IN THE SPIRIT REALM.....THE TIME IS NOW: PRESSING THROUGH THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS

Day 13: Read Psalm 30:5.  “Weeping may last for the night, but a shout of joy comes in the morningâ€� (NASB). Unshakable praise must keep going. Judah goes first through wilderness experiences. Judah goes first in the war for our inheritance. Judah goes first to plow a way into new territory. Judah goes first when the cost is great.

Day 14: Read James 5.  The Word of God tells us to submit ourselves to God, draw near to Him and then resist the devil. I believe that as we worship and submit ourselves to a holy God, we can come into intimate contact with Him. Even though we walk here on the earth in our worshipful submission, we ascend into heaven. As we individually seek God and ascend into the Throne Room, we can hear the sound in heaven in our spirit man on Earth.

Day 15: Read Numbers 10.  Read Rev. 1.  God always led His people forth with sound. We find in Numbers 10 that trumpets would sound. We also find this all the way through the book of Revelation.  The book of Revelation is just an incredible, elaborate pageant that is interpreted to us by heavenly, celestial singers along with creatures and elders. John saw a door standing open in heaven, and the voice he heard was like a trumpet speaking and saying, “Come up here and I will show you things that must take place after thisâ€� (see Rev. 1:10). The Lord’s voice many times sounds like a trumpet calling us forth. The trumpet, or shofar, in the Word of God had a distinct sound to assemble and call God’s people to war.

Day 16: Read 2 Samuel 5.  Another sound we find before God led His troops forward was “the wind in the mulberry trees.â€� In 2 Samuel 5, David had experienced a major breakthrough in his own life. What had been prophesied over him 29 years prior had actually come into fulfillment. He then had to lead the armies forth into battle. David had one driving purpose: to get the Ark of the Covenant of God back into its rightful position in the midst of God’s covenant people. When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed as king, they rose up against him. David defeated and drove them back out of his jurisdictional authority. However, they regrouped and started coming back at him again. He then asked the Lord if he was to pursue them. In 2 Samuel 5:24 the Lord answers, “And . . . when you hear the sound of the marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then you shall advance quickly.â€� The sound of marching is not just the wind blowing the tops of the trees, but it is the hosts of heaven and the armies of God rustling the leaves and signifying they were present to help David in victory. In the book of Revelation, we find the real issue is relationship between the sounds of heaven and the demonstration of God on Earth.  Sound leads us forth.

Day 17: Read Deut. 20.  Read Deut 32:30.   One can put 1,000 to flight, but two can put 10,000 to flight. This is a valuable principle of multiplication.  Ask the Lord for an increase in strength. 

Day 18: Read Matt 18:19.  Jesus told us, "Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heavenâ€� (Matt. 18:19, NASB). This is the power of agreement that increases the effectiveness of our prayers. The word “agreeâ€� means to come into harmony with. It actually means we make the same sound on Earth that is coming from heaven.  Declare that our sounds on earth will be in harmony with the sounds of heaven.

OUR VICTORY IN THE WAR AHEAD IS DEPENDENT ON BEING IN GOD’S PERFECT TIMING

Note by Steve Shultz: God often gives Chuck "timing" dreams or words. In this case, way back in 2001, God began to speak to Chuck that before we were ready to take on a big challenge involving the whole U.S., the ice would have to be strong enough. That was meant to be a sign in the natural of what God was saying to our Government as to timing..and to the Church as to how we would pray and counsel others about timing involving the whole USA in some impending event. -- Steve Shultz

In the dream, I was standing, looking at a huge lake. The lake was covered with a coat of thin ice. A puzzle piece would drop from heaven and I would very carefully walk out upon the icy lake and put the piece in place. Before long, I recognized the puzzle that was covering the lake was a map of the United States. I finally laid the last piece of the puzzle in place. It was the state of New Mexico. Once I did that, it was as if I ascended three levels into the heavens. The best way to describe this ascension was a staircase that would go up. At each floor there was a meeting room where I would watch a counsel convening and discussing their plans. The Lord would say: “Come Up Higherâ€�.   I would then walk up to the next level. These meetings were governmental type meetings. I would watch these meeting as they occurred.  On the third floor I was able to walk into the council and see all the key issues regarding the United States and its future.

Because I was at a higher level, I could fully see the key places in the United States where the Church needed to reinforce itself. I could also see key cities that needed to be at "watch" carefully against the enemy's plan.

It seemed as if I could also see the time frame that was necessary for the Church to intercede so that the wisdom of God could come into full maturity and be executed in the earth realm. While I was watching from this third floor, the Lord’s counsel room, someone from the second floor began to approach the puzzle map that was in place upon the lake. I began to yell, "Not yet! Not yet!" He could not hear my voice and proceeded without caution, causing the ice to break and the entire puzzle plan to fall into the lake.  I then awakened. 

In discussing this dream with Native Leaders who understand natural principles in the earth, I learned that the ice begins to become thickest in mid February.  Actually, the date given was Feb. 18.  I am now enclosing an article that says now the ice has just become the thickest that its been in many years. 

-- Chuck Pierce

Note by Steve Shultz: This article (below) is just a few days old-- from March 12: http://www.planetary.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/20123/story.htm

Icy Weather Freezes Surface of Three Great Lakes
By Rajiv Sekhri

TORONTO (Reuters) - Three of North America's Great Lakes -- Lake Huron, Lake Superior and Lake Erie -- have frozen over for the first time in nearly a decade after icy weather lasting more than a month, experts at Environment Canada said on Tuesday.

     
A month of temperatures below minus 4 Fahrenheit has caused an ice blanket averaging as much as 24 inches on the lakes, creating problems for shipping companies and ferries.  "The large lakes freeze once every decade," said John Falkingham, chief of forecast operations, at the Canadian Ice Service, which is part of Environment Canada. "A sustained long, cold spell causes such an extensive ice cover."  Canadian Ice Service said satellite images showed that Superior and Huron froze over for the first time this year on Feb. 27, after record low temperatures, without a hint of the warming trend that is normal for this time of year.  That frigid weather continued into March. Last week, the temperature fell below minus 13 Fahrenheit in southern Ontario, the coldest for March in a century, according to Environment Canada.  The cold weather has affected the St. Lawrence Seaway, which will now open on March 31, almost a week behind schedule, said Ivan Lantz, director of marine operations for the Shipping Federation of Canada, an organization of ship owners and agents involved in the overseas trade.  "My estimate is that before the 15th of April, shipping is going to be very difficult," Lantz said.