December 29, 2006
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Rick
Joyner: "2007--A YEAR OF INCREASING REVELATIONS OF SCRIPTURES, PROPHECY,
DREAMS, AND VISIONS"
"Many will find themselves
suddenly caught up into another realm and see visions of His kingdom and the
things that are coming upon the earth."
A
Special and Extended Grace for Victory
This coming year, the Lord is going to again impart grace for His people to keep
their New Year's resolutions. Many experienced breakthroughs this year and
started to taste real victory after years of defeat in some areas. Yet many did not
embrace this grace from the Lord, but it is being extended again for 2007. Those
who will seize it with faith and patience will experience victory and will begin
a new life marked by victories rather than defeats.
This coming year many
Christians will begin to walk in a "victory mentality" which will create
breakthroughs that will set many others free as well. The overcoming life will
soon become a hallmark that Christians are known for.
This special grace of the Lord (which is being extended) to overcome strongholds that have held us back, does not mean that we do not need to add our own
discipline to this. Self-control is a fruit of the Spirit and is evidence that
one truly wants to obey and follow the Lord.
"Therefore, gird your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope
completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours
in your ignorance,
but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your
behavior;
because it is written, 'You shall be holy, for I am holy'" I Peter 1:13-16.
The Lord's grace is made perfect in weakness, and He knows our weaknesses and
will give grace to those who truly desire to be free. This desire is evidenced
by devotion, resolve, and discipline, which the Lord will add His grace to until
there is not only a victory, but a total victory.
A Coming Peace, Joy, and Revelations
"Many of His secrets will be
revealed to His prophets and to His faithful friends..."
This coming year can be more than just a year of victory for you; it can be the
best year of your life. There is joy and peace in victory that many more will
begin to experience this coming year and it will be increasingly contagious:
"for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace
and joy in the Holy Spirit" (Romans 14:17).
If we will devote ourselves to
living righteously, which is doing what is right in the sight of the Lord, then
we will know increasing peace and joy that will be recognized as supernatural in
a world descending into fear and torment. There will be a different spirit
demonstrated by those who truly follow the Lord, which will make them begin to
stand out again in a way that is dramatic and convincing to those who do not
serve Him.
This will be a year of increasing revelation of the Scriptures and prophecy,
dreams, and visions. Many will find themselves suddenly caught up into another
realm and see visions of His kingdom and the things that are coming upon the
earth. Many of His secrets will be revealed to His prophets and to His faithful
friends, but even greater than this, many of His people will seek Him and find
Him.
A Vision of a Liquid River
"Christians will be known by
their love."
I saw a river of liquid "silver and gold" flowing from His throne to the earth.
Those who found this river and drank from it became insatiably thirsty for God.
This caused them to start following the river to its Source--the One who sits on
the throne. Those who just turned in His direction started to see more light,
and their path became more clear.
Silver speaks of redemption. The silver in this river speaks of redemption
flowing to us, which will begin to redeem everything in our lives if we will
partake of it--including relationships, mistakes, even accidents and attacks of
the enemy which left us or our loved ones wounded. He will turn all of these
into good for those who love Him and are called according to His purpose. Those
who really love Him seek Him.
The gold speaks of His divine nature. Those who drink from this river will be
changed into His nature as they drink. Those who have been stuck in a spiritual
rut will begin to emerge, overcome personal strongholds that have held them back
for a long time, and truly begin to exhibit the fruit of the Spirit. Christians
will be known by their love.
The greatest gift that a person can have is a
hunger and thirst for God, and a deep desire to know His ways--this will increase
in those who seek Him. If you respond to this hunger, you will come to know Him
and His voice better, and follow Him more closely than you
ever have. The peace and favor of the Lord will be upon you, so that this will
begin the most productive, fruitful time of your life.
Spending Time with the Lord
"Seek to hear the voice of the
Word Himself, not just His words."
Radical changes will come to the lives of those who throw off the prevailing
luke-warmness and seek the Lord and His will for their lives with a whole heart.
However, most of these radical changes will begin very modestly. If you feel
called to spend an hour a day with the Lord in prayer, but have had trouble
doing this, start with five minutes a day.
Remember, any task is doable if
broken down in small enough steps. Many will quickly get frustrated if they try
to start with an hour a day, but anyone can do five minutes. If you will take
just five minutes a day, you will soon find yourself taking ten and then
twenty, as you get addicted to prayer and the presence of the Lord. By the end
of the year, you will have a hard time spending just one hour a day in prayer.
Likewise, I believe every believer should spend some time in the Scriptures every day or
their spiritual life will be anemic at best. However, do not try to read too
much. Start with one chapter a day. Gradually increase this as your hunger
increases. Seek to hear the voice of the Word Himself, not just His words.
Many people have experienced profound changes in their lives by going on a
television fast. Some have been changed so much that they threw their TV's out.
If TV is sapping your life, stealing the quality time you should be spending
with the Lord or your family, turn it off just one night a week and spend that
time with the Lord or in conversation with your family--it could change your
life and theirs.
Again, after doing this one night a week, you will soon want to
add another night. Soon you will find yourself rarely turning your television
on, and then it will be with purpose, not just randomly trying to find something
to entertain you, which is usually a symptom of an empty, aimless, spiritual
life.
Lives Back in Alignment
Those who seek the Lord in 2007 will see Him work to bring their lives back into
alignment with His purpose. This will require some changes for many, including
geographical change, job change, etc. Change can be hard, but it is worth it.
Much of this is the Lord making us flexible again, so we will be able to hold the
new wine of His Spirit.
With the river He is releasing from His throne, many new
churches, even new movements, will begin in dry places. Rivers will begin to
flow in deserts. Every dry and thirsty soul that seeks Him will taste His life
this year in a new and fresh way.
Prophetic Advancement
I also saw the Lord handing out many graduation certificates to those who are
prophetically gifted. Many who have faithfully labored on one level are about to
immediately be elevated to the next one. Almost all of these were going from
elementary to middle school, but this is a significant advancement, and
widespread credibility will soon come to the prophetic ministry in the church.
This will bring increasing excitement and hope to multitudes of local churches,
which will likewise begin to advance in the things of the Lord.
Praying through Tribulations
I saw a temperature gauge of the tribulations in the world and it was rising.
Troubles will increase, especially natural disasters, but also conflict among
nations. However, the Lord will restrain and will not let these go beyond a
preset limit because of the prayers of His people, which will also rise this
coming year. Many troubles are being allowed because His people do not pray, and
this will awaken them to the authority they have in prayer.
Those who will turn
their vain imaginations and their worries into intercession will not only change
their own lives, but many others as well. In the next two years, time to pray
will be sought by God's people like their daily food. In the times after that,
it will become like oxygen, with His people hardly able to breathe without also
praying.
His house will be a house of prayer.
Rick Joyner
MorningStar Ministries
www.morningstarministries.org
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Rick Joyner's Upcoming Itinerary:
December 29-31, 2006
New Year's Conference
MorningStar Fellowship Church--Heritage International Ministries
375 Star Light Dr.; Fort Mill, SC
Contact: 800-542-0278 or click
(here)
January 31-February 3, 2007
Blueprints of Heaven Conference
The Fathers House
202 Sugarhollow Rd; Pigeon Forge, TN
Contact: www.abidingglory.com or
events@abidinggloroy.com
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