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January 25, 2006
"Prophetic Insights for 2006"
-- Matt Sorger
Igniting Revival Fire
www.mattsorger.com
 Several
days prior to the New Year, God began to speak to my heart about the
season we are entering into for 2006. Below are some of the words
that were dropped into my spirit as I was waiting on the Lord in
prayer. Some are invitations God is offering to us that need to be
responded to with earnest prayer and heartfelt faith. This is not
an all inclusive list of God's purposes for 2006, but a part of the
overall picture that comes together through the various prophetic
voices God is using in the Body of Christ.
1. God is extending
an invitation to the universities and colleges in northeast
America, including the Ivy League schools, such as Yale and Harvard,
to enter into another Great Awakening that will shake university
campuses across America igniting another youth movement among the
college age. God is also extending this invitation to Bible schools
and Christian Universities. I see extended seasons of prayer coming
upon schools. Dorm rooms, chapels, prayer rooms, and classrooms will
be revisited by the fire of God. From this, God will raise up
leaders after His own heart.
2. God is
inspecting in this season and looking to see how we are building,
not just what we are building. Integrity, character, faithfulness,
purity of heart and motive are very important to God in this
season. Hidden motives of the heart will be especially important to
God this year. There will come a purification of heart motives.
Key scriptures: Haggai
1:4-8, 14; James 4:3; John 7:24; 1 Corinthians 4:4-5
3. That which has
been built on the solid foundation of humility and selflessness will
suddenly move into a season of great multiplication and expansion.
That which has been built on self and pride will see a lifting off
of the hand and blessing of God. God will cut down that which has
been built on pride.
Key Scriptures: James
4:6, 10; Philippians 2:3-5
4. This is a year
of women coming forward in their God-given calls and destinies in a
greater way.
There is a
GREATER GLORY coming upon the Church this year
5. There is a
greater glory coming upon the Church this year. The Bible declares
that the glory of the latter house shall be even greater than the
former. With the greater glory there shall also be greater works
released as well as a greater grace to walk in God's righteousness.
God is doing a deep work of consecration in the lives of many of His
servants. Even “little” areas of compromise will be dealt with.
There will be a deeper work of God's chastening in our lives so we
will be prepared to carry a greater weight of glory.
The Holy
Spirit will be emphasizing the relationship between righteousness
and the anointing. God wants us to be able to sustain His anointing
and glory for the long haul. God will entrust those that have been
refined in the fire with a greater measure of His glory and power.
Key Scriptures:
Zechariah 3:1-5; James 4:4-5, 8-10; Haggai 2:6-9; John 14:12;
2Timothy 2:21; Hebrews 1:9
6. There will be a
testing of hearts like that of Gideon's army. Gideon's army was
tested in areas of fear, alertness and self- control. The testing
will not be apparent at first. It will come in the form of
circumstances that will test the heart. Those that pass their tests
will be promoted to greater levels of spiritual authority and
power. If they don't pass, due to ungodly responses, attitudes and
choices, many will find themselves going around the mountain again
until hidden areas of their hearts have been fully refined.
Key Scriptures: Judges 7:1-7; James 1:2-4, 12
7. There will come
a greater schism between the 'world system' and that of the Church.
God is calling His people to live completely separate from the
things of the world. God is dealing with all leaven, which will
cause the church to look vastly different from the world. This
difference will become more pronounced this year as God's people
allow the Holy Spirit to truly set their hearts apart. This
sanctification must happen for the greater glory. Some may even
call it a 'holiness movement'.
Key Scriptures:
Galatians 5:7-9; Romans 1:28-32; 1 Thessalonians 5:22-23
8. God will
continue this year to bring a shift in the hearts of many of His
leaders from the 'old order' of Saul to the 'new order' of David.
Saul led with a heart filled with insecurity, pride, resentment and
anger disqualifying him from his position of authority, while
David's heart after God qualified him for the anointing. David was
a servant leader who would not elevate himself above his men (When
given a cup of water he would not drink it because his men had
none). David also prioritized the presence of God (He brought the
ark of God in first before establishing his kingdom). David was a
humble, worshipping king.
These are the characteristics God is
looking for in His leaders today. A fresh anointing will rest on
those who lead with the heart of David. A study of the lives of Saul
and David will help many understand the heart God is looking for in
this hour. It will be important for seasoned leaders to be able to
recognize what God is doing among the younger generation and bless,
raise up, and encourage the purpose and destiny of God in their
lives. This humility will open the way for a fresh anointing in
their own lives and will preserve them as new wineskins.
Key Scriptures: 1
Samuel 15-16, 18-19, 24, 26
9. God will
continue to give His people an understanding of true biblical
leadership. Those that have been wounded and hurt in the past from
the misuse of authority will experience a great healing and freedom
from past hurts, offenses and judgments. With this will come a
balanced perspective of healthy submission and healthy leading.
The
church will walk in a godly honor and respect for those God has set
in places of authority and experience the spiritual benefits
resulting from godly honor. Those who have a pure heart and healthy
submission to God's authority and the authority God sets in place
will also move in tremendous authority themselves.
A KEY WORD for 2006
is 'AWAKENING!'
10. A key word for
2006 is 'Awakening!' There will be a spiritual awakening where
hearts will be stirred in a new way towards the presence of God.
There will be a turning away from the world, the flesh and the
devil. A new fresh sense of God's presence will be released. Sin
will be forsaken and hearts will be set ablaze with God's love and
fire.
Key Scriptures: Haggai 1:14; Ephesians 5:14; Romans 13:11;
1 Corinthians 15:33-34; Acts 3:19
11. We will see an
increase of God's influence in the media world. Jesus will be
glorified even over secular TV networks. There will also come an
increase of Christian influence in the realm of the media.
12. The Church will
see a greater emerging of apostolic leaders who carry a true
father's heart with deep humility, along with great authority and
power. Their words will carry tremendous weight as they bear the
true heart of God. The apostolic will be revealed through function
rather than title or position.
Key Scriptures: Acts
4:33; Acts 5:12
13. There will also
be a great emphasis on the Word of God as the plumb line and
standard for our faith and spiritual walk with God. The church will
come into greater maturity with a solid foundation of God's word
along with very deep encounters with God and His glory. Balance
will be a key word. Many will come into deeper experiential
encounters with God but will also have a deep rooting and grounding
in God's word protecting and guarding them from all deception. It
will be very important for God's people to be firmly rooted and
grounded in the Truth and grounded in the plumb line of God's word, so they can have
clear spiritual discernment of what is God and what is not.
Key Scriptures: Amos
7:7; Philippians 2:15-16; Colossians 3:16; Hebrews 4:12; James
1:21-25; 1 John 2:5; 2 Timothy 3:16-17, 4:1-5
14. With a Spirit
of wisdom and revelation God will continue to unveil deep truths in
His word to us. The Holy Spirit will lead us into all truth as we
seek Him and keep our hearts soft and pliable in His hands. Many
will find themselves in the school of the Spirit this year being
taught many things by God. Treasures stored in darkness will be
revealed.
Key Scriptures: 1 Corinthians 2:9-10; Isaiah 45:3
'WAITING
MEETINGS'
will begin to arise...
15. There will also
come a fresh Baptism of the Holy Spirit with power as God's people
are moved to wait and tarry in God's presence. Some will wait for
hours upon God with a new hunger and desperation. 'Waiting
meetings' will begin to arise in churches, home groups and prayer
groups as God's people are stirred with a new hunger for God.
Key Scriptures:
Luke 24:49; Acts 2:1-4
As you read and meditate
upon these prophetic insights and scriptures I pray that God will
accomplish all that is in His heart for your life in 2006! May this
be a year filled with greater glory, greater power, greater
intimacy, greater grace, greater Christ likeness, and greater
purity.
God Bless,
By Matt Sorger
Igniting Revival Fire
www.mattsorger.com
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Matt's Upcoming Itinerary:
February 3 - 5, 2006
Miracle Services
New Life Worship Center
416 7th Street NW
Beulah, ND 58523
Contact: Pastor Ron Enget
(701) 873-5400
www.newlifeweb.org
February 23 - 26, 2006
House of Hope's Anniversary Celebration
House of Hope Bible Church
200 Buckelew Ave
Jamesburg, NJ 08831
Contact: Pastor Kathy Bichsel
(732) 605-1395
www.houseofhopebiblechurch.org/
March 1 - 3, 2006
Awakening Meetings with Signs & Wonders
Cornerstone Prophetic School
269 W. Harbeck Road
Grants Pass, OR 97526
Contact: Angela Wood
(541) 479-7799
www.cornerstonegp.com
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