Choose You This Day

Source: Chuck D. Pierce

I recently awakened and heard the words, "VALLEY OF DECISION." There is a process occurring in the earth realm that is bringing the winepress to a new place of fullness. We are at Shechem, the "place of choice," in Church history! This is causing us to choose God's covenant purposes in the earth. How the Church chooses is how the conflict of the nations will be determined. How the Church makes this choice will release the Lord's inheritance in the earth for this generation.
Most of us are reflecting this place of "choice" in our personal lives. People are making key choices right now in relationships, positions (both territorial as well as vocational), and ministry alignments. The choices they are making now will release their supply for the future. Remember, this is the defining year!
Our first decision must be to stop and worship God. Exalt Him for key victories and thank Him for His grace even in past mistakes. We must present ourselves to God without reserve and empty ourselves before Him. Listen carefully to the choice He gives us. God writes the boundaries of that choice upon our heart. Let us activate our will NOW and align it with God's so that the confusion that is occurring in the world will not cause us to shake, but will cause us to stand steady in the midst of the war ahead. Watch the next generation receive the benefits and results of this choice.
How to Choose To Make the Shift that God is Requiring NOW in our Lives, at the Crossroads of History, and the Blending of the Generations:
Develop His MIND. Don't lean on your own understanding. You will never make the right choice with your limited knowledge. Philippians 2:5-8 says, "Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus. who made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant . He humbled Himself and became obedient." Romans 12:2 says, "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God." This simply means don't let Satan's scheme fashion you to the thinking of the world. Also, don't let outward appearances deceive you, causing you to miss what God is doing. We must prove the voice of God, and practice in everyday life what God's will from heaven is declaring to us. Romans 8:7 says, "The carnal mind is in enmity with God". Declare that the Lord will put His finger on every area of carnality in your thinking.
Learn to express His heart. Prophecy is expressing the mind and heart of God. Let the Lord deal with your emotions so that they do not cloud you in communicating His heartbeat. Declare that all self pity andhope deferred is being removed from you. Allow bitterness and unforgiveness to leave so that you can express what God is thinking. Don't let inordinate affection cause you to misalign inappropriately. The heart can have weights or attachments. I declare a "free" heart over you.
Change your atmosphere! Speak faith!! Jesus could do very little in Nazareth because the atmosphere was so filled with unbelief. Jesus was the all-powerful God walking the earth, capable of signs and wonders. Yet the atmosphere created a barrier for intervention. Break the negative atmospheric presence around you by prophetic declarations of victory!
Do exploits! Optimize resources! Remember, this is a year to "optimize." That means to see things from a positive standpoint. Daniel 11:32 says "the people who know their God shall prove themselves strong and do exploits for God!" To do exploits means to take the resources you have and create new resources or bring them into a new level of fullness. This is one of the things that God means when He says to optimize resources.
Watch for the "suddenlies!" We've heard about the suddenlies happening, but this year we will see them. If hope deferred and weariness is ruling you, you will miss it when God moves on your behalf. If fear is influencing you, you won't understand when God starts breaking through on your behalf. The Process that you've been going through is moving toward a Suddenly.
Learn the process of going "OVER"! This is a year where we must have an "over" mentality. Overtake or be overtaken. Overthrow or be overthrown. Overturn or be overturned. Overcome or be overcome. Be sure you are being overseen. Also, define the sphere that you are overseeing!
Develop a Kingdom mentality. The Kingdom of God is within you. We build the Church, but we get keys to the Kingdom. Study the Kingdom. Matthew 11:12 says, ".. now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force." The Kingdom advances in victory. This occurs through violent spiritual conflict and warfare. He uses John the Baptist and Elijah to teach us to move forward. Fear not! The Church is God's warring agent. Worship and War! The Kingdom increases. Understand the sword and the fire because they are both important in the battle ahead.
SHIFT! A "shift" is a change of place, position or direction. A shift also includes an exchange or replacement of one thing for another. A shift is a change of gear so you accelerate. A shift can also be anunderhanded or deceitful scheme. Therefore, in our shift we must recognize that the enemy is plotting to stop it. A shift also entails a scheduled time. Shaking occurs during a shift. Think of a fault line. To shift means a change in frequency.
God is ready for us to shift. Shift with Him! I am praying that you make this DIVINE SHIFT!

THOSE SITTING ON THE FENCE ARE IN DANGER

Source: A Prophetic Word from Dutch Sheets

Ministries will restructure, churches will restructure, businesses will restructure, individuals will restructure, and families will restructure.This will be a year of the greatest change the Church has experienced in our generation. While preparing to minister in Dallas on January 5, I heard the Holy Spirit very clearly say, "Tell them. . . " I quickly grabbed a pen and wrote the following as it was given to me:

1. "The greatest shift into the Apostolic Age comes this year."For this year, they will begin to see the abundance of fruit come forth. Everything up to this point in time has been primarily the restoration of the apostolic and the prophetic--a preparation for what I am about to do." The fruit of God establishing the fullness of His ministry giftings and His government in the earth is going to allow Him to release unprecedented power, authority, favour, revelation, judgments, and righteousness.

2. "Opposition to the apostolic and prophetic will also be the greatest this year." He is going to expose wineskins (new or old) and religious spirits, taking off the masks of those who oppose His move. Those who refuse to move in current truth will begin to openly criticize leaders in the Body of Christ that are moving in the flow of the apostolic and the prophetic. Some have been doing so in a very subtle way, but this year, it will become obvious. When they do, God is going to begin to judge them.

3. "I must bring further changing of paradigms, not just to those who have not been moving in the flow of My Spirit, but even to those who are in the flow of My Spirit."I heard Him say, "Restructure, Restructure, Restructure." Ministries will restructure, churches will restructure, businesses will restructure, individuals will restructure (the way they do things, their time, the way they think, and the way they operate), and families will restructure. Teaching on the kingdom of God will bring about great changes of paradigms, taking us back to the original mandate of Genesis. You will hear it taught over and over again this year. Kingdom theology is going to be at the forefront.

4. "I am waiting for those who will fulfil My mission statement." (Luke 4:18-19; Isaiah 61).Preach the gospel to the poor, Proclaim release to the captives, Recovery of sight to the blind, Set free the downtrodden, Proclaim the favourable year of the Lord. I heard Him say, "If those in My Church will begin to make this their mission statement, I will give them the fulfilment of every one of them." He went on to say, "There is a radical anointing of deliverance that is about to come to the Church. It will actually be violent at times, and people will be radically delivered in a moment." The favourable year of the Lord refers to Jubilee. Captives go free, and inheritances are restored.

5. "This is a year of favour--and disfavour."What you have prayed for, ploughed for, sown into, longed for, cried out for, what you have seen but not been able to taste, what you have fasted for, and wept over--this is the year of favour. His favour will be seen on your family, business, finances, and body. This is a year that He will no longer allow people to ride the fence. He will draw a line in the sand and make them decide who they are and what they stand for. The political games in the Church will be judged. For those who refuse to flow with current revelation and resist it, you will see them come into disfavour. Some ministries and churches will lose their favour this year. Others will be raised up and given more influence. It is a year of dismantling that which is built that is not bringing Him glory and a year of great building for others. The landscape of the Church will change this year.

6. "I am looking this year for those who will be more heavenly minded than earthly minded."He is looking for those who will set affections on things above, on His kingdom, and what He wants. For those who will do this, He will give them insights from heaven. This will allow them to bring heaven to earth, instead of simply praying, "Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." He will give them authority and understanding on how to bring heaven to earth. Also, for those who do this, He will cause them to see things from a heavenly perspective. Problems, challenges, vision, difficulties in their families, financial needs--all of these will begin to be seen from His perspective.

7. "I am looking for those who will believe in My power. Miracles are there for the taking."Chuck Pierce prophesied that we will see a move of God this year in which signs and wonders will break out on university campuses. Yale and the University of Texas were mentioned specifically, but the word was not limited to them. The power of God is about to invade the universities of America.

8. "Tell My leaders to pray more and work less." The sense I had was that if they will pray more, they can work less.

9. "This is the most important year yet for right alignment."This year, if we are not in proper alignment with leaders, properly connected to those we need to be walking with, and properly covered by those in positions of authority, it will begin to cost us fruitfulness and health, resulting in destruction in other ways, loss of revelation, and destiny. The setbacks will begin for those who are not properly aligned.

10. "This is the most important year yet for the right timing."Opportunities will come and go quickly. The timing of endeavours will be critical. Being at the right place at the right time will be essential.

11. "The great transfer of wealth begins this year."

12. "The river of God is coming but not as they have known it before."It will not be just refreshing and renewal. It will be deeper and will bring about great power and great harvest.

13. "This is a year of unique assignments."

14. "This is a year in which I will release an abundance of creativity."Business, Technology, Inventions, Songs, ideas, and strategies. I heard Him say, "The secrets of heaven are coming to earth." Some of it will be so revelatory that even creative ideas on how to transform whole regions of the world will be released.

15. "I am going to wreak havoc in some of the U.S. government."Corruption will be exposed. The wrong motives will be exposed. Judgment is coming to this nation with great intensity and God is going to show who is on His side.

16. "This is the year that the lid comes off of the youth movement."The Lord made that statement as I saw a picture of a giant pressure cooker, shaking and ready to explode. Suddenly, the lid blew off, and the contents flew everywhere. The shift this year will be monumental. Shift with Him, and see your greatest year ever. "Do not call to mind the former things, or ponder things of the past. Behold, I will do something new, now it will spring forth; will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, rivers in the desert." --Isaiah 43:18-19 Let's shift with Him!

GOD'S REDEMPTIVE PURPOSE FOR AUSTRALIA

Source: Parliamentary Prayer Network

This word was given by Cindy Jacobs at the Government & Nations Conference held at Parliament House Canberra on 11th August, 2005.

God says, “I am calling Australia to be a Philadelphia nation, a nation of brotherly love. Where other nations will come and they will look upon this nation and they will say ‘see how they love one another.’ For I’m going to begin to break the iniquity of the tall poppy syndrome. I’m going to cause an ascendency of mate-ship, where one Australian wi! ll look at the other and say, ‘good on ya, I want you to go for it, be a champion, rise to the top.’”

And God says to you, “even as in Flanders field the poppies came up, what had happened in devastation, there was that which flourished.” God says, “I want to cause a flourishing of the nation, a great rising up! The blood of the lamb that was spilled for the nation of Australia. I’m going to cause champions, many champions to rise up; red, yellow, brown, black and white. There will be such a spirit of love and reconciliation with the aboriginal people and the pacific rim people and the people of the nations that I have brought here from the ends of the earth.”

“I desire this nation to be a model, to be a model. Beloved, let us love one another for love is of God, and so I am going to release amongst the pastors, the shepherds, the ministry, the politicians and the Parliament,” says the Lord, “if you will pray, such a love for one another, and even in contention there will be respect. There will be surely a release of my glory and I shall have dominion from sea to sea (Psalm 72). I am coming to bring a great wave of my glory. If my people will pray I will surely turn the evil away and I will release my inheritance in the land. Ask of me the nations for your inheritance. I’m going to send this wave.”

…I see the waves of the ocean, they come in and they go out, this wave of glory will come in, God is going to move on the hearts of people and there will be a wave of harvest. “A wave of harvesters will go into the nations of the earth to bring this modelling of brotherly love, and reconciliation, and the love of God that will turn the hearts of the fathers to children, and the children to the fathers, and begin to wreck the spirit of abandonment, the spirit of rejection, and begin to release into the nations of the earth the father heart of God,” says the Lord.