By CHUCK PIERCE

www.glory-of-zion.org

Friday, May 3, 2002

Dear Worship Warrior Friends:

I want to thank each one of you who participated in the 58-day prayer focus using Isaiah 58 and declaring BREAKTHROUGH. I have received countless testimonies of what has happened in people’s lives. Some broke out of an old place, but have not broken into their new place. If you have not seen full breakthrough yet, know that God has heard and is listening to your prayers.

Keep crying out to the Lord. That is the first step of release. He will acknowledge you (Exodus 2). He is working on your behalf. Be patient as you wait upon Him. I am sending a separate article on “40 Days Until Power Comes.� This will help you understand the power of resistance of the enemy, and how God creates our spirit to be filled with power for our future.

A prophetic word came forward Sunday in the church where we attend in Denton, Texas. A powerful tongues message came forth. LeAnn Squier, a psalmist and prophet, began the initial interpretation. John Dickson and LeAnn then began to sing the song of the Lord. The prophetic anointing then began to fall on me and I began to prophesy. The overall message of God’s prophetic process in the corporate service follows. I felt the word was also for the corporate Body of Christ.

----------------------------------------------- MANY FEEL CAUGHT UP IN THE BRAMBLES AND BUSHES

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And the Lord would say to you: “Many of you feel today that you have been caught up in the brambles and bushes. Many of you even think you have lost your way. But I would say to you that I have a Highway for you and I AM going to bring you back upon the Highway. I’m going to set your feet on the way of holiness. I AM going to set your feet on the way of progression and advancement. I AM going to set your feet on the way of victory. And this day I AM calling you out of curses. I AM calling you out of bondage. I AM calling you out of a place of darkness. I AM calling you out of weariness. I AM calling you out of places of failure. I AM calling you out of condemnation. And I AM inviting you to come up on My Highway. Let Me establish your feet. You will stand, you will surely stand, you will surely stand� says the Lord.

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Then the prophetic song began to come forth concerning God’s Highway. You can read Isaiah 62 and 35 to get the full message.

The following prophecy continued:

--------------------------------------------------- THE ENEMY'S PLANS OF LEGALISM, SLANDER, ACCUSATION

"Let My Spirit 'bubble up."

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“There are some of you that the enemy has plans to entangle. There are plans of legalism coming against you. There are plans of slander and accusation coming against you. There are wrong and false words that you are embracing that are creating unbelief within you. Let My Spirit ‘bubble up.’ (This is a "nabi" expression in the word of God concerning prophecy.) Let My prophetic anointing that has been quenched in you arise.

Take the ceiling off of your gift. Remove the dam that has blocked your river. Bubble up so you can walk in a new place. Bubble up so new favor is seen upon you. Open your eyes so you can side-step every trap of the enemy. A new way is being created for you. A new Highway is forming. Let go of the old place you’ve been in. Quit looking back and longing for something that has slipped from your grasp.

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Hardness of heart is occurring because of your looking back. Move up and move in. This Highway has 3 levels. Get on the new Highway. Let me open up the new way for you as you begin to go. Get in that new position I have for you. Then the season of confusion will end around you. I will elevate you and move you into a new place. Then I will elevate you again and move you into a new place. Then I will elevate you yet again and move you into a new place. That which has stopped you from your promotion, I say step forward and see that strategy break. I AM breaking that strategy of preventing advancement. I AM bringing you into a place of promotion. I say get to the end of the old path that is holding you in confused woods. Walk differently. See the opening. Get on My Highway. And allow Me to promote you this day.�

More singing came forth, and then LeAnn began to prophesy again: “I see there is a fork in the road for many of you. There is going to come a point of decision. Stand at the fork in the road and listen for My wisdom. Don’t let the snare that has been set take you off into a different direction called ‘good’. Establish yourself in prayer, communion, a place of discretion and discernment. I will show you the way that you are to take. Wait on Me.�

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Then the Spirit of Prophecy came back on me again and the Lord continued to say: “And the enemy is pressuring many of you to make decisions. The Lord says wait for three days. Wait till the pressure lifts. Lay down that which is pressuring you, for the pressure of the enemy on your life is causing you to try and divert into another path that is not of My choosing. Come to the end of your fears so you can go into the new. Take a reprieve for three days, and you will begin to see the way that I have for you. I AM greater than that which is pressuring you. I AM the greater in you. Rely upon the greater and watch me begin to direct you on My Highway.�

I then began to see that one thing we did not understand is a simple verse in 1 John 4:4 “You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.� I then began to look at God’s character and name that He expressed to His people as they moved toward the next phase of their inheritance. I’m including below an understanding of some of the I AM who lives in us.

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In Genesis 22, we find Jehovah Jireh. Our promises get tested. We must go where God tells us to worship. We must worship the way the Lord tells us. We must make a faith statement concerning our promise. We must listen for the sound of our promise. The sound of the Lord usually precedes the manifestation of provision. Then we need to open our eyes and SEE the provision the Lord has for us. He is the God who reveals to us the provision we need.

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In Exodus 15, we find Jehovah Rapha (Rophe). This is a wonderful chapter where God reveals Himself as the God who heals. The children of Israel had broken out of their old place and were headed toward their promise. About three days into the journey, they encountered the test of no water. They came to a place of bitterness during their journey. At this place of bitterness they began to complain and murmur. The Lord tested them at this place. At many hard places that confront us in our life, the test is not God’s, but ours. He said if you will listen carefully and do what I say, then the diseases that are following you from Egypt will not be able to attach to you (paraphrased, Ex. 15:26). He revealed Himself as One who could cure … One who could heal … One who could repair … One who could mend … One who could restore. He became their Doctor. His nature is to be our Healer. I prayed that we could receive Him as this. I prayed that if bitterness had stalled you from your progression, that you would receive the Lord as Rapha, break the power of murmuring and complaining, and move forward again.

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In Exodus 17, we find I AM expressing Himself as Jehovah Nissi over our lives and circumstances. One of the ways that I have been praying for you during this time of breakthrough is that Lord Sabaoth would manifest on your behalf. The children of Israel on their journey toward their promised inheritance had gone past having no food and no water. However, they discovered that perhaps there were worse enemies: “For then came Amalek and fought with Israel�.

This was “the first of the nations� to oppose Israel. Amalek would attack those who were feeble and had fallen behind. This caused Jehovah to manifest himself as NISSI. I AM Your Banner. I Am your Deliverer. I AM the Divine Warrior. This manifestation required proper alignment for battle: Moses, Hur, Aaron, Joshua and the warriors. This is a prototype of the Apostolic, Prophetic, Pastor, Warrior alignment necessary for victory. More important is to understand that the Divine Warrior manifested Himself in their midst! This assures our victory!

We find the Amalekites rising up against God’s covenantal purposes from generation to generation. Saul did not rid his generation of their control because he compromised and rejected the instruction of the Lord. We find Haman, the Agagite staging an overthrow of God’s covenant plan. However, we find Mordecai, Esther, the King, and the Warriors aligning to overthrow him and his decrees. This is a time for the Divine Warrior to manifest in our lives, cities, states, and nations. May Nissi’s Banner be established in your midst and defeat your “Amalekite� structure that has a noose planned to choke off your blessings.

-------------------------------- LORD SABAOTH, THE LORD OF HOSTS

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I have just completed a book, along with John Dickson, called The Worship Warrior: Ascending in Worship, Descending in War. This is very important revelation for us at this time. When I was working on the book last week, I wrote the following on Lord Sabaoth, and thought of you: “One of the names and characteristics of God is Lord Sabaoth. The Hebrew word tsebha’oth means ‘hosts,’ ‘armies.’

We also find references to Lord Sabaoth in the New Testament in Romans where the author references the book of Isaiah and says, ‘Unless the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we would have become like Sodom, and we would have been made like Gomorrah.’ God in His mercy secures a remnant through the working of the host of heaven. He does this to keep apostasy from reigning in the earth. We see in context that Lord Sabaoth is the ‘Almighty God’ who leads the hosts of heaven. That host includes angelic help as well as earthly interaction with the saints (Rev. 4:8; comp. Isa. 6:3.).

He is the:

1. God of the armies of earth

2. God of the armies of the stars

3. God of the unseen armies of angels

When we worship He begins to order and align His armies for victory. ‘Hosts’ signifies an organized group under authority. God has a multitude of ready and able servants ready and waiting to obey His every command. This suggests that the Lord is the Commander and Chief of the armies in heaven. The most prevalent use of this name of God is found throughout the book of Zechariah.

When it was time to rebuild the Temple, God intervened as Lord Sabaoth. Zech. 4:6 is a wonderful scripture. ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by My spirit says the Lord of Hosts.’ This scripture shows how Lord Sabaoth works. He releases strength, power, force, valor, substance and wealth. He organizes an army to make sure we have an army that is available to build our future. The Lord of Hosts comes to remove any “mountain� that has been placed in our path. ‘Oh great mountain … you shall become a plain!’

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The opposition that tries to impede our passage and purpose in our life is overcome by working with the Lord of Hosts. We shout grace and grace in abundance will be poured out upon us, and help from heaven shows up to help us build.� I am praying that the Host of Heaven interact with you to accomplish all that you need accomplished at this point in your life.

Declare Jehovah Nissi greater in you. Declare Jehovah Jireh greater in you. Declare Jehovah Raphe greater in you. Declare Lord Sabaoth sending the Hosts of Heaven to work with you to defeat your enemies. Find God’s enemy and watch Him bring you to a new place.

Blessings, Chuck D. Pierce www.glory-of-zion.org