Monday, January 22, 2007

til the day i die

every Monday morning i lead the War College in praying the Bible, out loud, to God, for 30 minutes. the Lord continually blesses this time.
as i was preparing, i kept hearing the Lord say the word, "remnant."

so we prayed for the remnant, and that we would be the remnant, in the Army today.

there are some good verses about remnant in the Bible:

Isaiah 1:9
"Unless the LORD Almighty had left us some survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah."
Isaiah 10:20-23
In that day the remnant of Israel, the survivors of the house of Jacob, will no longer rely on him who struck them down but will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel. A remnant will return, a remnant of Jacob will return to the Mighty God. Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand by the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overwhelming and righteous. The Lord, the LORD Almighty, will carry out the destruction decreed upon the whole land.
Isaiah 37:4b
Therefore pray for the remnant that still survives.
Jeremiah 23:3-4
"I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and will bring them back to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and increase in number. I will place shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or terrified, nor will any be missing," declares the LORD.
Micah 7:18
Who is a God like you,
who pardons sin and forgives the transgression
of the remnant of his inheritance?
You do not stay angry forever
but delight to show mercy.

okay, so that was a lot to throw at you, but read what you like.

basically, there have been quite a few prophecies about the Salvation Army thrown out there recently. Here are two of my faves:

Major Janet Munn heard the Lord say, "the Salvation Army is coming into its finest hour."
and Captain Andrew Bale, heard a lengthy prophecy, based on Isaiah 1 (i blogged it a few days ago if you're interested to read more), the gist of which is: Salvation Army, repent and be cleansed. I, the Lord, will keep a remnant of Salvationists who will be faithful to me.

and there are many more prophecies not mentioned here.

i do believe that the Lord is beginning to do something in the Salvation Army.
i'm not quite sure what it's going to look like.
but i know that He'll only do it if we repent from our sin, humble ourselves, and pray.

Lord grant it that i may be in the emerging remnant of Salvationists who will be a part of this great move of God.

the world for Jesus.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

www.salvationist.ca/audio/doctrines/doctrine6.mp3

more to come...

jp

jsi said...

You are a blessing deep and wide. I read your blog weekly, and your thoughts and observations are very poignant, heart-felt and inspirational.

Praying the Bible brings the promise from God, His Living Word in action. Your Scripture today is visceral, pointing, sharp and aggressive against the presence of sin. Your Scripture today is compassionate, tender, compelling and loving towards the remnant, left in shreds maybe, which has been preserved.

Compelling, provacative, ministry straight from the Word of God.

Anonymous said...

I agree Liv -- Lord grant that you, that I, that we would be part of the dedicated followers who will participate, even help to usher in this great endtime harvest, to the glory of God and the salvation of the world.

jm