Nearly a year ago, I called the readers of this blog to prayer not only for the persecuted Christians, especially in the Middle East, but also for their oppressors, the ISIS fighters.
The reason why they are staging now more terrorist attacks around the world is because they are losing ground in the Middle East, not only militarily, but most of all spiritually.
Many Islamic fighters were deeply moved by the love showed to them by many Christians even as they were being murdered, they cannot shake off the peace that they saw in their eyes, and they cannot forget their courage.
But most of all, many of them are seeing visions of Jesus Himself, who comes to them in their dreams showing them His scars( Islam teaches that Jesus was never really crucified) and calling them to live for Him instead of killing others.
Last week, one of my Arabic speaking friends shared with me some testimonies of ISIS fighters becoming followers of Jesus and asking Christians to forgive them and to pray for them. I cannot share too many details of those very supernatural conversions here as to not identify them, but I am sharing this with you to encourage you to continue to pray for them. God is answering our prayers.
In this context, I understand more and more why the Lord told us to "bless those who curse us and pray for those who persecute us." We must remember that our battle as apostle Paul taught us, is not against flesh and blood. Do not look at people who mistreat you as your enemies, the real enemy is that evil spiritual force that keeps them in bondage and uses them to hurt us and hurting them as well in the process.
Satan is real and he hates humanity, but Jesus came, died, and rose again to save those who are lost, even those who you might consider an enemy. No matter who is it that causes you pain, a nasty coworker, your in-laws, whoever it is. Bless them, show them kindness, pray for them instead of returning evil for evil, and see how God will change the situation you are in for the better of both you and them. This is the gospel in action and the power of God. This is what those ISIS fighters do not have and when they experience it, they will be changed forever. The Gospel of Jesus Christ won over many hateful ideologies before and will win over this one as well. The victory is on our side already.
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Saturday, June 20, 2015
The Harvest Dream
This dream followed immediately after the wave dream, which I shared with you on this blog back in May 2014. You can find it in the archives if you have not read it yet.
The scenery changed, but I knew that it was a continuation of the wave vision which means that there will be the passage of some time between the fulfillments of them.
Since the city was destroyed by the wave, I saw myself and many others walking through the country side with back packs containing our few belongings on our backs. The day was sunny and the grass on the hills was vibrant green and as we walked on a narrow straight dirt path we came before the view of a huge field of wheat. I noticed that the grains were very large and the stalks were bending slightly under their weight as they were moved back and forth by a gentle wind.
I thought to myself "what a rich harvest this will be for this country." While I was admiring the harvest, I heard a voice from heaven saying "But you have to be careful not to lose any of it."
The interpretation that came to me was that as the future move of the Holy Spirit and God's judgment will remove the ministries that were built by our human efforts ( the city, high rise buildings) to feed human pride rather than to build the kingdom of God, the Lord will call out of this present church system people who are willing to humble themselves (modest backpacks, few belongings) and be led by the Holy Spirit on a narrow straight dirt path of God's righteousness that not too many people are willing to walk on because it does not bring visibility, acclaim, or money like running big ministries does, but God will enable them to reap great harvest of souls for His kingdom.
And I think that this is already beginning to happen. Many large ministries are being exposed for compromise and watering down of the gospel message in order to maintain themselves. Many of them have fallen to greed and manipulation in order to maintain their visibility, so their effectiveness in affecting real change in people and truly winning souls for God's kingdom went down. The tangible presence of the Holy Spirit has left them, there is no more anointing to break the yoke of sin, so they began preaching false doctrines such as that there is no need for repentance and that God's grace covers you even when you rebel against God and His Word and live your life in sin.
So, the people who truly love The lord and desire to walk His narrow path of righteousness disgusted by the perversion of the gospel there and rampant lifestyles of sin began leaving those churches and ministries. Many of them left to smaller churches that are still faithful to the gospel, others began forming house churches and fellowships with other like minded believers and this will continue.
In another post, I will share the third and final part of this dream vision in which I believe the Lord showed me what He is going to do in the future in and through His church, so we would not be discouraged.
Sunday, May 10, 2015
The Rapture Dream
Before I ever read about the rapture of the saints in the Bible, I had the following dream that ultimately led me to faith in Jesus Christ as my personal Saviour.
Growing up a Roman Catholic, I had never even heard of the idea or the term "rapture of the saints." I never read about it in the Bible either because I did not own one until receiving a New Testament as a gift from a young priest that used to teach us both religion and martial arts, but even then I read only the gospels and the Book of Revelation.
So, one night back in 1997 or 1998, I had a following dream. I was walking outside when suddenly my body became light and I began to rapidly rise to the sky. I felt the air blowing on me, as I rose and saw the earth getting smaller, then I began approaching the clouds. I felt a tremendous sense of excitement while wondering what or who am I going to see there and wondered where was I going. Then as I passed through he clouds, I saw a very bright light and woke up.
It was a very realistic type of dream, more like dream vision really, and I never knew what it meant until a couple of years later when reading a passage from apostle Paul describing pretty much the same thing I experienced in my dream with an explanation of what it meant.
"But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words."( 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)
When I read that, I understood that God was showing to me the same future event that both Jesus and Paul the apostle talked about. I also understood that He wanted me to be in the words of Jesus among those "counted worthy to escape the things which are coming upon the earth." It also proved to me that it was really God personally reaching out to me through dreams and visions and showing me things I could not have otherwise known. It also proved to me that the Bible is indeed inspired by Him and not made up by people alone.
Now, I don't know whether I will in fact be physically alive during the time of rapture, but from this biblical passage, I do know that even if I physically die before it happens, I will still be part of it as one of those whom God will raise from the dead and take to Him on that day, and if you trust your life to Jesus and faithfully follow Him for the rest of your life, then you can be sure that you will be there as well. What a glorious Day it will be!
Also read: The Second Rapture Dream
Growing up a Roman Catholic, I had never even heard of the idea or the term "rapture of the saints." I never read about it in the Bible either because I did not own one until receiving a New Testament as a gift from a young priest that used to teach us both religion and martial arts, but even then I read only the gospels and the Book of Revelation.
So, one night back in 1997 or 1998, I had a following dream. I was walking outside when suddenly my body became light and I began to rapidly rise to the sky. I felt the air blowing on me, as I rose and saw the earth getting smaller, then I began approaching the clouds. I felt a tremendous sense of excitement while wondering what or who am I going to see there and wondered where was I going. Then as I passed through he clouds, I saw a very bright light and woke up.
It was a very realistic type of dream, more like dream vision really, and I never knew what it meant until a couple of years later when reading a passage from apostle Paul describing pretty much the same thing I experienced in my dream with an explanation of what it meant.
"But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words."( 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)
When I read that, I understood that God was showing to me the same future event that both Jesus and Paul the apostle talked about. I also understood that He wanted me to be in the words of Jesus among those "counted worthy to escape the things which are coming upon the earth." It also proved to me that it was really God personally reaching out to me through dreams and visions and showing me things I could not have otherwise known. It also proved to me that the Bible is indeed inspired by Him and not made up by people alone.
Now, I don't know whether I will in fact be physically alive during the time of rapture, but from this biblical passage, I do know that even if I physically die before it happens, I will still be part of it as one of those whom God will raise from the dead and take to Him on that day, and if you trust your life to Jesus and faithfully follow Him for the rest of your life, then you can be sure that you will be there as well. What a glorious Day it will be!
Also read: The Second Rapture Dream
Saturday, April 18, 2015
Four Pale Horses And the Man Coming Out Of The Sea
This dream that I had back in December, 2010 falls into a category called in the Bible as "night visions". Whereas dreams have more fluid and dream like quality, dream visions are very clear, sometimes hard to distinguish from reality.
This dream vision was very intense. I first shared it publically on March 8, 2011 not really knowing fully what it meant. Below is an excerpt from that article with a link for those of you who would like to read the whole thing. It is very interesting in the light of what had happened in the Middle East since I had this dream vision.
"Last December, I had a very strange dream vision. There was a great dark sea before me, and along with many other people, I stood on the beach. Suddenly we saw four pale ghost-like horses galloping out of the sea.
Following these horses was a man who looked similar to the late pope, John Paul II, also coming out of the sea. We could all feel an intense sense of fear, even dread as they all appeared. I remember encouraging those around me not to be afraid and trust in God.
It was quite disturbing. I did not know what to make of it really, though from the Bible of course, I knew that “great sea,” always signifies either many nations of the world or geographic region of the Mediterranean Sea, which is the Middle East.
I shared it only with my husband and couple of friends. We prayed that if this vision was from God that He would make its meaning clear to us. From my previous experience with dreams and visions, I also know that sometimes the meanings of them become clearer as the time of their fulfillment draws near."
Read more: http://relijournal.com/christianity/the-pale-horse-of-apocalypse-unleashed/#ixzz3XiIiyKMt
Then I went on to say how a friend showed me a video clip that she saw on TV of a flare during an Egyptian revolution that took the shape of a pale horse and a death rider on it. She said it reminded her of my dream vision.
The horses of death keep galloping through the Middle East as ISIS grabs more and more territory even as the Western forces try to stop it and there is also a new "man of peace" who appeared on political as well as religious world scene in a person of pope Francis who is very often being compared to late pope John Paul II. Could he be the man from my vision?
It is quite possible as this pope is heavily involved in peace process in the Middle East. Perhaps as the violence from ISIS and other Islamic militant groups keeps spreading there and more moderate Islamic countries such as Jordan are going to be attacked or perhaps even fall to the fanatics, there will be a greater push to solve Israeli-Palestinian conflict as Islamic radicals have it as their goal to destroy Israel and reclaim their land for Islam.
This pope often said that he is against "proselytising" because he believes that everyone can be saved when he does what is "good" regardless of the religion or lack of it and the Islamists often use the argument that they have to fight for their faith because of Christians who proselytize Muslims.
Perhaps the pope would strike some sort of a deal with Muslims and the condition would be that the proselytizing efforts by Christians must stop and it will cause all Bible believing Christians who obey the call of God to share the gospel with others to be persecuted by this new world religion created by pope Francis or another man acting in the same spirit.
Future will tell, but whatever happens we must obey God rather than man.
This dream vision was very intense. I first shared it publically on March 8, 2011 not really knowing fully what it meant. Below is an excerpt from that article with a link for those of you who would like to read the whole thing. It is very interesting in the light of what had happened in the Middle East since I had this dream vision.
"Last December, I had a very strange dream vision. There was a great dark sea before me, and along with many other people, I stood on the beach. Suddenly we saw four pale ghost-like horses galloping out of the sea.
Following these horses was a man who looked similar to the late pope, John Paul II, also coming out of the sea. We could all feel an intense sense of fear, even dread as they all appeared. I remember encouraging those around me not to be afraid and trust in God.
It was quite disturbing. I did not know what to make of it really, though from the Bible of course, I knew that “great sea,” always signifies either many nations of the world or geographic region of the Mediterranean Sea, which is the Middle East.
I shared it only with my husband and couple of friends. We prayed that if this vision was from God that He would make its meaning clear to us. From my previous experience with dreams and visions, I also know that sometimes the meanings of them become clearer as the time of their fulfillment draws near."
Read more: http://relijournal.com/christianity/the-pale-horse-of-apocalypse-unleashed/#ixzz3XiIiyKMt
Then I went on to say how a friend showed me a video clip that she saw on TV of a flare during an Egyptian revolution that took the shape of a pale horse and a death rider on it. She said it reminded her of my dream vision.
The horses of death keep galloping through the Middle East as ISIS grabs more and more territory even as the Western forces try to stop it and there is also a new "man of peace" who appeared on political as well as religious world scene in a person of pope Francis who is very often being compared to late pope John Paul II. Could he be the man from my vision?
It is quite possible as this pope is heavily involved in peace process in the Middle East. Perhaps as the violence from ISIS and other Islamic militant groups keeps spreading there and more moderate Islamic countries such as Jordan are going to be attacked or perhaps even fall to the fanatics, there will be a greater push to solve Israeli-Palestinian conflict as Islamic radicals have it as their goal to destroy Israel and reclaim their land for Islam.
This pope often said that he is against "proselytising" because he believes that everyone can be saved when he does what is "good" regardless of the religion or lack of it and the Islamists often use the argument that they have to fight for their faith because of Christians who proselytize Muslims.
Perhaps the pope would strike some sort of a deal with Muslims and the condition would be that the proselytizing efforts by Christians must stop and it will cause all Bible believing Christians who obey the call of God to share the gospel with others to be persecuted by this new world religion created by pope Francis or another man acting in the same spirit.
Future will tell, but whatever happens we must obey God rather than man.
Sunday, March 29, 2015
The Face of Jesus and Crown of Thorns Dream
Shortly before the end of 2010, I had the only dream in which I saw our Lord's face.
I saw a modest room that was dimly lit and a man on his knees by his bedside with his eyes closed praying. Then I saw the Lord Jesus standing by the window near that man with a very sad expression on his face. He looked just as He must have looked during His earthly ministry, very similar to the famous "Prince of Peace" painting.
I was an observer in this dream and only the Lord acknowledged my presence. He did not say anything to me, only motioned towards the praying man and placed a crown of thorns on his head and stood by him, though the praying man did not see Him. I did not hear what the man was praying for, but I had a sense that He was distressed. I did not immediately fully understand this dream, though I knew that the crown of thorns was the symbol of our Lord's suffering, but when the news of increased persecution of Christians by terrorist group called ISIS emerged in 2011, then I was reminded again of this dream.
Now, I understand that through this dream the Lord was telling me that the time was coming in which Christians would share in His suffering for His name's sake and that it could not be stopped. Just as I shared in the previous post, I believe the Lord is calling us all to remember those Christians and their persecutors in our prayers. I will be coming up to date here with more of some significant prophetic dreams that the Lord gave me over the years as well as any new ones I might have, perhaps it would encourage you to pay attention to your dreams as well and help you interpret them. God bless!
Author's Note: The photo used here is of the painting "Prince of Peace" by Akiane Kramarik who grew up in an atheists family and saw the face of Jesus in dreams and visions, and later painted it. It is the only painting of Jesus' face that other children who saw Him in visions confirm is the closest to what they saw as well.You can see more art by her by clicking on her name in the credit i gave above.
I saw a modest room that was dimly lit and a man on his knees by his bedside with his eyes closed praying. Then I saw the Lord Jesus standing by the window near that man with a very sad expression on his face. He looked just as He must have looked during His earthly ministry, very similar to the famous "Prince of Peace" painting.
I was an observer in this dream and only the Lord acknowledged my presence. He did not say anything to me, only motioned towards the praying man and placed a crown of thorns on his head and stood by him, though the praying man did not see Him. I did not hear what the man was praying for, but I had a sense that He was distressed. I did not immediately fully understand this dream, though I knew that the crown of thorns was the symbol of our Lord's suffering, but when the news of increased persecution of Christians by terrorist group called ISIS emerged in 2011, then I was reminded again of this dream.
Now, I understand that through this dream the Lord was telling me that the time was coming in which Christians would share in His suffering for His name's sake and that it could not be stopped. Just as I shared in the previous post, I believe the Lord is calling us all to remember those Christians and their persecutors in our prayers. I will be coming up to date here with more of some significant prophetic dreams that the Lord gave me over the years as well as any new ones I might have, perhaps it would encourage you to pay attention to your dreams as well and help you interpret them. God bless!
Author's Note: The photo used here is of the painting "Prince of Peace" by Akiane Kramarik who grew up in an atheists family and saw the face of Jesus in dreams and visions, and later painted it. It is the only painting of Jesus' face that other children who saw Him in visions confirm is the closest to what they saw as well.You can see more art by her by clicking on her name in the credit i gave above.
Friday, February 27, 2015
Tornado Dreams
I had my first tornado dream in December of 1999. It was a very vivid dream. In this dream, I stood outside with a very good view of the country side when suddenly, I saw a huge dark tornado approaching me fast. In reality, I never saw a tornado except on the news or in movies, so this sight really frightened me. I wanted to seek shelter, but could not move. The tornado kept coming, I could feel the wind and hear its roar by now. "I will never survive this." I thought and began preparing for my death, praying for the Lord to accept my spirit when I heard a still, but clear voice in my mind saying, "Just hold on to that fence and trust Me."
Then I noticed this shaky fence in front of me, so I grabbed it as it was really way too late to run anywhere anyway and closed my eyes as this tornado hit me. I could feel the wind, its power and fury, but shockingly it was not affecting me at all! I still just stood there holding on to that shaky fence. I opened my eyes when the wind was gone and saw the calm. The sky was still cloudy, but clear of the storm. I looked to my side and saw bunch of other people holding the fence just as I did. We began banding together and looking for any other survivors. We saw devastated houses, but no people. The only ones who stayed alive were those who held onto that fence.
I knew it was a prophetic dream, so I prayed for an interpretation. What came to me was this. The storm (tornado) was some kind of trouble the enemy was going to cause in a near future and it is going to affect everyone. Believers and unbelievers alike will have to go through this, but only believers who trust God in the midst of this storm will be supernaturally protected from its effects and they are going to be brought together for His purposes. It seems that I am not the only one who had this kind of dream. The late John Paul Jackson was asked often for interpretation of similar dreams and his guidelines for its interpretation agreed with the interpretation I received as well. Just this past Sunday my pastor from Poland also shared a similar dream with his congregation. This storm is already upon us and will intensify, but all of us who know their God and listen to His voice will stay strong and carry out great exploits. (Daniel 11:32) I find it very interesting that this particular verse came to me just now as I am writing this because it is about resisting the evil in the person of Antichrist and his deceptive flattery. Is he about to appear on the world stage soon? I would not be surprised...
Then I noticed this shaky fence in front of me, so I grabbed it as it was really way too late to run anywhere anyway and closed my eyes as this tornado hit me. I could feel the wind, its power and fury, but shockingly it was not affecting me at all! I still just stood there holding on to that shaky fence. I opened my eyes when the wind was gone and saw the calm. The sky was still cloudy, but clear of the storm. I looked to my side and saw bunch of other people holding the fence just as I did. We began banding together and looking for any other survivors. We saw devastated houses, but no people. The only ones who stayed alive were those who held onto that fence.
I knew it was a prophetic dream, so I prayed for an interpretation. What came to me was this. The storm (tornado) was some kind of trouble the enemy was going to cause in a near future and it is going to affect everyone. Believers and unbelievers alike will have to go through this, but only believers who trust God in the midst of this storm will be supernaturally protected from its effects and they are going to be brought together for His purposes. It seems that I am not the only one who had this kind of dream. The late John Paul Jackson was asked often for interpretation of similar dreams and his guidelines for its interpretation agreed with the interpretation I received as well. Just this past Sunday my pastor from Poland also shared a similar dream with his congregation. This storm is already upon us and will intensify, but all of us who know their God and listen to His voice will stay strong and carry out great exploits. (Daniel 11:32) I find it very interesting that this particular verse came to me just now as I am writing this because it is about resisting the evil in the person of Antichrist and his deceptive flattery. Is he about to appear on the world stage soon? I would not be surprised...
Thursday, May 15, 2014
The Wave Dream
Back in early 2003, I had a series of three related prophetic dreams regarding the future of the church. The first of them was about the wave.
In it, I was in one of the buildings of a beautiful city. There were many different gorgeous buildings of various sizes and many high rise buildings too. The streets were immaculately clean and all its inhabitants were very proud of that city which I felt they had built. I was one of them and I felt the sense of pride when looking at it through the window of one of the high rise buildings that I was staying in.
It was a beautiful sunny day and the sky was clear when suddenly at the far distance a small grey rain cloud appeared. In a few minutes it drew close and it began to rain, very lightly at first, but then the rain intensified and it rained harder. I saw clear water running through the streets, which were turning into streams of rushing water, when I noticed a huge wave of crystal clear water quickly approaching the city. The wave was forceful and it was higher than the highest buildings of the city.
I thought, this city will surely be destroyed and I wondered what to do and what will become of all the inhabitants of the city, then the dream ended.
I knew that this dream was from God and after thinking about the symbols that were in it, I came to the following interpretation.
The city and its buildings symbolized the work of men and that is why all the people in it , including myself, were having a sense of pride in it. this were the various Christian ministries built by human effort, in our human strength.
Clear water, on the other hand represents the work of the Holy Spirit and His power. This city was beautiful, but it lacked the power of the Holy Spirit and did not give much room for what He wanted to accomplish. I believe that this dream showed that in the coming years the Holy Spirit was going to begin a very special work that would eventually take over and destroy that which was not built according to God's will and purpose in His Church.
It will begin small like that rain, but soon it will become streams and rivers in the city and eventually the tidal wave of the Holy Spirit will completely take over and we will witness His power in the Church once again, but we will have to leave behind our own ideas, ways, self will, and our pride.
I can see it already happening. More and more dedicated believers are not satisfied by just "doing church" anymore and they begin to follow the lead of the Holy Spirit to go beyond that, learning how to be the Church instead. They are beginning to build solid relationships with other believers instead of "building ministries," these relationships help them to build each other up spiritually, so they are not confined to just their local churches or denominations, we are all beginning to see that we are part of something bigger.
Interestingly enough a house church movement that began about a decade ago is called a "tidal wave" and it is growing on all continents of the world.
It has been happening for quite some time in countries were the Church is being severely persecuted such as in China or Iran, but now it is beginning to also grow in Europe and North America. Some church leaders see it as a threat to their leadership, but I think that it is of God. The Church has been divided around individual ministries and/or denominations for far too long and most believers were cut off from the rest of the body and God's life. It resulted in immaturity and unhealthy reliance on a one or few charismatic leaders, which then often turned into a personality cult.
I believe that The Lord is now changing this situation, so we can be a greater witness to the fallen world and be prepared for His return. He is not going to come back for the bride with spots and wrinkles, battered and bruised by sin. He is coming for His beautiful bride washed in His blood, strong, pure, and triumphant. I don't know how about you, but I want to be a part of that.
Author's note: Image the courtesy of secretsofsurvival.com
In it, I was in one of the buildings of a beautiful city. There were many different gorgeous buildings of various sizes and many high rise buildings too. The streets were immaculately clean and all its inhabitants were very proud of that city which I felt they had built. I was one of them and I felt the sense of pride when looking at it through the window of one of the high rise buildings that I was staying in.
It was a beautiful sunny day and the sky was clear when suddenly at the far distance a small grey rain cloud appeared. In a few minutes it drew close and it began to rain, very lightly at first, but then the rain intensified and it rained harder. I saw clear water running through the streets, which were turning into streams of rushing water, when I noticed a huge wave of crystal clear water quickly approaching the city. The wave was forceful and it was higher than the highest buildings of the city.
I thought, this city will surely be destroyed and I wondered what to do and what will become of all the inhabitants of the city, then the dream ended.
I knew that this dream was from God and after thinking about the symbols that were in it, I came to the following interpretation.
The city and its buildings symbolized the work of men and that is why all the people in it , including myself, were having a sense of pride in it. this were the various Christian ministries built by human effort, in our human strength.
Clear water, on the other hand represents the work of the Holy Spirit and His power. This city was beautiful, but it lacked the power of the Holy Spirit and did not give much room for what He wanted to accomplish. I believe that this dream showed that in the coming years the Holy Spirit was going to begin a very special work that would eventually take over and destroy that which was not built according to God's will and purpose in His Church.
It will begin small like that rain, but soon it will become streams and rivers in the city and eventually the tidal wave of the Holy Spirit will completely take over and we will witness His power in the Church once again, but we will have to leave behind our own ideas, ways, self will, and our pride.
I can see it already happening. More and more dedicated believers are not satisfied by just "doing church" anymore and they begin to follow the lead of the Holy Spirit to go beyond that, learning how to be the Church instead. They are beginning to build solid relationships with other believers instead of "building ministries," these relationships help them to build each other up spiritually, so they are not confined to just their local churches or denominations, we are all beginning to see that we are part of something bigger.
Interestingly enough a house church movement that began about a decade ago is called a "tidal wave" and it is growing on all continents of the world.
It has been happening for quite some time in countries were the Church is being severely persecuted such as in China or Iran, but now it is beginning to also grow in Europe and North America. Some church leaders see it as a threat to their leadership, but I think that it is of God. The Church has been divided around individual ministries and/or denominations for far too long and most believers were cut off from the rest of the body and God's life. It resulted in immaturity and unhealthy reliance on a one or few charismatic leaders, which then often turned into a personality cult.
I believe that The Lord is now changing this situation, so we can be a greater witness to the fallen world and be prepared for His return. He is not going to come back for the bride with spots and wrinkles, battered and bruised by sin. He is coming for His beautiful bride washed in His blood, strong, pure, and triumphant. I don't know how about you, but I want to be a part of that.
Author's note: Image the courtesy of secretsofsurvival.com
Saturday, May 3, 2014
Biblical Dream Interpretation

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