Think about this long and hard.  It could very well change the way you live your everyday life.  What if Jesus walked into the room where you are?

What difference would it make to you personally if your favorite all-time hero, an international dignitary or world leader, a famous celebrity, or your prized superstar athlete, walked into your presence?  You can be sure you would be extremely excited and very impressed to respond in some fashion.  The atmosphere would be super charged by their presence and you would be hyper-sensitive to them.

How much more so would this be true if the Creator of the Universe and King of Kings presented Himself to you face to face.  This would truly create an immediate, dynamic, and direct bearing on your behavior in the presence of Jesus.  Would His real physical presence cause you to carefully weigh, examine, and clean up all your thoughts, words, and deeds?

The truth of the matter is that if you are a born again believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, then you take Him wherever you go because Jesus permanently dwells within you and is forever present.  You may not see Him physically, nevertheless, He is always with you in the unseen spiritual dimension.  He is an eternally present witness to every single thought, word, and deed that comes from your life.  The reality of that truth is sobering.

This blazing thought: What if Jesus walked into the room, was seared into my consciousness as I was preparing a tribute for an upcoming memorial service.  My friend had slipped the bonds of his temporary earthly life to transfer his occupancy to his permanent and eternal residence, where he would fully possess his true citizenship in heaven with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  What a glorious homecoming I truly believe he experienced.

While daydreaming on my bed, I pictured myself at the memorial service of my dear and genuine friend who was an honorable, godly man.  I paid tribute to him by reading a significant poem entitled, “The Dash,” by Linda Ellis.  The author poignantly articulates the essence of that little line between the date of one’s birth and death.  That dash represents one’s brief sojourn here on earth, in light of eternity, and how it is spent and invested, positively or negatively.

All of a sudden, in the middle of my thoughts, this supernatural vision appeared.  In utter amazement, I looked up as I was speaking and saw Jesus sitting right there in the sanctuary.  He was keenly observing with great joy the eulogies given in honor of His dear and faithful friend and servant.  My heart just about leaped out of my chest as I stood in His presence!  Oh how His very presence changes everything.

I remembered what Jesus said in Mathew 18:20, “For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” He also said in Hebrews 13:5, “I will never leave you, nor forsake you.”

Jesus’ tangible presence set my mind ablaze with many questions.  Do you continually keep in the forefront of your conscious thinking the truth that Jesus is always supernaturally present to witness your entire life as it unfolds?  Do you let His Holy Spirit inform, direct and empower, your behavior moment by moment as you walk in covenant relationship with Him?  Is the way you present yourself, represent Jesus, and treat others, as well as yourself, pleasing in His sight?  Have you truly put Jesus, the Word of God, first place in all things?  Have you allowed Him to be in the driver’s seat of your life?  In these things your life will glorify Jehovah God.

You must always remember that all things are possible with Jesus.  Your part is to believe only, trust and obey, and do all things God’s way.  This is His way of supernatural abundant life.

I believe Jesus appeared to me in this vision so I would be inspired to encourage all those who have an ear to hear and a heart to believe what the Spirit of God is saying to them now.

A Word From Jesus

I am coming back soon!  Live not only as if I am present in your midst, but because I Am the Resurrection and the life, and I Am eternally present with you.  Live from the inside out, that is to say, live with a God-inside consciousness.  Live by My Holy Spirit inside of you, leading and showing the way that you should go.  I Am the way, the truth, and the life.  I am making My way for you because I loved you enough to send My only begotten Son to die for your sins, so you could be forever and eternally reconciled back to Me, the absolute and preeminent lover of your soul.

Live with eternity always in sight because I Am your eternal hope of glory.  I have called you by name, and I have predestined and ordained, before the foundation of the world, for you to be with Me in glory forever.  The choice is yours.  I love you with an everlasting love and as you walk through your earthly life, know that you can always call unto Me and I will answer you, for I am with you even until the end of the age.  Breathe every breath, think every thought, speak every word, and perform every deed, as if done unto Me,  for I Am with you always.  Let My very presence be the very standard by which you live.  Let My Word and My Spirit rule in your heart and mind, and I promise it will go well with you all the days of your life.

I faithfully remain your soon coming King, Lord, and Savior.

Love in Jesus,

Nancy Slocum
“A pen in God’s hand giving LOVE a voice”

http://Nancy777.com

My Prayer

Father God, Search me and create in me a clean heart that I might not sin against You.  I repent from every thought, word, and deed I have committed, either consciously or subconsciously, that was not pleasing in Your sight.  Please forgive me and help me begin afresh each day by the power of Your Holy Spirit, so I can be all that You have called me to be, in Jesus name.  Amen.

This was His reply:

WFJ: An Encouraging Word From God the Father

My child, it pleases your Father’s heart that you have set aside the time to sit with me for awhile.  I love to hear and read your heart and share with you My own.  This is the intimacy I long for with each and every one of My children.  I could never grow tired of communing with each one because I created each one uniquely and have a special relationship with each one as if they are the only one.

I designed all My people for relationship.  It is imperative, especially in these times, to draw near and stay close to My heart and will.  As the time draws near for Me to return for My church, the Bride of Christ, the world will grow darker and more corrupt, but fear not, for I have already overcome the world and defeated the enemy of every man’s soul.  My grace will abound much more, but My people must stay focused on Me and the things of My Word because I keep My promises and My spoken Word will not come back void but with multiplied fruit.

As heaven and the glory of My Kingdom come closer to invading this earth, the more things will be shaken.  All that’s not of Me will fight all the harder and much fiercer just to stay standing, but everything that opposes Me and My Son Jesus, the Word of God, shall come down and will bow their knee to the King of Glory.  The truth of My Word stands for all eternity and everything that is counterfeit will be destroyed.

I Am the God that speaks to His people, so those that have a listening heart and ears to hear what My Holy Spirit is saying shall indeed receive revelation, instruction and direction in these perilous times.  There is no need for My people to fear when they know My Word and trust in My mighty right hand that protects, preserves and provides for My own.

Stay in the secret place of the most High God.  Make Psalm 91 your permanent resting place.  Stay under cover underneath my sheltering arms, for I Am your fortress that never fails.  Stay built up in your most holy faith by praying in the Holy Ghost which is My perfect will for you.  Continue to watch and pray for your redemption is drawing closer and closer.  Make fasting and praying a lifestyle.

Remember that your faith works by love, so do not let anything hinder My love that was shed abroad in your heart from spreading outward to cover this earth.  I have blessed you to be a blessing to all people, even your enemies and those who despitefully use you.  So keep your mouth a pure and holy vessel of honor unto me and let not anything flow out of it that does not bless others.  Do not allow curses or any idle words to come out of your mouth.  A curse or idle word is any word that does not line up with My Word.  I will not bless that and you will be sowing seeds of destruction that will cause you to reap an unwanted harvest, so be ever mindful of the power of your words.  If you desire to be a fount of blessing and oracle of the Lord, then say only the things I say and watch and see how I will bring a plentiful harvest into your life.

Stay strong, My child.  Be of good courage and keep My Word first place in your heart and mouth.   Know that My Kingdom of heaven is backing you up all the way.  When you stand and keep standing for me I will stand for you, because I cannot nor will not violate My own Word.  When you stand for Me you cannot fail or fall because I Am your eternal wings and weight of glory that will uphold you no matter what.  So rejoice in all times and through all things knowing that I Am your great reward and will fail you not.  Let your spirit man stay fixed on Me and I will surely bring you all the way through to total victory.  Eye has not seen nor ear heard all that I have in store for you, so press on, My child, until your race is finished and you shall see Me face to face and be with Me in glory forever!  I love you and thank you for allowing Me to be your King of kings, Lord, Savior and Lover of your soul.  All is well when you belong to me lock, stock and barrel!

Your soon coming King

Love in Jesus,

Nancy Slocum
“A pen in God’s hand giving LOVE a voice”

http://Nancy777.com

Prayer Power

Thank you, Father God, that You have given us the complete victory and all things that pertain to life and godliness.  Help us, by the power of Your Holy Spirit, to stay standing no matter what, and to finish our good fight of faith for Your glory in Jesus name!  Amen.

Upon waking I was feeling very weepy over my 90-year old Mother after returning from my Valentine’s Day visit with her in Maryland.  It is so hard and painful to see her struggling, hurting (physically, emotionally and mentally) and getting older in the assisted living place where she lives.  I put on a worship CD called “Arthur Hymns & More” by Rev.  Arthur Hallett.  He was an Evangelism Explosion International Speaker at my church last Sunday.  He is an anointed speaker, singer and musician.

I was drawn to one of his songs called, “Somebody’s Praying.”  He sang about feeling angels around him and others praying for him. It quickened me when he sang about knowing Jesus was praying for him.  It strengthened my heart when he sang, “Jesus, don’t stop praying for me!”  This gave me great comfort regarding my Mom and myself because I know that Jesus is at the right hand of the Father interceding for all of His children.

Jesus knew how heavy my heart was and He so lovingly spoke this word to my spirit.

#WFJ: The Great I Am Is With You

My Child, I am coming soon to bring reconciliation from the top of the world to the bottom of the world and all the way around.  Do not give up hope because Jesus is your hope of glory.  I Am your High Priest and Chief Intercessor and I am praying for you.

Don’t stop praying to Me for I Am your very life and lifeline and I ask you to pray for each other.  I attend to the words of your prayers.  Speak faith filled words.  Speak My Word in all you say for those are the words of life I am bound by covenant to answer and bring to pass, for I Am faithful and The God of My Word.  You can count on Me, but you first have to trust who I Am.

I Am all you need and I take care of your needs when you call unto Me.  Cast your cares on Me.  I Am your burden bearer.  I did not create and design you to carry heavy burdens but to carry everything to Me in Prayer.  I’ve called you to be strong and courageous.  I have called you to be more than conquerors.  I have called you to be strong in Me and in the power of My might, not yours.

I am right here beside you and in you.  I overcame and defeated for all eternity the works of the evil one, the strongman and ruler of this world.  He is nothing too hard for Me to handle, so trust Me to step in when the going gets rough.  Look up and keep your eyes on Me, for your redemption draws near.  I Am the God of justice and I make and have made everything right.

Remember who you are in Me!  Your are the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus.  That is your position in Me.  Jesus is at My mighty right hand and you are in Christ, so fear not.  Fear nothing because all the devil has to offer you is fear, discouragement, distraction, death and destruction.  He wants to lead you down a path away from Me and the truth of My Word and who you are in Me.  Don’t listen to his lies.  Don’t entertain one single thought he throws your way.

Do all to resist him.  Turn to Me.  Follow Me.  Trust and obey My Word for it is spirit, life, and health unto your flesh and very soul.  My grace is sufficient for you.  I Am ALL you need, My child.  I love you with an everlasting love.  I have provided everything that pertains to life and godliness just for you.  Believe Me and receive all My gifts and love I freely offer you.  You are the apple of My eye and I never stop thinking about you.

Come with Me.  Draw close to Me so I can draw close to you.  That is My promise to you.  When you draw close to Me I Am there.  I am here for you every step of your way and have been there before you were formed in your mother’s womb, and I will not leave you or forsake you.  Stay on My path of truth, light and life.  Attend to and meditate on My holy Word for it truly is a light to your path and will guide you and keep you by My side as you follow Me.

Look for the Jesus of the bible.  When you wonder where your God is look at Jesus.  He is the exact duplicate, perfection, image and likeness of Me.  So follow Jesus of the bible.  Say what He says and do what He does/did because He is always faithful to Me.  I kept Him and preserved Him from all the works of the enemy and I will do the same for you, for you are just as precious to Me and loved in My sight.

Remember when you hold fast to Me – the joy of the Lord who is your strength -  then you will be alright.  Let it be said of you that in all circumstances, “It is well with my soul.”  I Am with you and love you, My child.  Be strong in Me and I will fight for you.  I Am Almighty God and there is no other.  Be at peace and never let go of your faith in Me.  I will surely carry you through and bring you safely home with Me.  It is well with your soul because the great I Am is with you always!

Final Exhortations from Phillipians 4

⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! ⁵ Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. ⁶ Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. ⁷ And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

⁸ Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. ⁹ Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

¹⁰ I rejoiced greatly in the Lord that at last you renewed your concern for me. Indeed, you were concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it. ¹¹ I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. ¹² I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. ¹³ I can do all this through him who gives me strength.

Love in Jesus,

Nancy Slocum
A pen in God’s hand giving LOVE a voice

http://Nancy777.com

Prayer Power

Thank You, Father, that you are Almighty God and You perfect those things that concern me.  I choose to praise, worship and glorify Your holy name in all the circumstances of life.  Thank you for loving me, never forsaking me, and for blessing me all the days of my life with Your presence, in Jesus name.  Amen.

As believers we must realize that we are “change agents” and that our prayers, directed by the Holy Spirit, give God legal right in this earth to move on our behalf and those of others. As we are obedient to believe in and honor His Kingdom system of creating and forming things by the power of faith filled words, He is faithful to perform His Word.

#WFJ: BEHOLD ME IN ALL MY GLORY

In my sleep I heard in my spirit yet another new word from the Holy Spirit.  It was BUH-WHOLE-LAH. He let me know it meant:  Behold me in all of My glory because you become what you continually behold.

My Word says that when you draw near to Me I draw near to you. You draw near when you think of me because I know your every thought and I read your heart.  I Am LOVE so I am drawn to those who love Me in their thoughts, words and deeds.

I also say in My Word that I inhabit the praises of My people. Wherever and whoever praises Me, there I Am!  Just as with any parent in the natural world, I love it when my children just love to be with Me simply because they love Me and not because they want something from Me.

Oh, I love to give My children good gifts, but it especially means a lot to Me when I know they TRUST ME AND KNOW I LOVE THEM AND JUST LET ME LOVE THEM. It’s My nature to love and to bless My children and I want them to desire an intimate relationship with Me.

It grieves My heart when My children wonder where I am when I am here in you, and all around you all of the time. I go with you to the ends of the earth because I love you that much!  I am with you in all of your upright deeds as well as with you in those deeds that don’t honor Me because I love you and because you are My children as well as My child!

I am in your very breath because I Am Life.  I come with resurrection power and healing in My wings.  I sent Jesus to give you abundant life.  You can only know me in Spirit and in truth because I am Spirit.

I am a supernatural being but you may experience Me in the natural realm when you access Me or come to Me by faith. In other words, when you simply believe I exist and reward those who diligently seek Me, you will find Me.

You can seek Me through your worship of Me or by and through reading, believing, hearing and applying My holy Word, the bible.  It is My love letter for life to you personally!  I keep My Word so I desire for you to keep and honor My Word in your heart.

I am a covenant God and I am all about keeping relationship, not about keeping rigid rules and traditions.  However, when you truly love Me you will honor Me and keep My commandments.

I love you so much that I put on flesh and came into this natural world to show you the way to eternal life and how to love like Me.  I, Jehovah God, came as the living human and yet divine Word, Jesus, the incorruptible seed of resurrection life.

When you continually behold (trust, follow, obey, imitate) Me with your eyes and heart of faith, believing I am the one true God and the only way to the Father in heaven, then I will exalt and honor you and you will have hold of My glory and become like Me.

My ways are not man’s ways.  They are much higher, deeper, fuller, richer, and beyond human comprehension, but they lead you into My perfect love and glory where all grace abounds and supercedes man’s limited natural way of thinking and doing things.  My ways bring you into my supernatural omnipresent, omniscient, omnipotent realm of glory.

Come, My Child.  My heart and arms are wide open and long to give you all that belongs to Me. My Kingdom is freely yours when you freely give yourself completely to Me and enter My glory, My presence.  In My presence is fullness of joy, peace, eternal life and every good thing your heart has been searching for, but will not find outside of Me and My glory.

Come while I may be found. NOW is the time of salvation and everything you were designed to desire and have need of is found in My free gift of salvation provided by Jesus on the cross of Calvary.  I want you to live in the fullness of what salvation provides.

I desire to show you and unwrap for you the fullness of My gift of eternal life. It covers wholeness (total healing) in every area of your life including: your spirit, soul (mind, will and emotions) your physical body, finances and relationships.  In Me absolutely nothing is missing or broken.  That is true shalom/peace.

So I say once again, “Behold me in all of My glory because you become what you continually behold.  Draw close to Me and I will draw close to you and show you My glory in all of it’s fullness.  Behold (take hold of) Me and My Kingdom way of doing things and be like Me.

ONLY BELIEVE!  Enter the good pleasure and perfect will and fulfillment of your heavenly Father and I will show it to you now and forevermore!

Love in Jesus,

Nancy Slocum
A pen in God’s hand giving LOVE a voice

http://Nancy777.com

PRAYER POWER

Father God, my greatest desire is to know You in all of Your fullness and glory.  My heart hungers and thirsts for more of you.  Show me and teach me Your ways as I continually seek Your face and behold Your glory, in Jesus matchless name.  Amen.

I am rejoicing in Jesus because He has just brought me through a season of intense testing. He never left my side.  Gratefully, I have crossed over a visible line in the natural and the spiritual to a brand new season and chapter in my life written by the Author and finisher of my faith, Jesus Christ.

The key scripture for my breakthrough is John 12:24 - Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a grain of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.

Years ago the Holy Spirit kept telling me in my times of intimacy with Him that He was bringing me into a wide open plain.  I kept recording it in my journal but I wondered what He meant.  Now I understand because I am standing in a wide-open plain full of His promises that are ready to be harvested.

Timing was everything. God would not bring me out into that wide open plain until He tested me and proved I was ready to handle it.  I am so thankful the Lord provided me with discernment, revelation and many confirmations to let me know what was taking place on the inside of me.  Surely, REVIVAL cannot take place “out there” until it first takes place personally within your own heart.

For the past few years I have gone through some major life changing trials and transitions that have challenged me in many areas of my life including: family, church, relationships, finances, employment, location, life purpose and direction, etc.  To say it wasn’t easy is a gross understatement, however, through it all…Jesus was with me!

After many fits and starts, severe spiritual warfare, copious two-way journaling, a lot of praying in the spirit, praising and worshipping God especially in the hard times, standing on God’s Word, and vacillating between my will, personal agenda, hopes and dreams versus God’s will, I finally came to the end of myself and had a major breakthrough!

At some point you simply have to make the decision to stop all of your “striving” and “trying to figure things out,” and just let your kernel die so resurrection life can come forth!  Step down from the throne of your selfish heart and ways and let God be God in you and through you.  Be God-inside minded, not self-conscious.  In essence you must get out of your head and into the spirit where true transformation takes place!

I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live, yet not I but Christ liveth in me and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave Himself for me. (Gal 2:20)

When I surrendered to His will, Jesus pulled me through those narrow testing places that were blocking my destiny in Christ and He brought me out into that wide open plain He had waiting for me all along.  I simply had to stand the pull by standing on the immutable Word of God!

We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.  We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.  For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that his life may be revealed in our mortal body.  So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.  (2 Cor 4:8-12).

The Lord is bringing to mind a favorite art print  and quote I have always loved and been drawn to.  It’s a picture of small purple crocuses bursting forth in new life as they break through the surface of a blanket of winter snow.

“In the depth of winter I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer.”  by Albert Camus

Finally, its meaning came alive as the truth resonated in my spirit!

In this past season of my life, something was struggling inside of me to be born and at the same time something was struggling to not die.  They both resided in me, however, one had to end so the other one could begin.  That death to self was the open door to resurrection life and this is what personal revival is all about.

These are some of the highlights that led to my breakthrough:

Sept 15, 2010 – Brian Francis Hume prophesied to me:

Also I had a few things on my heart prophetically for Abigail. When you invited me a few days ago to join the panel, the Lord immediately brought to my attention the following:  (1) The Pursuit of God by AW Tozer—it seems as if this classic work penned by a theologian on his knees is paramount to Abigail’s own life story and for what is to come. There’s a hidden treasure to be found within the pages of this book. (2) I kept hearing the Lord say that He was resurrecting “old flames” in her life. We tend to hear that phrase used as it relates to previous romantic relationships that didn’t last beyond their fixed time; I just sense that these were connections and friendships that burned previously for an allocated season of time in her life.

Then during the actual webinar as Abigail was sharing her amazing story, a word came to me strongly that I was not familiar with—incendiary. I Googled it and it means “causing or capable of causing fire.” I think the Lord is going to use her to raise up a fellowship of incendiary agents who are aflame.

Sept 25, 2010 – Missionary Revivalist Bill Easter laid hands on me and imparted the Fire of God to me in a home meeting.  Real revival begins within your own heart.  It is in the crucible of the “Refiner’s Fire” that true transformation takes place.

Oct 2, 2010 – I Received the first clue my season of walking in the name of Abigail (that was prophesied to me by Dr. Bruce Cook) was ending. There was something  of Abigail that was needed to help me press through my season of testing.  The Lord gave me a prophetic word and addressed me as Nancy, my birth name.  My spirit took notice that a season was ending.  It resonated in my spirit.  For the first time I felt like I was “coming home” to stand in the center of who I really am in Christ.

Oct 8, 2010 – David Davenport prophesied to me:

*Nancy Slocum:  My impression about Nancy, and perhaps removed from any pointed detail in the dream, yet inter-connected with the thrust of this dream; is that Nancy has received many systematic downloads of revelation over many years, some very intense and frequent, yet busyness has prevented her from properly chronicling them and allowing them to simmer.  There is a beautification which has occurred in Nancy, especially recently, and that as the result unusual tests and trials–which are subsequently pulling-out and bring to the surface the beauty of what has been entrusted to her by way of systematic revelation of the nature of the Bride of Christ. Written upon ancient parchment, and sewn into her heart, are many works poised to grace her quill–to ultimately feed the Body of Christ at large.

This confirmed a Holy Mandate I received on June 7, 2010 from the Lord while two-way journaling.  I was answering the question:

Lord, how will journaling help me to leave a great legacy?

Think of the greatest written legacy known to man – My holy Word, the bible.  I spoke to different people so they could record My life-giving words for all time.  It is My love letter to all mankind.

Do you suppose I could continue speaking words of life to you personally that you could be blessed by and instructed with? And to share it with others is to multiply its value and ability to produce much fruit.

Consider it a “HOLY MANDATE” and high privilege to record and carry My living words to others that they may walk in intimacy with their Creator and Lover of their soul.  This is a transference of the highest form of love known to man for I am LOVE and the ONE every living soul is designed to seek and is hungry for.  FEED MY SHEEP, DAUGHTER!  In this I am well pleased and ever present.

“FEED MY SHEEP, DAUGHTER!”

Oct 9, 2010 – I attended Will Green’s seminar: “How To Reach the World With the Word” in Warrenton Virginia.  Will’s words seized my heart:  “When you do things for God they fail.  When you do things with God they succeed.”   We are to CO-CREATE with God the way He designed His creation to do.

Then Apostle Thomas Adebayo from Nigeria prophesied over Bertha Hinson and me. He told us repeatedly there was coming into our lives an abundance of rain. This was confirmation to me that God’s way, not mine, is prevailing and coming forth bearing much fruit.

After the seminar in Brian Francis Hume’s home I declared to Bertha and Brian that I was “coming home” that day to my birth name, Nancy!

Oct 10-10-10, My Pastor, Sam Luke, preached the most powerful and anointed message I have ever heard.  It was on the Lordship of Christ.  REVIVAL has come to Victory Tabernacle Church of God in Richmond, VA as the entire congregation went to the altar and every knee bowed down and confessed “Jesus is Lord!”

THIS WAS MY PERSONAL BREAKTHROUGH TURNING POINT.  It was a natural as well as a spiritual line of demarcation I stepped over to begin a brand new season of life revived in Christ.

That night I began reading Steve Hill’s book, Personal Revival, that Brian Francis Hume placed in my hands.  Steve Hill wrote: “He is seeking to remove from us every idea and opinion that would limit and control Him.”

Hill spoke of how even Jesus, in the prime of His life, came under the Father’s “sentence of death.” If this was true of Jesus, it must also be true of you and me.  This means you have to allow your dreams, expectations, agendas, even ministries and movements born of God, your hidden pain, disappointment and disillusionment, and so on, to die.

When you allow your kernel to die, a metamorphosis can then take place.  You allow God to birth something that did not or could not exist before.

Hill  explained about embracing death as Jesus did so you can experience a dimension of life you never dreamed possible!  He wrote, “This is why it is vitally important that we:

• Always behold the Father (look to Him and not our circumstances).
• Draw spiritual strength from always knowing that the Father is with us.
• Worship even as we go into death.
• Maintain a living hope.
• Believe life will come out of death.
• Experience a satisfaction in the Father’s presence (find our fulfillment in Him and nothing else).”

Wouldn’t it be great to be like Abraham who faithfully walked with Jesus as a “friend of God.” It is the highest honor, privilege and responsibility.  It is possible when you die to self and live in Christ.  Continually walking in the spirit and God’s Word leads to the blessed life God provided for you before the foundation of the world.

I AM A FRIEND OF GOD!

Hear the song and drink in the images: Phillips, Craig & Dean – Friend of God

It is amazing to watch the evidences of how God is moving in people’s lives.  He is bypassing their minds and going straight for their hearts.  Transformation is taking place!  God is causing PERSONAL REVIVAL to take place first in individual hearts so it can move from the inside out and spread from personal transformation to global transformation!

And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.  (Acts 2:17).

Be encouraged… Truly, the Holy Spirit is at work and moving in power everywhere!  POSITION YOUR HEART TO FULLY EXPECT THE IMPOSSIBLE!  DO NOT LIMIT GOD IN ANY WAY!  BELIEVE ONLY!

DECIDE TO ABIDE IN CHRIST CONTINUALLY!  ALLOW THE SPIRIT OF REVIVAL TO INFLAME AND TRANSFORM YOUR HEART WITH THE LOVE OF JESUS.  THEN GO FORTH IN THE LIGHT AND LIFE OF CHRIST  TO IGNITE OTHERS AND DRAW THEM INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD UNTIL JESUS COMES BACK FOR HIS BRIDE.  OCCUPY UNTIL HE RETURNS.  YOU MUST WATCH AND PRAY AND BE EVER READY TO RECEIVE HIM.

Love in Jesus,

Nancy Slocum
A pen in God’s hand giving LOVE a voice

http://Nancy777.com

PRAYER POWER

Precious Yeshua, Thank you for reviving my heart!  Pour out Your Spirit on all flesh and cause Your Baptism in Fire to light individual hearts until it reaches “critical mass” and ignites full blown revival in our nation and world.  Then position Your people to receive Your Baptism in Glory in Jesus name.  May the faithful in Christ watch and pray for Your return, Jesus, for You are our soon coming King of Kings and Lord of Lords!   You are the one and only Messiah of all creation.  We bless you and give you all praise, honor and glory.  Hallelujah and Amen.

• “How To Reach the World With the Word” Seminar in Warrenton, Virginia, led by Will Green on 10/9/10.  Apostle Thomas Adebayo from Nigeria spoke on the glory of God and prophesied that something great was about to happen in Richmond, VA as well as the state of Virginia.

• The most powerful sermon I ever heard by (my) Pastor Sam Luke on the Lordship of Christ on 10/10/10.  It concluded with the whole congregation coming up to the altar and bowing their knees and confessing Jesus is Lord to the glory of God! This demonstration of the Lordship of Christ really made the devil mad and gave him a black eye.  THERE IS REVIVAL TAKING PLACE HERE AT VICTORY TABERNACLE CHURCH OF GOD IN RICHMOND, VA!

• I began reading Steve Hill’s book, Personal Revival.

This is the Word From Jesus I received on 10/11/10

#WFJ: A REED FOR REVIVAL!

WHAT KIND OF REED ARE YOU? Are you one that bends under the mighty right hand of God?  Are you flexible and pliable and easily shaped by the Master’s desires and purposes?

Are you a reed that is straight and firm?  Resolve in your heart to follow the Master, focused on His will, not your own, straight with nothing hindering the flow of the Holy Spirit.

Are you a knotted reed marked by the scars of life and bumps in the road?  If you are not mindful to release and forgive those who have marred you along the way, your hardened non-trusting heart will impede your path of progress in the spirit.  REFUSE to become hardened and knotted by the offenses of others!

Is your reed brittle and dry because you have allowed your hunger and thirst for Me and the flow of My river of life to be shut off or replaced by worldly distractions, even idols?

Are you a reed porous in nature, unable to contain My glory?  Are you filled with holes and a lack of purity of heart to bear a holy standard and be consecrated unto Me for My glory?  Are the walls of your temple solid and strong and grounded on the truth of My Word alone?

When you are filled with Me and devoid of you, THEN you are in position to be a carrier of My glory!

I am looking for reeds who will take on My nature and character, no matter what shape they are in from the ravages of life and the enemy’s attempt to counterfeit My glory and con them into a life devoid of truth.

HALF TRUTHS ARE AS DANGEROUS AS PARTIAL OBEDIENCE! They lead to death and destruction.

My eyes go to and fro looking for those whose hearts are hungry for Me and for the fire and passion of My love for all My creation.  I am looking for permanent containers where I may dwell and become a holy habitation.

ARE YOU WILLING TO BE A “TINDERBOX FOR MY GLORY” to give light, life, and hope to those around you walking in darkness and the way of death?  THERE CAN BE NO REVIVAL “OUT THERE” UNTIL IT COMES FORTH FIRST IN YOUR OWN HEART! Are you hungry and dying of thirst to be revived first yourself?

When you fly in the natural in man-made planes you are instructed in times of emergency, when the oxygen face masks drop down from the ceiling, to first put them on yourself before you can assist your children.

I am no different.  I am instructing you, by My Spirit, to be revived and resuscitated by the pure oxygen of My very Spirit and breath of life and truth of My Word into your spirit BEFORE you will be in position to assist others and lead them to the breath of resurrection life!

Do you not know that I Am the Resurrection and the Life?  People everywhere, including you, are gasping for the true breath of life to fill their lungs with pure heavenly oxygen from Me alone, The Creator of Life!

I have come to give you life more abundantly – full, clean, clear and full of power by My Spirit.  I am calling you, My people, up out of death, lethargy, complacency, half-truths, and of living by rote, comfort, and a false sense of security.

The world has nothing to offer you, certainly not security or unadulterated truth!  I Am the only way and only truth!  I Am your only hope!  COME ALIVE AND BE REVIVED BY MY SPIRIT, SAYS THE LORD!

You were designed by Me to be transformed into the likeness of My dear Son.  Jesus is the transfusion of life programmed into your very DNA.  Your living cells have memory and were designed before the foundation of the world to thrive in the life of My Spirit and by My Spirit.  EVERYTHING ELSE IS COUNTERFEIT AND WILL NOT SATISFY YOU!

COME ALIVE AND BE REVIVED IN ME ALONE! I am the taproot of life in Christ Jesus, the Anointed One and His Anointing.  Come and drink of Me until everything else is flushed out and all that remains is My glory to give light to a darkened dying world.

Come with a pure heart.  Repent from all that fills you up but leaves you empty, because it is not of Me! Ask Me to show you those false cravings.  Ask Me to burn them away and replace them with My presence and glory, your true heart’s desire.

Are you ready to be a reed that will yearn and burn for Me alone and carry the weightiness and treasure of My glory?

First and foremost, desire THIS, just to be close and intimately linked to Me – not for what you can do with My glory, but who you truly are and who I designed you to be in the presence of My glory!

Hunger for and seek My face -  for that alone -  and I will take care of the rest.  Follow fast and hard after My own heart, My face and friendship.  Be satisfied and be one with Me and all the other stuff will be added unto you and will follow.

Taste and see that I Am good!  Like Moses, allow My goodness (My glory) to go before you and you will not desire to depart from My glory!  This is how the world will know you are with Me, of Me and from Me because I will be with you!

Exodus 33:12-23 (New International Version)

Moses and the Glory of the LORD

¹² Moses said to the LORD, “You have been telling me, ‘Lead these people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. You have said, ‘I know you by name and you have found favor with me.’ ¹³ If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people.”

¹⁴ The LORD replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

¹⁵ Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. ¹⁶ How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?”

¹⁷ And the LORD said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name.”

¹⁸ Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.”

¹⁹ And the LORD said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the LORD, in your presence. I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. ²⁰ But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live.”

²¹ Then the LORD said, “There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock.

²² When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by. ²³ Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not be seen.”

Love in Jesus,

Nancy Slocum
A pen in God’s hand giving LOVE a voice

http://Nancy777.com

GRACE NOTES

The definition of reed that struck me:

• A wind instrument made from the hollow joint of a plant.
• A woodwind instrument that produces sound by the vibrating of a reed against the mouthpiece.

The Lord God is looking for hollow instruments (devoid of man’s plans and purposes) so He can put you up to his very mouth and breathe the life and wind of His Spirit into yours to revive you and use you as a vessel of honor for His glory.

If you keep yourself pure, you will be a special utensil for honorable use. Your life will be clean, and you will be ready for the Master to use you for every good work. (2 Tim 2:21).

PRAYER POWER

Father God, I humbly come before you and repent of all my selfish ways, plans and purposes.  Search my heart, Lord, and show me the error of my ways.   I surrender to you and offer myself as a living sacrifice.  Revive me, Father!   Set me ablaze with your glory that I may be called a true friend of God in Jesus name.  Amen.

My child, My child, I am cradling you in My heart so you can focus on My love for you and the treasure of My heart and what I see and know.

“YOU ARE A TREASURE TO ME”

The truth is – you are a treasure to Me, as all My children are.  I know where you have been and what you have walked through and endured.

I am calling you to “Come Up Here” and sit with Me awhile and let all the things of this world grow dim as you behold Me and become transformed in My presence.

I have so much revelation to share with My own but the weights, distractions, and impurities of the world make it impossible for you to see.  Come and be washed clean and clear in My glory so you can be in position to receive the treasure of My revelation so you can take it down to earth to establish My Kingdom there.

The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.  It’s near.  It is in you and coming at the same time.  I am releasing secrets of the Kingdom from My heart but only those who have ears to hear and eyes to see what the King is saying will catch it.  My eyes are going to and fro for those whose hearts are sold out and faithful to Me.

In this world you have trials and tribulation.  The stress of worldly life separates My people from My perfect peace and love.  There is a way, My way, to be in, move and operate in this world supernaturally with the mind of Christ, even though you are not of this world.

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33).

“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”   (John 14:27).

OPERATE IN THIS WORLD SUPERNATURALLY WITH THE MIND OF CHRIST

I want My people to open themselves up and get more acclimated to My glory realm where all things are possible with Me. This is what My people need to see with eyes of faith and lay hold of with their hearts so transformation can take place on earth.

STRESS is a DIS-EASE and separation from My perfect peace for I Am the Prince of Peace.  Lay aside stress and instead, LAY HOLD OF ME and the truth of all that I Am and desire to be in and through you.

Be My carriers of peace.  Carry Me to those around you in this world so they can be changed by My presence emanating from you.  I am the light of this world and I have called My people to be light bearers so people can find their way, which is Me.

I am the way, the truth and the life. Keep your focus on Me and you will be in the Spirit. Follow Me so others will follow also.  Shalom.

KEEP YOUR FOCUS ON JESUS AND NOT ON THE THINGS OF THIS WORLD

Day 27 of 30 Days to Breakthrough – Stress- The Insidious Kill

Lord, what do you specifically want to say to me about STRESS?

The first word I want to say is – DEADLY – because there is no life in it! When people are in stress they are not focused on Me and the truth I offer.

“The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.”  (John 10:10).

That is why I say in My Word to meditate on My Word day and night.  In Me there is life everlasting and life flowing abundantly with My rivers of living water that flushes away stress.

Stress is grounded in FEAR, which drives a person away from faith in who I Am and what I am able to do in their lives.

FEAR BASED THINKING DRIVES YOU AWAY FROM FAITH IN GOD

When you wake up each day you have a choice which path you will take: FAITH or FEAR. If you trust Me you will take and walk on My path of faith which is loaded with perfect peace, joy, wisdom, direction, prosperity, abundant life, the fruit of the spirit, and all the things that pertain to life and godliness.

If you choose fear you have stepped into the enemy territory of Satan.  This gives him legal access to take you down his path that will steal, kill and destroy. His path leads to ungodliness and all kinds of temptations and diverse distractions, which all add up to and lead to stress and death.

The best thing to do to avoid stress is to make a quality decision about who you are going to serve: God or Satan.  Choose life in Christ. Then every time stress or dis-ease rises in your spirit man, stop and declare, “I serve the Lord God with all of my heart/spirit, soul, body and strength.  I resist you, Satan. In the name of Jesus, be gone!”

Ask Me for wisdom and expect to receive it liberally.  Then obey Me so it may go well with you.  Kick stress out of your life.  FEAR NOT and keep Me on the throne of your life!

Love in Jesus,

Abigail Slocum
A pen in God’s hand giving “LOVE” a voice

http://Abigail777.com

Prayer Power

Father God, I choose life in Christ!  Help Me to walk in Your path of peace, righteousness and joy in the Holy Spirit.  I desire to put myself in position to see and receive more revelation from heaven and be transformed in the presence of Your glory.  In Jesus name I pray.  Amen.

FAMILY has been so greatly on my heart and in my thoughts these days.  The Lord has been speaking so clearly and intensely to me about the priority of His heart  which is about RELATIONSHIPS.  IT IS ALL ABOUT PEOPLE SO GOD LOVINGLY DESIGNED US FOR RELATIONSHIPS. What is life without them?  Nothing.

“But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”  (Joshua 24:15).

Since I had family on my mind I am sure that is why the Lord gave me this DREAM.

I was present at a baby christening.  The family was on a platform in a church.  The pastor held the child who was being dedicated to the Lord.  I didn’t recognize any of the people except Barbara Bush.

I noticed the First Lady was adorned in her signature pearl necklace.    She stood there as the pastor exhorted the parents to raise their child in the admonition of the Lord.

“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”  (Proverbs 22:6).

As the pastor blessed the baby, the parents and family, Mrs. Bush seemed oblivious to those around her.  Her eyes were riveted on that child.  She smiled, made signs and silently mouthed words to her beloved kindred.  I had a sense that she was speaking the Word of God into that little one.

I stood in amazement as I witnessed this precious relationship developing.  What the First Lady was offering the child was a costly gift of great love.  It was Jesus Himself, the Living Word of God, who was being transferred from one generation to the next, right down through the family lines.

I believe that’s why the pearls around Mrs. Bush’s neck caught my eye. They symbolized the pearl of greatest price, Jesus Himself.  Each pearl on that strand also represented each priceless member of God’s family who had accepted Jesus as Lord and Savior.  Being a part of that divine strand connected each member not only to Jesus but to each other in COVENANT RELATIONSHIP.

The First Lady was symbolic of being a spokesperson or an ambassador for the FIRST FAMILY OF GOD.  She was imparting God’ very own creative words of life, truth, power and instruction so the child would come to know and accept Jesus and grow up wise and strong in the Lord.  These life-giving words would actually equip and empower her to love and serve God all the days of her life.  She would have great love and influence to impart the things of God to others.

That was the dream.

Just as The First Lady spoke pearls of divine heavenly wisdom and revelation through the living Word to her descendants, we too must Speak Only God’s Words of Life to Expand the Family of God.

When you really stop and think about it, this truly is the only way the Kingdom of God’s family will be established, multiplied and cover the earth for God’s glory.  It is done by faith through word of mouth by the Word of God.  It is pretty amazing how God planned to grow His family!

And so it has ever been all through out the ages.  Jehovah God, Creator of heaven and earth, existed and came before us.  He created us specifically for the purpose of intimate relationship with Himself and then with each other.   After Adam and Eve fell from sin it resulted in spiritual separation of the whole human race from their perfect union with God.

To restore their union with Himself and with each other, God sent His Son Jesus to die for us so we could become like Him and have eternal life.  He is coming back for those who have received Jesus as Lord and Savior so we may enjoy our relationship in and with Him and in and with His family in heaven for eternity.

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.  (John 14:6).

I have felt such urgency about the state of affairs in my own personal family relationships and the ones at large in the family of God and those outside the family of God (those who don’t know Jesus as Lord and Savior).  I know Jesus is coming back.  How soon, only God the Father knows.  One only has to read the signs of the times in this world and know what the bible says in order to know that Jesus could come back at any time to fulfill biblical prophecy!

The questions you must be asking yourself NOW are:

• Do I know where I am going the moment after I die?
• Have I accepted Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior and secured my eternal place in heaven with God because of Jesus’ alone and His finished work on the cross for me? (It’s not because of any of my good works but His).
• Am I sharing the good news of eternal life with God and His family to all those around me?
• Am I living for Jesus and like Jesus so others will know the way, the truth and the life?
• Am I a beacon of light and hope as I clearly and boldly SPEAK GOD’S WORDS OF LIFE TO OTHERS THAT THEY MAY HAVE ETERNAL LIFE?
• Is my house in order?
• Are all of my relationships (first with God, then with others) in good standing?
• Do I have any unfinished business: relationally, spiritually, physically, emotionally or financially?
• If I knew I only had one day or even one week or month to live, WHAT WOULD MY PRIORITIES BE?

“Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live!”  (Deut 30:19).

Love in Jesus,

Abigail Slocum
A pen in God’s hand giving “LOVE” a voice

Abigail777.com

Prayer Power

Lord God Almighty, I thank You that You loved me enough to send Your Son Jesus to die on a cross for me.  You loved me just as I was, a sinner, but You didn’t want me to stay in my fallen condition, so You made me the righteousness of Yourself in Christ Jesus.  Thank You for Your amazing grace.  Help me develop the fruit of Your perfect LOVE within me so I can be empowered to speak only God’s Words of life in Jesus name to expand the family of God.  Amen.

#WFJ: I Am Alive So You Come Alive In Me

I am saying much to My people. I said it through My dedicated servant Carroll Johns at My home group in My Brother Jack Bloxham’s, house. GO TO THE NATIONS AND SPREAD MY WORD TO THE MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE WHO DO NOT YET KNOW ME.

I said to go to the ends of the earth and I will provide. Go yourself or send others to the mission fields of the earth with your support.  It all gets credited to your account for My glory.  The fields are ripe for harvest and the time is growing shorter and shorter before My return.

You heard it said that My young people, My unknown ones, are catching fire and will sweep the nation like a tsunami wave with the love of Jesus burning in their hearts, bringing revival like never before.  It will start from the west to the east like wildfire.

As I spoke to Brother Carroll, how dare he not share with his saved brothers and sisters in Christ how to get power by the baptism of the holy fire like My first church in Acts so they could lay hands on the sick and they shall recover.  By My power you will cast out demons and raise the dead.

The power of My Holy Spirit has not changed one bit and My body (the church) needs to move in power, and signs and wonders will follow.

I am alive so you come alive in Me  because I am in you and I will never leave you. I and the Father are one just like I want you to be with Me so I can show you and say to you what the Father says and shows to Me.

But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions–it is by grace you have been saved And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus… (Ephesians 2:4).

Thank you for your thunderous praise and worship tonight.  I was highly honored and overflowing with joy to be in the midst of your praise. You did much scattering of darkness and gained much territory for Me.

I was so pleased that I sent an angel in your midst to stand guard and protect you. I was reading your hearts full of love for Me and so loved being in your presence.  You felt My tangible presence.  Stay close to Me, My children, where I like you to be – in My presence.

Love in Jesus,

Abigail Slocum
A pen in God’s hand giving “LOVE” a voice

Abigail777.com

Prayer Power

Heavenly Father, in Your presence is fullness of joy.  May we desire to abide in that secret supernatural tangible place of the fullness of Your glory so we can become what we behold and do Your mighty works in this earth in Jesus name.  Amen.

Lord, what are we going to do today?  What would please you?

Ahhhh… Today, My Dear, we are going to hear the heart of one who is on fire for Me.  I am stirring things up so hot and bright in My younger people because they carry the fire of hope and of My light to the next generation.

When you film Tyler Martin as Bertha interviews him, you will be delighted and amazed to see what I can do through one’s love and obedience to Me.

Oh that all My children would submit to the flow of My Spirit.  It is life changing for all those in the path of My presence and power.

Lord, what simple daily habit can I establish that will bear much eternal fruit?

Abide in the secret supernatural place of the Most high God so My Holy Spirit can conform you into the image and likeness of My Dear Son Jesus.  When you become ONE with the three of US you become eternal fruit that keeps producing more of the same.

A good daily habit to get there is through journaling which is My supernatural highway to communication with the Most High God.  When you tap into Me you get My Holy Trinity!  We are unfailing.  Stick with Us like glue!

Love in Jesus,

Abigail Slocum
“A pen in God’s hand giving LOVE a voice”

http://Abigail777.com

Prayer Power

My Most High God, It is my heart’s desire to abide with you in Your secret place so I may be eternal fruit that keeps producing more of the same for Your glory in the matchless name of Jesus.  Amen.