Matthew 7:14 "Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."
God is raising up a generation that has an extreme passion to walk the path of righteousness — a generation that understands that the way is narrow, but is willing to live life in complete abandonment to Him regardless.
God is raising up Nazarites throughout the nations of the earth. He is giving them keys of fasting and prayer to shift the course of world history. The Nazarites are people with burning hearts and a mandate from heaven. Their very lifestyle shouts to the world who God is. The fire inside them never goes out. It burns day and night, the overflow of an undivided heart and a single eye (Col 3:2).
The root-meaning of Nazarite in Hebrew indicates that a Nazarite was "a consecrated one" or "a devotee." Ordinarily, when people took a vow they consecrated a material possession to God, but if a person took a Nazarite vow, he/she consecratedhimself/herself to God.
We believe that God is raising up people completely consecrated to Him across the earth. Such people will walk in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to the fathers wherever they go. They have God's seal upon their hearts and an understanding that nothing in this world will satisfy. They live for His face alone.
When the nation of Israel turned away from God to walk in the ways of other gods, God used the lives of the sold out men and women to bring reform. These men and women changed culture by standing for righteousness even in the face of death. It was the Nazarites who God chose to do that which was in His heart and mind (Ie: Samuel in I Sam 2:35.) Nazarites also emerged at times when Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord (Ie: Samson in Judges 13:1) and when the priesthood was in disarray (Ie: John the Baptist in Matt 3:7.) The political and spiritual climate in all of these settings was filled with bondage and oppression. The parents of these men made a sacrifice unto the Lord prior to their births, and they lived lives of sacrifice from birth unto death. Samson brought protection, Samuel priestly reformation, and John preparation for a coming King.
Once again, God is blowing the trumpet and a new breed of fiery prophets are arising. God is raising up Nazarites, whose voices will shake the nations and prepare the Bride for the return of Jesus to the earth!
If you are reading this article and you are feeling a fire burning in your heart and you are saying “I want be a Nazarite,” then pray this prayer: “God, put a fire in my heart that will burn day and night. I want be a burning one. I will give up the pleasures of this life for the pleasures of heaven. Lord put a seal of Nazarite consecration upon my heart so that my heart may burn like John the Baptist’s heart burned . . . for You alone!”
k.G.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
Intimacy restores destiny...
I believe that we are in a time of history that when we look back at it in the pages of eternity we will identify it as a time of a clear shift in human history... As we enter more into the times that Haggai 2:6-9 describes, I believe that even Christians who are not established on Matthew 7, the solid foundation, are going to be shaken with everybody else...
I think the shaking is really God's love and grace over our lives... This time last year I was going through a great time of trial. It was probably the most painful time I have ever had, but now when I look back I'm so grateful for what that time has produced in my heart. Through that season God taught me so much and He has drawn me into a level of intimacy that I've not known before.
He matured me in a lot ways and really brought me back to the center (intimacy).
During the shaking he called me for a year just to be with Him. It was for sure the most foundational year of my life :).
He brought things into order in my life, my time with Him, my husband ( family), friends and then in ministry. He filled me with joy and gave me the greatest gift, a child.
Intimacy with Him has restored my life and my destiny.
In this last year I realize more and more that my primary calling is to pray.
The movement in Brazil is growing so much. It is incredible what God is doing. It is amazing how prayer changes the spiritual atmosphere over cities and nations (Matthew 6:10, Psalm 149).
In 2007 God gave us a vision for reformation in every sphere of society, and He has already opened the doors with the government, education, media and etc... We feel the time is now for putting people in place so they can carrie the mission forward too.
Now with the baby on the way, I want to spend all the time I can at home in prayer, in the word with Trevis and her.
I want to encourage you to give this year to intimacy, and if you are going through a season of fire and shaking, embrace it with humility and you will see beautiful fruit come out of it.
He really knows how to make beauty out of our ashes. We just need to be willing to give Him our ashes.
Love you all,
kelry
I think the shaking is really God's love and grace over our lives... This time last year I was going through a great time of trial. It was probably the most painful time I have ever had, but now when I look back I'm so grateful for what that time has produced in my heart. Through that season God taught me so much and He has drawn me into a level of intimacy that I've not known before.
He matured me in a lot ways and really brought me back to the center (intimacy).
During the shaking he called me for a year just to be with Him. It was for sure the most foundational year of my life :).
He brought things into order in my life, my time with Him, my husband ( family), friends and then in ministry. He filled me with joy and gave me the greatest gift, a child.
Intimacy with Him has restored my life and my destiny.
In this last year I realize more and more that my primary calling is to pray.
The movement in Brazil is growing so much. It is incredible what God is doing. It is amazing how prayer changes the spiritual atmosphere over cities and nations (Matthew 6:10, Psalm 149).
In 2007 God gave us a vision for reformation in every sphere of society, and He has already opened the doors with the government, education, media and etc... We feel the time is now for putting people in place so they can carrie the mission forward too.
Now with the baby on the way, I want to spend all the time I can at home in prayer, in the word with Trevis and her.
I want to encourage you to give this year to intimacy, and if you are going through a season of fire and shaking, embrace it with humility and you will see beautiful fruit come out of it.
He really knows how to make beauty out of our ashes. We just need to be willing to give Him our ashes.
Love you all,
kelry
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