What Heaven Is Saying Today by Pastor James Durham

Jul202014

What Heaven is Saying Today

This morning I got burned as I was worshipping to the sound of Evan Levine’s song, “The Aaronic Blessing.” I had my hands over my face and was praying for the fire of the Lord to burn away every root of bitterness, any unforgiveness, and all strife so that I could draw close to the Lord. I prayed for the fiery hand of Yeshua ha Messiach to come over my head and burn these things away. Well, the Lord answered that prayer in a big way. My forehead still hurts from the burn. I believe I had more to burn away than I thought. Then the Holy Spirit said that this is a word for all of us. We need to continually renew our minds and let Him burn away all these things which hinder our intimacy with Him, block our healing, and prevent us from visiting in the Third Heaven.

 

After the burning, I went into an open vision. In the Spirit I was carried to a mountain in Israel. It looked like Mount Carmel. I was near the top when I saw Him. I saw the mighty head of an extremely large lion looking down over the valley below. I immediately knew that it was the “Lion of the Tribe of Judah.” I felt certain that the Lord is watching over Israel during these perilous times and that the enemies and critics of Israel need to be very careful not to enrage the Lion! I immediately thought of Genesis 12:3, “I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.” I do not want for me, my family or my nation to be under a curse. I am standing firmly with Israel! How about you?

 

Do you remember the Biblical reference to the Lion of the tribe of Judah? It is in Revelation 5:5, “But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals.” The appearance of the Lion this morning was no coincidence. Something very powerful is about to happen. Then I was shown a great pulling away happening in the body of Christ. My thoughts went back to Matthew 24:9-13, “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.”

 

Yesterday, I only received a very short word. It was from Matthew 24:15-16, “Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand), “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.” And Matthew 24:21-22, “For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the elect’s sake those days will be shortened.” I did not send this out yesterday because I have been meditating on it to understand fully what the Lord intends for us. Now, I believe that this is a warning about a clear and present danger. Pray for wisdom from the Holy Spirit to guide you in what you need to do.

 

Then I saw something very strange. As I watched, the Lord pulled a very large beam from a house. As it moved through the house, the roof caved in and the entire house was destroyed. I remembered a reference to this in Ezra 6:11-12, “Furthermore, I decree that if anyone changes this edict, a beam is to be pulled from his house and he is to be lifted up and impaled on it. And for this crime his house is to be made a pile of rubble. May God, who has caused his Name to dwell there, overthrow any king or people who lifts a hand to change this decree or to destroy this temple in Jerusalem. I Darius have decreed it. Let it be carried out with diligence.” Those who are coming against the Word of God, the people of God and the House of God in this season are in great peril. I began to pray for our nation and your nation. I pray that all the Lord’s true disciples will enter into a time of great repentance. Perhaps there is still time to stay the Lord’s judgment! Will you join with me in intercession for your nation today?

 

This morning I was encouraged as I read again 2 Chronicles 7:12-16, “Then the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him: ‘I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people, if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place. For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that My name may be there forever; and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually.’” The Lord has chosen and sanctified His House on Mt. Zion. May all those who love and serve the Lord honor and respect what He has done and what He has promised. He is faithful to hear, forgive and heal our land when we pray the way He has decreed! Amen and Amen!!!!

 

 

James

 

Pastor James Durham

Higher Calling Ministries, Intl

P.O. Box 292335

Columbia, SC 29229-0335


May the Lord bless you and keep you,

May the Lord make His face to shine upon you

And be gracious unto you,

May the Lord lift up His countenance upon you

And establish for you Shalom, Shalom, Shalom!

 

 

Jul172014

What Heaven is Saying Today

The presence of the Lord is very heavy and powerful today. I walked around the worship room with uplifted hands giving Him praise and glory. At one point, I almost fell over backward when the glory fell on me and rushed through me. I soon went face down before the Lord in worship and praise. I prayed for a short time in the Spirit and suddenly the Holy Spirit manifested in power. I was aware that the Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation was releasing an awesome understanding of what the Lord is doing today. Remember what Jesus said in John 5:19-20, “Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel.”

 

At this point I began to see what the Father is doing. I also felt a mighty presence of healing angels coming into the worship room. The Spirit made me aware that these angels will be with those who read this and that they will receive their healing by faith. As I watched, the Lord began to heal swollen and painful ankles. Some were like this from injuries. Some were like this because of diseases. Some were swollen and painful without a clear diagnosis. Regardless of the cause, the Lord is healing ankles today. If you need this healing, the Spirit said for you to stand up and begin to rotate your ankles. As you step up in faith, the healing will come. For some it will be instantaneous and for some it will be gradual. So, I release this healing word today: May your pain immediately be gone and may the swelling in your ankles go down in front of your eyes. The Lord said that He is doing this to raise the level of faith and to draw more people to Him. Yes, Lord! Yes!

 

Then I saw the Lord touching wrists which had limited mobility and were painful. Again, the cause of the injury was not the key to this healing anointing. Whatever the cause, the Lord is healing wrists right now. Just begin to turn your wrists and feel the pain go and the mobility being restored. The Lord said that those who wanted this healing also needed to stand up as an act of faith. As you stand let the healing power come. In the name of Jesus, we release the healing angels to minister this gift of the Lord right now! Amen and Amen.

 

Next, I saw the Lord healing someone’s neck. The muscles in the neck were drawn up into a knot. This is causing your neck and head to be in pain and for some it is actually pulling your head slightly to one side. This injury has caused you to have very limited mobility in your neck. You have to turn your whole body in order to look in a different direction. The Lord is setting you free today. Stand up and begin to turn your head from one side to the other. As you do this your healing will begin to manifest. Then I heard the Lord say that many will experience an instant healing in the neck. Stand up now as an act of faith and for a testimony to the healing of the Lord! Amen! Now, express your gratitude to the Lord!

 

Then I saw the Lord touching someone on one hip. There seemed to be some kind of muscle spasm going on in response to an injury. The muscle spasm was causing the pain to intensify. It was also causing you to walk with a limp. As the Lord touched the muscle, the spasm was stopped and the muscle returned to normal. This was an instantaneous healing. If this is you, stand up and release the ministering angels to touch your hip and release this healing from the Lord. Begin to move and twist your hip slightly. Receive the healing! Be free from pain! Let your mobility be restored, and give thanks to the Lord.

 

Finally, I saw the Lord begin to set people free from the pain and joint damage of arthritis. This began with a healing of a big toe. The joint was swollen and very painful and the Lord was touching the toe with healing power. Then the Lord began to touch hands which were twisted and in great pain from this debilitating disease. It was awesome to see the Lord set people free. If you need this healing today. Stand up and begin to move the parts of your body which are suffering from this disease. Be healed in the mighty name of Yeshua ha Messiach! Amen and Amen. Thank you Jesus!

 

I heard the Lord say that many other things will be healed today as well. There is no limitation to the power of God! Whatever you need, receive it by faith today! Release the healing angels to minister these gifts of healings from the Lord! Remember what the angel said to Mary in Luke 1:37, “For with God nothing will be impossible.” Remember what Jesus said in Mark 9:23, “Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.” Believe and receive in accordance with the Word and Will of God the Father and according to the Word of Yeshua ha Messiach! Amen and Amen!!!

 

 

James

 

Pastor James Durham

Higher Calling Ministries, Intl

P.O. Box 292335

Columbia, SC 29229-0335


May the Lord bless you and keep you,

May the Lord make His face to shine upon you

And be gracious unto you,

May the Lord lift up His countenance upon you

And establish for you Shalom, Shalom, Shalom!

 

 

Jul162014

What Heaven is Saying Today

Today I was carried in a vision to a room which looked like the studio of a great artist. I saw a large dome shaped furnace or kiln which was extremely hot and the fire was almost too bright to look at with unprotected eyes. I saw a man in front of the furnace wearing an apron of thick material which looked like denim. My eyes had to adjust to the brightness to see what he was doing. I had the feeling that I was standing in the presence of a master artist and a highly experience master craftsman. He was holding a long tube with one end in the fire. Then I realized that he was a glass blower. He pulled the tube out of the furnace and I could see a glob of molten glass on the end. He began to blow and the glob began to form into a beautiful vase. Then He said, “I am about to create something new, beautiful, exquisite, and priceless!” It was then that I realized that it was the Lord.

 

He said, “Some people are ready for new things, but others are holding on to the old ways even though they are not working for them anymore. They resist going through the fire, but that is the only way to transition the fabric of the old into the new” I thought about all the people who have been going through some fiery trials in the past few months. Perhaps you have been going through the fire. It is always painful when we have to endure during these very difficult times, but we can trust the Lord. He is making a beautiful new thing out of the fragments of the old. This calls for trust. We need to have faith that the Lord is working for our good even during the bad times. I remembered the promise in Romans 8:28, “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.”

 

As I continued to watch what the Lord was doing, I was aware that the shape of the vase was very beautiful, but it had no color. It was just clear glass. Then I heard the Lord say, “I am making this out of crystal clear glass, because I want my people to see and know what I am doing.” I remembered Amos 3:7, “Surely the Sovereign Lord does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets..” Remember, we are living in the last days. These are the days of the Lord’s promise given through Joel. “And it shall come to pass afterward that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions.” This is a season for all spirit filled people to have their spiritual eyes and ears open. This is a season to expect to see visions, dream dreams, and know what the Lord is doing. Are you ready for it?

 

I saw something moving so fast that it looked like one of those slow motion pictures of a bullet traveling at a very high rate of speed. It was pushing the air aside as it traveled leaving a short trail of vapor. I followed it with my eyes and then saw something very strange. I saw the Lord licking the neck of a very skinny and sickly looking chicken. The feathers on the neck were getting wetter with each lick. The chicken was squawking and fighting furiously in an attempt  to get away. I was a little appalled at this vision, but knew it had a spiritual meaning. So I waited until the Lord spoke. He said, “I am changing the DNA of this chicken so that it will not die. It doesn’t understand what I am doing. So, out of fear and rebellion it is fighting the process of what I am doing.” The Lord was determined to save the chicken no matter how much it struggled to get away. As I watched the chicken began to gain weight and looked much more healthy.

 

Then I understood this vision. We are like the chicken. If we don’t understand what is happening it can appear to be harming us. We fight to get away from the things which cause us to fear. We don’t like to change even when the change will save our lives.  1 Corinthians 15:51-57, “Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed—in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”  “O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?” The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” The new thing the Lord is doing will be awesome and I want to be part of it. I want to change however the Lord wants to make me new! May we all be ready and willing to let the Lord transform us and make all things new! Amen!

 

 

James

 

Pastor James Durham

Higher Calling Ministries, Intl

P.O. Box 292335

Columbia, SC 29229-0335


May the Lord bless you and keep you,

May the Lord make His face to shine upon you

And be gracious unto you,

May the Lord lift up His countenance upon you

And establish for you Shalom, Shalom, Shalom!

 

 

Jul142014

What Heaven is Saying Today

This morning the Lord showed me a “watcher” in Heaven who was looking down on the earth. When I saw him, I thought about the visions of King Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4:13-16, “I saw in the visions of my head while on my bed, and there was a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven. He cried aloud and said thus: ‘Chop down the tree and cut off its branches, strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts get out from under it, and the birds from its branches. Nevertheless leave the stump and roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, in the tender grass of the field. Let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let him graze with the beasts on the grass of the earth. Let his heart be changed from that of a man, let him be given the heart of a beast, and let seven times pass over him.” The Spirit spoke into my heart that we are entering a season of judgment on many world leaders.

 

The Lord has spoken this over and over for about a year. Pride and arrogance are an offense to the Lord and He brings down all the children of pride. I was reminded of James 4:6, “But He gives more grace. Therefore He says: ‘God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.’”  In this season, the Lord has sent a watcher to make a distinction between proud and arrogant leaders and the Lord’s humble and righteous servants. Psalm 138:4-6, “All the kings of the earth shall praise You, O Lord, when they hear the words of Your mouth. Yes, they shall sing of the ways of the Lord, for great is the glory of the Lord. Though the Lord is on high, yet He regards the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.” The world will soon see the difference between the proud and the humble because of how the Lord will build up and how He will bring down.

 

I felt another great call for the Lord’s intercessors to go before the Lord in repentance for their nations and the leaders who are filled with pride and arrogance. Even though the storm has already begun, the outcome is still open to change as the saints of the Lord life up their prayers. Ezekiel 22:29-31, “The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the poor and needy and mistreat the alien, denying them justice. ‘I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none. So I will pour out my wrath on them and consume them with my fiery anger, bringing down on their own heads all they have done, declares the Sovereign LORD.’” Listen today and see if the Lord is calling you to build a wall and stand in the gap for your nation? Will the Lord’s watcher find someone today who will be faithful to intercede?

 

Then the Lord showed me something like rain pouring down on the earth. Instead of water, I saw something like beams of light falling on the USA beginning on a line from Texas to Montana and extending across to the East Coast. The rain was pouring down in the southern part of Canada and the northern part of Mexico. Below where I was standing in Heaven, I saw dark storm clouds swirling and tumbling. Once again the Spirit told me that the Lord is making a distinction between His people and those proud leaders who are seeking their own glory. The humble servants of the Lord were able to see the glory rain of the Lord falling on His people. But, all the others were only able to see the storm and tribulation. They had no hope and little faith in the future. However the Lord’s people saw beyond the trouble of this season and received an outpouring of the Lord’s glory even in the midst of the storm. As the Earth was rotating, this rain began to fall on other places. Eventually (perhaps 24 hours) it will be pouring down on all nations.  

 

Then the Spirit carried me to a place where children were dancing and playing in Heaven. They had drawn a pattern on the ground and they were dancing in such a way that their feet would touch in the certain places with each step of the song. Words were written in each section of the pattern on the ground, but I could not read the words. I understood that each word was a prophecy of something being released in the nations. The children were laughing and having a great time with their game. I looked more closely at two of the children and could see that they were actually adults who had learned to have childlike faith and to do childlike praise (with a pure heart and absolute trust). I remembered the words of Jesus in Matthew 18:2-5, “Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me.” May we all have a childlike faith, pure praise, righteous service to the Lord’s children, and abundant joy as we love and serve the Lord! Amen!

 

 

James

 

Pastor James Durham

Higher Calling Ministries, Intl

P.O. Box 292335

Columbia, SC 29229-0335


May the Lord bless you and keep you,

May the Lord make His face to shine upon you

And be gracious unto you,

May the Lord lift up His countenance upon you

And establish for you Shalom, Shalom, Shalom!

 

 

Jul062014

What Heaven is Saying Today

I had a difficult time climbing the stairs to the worship room this morning. The weighty presence of the Lord was pressing down on me as I pushed my way up into the awesome atmosphere of His Glory. As the worship music was playing, I began to walk around the room with uplifted hands, As I walked, I experienced something like moving through a cloud of His Glory and His mighty power. It really felt good and I wanted to continue, but before long I was face down on the floor under my sukkah (very large prayer shawl). I prayed for fresh bread from Heaven! I asked for a Word from the Lord about the world and/or anyone the Lord chose. I just want to be faithful and do whatever the Lord tells me to do.

 

Then I began to see many things in the Spirit and they were all moving, tumbling, and shaking. Suddenly, I was lifted up by the Lord and carried over many places. I saw so many storms coming to the nations of the Earth. I saw hurricanes, tornadoes, typhoons and war breaking out in many places. In the past months, we have received so many warnings of pending judgment and the coming of the Day of the Lord. However, most people have not listened or responded to the messages coming from the Lord. False prophets and false teachers are proclaiming peace today when the world is on the brink of a mighty shaking.

 

Suddenly, the Lord carried me over a mountain range which seemed so peaceful compared to what He had been showing me. We stopped above an ancient volcanic crater high atop a mountain. It was filled with water which had a deep green color. It seemed so peaceful and still. I heard the Lord make a decree about those who prophesy peace when there is no peace. I heard the voices of many people saying, “See how peaceful and calm it is. There is no danger. Don’t worry about it. Nothing is going to happen.” But then I heard the Lord again, saying “Something is already happening! It is happening beneath the surface. The eyes of the world cannot see it and the minds of leaders cannot comprehend it.” I felt a deep desire for spiritual eyes and ears to open, and I cried out to the Lord to help us wake up and stay alert.

 

My thoughts went to Ezekiel 13:10-14, “Because, indeed, because they have seduced My people, saying, ‘Peace!’ when there is no peace—and one builds a wall, and they plaster it with untempered mortar—say to those who plaster it with untempered mortar, that it will fall. There will be flooding rain, and you, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall tear it down. Surely, when the wall has fallen, will it not be said to you, ‘Where is the mortar with which you plastered it?’” Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: “I will cause a stormy wind to break forth in My fury; and there shall be a flooding rain in My anger, and great hailstones in fury to consume it. So I will break down the wall you have plastered with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation will be uncovered; it will fall, and you shall be consumed in the midst of it. Then you shall know that I am the Lord.”

 

The Holy Spirit began to speak to my spirit and I received this word: As world leaders curse Israel, they are bringing a curse upon themselves and their people. Remember what the Lord said in Genesis 12:3, “I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you;” As the jack-booted goons and stooges of BDS spout their anti-Semitic rhetoric, it sounds more and more like the words of Adolf Hitler in the 1930s. As the so called institutions of higher learning embrace the teaching of anti-Semitic and even neo-Nazi professors; as they reject and silence all who disagree; as the PC (political correctness) police judge and condemn those who hold to the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ; and as inclusiveness continues to exclude those who proclaim God’s Word, their promises of peace and harmony are seen to be more and more hollow and meaningless. The product of their work is not peace, but conflict and strife! As they tear down the foundations established by the founding fathers, the entire nation and the world becomes more and more unstable.

 

I heard the Lord calling His faithful intercessors to repent for nations and lift up prayers for the coming of the Spirit of Truth. May we stay free from the deception which denies the truth of God’s Word. Long after their ideas and doctrines lie in the ash heaps of useless history the Word of Almighty God will continue to stand and the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ will be an eternal reality which none in the future will be able to deny! May we cling to these eternal truths of the Lord now and never allow ourselves to be deceived by the false teachers and false prophets! In the midst of all of these things may we cling to the central teaching of Yeshua ha Messiach, and let our love for one another be the witness which will lead people back to our Father God! May we never compromise or water down the truth of His Love, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” John 3:16-17 and Matthew 5:44-45, “But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.” We must never forget who we are in Christ and who Christ is in us! Amen and Amen!!!

 

 

James

 

Pastor James Durham

Higher Calling Ministries, Intl

P.O. Box 292335

Columbia, SC 29229-0335


May the Lord bless you and keep you,

May the Lord make His face to shine upon you

And be gracious unto you,

May the Lord lift up His countenance upon you

And establish for you Shalom, Shalom, Shalom!

 

 

Jul042014

What Heaven is Saying Today

Happy Independence Day!

 

As I prepared to give the blessing above, I thought about how to say it to those from the USA and still acknowledge those from other nations. Then I heard the Spirit speaking to my spirit. If you are a disciple of Yeshua ha Messiach, you are a citizen of the Kingdom of God. In the Kingdom of God, every day is Independence Day. Amen? Remember Romans 8:1-2, “There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.” So, Happy Independence Day for all those who have been set free from the law of sin and death! Hallelujah! Thank you Adonai Yeshua!

 

This morning, in a vision, I felt myself being lifted up into the Heavens by the Lord. It really felt good and I was thoroughly enjoying this time with the Lord. Suddenly, I was startled by something passing by us at great speed. It looked like a perfect square, but I thought it was actually something like a cube. Streaks of light were being left behind all four sides of the square because it was traveling so fast. I wondered what it could be since it seemed to be travelling so fast toward the Earth. I knew it wasn’t a meteor because of the square shape. I thought about the city built four square (Revelation 3:12 and 21:2, 16). As these thoughts went through my mind, I was informed by the Spirit that I had not perceived correctly. The square had not gone past us, but we had moved through it into Heaven. I don’t usually see the portal shaped like a square. So, I knew there was some special meaning to this shape.

 

Then the Lord gave me a vision in the vision. We looked down into the second heaven and saw great turmoil. It was like huge clouds rolling and tumbling. They seemed to be moving toward a central point from three different directions. In other words, things in the second heaven were not square! This was a deception. I soon saw that all the clouds were empty. There was no power in them. They were deceptions to cause people to fear that some great tribulation is coming with the power of the enemy. However, nothing of the enemy will start the end time harvest or the day of The Lord. Only the Lord can bring these things together for the last days. We must not get into fear! Remember 2 Timothy 1:7, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” I also remembered what Jesus said in Luke 10:18-19, “And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.” May we steadfastly refuse to give back any of this authority to the enemy! May we guard our freedom and the freedom of others.

 

Suddenly, I was given a vision within the vision within the vision. In this vision, I was standing inside a Christian bookstore watching a man with a full beard as he moved toward an easy chair and sat down. I heard his thoughts: “It is good to have a day free from obligations! I am going to enjoy my freedom today!” This sounded good and not so good at the same time. He was enjoying his freedom, but are we ever really free from our obligations to the Lord? I remembered what Jesus said in John 8:34-36, “Jesus answered them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave of sin. And a slave does not abide in the house forever, but a son abides forever. Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.” Most people like this, but don’t often add to it what Jesus said in verse 39 “They answered and said to Him, ‘Abraham is our father.’ Jesus said to them, ‘If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham.’” Then I realized that if we want to claim that we are children of God and disciples of Jesus, we need to be doing the works of the Father and of the Son! Amen?

 

Jesus knew this spiritual concept and practiced it. Remember what He said in John 10:37-38, “If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; but if I do, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him.” Our witness to the world is established as we do the works of Yeshua which are also the works of the Father! May we be faithful witness today and every day! May we always be about our Father’s business in the same way Yeshua was doing the things He saw the Father doing (Luke 2:49)!

 

I thank God for freedom today! How about you? I thank God for the men and women who defended this nation and won our freedom for us! I thank God for those who have taken a stand to keep us free by making an oath to defend this nation from all enemies, foreign and domestic! I thank God for the men and women who have been faithful to that oath even when the cost has been great! Most of all, I thank God for the freedom won by our awesome savior, Yeshua ha Messiach! If we are truly thankful, we should be showing it through our love, worship, obedience and service to the One who won this great victory for us! Amen and Amen!!!!

 

 

James

 

Pastor James Durham

Higher Calling Ministries, Intl

P.O. Box 292335

Columbia, SC 29229-0335


May the Lord bless you and keep you,

May the Lord make His face to shine upon you

And be gracious unto you,

May the Lord lift up His countenance upon you

And establish for you Shalom, Shalom, Shalom!

 

 

Jul032014

What Heaven is Saying Today

The presence was so strong this morning that I had to take off my shoes near the bottom of the stairs to the worship room. I knew that I was climbing and walking on holy ground as I moved toward our place of praise and worship. It felt like it was raining glory as I lifted my hands in worship. It wasn’t long before I was in complete awe of His presence and went face down on the floor under the power of His amazing glory. I began to pray in the spirit and was immediately given a vision of something like a giant bubble rising from the ocean. The brightness of His presence had given this appearance, but in fact it was a huge rock rising up to form a new island. At first, I thought it was another volcano because I could see several channels of a flowing liquid which looked like lava. Then I heard the Lord say, “There is honey in the rock!” The Holy Spirit made me aware that the Lord is releasing a flow of fresh oil and honey. It has a golden glow because of the presence of the Glory.

 

My thoughts went to Deuteronomy 32:13, “He made him ride in the heights of the earth, that he might eat the produce of the fields; He made him draw honey from the rock, and oil from the flinty rock;” Then I thought about the Lord being that rock. Deuteronomy 32:3-4, “For I proclaim the name of the Lord: Ascribe greatness to our God. He is the Rock, His work is perfect; for all His ways are justice, a God of truth and without injustice; righteous and upright is He.” My thoughts also went to 1 Corinthians 10:1-4, “Moreover, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware that all our fathers were under the cloud, all passed through the sea, all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Christ.” Whatever may be coming in this new season, we stand in faith that the Lord will be our source and supply! The Lord can feed us with honey from a rock and bread from Heaven. Psalm 81:16, “But you would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.” Do you believe this?

 

Suddenly, I was lifted up through a portal into Heaven. As I passed through the portal, I saw some kind of being on its stomach with its head over the opening. The hair on its head was long and pure white. The Holy Spirit told me that this was a watcher. That made perfect sense because it never took its eyes off of the earth even when I spoke a greeting. I thought about Daniel 3:17, “This decision is by the decree of the watchers, and the sentence by the word of the holy ones, in order that the living may know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of men, gives it to whomever He will, and sets over it the lowest of men.” May we be filled with the knowledge of the Lord and that He rules in both Heaven and on the Earth! May we be quick to follow and aware that He is always watching over us! Amen?

Suddenly people began to rise up through the portal and stand up near the opening. Each one was taking off stained garments and replacing them with pure white robes. The Holy Spirit said that these were robes of holiness. My thoughts went to Zechariah 3:3-4, “Now Joshua (the priest) was clothed with filthy garments, and was standing before the Angel. Then He answered and spoke to those who stood before Him, saying, ‘Take away the filthy garments from him.’ And to him He said, ‘See, I have removed your iniquity from you, and I will clothe you with rich robes.’” We need to be clothed with the “rich robes” given by the Lord. This is a word for now and not for some later date. We need to exchange our stained garments now and be made ready to do the work of the Lord in this season. Are you ready and willing to make this exchange today. It is so important for us to live in holiness. Remember Hebrews 12:14, “Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.” I want to see the Lord! How about you?

 

Suddenly, as soon as I thought this, I saw Jesus. He was moving very fast. His hair was blowing straight back in the wind, because He was moving so quickly. I immediately thought about what He said in Revelation 22:20, “He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming quickly.” Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus!” Do you believe what Jesus said? I believe and I know that the time is very short. We need to be made fully ready at this time! We need to be prepared to move quickly with Him! There is no more time to waste! Are you ready to move quickly with the Lord? I pray that we are clothed and ready today and always! Even so, come quickly, Adonai Yeshua! Amen and Amen!!!!

 

 

James

 

Pastor James Durham

Higher Calling Ministries, Intl

P.O. Box 292335

Columbia, SC 29229-0335


May the Lord bless you and keep you,

May the Lord make His face to shine upon you

And be gracious unto you,

May the Lord lift up His countenance upon you

And establish for you Shalom, Shalom, Shalom!

 

 

Jul022014

What Heaven is Saying Today

There is something very powerful in the air today. I felt the power of God moving and pressing down as I entered worship this morning. Do you feel it? I believe we need to be very spiritually sensitive today in order to move quickly when the Lord directs us to places of safety, places of ministry, and places of intimacy with Him. I felt so hungry for the Lord this morning and I kept pressing in to see His face and be in His presence. Suddenly, I was given a vision of the Glory of the Lord being poured out to one person. However, this person was wearing glasses which were completely black. The Lord was revealing His Glory but the man had blinded himself to the Glory. He was not blinded by the light of God’s Glory but had blinded himself from it. I prayed, “Lord don’t let that be me! Please help me to keep my eyes open to your Glory!” The Lord revealed that many leaders in the body of Christ are choosing to be blinded by the deception of this age. Many will be left behind because they are choosing the doctrines of man rather than the teaching and guidelines of the Lord!

 

I thought about what the Lord said in Isaiah 42:16-20, “I will bring the blind by a way they did not know; I will lead them in paths they have not known. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things I will do for them, and not forsake them. They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, who trust in carved images, who say to the molded images, ‘You are our gods.’ “Hear, you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see. Who is blind but My servant, or deaf as My messenger whom I send? Who is blind as he who is perfect, and blind as the Lord’s servant? Seeing many things, but you do not observe; opening the ears, but he does not hear.” I pray again that we will keep our eyes and ears open to what the Lord is doing in this season. It is going to move too quickly to play “catch up” later. Amen?

 

Suddenly, I was lifted up and shown a great glowing light of God’s Glory on a peak near the top of a mountain. I understood in my spirit that the Lord was letting His Glory come closer and closer to us. However, many were not willing to lift their eyes to see that the Glory is moving closer. As I looked intently into the glowing light of this Glory manifestation, I saw something like a baby in a manger. The baby was waving it’s arms and moving its legs. I heard the Lord say, “I am about to birth something into the world again, but many will not see it or accept it!” I prayed that I would not be one of those who chose not to see or hear what the Lord is about to birth. I want to be a part of everything the Lord is bringing in this season! How about you?

 

As I thought about these things, I became aware that something was moving across the ocean to my right. I turned to look and saw a great glowing light on the horizon. It was a beautiful mixture of amber, yellow and orange colors. The brightness was increasing like the morning light on the horizon. I felt that there was good news and bad news in this message from the Lord. The good news is that the Glory of God is moving swiftly toward us. The bad news for many is that the awesome Day of the Lord is approaching just as quickly. I was reminded of what Jesus said in Matthew 16:1-4, “Then the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and testing Him asked that He would show them a sign from heaven. He answered and said to them, “When it is evening you say, ‘It will be fair weather, for the sky is red’; and in the morning, ‘It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.’ Hypocrites! You know how to discern the face of the sky, but you cannot discern the signs of the times. A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.” And He left them and departed.” Lord please help us to discern the times and seasons! Help us to keep our eyes and ears open!

 

Then the Lord lifted me up in the Spirit and carried me above the mountaintops. My eyes were drawn to one mountain peak where I could see smoke rising above the mountain. Then I noticed that it was coming from a crater in the top of the mountain. I could see that this was an ancient volcano which was becoming active again. I felt a rumbling as the earth began to shake from the power moving up to the top of the mountain. Then I heard the Lord say, “Once again I am going to shake things in Heaven and on the Earth!” My thoughts went to Haggai 2:6-7, “For thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Once more (it is a little while) I will shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land; and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory,’ says the Lord of hosts.” The shaking precedes the coming of the Glory. I am ready for a little shaking if it brings more of the Glory! How about you? Lord, please keep us awake, aware and ready for what you are doing and what you will soon birth into our world! Amen and Amen!!!!

 

 

James

 

Pastor James Durham

Higher Calling Ministries, Intl

P.O. Box 292335

Columbia, SC 29229-0335


May the Lord bless you and keep you,

May the Lord make His face to shine upon you

And be gracious unto you,

May the Lord lift up His countenance upon you

And establish for you Shalom, Shalom, Shalom!

 

 

Jun202014

What Heaven is Saying Today

Greetings from Billings, Montana where we will be ministering with Steppin In Foundation this weekend. Last night we met with Brenda and talked about the need by many for spiritual fathers. After dinner, we went to bed early after a long day of travel. At midnight, I woke up in the middle of a dream/vision (when you are in between dreaming and having an open vision). In the dream portion of this experience, I was teaching about the mentor training we did for many years during my military career. I was sharing that mentors do not select their mentees. It works the other way around if it is successful. At this point I began to wake up and it struck me that this is the same as with spiritual sons, daughters, and groups who select their spiritual parents rather than the other way around. Too many people who want to be spiritual mothers or fathers try to impose themselves on others. This doesn’t normally work very well.

 

Suddenly, I went fully into the vision portion of this experience. I was standing in the middle of a large flat plain surrounded by mountains. Someone who was suggested as needing me as a spiritual father was standing in the center of the plain. As I looked at him and waited for a word from the Lord, something extremely powerful happened. It was as if a force from every direction closed a circle around the man and then hit him with so much force that I could feel it. As I recovered from the shock of this impact, I heard the Lord speaking. He said, “I AM your Father! I AM your mentor! You don’t need a man! You need me! I will lead you, teach you, and mentor you!” What more could anyone ask than what the Father was freely giving.

 

I was overjoyed by what the Lord had done. However, this experience was not over. As we stood there soaking in what the Lord was saying, I became aware that another force was forming near the mountains all around us. This was something different from what we just experienced. Then I heard the Spirit say, “The Four Winds are being released!” As soon as He said that the wind came at us with great force from North, East, South and West. Because the winds in all four directions had equal force, we were not moved from our positions. We were just covered totally by the power of the four winds.

 

The Holy Spirit led me to Ezekiel 37:9-10, “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.” This is what the Lord is doing in this season. This vision was a prophetic word from the Lord. He is bringing the Spirit of life back into His people so that we can rise up out of hopelessness and despair and become an “exceedingly great army.”

 

It is time for us to arise in the power of God and let the Spirit of Life restore us to what we have been called to be. I was led to Romans 8:2, “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.” The spirit of death no longer has any hold on you or me. We break every covenant with the spirit of death and cancel any legal authority he may have used from what others spoke over us, every generational curse, and every word from our own mouths that gave him authority over us or our families! In the Name of Yeshua ha Messiach, we receive and embrace the Spirit of life so that we can live for Him and accomplish His purposes in our lives.

 

As for me and my household, we are standing on the promises of Jesus given in John 11:25-26, “Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?" If you believe it and receive it, you shall never die! The Spirit of life has conquered the spirit of death once and forever in those who believe wholeheartedly in the promises of Yeshua! I believe and receive it in Yeshua’s Name. How about you? May you receive all Yeshua bought and paid for on the cross! Amen and Amen!!!!

 

 

James

 

James Durham

Higher Calling Ministries, Intl

PO Box 292335

Columbia, SC  79229-0335

 

"The LORD bless you and keep you;
The LORD make His face shine upon you,

   And be gracious to you;
The LORD lift up His countenance upon you,

   And establish for you SHALOM!"

Numbers 6:24-26

 

Jun172014

What Heaven is Saying Today

As I went face down before the Lord in worship this morning, I was immediately given an open vision. In the vision, I climbed a low hill and saw the early morning light on the horizon just before sunrise. The light from the horizon outlined all the clouds with a misty white glow. To my surprise, words began to scroll upward in front of the clouds. The first message was from the Lord and said: “Oh My brothers, COME!” The second message was from the Father and said: “Oh My People, COME!” As I pondered these messages, I heard the Lord say, “Paul A______, It is time! It is time to make things straight! It is time to make things right! It is your time!” (I heard the name clearly, but didn’t want to write it here.) This was an urgent message and there is no time left to postpone what the Lord has called you to do!

 

Suddenly light broke forth from the horizon. All of the clouds disappeared and another vision began to open up in the sky. I saw buildings, which appeared to be made of a silver like metal, being twisted very dramatically. Then I saw large pieces of flat metal being bent and twisted into new shapes. I heard the Lord say that a time of twisting is coming very soon. I wondered whether the Lord was speaking about the twisting of worldly wisdom or a twisting from Him. He answered, “Both!” An intensifying season of the twisting of the truth is opening now. I have felt as if the twisting has gone as far as it could go, but the Lord was saying that this season will be even more dramatic.

 

The Lord is also twisting some things back into the shape of His design. Some people have gotten out of shape and the Lord is bringing them back in preparation to move toward their destiny. This twisting may not seem pleasant at the time, but it is necessary if we are going to be made ready to serve Him in this season. So, don’t be surprised if you go through some twisting in this season. Remember Romans 8:28, “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”

 

We must be very careful about which voices we listen to in this season. Mainly, we need to be listening to the Holy Spirit – the Spirit of Truth. Remember what Jesus said in John 14:15-19, “If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also.” We need to be crying out for the Spirit of Truth to come to us in this season of twisting or we will be caught up in the deception.

 

Suddenly, I was caught up into Heaven and found myself kneeling on the ground in front of an unusual flower. It had several long stems which had several buds in a row near the top of the stem. All of these buds formed a straight line down the blue stems of the flower. It appeared that they were almost ready to bloom. Then I heard the Lord say, “It is Springtime!” In my spirit, I knew that this was about the spiritual season we are now in. I heard the Spirit say, “It is time to plant because the season of Firstfruits is almost here!” I understood that we are past the normal season for plowing and sowing, but it is not too late. However, time is running out and we need to be busy in the harvest fields of the Kingdom now.  

 

I pray that we will be ready for all the things the Lord will work during this season! I pray that we will keep our faith strong even when things are being twisted and we are being reshaped for His purposes! I pray that we will see His hand at work and be led daily by the Spirit of Truth! I claim the promise of Jesus in John 16:13-14, “However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you.” May the Spirit of Truth reveal to each of us the things which are to come! May we be prepared in spirit, soul, and body for the next move of the Lord! Amen and Amen!!!

 

 

James

 

Pastor James Durham

Higher Calling Ministries, Intl

P.O. Box 292335

Columbia, SC 29229-0335


May the Lord bless you and keep you,

May the Lord make His face to shine upon you

And be gracious unto you,

May the Lord lift up His countenance upon you

And establish for you Shalom, Shalom, Shalom!

 

 

Jun142014

What Heaven is Saying Today

Shabbat Shalom!

 

As I entered the Worship Room this morning, I began to feel the mighty power of God filling the room. As I worshipped the Lord, I walked around the room and sensed places where the anointing was stronger because of the presence of mighty angels. In each of these areas I soaked for a short time and then moved to the next place of the Presence. Finally, I was standing in the center of the room with my hands lifted high in worship. As I prayed for Jerusalem, Israel and all the people caught up in violence and tribulation throughout the Middle-East and around the world, something very powerful came into the room. It hit the TV and sound system first and a mighty buzz came from the equipment. It quickly hit me in the center of my chest and my entire body was suddenly filled to overflowing with the mighty power of God. He was doing a work in me which I didn’t fully understand but which I sincerely desired.

 

As I listened to the Aaronic Blessing, I prayed for my mind to be renewed and for the Lord to burn out everything which hinders my closeness to Him. I cried out to draw close to Him and for Him to draw close to me. Suddenly, I went into an open vision. I was standing in the inner court of the Temple. I could see the massive stone walls, pillars and ornaments from my peripheral vision, but I was only able to focus on one thing. Up on the elevated portion of the stone altar a massive fire was burning with flames lifting high in the air. It seemed like the flames were at least 100 feet high and the smoke of the sacrifice was going straight up to Heaven. This sight was awesome and I remembered that the Hebrew word translated as sacrifice is more correctly translated as “drawing close.” I cried out to draw close to the Lord and for Him to draw close to me. I felt myself being lifted up to Heaven in the flames and the smoke.

 

I went face down before the Lord and something covered me like a blanket of fire and electricity. As I willing received this anointing of the Lord, I sensed that an angel had knelt down next to me. He whispered something into my ear which I clearly heard but did not understand because he spoke in the language of angels. So, I spoke to the angel and released him to minister whatever the Lord sent him to do. Suddenly my head was shaken and something shifted in my mind and spirit. It was awesome and I continued to pray to draw closer to Him. I felt the power of the Lord course through my body and I received healing in several areas of my body.

 

As I prayed, I once again felt myself being lifted up. I was moving through the heavens but was hindered by many metal objects which I heard the Spirit called “space junk.” In the midst of the “space junk” I saw a mechanical man. I guess you could call it a robot. It was curled up in a fetal position and was completely motionless. I thought about what Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 1:19-21, “For it is written: ‘I will destroy the wisdom of the wise; the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate.’ Where is the wise man? Where is the scholar? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.” I managed to go around this pile of junk and moved toward an open portal into Heaven. Again, I saw a mechanical man curled up in a fetal position just below the open portal. He was not able to press in through the portal. I heard the Lord saying, “All the science and technology used in an attempt to create a utopia on the Earth will fail! All of these things will fall down and be unable to rise again! You cannot create a Heaven on Earth!” 1 Corinthians 1:25, “For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.”

 

Then I was lifted through the open portal and carried to a beautiful field near the River of Life. As I watched a huge waterfall appeared and released a massive flow of water which dwarfed all those we have seen in the natural. As the water fell from high up in the air, white misty clouds were formed and began to spread out over every living thing, soaking them in the flow of life. I felt myself being covered with the mist and went through a wonderful and amazing time of being refreshed, renewed, healed and restored. I celebrated in the knowledge that this flow is available for you today. Let yourself be lifted up in the flames and the smoke of your prayers to draw close to Him. Enter His courts with thanksgiving and praise! Let the misty cloud of living water cover you and release power from the Lord to heal, restore, renew and refresh you in spirit, soul, and body! This was all for you! I pray that you will receive all of it! I pray that the Lord will work a mighty work in you today and every day! I pray for this and more in the mighty name of Yeshua ha Messiach! Amen and Amen!!!!

 

 

James

 

Pastor James Durham

Higher Calling Ministries, Intl

P.O. Box 292335

Columbia, SC 29229-0335


May the Lord bless you and keep you,

May the Lord make His face to shine upon you

And be gracious unto you,

May the Lord lift up His countenance upon you

And establish for you Shalom, Shalom, Shalom!

 

 

Jun102014

What Heaven is Saying Today

As I entered the Lord’s presence this morning, I was crying out for a fresh word from Heaven. I asked the Lord for fresh bread from Heaven to feed our hungry hearts. I asked the Lord to know what He was saying and what He was doing so that we could serve Him in a way which will be pleasing to Him and bless Him. My heart is longing for a closer and more intimate walk with the Lord today and every day. Can you relate to this? Is this also the cry of your heart today?

 

Suddenly the Lord gave me a powerful vision. I was standing on a vast plain in what looked like a wilderness area. There was no vegetation and everything seemed to be sand and sandstone. As I looked across the wilderness, I saw a very high column begin to rise up in the wilderness. It seemed to be made of sandstone and covered with loose sand. It was tall but not very big around. That is why I called it a column. On the top of the column I could see what appeared to be a large, flat rock. The rock was black in color. As I tried to understand this, two more columns grew up next to this one. One was beside it and the other behind and in between the first two. Then the three columns started to twist around each other and form one column. The three original columns were still distinguishable, but all three had become one.

 

In my spirit I knew this was not something from the Lord. I received a revelation that these were three enemy strongholds which were uniting against the Lord’s people. The Holy Spirit told me that the first column was government, the second was education, and the third was media and entertainment. These three had come into unity to stand against the Word of God, the truth of God, and the people of God. They were united in teaching a false world view and many were being deceived. I heard the Lord say, “This is a counterfeit of something in my Word.” My thoughts immediately went to Ecclesiastes 4:12, “Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.”

 

These three have formed a conspiracy against the truth of the gospel of the Kingdom of God. We are living in a time of increasing deception as many parts of our culture are uniting around manmade doctrines which are false and destructive. Many are being deceived and at times it appears that we are losing the battle for truth. As I thought about this I was reminded of 2 Corinthians 10:4-6, “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.” We must not be deceived! We must not take up their weapons and try to fight in their arena of influence. We must take up our spiritual weapons if we are going to bring down these strongholds.

 

As I reflected on this word from the Lord, I was lifted up into His presence in Heaven. Everyone in Heaven was looking down on this hybrid stronghold. I wondered what it meant. So, I looked to the Lord to see how He was reacting. To my surprise, He began to laugh. His laugh was low and gentle at first but it grew stronger and stronger as He watched the futile attempts of the enemy to overpower His Word. The laugh turned into what we often call a “belly laugh.” As I looked back at the enemy stronghold, it appeared to be so fragile and insignificant from Heaven’s view. I thought about Psalm 37:12-15, “The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth. The Lord laughs at him, for He sees that his day is coming. The wicked have drawn the sword and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, to slay those who are of upright conduct. Their sword shall enter their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.”

 

Then the Lord blew a gentle breath toward the enemy stronghold and it fell down. Suddenly the winds of change began to blow. As I watched, these winds completely blew away all remnants of the former stronghold. Then something else began to happened. The wind blew away some of the ground we were standing on at that moment. The Lord is removing everything we stand on which is not in accordance with His pure truth. One of those areas being removed is our concern about the enemy’s power. We must be careful not to attribute more authority and power to the enemy than he has been given. This is not the enemy’s hour of victory! This is our hour of victory! We need to be praying for the scales to come off of the eyes of others and for them to clearly see!

 

I pray that today our spiritual eyes will be fully open to the truth of God’s Word. I pray that today we will embrace again the promise of the Lord in Luke 10:18-19, “And He said to them, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.” The Lord sees the end from the beginning and He is offering us the same perspective today. Are you ready to look down on the puny and insignificant work of the enemy and release the authority given my Jesus along with the power of your spiritual weapons? May you walk in the power of God’s Word and the authority given by Jesus today and every day! Amen and Amen!!!!

 

 

James

 

Pastor James Durham

Higher Calling Ministries, Intl

P.O. Box 292335

Columbia, SC 29229-0335


May the Lord bless you and keep you,

May the Lord make His face to shine upon you

And be gracious unto you,

May the Lord lift up His countenance upon you

And establish for you Shalom, Shalom, Shalom!

 

 

Jun082014

What Heaven is Saying Today

This morning the Lord gave me a beautiful but distant view of an open Heaven. I was so hungry and thirsty for His presence that I wanted to press in and go through that open portal. As I started to ask and seek the Lord’s presence, I heard Him speak. He said, “It is time to return to the old paths! It is time to restore and walk in the old paths!” My thoughts went to Jeremiah 6:16-19, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; Then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’ Also, I set watchmen over you, saying, ‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’ But they said, ‘We will not listen.’ Therefore hear, you nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them. Hear, O earth! Behold, I will certainly bring calamity on this people—the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not heeded My words nor My law, but rejected it.”

 

I prayed for wisdom and revelation to understand the fullness of what the Lord was saying this morning. Then I heard the Lord say again, “It is time to return to the old paths! It is time to restore and walk in the old paths!” In my spirit, I began to get counsel from the Holy Spirit. I was reminded of many religious leaders who have recently spoken out that they are rejecting the Word of God and choosing the “modern” doctrines of embracing everyone and every behavior no matter how perverted they may be. In my heart I heard the Spirit speak again of the great falling away. We are in this season right now. 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4, “Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.” I felt a deep calling in my spirit for a season of repentance. The body of Christ needs to be on its knees right now repenting for the sins of the people and the sins of the nations.

 

We have rebelled against the Word and Will of God for too long. I know it must happen, but my heart aches over the falling away we are seeing in this season. I felt another deep calling – this time for a great evangelistic outreach and the beginning of some great revival to call our people back to the Lord. Then I heard the Lord saying, “You must be careful not to speak words of judgment and condemnation! This is not one of the old paths! Remember what I told you!” My thoughts immediately went to John 3:16-17, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” The old paths are paths of love! It is a season to bring the Love and Light of God into the lives of people who are in pain and deep darkness. We must not resort to screaming about judgment and condemnation! We must return to the old paths of Love!

 

Then the Lord reminded me that the world will not be very receptive to this message. They will call love hate and hate love. Even as they speak of their commitment to inclusiveness, they will judge and condemn those who stand in the truth of God’s Word. I was reminded of what Jesus said in John 15:18-21, “If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also. But all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me.” I was reminded again that the “old paths” are not the easy paths! The “old paths” are not the way to win popularity contests or to be blessed by the world. Jesus reminds us that they will think they are attacking us for His “name’s sake.” However, these are the paths Jesus took and they are the paths to which He has called us. Are you ready to return to the “old paths?” Now, is the time to make a decision! This is the day to stop hovering between two opinions. Today is the day to say with Joshua, “As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord!” Amen?

 

I asked the Lord, “Please lift me up for a few moments into Heaven because I need to have my spiritual batteries recharged for a challenge like this.” I immediately found myself kneeling on the shore of the River of Life. I bent over and cupped my hands to hold some water. I washed my eyes so that I could see more clearly. I washed face to remove everything that might not show the Love of God to others. I washed my head to remove all fear, doubt, resistance, and confusion. I washed my hands to be free from the stains of sin and death. Then I drank deeply of the water to restore my awareness of the Spirit of life in me. I pray that you will receive living water today to meet all your spiritual needs! I pray that you will be washed of everything which might hinder you from hearing what the Lord is saying! I pray that your eyes will be cleansed of everything which might hinder your ability to see what He is doing! I pray that the Holy Spirit will lead us back to the “old paths” – the paths of the Love of the Father! Amen and Amen!!!!

 

 

James

 

Pastor James Durham

Higher Calling Ministries, Intl

P.O. Box 292335

Columbia, SC 29229-0335


May the Lord bless you and keep you,

May the Lord make His face to shine upon you

And be gracious unto you,

May the Lord lift up His countenance upon you

And establish for you Shalom, Shalom, Shalom!

 

 

Jun072014

What Heaven is Saying Today

Shabbat Shalom!

 

The presence of the Lord is so strong this morning. I had to remove my shoes at the beginning of the hallway to the worship room because I felt that I was standing on Holy Ground. It was even stronger when I came back down and even now I feel the awesome and mighty power of God all round me, on me, and in me. I know that the Lord intends for you to feel the awesome power of His presence today also. Just lift up your hands and feel the “kavod” of God falling down on you today. It was so strong in the worship room that it was difficult to walk or even stand in His presence. It was wonderful and awesome beyond description!

 

As I went face down in His presence, I asked the Spirit to truth to reveal what the Lord is doing and saying today. This is a very wonderful truth and I want all of us to experience it as Jesus did. John 5:19-20, “Then Jesus answered and said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He sees the Father do; for whatever He does, the Son also does in like manner. For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself does; and He will show Him greater works than these, that you may marvel.” This is my heart’s desire: 1) to do what I see the Father doing; and 2) to say what I hear the Father saying. These two things are the most powerful things available to us today. Remember what Jesus said in John 14:12, “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.”

 

As I continued to pray, I was suddenly caught up in a powerful vision of the Lord. I was in the midst of great and powerful strong clouds high above the earth. The clouds were rolling and tumbling with awesome power, but the storm had not yet begun. However, I felt it was imminent and could begin at any moment. I prayed again to hear what the Father was saying and this is what I heard: “I will judge those who hate Israel! I will judge those who conspire against My people!” My thoughts went to Joel 3:2, “I will also gather all nations, and bring them down to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; and I will enter into judgment with them there on account of My people, My heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations; they have also divided up My land.”

 

The storm of His judgment is coming to those who are violating His Word and falsely condemning Israel in order to bless Islam. The nations who have advocated for dividing up the Lord’s land and scattering Israel have been summoned to judgment! I knew this word was about the United Nations and all the leaders who are unfairly and unreasonably hostile toward Israel and defending Islamic hatred and violence. False teaching are about to be exposed. Those who teach them are even now coming under God’s judgment. I felt a great call for repentance on behalf of the nations and their leaders. God’s tolerance for anti-Semitism has come to an end and judgment is near.

 

Suddenly I seemed to be in the midst of a great darkness. I didn’t understand it at first, but was shaken awake when a huge flaming mass of rock hurled past me in the darkness. I realized at this point that I was in deep space and seeing things which have been set into motion as part of the Lord’s judgment. The massive rock formation looked like a mountain on fire in the front as it hurled through space. At first I thought it was a comet because of the flames ahead of it. However, this idea changed as I noticed that on the back side I could see the massive rock formation clearly. There was no real trail of flames behind this formation. I then heard the word “Wormwood!” I remembered Revelation 8:10-11, “Then the third angel sounded: And a great star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the water, because it was made bitter.” I could not see this formation’s position in relationship to Earth. I don’t know how far out it may be or when it may strike the Earth. I just know that the judgment of God has already been set in motion, and we need to be praying earnestly and repenting for all disobedience!

 

Remember the promise at the end of Joel 3:12-16, “Let the nations be wakened, and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judge all the surrounding nations. Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, go down; For the winepress is full, the vats overflow—for their wickedness is great.” Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision. The sun and moon will grow dark, and the stars will diminish their brightness. The Lord also will roar from Zion, and utter His voice from Jerusalem; the heavens and earth will shake; but the Lord will be a shelter for His people, and the strength of the children of Israel.” I believe this promise for shelter and strength during the season of judgment is for you and me as well as for Israel. We must not be afraid, because the Lord has promised to be a stronghold and shield for us during times of trouble. Remind one another of the promise in 1 Thessalonians 1:10b, “…wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.” The Lord will rescue us from the coming wrath! Amen!

 

 

James

 

Pastor James Durham

Higher Calling Ministries, Intl

P.O. Box 292335

Columbia, SC 29229-0335


May the Lord bless you and keep you,

May the Lord make His face to shine upon you

And be gracious unto you,

May the Lord lift up His countenance upon you

And establish for you Shalom, Shalom, Shalom!

 

 

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