Awesome Word!!

A SEASON of BREAKTHROUGH
> -by Andrew Strom.
>
> A couple of weeks ago we put out a word entitled "First the Bad
> News". It looked at the huge "shaking" that is already underway
> around the globe this year, as well as the fragility of the economic
> system in the face of the long downturn. 2011 certainly looks to
> be a "shaking" year.
>
> But now I want to look at the "good" news. You see, I believe all
> this shaking is exactly the environment in which God's true remnant
> is designed to THRIVE. A couple of years ago, speaking about
> this very thing, I wrote an article called "Expand While the Devil
> Shrinks". I believe we are right now entering a time of breakthrough
> and advancement and "action" for the remnant of God that has
> been going through a great 'desert' still clinging to pure Truth. A
> time of real "release" is near.
>
> Certainly, we personally sense a great time of "New Beginnings"
> this year and next.
>
> In my article 2 years ago I wrote: "Are you one who has spent years
> in the wilderness, waiting for God's moment? Are you a David in the
> caves, a Joseph in the dungeons? Couldn't it be that this is the very
> moment that God has been preparing you for, all this time?...
> You see, the "big boys" with their shallow gospel are in increasing
> trouble through all of this. They rely on big money, big media, big
> hype and big budgets to get their message out. And the budget is
> looking rather sick. Could it be that God is leveling the playing field?
> ... Are the little guys with their message of repentance and heart-
> holiness about to break through the glass ceiling that has kept
> them down for so long?"
>
> My belief is that the power of Mammon will increasingly lose it's
> grip on the Western church - and the power of 'Kundalini' even more
> so. Both will be in more and more trouble, and slowly I believe the
> Truth will come more and more into the ascendant. Those with a
> real message of Truth who have been on the back foot for years
> are about to have their moment. And we need to seize hold of it
> when it arrives. But it will be far easier with the wind at our backs.
> We won't need to "strive". This is God's doing - and for us His
> burden will be light. But we do need to be ready to act and to move
> and to step boldly into His plan. "Expand while the devil shrinks".
> Be daring and move forward. Take action in the Lord.
>
> Already the deceivers and false teachers are struggling. Already
> the "Mammonizers" and spiritual compromizers find themselves
> on the back foot. This will grow greater and greater, I believe.
> Jesus wants His church back. And great will be the crash of
> once-mighty manipulators. Already it has begun.
>
> Who will step into this breach? Only those who are ready. Only
> those who are prepared. Only those who have truly come through
> the wilderness with no bitterness, no malice and are fully ready
> for their "Jordan".
>
> I want to encourage the remnant of God with these words: Prepare
> for action. Prepare to "step up". Be on the lookout for open doors
> and opportunities. Test the waters and move out.
>
> "For many that are first shall be last, and many that are last shall
> be first." Be alert to move, my friends. We are entering a new time.
>
> -Please comment on this article at the website below-
>
> http://www.johnthebaptisttv.com/
>
> God bless you all!
>
> Andrew Strom.

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The True Joseph Company!

The JOSEPH COMPANY
> -David Wilkerson
>
> Joseph had a vision that his life would be used mightily by God.
> But that vision seemed like a pipe dream after his jealous brothers
> sold him into slavery. The following years of Joseph’s life were filled
> with hardship and injustice. Then, when Joseph seemed to get
> back on his feet, he was falsely accused of attempted rape and
> sent to prison.
>
> Yet, all this time, God was watching over Joseph’s life. And finally,
> after years of turmoil, Joseph ended up serving in Pharaoh’s house.
> Pharaoh eventually appointed Joseph ruler over all of Egypt.
>
> Beloved, that’s how God works; he was preparing a man to save a
> remnant. Indeed, in every generation, the Lord raises up a Joseph
> Company. He takes these devoted servants through years of trouble
> and trials, to prove and strengthen their faith.
>
> What does this mean? Scripture says it’s what Joseph endured:
> “He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a
> servant: whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: until
> the time that his word came: the word of the Lord tried him”
> (Psalm 105:17–19).
>
> The Lord also has a Joseph Company today. These are godly men
> and women he has touched and called. They don’t seek fame or
> fortune. All they want is to live and die fulfilling the calling God has
> placed on them. And the Lord promised their lives would count for
> his kingdom.
>
> Joseph told his brothers, “God sent me before you to preserve you
> a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
> So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath
> made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler
> throughout all the land of Egypt” (Genesis 45:7–8).
>
> Joseph could look back over his years of suffering and testify, “God
> sent me on this journey. He had a purpose in taking me through all
> these hardships. I see now that everything I’ve endured has led up
> to this moment. Brothers, the Lord has been preparing me to
> minister to you. He orchestrated all of these things, to bring you
> under his preserving grace as he did with me.”
>
> What an incredible revelation for Joseph. Yet, what is the lesson
> here for God’s people today? It is this: Our Lord has preserved us
> in the past and he will preserve us in the days ahead. And, most
> important of all, he has an eternal purpose behind it all. He preserved
> you because he has a purpose for you. He has laid out a divine work
> ahead of you. And only a tried, tested, proven believer can accomplish it.
>
> This is not a time for timid faith. It’s a time when every Christian
> who has endured great testings must step forward. Our Captain is
> calling us to stand up amidst a fearful society and engage in “power
> faith.” We’re to make the Joseph Declaration: “God sent me before
> you…to save your lives by a great deliverance” (Genesis 45:7).

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