God has promised to shake things--to shake us in discipline, to shake the earth in judgement, and to shake the heavens in preparation for Christ's returning. This is a promise! A promise that those who are right with God can look forward to the fulfillment of with eagerness and joy.
And His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying: "YET ONCE MORE I WILL SHAKE NOT ONLY THE EARTH, BUT ALSO THE HEAVEN" Hebrews 12:26
We were reading through this section of Hebrews in Church today. So God is doing spiritual shakings within believers today--to purify us, to shake off any potential hindrances.. Praise God! And He will do a literal shaking of the entire earth on that day. On a slightly different note, I believe earthquakes can be a sign from God. It happened in the book of Acts:
"After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the Word of God boldly."
Wow! We also touched on this a little in Church. I guess a few of our members were praying once and during their prayer, there was a small earthquake. I'll take it by faith that this was from God.
A few moments after the speaker brought this up, there was a loud knocking that came from outside the building. It began knocking so powerfully, that it sure felt like a shaking to me. The Church was shaking! Thank you Lord for confirming your Word in such creative ways!
We need to have power in prayer. We need to have conviction in our prayer. Our words can and should have power (Luke 4:32). They should be full of the power of life! We have to be shaken by God first. We have to come out of purification "as gold" and then transmit that testimony to others (Job 23:10). We have to know how perfectly God hears us. We need to know that prayer changes things.
Confirmed: Recently I read a word from 2012 that James Goll has sent out a word on the Elijahlist about this kind of holy shaking. In it, he details a powerful prophetic dream that he had. Below is an excerpt:
All of a sudden, the late John Wimber, former leader of the Vineyard Movement and voice for the Third Wave, was firmly standing on the newly purple-carpeted platform. The cultural atmosphere was now pregnant with a realm of the glory and the thick majesty of God. Then I heard and felt the voice of John Wimber echo an invitation that rattled the entire place. He simply declared, "COME AGAIN HOLY SPIRIT!"
People started crashing to the floor en masse under the impact of the power and authority that resonated in those simple words. Once again another sound wave was released, "COME AGAIN HOLY SPIRIT." It was not gentle Jesus showing up or the comforting dove of God manifesting. It was not just another renewal or revival meeting - though it seemed to include all of those qualities. It was the violent invasion of Heaven entering a time and space world. It was a Church quake.
Come, Holy Spirit! He wants to come. He wants us to want Him to come. Come, and make real life real to us! Make us see things as they really are--reveal to us your Love, your sacrifice, and your character. (1 John 3:2)
Confirmed: Yesterday the Lord quickened to me a sign that said, 'The Shakers'. I don't know what that particular sign--a street sign--was referring to, but I knew what it meant to me. The Shakers were a charismatic, Utopian community back in the eighteen hundreds. I think a few of them are still around today.
And we can all be 'shakers' for the Lord--ministering with salt (Colossians 4:6--get it?) and power as we walk with Him and align with His will--which is to shake all that can be shaken.
And His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying: "YET ONCE MORE I WILL SHAKE NOT ONLY THE EARTH, BUT ALSO THE HEAVEN" Hebrews 12:26
We were reading through this section of Hebrews in Church today. So God is doing spiritual shakings within believers today--to purify us, to shake off any potential hindrances.. Praise God! And He will do a literal shaking of the entire earth on that day. On a slightly different note, I believe earthquakes can be a sign from God. It happened in the book of Acts:
"After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the Word of God boldly."
Wow! We also touched on this a little in Church. I guess a few of our members were praying once and during their prayer, there was a small earthquake. I'll take it by faith that this was from God.
A few moments after the speaker brought this up, there was a loud knocking that came from outside the building. It began knocking so powerfully, that it sure felt like a shaking to me. The Church was shaking! Thank you Lord for confirming your Word in such creative ways!
We need to have power in prayer. We need to have conviction in our prayer. Our words can and should have power (Luke 4:32). They should be full of the power of life! We have to be shaken by God first. We have to come out of purification "as gold" and then transmit that testimony to others (Job 23:10). We have to know how perfectly God hears us. We need to know that prayer changes things.
Confirmed: Recently I read a word from 2012 that James Goll has sent out a word on the Elijahlist about this kind of holy shaking. In it, he details a powerful prophetic dream that he had. Below is an excerpt:
All of a sudden, the late John Wimber, former leader of the Vineyard Movement and voice for the Third Wave, was firmly standing on the newly purple-carpeted platform. The cultural atmosphere was now pregnant with a realm of the glory and the thick majesty of God. Then I heard and felt the voice of John Wimber echo an invitation that rattled the entire place. He simply declared, "COME AGAIN HOLY SPIRIT!"
People started crashing to the floor en masse under the impact of the power and authority that resonated in those simple words. Once again another sound wave was released, "COME AGAIN HOLY SPIRIT." It was not gentle Jesus showing up or the comforting dove of God manifesting. It was not just another renewal or revival meeting - though it seemed to include all of those qualities. It was the violent invasion of Heaven entering a time and space world. It was a Church quake.
Come, Holy Spirit! He wants to come. He wants us to want Him to come. Come, and make real life real to us! Make us see things as they really are--reveal to us your Love, your sacrifice, and your character. (1 John 3:2)
Confirmed: Yesterday the Lord quickened to me a sign that said, 'The Shakers'. I don't know what that particular sign--a street sign--was referring to, but I knew what it meant to me. The Shakers were a charismatic, Utopian community back in the eighteen hundreds. I think a few of them are still around today.
And we can all be 'shakers' for the Lord--ministering with salt (Colossians 4:6--get it?) and power as we walk with Him and align with His will--which is to shake all that can be shaken.
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