I heard the following word from the Lord on September 14, 2020, at 3:15 a.m. When I say "heard," I do not mean audibly but from the inside where Christ resides. 

I will print it in its entirety then add some additional comments afterward.

I preface your reading of it by saying, I am a student of God's Word. I read the Bible all through the day but never profess to be intelligent enough to tie verses together in this manner. I say this so the reader knows none of this came from me. 

The Lord's words come from the following:

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"Choose you this day who you will serve" comes from Joshua 24:15. Joshua spoke the word of the Lord to Israel with an ultimatum to choose between Jehovah or the gods they worshiped in Egypt or Canaan. 

"If the Lord, then hear Him. If Satan, then hear Him. You must choose one or the other." This comes from 1 Kings 18:21. The prophet Elijah asked, "How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him." It was, again, a choice to either follow the Lord, as Master, or to follow Baal.

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"The lukewarm, I will spew out of my mouth." This comes from Revelation 3:16 where the Lord spoke to the church at Laodicea. "I know thy works," He said, "that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot." For the third time, the Lord speaks of a choice to be made, only this time, that many have refused to make that choice, and it comes with consequences.

"For many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord,' and I will reply, 'Depart from me. I never knew you.'" These are Jesus' words in Matthew 7:22-23. Here, He addresses those who say they've prophesied in His name. They have cast out devils and done "wonderful works" in His name. Yet, they did not truly follow Him and have no relationship.

I must be Lord [because] I will be Lord [either way]." The brackets are added to give the proper sense of the statement. He said it emphatically. "I must be Lord. I will be Lord." He will be Lord because we give our lives to Him or He will be Lord because we didn't. By not choosing to follow Him, we, in fact, make a choice.

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"For two will be walking in a field, and one will be taken and the other left." This comes from Matthew 24:40, in the midst of a passage Jesus spoke about His return. He expands on the thought with the remainder of the paragraph - why one will be left and the other taken up into His heaven. It is an urge to Lordship and having a relationship with Him. 

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"My sheep know my voice and a stranger's they will not follow." This comes from John 10:4-5 and flows perfectly from the previous thought. Relationship enables God's people to hear Him speaking. I know His voice because I listen for it, and I can tell you, it is never, at any point, in my head but always up from the heart. Here, He speaks it, for the fourth time, as a choice. If you do not hear Him, then whose voice are you following, because you are following someone or something.

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The analogies. I did not come up with either of these. The Lord spoke them clearly. We focus on the external when He wants us to focus on the heart. He is the only One who is eternal and lasting.

"I am a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." This comes from Hebrews 4:12, where the Word of God is being spoken of. However, John 1 tells us Jesus is the Word of God. Here, He spoke it in first person, as personal to Him.

"I know what is in man." This is from John 2:24-25 where it says Jesus did not commit Himself to men for He knew what was in them. It refers back to the previous passage where He prophesied of His death as the destruction of the temple, but the people did not understand Him. He could not trust them to carry His Word when they did not even hear something so simple and clear. This statement greatly reflects on all He said to me before it and flows into what follows.

"And those who give up houses and lands, mothers and fathers, sisters and brothers for my sake and the gospel's will receive the same, one hundredfold, in this life and that which us to come." This is from Mark 10:29-30. Jesus had told the rich young ruler to sell all he possessed and follow him, but the ruler was too reliant on what he owned, on the external, to obey. He thought of what he would lose when instead Jesus wanted him to gain one hundredfold more. It makes me think of the ending of Job, who after he repented of speaking wrongly, after he chose to pray for his friends in obedience, received twice as much as he had before. (Job 42:10) 

In Mark 10:30, Jesus said, "But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life." The hundredfold comes with persecutions. Look on many minister's social media pages, and you will see people whose only remarks are to tear him or her down. God has promised to be sufficient for that, but the persecution comes as the result of making a choice to not be that offended person. The blessing comes to those who follow Christ, not to those who turn away. Our words, our actions, are the result of our choice to follow Him or to follow the devil.

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"For my reward is in my hand, and I will give it to the faithful, the humble and obedient. Behold, I come quickly." These are both from Revelation 22:12, but are stated in reverse and include who receives the reward. Jesus comes quickly, quicker than we realize. We cannot stand around idle any longer. (Mt 20:6)

You can place yourself in God's hands and receive the reward of a humble, obedient life, or you will fall into His hands in judgment. It is an either-or. You will do one or receive the other. You will not be able to avoid what He will do. He is Lord.

"Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue declare that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." (Php 2:10-11 NLT)

In conclusion:

Close your eyes to the state of things, and they will continue to develop around you. I say this not to bash anyone over the head but because it is the truth. I've heard two different visions of heaven described by two different people, who did not know one another. Jesus told both men to say, "Tell them I am coming." Both replied, "They know that," and both times, Jesus said, "No, they don't."

He is calling. We do not know the day nor the hour of His return, but this is the season. This is the moment to choose, or one day, it will be too late. We've been told this many times, and once more, He has spoken.

King Balshazzar decided to pass out the Holy vessels his father stole from the temple at Jerusalem. He and his princes, his wives, and concubines laughed and had a good ol' time drinking from them. Then a hand appeared out of nowhere and wrote 3 words. MENE. MENE. TEKEL. UPHARSIN. (Dan 5:25)

The writing was on the wall, as they say. 

 

Scared half out of his mind, he called for all his astrologers and magicians. Someone had to tell him the meaning. Problem was, it would wake a man of God to do that. 

 

There was no church in Daniel's day. No congregation of believers. He was an exile, living for God in a foreign kingdom. There was no temple there. No place of worship. 

 

Daniel received the interpretation because he spent time in prayer. He kept his heart turned toward God in the midst of ungodly people.

 

God wants us to notice both the scorn of the king for God's ways and Daniel's strength to give him the interpretation. 

 

MENE. Numbered. TEKEL. Weighed. UPHARSIN. Divided. 

 

The Lord has made it clear to me that He loves this nation. It was formed to spread the gospel and be an ally to Israel. But there are those who have scorned God's wishes for it. Leadership both political and in the church who have drunken from the Holy vessels. 

 

"Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do." (Heb 4:13)

 

God sees and God acts. We are in the endgame. There are only a few pieces left on the chess board, only a few moves left to make. We must choose who we serve. Will we stand like Daniel? Or be slain with the wicked like the King?

 

Going to church is not enough. 

 

"Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God." (Heb 10:29-31)

 

He says to ASK and He will give us this nation for an inheritance and an inheritance for our children's children. (Ps 2:8; Pr 13:22) This is our job, to seek Him in prayer and order our loves right. We cannot be found sitting in the seat of the scornful. (Ps 1:1) We cannot treat this hour like it holds small value.

 

Because the move of God is coming and the holiness that will sweep the nation will also clean out the chaff. God's mercies are new every morning. Great is His faithfulness.

 

"The boundary lines have fallen in pleasant places for me; truly, I have a beautiful heritage." (Ps 16:6 ISV) 

 

 

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"And here we see that, God, You're moving

A time of jubilee is coming

When young and old return to Jesus

Fling wide, you heavenly gates

Prepare the way of the risen Lord."

 

 

 

 

 

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Suzanne D. Williams, Author
www.feelgoodromance.com
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I never tire of the sunrise. Each day it is different, varied in color and intensity. Each day has different clouds, different shades of light, always beautiful, but never the same.

I never tire of God's Word. Just like the sunrise, which each day is unique, each time I read it, I learn something I hadn't before. I see something about God's nature that I haven't seen.

 

 Minister Jesse Duplantis said, in talking about his vision of heaven, that the creatures that revolve around the throne singing, "Holy, holy, holy,"* never tire of giving their praises because each time they go around again, they see something new, something that thousands of years hasn't dulled. How marvelous that is. 

 

The sunrise is never invisible. Light by it's very nature announces its arrival. We have to shut our eyes not to see it. I can lay in bed in the morning, roll over, and miss it entirely. But my day is infinitely better when I rise, go out, and drink it in.

 

Each time, I open His Word, He shows me how incredibly wonderful He is. Each word I read, I see Him in a new shade of color. Eyes open, I bathe in the light, and He reveals Himself to me. He is amazing. We have no idea how much. Yet He longs to show us, to commune with us, to direct us in His paths. 

 

Go here. Turn there. Apply for that. Give to them. 

 

Life in Christ is the most fascinating walk you can ever take. You never know what God will do ... or I should say HOW He will do it. But He longs to show You. Open your eyes. Look and see.

 

*Is 6:3, Rev 4:8

 

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Suzanne D. Williams, Author
www.feelgoodromance.com
www.suzannedwilliams.com  

 

John the Baptizer referred to the Holy Spirit's baptism as fire that would gather in the grain and burn up the chaff. (Lk 3:16-17) It will do two things: distinguish those serving the Lord and remove those who are not.

I heard holiness also described this way. It is a two-edged sword that cuts both ways. "The power that causes you to be holy is the power that destroys sin." (SWBC prophecy, 1984) We must see both sides.

Now hear the words of Isaiah.

In chapter 58, verse 8, the Lord says, "Your healing will spring up quickly; and your vindication will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will guard your back." (ISV)

Here is a promise of protection. But read further, it requires something of us.

"If you banish every form of oppression, the scornful accusations, and vicious slander, and if you offer yourselves in compassion for the hungry and relieve those in misery ..." (v9-10 TPT)

IF you stop talking about each other. IF you show compassion.

ONLY THEN will we see the rest of the chapter:

"Then your light will rise in darkness, and your night will be like noonday. And the Lord will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in parched places, and they will strengthen your bones; and you’ll be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters never fail. And your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; You’ll raise up the age-old foundations, and people will call you ‘Repairer of Broken Walls,’ ‘Restorer of Streets to Live In.’" (v10-12 ISV)

For the repair to come - of this nation, of the church - it requires something of us. We must commit to holiness, to DO GOOD AND HEAL (Act 10:38) and that commitment will bring restoration. But the cleansing will come first, and it will come quickly.

"Now you must fear the LORD and serve him in faithfulness and truth. Throw away the gods that your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt. Instead, serve the LORD. If you think it's the wrong thing for you to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves today whom you will serve ..." (Jos 24:14-15 ISV)

There is no "not choosing." These are Jesus' words.

"No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon." (Mt 6:24)

And WHO you serve determines the outcome. It isn't enough to say you go to church, to say you are Christ's. We must also act like it. (Rm 8:17, 29)

 

 

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Suzanne D. Williams, Author
www.feelgoodromance.com
www.suzannedwilliams.com 

On May 27, 2020, during the early morning hours, the Holy Spirit spoke a word to me that I did not understand fully. He said, "It's a sword, not a dagger." 

I knew this referred to the words in Ephesians 6:17, which describes the Word of God as a sword wielded against the enemy. But the meaning of it with the Holy Spirit's words escaped me.

Last evening (8/28/2020), Lana Vawser, a prophet that I respect, released a word from the Lord directed specifically toward the United States. I cannot reprint it here, but you will find it on her social media accounts.

In it, she said, "Lay down your knives and pick up your swords. Beware of the knives of poisonous words, offenses, bitterness and hatred." 

I knew instantly this was what the Holy Spirit had said to me. The Word of God is a sword against the enemy. It is not a knife or dagger to be used against people. This is the heart of my book, THE PASSIONATE CHURCH.

We do not fight people. We are fighting principalities, powers, rulers of darkness in this world, and spiritual wickedness in high places. (Eph 6:12) 

We must stay full of the Word of God, and by this, I mean reading it daily and putting its message to love our neighbor, to love our enemy, to pray for all men, into practice. We are to DO GOOD.

Many have said this is a critical hour, and it is. The Lord wants His church to walk in forgiveness, to unite as one body, and to seek Him for godly leadership in this nation. There is no place and there is no time to indulge in criticism.

I see it everywhere, someone calling out a minister who they feel is in the wrong. They criticize him or her on social media. They give his or her books a 1-star review. They even cite Scripture, as if that justifies it.

That is not our job! We are not the judge of any man or woman, and as soon as we feel it is our "duty" to judge, we need to wake up and repent. (Lk 6:37) 

Trust me. This is something I've had to practice for myself. 

Being compassionate, walking in love for others despite our emotions, humbling ourselves under God's hand, and being in submission to His Word, allows Him to use us. These are keys to being strong in the Lord. These are how we bring the kingdom of God to earth.

We have a lot to lose in the next few months and even more to gain.

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Suzanne D. Williams, Author
www.feelgoodromance.com
www.suzannedwilliams.com