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October 22,
2005
THE BOUNCE BACK CLOUD
How to Come Into a New Level of the Glory of God
Kathie Walters
Good News Ministries
kathiewalters@mindspring.com
www.goodnews.netministries.org/kathie.htm
 GOD
IS LOOKING TO RELEASE A NEW LEVEL OF HIS GLORY.
THIS IS THE TIME to receive a deeper and stronger anointing. Did you realize
that God's glory is meant to be a part of your life? It is the inheritance of
the Body of Christ. It is already promised.
In 2 Corinthians, chapter three, it says that we are changed from glory to
glory. As we behold the glory of the Lord, we are changed from glory to glory
even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
It's Not by Might or Power...
It has nothing to do with man's effort to try and strive to please God. Trying
can be very trying; it is not trying, it is yielding to the Spirit.
"He that has entered into His
rest, has also ceased from his own works." -- Hebrews 4:10
He (Jesus) is going to present you faultless before the
Presence of His glory with exceeding joy (Jude 24). You are His trophy.
"He that began a good work in you
WILL perform it unto the day of Jesus Christ." -- Phil 1:6
The Bounce-back Cloud
While I was in Switzerland, recently, I awoke one night -- it was as if I was
wrestling with a dark cloud. Although I had some things specifically related to
Switzerland, God did also give me a word for us all.
I saw this dark cloud over the church or rather, much of the church. Then I saw
intercessors pray, and the cloud would move away. But then it would come right
back again. I wondered why it seemed so persistent in its bounce-back manner.
So, I began to ask the Lord about it. He told me: "The Body of Christ needs to
get uncovered from layers that are hiding My Glory." You see, you don't have to
plead and beg for God to send His glory -- He already did. After the death and
resurrection of Christ Jesus, His glory was released. We are changed FROM GLORY
TO GLORY, remember. But His glory on the church gets covered with religion and
sin.
So.. Back to the Cloud...
Jesus said, "The same judgments you make will come
back to you again," (Matthew 7:1-2). That's pretty serious isn't
it?
So How do you make wrong judgments? What if you make judgments that aren't
righteous? What if your judgments are biased? What if they are not the same as
God's judgments?
"God Judgments are true and
righteous altogether. . ." -- Revelation 19:2
Well, according to Jesus, those same judgments you make are
going to come back to you. They are the cloud that keeps the glory from being
manifested in your life and ministry the way God wants His inheritance to be
seen on you and in you.
So let me explain a little about judgments. The Bible says that God's judgments
are true and righteous altogether. It was prophesied of Jesus,
"He will not judge by the seeing of the eye, nor the
hearing of the ear," (Isaiah 11:3). God is the righteous judge, and
He alone is able to discern the heart and thoughts and intents of the heart. To
make ourselves the judge and dispenser of judgment is pride and folly.
If you judge another, then you presume that you are above them and therefore
able to know someone else's heart, [then] that's making yourself equal with God.
That's very scary, as the Bible is clear about the consequences of pride.
"God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble,"
( James 4:6). If you want to receive grace, then you have to give grace.
There is nowhere in the Bible where we are told to judge another. You know we
all do dumb things sometimes, and we say things without thinking -- but that
doesn't mean that someone has a wicked heart. Jesus said that the same judgment
you measure out to someone else is going to return to you. God responds to the
heart.
He May Not Sound Like You!
There may be someone who doesn't sound like you, doesn't look like you, [and]
doesn't tie in with your particular brand of Christianity, but you know what?
That doesn't mean that God's spirit is not using them, maybe in a more powerful
way than He is using you.
"He has shown thee, oh Man, what
is good and what does the Lord requires of thee - but to do JUSTLY and to LOVE
MERCY and to WALK HUMBLY WITH YOUR GOD." -- Micah 6:8
God isn't asking your opinion. He loves you, but He is not
asking your permission to use anyone. He sends His servants to bless and build
up His Body. The Body of Christ is precious, bought with the precious blood of
the LAMB.
The Holy Spirit is the encourager; He builds up, He edifies, He strengthens, and
He makes life.
God builds, and with your judgment, you can tear down what He is building. Did
you know your words and judgments can abort what the Holy Spirit is doing?
Negative Words Produce Negative Results
When we were in Switzerland, we heard so many negative things about Benny Hinn
and other power-ministries. The pity was that God sent Benny to bring an
anointing of healing to the people, but the critical and judgmental religious
spirit aborted healing from the people making the judgments and also aborted it
from other people who were sick and needed a miracle.
God didn't ask your opinion before He deposited Benny Hinn with a powerful
healing anointing. Maybe if you have a stronger healing anointing, you might be
in a position to say a few things. All judgment comes out of pride.
Break the power of negative words. If negative and judgmental words have gone
into your ears, you need to break their power and ask the Holy Spirit to get
them out. Words sow seeds in the back of the mind.
False judgment can open the door to all kinds of negative things. If it is
negative based, it will produce negative things: sickness, depression,
confusion, etc. Don't eat of that spirit. It is poisonous, and it is witchcraft.
I once sat next to a lady during a meeting. The lady was very angry and
irritated with the well-known speaker (not without reason), and she made angry
comments to me during the meeting. I didn't realize that those words had gone
into me at that time until a year later, when the Lord told me that I needed to
forgive the minister we were listening to in that meeting.
I was not consciously angry with him, but her words had gone
into me and sowed seeds without my realizing it. God is looking for some
righteous people who will not enter into the spirit of false judgment, nor
partake of it.
Ask the Holy Spirit
Ask the Holy Sprit to bring to your mind people you judged, the churches,
ministries, or your own friends. Maybe it was only a "little" judgment. Maybe
you spoke out your little judgmental words into the ears of someone else -- like
that lady did to me; it causes others to make wrong judgments and then the cloud
comes back on them too.
Wouldn't you love to have the glory of God around you all the time? Wouldn't you
love to have His presence manifested all day long? Where you work? Where you
play, where you pray, and where you worship?
[I have] one more story so that you really understand what I'm saying. David was
going to minister in a house group years ago in Georgia. This was on the Sunday
we were supposed to speak. We had not met this particular house group leader
before, so one of the elders of this church took us on Saturday evening to meet
the leader at his home.
Spirit of Adultery
We arrived with our host, myself, David, and Sue (Sue was a young woman
traveling with us at the time.) When the house group leader opened the door to
greet us, I saw a spirit of adultery in his eyes when I shook his hand. It was
bold, and the incident took me by surprise, so it threw me. He invited us into
the living room, and there were several people visiting, standing around the
room talking. Much to my surprise, who was sitting there in an armchair was an
old minister friend of ours, Arthur Burt.
Arthur had been a spiritual dad to us years before when we were in revival in
London. My mind was racing like the Energizer bunny.
"If I can see this spirit of adultery, surely Arthur can see it too. Why doesn't
he DO something? Maybe he can't see it; maybe he's not as spiritual [as] I
thought he was." I was trying to talk to him across the room with my eyes. Have
you ever done that? "Why don't you do something?" I was trying to say.
Meanwhile Sue was doing the same thing to me -- trying to talk to me with her
eyes. We must have looked really weird.
The Word Came Out
Arthur was talking to a lady on his right -- seemingly oblivious. After about 30
minutes, Arthur put his glass of orange juice on the table. Then [he] gave out a
VERY LOUD tongues and interpretation. [It was] something to this effect: "You
have until this time tomorrow to uncover or be discovered by the Spirit of God."
There was a silence for a few minutes in the room, then Arthur picked up his
juice and resumed his conversation with the lady next to him.
"I couldn't use you Kathie."
When I got back to the place we were staying, I went back to the bedroom and
closed the door. "OK," I said to God. It was a question not a statement.
"I couldn't use you, Kathie, because when you SAW the spirit,
you already judged the man," the Lord spoke to me. Then I saw, clearly, what
happened. Arthur had been around in the ministry for a long time, at least 50
years at that time. I am sure he must have seen that spirit of adultery,
although, I never asked him about it. But he didn't KNOW until God told him.
When the anointing came on him, he just obeyed and gave out the word.
But it had nothing to do with him. He was detached from it; it
was between the leader and God. Arthur was just a vessel -- a vehicle.
Incidentally, we had a great meeting that Sunday morning. In the evening, the
leader left and took off with another lady in the church! He never did come back
as far as I know. The word, by the Spirit, did it's own work. Understand?
So let me encourage you again: ask the Holy Spirit to bring to your mind the
people, ministries, and churches that you have judged and made comments about
that may have influenced others to make wrong judgments about.
It might take a few days; [it] might take a week, but God
wants you to think His thoughts. If you want to receive grace, you have to give
grace. Then the glory of God will be manifested more in your life and ministry.
If people have made false judgments about you, you need to break that Spirit of
witchcraft over yourself.
The Glory of God
It's your inheritance. God wants to walk with you and fellowship with you. He
called you as a son and daughter and as a FRIEND. Think His righteous thoughts
and learn to see what He sees.
Many Blessings
Kathie Walters
Good News Ministries
kathiewalters@mindspring.com
www.goodnews.netministries.org/kathie.htm
Anointed Children and Youth
www.goodnews.netministries.org
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Kathie Walter's Upcoming Itinerary:
Dec 9 - 10
Mighty Young Warriors Conference
High Point Church
2963 Hollis Road
Macon, GA 31206
email:
goodnews@reynoldscable.net
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