A Powerful Word...

Friends, please forgive me for the lack of writing I have been doing lately. I have encountered a slight illness that has been upon me for about a week now... some good days, some not so good days. I am not extremely sick, just under the weather enough to have a good day followed by a couple cruddy days... keep praying for me.

I wanted to write today as the result of an extremely powerful prophecy that has come from one of the foremost speakers in the Evangelical circles, Kay Arthur. Please read this account in it's entirety, and more importantly, let it stir your life to action.

Beth Moore email message concerning Kay Arthur revelation.Dear Ones,On June 27th and 28th I attended a conference in Atlanta called Deeper Still. Internationally known speakers Kay Arthur, Beth Moore and Priscilla Shirer were there and I looked forward to a special time of worship and having God convict me of my sins and lead me to areas in my life where I need to change. I have been to similar conferences for years, although none this large and with so many well-known speakers. There were over 20,000 women in attendance at the Phillips Arena in Atlanta - they said it was the largest crowd ever. I had an idea of what to expect from the conference, but; nothing prepared me for what actually happened. I feel led to share my experience with family and friends. This is important, so stay with me!When Kay Arthur took the stage you could just tell that her spirit was heavy and there was a certain 'heaviness' in the atmosphere even before she started to speak. She said that she had been literally physically sick to have to bring us this message and right out the gate she said, 'We are in grave danger.' She said that God had revealed to her that a literal famine is coming to America. Physical, not spiritual. She said that God is moving in judgment against our nation. I know I can't describe this well enough, but the atmosphere was ominous. Kay is a seasoned speaker and she had to BATTLE to get through her message. She stumbled over scriptures and had an extremely difficult time. At times I was almost expecting her to collapse. At one point she just had to stop and pray. There was no person, myself included, that I could see who did not have tears streaming down their faces. As you may know, Kay Arthur is normally a very confident, composed speaker, but she was literally in a spiritual battle and it was taking place right before my eyes. I have never seen anything like it. She went on to give 7 things that Christians must do during this time and I am going to give those to you now: 1. Jer 4:3- Break up the fallow ground- return to Me. Repent. Get on your face before God and ask him to break your heart with the things that break His heart. 2. Mourn- =er. 9:17-18 and Ezekiel 9. It is time to weep because our nation's sin is incredible. 3. Pray- Jer 36:7- Pray fervently, passionately for4. Love God's Word- Jer. 2=. You MUST love the Word of God and be in the Word of God. I was particularly convicted here because I know I have not been as deeply in His Word as I need to be. She said we must get serious about this. 5. Love others as Jesus loved them. Jer. 31:3 and John 13:34. 6. Introduce people to Jesus Christ. It's time to get serious about this. This is no time for timidity. Jer 31:31; Jer 33:1-9 and 15 and 17. 7. Rest. If you will do these things, then rest in the fact that you have done God's will. She said that it is going to be vitally important for us to get enough physical rest. She went on to say that God has not given us a spirit of fear and that if we are obedient to Him, we will be protected. She said to read Ezekiel 14 over and over until you understand it. This is what God will do if a country turns against Him. She said that this is going to be a calamity =she used the word calamity in such a way that you knew this is going to be no small thing for our country, and gave many more scripture references, but what I have given you are the main points that she made. I hope you know that I would not have sent this to you if I had not been profoundly affected by it and feel it is of great importance to share it. Thank you for taking the time to read this and I hope you will do with this information what you feel led by God to do.
Love in Christ Jesus, Beth

We must go through many hardships...

And now I know to some degree what Paul was meaning... the "road to the kingdom" is one marked with struggles and attacks. Yet it still is one that is completely worth the journey!

In Acts 14:22, Paul was encouraging the disciples in some of the cities he had established churches, and he says, "we must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God." I noticed when I read this that he wasn't speaking merely to pastors or spiritual leaders, but to the disciples as a whole. He was saying the road of the believer, is one filled with hardship.

Hardship because we have an enemy of our soul. Hardship because we are living in a hostile world. Hardship because the spiritual enemy we face is not always understood or even seen in the natural. It's a road that brings about hardship, yet it's worth the journey.

I don't know what your hardships consist of. They might be relational dissension, financial struggle, physical ailment... or a combination of these, and you might not know how to battle these things... well right after Paul tells the church they will endure hardship, he appointed elders, they prayed and fasted and they continued to commit themsleves to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust. What a fantastic piece of advice for us... prayer, fasting and recommitting ourselves to the Lord!

God is great, and He is on our side!

Have a blessed day, pray, fast and recommitt yourselves to Him.