What is Fornication?

"If Everyone is DOING IT does that make it right?"
(Famous words  from my Mother !!)

The following question arrived in my e-mail:

"Hazel, can you help me to find the scriptures/passages in the Bible that talk about sex before marriage and people living together unmarried? Thank you."

Perhaps the question should have been: What does the Bible say about Fornication?

Before I can answer that question, we need to lay some ground-work. 

First God changes not and what he said about morality and his plan for sex within marriage from the beginning is still truth for today.  The language changes as the Bible does not use the exact words “Sex before marriage” or the words, “Living together outside of marriage.” 

What the Bible does speak about is sexual sin, immorality, fornication, adultery in all its forms and says to avoid at all costs.

Many say, but we are living in the 21^st century and we now have laws that allow us to do things the Bible says is wrong. 

We can argue and try to make excuses to fit what we desire to do, but the bottom line is; to be immoral and to sexually fornicate is a sin.

Many have suffered bad experiences in the past with unfaithful marriage partners.  Paul gave a simple way out for new believers:  Acts 21:25 As for the Gentile/new believers, we have written to them our decision that they should abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality.”

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.  Hebrews 13:4

Let us examine the definition of the big - - F word:  FORNICATION?

It is voluntary sexual intercourse between a man and woman who are not married to each other and is a common type of fornication.  Adultery is also a type of fornication.

Fornication thus includes not only premarital sex, living together without marriage and also adultery, homosexual acts, incest and prostitution.

Thou shall not commit adultery is one of the TEN commandments.

In every one of its forms, fornication is sternly condemned by the Mosaic law among God’s people.

Fornication is also mentioned many times in the New Testament

^{Acts 15:19-20}  “It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles (new believers) who are turning to God. ²⁰ Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood.

“But if they can’t control themselves, they should go ahead and marry. It’s better to marry than to burn with lust.” —  I Corinthians 7:9

Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.  Hebrews 13:4

^{Romans 1:28} Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. ²⁹ They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity.

I Corinthians  6:13   You say, “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will destroy them both.” The body, however, is not meant for sexual immorality but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

I Corinthians 6:18-19  Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. 19  Or do you not know that your body is the temple of  the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?

I Corinthians 7:2 But since sexual immorality is occurring, each man should have sexual relations with his own wife, and each woman with her own husband.

2 Corinthians 12:²¹  I am afraid that when I come again my God will humble me before you, and I will be grieved over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual sin and debauchery in which they have indulged.

Galations 5:19-21 ¹⁹ The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; ²⁰ idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions ²¹ and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 5:3  But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people.

Colossians 3:5 Therefore shun, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.

I Thessalonians 4:3  It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality;

Jude 1:7 In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.

Revelations 2: ¹⁴ Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols and committed sexual immorality

Revelations 9:²¹ Nor did they repent of their murders, their magic arts, their sexual immorality or their thefts.

ADULTERY—“Conjugal infidelity. An adulterer was a man who had sexual intercourse with a woman he was not married to, either a married woman or one who was engaged to be married. A woman who did the same thing was an adulteress.

Adultery is FORNICATION. The Bible regards adultery as a great sin  and a great social wrong. 

“But if they can’t control themselves, they should go ahead and marry. It is better to marry than to burn with lust.”  I Corinthians 7:9 

 Hebrews 13:4  Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. 

Question: "Why is living together before marriage considered LIVING IN SIN?"

There are numerous Scriptures that declare God’s prohibition of sexual immorality. 

See the above list of Scriptures already mentioned.  

The Greek word translated “sexual immorality” or “fornication” in these verses is porneia (from which we get the English word pornography), and it means literally “unlawful lust.”  

Since the only form of lawful sexuality is the marriage of one man and one woman.  

Genesis 2: ²⁴ Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. 

Matthew 19: 5 Then Jesus said to them, “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning ‘made them male and female, and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? 

Then anything outside of marriage, whether it is adultery, premarital sex, homosexuality, or anything else, is unlawful, in other words, sin. Living together before marriage definitely falls into the category of fornication — sexual sin.

Lust is an inward sin which leads to a falling away from God.  (Rom 1:21) 

Did you know that we’re commanded to avoid sexual impurity in nearly every book of the New Testament and of the Old?

“And the men, instead of having normal sexual relationships with women, burned with lust for each other.  Men did shameful things with other men and, as a result, suffered within themselves the penalty they so richly deserved.”  Romans 1:27

I Corinthians 7:2  But because of the temptation to sexual immorality, each man should have his own wife and each woman her own husband. 

Footnote:  many of the scriptures were researched from ChristianAnswers.net

Another great place to research is Christianity.about.com

If someone is caught in sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted. -Galatians 6:1
I am so thankful that God is a God of Mercy and when we come to him in repentance, He is ready to forgive.  Each of us has sinned in some form or manner, so - - If you are pointing fingers about now, you might want to read this post: 
 

WHY IS SHE SO ANGRY?

 

 

If you are pointing fingers about now, you might want to read this post: 

WHY IS SHE SO ANGRY?

Theology 101

The director at our Bible school had graduated from the Dallas School of Theology. 

He was teaching us a course on Theology and asked us to cross out certain paragraphs in our book.

He told us that when he attended seminary, many times he would study the material in order to pass the “Test” needed to get his grade. 

Then he would pray and ask the Holy Spirit to wipe his memory clean from all the negative teaching that came very close to an atheist point of view.

He urged us to read the Bible and believe that it is God speaking to us personally.  To also believe that it is true at face value and does not need to be explained away as some will try to do.

Another friend of ours attended a similar Seminary of Theology, located in the SF Bay area in California.  He needed his degree so that he could apply to the military and become a Chaplin.  He chuckled as he told us that he was positive that most of his professors were not "Saved" or “Born Again” and possibly were atheists.

I have been in church and Sunday School for many years, along with daily reading my Bible.  I also know what it is to hear from God when He speaks with that still small voice.

Many years ago, on a Wednesday evening our Pastor had just returned from a “Leadership training.”  As the words flowed from his mouth, it was like fingernails scratching on a chalk board.  The one thing I remember was a statement that if in your heart you felt the Holy Spirit was directing you to do a certain thing, but the Pastor forbid you to do this; then you were to stop and obey the Pastor.  

 

Whoa there - we should listen to our Pastor but NOT if he is telling us to do something we know in our heart is wrong.  (I filed what he said that night, under "Things to forget.")

If you read certain books by well know authors, or attend a church where the leaders graduated from such a school of theology, they are always looking for hidden meanings.  You may discover that instead of Truth they teach some of the theory’s learned at their seminary. I wonder if they fail to read their Bible for simply what it says?

Jesus is a Prophet

 

John 4:29 The woman at the well said about Jesus: "Come, see a man who told me everything I've ever done! Could he possibly be the Messiah?" 

John 1:48-50 Nathanael said to Him, “How do You know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” 49Nathanael answered Him, “Rabbi, You are the Son of God; You are the King of Israel.” 50Jesus answered and said to him, “Because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these.”

Think about this, We understand that Jesus was recognized as a Prophet, teacher, healer and Messiah.  Understand that a Prophet can know the past and the future. 

 

Is it so difficult to believe that Jesus was able to foresee events when He prophesied about His death and resurrection. 

 

Take that a step further – Could Jesus know before it happened, that a Man carrying a jar of water would lead the disciples to the upper room to celebrate the Passover? 

 

Yet Ray Stedman and others who graduated from Dallas Theological School and other seminaries tell us that Jesus manipulated this event and prepared the man with the jar of water to be there and told the man ahead of time to take His disciples to the room in question.   

 

In error they also say Jesus in advance placed the donkey and colt where He knew the disciples would find them. 

 

I believe Jesus saw into the future even if it was an hour away.  He did NOT maneuver and set up the stage.  He knew in advance what would happen !!
 
Matthew 17:27 Jesus said, "Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto the tax man for me and thee." 
Probably some would say Jesus put the money in the fishes mouth, threw it back and  somehow made sure Peter caught the right fish.  I would say Jesus KNEW before hand that this would be so.

 

Something that hit me hard was when one of our learned former pastors began to explain the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah and said it was the sin of not being “hospitable.”

 

Now think about it.  The Sodom city fathers requested that Lot send the angels out to them so the men could spend the night with the angels in a homosexual way. 

 

I suppose you could call that being in-hospitable. 

 

Then Lot was being just as wicked when he offered to give the depraved men his virgin daughters for the night as a trade off instead of the angels. 

 

There are many scriptures both old and new that tell us homosexuality is a sin. This is only one of the many scriptures; Jude 1:7  Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

It pays to bring your Bible with you to church and to also give attention to the Holy Spirit.  Realize that you are listening to a man and should weigh all he says against your Holy Bible and your spirit. 

 

Jude 1:4  For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

 

 Please read the Bible for Yourself and Study comparing Scripture against Scriptures
 

 

 

You are Invited, please R.S.V.P

 

 Today was universal Communion day and many various churches and denominations were invited to gather at the large table on the first Sunday in October. 

 

Here all Christians world wide would remember the body and blood given to us by Jesus Christ 

Pastor Jerry read from Mark 14:12-16 regarding Jesus and his disciples preparing for the Passover Celebration.  I glean from his sermon. 

You must remember that Jesus is a Prophet, teacher, healer and Messiah.  Jesus being a prophet, knew all things in advance and he knew what was ahead.

It was at the feast of the Passover that Jesus tried to explain to his disciples what would come to pass in a few days and to give them comfort and hope. 

Jesus Christ is after all the hope of the World. 

When an invitation goes out to a party or to a wedding, there often are the initials: R.S.V.P. at the bottom.  Most people understand the initials to mean that a reply is requested if they plan to attend. 

Some will ignore the initials, but show up anyway, and perhaps the host has not planned for enough food, because some did not reply.  That could prove embarrassing to all. 

Today 2.2 billion Christians will celebrate “Communion” or the Lords Supper.  East, West, South and North will gather at the table to remember and to search their hearts. 

The ancient Passover celebration recorded in the Bible was in an upper room, secured by Jesus.  He instructed his disciples to look for a man carrying a pitcher of water and to follow him and see where he goes.  Then to ask the master of the house, “Our teacher requests, where is the guest room in which I may eat the Passover with My disciples?”

Then he will show you a large upper room, furnished and prepared, there make ready for us. 

It was unusual for a man to carry water, because this was a woman’s job, so a man carrying a pitcher would be easy to spot.  Everything happened just as Jesus said it would and they prepared the Passover as he instructed them. 

The habit in those days was to recline and relax when dining.  Jesus was not in a hurry because this night was special.  He was revealing a new truth that was difficult to accept. 

As we come to the table, we may feel unworthy, but Jesus had made us worthy. 

Jesus wants to give each of us meaning for our lives. 

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.   

The invitation is going out.   R.S.V.P.

 

Read to Your Baby

A Mother Reading to her Baby

 
When our first born was very young, we had been gifted a picture book with farm animals in it.  I would point to the figures and say, horse, cow, sheep, duck, chicken and so on - - naming each item in the pictures.

Then I would touch his mouth and say, “mouth,” and in turn, touch and speak words for his nose, ear, eye, and tummy with a little tickle and a laugh.

Also at bed time I would sing the old hymns that he was hearing at Church.  He developed a love of books and began to talk distinctly at an early age. 

If I knew then what I knew now; I would have done the same thing with our second and third daughters. 

 

I must have been too occupied with others things because I failed to read and take the time individually with my girls.  Both girls were late to speak clearly enough to be understood and although both of them can read, neither love books the way our first born does. 

Studies show that children from the time they are (still in the womb) and as a newborn they need to hear their mother (and father) speak soft loving words to them.  You may think a newborn will not understand as you read from the book of Psalms, or the stories of Jesus - - but their spirit is picking up your words and storing them in their subconscious. 

About now, some of you may be scoffing and question, “Of what real value is it for a newborn to be read to from the Bible or a Bible story book?” 

Hebrews_4:12  For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

A Dad reading to his baby

When our grown son’s first born came along, our son being an avid reader, must have researched that children need to hear their parents speak words to them. 

 

At what our son considered a reasonable bed time, he began to lay his boy down in his crib and to read until the baby fell asleep and shut the door.  Before long the baby was sleeping through most of the night.

Researchers tell us that it is NOT words from the TV, radio, or lullabies from a CD or DVD that will lodge in the child’s mind.  It is their parent’s human voice they long for and need to hear.

In the October 2014 issue of Readers Digest, Melissa Rae Greene wrote an article about “Word Power for Babies.  She stated that to break the cycle of poverty young children need something as abundant as the air, and that is - - words from their parents.

Babies need the basic things for a good start, mother’s milk, or something like it, love, attention, and playtime; clean clothes, and a safe place to sleep. 

Parents all over the world try to give their babies these essentials, but educational researchers have uncovered something else babies need to develop properly.  Many babies suffer from a shortage of words - songs, nursery rhymes, story books, chitchat, and the everyday stuff.

Proverbs_16:24  Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

Proverbs_18:4  The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom  as a flowing brook.

 

This post is shared at Charlotte’s Spiritual Sundays

 

Mayfield our Black Friend

Mayfield Our Black Friend

 

Our roofing business began as a sole Proprietorship with only Robert installing asphalt shingle roofing, but God had other plans.

Robert’s cousin was out of work, and we decided to hire him to carry the shingles up to the roof and soon Robert began training him to install roofing. 

Then Robert’s mother and his step-dad LD moved to California and needed work.  LD was experienced with the hot tar and gravel roofing, and we began to receive requests to bid on this type of roofing.

We decided to purchase a tar kettle and Robert’s uncle was out of work and offered to man the tar kettle.

As time passed, we began to bid and accept larger jobs and now we needed an extra man.

One day at our shop, a young black man named Mayfield showed up and said he was recently married and needed a job.  Robert put him to work and he was a good worker.

Mayfield loved his wife and their small child and he became part of our family.

On Friday nights he enjoyed playing poker with his old buddies, but he always drove home that same night to be with his little family. 

One fateful Friday night it was storming and Mayfield may have had a beer or two.  As he drove home his car skidded and went off the road hitting a tree and killing our friend. 

We were saddened, and the entire crew showed respect to attend his funeral. 

Later Mayfield’s Uncle phoned us and asked if Mayfield was covered with insurance and a death benefit.  Our secretary told him she would find out and get back to him.

Naturally we had Workman’s Compensation, but this death was not work related. 

As we talked it over, we decided to take funds from our personal account in the amount of $5,000 and give it to his family. 

His wife appreciated all we could do for her and her little girl, but she never knew the whole story. 

Sometimes you just do what you gotta do and this was one of those times!

 

 

Who’s the Boss

Who Gave You Authority?

^{Matthew 21:23} Now when He came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people confronted Him as He was teaching, and said, “By what authority are You doing these things? And who gave You this authority?”

Pastor Jerry took his sermon from Matthew 21:23-32 and broke it up into two parts.

1. Authority verses 23-27
2. The will of God verses 28-32

In the school yard, older children may be assigned to keep order and if there is a scuffle; usually the smaller children argue, “You’re not my boss.”

Where does authority come from?  Often it is assigned, although it may be by age, education or status.  Then there is the power of money and politics.

We remember when Jesus marched into Jerusalem and entered the “Mall” in the temple chasing out the vendors.  Who gave Him the authority to do this?

There are no easy answers, and when Jesus was questioned by the priests and elders the final answer was: “If you can’t answer my question, then neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.”

The second portion of scripture was about who is doing the will of the Father?

Boys, Go work in my Vineyard!

A father asked his two sons to go work in his vineyard. The first son refused to do the father’s bidding.  Soon he had second thoughts and went to obey.

The second son said, “Yes of course I will go,” but he was busy and failed to follow through.

Jesus asked which son did the will of the Father?

The scribes answered that it was the first son who finally changed his mind and went.

The Scribes were known for their many words, but were short on their good deeds. 

Doing the Will of God is not lip service but is in the action.

Today, what is our response?  Do we often lag behind, and finally come around and pitch in?

Pastor illustrated with a story about a minister who was asked to spend a week end at a church located 300 miles from his home.  He was glad to oblige and drove the many miles, spoke at many workshops, did some counseling, preached two sermons on Sunday and was exhausted.  As he prepared to leave the treasurer handed him an envelope which he stuffed in his pocket and drove the 300 miles back to his home.  When he arrived home, he opened the envelope and inside was a blank check with the words written across it, “THANKS A MILLION!" and it was signed by the treasurer.

Sometimes words are NOT enough.

Do we volunteer or do we let others do the job?  In our mind do we say, “I will,” but fail to step forward.  Do we say in our mind, “Not me,” but then relent and take up our cross.

It is sometimes difficult to live up to promises we make to God and to others.

Jesus said in Matthew ²¹“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.

If you have not already done so, it is time to sign up, to put on the uniform and prepare to fight the battles ahead.  Be willing to listen and be quick to move to do God’s will.

 

America is in Trouble – Time to Pray

 

America is in Trouble and is being infiltrated by Islam and ungodly forces.

Recently I read an E-book I received from Bookbub.com.  I knew some of this information about the kingdom of darkness, but the book opened my eyes to what Satan is planning against our United States of America.

The book is “Redemption of an African Warlord by Joshua Blahyi.” 

Joshua Milton Blahyi is a dynamic man called by God to serve Jesus, after spending fourteen years as a devilish and murderous African Warlord.

This book was written to expose the deeds of the kingdom of darkness and to reveal the awesome power and tangibility of God’s love to humankind.

As an African Warlord, Joshua Milton Blahyi was responsible for the deaths of many including women and children.  In error he believed he was destined to this task given to him by the god, Nya-ghe-a-weh.

God in his mercy also set in motion events to bring this man Blahyi to his senses and to save his soul.

~ ~ ~

The influence of Satan is hidden, but is actively working behind the scenes influencing many governments, leaders in high places, entire nations, certain areas of land, creating Wars, terrorist attacks, and even stirring up discord within businesses, families and  marriages.

Our enemy the devil has a demonic organization and structures he has set up to rule and reign; as humans give their permission to be used by Satan’s many lesser gods. 

Once permission is granted, Satan has the legal right to possess and use these individuals and their domain.

Those persons who are agreeable to be used in this way, will at times become possessed with unusual abilities but are often required to provide human sacrifices in exchange for this power.

As we begin to understand the unseen world of demon powers, it gives us insight on how to pray for our own country and leaders. 

 

We must pray in the Holy Ghost and take our authority over the wicked hosts that are directing the brainless and foolish decisions being made by our leaders to open our land of America to Islam and those who oppose Jesus Christ as Lord.

If you are filled with the Spirit, then please do most of your praying in other tongues, because this is a direct line to God on the throne and Satan cannot understand the heavenly languages.

If you are not spirit filled, then at least pray that the evil forces orchestrating these unwise actions will be pushed aside and our leaders will instead make wise decisions.
 

"Why do the nations conspire and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band together against the Lord and against His anointed, saying, "Let us break their chains and throw off their shackles." The One enthroned in Heaven laughs; the Lord scoffs at them. He rebukes them in His anger and terrifies them in His wrath, saying, "I have installed My king on Zion, My holy mountain." Psalms 2

 

2Timothy_3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

 

This post is shared at Charlotte’s Spiritual Sundays

 

Why do Bad Things Happen?

None of us are free from mishaps and even tragedy.  The storms of life will sometimes bring us many ups and downs. 

Often we ask the big question, "Why did God allow this to happen?"

Some people think God sticks pins in us and then laughs because we cry in pain.  No a million times NO !!  Our God is not like that, when we suffer, he suffers too. 

A simple answer to the WHY question - - is that bad things happen because we live in “LIFE, after the fall of Adam and Eve.” 

 

Naturally some things happen because of our own failure to listen to the Holy Spirit or our excitement to do it ourselves.  

We must not blame God for misfortune our old enemy Satan brings to us and to those loved ones around us.  

When we get an inkling (premonition or intuition) that trouble is ahead, it is time to pray, or rather to SAY. 

Yes, go ahead and speak to the forewarned trouble and command the problem to leave and not return.  Yes tell trouble to NOT enter your domain or your sphere of influence.

Tribulation, Problems and Messes are a Nuisance and we do not have to put up with them. 

Jesus spoke to the fig tree and later reminded his disciples to SAY to the mountain, “Be thou removed," to believe it and it would be done.

So what do we do next if we don’t quickly see an answer?

1.     Stand fast and praise God that He is working on your behalf.

2.     Finally and last, work on your doubting attitude by “Replacement Therapy,” meaning Binding and loosening.

Identify each negative attitude you are holding on to that is preventing you from total Faith to believe that God is in control; such as doubt and unbelief, fear, worry, anxiety, fretfulness, imaginations of terror and all the What if’s.  Yes, go ahead and speak to that attitude and tell it to be removed and cast into the sea of forgetfulness.

Now is the time to find a positive opposite for each negative one; such as believe, boldness, calmness, relax, quietness, composure, harmony, confidence to name a few.  Claim the positive replacement attitude and make it YOURS.

Praising God and having an attitude of gratitude will help you focus on the goodness of God and not on the bad things that often happen.

 

 

Check out what my blogger friend TC has to say with post

 The Why and the Who

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THE BREATHS OF GOD ARE COMING

Simple Prophesy - Sharing Good News with Others 

My post on Sunday was about Prophesy, Dreams and Visions.  If you missed it click on The Future is Now.

 Prophesy takes many forms.  There are actual Prophets who operate in the Five Fold Ministry. 

Then there is US as we (prophesy) and share Good Words from God.

Are you ready for some eye opening words from Kathie Walters? 

"THE BREATHS OF GOD ARE COMING"

Kathie Walters, Macon, GA
 

Words - Arrows From the Lord

Kathie is stating:  Recently, I had a vision of a golden angel. He had a golden bow and golden arrows.

The gold represents "the glory" and the arrows are "Words from the Lord".

The bow represents His servants, the prophets, but not necessarily as in five-fold ministry prophet, because the Bible says that we may all prophesy one by one (1 Corinthians 14:31).

(So any one of us can prophesy and encourage one another.)

A Prophet, as in five-fold ministry, is someone that operates at a high level with the Lord, and who can discern the Word of the Lord for many situations.

Now is the time you can believe for a word for yourself (an arrow), or be open to give one.

The breaths of God are moving everywhere... blowing away the dust of “Religion.”

Do you know that every move of God develops its own religious ways and religious traditions eventually? Which later on have to be broken in order to receive the new things that God is bringing to the Body of Christ.

You can believe for an arrow, A Word, and you can chill out and relax because you can't earn anything from God.

But you can believe that, "God is working in you, both to will and to do of His good pleasure" (Philippians 2:13).

Your Spirit Man

Your spirit man is the real you, isn't it? Because He is eternal and the eternal Holy spirit dwells in you.

Your spirit man lives in the spirit realm. He doesn't jump in and out. He always lives in the spiritual realm. Your spirit man prophesies all the time because he is prophetic. Your spirit man has visions continually because he lives and dwells in that realm.

So it's not unusual for us to have visitations from God and visitations to heavenly places.

The spirit of “Religion” always tries to make you do what only God can do. The spirit of religion always promotes striving and trying of your own-self.

Those are the very things that take you OUT of the spirit realm. Your spirit is not striving and "working at it."

Everything you have is a gift. I want to add that living in the spirit and moving in the spirit is not hard. It's very easy and sometimes that's a problem because a lot of people struggle with the fact that there is nothing we can do to qualify or earn points.

Jesus and all He represents; salvation, healing, deliverance, baptism of the Spirit, all is a wonderful gift from God. He wants us to receive it.

If I gave you a precious gift from my heart and then you came to see what you could do to earn it, I would be very upset. It was a heart thing not a legal thing.

Jesus came to establish the New Covenant. The New Covenant is all about God's heart when you think of it. He even gave you a new heart to match His! "A new heart and a new spirit I will put within them," (Ezekiel 36:26).

As I travel all over the world, I see the same things happening. People who were content a couple of years ago, are hungry again; and when you are hungry God can move in you and on you because you are open.
 

The Breaths of God Are Coming

The breaths of God are coming, and with a refreshing. I think of the famous prophesy that was given to Arthur Burt and a small group of people in the 1930s in England. It talks about the end-time move of God. It talks about the breath, and then the rain and then torrents. In fact, I have placed it here for you to read. It's good to know where we are in the plan of God.

"No Ebb" prophecy by Arthur Burt:

"IT SHALL COME AS A BREATH,
AND THE BREATH SHALL BRING THE WIND,
AND THE WIND SHALL BRING THE RAIN,
AND THERE SHALL BE FLOODS AND FLOODS AND FLOODS,
AND TORRENTS AND TORRENTS AND TORRENTS.
SOULS SHALL BE SAVED LIKE FALLING LEAVES FROM MIGHTY OAKS SWEPT BY A HURRICANE.
ARMS AND LEGS WILL COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN…
AND THERE SHALL BE NO EBB."

Kathie Walters - Good News Ministries
Website: kathiewaltersministry.com

Kathie Walters is an international speaker who brings freedom to those who feel they have to "qualify." She also ministers in the supernatural and believes that the supernatural realm is for everyone.