ILLUSIONS

I’ve seen magicians perform some amazing illusions through the years. But these guys have nothing on Christians for we have been given authority to speak things as though they are.

                All things are possible to those who believe. So if you believe there are hindrances to your receiving from God then there will be hindrances. 

                Several days ago while in prayer for someone I love very much I saw by the Spirit walls all around us and yet these walls were, except to the eye of the spirit, invisible. Then upon realizing (by the Spirit) they were illusions they immediately went away, disappeared and in their place was open space freedom in brilliant light. The light of revelation is a brilliance that never hurts the eyes for it is out of the love of God.

Then I heard the Lord say, “The only reason those “things” were there was because you believed they existed. You created the illusion. When the Holy Spirit revealed to you the Truth they had to leave. Lies (and liars) cannot stay in the presence of Truth.”

I then began to pray in the spirit. The next day the person was freed and I was overjoyed at what had been revealed to me. And so it is with every hindrance, every blockage and every stronghold.

Another thing I discovered during these events was that I had been meditating on the love of God and that the love of God had been given in full measure when I believed and received Jesus Christ my deliverer and all that was now needed was for me to accept that full measure. With my heart I received faith (Jesus) but with my mouth I proclaimed my deliverance. When I agreed with Truth and spoke, the lie simply was removed. He who joins himself with Christ is one spirit with Him.

We must come to Him not because He makes a demand but because He is ever holding out His open hand to take ours and lead us into the Land. His is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory. Hallelujah!!

MUCH IS BEING SAID

MUCH IS BEING SAID of the grace of God today and that certainly is as it should be. I was introduced to His greater grace about eighteen years ago when I was accused of something I did not do by my supervisor and it was documented in my personnel file.

The following morning I was driving and really angry and screaming (we all know God is hard of hearing) to let God know how I truly felt about the matter. After some minutes I paused and heard, “Are you through?”

I paused and then replied, “No I am not!”

And He said, “When you are, then we can talk.”

I broke. With hot tears rolling down my cheeks I said, “I just do not understand why they can’t see me as I really am.”

He then said, “Why can’t you mete the same grace that I have meted you?”

I replied, “You want me to forgive.”

He said, “Yes.”

I did. Right then in the car, while hot tears were rolling down my cheeks I realized that I wasn’t mad at the person; I was really made at God. More hot tears accompanied this time of repentance.

When I got to work the air was fresh, clean and all of the past was blown away. I released all of yesterday and God stepped in.

By grace, through Jesus I was delivered because “God so loved”. Now it’s my turn, for out of His abundant grace freely given I have now freely received. Know this: the now of God never leaves, never fades, never fails for He not only is in the now, He is the true now that forever is.

LIBERTY

The last couple of days I’ve been reminded of a vision I had last year while in worship. I saw a long line of people of all ages and gender walking in lockstep and locked arms in a straight line. Then I was caught up to see that they covered the earth and as they stepped forward darkness was being shoved off the earth. Behind them was a line of men with their arms behind holding on to a single long rod. Attached to the rod was a blank canvas.

                I began asking the Lord, “What does this mean? “ And then appearing on the canvas was a heading entitled Chapter 1 and underneath the title, LIBERTY, both written in cursive. I waited for the first paragraph to begin but nothing appeared and so it has been for the last year. The sense I get is that He has given each of us the beginning of our own book and its title is LIBERTY.

About twenty years ago I heard the Lord say, “I am making the leaders all over the world as one.” I questioned Him by saying, “How is that possible for we as elders in our little fellowship cannot agree on many things?” He responded, “I will cause all their eyes to see only Me”.

                “THE Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.”  2 Cor. 3:17 NASB and “But the one who joins himself with the Lord is one spirit with Him.” 1 Cor6:17 NASB.

One thing is for certain that He who keeps his mind stayed upon Him will be at peace with and in writing that book because the Word is already forever established by Him in the heavenlies.

                If you have believed you’re free within Him and you believe and accept you are one with Him then as a New Creation you get to write your own book for it is “out of your belly” and “out of your heart” that come the birthing of “those things that be not”.

                The end result is that all those who write their book of life from within Life will ultimately join with the Last Adam to usher in the New Earth.

RETICENT

I do not know at this moment if I have erred, been held back by a lack of confidence within me or whether the Lord has chosen this time to release some things He has given me over the last several years, but I’m confident in this, that as I seek to look full on into His face He will reveal Himself even more. When we see Him as He is we shall be changed from glory to glory.

                Last fall I attended a one day conference which was to be directed to those who wanted to know more about healing. My motive for going was not specifically for that but was to know more about those who were doing the teaching. There was some worship and then teaching about healing and a break for lunch.

                The conference resumed with worship and all of a sudden the leader began praying and prophesying over Israel. As I entered into that message I had several visions and words. I have shared these on a few occasions with others and in home meetings with not much of a reception. However, after reading the September 6, 2013 Generals International Prayer Alert on The Elijah List I am persuaded to “write the vision” and the words of what the Lord had given me regarding Israel. God is the one who promotes His message so I give all to Him and His performing to accomplish. To hold back anything of the Lord at this point in my opinion is “missing the mark”.

                All the visions were with eyes closed:

                The first vision was that of a cloud coming out of the mountains in Israel like a flowing river and surrounding Jerusalem (the place from which emanates and radiates wholeness and completeness). The cloud is the same cloud of protection that has been with Israel since its escape from Egypt and now includes the prayers of the saints of those joined with Christ.

                The second vision was of large shields being stacked upon one another and joined side to side as high up as the eye could see and placed upon the borders of Israel. (2 Sam. 22:3)

                Then I heard, “These borders will be expanded and increased to those foretold by the prophets of old.” (Ex. 34:24)

                The third vision was that of many eagles flying and coming to perch upon a silver lining of the clouds around Israel with faces pointed to what I sensed at that time was the East and heard these words, “My prophets are spying out the land”.

                The fourth vision came some twenty minutes after the others when I saw a lion enter the room, come up to me and sniffed like cats do. He said, “Go ahead, you know you want to,” meaning it’s OK to touch His mane. As I did He said, “I am going to walk beside you.” (Rev. 5:5)

                It becomes clear that, as we are often prone to say, “God is in control” because “He looks after His Word to perform it”. He is now looking for those and to those that will agree with His Word and pray for the peace of Israel.

His servant – Curtis Schroeder

OUT OF TRUTH

We say we have eternal life. But are we living out of that life or are we living the self life? Paul said, “To live is Christ and to die is gain”.

I have no former life to draw from, to obtain anything from, for I died with Christ and He is my now life. It is from that life, which is the life of the Spirit, which now I live, move and have my being. It is from that life that I have and obtain my moment to moment living.

Anything other than that is a waste and void of Life.

If we are not speaking truth one with another I must ask, “what is it are we speaking”? Jesus said, “I am the Truth…”, so if you are not saying what He is speaking is it of the truth?

Out of Truth we were born from the highest. Another way to say it is, “out of the mountain that is God we came to be”.

Truth trumps every lie. When seen as it is Truth will change you.

It is time, well past time, to say to the mountain be removed. It does not say pray to the mountain, it says say to the mountain. Not merely speaking mere words to the mountain while wishing it would move but speaking without doubting.

So first you have got to be in a place where there is no doubt. That place is within the mountain. Go to the mountain; spend time within the mountain until you are one with Truth, complete within Truth, made whole within Truth and when the release is given to speak, when your mouth is filled with the Living Word, then say to the mountain “be removed!” Your responsibility is over after you have spoken the Word out of Truth. Now the Spirit of Truth establishes, makes manifest the Truth as you have spoken.