DEALING WITH THE ISSUES OF RACE AND RACISM 

BEING AWAKENED INTO THE NEW DAY OF THE LORD. GOD'S ECONOMY AND THE EMERGING APOSTOLIC CRAFTSMEN. PART 21

Genesis 28

16 When Jacob woke up, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it.” 17 And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”

We've entered a day in the Lord where we are being brought into newness.  As we begin to move out of the Ark of the Lord towards the valley of divine representation, we must follow the direction and pattern revealed by Noah.  Noah has remained a divine pattern that is now pointing us towards the more excellent way of the Spirit.  We are told that the very activity of Noah when he came out of the Ark was to build an altar towards the Lord where he sacrificed unto the God of heaven.

This principle is not some idealistic religious gimmicks or game; this is the hour where the Lord is speaking to us from the mountain known as Ararat.  Heaven is calling us to build an altar to the Lord but this will take a sense of divine awareness to carry out such a mandate in a period where everyone is seeking their own interest. Our awareness of the demand of the Lord for this hour is critical to the direction and movement of the Lord amongst his people.

Isaiah 50: 4 The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.

Unfortunately, many are still fund in the place of spiritual slumber, they've refused to be awakened to the call and leading of the Father. The demand of the Spirit of the Lord for this hour requires that we are awakened into the full reality of what the prophetic objective of the Lord is.  Spiritual slumber in the day of awakening is not accepted; we are called to see and respond to heaven's voice as the dawning of new life in Christ becomes more visible.

Mathew 25

1 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4 The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. 5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep. 6 “At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’

John 16

When heaven ushers in a new day, as the ecclesia, we must be awakened to the prophetic realities of such a season in order to function effectively.

Genesis 28

16 When Jacob woke up, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it.” 17 And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”

We've entered a day in the Lord where we are being brought into newness.  As we begin to move out of the Ark of the Lord towards the valley of divine representation, we must follow the direction and pattern revealed by Noah.  Noah has remained a divine pattern that is now pointing us towards the more excellent way of the Spirit.  We are told that the very activity of Noah when he came out of the Ark was to build an altar towards the Lord where he sacrificed unto the God of heaven.

This principle is not some idealistic religious gimmicks or game; this is the hour where the Lord is speaking to us from the mountain known as Ararat.  Heaven is calling us to build an altar to the Lord but this will take a sense of divine awareness to carry out such a mandate in a period where everyone is seeking their own interest. Our awareness of the demand of the Lord for this hour is critical to the direction and movement of the Lord amongst his people.

Isaiah 50: 4 The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.

Unfortunately, many are still fund in the place of spiritual slumber, they've refused to be awakened to the call and leading of the Father. The demand of the Spirit of the Lord for this hour requires that we are awakened into the full reality of what the prophetic objective of the Lord is.  Spiritual slumber in the day of awakening is not accepted; we are called to see and respond to heaven's voice as the dawning of new life in Christ becomes more visible.

Mathew 25

1 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4 The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. 5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep. 6 “At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’

Genesis 28

16 When Jacob woke up, he thought, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was unaware of it.” 17 And he was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven!”

We've entered a day in the Lord where we are being brought into newness.  As we begin to move out of the Ark of the Lord towards the valley of divine representation, we must follow the direction and pattern revealed by Noah.  Noah has remained a divine pattern that is now pointing us towards the more excellent way of the Spirit.  We are told that the very activity of Noah when he came out of the Ark was to build an altar towards the Lord where he sacrificed unto the God of heaven. 

This principle is not some idealistic religious gimmicks or game; this is the hour where the Lord is speaking to us from the mountain known as Ararat.  Heaven is calling us to build an altar to the Lord but this will take a sense of divine awareness to carry out such a mandate in a period where everyone is seeking their own interest. Our awareness of the demand of the Lord for this hour is critical to the direction and movement of the Lord amongst his people. 

Isaiah 50: 4 The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.

Unfortunately, many are still fund in the place of spiritual slumber, they've refused to be awakened to the call and leading of the Father. The demand of the Spirit of the Lord for this hour requires that we are awakened into the full reality of what the prophetic objective of the Lord is.  Spiritual slumber in the day of awakening is not accepted; we are called to see and respond to heaven's voice as the dawning of new life in Christ becomes more visible. 

Mathew 25

1 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4 The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. 5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep. 6 “At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’

One of the beauties of effective, biblical, focused prayer is that we can step into realms and places in prayer and intercession that we are yet to see or visit. Prayer takes us into the future; it reveals what is coming and how we can effectively connect to such reality in faith. The spirit of wisdom, revelation and knowledge is a powerful kingdom key in engaging with a world that is manipulated and controlled by what humans can merely see.  Heaven desires us to rise up in the newness of the spirit of vision and revelation so we are not bound to the temporal realities around us. 

The whole essence of biblical spirituality is to relocate our position in Christ, a position that is not influenced by the temporary needs and challenges of life. Living life from the superficial, seen realm can be very tiring and frustrating regardless of how we try to keep up. When we, however, choose to establish our sense of existence from the eternal, unseen realm, we live within the staying wisdom and power of God.

Ephesians 1:16, 17

I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, 17 and asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.

The Lord is doing a new thing within the seemingly difficult and contradictive issues around us. The Spirit of the Lord is bringing us to a place of vision and revelation to see and participate in the opening of the newness of our day. The revelation to build according to divine intention is now being ushered into the earth, and only those who have yielded themselves to their desire and will of the Father will hear the voice of the sound of entering this new day.

2 Corinthians 4: 17-18

17 For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal glory that is far beyond comparison. 18 So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

EFFECTIVE PRAYER GOES WITH RIGHTEOUSNESS AND JUSTICE. PORTALSGATE PROPHETIC PRAYER SCHOOL. SESSION 317.

Prayer is an effective, strategic spiritual principle in engaging seemingly difficult and extraordinarily complex human problems. When we pray with the heart of truth and integrity, we are given the right, ascended perspective into the nature of things, especially those things that may look as if we do not have a clear, direct, answer in dealing with them. 

Often, we find ourselves in a situation that is indirectly suggesting we take a side even when we know that the Lord hates an unjust scale.  The current social challenge in America with the death of the African American with the name Floyd needs to be viewed in the light of God’s truth and justice system and not from a prejudicial, politically correct ideology which we see already playing out.

We stand to condemn every form of violence from both sides of the divide. However, we must lay blame on the provocative attitude of some of the law enforcement officers who seem to have an issue with people of a different color or race just as we still see here in South Africa. When I say lay blame, I mean, someone should be held accountable for the death of a person whose condition does not pose a threat to the officers arresting him.  All lives matter to God, especially the lives of those who have been wrongly profiled by the state because of their historic journey or color of skin.

We should not be addressing this kind of issue in the 21st century; the world has come a long way to be still dragged backward with the issue of identity, race, and color, but the unfortunate reality is, we are here and we should correctly address this lingering problem before it gets out of hand. Threatening people with military intervention is totally out of order and shows a deep sense of disconnection from the truth and the position of righteousness the American president says he stands for. When you deploy the military, who are the people who will die? Of cause, many of the Africa Americas as they call them.

The problem of America is more of a spiritual problem than any other pressing matter. If the Church in America remains divided on the line of belief and theology, that is a house divided against itself which cannot stand. When certain quarters of the church Body in America refuses to recognize that there’s systemic injustice taking place before its very eyes and on the other hands choose to side a government that refuses to make a clear statement of condemnations of the injustice carried out in its name, that speaks volume regarding how such leadership regards the lives of it, citizen, we cannot and should never be dragged into soulish and carnal pray that is not established on the foundation of righteousness and justice.

Effective prayer is one that is built on truth and honesty and not on fear of threat. David showed us how to pray with the heart of integrity, even when he knows he will be judged for his sin. When we seek to use scripture or others means to cover or excise our wrongdoing, the Lord will not answer our prayer. Prayer starts with the heart of truth and forgiveness.   We need to rise up and pray for our nations, particularly, the nation of America in these trying times but such prayer and intercession should foundation on righteousness. Justice, equity, and not on religious bias and prejudice.

THE POWER OF POSITIVE DECLARATION IN ENTERING THE NEW DAY OF THE LORD. PORTALSGATE PROPHETIC PRAYER SCHOOL. SESSION 315.

One of the realities of effective prayer or intercession is the power of prophetic declaration. What this means is, when you stand in agreement with what the Spirit of the Lord has said or saying, and you simultaneously proclaim the word in faith, things start to happen that shapes the cause of men and their identity. Moving into the next emphasis of the Lord for our lives in this epoch demands that we stand in total agreement with what the Lord is saying and doing. We should use the power of utterance to shift and change the present condition.

As we raise our eyes to the hill of help, let us also declare what the Spirit reveals even as we press onward with the Lord. Learning the art of positiveness is a beautiful thing that we should cultivate and develop. However, being positive is a byproduct of the presence of the Father in our life.

Walking in the conscious reality of the ever-increasing presence of the Lord puts us in an advantageous condition to advance within the contradictions, rejections, and even temporal needs around us. Joseph once again proves that if we can increase in the pursuit of the ministry of the presence of the Lord, we can prosper and succeed.

RISING UP IN THE POWER OF NEWNESS IN THE NEW DAY OF THE LORD. PORTALSGATE PROPHETIC PRAYER SCHOOL. SESSION 315

When a new season dawns upon us, we must corporately and individually believe the Lord for a new (understanding) insight to engage such season, or else we will engage such era with our rigid, old paradigm, which always leads to failure.

Failure is not always quickly noticed or understood until the end of a season, unfortunately. This past season did expose things, and people we thought were successful. We have, however, seen how the Lord judged them as failures. It is wisdom for us to learn from this immediate past judgment and not be blind. It is presumptive to jump into a new season we've not received clear insight and direction from the Spirit of the Lord.

One of the advantages we have in the place of prayer and intercession is the ability to hear and know what the Lord is requiring, and how to engage his demands for our lives. The more we seek the face of the Lord, the more we are better prepared to step forward towards the course of his intention.

We should not allow the temptation of performance to push into a situation that causes you to use obsolete instruments and theological ideals to interface this new day; you will be making a big mistake. We must avoid the temptation of seeking to employ the OLD days of seeing and interacting in this epoch open before us church. Let wait upon the guidance of the Spirit as the water of judgment continues to lower down before stepping out. The character of the fruit of the Spirit is required in this hour.

Isaiah 42

1“Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will bring justice to the nations. 2 He will not shout or cry out or raise his voice in the streets 3 A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice; 4 he will not falter or be discouraged till he establishes justice on earth. In his teaching, the islands will put their hope.” 5 This is what God the Lord says—the Creator of the heavens, who stretches them out, who spreads out the earth with all that springs from it, who gives breath to its people, and life to those who walk on it: 6“I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles, 7 to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness. 8 “I am the Lord; that is my name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols. 9 See, the former things have taken place, and new things I declare; before they spring into being, I announce them to you.”

PRAYER IS NOT ENOUGH. GOD’S ECONOMY AND THE EMERGING APOSTOLIC CRAFTSMEN PART 19.

GOD’S ECONOMY AND THE EMERGING APOSTOLIC CRAFTSMEN PART 18.

When a new season dawns upon us, we must corporately and individually believe the Lord for a new (understanding) insight to engage such season, or else we will engage such era with our rigid, old paradigm, which always leads to failure.

Failure is not always quickly noticed or understood until the end of a season, unfortunately. This past season did expose things, and people we thought were successful. We have, however, seen how the Lord judged them as failures. It is wisdom for us to learn from this immediate past judgment and not be blind. It is presumptive to jump into a new season we've not received clear insight and direction from the Spirit of the Lord.

One of the advantages we have in the place of prayer and intercession is the ability to hear and know what the Lord is requiring, and how to engage his demands for our lives. The more we seek the face of the Lord, the more we are better prepared to step forward towards the course of his intention.

We should not allow the temptation of performance to push into a situation that causes you to use obsolete instruments and theological ideals to interface this new day; you will be making a big mistake. We must avoid the temptation of seeking to employ the OLD days of seeing and interacting in this epoch open before us church.

Let wait upon the guidance of the Spirit as the water of judgment continues to lower down before stepping out. The character of the fruit of the Spirit is required in this hour.