"What is the next step for you? How do you go beyond that which you know? This is a critical time for you. You can retreat to a position of neutrality and so-called comfort or you can act on what I have said."
Are YOU ready to "Stretch"?
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Prophetic Lesson on “Stretch” 1-24-2014 (for 1-25-2014) (Isaiah 54:2; Psalms 18:36)
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What is the next step for you? How do you go beyond that which you know? This is a critical time for you. You can retreat to a position of neutrality and so-called comfort or you can act on what I have said. (Esther 4:13-14; 2 Kings 7:8-9; Galatians 6:7-9; Psalms 78:9-11) All that you need to do, what you need to do, is already in you. (Psalms 18:36-39; 2 Peter 1:2-4; 2 Corinthians 12:7-9) What you have need of is the activation of these gifts. You cannot wait to see the power before stepping out. The power accompanies the obedience to the Call. (Hebrews 11:8-12; Acts 20:18-24)
What is the Call? It is a call to the Sons of God to manifest in these Last Days before the culmination of all things. (Romans 8:12-14; Ephesians 5:8-18) You have asked how you reach Me. You have expressed frustration at what you perceive to be My silence and inaction. You have not accused Me but you do accuse yourself. There is no power to be found in accusation. It is a weight that buries you further beneath your circumstances. (2 Corinthians 7:9-10)
The calling forth of your gifts come as you are pressed beyond the possible; pulled beyond the knowable; stretched beyond the seeable; and pushed beyond the bearable.
The realm of total freedom from circumstances is just beyond what you think you can reach. There is no ladder to reach this realm. It is reached when your spirit is stretched beyond the confines of all you have come to know.
You stretch when you believe what I have said. (2 Chronicles 32:7; Matthew 28:18-20; Luke 12:4-7) You stretch when you look beyond your circumstances. (2 Corinthians 4:16-18; 2 Corinthians 5:7) You stretch when you feel beyond your fear. (Daniel 3:16-18) You stretch when you know beyond your intellect. (Isaiah 55:8-11) You stretch when you think beyond your limitations. (Psalms 25:15-21) You stretch when you go beyond the familiar. (Matthew 14:27-32)
Great strength and power are available to those who will forget what they think they know and allow My Spirit to lead.
Controversy will throttle the anointing. Focus your spiritual energy on Me and you will see great results. (Psalms 119:37-40; Psalms 123:1-2; Hebrews 12:1-2)
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Scriptures for Prophetic Lesson on “Stretch” 1-24-2014
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Isaiah 54:2
2 "Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide,do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes. NIVPsalms 18:36-3936 You enlarged my path under me,So my feet did not slip. NKJV Why do we retreat?Fear:Esther 4:13-1413 Mordecai sent back this reply to Esther: "Don't think for a moment that you will escape there in the palace when all other Jews are killed. 14 If you keep quiet at a time like this, deliverance for the Jews will arise from some other place, but you and your relatives will die. What's more, who can say but that you have been elevated to the palace for just such a time as this?" NLTSelfishness:2 Kings 7:8-98 When the lepers arrived at the edge of the camp, they went into one tent after another, eating, drinking wine, and carrying out silver and gold and clothing and hiding it. 9 Finally, they said to each other, "This is not right. This is wonderful news, and we aren't sharing it with anyone! If we wait until morning, some terrible calamity will certainly fall upon us. Come on, let's go back and tell the people at the palace." NLTFatigue:Galatians 6:7-97 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. 8 For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life. 9 And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. NKJVDivided Loyalty:Psalms 78:9-119 The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows,Turned back in the day of battle. 10 They did not keep the covenant of God;They refused to walk in His law, 11 And forgot His works And His wonders that He had shown them. NKJVPsalms 18:36-3936 You enlarged my path under me,So my feet did not slip. 37 I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them;Neither did I turn back again till they were destroyed. 38 I have wounded them,So that they could not rise;They have fallen under my feet. 39 For You have armed me with strength for the battle;You have subdued under me those who rose up against me. NKJV2 Peter 1:2-42 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, 3 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, 4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. NKJV2 Corinthians 12:7-9And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. 8 Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. 9 And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." NKJVHebrews 11:8-12By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to the place which he would receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he dwelt in the land of promise as in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; 10 for he waited for the city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God. 11 By faith Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised. 12 Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born as many as the stars of the sky in multitude — innumerable as the sand which is by the seashore. NKJVActs 20:18-2418 When they arrived he declared, "You know that from the day I set foot in the province of Asia until now 19 I have done the Lord's work humbly — yes, and with tears. I have endured the trials that came to me from the plots of the Jews. 20 Yet I never shrank from telling you the truth, either publicly or in your homes. 21 I have had one message for Jews and Gentiles alike — the necessity of turning from sin and turning to God, and of faith in our Lord Jesus. 22 "And now I am going to Jerusalem, drawn there irresistibly by the Holy Spirit, not knowing what awaits me, 23 except that the Holy Spirit has told me in city after city that jail and suffering lie ahead. 24 But my life is worth nothing unless I use it for doing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus — the work of telling others the Good News about God's wonderful kindness and love. NLTRomans 8:12-1412 So, dear brothers, you have no obligations whatever to your old sinful nature to do what it begs you to do. 13 For if you keep on following it you are lost and will perish, but if through the power of the Holy Spirit you crush it and its evil deeds, you shall live. 14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. TLBEphesians 5:8-188 For though your hearts were once full of darkness, now you are full of light from the Lord, and your behavior should show it! 9 For this light within you produces only what is good and right and true. 10 Try to find out what is pleasing to the Lord. 11 Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, rebuke and expose them. 12 It is shameful even to talk about the things that ungodly people do in secret. 13 But when the light shines on them, it becomes clear how evil these things are. 14 And where your light shines, it will expose their evil deeds. This is why it is said,"Awake, O sleeper,rise up from the dead,and Christ will give you light."15 So be careful how you live, not as fools but as those who are wise. 16 Make the most of every opportunity for doing good in these evil days. 17 Don't act thoughtlessly, but try to understand what the Lord wants you to do. 18 Don't be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, let the Holy Spirit fill and control you. NLT2 Corinthians 7:1010 For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.NKJV2 Chronicles 32:77 "Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid nor dismayed before the king of Assyria, nor before all the multitude that is with him; for there are more with us than with him. 8 With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God, to help us and to fight our battles." And the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. NKJVMatthew 28:18-2018 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." NKJVLuke 12:4-7"And I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. 5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, fear Him! 6 "Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten before God. 7 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. NKJV2 Corinthians 4:16-18Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, 18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. NKJV2 Corinthians 5:77 For we walk by faith, not by sight. NKJVDaniel 3:16-1816 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego answered and said to the king, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter. 17 If that is the case, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and He will deliver us from your hand, O king. 18 But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we do not serve your gods, nor will we worship the gold image which you have set up." NKJVIsaiah 55:8-118 "For My thoughts are not your thoughts,Nor are your ways My ways," says the LORD. 9 "For as the heavens are higher than the earth,So are My ways higher than your ways,And My thoughts than your thoughts. 10 "For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven,And do not return there,But water the earth,And make it bring forth and bud,That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the eater, 11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;It shall not return to Me void,But it shall accomplish what I please,And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. NKJVPsalms 25:15-2115 My eyes are always looking to the LORD for help,for he alone can rescue me from the traps of my enemies. 16 Turn to me and have mercy on me,for I am alone and in deep distress. 17 My problems go from bad to worse.Oh, save me from them all! 18 Feel my pain and see my trouble.Forgive all my sins. 19 See how many enemies I have,and how viciously they hate me! 20 Protect me! Rescue my life from them!Do not let me be disgraced, for I trust in you. 21 May integrity and honesty protect me,for I put my hope in you. NLTMatthew 14:27-3227 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, "Be of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid." 28 And Peter answered Him and said, "Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water." 29 So He said, "Come." And when Peter had come down out of the boat, he walked on the water to go to Jesus. 30 But when he saw that the wind was boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink he cried out, saying, "Lord, save me!" 31 And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, "O you of little faith, why did you doubt?" 32 And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased. NKJVPsalms 119:37-4037 Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things,And revive me in Your way. 38 Establish Your word to Your servant,Who is devoted to fearing You. 39 Turn away my reproach which I dread,For Your judgments are good. 40 Behold, I long for Your precepts;Revive me in Your righteousness. NKJVPsalms 123:1-2I lift my eyes to you,O God, enthroned in heaven. 2 We look to the LORD our God for his mercy,just as servants keep their eyes on their master,as a slave girl watches her mistress for the slightest signal. NLTHebrews 12:1-2Therefore 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. NKJV
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