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Important note by Steve Shultz, Publisher:
As most know who have followed THE ELIJAH
LIST for five years, we are a very PRO PASTOR list. So very many, if not
the vast majority of God's pastors, His Shepherds-- devote their very lives for
God's sheep. And so very few in number have any idea whatsoever what
pressures--and what judgments come from the sheep against these
wonderful men and women of God. Most of you probably saw our posting last week
about God's shepherds abiding in the field which can be found at:
http://elijahlist.com/words/display_word.html?ID=1364
But certainly, there are shepherds who have
lost their way, and perhaps those who were not even called to be shepherds in
the first place--at least in the view of their detractors. Nevertheless, whoever
IS a shepherd-- until or unless GOD removes them, is worthy of the
love and respect, honor and authority that they currently possess...that is, if
YOU want to be as David was....a man after God's own heart.
It is ONLY with that in mind that
this article and word is posted!
Blessings upon you for 2003!
Steve Shultz
THE ELIJAH LIST
BILL YOUNT:
I heard the Lord say. "Many whom I have called into deep intimate worship of
loving Me, (the King of Kings and Lord of Lords) will be soon tested as they are
called upon to stand before My Kings of the earth - the Pharaohs, the King Sauls,
and many Shepherds whose hearts have been hardened.
If these worshippers will stand still and
worship Me in the midst of these ones I have placed in authority for my purposes
and know that I am God - I will be exalted in the earth and among the heathen
and even in My own House.
Worship will take you farther than you want to go!
I sensed the Lord saying to the angels when King Saul was ruling over Israel and
losing his kingdom. . . .
"I keep hearing worship coming up
from the hillsides of Judea from a shepherd boy. He is absolutely lost in
worshiping Me. He's a full time worshiper and a part time shepherd! I heard
the Lord say to the angels, "Kill any enemy that comes against his flock of
sheep - any bear, lion or giants - for anything that interrupts his worshiping
Me has to die!" Any questions?"
"I have found a worshiper who is so lost in Me that even the wrong authority
over him and the people does not distract him! He has learned to worship Me in
secret in the midst of those stinking sheep! I have found the next King of
Israel! Tell Samuel to go anoint Him!"
GOD LOOKS FOR A WORSHIPPER TO CHANGE
THINGS
God looks for a worshiper when He wants to
change things in His Kingdom!
As David was anointed by Samuel, the Spirit of the Lord came upon him from that
day forward --and the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul. (This could have
been a good time for David to celebrate a falling leader - but David a true
worshiper didn't think so! )
In Saul's torment, he called to his servants
to "seek out a man who is a cunning player on a harp and bring him to me." 1
Samuel 16:21
"And David came to Saul and stood
before him: and David loved him greatly; and he became his armor-bearer!" Saul
became refreshed as David stood before him worshiping God and Saul was well
during this time and the evil spirits departed from him."
DON'T WRITE OFF EVERY KING SAUL
I sensed the Holy Spirit whispering. "Don't write off every King Saul, Pharaoh,
or shepherd whose heart is hardened. For the heart of the King and
every man is in My hand and like a river I am able to turn their hearts in
whatever direction I choose. You never know when a Saul will become a Paul, a
Pharaoh become a Moses or a shepherd with a hardened heart become a lover of my
sheep.
There is enough power in just one worshiper
who allows Me to love through them to change the course of history in My
Kingdom! I am seeking this hour for worshipers - even just one - who will
allow Me through them to influence the hearts of leadership in My Kingdom and in
the world!
I sensed the Lord saying. "I have already prepared worshipers for this
hour who are so sensitive to My Spirit that even "silent worship" with their
every day lives will ultimately open up hearts of authority over them."
David's greatest enemy was not the lion, bear or giant. His greatest enemy was
in the House of God and time and again God reminded David - "You can't
touch this!" David knew somehow that Saul was still God's anointed
although he didn't act like it.
God many times uses the Sauls in our lives to prepare us for a great Destiny!
Get ready to take your harp off the weeping willow tree. Our God is calling many
in 2003 to stand beside our Sauls, Pharaohs and Shepherds who we may not like.
But don't stop worshiping now. You have come to far to turn back. Take your harp
down now! God protected David because he was born to worship and so were you.
Ongoing worship will shield you and heal your wounds from past hurts from
past Pharaohs, Sauls and shepherds.. Healed people heal people!
True worship will not only cause our hands to be raised upward but also outward
- like Jesus' hands were on the cross - the greatest display of worship to the
Father that is still influencing multitudes today - even Kings, Pharaohs
and hurting Shepherds!
Bill Yount
Hagerstown, MD
blowtheshofar@juno.com
http://www.ourchurch.com/member/b/BillYount/
Note by Steve
Shultz: Below is the most popular book we sold for all of 2002---
"PARABLES IN THE NIGHT
SEASONS" By Joy Parrott $12
Understanding Your
Dreams
Here's what John Sandford
had to say about this new book:
"Parables in the Night Seasons,
subtitled Understanding Your Dreams, is the best, most thoroughly biblical book
on the subject I have ever read, bar none, including my own chapters on dreams
and visions! Joy combines practical common sense and high
spirituality, deep insights and simple humility, in a teaching so clear and
profound that I intend to make the book required reading for all of our prayer
counselors in all our Elijah Houses, national and international, and in all our
affiliates.
Parrott parrots no one else - forgive the too
obvious pun. Her insights are unique, while at the same moment consonant with
the many dreamers of the Bible whom she quotes so deftly. Those who would learn
to make sense
of the often mysterious and confusing language
of the world of dreams
will find solid sign posts here, that lead to
growth in clear comprehension. Chapters Six, Seven and Eight, "Watchman Dreams,"
"Pizza Dreams," and "Double Dreams," are so valuable as alone to be worth more
than the price of purchase and study. I can hardly wait for the sequel,
Watchman, Watchman, What of the Night?
This is that time in history in which God is
raising His prophets for His end-time purposes. "If a prophet or a dreamer of
dreams arises among you... (Deuteronomy 13:1)," makes it unequivocal that the
Lord regards prophets and dreamers as one and the same. Unfortunately, the Body
of Christ, for the most part, has not yet grasped that. It is imperative that at
least His prophets, and hopefully the entire Body, come to comprehend how
important this aspect of prophets' equipment actually is, and that all His
prophets become adepts both in having their own dreams and in interpreting
theirs and those of others. One can not read Parables in the Night Seasons
without awakening to the need to go to sleep and dream. If for that reason
alone, the book is timely and a valuable gift from the Lord for this time
especially.
Though filled with examples and stories,
Parables... is not froth, to be enjoyed and put down only to pick up the next
exciting book. It ought to become a manual for study in all the Lord's various
"green trees'" (training places for beginning prophets). It will become so in
our Elijah House schools. "Parables... is meant to be put to work. Its pages
call us from ho-hum acceptance of our dreams into intercessory labor and warfare
for our Lord. The Church cries out for watchmen to arise. Tragedies can be
prevented. Blessings can be prayed in, lest His messenger angels languish on the
way, inhibited by the "princes of Persia" that need to be defeated. God wants
listening ears, and He often prefers to speak to us through the medium of dream
language. It behooves us therefore to study to be workmen that need not to be
ashamed - or to miss the fervent callings of the Lord.
I pray God may prosper both the sales and the
effects of Parables in the Night Seasons, lest the night come when no man can
work - or dream. May the Day of the Lord arise with healing in its wings
(Malachi 4:1-3) - because we have learned to dream in the night!"
-John Loren
Sandford, Co-Founder, Elijah House, Inc.
LINK:
http://theelijahlist.safeshopper.com/170/cat170.htm#BK-JP001
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