"Dear Steve,

Our intercessors at Providence Vineyard have continued to feel the same urgency. In fact, on the night of Mr. Gore and Mr. Bush's speeches, I put on worship music and was entering into giving thanks for the "victory" and the Lord very clearly spoke to me. . .

"WHAT YOU HAVE WON FOR YOURSELVES IS FOUR YEARS OF DILIGENT PRAYER!"

Rebecca Woods Rebecca's email: veiledsister@proaxis.com
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BOB JONES ON "THE BURNING BUSH-- AND RICK JOYNER ON ---"BUSH IS A SIGN . . . BUT DO NOT LOOK TO 'HIM' FOR TOO MUCH!"

THE BURNING BUSH by Rick Joyner http://www.morningstarministries.org/ December 18, 2000

A number of ministries have repeated that Bob Jones, a prophetic friend of ours, received a word almost two years ago that the Lord was going to anoint a burning bush from Texas to become our next president. This was before George W. Bush had announced his intention to seek the Republican nomination. I don't think anyone was considering him as a serious potential candidate at the time. When Bob first told me this I honestly asked him if he thought it was Ross Perot. That shows how prophetically dull I can be at times. However, at the time, Bob did not know who it was either. He just knew that the next president was going to come from Texas. Now we know who "the burning bush" is, but what does it mean?

"TO SET HIS PEOPLE FREE FROM CAPTIVITY"

Last night as Bob and I sat at a dinner together, I asked him if he had any further insight on what the "burning bush" part of this prophecy meant. He said that when the Lord manifested Himself in the burning bush, it was to call the leader that He had chosen to set His people free from captivity. He said that during this administration the Lord was going to be commissioning the leadership that He had chosen to lead His people out of bondage.

Because the burning bush was the instrument that the Lord used to call Moses, I feel that George W. Bush may be an instrument that the Lord will use to speak prophetically to His people, especially His leaders. However, the bush was not the instrument that the Lord used to deliver His people from Egypt. I think that we too will be mistaken if we look to the president for too much. He is a sign, and I do expect the Lord to speak through him, but he is not the deliverer, or even the instrument of deliverance. The church must not continue to look to the government to do our job.

A MATURE PROPHETIC MINISTRY? "NO!"

Yesterday, I was asked by a reporter from a Christian magazine if I considered the prophetic ministry to now be established and mature. I did not hesitate to answer "no." I believe that the primary calling of the prophetic ministry is to call God's people to righteousness and obedience to the Lord. When I look at what has been happening to the moral integrity of the church in the last few years, the prophetic ministry in this nation has obviously failed quite miserably to date. However, I also know that we have not yet come to the end of the story.

I am thankful that many are being raised up in this time with quite spectacular prophetic gifts. Personally, I do not believe that there is yet a prophetic ministry that deserves the high title of prophet.

CHANGES SOON

I also believe the same about the apostolic ministry. Even so, I am very encouraged that this is about to soon change. Many who have been wandering aimlessly in the wilderness, but have been faithfully tending their flocks, are about to receive their commission. Like Moses, they will have been humbled for so long that they will feel and be quite inadequate for the task. We will never be adequate for what the Lord calls us to do, which is why we need Him. However, if we throw down the rod that is in our hand it will become a snake that chases us until we pick it up again. We will never be adequate for our calling, but He will be with us.

The commission that is about to come is not going to come through the church, but directly from the Lord. We must not let people push us into doing anything that we have not heard directly from the Lord about. Even so, the Lord will soon be speaking to His chosen leaders. We are about to enter some of the most exciting times to ever be alive on this earth.

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