Pastor Ray shared…
I don’t know which meeting it was in from the Holy Ghost meetings, but Pastor David Shearin had a prophecy. I wanted to go through it. Yesterday we were talking about continually moving on, no matter what. In the good times. In the not as good times. We keep moving. We have posted in our lobby the expression, “If you don’t quit, you win.” Here’s a couple different versions of that.
“Let us not be weary in well doing for in due season we shall reap if we faint not.” Fainting is quitting.
The Amplified says, “Let’s not grow weary or become discouraged in doing good for at the proper time, we will reap if we do not give in. Let’s not get tired of doing good because in time, we’ll have a harvest if we don’t give up. But let us not lose heart in doing good for in due time if we do not faint, we shall reap.”
Then the Phillips translation says, “Don’t be under any illusion. You cannot make a fool of God. A man’s harvest in life will depend entirely on what he sows. If he sows for his own lower nature, his harvest will be the decay and the death of his own nature. But if he sows for the spirit, he will reap the harvest of everlasting life by that spirit. Let us not grow tired of doing good, for unless we throw in our hand, the ultimate harvest is assured.” I like that. It’s not just “maybe.” It’s an assured harvest if we’re sowing to the spirit. “Let us then do good to all men as opportunity offers, especially to those who belong to the Christian household.”
The Message says, “So let’s not allow ourselves to get fatigued doing good. At the right time, we will harvest a good crop if we don’t give up or quit. Right now, therefore, every time we get the chance let us work for the benefit of all, starting with the people closest to us in the community of faith.” That’s a promise to us.
And there are some things here that the Holy Spirit said through Pastor Shearin and some of it is personal about Living Word.
So I hear the sound of the abundance of rain and the heavens are opened over Living Word and over Minneapolis. It happens more than in these walls. When the Holy Ghost shows up, it runs out in the streets. I said when the Holy Ghost shows up, it runs in the streets. Listen, the Holy Ghost showed up and was poured out on 120, but there were some people in the streets that got affected. Cuz when you get full of the Holy Ghost, it’s going to take you to the streets. It’s going to take you to your community. It’s going to take you out there. I’m telling you, it doesn’t just take us out in the glory, but when we go there, we can go there. You understand me? I said, when we get in the glory, we get filled with the Holy Ghost. When we leave that place, we’re going with the glory. And it’s going in the streets. Wisdom is crying in the streets of Minneapolis. I said wisdom is crying in the streets of Minneapolis. And people are going to hear your voice so the voice of praise and thanksgiving and rejoicing is going in the streets of Minneapolis and the glory of God, He said He would give grass to every man. I said He would give grass to everyone. Grass. In other words, you’re going to have some harvest. On the day of Pentecost. Some people are afraid of a move of the Holy Spirit, but what happened when they had that move of the Holy Spirit? They went out in the streets and Peter stood up and preached and 3,000 people got saved. Don’t be afraid of the glory of God cuz it’s more powerful than your little three points. Alright, are you ready now? Go ahead and shout. Your praise, your praise, your praise, … to God. Glory to God. Your giving went up to God tonight. God sees it. Not too long ago, the Holy Spirit said this to me. “You’ve never sown a seed that I didn’t see.” God sees your seed. It went up before God as a memorial tonight.
But God sees your prayers. And there’s been prayer that has gone up in this place. Thirty some years, prayers have gone up in this place. Before that, prayers went up to God. A cry for the rain. A cry, desire for the rain. A hunger, a thirst for the rain. Listen, God is never, never, never, never not heard the prayers of the righteous. His eyes are over the righteous. His ears are open to their prayers. This place is a place of prayer. God said My house shall be called a house of prayer. All those prayers that have gone up, you think they fell on deaf ears? No! God heard the prayers of the righteous. And when you cry unto God for the rain, you better know that God desires it more than you. God desired to pour out the Holy Spirit more than we desired to receive it. But if we desire to receive it, He’ll sure pour it out on us. Glory to God. So now we’ve got the prayers and we’ve got the giving that’s been going on. Not just tonight, but it’s been going on for years. And it went up before God. And He’s seen it and He’s shown Himself faithful.
But there is an increase that’s coming to this place. Oh, come on, Church. I said, listen, don’t play with it. Believe it. I said believe it. There is an increase that’s coming to this place, an increase, a harvest of souls. The increase of God. When God increases you, no man can stop you. When God says it’s your time, it’s your time. When God opens the door, the door is open. When God shuts the door, the door is shut. But when God says yes, He means yes. And when God puts His approval on you, He means you’re approved. And when God says you’re blessed, you’re blessed. And when God says that you are more than a conqueror, you’re more than a conqueror. If God says that you are a church that influences this city, then you are a church that influences this city. Somebody ought to shout on that word right now.
I say this church will be known for the glory of God. I say this church will be known for the glory of God. A real harvest is when people really get born again. A real harvest is when people really get filled with the Holy Spirit. A real harvest is when people really get healed. I said, it’s the real deal. And you got the real deal. This is not play time. This is the real, come on. These are soldiers that have (tongues)… soldiers that have been released from heaven. When God puts His grace on a church, when God puts His grace on a place, I said when God puts His grace on a place, you get involved in that church and that grace that is on that man of God, your pastor, I said that grace that is on him was not just for him. It was for you. Oh, I said it wasn’t just for him. It was for you. It’s a gift of God for you. It’s the anointing of God for you. It’s the Word of the Lord for you. It’s the plan of God for you. It’s the plan of God for the church. And you’re right in the middle of the will of God. I love to be right in the middle of the will of God. I’d rather be in the will of God than any place I know, right in the middle of the will of God. That’s where you’re to go. What you do with the will of God is going to determine every outcome in your life. And you’re right in the middle of something that heaven has already ordained. It’s been going a long time but the increase is here. I said the increase is here. We’re not looking back. (tongues) We’re not looking back to the way it just used to be. We’re taking the things that are old and the things that are new and they’re coming together so that we can show the glory of God in this generation. It’s your time. It’s your place. And it’s right now that you ought to take your place, get in your place and say “We’re marching. We’re marching with heaven’s orders.” (tongues) You’ve got the orders from heaven. You’ve been given the instruction, the directions and now is the time and it is a good time. I said it is a good time. Cuz you said “No, I won’t quit. I’m going on and I’m going up and I’m going in to take the land. It’s my time.” Come on, Church. If you dare to right now believe the Word of the Lord in this place, put your faith on it and say, “God, I believe what I’m hearing. And I’m going to believe it and I’m going to see it. I believe to see the glory of God. I don’t just believe it. I will see the glory of God.”
Pastor Ray continued…
Let’s say that together: “God, I believe what I’m hearing. And I’m going to believe it and I’m going to see it. I believe to see the glory of God. I don’t just believe it. I will see the glory of God.” We believe it; therefore, we receive it!
Prayed…
Lord, thank You for the momentum… for encouraging us as members of Your body… for refilling and restoring us… for reviving us… getting us on the right road… where we need to be… at the right time… every promise are for today… what You said in Your Word will come to pass… prophesied over the years past… we’re right on the verge of supernatural breakthroughs… into the new… into new territory… we’ve been delivered… set free… we overcome… no weapon formed against us can prosper… we have the blood of the Lamb… we declare it over each of us… over our families… over Living Word… things are opening and changing… there’s a new hunger in this body… it’s producing momentum… it’s moving across the land… state to state… in the churches… in the pastors… more of You… of the anointing and strength… we lift up Your favor… it’s working on our behalf… creating opportunities… momentum is in the Church… moving through us… things will be opened in Jesus’ name… things will be stopped… if it goes well with the leaders of our country, it’ll go well with us… we’re prosperous… spirit, soul, and body… we hear things the world does not hear… our ears are sensitive to what You’re saying to us…
Thank You for the grace, power, and anointing to accomplish the work that You have within us… the place You’re leading us… power, power, power… made available and made known… glory to God…
Word…
The time is here. And now is. It is now time to rejoice. It’s now time to get up off and to get excited. It’s now time to know in your heart and mind the power and the anointing and the grace for the time is here. It’s not coming. It’s here now.
So pray out the plan of God. Pray out the plan in your heart. Pray it out. It is the thing that will take you into the high places, the places of victory, the places of promise.
So the things in your heart are different than the things that are in your mind. The things that are in your heart are different than the things that are in your mind. The things in your mind are the things around you, things that you are affected by, things you see in the news, things you hear in the political realm. Wherever you go, the people saying, the gossip, the chatter, whatever it is, those sources are what typically are in your head. But in your heart resides the power and the anointing and the grace of God. And it’s that grace that allows you to see beyond the chatter of the world and the circumstance and the news and the devastation and things going down every hour of every day. But you don’t live by your mind. You are a spirit. And your spirit receives from the Most High. For your spirit is the candle of the Lord. And it searches all those things within you. Your spirit works with the Holy Spirit and draws from heaven the things that are to come, the things that are the plans for this hour, the things for you. And even though the chatter is loud and even though the natural things seem to be boiling over and circumstantial things seem to be going out of control, in your heart is peace for the Spirit of grace is peace. And He’s the one that brings a calmness to your spirit. Even though you might see and hear raging noise, but it’s your spirit that leads you into all truth. It’s the Holy Spirit that leads you into all truth and does not speak of Himself but that which He hears from heaven, that which He speaks to you. And as we pray out that plan and rely on that plan and we keep pressing into that plan, joy unspeakable and full of glory will supersede the thoughts and the intents of the world that is surrounding you. It will become so loud that your joy will spill over into the world and those things which were prophesied will come to pass. Because your faith is no longer on the things and the noise. You faith is on the heart and what the Spirit of grace is saying to your heart. And as you listen to the Holy Spirit, you will start acting differently. Your joy will bubble up and be excited. You’ll move out and start making investments. You’ll start doing the things the natural world isn’t doing. And it’s in those hours that I start bringing revelation and miracles. It’s in those hours that the world that is becomes the world that I desire. So stay with the Holy Ghost. Keep pressing in. Do not quit. So victory is surely yours.
Dave shared…
Brother Hagin pastored for many years and he said that he had a group of women that were pray-ers. If you wanted something to get done, you give it to them. He said they got to the point where we knew that whatever we prayed for, these things would come to pass. We’re coming into that day again. Where the things that you speak in your words and prayers you pray by the Holy Ghost will set the sail for the days ahead. So out of your mouth and prayers will project into this earth and cause change.
He said that he wouldn’t have to think about anything. He’d get together with this prayer group and they would pray it through. You are like those people. The Lord was showing me right now that we are those people in this time. Where we can pray and see. Not just pray and hope for and maybe one day it will happen. But the confidence in us to see the plan of God unfold. We have a greater confidence than the past. When we go in prayer, we know the outcome will be positive. It isn’t “Let’s see what God is going to do.” No. It’s going to be “we know.” All we have to do is prayer. It’s a switch of faith.
So the day is here and will proceed when you will get up and you will go into the highways and the byways and you will see one crushed with fear and you will see one hurt by illness or you will see a situation that requires grace. And with the boldness in your heart, you will approach that situation, recognizing that all you have to do is pray and you will lay hands on them and they will recover. You will speak life into their lives and deliverance will come. The confidence will increase to a place where you are now a hand, an extension of the Godhead Himself. In the earth.
