Dear Daystar Family and Friends,
What an amazing thing God is doing in us during these 40 Days of Adoration! Now is a great time to jump in if you haven’t yet! This week we will begin adding the element of “ASKING” into our times of adoration. You will find the list of questions below….during our adoration session each day we will initiate one or two of these each day. Don’t let the questions intimidate you…God is eager to speak to those who take the time to listen : )
Love you all!
Elizabeth (and Johnny)
Questions to Ask for 40 days:
1. Ask Him, who He is and who you are for 2011. It’s the first step to get above the clouds.
2. Ask Him, how are we going to get above the clouds.
3. Ask Him, how do we get the 50 million mile view.
4. How do You want to take us to the Polar express through adoration till we are where we have the 50 million mile view?
5. What faces does You want to show us from 2011 – 2020?
· He shows us His face as Redeemer, Builder, Wise, and Supplier Hopeful God.
6. What is on Your heart?
7. What are You doing in 2011?
8. How are You doing it? – Through a hope reformation, what does that look like?
9. Who are You doing it through? – Hope craftsmen
10. What is the process for these Hope Craftsmen to become equipped?
11. What are the advanced tools they are to use to move forward in 2011 with the waves that are coming?
12. What are the waves that are coming? Are they economic challenges? How do You want to answer as the God of Wealth, the God of Supply
13. Is there a wave of false unity coming forth where You want to show yourself as the God of brotherhood with true unity? How do You want to do that?
14. Is the third wave coming of the “Nanny State”? Where you want to reveal Yourself as the God who is the Supplier and sovereign hopes vs. socialistic.
15. How do you want to do that? And cause us to be partakers of Your nature and your divine power through us?
16. Is there a wave of false heroes from Hollywood, political, and educational arenas?
17. Who are they? How do we deal with them and bringing forth true heroes who are like Jesus in John 13- loving servants that dig deep in the heart of Him and don’t live for the girls, glory or the gold.
18. What is the 5th great wave? Is it an incomplete understanding of the Kingdom of God? How do You want to expand our understanding of the Kingdom of God? Through who across the earth?
19. “Ask Me, will you be the Hope Craftsmen who will hope in the power of Me or the power of man?”
20. “Ask Me, do you love and believe in Me and My wisdom plan?”
21. “Ask Me, who are the ones who will bring forth Hope in God as our source and the beauty of His extraordinary gift in Human beings?”
22. “Ask Me, who will bring forth hope in God that will build using God’s unity as living stones who unite around the heart of one who lived and died for us, versus Nimrod and false unity created around materialism and need?
23. “Ask Me, who are the false hope leaders and how do we help them to become acquitted and how do we love them and bring them into the kingdom of God?”
24. “Ask Me, who are the true hope leaders and how do we get them the advanced tools and the blueprint of Him that they need for the days to come?
25. “Ask Me, What are the advanced tools (Jeremiah 50) to build in these next years, both spiritually and naturally? What do I want to give you? That Jeremiah 50:25 that I raise up with an arsenal of greater weapons when the enemy raises up with his challenges. “
26. “Ask Me, How do you walk into this advanced tool: the power of God as a Good Sheppard, how do you walk into these first and second answers to the waves? The hope in true community where there is community that is like Acts 2:28- filled with God’s joy and presence. And 15 where you are building with Me. How do you move forth in this third great answer in Me from 2011-2020 the care of God the James 1:17- caring for the widows and orphans worried ones in the days to come.”
27. “Ask Me, How do you move forward as Hope Craftsmen? Who are the big diverse lovers Hope Craftsmen or are you Wise Governmental Hope Craftsmen? Are you patriarchal/matriarchal hope craftsmen? Are you those of creation hope craftsmen? Are you Hope builder Craftsmen of the church?”
28. “Ask Me, How are you going to walk forward with these new distinctives of the kingdom? What are the new distinctives? What is this distinctive of the secret of the healed and expanded view of Me and My multi-faced nature?”
29. “Ask Me, What is the secret of the kingdom that is filled with appreciation that releases miracles? What is the distinctive of the secret of this placement like Nehemiah- like putting in place the families to not just minister the kingdom but build it. What is the secret of hearing My heart for the hopeful patriarchal ones? What is the secret of the supernatural that will operate in the 78 new types of miracles vs. healing, salvation and deliverance? “
30. “Ask Me, What is the gold that I want you to dig up for the sake of the Body of Christ? What cities and nations do I want to be leaders to this royal journey and royal pathway to the royal man Jesus?”
Bob Hartley’s Prophetic Word Parts 1, 2, & 3 BELOW
If you haven’t been part of the 40 Days of Adoration yet, it’s not too late! Read below for details on how to call in for the daily conference calls and a calendar of the names of God that we are corporately focusing on.
Pastor Johnny preached in the series of messages about Bob Hartley’s 2011 Prophetic Word. You can go to daystaratlanta.org/resources/sermons.asp to listen online. These messages are entitled “The Arising Hope”. Read the very bottom of this email for the written Part 1, 2 and 3 of the word from Bob that Johnny reads from in the messages. We strongly recommend that you take the time to read and study all of this as you are going into your next part of the journey into 2011. We often think that God wouldn’t possible let us miss out on anything or that if it was “important enough”, we would just “know it” or it would feel big to us….but that’s quite the opposite from most of God’s invitations to us. Most of the time the best God has for us is in a whisper or a slight something that leaves US with the choice to turn aside to see what He may be doing or saying…so be sure not to miss out on this opportunity into His plans for our generation in this season.
We recommend to those wanting to immerse themselves in this new language of HOPE, to watch this short video clip bit.ly/HOPEVIDEO by Bob Hartley and consider signing up for the 52 Weeks of Hope on his web site www.BobHartley.org.
Please consider forwarding this info to others that would want to participate. So many are quick to forward emails full of warnings and negative prophetic perspectives…this one is full of our Papa’s HOPE and LOVE FOR US, so why not help to give it wings so that it can make an impact on the Body of Christ this year?!
40 Days of ADORATION
with Daystar Church via Morning Conference Calls
January 1 – February 10, 2011
followed by
3 Day CONVOCATION
at Daystar Church, Atlanta, GA
February 10 & 11 at 7:30pm and 12 at 7:00pm
Conference Calls Schedule
Modays-Fridays. 6:00 a.m. EST
Saturdays-Sundays. 10:00 a.m. EST
To participate in the daily conference calls:
1. Dial (712) 432-1001
2. When prompted, put in the Attendee Access Code: 447317628# (don’t forget the # sign at the end)
3. You will not be able to be heard. Simply hang up at the end of the call : )
Please be aware that if you want to participate in the conference calls, but are unable to at 6am each day, you will be able to call in to the number below and then put in the access code and hear a recording of that day’s Adoration Session. Please note that this is a different number than the one you would call for the live session each morning.
Playback #: (712) 432-1011
Playback Access Code: 447317628#
January 2011
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
*Abba
*Answering
*Avenger
2
*Bread of Life
*Blesses Me
*Builder
3
*Creator
*Comforter
*Covenant Keeper
4
*Door
*Deliverer
*Desire of the Nations
5
*Ever-Present
*Enthroned on my praise
*Everlasting
6
*For me
*Forgiving
*Faithful
7
*Giver of Wisdom
*Good
*Gracious and slow to anger
8
*Hope
*Hiding Place
*Healer
9
*God of Increase
*my Inheritance
*Indescribable
10
*Jesus Christ
*Just
*Jealous
11
*King of Kings
*King of the Jews
*King Forever
12
*Lamb
*Laughing
*Loving
13
*Man of Sorrows
*Mindful
*Mighty
14
*Nothing is Impossible
*Never Failing
*New Mercy God
15
*The Only God
*Overcomer
*Opener of my eyes
16
*Provider
*Perfecter
*Powerful
17
*Quick to my rescue
*Quieter of my heart
*Quotable
18
*Radiant
*Renewer
*Rock
19
*Servant
*Satisfying
*Shield
20
*Triumphant
*Teacher
*Thinks about me
21
*Understanding
*Unchanging
*Uncreated
22
*Vindicating
*Victorious
*Voice that is powerful
23
*Withholding no good thing
*The Way
*Working all things together for good
24
Today think of 3 ways that you have encountered Him as. The God of…
25
*Yahweh
*His Yoke is Easy and His burden light
*The same Yesterday, today, and forever
26
*Full of Zeal
*The Word
*Life Giver
27
*Lifter of my head
*Counselor
*Prince of Peace
28
*my Righteousness
*Restorer
*Father to the fatherless
29
*Treasure hidden in the field
*Strong Tower
*Nurturer
30
*Accessible
*Friend
*Compassionate
31
*The Way
*The Truth
*Wonderful
FEB 1
*Love
*Joy
*Peace
2
*Patient
*Kind
*Good
3
*Faithful
*Gentle
*Self Controlled or Self Governed
4
*Holy
*Worthy
*One to be Feared
5
*Beautiful
*Mysterious
*Approachable
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
6
* One To be Known
*One To be Enjoyed
*Present
7
*The Risen One
*The Coming One
*Eyes with Fire
8
*Crucified
*Walks in the Cool of the day
with me (as with Adam and Eve)
*Walks in the midst of the Fire with me (as with the 3 Hebrews)
9
*Numbers the hairs on my head
*The One Who will wipe away all my tears and has saved every one of them
*The One Who weeps over cities
10
*The One Who will give me a white stone with my new name on it
*The One Who Formed me in my mother’s womb
*The God Who answers by fire
7:30pm CONVOCATION
AT DAYSTAR
11
7:30pm CONVOCATION
AT DAYSTAR
12
7:00pm CONVOCATION
AT DAYSTAR
THE PLEASURE OF OUR GOD FOR THE HOPE JOURNEY IN 2011 FOR HIS PEOPLE
by Bob Hartley
God’s Goal for Us in 2011
God‟s had a great goal in trumpeting this word for 2011 to the Body of Christ. First, His goal was to make known His will and interpretation of life in the days to come through His hopeful lens. Second, the goal is that the Family of God would hear Jesus and His tremendous hope and peace in building and moving forward in 2011, to keep us from being like Peter in Matthew 14:30, who looked at the waves and began to sink instead of looking into His eyes.
It is needed and necessary for the Family of God to hear in the year to come from a true patriarchal prophetic that always has an answer in Him! In the past, the prophetic has magnified the issues above our “Greater than” God. Each one of us is being invited into this process individually as God leads, to come out with an answer in Him for the challenges and be unmoved. If we would move right into adoring and magnifying Him in the midst of the challenge, we will have great success in 2011.
“The Miracle Encounter for 2011 on the Holy Ghost Hope Glory Train”
Over the last few amazing months, I have been reclining on a porch swing with the Lord and He has been showing me His heartfelt desire and holy hope-filled decrees for the Family of God in 2011 and other groups of people still to come in, with such love and vibrancy to enable us to receive His hopeful embrace and perspective.
Simultaneously, my sister, who is very intuitive, encouraged me to watch the movie the “Polar Express.” I am not really a movie watcher, but I watched this movie several times and the Lord has touched me through what begins with the movie and turns into my own beautiful encounter with Him. This encounter has been progressive and yesterday was taken to a whole other level as I was taken from a view of 30 feet above the earth to 5 million miles in the heavens. I‟ve had dreams of waves that would try to crash over the body of Christ and I was only 30 feet above the ground while the waves were 70 feet and I and others were drowning. The Lord said, “I have measured you in hope and you have come up wanting. The way in is to adore, adore adore!”
However, as I didn‟t give up and continued looking into His eyes, suddenly I was caught up into a heavenly place with others, and I found myself on the “Polar Express,” but in this encounter it turned into the Holy Ghost Hope Glory Train and headed into heaven through the most indescribable colors of God, and the Lord began to speak to me as I was crying out like a little boy exhilarated, celebrating a roller coaster ride as we headed straight up to His throne. Then I found myself on a porch swing reclining next to Him in His beauty on the balcony of heaven. I‟m looking at the earth from His heavenly perspective and I was stunned as it became a beautiful garden before me.
“How great are His signs and how mighty are His wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom and His dominion is from generation to generation.” Daniel 4:3
Jesus began to show me how the earth will begin to become a beautiful garden for us in 2011 and I started to experience something so extraordinary and necessary, His hopeful view of the kingdom of God and the nations. He continued to unfold this important encounter for the Family of God for 2010-2020 with a fullness of love and hope that I have never experienced before. Again, He has been unfolding this word for several months through signs and wonders and angels, and I was seeing from a whole different hopeful glorious and eternal view. I was beginning to see from His perspective, from His everlasting kingdom and the highest court in heaven.
Summary of What the Lord Spoke to Me on the Porch Swing in this Heavenly Place
In summary, there are 4 things that He shared with me in this place about His heart and plan and I grew in such confidence as He spoke. Since then there have been many who have confirmed the prophetic signs and individuals. There are grand glorious fearful wonders behind each of these decrees! He had Hope Craftsmen in God to remedy all!
1. First, He shared His Desire for Us: He exploded with His burning desire and passion (His „man of war‟ zeal and ardent love) for the Family of God in life and hope for 2011 and beyond. I felt His willingness and commitment to fight and win the battle for us and His overwhelming ability to do so with ease and joy.
2. Second, “You Must Look Back to Look Forward”: He then spoke, “As we look forward into 2011, we must look back appropriately through My lens of who I am as the Almighty God, like Jacob did at Bethel in Genesis 28:16, where He said, “Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it.” Jesus continued, “I want you to see your past correctly in the light of Psalm 92, proclaiming My love and hope in the past and every day in every situation or you will close the door to My goodness and not perceive My love and hope for the present and the future appropriately. You must see your whole life and daily activities through My utter and complete enjoyment of you and your journey on this earth. To the fallen man, the day is evil; but to you, the redeemed man, the day is good, so good! You are to take amazing territory for My Kingdom every day.”
3. Third, His Overcoming Plans: He told me to close my eyes, He said, “you can‟t see with your eyes open” and from that place, He defined His overcoming plans for individuals, families, business, and the earth. This included :
5 Great Waves: First, there would be 5 Great Waves of Challenge to the nations and to individuals in 20ll that are actual doors or ways in to greater life and hope in Him. (Hosea 2:14-15) Nebuchadnezzar had a dream where all was going well, but the Lord disturbed Him through this dream and that was the Lord‟s aim in showing us these waves, but He also did not want to leave us there..
5 Great Initiators: Second, He showed me 5 Great Initiators of these Waves that are people with principalities behind them (He was unmoved by any of them. Again He would take that evil and turn it to good). His kingdom has no end and His wisdom is greater than these lesser men.
“Who among the gods is like you, LORD? Who is like you— majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?” Exodus 15:11
His Wise Overcoming Plan: Third, He spoke of His wise, profound, creative genius hopeful answers in Him, and His overcoming plans, and how to tend to this garden and make it lovely. I was seeing from this 5 million feet view, and this beautiful garden in Him was different nations, cities, businesses and families, how He would make them the most exquisite beautiful gardens.
His Hope Craftsmen: Then He showed me something I had never seen before, the Hope Craftsmen, that He had been preparing like His Son, a carpenter in a back room to come out with the most amazing Hope Advanced Tools that would enable God to be moved to the center of life versus the perceived issue and God‟s solution to come forth.
4. Fourth, His Assignment: from the Porch swing, He gave me and all an assignment. He emphasized the need for a busy people in their spirit, to come near to listen like Ecclesiastes 5:1 and Psalm 27:4, and spend the time dialoguing with Him for 40 days and He would give the questions to ask. He said this dialogue was to start as soon as possible, and was to be corporate and across the earth, the asking of similar questions about what He wanted to do and who He wanted to be in His overcoming nature in the midst of the 5 waves.
His Invitation: After the 40 days of dialoguing with Him individually as groups, churches, and cities, He would invite us to come together across the nations to share what we had heard from the Lord and from His heart through these conversation times about Him and His hopeful solutions. Each of us would have a great invitation into His heart to bring forth these hopeful answers and He would take us into a new room of hope that would help us work through our doubts and fears in this dialogue with Him.
Jesus’ Hope-filled Confident Desire for the Body of Christ in 2011
(It’s a big deal!)
On this porch swing from the balcony of heaven, Jesus asked me, “What is going to happen in the next 10 years?” I replied that I did not know, and He liked that response. He was proud of me, as many act like they know, and He said, “I do. Now listen.” As I sat with Him and listened, I marveled at how radiant with hope He was as He shared. He turned to me and said tenderly, “Before I share My heart with you, I want you to understand that I will be purposely ambiguous. I won‟t share every detail regarding 2011 because I want to create an ongoing dialogue and process with you, and if I gave you all the answers, the dialogue wouldn‟t happen. But I will share enough with you so that you and those who hear this word will not live in confusion but will feel the Spirit of the Holy Hopeful Loving God surround them.”
The Hopeful Patriarchal Prophetic
Jesus said He was talking to me as one who is a father that really cares and nurtures and stewards the lives of others with the words He gives, and He said, “I have entrusted you and others with this word to be not only a tutor but a father, with the heart of the hopeful patriarchal prophetic who long to see their sons and daughters go even farther than them in who I am and their authority and dominion in Me, as fathers and mothers who can decree a thing and it happens.” They were given hearts of flesh with such love, it will change the prophetic movement and I saw them come like trees that were so tall with heavenly food for all the earth to eat from, like Psalm 1 and Isaiah 61.
Jesus shared, “Through this heart-to-heart dialogue and hearing of My voice, you will see me as the most High God who rules in hope and then you will declare it and decree it. I will move you into a greater understanding that you are an image bearer of Me, and you will become so hungry and anchored for more and more of Me and the reality of Me as the God of peace whose government does not end but always increases. The power of My voice and the discovery of my nature and My authority in you will begin to be realized in 2011. Then on the porch swing, Jesus began to unfold His deep heart desires for the Family of God, and it was so strong, I saw His smile of hope for the first time to that degree and in that way. He said “In 2011 I will plant My desire in My Hope Craftsmen to feed My people on the true and appropriate knowledge of Who I am, and I‟ll speak to their deepest questions about Me in this Psalm 27:4 reality of adoring Me (or true face to face prayer where you look into My eyes) and inquiring of Me (I will show you the fruit of wisdom and greatness of the abundance of His wisdom that make us like
1 Kings 10). They will be the ones to help others into that third perspective of hope, not of the earth or the Liar‟s voice, but of My heavenly hopeful voice which takes them above the clouds of doubt and despair.”
His Hopeful Promises for His People
On the porch swing with Jesus, I had doubts rise up in me because I felt like Peter in Matthew 14, out on the water with Jesus, but I still saw the waves coming. Jesus would say, “Stop, Look at me!” I would look at Him to see if He really saw the challenges, and there was no moving of Him in His confidence, He is the same yesterday today and tomorrow. My doubts and fears couldn‟t talk Him out of the promises. He was victorious; it was settled in all these areas! His vantage point and person was greater than the challenges I saw. He saw them as the doorways to hope.
I was undone by His brilliance and His lack of any kind of wavering. His face was set like flint and He was not shaken… “Even though there are perceived challenges coming, I have given exquisite precious advanced tools and golden ways of this Journey of Hope. My whole desire is that My kings and queens of hope would be cemented in the appropriate knowledge of Me. Then they can become hopeful watchmen who see a long ways out, who help build a pathway for Me into cities and spheres of life, bringing forth the knowledge of God and the promises of the land and the people that I deeply love. I will have a people of My own possession in 2011.“ I trembled and did not speak a word as I saw the fire come out of His eyes.
Then He continued, “I will give them this passion, My passion and this force of hope, so that they are totally and utterly unmoved… I will be the marvelous hopeful God to them and I am taking them on a royal journey with Me, that is a royal pathway that leads them on the way to great exploits and hope miracles. When these waves or challenges arise, My hopeful kings and queens will come with a greater understanding and a greater love and hope and will help to rebuild My royal cities and nations and will lead the many to me.”
I was so moved and overwhelmed by His tender powerful love-filled heart that so longed to be a certain and hopeful companion to me and the 50 million on this journey of hope. He paused for a moment and looked deep into my eyes with such love, I wasn‟t sure if I could bear it. Then He burst into laughter as He turned and looked out over the balcony of heaven. He began to shout, “My burning passion is to bring hope to the hopeless!” Then He turned back to me, and asked, “Do you realize I formed everything with a word… out of life hope and joy, dancing with My Father in the midst of darkness? I am committed to bring forth the Symphony of Hope across the nations! We named the animals, can We name you? Can We name nations? It‟s easy enough.” (He was speaking of giving God-ordained identity.)
“In joy you are going to walk out this life with Me. It‟s time to soar in these times.” He looked back at me and said again more intently, “It‟s time to soar in these times. “ And as if He was not yet convinced that I was convinced, He took my hand and jumped to His feet, shouting with laughter, “Bobby… It’s time for you and your friends (the 50 million) to soar in these times!” (That is the most affectionate name I have ever been called.)
Jesus Defined our Past Present and Future in Hope
After this, Jesus said, “Before we can look forward, we must look back. It is time to ask Me about your past rightly.” Then He began to define my past present and future in hope. He said, “You were made to be filled and fulfilled with My presence and answers. I desire to rightly define My call of love and hope for you and the Family of God through the years. Now, let‟s look in the rear view mirror at the past so you are able to look ahead toward the horizon I have set for you as a family in 2011. I want you to see My goodness in the past so you will be provoked to long for Me more and you will look forward to partnering with Me in building My kingdom.” At that point I felt His loneliness to a measure, like Adam felt before Eve was created. I felt His longing for me to not draw back or listen to lies that would keep me from partnering with Him in this next season.
1983 Vision of Cities and Nations
On the porch swing, He was bringing the spirit of wisdom about how He had raised me, and He reminded me of the past with His glorious perspective of His pursing love and His care, and He gave me such a sense of satisfaction about the past. He began to stir deep hunger in me and my heart was screaming out with love and hope as He spoke. He said to me, “Do you remember in 1983 when I showed you radiant Cities and Nations across the earth where families, churches, organizations, governments, and schools would love Me well and hope in Me?” Before it had been a distant faint understanding but this time I really really remembered and love-sickness gripped me. He said, “I showed you these Hope Craftsmen who would be sent on the journey of establishing the 5 pillars of hope to rebuild these radiant cities and My kingdom through the understanding of My nature as the God of hope.”
Then on the porch swing with me, Jesus said, “Do you remember I took you on a journey and showed you through that Inner-City Water Safety Instructor (personal story explained on our webpage) the advanced tools of hope that you would learn to swim through the tsunamis of life where you walk in trials as though you walk on butter (as Job said) and you would help move others out of the “despair room” and into the “delight room,” out of the “misery room” and into the “merry room.” With these tools you would live in confident radiant hope, continually advancing in life in a sense of wonder and adventure of My goodness, no matter what the perceived circumstances would be.”
“Remember, remember, remember,” He said. I knew I had let my memory grow faint in this area of understanding His goodness and His authority and His hopeful answers in the present tense life and circumstances.
Deeper Waters of the Knowledge of God
Jesus continued on the porch swing, engaging me in the deepest most magnificent place in His heart that I had experienced, and He said, “Do you remember when you were a youth leader and I showed you that you had been leading the young ones into shallow waters of the knowledge of Me? I showed you that the Body of Christ would first walk into a chamber door of intimacy with Me and a love that secured hearts for eternity. But then I showed you a second chamber door that was My heart, and I was troubled because the young ones had not been able to discover My nature as the God of Hope and All of Life that would advance them into a radiant future, not only in eternity but every day in this life as well. I long for these companions and builders of My Kingdom.” Again I felt His loneliness for people to understand Him and His desire for them.
He said, “I opened up (take out new) „forgotten faces’ of My nature that have been locked up for thousands of years, like My face as the God of Hope, as a Builder, a Redeemer, a Supplier, and the Wise God as in Isaiah 45:1-3.” My heart filled with joy as I remembered this vision and how He had shown me that I (and others) would believe Him and would help to lead a generation into the discovery of Him in all of life with a radiant hope for the future.”
“Rid the Earth of Despair!”
He paused this conversation regarding our relationship and the past for a moment, and He turned me towards the earth, and it had this deep radiant hue over it. He stated with such tenderness, like a proud father holding his newborn son, “Do you remember when I told you why I made you?” Tears began to stream down my face as He continued, “I had a true longing on the earth and I made you to help reach and touch this true longing …”
Then Jesus said, “Do you remember when I stood at the end of your bed and said „Rid the earth of despair,‟ and that the dictate of your heart would be led by this call with others.” Then He showed me that in 2010-2020 His desire is to fight the Ezekiel 36:23 fight to vindicate the greatness of His holy and hopeful name that has been profaned among the nations. I saw such a passion in His eyes for His glory to be revealed, and His question to us was: Would we cooperate with Him? Would we get on the Holy Ghost Hope Glory Train to bring the fame of His name across the earth?”
The Holy Ghost Hope Glory Train
I watched from the porch swing as the Holy Ghost Hope Glory Train came into view on the horizon, and He said, “Remember since last year, I have encountered you with a Holy Ghost Hope Glory Train that I have sent out across (and above) the earth to bring forth My hopeful ones who are kings and queens of hope that are Hope Craftsmen, trained with My tools of confidence in Me in all arenas of life.”
“From that place, I enabled them to see the waves and injustices from my perspective, 5 million miles above the earth. This caused them to believe and hope in Me double, day by day, because of the works that they saw Me do.” He reminded me I was to be like Abraham, to not only be in the tent of the present view of God, but Genesis 15:5, to step out of the tent and see the God of all of life, not only the corner of the church.”
“The hopeful patriarchs of the past (take out names) have sent you and others (at least 50 million) off to different geographic locations and I told you, „Son you are going to go on a journey with other Marvelous Comrades, I don‟t want you to be lonely on this Holy Ghost Hope Glory Train bringing a Hope Reformation across the earth. It will be done with My hope and My joy, not with tears and conflict in the body of Christ, as it has been in the past. This Hope Reformation will be a celebration. “You will bring the message of not only „every man a minister’ or „every man a missionary‟ or „every man a priest,‟ but „every man a multi-colored coat’: the ability to build not only financially but body, soul and spirit with their unique expressions of worship.” Then I began to look out over the 50 million and saw the most glorious expressions of worship and the most radiant people that I had ever seen.
My heart filled with hope as we sat together and recalled all of the promises, plans and challenges in my life that He had used to conform and strengthen me to walk out my own uniqueness. Jesus said, “I am reminding you of our history so that you would have confident expectation in My goodness for 2011 and the future.”
“Now let Me share with you some of My plans for 20ll….”
PART 2: THE PLEASURE OF OUR GOD FOR THE HOPE JOURNEY IN 2011 FOR HIS PEOPLE
Jesus Began to Define His Hopeful Confident Plans for the Body of Christ in 2011
by Bob Hartley
Then Jesus began to define some of His hopeful fascinating “beyond my greatest belief” plans for 2011-2020 that were a million times better then what I ever could consider (“What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”—the things God has prepared for those who love him— 1 Corinthians 2:9). He said, “Now let‟s share what we‟re going to do in 2011.”
First He showed me many in the Symphony of Hope that He was putting in place. I marveled at His wisdom, as each member of the Family of God had specific roles, timing, temperaments, sensitivities and a unique worship and one-of-a-kind love for God as Hope Craftsmen, filled with radiant hope in this Hope Reformation (see bobhartley.org for more detail). I saw such glory on people… beyond what I could ever imagine, and Jesus turned to me and said, “My sons and daughters… these anointed craftsmen are more than what they think. They are more than enough in Me to handle and build out radiant Hebrews 3:13 houses of hope in the midst of these waves that are coming.”
Jesus said to me tenderly, “Remember as I show you My plans for 2011 that I‟m not going to share all the answers. I‟m going to purposely create some ambiguity that will lead to true dialogue, deep relationship and the right hopeful heart questions to ask Me in this season. I will give you and others great insights that have not been opened up to this point about My plan.” He looked deep into my eyes in the most loving and hopeful way and explained, “The most important reality to Me is that I know you would not trade My secrets for any other person or reason, and that you would absorb the substance of My secrets.”
He paused a moment, and then continued with that in mind. “Now let Me give you a glimpse of 2011 through My love, hope and confidence in Me so that you will see the present challenges to the nations in light of My hopeful confident overcoming heart. Then you can share with others from the posture of enjoying My will and being strengthened and greatly encouraged as I pull back the veil, so you can agree and pray these realities in.”
The Great Symphony of Hope
From the porch swing, I looked out into the distance and saw a very great multitude of people, a people that were not striving but those who knew their inheritance, a vast hope and love army that believed the promise of Genesis 3:15, that the seed of Eve would rule the earth. It was the great Symphony of Hope. It is the plan of God to bring heaven and earth together, like Jacob‟s ladder in Genesis 28:12 through His people.
Everyone in the Family of God was included and I watched as they went on the journey of hope together. Their hearts stayed in such a high place of inexplicable joy and hope as they stayed together, even when government realities didn‟t line up. Jesus began to highlight particular groups in this multitude and He shared with such love and hope that my heart began to burn with such affection for His people.
Those Who Put out Forest Fires of Hopelessness
First, He said, “Look at those ones,” as He pointed at various groups within the crowd. “They are the only ones who know how to put out forest fires of hopelessness because they are filled with overcoming creative joy and hope. They understand the John / Nathaniel realities of being ones who have been with Jesus.”
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue
Second, He pointed out another group that was to bring forth something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue. He explained that something old was an understanding of the heart of God from the past; something new was an understanding of the heart of God for today; something borrowed was the anointing and power mantles of others (including Jesus) from the past; and something blue was the revelation of the heart of God for the future. They would help ambush many cities and nations of the earth with the hope of God by helping many see the heavens open and angels descending and abiding on earth, as well as the Son of Man.
“Slum Dog Millionaires”
Next, He drew my attention to a group that He called the „Slum Dog Millionaires’ who were ones that perceived little value in their experiences in life and didn‟t think they amounted to much, but He had another opinion. “They have everything they need to offer others from their own experience to bring them from hopelessness to hope in 2011… they will go from hiddeness to a „coming-out‟ party! What they had experienced would create millions and millions of hope presents and packages for those who were suffering in their particular situations. They would help bring others into a place that was called „home,‟ where the rightful hope of their calling in God would come forth.” He said, their lives were the connecting points in the midst of these challenges between God and the hearts of many. They would help us see the Lord who fills the earth with His glory.
Hope Orchestra Conductors
On the porch swing, Jesus showed me many other groups that I will share in the future, many of whom will act as Hope Orchestra Conductors, putting instruments into place in the Symphony of Hope. They were more than enough to handle the 5 Great Waves that are coming to the nations in 2011.
5 Great Waves in the Nations in 2011 (in no particular order):
Next, Jesus spoke as the King of the nations. He said, “These 5 great waves or challenges that are coming will turn into beautiful loving victories in Me as you keep your eyes on Me and enjoy Me. I will turn the Valley of Challenge into a Door of Hope (Hosea 2:15).” As He spoke, my eyes were fixed on His, and there was not an ounce of fear or despair in His eyes. His face shone with a radiance and confident hope in His plans for the Family of God and the nations. It was more than convincing, it was unpretentious confidence. I watched as the waves began to rise in front of me, and Jesus held my hand with strength and surety as He explained each wave to me, as well as the hopeful solution in Him that He had prepared for His people.
The First Great Wave: Economic Challenge to Many Nations & Families
I watched as the First Great Wave of Economic Challenge came against the nations and families in 2011. Jesus said, “Financial pain is cruel… let Me put this challenge into perspective.” He was so full of hope as He showed me this wave within the biblical pattern of His goodness in the past, as in the days of Joseph, where a man of God was prepared ahead of time to save the nations in time of famine He showed me other times in the past where He had bound the strongman and brought an open heaven. He then showed me what could happen if the wave was not handled rightly. “Some challenges can cause people to give up their personal autonomy, eventually selling themselves into slavery in order to survive.” As I watched the waves unfold, I felt anxiety rising in my heart, and Jesus took hold of my hand even more firmly. Then He opened my eyes to see the angels that were there helping. He said, “I told My disciples that life is more than food and the body more than clothing (Luke 12:23) because I know how people are susceptible when they are hungry to give in to wrong systems and wrong realities.” He said, “I understand, and I have right realities and hope realities for you to choose now, to proactively become Hope Reformers and Benevolent Ones in the days to come.”
I saw some of these challenges that would rise up and I felt such peace as I watched His creative genius and the economic solutions that He showed me as He worked through different ones who led others to God and a true biblical hope versus becoming victims and dependent on the hand of man. I saw that this wave was politically driven but became manifest as an economic issue, and was caused by leaning on socialistic hopes (or man as our ultimate hope) versus “sovereign hopes” (or God as our ultimate hope). It was a wonderful opportunity to see Him as supplier in this great challenge before us!
The Second Great Wave: False Unity
Next, as we sat together on the porch swing, Jesus pointed out another wave on the horizon. I watched as the Second Great Wave of False Unity came against the nations. Jesus showed me those who would join together in wrong alliances and not around a lovesick God who was lovesick for people. Instead, they would gather around the survival of human beings and out of their desperate need would purpose to make false alliances. I saw that this false unity across the nations was fueled by many dying in loneliness and need. Many of those in need would respond to someone lending them a hand and a little compassion, though the source of help was not from God but from men who desired their own gain. There was compassion on the front end but a “bite” on the back end.
Jesus shared how this false unity was like Nimrod and Babylon in Genesis 11, where people became bricks versus living stones because they all conformed for the survival and need of one another. This was like Hezekiah in Isaiah 36-38, who came under false unity and alliances with pagan nations who promised them that they would be greatly taken care of by them and the opposite was true. He showed me that Hezekiah had wrongly leaned on Egypt for help (and He showed me present tense nations) because he had felt so alone and didn‟t know how to take care of the people. He depended on false unity because it appeared to be a quick fix (and He showed me some of these present tense leaders who would do the same). Jesus also showed me how King Saul had succumbed to the pressures of the people.
Looking out over the nations from the balcony of heaven, I saw that there were societies that could come together under wrong banners that will create false unity for the sake of survival, support, understanding and relationship. They will be obviously unified around the wrong values and gods and it would come back to cause them harm.
Jesus went on to say, “I have caused there to be division among you in order to approve what is right, and I will point out what true unity is and will bring forth a unity that is a serious and unstoppable force. It will come from My prize people who will bring forth a „better than‟ plan in God.” (Then I saw countries that would align around them.)
The Third Great Wave: the “Nanny States”
Then while on the porch swing with Jesus, I saw a Third Great Wave rise up against the nations. He called it the „Nanny State’ (which was wrong dependence on the hand of man) and He showed me how this third great wave is where many become like little children (as in Judges 8) looking for someone to take care of them. I saw the scene unfold before me, as these children first look to good leaders who say “We‟re too busy.” Then the children look to the thorn bushes and brambles (which represent evil leaders) and my heart sank as I watched them gladly agree to care for the children, with evil intent in their hearts. I saw human trafficking rings, organized crime and other abuses come forth from this reality.
“Who’s our Daddy?”
I felt the fire and passion of Jesus as He showed me the injustices to the children (and these were children not only in age, but in a sense, these children represented all of us, from CEO‟s of major corporations to house wives) and all of us were asking, “Who’s our daddy, who will take care of us?” He wants to answer that He is our daddy, instead of us turning to a „nanny state‟ and becoming wrongly dependent on the government, like the children in western Europe who want cradle-to-grave care by the state versus depending on God. The issue is that they lose who they are in God and their right relationship with Him. As a result, a wrong dependence on the government to act as a “nanny” has been developed and it has always led through history to the destruction of the next generation.
The scene melted away before me, and it was He and I alone again on the porch swing, and He said, “Come closer to Me and look into My being… am I enough?” I cried as I felt the areas where I had not trusted Him to be enough. But then He smiled at me and He expanded my mind and broke every paradigm about who and what I was dependent on, and how dependent I could be on Him and His solutions.
I was totally speechless for a long time…and if you know me, that is not the norm! I was in such awe of His capacity and compassion in this encounter. I saw Him bringing forth Hope Craftsmen that would be filled with pleasure to solve these injustices with lovely hopeful conclusions. I saw them begin to rise up and say to the children of the nations, “You have a Father in heaven who will help to build you in hope and give you the true and hopeful advanced tools that will equip you for all you need in the future.”
His Loving Enjoyable Discipline
Jesus shared with me that there are those in the Family God that He has a loving enjoyable discipline for, because they have a proneness to being cared for wrongly as victims. This discipline would deliver them and they would be able to then feed and build themselves on the true and hopeful knowledge of God and not be raised as cripples. They would be equipped to appropriate who God is now and at every stage of their life. “They have no concept of My greatness in them or in who they are in Me… little disciplines open up the right doors to see Me properly and will go a long way, like adoration, thanksgiving, and inquiring of My heart …. These will lead to decrees from Me that will bring transformation at the deepest level.”
Then Jesus stressed to me that I and our Deeper Waters team (with a group of others He has shown us) have a responsibility and privilege to be Patriarchs and Matriarchs of hope that will not only deliver the children but will help build and develop them in hope and abundant life in Him that was a million times more beautiful than we could ever imagine. He shouted, “Now, now, now is the time to be filled with hope miracles!” He was giving us an invitation to be leaders of hope to help the children to smile at their future. He said, “A thousand times more than you think… no a million times more than what you think! Think of Philip, what a dynamic life, He translated in the blink of an eye! You‟ve missed the beautiful hope miracles that have happened!” He said, “I am the beautiful God who has designed a future that has never entered the mind of man… and I‟m inviting you into it.”
The Fourth Great Wave: False Heroes with False Hopes
In confidence and in unpretentious perfect rest, Jesus showed me the Fourth Great Wave that would come against the nations. It was a wave of False Hopes that will come forth from False Heroes. He said that these False Heroes will try to remind us of our worries and our doldrums and failures and try to keep these before us. This is what they were designed to do and then they would site themselves as the answer. When we had an itch in the spirit they would offer us a scratch in the soul …. meaning that their answers would be the 1 John 2:16 lust of the flesh, lust of the eyes, and the boastful pride of life as a way to deal with the pressures, challenges and disturbing emotions that will arise from these waves.
As Jesus watched these false heroes and observed their inferior beauties and lesser answers, He laughed, “You‟ve got to be kidding! They will be no match for My wondrous high heavenly ways that are full of mental and heart genius that will free people from misery.” I watched as these false hopes began to turn the people into slaves and they became dependant on care systems and wrong compassions that steal their unique identity.
From the balcony of heaven with Jesus, I saw nations where the Holy Ghost Hope Glory Train would go, and then He showed me that our nation in these next few years is going to make a choice between false hopes and true biblical hopes. I saw that most in our nation could rely on the false hopes of ever increasing wealth from wrong sources, growth and wrong dependence on a system to take care of them.
I watched as many were living on entertainment to avoid reality and were not dependent upon God. Jesus said, “Look over there,” and He pointed out some of the false hope leaders of the past that were covered in dark thinking. I saw that many of them had great intentions and were trying to do good, genuinely desiring to help people, but they had tried to help through a humanistic mindset in their own strength rather than dependence on Him. They all had the same goal, for people to be cared for, but the real issue was who they were depending on to provide the needed care.
The Fifth Great Wave: an Incomplete Understanding of the Kingdom of God
Next, Jesus showed me the Fifth Great Wave that was key and was misunderstood by the Body of Christ. It was an Incomplete Understanding of the Advancing Kingdom of God. “True understanding of the Kingdom of God is hoping in Him and experiencing His smile and fullness of life now.” He showed how the Body of Christ has been educated in wrong ways, and how it‟s going to take such a great hopeful determination and discipline shift in our education of who He is and who we are and our futures in Him, to understand our roles as loved image bearers and our awesome authority in Him to bring forth divine destiny and a Hope Reformation. He talked about ways to educate people (like the 52 Weeks of Hope that gives teaching and application of the journey of hope on a weekly basis. For more information, visit 52weeksofhope.com).
Jesus was passionate about this, and He said “I will bring forth exponential learning in 2011 regarding what the true Kingdom of God is all about.” He showed me that there has been a limited view of Him and His kingdom, and He showed me 9 distinctives that were new to our understanding in how they were biblically walked out. He had a grand glorious hopeful positive invitation for all of us, to be willing to say, like Paul did, “I will walk into this hopeful kingdom, I will stand up to those bringing false hopes.” He said, “You won‟t lose your brain or heart, but be open to hearing Me in the present tense invitation into this most fundamental lesson, of how you might live with Me in this age of faith and hope and overflow with love for yourself and others today.”
He shouted, “I want to open up the kingdom on a whole new level that will meet the needs of the coming days with hope miracles, and a hope way of living through Hope Patriarchs & Matriarchs and Hope Craftsmen. It will be so beautiful!” He started to show me the distinctives of the kingdom and the heights in Him we could go to and I was undone! (I will share more on this next time.)
The 5 Great Initiators of the Great Waves of Evil
On the porch swing, I looked out across the horizon from the balcony of heaven, and I begin to see the form and faces of 5 initiators of these great waves of evil. (These have been greatly confirmed). First, Jesus said, “Are you ready to see them? You have to be strengthened so that you don‟t react wrongly. These are people with sizeable demons that are able to infiltrate and work through others with a false hope in man’s plans versus the sovereignty of God.” Jesus said, “Perhaps it‟s not time for you to share this… you are not in the best place to know how to react and respond to them yourself. You are to conquer them with 2 Chronicles 20, and become an aroma of My power and presence to route the enemy through praise and adoration.” Jesus shared that I and others would know when we were able to speak out of love and hope.
At this point, Jesus became very excited as He rolled out His blueprints for 2011, because He had a “greater than” plan and an overcoming hopeful solution for each and every challenge that would come against His people. I leaned in closer as He shared His confident hope-filled answers with me… which I will share with you in the next 40 days.
PART 3: THE PLEASURE OF OUR GOD FOR THE HOPE JOURNEY IN 2011 FOR HIS PEOPLE
The Lord’s Confident Answers and Magnificent Hopes for each Wave of Challenge in 2011
As I marveled at what I had just seen, Jesus turned to me with the most radiant hopeful gaze and He laughed a deep belly laugh as in Psalm 2:4 ”He who sits in the heavens laughs… “ as the kings of the earth made their stand against Him. He was not moved! He was not anxious, fearful or disappointed… He was radiant with joy and hope. He said, “I shed royal blood for you, I will fulfill all my good will towards you, and I will share with you My answers. Let me tell you what I have planned for My people. Let me share with you the Hope Answers I will give in response to these great waves and evil leaders. I will pour them out for you; it is all my desire to give you all you need to overcome with me.”
The 1st Great Answer in Him: Hope in the Power of God
He said “Believe in Me and Hope in Me, then you will live in an overcoming way, period. You will be full of hope, period.” So the first great answer was Hoping in Him. He would be all in all for us if we would simply adore Him, focus on Him and inquire of His heart. As He unfolded His plans for 2011, I saw His great answer to the first wave of Economic Challenge. I saw Him handing out great hope golden keys and advanced tools that cause voices to shout the wisdom of His heart that will solve small money matters and large national money matters, and He had such kind eyes for the ones in present pain, but He was unmoved by negative emotions and He stood firm in hope.
The first great answer was to soar in Hope in the Power of God to combat the prevalent hope in the power of man. I saw that many would decide this year to hope in Him for food as in Matthew 14:18-21, with creative genius for harvesting, production and supply methods. He said many would hope in Him in a loving way for supply and for clothing as in Matthew 6:28-30, and like Deuteronomy 29:5 where clothes and sandals didn’t wear out for 40 years! Many would hope in Him for freedom of debt as in Leviticus 25, and many would hope in Him for prudence and saving as in Proverbs 30:25. I saw many would hope in Him for Education to teach all of these Hopes that would combat the great wave of Economic Crisis through creative genius and inventions for supply as in Dan 1:17. I was delighted as I saw the Body of Christ rise above this great challenge with a greater hope in the power of their God!
The 2nd Great Answer in Him: Hope in True Community
Next, Jesus unfolded His great answer to the second wave of False Unity. “My people must walk out New Jerusalem Sermon on the Mount ways like Acts 2:42. I am going satisfy love affection and loyalty and I am really mindful of your loneliness and I want to bring beautiful companionship and passion in areas where people don’t feel cared for… it’s all about this true community.” He handed out golden keys and advanced tools to establish a hope in the Church that brought about true community around the honor of God, people, the next generation, prayer (great intercession) and cites and nations versus Global False Unity.
I saw this Hope in God for Community come forth like in Nehemiah’s day. Jesus brought me back to my catholic neighborhood where I grew up and showed me how I had 100 families that fought for me on every level: for my physical, emotional and spiritual well-being and for my calling. He shared that this is the type of community that He would restore again, like the early church in Acts 2:42-47. This warmed my heart with hope as I reflected on how much the community of my childhood had meant to me and how I had prayed for this same type of community for my children.
The 3rd Great Answer in Him: Hope in the Care of God
Next, Jesus unfolded His great answer to the third wave of a “Nanny State.” He said to me sitting on this porch swing, “People don’t understand the loving care that is personal and practical that I have for them. I fed the 4,000 and the 5,000, and I gave My life to feed you.” He wanted the understanding of His care and affections to be shared between us in such a way that we would live and die for one another, just as the cross was His expression of the lengths He would go to care for us. This would give us hope in the care of God versus hope in the care of Man. This would release a hope in God for the Nation to return to Him that would stop the Nanny State mentality.
His desire was that we would not be conformed like bricks (that are all the same) but that we would become living stones, moving out of the care of God and walking into our unique creativity and ingenuity. Then I saw many that had confidence that He’s a practical patriarchal father, and Jesus showed me that there are thousands of scriptures on practical supply in His word! He then turned to me with a confident smile on his face and said, “I know how to support the nations, and I know how to care for My people!” He was going to put in us this year the capacity to dream and create and solve all from the heart of God.
The 4th Great Answer in Him: Hope in God’s Leaders: Hope Craftsmen
Jesus and I laughed together on the porch swing as I shared how silly it seemed to worry and be anxious for anything, having seen and experienced the greatness of who He is and the joy and peace that permeates from His presence. My hope and confidence in Him brought Him such joy, and He said, “Just wait, I’m not finished yet! Let me show you My answer for the fourth Great Wave of False Hopes from False Leaders. I am a happy God and I am raising up My leaders in every arena of society who will rejoice in serving the sons of men.
His Hope Craftsmen
“This is the time where I will bring forth My 5 types of Hope Craftsmen as in Exodus 31:1- 5, and I will put them through the AAA program (Adoration, Asking of Me and Applauding others). They understand the need to build out Hope in Him versus being overwhelmed by darkness.”
“Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “See, I have called by name Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. I have filled him with the Spirit of God in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of craftsmanship, to make artistic designs for work in gold, in silver, and in bronze, and in the cutting of stones for settings, and in the carving of wood, that he may work in all kinds of craftsmanship.”
According to Webster’s, a “craftsman” is one who creates or performs with skill or dexterity especially in the manual arts. Jesus shared that Bezalel was the very first one that scripture records as being “filled with the Spirit of God.” He was an anointed craftsman! Jesus beamed like a proud father as He pointed out different ones that would bring true sovereign hopes to combat the socialistic hopes of the day. These ones knew the hope of their calling in the midst of the day and they were secure in their part of the coming Hope Reformation.
Jesus showed me His Hope Craftsmen who had legal right to His authority in all realms: In education, the political arena, family, the social arena, movies & media, the military, the economic arena, and the church. These ones would have great skill in bringing sovereign hopes in their arenas, and would bring many to understanding. He showed me that these Hope Craftsmen would be bold and would bring forth Hope Miracles and True Hopes. They are Marvelous Comrades like the earth has never seen that will live and die for one another.
Jesus said, “This is the hour in 2010-2020 where I am sending My Hope Craftsmen out on the Holy Ghost Hope Glory Train anoint the new kings and queens in all arenas of society who need love appreciation and hope. They will be like Samuels who anoint the Davids.” Jesus said, “Now let me show you these 5 types of Hope craftsmen that I am raising up in this hour…”
“Big Diverse Love” Hope Craftsmen
First He pointed out the ones that He called the “Big Diverse Love” Craftsmen. They carried the mantle of Jesus to deliver entire people groups. They could craft love and hope out of every difficult situation, and never saw themselves as victims. They would gladly down their lives for others. They brought many into a confident assurance of the goodness of God in the midst of the waves of challenge. I saw several Dutch women among others that were this type of Hope Craftsmen.
“Wise Governmental” Hope Craftsmen
Second He showed me the ones that He called the “Wise Governmental“ Craftsmen who were given authority by God over governments. These ones were like Solomon in 1 Kings 3-10 who could craft an entire kingdom by relying on the goodness, character and wisdom of God to build as true kings and queens of Him. Solomon had more wisdom given by God than any other man before him or since, but what overwhelmed the Queen of Sheba was his practical wisdom in God’s holy hopeful ways in the daily affairs of the kingdom and how he attained that wisdom in the house of the Lord:
“When the queen of Sheba perceived all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built, the food of his table, the seating of his servants, the attendance of his waiters and their attire, his cupbearers, and his stairway by which he went up to the house of the LORD, there was no more spirit in her.” 1 Kings 10:4-5
“Patriarchal and Matriarchal” Hope Craftsmen of Families
Third, Jesus showed me on the porch swing the ones He called the “Hope Patriarchal and Matriarchal” Craftsmen of Families that brought forth the most intimate reflection of God as one who brings orphans into a loving family like the parable of Luke 15. I saw these ones exclaiming, “It’s a wonderful life!” and they were filled with a patriarchal, hopeful, eternal, heavenly perspective above the clouds of doubt and despair and they walked out the kingdom of righteousness peace and joy wherever they went. They were able to craft a radiant hope within families and they transformed the circumstances around them by a greater force- the force of who God is. They brought forth the Malachi 4:6 reality in their families that began to impact their communities, churches, businesses and eventually their cities and nations. “He will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and smite the land with a curse.” Malachi 4:6
“Wealth Creation” Hope Craftsmen
Fourth, Jesus showed me the ones that He called the “Wealth Creation” Craftsmen. These ones brought a great Hope in God’s Economy, or the nuptial reality where we are the spouse of Christ that He gives all for… there is such a great place of affection as coheirs of all His riches as a bride is… to rule and reign and steward with Him out of such rich love. These ones were able to craft resources and supply for nations in crisis as Joseph did in Gen 41:47-49. I saw these ones were given great foresight in years of abundance and indulgence, like our nation experienced in the roaring 20’s, to foresee the famine that would follow, as the Great Depression did in 1929, and plan accordingly. I saw that Warren Buffet was one of these Hope Craftsmen. I also saw Che Ahn in this group, and he was helping Christians in the marketplace find their unique role in creating wealth for the sake of the vulnerable ones of the earth.
“Hope Builder” Craftsmen of the Church
Fifth, Jesus pointed out the “Hope Builder” Craftsmen that would help the church enter into the greatest heights of love. They would help bring forth the church as the true companion of God with great virtue of holiness and hope. . They had a fierce dedication to Jesus Christ being revealed through His people. I saw ones in this group who were helping those who were like 15 year olds who had been given credit cards, and had racked up $50,000 a year for 15 years and now we’re up to their necks in debt! Additionally, these ones would help the Body of Christ to enter the Ephesians 4:13 attainment of “…the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ.”
The Fifth Great Answer in Him: Hope in the True Kingdom of God
As we sat together on the porch swing, Jesus so enjoyed sharing His hopes and plans for 2011, and He had such a love for His people. After many heartfelt conversations with those He loves, He took my hand into His again, and He shouted, “A great hope in the true kingdom of God is coming, it’s major major major. Let me show you My answer for the Fifth Great Wave. I am bringing forth Hope in the True kingdom of God and this is so key. It’s a whole new lens and understanding of what My Kingdom is all about and it’s magnificence.”
“My Hope Craftsmen will overcome the distant ones or the deist secularists of the day (because the kingdom was first made for love, it is why I sought you out), and they will understand My desire to blanket the earth with My glory now and in the days to come”. He said He was not ignorant of the challenges ahead, but they will not be shaken because their hope is in a Kingdom that cannot be shaken. Then Jesus began to share some of the distinctives of His Kingdom with me. He spoke of the kingdom being the restoration of His reign through the understanding of the nature and value of who He is across cities and nations. It is a now and growing reality of the Kingdom as in Acts 3:19-21:
“Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord; and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you, whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time.”
First Distinctive of the Kingdom: The Secret of His Multi-Faceted Nature
He spoke of the first distinctive of the true Kingdom that is the secret of His multi-faceted nature. He said, “ it is time to really analyze deeply with your heart Who I am to you in all seasons of life… because I am the whole reason for the kingdom.” He said it’s about a discovery of Him as the God of all of Life in the different spheres of society: it’s not about a cause and a calling but discovering Christ there. Jesus said, “I am already in every institution, it’s discovering Me there, as in Psalm 139:7-8. If you take the layer of evil off the top and value who I am, you will see that I’m already there.” It is the Psalm 24: 7 reality, “Lift up your heads, you gates; be lifted up, you ancient doors that the King of glory may come in.” He wants to be invited in to every gate and door of the city! I had a dream in the past where I saw an unknown God in every institution and it was Jesus. There were few who perceived Him there.
Second Distinctive of the Kingdom: The Secret of Appreciation
The second distinctive of the true Kingdom is the secret of appreciation. Appreciation of His heart and one another’s hearts is the great nuance of love for Him. Jesus said, “Listen to Me, the rhetoric has to change immediately and that will take great discipline. There is a wrong rhetoric and I want to change it where it is full of hope for your Marvelous Comrades.” (Rhetoric by definition is the ability to persuade.) He shared that this will require being humble enough to get help from those you need help from and to drink from the wells you need to drink from to get there. “You must understand I arrest the human heart. I awaken it through appreciation of you and your life in Me.”
Third Distinctive of the Kingdom: The Secret of His Placement
The third distinctive of the true Kingdom is the secret of His placement. These true kingdom ones realize that men give titles, but God gives the reality of who you truly are. Jesus said “There is so much more understanding of what I did in Nehemiah’s day that I want to give in this time, where significant love is displayed by families, not self-promote but to build all.” He said that Nehemiah was a picture of Himself, and that Nehemiah had directed the people to build right where they lived, where their hearts flourish, as they were already strategically placed there. He said that a distinctive of the old wineskin is a perspective that the kingdom is only within the church and in order to impact the city with the kingdom, we believe we need to bring the city into the church. He said, “No! It should be the church empowering the inhabitants of the city in their gates of influence.”
Forth Distinctive of the Kingdom: The Secret of Hearing His Heart
He said the forth distinctive of the true Kingdom is the secret of hearing His heart. He tenderly and vulnerably spoke to me, “there will be those who will fight for My voice. They won’t care if others think they’re nuts… because I mean that much to them.” The normal Christian life is walking out your life with Him by the spirit. He said, “The kingdom is listening to My voice and co laboring with My Father just like I did, I saw what the Father was doing and I did it. The kingdom was not only displayed by the miracles I did, but by everything I did. I lived in My Kingdom and the earth simultaneously.”
Fifth Distinctive of the Kingdom: The Secret of the Supernatural that Operates in His Kingdom
On the porch swing, He spoke of the past kingdom and how the lack of power in the past would soon be a distant memory, as He would open up the fifth distinctive of the true Kingdom: the secret of the supernatural. He said we will be those who see the kingdom differently and then our story will change and we will be given another name, not living as paupers, but brought into the palace as the wife of the Lamb, displaying His power and beauty. He said, “There is a leaning and stepping into a supernatural kingdom that is available to you where angels have been given to fulfill My will on the earth. The angel armies have been given as co-laborers with you to help fulfill the building of the true Kingdom on earth. Consider Psalm 91:11, John 1:51, and 2 Kings 6:17.”
Jesus Calls us to 40 Days of Asking the Right Questions for 2011
On the porch swing, He said, “I’ve made some of my greatest statements towards you. Will you respond and seek Me? What questions are you going to ask Me about the vows I’ve made to you… ask Me if I’m enough. I’ve given you a lot of thoughts to deepen this understanding so you become a force of hope and this becomes integrated in you at the deepest level.” I felt the urgency of the invitation, so I asked Him why it was important to ask Him questions. He said, “Asking Me questions and dialoguing with My heart is the greatest way to love Me.”
Then He said, “It is also My process,” and He showed me in scriptures like Ecclesiastes 5:1 that drawing near to listen has always been the process and pattern of scripture. “Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.” He shared several occasions from His time on earth where He had asked a question of someone in order to get to the heart of a matter, like with Peter (John 21:15-17), with two blind men (Matthew 20:32), and with a rich man (Mark 10:18).
He then shared that there were right and wrong questions and sometimes right questions could be wrong if asked at the wrong time. So I asked Him “What are the right questions for us to ask You for 2011?” He smiled at this question (I think it was the right question to ask!) and He began to share with me His plan to prepare His people for 2011 and the next 10 years. He gave a call for the whole family of Christ : “Take the next 40 days and first adore Me to get your hearts and minds above the clouds of doubt and despair and see Me rightly as the bigger than God. Then ask Me the deepest heartfelt questions from a place of hope and belief and faith.”
The Right Questions to Ask
Then He began to share some of these deep heartfelt questions that we were to ask. I’m not going to give you all the questions He gave me, He will give more in the days to come, but here are a few to consider for now:
“Ask Me, will you be the Hope Craftsmen who will hope in the power of Me or the power of man?”
“Ask Me, do you love and believe in Me and My wisdom plan?”
“Ask Me, who are the ones who will bring forth Hope in God as our source and the beauty of His extraordinary gift in Human beings?”
“Ask Me, who will bring forth hope in God that will build using God’s unity as living stones who unite around the heart of one who lived and died for us, versus Nimrod and false unity created around materialism and need?
“Ask Me, who are the false hope leaders and how do we help them to become acquitted and how do we love them and bring them into the kingdom of God?”
“Ask Me, who are the true hope leaders and how do we get them the advanced tools and the blueprint of Him that they need for the days to come?
“Ask Me, what are these advanced tools and these agreements of hope, the hope journey and the hope reformation that God is bringing forth that will obliterate the 5 waves of trouble and bring 5 tremendous waves of blessing which we will talk about in our next time together.”
The Advanced Tools of Love and Hope
In response to this last question, Jesus gave several hope answers and shared many advanced tools of love and hope that He will give to produce the force of hope to secure a bride and Hope Craftsmen for Him. He showed me that many of these advanced tools were already in my tool belt, and He instructed me to share them with others. The first advanced understanding and tool was the Journey of Hope. Its worth is beyond gold and silver and fully unlocks hearts. There is a royal pathway as in Jeremiah 6:16, “Thus says the LORD, “Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; and you will find rest for your souls…”
Advanced Tool of Hopeful Prayer
On the porch swing He shared the second advanced tool of Hopeful Prayer (Adoration & Asking) that is a greater than weapon as in Jeremiah 50:25. He said we must learn how to pray in hope so that we can be His confident companions. It is the Psalm 27:4 reality of adoring and asking: “One thing I ask from the LORD, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.”
Advanced Tool of the Hopeful Patriarchal Prophetic
On the porch swing, He shared His desire from the 1st Commandment, to “Hear O Israel” like John the beloved who leaned His head on Jesus chest to hear His heart (John 13:25). This is the third advanced tool He shared with me on the porch swing: the Hopeful Patriarchal Prophetic which is a whole new way to hear and speak in the days to come! It is the ability to see history and the future through the “Above the Clouds” lens of Jesus. It helps us to see the way He wants us to see.
Advanced Tool of Marvelous Comrades
On the porch swing with great joy, Jesus shared the forth advanced tool with me: Marvelous Comrades versus Commiserate Friends. He said, “I never desired you to be lonely. That’s why there is so much covenantal language in scripture.” I exploded with desire for my family and community to come forth. He then showed me 17 types of marvelous comrades that to help guard us from false loyalties and help to position us rightly.
Advanced Tool of New Definition of Worship and Kingdom Callings
Then He shared with me on the porch swing, “I desire to place all into their own vineyard, providing each with their own vine and fig tree.” This was the fifth advanced tool He shared with me: a New Definition of Worship and Kingdom Callings that gave understanding and application for the Hope Craftsmen to unlock each ones unique worship and Kingdom calling in Him in every arena of life.
Advanced Tool of Hope Miracles
The sixth advanced tool He shared with me on the porch swing was Hope Miracles. “I desire to give you greater grace through the power of a testimony, and others will be advanced into the force of hope when they hear the testimonies of those who have walked into hope in different arenas and seen miracles come forth. Jesus has led us to write a book called The Miracle of Hope that will be available by Christmas. This book chronicles miracles of hope that have come forth through these advanced tools. (There are 78 new types of miracles He will bring forth!)
The Hopeful Invitation
Then on the porch swing, Jesus asked me the most profound question, “Do you really know your story? Please take My invitation.” Then He explained that this hopeful invitation is for the whole Body of Christ to enter into for the next 40 days, beginning Jan 1. The invitation is to not only pray but to specifically review the word, then ask the questions together, and then simplify your life so you can focus on getting deep in the questions and answers. Do this with marvelous comrades on the deepest level and focus on becoming a Hope Leader so you might be in a place to steward what God wants you to steward in your life and in the lives of others around you for the sake of the kingdom. Your goal is to bring people into a brighter future in God in building the Kingdom!
3 days of Conversation
After these 40 days of asking Him questions, Jesus said to come together for 3 days of Conversation with Me and one another to share what He has said.” I will roll out a blueprint from heaven that you cannot imagine and you will sing O barren one and will have more than you can imagine. It will not be like the past where people have been afraid to come together because of wounds and not being on the same page. I promise that such a work and dialog of hope and love will come out, as you share what you heard when you asked these questions. It would bring forth a knitting of hearts and a force of hope that cannot be broken.”
He said, “You will be amazed what I speak to you! You will get the greatest of results and you will put your hands into My hands. You will become hope leaders that lead people into the brightest future to overcome these waves and advance the kingdom in ways you could not even begin to dream of.”
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