Changing Bride
12/30/08

A Series of Words for 2009

Ginger and I have both been sensing words from the Lord for 2009. The following is a mix of what each of us has been sensing.

In early January of last year, the Lord said that He would be opening doors that we would not expect and that after weighing with Holy Spirit discernment, we would need to walk through them, however unexpected they might seem. I believe that this will continue and will become an increasingly normal way of life for the Spirit filled Christian in the years ahead. Look for opportunities when they seem unavailable this year. Faith and trust are key and the Holy Spirit will make it clear to you.

Many doors have opened in 2008 that we would not have expected. I can testify to this in my personal walk and in my job. The election of Barak Obama is a big example. His election, and that which he stands for, namely “change,” is prophetic. Heartfelt prayer and respect for President Obama will bring about God’s changes through him. This is not to say that we should stand by and condone ungodly, unscriptural or immoral decisions without exercising our voice of concern. It does mean, however, that when we come together to pray that the Lord will supernaturally encourage right decision-making from the top down. In this form of intercession, we will be greatly successful if we do so with love, respect and a true heart of encouragement towards our next president.

So it is with the church; it must change from what it was into what it is to become in the eyes of the Father. Thus, it is this concept of “change” that is the basis behind this following word for 2009:

This is a year for the merging (coming together) in the church of the reverent Holy, Holy, Holy of the Lord with the intimate love relationship between God and His Bride. While this is a thought that many of us have had for many years, I believe that the Lord is going to bring a fresh revelation and release of it this year.

The Lord is saying that this is a year for this alignment, and of an increasing level of unity in the Body of Christ that will result in an equipping that will greatly motivate the Bride to go out and do in the power of the Holy Spirit. Therefore a key word for 2009 is… GO! Intimacy coupled with the knowledge of a Holy God will result in a great willingness to sacrifice.

I see two meetings in the same church home: One, a ruckus wild joyful rejoicing in the Presence of the Holy Spirit; the second, a meeting in Holy silence for hours as the whole group of people are prostrate on the floor in the awesome Presence of Almighty God. And both meetings are pleasing to the Father. It is the merging of these two postures that will launch the church into a new place this year.

This Christmas was prophetic in our home. In a nutshell, we sensed that this would be the last year of “introversion”; not that this was a wrong thing in the eyes of the Father. We sensed that in the years ahead we would be taking Christmas outside of our home (outside of the church) by reaching out to bring the needy into our inner circles.

Most of our family got a watch as a gift. Later we realized this was prophetic. The Lord spoke, “It’s time! It’s time now to take what you have held within your family and to take it out.” So the Lord is saying to the church, “It’s time… time to change from introversion to extroversion, not by what you can do but by what I can do through you. It’s time to gain the fullness of My Presence and then move out in it.” We’ve always known our call is to go out, but we sense that this is a year of such an alignment with the Father that our going out will become a great joy and a deep desire.

A Few Other Related Words

One: This is a year for generational unity and trust in the Holy Spirit to work through children. The Bride includes all generations in the Body of Christ. As such I expect to hear great words and see great acts of the Holy Spirit this year through children and our youth. This will unite families and the Body in vision and purpose. Fires of passionate revival will break out as a result.

Two: Many have feared that the result of this election would cause the Spirit filled intercessors to revert to a position of defending ground rather than to gain ground. I say that the intercessors will do both the duties of defending ground and taking new ground. The devil thinks he has done a great thing by damaging the world economy and causing the election of an unexpected man. However, I do not believe that this is God’s assessment at all. For the world this may very well be true but not for the Spirit filled church. Because the Holy Spirit will move in great power this year, there will be an anointing to protect and to take ground not before seen. This will emerge from that place of “Holy Holy Holy intimacy” in a new way this year.

Three: What had been a curiosity in the manifestations of the Holy Spirit in years past will give way to an understanding that the works of the Holy Spirit are absolutely necessary. As such, there is a polarization coming between the religious Spiritless church and the Spirit filled miracle-working church that is emerging. With this in mind, may we all move in love and not in judgment? This is a year that the line has been drawn in the sand and we will need to choose to either move through that door of radical spirituality –or- stay in the place of status quo. But for those who gain a vision of the Bride we were made to be, this is a year that we will see wondrous supernatural confirmation as we reap in a new way. Likewise we will go out because we no longer will be able to contain it.

Four: One last thought of serious concern. I have heard numerous prophetic words in the last few weeks of impending disaster against America within one to two years. Any word of danger that is a true prophecy always has a way out or a way through either in the spiritual or the natural. Such a word should always include what will happen coupled with how we can either prevent such a thing, or if not, how to benefit the Kingdom of God through it. If a way out or a way through is not defined, I always discount the word.

However this time, I am concerned that this is a very real word of warning and which should be heeded carefully by all who are in the Body of Christ. In Revelation and other biblical words we know that the world is slated for great turmoil and the antichrist is going to come. We cannot prevent such things (unless the Lord gives us authority in a particular event to do so). What we can do is to prepare so as to be ready for disasters both in natural and spiritual ways. In this light, I encourage the reader to prepare with all haste. The Lord will help in this. Of the greatest things one can do, I would list six concerns below:

One: Be filled with the Holy Spirit and in a church home that seeks the same. And listen for the revealed word of the Lord as we move forward in time. In the Holy Spirit you will be equipped to handle all things through Christ who strengthens you. Christ does this from His throne by sending the Holy Spirit to meet your needs in supernatural ways.

Two: Get out of debt NOW! Simplify in as much as you are able. Then simplify further!

Three: Intercede, both personally and corporately. It is by intercession that angels are released. It is by intercession that devils become bound. Intimate intercession will bring you close to Father while the Father covers and protects you. Through intercession disasters are prevented. Or if not, disasters result in Kingdom opportunity. We must be prepared for either and the opportunities that are sure to result.

Four: Strategize to reap. When the shakings come, God uses that to open doors to reap, doors that would otherwise be closed. Be ready to go out. And this is a year to practice this going out!

Five: Have faith and trust in the Lord that He will provide for us regardless of what happens. Remembering that doors will open that we would not expect, we must be watchful for these unusual but supernatural provisions from the Lord in the days ahead.

Six: Doff mammon now. Disconnect from the world system of provision and connect with the Holy Spirit’s provision power for the future. In as much as we are disconnected from the world system is as much as we will not be disappointed and stifled when world systems fall.

I know this last word is sobering. However it must be spoken. Many times, what is good for the Kingdom of God is not good for worldly systems. Is disaster coming? As the world sees it, I would suggest… yes. But as we should see it, I suggest that it will become an opportunity to reap in ways never before seen. How prepared we get ourselves in the next year or two will have everything to do with our successes thereafter.

Love to all,

Ginger and T. Scott Morton
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