Hi Loved ones, The following is a Word about the winds of change. I have included my personal comments following.

THE WINDS OF CHANGE

A Word given to Rich Hughlett Rich's email: rich@ev1.net Received March, 2000

At the beginning of this prophecy I saw the winds of a great storm blowing debris everywhere, and towards the end of the message I saw in my mind a great eagle hovering above her nest violently flapping her wings.

"I AM RELEASING MIGHTY WINDS OF CHANGE" ---UNCOVERING THE HIDDEN, REBUILDING THE NEW, WINDS FOR BLESSING . . .

"Winds of change, Winds of change," saith the Lord. "For I am releasing mighty winds of change from the four corners of the earth, for the demolition of the old for the rebuilding of the new. Winds of change for the uncovering of the hidden, winds of change for the revealing of the truth. There shall be winds for re-evaluation, winds for relocation, winds for restoration, winds for refining, winds for realigning, winds for refreshing, winds for blessing, winds for repentance, winds for salvation, winds for prosperity, winds for healing, winds for deliverance, winds for consecration, and winds for sanctification."

THOSE WHO YIELD TO THE WIND WILL BE PROPELLED

"To those who resist, the winds will bring destruction, but for those who yield to My Spirit they will be winds that will propel them on the course that I have prepared for them. So seek My face to set your compass, and spread your wings and allow the currents of My Spirit to bring the changes that must be made to bring you higher and closer to Me," saith the Lord.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM RICH

When I came to the word sanctification, the Holy Ghost spoke these words to me which I feel are not part of the prophecy, but are for counsel and instruction especially to those in leadership:

"A greater circle of influence requires a smaller circle of sanctification."

The word sanctification means to be set apart to God. Most Christians don't understand that there are different levels of sanctification just as there are different levels of the anointing.

One day the Holy Spirit spoke to me through a prophecy and told me that He was calling me to a deeper level of sanctification for a closer walk with Him. He soon began to prune my relationships and my circle of fellowship got smaller.

Joyce Meyer expounded a little one day on this. She said that the hardest thing for her to deal with is loneliness. She influences a lot of people but God requires a deep level of separation for her to carry the level of anointing that her job requires.

I see a lot of people in the ministry that don't allow the Holy Spirit to have full control of their lives. It is very crucifying to the flesh to be set apart but there is a price to pay for us to follow Him and come up higher.

COMMENTS FROM SANDY WARNER

When I read this Word, several things came to mind. First, in Bobby Conner's "Shepherd's Rod 2000," it says in the Table of Contents, God is Getting Our Attention to Change. [Bobby's site: http://www.bobbyconner.org/]

WHAT CAN BE SHAKEN . . . WILL!

Secondly, the Lord gave Mahesh's wife, Bonnie Chavda a vision in 1995 about the refreshing but also violent wind coming upon the land. In this vision the Lord told her:

SOME WILL "THINK" THAT IT'S DEMONIC . . .

"Everything that can be shaken will be shaken. Everything in which you have found safety or comfort but not from Me will be exposed and uprooted. There will be those who will call this wind "demonic" because of what it will make manifest. Demons will be stirred up, the flesh will be made obvious, things formerly hidden will be exposed and seen as they are in relation to My Spirit: BUT THIS WIND IS FROM ME!" [Mahesh s site: http://www.watchofthelord.com/]

FELLOWSHIP WITH THE WORLD

When Rich emailed me his comments about hearing the phrase, "A greater circle of influence requires a smaller circle of sanctification, I noted that the Lord often speaks to His prophets in riddled speech.(Num 12;6-8) Rich connected it with what the Lord was doing in his life of sanctifying his fellowship.

I was reminded of the passage, "You can enter God's Kingdom only through the narrow gate. The highway to hell is broad, and its gate is wide for the many who choose the easy way. But the gateway to life is small, and the road is narrow, and only a few ever find it. (Matt 7:13-14 NLT) There are many sources of unholy fellowship including fellowship with the world.

NEVER SO MANY PERSONAL CHANGES

I have to say that since the beginning of this year, I have never had so much change occur in my home and personal habits. The Lord in His loving but serious way, finally managed to get my attention by throwing me into that violent wind. It was quite perplexing at first, because I was being thrown back and forth between soaking in His Presence, to being beat up by principalities. I had been involved in heavy warfare before, but this was different. It was as though the weapons that worked before were not effective. The Lord, in His infinite patience was training me and putting me into obedience school.

OBEDIENCE SCHOOL

I recently came across several stories about dog obedience school. They were from different sources and I did not feel it was an accident that the Lord brought these to me. I really believe they reveal the Word of the Lord.

One was a story about a fellow teaching his hunting dog to hunt. First the dog was to learn to heel and stay by the master's side. On command his dog ran forward for the find, but in the process got lost. He was running to the right, then to the left, sniffing and frantically searching all over the place - occasionally looking back for the next command. At each command, the dog was getting more and more confused. Finally his master told him to come back and heel.

LOST IN THE PROCESS

Sometimes when we are sent on an assignment, we get lost in the process of understanding His Words and need to return to His side until we can figure out what He wants.

The other dog training stories all agreed that the master needed to be consistent, firm, patient, and loving. It was quite humorous to hear of these dogs being told over and over again the same command, and the dogs doing everything but the command!

After unrelenting and repeated commands, finally a dog would do what was commanded. At that moment, the master breaks out in overwhelming praise and positive feedback, to confirm the dog's actions. This is the moment of communication. The master speaks, the dog responds correctly, the master says YES, and the dog finally understands! CONNECTION!

MAKING HEADS OR TAILS OF THE LORD'S WORK IN YOUR LIFE

I couldn't help but think of my being thrown into that violent wind and not knowing the difference between heads and tails. (Heads, I made the right choices and enjoyed the Lord's Presence. Tails, I made the wrong choice and got slimed by demonic garbage in my sleep.) Back then, I kept having the suspicion that my choices on TV were opening a demonic door. It seemed strange to me that if I watched something like a craft show or an animal show I would not get slimed. But if my conscience was twinged for even a moment in channel surfing, I would get dumped on at night with demonic dreams, etc. Somehow through God's grace, just like the poor dumb dog, I finally got the message. We cut off cable TV and since we could not get the local channel, we just turned it off.

The Lord brought me a confirmation as I listened to an old tape called, "Bob Jones in Atlanta." I do not know the year, but I think it was in the 90's. I was amazed. He saw demons that were going to be released by watching movies. Some people would become demonized and others would get slimed through what they were watching. He said that this would be an immediate thing that would happen as soon as one looked. He said there would be a quick repercussion for whatever we do. This included lingering too long in turning the channel. Bob said Satan is being cast down to earth at this time, and we can't get away with things we did in the past. He said, Glean your own TV. Get it out of the house.

Is there anything more important than your children and your family? This is the year that if you want a devil to live in your house, that will happen.

Come into a separate and more restrained life style. Get rid of excess baggage. Being a friend of the world, makes you an enemy with God. God is going to deal with the church about entertainment. [end of Bob Jones notes] [Bob Jones site: http://www.bobjones.org/]

I was quite amazed, it was like he read my mail! The Lord brought back to memory one of my main prayers last year. When all of the terrible prophesies of judgment were coming out on the Internet, I prayed, "Lord it doesn't do a bit of good to spank someone if it is for something they did a long time ago. We have little memory of truth or consequences. How are we going to make the connection?" I started asking that He would give us immediate feedback to our decisions, so that we could understand what He was saying.

CONFIRMATION FROM THE LORD

I was overwhelmed by the confirmation of listening to this tape after we cut off our TV. I kept thinking, "Where was this Word when I needed it?" Something gnawed in the back of my mind that I HAD heard this tape before. Then the Holy Spirit brought to remembrance that I had heard it, and when I did, I had filtered it with compromise. I thought the Word was just about horror movies and since I had never seen a horror movie and the Lord had rebuked me about other carnal movies years before, and I was trying to obey, I had a mind set that it did not apply to me. Now after the fact, I realized that compromising holiness had blinded my eyes and deafened my ears towards hearing the warning of the Word of the Lord. He told me, but I did not listen. I had to learn the hard way.

CONSEQUENCES FOR OUR ACTIONS

Did I learn? After all was said and done, I had to go around the barn another round. I rented a nice old fashioned musical video tape. However at the counter, I found out it was rent one, get one free. As I looked over the selection I kept thinking, This is burn time, if you disobey. So I asked both counter people to recommend a true life drama that was inspirational without questionable material in it. I brought it home with the intention of turning it off if something came up. In the 2 hours, there were 2 short sentences spoken in humor that stung my conscience. I dismissed the two phrases, because the movie was very good. I felt like I was home free. Then the final scene, lasting about 30 seconds, blasted me with filth. That night during sleep, I got slimed with demonic filth - big time.

When I woke up, His Word finally came through, When you are involved in warfare, you have no business touching the unclean thing. I thought of the following scripture:

"Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they have become doomed to destruction. Neither will I be with you anymore, unless you destroy the accursed from among you. Get up, sanctify the people, and say, 'Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, because thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'There is an accursed thing in your midst, O Israel; you cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the accursed thing from among you." (Josh 7:12-14 NKJV)

WHY SUDDENLY SO STRICT?

One might ask why would the Lord suddenly become so strict? I was asking the same question for a lot of weeks. It is because of His love. In one of the dog training stories, a dog was being trained as a guide for the blind. During a heeling session, she was a couple of inches ahead of the master, instead of at his side and the trainer seriously rebuked the dog. It appeared too constraining to require such strict obedience, but then the explanation came. It only takes one car to hit the dog. It only takes one moment for the dog to run out of control and lose her life. The training is not for appearances, it s for the dog's safety.

So Beloved of the Lord, as we view our daily lives, I share these things that we might consider that the Lord is bringing us into a lengthy season of change where He will be unrelenting until we finally get it. Time is speeding up, and we are now receiving His quick feedback to personal choices. I am also noticing on a positive side that when I make a right choice---like pray for someone, that He downloads me with His Presence at the time I pray, as a "YES" confirmation. I may be like a dumb dog and not know heads from tails at times, but I sure like positive feedback!

Lovingly,
Sandy

P.S. - The Lord often speaks to me when I make typing bloopers. I typed the following sentence, and once again, He amazed me! I typed, "It only takes one moment for the dog to 'fun' out of control and lose her life."