For Those Who Are With Us Are More

[vision/rhema] 2/26/12


SAW: A battlefield with a war raging in the background.  As I watch my attention is brought to a warrior down.  As I watch a huge warrior angel reaches out his arm to help the warrior to stand. (this guy is huge!). Above the raging battle I see a great white cloud of witnesses.


HEARD: Saturation. Covered. Our numbers are greater. Advance. Prayers.


Quickened Scripture: 2 Kings 6:16-17

^"16 So he answered, “Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” ¹⁷ And Elisha prayed, and said, “Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha."(2 Kings 6:16-17)


Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,"(Hebrews 12:1)


SAW: Someone kneeling in prayer. As their prayer is released I watch as an angel carries it and pours it out on the alter before the throne.  Then quickly returns to earth to gather another prayer. 

"Yes, and if I am being poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all."(Philippians 2:17)


SAW: The same kneeling person now standing.  As they stand I see their cloths turn to full armor. 


Quickened scripture: Ephesians 6:14-18


^"14 Stand therefore, having girded your waist with truth, having put on the breastplate of righteousness, ¹⁵ and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; ¹⁶ above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. ¹⁷ And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; ¹⁸ praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—"(Ephesians 6:14-18)


HEARD: Invitation only. The battle is not your own. Invite us in. Sent to help. Dominion is yours. 


Quickened Poem:  But Wait, There is a Prayer



HEARD: Suddenly, the fight is not as hard when you realize your not alone.

Right now in this day we are surrounded by darkness.  There seems to be a dark cloud that just sits and waits...hovering over every city and town in America.

The stage has been set.  The game has begun.  The battle of good and evil; the final showdown.

And as we watch nation rise against nation, the darkness seems to loom.  Creeping across large bodies of waters.  Crawling over hills.  Seeking whom next it will devour.

But wait, wait there is a flicker.  A shining light.  Ever so dim at first.  But watch, watch as it grows stronger and stronger...brighter and brighter.

It's spark from a prayer of a wounded warrior.  On her knees crying out to the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY.

Though surrounded by darkness the light with in…The light of the Lord God Almighty is gleaming and it sparks and it ignites.  It is now a flame and it's roaring.

As it’s light pierces the darkness, the darkness scatters.  Scurrying away in fear and trembling.  Yes, judgment is coming.  Judgment is coming and no one can hide from the eyes of the Judge.

For the darkness has been pierced.  God's messengers, His angelic hosts carrying His healing vials of oil to pour on his wounded warriors. Yes, healing has arrived.

The prayers. Even the slightest prayers uttered so quietly from a voice of a wounded warrior pierces the darkness creating a vast divide in which our Lord God Almighty dispatches his Angelic Host.

As the warrior utters simply the name of Jesus...Jesus....Jesus, an army is deployed and help is on the way.

Yes, help is on the way. For God hears every prayer uttered no matter how small the voice.  God hears every utterance and his ear is continually tuned to the cry of His people.

Cry to the Lord!  Cry to the ONE sitting on the throne for He hears your cries. HE IS MIGHTY AND ABLE TO SAVE...CRY TO THE LORD.

Look.  Look now, look around in the light shining as your engulfed by it's brilliance. Look and see your not alone.  Warriors everywhere.  Warriors on their knees.  Your voice has joined many.

Stand now.  Stand in the brilliance of the light as it shines all around you. Stand, for the Lord God Almighty has lifted you up. Stand now, for the Lord is holding you...sustaining you.

Draw now.   Draw now your sword and fight for the final battle is under way.  The Lord God Almighty is sustaining you and you are not alone!

Open now.   Open now your eyes and see for there are 10,000 upon 10,000 of angelic hosts fighting with you.  No.  No, you are not alone!!  The battle is ours and it has been won!!!! AMEN!

A Seed Planted

[vision] 2/23/12


SAW: I was in a room with scarlet red carpet and a golden throne.  I saw myself kneeling face down about 20feet in front of the throne.  As I watched I saw an angel hover over me. I could see that the angel was holding something in his hands.  The angel come down and placed a tiny sphere inside of me.


HEARD: Seed.


“Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God."(Luke 8:11)


³⁷ And what you sow, you do not sow that body that shall be, but mere grain—perhaps wheat or some other grain.³⁸ But God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body."(1 Corinthians 15:37-38-NKJV)

^"37Nor is the seed you sow then the body which it is going to have [later], but it is a naked kernel, perhaps of wheat or some of the rest of the grains.    ³⁸But God gives to it the body that He plans and sees fit, and to each kind of seed a body of its own."(1 Corinthians 15:37-38-AMP)


Strong's Concordance: G4690 Seed

1) from which a plant germinates

a) the seed i.e. the grain or kernel which contains within itself the germ of the future plants

1) of the grains or kernels sown

b) metaph. a seed i.e. a residue, or a few survivors reserved as the germ of the next generation (just as seed is kept from the harvest for the sowing)

2) the semen virile

a) the product of this semen, seed, children, offspring, progeny

b) family, tribe, posterity

c) whatever possesses vital force or life giving power

1) of divine energy of the Holy Spirit operating within the soul by which we are regenerated

*photo taken from http://www.thequickenedword.com

Bowing Low in Obedience

[experience] 2/22/12


This morning in prayer (praying in tongues) I begin to feel warmth flowing down from my head and settling in my belly.


HEARD: From your belly, living waters will flow.

 "³⁸He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water."(John 7:38-KJV)

FELT: The warmth was building into a fire within my belly in wave like sensations.


SAW: Myself kneeling at an alter beside someone kneeling in prayer.  I had my hand on their back.


FELT: The wave like motions in my belly advanced to full stomach crutches.


(As a mother I can relate these wave like sensations to be like contractions in child birth.)

5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet

Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. 

6 And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,

And the hearts of the children to their fathers,

Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse."(Malachi 4:5-6)

5 "For thus says the Lord: 'We have heard a voice of trembling, Of fear, and not of peace.  6 Ask now, and see, Whether a man is ever in labor with child? So why do I see every man with his hands on his loins Like a woman in labor, And all faces turned pale?"(Jeremiah 30:5-6) 

As I am continuing to  pray in tongues in the midst of full on stomach crutches, I notice my tongue (which sounds predominately Spanish) changes to mixture of Arabic and Chinese.


SAW: A stone wall with a very tall angel standing behind it chiseling. As he chisels I see stones start to fall and the wall starts to crumble.


HEARD: Hearts of stone. Your prayers are empowering their angels.


“He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, Lest they should see with their eyes, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.”(John 12:40)


"Praise the LORD, you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word."(Psalm 103:20)

[ The Parable of the Wandering Sheep ] “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven."(Matthew 18:10)

This continued on for 25-30mins and then I felt the fire ease and the stomach crutches subsided.  As I lay kneeling on the floor just resting in His presence.


SAW: A gold crown placed on my head.


HEARD: Well done.

"You have given him his heart’s desire, And have not withheld the request of his lip. Selah. For You meet him with the blessings of goodness; You set a crown of pure gold upon his head. "(Psalm 21:2-3)

FILL THY CUP:

My sweet child, your willingness to stand in the gap pleases me so.  I have promised you that living waters will flow from your belly, now is the time to see such fruition of that promise.  Through you I will turn many hardened hearts back to Me.  Such love I have for you. You have done well.  Your willingness to remain humble and to bow in obedience before me compels me to crown you in honor and glory for in doing so I am glorified.  

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[vision] 2/22/11

SAW: I glorious waterfall surrounded by lush greenery, shrubs and flowers. The waterfall was rushing with  life.  Beside the waterfall I saw Jesus.

HEARD:  I am the living water-those who come to Me will never thirst for these waters flow from My Fathers' throne-Those who come drink of these waters will find rest and restoration".

Then I saw myself as I became part of the waterfall with water flowing in through my head and out through my belly.


"He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water."(John 7:38)


"And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb."(Revelation 22:!)


^"4There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High."(Psalm 46:1)

Strength and Power of Elijah:An Encounter

[experience/encounter] 2/21/12


This morning while getting ready for working I was feeling the Spirit so strongly and had been praying in tongues all morning.


SAW: Myself standing on a platform and lightening coming down and striking me.


FELT: A surge of heat go all through my body and felt so weak I couldn't stand. I fell to my knees praying in tongues and felt surges of heat and power going through my body.  It came as waves and I in response I was making crunch like motions as I was on my knees with my face to the floor.


SAW: Suddenly in an open vision I saw the Lord stand before me in a way I have never experienced before.  He was clothed in white and was surrounded by a whirlwind. I could see his robe and hair blowing in the wind.  He raised His arm and pointed to me.  Then He spoke with the voice of thunder as my very being shook, "You will go forward in the strength and power of Elijah".   As soon as He said these words again I felt a surge of electricity go through my body and  I just began shaking under such power.  Praying in tongues so powerfully.  The only words I could verbalize other than tongues was, "Yes Lord.  Yes Lord. Yes, Lord. Let it be Lord. I worship you Lord."  This went on for about 5-7mins.


16 And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. 17 He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”(Luke 1:16-17)

5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet

Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. 

6 And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,

And the hearts of the children to their fathers,

Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse."(Malachi 4:5-6)

5 "For thus says the Lord: 'We have heard a voice of trembling, Of fear, and not of peace.  6 Ask now, and see, Whether a man is ever in labor with child? So why do I see every man with his hands on his loins Like a woman in labor, And all faces turned pale?"(Jeremiah 30:5-6) 

Comments from a friend: 2/21/12 

You were endued with His promised power.  For more than 40 years God's people have been crying out, "Where is the power of Elijah?"  and we have been tarrying until we are endued with that power.

It is also possible that the mention of Elijah is not just about power, but also connects with the stomach crunches... both of which could also point to a calling of an intercessor.

The stomach crunches are a manifestation of the spirit of intercession and it was an anointing released in the renewal movement that began in Toronto in 1994.

A Strong House

[dream] 2/21/12

I was standing out side in a foreign place with my family. There were many people coming and going.  It seemed as though we were in a town with pubic transportation and such.  It started to get really windy and the sky turned dark.  I looked up and noticed that a huge tornado was coming.  Tom (my husband) and I shouted to our children to come and lets get in the building (the building looked like a gymnasium with concrete floors).  We all got inside and huddled together expecting everyone else outside to come inside as well and no one came.  It was only my family in the shelter.  Through the large windows towards the top of the building we could see the wind blowing very hard and could see the funnel of the tornado right outside the building. After a few mins we still had not felt the tornado hit the building.  I got up and went to the door and noticed that that tornado had passed but the sky looked as though another tornado was building this time even larger than the first.  So, I rushed back inside and huddled with my family as we still were the only family in the building.  Again we waited for the tornado to hit and again nothing.  So, I again I went to look out the door and could see even a darker cloud right over us.  The winds were still blowing and the sky was twirling as if another tornado was building ever stronger than the first or the second.  So, again I ran back inside and expecting the tornado to it. Again we never felt the effects of the tornado.  (then I woke up)

IMPRESSION: When I woke up I had the impression of a very strong house with a very firm foundation.  Matthew 16:18 was quickened to me.

"And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it."(Matthew 16:18)


I believe the Lord is saying that we are facing very turbulent times.  And only the ones who have entered into His house, seeking His peace, His shelter  will escape the effects of the twisted climate coming.

"Come, my people, enter your chambers, And shut your doors behind you;Hide yourself, as it were, for a little moment, Until the indignation is past."(Isaiah 26:20)

Take Heed of HOW you Hear

[lesson: vision/rhema] 2/19/12

Last night as I was praying..

SAW: A Korean woman on a stage speaking to a large audience.  I could hear that she was speaking English and audibly she was loud enough but I couldn't understand what she was saying.

HEARD (sound): Things being piled on top of each all at once.


SAW: Then as I watched suddenly an angel appeared to my left and was interpreting to me what she was saying.

HEARD: She is explaining that in the Bible.

"Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;"(Proverbs 3:5)


"And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures."(Luke 24:45)

"Praise the LORD, you his angels, you mighty ones who do his bidding, who obey his word.:(Psalm 103:20)

"Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?"(Hebrews 1:14)

^"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."(Hebrews 4:12-13)

Fill Thy Cup: 
My child I know you have become frustrated with not understanding the bits and pieces you are hearing, knowing who is saying what and how to apply it.  It all seems foreign to you.  Wait on Me and I will open up your understanding to what is being said.  Much of this has to do with large Words, meant corporately .  This is harder to swallow as it reaches beyond your personal framework of understanding as I am stretching that as well.  Please don't let this bother you, you are not alone I have sent my messengers to you and they will help you with this.  There is much to do. Take heed of what you hear, for unto you more will be given.  How you hear is as important as how you hear.  Hear with My Spirit not with your understanding.  When you hear with your understanding you will experience a spiritual pile up.  But if  you wait on my instruction one by one the Words will fall into place. 

^"18 Therefore take heed how you hear. For whoever has, to him more will be given; and whoever does not have, even what he seems to have will be taken from him.”(Luke 8:18)

Rest, Perfectly

[rhema/vision]2/18/12

Quickened Scripture: Hebrews 4

4 Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. ² For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it. ³ For we who have believed do enter that rest, as He has said:“So I swore in My wrath,‘They shall not enter My rest,’”although the works were finished from the foundation of the world."(Hebrews 4:1-3)

HEARD: At the doctors office. Just lay down. 

SAW: Someone laying down on a doctors table. 

HEARD: I know just what to do. 

As I think about the doctors office and laying down on the doctors table, I realize it is a deliberate act of giving permission to be examined or worked on.  It's the non-verbel act of faith, as we simply concede and rest in knowing that he knows exactly what to do.  

Pondering this, I realize how many times the last several days I have asked the Lord to please forgive my lack of faith as I am experiencing a stretch in my hearing.  I have asked Him to please help me enter in His rest as He is doing this work in me.  Help me not strive against Him, but help me to allow Him to complete this work that is stretching me beyond my current boundaries.  

Fill Thy Cup: 

My child, please don't fear or strive with what you are hearing.  As this stretch is causing you to be fearful of not being obedient.  But, I see your eagerness to please Me.  What you are experiencing is My Word in action, for it  is sharper than any two edged sword and it separates and divides for you.  You are feeling the slicing action of the sword dividing the holy from the profane. You need not worry, simply apply My Word and I will do the rest.  Everything is bare before me, nothing escapes My eye therefore fret not to enter into your chambers, for I will be there.  I will give you rest, for I know just what to do.    

^"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."(Hebrews 4:12-13)

Start Your Engines!

[quickening] 2/17/12
My daughter creates t-shirts for our area and today she brought home the above t-shirt of which she designed for her Beta Club.

Quickened Words: Start Your Engine.

After discussing the shirt, I came upstairs to check my email.  Just after I opened my inbox I received a new email that caught my attention:

Quickened Email from my Sirius XM subscription:  Erica, Start Your Engine.

Parable: 2/18/12 @ 1:30pm

Today as I was running some errands, my tire pressure sensor alarmed "Low Air Pressure".  I looked at my gauges and noted that my rear tire pressure was steadily dropping.  knowing that I would not make it home nor would I make it on into town I called my husband to come help.   He got there with everything needed to either air my tire up or change my tire.  He opted to air it up and try to make it into town to get the tire fixed.  As he was airing it up he stuck his head in the window and said, "Erica, you have two nails in your time.  When I disconnected I want you to go as fast as possible into town. I will be behind you but I don't think the tire will make it.  If the pressure starts dropping again pull over and wait for me.  I will air it up again. Let's see how far you can make."  So when he disconnected the air tank he patted the roof and I knew to go.  I went about 10 miles and the pressure dropped so low I had to pull over and wait for him to air it up again.   With in just a min he was behind me airing up my tire again.  Again he patted the roof and shouted, "Go".  So, off I went again.   About 10 miles down the highway the pressure again dropped to low and I had to pull over one more time.  This time as I was waiting on my husband the Lord quickened, "NASCAR season is here" to me.  I started laughing.  My husband pulled up and one last time he aired my tire up and patted the roof.  So, I was off again.  This time amazed at the Lord.  I pulled into the service station in town just in the nick of time.  

Confirmation: 2/18/12 @7:10pm 

As I am typing this entry, I am hearing the announcer on the television downstairs say, "Welcome to opening Night of the 2012 Season at the Daytona Race Track.".   As I hear this, my jaw literally drops and I make my husband rewind the DVR about 5 times.  

As I sit and ponder this I am hearing the opening prayer and am quickened to the words, "Man made thunder".   I am reminded of my husband's trip to the race track many years ago and how he told of the moment when all of the engines started and revved their motors in unison as it would seem.  He told of how you could feel in your chest the vibrations of such powerful engines.  Then once the flagman dropped the flag initiating the start of the race, the cars would take the track and begin their course.  Each eagerly setting out to be the one to win the prize.   He continued to tell of the moments when the cars would round the corner on the track near the stands, and how the stands would literally vibrate from the unified force.  This man made force would cause the fans to go wild in excitement and expectation.   Yes, this is "man made thunder".

Fill Thy Cup: 

As I raise My banner above the nations I am calling you to ignite your faith and start your engines.  Rev your motors in unison and take your place in the race.   As you move forward claiming your ground you will become one with Me.  Your spirit will vibrate from the intensity of My power flowing through you.  But, as you come together in unison you will be creating a man made thunder that will cause the ground to shift and the walls to fall.   You will advance with a force never before seen.  Get ready my children for the joy that is set before you is greater than battle of the race.  Heaven, is watching and there is much excitement and expectation in the great cloud of witnesses, for they are eagerly cheering yo

"Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, ² looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. ³ For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you become weary and discouraged in your souls."(Hebrews 12:1-3)

Reach Higher with No Recoil

[vision] 2/16/12

This morning in prayer...

SAW: A rubber band being stretched beyond it's lengths.

Quickened rhema:

[Vision] 6/8/11

SAW: I saw a women sitting on the ground in a pike position with an exercising band around her feet. She was stretching it towards her with her arms as if she was working out.  It looked like strength training! 

HEARD: By reason of use.

¹⁴ But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil."(Hebrews 5:14)

This morning as I ponder both of these visions, I am noticing that I have never seen the rubber band recoil.  Return to it's original shape.  In both of these visions, as I have watched I have only seen the rubber band being stretched in one way, OUT!

^"38 Now the just shall live by faith; But if anyone draws back.  My soul has no pleasure in him.” ³⁹ But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul. "(Hebrews 10:38-39)

Fill Thy cup: 

 My child, yes you are being stretched. I know this is hard and at times so hard for you to swallow.  You have been so faithful in your walk with Me.  I am rewarding you for that walk.  This stretching is for your good.  For my desire is to bring you up higher, even closer to me.  

Quickened Rhema:

[vision] 12/1/11
SAW:   Someone working under the hood of a car.  I could only see the legs which were wearing red pants.  As I watched someone bent down and peered under the the car as if they were doing a thorough inspection. 


Fill Thy Cup: 
My child, I have you on a straight path.  An uncompromising path.  There will be many who try to cut in on you.  As they are unsteady and unfocused.  They will try to slow you down and discourage you.  However, I have created you to be strong and uncompromising-courageous!  You will maintain a straight path at a slow steady pace. Unaffected by those who dart in and out of your path recklessly.  For you my child, will see the warning signs.  I have caused your eyes to see the danger ahead.  You have noticed that I am making some adjustments to the way your run.  I am equipping you for the next leg of your race.   Preparing you for a higher calling.  I take great pleasure in your unshakable peaceable faith- For many aspire to have what you have- the peace that passes all understanding only comes from me.  You will be well adjusted to your new gifts shortly and off and running in no time.  We are enjoying watching you grow.


"You're blessed when you stay on course, walking steadily on the road revealed by God. You're blessed when you follow his directions, doing your best to find him. That's right—you don't go off on your own; you walk straight along the road he set. You, God, prescribed the right way to live; now you expect us to live it. Oh, that my steps might be steady, keeping to the course you set; Then I'd never have any regrets in comparing my life with your counsel. I thank you for speaking straight from your heart; I learn the pattern of your righteous ways. I'm going to do what you tell me to do; don't ever walk off and leave me."(Psalm 119:1)

A Valentine's Gift

[vision] 2/13/12

Okay, confession time.  I have always heard and read these two statements "The Bride" and "The Bridegroom" in relation to the church and the Lord.  However, even though my mind is there. I get it.  I have never really felt like the Bride of Christ.  Until tonight!

I went to bed last night feeling very brokenhearted and not certain as to why.  What I was certain of  was that my heart was in agony longing for so much more in so many areas of my spiritual life.  Feeling very much like a baby bird stranded in the nest with my mouth wide open.  And after a short time of waiting, realizing mama bird wasn't coming to feed me I would make my way to the edge of the nest and try to fly on my own.  Hungry!  However, once in the air I would realized my wings were way to small for the strong winds that blow and I would start to fall.  That was the feeling I had in my chest.   The feeling of having no mama bird to catch me...

I woke this morning with much of the same feeling. But by now the tears were emerging and I was doing all I could do to hold the damn in place.  Knowing that if I gave an inch the crack would be to great to hold back (and I needed to go to work) so I buffed up one more time and headed out for the day.  

When I got home I joined my spiritual sisters in a ministry team meeting.  We spent time just simply worshiping the Lord and needless to say by the midpoint in the meeting the damn just could not hold any longer.  Enter stage right: Holy Spirit.  Upon His arrival the heart softened and the tears began to flow. Thus, the healing begins.  The Great Comforter is in the building!

As our meeting closed we all had wet faces and puffy eyes, but healing had begun.  But this time I simply needed to be alone with my Lord.  I went to my bedroom and simply and quietly just laid soaking in His presence.


SAW: Glory light.  As I watched a couple appeared in the glory light dancing. A very romantic dance.   A Waltz.  As I watched Him lead Her so eloquently with His strong arms I was flooded with the most amazing sense of love.

UNDERSTANDING: This was me and Jesus dancing.

So, enamored  by such a glorious vision I was simply lost in the moment until the alarm of my email broke the the silence.  The email, a Valentine gift,  was filled with the most amazing answer to much desired prayer.  The title of the email was simply "Adopted" from one of the most amazing jewels  in the faith.  My eyes could hardly believe what they were reading as I read and re-read and then re-read the email... Then I had to stop and ask the Lord if I really read what I just read.  She was offering to mentor and adopt me!! Wow!!  What a beautiful Valentine's Gift from my Bridegroom!!  A dance, A jewel, and Adoption!

The Banquet Table

[vision] 2/10/12

SAW:  A banquet table set in the woods as it seemed.  People were eating and being marry in the Lord

^"You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over."(Psalm 23:5)

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[confirmation]2/11/12

QW member posted a message titled: "You Hold A Banquet Table Within"

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[discussion] 2/12/12

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WORD TO PONDER: THE STONES TO BREAD AND LIVING WATER
I have invited you, My dear ones, to My table. I freely give you a table of intimacy and communion when you enter into My Presence and sup with Me. This table is prepared before you in the presence of your enemies which I know is not to your liking, but it is true. They encircle you round about, but are held at bay by My restraint. They are not allowed to touch you, but they hurl the stones of taunts and distractions into your midst. Even as the devil taunted Jesus to command the stones to become bread, so they throw taunting stones at your feet. Rebuke them, and pay no attention to them. Do not be distracted by them, for as you press in and keep your focus and your faith upon Me, you freely receive your Bread of life. Did I not turn the rock into a pool of water that bubbled forth a fountain? Even so, I will turn these stones into a pool of blessings which have fallen in a heap at your feet, for what the enemy intends to curse, I turn to blessing.
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^"7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the God of Jacob,
⁸ Who turned the rock into a pool of water, The flint into a fountain of waters."(Psalm 114:7-8)

The Lord so quickened this to me as I never once thought of these taunts and insults as being stones. Much less opportunities to increase my faith and my blessings as I to press into the Lord even more.  However, as I turn my back on the taunts and insults I am turning inward to Jesus.  The Lord then turns such stones into Bread of Life and pools of living water all for me now laying at my feet.  

My Prayer: 
Father, I give you praise and glory as you prepare a banquet for me in the presence of my enemy. Father, that every stone thrown, every curse hurled, in my direction you turn into a blessing...living bread and pools of water.  What a glorious Father you are.  I worship you Father. I thank you Father in Jesus Mighty Name. 

Take Flight

February 11, 2012

ELAINE TAVOLACCI

Staten Island, NY
www.awordinseason.info
www.TheVoiceOfBreakthrough.com

The Lord showed me millions of hot air balloons being released way up into the sky. They were arrayed in various colors, shapes, patterns, designs, styles and sizes. Each one was beautiful and unique in appearance. They were vivid in color and extraordinary to watch.

It was a marvelous sight to watch as the balloons continued to ascend to higher heights but some seemed to be just lingering in mid air. Then I noticed that there were those that began to descend back down to earth. It seemed as if the balloons that were descending were losing their air. Some were flowing down slowly but there were others that were descending quickly. This is what the Lord was showing me.

Every one of us has the opportunity to rise up to new heights and new levels. There is a great acceleration in the body of Christ and the balloons that continued to ascend represented those Christians that are experiencing all the benefits of the Covenant that Jesus made with them and some are receiving divine encounters with the Holy Spirit. They are being raised up to a greater level and walking in the power and authority that was freely given to them. These are the ones that are entering in to their positions and callings. They are as the three hundred men chosen in Gideon's army. Those men were not particularly favored but they were chosen because they were not fearful, they were bold and ready for challenges. They were strong in warfare, alert and watchful of the enemy.

The balloons that were stuck in mid air represented people that seemed to be stagnant and stuck in the same position for some time. Those of you that are in this place need to encourage yourselves in the Lord and rise up once again.

The balloons that were descending represented those people that have become weary in well doing. They feel as if they are losing their anointing. They are losing their zeal and power that they once had. Those of you that are in this place needs to make a decision that you are going to push through no matter what is holding you back from rising up.

Galatians 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing : for in due season we shall reap , if we faint not.

Jesus is calling us to come up higher. I want to encourage you to press in for what God has for you and you will be amazed at the heights He will take you to.

Revelation 4:1 After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, "Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.

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I received this word this morning from a friend of mine.  As I sit and ponder the picture in my mind that this article paints I became so captivated by the Spirit as He begins to use this love of mine for hot air balloons.  They are truly beautiful to see especially when there are MANY rising at once (smile).   How truly prophetically symbolic the hot air balloon is...

SAW:  A balloon that has LIFE (fire) in it literally seeking to soar... looking up longing to take flight. I see ropes tying the massive balloon to the ground.  As I watch I see the Fathers's hand coming in with a big knife and cutting the ropes.  Once freed the balloon is allowed to rise and then soar into the skies.  I watch as it takes it's place in the heavenlies.  Seated high above all the turmoil, chaos and confusion.  It rests in the quietness and calmness of the wind.  


I hear this song by Chris Tomlin: 

"Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,"(Hebrews 12:1)

"And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,"(Ephesians 2:6)

Fill Thy Cup: 
My precious children. I have cut your ropes.  Your binding ropes have been loosed.  You are free. You are free!  There is nothing holding you down.  The FIRE in your spirit is LIFE.  This FIRE enables you to SOAR.  It is your hand on the burner.  It is your hand that controls how HIGH you go.  If you turn the burner on HIGH I will take you higher than you ever imagined.  I will bring you into the lofty places.  The places where you can sit with me.  If you turn the burner to low you will only experience a fraction of your destiny.  For My desires for you require that the FIRE be on HIGH.  It requires that you BURN HOT for me.  For I am a consuming FIRE.  My WAYS are HIGHER than your WAYS, in order to reach MY WAYS you must allow Me to consume you with MY FIRE. MY FIRE will allow you to SOAR!!  A continuous FLAME, an eternal FLAME that no man can extinguish.  This is My desire for you my children.   

Attitude of the Heart

 [vision/rhema] 2/9/12

SAW: A head with ears all over it.

Quickened Scripture: Hebrews 4:12

"For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart."(Hebrews 4:12)


2/10/12 @ 7pm

HEARD: All ears. 

"18 Of His own will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first fruits of His creatures. 19 So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; 20 for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God."(James 1:18-20)

BUZZ WORDS:  'First fruits of His Creatures" and "Righteousness of God"


Fill Thy Cup:
Listen with a discerning mind, my child.  Yes, you are My child. My righteousness.  Set apart. My Words I have planted in you, for you have the Mind of Christ.  My Holy Words that are quick and powerful able to dived the soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.  All is open before me. Nothing escapes My eyes.  My darling, be quick to listen. For not all that is spoken is the intent of the heart.  Listen with the mind of Christ not with your ears for I will lay all open before you.

Heaven's Army

[vision] 2/6/12

 SAW: The earth. Hovering above the earth there was a huge white sheet.  The four corners were held by four angels.  On the other side of the sheet was an army. I saw ten thousands upon ten thousands of white horses.

^"11And he saw the sky opened and something like a great sheet lowered by the four corners, descending to the earth."( Acts 10:11-Amp)

⁵I was in the town of Joppa praying, and [falling] in a trance I saw a vision of something coming down from heaven, like a huge sheet lowered by the four corners; and it descended until it came to me."(Acts 11:5-Amp)

Time for Meat

[rhema/vision] 2/6/12

SAW: A large boiler on the top of my stove.  Inside the boiler were large chunks of roast.  As I watched I saw an arm come in and point inside the boiler.

HEARD: This would look really good on a food try.

SAW: A round serving food trey.


Quickened Memory: Sunday I made and served pot roast to my family for lunch.

^"12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. ¹³ For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. ¹⁴ But solid food belongs to those who are of full age, that is, those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil."(Hebrews 5:12-14)

 "¹³for every one who is partaking of milk [is] unskilled in the word of righteousness -- for he is an infant,
 ¹⁴and of perfect men is the strong food, who because of the use are having the senses exercised, unto the discernment both of good and of evil."(Hebrews 5:13-14-YLT)