A Refining for a Greater Defining

By: Phyllis Ford Dallas, Texas www.phyllisfordministries.com   PhyllisFordMinistries@gmail.com

Many of us have transitioned out of a season where things that we thought were permanent and significant began to perish. So that the things which would remain could be renewed. In that renewal those things would be strengthened and preserved. This allowed for greater levels of growth and maturity. Now there is a sharp finetuning concerning who we are and what have been prepared to do. Protect that which is sprung forth as new in this hour. For it’s very strength lies in the fact it has been hidden until the time appointed. That new life had to be covered in deep intercession until it’s time of delivery. This course of refining has laid before us a clearer more precise defining. New strength and enlightenment will accompany us along with thorough downloads for implementation. In the season prior, we have received training on how to walk in the dark. (Provers 1:6) Being literally held together by the dark sayings of Wisdom found the Word of God. We are light. As we walk in the light and speak light in the midst of that which tries to oppose us, the darkness will not be able to consume us. As we remain before the Lord so we that we may see His face lighten upon us. The lines of delineation have been drawn in the sand so that we would be realigned in proper positioning according to our purpose. Doors of deception are being closed off and fresh revelation is providing new entry ways. If we allow the wind of the Lord’s breath continually blow upon us it will move us into that which has been prepared before the foundations of time. To those who feel like you have been through hell…. You may have felt like you walked through some Hell-ish situations but, now you have definition on what is and what isn’t. You were overcoming even while you were placed in protective care (custody of the Lord). Your safe house was in the secret place and even when you were overlooked it was for your own protection. Give Praise and Honor unto the Lord your God because He has kept you and sustained you. You will not look like you have been in the fiery furnace of affliction because there will only be a slight trail of smoke. Nor will you look as though you’ve come thru the raging waters but others will look at you and see the moisture of dew upon your face. For the Lord God Almighty has watched over you and have preserved you so that you may help others to come out of where you just came from and cross over. 2 Corinthians 4:16 (KJV) “For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.” 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 (ESV) “For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.” Isaiah 43:2 (NASB) "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, Nor will the flame burn you.”

The Passover Lamb

As we enter the most holy of celebrations, Passover, let us prepare our hearts, repent from uncleanliness and seek true understanding of our relationship with God the Father and the Messiah. In a day and age where being Christian or Jew is looked down upon, even by some Christians and Jews, we need to have introspect on our mission in life, how that relates to the Lord, and our position in the world as we come closer to the end of days. This is the week of Nisan 10 on the Hebrew calendar. During the week, the sacrificial lambs were to be examined and only the ones found without blemish would be sacrificed on Nisan 14 (Friday this year) before the beginning of Pesach, or Passover.

 

The Passover coincides with the final days of Christ, his crucifixion, and resurrection. It is the picture of Christ being the true Passover Lamb, the sacrifice that liberates mankind from sin, as did God free the Israelites from the bondage in Egypt. The crucifixion of Christ took place as the Passover lambs were being sacrificed in the temple in Jerusalem. The Hebrew calendar starts its days from sundown to sundown, making its timing far different than the Gregorian calendar that we follow. The Pesach sacrifice (sacrifice of the Passover lambs) needed to be completed before sundown on Nisan 14 (which is Friday on our calendar). The Messiah was nailed to the cross, suffered, and died before sundown on Nisan 14.

 

Christ entered Jerusalem on the 10th of Nisan, which is the day that the devoted Jews were choosing their Passover lambs. This is referenced in Matthew 21 where the great multitude spread their garments and branches on the way saying in verse 9, "Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest." Jesus went to the temple and overturned the money changers, his authority was questioned by the religious leaders, and he gave the great commandments, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind...and the second one is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." He also sat with his disciples and taught the chronology of what would happen in the end of days. This is called the Olivet Discourse.

 

Christ stated to his disciples in Matthew 26:2, "Ye know that after two days is the feast of the Passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified." He then held an early Seder in which he spoke of the wine as his blood and the bread as his body. The events of the evening followed where Christ was taken in the garden, brought before the priests who sought a false witness to put him to death, but as Matthew 26:60 says, "But found none." He was taken before Pilate who also could find no fault in him, but allowed the people to decide if he should be crucified. These events follow the examination of the Passover Lamb who had no blemish. Christ is the true Passover Lamb as stated in 1 Corinthians 5:7, "Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us," and John 1:29, "Behold the Lamb of God, which takes away the sin of the world."

Have a Blessed and Powerful Day!

Bill Wilson

www.dailyjot.com

Quiet Before the Storm By Glynda Lomax

 

   My children, as you walk through this time of quiet before the storm, I am maturing you. I am taking you through a maturing process to better prepare you to handle all that is coming your way.

   Many of you depend on family members for much, and those family members are going to be taken from the earth soon. You will need this maturity to go on.

   The world around you will change so drastically and so quickly, you will think surely you cannot survive it, but many of you will survive and go on to be martyrs for My Name’s sake. You will go on to witness to those who do not know Me who are left. You will go on to help others for a short while before I bring you home to Me.

   Be assured, My precious ones, that I have gone ahead to prepare a place for you, and if I prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto Myself, that you may be there with Me.

   Keep your perspective on the eternal things you are accomplishing for you shall be greatly rewarded for all you endure if you keep your faith to the end.

John 14:1-3

• 1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
• 2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
• 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

Matthew 24:13-14

• 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
• 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.

Matthew 16:25-27

• ²⁵ For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
• ²⁶ For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
• ²⁷ For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.

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The Merciful Ones By Glynda Lomax

sent from Charles Hoover

    Saturday night I was watching news about the bridge that collapsed in Florida and killed 6 people, and thinking how awful it was, when the Lord spoke to me.

    I will take My Merciful Ones home in many ways such as this. Do not grieve when you see these things, My children, for I take them quickly in My Mercy.

   As they have shown others mercy, so mercy is being shown to them. 

NOTE:  His merciful ones are the two year people that He told us about in months past. These will be taken out by the end of August 2019. In my spirit, I saw larger disasters such as the bridge collapse, and others such as tornadoes, train crashes, etc., and also smaller ones such as car accidents, accidental shootings (gun accidents), etc. I saw in my spirit that when He takes one of the merciful people home in one of these ways, He takes them quickly and without pain.

• Matthew 5:7   Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
• James 2:13   For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

PROPHETIC INSIGHT A STUMP IN THE FIELD – A Word By Bill Yount

I saw the Body of Christ plowing with great difficulty in the field of labor. Finally our plow seemed to hit a stump in the field and we couldn’t go any further. With all our efforts and praying this stump remained unmovable and steadfast. Our hearts were broken for we knew God had placed us here to plow in this great field of Harvest.

 

But this ‘stump’ in the field was stopping us.

 

YOU HAVE HIT TREASURE

 

I then heard the Lord say, “You have hit treasure! This is no ordinary stump of an ordinary tree. You have just hit the base of the tree of Calvary. It’s the cross growing in your field! You must not, I repeat, you must not remove it. It is growing in your field to remove you out of the way from hindering My Harvest. Your will have to embrace this cross and die before I can release resurrection power into your field of labor.

 

As we beheld the cross growing in our field, we began to experience a “Severe Pruning” in our spiritual giftings, especially in the area of the prophetic. He was cutting and pruning us back to bring forth a more sure word. He was adjusting our gifts, callings, and ministries to bring forth the fruit of “Servant Hood” in our lives. I heard the Lord say, “Your giftings are showing more than your fruit. You are embarrassing Me!”

 

THERE ARE TIMES YOU DON’T PROPHESY

 

I then remembered right before the cross– they beat on Jesus and cried out to Him – Prophesy to us!. But He didn’t…. there are times you don’t prophesy – you just show others how to die – to self, giftings and plans.

 

As we embrace the cross, death and surrender will bring forth fruit that will remain to bring in the Harvest. In fact fruit is the Harvest – it will bring it in. In Italy they have discovered that grape vines produce more fruit when grown on cross like poles. They get more sunshine and fresh air.

 

GO ‘THIS WAY’ =I= SPREAD OUT YOUR ARMS. YOU ARE AT THE CROSS

 

Many are spiritually “stumped” in their lives, families and ministries this hour. They feel they are at a cross-roads and are looking for a fresh word from heaven to tell them what to do. Many are asking, “Lord, should I go this way or that way?”

 

But I sense the Lord saying, “Go this way =|= spread out your arms.

 

You are NOT at a cross-roads, you ARE at the cross!”

 

Have you been betrayed? You are nearing your cross.

 

Have you been rejected? You are getting closer.

 

Don’t run now. If you miss your crucifixion – you will miss your resurrection!

 

Blessings,

Bill Yount

billyount.com

THE TRUMPET by BILL BURNS

God says that some of your involvements include things you ought not be involved in, and they are dragging you down. They are keeping you in a place of bondage. My instruction to you is stop those things that I am putting My finger on so that you are not negatively effected by them the rest of your life. For, these are the days where opportunities to come higher exist and where the greater realm of My presence is available to you. So, choose between these two things. If you check your spiritual level you will know that which is wrong, and then you can put those things aside as you resolve to go up higher.