A MESSAGE OF HOPE FROM THE SNOW

In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,
In the bleak midwinter, long ago

This message was first publicized  in November 2010 as a word from the Lord to His Church. However, today I felt led by the Holy Spirit to send out this abridged version again, to remind and encourage God’s people. I hope this bless and challenges you.

A MESSAGE OF HOPE FROM THE SNOW

The weather forecast had predicted heavy snow, yet I was hopeful that our retreat at Ashburnham Place in East Sussex, England would still take place. As the snow began to fall, the weather reports got more alarming, while pictures of heavy snow and traffic on the motorways and roads told a grim story, especially in the area we were to travel to. However, we felt the Holy Spirit leading us to go, and so we set off by faith.

The journey to Ashburnham gave us a clearer picture of the amount of snow that had fallen. Everywhere, the fields, trees, roads, etc, were all covered in snow! There was no sign of the sun and the atmosphere was still, cold, icy, grey, eerie and lifeless. There was not much else worth mentioning about the journey, except for a comment I made. Out of the blue I said,

 “Don’t be surprised if we wake up tomorrow and it has rained and there is no snow.”

As I spoke, I looked out of the car window and knew that short of a miracle, what I had just said would never happen. I could also tell, by looking at their faces, that none of the people in the car with me could imagine that happening either.

We arrived at our destination and there was about 12 inches of snow covering the car park, making parking almost impossible! After we had checked and settled in, we had a couple of teaching and prayer sessions, and then went to bed at about 1.00am.

However, when we woke up for prayer at 7.00am, lo and behold, it had rained and most of the snow had melted away, with just a few patches left, which soon melted away. I immediately remembered the comment I made in the car! All day long, till the next day, it rained and water continued to flow, both from the rain and the melted snow. Also, every time I closed my eyes, I would see a picture of water flowing and growing,  like a big river, but the water was very beautiful and blue, clean and clear. I knew that there was a message or lesson for me to learn, but didn’t quite know what it was.

Word from the Lord

A few days after we returned from the retreat, just before going to bed, I felt a strong urge to read my bible, and the more I tried to ignore it, the stronger the urge became. I wasn’t quite sure what I was being prompted to read, so I said a quick prayer to the Lord, “I’m going to open this bible randomly and read whichever page it opens to, even if it’s the genealogies!” I opened my bible, it fell to Psalm 147 and I read from verses 15 to 19,

“He sends out His command to the earth;
His word runs very swiftly.
He gives snow like wool;
He scatters the frost like ashes;
He casts out His hail like morsels;
Who can stand before His cold?
He sends out His word and melts them;
He causes His wind to blow, and the waters flow.
He declares His word to Jacob,
His statutes and His judgments to Israel.
He has not dealt thus with any nation;
And as for His judgments, they have not known them.
Praise the LORD!”

Of course, now the Lord had my full attention!!! I began to pray and ponder on the word I had just received and the events of the weekend. I knew God had a message for us and was eager to discern His heart and mind. The more I prayed, the more I realised that this was a message of hope to the Church and to the nation(s)! Hallelujah!

We now live in a nation and world that has rejected God Almighty and His Word, laws and statutes. Rebellion, disobedience and hardness of heart towards God, and the rejection of God and His Word, have become the status quo. There is apathy, coldness and blatant indifference toward God, the Creator of all the earth and everything relating to Him. In the midst of the current situation, we have the Church, disengaged from her Source (Jesus Christ), struggling to make herself relevant and heard, and baffled by the lack of response and effect, both within and without.

In this dire state of affairs, the Word of God seems to have lost its power and impact. It appears to have little or no effect on the hearts, minds and lives of people. Even in the Church, the Word of God appears to have lost its power to perform and transform, and many walk in disobedience, doubt, unbelief, faithlessness and fear.

Like the snow, which is just water that has crystallised due to coldness of temperature, the word of God, in encountering the coldness of human hearts, seems to have ‘frozen’ and become ineffective in accomplishing what it was sent out for. Like the snow, which freezes to death and stifles life, the coldness of human heart has created a spiritual state of death, hopelessness and despair. Just as the snow brought everything to a standstill, motorways blocked with traffic, aeroplanes grounded with businesses losing millions of pounds sterling, many have become spiritually bankrupt, ruined and insolvent.

Yes, we are in the bleak midwinter, not long ago, but HERE and NOW!!!

Revival

Nevertheless, that is not the focus of this message, because in the midst of all that is happening, the Lord seeks to bring hope to the Church and to the people of this land. Hence, this is not an exposition on Psalm 147:15-20, but rather, a declaration of what is on the Father’s heart. The essence of the message is that God is sending forth His word again as rain to melt the coldness and hardness of human hearts. Thus the word of God is going to be restored to and declared by the Church, once again, in this land.

This is the REVIVAL we have been crying, praying and waiting for!!! God will send forth and revive His Word once again. The Word of God is going to be exalted in the Church! God’s people shall HEAR and READ the Word. God’s people shall UNDERSTAND the Word. God’s people shall BELIEVE the Word. God’s people shall OBEY and LIVE according to the Word. God’s people shall BOLDLY DECLARE the Word. And God’s people shall DEMONSTRATE the Word in power!

According to Psalm 147, the Lord will send forth His Word, together with the wind of His Spirit, causing frozen, icy, still and hardened hearts of rebellion, unbelief, doubt, fear, indifference and apathy, to melt and flow like a river of life. Hallelujah!

The bible tells us in Isaiah 55:10-11:

“For as the rains come down, and the snow from heaven,
And do not return there;
But water the earth,
And make it bring forth and bud
That it may give seed to the sower
And bread to the eater,
So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it”

The Word of God comes down as rain, and is powerful and able to accomplish all that God sent it forth for! As we receive the Word, understand, believe and act upon it in obedience, faith will begin to build up in us, for “faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of Christ” (Romans 10:17).

Rebellion, disobedience, unbelief, doubt, faithlessness, fear and apathy shall all melt away, as faith builds up through the power of the word of God. As our faith increases we will receive more answers to prayer, which will encourage us to further read the word and stand and act on it. This will give us the boldness to DECLARE the Word of God to all. The power of God’s Word will be demonstrated as we boldly declare it, and we shall see life and wholeness created, and change take place in our lives, homes, communities, towns, cities and nation. (Acts 4:29-31)

Yes, this is the REVIVAL we are waiting for!!!

The River of God

In Ezekiel 47, God showed Ezekiel a picture of a flowing, growing and rising river. The water started flowing from the threshold of the Temple. The river grew and expanded from ankle to knee and then waist deep. Then it became a river so deep that one must swim through it. The river contained a great multitude of fishes and its water brought life and healing wherever the river flowed. There were many fishermen on the banks of the river, spreading their nets and catching exceedingly many fishes! Also, along the banks of the river grew many kinds of very fruitful trees, whose fruits and leaves were for food and healing.

Through the Church, the Word of God shall go forth, like that river, into every area of life, bringing healing, restoration and life. The creative power of the Word of God shall go forth from the Church, causing righteousness, justice, peace, mercy, truth, love and joy to spring forth in the land (Psalm 85:8-13). Above all, many souls shall be saved into the kingdom of God.

Indeed, this is the REVIVAL we are awaiting with anticipation!!!

“Aslan Has Come!”

The scenery on our way to the retreat was totally different from that on our journey back home. On our onward journey, as we travelled through the frozen, cold and barren fields, someone commented, “This is Narnia!” Yes, it did look exactly like the film’s depiction of Narnia from C. S. Lewis’s “Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” when the Snow Queen had taken over and turned everything to ice and snow.

However, the scenario on our return journey was totally different. There was little or no snow or ice anywhere, as the rain had melted it all. There was life, as we could now see the trees and fields. One of my team members who was riding in another car immediately sent me a text message saying, “ASLAN HAS COME!” What a true and appropriate depiction of what God wants to do! Indeed, Jesus Christ, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, the Word of God has come!

This is a message of hope to the Church, for He has come, through His Spirit, to deliver, empower, strengthen and enable us. He has come to stir up FAITH and BOLDNESS in us to live and declare His Word, causing righteousness, peace, justice, mercy and truth to spring forth. This is a message of hope for the people in this nation and the world because as we live and declare Him, they will all hear, know and believe that Jesus Christ, the Word of God, is our only Hope, Light and Saviour.

In this coming year and beyond, whatever you do, receive, believe, live and proclaim the Word of God.

“For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.” – Isaiah 11:9b; Habakkuk 2:14

WORD FROM THE LORD TO THE CHURCH

WORD FROM THE LORD TO THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST

3^RD AUGUST 2013

By Rev Jennifer Abigail Wallace

On 31 March 2013, in a dream, I was given a piece of paper with a message written on it in different languages. I was to deliver the message, but there were many obstacles and distractions on the way. The message read as follows,

“How lovely on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who announces peace, who brings good news of happiness, who announces salvation, and says to Zion, “YOUR GOD REIGNS.”

As you well know, this is a scripture from Isaiah 52:7. I shared it with a few people and decided to wait and pray. As I prayed this morning, however, I had an increasing sense of the awesome weight of the presence, glory and majesty of our God and was reminded of the message in the dream. I turned to the scripture again, this time focusing on the following verse as well –

“How lovely on the mountains are the feet of him who brings good news, who announces peace, who brings good news of happiness, who announces salvation, and says to Zion, “YOUR GOD REIGNS. The voice of your watchmen—they lift up their voice; together they sing for joy; for eye to eye they see the return of the Lord to Zion.” – Isaiah 52:7-8

The Holy Spirit immediately prompted me to share this message with the Church in the United Kingdom and the nations:

“God, the Father of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour, wants to remind His Church that He is still KING and REIGNS over the nations of the earth. Despite the physical evidence, the Lord still reigns over the nations, thus the Gospel of Jesus Christ is still as relevant now as when it was first preached! The Lord ASSURES His Church that the Kingdom of God – righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit – is in your midst, and God will show Himself strong. (Psalm 2; Psalm 110)

 Therefore, this is not the time for the Church to grow weak and weary. This is not the time to give up. This is the time to “Awake, put on strength, shake yourself from the dust, loosen yourself from the bonds and yokes of your neck and put on your beautiful garments!” This is the time to PREPARE for a visitation from your God, indeed, the watchmen are already beginning to see the Lord return to strengthen and empower His Church. This is the time to PRAY as never before. This is the time to PREACH the full gospel of Jesus Christ, as never before. This is the time to PROCLAIM His Kingdom. Therefore, be encouraged and intensify prayer and begin to prepare for a visitation that will strengthen, empower and embolden the Church of Jesus Christ to proclaim His gospel. YOUR GOD REIGNS!!! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Indeed!

As I continued to pray, the Holy Spirit brought the words of this hymn by Henry Burton to me and laid it on my heart to share it as well.

There’s a light upon the mountains,
And the day is at the spring,
When our eyes shall see the beauty
And the glory of the King:
Weary was our heart with waiting,
And the night watch seemed so long,
But His triumph day is breaking
And we hail it with a song.
 
Hark! We hear a distant music
And it comes with fuller swell;
’Tis the triumph song of Jesus,
Of our King, Immanuel!
Zion, ye forth to meet Him!
And, my soul, be swift to bring
All thy sweetest and thy dearest
For the triumph of our King!

The message from the Lord is this simple reminder that “YOUR GOD REIGNS!” It is time to PRAY, PREPARE, PREACH and PROCLAIM! JESUS CHRIST REIGNS!!! 

By Apostle Jennifer Abigail Wallace

Good News To Women!!!

A major setback to the Church’s fulfillment of Christ’s Great Commission (Matt 28:16-20) is that for far too long, more than half of God’s workforce has been redundant. This is because the Church has operated under-capacity by limiting and under-utilizing the gifts and talents of women. However, this seems to be changing as God is releasing His daughters everywhere to worship and work!

God is letting loose the shackles and fetters of culture, tradition and religion! He is breaking the locks on the doors of the boxes and cages of fear, prejudice and mediocrity! He is opening the doors of the prisons of low self-esteem and self worth, depression, oppression and suppression! God is releasing His women to worship and work!! (Isaiah 61:1-4). Hallelujah!

Isaiah 61:4
“…And they shall rebuild the old ruins, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the ruined cities, the desolations of many generations”

Godly women can now rise up, breakthrough the limitations, shake the chains and fetters off their feet and hands, come out of the boxes, caves and prisons to worship and serve God!! Culture, tradition religion and prejudice can no longer stop or hold them back, for they refuse to conform to the boundaries set for them by human beings! Their ears will be unstopped to hear from God and their tongues shall be loosened to proclaim what they have heard!

These God-fearing, prayerful, Spirit-filled, wise, bold and confident women will rise from the place of mediocrity to influence, impact and change their families, churches, workplaces, communities, societies, and nations.

These women will preach the Gospel, win souls to Christ and teach and disciple young converts. They will engage in prayer, intercession and spiritual warfare, and will be the watchmen over their communities, cities and nations. They will raise their families and the next generation in a godly manner. These women will be found everywhere – home, schools, workplace, shopping malls, etc – and, like yeast, salt and light, influence and impact their environment for Christ!

Psalm 68: 11,12 (AMP)
“The Lord gives the word [of power]; the women who bear and publish [the news] are a great host. The kings of the enemies’ armies, they flee, they flee! She who tarries at home divides the spoil [left behind].”

They will form a global ‘army’ and network, and will become mighty instruments in God’s hand for the final harvest into His kingdom. This mighty army of women will join hands, together with the men, like Moses, Aaron and Miriam, Deborah and Barak, Esther and Mordecai, Priscilla and Aquila, to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ!!

JESUS CHRIST IS COMING SOON! He is coming to receive His Bride, the Church. There is, therefore, an urgent need for preparation, and the Gospel must be preached in every nation on earth. What we now have is a critical situation of ‘all hands on deck’. Hence, women must be restored, raised and released to work.

Matthew 9:36-38
“But when He saw the multitudes He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is truly plentiful, but the labourers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into His harvest”

Good News

I have good news for women: A woman, who has been born again from above, and is yielded, surrendered, and filled with God’s living Spirit is free from the oppressive grip of sin and its consequences. She is free to live as a daughter of God knowing that her identity is secure in Him. She is free to discover her God-given purpose. She is free to influence others in her sphere of life with God’s kingdom purposes, mindset and characteristics, as revealed in Christ Jesus and incorporated in the Great Commission.

Indeed, the shed blood of Jesus has purchased our freedom!!! We can now rise up and work. I encourage you, therefore, to prayerfully find your place in the harvest field. Locate your particular assignment, position and rank, and sharpen your tools. Let His word and Spirit guide you, as you rise up to fulfil your assignment.

Your reward will be great! You shall certainly hear these words one day, “Well done, good and faithful servant… enter into the joy of the Lord!” (Matthew 25:21)

“And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.” – Matthew 24:14

Warning

This message is the introduction to our FREE TO SERVE Course. Please feel free to contact us if you want more information about the course. I MUST issue a warning, though: FREE TO SERVE could positively, purposefully, progressively and permanently transform your life!

In Christ’s Love and service,

Apostle Jennifer Abigail Wallace