The heavens, Friday 31st March 2006

I was again gazing into the heavens, completely humbled by God's awesomeness.

The sky was rent in twain by a giant burst of light. It became apparent that the Sun was hurtling towards the earth. As it drew closer I saw myself burst into flames, and begin laughing uncontrollably. Then as it was about to hurtle past me, I grabbed a hold of it, and just allowed myself to be carried by it.

Matthew 11:12

The kingdom of heaven is forcefully advancing, and the violent take it by force. (NIV)

The ship. Thursday 30th March 2006

God's speaking to me about humility in warfare.

I see the ship, the roof blows open and all gaze upwards into the heavens. the stars are fighting in the battle. It is deeply humbling and yet deeply inspiring. We are so small in comparison to God. And yet he has chosen us to fight this battle.

Romans 16:20

The ship, Wednesday 29th March 2006

I arrived at the church on time, at 9.30. Johannes and Abbie were late. So I decided I wouldn't waste time and got down to some prayer.

I saw the inside of the spaceship, same as a couple of days ago- people sitting around preparing for the battle. I saw windows in their breastplates, apparently showing into their hearts. Someone flipped a switch.

The windows were filled with fire.

JS- Revelation is normal christianity.

The battlefield, Tuesday 28th March, 2006

I just took a huge hit in the warfare and lost a bit of ground...

I see the battlefield. I seen the black and white forms of men fighting around me. I see myself sitting on a stool, eyes closed, singing and playing the guitar. I am clothed in vibrant colour. I shine out across the battlefield as a devastating explosion in the enemy's ranks.

Psalm 8:2

Space ship Monday 27th March 2006

Two things that amaze me:

1) How fast something can become an old wine skin
2) God's ironic sense of humour

Yesterday I went to the lake but it was frozen. Goodbye to the lake.

I am walking home from work, and I ask God to speak to me. I close my eyes, and see the interior of the ship again. Everyone is sitting round the edge, armour clad checking their weapons. I see it only for a split second and open my eyes again. I heard two words

"Get ready"

Out on the lake: Friday 24th March 2006

I search in vain for any action on the shore. There is no one in sight- the fire glows dimly. All of a sudden I see lights reflected in the water.

I look up.

I see a flying saucer raising me out of the water and drawing me into the sky.

The Lord is taking us to a higher level. Get ready.

Aboard the ship I see the people who were on the shore in all my visions, being given weapons. One person sobs, ‘I am so weak’, but one of the mysterious space beings says

‘Now you are at your most powerful’.

Aliens = God.

Awesome

Lakeside, Sunday 19th March 2006

Sunday morning pre-church prayer.

I see a man standing on the shore dressed all in radiant white clothes. His skin is shining also. I can somehow see into his mind, and I see it changing from a muddy grey colour to pure white.

When it changes to white his head just explodes with a beam of light which reaches up to heaven.

Romans 12:2 my friends, Romans 12:2

Lake, Wednesday 22nd March

Ok. To please Stephen Brown, here's one from today.

Praying with Johannes. As Johannes begins to pray, I begin to receive a vision.

Johannes prays that we would nopt grow cold in our prayers for enduring situations, that we would not be overcome by the enemy, as he discourages us in prayer.

As I open my eyes I see the water, but as I look up towards the shore, I see only the gaping mouth of a giant shark, which hastily swallows me up. So I'm thinking, 'great; how am I supposed to see the vision when I'm inside a fish.' But then I see the head of the shark from the outside. The head just explodes and I see myself standing on the water, burning alive.

A little while later I see myself and some other guys eating some shark steaks, cooked on the fire on the lakes edge.

The Enemy will not consume us- his attempts will be overcome by our fire. It is more than he can cope with. We shall overcome him.

Glory to God.

Lakeside Wednesday 15th March 2006

Ok, so more intense warfare. I see another fire. There's a wooden cross burning in the fire. As I walk towards the shore I begin to realise that this cross, which appeared to have been about 12 feet tall, was actually only about 4 feet in height. When I got to the fire I reached in and grabbed the top of the cross. When I pulled it out it transpired that this wasn't a cross at all, but a solid gold sword. It was a sword refined and sharpened in the fire. Again the Lord told me that he turns our suffering into our victory. He turns our persecution into our joy. He turns our mourning into dancing. He turns our cross into a sword.

Lakeside- tuesday 14th March 2006

I was praying with Johannes in the church. There was intense warfare and the Lord showed me the following.

I saw a fire burning on the shore. An ice sculpture in the form of a man was being burned at the stake, while a tribe of kids with war paint and spears danced around. I saw the same vision twice. The first time, the ice melted and the water put out the fire. All that was left was a disappointing pile of ashes, and some very satisfied tribes...kids.

The second time, the ice melted but the water retained the form of a man. Then the water caught fire and just burned brightly as a beacon on the island.

The Lord told me that we could either be ruined by the fire, or what the enemy intended for evil could become our good- it would soften our hardened hearts, break our frozen mindsets, cause the ice to become rivers of living water within us and set us on fire to burn for our saviour.

Burning water. The title of this blog is hereby explained.

The Lake

I thought I might begin by telling you about the lake.

The lake is where God takes me when he wants to show me a prophetic picture or vision. It is not a literal lake, it is a place in the spirit where spiritual realities are revealed to me. This is not a hyper spiritual thing- it's just one of the many ways God has chosen to reveal himself to me.

A while back the Lord told me very clearly that i was missing a lot of spiritual revelation by being to worked up and too loud. He taught me to quieten my heart so that I could hear the small things he was saying. He showed me that so often we can be carried away by the strong waves of his spirit, but miss out on the little ripples in the surface of the water, that often succeed or precede the larger works. So he taught me to feel these little ripples.

When I feel the spirit leading me to do so, I'll slow right down, put out my hands and begin to run my fingers through the water. Then I can begin to see them with the spirit's eye. It is as if I am looking at myself in a parallel reality- I can see myself as I would if I had my eyes open- I can see my hands in the water, can see my legs moving as I wade through the lake...

But then I'll look up toward the shore, and here the Lord will show me whatever it is he wants. Quite often I'll see a fire burning on the shore. Many times I'll see the people for whom I've been burdened and praying. Sometimes I'll walk to the shore and hang out next to the fire for a bit.

The Lord has shown me many cool things there. Especially in the last few days. So the purpose of this blog is to share some of them with you. I'll also share some of the revelation I receive from the word, and any thing cool that I think might bless the people who read it.

I'm not some sort of hyperspiritual freak. Well, i'm a freak, i'll admit to that. But I believe that the Lord has called me to speak prophetically into people's lives. I believe with my whole heart that the shepherd speaks to his sheep. I believe passionately that it is of utmost importance that we hear what the Lord is speaking to his church in these end times. That's what I am trying to do here.

God bless ya.

Pleasant reading.