PARABLES:  SURVIVORS  8/20/08

DOCTORS APPOINTMENT – I was at a specialists doctor appointment who analyzes blood work and I was thinking about what he said about the bone marrow and effects different medications have on them.  (DMARDS, like Methotextrate.)  While I was waiting I turned in my pocket PC and randomly opened to this scripture.  I knew the Lord was speaking to me.

Heb 4:8-13  nkjv

For if Joshua had given them rest, then He would not afterward have spoken of another day. 9 There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. 10 For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His.  Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience. 12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow , and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.

QUICKENED EYE GLANCE:  Then my eye glanced at a sign in his office that said, SURVIVORS.  It bothered me to read the sign but it was oddly quickened to me.  Then tonight this QW post came through about survive and blood diseases from my April rhema:

CONFIRMATION SURVIVORS

REDEEMING LOST GENERATIONAL GIFTS

HEARD:  Can people who live, survive?  Sad parts underwater.  Treasures.

PIX:  I saw glistening gems at the sandy bottom of a body of water. 

HEARD:  These are gifts. These are last day treasures not seen in many generations. 

COMMENT:  Hearing this reminded me of a unique gift that is in my husband’s family line.  She was a Christian and had the gift of healing horses and also blood diseases.  Many people from miles around brought their animals and she would pray and they would be healed.

Isa 49:8-9 NKJV

I will preserve You and give You As a covenant to the people, To restore the earth, To cause them to inherit the desolate heritages;  That You may say to the prisoners, 'Go forth,' To those who are in darkness, 'Show yourselves.'

Isa 61:4-7 NKJV

And they shall rebuild the old ruins, They shall raise up the former desolations, And they shall repair the ruined cities, The desolations of many generations. 5 Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, And the sons of the foreigner Shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. 6 But you shall be named the priests of the LORD, They shall call you the servants of our God. You shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, And in their glory you shall boast. 7 Instead of your shame you shall have double honor, And instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they shall possess double; Everlasting joy shall be theirs.

WORD TO PONDER:  REDEEMING LOST GENERATIONAL GIFTS  4/06/08

Precious treasures long forgotten are waiting to be discovered and salvaged. Unique gifts, great in number, are waiting to be restored to family lines and to My people. I have remembered My Word, My gifts and My promises to past generations and I have preserved their fruits for a historical time and a needy people. Even now I AM exposing them and revealing them to those who search for hidden treasures.

Isa 58:12 NKJV

Those from among you shall build the old waste places; You shall raise up the foundations of many generations; And you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach, The Restorer of Streets to Dwell In.

UPDATE HEARD  8/21/08:  ALIVE!

UPDATE 8/27/08:  I watched a true story last night about a lady who taught a class of broken kids who had been abused and whose parents were in prison.  She taught them how to stick together, communicate their pain, study together and support one another as a family, and hope and believe that they could go on to college and find their dreams.  She kept saying they were Survivors and the class was called Victims No More.  It was really quickened to me that the Lord was focusing on the word, SURVIVE as the body of Christ has gone through a terrible onslaught. 

Jer 31:1-4  NKJV

"At the same time," says the LORD,"I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people."  2 Thus says the LORD: "The people who survived the sword  Found grace in the wilderness —  Israel, when I went to give him rest."   3 The LORD has appeared of old to me, saying: "Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.  4 Again I will build you, and you shall be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel!

Acts 27:34-36  NKJV

Therefore I urge you to take nourishment, for this is for your survival , since not a hair will fall from the head of any of you." 35 And when he had said these things, he took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of them all; and when he had broken it he began to eat. 36 Then they were all encouraged, and also took food themselves.