Everything listed under: Prophetic

I love when the Lord encourages me. When taking new territory, it’s always a challenge, as any pioneer, leader or pastor can tell you. Benjamin Williams of Global Awakening recently gave this word to the congregation at Harvest Fellowship during a weekend of ministry with students from the Global School of Supernatural Ministry. I’m thankful when the Lord not only confirms what He has been speaking to us, but gives us further strategies to transform our territory.
This is the prophetic Word:
“The Lord showed me some old roads. He showed me some roads that had bars across them – they were blocked by boards. These were old roads that hadn’t been traveled on. And God’s moving these barriers around. And He’s giving you the tools and the favor to go back down where other people have moved off and where other people have failed and couldn’t make it down the road.
God’s giving you the vehicle to make it back down these pathways, because you’re actually fulfilling the prayers of other people. That’s what you’re walking in in this church. There were people that years ago that you’ve never even met that were crying out for a move in this area and God picked you guys to fulfill that mantle. So there are promises that rest over this place. And it’s not just about them, it’s about you guys. It’s raising up a company of people that want to make a difference, raising up a company of people that know who they are and know how to give away who they are to others – knowing how to give the love and power of Jesus out. “
This is not only a very encouraging word, but a very humbling one. It never really just is about one person, one church or one ministry. I’m thankful for the prayers and intercessions of others that are producing the move of God that we have been experiencing. I believe that we are all going to the next level of transformation in this territory!

As I continue to look to 2011 and what God is saying to us as a church body, I’m sharing the prophetic word God spoke through Henry Boyens on December 15, 2010. Brother Boyens is very accurate in his prophetic gifting. I watched his word given to us in December 2009 unfold with great accuracy. He has encouraged me personally in some very difficult seasons in my life over the last three years. If we believe the prophetic word, then it is time to prepare!
The word from Brother Boyens is as follows:
I saw the church, the future of the church in a vision like a road, and I saw a little bit of a dip – it’s getting easier, and then I saw heavier, more difficult. And then I saw a second vision. I saw the church like a plant that creeps, like a vine. And I saw this heavy going, this plant going up against a wall. And then I saw the plant went over the wall – and the restrictions are over, brother. I prophesy, I prophesy that just ahead – the restriction is over! And it’s a season of inflow of new people, new people, new people, new souls, new souls, new souls! And I want to say prepare for it, prepare for it. You prepare – I know you are busy preparing but I want to give you that divine instruction again tonight. You prepare for something bigger – because my son I’ve seen your heart. I know you don’t run after money. And my son you were prepared to pay the price. And yet inside you had this yearning for more but at the same time I’ve heard you cry “God, how long, how long, how long?” And son what you have done so far was not in vain. I’ve worked, I’ve molded, I’ve shaped you to be the man of God to handle more. So son it’s not been in vain, prepare for more. In finances God is still stretching your faith, in the area of finances, to trust Him. I believe there is a greater release of finances coming into your pocket and into the ministry of this church! Ok? I believe God is going to add to this church, people that’s got the money that will support your vision. I sense the process of God in your life. I like fighters because life doesn’t give us what we deserve. Life gives us what we fight for. I like that fighting spirit. We fight the enemy!

My response? Yes Lord!!!

Sharing personal prophetic words can always be a little risky, in my opinion. A certain amount of vulnerability can accompany sharing publicly what a prophet has spoken in a private setting, even if it was shared in a corporate meeting. However, sometimes it’s worth it just so that people can join their faith to believe into manifestation what the Lord has decreed. After all, wasn’t Timothy admonished by Paul in 1 Timothy 1:18 to fight the good fight with prophecies that he had received?

Because of its relevance to what God is saying about Harvest Fellowship in 2011, I am sharing this prophetic word given to me by William Hohman of Merrill, Wisconsin during an Eagle’s Gathering of leaders in September of 2010. Mr. Hohman is a proven and trustworthy leader to the body of Christ and was a source of great wisdom and encouragement to all of the attendees at this gathering.

Below is a portion of the word:

“Within this next year, by the end of the school year, you’re really going to see your church start to grow. 2011 is going to be a huge growth year for your congregation. Wonderful moves of the Spirit – I’m sure you’re having them now – but more of a revival kind of spirit/presence where it’s taking hold of people, taking hold of businesses. There’s favor from businesses that are coming into your life.”
This is not the complete word, but a portion that speaks specifically of the Harvest Fellowship and 2011. In the next days I’ll share other prophetic words regarding what the Spirit is saying to us as a church. Get ready!

I’m so thankful that God has been restoring the office of the Prophet to the Church, along with prophetic giftings and anointing.  I know Prophets and prophetic gifts have been instrumental in keeping me focused on what the Spirit is saying to me, my family, the church and my city.  Personally I have determined that not only do I want to have ears to hear what the Spirit is saying, I want to equip others to have hearing ears.

One ministry that I have chosen to align myself and Harvest Fellowship with is Glory of Zion in Denton, TX.  Harvest Fellowship is a Church of Zion.  I’ve always been strengthened by the revelation and anointing that flows from this ministry overseen by Chuck Pierce.  This past weekend, Harvest Fellowship webcast ‘Starting the Year Off Right’, Glory of Zion’s annual New Year’s Conference.  I attended in person a year ago, but I felt we needed to webcast from Harvest Fellowship this year in Ardmore.  We did so believing a Portal of Glory would further be opened up in our region, and I believe this is happening!

In both this conference and The Head of the Year in September (Glory of Zion’s conference which celebrates the beginning of the year according to the Jewish calendar), the Holy Spirit emphasized we must ‘look again’.  In this next season we must have both hearing ears AND eyes that see!  God wants to increase our vision this year as He activates a Seer anointing in our lives at a new level.

Like many within the Body of Christ, I often operate freely in the seer prophetic gifting.  The word for prophet in the Old Testament used most often is nahbi.  This has to do mainly with declaring what someone has heard from God.  However, the Spirit has also been giving further insight these last few years about the seer prophetic gifting.

The two Old Testament words used primarily to refer to a seer are ra’ah and chozeh.  Ra’ah means “to see” while chozeh means a “beholder in vision.”  Both Gad and Asaph were seers in King David’s court according to 2 Chronicles 29:30 and 2 Samuel 24:11-12.  Seers usually see visions and dream dreams from the Lord consistently.

I believe the seer gifting is going to increase throughout the Body of Christ.  Chuck Pierce declared at Starting the Year Off Right that a key to the next 10 years would be how we see!  In this season may His People experience what the two disciples on the road to Emmaus experienced in Luke 24:31: “And their eyes were opened and they recognized Him.”

The Glory of God manifested in a powerful way in Ardmore December 11 during a BURN preview.  God has strategically been using BURN Ardmore as a means to gather a hungry remnant together to seek His face.  On this evening, David Fritch and the BURN interns from Shawnee, OK joined representatives from several churches in the Ardmore area.  We gathered at Harvest Fellowship to further receive the Father’s heart for what He is doing in the earth through intercessory, prophetic worship.

The BURN interns are a group of young people who have set themselves aside for a period of training in vertical worship.  During a BURN internship they spend every day in intimate worship and intercession, as well as improving their musical skills and practicing practical servanthood.  This particular group will be spending a month in the nation of Israel early next year, ministering to many groups of people.  This was one of their first opportunities to minister together as they led prophetic worship, and it was a blessing to this region.

Earlier that day as I had been praying for the meeting, I had a vision.  I saw what I can only describe as a white blanket descending from heaven, glistening with purity, covering the place.  I knew God was already doing something powerful.  That night God further confirmed what He was doing through our friend Bill Faught.

Bill understands and lives in the reality of seeing God manifest His Presence in order to bring breakthrough and transformation to nations.  As the Preview was about to begin, my phone rang.  I was literally standing in front of the assembled group opening the meeting.  Because it was Bill, I answered my phone and I’m glad I did.

Bill and his wife Lynda were traveling from the Dallas area, driving north on Interstate 35.  As they approached Ardmore, they saw a band or “blanket” of light covering the whole Ardmore region.  This was a confirmation and a great encouragement to us as we began the Preview.  God’s Presence was increasing as a blanket of Glory covered the region.  This was further demonstrated as we worshipped and prayed throughout the next few hours.  It was a life-changing evening! 

All of this confirms to me that as God restores the tabernacle of David in South Central Oklahoma, His promises are becoming reality.  Amos 9:11-12 declares,”…I will raise up the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down, and repair it’s damages; I will raise up its ruins and rebuild it as in the days of old; that they may possess the remnant of Edom.” God is dispossessing the enemy (Edom) as He restores David’s tabernacle. 

Acts 15:17 further states that God will rebuild the tabernacle of David, “…so that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, even all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does all these things.”  Not only is the enemy dispossessed in our region as this is established, but it will cause people to seek the face of the Lord!

In his book Beyond the Gates of Praise, Bill Faught writes, “The prophetic element of Davidic worship is a ground breaker and constructs a platform for a more powerful release of the Holy Spirit.  Like a gigantic earth-moving machine, it dispossesses and pushes unwanted things out of the way.  Then it prepares to move us to a higher place in God.” 

We must further press into this realm of prophetic worship if we desire God to move us into a higher place.  I’m ready to experience the blanket of His Glorious Presence as it increases and extends throughout this territory!

-Andy Rudd

A New Day of Signs and Wonders

After spending November 11-14 in Abilene, TX for Global Awakening’s School of Healing and Impartation, I am more convinced than ever that we as believers must see the Kingdom of God released through healings, signs and wonders.  How could I not be changed after seeing hundreds of healings over the course of four days?  The instructors in the school were Randy Clark, Bill Johnson, Joe McIntyre and Will Hart.  Some are better known than others, but I appreciate the ministry gifts and anointing in each one of them and the impartation I received from the Spirit of God.

One of the things God has spoken prophetically over and over to Harvest Fellowship is that we are to be a place of healing – spirit, soul and body.  God prophetically spoke months ago in a message through our friend Bill Faught (www.legacyofworship.com) that Harvest Fellowship would be a pool where people can even come and wash themselves from the wounds of church hurts and splits.

I believe Ardmore, OK has a calling to be a city of healing as well.  I rejoice in the healing move that another church in our city, Crystalrock Cathedral, has been experiencing.  As the Church as a whole in Ardmore, we must all rejoice in what God is doing in our city!  Lord, let it increase!  May we be people of His Presence!

As a church we have done some training in praying for the sick in our very early days.  I’m thankful for the impartation I received from both Ron Sawka and Gaius Lawrence in my years in Japan that equipped me to be able to train others to move in the prophetic and miracles.  However, we as a body must press in even more to see this happen and create a culture of healing.  Jesus said in Luke 9:23, “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.”  As anyone who has ever pursued this calling knows, there is a price involved in praying for the sick.

If you are willing to pursue this with me, our training on Wednesday nights is going to shift from prophetic ministry to raising up healing teams.  I believe it has been essential these last months that we have spent time learning to flow in the gifts of the Spirit.  Now is the time to build on that foundation so that we can, like Paul, fully preach the Gospel of Christ in the power of signs and wonders, in the Power of the Spirit (Romans 15:18-19).

-Andy Rudd

Pastor, Harvest Fellowship