VALLEY OF DECISION

For in the Spirit…

I stood, in front of me was a vast stretch of land, a desert, with mountains on the left and right. I then had a glimpse of myself as I donned the brilliant armour of the Lord, specifically putting on the helmet and then picking up my sword and shield. Preparation and action; learning and doing; camping and marching – these are different seasons in all our lives.
I then understood that I stood on a battlefield, yet as I looked towards the horizon (north?) I saw no enemy, yet I knew the enemy was there, waiting in the distance, a great horde ready to tear and kill.
I was then asked to turn around and I then looked into the faces of many men and women; there was fear on their faces but also determination (a readiness) and doubt. It was the army of the Lord that He wants to go into battle; an army of a nameless and faceless generation willing to completely surrender for the Lord. There was no distinction of race, greed or culture – the Bride is one in the Blood.
I then looked to my then and right, for there stood a line of warriors, prepared to march and to move the battle line forward. Warriors ready to lead under the Lord’s instruction.
For this I understood: those making up the rear needed boldness, direction and courage to stand against the enemy. They needed truth, understanding and freedom.
I then looked up at the multitude of banners - scarlet, purple and blue. Upon it was the Hebrew letters for Yahweh. Upon the breastplate of the warriors were the same letters. It was the ancient name of the Lord that we have forgotten to speak.
The Lord then said I was standing on the soil of the Valley of Decision. We, meaning all nations, enter into this valley as individuals since the day Jesus rose from the grave.
It is the valley of spiritual victory or defeat, where many men have fallen and many will still fall. It was the valley where choices are made; victories won and so many battles lost.
It is the valley described in Joel 3, for here in this valley the Lord has throughout the ages brought all nations and all men and all women to tread the Valley floor. It was here, everyday, timeless and forever, where the battle takes place and it is here where the generation of the Lord fights and advances or falls as individuals. Here in the valley all men have to make a choice and a decision. The plumb line has been drawn – whom shall you serve?
But it was not just the place that was important but it was the time: we are already standing in the times of the latter rains with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit intensifying. The Lord says we are waiting for something to happen, but when Jesus died and rose, His children already stood in the beautiful rain of the Holy Spirit that keeps pouring more and more and it is in this valley where the Harvest takes place. As the battles intensify and the Spirit pours on all flesh, so the Great Harvest will intensify as the Lord’s eye searches for those who seek Him and those who don’t.
Such a time is now. Whom shall you serve?
The Holy Spirit moves powerfully as the Lord brings all things to past.
Thus, we have to understand: this is the time of the latter rain (outpouring of the Spirit). This is the time that the sickle will swing mightily as the Great Harvest unfolds and the angels roam the earth. This is the time where men will have to choose between Him and the world. This is the time and place to make a stand and fight, or fall and retreat.
Here in the Valley of Decision, the Lord has forever spiritually brought His people and everyone is given the opportunity to choose.
Oh how the Lord impressed upon me that we are waiting for the harvest, we are waiting for something new and great, we are waiting but we have forever been standing in the Latter Rain and in the greater glory: Here in the Valley we stand under the banner of the New Covenant and the New Dispensation. Yet we have failed repeatedly to walk in the victory of the power of the New Glory.
Yet, I cast my eyes to the distance and I ask the Lord where is the enemy: The Lord says the enemy is not one of flesh and blood, but it is the strongholds of the mind, it is in the spiritual, it is the invincible and it is eternal darkness. It is an enemy not restricted by time or space.
The enemy is strong for it is misunderstood, undiscerned, undetected and underestimated. The enemy lives on ignorance, fear and confusion, leading us further from the Lord and His truth.
The enemy lives and breaths in the mindset of man, in their religions, their traditions, their ways, their false theories, their false doctrines, their false sense of divinity, their false sense of reality and their false sense of righteousness. For the works of man has set him apart from God, for he listens to the whispers of a defeated fallen angel and not to God. (Ephesians 6, 2 Corinthians 10, 2 Corinthians 3, Romans 1, 1 Corinthians 1, Colossians 2)
So here in the valley many will fall, for the enemy will cause man to run after the temporary and the false and to see a life born out of vain imaginations, missing the true glory of the resurrected House of the Lord.
This I then understood: so many have fallen, so many will fall for so many remain spiritually blind and captivated by all that is false and that is not from the Lord.
If one fails to walk in the Spirit, then one will fail to walk in discernment and wisdom and truth in order to fight the good fight and to lead the captives to freedom.
The valley is also called the Valley of Jehosaphat – meaning the Lord judges. For this king of Israel choice to serve the Lord and destroy idolatry, he choice to appoint judges and to teach the Law of the Lord. Yet he also choice to engage in wrong alliances, favouring paganism and walking in the ways opposed to the Lord – this cost him dearly. This king also achieved victories in battle for He choice to trust in the Lord who is the true righteous judge.
And so, we must choose between right or wrong; truth or falseness; God or the world; His way or man’s way; His divinity or man’s divine illusions; the new dispensation or the old; the former house of the latter; the former rain or the latter; His reality or the world’s reality; His power or man’s created deception of power; the spiritual or the flesh; the eternal things or the temporal; righteousness or unrighteousness; life or death; Babylon or the Holy of Holies; freedom or captivity.
Now it the time to choose in order to march forward claiming spiritual land. The Lord is a righteous judge. The time has come that man’s indifference can’t be tolerated anymore for too many have fallen and too many will fall – the Lord seeks His army, just and true.
This is the valley.
This is the harvest.
People need the truth to break the strongholds of the mind and the strongholds in the spirit, soul and flesh.
The enemy wages war, yet we sleep.
Let us arise with banner in hand and walk in truth.
Let us don the armour and set the captives free.
Let us choose the Lord’s way for it our way that has enslaved us.

WHITE WASHED WALLS

Let us ponder to severity of the following: To what extend are we these days speaking out of vain imaginations, building white washed walls, prophesying falsely, declaring false hope and false dreams? (Ezekial 13).
For the Lord says that those who do not obey Him and who does not speak in His Spirit builds a foundation and a structure that is weak and empty. How guilty are we of building white washed walls without any substance or building upon a foundation of sand? Surely, as it is written, the storms of the Lord and of life will come like the angles from the four corners of the earth and shatter these unstable walls.
How many white washed walls have not the church build or is currently is building? Do what extend is our construction sites cemented by vain imaginations, deceitful motives, self gain or chatter void of truth or spirit?
How many deeds and words and effort that are still birthed out of the flesh and vain imagination have erected these walls? Oh indeed the Kingdom is not one of words but one of power. When we speak the Lord’s truth and build His Kingdom we will build the true House of the Father.
For the Lord cries that He calls for a generation that will stand in the gap when those white washed walls come down. He calls for a generation to rebuild broken walls and become repairers of ancient ruins. Only when we move in the Spirit and in the Truth will we be able to build walls that are steady and sure. Only in obedience will we lay the right foundation.
But oh, we have build our white walls and have become white washed tombs like the Pharisees and the scribes (Matthew 23). We are all talk and full or ideas and full of nice words, but we keep building on sand and we keep on building a wall that will come down when the Lord’s hand moves against it.
For Israel the walls of Jerusalem was precious and holy, encircling the tabernacle of the Lord. The walls we are to build are the walls of the Kingdom that encloses His presence; it is thus the walls of the Kingdom that is within us; it is thus the House of the Lord.
Yet we build and build with plaster and cement and brick that will not stand the test of His fire. We exhaust ourselves for we are so clever. Vain imaginations. False prophecies. False workers. Deceptions - How it breaks down the walls of righteousness and truth! White washed walls looks so beautiful, but it so brittle, it is so weak and it is so unstable.
For it is those who look at these walls that cry peace, peace! For they cry everything is all right because the wall looks strong and mighty. Yet the Lord says it is those who cry peace, peace! are those who fail to see the truth and the light and the spirit of all lies. In the Lord’s eyes the walls are but brittle and nothing is fine. The walls will not stand and there is no peace for things aren’t right.
Yet we still cry peace, peace! for everything looks proper and the walls are nicely plastered and the tombs reflect the rays of the day. But in the eye of the Lord and in the Spirit of truth we must surely see beyond this world and reality and scream there is no peace for the walls will burn and collapse when the fire come!
Indeed, the fire and the wind of the Lord come to test all things; the wall will come down. For the Lord is the fire and the purifier and the refiner – only that which is noble and true will stand to testify of the Lord’s work.
Who will stand in the gap?
Who will rebuild and restorer?
The Lords calls a generation that will speak His Word and His truth and who will obey Him. Only then when the walls be rebuild to His glory.
No more lies.
No more deception.
No more false propechy.
Let us speak the word of God for then and only then will His will be done and He will be glorified.
God is Lord.
He is I AM.

First Light

Tis the quiet hour before first light.
Tis the morning, tis my morning!
My vision searches yonder the horizon.
I see my love, tis the still of the night.
I close my eye and clearly see.
The path, the flight my love tis cometh to me.
To awaken the dawn, to stir my soul!
A ray of light, when will I see?
Tis the morning O my soul!
I hold my loves image, clasp it in my hand.
Light comes swiftly, to take this night.
I see this daybreak! I fall onto my knees
I cry out loudly Father take this cup from me.
I see my love my beautiful bride
Not my will but Thine be done
I behold my love wearing a robe
Spotless beauty, fairest love as not yet told.
It is worth the shame this day beholds.
My spirit leaves and lives through time.
Now my fairest love I see, worth more the world to me.
I look past the pain as dew drips from my hair
I pray Father let them see, O Father let them know.
Please let them within this incredible Love that burneth me.
I embrace this day with open hands.
A flaming torch cuts though this night!
Tis my betrayer behind that light.
Gethsemane’s ground now slips my hand.
I behold my love, that one face.
It is you! IT is YOU! IT IS YOU THAT I SEE.

Authored by Adonai Yeshua HaMashiach. Penned by Curt Wanda

SURRENDER

What is there more to say about surrender than the wonderful lyrics written by Peter Coffee. What more is there to say about the hunger and thirst that we as children of the Lord should crave for His presence. May these words always echo in our spirits:

With every thought and every word
With every breath and all that I am
I want to love You as long as I live
For You are my God
I surrender, I surrender

With every step and every plan
And everything that's in my heart
I want to serve You as long as I live
For You are my King
I surrender, I surrender

All my life and all my needs
All my ways and all my deeds
I want to follow you everyday
For You are my Lord
I surrender, I surrender

WORSHIP

Be not distressed says the Lord, be not discouraged, for the Lord knows His Bride - the Lord is calling them to worship and prayer. O the Bride, the Lord is calling for His children to worship.
We need to know worship – it is the act of prostrating oneself in utter abandonment, humility, consecration and obedience unto the Lord. It implies leaning towards the Lord, drawing closer to Him with all our strength and might. We need to again fall prostrate before Him in our daily lives, submitting to Him, yielding, yielding, and yielding - we need to bow and we need to search for Him.
From true worship flows all - from worship flows the hunger for the Lord, from worship flows obedience, submission, love, compassion and a heart aching for the lost and dying. The saints are called to worship, worship and worship - fall before Him, seek him, call Him, for He draws near to those who draw near to Him. In worship the Lord speaks, in worship the Lord moves in our Spirit and in worship the Lord reveals Himself.
In worship we lean towards Him and we are taught His principles, His laws, His ordinances, His statuettes, His constitution and His precepts
Worship has been distorted into a concept of noise, performance, showmanship and emotionalism. Big noise, big lights and big events catch not the attention of YHVH. A still humble heart, captivated by the beauty of the Father, is what stirs the heart of the Master. A heart moved by the lost and the broken and the hurting stirs the Father's heart. A heart seeking for man to know the beauty of salvation and the delivering power of truth stirs the Father's heart.
Only when the children return to the Father will they be taught how to worship in Spirit and Truth. True worship takes place before the Mercy Seat in the Holy of Holies. For there, in that place of worship, the true bond of Father and son grows strong and spirits join and become complete.
True worship is the inward journey where the Father dwells in our Spirit. True worship is when we abandon all, not only in the Holy of Holies, but also in life to worship Him. In that silence, one's spirit is embraced by His Spirit and quickened. Indeed, the flesh profits none.
Our spirit is moved then not by words or manifestation, but by His mere presence.
It is not moved by needs, wants or desires, but by simply adoration.
Let us draw closer and look upon His face.
Worship Him for He is God.

ROAD TO EMMAUS

How many do not walk the Road to Emmaus yet never find the Lord? Reading Luke 24:13-32 it dawned that so many children walk the road of life, accompanied by the Lord Jesus, yet their eyes are blind to see Him and their hearts do not recognise our beloved Master.
Oh, how the Father cries that too many children walk with Him but do not know Him, walking to Emmaus, yet fail to walk in gladness and joy for they have not allowed the presence of the Lord to captivate their soul.
But here is the glory. Only when we allow the Lord Jesus into our hearts, as these men on the road to Emmaus allowed Jesus into their homes, will our eyes truly open, will our spirit burn with His Spirit and will our ears hear His words. Only when we fellowship with Him do the mystery and truth of Salvation feeds us like bread and water for the body.
It is only when we make room that we allow room for the Lord to teach us. His teaching opens our spiritual understanding and allows us to walk in spiritual reality.
It is only when we acknowledge His presence that we walk in the victory of the cross and the power of salvation.
But, so many walk the road to Emmaus and never do break bread with the Lord or allow Him to enter.
The Lord cries, for so many do not see Him, do not know Him and do not hear His voice. For too many He is still absent and the victory of the cross is made dull.
Shall we keeping walking, blind, or shall we allow Him into our lives? Listen, for His words are pure and rich and life giving.
Listen.
He aches to fellowship wit us, His children.

FAITH

Faith has run dry because man has forgotten true worship, for true worship is the act of leaning towards, in trembling realisation and an ever deepening spiritual hunger, the throne of the Father. Faith has been shipwrecked because of our love of this world, because of our love of the natural and our love for the self. Our faith has become shallow and so has our spiritual walk in truth for the strength of our flesh shines so brightly and the arrogance of our fortitude weakens our humble resolve.
Indeed, the Bride has forgotten the voice of the Bridegroom. The Bride has forgotten what the footsteps of the Father sounds like. The Bride has lost the beauty of His splendour, the exhilaration of His breath and the strength of His heartbeat.
In our search for meaning, man has lamely crawled towards false lights of hope. Man has crawled away from the Cross, away from the true nature of serving the King, away from glorifying the Son and have lost the knowing of being completely and utterly captivated by the Spirit.
Is it any wonder why our faith is shipwrecked? We trust not in the Lord but in man, for we dwell in the natural and not the supernatural.
Words or actions cannot comprehend faith. Faith is Spirit. Faith is supernatural. Only when we behold Him in true worship, there where we are silent and abandoned to His will, will we know Him and know faith and know love and know truth.
Our faith will again rise when we seek true union with Him. Let not our trust be manifested in things that are build upon shifting sands of illusions and delusions.
Comprehending the Father will only take place when we reside in the Spirit.
Let faith arise oh Lord!

FIRE OF UNION

As we draw closer to the Father in union, so we draw closer to the fire of His presence that burns in the Holy of Holies. In union the fire of the Lord shines through and in us, marking our path and casting light in darkness.
Just as a man that holds a lit candle when standing in darkness, just so does the Word and Presence of the Lord serve as an emanating light to illuminate our spirit and soul.
Yet, when such a flame dies, then we stand in darkness and do not know where to tread. When we walk in darkness, then we can't lead anybody else out of darkness.
Let us not be fooled or be deceived: such light will only shine when we constantly and with reverend fear draw closer to Him and seek to obey Him. Let us not be fooled to think that if we choose to do the things of the Lord and do the things of this world that the candle will remain lit. No, for the fire will die and then we will be stranded in darkness, ignorant and disorientated.
For the Lord asks this question: what extinguishes any fire? Lack of oxygen and heat kills the flame. The Lord is the oxygen and heat. If we fail to obey and submit, then we walk not in His light. For it is written that if we love the Lord then we will obey Him.
Unrighteousness kills the oxygen and the heat. Ezekiel 18 (v 24-29) makes it clear that we must not be so arrogant us to think we can walk in His light and also try to please this world. This is confirmed by Hebrews 6 (v4-7). We will fall in greater iniquity because of such arrogance and ignorance.
There is a true danger for those who walk in unrighteousness even though seeking union with God. This simply cannot be. This makes a mockery and a disgrace of the Lord's death on the cross since we abuse grace that has led us out of Egypt.
We must a stand: Either living for the Lord, completely and utterly, or choose the world.
The Lord's flame will only burn bright in us if we walk in righteousness. Such a path we can only follow if we seek true union with the Lord, but this requires obedience, submission and abandonment unto the cross and a willingness to die unto the self.
The Lord is calling His children to walk in true righteousness, in purity and love so that the flame can burn and the darkness driven back.
Too many flames have died or are dying because of the lack of oxygen or heat. Let us not be so arrogant. Let us be not so wise.
Let us return to Him in reverent fear.
Oh Lord, light the fire again.

GOD IS LORD

Dear saints
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! O, how the Father is calling back His children and how the Father wants His children to glorify Him!
Last night in the Spirit I saw these words ablaze like fire engraved on a wall - BA RA NENE. And then the translation came: GOD IS LORD.
And then I understood what the Lord was saying as the words GOD IS LORD filled my spirit. Saints, we need to proclaim, proclaim and proclaim that GOD IS LORD in the valleys, from the hills, in the cities, by the shore and everywhere! It must be a proclamation that burns like fire.
We need to say boldly and loud:
GOD is Lord
Yahweh is Lord
He reigns, He reigns
Who can resist?
Who is like Him!
His will be done
For then I knew that such a proclamation that GOD IS LORD and that He is I AM should be engraved on our hearts and be engraved on our spirit and on our tongue and in everything that we do! The engraving of fire on the wall was the absolute indication that boldness needs to be awakened in us to proclaim whom God is. He is Lord and there is no other god that we shall serve. He is the same forever and He has not changed. He loves righteousness, justice and a pure and contrite heart.
Our whole lives should proclaim GOD IS LORD! We are not ashamed for He rules all!
This feeling is so strong it is like if we sent any e-mail or even an SMS then we should be printing in bold letters GOD IS LORD!
It should be like fire bursting from us.
O, imagine if many walls would proclaimed this message!!!
We are called to proclaim, proclaim and proclaim. The world has lost touch with the true King. Make way then the path for Him and open the gates for His glory. Let us be far bolder and be like a trumpet announcing HE IS ALWAYS LORD!
Shalom

WORD SETS US FREE

Faith commands power; faith comes from the Word of God - those who fear the Lord lives in the truth and power of the Word.

You disregard and give up and ask to depart from the commandment of God and cling to the tradition of men, and He said to them, you have a fine way of rejecting (thus nullifying) the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition - thus you are nullifying and making void and of no effect (the authority) the Word of God through your tradition, which you in turn hang on - Mark 7

See to it that no one carries you as spoil or makes yourself captive by his so called philosophy ad intelligence and vain deceit, following human tradition (men's ideas of material; then that of the spiritual world) just crude notions following the rudimentary and elemental teachings of the universe and disregarding the teaching of Christ - Col 2:8

KINGDOM DWELLS IN HIS SAINTS

God seeks a kingdom that dwells in the hearts of His children, not a kingdom solely that dwells in walls build by man.

God's kingdom is one of Spirit and Truth, build on the true riches of salvation, brought by the ransomed Blood of Jesus

Oh let the walls of our indifferences and our ways come down! We say the world must see the church, yet we are the kingdom of heaven on earth. Oh how the world only sees a secularized, materialistic, prideful and tainted picture of heaven - where are the judges? Let the kings lay down their crowns.

God seeks humble, pure in spirit crusaders, called to free the lost from the clutches of darkness through the Blood of Jesus. He seeks crusaders walking in love, truth and honesty, seeking no glory but only His will. Let the crusaders not walk in hate, intolerance and anger!

Let the glory come down. His presence brings you to your knees. It strips away all vanity and pride. It crushes all worth and arrogance.

Oh God, arise in our midst!

HOLY OF HOLIES

In the Holy of Holies there is perfect union with Father and child. Truth dwells in the Holy of Holies. As we are in union with Lord, we are in union with the Word, who is Jesus, who is the Bread of Life (manna) and the Truth (Commandments) and who came to give us life through grace (mercy seat).
Union with the Lord leads to obedience and willingness unto His commandments and precepts. Such obedience comes not from duty or obligations, but because those who dwell in the Holy of Holies walk in the sweet surrendered union with the Father, His Spirit and Son.
In the Holy of Holies, our spirit calls unto deep and we flow in His Spirit.
Oh, why do we seek noise when the Holy of Holies is silent? Why do we need performance when the Lord seeks truth and honesty? The Lord is present in the silence. He is in the stillness of the spirit. He dwells in the realms where a contrite spirit stirs Him.
We behold Him as we draw towards Him in the Holy of Holies. There, in His loving embrace, He captivates our spirit as He drawns us closer to know truth in Spirit.
It is in the Holy of Holies twhere we taste that commanded moment of surrender and perfect union, producing a clarity that rises like the dawn and where revelation is birthed like creation.
If we live a life of true union with the Father, thus walking in the sweet ways of the Holy of Holies, then our strength will soar like an eagle and we will run and not grow faint and we wall walk and not grow weary.
Man's ambitions and ideals and self-love drives Him further away from true union. Indeed, the Lord dwells in the silence of surrender. He speaks in the silence. His power is in the silence. But not just any silence. It is the silence of the Holy of Holies where a man seeks His heart and is prepared to die in the self for His glory.
Behold Him and seek Him - nothing else.
Let us leave the ways of the world and enter into His glorious presence where His latter rain sustains us.
There, in the silence, we will know His voice and know what to say to this broken world.
Only in the silence of the Holy of Holies.
United.