Larry Sparks: "British Isles/UK and Europe: It's Time to Reap What You Have Sown!" - The Elijah List

Larry Sparks: "British Isles/UK and Europe: It's Time to Reap What You Have Sown!"

 The Elijah List Apr 12, 2019

From the desk of Steve Shultz:

I sure enjoy reading the promises and plans of God over the nations of the earth.

As we read words like this, it should excite us for what God also wants to do in our own nation as well.

Larry Sparks shares this awesome prophecy he recently recevied over the British Isles/UK and Europe:

Even now, I prophesy, "British Isles and Europe, it's time for you to reap what you have sown into the nations of the earth!" What have you sown? I believe the Holy Spirit told me, "They have sown revival and reformation into the four corners of the earth."

Also included are specific prayer strategies from Larry that we can be praying into. Let's get behind this word over Europe and what God wants to do through His Church there! (To Subscribe to the Elijah List subscribe here.)

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"British Isles/UK and Europe: It's Time to Reap What You Have Sown!"

Larry Sparks, Dallas, Texas

Recently, the Spirit of the Lord said to me: "It's time for the UK and Europe to reap what they have sown."

At first glance, such a statement might produce some fear and trembling because of how we are religiously bent to think. Often, when we consider the concept of sowing and reaping, we think of how nations have sown bad things, and thus, should brace themselves for the judgment or wrath of God.

While God does have the right to judge nations, we need to also consider that the word "judgment" also includes "evaluation." And remember, our God is the One who doesn't want any people – or nations – to perish (see 2 Peter 3:9). I believe He is evaluating nations right now and He wants you to know that He has seen the seeds you've sown into the earth!

It's a Fullness of Time Moment!

Even now, I prophesy, "British Isles and Europe, it's time for you to reap what you have sown into the nations of the earth!" What have you sown? I believe the Holy Spirit told me, "They have sown revival and reformation into the four corners of the earth."

The King James Version of Galatians 6:7 uses the terminology of sowing and reaping. I like how the New Living Translation puts it: "...You will always harvest what you plant." Europe and UK: for many years, you have been planting and seeding Heaven's agenda as you have sown revival and reformation across the globe. God sees and God remembers.

Heaven has taken account and it's now a fullness of time moment where what you have sown, you will reap. (Photo via Pixabay)

I was born in the USA and I presently live in Texas. While I believe in a healthy love for one's homeland and nation, I also believe it's vital to express our appreciation to other nations for how their spiritual investments have impacted our nations. I write as a citizen of the United States right now, desiring to give honor to how your nations have touched the planet!

I'm grateful for the correspondence that Evan Roberts had with Intercessor Frank Bartleman in Los Angeles, as I have no doubt that what God was doing in Wales (Welsh Revival) in 1904 somehow jumped over the ocean and had a measurable impact on birthing the Azusa Street Revival of 1906. Wales, it's time for a fresh outpouring!

I'm grateful for the Smith sisters for praying a mighty outpouring of God's Spirit into the Hebrides Islands back in 1949 during the Lewis Awakening/Hebrides Revival. God sees Scotland, and I believe His movement in that nation is evidenced by the powerful prophetic community that is being raised up there!

I'm grateful for how Evangelist Steve Hill (Brownsville Revival) was touched by the power of God at Holy Trinity Brompton (in 1995) and that touch of God was powerfully released on Father's Day 1995 in Pensacola, FL.

England, it's time. There are an increasing number of churches that carry the fire of the Holy Spirit throughout the country. My friends with the Ramp (a youth and young adults ministry based in Hamilton, AL) have received a mandate to build a church in Manchester. The Lord says, "Look around! Consider the activity of My Spirit, both overt and covert, for this activity is evidence that I am moving and My movement will only increase."

Justified by Grace

I'm grateful for what God exported out of Germany through a priest named Martin Luther. Because of his impact, we recognize that through the Blood of Jesus we have direct access to God Himself. We are justified by grace through faith.

I'm grateful for the reformation culture exported out of Geneva, Switzerland under John Calvin, which gives us a powerful picture of a city under the influence of Kingdom ideas.

I think of George Jeffreys, the Welsh evangelist who operated in signs, wonders and miracles and founded Elim Pentecostal Church. It's interesting how this evangelist had a direct impact and influence on German-born evangelist, Reinhard Bonnke.

Time prevents me from going through revival and reformation history, person by person, recognizing the global, spiritual impact of European and British leaders on the nations of the earth. For all you've sown, it's time to reap. So, how do we respond to this prophetic word?

Here are Some Strategies to Pray Through and Act Upon:

• We agree with prophetic words through prayer and intercession. We do not agree with the secularism and darkness we see having influence on these nations. We don't pretend the problems aren't there in the name of faith; we simply pray based on what God is saying about Europe and the British Isles.

Don't pray the problem; pray the solution.

• We volunteer to be "sent ones," released into the harvest. By and large, this does not mean you are called to "minister" in a church setting; you are called to be the Church in whatever sphere of influence, job, trade, or educational institution you've been assigned to. The Lord is building His Church; it just looks a whole lot different than we think. You are filled with the Holy Spirit to go to the people and places in your sphere of influence and function as a prophetic problem-solver. For as you deliver solutions to the problems and crises that have stumped everyone else, you will be given platforms to reveal the "Source" of your supernatural solutions: the Holy Spirit, Christ in you! (Photo via Pexels)

• We make room for the Holy Spirit in our local church gatherings. It's impossible to see culture shift without a local church that maintains an open atmosphere to the supernatural movement of the Spirit. I prophesy, Europe and UK – may the fire of God burn strong in your churches! I even see some of the ancient landmarks of faith, the cathedrals and beautiful sanctuaries of old, coming alive again with the fire of God.

• I see intercessors and prophets becoming key voices in this season, as you will be receiving prayer strategies from Heaven that you are called to prophesy and decree over your cities, regions, and nations.

• The Spirit of the Lord will sovereignly remind you of past promises and prophecies for your cities and nations. These words were never meant to become "forgotten things," they are Heaven-sent strategies to help us effectively pray and war in the spirit for the destinies of our nations.

• I specifically see people praying over the ground in these nations, declaring: "Spring up, oh well!" (see Numbers 21:17). The Lord is saying, "My Bride will once again sing the 'song of the well'" in Europe and the British Islands." (To Subscribe to the Elijah List subscribe here.)

Larry Sparks, MDiv
Equip Culture
Email: equipculture@gmail.com
Website: www.LarrySparksMinistries.com

Larry Sparks is a prophetic author, speaker, and lecturer on revival. He presently serves as publisher for Destiny Image (destinyimage.com), a Spirit-filled publishing house pioneered by Don Nori Sr. in 1983 with a mandate to publish the prophets. Larry is fueled by a vision to help the Church community create space for the Holy Spirit to move in freedom, power and revival fire, providing every Believer with an opportunity to have a life-changing encounter in the Presence of God. 

In addition, Larry is a regular contributor to Charisma Magazine, he conducts seminars on revival, hosts regional Renewing South Florida gatherings, and has been featured on Sid Roth's It's Supernatural, TBN, CBN, the ElijahList, and Cornerstone TV. He is author of Breakthrough Faith, The Fire That Never Sleeps with Michael Brown and John Kilpatrick, compiler of Ask for the Rain, and co-author of Arise with Patricia King. He earned a Master of Divinity from Regent University and enjoys life in Texas with his beautiful wife and beloved daughter.

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Kathie Walters: "Eagles: Make Sure There Are No Weights On Your Wings" - THE ELIJAH LIST

Kathie Walters: "Eagles: Make Sure There Are No Weights 

On Your Wings"

Kathie Walters

Jul 1, 2017

From the desk of Steve Shultz:

Some of the greatest things happen when we "rest" in the Lord. And let me just say "rest" doesn't mean inactivity...it means yielding and letting Holy Spirit work through you too!

Just as my friend Kathie Walters shares about yielding:

The object of our ministry or moving in God is that God gets the glory. The glory of God never comes on what we do, it comes on what He does. This brings me back to what I said in the beginning. "God doesn't want us to work for Him but He wants us to yield to Him..."

Read this by Kathie Walters...and you'll learn a thing or two as you yield to the Holy Spirit and let Him minister through you! (To Subscribe to the Elijah List subscribe here.)

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"Eagles: Make Sure There Are No Weights On Your Wings"

Kathie Walters, Macon, GA

The Bible Says We Are to, "Lay Aside Every Weight"

I have heard Bill Johnson say, "Faith comes from a place of rest." I believe this is very important message right now. Too many of God's people are still struggling and trying and you don't need to. Eagles don't flap, they soar! God is calling you to soar in the heavenly places and it's easy.

Did you realize that religious mindsets produce weights and religious spirits always produce striving in some way? Striving and trying and "working at it" will take you out of the spirit very fast. The Holy Spirit is not striving to make something happen or "working" at it, and God doesn't really want you working for Him. Rather, He wants you to yield to His Spirit and allow Him to work through you.

We Do the Yielding and He Does the Doing

When you yield and allow God to work through you awesome things happen. "For it is God who works in you, both to will and to do for His good pleasure"(Philippians 2:13).

"God is the One who has the ability to change hearts, and do the supernatural things that give glory to His name."

One of the biggest undetected weights that sit on God's people is what I call false responsibility. The problem with false responsibility is that it can sound good and moral. And so we mean well, but forget who we are and who we are not.

In our efforts to be good Christians and good ministers, we try to do things we have no power to do. We forget that we can't change anyone or make them do anything. If you try and be the Holy Spirit you will fail, as only God can change the heart, bring true deliverance and save a soul. He is the only one who can do supernatural miracles, sign and wonders.

Recognizing False Responsibility

Did you know that many revivals have been quenched out by false responsibility? Evan Roberts was a young man who was powerfully used by God in the great Welsh revival of 1904. The land of Wales was covered in the glory of God. The bars and pubs closed, as well as many sports events closed. Evan Roberts and others like him just allowed God to do what He wanted and mostly kept out of the way.

Town after town was visited by God, and God's power was manifest everywhere. People responded to God and God's presence. After about nine months, a heaviness began to come in some places. But still Evan carried a powerful anointing.

Eventually Evan Roberts had nervous breakdowns and brought a great heaviness on the people. You see, you can't make anyone respond; you can't make people do anything. But Evan, I'm sure out of a well-meaning heart, would get upset if people didn't respond how he thought they should. He would leave the meeting saying they were quenching the Spirit or close the meeting or scold people. But you see, Evan wasn't the Holy Spirit – it wasn't His responsibility how people responded to God. That was Holy Spirit's job.(Photo via Wikimedia Commons)

People in ministry can have nervous breakdowns when they try to be Holy Spirit. 

There is no true freedom when false responsibility is operating, because the arm of the flesh is there. You will have all kinds of stresses if you try and do what only God can do.

It's your responsibility to do what God tells you to do. It's not your responsibility how people receive or respond to Him. That's a tremendous responsibility and a very heavy weight. It can affect you physically. If you have a word for someone, it's your responsibility to offer it, but then it's between that person and God what they do and how they respond.

Our Responsibility Is To Be Spirit-Led

In many churches we are taught to "meet needs," after all that's what a good Christian is meant to do isn't it?

It might surprise you to know that Jesus did not run around Jerusalem or Bethany or Galilee trying to meet people's needs. 

In fact, Jesus really did three things: 1) He did what the Father told Him to do 2) He said what the Father told Him to say and 3) He went where the Father told Him to go...THAT'S IT.

The story of Lazarus in John chapter eleven, is a good example of what I mean. If you remember Jesus had a good friend, Lazarus. One day some people came and told Jesus to come to Bethany because Lazarus was dying. Lazarus was a good friend of Jesus, and it seems that Jesus often stayed in his house. Now that was pretty serious don't you think? They didn't say he had the flu – they said he was dying.

"There is no true freedom when false responsibility is operating, because the arm of the flesh is there. You will have all kinds of stresses if you try and do what only God can do."

You or I would have probably gone running on an electric camel or whatever because we have been raised to meet the needs or minister to the need. Well Jesus didn't immediately respond to Lazarus' need did He? He didn't leave until two days later. That's a long time to wait when someone is dying.

It took two days to get there, so that's four days, and when he got to the house Lazarus was already dead, and there was a little reception committee waiting. Some people were complaining and then came the zinger, "If You'd been here this wouldn't have happened and Lazarus would not have died" (see John 11:21).

I would say that's some heavy condemnation and blame right there. But Jesus didn't go to have a religious debate, He went to go to the tomb and speak to Lazarus. And He did!

"Lazarus, come forth." Jesus spoke out loud.

And guess what? That's right, Lazarus got up and came out of the cave. If Jesus hadn't called Lazarus' name then everyone would have gotten up that day, and there would have been a lot of confusion in Bethany.

Do you know what Jesus says before calling Lazarus from the grave? He says, "Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?" (John 11:40)

The object of our ministry or moving in God is that God gets the glory. The glory of God never comes on what we do, it comes on what He does. This brings me back to what I said in the beginning. "God doesn't want us to work for Him but He wants us to yield to Him so that, "He can work through us both to will and to do for His good pleasure." (Philippians 2:13) (Photo via Pixabay)

Shake off this weight. It's heavy and it will steal your joy. It will make you struggle and strive. I know ministries all around the world and one thing I can tell you, the sharpest people I know in the spirit realm are the lightest. Weights don't help you or anyone else, they just keep you in the religious realm.

Bill Johnson added this to my message, "Peace is what guards our hearts and minds. This is where anxiety (and fear) take root. Protecting our peace makes it possible for peace to protect our faith, and faith never comes from striving. Faith comes from rest and from surrender."

Always move out in peace and rest and faith. In Hebrews 4:10 it says, "He that is entered into His rest, has ceased from his own works as God did from His." We enter God's rest through faith, not by works.

God is the One who has the ability to change hearts, and do the supernatural things that give glory to His name. (To Subscribe to the Elijah List subscribe here.)

Kathie Walters
Good News Ministries
Email: kathiewalters@mindspring.com
Website: www.kathiewaltersministry.com

Kathie Walters is an international speaker who brings freedom to those who feel they have to "qualify." She also ministers in the supernatural and believes that the supernatural realm is for everyone.

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Kathie Walters' Itinerary:

Note: Events are subject to change at the ministry's discretion. We suggest you always check first with the event contact listed here and/or directly visit their website for latest updates on each event.

July 28-29, 2017
"Knowing the Holy Spirit - Eagles and Owls"
Eyes of Fire Ministries Inc
Regency Park
9400 Atlantic Blvd Ste 92, Jacksonville, FL
(for more information click here)

August 5, 2017
"The Supernatural Seers Realm" Part I
Life Connections Wellness Center and Cafe
7 Main St. Flemington, NJ 08822
(for more information click here)

August 19, 2017 (10am)
The Supernatural Seers Realm Part II
Life Connections Wellness Center and Café
7 Main St., Flemington, NJ 08822
(for more information click here)

"RE-DIGGING THE WELLS OF REVIVAL: My Visits to Cane Ridge and Wales" - Dutch Sheets

"RE-DIGGING THE WELLS OF REVIVAL: 

My Visits to Cane Ridge and Wales"

Dutch Sheets, Dallas, TX

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Scripture makes it clear that the Lord accomplishes His purposes on the earth not through one man or movement, but through the labors and legacy of many across multiple generations (Hebrews 11:39-12:2). Working through a divine timeline that extends beyond a single lifetime, the Lord desires that we honor and build upon the foundations laid by those who have gone before us. In Genesis 26, we are told that when Isaac dug water wells, he didn't get to start with his own. Isaac recognized his hereditary right and responsibility to re-dig and restore the ancient wells of his father Abraham, which the Philistines stopped up after he died.

It was after re-digging his father's wells that the Lord appeared to Isaac and pronounced over him the same blessing previously spoken over Abraham. Not long after that, the Lord allowed Isaac's servants to unearth his very own well. 

I have spent more than a decade of my life teaching about the synergy of the ages; exhorting Believers that in order for us to move forward in fulfilling God's purposes for our generation, we must reach back to remember, honor and add to what He has done through previous generations. 

Through a recent sequence of events, however, the Lord once again invited me to tap into some historic wells of revival in order to release a fresh river of His glory to flow into our generation. (Photo via Dutch Sheets)

A few months ago, I was invited to minister at a small log cabin-style church in Kentucky, which happens to be the site of the historic Cane Ridge Revival of the late 1800's. During that powerful move of the Holy Spirit, tens of thousands of people came by wagon to the hillsides of Kentucky, hungry to hear the preaching of the Word and bask in the glory of God for days at a time.

At these camp meetings, it was common to see dozens of ministers preaching simultaneously across the countryside, while multitudes were strewn along the ground, being moved upon by the extremely weighty presence of God. This revival swept through the southern states and beyond, helping to birth the Second Great Awakening! I found it most interesting that the Lord set up my itinerary in such a way that from Cane Ridge, He sent me to Wales—another extremely significant site of revival history!

Moving From Well to Well

The nation of Wales is the place where revivalist Evan Roberts was baptized in the fire of God and commissioned by the Lord as a leader in the world-reaching Welsh Revival of the early 1900's. So many people were radically saved in that spiritual outpouring, that the nation of Wales experienced societal transformation. Judges had no cases to try, and law enforcement officials had no crime to deal with, so they formed traveling evangelistic singing groups!

The presence of God was so strong among the common people that pubs closed down, sporting events were cancelled, thousands of depressed and drunken miners came to Jesus, and hundreds left everything behind to give their lives on the foreign mission field. It is believed that since the 1900's, there has never been a revival in world history that cannot trace its roots back to the nation-shaking Welsh Revival.

Wales was also home to Rees Howells, another significant contributor to revival history. His life of intercession, chronicled in the biography, Rees Howells Intercessor, has greatly influenced many people and movements of prayer, myself included. After being powerfully swept into the Welsh Revival, this former miner-turned-missionary devoted the rest of his life to serving the purposes of God for his generation—in the place of prayer.

In 1924 Howells founded The Bible College of Wales to train others in what the Lord had taught him. That place soon became a house of prayer for all nations, with students and staff joining Howells in fighting world battles on their knees. 

What transpired on that small campus unquestionably affected the course of world history, and has left a legacy of prayer that the Lord is inviting us to lay hold of today. (Photo of Dutch and Ceci Sheets and friends in front of The Bible College Of Wales, via Dutch Sheets)

Fighting The Battles Of The Kingdom 

Howells' intercessors prayed all through World War II, engaging in the spiritual warfare necessary to take down the demonic powers encroaching upon the governments of nations through the dictatorial leadership of men like Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini. They also prayed fervently through the 1948 UN-mandated vote on Israel's status as a nation. Even after Howells' passing, their ardent intercession continued under the leadership of his son, Samuel. They prayed through the Cuban missile crises, the Cold War between the US and the USSR, and also helped pray in the signs and wonders movement of the 40's, 50's and 60's.

Their story could be likened to Moses' hilltop intercession affecting Joshua's frontline battle. Scripture states that as long as Moses held up the staff of God in his hand, Joshua and Israel prevailed, but when Moses let his hands down, the enemy prevailed.

Through this prophetic act of intercession—lifting up the rod, which represented the authority and power of God—the Lord faithfully responded by releasing victory on the battlefield (Exodus 17:8-16). Likewise, Howells and his intercessors continually "held up" spiritual authority in the heavenlies while soldiers experienced miraculous breakthroughs, enabling them to execute victory on the battlefield.

During WWII in particular, God would give Howells prophetic insight concerning what was going to happen next and where they needed to strategically focus their intercession. After class each day, these devoted intercessors would contend in travailing prayer for hours and hours on end, sometimes praying through the night. They were determined to match in the spirit realm, the level of intensity and self-sacrifice experienced by heads of nations and soldiers on the frontlines of battle. (The Blue Room where Howells and his intercessors prayed, via Dutch Sheets)

Impassioned about fulfilling their godly calling, Howells said, "If I am not called up to fight, and I know another way to help them and I don't do it, I ought to be killed instead of them. They are facing death...for you and me. If they suffer more than we suffer for them, it will be our lifelong shame." (From Rees Howells: Intercessor, Chapter 36 – Russia, North Africa, Italy, "D" Day)

Howells and his students gave their lives to fighting the battles spiritually as if they were called to the frontlines of the war. And with each new assignment, these hidden intercessors prevailed in their prayers, and the world marveled and breathed heavy sighs of relief at such dramatic turnarounds.

Redigging A Well

Despite the rich revival history at The Bible College of Wales, this spiritual well had fallen into disrepair. After the death of Howells' son, Samuel, the directors of the school found it too costly to maintain the campus and keep the school running. For decades, the property went further into decay and was about to be sold to a developer for housing. The Lord, however, had other plans and saw to it that this spiritual well was preserved and unstopped. He moved upon the heart of a pastor from Singapore, who not only caught God's vision for restoring that place but also was willing to pay the price to make it happen. This pastor raised 10 million dollars to purchase and restore the historic Bible College of Wales so that people from around the world could drink from this well of revival once again!

As a student of revival history, a teacher on intercession, and one called to awaken this nation to the purposes of God through prayer, it has always been a great desire of my heart to visit Wales and drink from its spiritual wells. Right after my time of ministry at Cane Ridge, I had the great honor of not only visiting the Bible College of Wales, but also serving as a key participant in the rededication ceremony for this historic well of revival.

During our stay at the Bible College, Ceci and I were assigned to the room of Rees' son, Samuel Howells. This room sits directly above the prayer room where decades of nation-changing prophetic intercession took place—what a privilege! Among the gathering of key leaders from around the world, I was also extended the honor of rededicating Howells' Ebenezer stone of remembrance (1 Samuel 7:12). Similar to what the prophet Samuel did to commemorate Israel's victory against their enemies, Howells set up a huge stone as a continual reminder of the Lord's providence and provision. Inscribed on one side of its marble top is the phrase, "Faith Is Substance." On the other side, the words, "Jehovah Jireh."

When, as part of the rededication ceremony, this remembrance stone was relocated to the center of the campus and anointing oil was poured upon it, we could sense the glory of the Lord. In that very holy moment, God met with me in a powerful way. I was overcome with the Lord's kindness at gathering us all to this place to drink from this historic well. 

In that moment, I pledged to help carry on Howells' legacy of prayer and recommitted my life to raising up a movement of prayer to take out the giants of our day and usher in a Third Great Awakening. (Dutch pouring anointing oil over Howells' remembrance stone during the rededication ceremony, via Dutch Sheets)

The rededication ceremony at the Bible College was not the only special appointment the Lord had planned for me. The same Singaporean leaders that restored Howells' campus also purchased the little church in Wales where revivalist Evan Roberts met with God. During the renovation process for converting that church into a house of prayer, the original Bible used by Evan Roberts during the Welsh Revival was found sitting under decades of dust on the pulpit of the church! I marveled at this find.

Paying The Price

I am so grateful for the Singaporeans who accepted the Lord's invitation to take on the extremely costly and painstaking restoration of this well of revival history. But the investment required for releasing God's river of revival into the nations of the earth doesn't end with restored facilities.

God desires to raise up Roberts-like revivalists and bands of Howells-like intercessors through which He can release a greater awakening and shift the course of nations today. This will require a high level of commitment. These men were so powerfully used of God because they complied with the great extremes God required of them. This is a principle repeatedly seen in Scripture. (Dutch holding Evan Roberts' Bible with Lou Engle and Singaporean Pastor Yang Tuck Yoong, via Dutch Sheets)

As I prayer-walked the grounds of the Bible College of Wales, while I communed with the Lord in the church where Evan Roberts met with God, and even now, I hear Holy Spirit asking, "Who will pay the price in this generation?" 

God used Howells and his intercessors to contend against and defeat the demonic powers and principalities trying to take over the world.

Today, the goliaths of Islam, communism, human trafficking, abortion, and the sexual rights agenda are standing at our door. Never has there been more at stake. We need the same warrior spirit of Howells' era to arise in us—both in the place of prayer and in being a prophetic voice. No doubt, God has a plan. He always does something great in the face of the impossible!

I believe the Lord allowed for the restoration of these spiritual wells in Wales because He is loosing a spirit of contending prayer and revival into the nations of the earth once again. 

I believe we will see a new momentum of intercession—appealing to Heaven and fighting Kingdom battles on our knees, until the greatest Great Awakening the world has ever seen occurs.

You are a part of this! There is a spiritual inheritance available to you. Young people, especially, it is your time to arise! The Lord is anointing you to overthrow the goliaths of our day and contend for the destinies of nations. The Lord is searching for those who will say, "I will pay the price." For those who invest their lives in these costly battles of intercession, He will show Himself strong! (2 Chronicles 16:9).

Dutch Sheets
Dutch Sheets Ministries

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Website: dutchsheets.org

Dutch Sheets is an internationally recognized author, teacher, and conference speaker. He travels extensively, empowering Believers for passionate prayer and societal transformation. Dutch has pastored, taught in several colleges and seminaries, and served on the board of directors of numerous organizations. Dutch's greatest passion is to see America experience a sweeping revival and return to its godly heritage. Dutch is a messenger of hope for America, encouraging Believers to contend for awakening in our day and reformation in our lifetime. 

Dutch has written over 20 books, many of which have been translated into over 30 languages. Dutch and his wife Ceci have been married for 35 years and now reside in the Dallas area. They treasure time spent with their two grown daughters, son-in-law, and grandchildren.

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The Latter Rain: Holy Spirit's Release – A Vision by Victoria Boyson

Victoria Boyson

The Latter Rain: 

Holy Spirit's Release – A Vision

Friends, Heaven has been just blowing my mind recently, and I'm going to share it with you!

I invite you to wrap your arms around the Holy Spirit and embrace Him as your friend – that's what He desires. It's His plan to fill you with Himself! He desires you to know Him as a friend, because He wants to take you on an incredible, mind-blowing journey to transform you to carry His new wine, so He can show you off as a light to the lost. 

He wants to make the world thirsty for Him, so He points to you and declares: "Try My wine!" (see John 2:9).

I've never really liked using the word dispensation, which is really just the dispensing or outpouring of the Spirit of God on mankind. When I was a girl in Bible college, there were groups of students who loved to impress people with big sounding words, so whenever I use that word it takes me back to that time. It's a silly thing, I realize, but I was talking to the Lord about it, and He told me that Holy Spirit likes to use the term "latter rain" instead of dispensation. Not that He has a problem with the word like I do, it is just His preference.

The latter rain is historically known as the belief that latter-day or end-time Believers will have a greater release/outpouring of God's Holy Spirit on the earth. 

This belief is based on the Scripture from Haggai 2:6-9:

"This is what the Lord Almighty says: 'In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land. I will shake all nations, and what is desired by all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory,' says the Lord Almighty. 

'The silver is Mine and the gold is Mine,' declares the Lord Almighty. 'The glory of this present house will be greater than the glory of the former house,' says the Lord Almighty. 'And in this place I will grant peace,' declares the Lord Almighty."(See also Joel 2:23; 2 Corinthians 3:9.)

Vision of the Holy Spirit of God

In the midst of this conversation with the Lord about the Holy Spirit, I suddenly experienced a vision of the Holy Spirit!

I saw Him filled with incredible, enrapturous, joyful expectation for what He was about to release on Earth. He started to prance around in a fun, graceful manner and, with His arms outstretched, He would literally shower people with Himself. 

He was so happy and free, because He could finally pour Himself on mankind like He had always wanted to. 

And I heard Him joyously singing as He did, "The latter rain, the latter rain, the latter rain!"

Holy Spirit was so happy and relieved to finally be releasing His latter rain on the earth, because He has endured much alongside of us through the centuries. Of course, He's simply overjoyed to have finally come to the time in man's history when He can unleash everything He's been anticipating.

For literally thousands of years, Holy Spirit has lived in our world with us and yet been ignored by most of mankind. He's been talked about and discussed as if He's something to get instead of a real individual. He's been known to only a few as the friend and true companion that He is, but that is about to change!

In the past, the Church has used words like dispensation as classroom technical terms; and it's true, we are entering a new dispensation. Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least person in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he is!" (Matthew 11:11). The early Church received a greater dispensation at Pentecost than John the Baptist had, and now, simply because of the time in history we are entering, we will receive even more.

But the latter rain means much more to the Holy Spirit than that!

Our Powerful Friend

Holy Spirit is a gift to us, sent by Jesus from the Father (see John 15:26), and He is devoted to us. He's been dwelling with humanity for thousands of years, and He loves us! He sees our pain and our struggles, our joy and successes, and He is invested in us. He wants so much for us to really experience Him like it was intended that we would – not just what He does, but Who He is.

That's why He's so excited! He will get to shower you with the power necessary for you to become the Kingdom Bride that Jesus' prophesied you would become. 

He will finally be able to zap our unbelief, destroy strongholds with His powerful truth, and raise up the Bride that Christ is anticipating.

He walked with Christ as He worked heavenly miracles on earth, and now He will get to manifest the Kingdom of God on earth as it is in Heaven (see Matthew 6:10). He will finally get to show us that Christ's prophecy about His Bride is true – we will do greater works than Jesus did Himself (see John 14:12)! We will liberate those held in darkness! For – He has seen them and hungers for us to rescue them.

For centuries, Holy Spirit has been so limited, not because He wasn't powerful, but because we were limited in our experience/knowledge of Him. With the new release of the LATTER RAIN, He will finally get to act on our behalf!

Holy Spirit is thrilled, because He's always seen the future of the Church – He sees you as the"glorious Church without a spot or wrinkle" (Ephesians 5:27). His eyes are fixed on you, and He sees your end from your beginning – the potential of God in us! We are the HOPE of Heaven (see Colossians 1:27), and He's expectant! He sees much more than we do the age we have entered into and the Father's intended harvest. 

Literally, we will experience the colliding of two realms at His appointed hour.

As a prophetic proclamation of the latter rain, Jesus filled jars with water, turning natural water into supernatural wine, and told the servants to take it to the master of ceremony at the wedding of Cana (see John 2:7). 

Jesus wanted to show that His power would not disappoint the expectations of man – He would exceed them!

Jesus said, "Greater works than these shall [you] do." He said this not because He was anticipating the power the anti-Christ would have, but because He saw the power of Holy Spirit unleashed on the earth like never before. He was literally thinking of you, dear one, and anticipating how the Holy Spirit would work through you!

Your Father enjoys destroying our earthly misconceptions of who He is and what He's capable of. He knows that by changing your mind about who He is, He will change our thinking of who we are. 

There's no telling what box He'll break out of next! He's got to do it because He's excited about what's coming next in you – "The latter rain, the latter rain, the latter rain!"

Heaven's Expected Harvest

There are over seven billion people on the earth at this time; our population is growing at exponential rates. It took mankind 5,800 years to even reach one billion people, but the second billion was reached in only 123 years (1927), and in 1970 there were half the people on the earth (roughly 4 billion) as there is now. Our population continues to increase at an alarming rate.

Some people view this as a negative thing, even frightening, but God does not! No! Each birth brings Him astronomical joy! Each soul born on earth is an incredible victory to Him! He's been waiting for this time on earth, because like never before there is a harvest mounting and increasing and Heaven is anticipating the miraculous plunder it will gain.

And as the enemy's gains are reversed to populate the Kingdom of God, we will hear the thunderous joy of our "great cloud of witnesses"(Hebrews 12:1) waiting in expectation with their Father. 

Can you just imagine what an outpouring we will experience in the decades ahead of us?

Revivalist Evan Roberts could not even imagine when He asked God for 100,000 souls in 1904 that in the future that number would be considered a small amount. No, in his time in history, that was incredibly significant. 

But it is conceivable that in our day and age we could see (and will see) literally billions of people come to know Jesus the Christ!

You Are Invited!

Holy Spirit is releasing His latter rain with a purpose in mind. It is to transform the Church into a giant Holy-Spirit-filled net ready to catch the harvest He's releasing to us. 

Many churches are beginning to experience a greater, more purposeful vision, indeed, a divine design growing inside them. Truly, even the most immature baby Christians will be transformed by Holy Spirit into a powerful net, equipped to catch and hold the harvest! He is making us fishers of men (see Matthew 4:19)! (Photo via Webb Institute)

I literally saw in the spirit a great net being mended together. It was a net made of people – the Church. At first, the net was in pieces, and then slowly the Holy Spirit filled in the places where there were gaps and holes with Himself, binding and strengthening as it was teeming with an immeasurable harvest of fish – the lost! The catch was so plentiful, it was simply overwhelming.

Since moving to Texas, we've heard from some of the people in our area how hurricane Katrina (2005) affected the community here. The inflow of people into the community who had been left homeless by the hurricane was a great burden on the community and took a toll on them. However, years prior to the hurricane, the Lord had released wonderful ministries into the area to absorb some of the effects of such a large and needy increase of its population. Before they even knew they had a need, God had prepared for it!

Before Noah even knew of the impending flood he would have to endure (see Genesis 6:13-18), God had already prepared the plans for His provision. God had already anticipated Noah's need and saved him with His plans for a great ark

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Friends, before you even have a need, your Father is working to provide for it!

The latter rain is here to help you and equip the Church for the influx of humanity suddenly storming our doors pleading for help! The latter rain will indeed give us the power to live like the LATTER REIGNing Bride of Christ!

Holy Spirit is transforming us into Christ's reigning Bride, empowered with His heart and mind, joy and strength – capable of extending His heart and hands to an immeasurably needy world!

Embrace Holy Spirit and learn of Him. He was sent here for you – to train you, equip you, comfort, and help you. But, the greatest gift He is to you is your constant friend. He's the most powerful friend you can have!

Saints, this word is an invitation to receive Holy Spirit and to view Him in a different light than what you may have previously experienced. Say "Yes!" to Him and accept Him as your friend and watch Him display His incredible manifestation of power in your life.

He wants to fill you with the latter-days wine like the jars at Cana. He will make you a container for His wine, so He can tell the world, "Try My wine! Drink your fill and experience the goodness of the Father Who loves you!"

Truly, He has saved the best wine for last (see John 2:10)! Pray this with me: 

Dearest Father, I choose You. I choose Your destiny for my life. I want all that You have for me. I want the Holy Spirit to be my friend and companion and use my life to display Your glory and Heaven's power. Change my thinking of Who You are and who I am, because I do not want to limit You. I don't want to allow my carnality to usurp Your glory. I give You permission to release Holy Spirit's latter rain in me.

Take me, Lord, I am Yours! In Jesus' name

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My prayer for you: Father, I pray that You would reveal Your precious Holy Spirit to Your child in a way that empowers and equips them with blessing and favor from Your hand as You delight in them. Father, let them experience His friendship! Use them for Your divine purposes and build Your Kingdom in them. Release Your will into them with the explosive power of Heaven!

In Jesus' name, I declare that you were created for God's eternal plans and purposes and you will not deviate from them!

Victoria Boyson
Speaking Life Ministries

Email: victoria@boyson.org
Website: victoriaboyson.com

Victoria Boyson met Jesus at the age of seven. At thirteen, she started ministering using music as a platform to tell others about Jesus. She and her husband, Steve, ministered as pastors in the mid-west, but in 1999, the Lord told them to move to work for Francis Frangipane, who was extremely influential in their development as Christians and as ministers.

Victoria is a powerful prophetic voice to this generation and co-founder of Speaking Life Ministries. Based out of the Houston, Texas area, she is called to awaken and prepare the Bride of Christ for the end-time harvest and compel His Church to embrace a passionate relationship with their Heavenly Father. 

She is the author of The Birth of Your Destiny and His Passionate Pursuit.

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March 1, 2014 Victoria Boyson: The Latter Rain: Holy Spirit's Release – A Vision From the desk of Steve Shultz: This is a powerful vision Victoria Boyson had of the Holy Spirit. She also heard Him say, "The latter rain, the latter rain, the latter rain!" WE are living in some of the most exciting times in History and Heaven IS cheering us on. Enjoy this word! Steve Shultz To receive daily, encouraging prophetic emails from The Elijah List to your inbox CLICK HERE. *** Note from Steve Shultz: Your support for the Elijah List helps to pay the cost to deliver daily Words from the Lord to you for FREE. You help us by simply purchasing your prophetic and other Christian resources from a selection of over 6,000 products directly from us at: elijahshopper.com. We appreciate our dear readers and we thank you for supporting your Elijah List staff! Blessings, Steve Shultz, Founder and Publisher The Elijah List & Breaking Christian News  http://www.elijahlist.com http://www.breakingchristiannews.com To subscribe to The Elijah List go to:http://elijahlist.com/subscribe