Morning Meds with Izzy Herriette & Co - Wednesday - JAN 19, 2011 -
Psalm 73:2,3 - But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
It would seem that we're not going to walk away quickly from this topic that the Lord has had us on together, here, for the past several days now.
As I climbed into bed last night and opened my Bible to read, I looked down and behold, there it was. The very scripture that had been going through my spirit all day long. The one about "my feet slipping". (He's amazing isn't He? You know when He's truly speaking, don't you?)
Yesterday, I had the privilege of doing a 45 minute phone interview with Dan Calabrese per his request. Throughout our lengthy, full and edifying conversation, it came up several times: The Church is not prepared for the day at hand. I am of that conviction, in a fervent and passionate manner, as it is part of what God has laid upon my heart to be doing; preparing His Bride for the days approaching.
One of the things I see happening the most in the Church today, is laid out, addressed and even exposed if you will, in this scripture that we are looking at today. (This verse that, rather, He has directed our attention to on this day.)
Where is the Church? Where are you? What is our focus in life? Are we directing our steps - watching over our pathway - as we've been speaking about for days now?
As I shared with Dan yesterday, "I have been preaching this message for fifteen years now. This has been the mainstay of every message I've taught! Every song given me, every teaching, always leads to the same end: This is not the day to found far away from Him!
You know, when I began my walk with the Lord, based upon the truth of His Word, I learned immediately that if we're walking with Him in an authentic manner we will never be found dragging along behind the "world"! Oh, no! My God is the most able man! He has given me a life that I know I never would have had apart from Him. He's given me things that I earnestly desired in the most secret places of my heart. He has fulfilled that "exceeding, abundantly above" in my life.
I will suggest to you, that at this time, I see much of the Church as one inside the gates looking out! You're familiar with the saying, only in reverse.
The Church so many times and far too much of the time, is looking at the world with envy, as though being in the house or the courts of the Almighty is robbing them somehow.
Please hear me on this day! If we are standing inside His gates today ... if we are in His courts ... we have access to things that this world, sadly, will never even know about.
Two scriptures come to mind here:
Psalm 100:4,5 - Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise; be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the Lord is good ...
Psalm 134:1-3; Psalm 135:2,3- BEHOLD, bless ye the Lord, all ye servants of the Lord, which by night stand in the house of the Lord. Lift up your hands, in the sanctuary, and bless the Lord. The Lord that has made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion. Ye that stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. Praise the Lord; for the Lord is good; ...
Psalm 23:6 - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Psalm 84:10-13 - For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord will give grace and glory; no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee!
Okay, so that's far more than two scriptures. I can't help myself! I love the words of God and they just come flooding over me like that.
How we need to be found in "those courts," remaining there and not acting like we are imprisoned there! If this is your mindset about the Kingdom of God, the house of God, the courts of God - you need an Ephesians 1:18 experience in your life!
Again I do believe that many who call themselves people of God - are in this place that we've spoken of here today - far away from Him and all that He has for their lives.
Keep this most important fact in mind as you go today: This is not the hour to be dull in your hearing from Him! Your safety, protection, and prosperity is going to be found in hearing His voice alone!
Trust me, the world has nothing to be envious of. The truth is completely the opposite:
Romans 10:19; 11:11 - ... salvation is come unto the Gentiles for to provoke them to jealousy.
The Amplified Bible, when expounding upon the word "blessed," reads: ... to be envied ...
Selah (Pause and calmly think on that.)
Walk in these thoughts today, won't you? (We'll address this more tomorrow.)
Izzy Herriette & Co/Ginger Renken
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Blessings and have a GREAT day!
Blessings and have a GREAT day!
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
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CONTROVERSY:
Controversy: 1948 - New Century Dictionary - Turned against; dispute; turn; debate; contention; disputation concerning a matter of opinion.
Our present world is in controversy with itself. The hard pressed expression is that we are fast paced, busy and driven, therefore, leaving us with no time for meditation. At the same time, we see that meditation (every form thereof), is at the very forefront of focus - it is the posh-padded new pathway, haled in our society today for everyone to trample after. Example: our favorite coffee shops, our luxury retreats, weekend packages for the salvation of our wholeness, spas, message therapy, organics for the health of our mind, body and soul; movies, toys, entertainment and the list goes on, and on, and on ... and the greatest on the list is the "information age". It takes time and attention to digest all of that information out there - all new - and filtered down to us through all new channels! All requiring more, more and more of our time and attention.
Meditate: Webster's 1913 Dictionary
The on-line Bible definitions for "meditate" are very interesting, indeed! I learned that all Old Testament references carried a rather negative connotation to their meaning:
mourn, mutter, roaring, sore, talk, study, imagine, moan, growl, utter, muse, devise, plot, complain, whisper, murmur
Oddly, the New Testament meaning, changes to a positive:
imagine, to care for, attend to carefully, practise, devise, contrive, take care, care about
Hmmm...
Psalm 5: 1 - Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation.
Psalm 19: 14 - Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.
Psalm 49: 3 - My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
Psalm 104: 34 - My meditation of him shall be sweet; I will be glad in the Lord.
Psalm 119:97 - O how I love thy law! It is my meditation all the day.
Psalm 119: 99 - I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my meditation.
In writing the book: Manifesto - Before The Cock Crows, (which I would say, is an enormous piece of counsel for profiting unto good, to anyone who takes it unto themselves to do it) I found the centrality of the message to be a deep cry to: Watch Over Your Minds - Meditations!
1 Peter 1: 13 - Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
Why is this so important, today?
Let me tell you that there are "wicked" minds out there these days - among family members, friends, neighbors, lawmakers, government officials, national leaders. There are devices being devised in a cunning and crafty way, to change the course of things, in this day. If you are not AWAKENED to this fact - I AM HERE TO AWAKEN YOU! The only reason I can do that, is because the Lord, always, by His Spirit, gives me the head's up!
The things that we're seeing in our world today, I was warned about years ago!
God (if you don't already know) is a man who EXPOSES DARKNESS! God is a man who CRACKS AND CREATES THE DAWNS! God, right now, KNOWS AND SEES ALL and is trying His best to SHAKE SOME OF US UP out of our places of blindness and ignorance!
At this very moment there are FREEDOMS AND LIBERTIES, bearing many different names, which are on the verge of being STOLEN CLEAN AWAY from us!
Do YOU have knowledge of these things? Could you NAME them?
If your answer is NO - you are in the RIGHT place! I CAN help you!
MEDITATIONS are at the BACKBONE of our LIBERTIES at risk right now!
The mind leads the man. So goes the man, so goes the nation; if the majority follows! Sometimes, as is the case at this time, it only takes a few in "influential positions" to change the course of an entire nation. That initiator seeks out, pursues and invests in those who will willingly be like minded, and help to further and to ultimately accomplish their causes.
People can be following a PATH that they see not - like sheep being led, deceptively, over a cliff - IN A FOG!
I believe that we are there, NOW!
There are things going on in high places that we know not of. We're not paying attention. We're not watching. We're not informed. We are out "eating, drinking and being merry". Meantime, there is a watchful, scheming, informed, educated, equipped, strategic, studied-out plotting, taking place over governments.
Do we know and/or understand that? Did we understand 9/11/01, here in the United States?
There were many prophetic people in the land, who knew that 9/11/01 was coming. Would people have heeded their warnings, had they been given?
I was one of them. I led my people, my flock at that time (by instruction and revelation of the Holy Spirit), into a prayer in the floor on 9/2/01. The Lord had spoken to me before service that morning that there was something going on in the unseen realm that we needed the "watch" of His Holy Spirit to be making us aware of!
Goodness clothed with innocence but stripped of wisdom - faces danger!
Matthew 10: 16 - Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Serpents: (Gk) - (through the idea of sharpness of vision) - snake, serpent; with the ancients, the serpent was an emblem of cunning wisdom. The serpent who deceived Eve was regarded by the Jews as the devil.
If we desire goodness, we must also realize that there is an imperative to the "maintenance" of that goodness!
We are the benefactors, only, of that which we choose to meticulously be keepers over!
Genesis 2: 15 - And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Someone has to govern. This is why we have governments. So, what do we choose to be governed by? What kind of lives do we desire to be able to live? Accordingly, we must then go a step further, to take the responsibility to rule unto that end - or choose those who will rule for us - hopefully, unto that end! Or we can sit back, be uninvolved, oblivious, irresponsible and foolish; choosing, thereby, to live under whatever is chosen for us by other activists!
There is, today, even what the Bible tells us in Ephesians 6: 18 - For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
I don't believe that a majority of people in the earth today, have clear vision of how much wickedness is literally lurking in governments today - seeking out places to set up their kingdoms and to begin to RULE!
High places!
I adjure you, by the Spirit of God, to be very, very careful about what you believe in this very day and hour!
Our present world is in controversy with itself. The hard pressed expression is that we are fast paced, busy and driven, therefore, leaving us with no time for meditation. At the same time, we see that meditation (every form thereof), is at the very forefront of focus - it is the posh-padded new pathway, haled in our society today for everyone to trample after. Example: our favorite coffee shops, our luxury retreats, weekend packages for the salvation of our wholeness, spas, message therapy, organics for the health of our mind, body and soul; movies, toys, entertainment and the list goes on, and on, and on ... and the greatest on the list is the "information age". It takes time and attention to digest all of that information out there - all new - and filtered down to us through all new channels! All requiring more, more and more of our time and attention.
Meditate: Webster's 1913 Dictionary
| To keep the mind in a state of contemplation; to dwell on anything in thought; to think seriously; to muse; to cogitate; to reflect. | ||
| To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon; to study. | ||
| To purpose; to intend; to design; to plan by revolving in the mind; |
The on-line Bible definitions for "meditate" are very interesting, indeed! I learned that all Old Testament references carried a rather negative connotation to their meaning:
mourn, mutter, roaring, sore, talk, study, imagine, moan, growl, utter, muse, devise, plot, complain, whisper, murmur
Oddly, the New Testament meaning, changes to a positive:
imagine, to care for, attend to carefully, practise, devise, contrive, take care, care about
Hmmm...
Psalm 5: 1 - Give ear to my words, O Lord, consider my meditation.
Psalm 19: 14 - Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.
Psalm 49: 3 - My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
Psalm 104: 34 - My meditation of him shall be sweet; I will be glad in the Lord.
Psalm 119:97 - O how I love thy law! It is my meditation all the day.
Psalm 119: 99 - I have more understanding than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my meditation.
In writing the book: Manifesto - Before The Cock Crows, (which I would say, is an enormous piece of counsel for profiting unto good, to anyone who takes it unto themselves to do it) I found the centrality of the message to be a deep cry to: Watch Over Your Minds - Meditations!
1 Peter 1: 13 - Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
Why is this so important, today?
Let me tell you that there are "wicked" minds out there these days - among family members, friends, neighbors, lawmakers, government officials, national leaders. There are devices being devised in a cunning and crafty way, to change the course of things, in this day. If you are not AWAKENED to this fact - I AM HERE TO AWAKEN YOU! The only reason I can do that, is because the Lord, always, by His Spirit, gives me the head's up!
The things that we're seeing in our world today, I was warned about years ago!
God (if you don't already know) is a man who EXPOSES DARKNESS! God is a man who CRACKS AND CREATES THE DAWNS! God, right now, KNOWS AND SEES ALL and is trying His best to SHAKE SOME OF US UP out of our places of blindness and ignorance!
At this very moment there are FREEDOMS AND LIBERTIES, bearing many different names, which are on the verge of being STOLEN CLEAN AWAY from us!
Do YOU have knowledge of these things? Could you NAME them?
If your answer is NO - you are in the RIGHT place! I CAN help you!
MEDITATIONS are at the BACKBONE of our LIBERTIES at risk right now!
The mind leads the man. So goes the man, so goes the nation; if the majority follows! Sometimes, as is the case at this time, it only takes a few in "influential positions" to change the course of an entire nation. That initiator seeks out, pursues and invests in those who will willingly be like minded, and help to further and to ultimately accomplish their causes.
People can be following a PATH that they see not - like sheep being led, deceptively, over a cliff - IN A FOG!
I believe that we are there, NOW!
There are things going on in high places that we know not of. We're not paying attention. We're not watching. We're not informed. We are out "eating, drinking and being merry". Meantime, there is a watchful, scheming, informed, educated, equipped, strategic, studied-out plotting, taking place over governments.
Do we know and/or understand that? Did we understand 9/11/01, here in the United States?
There were many prophetic people in the land, who knew that 9/11/01 was coming. Would people have heeded their warnings, had they been given?
I was one of them. I led my people, my flock at that time (by instruction and revelation of the Holy Spirit), into a prayer in the floor on 9/2/01. The Lord had spoken to me before service that morning that there was something going on in the unseen realm that we needed the "watch" of His Holy Spirit to be making us aware of!
Goodness clothed with innocence but stripped of wisdom - faces danger!
Matthew 10: 16 - Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Serpents: (Gk) - (through the idea of sharpness of vision) - snake, serpent; with the ancients, the serpent was an emblem of cunning wisdom. The serpent who deceived Eve was regarded by the Jews as the devil.
If we desire goodness, we must also realize that there is an imperative to the "maintenance" of that goodness!
We are the benefactors, only, of that which we choose to meticulously be keepers over!
Genesis 2: 15 - And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
Someone has to govern. This is why we have governments. So, what do we choose to be governed by? What kind of lives do we desire to be able to live? Accordingly, we must then go a step further, to take the responsibility to rule unto that end - or choose those who will rule for us - hopefully, unto that end! Or we can sit back, be uninvolved, oblivious, irresponsible and foolish; choosing, thereby, to live under whatever is chosen for us by other activists!
There is, today, even what the Bible tells us in Ephesians 6: 18 - For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
I don't believe that a majority of people in the earth today, have clear vision of how much wickedness is literally lurking in governments today - seeking out places to set up their kingdoms and to begin to RULE!
High places!
I adjure you, by the Spirit of God, to be very, very careful about what you believe in this very day and hour!
The Lord spoke to me in the writing of the book and said, "Ginger, these are days of either the 'harry potter or the Holy Potter'!
Harry: Ravage as an army does. Army, host. To ravage (places) as in war; devastate; pillage, or despoil; also, to harass (persons) by repeated attacks, forced exactions, rapacious demands, etc.; in gen., to harass, trouble, torment, or worry; also, to carry off, as in a raid. To make harassing, incursions.
Potter: One who makes earthen pots or vessels.
Holy: Entitled to worship or profound religious reverence because of divine character or origin, or connection with God or divinity; in general, invested with a sacred character, hallowed, or held in profound reverence; also, specially recognized as or declared sacred by religious use or authority, or consecrated.
In other words, we will be formed by schools of thought and sealed therein. Our fate is in those thoughts! Our end. Or our beginning. All in a school of thought!
Will we choose, this day, to be formed into a Holy thing or a harrowing thing? We must begin to think!
Our nation - the United States of America - is heading towards a true RE-FORMATION!
I know that some people don't see or believe that ... some do. Those who do, are completely taken, by how close we actually are to it and by how suddenly it seems to have come upon us.
One year ago, the Lord gave me a prophetic song for the nations. In this song, the Lord referred to these days as "tumultuous days".
Just this past week, a reporter from Wall Street (a twenty-two year veteran), was on radio, and made this comment regarding the recent Wall Street Fall, " I never in my wildest imaginations, would have thought that I would see a day like this! These are "tumultuous days"! There's just no other way to say it. We are on the verge, one step away from Socialism! Does anyone see that?"
God doesn't "miss" when He speaks prophetically - if it's really Him speaking.
I know that I hear from Him! Therefore, I SPEAK!
WILL YOU HEAR WHAT GOD HAS TO SAY, BY WAY OF HIS MOUTHPIECE?
WE NEED TO BE "AWAKENED"!
THUS, THE CREATION OF THIS PARTICULAR SITE ...
A PLACE TO POST WHAT THINGS THE LORD HAS SAID IN THE PAST ...
To incite a MEDITATION UPON THOSE very THINGS ...
SEE HOW MANY OF THE WORDS SPOKEN, HAVE ALREADY COME TO PASS ...
THEN, TAKE PROPHETIC WORDS FOR THE FUTURE ...
BELIEVE THEM ...
AND BUILD WITH THEM ...
FOR SAFETY SAKE!
We are currently in trouble on many levels, in the world.
So, who will "govern" the situation at hand?
Only ones who have the mind for it!
Nehemiah 4: 6 - So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof; for the people had a mind to work.
I pray that God gives you a mind to work, today - for this day!
Izzy Herriette & Co/Ginger Renken
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