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"

"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"

"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."

Called For This Testimony

"I have called My Native American servants
to testify to the United States:

I have prepared the way
for the United States to receive
the harvest sown by her pride,
her greed, and her violence.

I am calling you as priests
to intercede for all peoples
who are living in the land.

I am calling you not only to speak the truth
of America's history and spiritual darkness,
but I am also calling you to weep for her children,
her leaders, her good-hearted and her bad-hearted.

I have reserved you for such a time as this.
I will be with you as you go."

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Art: "For Such a Time As This"

The Trumpets Answer

"I am He who hears all the cries
of the children I have created.
I am He who sees every tear that falls.
I am He who knows every unspoken prayer of every heart.
Nothing has been missed by Me.

The time is coming soon when I will
fulfill what I have prophesied:
A great tribulation is beginning.
Many woes will come upon the earth and humankind.
I will send a series of judgments
that will seem worse than anything
that has ever fallen upon the earth.

Do not be afraid.
I am He who is in control,
and I am bringing
the redemption of all things.
I am coming soon."

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Art: "The One Who Hears"

Weeping Again

"My people have chosen
the lies and myths
of the one who steals,
kills and destroys.

'Return to love and mercy!' I cry,
but they mock My values
and accuse My messengers
of being against Me.

They can only see the myth
of their righteous foundation
and that all they have done is
justified in the name of freedom.

What can I tell them that
has not already been written?

In the name of temple and nation
My Son was mocked and rejected.
If the Master was treated this way,
won't they treat His servants the same?

I weep again for the
city they have become."

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Art: "Preparing the Way For Another"

Encircled

"I am He who will shine light into the darkness you see.
I know the fire rages around you and inside you,
but I will use the fire to help you and others
see more clearly than you have ever seen before.
I will preserve and protect your heart,
and as you look to Me you will see a brighter fire—
the sacred fire of My passion for you."

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Art: "Sacred Fire"

Rescue Is Coming!

"I am coming! I am coming!
I am coming to relieve the faint,
I am coming to heal the wounded,
I am coming to pick up the downtrodden,
I am coming to rescue the broken in the world.

I am coming to end your suffering,
I am coming to wipe away your tears,
I am coming to restore what was lost,
I am coming to bring to life what was dead.
I am coming and I will redeem all things!"

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Art: "Coming Redeemer"

Creator Redeems

"Where are the sons and daughters I gave this land?
Where are the Native Americans who tended
the land that rejoiced in their care?
Where are they who loved the land
and whom the land loved?
Why does the land mourn and
why does blood soak its earth?

A day is coming when the days of mourning will end—
when the heaviness will be washed away,
for I will bring back and resurrect
the sons and daughters who were broken and taken away.
The land will see and rejoice
when I return My children to her.
The trees and the rivers eagerly wait for that day."

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Art: "End of Mourning"

"Live In My Sacrifice"

"Listen to My Spirit, poured out
just as My blood was poured out on the Cross—
in love for the world and
with forgiveness for My enemies:

Many follow Me in name but
do not know what manner of spirit
they are truly following—
a different 'Christ' teaching
the ways of man instead of God,
opposing Me just as in Judea.

I am calling you to follow Me to your cross
and to pour out My Spirit to them—
to forgive and pour out your lives for those
who live today as enemies of the Cross,
just as I forgave and poured out My life
for those who put Me on the Cross.
Live in My sacrifice—in My Spirit."

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Art: "I Loved You, My Enemy"

"From My Love"

"Weep! Weep, My prophets! Look!

I am a name that is used to condemn enemies
instead of to forgive them!

I am a name used to declare judgment
instead of to declare grace!

I am a name used to justify 'rights'
instead of to lift up the poor!

I am a name used to separate
instead of to reconcile!

I am a name used to bring contention
instead of to bring healing!

I am just a name to many who profess My name,
instead of a real Lord with a real heart!

Let your tears fall, My prophets!
I am calling you to testify in tears
to those who have closed their hearts to Me!

Sow with My tears, with My broken heart
and love for My beloved prodigal children!
I will not let any tear fall in vain."

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Art: "Alive to Him"

Seeing But Not Seeing

My complaint:

Lord, You fill me with Your breaking heart and tears,
and so I paint and write what You tell me to.
But then many people don't see what is painted and spoken;
instead they see what they want to see,
and say "amen" as if it affirms their beliefs.
Lord! I can't count how many times this happens!
I'm so tired of this!

Your answer:

"Don't My children do the same with My word?
Don't they look and see only what they want to see?
Don't they point to what affirms their beliefs
instead of listening to My heart?"

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Art: "Hearing His Heart"

Call For Wisdom

"Do you want to understand what has been sealed?
Ask Me, but only if you are willing to share My grief
and only if you are willing to wear sackcloth—
to repent to your neighbors, your enemies, and to nations.

Understanding the scroll of Daniel
—which only the Lamb can open—
will be sweet in your mouth
but bitter in your stomach.

You will taste the love of the Lamb
and see that all points to Him,
but you will also understand how those
who bore His name have left His love.

And you will weep,
even as I weep.

I will send you forth
to speak My heart,
to sow My word in tears.

You will weep during the night,
but rejoicing will come
in the morning, on the Day
when the Lamb comes."

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Art: "Understanding the Scroll"

"Will You Still Love Me?"

"My precious children, My precious children,
I love and cherish Your affection for Me
and your desire to love Me more!
I treasure your praises and your sweet words!
I love you so much, so much more than you know!
I want to open your hearts to know Me and My love
in even greater depth than you already know.

But, My precious children, will you let Me?

I may open your eyes to see idols
that you did not recognize as idols;

I may open your ears to hear cries among you
of suffering that you could not hear before;

I may ask you to lay on the altar
your pride in your people and your nation;

I may call you to love your enemies and reach out
to help heal the wounds they have suffered;

I may reveal errors in your beliefs
and set a choice before you:

Will you love Me,
or will you love your idea of Me?
Will you truly follow Me, or will you
close your ears and turn away in your hearts?"

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Art: "Pardon Me"

"Can I Share My Love?"

"My people,
do you really want
to know My love?

Will you let Me
share My heart
with you?

Will you listen only if
I share 'positive' things
that make you feel good?

Will you turn away
if I share My
grief with you?

Will you tell Me to
be quiet if I say something
that makes you uncomfortable?

My beloved,
do you really want
to know My love?"

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Art: "Father's Call"

Hearts of Stone

"My people are being led astray
by the pride of their hearts!

Because they crave to be strong,
they look down upon the weak.

Because they seek to control their fate,
they put down any person in their way.

Because they worship 'self-made' people,
they despise those who need to ask for aid.

Because they glory in their accomplishments,
they cannot esteem those without worldly success.

Because they believe in using violence righteously,
they believe all of their violence has been righteous.

Because they value their right to material happiness,
they object to the gospel of the kingdom of heaven.

The hearts of My people have
become as hard as stone!

Who will cry out and weep for My people?
Who will go and call them to repent,
to let go of their hearts of stone
and accept My heart instead?

You who have ears to hear,
can you hear My heart
breaking for My people?"

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Art: "A Hare"

Until You Reunite

"When the innocent suffer and are taken away,
they have not been forgotten or forsaken.
They are brought home and are at rest in My arms;
each one of their tears are wiped away,
and they are comforted and fully healed.

I have prepared a place for you next to them.
Come, share your sorrows with Me;
I will stay with you through the night
until the day comes when all things
are redeemed and restored."

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Art: "In Good Hands"

"Mourn With Me"

"Come, My servants,
come and weep with Me!
My precious children,
My precious children!

Many of them will walk out of their doors one day
not knowing that their time has come to an end!
Drunk on the wine of the old covenant
and drunk on their own righteousness,
they will not know when they no longer know Me
and when they have gone too far from My path!

I will wail for them and lament for them.
Can you see My tears, My servants?
I am wailing for those who leave My heart!
Do you know My heart and My love?"

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Art: "Beyond His Heart"

"They Do Not Know Me"

"Many are excited because they believe they
see signs of Revelation being fulfilled.
They are ready to warn the world that their behavior is evil
and that judgment is coming because of it.
Many hear of wars and rumors of wars
and declare that now is the time to make sure
that you are 'standing' on the side of the right nation.

"Their agape love has grown cold,
and they care only for themselves.
They speak My name only to make the nations
conform to what they believe My ways are—
but they do not know Me or My law.

"I am peeling off the sixth seal,
and many woes will increase.
Abide in Me and My command:
love one another as I love you—
even your enemies.

"Carry one another's burdens,
mourn with those who mourn,
comfort those who are in need,
share your food with the hungry,
clothe the naked and the ashamed,
and visit the sick and the prisoner.
Forgive as I have forgiven you.

"Many who are insincere will come alongside you.
Be patient and love them,
but do not yoke yourselves to them.
Follow the Lamb who was slain,
and obey My commands."

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Art: "Looking Forward to Distress"

The Wrath of the Lamb

"My wrath is against all that stands between Me and My children.
My wrath is against all that strives against My agape love.
My wrath is against all that hurts My beloved children.

"I am the Lamb who was slain for the sins of the world.
I gave My life for My enemies and those who crucified Me.
I took the punishment for your rebellion.

"Who is able to understand My wrath?
Do not be deluded into thinking that you are called
as messengers to declare the wrath of the Lion of Judah,
for you cannot understand My wrath until you are consumed by My love.
My wrath comes from My love—from the Lamb who was slain.

"Do not attempt to understand My wrath
if you are not willing to be broken
with My love and My grief for the lost.
Do not forget that My death was for them
just as much as it was for you."

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Art: "Having Chosen"