Hi Class

This week I was praying over my 2 ½ year old grandson as I was changing his diaper. It was a short, simple prayer and when I was done he said, ‘AMEN!” I was so surprised to have him listening and participating.

I heard once that when the Lord said, “Verily, verily” twice within a sentence, it was His double-duty underlining of His reassuring Word. The word “verily” means amen. 

amen

NT:281 amen (am-ane'); of Hebrew origin [OT:543]; properly, firm, i.e. (figuratively) trustworthy; adverbially, surely (often as interj. so be it):

KJV - amen, verily.

This week I had a surprise day of “wind” confirmations. The fact that they happened all within just a few hours was like the Lord saying, “Verily, verily!” I feel that because His emphasis was so strong, He is wanting us to dig deeper into this Word and seek His face as its meaning and applications in our lives this season and next.

As a class assignment, I would like you to read the following rhema and dig into your interpretation skills. See what the Lord will draw out, and quicken to you. 

RHEMA 8/03/09  FOUR fresh windS to lift you up 

Last month I heard the following about God’s fresh wind coming:

rhema 7/21/09  FRESH WIND

HEARD:  Leader.  Overwhelmed. 

HEARD:  Chronic fatigue blowers.  The gift of prayer.  Wind.  Finding help.  Loose My people. Fresh wind.  What is consistent for you?  What God wants.  Faith, hope and love.  

Today, all in the same day came several strong confirmations from the Lord about His wind.

QUICKENED SIGN:  I started to read an EL post and suddenly felt a cool breeze wash across the tops of my feet.  It was very amazing to me and wondered what it meant.

CONFIRMATION:  Then a few minutes later I had a quickened eye glance at the following bolded sentence:

Kim Clement: "Invisible Motion: Be Aware—Listen—Move!"
by Kim Clement
Aug 3, 2009

"And let it be, when you hear the sound of a going on in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then you will stir yourself: for then the Lord shall go out before you…"—2 Samuel 5:24

It was a simple breeze that stirred the tops of the mulberry trees—nothing incredible or super spiritual—just a breeze. But that breeze was a sign for a forceful advance for King David...

...Often on a calm day there will be a sudden and unexpected wind blow—completely uncharacteristic of the calmness—and at that point I will become extremely aware and ponder. I'm not saying that every breeze should be a sign, but you will know when something is out of the ordinary.

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CONFIRMATION DIVINE SIGN:  Today I spent the day with Anna out of town and we drove to a duck pond to chat.  There were several hundred turtle doves eating on the grass in front of our car.  Suddenly there came a blast of wind and we watched all the turtle doves swoop up into the sky, circle around and then land again right in front of our car.  I think they did this 4 times with several minutes of rest in between.  They did this with each gust of wind.  It was phenomenal to see so many hundreds doing the exact same thing in perfect symmetry and motion.  It was like a host of angels.  And each time they circled and came in for a landing, they were all heading straight for our car.  At the last minute they swooped up and over our heads and then landed right in front of us on the grass.  It was beautiful and intimidating all in one swoop. 

CONFIRMATION:  I received the following email today.  It reminded me of what it is like to have a servant’s heart and lift others up into their places in God, through prayer.

Good Morning, Sandy Dear,

While up early this a.m. making the coffee, the song by Bette Midler started  'playing in my head', "Wind Beneath My Wings".   I've not heard the song for a Long, long time.   

Wind Beneath My Wings"

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
It must have been cold there in my shadow,
to never have sunlight on your face.
You were content to let me shine, that's your way.
You always walked a step behind.

So I was the one with all the glory,
while you were the one with all the strength.
A beautiful face without a name for so long.
A beautiful smile to hide the pain.

Did you ever know that you're my hero,
and everything I would like to be?
I can fly higher than an eagle,
'cause you are the wind beneath my wings.

It might have appeared to go unnoticed,
but I've got it all here in my heart.
I want you to know I know the truth, of course I know it.
I would be nothing without you.

Did you ever know that you're my hero?
You're everything I wish I could be.
I could fly higher than an eagle,
'cause you are the wind beneath my wings.

Love, {Name}  

CONFIRMATION QUOTE Chuck pierce  8/03/09 

“End Strong, Retool, Refuel and Refill!

 

This is a time for us to end strong and retool, refuel, and refill so that we can begin strong again. The month of August is a great time to reflect, and then make it through the narrow place by letting go of things that will not be useful in days ahead. Those are the things that rob you of joy and victory. This year we end a 10 year season, so this is especially important.   The Wind is getting ready to shift in prophetic intercession!”

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Word to ponder:  FOUR fresh windS to lift you up  8/03/09

Precious ones, you have been resting by the waters in the midst of hot days.  Battle weary and fatigued from having born the heat of the season, I see you waiting upon Me to continue.  What is remaining in your life is faith, hope and love.  This pleases Me greatly. 

Find hope in your souls beloveds,  I AM sending My fresh winds to loose you and lift you up.  I will be quickening many through the winds of prayer, having drawn hearts to rise with My wind of inspiration.  I will send you 4 circling winds that will refresh you and revitalize you as you wait for My strength. 

Ezek 37:9-10 NKJV

Also He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Come from the four winds , O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live."'" So I prophesied as He commanded me, and breath came into them, and they lived, and stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army.

Ps 55:6 NKJV

So I said, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove!  I would fly away and be at rest.

Song 4:16 NKJV

Awake, O north wind, And come, O south! Blow upon my garden, That its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come to his garden  and eat its pleasant fruits.

CLASS RESPONSES AND INTERPRETATIONS
OF THE WIND RHEMA

This is exciting and challenging...  I will explain later but what is quickened to me is:

First Wind, the wind Ruach - breath, God breathed into Adam Genesis 2:7 and he became a living being...and in Acts 17:28...in HIm we live and move and have our being...

Second Wind, Elijah experienced the 'strong wind' of God in 1 Kings19:11 then the earthquake and the fire, then in verse 12...a sound of gentle blowing...then Elijah heard the voice of the Lord's new commission for him, probably just when he felt at his weakest, God said you are not finished Elijah there is another season for you and it's a new season in which I want you to anoint Hazael king over Aram and Jehu as king over Israel and after dealing with the treachery of the Baal worshippers, Elijah was to anoint Elisha in his place.

Third Wind, also quickened to me as it was to Sandy 2 Sam 5:23-25 When David enquired of the Lord regarding go up against the Philistines and the Lord directed him in verse 24...And it shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsaam trees, then you shall act promptly, for then the LORD will have gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines.

Fourth Wind that of the Holy Spirit in Acts 2:1 came to those gathered on the day of Pentecost in the upper room like a "mighty rushing wind"...  Then further John 3:8 "The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it ..."

I love the fact that you and Anna were ambushed in a manner of speaking by "hundreds of turtle doves".  In The Song of Songs 2:12 speaks of the fact that spring has come, "The flowers have already appeared in the land; the time has arrived for pruning the vines, and the voice of the turtle dove can be heard in the land".  He is certainly saying "verily verily" or truly truly, it is the season of love, the song of the turtledove is a song of love.

Could it be the time to say S of S 4:16 Awake O north wind, and come, wind of the south, make my garden breathe out fragrance, let its spices be wafted abroad.  May my beloved come into his garden and eat its choice fruits.  In the northern hemisphere I imagine the north wind is the cold wind and the south wind the warm.  The cold north wind represents our trials and now it is Spring and the gentle warming south wind starts to blow bringing the new season.

He is the God of the New.  Lam 3:23 ...Great is Thy faithfulness, His mercies are new every morning...  Isaiah 43:18-19 Do not call to mind the former things, or ponder things of the past.  Behold I will do something new, Now itwill spring forth; will you not be aware of it?  I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert.

The number four of which you speak as to the number of times the turtledoves alighted and then landed in front of the car, represent ruling and reigning according to Ira Milligan's Understanding the Dreams that You Dream.  So to wrap it up it seems to me from the above that the Wind of the Spirit through the turtledove is going to rule and reign through the challenging and difficult times in the ones who love and adore Him well.  They will be the ones who are equipped and ready for the new season.....I pray I can be one of them....Please pray for wisdom and strength to keep standing, connected to His love and out of fear, in this trial of loss and lack.  Phil 4:7-11

I like how you relate the 4 winds to 4 different winds in the Bible.

You mentioned the different hemispheres and the north and south wind.  That reminds me of something my sister in law said this week.  She said the following

"But when at pool the other night the wind was blowing from the west pretty strong, really see it pushing trees etc, but the clouds that looked like they would rain or have lightening were moving the opposite direction.  It was very strange because clouds were very close to ground not those really high ones you see where jets fly kind of thing.  So standing in one place and seeing both happen at same time in same space basically.  Very strange…any ideas?"

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The world may literally see some strange wind directions coming up in nature that are signs to those who listen. 

When I read this, I was quickened re: the verse 2 Sam 5: 23 -24.

2 Sam 5:23-25 NKJV

Therefore David inquired of the LORD, and He said, "You shall not go up; circle around behind them, and come upon them in front of the mulberry trees. 24 And it shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then you shall advance quickly. For then the LORD will go out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines."

mulberry = it translates as "BACA", or weeping, (as in the Valley of Baca)

Bestir = means to sharpen or decide, move quickly, act promptly

Philistines = immigrants.

So to me, I personally see that as....."When you hear the wind (the Lord stirring) and moving in the place(or issue over which) you have been weeping, then there is a window of time/wind when the Lord is moving to decide some things and decide to kick out the "immigrants" (demonic, or worldly influences, or thoughts and emotions that are not from the Lord) to give you a Kingly victory.

It also talks in 23 -24 about coming up behind the bushes, which is a change of directions.  And David only acted after inquiring of the Lord.

I pray in the midst of disappointments that we may have had in this long tough season that we do not miss the wind of God...  (sort of like being in a desert thinking it is only a mirage, so we do not stop for a drink or to refresh or perceive that provision is near) and we keep trudging along and miss it, when all along there is wind there for us to overcome the philistines....

My personal thought has been that the Lord has been giving birth corporately to a baby in the body of Christ that is "Faith" and that 2008-2009-2010 years are almost like 8 -9-10 centimeters in giving birth, which is transition, which is also the hardest and when you want to quit.  This is the second half of 2009, so maybe we are almost there.  Maybe the winds of change are like a contraction and it is time to begin to push through that narrow place...?

I heard the words "the wind of change" in my spirit twice in 2008.  A week after the 1st time I heard the phrase, the political scene in my country completely changed for the 1st time since independence.  But I believe the phrase "wind of change" has far greater significance than just the political arena.  In fact, my family relocated to another state(beyond my natural understanding/liking) late last year.

Recently, I had a dream which I understood to be speaking of my calling.  In the dream, a missionary told me he waited for 12 years for the fulfillment of his prophecy.  I received a prophecy about my calling to be a missionary 11 years ago.  I believe the fullness of time for the dreams, visions that God has given to His people will soon come in the year 2010.

Blow, O wind of God!

I see this as a sign that we are entering a new move of the Spirit.  As we near the place where all things are being made new, restoration, the complete fulfillment of all prophesy; we are moving into alignment with the will of God and he is able to use us fully.  Every day I hear of more and more of the church moving into the fullness of the gifts of the Spirit.  As corporately we move into the holiness of the Lord, His Spirit can abide with us, move in and through us to do the will of the Father.  Hundreds of doves flowing together corporately as one massive move of God.  Truly we are returning to what Christ intended as he told his disciples "Greater things than I have done will you do".  We are His body, His intention was that the Church carry on his ministry, all of it.

I am reminded that the winds are the main force that bring new weather patterns.

I have felt I ought to listen to my old Keith Green CD, and am quickened today about this song of his. 

Rushing Wind by Keith Green

(Rushing wind, blow through this temple, Blowing out the dust within; Come and breathe your breath upon me I've been born again.

Holy Spirit, I surrender; take me where you want to go.  Cleanse me by your living water, Plant me deep so I can grow.

Jesus, you're the one who set my spirit free; Use me, Lord; glorify your Holy Name through me.

Separate me from this world, Lord; Sanctify my life for you.  Daily change me to your image, Help me bear good fruit.

Ev'ry day you're drawing closer; Trials come to test my faith.  But when all is said and done, Lord, You know it's been worth the wait.

Jesus, you're the one who set my spirit free; Use me, Lord; glorify your Holy Name through me.

Rushing wind, blow through this temple, Blowing out the dust within; Come and breathe you breath upon me, For I've been born again.

I heard a prophetic word once about winds of refreshing, blowing out the old, it was to open eyes to miracles that God had ahead.

Praying for a strong wind to push strongholds out, and gentle winds of comfort too...we need both together....  praying for a personal Pentecost.