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Volume 33   Number 34 Aug 23, 2009

        IT IS TIME for our destiny and purpose to become a reality. IT IS TIME to rise. Now is the time to claim and see the fulfillment of the promises. THE BEST IS YET TO COME. There is a Kingdom of God unfolding before our very eyes. We, as believers, can expect this time to be an age of awe, excitement, and favor.
        (1) The church is renewed by ONENESS and UNITY in an unusual manner.
        God is gathering and drawing us, His people, together. The Holy Spirit is breaking down divisions. Isaiah 43:6-7: "Do not fear, for I am with you. I will bring your offspring from the East, and gather you from the West, I will say to the North, ‘Give them up!' and to the South, ‘Do not hold them back.' Bring My sons from afar and My daughters from the ends of the earth, everyone who is called by My name, and whom I have created for My Glory, whom I formed, even whom I have made."
        Malachi 4:5-6: "Before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord, He is restoring the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the children to the fathers, so that God will not need to come and smite the land with a curse."
        In the church, young and old are coming together and racism is crumbling. In Ephesians 3, Jesus speaks of having broken down the barrier between Jews and Gentiles for the two to become one man, gathered and reconciled. Men and women coming together and different faiths within Christendom united. We are seeing it. It is happening!
        A unity is happening among believers whose hearts are for the Kingdom of God on earth and the power of the Holy Spirit. Every person is holding a desperate hunger for more of Him, Jesus our coming King. Ephesians 4:3-6: "Being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace."
        (2) An anointing is on believers to FREE PEOPLE and to HEAL THEM inwardly and outwardly.
        Isaiah 61:1-3: The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the afflicted; to bind up the broken-hearted, proclaim liberty to the captives, freedom to the prisoners, to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort the mourners, and to give them a garland instead of ashes, and the oil of gladness, the mantle of praise instead of fainting. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified."
        John 14:12 says we will do greater works because Jesus went to the Father. IT IS TIME to do on a massive scale what Jesus and the apostles did. IT IS TIME to confront and challenge the powers of darkness in public with healings, prophetic words, unashamed, demonstrating God's power and love.
        The Apostle Paul said in 1 Corinthians 4:19-20: "I'll come to you, if the Lord wills, and I shall find out, not the words of those who are arrogant, but their power. For the Kingdom of God does not consist in words but in power."
        The true test of Christianity is a POWER test and a LOVE test. It is being poured out to show us what we have been given. But the purpose is to deploy us into the world, to validate His Word through demonstrations of His power, and to bring glory to His Name, and to cause the people to fall down crying out as they did when the fire fell on the sacrifice, altar, and water after Elijah prayed, "The Lord, He is God! The Lord, He is God!"
        (3) A tremendous time of INGATHERING of souls.
        Acts 2:43-47 tells us that Pentecost had come; the church had just been born. That was a partial fulfillment of the prophecy of Joel 2:28. However, the fulfillment of a greater outpouring is upon us now! We have been invited to be a part of this greater outpouring of the Holy Spirit as we cast out demons, restore sight to the blind, heal the sick, and raise the dead, save multitudes, and add to the Kingdom of Heaven daily. God is manifesting His favor upon His people.
        Isaiah 60:1-3: "Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. Darkness will cover the earth and deep darkness the peoples; but the Lord will rise upon you and His glory will appear upon you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising."
        Isaiah 55:5: "A nation that knows you not will run to you, because of the Lord your God, for He has glorified you." This is the winsome, attractive beauty of God's glory on His people.
        (4) All the HEALINGS and all the LOVE will bring the world's favor and resources into the church.
        The world will finally see the good in God's people, and they will favor the church because of their integrity and character. The world will turn even more to the church looking for answers.
        Isaiah 61:5-7: "You will be called priests of the Lord and ministers of our God. Instead of your shame, you will have a double portion, and instead of humiliation, they will shout for joy over their portion."
        (5) There will be a RENEWAL OF FAVOR before leaders and governments just as in the day of Daniel's time.
        God's people with God's wisdom will be able to deal with the problems of the day which will gain them power, access, and influence with government leaders. Romans 8:19: "...the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God." Sons of God in Hebrews means "those who have become like God in their character."
        IT IS TIME for that which is set before us is the best and most adventurous time of our lives. We will receive what has been promised with fullness.
        Revelation 19:1: "Salvation and glory (splendor and majesty) and power (dominion and authority) belong to our God!" SALVATION, GLORY, and POWER also belong to us NOW.
        Revelation 21:3,7,28: "God will live (encamp, tent) among them; and they shall be His people, and God shall personally be with them and be their God....He who is victorious (a conqueror, an overcomer) shall inherit all these things, and I will be a God to him and he shall be My son....The nations shall know, understand, and realize that I the Lord do set apart and consecrate My people for holy use."
        Revelation 22:7,10: "Behold, I am coming speedily. Blessed (happy and envied) is he who observes and lays to heart and keeps the truths of the prophecy contained in this little book....Make no secret of the prophecy, their fulfillment is nearer."
        IT IS TIME!

Rev. Beverly Bowman