A Call to Stand and Prophesy

"My people who can hear My heart,
I am calling you to prophesy:
I am calling you to speak My words,
to cry aloud My truth,
to rebuke and call to repentance
those who call Me 'Lord, Lord'
but have forsaken My commands of love.

I am calling you to testify;
I am calling you to witness to who I am,
for many who call Me 'Lord'
do not know My ways or My heart.
I am calling you to proclaim
My teachings and My mercy,
and that judgment is coming:

I will raise up high those
who have been oppressed;
I will bring low those
who have been unmerciful;
I will uncover what has been hidden,
revealing the hearts of many
and judging those who love lawlessness.

Stand and prophesy, My people;
call your brothers and sisters
back to obeying My law
to love one another as I loved you
even while you were My enemies.
Stand and weep for the nations
their cold love has wounded in My name.

I am calling you to prophesy
because many speaking in My name
are prophesy falsely, as they serve
the gods of pride, nationalism, greed,
the image of Me they have made,
and the ungrace and violence
they believe earns My favor.

Do not be afraid, My people;
many will hate you in My name,
but many will also hear My heart,
and their hearts will turn to Me,
to their neighbors, to their enemies,
to the wounded and the least of these,
and I will save and comfort many."

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Art: "A Prophet's Reward"

Together in Spirit

"I am He who keeps
My servants together,
whether you are close together
or far apart from each other.
I am the bond between you.
I am He who holds you
close to each other in My Spirit.

Although there may be great
distance and time between you,
you are together in spirit
because I am between you.
In Me you are never far from one another.
I am He who preserves your unity
and your love for each other.

And I am He who will reunite you
in My perfect time."

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Art: "Light Years"

"I Will Give You Hope"

"I know you've seen darkness;
I know you've seen evil.
I know you've seen judgment;
I know you've seen hatred.

Reach out to Me.
Ask Me for My peace.
Look to Me
and I will give you light.

I will touch you with My love.
I will break the darkness.
I will share what I see with you.
I will give you hope.

The world is dark
and darkness is growing,
but I will give you a hope
that sees beyond the darkness.

The night will last a little longer,
longer than you feel you can endure,
but My hope will sustain you
until I bring the dawn.

The Day is coming!"

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Art: "Seeing Hope"

"Your Children Will Return"

"Did I not promise My people
that I would bring their children back?
Did I not promise that you
would wear them as ornaments?

Behold, I am awakening your children!
They will seek out their people;
they will seek out their elders;
they will write their tribes on their hands.

Be comforted you who have been downcast!
I will bring healing to your generations
and I will enlarge your family
that has been devastated.

I will create praises on the lips
of the mourners of your tribes,
and you will say to yourselves,
'Where have all of these come from?'

Your people will be restored;
your bereavement will end;
your children will song your songs,
and will praise Me in your languages.

Open wide your arms, My people!"

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Art: "Inheritance"

A Word to Native Americans

"My children,

I am He who created all things
and I am He who redeems all things.
I am He who has been with you
since the beginning,
and I am He who will be with you
until the end of all things—
I am the Creator.

Your ancestors sought Me
and lived in reverence of My Spirit.
They saw My handiwork in creation
and longed to honor Me.
When their world was changed
they still sought Me and trusted
in My goodness and My will.

When they suffered,
I suffered with them;
when they were oppressed,
I was oppressed with them;
when they lost their homes,
I was homeless with them,
and I stayed with them in captivity.

I walked with them in exile,
I hungered with them,
I was sick with them,
I was depressed with them,
I was beaten with them,
I cried with them,
and I died with them.

I am He who is with you today,
even as your people continue
to suffer from traumas old and new.
I am He who is always with you
and who will never leave you.
There is no grief you know
which I do not know.

I will bring justice for you,
and I will punish those
who have oppressed you.
Woes are coming upon the land,
and the heavens will be shaken.
Do not be afraid when this happens,
but trust in Me and My love.

Forgive your enemies
and pray for those who
have persecuted you,
for they are also My creation—
they too are My precious children.
I want to save them
and set them free."

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Art: "Creator Came Down"

Witness to the Sleepers

"To My prophets who testify
to My Son and His commands,

I am giving you words to speak
that many of My people
are not willing to hear,
and I am preparing you to
witness to others who are
wandering from the narrow path
of following My Son's teachings.

I am making you a trumpet
to wake up My people
who have been lulled to sleep
by the teachers of nationalism,
militarism, and prosperity.

Bury your fears in My love,
and find your rest
in My Son's peace.

I am with you.
Know that nothing
you have done in My Spirit
will fail to achieve My purpose."

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Art Link: "Sound the Trumpet!"

Life Through Repentance

"My faithful servants,

I am going to give you
more words to speak
that will be difficult for many
of My people to hear.

I will testify about the rebellion
of many of My people against
the commands of My Son
and their dangerous course.

Do not be afraid to proclaim
what I command you to speak,
but stand firm in My love for them
by calling them back to the Rock.

I discipline those whom I love,
and I will not abandon My people
to their ways but will call them
to life through repentance."

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Art: "Sharing the Burden"

"Do Not Fear What They Fear"

"To My people in Babylon,

I have put you in the midst
of those who claim to worship Me
but who follow the teachings
of a different 'Christ'.

I have called you to intercede
for your neighbors and your family
whose hearts are set on the
desires of Babylon the Great.

I have set you like a light
on a hill in the time of darkness,
and a beacon of My love and grace
to many who live in law and fear.

Stand firm in My teachings
and do not be afraid of what they fear.
Do not be distracted by
what they call conspiracy.

I have given you one gospel,
one King, one kingdom
and one salvation—
stand in My faithfulness.

The hopes of Babylon will fall,
the kingdoms of the earth will disappear,
the pride of the nations will vanish;
but those who hope in Me will endure forever."

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Art: "Standing On Sand"

The Captives Will Be Freed

"My servants who speak My heart,

I have allowed you
to share in My grief
when you see your fellow
brother and sister believers
speaking judgment about
unbelievers and those who
they believe are My enemies.

You have mourned with Me
over their blindness
and their rush to condemn.
You have grieved with Me
over their peddling fear
and their desire to spread
their 'gospel' of alarmism.

I will rescue from them many
who have been captive
to their word and their teachings;
I will set free from fear many
who have been fed with
the teachings of false prophets
and the spirit of despair.

Do not be discouraged,
for I am protecting and shielding
My children who seek Me
with simple childlike faith,
and I will not leave them
in captivity and perpetual alarm;
I will call them to freedom.

My sheep will hear My voice—
no one can snatch them
out of My hand."

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Art: "It's Time to Prophesy"

Justice Is Coming

"The time is near when
all things shall be fulfilled.

The glory of the Lord
—My love in My Son—
will cover the earth just as
the water covers the sea.

The last shall be first,
and the first shall be last—
the proud shall be humbled,
and those who have been shamed
shall be clothed with joy.

My name shall no longer be misused,
but shall be the everlasting
expression of love and peace.

There will be no more confusion;
there will be no more false prophets;
there will be no more exploitation
of the weak or the innocent;
there will be no more abuse
nor using My name for financial gain;
instead there will be healing.

I will bring justice for the oppressed
and I will restore what has been stolen.
I will redeem all suffering.
I am coming to make all things right."

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Art: "Where Is Justice?"

Nasrani

"When you mourn,
I mourn with you.

I bear your griefs and sorrows,
I carry your pain and suffering.

I am hungry when you are hungry.
I am thirsty when you are thirsty.

I am with you always.

Neither death nor life,
neither persecution nor sword,
will ever separate you from My love."

(Romans 12:15, Isaiah 53:4, Matthew 25:35, Matthew 28:20, Romans 8:35-39)

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Art: "Marked"

The Palestinian Bride

"Many of My people love Israel
and they pray for her often—
for her safety, peace, and prosperity.

They are proud to 'stand for Israel':
they preach it in their gatherings,
participate in conferences about it,
and assemble to protest and rally for it.

They support Israel's politics;
they pray for Israel's army,
for her military objectives,
and for her to be victorious.

They are attentive not only to the past
and present sufferings of Israel,
but also to potential sufferings that Jews
could experience under speculative scenarios.

But they cannot see the great sufferings
of their Christian brothers and sisters
in neighboring Gaza and the West Bank.

My Palestinian bride suffers,
but they do not mourn with her,
comfort her, encourage her or support her.
They do not 'stand with' her.

My bride in Palestine is an inconvenience
to the great devotion of many to Israel;
hearing of her suffering only interrupts
their unceasing prayers for Israel.

Many of My people in their hearts have sold
their suffering Palestinian brothers and sisters,
trading them for the hope of being rewarded
for unconditionally 'standing with Israel.'

Although many in the church abroad
have forsaken My Palestinian bride,
yet I have not abandoned her,
and I have raised up a remnant of My people
to pray for her and support her.

Though she has not been loved
by many of her family—My people—
she shall be honored and called 'My beloved'."

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Art: "Forsaken By Family"

"I Can't Bear It"

"My friends, My servants
who lean on My breast
and hear My heart—

You have been called
to speak and weep
before those to whom
I am going to send you.

You are carrying inside of you
a message which burns you like fire,
and you cannot bear to keep it inside
because I cannot bear to keep My heart inside.

I want to speak, I want to weep,
yet so few of My people
are willing to listen to Me
or take Me into their hearts.

Many are worshiping Me in name
but do not know Me or My heart;
they keep Me out of their hearts—
which are given to other things.

You must go
when I command you,
and you must speak
what I tell you to say.
You will weep
because I am weeping,
and I will pour out My heart.

Go! Go and weep
before My beloved people
who do not know Me!

Go! Go and speak
the cries of My broken heart
to their hardened hearts!

Go! Go and be broken before them,
just as I was broken before them
when they crucified Me.

I am with you always."

"I Have Not Forgotten Your Tears"

"I have seen each tear that has fallen,
and I have forgotten none.
On the trail where you cried,
I cried with you, too.
I walked with you into exile.
One day I will make all things new,
and I will wipe away every tear."

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Art: "The Trail Where He Cried"

"I Knew From The Beginning"

"The fulfillment of the vision
which I showed John while he was on Patmos
will not be what many of you expect:

Just as the greatest enemy you will ever face
will come from inside you instead of from the outside,
so also the vision concerns the enemy inside My people
more than it concerns the enemies in the world.

When you see and understand this,
you will weep and your heart will break.

But I knew from the beginning
that My son Adam would sin against Me.

I knew from the beginning
that the king I had chosen
for Israel in the north
would lead them into idolatry and exile.

I knew from the beginning
that My people in Judah
would reject My voice
and usher in destruction
during the days of Jeremiah.

I knew from the beginning
that My own people in Judea
would reject Me when I came to them.

I knew from the beginning
that My own disciple
whom I had chosen
would betray Me.

I knew from the beginning
that the priests of My people
would hand Me over to be crucified.

I knew from the beginning
that My church would receive a crown
and would take up the sword
to pursue earthly kingdoms.

I knew from the beginning
that My people would twist My words
to create their own economic wealth
and to justify their wars.

I knew from the beginning
that My people would rebel
against My law of agape love
and would become Babylon.

I knew from the beginning
that those I had called in the past
would become a beast
attempting to regain
their former power and glory.

I knew from the beginning
that My people would prostitute
themselves to the beast.

I have known all things since the beginning,
yet I loved you and gave My life
on the Cross for all of you.

I can see the end that you cannot.
I can see the redemption that you cannot.
Trust Me and trust in My goodness."

"In all things God works
for the good of those who love Him,
who have been called
according to His purpose."
(Romans 8:28)

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Art: "Prophesied Heartache"

"A Place to Lay My Head"

"I am the Lord of the weak and the broken.
I am the lover of the outcast and the sinner.
I am the seeker of the hungry and the humble.
I am at home in their hearts and in their presence.

I am not welcome among the proud or the mighty.
I am not the reward of the sinless or the pious.
I am not comfortable among those who are perfect
in the sight of the religious.

Will you condemn Me for being
at home with those you believe I shun?
Will you judge Me as you judge them?
Will you reject or welcome Me in them?"

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Art: "Where I Am Welcome"

Healing of the Tribes

"I am He who created your heart.

I rooted you to your people—
to your tribe, even if you did not know
that you belonged to a tribe.

I created you as part of a community.
I am restoring tribes and bringing back
those who were separated from their tribe.

I am He who heals the families of the nations:
I will bring your people to you,
and I will bring you to your people.

I will do this in the fullness of time."

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Art: "Sorrow Becomes Dancing"

The Coming Healer

"I am He who knows every sadness
felt by every people.

I am He who has wept with every tribe
as they walked on their trails of tears.

I am He who will wipe away every tear
and restore all things.

I am coming soon;
hope in Me."

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Art: "At Last"

"For My Word"

"Many will become offended
and will hate you for speaking My word.
You will be rebuked and denounced
because they have closed their ears
to hearing My heart.

You will be opposed as I was opposed
because you testify about Me
and hold to My commands.
I am calling My prophets to follow
in the way of My sufferings.

There will be many times
you will not be able to see My path.
Follow in the way of My command
to love as I have loved you.
I will never lead you in any other way."

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Art: "For My Sake"

"I Will Make Your Beauty Perfect"

"Beloved, I have prepared many jewels for you—
things that you will recognize immediately,
and others what will not appear beautiful in the beginning.
Many times in your life seem to pierce and try you,
but I am bringing beauty out of them.

I will redeem each one,
and you will find treasure
in every place you go.

In My time, you will rejoice
and will wear them as ornaments.
Nothing you have endured
will be unredeemed in My hands."

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Art: "My Beloved"