Intro from Katherine Ruonala:
I would like to introduce the Elijah List readers to Chelsea Hagen, a dear friend and trusted Australian prophet. We so appreciate her and her husband Dan's heart for the Kingdom and the harvest.
This is a very important word for the season of supernatural acceleration that is upon us, and I encourage everyone to read this and take it to heart.
Katherine Ruonala
Glory City Church
A Call to Unity
by Chelsea Hagan
There is about to be a thunderous roar out of Australia and the nations. But first, I believe there are a few things God wants to address in the Body of Christ before this happens. There has been such a shaking in the Body of Christ of late. The heat has been turned up, with many facing different pressures, trials and testings of their faith.
My husband Daniel had a very significant dream earlier this year about a huge wave coming, but also with the dream came a warning that many weren't ready and would bail out or wipe out, and that we needed to get fortified in the Word and revival-ready. We have seen such an increase in these things, particularly this year.
Recently I was seeking God for the Body of Christ, and as I was pouring out my heart before the Lord, I heard God's voice booming within my spirit: "I will not let MY CHURCH fall by the wayside."
It was the way that God said "MY CHURCH" that struck me. I felt the grief of God's heart for His Bride. I felt His fierce protection and jealousy for His Church. I knew in that moment that He would always protect and provide for His Church, no matter what. His Church will never lack the hands or resources to accomplish His will on the earth.
The enemy is, right now, desperately trying to displace and scatter the saints so they will be isolated and ineffective for the Kingdom. He is trying to short-circuit and make people stagnant to the call of God through gossip, division, strife and offense.
I heard a very sobering yet necessary correction to the Church: Unity is not optional, but a commandment to us all. And anyone sowing continual discord and disunity amongst the saints will hinder themselves from moving forward into the full promises of God.
Refuse to Partner with Offense and Unforgiveness
If the enemy is trying to tempt you in this area, I implore you to refuse to partner with destroying God's Church. He will not move through those in disunity, and He will not move through those who oppose His Word. But He will move through those unified around His Word. (Photo via PickPik)
"If ye love Me, keep My commandments." (John 14:15)
"A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another." (John 13:34)
"By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one to another." (John 13:35)
If we choose to stay in unforgiveness and harbor resentment, then we are being disobedient and rebellious to the Word of God, and our heavenly Father quite clearly says in Scripture that He will not forgive us either. Being found in unforgiveness is a very serious sin in the eyes of God.
"For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses." (Matthew 6:14-15)
A very sobering message, I know. People's eternities are hanging in the balance. People's eternities are on the line. It is not God's will that any should perish.
"The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance." (2 Peter 3:9)
The enemy would love to have us trapped and chasing our tails in offense to make us ineffective for the Gospel, so he can snatch more souls into Hell. There is a bigger picture than our own lives. It is time for us to mature and to stop tearing God's Church apart. We must stop sowing discord, gossip and disunity and choose to honor God's Word over the flesh, getting back in line with it. We must lay down our weapons of offense, REPENT QUICKLY, and make things right with our brother or sister. Let us go with a heart of reconciliation and humility.
"And this is His commandment, that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as He gave us commandment." (1 John 3:23)
"And he that keepeth His commandments dwelleth in Him, and He in him. And hereby we know that He abideth in us, by the Spirit which He hath given us." (1 John 3:24)
"Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God." (1 John 4:7)
"He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love." (1 John 4:8)
Some people are waiting for us, desperately needing us to fulfill God's call on our lives, so they too can experience salvation. He is asking us to forsake our offenses and grievances, once and for all, and lay them at the foot of the Cross. Jesus Christ forgave each one of us for ALL of our sins, so we can extend the same grace to our brother or sister in the Lord. If we are harboring offense, we must repent so we can move forward in our call. (Photo via PickPik)
"And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men." (Act 24:16) (The Greek word for exercise, "askeó," means to "train" and "strive.")
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." (Ephesians 6:12)
"He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters." (Luke 11:23)
An Encouragement to Pastors and Leaders
Pastors and leaders I want to encourage you. When you see this shaking start, boldly declare that God's Church will not fall by the wayside. Don't back down, be discouraged, or be disheartened when people bail out. Take courage; you must persevere and run in the vision God has given you, knowing that you will not lack the hands and resources you need to establish God's Kingdom on Earth. God is with you, He is for you, and He will accomplish His will on the earth. God is a fierce defender of His Church.
Jesus is coming as the Lord of hosts, and it is time to unify. We have a choice in this end-time hour to either harden our hearts and stay offended, or to repent, forgive, and love one another.
"Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering." (Colossians 3:12)
"Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye." (Colossians 3:13)
The outcome of a biblical unified Church is unstoppable, unshakable, and unquenchable! Your choices today to obey God will significantly affect people's eternities tomorrow.
Let's continue to run together and finish this race well for Jesus Christ. It is only in unity that we will see the Lord commanding a blessing (Psalm 133)!
If we get this right, we will see God's glory poured out all over Australia and the nations. We will surely hear the thunderous roar of His Church unified by His Word and agape love.
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Chelsea Hagen
Frankston Fire Church
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Website:Â www.firechurch.com
Daniel and Chelsea Hagen are pioneers and overseers of Fire Church Ministries. They have also planted and overseen a number of churches throughout Queensland and Victoria. 'Signs and wonders following' have ear marked their ministry, and they have a passion to see every Christian experience an intimate, passionate relationship with God, knowing who they are in Christ, being a 'doer' of the Word, and representing Christ wherever they are. Daniel, Chelsea and the family live in Victoria, Australia.
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