What Heaven Is Saying Today by Pastor James Durham

Sep032014

What Heaven is Saying Today

This morning I had to press through several dark clouds to get through the portal into Heaven. Many things are being lifted up to block the Lord’s people from having access to Him. The Lord had given me a verse earlier. I had already applied this verse to several situations this morning, and I applied it here. Deuteronomy 23:5, “Nevertheless the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam, but the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves you.” We must not empower the work of the enemy be getting into fear about what he can do. The Lord is turning his curses into blessings. We need to spend more time focusing on what the Lord is doing and press in to be a part of His work. I challenge you to receive the blessings of the Lord and do not fear the curses of the enemy. 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.”

 

Suddenly, I was lifted through all these distractions into the resourcing room in Heaven. Then I saw a strange sight: people were being blocked from taking what was not given to them. They were trying to take things provided by the Lord for others. However, they were unable to cut through the ropes binding these gifts. I saw two revelations in this: 1) no one can steal what the Lord is providing for you. Let go of all fear that the thief can succeed! 2) Don’t try to take the anointing or provision which has been designated for someone else. Don’t envy the gifts and abilities of others. You will succeed in your destiny if you receive and use the gifts assigned for you. Remember: The Lord has plenty for everyone, but He chooses who receives and what they receive. 1 Corinthians 12:11, “But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually as He wills.” It is scriptural to desire spiritual gifts, but not to take what is willed for another. Amen?

 

Suddenly, I heard the Lord speak aloud, “Ephesians 5:2.” As I looked at this passage, I read both verses 1 and 2, “Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma.” I realized that if we “walk in love” we will always act appropriately in the reception and use of spiritual gifts. Amen? Christ has given Himself for us! What more can we ask? Yet, He is so good to provide more and more. I thought about the message in Psalm 115:13-16, “He will bless those who fear the Lord, both small and great. May the Lord give you increase more and more, you and your children. May you be blessed by the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s; But the earth He has given to the children of men.” I feel such overwhelming gratitude in my Heart for what the Lord has done, what He is doing right now, and what He will do in the future! Hallelujah! Thank you Lord! Amen and Amen!!!

 

Suddenly, I was carried to a place where I could look up to a massive waterfall. I didn’t know if this was in Heaven or on the Earth. But then I realized it doesn’t matter. What matters is that there is a powerful flow of living water being made available for those willing to minister in this season of darkness and deception. There is a flow of living water being made available to enliven those to whom you will minster today and always. I remembered what Jesus said in John 7:37-38, “On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” Are you thirsty today? Come to Jesus and drink from the living water He is releasing to all who thirst! Come to Jesus and be gifted to have living water flow from your heart to enliven, bless, and nourish others!

 

Then suddenly, I was carried to another place where I could see the Sun rising over a vast body of calm waters. The calm over the waters was deceptive. The skies above the waters were very red. I remembered what Jesus said in Matthew 16:2-3, “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. I felt a great calling from the Lord this morning for His people to discern the times and seasons of the Spirit. Don’t get lulled to sleep by the seemingly calm waters. I am praying that the Lord will give us the spiritual gift of discerning times and seasons in the spiritual realm! May our spiritual eyes and ears be opened wide so that we can see and hear what the Lord is saying to us today! May we always be ready to see, understand and act in accordance with His will! Amen and Amen!!!

 

As my time with the Lord in Heaven came to a close, I received a warning in a vision. I saw a traffic jam at a busy intersection. Frustrated people were breaking all the traffic rules in order to speed up their travel. There didn’t seem to be any concern about the needs or safety of the other drivers. Then I saw a truck break through into the intersection and hit a vehicle on the driver’s side. This was the warning for today: When you think you have the “right of way” be watchful for someone coming at you who does not have the right. Be very careful in intersections and be especially alert for things coming at you from the left! 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!

 

Sep012014

What Heaven is Saying Today

During worship yesterday morning, I was lifted up to Heaven six times. Each time, I received a word from the Lord and was sent back to write it down before being lifted up again. On the first visit, I saw the great angelic choir in Heaven giving praise and worship to Father God. The middle section of angels seemed to be on fire and were blazing powerfully with their worship and praise. The front and back sections of the choir seemed to be waiting for the purity of worship to emerge from our group before they were set on fire. Gradually, more and more in the back seemed to catch fire. I remembered what Psalm 104:4, “Who makes His angels spirits, His ministers a flame of fire.” I was seeing those who are ministering praise and worship to the Lord were like flames of fire. I understood that we were being called to get on fire for the Lord and give Him glory and honor in our worship. Amen?

 

Suddenly something like half of an Asian style fan of flame appeared in front of Father God. It was blazing with fire, but it was only half full. I understood this was saying something about our worship. We need to increase the fire of our worship! We need to be filled with passion in our praise and fire in our worship. How do we do that? I remembered what Paul wrote in 2 Timothy 1:6, “For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.” I am fanning the flame! How about you? Get fired up with passion as you minister your praise and worship to the Lord.

 

Next, I seemed to be carried to a place some distance from the worship going on in the Throne Room. I could still see it but it was further away. Then I saw some something which looked like a rope barricade between where I was standing and the center of worship. There were three ropes which were amber in color and appeared to be made of fire and they were making a sort of fence. There was some kind of complicated and very large knot connecting each of the three ropes. It seemed impossible to untie the ropes. Because they were made of some kind of metallic material which looked red hot, it didn’t seem possible to break or untie the ropes. I asked for wisdom and revelation. The Holy Spirit said, “The body needs to break some powerful soul ties to break through to pure worship!” I started to pray for every soul tie to be broken by the power of the Holy Spirit so that we could be freed to move close to Him in worship. Will you also pray for every soul tie and every barrier to come down?

 

After I prayed and then wrote this down, I was lifted up into throne room again. I was so happy to see that the front row of the angelic choir was now on fire as they ministered to the Lord. I realized that they had been waiting on us to get to that level before they reflected our praise with their fire. Worship in Heaven responds to worship on the Earth. Isn’t that amazing. We influence Heaven by what we do on the Earth. Matthew 16:19 (NKJV) “And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven." Pure worship opens the heavens! You have the keys! Use them in fiery worship today! Amen?

 

Kevin Basconi came over to me and put his hand on my shoulder and started to pray in the Spirit. When he did that, I was instantly transported to Israel and watched the sun rise on Sea of Galilee. It was awesome. Then I heard the Lord releasing a teaching. He said, “The Son is rising and the Day of The Lord is dawning -- first in Israel, then around the world.” Are you ready for the dawning of the Day of the Lord?

 

The Holy Spirit led me to Malachi 4:1-3 (NKJV) “‘For behold, the day is coming, Burning like an oven, And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up," Says the LORD of hosts, "That will leave them neither root nor branch. But to you who fear My name The Sun of Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings; And you shall go out And grow fat like stall-fed calves. You shall trample the wicked, For they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet On the day that I do this,’ says the LORD of hosts.” As I watched the Sun rise over the Sea of Galilee, I began to cry out for the coming of the Son of God and the Day of the Lord! May He find faith when He returns! May He find us waiting and watching! May He find us doing our Father’s business of reaching souls for Christ when He returns! Amen? Even so, come quickly Lord Jesus! Amen and Amen!!!

 

Then I was lifted up for the sixth time and saw that the fiery worship of the Father was extremely strong and powerful. I was delighted. Suddenly something broke out from the Lord and shot across the entire area like lightening. Unlike lightening it did not disappear. This powerful and awesome flow of love, life, power and glory is being released to all who will worship Him is Spirit and in truth. Are you ready for it! Just reach out and take it today! 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

 

Aug272014

What Heaven is Saying Today

The Lord has been so good to us this week. Several things we have been praying into for the last couple of years manifested this week and we have been so filled with gratitude and praise. I’m believing for you to step into a fresh new season of the manifestation of the things you have been praying into as well as the prophetic words spoken over you! Amen? As I climbed the stairs to the worship room, I was talking to the Lord and saying that today I wanted my time to just focus on giving Him praise and thanksgiving. I wasn’t going into His presence to ask for anything. I just wanted to draw close to Him so that I could express my love, gratitude and praise for all His goodness!

 

I turned on some praise music and began to walk around the room with uplifted hands giving Him all my worship and praise. I began to say over and over, “The Lord is good! His love and mercy endure forever! The Lord is good and His love and mercy endure forever and ever!” I was so filled with joy as I sensed His presence in a very powerful way. I sat down in a chair near the front of the worship room and lifted my hands again to give Him even more praise. I prayed my James 4:7 prayer of submission to Him. Then it happened! A sweet fragrance began to surround and envelope me. I know that fragrance! It is Him! Once again joy filled my soul and I intensified my praise and thanksgiving. He is so faithful. Remember the promise in James 4:8a, “Draw near to God and He will draw near to you.” That is exactly what the Lord did this morning. I am praying that this will manifest for you as well!

 

After praying for the renewing of my mind during Evan Levine’s Aaronic Blessing, I went face down in His awesome presence and began to pray in the Spirit to give Him more perfect praise. Suddenly, I was caught up in an open vision. I was standing at the opening of what looked like a huge furnace or gigantic kiln. I could clearly see the fire bricks surrounding the oven. They were almost white hot and a mighty fire was roaring in the center of the furnace. I asked for revelation to understand what this meant. Then I heard a voice on my left side. The voice said, “I will carry you through the fire!” I turned to look and saw that it was the Lord. His right hand was extended toward me as He spoke again, “Take my hand and I will carry you through the fire!”

 

I reached out and took His hand. Actually, it was more like He took my hand. Together we flew through the fire. I didn’t feel the heat! I didn’t smell the smoke! I was totally protected in His hands. Wow! What a Savior! I thought about 1 Thessalonians 1:10, “…and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.” This passage took on new meaning for me this morning. He keeps all His promises and He is showing us in dreams and visions that we can trust Him. He will save us from the wrath to come! He will carry us through the fire! Amen? Have you been feeling the fire lately? Have you been going through some rough times? Has it seemed like it is impossible to move forward on your own ability and power? I have good news for you today! Just reach out and take His hand and He will carry you through the fire no matter how hot and destructive it may appear! May you put your hand in the hands of the Lord today and always! Amen and Amen!!!

 

Suddenly, we emerged from the end of this amazing fire tunnel. I was so delighted when I saw what was on the other side of the fire. It was a place I have visited before. It is the part of Heaven where mansions are being built for the new saints coming into the Kingdom! It was so beautiful with deep and rich green grass everywhere -- on every rolling hill and every amazing valley! Heaven is so beautiful and there is a place there for you and for me! However, this morning I was reminded of what the Lord told me on my first visit to this place. He is waiting on you and me to bring people home to the Father so their mansions can be built! He is waiting for you and me to reach out and take the hands of those who are in the fire (while still holding His hand) and together be led by the Lord! The Holy Spirit reminded me of Jude 1:20-23, “But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. Keep yourselves in God’s love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life. Be merciful to those who doubt; snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.”

 

 

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!

 

Aug262014

What Heaven is Saying Today

The Lord gave me an amazing vision this morning. I was face down in His presence waiting for a word from Heaven for today when I began to see a great light shining upon the earth. I was carried by the Spirit to the side of the earth which was still in darkness. The Spirit immediately revealed that this was not about a physical light shining on the planet Earth. This was about a spiritual reality. The light of God is shining for all people, but many have chosen to position themselves in the darkness. I thought about John 3:19-21, “And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”

 

In this vision, more than half of the earth was in deep darkness. The Spirit led me to Isaiah 60:1-4a, “Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the Lord will arise over you, and His glory will be seen upon you. The Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. ‘Lift up your eyes all around, and see:’” I was overcome by how tragic this is! The Light of God has come, but people have chosen darkness! They have chosen the temporary and useless things of the flesh and missed the glorious and eternal gifts from God. Oh, Lord help them to understand how foolish this choice is for their eternal souls! I thought about John 1:3, “And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.”

 

Suddenly, I was carried by the Spirit to a very different location. I was standing on what appeared to be the edge of a great wilderness area which looked very much like a desert. The area was huge. The land was flat and I could see for a very great distance. Some low hills in the distance seemed to be glowing as the Light was about to rise on this great plain. Then I heard the Lord say, “Remember, I told you to sow in the desert! It is time to go back to the people and places which did not receive you or My message in the past and sow again!”

 

I remember what Jesus said in Luke 8:11-15, “Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. Those by the wayside are the ones who hear; then the devil comes and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. But the ones on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, who believe for a while and in time of temptation fall away. Now the ones that fell among thorns are those who, when they have heard, go out and are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity. But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the word with a noble and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with patience.”

 

In this parable, situations and choices seem so final. Are we supposed to go back and sow on the wayside, the rocky soil, and in the area with thorns? Apparently, that is exactly what the Lord was saying today. Then it came to me. Perhaps circumstances have changed for some who did not receive the Word correctly in the past. Perhaps they are now ready to make a different decision than they made in the past. I was reminded of something I have taught before: “Never give up! Never quit!” I remembered Genesis 8:22, “While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, and day and night shall not cease.” There is no time in which we can stop sowing! As long as Heaven and Earth remain, we will be in the harvest fields! Amen?

 

I pray that we will hear the word of the Lord today and get busy with sowing and harvesting. I pray that we will lift ourselves up from any season of rejection and go right back into the harvest fields. I remember how the apostles did this over and over! Lord, may we also receive great boldness to proclaim the Gospel of the Kingdom in the midst of this present darkness! May we make a way for your light to shine through us into the deep darkness which has come upon the Earth! May great grace and great power accompany our ministry with healings, miracles, signs and wonders to confirm the truth of your Word! Set us free from any offense or pride which keeps us from going back to those who have rejected us in the past! 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!

 

Aug242014

What Heaven is Saying Today

Wow! The presence and power of the Lord is manifesting more and more powerfully every day! Are you feeling it? Something is truly advancing in the kingdom and we need to get our seer anointing fully operational in this time. We need to be extraordinarily alert and prepared for a mighty move of the Lord in this season! It has already started to advance. Are you ready? The Spirit gave me a verse for this: Jude 1:20-23, “But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. And on some have compassion, making a distinction; but others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire, hating even the garment defiled by the flesh.”

 

As I experienced more and more of this flowing power and glory of the Lord, I went face down in His presence and prayed for a word of understanding to be released for His people today. Then the Lord gave me an amazing vision. I started to see emeralds in abundance. They were flowing down from Heaven and coming upon many people in several different ways. I saw something like an emerald necklace of great value being draped over a woman’s head. She was totally caught up in admiring this amazing and expensive gift. The necklace was very long and made up of at least 100 large emeralds. A man seated near her began to receive a similar gift, but it was wrapping around his wrists. Again it was a very large number of emeralds. Next I saw another man standing a short distance away and emeralds were falling around him and piling up higher and higher.

 

I asked for wisdom to understand what this meant. The Spirit asked me if I saw something in common among those receiving the emeralds. I didn’t see it immediately, but prayed for wisdom, revelation and understanding. Then the Lord said, “They are all bound up by what they are receiving! They are in bondage and don’t realize it!” My eyes were opened to this spiritual truth and I saw it. The woman was so focused on her wealth and beauty that she couldn’t see anything else. I was reminded of a commercial released in the middle of news broadcasts of war, civil unrest, and advancing danger. The commercial was about how to prevent wrinkles and keep yourself looking much younger than your actual age. The actors played their parts well in this commercial. It seemed like the most important thing in their lives. Many people are tragically so bound to the flesh, wealth, and their appearance that they do not see what is happening all around them.

 

The man with the emeralds wrapped around his hands was totally bound up by the economic system of the world. He didn’t understand that this is a product of the antichrist system of world government. His eyes were focused on the emeralds which now looked like handcuffs. What he thought was a gift of prosperity was the bondage which now prevented him from seeing. I thought about what the Lord said in Ezekiel 12:1-2, “Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying: ‘Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, which has eyes to see but does not see, and ears to hear but does not hear; for they are a rebellious house.’” The allure of the flesh comes to take our eyes off of the Lord and what He is doing. We need to see what He is doing so that we can do it! We need to hear what He is saying so that we can say it! Then I saw the man with emeralds piling up all around him. There was great deception in the wealth around him. He was being imprisoned in his wealth. He was being blinded by the radiance of gemstones and could no longer see beyond himself and his circumstances.

 

The Spirit directed my attention to an area just behind these people. I saw the great beast from the vision I received two days ago. Now it was much larger and covered a much wider area. It was not glowing with fire now, but was totally covered with some strong kind of armor. The absence of the fiery glow allowed it to move in shadows – unseen by most people. It was advancing on the people blinded and bound by their wealth and beauty. These people were totally oblivious to the advancing destruction of the beast. I was reminded of 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12, “The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.”  I wanted to sound an alarm, but they were not listening. They had ears to ear but did not hear.

 

However, to those who will hear and listen to what the Lord is speaking there is a great promise given in 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17: “But we are bound to give thanks to God always for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God from the beginning chose you for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth, to which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, brethren, stand fast and hold the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our epistle. Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolation and good hope by grace, comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.” May your spiritual eyes and ears always be open to the voice of the Lord! May you continue to be led by the Holy Spirit as you are filled with His gift for discerning spirits and spiritual things! 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!

 

Aug222014

What Heaven is Saying Today

My praise and worship time with the Lord was so wonderful as I continuously felt His presence, His power, and His Glory. I felt the fire of God on my head during the Aaronic Blessing and I knew that the Lord was burning out the residue of things which had been released to hinder my experience of the Lord’s presence. After the fire of His hand came over me, I went face down in His presence and prayed in the spirit for several minutes.

 

I was given a vision of storm clouds churning in the skies above us. I saw that there was a break in the clouds and a strong light from Heaven was shining through on the Lord’s people. There is an anointing being released to the Lord’s people in this season and we need to focus on that more than on the storm clouds. I heard the Spirit saying, “Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid!” I prayed for wisdom and revelation to understand the meaning of this vision. In my spirit, I received the revelation I had prayed for. I saw that we are between storms. One has passed over us and it has been strong and very challenging. We are now in a time of being restored and refreshed in by the Glory of the Lord. However this will be a very short period of time like the break in the clouds during the storm. The second storm is almost upon us and we must redeem this time to get the full benefit of what the Lord is releasing now.

 

As I continued to look at the storms and this short break, I saw something really strange in the distance. It looked like a huge fiery beast moving from the distant horizon toward us. It had scales on its back like Leviathan. It had powerful legs which looked like stone columns. Its head was covered with some kind of armor and it had a long and powerful horn on the front of its faced like a rhinoceros. All around each piece of its armor I saw fire coming out of the beast. It was using its massive armor plated head to sweep across the land and destroy cities and the people living in them. Many people were fleeing in terror from this horrible beast. I started to run, but then I remembered what the Spirit had decreed. I stood fast and asked for wisdom as the beast move slowly and methodically toward me.

 

Then I heard the Lord say, “Use the authority I have given you!” Two passages of scripture suddenly filled my thoughts: 1) Luke 10:19, “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.” and 2) James 4:7, “Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.” I started to speak these passages aloud, but it didn’t seem to have an immediate effect.

 

I suddenly felt like Elisha’s servant who was only seeing the enemy and not the power of God which had already been released to rescue him and the Prophet. So, I began to pray the Elisha prayer. 2 Kings 6:16-17, “So he answered, “Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” And Elisha prayed, and said, “Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.” I prayed for my spiritual eyes to be opened. I prayed the prayer of Elisha in the first person. “Lord open the eyes of your servant! Open my spiritual eyes to see” Then I remember that an angel of the Lord had told me in the past to wake up my own seer anointing. So, I began to speak to my spirit and call the seer anointing to be awakened. Remember 1 Corinthians 14:32, “And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.”

 

As I prayed and decreed, my spiritual eyes were opened and I was shown a wonderful sight. Between where I stood and where the beast was located, I saw a fiery sword thrust into the ground. Then I saw a fiery angel moving faster and faster around the sword. After a short time it moving so fast that it looked like a pillar of fire between me and the enemy. I felt the awesome Shalom Glory cover me when I became fully aware of the Lord’s protection over us. I understood in my spirit that this is what will result when we use the spiritual authority given by the Lord (Luke 10:19 and James 4:7). When we obey the Lord and stop letting fear control us. We must take control with the power of faith and use the authority which has already been given! Amen? It is time for the Lord’s people to take a stand and boldly make decrees based on the awesome and powerful Word of God. Always remember that the Word is also a person (John 1:14)! Yeshua is the Living Word of God, and He is with you always even to the end of the age (Matthew 28:20)!

 

 

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!

 

Aug202014

What Heaven is Saying Today

All through the night we heard the “Red Alert, Israel” App sounding the alarm for rockets fired at so many cities in Israel. This is the second day of an unprovoked (released during a cease fire) bombardment by terrorists targeting innocent civilians in Israel: especially women and children. It is difficult to get a good night’s sleep when you hear the alarms over and over. Can you imagine what it is like in all these cities in Israel when they have a few seconds to get up, gather their families, and travel to an air raid shelter? Each time I heard the sirens, I prayed for sevenfold Shalom in Jerusalem and in all of Israel: peace, provision, protection, prosperity, productivity, power, and prophetic words to guide them to the Father through Yeshua ha Messiach!

 

This morning, as I was in praise and worship, I felt the power of God so strongly and I felt the presence of many angels. The angel of holiness was powerfully present drawing the Lord’s people to the Father and calling us to a life of dedicated service and to diligently consecrate our hearts to Him. Then the Spirit of Holiness came into the room with great power. I prayed to receive all that the Spirit and the Angel were sent to minister. I received it and now I release an impartation to you of greater intimacy with the Father through the Spirit of Holiness. Amen!

 

When I went fact down before the Lord, I heard Him say something I didn’t understand followed by “…. the Nations!” I prayed to hear it again so that I could understand the fullness of this message. Instead of hearing what the Lord was saying I received a series of brief images. In many of these visions, I seemed to be high in the air looking down on different cities around the world, but especially in Europe. I seemed to be able to zoom in for a close up view of the cities. I saw many unusual vehicles and people. All of them had an appearance as if from a future time. I have no idea how far in the future.

 

After seeing these things, I seemed to zoom back out where I had a view of the entire cities and the surrounding countryside. From this perspective, I could see something dark and foreboding encircling the cities. It was black in color and seemed to be teaming with some kind of malignant beings. They were moving closer and closer to the cities, but the people seemed completely unaware of what was happening. They were so focused on their modern vehicles and fashionable clothing that they could not see that disaster was slowing creeping up on them. I also saw this in other parts of the world, but the strongest images were from cities in Europe.

 

In my heart I heard the Lord saying clearly now: “Warn the Nations! Sound the alarm! Awaken my People before it is too late!” I thought about Psalm 96:10-13, “Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns; the world also is firmly established, it shall not be moved; He shall judge the peoples righteously.” Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; Let the sea roar, and all its fullness; Let the field be joyful, and all that is in it. Then all the trees of the woods will rejoice before the Lord. For He is coming, for He is coming to judge the earth. He shall judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with His truth.”

 

I started this morning with a prayer. I asked the Lord if there was a message He wanted to release to His people. I prayed to receive it and agreed to be faithful to release it regardless of what that would bring to me. Are you ready to pray to the Lord for boldness to proclaim His truth in this season? Are you ready to sound the alarm and warn the nations that a time of judgment is at hand? Are you ready to call the Lord’s people to wake up and vigilantly intercede for those who cannot see what is coming?

 

I placed a claim on the promise of the Lord given in Psalm 37:18-20, “The Lord knows the days of the upright, and their inheritance shall be forever. They shall not be ashamed in the evil time, and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. But the wicked shall perish; and the enemies of the Lord, like the splendor of the meadows, shall vanish. Into smoke they shall vanish away.” I pray that you will also experience this powerful protection from the Lord and be given a heart for the lost in these dark days. I pray that you will have boldness to proclaim the gospel of the Kingdom regardless of the danger and threats this may bring! I pray that you will experience a deepening intimacy with the Lord Jesus as you valiantly serve Him! 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!

 

Aug182014

What Heaven is Saying Today

This morning the Lord showed me something I didn’t really want to see. I saw an enemy rocket or missile coming directly at us and it was not very far away. I tried to move out of its path, but everywhere I moved it was still coming directly at me. I tried to look in other directions, but I could see it coming no matter which I turned. I understood this to mean that enemy attacks are inevitable. I debated about sending this out because some people easily get into fear and I was certain that this was not the response the Lord was looking for in us (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 asked about this and continued to see it. I understood this to means that the message is for sharing.

 

Then the vision shifted. I was looking up into a night sky. Giant searchlights were panning back and forth through the cloudy night. This vision was in black and white. It reminded me of World War II films about cities and nations searching the skies for incoming enemy attacks. I was immediately reminded of the Lord’s commands for us to keep watch at all times. The thing which really struck me about this was the idea of a “world war” looming over us. This is the current threat. With rising movements of anti-Semitism in many nations, with well-funded terrorist armies advancing on several nations, with threats of these armies taking the entire earth to establish a one world religion, and with people trying to ignore the signs of the times it seems as if we are back in the 1930s getting ready for another “war to end all wars.”

 

My experience this morning was that it was futile to try to ignore the threat. It was impossible to just turn away and hope it would not happen. The nations are moving closer and closer to the brink of destruction. What can we do? I suddenly remembered something Jesus said in Luke 21:25-28, “And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring; men’s hearts failing them from fear and the expectation of those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.”

 

We do not look up in fear! We look up in faith to see that our “redemption draws near.” All of these things are happening and intensifying in the middle of the current tetrad of blood moons sandwiched around a solar eclipse. In addition, spectacular meteor showers are being displayed in the skies above. Jesus said that there would be signs in the sun, the moon and the stars. He said the earth would experience distress in all the nations. I looked at the schedule for these signs again: The second blood moon will be on the night of the beginning of Sukkot, October 8, 2014. There will be a solar eclipse on March 20, 2015. The third blood moon will be on Passover, April 4, 2015, and the final will be on Sukkot, September 28, 2015. I felt a calling to be particularly vigilant in intercession during these times and season.

 

In my Bible study this morning, my yearly plan covered the book of Numbers, Chapters 28 and 29. The Lord’s instructions for His  appointed times are listed in detail in these scriptures. One of the things which really stood out for me this morning was the repetition of the phrase “to make atonement.” The Hebrew word translated as “atonement” is more correctly translated “covering.” The Lord is doing everything possible now to put a covering over our sin so that we can tabernacle with Him forever. I felt this promise so strongly this morning before the Lord gave me these visions. I believe this is the Lord’s word for you today. Love Him and obey Him so that He can put the covering of Yeshua’s blood over everything which causes separation from Him and His awesome love and grace.

 

It is a good day to look up with expectation because our redemption draws near! Can you feel it? I was led by the Spirit back to 2 Timothy 1:8-12 to see the proper response to what is happening: “Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God, who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began, but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, to which I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.”

 

Remember how we overcome all these things: Revelation 12:10-12, “Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death. Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and the sea! For the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has a short time.” We have the blood of Jesus and we have the word of our testimony. May we use these powerful weapons of spiritual warfare today and always! 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!

 

Aug172014

What Heaven is Saying Today

Wow! I’m on fire again today and it is hotter than it was yesterday. Can you feel the fire of God on you today? I pray that you will and that it will increase more and more. The Spirit reminded me of Psalm 115:14, “May the Lord give you increase more and more, you and your children.” The Lord is burning away some things we don’t need to be carrying. The Lord is refining the gold and purify the silver in our spirits. Can you feel it? I just keep praying, “More Lord, More! In Jesus’ Name!” Amen?

 

This morning I walked around my neighborhood and proclaimed the holiness of the Lord. I made proclamations about who He is and what we need to be in order to please Him. I kept crying out for His glory to fill the earth as the waters fill the sea and for His glory to cover the earth even as the waters cover the sea. I proclaimed aloud throughout my neighborhood that “The Lord is good and His mercy and love endure forever!” I proclaimed His Glory, His Majesty! His Power and His Purpose and called for it to spread throughout my area of influence! I was praying for the road in front of my house and through my neighborhood would be a “highway of holiness” and that the Lord would be comfortable walking these streets as He was in walking through the Hebrew camp in Moses’ day! Are you praying over your neighborhood?  

 

In the worship room, I was lifted up by the Spirit to the Training Room. I began to see all kinds of very strange looking things. I don’t even want to describe them because they were so unusual. I asked the Holy Spirit to guide me into the truth about what I was seeing. Then the Spirit told me that these were all things that the people of God were praying for, but which the Lord would not release because they are not of His will. The Spirit reminded me that our prayers must meet certain standards if we expect the Lord to answer them. Our prayers must be in accordance with God’s Word and God’s will. The results we can expect will always bring glory to the Father. None of the things I was seeing would bring Him glory. The prayers that will be answered by the Lord are those which seek to establish His Kingdom on the Earth – the prayers which cry out for His will to be done on earth as it is in Heaven.

 

I felt a strong call for the Body of Christ to examine carefully what we are praying. Are we trying to pray our will into the earth or His will? My thoughts went back to Jesus’ teaching on prayer in Matthew 6:7-15, “And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words. “Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”

 

In the last few years, I have studied the prayers which are recorded in the Word of God, especially the prayers of Jesus. I feel very confident when I pray these same prayers. They are obviously in accordance with the Word of God and the Will of God. They bring Him glory and they help to establish His Kingdom on the Earth. The Lord was showing me very unusual things today in the Training Room. Perhaps it is because we are living in very unusual times and our prayers need to rise above the chaos and confusion of the world and of the flesh and release the Truth of God into our circumstances.

 

My prayer for you and for me today is from Ephesians 1:15-21, “Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come.” 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!

 

Aug162014

What Heaven is Saying Today

During my time with the Lord this morning (as I was studying the Word) I kept feeling the Lord calling me up to the worship room. After my time of study, as I listened to some Messianic Music, I felt the pulling of the Lord calling me into His presence in our worship room. As I went up, I had many things on my mind and many tasks which needed to be done. But, at that moment I just wanted to focused on the Shabbat rest of the Lord. However, I felt this sense that something was not right in the Body of Christ, but I couldn’t identify what it was. As I spent time in worship, I began to sense the problem more clearly. There is such a strong focus on the flesh today. Many people seem more concerned about promoting themselves and their ministries than proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom.

 

I tried to shake this off because I didn’t want to get into judgment or criticism. I tried to dismiss this thought, but it kept coming back. I began to do some introspection and it occurred to me that most of us have a little of this in us. I believe this is a time to root those things out as we continue to work on renewing our minds. I thought about Paul’s teaching in Romans 12:1-2, “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” Are you feeling this too?

 

I went face down before the Lord and began to pray in the Spirit. This was one of those times when I didn’t know what to pray so I let the Holy Spirit pray through me. This was one of those times like Paul described in Romans 8:26-27, “In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God’s will.” Perhaps you are feeling this call today as well. It is time to pray earnestly in the Spirit! Amen? I cried out for my seer anointing to be awakened so that I can understand what the Lord is saying to us. Are you seeking this too?

 

Suddenly, I began to see things in the Spirit. I saw great bursts of fire in many countries rising up with explosive power as they were being lifted up toward the Heavens. I didn’t understand this. So, I asked for wisdom and revelation. I wondered if these were from volcanic eruptions? Then I had a vision of fire deep under the Earth’s surface. I saw what looked like molten rock deep inside the Earth and it was red hot, bubbling, and moving about under the surface. Then I saw something else. I saw something like a giant caldron pouring out more and more lava. Then I understood that this was not about a natural event. It was about something spiritual and the power of the Lord was being released to bring more fire on the earth.

 

Two more visions came before I was given a revelation of the meaning of the fire. I saw a ship on fire. It was in the middle of the ocean surrounded by nearby ships which seem poised to rescue the survivors, but there was no one in the water. It seemed that everything on the ship was being consumed by the fire. Then I began to understand. The Spirit helped me to understand that the ship represented taking the Gospel to the nations, and the Lord was releasing powerful fire to accompany this outreach. While I was still trying to get the full meaning of this vision, I was caught up in another. I was inside something like a giant military transport plane. The back door had been lowered like it is when cargo or troops are parachuted out of the plane. However, the cargo this morning was fire. It looked like a flow of lava being poured out of the back of the plane.

 

Suddenly I remembered what Jesus said in Luke 12:49-50, “I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am till it is accomplished!” Since Jesus made it clear that the fire would be kindled after His death on the cross, it seems obvious that He wants to start this fire through you and me. How are we to do this? Obviously we can’t kindle fires until we are fully on fire ourselves. Are you on fire today? Are you in a spiritual position to release some of the Lord’s fire where He has planted you? I believe there is a great urgency in what the Lord was saying today. The time for revival fires is far spent! I reflected back on how this all started. Has the body of Christ lost the focus on the fire and looked more intently at the things of the flesh?

 

There is a great impartation of fire available from the Lord today! I suddenly realized that I was burning up. My head was on fire! My body was on fire! My neck was wet with perspiration! I knew this was also for you. So, I am releasing this anointing to you today! Are you ready to receive a fresh anointing of Holy Spirit fire? It is time to get our eyes off of the flesh and focus intently on reaching the lost in this last hour (see John 2:15-21)! I pray that you and I will be attentive to the move of the Spirit and let Him lead us to accomplish what the Lord is calling us to do today! Amen? I am praying that we will not turn away from the fire! I received a warning: The enemy is starting counterfeit fires all around the world and we must not get caught up in the deception! We must discern in the Spirit, reject the counterfeit fire, and embrace the fire of God for this hour! Amen and Amen!!!! Are you burning with a message from the Lord? Remember what the Lord said in Jeremiah 23:28-29!

 

 

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!

 

Aug122014

What Heaven is Saying Today

As I climbed the stairs to the worship room, I felt the power of God coming down over me like a field of electricity. It continued to increase in intensity with each step. At the top of the stairs, I removed my flip-flops because I sensed that I was walking on holy ground. During our worship time, the glory of the Lord kept flowing over and through me. We spent a long time just soaking in the presence. This morning, I am proclaiming over and over, “The Lord is Good! His mercy and love endure forever!” Amen?

 

As I went face down in His presence, I began to see a series of visions. All of them seemed to have the same meaning though each was unique. First, I saw a strong steel door which had been shut and locked. The Spirit told me that it was an “air lock” like you see on a submarine. It was locked to keep the chamber we were in from flooding so that we would not perish. The second vision was of a different type of steel door. I recognized it as an air lock deep inside a large ship. The door was shut tight and locked like the first door. The Spirit told me that this was also an air lock. I saw two more locked steel doors of different types on different vessels.

 

I asked for wisdom and revelation to understand these doors and why I was standing next to them in each vision. Then the Lord said, “The ship of state is taking on water and is in danger of sinking! I am placing my intercessors in different places to shut the air locks through their prayers of repentance! As they pray in repentance and cry out for restoration, I will close and lock these powerful doors to protect my people and to heal the nations!” I immediately went into a time of intercession for the Body of Christ and for the nations! I pray that many intercessors will join in during these critical times. We are in grave danger and our leaders are not able to resolve it. Only the Lord can heal the nations in this season, and we have been called to stand at the doors and pray until they are sealed and locked into their protective positions.

 

I thought about what the Lord said in Ezekiel 22:29-31, “The people of the land have used oppressions, committed robbery, and mistreated the poor and needy; and they wrongfully oppress the stranger. So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one. Therefore I have poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; and I have recompensed their deeds on their own heads,” says the Lord GOD. This message could be in response to the news headlines today. A great evil has been unleashed in the world. Are you building a wall and standing in the gap?

 

This is a very critical time for all the nations. We are under a great threat and many have not yet recognized it. The Body of Christ and the Jewish people are under great persecution in this hour. Many are dying daily because they will not betray our God and Savior. The Lord’s intercessors have seen it and it is time to cry out to the Lord and seek atonement. Our calling as priests of the Lord is much like what Moses called Aaron to do in Numbers 16:46-48, “So Moses said to Aaron, “Take a censer and put fire in it from the altar, put incense on it, and take it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them; for wrath has gone out from the Lord. The plague has begun.” Then Aaron took it as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and already the plague had begun among the people. So he put in the incense and made atonement for the people. And he stood between the dead and the living; so the plague was stopped.” May our prayers be as the smoke of incense rising from the golden altar carrying our prayers to the Lord! May the Lord hear from Heaven and stop the plague which has been loosed in the world! Amen!

 

The enemy has not changed his strategy. He is as determined today as in the past “to steal, and to kill and to destroy.” (John 10:10) I am praying for the Lord to rebuke the devourer and send a protective covering over His people around the world. Malachi 3:11-12, “And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, so that he will not destroy the fruit of your ground, nor shall the vine fail to bear fruit for you in the field,” says the Lord of hosts; and all nations will call you blessed, for you will be a delightful land,” says the Lord of hosts.” I am standing in faith on all the promises of the Lord! How about you? I am praying the prayers in the Word of God and in accordance with the will of God! How about you? Always remember the promise in Nahum 1:7, “The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows those who trust in Him.” He is our stronghold and we will trust in Him! 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!

 

Aug092014

What Heaven is Saying Today

Shabbat Shalom!

 

Last night, during worship, the Lord gave me a vision of a great divide between the darkness of our world and the light of His Glory. I saw a door open to Heaven and the light of His glory which was the color of amber was shining out with great intensity. In the darkness, I saw someone looking intently into the door. This person had a sword in their left hand. It was not raised in either a defensive or offensive way. It was pointing downward and slightly in front of the person as if trying to sense danger. This person’s attitude was very timid and cautious. I wanted to cry out to the person and tell them to enter the door, but I could not communicate. My heart longed for the person to step forward and enter into the awesome glory of the Lord. As I prayed intently for the person to summon up the courage to move forward, I suddenly realized that this was speaking of something in each of us. There is a hesitancy to step into the fullness of His power and glory. I pray based on 2 Timothy 1:7, Lord you have not given us a spirit of fear. You have given us power, love and a sound mind. May we realize it and live in the power of it every day! Give us courage to approach your glory!

 

In worship this morning, I was given what appeared at first to be a very different vision of an opening into His Glory. It was not up in the Heavens. It was not like a door on the same level. It was an opening in the ground. Great light and great glory was pouring out like amber fire. I saw many small animals coming close to look into the light of His glory. At first, I was amazed at their lack of fear, but then another awesome thing came into my mind. People were moving around nearby seemingly oblivious to this portal into His Glory. The animals, on the other hand, seemed to have a greater ability to sense the glory than people made in His image. I marveled at the difference in this vision.

 

Then the Holy Spirit led me to remember Balaam’s donkey in Numbers 22:24-27, “Then the Angel of the Lord stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, with a wall on this side and a wall on that side. And when the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord, she pushed herself against the wall and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall; so he struck her again. Then the Angel of the Lord went further, and stood in a narrow place where there was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. And when the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord, she lay down under Balaam; so Balaam’s anger was aroused, and he struck the donkey with his staff.” There were things in Balaam’s life which prevented him from seeing in the spiritual realm.

 

I pray that we will earnestly seek to discover if there are things in our souls which are hindering our ability to see the glory! I pray that the Lord will give us courage and strength to step into His light and to be empowered by His Glory! Amen!!! Pray earnestly for what Paul taught in Romans 12:1-2, “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” I am praying this for you and for me right now!

 

I prayed earnestly for our spiritual eyes to be opened much wider so that we can quickly see the moves of the Lord and never miss the presence of His Glory. I remembered Elisha’s simple pray for his servant: “So he answered, “Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” And Elisha prayed, and said, “Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.” Then the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.” (2 Kings 6:16-17) Then I started to pray for you and for me. Lord, open our eyes that we may see! Lord open our eyes to see your Glory! Lord, open our eyes to see the presence of your “horses and chariots of fire.” Lord help us to increase in faith that “those who are with us are more than those who are with them.” 

 

Then I prayed for the Lord to open our eyes to see what He is doing so that we can do it! I prayed to see and hear what He is saying so that we can say it! Jesus said that we would do what He did and even greater things. I pray that we will read this aloud over and over until it is anchored in our spirits and our souls. Today, may we focus our faith on the words of Jesus in John 14:12-17, “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. And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it. “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.” Lord make this real in our minds and hearts and give us the courage to move in the power of Your Word! 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!

 

Aug072014

What Heaven is Saying Today

The power of God’s presence continues to grow stronger each day! Are you feeling it? The Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation is working more powerfully and quickly as this season continues to open for us. Visions are coming quicker in worship and dreams are more frequent and more powerful. Are you experiencing this too? The Lord is ready to do something amazing and powerful and He is letting us know about it. Remember Amos 3:7, “Surely the Lord God does nothing, unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.” We must listen carefully for the revelations of the Lord in this season.

 

I began to see many visions of powerful things happening in the heavens. I saw dark clouds, rumbling storms and the fire of God moving powerfully in the Heavens from the East to the West. As I was watching all these signs in the Heavens, a portal suddenly opened. I understood from the Holy Spirit that we must remember that we are under an Open Heaven right now. We don’t have to wait for it, but we do need to watch for it. I remembered Revelation 19:11, “Now I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse. And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and makes war.” We need to be ready for this season to open. As I looked intently into the portal opened into Heaven, I was lifted up through it to a place I had never seen before. I was in what seemed to be a deep forest and at the same time I saw that I was in a training and resourcing area of the Lord.

 

Then the Lord gave me a vision within the vision. I started to see many faces which all looked very pleasant and very good. However, I soon learned that all was not as it seemed. The Lord was cautioning us not to be deceived by appearances. I remembered 2 Corinthians 11:13-15, “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.” The Lord said that the deception of the world and of the enemy is very strong right now, but it is going to get even stronger. We must prepare now! We must be ready, NOW! Amen?

 

Then I saw something like banquet tables piled high with all kinds of nourishing and delicious foods. I quickly learned that this was about something in the Spirit. We need to earnestly seek to have our spirits nourished, replenished, made strong and ready for the next move of the Lord. We also need to get ready for all the ways the enemy will try to block this move of the Lord. He plans to disqualify and destroy as many of us as possible. It is a season to have a focused desire to live holy and pure lives. Remember Paul’s instructions in Colossians 1:21-23, “And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight—if indeed you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.” The Lord is seeking those who will love Him, obey Him, and stand firm with Him! Are you ready to stand with the Lord in these last days?

 

My thoughts went to Mark 13:5-8, “Jesus said to them: “Watch out that no one deceives you. Many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am he,’ and will deceive many. When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and famines. These are the beginning of birth pains.” These words from the Lord sound like the stories on every news program on TV and on the internet today. Could we be experiencing these “birth pains” today? The Lord is not trying to lead us into fear and anxiety. He is calling us to readiness. He is calling us to be watchful and prepared for what must come! Are you ready for it?

 

I pray that you and I will be watchful and ever praying for wisdom and revelation from the Lord! I am crying out for a greater anointing in the gifts of discerning in the spiritual realm! How about you? Mark 13:37, “What I say to you, I say to everyone: ‘Watch!’”  Remember Psalm 123:1-2 (The Message), “I look to you, heaven-dwelling God, look up to you for help. Like servants, alert to their master’s commands, like a maiden attending her lady, We’re watching and waiting, holding our breath, awaiting your word of mercy.” I am watching and waiting! How about you? May the Lord wake us up and keep us alert! 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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What Heaven is Saying Today

I had an awesome time with the Lord this morning. He is pouring out so much of Himself and His Glory in this Season. Are you feeling it? I am praying for an increase in the “Feeler Anointing!” May you experience more and more of the power of His Glory! Amen!

 

As I went face down before the Lord, I was given an awesome vision of a very powerful lighthouse standing high above the rocks and turbulent waters of the sea. It was a very dark night and the only thing I could see was the light and the things the light illuminated on the ground below. As I watched, the intensity of the light seemed to be growing stronger and stronger. Then I heard the Lord say, “The greater the darkness the brighter my light will appear! People caught up in darkness need My light more than ever before!” It seemed like these words from the Lord caused the Light to grow stronger.

 

I heard a rumbling sound in the second heaven. I was allowed to see something in this place. I saw several pieces of darkness come together and form something which looked like a clinched fist. However, it did not move toward the people below. It seemed to be held captive in some kind of protective bubble. The enemy made all kinds of wicked sounds, but his threats were hollow because he did not have the authority or power to come against the Lord’s people. I heard him curse because he had no power over the light. Light will always conquer darkness. When the light comes, all darkness must flee. I thought about James 4:7, “Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.” Are you ready to see the enemy flee? It is very easy in this season to see this happen. The light is getting stronger! Let the power of the light overcome everything of darkness which comes against you! Amen? Remember 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.” Claim this promise and take hold of this authority the Lord has given! It is time to release the power of the light and shatter all darkness! Amen?

 

Then I saw the light increasing again, and I heard the Lord say, “I AM still the light of the World! You are still the light of the World! I AM the light of the World through you! Do not be afraid of the darkness! You must continuously release My light and glory!” I thought about what Jesus said in John 9:5, “As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” When Jesus ascended to the Father, He did not leave us without light. He said, “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.” (Matthew 5:14-16) This is the time to let the Light of the Lord shine through you! Amen?

 

My thoughts went to Isaiah 60:1-3, “Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and deep darkness the people; but the Lord will arise over you, and His glory will be seen upon you. The Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.” Are you ready for this? Cast off all fear! Remember what Paul said in 2 Timothy 1:7-11, “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God, who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began, but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, to which I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.” The light has come! Death has been abolished! What do we have to fear? We must not be ashamed of the testimony of the Lord in this season of darkness. We must  be His light in the world right now! We must boldly proclaim the Lord and His resurrection from the dead! Good news: He has abolished death! Great grace, great power and great glory are still available to bold disciples 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!

 

 

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