THE LAUNDROMAT
THE LAUNDROMAT
5/23/11 EYE GLANCE DIVINE TIMING: Wayne just finished telling me how he has been comforted by the sound of laundry cycles ever since he was a little boy. It makes him sleepy and he likes to take naps to the sounds. I told him that in college, I used to roll up in fresh clothes from the dryer and take a nap in their warmth. No sooner did we mention this, then I glanced up at the word Laundromat. I knew this was a kyros moment!
The Lord takes us through seasons of being washed by His blood, and also washed by the water of His Word. Sometimes He washes our defined conscience where we willfully are disobedient to His Word. Sometimes He washes us from having fellowship with the world. Sometimes He washes our eye gates from violence so that we can have pure visions. Sometimes He washes our ear gates from listening to filthy language through carnal entertainment. He washes our heart from bad thought life. Sometimes we are washed after learning our lessens through opening and closing doors in our lifestyles. There are many levels of cleansing we each go through to come into Jesus’ image, where He sees Himself when He looks at us.
Here’s some of the Words I received about going through His Laundromat.
7/30/09 WASHED FOR A CLEAN HEART
I saw a vision of a giant magnifying glass on a stand. And then I saw a second one. They were both tilted as though to read something on paper. I heard someone say, I am nervous, I’m not pretty.
Then I heard the Lord say, Laundromat. The progress of your heart. Much better. Washed. A clean heart. Now look again. You would need sun glasses.
Psalm 34:5 They looked unto him, and were radiant: and their faces were not ashamed.
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2/2/15 WASHED FROM GAMBLING WITH CONSCIENCE
Wayne saw a vision of someone putting a coin in a washing machine in a Laundromat and then he heard a sound like a slot machine makes.
WORD TO PONDER: DON’T GAMBLE YOUR CONSCIENCE IN YOUR FREE TIME 6/10/08
Dear ones, when you choose your entertainment, do not gamble with your conscience. Your ministries are at risk when you bankrupt your soul through choices that destroy instead of build up. Bring your bodies and souls under subjection lest by any means when you preach to others, that you instead would become a castaway. Seek that which is helpful and never become a slave to entertainment of any sort. Seek another’s well being and do not make choices that will cause them to stumble. Choose what is edifying and healthy to your body, soul and spirit and many will remain in safety through your example.
1Co 9:27 AMP
But [like a boxer] I buffet my body [handle it roughly, discipline it by hardships] and subdue it, for fear that after proclaiming to others the Gospel and things pertaining to it, I myself should become unfit [not stand the test, be unapproved and rejected as a counterfeit].
1Co 9:27 KJV
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
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5/08/11 PIMPLES!
I bought a bag of Hershies chocolates and although I am only eating 3 a day, (due to having to keep my sugar intake at a minimum) I now have a pimple on the end of my nose. (smile) I must say it is rather RED and I am going to Walmart to try and find some pimple cream with color added to it, so I wont look like a clown.
I saw a vision where I was wheeling an empty shopping cart. I heard the Lord say, urged not to be ashamed sweetheart. Laundromat. Fellowship. It’s all about a life style. The doors you open and shut.
We have turned you. In the appropriate direction. The entrance to My kingdom. I am agreement with you. An intimate place. Thou will keep them in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee. It’s an assurance. Trust Me.
Isa 26:3 NKJV
You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.
CONFIRMATION: I turned to the following Word to Ponder:
ENTERTAINMENT NO LONGER IN THE HOLY PLACE 2/10/04
There are many living within the outer courts of My kingdom. They are satisfied with the entertainment of carnal pleasure and a distant heavenly Father.
There are others who have been touched by a glimpse of My greater light and love and are walking away from the deceitfulness of heart. My light has spotlighted and purged their motives and My Presence has washed them as they have walked away from personal idols. These are finding much comfort dwelling in My inner court. They dwell in the intimacy of ministry and fellowship within My sanctuary.
Finally there are those who are so ravished by My loving Presence that they have forsaken the world and walked straight into My holy place. It is there within the bosom of My heart that I share My secrets with My friends. In the days to come there shall be a visual distinction between the hearts of men, their dwelling place and their degree of separation from the world. How I long for your friendship and yearning love! Would you come deeper yet into My heart and let the things of this world grow dim? As you behold My light, all else will fade in comparison.
Eze 42:14 NLT
When the priests leave the Holy Place, they must not go directly to the outer courtyard. They must first take off the clothes they wore while ministering because these clothes are holy. They must put on other clothes before entering the parts of the building complex open to the public.”
SPOTS: When I get out any kind of cleaner that comes in a squirt bottle, my toddler grandkids come running! Recently we got 3 towels and scrubbed all the spots off their little sister’s highchair. They rapidly became experts at discovering all the spots and we squirted and rubbed until the spots where gone. It was such fun and we actually got something accomplished in the process!
This reminded me of a precious “Pimple” story that Heidi Baker shared on God TV.
HEIDI BAKER EXPERIENCE: SEEING HIS BRIDE AS HE SEES HER
http://irismin.org/
Heidi Baker was at a conference and after a wonderful time in worship, they brought a long line of apostles to the stage and they all were wearing blue t-shirts. She could hardly believe this. (This reminded me of old conversations I once had about the apostle clubs.) She was thinking of the apostles she personally knew that had been persecuted and martyred and the lives they had lived. About the time she was having these thoughts, they said, “And now we are going to have Heidi Baker come up and pray for these.” She wanted to hide behind the silk plants and ignored them. But they called her again and she didnt know what to do; she had nothing to say. Finally she came up to them and knelt down on the floor before their feet and began to sob.
She heard the Father say, “Heidi, do you see My apostles?”
Heidi could hardly believe what she was hearing. “Apostles, Lord???”
And then she saw a bride. The bride was about 13 years old with pimples all over her face and wobbling in high heals. Her hair was in a bun with the hair sticking straight out in all directions. She was in her dress but she was too skinny and the dress was too big for her. Then she heard the Father say, “Heidi, do you see My lovely bride that I AM preparing for My Son?” And she saw Jesus coming towards His bride and He was overflowing with love and radiant joy. She moved towards Him and with every step she began to walk straighter and grow to fill out her dress. He was telling her how awesome and beautiful she was, with many adjectives and she was becoming more radiant with each step.
As I heard Heidi share this the Lord reminded me of the times when He said how beautiful I am to Him, and described me with such loving Words. He has told me I am blameless – pouring and lavishing a torrent of His heart through Words of loving affirmation, encouragement and comfort. I know I am not blameless, spotless or beautiful… but I KNOW HIS LOVE! I know that His love COVERS all my spots and blemishes of my motives, words, and deeds.
1Pe 4:8 NKJV
And above all things have fervent love for one another, for “love will cover a multitude of sins.”
I also know that the more I feed on His Word, I see Who His is. And when I see Him, He shines the mirror of His glory back at me and I become like Him. The more He loves me, the more I am washed with the water of His Word and become like Him. The whole experience is a love story, to be so lovingly washed by Him.
Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.
You have a few names even in Sardis who have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me in white, for they are worthy. He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.
Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.” And to her it was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, clean and bright, for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
