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I wanted to give praise and Glory to our Lord Jesus! I am praying for the safety of my family and myself applying the Blood of Jesus and claiming Psalm 91 over us many times a day.
The Lord proved Himself faithful. This evening my daughter asked me to drop her off to see her friends at 7 pm. She probably was not watching the time and it was 7:22 when we left. There was a real bad car accident on an intersection where we would of been just 20 min earlier if we left on time. By the looks of it it happened just around this time. The Lord caused us to be late so we missed the accident and who knows if we would of been involved.
I give all the praise and Glory to the One Who is FAITHFUL and keeps His Promises. We can always trust and rely on Him!

Please pray with me for the people who did get involved and if there were injuries (there were ambulances there), I ask the Lord to tought these peole's bodies and heal them completely from any trauma (physical or emotional), to restore what the enemy stole from them, restore peace, health, finances, everything that was broken . In Jesus' Name! Amen!

Hi everyone,
I was wondering if anyone wanted to share their experiences in praying and worshiping. I've been struggling with breaking through the "flesh" barrier for quite a while and could never figure out what was wrong. I knew there was a huge difference between praying and worshiping "normal" and doing it in the Glory realm, when His Spirit totally takes over and then it's a completely different experience alltogether.

I've "tasted" it lately and am completely and totally in awe! So far I have figured out two huge blockers that were preventing me from entering this Glory level. But something else must be missing as I can't get "there" every time I pray/worship.

The first one is: DO NOT EVER LOOK AT YOURSELF! EVER! this was what stopped me from getting higher. I always fell into this stinking false humility pit by thinking I do not deserve this, I was not good enough, needed more time to improve etc.

Another one: If you have an agenda before coming to Worship in the Glory, you better forget it! Leave your list behind the Gates :-) That's what I was doing quite often - dragging my prayer request list in with me. It kept me on the ground. But once I let go of it, I found out that when you are There, God takes care of your list in a way you couldn't even imagine. I was totally speachless.

So now that I've had it, "tasted" it, I am so Glory thirsty! I am not saying this is the only way to do it, and God most certainly answers prayers and He did so many for me. I's just getting into His very Presence is like a totally different planet :-)

Please share your experiences and breakthroughs!!!
Blessings!

Lord, I am before Your Throne of immeasurable Mercy and Love and Grace today to lift up Stephanie before You! Lord I know that You hear us when we ask in Your Name so I know that I have the petition that I ask. I praise Your Name and Bless You, Oh Mighty Lord God! Lord, please shine Your Light into Stephanie's life right now. Lift up her spirit right to Your Throne, right into Your very presence, Lord Jesus! Lord, let Your River of Life flow into her entire being and revive her, make her whole - spirit, soul and body - refresh her right now, Oh Lord! Drive away all the darkness, oppression, discouragement, heaviness. This is not of You Lord, and we give all this work of the enemy NO place in her!
I thank You, Lord, for the Spirit of Peace and Joy, for the Spirit of Praise and Worship that You sent into her life right now that as she comes before You, Lord, in prayer, You take her up and let her immerse in Your Glory, in Jesus' Name! I pray that no weapon formed against her shall ever prosper and I thank You and Glorify You that this is YOUR will for her - to be safe, whole and enjoying Your Presence as Your very own child, Lord God! Lord, I thank You for Stephanie, I thank You for all this new fresh anointing, fresh blessings, fresh favors that You are pouring richly into her life right now. I thank You that You are opening doors that no man can shut, I thank You, that You enlarge her territory and cause her to rest in Your Shalom! I thank You, Lord and Praise You for You alone deserve all that praise and all the Glory! In Jesus' Most Awesome Name! Amen!

Just wanted to add one more thing regarding doing what the Lord asks us to. I don't know about you, but I myself very often fall into this mistake - I try and do it out of my own power whcih in most cases is NOT ENOUGH. I fall flat on my face and then get into this guilt/bitterness cycle. I am learning to ask Him for the Grace to be able to do it. If I have no clue how to do it I ask for His Light.

This asking part is greatly overlooked by us, I think. I also think that He might ask us on PURPOSE to do things that are beyond our abilities just so we stay in constant close relationship. Jesus needs us to need Him.

In His Word He compared Himself with a grape vine and us with branches. A branch can only bear fruit if it's connected to the vine and the juice/life from the vine constantly flows into the branches. How often I forget this and jump into doing things on my own in my stupid self-righteouness :-( But it's so easy to accomplish what He wants in His timing and the way He wants it to be done if we are doing it through Him!

AMEN and AMEN Daisy!!! Totally agree with you.

Jst to mention another snicky one that is so often overlooked and ignored - complaining and murmuring. I am one of the biggest offenders in this area. Yet, the Lord commands us not co complain! And again, I simply could not stop complaining till the Lord started to show me what He has done already and that I have absolutely no reason for any complaining.
I believe that complaining is branching from the same stem/root - pride! Spend time with the Lord, ask Him daily to shed His Light on what He has done for you and then you'll simply not even feel like doing anything but praising Him all the time!

Great suggestion, Cholette!
Boscoe, let me assure you, you are NOT spiritually dead. Spiritually dead people do not even realize their condition! Once the resurrecting Blood of Jesus had revived your spoirit you simply cannot be dead.

I have experienced what you are describing myself (and not just once). I must admit it is not pleasant but is a part of our spiritual walk especially at the beginning.

There are times when the Spirit of God is flowing through us like refreshing waters of the River of Life and we feel it with every fibre of our beeing but sometimes we go through patches of times when we do not feel it at all. It feels as dry as a bone. During those times we do need to stand on what the Lord said "I will NEVER leave nor forsake you" (Deut 31:6, Heb. 13:5)

May I suggest that you check in your heart and see if this is the spirit of guilt that is keeping you from being refreshed in Him? This is one of the traps that many of us are falling into often if we do not stand on guard.

You said the Lord told you to do something and you did not. I'd say that it is not good to make a habit of disobeying God and ignoring His commandments. BUT we all have fallen short of His requirements for different reasons. In such cases the worse thing you can do is fall into the trap of guilt. Remorse is one thing. Remorse and repenting IS needed but it's will never lead you into a "spiritual valley of death". It will only revive you. Always keep God's Mercy and Grace and LOVE for you before your eyes. Yes, at times like this it's easier said than done, but He is the only One Who can get you out of this state.

Never think that you won't be forgiven. O, of we could only see with our eyes clearly what astronomical unbelievable huge amount of debt WAS already forgiven and removed from us we would most likely have no problem at all believing that our mistakes on our way to the Lord can and will be just as quickly forgiven and removed from us by the Lover of our souls.

Like Cholette said, run to your Daddy and talk to Him, hide nothing from Him. He already knows anyway. The point of you talking to Him is that YOU can receive refreshment and strength to get up and get going. He is NOT interested in keeping you in this spiritual ditch. The devil is the only one who is.

I have been there so many times and every single time when I find myself sitting at the bottom of these pits I hear the devil tell me "that's it, now you've done it. You've comitted IT. The Lord will never even want to look at you again. You might as welll forget it."

But you know what, as soon as I find it in me (and I do) to ignore this and simply grab what Jesus said about His LOve for me by faith, He somehow ALWAYS gets through. And you know how wonderful it feels?! It's like you sit in the darkness of total desperation and all of a sudden (feels like out of the blue), this flood of light and love starts pouring right into me. All the heaviness is going away - an absolutely astonishing feeling! Just start singing praises to Your Lord with your heart by faith, do not check with your feelings! Talk to Him, worship Him and you'll see for yourself how quickly He will scoop you up and bring you up to the top of the highest mountain!

Praise God you ARE deeply loved, highly favoured and richly blessed!!!

I too have to deal with this issue alot. From my own experience only I can tell you that spending your time with the Lord daily will take the "chains" of pride off you. It does take time. Sometimes it's hard for us to figure out which issue is causing what. Which one is the root and which ones are its branches. But the Lord sees precisely and deals with them in the right order. Trust Him with the order and trust Him that He is dealing with you the best way.

What helped me with being prideful (I am still work in progress!) is seeing myself (I mean on my own, without His Blood, for what I'm worth) with His eyes. When you just take a glimpse at all this horrible stinky ugliness you quickly lose any desire whatsoever to lift yourself up above others and the Lord (as horrible as this sound we do this daily and most of the time don't even know it).

Then I've learned also that there is a false humility as well. This happens when we look at our own shortcomings instead of at the Lord and what He can do. I learned that this is just another form of human pride. This needs to be dealt with as well. I myself am sooooo guilty of this. And it stands in the way of God using us full power for His work.
But when we are willing to give it up the Lord is faithful and He will remove it and set us free!!!

God bless!

Just my thoughts, but as I read your dream the very first thing that came to my mind (regarding bedsheets) - GOSSIP (collecting everyone's dirty laundry) + not wearing gloves might represent they are not doing it with "clean" intentions...

God is GOOOOD!

Thank you very much for your thoughts, Daisy and GreatFulServant. I agree with you. That's what it probably meant. The dreadful feeling that was attached to the music was so real. I pray the Lord opens the eyes and ear of our young people so that they see the trap of the enemy!

Keep holding on to your faith in Jesus and speak to Todd's body, decreeing healing in the Lord's Name. I'd like to share this testimony with you. It can be great encouragement for his mom: http://www.savedhealed.com/kelley.htm

God bless!

Hi Jasmine,
many times when we think we have a problem, it's not the actual problem, but it's "symptom" or "fruit". I think that procrastination is one of these false problems. This is just was sits on top. It's roots are hidden and if we do not deal with the roots, but fight the fruit, we will keep failing. The roots can be different for different people. It could be fear of failure (when a person is afraid to even begin doing something out of fear of not being able to accomplish it properly), and even this fear can stem from previous wounds/bad experience (sometimes not even your own, but your close friends or relatives). These things can be very deceitful and sneaky. But when the Lord shines His light on it, no lies of the enemy can hide. He will also help you deal with the roots of any problem.
I pray that the Lord will shine His Light into your life and bring up every root that is hiding and trying o bring in the confusion and frustration. In Jesus' Name I declare that no weapon formed against you shall prosper. I decree that the enemy is defeated and all its work has been destroyed in your life, in Jesus' Name! I pray that the Lord heals every wound in your heart and makes you completely whole - nothing missing, nothing broken. In Jesus' Name. Amen!

I don't remember the dream itself but I audibly heard music - it was a very simple beat and it kept repeating itself over and over again. This dream woke me up, but the beat kept playing in my head and I felt something very dark about it and it felt like it was from the pit. I started to feel fear and playing praise music in my thoughts to get that one out. Eventually it left (praise God!), but I can't forget this heavy dark feeling about it. I've never heart this music before in my life. I can compare it with the beats young people listen to. But like I said I never hear that one before. I must add that I stopped listening to any music whatsoever other than praise music quite a while ago (except when I am in public places like stores where I can't help but hear it)

I had this dream on the night from Sunday to Monday and before Sunday service while we were waiting for it to start our worship team was practicing and the drummer (just a young kid) was playing some beat all by himself. I was reading from the devotional book and was not paying attention but eventually I noticed it. He kept on playing by himself and it did sound strange to me as I never hear the drums by themselves. The beat was not the same as in my dream but I was wondering if it could of caused the dream. If not, it must of been from the pit of hell as it felt so very dark and scary (at least to me).

So I wonder what was the purpose of this dream, just to scare me, or was there a message? Again, I don't remember the dream itself but I remember it did not have anything to do with music.

Thank you very much for your help and insight!

Princessdelia, you are very welcome. It's a privelege to pray for you, sister! I was decreeing the exct same things over my husband and he just got a wonderful job! So rely COMPLETELY on God, don't even look at circumstances, keep decreeing it over yourself daily (as many times as you can) and no matter what it looks like, keep faith and keep thanking God for what you asked for and it WILL manifest!
God bless!!!

I am asking for God's unmerited favor in your job situation. I am asking for His Grace towards you and for Him to give you power to gain wealth! In Jesus' Name. I am asking for favor of men for you in your job situation. I decree you are blessed beyond any imagination when you go out and when you come in. I pray that God's provision is abounding in your life and you are a desired land for everyone around you. I pray that everyone who knows you sees you and declares that surely the Hand of Almighty God is upon you and your family. I command the Angels of God to deliver the manifestation of God's most abundant, mindblowing provision to you in the natural as it has already happened in the spiritual realm, in Jesus' Name! Amen!

I speak the Word of the Living God over the situtaions of all your friends right now. I decree that NO WEAPON fornmed against them shall prosper. I plead Psalm 91 over them and plead God's supernatural protection over them all. I am asking the Lord to touch each and every one of them right now right where they are and intervene mightily in their lives and show His Glory and Grace poured into their lives, their bodies right this minute! I command the Angels of the Most High God, YHWH-Rapha - God Who Heals us to cast out all the forces of darkenss out of these children's of God situation. in the Name of Jesus Christ!
Lord, we praise You and Worship You for hearing our prayers and answering them the minute we pray. Thank You, Lord, that Your Word will never return to You void but WILL accomplish what it was sent for. We Praise You and Thank You for complete healing and restoration of all everyone mentioned by steadygaze, in Jesus' Name! Amen!

Hi Mark,
thank you so very much for sharing your thoughts with me and clarifying my dreams. The first and second do make much more sense to me now. I never thought that I could be my grandmother... Now that you mentioned it to me it makes much more sence and I think I know who this other person might be.
Second dream hasn't manifested yet probably because I can't think of anyone in a similar situation. Probably like you said something is about to happen and I would know then.
Third dream, yes, I do not think it was about physical death. I think it was about something spiritual. I also strongly feel it was related to me. And all this dying thing and getting ready ofr it was very tightly connected with the voice that I adibly heard that said who died in Jesus will live forever. I am going through some very tough time (especially this last week) when I think I can't take any more of this. So I have to figure out whether what the voice said was a warning or comforting / confirmation that no matter what is going on right now I am going to be OK.
But if it was not about me, then it probably something that never happened yet. I don't know of any couple that might be connected to this dream.
However I do need lots of comforting and spiritual support from my husband right now.

Thanks again, Mark! I appreciate your help very very much as always!

God bless!

Last night I had 3 very strange dreams:
1) For some strange reason I had to wear a "brace" for a few days. I was locked in a position, if you'd stand up and bend down to touch your feet with your hands. This metal brace was around my body tightly to keep me in this position.
Even more strange thing: my grandmother (who died in real life many years ago) volunteered to share this experience with me, so the same brace was wide enough to keep both of us in this position. We both had to walk like that for a few days.

My feelings during the dream - I was thankful to my grandmother for staying with me during this. I felt extremely uncomfortable. I was laughing in my mind imagining how weirs and comical we must look like to others.


2) I knew there would be an attempt to kill my daughter by some man. I knew the time and place (certain room) where she would be for the killing to take place. For some reason I did not do anything to prevent it. However in my dream there was actually no time between me knowing this and the actual time of killing to even get a chance to do anything. Now I had this realization that this is about to take place and I felt totally horrified thinking I might lose my daughter. I ran to the room to check if she was there and get her out of there and make sure it was not too late. It wasn't. She was alive and the dream changed to another one.
In real life I am praying for my daughter non stop for her to be saved, healed, blessed in every way, be filled with Peace and Joy of Jesus Christ. I never ever stop pleading, interceding and decreeing blessings over her! So I suspect the dream was not about her.
3) I knew I was about to die very soon. I picked a big silky cloth that had to go on the floor and on that cloth they were supposed to put a coffin for my body. But I had a bright idea to replace a coffin with a couch. I figured it would serve the same purpose but would be more comfortable :-) Off to the side there were several couches (brand new covered with silky material). I tried few and picked the one to best match the color and design of the cloth. I think at one point I saw the word "WIFE" on the cloth and knew it would be my husband who would bury me. Once that couch was placed on the cloth I heard a voice saying "Who has died in Christ Jesus will live forever". Then I woke up.

I would greatly appreciate your insight on these dreams. They made me feel uncomfortable (especially the first two).

God bless!

Amen, dreamster! Yes, I know what you mean, bj! I believe we all need to go through a similar process. Sometimes I feel like I ma going through massive cleansing process and just as I think I "got it" I see another turn ahead of me :-) It can hurt sometimes, but don't lose courage. Even though it does not look or feel that way sometimes, the Lord IS in control. He is the Author and the Finisher of your faith and your very life and He knows what He is doing :-)
As you spend time with the Lord, learn about how humble He is this pride issue will melt off you like butter on a hot day.

Thank you everyone for rejoicing with me! And thank you so much, Daisy for standing in agreement with me for my breakthrough! I need it badly! I depend on the Lord 100% for a new job. In our town He'd probably need to CREATE one for my skills.

By the way it turned out that my husband's mom and his new boss's mom used to be very close friends (untill my mom-in-law moved away to live in a different place). WOW!

I wanted to share a wonderful testimony of God's amazing GOODNESS and Grace for us!
I've been praying and speaking blessings for my husband believing the Lord will get him out of horrible working environment. And the Lord provided him with a new job. My husband is absolutelly thrilled with is and can hardly wait to start. His new bosses also told him that they are happy to have him in their team. They said that many people applied but my husband was the very best even starting with his cover letter that he sent with the resume. I believe that the Lord arranged things so that he will meet all their requirements. The time gaps between sending in his resume and the actual interview as well as between the interview and hearing from them were a bit longer than usual (it turned out they were very busy with lots of internal things going on), but I refused to give up faith and still stood on God's goodness and Grace! And now we celebrate Victory!!!!

I also believe the Lord is working miracles at my place of work as I NEED them real bad! I believe I will be sharing my own testimony here very soon as well. God is AWESOME!!!!! And He just can't wait to give great gifts to us not because we do anything to deserve them, but simply because He loves us so much! Once I got this truth into my heart I started receiving amazing answers to my prayers!!

GOD IS AWESOME!!!

:-) I never heard (audibly or "in my thoughts") anything after those doorbells or knocks. My thoughts on this issue is that it might be God's way of attracting our attention. He is longing to spend time with us too and it might be that He just needs to be with you. During the day we are usually so busy that we don't give God enough quality time, our undivided attention. So I heard many times that He gives us grace to stay awake at night and fellowship with Him.
Anyway, I feel very privileged and honored when I know that my God wants my attention, just like words of this song:
Who am I that you are mindful of me
That you hear me, when I call
Is it true that you are thinking of me
How you love me, it's amazing

Please pray with me for supernatural protection for Jewish people in France. After the killing of 3 children and a teacher in Toulouse there was another beating of a young boy (12). More threats, hate emails are sent to Jewish schools in France.
Lord, I pray that You put Your protecting hand around every Jew in the world and especially those in danger. I lift Your people before Your Throne and ask You to send Your Mighty Warrior Angels to stop evry force of the darkness and disarm every weapon turned against Your people, in Jesus' Name! I decree that no weapon formed agsint them shall prosper and that every tongue that raises aginst them in hate or judgement shall be condemned! I pray Psalm 91 over every Jewish child and adult right now and thank You, Lord, that Your Wings and Pinions are around each and every one of them, keeping them safe and in perfect peace. Lord, stop every satanic plan, every terror, every weapon against any Jew all around the world, cancel them, Lord and turn them right around. Make Your people's enemies flee tousand ways, in Jesus' Name! Amen!

I used to hear both door bells and loud and crisp clear knocks. I was the only one who heard them. This was always happening at night and they woke me up instantly.
Last time I heard a door bell (by that time I figured out it was God), I woke up and said "Yes, Lord, I am listening". I did not open my eyes, and I did not hear anything else. But in about minute or so even through my closed eyes I saw a bright flash of light.
Next morning my husband said that he was awake with his eye open and all of a sudden he saw a bright flash of light right in the middle of our bedroom. So we both saw it, but I did not hear anything that time.