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QUESTION: I have been facing difficult trials lately. My friends have told me to be encouraged these difficulties are a good sign. Can you explain this to me?

 

JOHN PAUL JACKSON: Your friends are telling you the truth. This principle is one that is discussed in The Art of Hearing God classes. The depth of your battle is proportionate to the coming anointing you will receive from God. Anointing is basically spiritual influence in a natural world. Therefore, the battle we face actually predicts the coming influence we will walk in after the battle has concluded. What we tend to focus on, however, is the difficulty of the battle. The battle that we overcome creates stronger character that allows us to become better leaders. Therefore, if you don't quit, you win.
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When things in life are good or seemingly problem-free, we feel comfortable,
at ease, relaxed. But unfortunately when things are "good", they are not
always God.

Did you know that the worst enemy of the "best" is the "good"? Settling for
"good", keeps us from pushing forward into the fullness of all God has for
us. By settling for "good", we can miss the opportunity of becoming the true
conquerors of all God has promised to us.

If things in your life are not good and you are experiencing chaos or
turmoil, be encouraged. You might just be pushing through the opposition
into the fullness of what God has for you. Remember that it is always the
darkest before the dawn breaks. Endure to the end. Don't settle for anything
less than God's best. It may cost you, but the rewards are worth it.

Sometimes, it is not until you have lost everything for Christ that you are
free to do anything for Him! If there is opposition, you may be headed in
the right direction~
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Things to come 

By Michele Perry

I was lying in bed about to fall asleep where there appeared a very large
angel in my room about 4.30 am right after the morning call from the local
mosque... unlike I had ever seen before... he was huge with an authority
that was absolutely demanding of total attention... I wasn't scared as
much as transfixed... I have seen many angels before but this one was
different--he had a huge sword at his side that had a kind of fire in
it,almost like judgment and refining... and he spoke: "I have been sent to
show you things to come... to warn you of the coming tribulations"

There was a gravity about his countenance that was unmistakable... and
then we were standing on a huge world map... but where ever we stood we
were in the spirit... the first place I was taken was America. America: I
saw a rollercoaster with only one car and in it was a dollar sign... it
had been going up and was currently on the threshold of a drop...then it
evened for a bit while everyone began to breath easy again and then it
rounded the corner and plummeted taking the economy with it... I saw lines
and lines in front of what looked like ration offices and soup kitchens...
I saw armed men walk into church services and begin to shoot those who
stood up for their faith... And I heard,"Beloved this is what to come...
America has trusted in her wealth and made that her sufficiency and her
foundation but that is about to be shaken because I am to be her
foundation and no other... when this happens it will cause other events to
result... all ready there are groups on American soil training for just
such a day when a weakness can be exploited to take control and win
support...they will result to any means to see their ends
accomplished....there are gate cities for My glory that the enemy will try
to attack first but already the heavenly hosts have been dispatched..."
The angel raised his sword and hosts of angelic armies were dispatched to
many cities...

The host surrounded each of these cities and the Lord began to call the
saints to attention to watch and pray and prepare for the days ahead...
Then the angel lowered his sword and we were standing in Europe: Europe: I
saw a multiheaded serpent like a snake rise out of the Atlantic... it had
10 heads and 10 crowns and was ridden by a man...this man began to make
alliances to position himself to be in influence over the EU and the UN...
not so much an upfront position in this day but a behind the scenes one...
so that the UN and EU began to be pawns of this controlling spirit...
brother began to doubt brother and turn against each other forming
alliances only to break them again... I heard "Beloved the decisions that
will come at the hands of the UN and EU will be controlled by this
spirit... even now it is beginning to make inroads into processes and
governments... it will play nation against nation for it's own good...and
it hates My people with a vengeance..." I also sawthe churches of Europe,
the abandoned monolithic structures left devastated for generations begin
to filled with life and light and fire... a wave of glory was coming to
the church there that would birth a revival like never before seen... the
dry bones were coming to life and being assembled into an endtime
army...We turned and were in Africa:

Here I saw chains and pestilence, famine and drought, disease and Fighting
among clans but in the midst of such was an outpouring of the Lord's
provision and grace.... and an outpouring of worship especially among the
youth and children... I saw a children's army dancing with banners,
twirling to the music God put in their very marrow... and I began to weep
it was so beautiful... and they were able to teach the world a new
dimension of warfare through worship and an understanding of the adoption
of God.

Then we stood at the doorstep of the Middle East: Here there was a huge a
prayer tower that called out 5 times daily for nations of people to bow
and bend to a god that was not God... I looked out over the land and I saw
harvest... fields and fields and fields of harvest... an outpouring of the
Lord unto harvest... I saw mosques transform and prayer towers once
sounding a call to prayer now sounded a call to come to the Lord... but at
the same time the radical element was preparing for war-- to fight to the
death for Islam... there was a spirit of violence and bloodshed
orchestrating this jihad mentality and the leaders of the fundamentalist
nations were key players... the hatred was directed toward Israel and the
Christians... I saw many wheat shafts once harvested burned in the fire of
their hatred... with the harvest there will be persecution and
martyrdom... The leaders of Islam conspired against Israel to take her
land and her freedom and subject her to their yoke...the anger of the Lord
burned against them for doing such... I saw much unrest in Israel and
fighting but in the midst there was a fulfillment of the faith there...
the Jewish people came to know Jeshua as their Messiah and a great
dimension of prophetic worship was released from Jerusalem as the fullness
of Davidic and Messianic worship was redeemed! What has been to date is
just a trickle--but the torrent is coming... the wasteland is about to
bloom! Then the angel pointed his sword and we were in Central Asia: Here
I saw cold as never before known... as well as much government unrest and
political instability-- the door that was open for a season to reach this
part began to close... it was harder for workers to work openly and
persecution increased again... but the church began to flourish amidst the
difficulties... also widespread financial corruption and famine-- lack for
even basic necessities... but again God watched over His people even
sending
angelic deliveries of provision...And then we were at the Subcontinent:
Here I saw brother rise against brother and nation against nation as
hostilities came to a boiling point...also widespread natural
disasters-ground shaking, flooding, famine...mounting persecution against
believers but in midst the church is woken out of her slumber... here I
saw another army of women and children and those rejected dancing before
the Lord... I saw traveling companies of artists and minstrels released
under the prophetic anointing of the Lord to call the nations to worship
Jesus through their art...I saw some of the largest worship gatherings the
world has ever seen take place of millions gathering to worship and the
song that breaks forth literally causing the ground to shake... I saw
chains fall off this land and veils removed...idols smashed... rivers of
god presence released...but all this in periods of persecutions and
difficulty and coming with a great price...

Then we went northward to China: Here I saw an army being assembled and
trained... and a cord extended from China to Russia and the Middle East
connecting these three areas... there was spirit of conquest released over
China... I also saw cracked dry ground... like in drought or desert and
crops withering away... I saw the church here flourish like a network of
underground channels and actual send out those who will be instrumental in
equipping the church in the west to stand in the coming times of
persecution... like the Chinese church was a forerunner that will train
thewest how to operate in times of hostility...

Then we looked east to the rest of Asia and Oceania:

Over Japan I saw shaking...

Over Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines much unrest and turmoil...

In Australia, I saw a great outpouring of revival... beyond that I did not
see much detail here
at this time. Then the angel turned to me and looked at me and then looked
back at the 3-D world map and raised his sword and pointed it toward the
nations of the earth... I saw it release fire over the nations...

Simultaneously the enemy opened the doors of hell and released great
swirling darkness... the places where the greatest darkness was released
were the very ones where the Church shone with the most glory. As I
watched this contrast unfold I heard: "Beloved all this is to come but it
is just the beginning of the birth pains-- all creation groans in
expectation for My return... but this is just the beginning not the end...
the enemy is about to unleash his fury as never before seen on the
earth... but it is no match for the glory I am releasing now in My people,
My Beloved, My Bride... I am doing a new thing this day and Church will no
longer look like it has-- I am establishing My order for My Body... when
you see these things do not fear, but rejoice! I will provide for you My
Beloved... indeed I will pour the wealth of the Nations into your
storehouses in this day so you can be My channels of provision and
blessing to the world in the days to come... I am releasing with My glory
a supernatural wisdom to know how to walk and how to stand in this day.
This wisdom and prophetic understanding will effect the decisions and
courses of nations... My Church is about to be revealed in Her glory...
there is no time to waste-- the day hastens quickly... My Beloved people
you must grow up and lay aside everything that hinders you from running
the race I have set out for you... Keep your eyes focused on Me and I will
cause you to walk on the water in the storm even when there is no boat to
return to... As the judgments have been released so has My glory... and it
will grow increasingly brighter and manifest until My return."

Copyright Storm-Harvest Ministries 2001.
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