
The change they can't seem to see.
Belongs to the love of my life.
  The man ~ who gave his life for me.

They make statements, causing such a fuss.
 They say, "This man is nothing more than dust."
They say I'm living fantasy with a man who's never been.
 With a laugh they ask me, time and time again,
"How can a man give his life, and yet you say he lives within?"

***
“Father, why can't they see?  Father, what's come over me?
  The beauty of your love ~ The grace that flows from your son.
  And me ~
 You have chosen me ~ to be your bride to be ~
 For all eternity ~ for all the world to see ~ for all the world to see.
Father, why can't they see?
 Father, how very real you are to me?”

“Some day, before too long, cause them to see they're wrong.
 Stir them, before it's too late.
 Father, save them from their horror filled fate.
Father, why can't they see?
 Father, why won't they see?”
***

People may wonder what's come over me.
  Soon, very soon all the world will see.
That this change is for real ~
That the love that I feel ~ has a purpose,
  Has a meaning,
Has a man, who is real, a man who can feel,
He gave his life ~ for me.

Copyright 2001All rights reserved
      By:  Amy Colleen (song)

SONshine in the DUMP!

  

You May Not Think You Belong Where God Has You...

.BUT..

 
 

Even Jesus Ate With Sinners and Tax Collectors! 

(Matthew 9:10-12)

 

 Soooooooo I say......Let us not despise our calling....for we know not what the Lord has in mind! 

Paul writes in Romans 11:34, quoting from Isaiah 40:13

"Who has known the mind of the Lord?
Or who has been his counselor?"
35"Who has ever given to God,
that God should repay him?"
36For from him and through him and to him are all things.
To him be the glory forever! Amen."

 So, ONCE AGAIN I ENCOURAGE EACH OF US

to "spread a little SONshine"

AND GROW WHERE GOD PLANTS US!

Even if it means stepping out of our comfort zone and living a stinky life for a while!

Remember ~ It's all for King Jesus!

Matthew 25:40 "The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me."

Even if it may seem like a GARBAGE DUMP!!!!!

Why Can't it just BE this Way?

ONE Body ONE Spirit 

 

During my prayer time with the Lord the Lord asked me,

“Amy, what would happen if you took a building and removed all of its walls?

Both from the interior and exterior part of the building; what would be left of the building?”

I said, 

“Just the foundation, Lord.”

  

He answered back…..”Exactly.”

At that, I sat with my eyes closed....and prayed a while; pondering what the Lord might be trying to tell me.

That's when  I had this vision.

In the vision I  was with the Lord and He pointed to a great many buildings ….different types of buildings….then the Lord said , 

“This is my church, my Body “  He went on to say, “My church has become dysfunctional because of these walls you see. This is not my doing. In my eyes there is one body, one spirit…….”

Then I saw all the walls fall to the ground …all at once.

(The exterior walls of the buildings as well as all the interior walls of every building) 

There were no more barriers between any of the people, churches….nothing to separate the people….There were just masses of people…..it was beautiful...unexplainably beautiful....like nothing I have ever seen before.

Simultaneously as the walls fell, the churches and people came together as one; and at that exact same time the Lord said, 

“In my eyes there is ONE body, ONE Spirit…”

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Why is is this such a hard task to accomplish for us?

This is not the first vision I have had relating to this subject.

It seems we like to "hide away" in our "comfort zones". Where ever they may be.

Well, I am here to tell ya to get ready 'cause there is gonna be a whole lot a' shakin' going around!

What will be shaken ...will be shaken.....and what will be left standing will be ...and what won't be won't!

It is time to wake up O' sleeper.....grab hold of the promises of the Lord and head out into the world around you and spread the good news that the Messiah is on His way back! 

Let's not get caught up in the inconsequential religious duties but rather pursues the the matters of eternal life and Gods kingdom. That He may be glorified and souls may be won and names written in the Lambs book of life!

One of my favorite sayings is that "God created diversity......He did NOT create division."

I truly believe often times we get the two of those "D" words mixed up!

Glory to the King!

Shalom in Yeshua HaMashiach

Today was a weird day. A very strange....odd.....day.

I spent more of my awake time wishing I were asleep, rather than feeling alive and wishing I were given more hours in the day to finish all I started out to accomplish......(Like I normally do)
.
My youngest child turned 18  and graduated High School. Youngest of five.

All four of my other children live outside the home. IN fact I never hear from three of them anymore.
Life is just not the same....It won't be long and there won't be any of the kids left at home.

Life is a changing.

Today...especially I found myself  missing my boys. They never come around. Sometimes I wonder if I will ever see them again.  My heart is just just so broken right now.... I wonder...I can't help but wonder..... why.

I am so tired. My days are shortened because  of the sadness. It zaps me of the life....of that joy that used to fill my heart. Not all the time. Just  every so often. Times like right now.  Oh, I know it's not fair; to my girls. I know it's not. But I can't help it. They are my sons....my flesh and blood. I love them just as much as I love my daughters...and I they're gone....out of my life....and I don't even know why.....I miss them and love them so much..

Oh  I know I will probably feel better tomorrow and the day after will have a whole new set  of it's  own new challenges and emotions for me to deal with. For now though, I am smack dab in the middle of ~ heart break & sadness~ sigh.

I am just very grateful that I have my Lord here, right by my side, walking with me every step of the way....and when necessary carrying me...so I know I will make it to the end of my journey!

As In the Days of Noah

Outside the Ark

Have you ever thought about what it must have been like for the people "outside" the ark? I mean  the scripture tells us it rained day and night for 40 days and then,
..." the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days." (Genesis 7:24) 



I don't know about you, but I never really thought too much about those outside the ark. All he teachings I heard about Noah and the flood were always focused on Noah and his family and touched very briefly on how everyone else were sinners and basically just turned down their chance at Noah's offer of salvation...
You  know, a kind of, "Oh well...so sad." kinda teaching.


Which is really in itself  literally a, "So sad." kind of teaching.....(if you ask me...basically "grace free" and hypocritical) 


I found myself this morning thinking about all those people....as I was reading through the book of Revelation, again.
Just think about it. The flood waters had to cover the earth long enough to kill all life.


That means every person. Every, man woman and child drown. Just take a moment....really think about that....The recent flooding' s we've had have nothing on Noah's flood.
 
It took time for the water to cover the earth and for people to drown....just imagine how horrifying that was for Noah and his family to hear all those people dying.


These were people that Noah knew. People that his wife knew. People that his sons and daughter in laws knew. 


Yes, they were sinners......Yes, in the end they chose to reject God's way out......but they were people just like YOU and ME.


My point here?.................*(see also again the bottom when you're through reading)


When Jesus was asked by when He was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus answered and said,  
..."And as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man,..." Luke 17:20-3o full 


I think most would agree in the world today, it is surely as "in the days of Noah".


My question to all of us, myself included, what are we doing to reach out to those "outside the ark". (the unbelieving ones).
If we look at the story of Noah, and at the scripture referencing his commission from God to build the ark. Pretty much life went on around him as he build the ark. Everyone pretty much though he was crazy until the rain started coming down. Until the door of the ark was closed. Until it was too late.


Now I know we are not building an ark. Our commission is different. I believe it is far easier than Noah's. At least for the vast majority of s followers of Yeshua/Jesus...and at this time. For we are only at the beginning of sorrows as the Word of God speaks of.


Still, my question is, "What are we, what will we do about it?"


I know that a great number of believers truly think and believe in their heart that they will be ushered out, taken up, or raptured away before the great tribulation. I have heard this my entire life as a believer. Honestly, as much as I have heard the arguments over and over. I don't see the scriptural foundation for it.


Am I worried about it? No. Not a bit. Why would I be? 
As a believer I am protected from God's wrath. The seven woes spoken of in the book of Revelation are very plainly and pointedly for those that are not God's Own and have chosen to receive the mark of the Beast.


I truly believe that many, unfortunately, have confused Persecution from Antichrist and Wrath from God.
They are not one in the same thing.  


In Revelation 13 it says, .."It was granted to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And authority was given him over every tribe,tongue, and nation."


However, Jesus warned in Matthew 10:28, “And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. (The Lord G_d of Abraham Issac and Jacob)”


Remeber ~

The wrath of God is far worse, is far worse than ANY PERSECUTION from ANY man, as it will destroy and condemn to Hell. The true wrath of God means eternal destruction. Whatever an antichrist may do, no matter how evil, mean and destructive he becomes, he can only destroy the body, not the soul. Regardless of the power given to him, no antichrist is capable of pouring out the wrath of God. Only God can do that. Those that believe in the rapturng before the great tribulation, often confuse the wrath of God with the persecution from the antichrist. They are not the same thing. The wrath of God is intended for the ungodly and will be poured upon them and them only. 

This is why, among many other encouraging scriptures I am not worried , anxious or afraid!


As lovely as it sounds ..."rapture before the great tribulation".... all that would serve is to escape the great tribulation period.... and this just isn't scriptural. 

God's promise of protection for his church isn't "removal" from the earth. It never has been. It is "Protection from His wrath". Just look into the Holy Scripture......all through the days of His People.....the Israelites. The Passover is a perfect example. A bodily removal of the church would not be a “protection” from wrath, but an “escape” from wrath.  While an escape may be man’s preferred way, it is not God’s planned way. To correctly interpret God’s promise of protection, one must stay with Scripture and avoid man’s concepts and theories. God’s power and glory will be evident as He delivers His bride throughout great Tribulation.  

 And

 HE Shall Come in the Clouds 

Immediately after the tribulation 

Matthew 24:29-31

Matthew 24:29-31 = Immediately after the tribulation the sun and moon shall be darkened, the stars shall fall from heaven, the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: (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. (31) 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.

So I will leave you today with these thoughts:

Awake O Sleeper!

Keep your oil in your lamp and stay alert for you do not know what the future holds!

Reach out to those outside the Ark...those who do not believe. Even yourself Because just as peace and safety is proclaimed all around do not be deceived for there is no peace and there is no safety. For it is just as it was in the days of Noah, people giving and taking. Going about about their ways. Getting married and ignoring the call of their maker.

*(note from top) Let's reach out to all those people around us who don't believe. Who even , maybe are mocking us, before they are completely locked out of the ARK; God's presence. i.e. Have taken the mark of the beast and will not be able to enter the kingdom of God. Just like in the days of Noah when God shut the doors of the Ark. We WILL see people around us that we know take the mark and we WILL know in our hearts that we may have - should have- could have at one time or another said something to them that may have lead them to the cross. So My encouragment to us all is to take the time NOW to reach out and be obedient to everyone arund us and share the good news of the Gospel of Jesus Christ!

Be a watchman and reach out to the lost and dieing world!

Do not hide behind the voice of the deceiver because of fear!

Know God! Know He will will never abandon His church, His People, His Children!

Go! Waste no more time on the things that do not matter but give head to life sustaining commission's, in the Name of Yeshua the Anointed One!

Let it Rain! ~ He will come to us like the rain!

"Let us acknowledge the LORD;
   let us press on to acknowledge him.
As surely as the sun rises,
   he will appear;
he will come to us like the winter rains,
   like the spring rains that water the earth." Hosea 6:3

I had thee  most wonderful ~ incredible dream last night!!!

It was raining!!

Now I know most everyone reading this is probably laughing at that statement. NOT because it's funny, but because I sound insane. Seeing that here in Cincinnati alone we have had over 13 inches of rain in one month alone! Unprecedented amount of rainfall for us!

However, in my dream I was walking TO church and though it was raining "a little" in the streets....(this is the exciting part!!!!)....when I opened the doors to the church and looked inside.....it was packed with people and pouring rain!!!! 

Yep, 

that's what I said!

Pouring rain ~ INSIDE the church. No hole in the roof either!...I looked!

It was the most blessed site! I just walked and walked and walked around.

People all around were lifting their hands high in the air, singing and praising God. 

Some were crying and others shouting thanksgiving. Some were dancing in the rain!!! Oh ~ and the church was huge. Much, much larger than it appeared on the outside.

It was absolutely thee most glorious site I had ever seen, ever!

I believe ~ that this was a dream of the rain of Holy Spirit upon the Church!!! ~ The Lord showing me what is about to take place... A great awakening in the body of Christ....possibly  what was  spoken of by the Prophet Joel ch 2~

"In the last days, God says, 

   I will pour out my Spirit on all people. 

Your sons and daughters will prophesy, 

   your young men will see visions, 

   your old men will dream dreams. 

 Even on my servants, both men and women, 

   I will pour out my Spirit in those days, 

   and they will prophesy. 

 I will show wonders in the heavens above 

   and signs on the earth below, 

   blood and fire and billows of smoke. 

 The sun will be turned to darkness 

   and the moon to blood 

   before the coming of the great and glorious day of the Lord. 

 And everyone who calls 

   on the name of the Lord will be saved."

"Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. When I saw it, I fell facedown, and I heard the voice of one speaking." Ezekiel 1:28