How Big is Your Beach?

I think almost everybody loves a beach with lots of sand in the summer. The winters in Canada are so long that we dream of hot weather and beaches and spend lots of money going south on vacations.

Many years ago the Lord highlighted a verse in the bible to me that was about beaches. It goes like this, "If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your righteousness like the waves of the sea. Your (spiritual) descendants would have been like the numberless grains of sand (on a beach;) their name would never be cut off nor destroyed from before me." (ref. Isaiah 48:18-19 Brackets mine)

I didn't think much of it at that moment and Holy Spirit told me to read it again so I complied. I didn't understand what He wanted. He told me that if I would listen to and obey his commands then I would have tons of spiritual descendants. That got my attention!

So how big is my beach? Good question. If I am willing and obedient I will eat the good of the land, which includes all the promises He has made to me.

My family used to vacation around Lake Winnipeg and there are some beautiful, long beaches on that lake. So whenever my faith seems small, I think about how big one of those beaches is and I am in awe of how great our God is.

I don't know how He is going to save billions of people and that's okay. He is God and I am not. I just know that He is true and that He's exalted above all things His name and His word. (Psalm. 138:2) My part is to believe, to keep declaring the promise and then to thank Him for the answers.

I think our beach is as small or as big as we will believe for. Maybe the better question is, "Has His love touched me in such a way that I don't want anyone, absolutely anyone to miss out on His love?"

There are countless grains of sand on a beach. Truly He can do exceedingly above and beyond all that we can ask, think and hope for according to His word (power) that abides within us. (ref. Eph. 3:20 brackets mine)
Time for me to go look at some pictures of beaches so my faith can stretch a bit more.

If you want some of this then agree with me.  Lord we want your dream for our life.  Teach us how to recognize all the ways you communicate to us and how to respond with faith, knowing that you will never lead us where you have not already gone ahead of us and prepared a way for us.  Thank you for your great Love for us, your belief in us and the power of your word in us.  We give you all the glory now and forever. Amen!

Big hugs and many blessings,
Brenda Gale Thompson

Gimli, Manitoba beach

Success and Failure

I was just thinking about success and failure in life. So many young people are buying into the lie that there's no hope and are taking their lives.

I am hear to tell you that you matter and your life is not an accident. God knew you before you were even born and had dreams and plans for your life. (Ps.139)

We cannot fail in life unless we give up. God showed me many years ago that He always has a back up plan for when we mess up. All we have to do is cry out for help and follow His guidance as best we know how and He will get us through.

Not every thought that drops into your head is one that you should allow. There is a deceiver on the loose and he's mad at God and since he can't get back at God directly he attacks God's kids--us. When those negative, hopeless, worthless thoughts come into your head and you just can't get rid of them, remember all the good things that have happened in your life and speak about them out loud. Then call a friend and ask them for help.

If you are isolated and alone cry out to God for help and don't push people away when they try to get close to you next time. I know it's a natural thing to do when you are depressed, but we have to do things differently if we want to change. It's time to learn new, healthy habits to live by.

There is hope. God can help you change. What He has done for me He will do for you.
Let me pray for you and bless you now... Lord I ask You to reveal yourself to the person reading this article. Let them feel Your love, peace and hope today. Show them that You are a Mighty God and they can rest safe in Your arms. Thank You Lord for encouraging all the people reading this today. Thank You for revealing Your plans to them in a way they can receive. Thank You so much Lord for teaching them how to recognize the lies of the devil and to choose what they think and speak about. I bless them with Your presence Lord and a revelation of Your amazing love. I give You all the glory for what You are doing in these precious peoples lives. Amen.

DON'T QUIT!!!

I love it. I saw "DON'T QUIT" on a friend's page and I started commenting and it's stuff we all should be saying every morning.

Don't quit believing God's word.
Don't quit trusting for Him to come through for you.
Don't quit asking questions when things aren't going the way you thought they would.
Don't quit declaring/commanding your morning!

Here are some of the confessions I decree:
We rule and reign through Holy Spirit. We are victors not victims! We can do all things through Holy Spirit who is in us forever! (Rom 5:17,19 2Cor.2:14, Heb13:5-6)
Greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world.
-I am enriched in all my knowledge and speaking. I have supernatural recall of the word of God.
-I am smart, witty and wise and a joy to be around.
-I do not let the pride of my heart deceive me. I ask for a humble, teachable heart today Lord. (Obed. 3)
-Let me be Your living sacrifice today, Lord. Here are my hands, mouth, feet, mind, will and emotions. Use me today for Your glory.(Rom.12:2)
Thank You Lord that because I love Your word, nothing can cause me to stumble or take offense. (Ps. 119:165)
Thanks Holy Spirit for helping me to judge myself so that I won't be judged. (1Cor. 11:31)
-Thank You Lord that I don't have fear. I have your love, power and a sound mind. Hallelujah! (2Tim.1:7)
-Thank You Lord for helping me to take negative, critical, judgmental thoughts captive and to only think and speak what is good, pleasing, edifying, noble and praise worthy. (2Cor. 10:4-5, Phil. 4:4-8)
-Thank You Lord that I have your mind today. (2Cor. 2:14) Thanks Lord that only words of love, grace mercy and power flow out of me today. (Gal. 5:19-23)
Thank You Lord that I am full of the fruit of Holy Spirit and that my growth is evident to all.
Thank You Lord that I have favor with all people. Thank You Lord for clear, concise communication and no misunderstandings today.
Thank You Lord for opening the right doors for me and closing the rest. Thanks Lord for encouragement today. Use me to encourage others too.


Mark Virkler found out that up to 80% of what people think is negative. Also, the Lord told him that the negative thoughts were not from Him. Selah. (from the book "Grace & Forgiveness" by John and Carol Arnott" Pg 37)

So if we want to be useful in the Kingdom of God we are going to have to go against the tide and choose positive scripture-based thoughts and words.

Finally, the best way I know to take a bad thought captive is to say out loud something good. Your mind will shut up and listen to what you are speaking.

This has taken me a while but I'm happy to say that I'm so, so much better at thinking only good, noble, praiseworthy, blessing thoughts. Also, I have been able to help other people because I am more sensitive to spirits of depression and suicide on people as they come close to me.

Therefore, Don't Quit. You shine like stars in the dark night when you are full of praise and thanksgiving. God wants to use you today. Don't quit asking God to use you today. Don't quit asking for His compassion that will compel you to help others. LOL. (You are going to have an exciting day now!)

I bless you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual understanding... (Col. 1:9-11)
Amen!

The ElijahList - Prophetic Words and Prophecies

The ElijahList - Prophetic Words and Prophecies

Let's all try to fast from judging others or criticizing people for a month.

Prophetic Symbolism

I saw an Angel in the spirit during worship at church a few weeks ago. He had some chains around his wrists.

Now some people are immediately thinking, "Wait a minute. Angels are mighty." I agree whole heartedly. That's why we need to ask lots of questions. Is this literal or figurative? Is this now or for the future?

I asked the Lord what to do with this picture and He said to break off the chains with declarations.

So I decreed that the spirit of revival was loosed in our church and that there were other angels now there to help this revival angel.

Well, as they say, the proof is in the pudding. We have had Holy Spirit breaks outs for many nights since then, with people feeling the presence of God as soon as they step into the sanctuary. People are getting healed, saved and delivered.

We serve a good God, who is in a good mood all the time. We can't do it without Him and He won't do it without us. So let's trust Him and if something doesn't fit, let's ask clarifying questions.

For example, I felt a heaviness for a bit last night and everyone was getting blessed and touched. The Lord told me to intercede in the middle of it. Go figure. So I asked Him, now? "Yep," I heard.

Doesn't make sense eh? Everybody else is getting mightily touched but I'm warring in the spirit, stomping around. I obeyed and thought, well He'll make it clear later. About an hour later I found out that a woman got delivered that night. Someone thought she was having an epileptic fit, but no, it was just the demon's leaving.

That's what I live for! Tears and laughter are great and I'll be a fool for Him forever, but there's nothing like the joy Holy Spirit gives when someone gets set free.

So if you see me doing some strange stuff during worship, don't worry... I am a prophetic intercessor following the voice of my King.

Sword Drill

Yesterday was a hard day with no water at all and other troubles and it's so easy to use the word of God as a weapon.
Wait, hang on a minute! I don't want to hurt family members and use the word of God as a sword to cut them down or put them in their place. No, no, NO!

That's a sneaky way to drive them away from the Bible and God. Hmmm, I think I found one of the answers to the question I asked the Lord yesterday, "How do I recognize a religious spirit?"

We all know in theory that it's Holy Spirit's job to teach, correct and edify Christians but we sure like to help Him when people tick us off! Been there and done that to my chagrin. Yeah, I have done my share of repenting and apologizing to family members and friends for 'slicing' them with scripture. (ref. 2Tim. 3:16)

If there's no love showing, we need to pause and check our hearts before we correct someone with the word of God, especially when our tone and body language are hard and critical. For me, I choose not to do the devil's work for him. It's the love and goodness of God that leads us to repent (myself included).

I want grace and mercy for myself, therefore, since I reap what I sow, I better show mercy and grace to others. Now that's not to say that I don't have to correct my children, but I better make sure my heart and motives are clean before the Lord. I have learned that when I have a questionable attitude, I better not say anything. We don't fight against flesh and blood after all.

Yesterday, I told my flesh to shut up and I prayed the Lord's prayer for everyone. I also told a couple of friends so they could back me up in prayer. I am happy to say that there was great peace in my home yesterday evening and we got everything fixed that needed fixing. Yay God!

Let's pray...Lord Jesus please help us to use our swords properly, not to hurt others but to take out the enemy wherever we recognize him. Help us to listen to You to know when someone is ready to hear a 'word' and when they are not. Thanks for keeping our families safe from our 'sword drills.' May we always know when we are going to cross the line and use our swords for wrong purposes. Amen.

Waterslide Ministry

I took my daughter to the waterslide park yesterday because there was a free event put on by CHRI, the local Christian radio station. It started to rain so I sought shelter and it got really crowded when the thunder and heavy rain started. I was praying quietly for everyone that tempers wouldn't flare and that the love of God would manifest because we'd been waiting a long time for the rain to stop.

Then a latino fellow started playing his guitar and a sing-a-long started. I squeezed my way over so I could hear and join in and we had a great time exalting Jesus and encouraging one another in the Lord. Later, he played a song where we were supposed to reach out and show Christian love by greeting one another so I overcame my own hesitancy and reached out.

As soon as I did I started getting impressions and words for people so I quickly shared them as I went from one person to another. It was so cool. There was an openness there and I felt Holy Spirit smiling as I looked to see the gold in people.

I kept singing under my breath as the rain stopped and people slowly went back to their regular activities.

I still had to fight fear with my words... the enemy did not want me encouraging people. That's all the devil has is fear... so do like I do and tell him to take a hike. You have "not been given a spirit of fear, but of love, power and a sound mind." (2Tim. 1:7) You are bold because you are righteous. (Prov. 28:1)

Sometimes I only get one word or a picture and I've learned it's better to speak the one word that God gives you and trust Him to give you more, than to sit and wait and hope that you'll get another word. I have missed many opportunities waiting for more words. Just like Peter we have to step out of the boat, figuratively and trust that He'll come through for us.

Anyhow I must have shared words with about twenty people. It went really well except for one guy. When I first saw him I got, 'Double Life.' That's not the kind of word that I want to go speak to someone because I was thinking, okay he's hiding something and I've pegged him.

Wrong. I took those thoughts captive. (2Cor.10:4-5) I asked the Lord for something else for him. Didn't get anything. Sigh. I asked the Lord if He really wanted me to go talk to this man. "Yes." sigh, okay...

When I went up to him and told him the word I had, his guard went up, and I told the Lord (in my head) "See, I told you!" but then I got some more. It turns out there was a great disconnect between this guy's past and his present life and the Lord wanted to bring healing and restoration into his past. (That wasn't so bad eh?)

So I shared what the Lord gave me then I blessed him. He said, "Oh, okay." The relief was evident on his face.

That's something I learned from Graham Cooke. When you get a negative word of knowledge, ask the Lord to tell you what to prophesy to counteract that negative word. Prophesy is always for edification, exhortation, comfort and encouragement. We never want to do the devil's work for him by criticizing or judging someone.

Anyhow, it was a great day. I saw one of the guys I shared a word with on the way out and he invited me to the radio station for a visit. Said he liked the spirit our church was operating in. Amen to that!

I have awesome leaders now. There's an openness at our church and it's so awesome to be a part of what God is doing. I have found a new freedom to be who God created me to be and all I can say is "Thank You Lord!"

If you want some of this anointing, let me pray for you.
Lord I bless the person reading this. I ask that Your kingdom come in their lives and Your will be done in your lives right now. Thank You Lord for breaking off the hindrances in their lives. Open up the possibilities in their lives to hear Your voice and to act on it. Let your love and compassion compel them to make a difference everywhere they go in Jesus' name I ask. Amen!

Now go praise and worship Him and expect Him to keep His word and inhabit your praises. Then ask Him to show you the gold in people and believe you receive it and share His love and encouragement.

When I started, all I had was His love and I would go bless people and it took me a while to recognize all the impressions I was getting were for them and not me or random things. So go have fun learning how to be His Living Sacrifice, full of His glory and passion, making a difference.
I declare that your life will never be the same. Hallelujah!