The Revolution Brigade

I recently had a prophetic experience where the Lord showed me a hand gun.  It was a revolver with a spinning cylinder style chamber.  On the barrell was written the word “ministry.”  I watched as the Lord began to take people and form them into bullets and place them in the chamber of the revolver.

After the people had been formed into bullets and placed into the chamber, the Lord would spin the cylinder Russian-roulette style and point the gun into a group of people.  When He pulled the trigger, the “bullets” would go forth and cause a revival to break out.

I believe that this vision speaks of ministry teams of several people.  I believe that the Lord is saying that the days of the personality cult in ministry are over.  The season of men building ministries in their own name has drawn to a close.  It is my belief that the next generation of revivalists will not be well-known preachers with huge platforms, but rather teams of apostolic warriors who are submitted to the cause of Christ.  They will be nameless and faceless and rather than ambitiously building a ministry will be committed to advancing the Kingdom.

I believe that the Lord will utilize different team members under different circumstances to effect powerful ministry.  This is what the spinning of the cylinder symbolizes.  I also received interpretations for the following components of the gun itself:

The sights: Control the direction of the bullets.  This is the role of prophetic counsel to the apostolic teams of ministers who will take part in the next wave of revival.

The cylinder: This is the place of prayer.  It is the sole abode, qualification, equipping center, and desire of those who will be endued with power from on high. It is the chamber in which the combustion will take place that propels people to their prophetic destiny.

The gun powder: This is intimacy with the Lord.  This is the combustible force that will fill the place of prayer (the chamber) and propel the projectile (the spirit-filled minister) down the barrel and into the heart of the people where they will be a catalyst for revival on an epic scale.

When you hear the phrase “wasted life” it conjures up images of your mother and father standing over you and yelling about how art school will never produce a paying job, or how your boyfriend/girlfriend is a dead-end road.  “You’re wasting your life,” they say.  In short, we associate the phrase with rebellion, negativity, and bad decisions.  Imagine my surprise recently when the Lord told me that He wanted me to waste my life on Him.

For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. (Matthew 16:25)

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I’ve taken a Pastor Mike sermon (Spirit Sent), chopped it down to the best parts (I know, how to choose?), and added a nice beat, some keyboard action, and a bass line.  The result is the “Spirit Sent Remix.”  Hopefully Pastor Mike won’t sue me for copyright infringement.  Enjoy.

I was thinking about the plight of the Virgin Mary today.  The idea that a girl would become pregnant in that culture outside of wedlock created a plethora of social problems.  First, and surely foremost in her mind, is the very real possibility that she would be stoned to death.  After that comes the reality that she would likely be slandered, gossiped about, and put down for the remainder of her life.

In that moment, it became obvious to me that prophetic people face a similar dilemma.  We become “pregnant” with a revelation of the Lord that many in the church are woefully unprepared to accept.  To say that our prophecies come from the Lord makes no more sense to many than to say that a woman became pregnant by the Lord.  The world, and many in the church, simply do not have the faith to accept such things.

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but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God. (1 Peter 3:4)

I was in my prayer time this morning and the Lord showed me a vision.  I saw a sports car driving down the road.  The car looked new.  It had a nice paint job, fancy spoiler, new tires, aluminum rims, the works.  I said to myself, “that’s a nice car right there.”  As the car drove down the road, all of the people on the side of the road turned to look as it zipped past in all it’s glory.

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You’ll probably have noticed by now that I’ve updated the blog with a fresh new theme and some new features.  I think you’ll like the result.  The same great writers will be participating in the blog, with a few possible additions as the days go on.

My heart is to keep this blog on the cutting edge of innovation.  As such, we will from time to time be implementing new designs.  For this occasion, I chose the beautiful and functional Scarlett Theme from Web2feel.com.  You know how I have liked custom themes in the past, but this theme was beautiful enough and functional enough that I didn’t need to customize anything.  Sometimes it’s best not to re-invent the wheel.

Take some time to browse the new features.  We have carousel at the top of the page with all of the recent prophetic words, vimeo video embeds, and a live twitter feed at the bottom.  I think you’ll like the effect.  Happy reading.

Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners? (Song of Solomon 6:10)

I sat and began reading this verse in my quiet time this morning, and the Lord began to open up revelation to me about the end-time prophetic army which is the fully consecrated bride of Christ.  He began to show me attributes of that army from this verse:

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I had a vision at the small group meeting last night.  I saw a field of dead flowers.  I had the impression that the dead flowers represented our churches, people, etc. They had been exposed to the environment (sin, work, the world) until they shriveled and looked completely dead.  Then, I watched as the Lord began to take potted plants that were full of life with lush green leaves and plant then into the field.  The dead flowers began to come back to life as the Lord planted more and more potted plants.

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