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WORD OF PROPHECY - 2ND NOV 1998
WORD FROM THE LORD RELEASED THROUGH LANCE LAMBERT DURING THE INTERNATIONAL LEADER'S CONFERENCE - PHILLIPINES - 2ND NOVEMBER 1998
"My anger is stirred up," says the Lord, "against the nations for they are dividing My land and seeking to destroy My heritage. My furious anger is like a boiling cauldron against those powerful states that have produced such strategies and who, by pressure and manipulation, are seeking to implement them. Now I will become their enemy," says the Lord, "and I will judge them with natural disasters, by physical catastrophes, by fire, by flood, by earthquake and by eruptions. I will touch the seas and the atmosphere, the earth and all that is within them. Moreover, I will touch them where it will hurt them the most, for I will touch their power and the foundations of their affluence and prosperity. I will smash their prosperous economies," says the Lord, "and I will overturn and overturn that they may known that I am the Lord. They sit like portents, so safe, so secure, believing in their own cleverness and wisdom and power, but I, the Lord, I will cause them to stumble. I will lead them into confusion and disorder. I will blind them and delude them so that they will make mistakes because they have not regarded Me, nor honoured Me, but rather they have devalued Me, deriding My Word and ignoring My covenants."
"For too long have I been quiet," says the Lord, "but now will I arise in overflowing anger and fury. In dividing My land (Israel) and seeking to demoralize and destroy My people Israel, they have thrown down the gauntlet, I the Lord of Hosts, the Almighty One, I will take them on."
"Therefore, you who know Me, whom I have redeemed and saved at such cost, who seek to serve Me, and to stand before Me in the place of intercession, learn to abide in Me. For all these storms and troubles will come on both the redeemed and the unredeemed. I am your true refuge and shleter. Do not fear, but trust in Me and I will be your strength. Beware of uncommanded work, that you may not uncover yourselves and become casualties. For all that which I command you to do, there is grace and power and wisdom and you will be fully covered."
"Do not fear," says the Lord, "for I am in charge, and I will fulfil all My purpose. Out of this turmoil, I will bring a saved multitude beyond number from amongst the nations. And I will bring the Wife, the Bride of the Lamb, using the pressures, the afflictions and the turmoil, to purify and to refine her, if only in a faithful remnant. And in the midst of all this shaking, in the very eye of the storm, I will save Israel. For I will open her blinded eyes and her closed mind and her locked heart and she will recognize her Messiah, her Lord and her Saviour. Tenderly and with unfailing love will I tend Israel. She who is bespattered with blood, persecuted and hated, I the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, will bring out of this turmoil, redeemed and with glory."
"Therefore in love, fear Me," says the Lord, "your Saviour and your Deliverer, and learn to wait on Me and wait for Me. To such I wll look, to those who have laid down their lives for My sake, who have humbled themselves before Me, to them will I open My heart and reveal My mind and give understanding. For those that wait for Me shall never be confounded nor ashamed. But the self-centred, the self-serving and the self-contained, those who are proud and superior, they will be broken," says the Lord.
Put Your trust in Me alone. Let Me be your all in all and you will come through this time with treasure, for I will be your eternal and unfading treasure."
THIS WORD REMINDS US THAT GOD IS IN CONTROL AND CALLS US TO PRAY FOR HIS KINGDOM TO COME AND HIS WILL TO BE DONE HERE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. SO MUCH OF WHAT WAS SPOKEN OF IN THIS PROPHECY HAS ALREADY COME TO PASS ANS IS STILL BEFORE OUR VERY EYES BEING FULFILLED. OUR RESPONSE MUST BE, COME LORD JESUS COME, YOUR BRIDE IS WAITING.
God bless you - Margaret
 Welcome to SOLACE MUSIC |
"Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen"
Ephesians 3:20-21 NASB
We were drawn together some years ago having both been involved in leading worship and song over many years in various churches and fellowships. We found that we had the same heart and desire for more of the presence of God to be found in our worship, and for a release of His healing love and power as His people come together to worship.
We are members of a local Church of England fellowship, St Paul's Church, Barton (www.stpaulsbarton.co.uk) and minister out from there with their invaluable prayer covering, love, support and encouragement.
With a longing for the prophetic in our worship, the 'now' song of the Lord has inspired us and led us to pursue that secret place where the Holy Spirit can speak a Rhema Word into our hearts through our worship. We love the way the Holy Spirit ministers to the people of God through prophetic song and words of knowledge. Jesus came to set the captives free, bind up the broken hearted, bring sight to the blind - and He is still the same today, loving to move among His children as they worship Him.
Running parallel to this calling to lead worship has been the singing of spiritual songs over God's people. These Spirit inspired songs call to each one of us to draw near to God and soak in His presence and to allow His healing love to touch our lives. We have many testimonies of how God's healing power has reached out and touched lives through these songs, both from those in prison, prositutes and drug addicts and those whose bodies and minds need a healing touch from God.
Over recent years we have sensed the Holy Spirit calling us out onto the streets to gently sing the songs the Lord has given us and to offer healing prayer to those that we meet who express a need. It is wonderful to see how much Jesus loves to touch people out in the marketplace in just the same way as when He walked among us on this earth. We worship a miracle working God Who in these days is pouring out His Spirit in new measure and reaching out to the lost and broken, and we are privileged to be just a small part of His kingdom purposes here. We are thankful to God for leading us into so many varied places. We lead worship in churches and fellowships, prisons and on the streets. We sing wherever God opens a door for us and love to see the way He ministers through the songs. It is an awesome privilege and honour to serve the King of Kings and be used by Him, and all the glory goes to Him and Him alone.
It is all about Jesus - we have nothing to offer but His love, His grace and His healing power. As we continue to step out in His Name we know that His power is made perfect in our weakness, for we know that the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead lives within those who believe in His Name and accept Him as Lord and Saviour.
Do you know Jesus? Have you experienced His love and grace in your own life? He waits patiently at the door of our hearts knocking to come in if only we will open ourselves up and receive His presence. When we are in His presence we are made aware of how far short we fall in the light of His goodness. Our wrongdoings (sins the Bible calls them) become more apparent and we feel unworthy to be near Him. This is why Jesus died and rose again, so that we can be forgiven, cleansed of all our sins and brought into the family of God - have a personal relationship with our heavenly Father through His precious Son, Jesus Christ. If you do not yet know Jesus or the love of the Father, let us encourage you to reach out to Him right now and find that place of peace and acceptance that only His love can bring. Pray this simple prayer in faith and Jesus will come into your life and transform you forever:-
"Dear Heavenly Father, I know I have made a mess of things and have gone my own way and have not followed Your path. I am aware that I have done wrong and I am truly sorry for all of my sins. I know that Jesus died for me and rose again to give me new life. I ask You to forgive me now for all the wrong in my life and to make me clean and new. Lord Jesus please come into my life and live in me by Your Holy Spirit and help me to follow You from this day on and for all the days of my life. I pray this in the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen"
If you have prayed this prayer - do let us know. Drop us an email or call us. We would love to talk to you and help you find a good church where you can grow in your new and wonderful relationship with God.
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Come Holy Spirit,
have Your way
glorify Jesus in the midst of our worship.
Move among us with signs
and wonders of the Kingdom of God
as Jesus breaks through
and floods us with His
healing presence.