Intro by Julie A. Smith:
It's obvious that God has birthed a "message of hope" in Bob Hartley—in fact I'd say it's burning inside of him. We posted another word of hope from him late last year that received great response. Prior to Bob sharing his first word of hope, the Lord spoke to me and said, "People need to hear messages of hope." There's too much doom and gloom to speak of and read about...we all know we are in darker days. AND more than ever we NEED to hear messages of hope as this one by Bob Hartley.
Through a series of encounters Bob received some incredible words and visions of a Hope Reformation coming to cities and nations. This revelation of hope is one of the most vivid in detail words I've ever read. I would suggest that you read and pray into this word, seeking the Lord for your part in the Hope Reformation journey that we all can be a part of.
First, here are a couple of great resources to guide you in your own hope journey:
Bob Hartley:
Hope Reformation: Hope is Coming Forth in 2010 through Hope Reformers
I have had a repeated dream over the years where God was giving churches, businesses, and cities a new name as in Isaiah 62, and they were renamed HOPE. In these dreams, God showed me that the Body of Christ has been secured in love from their salvation experiences, but now He is bringing forth hope to the Body of Christ that advances the heart! Without hope, it's easy to hide in the back room and say, "Jesus, it's not working on the planet, come back!" But with a hopeful heart, we are enabled to go after abundant life in this hour and have something to offer the Son of God when He returns!
There is an Isaiah 45 reality coming forth, where He is bringing forth hidden treasures of His nature that have been buried for thousands of years! "I will give you the treasures of darkness and hidden wealth of secret places, so that you may know that it is I, the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by your name."
The Encounter:
Hope Reformation
for 2010-2020
Over the years, I have had a series of encounters with the Lord where I would journal what He was speaking, and I would ask Him a number of questions about how He's building and preparing and moving the Body of Christ forward in the hour we are in. I believe it is our right to be like the sons of Issachar who have understanding of the times, to know what the Body of Christ ought to do, as in 1 Chronicles 12:32. It is our right to partner with our God, and as He leads us, we do not have to wander in the wilderness!
If the LORD is pleased with us, He will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us.—Numbers 14:8
So I have purposed to hear His heart, not only for my own issues but also for the Body of Christ and the nations, particularly for the years 2010 to 2020. Through this process of encounter and responses from the Lord, I often get this recurring picture and dream of sitting at the table of the Lord, with others, and there He speaks to me and He rolls out a blueprint. Sometimes a Scout comes that represents Him, and He'll speak and I'll journal it through the night and begin to piece together the blueprint and counsel that the Lord gives.
Many plans are in a man's heart, but the counsel of the LORD will stand.—Proverbs 19:21 (NASB)
Recently, I began to ask Him about the next 10 years, and here is what He began to speak. He was trumpeting a message of miracles and of a Hope Reformation, and He declared that 2010 would be a year that the Father's heart secures people in His love, and the Father's voice, through decrees, would advance people and nations into their God-ordained destinies. These decrees would help give the Church back its courage and hope!
The Lord showed me that beginning in 2010 and continuing through the next 10 years, He is raising up Patriarchs and Matriarchs of every age that will decree what the Lord is saying, and they will decree another future for the Body of Christ. Job 22:28 says that if you decree a thing it will happen, if you are in agreement with Him. "You will also decree a thing, and it will be established for you; and light will shine on your ways." He is raising up mothers and fathers in the Spirit, for as Paul said in 1 Corinthians 4:15, "For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers."
The Decrees of the Father's Voice
for 2010-2020
The first decree that the Lord told me at His table was that "Hope is Coming Forth in 2010 through Hope Reformers." He showed me these Hope Reformers who had a third perspective—not a perspective of the world or of their own soul, but Heaven's perspective. These Hope Reformers had abandoned that which is evil and full of despair and had returned to an appropriate, godly and hope-filled state. He showed me a picture of Joshua and Caleb from Numbers 13:25-33, where they looked at the Promised Land and they had hope that surely the children of God could take the land despite the giants there—because our God is greater! Their perspective was an appropriate, godly and hope-filled perspective, not one of doubt, fear and despair that magnifies the challenges above our great and awesome God. NO! We can take the land! I saw that these Hope Reformers are the "arise and shine" ones of Isaiah 60:1, and they were coming forth with the Father's voice of hope this year.
The second decree that the Lord told me was that "Hopeful prophets would come forth in 2010." These Hope Reformers will be like the farmers in Zechariah 13:4-5 that are prophetic builders that do not rail and run or bring sensationalism, but those who plant a seed and then trust that the seed will bring forth a fruitful harvest. I saw that they were sons and daughters like Abraham in Genesis 18:17, where "the LORD said, 'Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?'" I saw the Father speak to these sons and daughters about cities whose architect and maker is God, with His patriarchal voice that is able to see a very long way out and build accordingly.
The Lord showed me at His table, that there is a different way His voice will come forth. It's the Father's voice that decrees hopeful realities and a hopeful future. It doesn't negate the challenges, but sees the "Greater than" God, as in Deuteronomy 7:17-18, "If you should say in your heart, 'These nations are greater than I; how can I dispossess them?' you shall not be afraid of them; you shall well remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt." He showed me that incomplete prophecy is seeing the challenges without an answer in Him. He said that you cannot build off of the negative. He showed me that He is a truthful, positive, confident God who is summing all things up in His Son. He spoke with the voice of a third perspective, not that of man or the challenges on the earth, but with His heavenly, hopeful, redemptive perspective.
The third decree that the Lord told me at His table was that He would bring forth a "Clear trumpet sound in 2010" that would emphasize what is most important. The Lord tenderly showed me, sitting at a table, what I would share with my son if I had a limited time left on the planet. If I had a few months left to share what is most important to help him advance in life and be successful in God, what would I tell him? He said that this is what He wanted to do for the Body of Christ. This is what He said is most important at this time: there is a Hope Reformation coming forth that is not just about a distant eternal security, though that is our anchor; it is a reformation called living in hope for today. It's about the nature of God being expressed as the hopeful God who will bring forth that Joshua eyesight, where the Body of Christ stands and decrees, "We can take the land!"
These are the decrees that the Lord showed me, that He has laid out for the Body of Christ as we move forward here in 2010 to 2020.
THE LORD DECREED FOR 2010 TO 2020: "I Have a Royal Journey of Hope to Bring the Body of Christ into this Hope Reformation"
The Father began to share with me the decrees that were key to get these Hope Reformers prepared to deliver His decrees to the nations of the earth. He decreed that there is a royal path and a journey to equip the Hope Reformers for the times and seasons we are in. He told me that there has always been a house of our pilgrimage, an ancient path, and a good way for us during a particular time on the planet that God is endorsing, as in Jeremiah 6:16; "This is what the LORD says: 'Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls...'"
He showed me a royal journey that the Body of Christ is to go on together, and He called it the Royal Journey of Hope. I saw 50 million people that would go on this royal journey of hope. They'd go into cities, nations and businesses, and they'd be able to move them out of despair and into hope, where they advance into a future with a great harvest. The Lord showed me that this is an Abraham generation that sees a long way out for a hopeful future.
THEN THE LORD DECREED FOR 2010 TO 2020: "Personal Devotion Will Lead To Public Decrees"
He showed me that the only way to walk into this Hope Reformation is personal devotion filled with hope, that will lead to public decrees, that will help change the nature of Christianity. The Lord gave great emphasis on face-to-face prayer. He said that you would get your decrees from your private place with Him, when you encounter Him and develop His heart. Then you come out with your mission for that season and that reality.
THEN THE LORD DECREED FOR 2010 TO 2020: "Go on this Journey and Learn Five Lessons of Hope to become a Fortress of Hope"
I've had recurring dreams of people that would be in a classroom in Heaven where they were to learn five lessons of hope, and they would graduate those lessons and become coronated as Hope Reformers. Then they would be sent out of that heavenly place with such a certainty that they would speak into the clouds, and the clouds would then rain over geographical areas. Everywhere it would rain, everyone would get wet with hope! I saw great hopers coming forth like Winston Churchill and Hans Nielsen Hauge, and they came forth with a message of hope in God, and were not altered or moved by the circumstances and challenges of the day; instead, they changed the circumstances and challenges of the day through the force of hope in God that brought forth a hopeful future for others.
I saw these Hope Reformers moving up five rows in this classroom as they learned these lessons of hope. The first lesson was "Hope in God," where they encountered Him as the "God who is enough for every life situation."
After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward."—Genesis 15:1
The second lesson was "Hope in People," where they encountered Him as the "Redeemer and Good Shepherd," and they received a "new view of people," where they developed a great hope in God's ability to redeem and love themselves and others. I saw that there had been so much disappointment toward other human beings, where the lens that life has been looked through has been critical analysis and evaluation, but I saw a hopeful appreciative lens come forth as this lesson was learned.
I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; marvelous are Your works, and that my soul knows very well.—Psalm 139:14 (This is appreciation not only for ourselves but for others.)
The third lesson was "Hope in the Next Generation," where they encountered God as the "Patriarch and Fiercely Dedicated Father." When they received this revelation, God opened up hope for the next generation, renaming them "Generation Hope," not "Generation X-Y-Z," and they began to see the next generation as beautiful, and as a blessing.
But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven."—Matthew 19:14
The fourth lesson was "Hope in Prayer," where they encountered Him as the "Great Communicator and One who Answers Prayer." When they received this revelation, they would receive a "new seeing," where they would be able to see out a very long way, like Abraham seeing Jesus' day. They would always build on their knees!
Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.—Jeremiah 33:3
The fifth lesson was "Hope in Cities and Nations," where they encountered Him as the "Benevolent King of the Nations." When they received this revelation, a force of hope for geographical areas would come forth, and they saw the burning desire in the Lord's heart for cities and nations that would love Him well. I saw a new generation coming forth that will have hope for cities and nations set into their DNA code, and they will be our bank accounts, where they have a confidence in God that is unpolluted; and they would be like Solomons who didn't have to fight the wars that David fought, but they will be wise ones who will be able to rule and believe for a whole community and a whole area.
Ask of Me, and I will give You the nations for Your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for Your possession.—Psalm 2:8
Once these Hope Reformers had gone through the process, and moved up these five rows of hope in the knowledge and understanding of God in the Hope Room by drawing near to listen as in Ecclesiastes 5:1, there was a great coronation. Then, these Hope Reformers were able to speak to the clouds of despair and they would go! They would usher in greater clouds of HOPE and would seed entire regions with Hope in God!
THEN THE LORD DECREED FOR 2010 TO 2020: "I am Enabling You (Hope Reformers) to Help Present Me with Cities and Nations that will Love Me Well and Hope in Me"
Specifically for 2010, it is a year of great harvest, and there will be seven nations that could experience storms of different types. These storms are not specifically geophysical, but they could be financial, political, etc. Right after He spoke this, Haiti had a real storm. I don't believe these storms are just going to be literal catastrophes; I am not a prophet of catastrophe, but for example, in Greece, there will be financial storm. But the Father has an answer! There will be the Hope Reformers of the Father's voice that have that personal devotion with Him; and they will come out with public decrees with a certainty, so that they can affect these nations and key people in the nations appropriately, so they can influence people and put their hand into Jesus' hand, in those hours of challenge.
Here is what He decreed to me as I went in to my personal place of devotion with Him (but these decrees are for everyone). This is what He said: "First, I want to show you what I am doing across the earth. I began to tell you in 1983 that I desire to establish cities and nations that would love Me well and hope in Me, as in Revelation 19:10, with the testimony of Jesus, where Jesus could enter in to the different arenas of life and not be lonely there, but be received and loved well there."
In 1983, I had been asking the Lord day and night, "God, what is on Your heart?" and in an open vision in a stairwell in Fort Collins, the Lord showed me several progressive pictures. I saw how Jesus had been mostly unperceived in cities across the earth, in the midst of the day and the arenas of life, like politics, education, social arenas, the arts, families, and the marketplace. The Lord shared how He desired to see His name vindicated as in Ezekiel 36:23, and how His heart burned to see cities and nations come forth that would love Him well and would receive His love and hope in Him.
"I will show the holiness of My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, the name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD", declares the Sovereign LORD, "when I show Myself holy through you before their eyes."—Ezekiel 36:23
Since 1983, I have met many of the Hope Reformers that I saw in that original vision, because they were real people and real places, and these ones are transforming their cities and nations to be those places that love Him well. It is happening!
THEN THE LORD DECREED FOR 2010 TO 2020: "There are Three Different Types of Nations that Would Come Forth this Year"
These nations have a choice to make. They can either have a preemptive strike of hope, or they will be in crisis-relief mode. The Lord gave me a picture of raising a child, and He said that either you raise a child in hope for their future or you don't, and you have to do crisis intervention later. So it's either a proactive hopeful building of the child or a reactive redemption. Both are faces of God—the Builder Hopeful God and the Redemptive God—but He is giving these nations the choice to choose hope and decree a different future for your nation!
The Lord showed me the first type of nations are Zechariah nations. In Luke 1, Zechariah had a promise for a son, and it didn't happen the way he thought, so he lost hope. The angel came to tell him of his promised son, and he couldn't believe the angel. So there are nations out there—where the angels are coming, other helps are coming, God is shouting—but their disappointment is too big for them to be enabled to get beyond it. I saw a plan out of the Lord's love to go after these nations. I believe these nations are England, Germany, Norway, Greece and France. I saw those who are breakers that would go into these places and bring great help, to be able to meet the disappointment over and over again with a real hope in God. Again, the Lord is extending the choice to these nations to choose hope and decree a different future for your nation!
The Lord showed me the second type of nations are Mary nations. Mary believed the angel—that she would have a son as a virgin. She didn't understand it, but she said, "Be it unto me according to Your will." These nations would sense the wind is moving like John 3:8, and they would respond to the wind though they didn't understand it all. Haiti is one. There is a great open door to Haiti right now, and God is flooding in the Hope Reformers to help the Marys like the angel Gabriel did, to put their hand into God's hand. We are giving this information for you to bathe it in prayer and know your part, and to bring the right building blocks for them there. Other Mary nations are Egypt, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and the USA.
The Lord showed me the third type of nations are Simeon nations, where Simeon in the book of Luke was the one who had so cultivated the nearness of God that he saw in a little baby all the promises coming forth. Mary was one who said, I'll do this in faith, but I don't understand; and some nations will be like that. But there are other nations that will do it in faith and hope and they do understand. I believe Canada will be a Simeon nation. And I saw not just nations but cities, parts of South America, Africa, and India. They will see the eternal destiny, the hope of their calling, and their inheritance in God, and they will see how they are to affect other nations. There will be ones sent from those reading this article: ones from Bethel; Toronto; Atlanta; Concord; Morningstar; Washington, DC; and New York, to these different nations to tell them what they already know about who they are. You are being sent to coronate them.
THEN THE LORD DECREED FOR 2010 TO 2020: "I am Changing the Nature of Christianity to Hopeful Christianity"
There has been a change in the expression of Christianity from self-indulgence to a Sermon on the Mount lifestyle, and now He spoke of a new nature of Christianity or understanding of God coming forth. He has continually showed me that He is unearthing the treasure of His nature as the God of HOPE that has been buried for thousands of years as in Isaiah 45, and it will change the nature of Christianity from a despairing Christianity to a hope-filled Christianity.
I will give you the treasures of darkness and hidden wealth of secret places, so that you may know that it is I, the LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by your name.—Isaiah 45:3
The Scout showed me that the Body of Christ had often been sitting in the back room, staring at fears, but then I saw them move through a door into the radiant hope for the day and for the future in God in 2010. I saw that the Body of Christ was ready to advance and take territory as they helped to bring forth the celebration of Jesus all over the cities and nations of the earth. I saw it happening in businesses and families, like the Acts 2 community of Believers, and I was so touched that I cried and cried, and then I began to cry out for this reality.
He showed me that Hope is not an abstract word! Hope is confident expectation, appropriately, in our God. If you get a hopeful son or daughter, they smile at their future. If you get a hopeful Christianity, they smile at their future, and they bring forth a great harvest. Sheep will become warhorses through this process of hope, and they won't even recognize themselves!
He showed me the little areas, the little foxes of Song of Solomon 2:15 that pollute our hope. But He had an answer for us: everyone in this blueprint was to get a hope journal. When they would start to feel that distaste of hopelessness when they looked at another person, maybe impatience or frustration, they would go right to their journal, and take the hope promise and attack that area. This way they avoided becoming like Gulliver, who was strapped down by "little problems."
I dreamed of what people looked like with radiant hope! It was the Daniel 12:3 reality, "Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever." We are going to see the great lights come forth. That little dismal area and secret place in our hearts where we don't go, and where we have hopelessness, He is going to meet it with His nature in hope!
THEN THE LORD DECREED FOR 2010 TO 2020: "There will be Holy, Hopeful Alliances and 'Marriages Made in Heaven' This Year"
There are great lights that are to come together this year and help support one another. The Scout showed me that God is raising up Hope Reformers through right marriages, marriages made in Heaven, causing the right ministries to come together to bring forth the public decrees and plans from the Lord to help these nations. There will be sheep nations that will come forth this year. The Scout also gave a warning, that if ones go into nations in which they are not sent, premature spiritual or physical death could occur, because they will be trespassing the land and walking outside of the blessing of the Lord. These ones MUST be sent!
What is Your Part?
Your part is to see this Journey of Hope that the Lord is bringing us on in 2010 to 2020. He is taking us into this Hope Room where we meet and decree a face of God, where we start to walk out the day as Hope Reformers, confessing and living out who He is, and then we decree His voice in hope. I believe many reading this article are called to be these Hope Reformers, those who move into the force of Hope in God through adoration and devotion, who will hear the Father's voice in hope and will release decrees over nations and the Body of Christ for this hour.
Get on the journey of hope!
Bob Hartley
Deeper Waters Ministry
Email: deeperwatersinc@gmail.com
About Bob Hartley: Bob Hartley is the founder of Hartley Institute/Deeper Waters Ministry in Kansas City, Missouri, inspired through a dream the Lord gave to Bob more than a decade ago, where the Lord spoke that the "The Youth of this nation are diving into 'shallow waters' of the knowledge of God, and it is killing them!" Bob's heart is to take this generation deep into the knowledge of God through hopeful, heartfelt prayer and intimacy with the Lord, and opening up their ability to hear from His heart and partner with the God of All of Life in every arena and season of the soul.
Bob served as a pastor at Metro Christian Fellowship with Mike Bickle before entering the marketplace in 1983, with a vision to see the marketplace redeemed and cities established that value and love the person of Jesus. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of the Hartley Group, a "Hope Center" for the marketplace, consisting of Hartley's Executive Cleaning, Swift Chemicals & Supply, Prize Properties and H&H Management in Kansas City, Missouri. Bob is a frequent speaker to youth, churches, businesses and national leaders throughout America and the world. His quest has been to bring the Kingdom of God into every arena of life and give spiritual tools and equipping to those seeking to know and love God in the midst of their everyday lives. Currently, Bob resides in Kansas City with his wife and four children.
