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Psalms 96 New songs will be expressed from the heart of the church through praise and worship birthed through the understanding He is going to give us. Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth. Sing to the LORD, bless His name; proclaim good tidings of His salvation from day to day. (Ps 96:1-2) An increased emphasis on power evangelism worldwide will increase as the glory is unleashed through intercessory prayer. Power evangelism is the appearance of heavenly power drawing the people to the cross by the demonstration of the Spirit. As meetings are held and manifestations of His glory emerge, sinners will come to the alter for salvation and deliverance. We will begin to see the infancy of this now, but it will increase in the coming years. For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the LORD made the heavens. Splendor and majesty are before Him, strength and beauty are in His sanctuary. Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. Ascribe to the LORD the glory of His name; bring an offering and come into His courts. Worship the LORD in holy attire; tremble before Him, all the earth. (Ps 96:5-9) Psychologists have determined that depression results when darkness covers a region without sunlight for an extended period of time. Likewise, this occurs in the spirit. When spiritual darkness covers the earth for an extended period of time without the “son’s light,” then great spiritual depression results. As individuals begin to draw near to God, He will draw near to them making them a light that will attract many. The “offering” the Lord is desiring is ourselves. The only thing we can legitimately offer Him that is not already His, is our hearts...yielding our will to the will of the Father. When this becomes reality, we will begin to worship Him in the beauty of holiness, allowing Him to accomplish through us kingdom purposes. Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns; indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity. (Ps 96:10) Presently, there is a substantial void concerning justice in the world. Nonetheless, righteousness and justice are the very foundation of His throne. These will begin to emerge as the church becomes the standard of righteousness foretold in scripture. Even so, the world will hate this form of justice and equity because it will expose the deeds of this world. Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all it contains; (Ps 96:11) Although there will be many natural and spiritual storms depicted by the roaring seas, the faithful church will survive these storms. The Father’s love for us will see to it. Here, seas can also represent the nations of people in turmoil and an uproar concerning the things taking place in the earth. This will result in amplified emotions on the part of those who have not anchored themselves in Christ. The spirit of anger will run rampant through the unsanctified soul as the conditions in the earth become too much for many to handle. Many will turn to drugs, alcohol and prescription medication as a counterfeit remedy to settle their turbulent emotions. This year and the coming years will see this continue to escalate. This will cause some who have straddled the spiritual fence to take one side or the other. The times will no longer allow for lukewarm Christianity. We must either be blistering hot or we will find ourselves overcome by these things. Let the field exult, and all that is in it. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy Before the LORD, for He is coming, for He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness. (Ps 96:12-13) We are to be the trees of righteousness and the planting of the Lord. This will produce great joy in our praise as we plant ourselves in Him and enjoy the fruit of His blessings. Everyone is called to a place of praise and worship in one form or another. The scriptures promise the Lord will come to govern and judge the earth in righteousness and justice and the people with faithfulness and truth. That is the attribute of those who ride the white horse of Revelation 19:11 with the Lord. All who ride this horse and accompany the Lord in this great battle will be described as faithful and true. Very often, a white horse symbolizes a sovereign move of the Spirit of Truth and power. It is a sanctified movement of the Holy Spirit in the earth. The Lord is desiring to ride in “saddle” of our minds producing a faithful and true spirit within us. In us and through us, the Lord will ride on victoriously for the cause of truth, humility, and righteousness. (Psalm 45:4) When we let the Spirit produce faithfulness and truth in us, it will direct our paths and give understanding of the Father’s perfect will, which we will begin to do in absolute obedience. GLORY ON INTERCESSION This year will begin to see increased expressions of the Lord’s glory on intercessory prayer meetings and even individuals who enter this arena of warfare. An increased element of faith will be delegated to these ministers and ministries called to the forefront of intercession. The impartation of divine expectancy will allow them to even move spiritual mountains and storms through appropriated faith and prayer. One of the primary objectives of the enemy is to motivate the Lord’s anointed to get ahead of Him and attempt to birth spiritual objectives prematurely. In reality this will result in aborted objectives and spiritual miscarriage. The church must learn the art of waiting on the Lord to receive His counsel in bringing to life the spiritual purposes conceived in the heart of believers through prayer and intercession. There will actually be some immature Christians with a gift of revelation who prophesy from a spirit of divination thinking that it is the Holy Spirit. Matthew 24 points out there is a spirit so close to the real that it would deceive the very elect, if possible. Many well intentioned Christians will actually prophesy things from the demonic realm thinking it is a word from the Holy Spirit. We must begin to develop the discernment to distinguish the two. By appropriating His divine wisdom, we will learn to be led by the Holy Spirit and allow Him to be Lord of the church and of His body. He is the Shepherd and we are the sheep of His pasture. FALSE LIGHT This year and the coming season will see an increase in “false light” masquerading as truth in the church. Even the New Age movements will move into arenas of greater deception and expansion of followers. Dark light is actually revelation received in the soul of man rather than the spirit. It is in the soul of man that demonic influences are able to express themselves as angels of light while the Holy Spirit works through the spirit. We see a prototype of this ministry in Elymas. One is earthy in nature the other spiritual. Very often the soulish influences incorporate showmanship and a desire to be in the forefront, as opposed to the humility characterized in the Lord’s anointed leadership. One will draw people to themselves and the other will lead them to the Lord. False leadership anointed with this type spirit will actually move into the arena of “professionalism”. This is a form of ministry distinguished by developing to an art— Expression and Presentation. Sincere Christians, on the other hand, can be anointed with a spirit of excellence desiring to do all things well; Yet, being led by the Spirit and sensitive to the desires of the Holy Spirit in each individual service. A ministry anointed with this spirit of “professionalism” will have a man orchestrated order of worship with a certain number of songs and a specific prayer written and rehearsed to perfection. This leadership will leave no room to flow with the Holy Spirit, but will follow only his soulish agenda. Conversely, God’s light is pure and holy. The Holy Spirit in our spirit communicates with our soul through the “Logos” revelation of His word. The Lord will never contradict His word. In many respects, our spirit is like a pool of water into which satan will attempt to impart “ frogs’ which we must continually expel through—“It is written”. The enemy will continue to aspire to impart his thoughts of lust, jealousy and selfish ambition, trying to find an outlet for his evil agenda. We must bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ and keep the spring of water within our soul pure. Out of our innermost being shall flow rivers of Living water for others to drink from. The Holy Spirit in our spirit is where the “Rhema” of God originates giving expression to the “Logos”. Naturally, all “Rhema” must be filtered through the “Logos.” CLEANSING THE SOUL The Lord is looking for men and women who live in agreement with Him and stand before Him as His spokesmen. In this place, we become the expression of His voice. That is why the intercessory ministry is going to receive indications of God’s glory, as we pray in agreement with Him, birthing His purposes in the earth. When we pray by inspiration we will then determine the direction and counsel of the Holy Spirit. Intercession by inspiration will not miss in direction. This is what will produce God’s glory. Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. (II Cor. 7:1) The demonically inspired “dark light” will send deluding influences into the soul of man with delusions of grandeur. That is why we must continually cleanse ourselves from all that would contaminate and defile both body and spirit. Delusions of grandeur and deceptions result in the manipulation of the church body through “selfish ambition” and “self justification.” This will utilize the “control” and “religious” spirits to accomplish a counterfeit agenda. The Lord’s servants will always be meek and teachable. The Holy Spirit is calling us back to the place of a humble heart and a contrite spirit, trembling at the Word of the Lord. From this place of consecration, we will easily determine the demonic influences the enemy tries to initiate in us and can quickly dispel them— keeping us hallowed before the Lord. This year will begin to see an emphasis on the aspect of— purification and cleansing of the soul. As we do, we will begin to grow in the things of God and partake of His divine nature and Holy character. Now is the time to cease from playing games and become the powerful church prophesied in scripture. The issues of this generation are serious and dictate that we likewise respond to the times and seasons in which we are living. As we follow the admonitions of the Lord, we will begin to understand His ways and partake of His thoughts. If we desire to become clean in our souls and spirits, the grace will be present to accomplish that lofty goal. The Lord is promising to reveal His thoughts and His ways, which are much higher than ours. His is a “higher way” of holiness. It is to this place that we are being beckoned.

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