RHEMA 5/14/06 ON YOUR KNEES:

The Lord brought the phrase "on your knees" to me 3 times today.

I prophesied to someone today about being on their hands and knees finding the right path.

CONFIRMATION: Tonight’s PonderWord came out and it had an interesting phrase in it:

~ ANOTHER CHANCE ~

I know and understand your human frailties and the soul giants that you face every day. I see you fight to overcome them and live a righteous life in Me. I hear your agonizing prayers for deliverance and have seen your pursuit of Me throughout the years of overcoming. I AM pleased with your progress, dear one. Yes, you fall and skin your knees, but at least you are on your knees and turned to Me in the process. Thank you for not running and not hiding to cover these issues, but instead you are bringing them to My light.

Thank you also for giving others mercy in their weaknesses too. I understand you do not want to encourage compromise. I hear and see all as a lifetime in overcoming and My loving kindness is infinite and not bound by time. What you see as failure, I see as a work-in-progress.

Heb 4:16 NKJV

Seeing then that we have a great High Priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

CONFIRMATION: I watched a movie tonight where the pioneer lady had been taken captive from her home by some Indians. She was given favor by the chief’s son and was protected and honored the entire time she was there. Then she found a chance to escape and took it. On the last leg of her journey, starving and worn out, she was moving forward towards home, literally crawling on her hands and knees, when someone found her.

UPDATE CONFIRMATION: I had a warning vision on 5/20/06 about a black pillar tornado like cloud invade us and in that experience, I was crawling on my hands and knees, then finally flattened in repentance on my face before the Lord.

The black pillar was exactly like what I saw before Sept 11, only this was much smaller in comparison to the whole horizon being filled.

PAST WORDS TO PONDERS ABOUT REPENTANCE:

REPENTANCE

To turn judgments from a nation, I do not ask that wicked sinners repent. I ask that My people repent and turn from their wicked ways. For you are the salt of the earth. Yet, if the salt has lost its flavor, how shall the earth be preserved? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men. For you are the light of the world set upon My holy mountain for all to see. You alone flavor, enhance and preserve the earth, and you alone stand in the gap for your land.

I AM a holy God, and I do not change. What was once sin, is still sin. Why do you have fellowship with darkness? Why do you choose to feast your eyes and hearts upon the ways of the world, and think that I look the other way? You have strongly tested My grace and My goodness. You choose to fellowship with the imaginations of Hollywood, and turn your hearts away from My Holy-woulds. I would that you return to Me and humble yourself and pray. I would that you seek My face and change your wicked ways. Only then, will I hear your prayers and forgive your sins and heal your land.

“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:14)

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UPSIDE DOWN 5/11/96

I sometimes place My people upside down so that any evil in their hearts comes to the surface. The enemy takes advantage of these times and brings accusations. When My people call out to Me in repentance, I bring changes to their hearts. Beloved, just stay calm and trust Me through this process. Your promises are all sure.

“"Simon, Simon, Satan has asked to have all of you, to sift you like wheat. But I have pleaded in prayer for you, Simon, that your faith should not fail. So when you have repented and turned to me again, strengthen and build up your brothers.” (Luke 22:31-32 NLT)

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UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THE BATTLE 1998

Why is it, you ask, when a victory suddenly occurs, that just as suddenly comes a defeat? Because you have entered the era when the final battle of all battles is in the making. All of the spiritual forces are at work to take ground once and for all. And you are caught in the middle. This is not a time to sleep and be caught unaware. The sudden waves of darkness can sweep you off your feet leaving you sifted, upside down, and wondering what hit you.

Not only is this the time to be standing on alert dressed for battle, but it is also expedient that you understand the nature of the battle. There are seasons of war and seasons of rest. Likewise, there are seasons of victories and seasons of resting in the victories. These times are just like the waves in the ocean. The enemy forces ride in, gathering strength in numbers, while raising the tide of evil onslaught upon the earth. When this happens, this is the time to stand. Stand in the power to tell the enemy no. Command the darkness to retreat in Jesus' Name. Stand armed with the Words I have given you. Do not bow under the circumstances, but stand knowing it is but an enemy wave. Command, praise and trust Me through it and you shall rise above its destructive path.

As My believers stand firm, the strength of the enemy wanes. The evil forces retreat to gather energy for another round. Take advantage of those times to draw near to Me and gather your own strength for the battles to come. Angelic activity and blessings have greater access during this time. Take advantage of this understanding. Gather food to feed your soul, and gather supplies for nurturing those in a weaker condition. Take this time to rest from the heat of war. Seek Me. Enjoy the blessings of My Presence. For in these times I draw near to My Own ones, and reveal Myself to them. If you understand the nature of this long war, you will learn to ride the waves. Rise above the enemy circumstances when they hit and ride the blessing waves when they arrive.

Always remember that in it all, I AM in control. Everything the enemy does is with My permission. This is a time when the enemy has been allowed to touch the earth with swift judgment. It is a wake-up call. I use this for good, to cleanse and bring forth repentance. The enemy intends it for complete destruction. The measure it touches your own life depends upon the degree in which the intercessors stand in the gap as well as the degree in which you yourself need repentance. If something has touched your life, see the truth, repent and then find the secret place hidden in Me and you will ride out the storms in a place of safety.

There will come a time when it will be impossible to rest in circumstances without genuine faith in Me. To truly understand this, is to understand the fear of the Lord and understand that I will no longer wink at sin, but will bring swift judgment. Take heed and find your covering under the shadow of My wings.

“They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon. For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded…. In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us. ” (Nehemiah 4:17-18, 20)

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REPENTANCE IS A DOOR 9/19/03

I always provide a way out. For now, the door is called repentance. Many blessings that have been stopped up will spring forth upon true repentance. The gift of repentance is like a cork in a bottle. Can you hear My voice? Pull the cork out of your own ear through repentance. Can you feel My passion and Presence? Pull the cork out of your heart through repentance.

Repentance really is a gift. It is impossible to repent when surrounded by a dark and blind world where each man’s standard is right for himself. It is only through the standard of My Word that blind eyes open to the truth. Yes, when the truth is manifest, it produces godly sorrow, but this sorrow leads to salvation and deliverance from evil. Open now the door of repentance and close the door behind you as you walk away from your past life.

2 Tim 2:24-26 NKJV

“…in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth, and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.”

2 Cor 7:10 AMP

For godly grief and the pain God is permitted to direct, produce a repentance that leads and contributes to salvation and deliverance from evil, and it never brings regret;