Friday, January 4, 2008
How to hear God's Voice guaranteed by Mark Virkler
Not a great looking video but his teachings are pure gold.
This Book Changed My Life!
Thursday, January 3, 2008
THE NEW SAINTS BIRTHNG POWERFUL DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE SUPERNATURAL
by Jeff Jansen
November 23, 2005
Jeff Jansen
11-23-05
THE TWO KINGDOMS
We are constantly being influenced by one of two kingdoms around us, either the Kindom of Light or the kingdom of darkness and self. As Spirit- filled believers we are to live according to the Spirit as Jesus did, doing only what we see the Father do. Colossians 3:18 says, "We have been translated from the kingdom of darkness into the Kingdom of His dear Son". In turn we feed from either of these kingdoms continuously. Jesus said that it was of necessity that we feed from Him, eating His flesh and drinking His blood, or we could have no part of Him. (John 6:63 ). In short, we are to be continuously drawing upon the life source of the indwelling Holy Spirit of God which He has so graciously given us.
In the world we live in, the obvious clash of living in self reliance has taken its toll. We see nation rising against nation and natural disasters are at an all time high and yet so many wonder; "where is God in all of this"? The world is reaping the fruit of what she has sown. God has not changed. We have. As societies, we seem to have moved as far away from God as we possibly can. But things are about to change. God has given dominion into the hands of men and has not changed His protocol. There is a stir in the ranks of the believing church for a fresh new move of God. These believers are finding their strength in "abiding" power. Jesus said, "Dwell in Me, and I will dwell in you. Just as no branch can bear fruit of itself without abiding in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you abide in Me." John 15:4 . We must learn the secret of abiding and remaining in Him.
One of the names of God is El Shaddai, which literally means, "the many breasted one". Like a nursing baby, abiding in the Lord and feasting from Him protects us from disease, sickness and the attack of the devil.
REVELATION INSIGHT
When we look at the book in Revelations 3:15-20, we see that the Lord was upset with the Laodicean church because she had become self -reliant. "For you say, I am rich; I have prospered and grown wealthy, and are in need of nothing: but you do not realize and understand that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, and blind." Arrogance and self reliance steals grace and understanding from us. Without a doubt the most crucial need we have as the body of Christ is to have understanding of the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation. The church has learned to rely on its own directive, that which seems most logical and correct in the sight of man and not on the impulses that come from the heart of God. Laodicea literally means "governed by the group" or by our own self imposed ideas. Revelation insight releases us to engage in the arena of faith. Revelation insight is what gives us the platform to function in faith. There is no other way for us as agents of the Kingdom of God to release the supernatural power of God than through the "now" impulses that come from the mind of Christ by the Holy Spirit. If we don't have revelation knowledge, faith is restricted by our own misunderstandings.
Were there is no "vision" the people perish. Without prophetic revelation coming directly from the mind of God, the people go "unrestrained". Where there is no focus, there is no direction. If we refuse to pursue the realm of revelation or the realm of the Holy Spirit, we are left to move according to our own natural reasoning...and by default we are destined to spiritual bankruptcy.
THE KINGDOM IS IN THE HOLY GHOST
THE HOLY GHOST IS IN THE KINGDOM
The Kingdom of God is not in meat or drink, but in righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. The Kingdom is "in" the Holy Spirit! (Romans 14:17)
The Kingdom of God is in the Holy Ghost ... The Holy Ghost is in the Kingdom of God! The currency of God only flows out from the anointing and the presence of the manifested Holy Ghost. If the Holy Spirit of God is shut down and not allowed to operate or move, then we have by choice defaulted and cut off the "flow" of God and shut down the person, power, and life force of God. It's as simple as this ... No God ... No Power! ... We cannot afford to be this way any longer!
It's time for us to engage the Lord on a new level. Many of us are tired of merely hearing the reports of Kingdom power and now want to be players in the game. Put me in, coach!
Many are looking for a new identity and lifestyle that involves them being involved to the fullest. God is eroding away the old mindsets and traditions that have held us back for centuries, and He's setting up networks of strong disciples who know how to hear and take orders from Him directly. There is a new breed of Saint on the horizon.
THE NEW BREED OF SAINT
THIS NEW BREED OF SAINT WILL DO THE SAME WORKS JESUS DID AND EVEN "GREATER WORKS". THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THE ANNOINTING IS RELEASED THROUGH GREAT COMPASSION AND THE AFFECTIONS OF THEIR HEART. There is nothing conventional about what they do. The only language they understand is that which comes by waiting in the presence the Holy Spirit. They understand that the great harvest that is to come into the church in these last days will not come in by conventional means. This harvest will come in by supernatural means by releasing the realm of the Kingdom of God in power. It is unrealistic for us to think that the modern church's programs and functions will be the catalyst for bringing in this great harvest.
This great throng will come in by Kingdom power! In order for this to happen, we need to be radically transformed in the way we understand God, who He is, and how He operates. We need to understand by experience what it looks like when He invades our world. What does that look like? How can I detect it? We can only detect it by being stirred up and transformed in the inner man by the Holy Spirit of God. The natural or carnal mind (non-sprirtual man) does not accept, nor welcome, nor allow into his heart the gifts and teachings and revelations of the Spirit of God they are foolish to him; he is incapable of knowing them because they are spiritually discerned and appreciated. (I Corinthians 2:14)
Most believers don't pay attention to what happens to them when God shows up. Some shake violently under the power of the Holy Spirit and others next to them won't feel a thing. It happens all the time. We have shut ourselves down to the point of physical numbness. Our 5 senses are tools of perception or indicators to detect the presence of God!
God is always speaking and His first language is not English! He is moving on us constantly with impressions of the mind.... pictures ... thoughts ... feelings in the body etc.. etc... (Hebrews 5:14), having our senses trained to discern God.
BEHOLDING HIS GLORY
Scripture teaches us that "as a man thinks in his heart so he becomes". (Proverbs 23:7). We become the very thing we set our "GAZE" upon. Colossians 3:1-3 tells us plainly to "seek" that which is from above, where Christ is..."set" your minds and keep them "set" on what's above...for your real life is hidden with Christ in God!
It is absolutely necessary that we have the "veil" stripped from the eyes of our understanding in order to "see" the way things really are. Ephesians 4:23 says, "Be renewed in the spirit of your mind". Jesus said, "Unless you are born from above you cannot 'see' the Kingdom of God." John 3:3. That which is born of flesh is flesh and that which is born of Spirit if Spirit.
2 Corinthians 3:16-18 says it best..."But whenever a person turns to the Lord, the VEIL is stripped off and taken away. v.18 And all of us, as with 'unveiled' faces, because we continued to 'behold' in the Word of God as in a mirror, the glory of the Lord, are constantly being 'transfigured' into His very own image in ever increasing splendor from one degree of glory to another"...
So when we turn to the Lord in repentance and look to him alone there is a veil that is stripped away that has kept us from seeing Him for who He really is. As we "gaze" at Him with a "clean (renewed) heart and mind" our perspective changes and we are being "transfigured" or "transformed" by the "Living Word" in ever increasing splendor from one revelation... to another revelation... to another revelation...etc... v.17 says we are "transfigured by the Lord who is the Spirit".... The Spirit who liberates us from our "old mindsets" of bondage from the past.
A HIGHER TRUTH
Paul wrote in I Corinthians 2:6 , "Yet when we are among the full-grown (spiritually mature Christians who are ripe in understanding), we do IMPART A HIGHER WISDOM , the knowledge of the divine plan previously once hidden."
Jesus warned his disciples saying "Be careful what you are hearing... The measure of THOUGHT and STUDY you give to THE TRUTH YOU HEAR will be the measure of VIRTUE AND KNOWLEDGE that comes back to you"...Mark 4:24
There are different levels of truth available to us and we choose what level of truth to set before our eyes. For example, all of the camp of Israel saw the pillar of fire that burned before them as a convincing manifestation of the presence of God, however, they missed the fact or "Higher Truth" that it was indeed God speaking to them from out of the midst of the Fire! (Deut. 54)
Jesus was saying in Mark 4:24, be careful what you are listening to; for whatever you give yourself to in thought and study (even good things) will be the degree that comes back to you in "virtue" (Power) and "knowledge " (revelation). If I'm after power and revelation, then I need to set my mind on the truths that will feed my faith in the reality of those truths and my mind there until they are brought about! ...Set your mind and heart ... (thought and study) on these things and keep it there and you will reap the benefit of beholding the higher things of God.
God is revealing Himself to a people who are in turn revealing Him to the world. We are on the same mission as our older brother Jesus; to reveal the Father. Jesus said; "Father I have manifested Your name on the earth" (John 17:6) and "Just as the Father has sent me...so I am sending you"! (John 20:21).....with the same anointing power and authority!
BEHOLDING AND BECOMING
The principal of "Beholding and Becoming" is paramount. What we think is what we become! Hebrews 12:2 encourages us to "Fix our eyes on Jesus". To "FIX" means to "STARGAZE" like gazing into space...or to "STARE AT" ... "FOCUS" all of your attention upon.
The world has been longing to see a people who not only claim to know God, but walk, talk and act like Him. "For God Who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness' has shown in our heats so as to (beam forth) the Light for the illumination of the knowledge of the majesty and glory of God (as it is manifested in the Person and is revealed) in the FACE of Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 4:6 - "It is God's desire that the glorious Light and power of His presence would shine through the hearts of believing believers all across the globe."
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Jeff Jansen: "THE GLORY REVIVAL AND THE NEW CIRCUIT RIDERS"
"The Glory will intensify as believers come together to offer their love and devotion as an offering to the Lord of Glory."
Recently I heard the Lord ask me, "Jeff, what does real revival look like?" As I pondered the question, I thought what revival might have looked like when Sam Jones, the great itinerate revivalist came through Nashville preaching in the late 1800's. In that revival, the gambling casinos and bars closed, and the whiskey barrels were rolled down 2nd Avenue and smashed into the Cumberland River. Heaven invaded Nashville and changed it forever.
I thought of Jonathan Edwards in 1725, during the Great Awakening that had spread throughout New England and the entire Thirteen Colonies. Some of the most extraordinary mass conversions took place among non-Christian Europeans as Edwards preached, and it was Edwards who said, "Lord, stamp eternity in my eyeballs so I can see things from Heaven's perspective." In those days, Edwards called for "concerts of prayer" and all night prayer sessions, praying for revival to sweep the nation.
I thought of John Wesley, who in 1738, went from town-to-town on horseback preaching and ministering to the needs of the poor, uneducated, unemployed, and orphans. Wesley would walk into a factory with the Spirit of Revival, and the factory would break out into weeping and repentance. He would sit in a restaurant and before he could be waited on, the people seated around him would begin to weep and run out of the building under the conviction of the Holy Spirit because of the overshadowing canopy of glory that rested on his life.
THE ANGEL SAID "IT WAS TIME TO RE-DIG THE WELLS OF REVIVAL"
Recently, my wife Jan had an encounter with an angel in a revival service outside of Cincinnati, Ohio. She saw an angel appear as a man, tunneling up from the ground inside a modern church building. He looked old and dirty and had chains wrapped around him that had been broken. The angels stated that he was the angel of record keeping, and he had been buried underground for 114 years by the works of man and the temples built for the works of man.
The angel handed her a golden shovel and told her it was time to re-dig the wells. He showed her records that had been written containing accounts of the mighty works and exploits of the saints of God from earlier days. There was a library full of these records that had been buried and hidden by man's attempts to cover the acts of revival and the great exploits of God. He said that we were to re-dig those wells and reactivate the true works.
During this conference, we came to realize that 114 years prior, Maria Woodworth Etter came through preaching, teaching, and bringing revival to those in the Ohio region. Maria was from Ohio and frequently ministered there. There was a woman at our conference who had ministered along side Kathryn Kuhlman.
During the ministry time that evening, along with many miracles and healings, the Spirit of the Lord came on several of the women as they began to violently whip their heads back and forth as the women did during the Kentucky Cane Ridge Revival in the 1720's. We could actually hear the hair of their heads crack in the wind. The Lord did these things to show us that the angel of revival was there and was stirring the various anointings that were present during past revivals. The record books were being reopened and activated.
HERE IT COMES! GLORY REVIVAL
Throughout the history of this nation, revivalists rode the circuit bringing freshness into dead and dying regions covered up by the demonic and dead religious institutions. Kenneth Hagan prophesied in 2003, that "2006 would be the year of the return of the Glory of the Lord." Last year, we saw incredible explosions of the Glory of God evidenced by many wonderful tangible signs and wonders. As wonderful as 2006 was, it is to be the spring board for 2007 and beyond.
Get ready for the New Glory Revival! Get ready to see powerful demonstrations of God as these Glory Revivalists come through releasing the Kingdom of Power and Glory. The Glory will intensify as believers come together to offer their love and devotion as an offering to the Lord of Glory. The Lord will be transforming the hearts and minds of the multitudes in the understanding of who He is and how He moves, and hundreds, thousands, and millions will come to Christ and be drawn to the brightness of His shining.
I can see hot spots in the United States that will have ongoing Glory encounters with the restoration of open air meetings in large fields and tents that pack out in the thousands. We've witnessed some pretty remarkable things in past revivals, but it will all pale in comparison to the outpouring of this Glory Revival. Creative miracles will be common place as limbs grow out and body parts are recreated in front of the masses.
This move of God will cause the Tent Revivals of the 40's and 50's to dwarf in comparison as raw Supernatural Power and Glory is released over the multitudes with staggering effect. The healing waters of Ezekiel 47 are beginning to flow out from under the temple into regions that will transform the seas and rivers of putrid waters into new life, restoring fresh understanding of the true nature of God.
CONTROLLED BURNS OF FRESH FIRE FROM HEAVEN
These Glory Circuit Riders will release the "control burns" of Heaven that will burn away strangulating spiritual weeds and overgrowth in the landscape of regions that have been clogged and covered, allowing fresh oxygen, light, and nutrients to come forth again. Bob Jones recently told me that weeds are the thoughts of man and they tend to choke out faith. These controlled burns are sent by God to purify and prepare the land for new living encounters with God. Jeremiah 23:29 says, "'Is not My Word like fire?' says the Lord, 'and like a hammer that breaks in pieces the rock of most stubborn resistance.'"
The Lord is sending His fire to tenderize the landscape and prepare it for the mighty acts of Kingdom power. If we are to see the Glory of God return into our Churches and assemblies where there's a cloud of smoke by day and a pillar of fire by night, we must first see the spirit of burning and sifting that burns away all that is unnecessary. (Isaiah 4:4-5)
There's a deep hunger in God's people for "the God who answers by fire." These Glory Revivalists will reignite nations with the fire of God and will reintroduce us to the reality of the Kingdom of Power and Glory in our midst.
PREACHING THE KINGDOM OF POWER AND GLORY
The Kingdom of God is meant to expand and have dominion over all other kingdoms and governments on the earth. Upon revealing Himself to His disciples after the resurrection, the thing foremost on Jesus' mind was talking with them about the Kingdom of God. Acts 1:3, "To them also He showed Himself alive after His passion by many convincing demonstrations and evidences and infallible proofs, appearing to them during forty days and TALKING TO THEM ABOUT THE THINGS PERTAINING TO THE KINGDOM OF GOD."
These Glory Revivalists will be revealing the knowledge of Glory of the Lord as in Colossians 2:2-3, "I want them to be encouraged and knit together by strong ties of love. I want them to have complete confidence that they understand God’s mysterious plan, which is Christ himself. In Him lie hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. "
They will reveal the mystery of which was hidden for ages and generations (from angels and men), but now will be revealed to His holy people (the saints) which is Christ in us, the Hope of Glory. (Colossians 1:27)
Let's Pray:
"Father, thank You for revealing Yourself to us in this critical juncture of time. Thank You that we get to participate in this Glory Revival that will sweep the nation and the world in the greatest outpouring of Kingdom power the earth has ever seen.
Lord, create for Yourself a people who are completely Yours, and fill them with the knowledge of Your Glory that the world would come to see, recognize, and know You as the one and only King of Glory!"
Jeff Jansen
Global Fire Ministries
www.globalfireministries.com
Sloshed in the U.K., Harvest Glory hits the Streets By John Crowder
I have just returned from England and Wales where we saw firstfruits of a massive explosion of harvest the Lord is beginning to release on the streets. There was also a tremendous weight of Glory on the meetings as our European associates, Emerge Wales, hosted "Slosh Fest," a time of experiencing the drunken bliss of Jesus! Prior to Sloshie, we ventured to Bristol for three days of wildfire gatherings. I must say that the week was a blur. There was a deep realm of divine ecstasy that opened during the gatherings. Many were equipped and activated in the supernatural, along with a powerful release of prophetic revelation.
Thirty Saved in the Marketplace We brought a team of crazies out on the streets for an afternoon of fishing in Bristol, home base of the great revivalist John Wesley. The culture of the U.K. may be known for its reserved demeanor, but the people are hungry and the harvest is ripe! We took a dozen ecstatic drinkers with us onto Queen Street and had a Holy Ghost party. Bodies started to hit the pavement, with men and women shaking and convulsing powerfully under the heavy weight of the Glory. It did not take long for a crowd to gather. I felt the Lord say, "Don't think about harvest; think about me!" The more I got hammered at the thought of Jesus, the more drunk I got, and the more people stopped to watch us. We led 30 people to Christ in just two hours because of the crazy drunken bliss in the streets!
Mass Glory Outbreaks on the Streets
There is a harvest Glory being released in this day, which makes evangelism not a task but a delight. We will just float down the street in the Glory, and the little fishies will jump into our boats! Going to the streets and the marketplace becomes an addiction for those who begin to taste this harvest Glory. We long to offer Jesus every delicacy – to give him the sweet fruit of intimacy, but also the fields of harvest.The hearts of lovers must carry their bliss to the extreme. This love will drive us to bring in the harvest, even at the cost of our lives. The wine of heaven enables a supernatural boldness and freedom from the fear of man. This joy is also called the spirit of a martyr. You don't have to get killed to have this spirit! But you will get blissed!
While on the streets, I led six teenagers to the Lord simultaneously in one prayer. We prayed for a woman in a wheelchair with vertebrae problems, and she felt fire run up her spine. After a word of knowledge, both she and her daughter received the Lord. Some people came forward for prayer, but when we laid hands on them, they felt God's presence and ran off shrieking! A policeman came by to investigate what was going on, with all of the dropped and twitching bodies, screams and laughter. We told him we were praying for people, but when we asked him if he wanted prayer, he ran off and one of the team members chased him down the street!
The key to harvest evangelism is to get blasted in the Spirit and enjoy it! We sometimes bring teams onto the streets with no program or plan in mind. Prophetic evangelism, dream interpretation and other revelatory-based efforts are wonderful. But when we just get whacked in the Spirit, with bodies falling over, shaking and drinking heavily, it seems that God's Glory gets the job done just as easily! Suddenly crowds start to appear, amazed not just at the craziness, but at the obvious fun we are having. Our lives have been laid down, in that we no longer care about the opinions of man. Seeing the joyful manifestations, people start to come up to us and say, "Do that to me!"
Harvesting Lovers
Some try to offer the Lord a harvest in immaturity, and they bear little fruit. True maturity is to get possessed by the Spirit. We are matured by the bliss, and when our joy is ripe it explodes out of us in heart-felt devotion for the world to see. If evangelism seems difficult for you – if it still feels like a dry duty – you are probably still doing it out of obligation or striving for acceptance. You may want to stop altogether for a while and just drink the love of Jesus! When you drink enough, it will eventually spill out. The love will need an escape valve! And a drunken man will do and say things that a sober man will not. If your sacrifice is a work of duty, you must return to the place of pleasure! Then harvest will come as an overflowing work of love. We labor in the fields as a blissful byproduct of our unconditional acceptance.
"God wants you to be a lover. And He wants you to be a working lover. Who you are is the lover, and what you do is the work. You are not to be only a worker who struggles to love God. Instead, you are a lover of God," writes Mike Bickle in The Pleasures of Loving God. "Being lovers is our very identity. It's who we are. We are lovers of God who happen to work, not the other way around. … God wants us to be relationally oriented first, and achievement oriented second."
Our identity – lovers of God – supersedes our actions – fulfilling the Great Commission, etc. Moreover, until we become who we are, we can never fulfill what we've been called to do.
When we get blasted in the love of God, things start to happen around us. Our intimate relationship with God should not be sectioned off from the rest of our lives and cloistered into the prayer closet. God wants to invade the fabric of our lifestyle with the enjoyment of His presence. Actions and fruitfulness are byproducts of a lifestyle of intimacy.
Our identity – lovers of God – supersedes our actions – fulfilling the Great Commission, etc. Moreover, until we become who we are, we can never fulfill what we've been called to do.
When we get blasted in the love of God, things start to happen around us. Our intimate relationship with God should not be sectioned off from the rest of our lives and cloistered into the prayer closet. God wants to invade the fabric of our lifestyle with the enjoyment of His presence. Actions and fruitfulness are byproducts of a lifestyle of intimacy.
The Great Commission is about to move from a paradigm of work and sacrificial labor to a response of lovesick bridal devotion. There is a place of love that reclines under the apple tree, but there is also an intensity of love that can literally drive us to do great exploits. The apostle Paul said, "The love of Christ compels us …" (2 Cor. 5:14). We literally become love slaves, compelled and driven by a loving passion that burns like fire in our bones. When this is real, and not feigned by a religious spirit, then it becomes contagious. The world is hungry for pure, abandoned pleasure! Stop striving. Stop twisting people's arms to get saved! Get whacked and just watch the little fishies jump into your boat!
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