We have had several prophets visit Morningside recently. One common theme in their messages is that the Lord’s people will be going through a transition in the coming year – a very narrow place. This narrow place is allegorically likened to the birth canal. When a woman is in labor, the most crucial moments preceding birth are when the baby enters a very narrow transitional passage called the birth canal.
The birth canal allegory has been used to explain many spiritual transition processes the Lord takes His people through. Transition is another term used to explain the time period between when the baby enters the birth canal, the movement through it, and just before the triumphant arrival!
Every time this allegory is used, there is one thing that is emphasized – the narrowness of the path and the pain involved in the process. But there is no other way except THROUGH! Remember, we are going somewhere and we will get there if we just endure!
The prophets are saying that 2011 is going to be a year of transition for the Lord’s people. Spiritually, what the prophets are speaking of is a process of God’s people moving through a very uncomfortable time ahead. But, we must go through if we are to go on to the victory ahead.
While we may soon feel the intensity of the coming press in the Revelation days ahead, we must keep the Glorious Prize in mind – the arrival of our King!
The kingdoms of this world are colliding with something more powerful than money – they are colliding with the Word of God that prophesies of their demise throughout the history of time. In the 11th chapter of Revelations, we see the end result of this collision:
“And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become [the kingdoms] of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.” Continue reading →
One day soon, we heard…
The voice of the local radio broadcaster was frantic: “It’s horrendous! This cannot be happening, yet even as I speak, the situation worsens. Tonight, approximately fifteen minutes ago, a gigantic fissure opened in the earth near Lake Crowley, otherwise known as the Long Valley Reservoir, in the Mammoth Lakes region of the eastern Sierra Nevada area. According to eyewitness reports from individuals who observed the lake from nearby higher ground, the lake seemed to heave into the air, virtually catapulting its contents out of the lake basin.
Apparently coinciding with the earthquake—or perhaps causing it—is a volcanic eruption in the area, spewing lava, steam, and volcanic ash into the sky. According to the state’s Department of Water and Power, increased activity has been detected for the past several years, and although seismic activity has recently increased in frequency and intensity, nobody could have predicted this sort of disaster.
“State emergency officials are warning people in Southern California not to drink your tap water. Repeat: do not drink your tap water. It has been contaminated. Lake Crowley formerly rested in a twenty-by-ten-mile crater that is thought to have been formed by a volcanic eruption seven hundred years ago. The lake is one of Southern California’s main water supply sources, collecting mountain runoff, which flows hundreds of miles south by way of aqueducts to Los Angeles. But the catastrophic explosion caused massive amounts of toxic ash to fall into the water, thus contaminating the water supply. Adding to the problem, the volcano has caused rapid melting of snow in the mountains, and flash floods are ripping through the area even as I speak. The floodwater is teeming with potentially hazardous volcanic debris known as lahar. If at all possible, residents should avoid any unnecessary contact with the floodwater until its toxicity can be determined.”
The announcer took a breath and then broke from his professional protocol. “It’s awful,” he gasped. “This is the worst disaster I’ve ever seen. There is no electricity throughout most of the state. Water is rushing through the valley like the Johnstown flood, and our drinking water supply is contaminated. The earth is shaking beneath our feet, its pitch black outside, getting colder by the hour, and we still have nine hours before sunrise. God help us all.”
(From the book “The Refuge” by Jim Bakker)
I know about the effects of drug use. I know because I experienced those effects in my own life for a number of years. Most of the drugs I ingested, like marijuana, put me in a stupor. I liked the stupor – it shoved aside any resemblance of reality in my chaotic life and gave me a false sense of comfort. It often made me sleepy and lethargic.
Christians are doing drugs today, but their drug is not marijuana. Today, we have an even more damaging drug that Christian people everywhere ingest every single day. It is not illegal, but it should be. It is freely distributed in our homes and even in our churches.
It is a drug called “apathy”.
Though the signs of the times are all around us, “Happy Home” and “Happy Church” lacks the motivation necessary to sound the alarm that we will soon experience changes in our lives and in our world that we must be ready for. We are on the precipice of a huge alteration of our reality. Some of us need to enter a spiritual ‘rehab’.
This ministry wants you to be prepared. We are sounding the alarm. Will you get free of this drug called “apathy” today? Will you free yourself so that you can help your children and other loved ones be ready for Times of Trouble?
If you belong to Jesus, you are not appointed to His wrath. We are assured of this. But even those who are His are warned over and over in the scriptures to watch for the signs of His coming and be ready!
Don’t ingest the reassuring babble coming from our government, the media, and some pulpits. Prepare yourself and your family and be ready spiritually and physically.
We love you, we really do!
~Lori
It may surprise some of you, but the reality is that we are already in a war, a spiritual war, right here on Earth. The kingdom of God is being viciously opposed by the forces of evil. This war is real with very high stakes – the salvation of men, women, boys and girls all over the world. As the Church, we are new soldiers in this very old war.
Every day we are moving closer and closer to the time of Jesus’ return. This is not a time to sit on the sidelines and watch as a spectator. We are entering a season of acceleration. Continue reading →
Interestingly, it is the scientific community, not Christian theologians, announcing that we are living on the precipice of destruction. Hollywood is heralding the news that the earth is about to encounter something cataclysmic.
A few brave prophetic voices are being heard, crying out in the wilderness of our world, warning us that our days are numbered. The earth itself is groaning and creaking, seemingly in anticipation of a major shakeup of the status quo.
Ironically, the one group with relatively little to say about Christ’s soon return is the evangelical church. Instead, we spend most of our time and energy trying to help people succeed in this life, rather than getting them ready for eternity.
Now is the time to get our lives aligned with God’s Word, to establish correct priorities, to invest in those things that will last a million years from now, rather than fickle, foolish, transitory material things. Even more important, now is the time for the Church, that group of true believers from every denomination, to begin functioning as the true body of Christ, caring for one another, helping one another as the family of God.
Knowledge that we are truly living in what the Bible refers to as “the last days” should also motivate Christians to more actively seek out opportunities to share the gospel with their unsaved friends and family members. In a very real way, the clock is ticking and time is running out.
If you are astounded that more than two hundred specific prophecies were fulfilled regarding the first coming of Christ, get ready for a surprise.
Over three hundred Scripture references point to the Second Coming.
But when Jesus Christ returns, He will not come as the Babe in Bethlehem’s manger.
The first time He came to Earth, Jesus came as the Man of Sorrows; at His Second Coming, He will appear as Almighty God.
He came first as the Lamb of God; when He returns, He will be the Lion of Judah.
At His incarnation, Jesus came as the Prince of Peace; when He comes again, it will be as King of kings and Lord of lords.
He came the first time to atone for sin. When Jesus Christ returns the second time, He will judge sinners.
The signs of His appearing are all around us; you needn’t be a Bible scholar to sense that something unusual is happening on Earth. Newspapers and news magazines practically shout from their pages, “These are getting – ready days!”
Why do you think the world is so hell-bent on taking Christ out of Christmas? Saying “Merry Christmas” is confessing Jesus Christ is real and that He lives. It is confessing Jesus is part of our salvation!
Romans 10:9-10 says “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.” Continue reading →
Every day, the scriptures are pointing the way to more and more global events that are definitely right out of the book of Revelation. But you may not recognize the events of Revelation if you’re going to “Happy Church”. “Happy Church” isn’t teaching about Revelation events! They’re too busy teaching the prosperity gospel! There are too many people putting their faith and their money into “Happy Church” when the world and its money systems are falling apart before our very eyes.
Please! Don’t put your faith in money. Don’t stick your head in the sand and pretend that we are not experiencing the book of Revelation every single day! It’s time NOW to awaken from your slumber and get ready! Even if you are already a Christian, the Lord says He will “spew you out of His mouth” if you are lukewarm.
If your church isn’t teaching Revelation, find one that is! It’s later than you think – and time to get ready!
God loves you! He really does!
