PROPHETIC WORD
“A TIME OF PURIFICATION”
BY
LISA JO GREER
(ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)
September 8, 2013
A
Time to Be Humble and Poor in Spirit
In a recent time of prayer I heard the
Lord say, “This is a time of intense purification in the Body. My children need to posture their hearts
properly before Me. They must have the
posture of humility. For I am purifying
My Bride, and in order for them to endure the process of My purification they
must be humble and poor in spirit.”
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs
is the kingdom of heaven.”
Matthew 5: 3.
A
Time to Permit the Purifying Work of the Holy Spirit
“They must
permit the purification, just as Esther permitted the purification. They must do so as well.”
“Before
a girl’s turn came to go in to King Xerxes, she
had to complete twelve months of beauty treatments
prescribed for the women, six months with oil of myrrh and six with perfumes
and cosmetics.”
Esther 2: 12.
I believe that we are entering into a time of purification. It may be six months, twelve months, or
longer, but more importantly than the length of that purification is the fact
that there is a time period attached to our purification just as there was to
Esther’s.
A
Time of Pruning
“They must allow
the pruning that I will do in this hour, for I will sever those things that are
of the flesh and not of the Spirit.” In
this hour the Lord is cutting off and cutting away those things in our lives
that are of the flesh, so that we truly can grow more in the Spirit. There is a cutting away that is occurring,
but we must allow it, for it will result in greater growth for us in the Spirit
and a greater harvest for Him.”
“I
am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He
cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful.”
John 15: 1-2.
A
Time of Personal Process
“They must
realize that My purification is a process and will be so for them. It will be personal for each of them, for I
am a personal God. I know each of My
children in an intimate way. This
process of purification will bring about the fruition of My promises in their
lives.” The Lord’s process of
purification will not be the same for each of us. Instead, it will be tailored uniquely to who
we are and who He has made us to be in Him.
It will bring out His promises in our lives.
A
Time of Cleansing and Undivided Hearts
“My process of
purification will be done under My authority and My rule. It must be unopposed by their spirit. Their spirit must permit it and not oppose My
process of purification in any way. In
this process, those areas of the heart that are untidy or unclean, will be
cleansed and purified. There will be no
usurping of My Holy Spirit’s authority in their lives. They will not usurp it in any way. There will be no divisions in their
hearts. They will have undivided hearts
toward Me.” We must not oppose the Lord’s
process of purification in our lives in any way. We must submit to the Holy Spirit’s authority
and rule in the process and allow Him to fully cleanse and purify our hearts.
“Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me,
and I will be whiter than snow.”
Psalm
51: 7.
“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a
steadfast spirit within me.”
Psalm
51: 10.
Our hearts then will be totally undivided toward Him,
following Him in every way and truly fearing His name:
“I will give them an undivided heart and put a new
spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a
heart of flesh. Then they will follow my
decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
They will be my people, and I will be their God.”
Ezekiel
11: 19-20.
“Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your
truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.”
Psalm
86: 11.
A
Rite of My Bride
“The
purification will be regular for them, and the regularity of it will be
determined by My Spirit. This process of
purification is a rite of My Bride. Just
as Esther was purified, so shall My Bride be purified by the oil of My Spirit
and of My Presence. For My Bride will
soak in My oil, until she is clean and whole. “
Esther was being prepared, and her beauty treatments were her
preparation. In the same way, we too, as
the Bride of Christ are being prepared in this hour. We are called to soak and to bathe in His Presence,
allowing the oil of His Spirit to be poured all over us, and to flow over us. He will do this even in the midst of our
enemies:
“You
prepare a table before me in the presence of my
enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my
cup overflows.”
Psalm 23: 5.
I believe some of you reading this may be saying, how can the
Lord purify me now? I am in the midst of
a war in my life. I tell you, He will
prepare a table for you in the midst of your enemies. No matter what is going on in your life, He
will wash you; He will cleanse you; He will purify you; He will let you bathe
in His presence and pour His oil over your head. And He will honor you and dignify you, no
matter what surroundings or circumstances you find yourself in.
“At all times My
Bride will be under My rule and My authority.
And her spirit will be ruled by My Holy Spirit. I will require absolute rule. This process of purification is not an
option, but it is required for those who will go further in Me. My Spirit will require the purification, and
their spirit will submit willingly to My Holy Spirit in this process.” I believe the Lord is saying that to go
further in Him, to become the Bride that we are called to be, we must submit to
this process and time of purification.
And in doing so, we must yield to the Holy Spirit’s rule and authority
in our lives. Intimacy is needed in this
process, but by so yielding to the time of purification, greater intimacy with
Him will result.
Full
of Grace and Full of the Spirit – My Stephens are Returning
“Like Stephen,
My Bride will be full of grace and full of the Spirit.”
“They
chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy
Spirit.”
Acts 6: 5.
“Now
Stephen, a man full of God’s grace and power,
did great wonders and miraculous signs among
the people.”
Acts 6: 8.
“But
Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven
and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing
at the right hand of God.”
Acts 7: 55.
Years ago, the Lord gave me a dream in which I heard, “My
Stephens are returning.” At that time I
did not understand, but now I do. After
this time of purification, men and women like Stephen will be raised up, those
who are full of faith, full of grace, and full of the Spirit. And they too, will do great wonders and
miraculous signs among the people, like Stephen.
Formidable
to the enemy
“My Bride will
be formidable to the enemy.” The enemy
will oppose this process of purification in your life, because he knows that to
allow it, would be to his detriment. In
this hour we must not be distracted and/or tempted by the ways and wiles of the
enemy. We must have a firm focus on the
Lord Jesus and turn our eyes steadfastly toward Him.
A
Time of Intimacy with Him
At this time the
Lord is calling us to a deeper relationship with Him. If we have been in the outer court, He is
calling us into the inner court. If we
have been in the inner court, He is calling us into the Holy of Holies. Let His Spirit guide and direct you. Intimacy with Him is a process. Just as we do not “make” a new best friend
overnight, intimacy with the Lord comes over time. But it is time well spent in His Presence and
for our good.
A
Time of Growing Up in Him
It is also a
time of growing up in Him. “In this time
of purification, My children will grow
up in Me. Sonship and Daughtership will
be understood in greater measure.”
“When I
was a child, I talked like a child, I thought
like a child, I reasoned like a child.
When I became a man, I put
childish ways behind me.”
I Corinthians 13: 11.
I believe this will be a time that we put our childish ways
behind us, and grow up in the Lord and become the man or woman of God that He
has chosen and destined us to be. We
cannot do this on our own. We need the
work of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
A
Time of Divine Alignment – The Intersection of Chronos and Kairos
“Chronos and Kairos
will meet. “ Here, the Lord is speaking
of divine timing and perfect alignment in Him.
For the Bride shall be in perfect alignment with Him. We will be in God’s perfect timing – our “chronos”
will also be His “kairos,” and they will
be one together in Him.
Greater
Authority
“Greater authority
shall I grant. The more one is under My
authority, the more authority I will give to them. “
“When
Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came
to him, asking for help. ‘Lord,’ he said, ‘my servant
lies at home paralyzed and in terrible suffering.’ Jesus said to him, ‘I will go and heal him.’
The centurion replied, ‘Lord, I do not deserve
to have you come under my roof. But just
say the word, and my servant will
be healed. For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, “Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant,
‘Do this, and he does it.’ "
Matthew 8: 8-9.
The centurion was a man under authority, and also a man who
had authority over other men. He
understood Jesus’ authority. The more we
understand Jesus’ authority and embrace it in our own lives, the more I
believe, we, like the centurion, will see the miraculous in our lives and in
the lives of others.
I
am the God of the Turnaround
“This time of
purification is a place of trust, a place of truth, and a place of tremendous
blessing in the lives of all who embrace it.
It is a place of transition in the Spirit. It is also a place of turnaround. For remember, I am the God of the turnaround. If you think that you are stuck in the mire
and the mud, it is not so, for I can lift the very earth to pull you out before
you can even blink your eye.” We serve a
God who is a God of the turnaround. No
matter what you are facing, He can turn it around. I feel like some of those reading this word
may have lost hope. I tell you, the Lord
can revive your hope in Him, and He can and will turn your circumstances from
defeat to victory, and you from disarmed to victorious.
The
Power of His Intercession
“For I am the
Lord, your Advocate, the High Priest of all High Priests, and I continually
intercede on your behalf. You will know
the power of My intercession for you.”
“My dear
children, I write this to you so that you will
not sin. But if anybody does sin, we
have one who speaks to the Father
in our defense – Jesus Christ, the
Righteous One.”
I John 2: 1.
“Therefore,
since we have a great high priest who has
gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God. let us hold firmly to the faith
that we profess. For we do not have a
high priest who is unable to sympathize
with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are – yet was without sin.”
Hebrews 4: 14-15.
A
Time of Order
“For I am
bringing Order to their lives. I am
bringing Order to My Bride, and My Order of My Bride. It is in this time of purification that I
will begin to establish the true Order of My Bride."
The
Day of the Superstars is Over
“Please tell My
people that the day of the ‘superstars’
in My Church is over. Everyone’s worth
in My Church needs to be realized and given weight. There are no ‘nobodies.’ I will oppose the proud, and exalt the
humble.”
Thank you, Lord, for this time of purification. May all who read this word truly embrace this
time and become the men ,women, and children of God, and the Bride that you
have called them to be. We welcome your
Holy Spirit in this hour and submit to all He wishes to do with and within each
of us. Help us to be teachable and
receptive to the Spirit in this hour.
(Given to Lisa Jo Greer, August 28, 2013)
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