Author: lisagreatenebeli

It is easy to look at liberals and throw a stone because of their liberal policies, their open borders, their socialist agendas, their narrative of lawlessness, and their violent rhetoric.

It is easy to look at conservatives and throw a stone because of their unprofessional tweets, their anger at injustice, their intolerance of wickedness, their desire for truth about marriage, sexuality and education of children.

The challenge is, whatever side you stand on, you believe your right and they are wrong, but the truth is, both are ditches, one is lawless and the other is religious. Both hate the way the other wants this country to go, but the truth is there is another way, the High Way of God’s Kingdom.

Isaiah 55 says, “My intentions are not always yours, and I do not go about things as you do. My thoughts and My ways are above and beyond you, just as heaven is far from your reach here on earth. For as rain and snow can’t go back once they’ve fallen, but soak into the ground And nourish the plants that grow, providing seed to the farmer and bread for the hungry, So it is when I declare something. My word will go out and not return to Me empty, But it will do what I wanted; it will accomplish what I determined. For you will go out in joy, be led home in peace. And as you go the land itself will break out in cheers; The mountains and the hills will erupt in song, and the trees of the field will clap their hands. Prickly thorns and nasty briers will give way
to luxurious shade trees, sweet and good. And they’ll remind you of the Eternal One and how God can be trusted absolutely and forever.”

The goal of religion and politics is always division, the goal of the kingdom of God is unity. We are one people, we are one nation, under one God with liberty and justice for all. The enemy divides us because they fear our oneness. As long as you are either lawless or religious, you will just shout at each other like in 1 Samuel 17 when Israel was facing the Philistines.

The spirit of David is here and He is the King who is going to unite the United States of America in a way none of us see coming. It will break the power of lawlessness and religion, for they are two sides of the same coin.

Lift up your eyes, open up your heart, the kingdom of God is not religious nor is it political, but it is a government and it is bringing a structure, a new wine skin, that will bring unity to humanity and healing to nations. Love is still the greatest way. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

No more sideline believers, everyone is being called up from the practice squad. The Lord spoke to me a couple of months ago and He said, “When I move it is going to take everyone, everywhere, everyday.” We are in this place right now.

Many people have been trying to fight for a position on a church staff,a worship team, or a title within the local church. Friends, we need apostles as CEO’s of companies; we need prophets as CFO’s and advisors to Kings, Presidents and Prime Ministers; we need Pastor’s who are leading Human Resource departments, social working situations, foster care systems; we need those called to be Evangelists in sales and marketing jobs; we need those with the gift of teaching in the school system.

In the 70’s, there was a Jesus revolution that was deceived by a rapture theology, so most of those people thought they were called into the ministry, and fled the marketplace. Thank God the tide has turned and people are realizing their purpose is not in a church building, but in a marketplace opportunity. The harvest is in the marketplace not the church.

We need everyone, everywhere, everyday doing the work of the ministry. Church leaders are Ephesians 4:11-12 called to train, equip and deploy the saints to do the ministry in their everyday lives. The mandate to mobilize is coming from God not the pulpit.

I was at a worship event last night in a Factory in Franklin, TN and the passion I heard in worship, the speakers I listened to proclaimed the kingdom of God on earth, and the roar in the spirit I sensed was undeniable. A Tuesday night experience, caused me to say, now that is what I am talking about.

If you don’t know what your purpose is, ask God, ask a friend, but we must get to work, the harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few and I am praying for the Lord to send workers into His harvest field. We are in the great awakening, now we need everyone, everywhere, everyday to be an ambassador of the kingdom! Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

Have you ever had a glimpse into a realm you have not known before? Have you ever smelled something so pleasing, but you cannot describe it? Have you ever opened your heart to dream in a way that makes you feel vulnerable?

People love going to the beach and the mountains, I think one reason is because there is something so much bigger inside of us than we have words for, but we need to be near it, to see it, to experience it, to be in its presence. A place where the water meets the sky and waves crash at your feet. A place where the majesty of the magnitude of it just causes you to be still.

The Lord has created large, majestic things on earth to give us a glimpse of who He is. He is honestly indescribable, unexplainable, unimaginable and yet ever so desirable. He is God, He is majestic, He is powerful, He is undeniable, He is incredible.

I have been getting glimpses into His heart in a way I have not ever before. His love for people, all people, is hard to explain. He loves humanity so much more than we do. We call people wicked, lost, broken, arrogant, so many things. We decide who is worthy of our time, energy and love. We are so small in our love.

God’s love for every person is massive. He has been showing me how much He loves people and I am overwhelmed, convicted and yet pulled in. His love for us as people is so massive, sin is not even visible. I can’t explain it, but I have begun to see it and as He reveals it more and more, we are going to overwhelmed by a love words can’t explain but the heart can absorb.

Worship is about declaring allegiance. Worship is about declaring allegiance to the Only True God; to the King of all kings, the Lord of all lords. We show that allegiance by lifting our hands in the sanctuary; giving of our tithes and offerings; loving people. It is all a declaration of allegiance, not to a building we call church, not a community we fellowship with on Sunday morning, but to the Lord of heaven and earth.

Worship aligns us and reminds us of who we are allegiant to. It is not about a Sunday morning experience, it is a corporate declaration of our allegiance. It is about declaring together, Jesus Christ is my God. We are not gathering to hear good music, to listen to some prolific orator, or to meet some new people. No we are coming together to declare our allegiance to the Lord of Hosts.

I was reading 1 Corinthians 15 this morning and it fanned the flame of passion for Jesus in me even more. Listen to this, “After He has conquered His enemies and shut down every rule and authority vying for power, He will hand over the Kingdom to God, the Father of all that is. And He must reign as King until He has put all His enemies under His feet. The last hostile power to be destroyed is death itself.”

Christianity is not a passive, wait to be raptured religion. Christianity is an occupy until I come, defeat the defeated enemy relationship. It is a rule and reign with benevolence on the earth, steward what I gave you, be thankful for who I made you to be kind of life. Walking with Jesus, partnering with God is about declaring our allegiance together and then doing the works God has assigned for us to do. What an honor to serve this King, what a joy to lift my hands in the sanctuary. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

In Ezekiel 12 we have a three part time line. Knowing what time we are in is very important. You can know what time people think we are in by what they say, but knowing what time God says we are in is all that matters. Take notice of the three times and then you will know where people believe we are, but listen closely for God is revealing all around us where we are.

Ezekiel 12:1-16 is a time to pack your bags for you are going into exile. Israel was headed into Babylonian captivity for 70 years. Some people believe this is what time it is.

Ezekiel 12:17-20 is a time to eat and drink in fear and with anxiety for Israel was experiencing some really tough times. Some people believe this is what time we are in.

Ezekiel 12:21-28 is a time when the proverb about delay comes to an end, false visions and divination are over, therefore, visions and words of God are fulfilled. It is the end of delay, it is now time. Some people believe this is what time it is.

In prayer this morning the Lord spoke to me and said, “Do not delay on anything I say, it is now time!” This led me to Ezekiel 12:28 “Thus says the Lord GOD: None of my words will be delayed any longer, but the word that I speak will be performed, declares the Lord GOD.” I believe we are in Ezekiel 12:21-28 now time.

Three time/seasons, where are we? Look around, listen closely, not to your micro world only, but to the macro world “Look among the nations, and see; wonder and be astounded. For I am doing a work in your days that you would not believe if told.” (Habakkuk 1:5) I see, I hear the Lord saying, no more delay, it is Ezekiel 12:21-28 time! Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

There are so many things to learn not just from other people, but from all of creation. I have a small dog and we go walking every morning. It is our first order of business. We usually do at least a mile a morning and then other walks during the day.

Yesterday while being in the area across the street from our house, my dog saw the neighbor’s dog, who is a brown boxer and the two of them have had words in the past. My dog is small but he is mighty and when he saw the boxer yesterday afternoon he was showing the boxer he is not intimidated nor scared.

I was smiling watching him, but then when the boxer walked by on his leash, my dog who does not need a leash in our neighborhood, 1)Marked his terroritory and 2)Threw grass with his two back legs toward this boxer. As I was watching this unfold, the Holy Spirit said, that is how you show the enemy you are not scared nor intimidated and how you say, this is my turf, back off!

This whole scene reminded me of what Jesus said to his disciples in Matthew 10:14 where Jesus said, “If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet.”

Friends, if my little dachshund is not afraid of a boxer, why are we who have Christ in us, the hope of glory afraid or intimidated by a defeated devil’s voice that is all talk and no action? It is long past time that we mark our territory, shake the dust off our feet and get on with our day or enjoying a walk with our Father God and His son Jesus. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

We have been taught a lot about Jesus being the Chief Cornerstone. He is the apostle and high priest of our faith. Apostles according to Paul are part of the foundation. Jesus is the Chief Cornerstone, the foundation, the 101 level of anything we do.

The Chief Cornerstone teaches us about elementary things Iike love, forgiveness, truth, grace, evangelism, salvation, the cross, the 10 Comandments, obedience, abiding, oh the number of things that make up the foundation. I am so thankful for the foundation of our faith on which we stand as the body of Christ.

The Holy Spirit has been speaking to me about another aspect of our great and mighty God, Jesus the Christ. He is also the Capstone. Zechariah 4 says, ““This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty. “What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground. Then he will bring out the capstone to shouts of ‘God bless it! God bless it!’”

We have known the Chief Cornerstone and we will always know Him as such, but we are about to know Him as the Capstone. This will be something we have not experienced before, henceforth the shouts of Grace! Grace! As Jesus is revealed as the Capstone, this will be a manifestation of Him we have not known before.

Capstone Jesus will come with a love that we have never known; truth that will transform us; He is coming with a divine detox that all of us need; as the Capstone Christ we are going to experience power that heals, delivers and restores; oh the beauty of the Capstone Christ we are beginning to and will continue to experience.

This revelation of Christ as the Capstone is wide and varied, unique and ancient, it is truly a time of “we have never gone this way before” so the fear of the Lord causes us to not rush, not push, not proclaim, but to ponder, to pause, to observe, for the Capstone Christ is being revealed and it is coming with the shouts of grace, grace. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

We are in the shadow of Halloween approaching here in America. People have many feelings and make many comments about this holiday. There are skeletons in people’s yards, blow up ghosts, pumpkins and goblins all lit up so as you drive by their house you can see it. Stores are now putting on clearance many of their Halloween supplies for last minute shoppers. Costumes are flying off the racks as people prepare to enter into this “holiday”.

I have some friends who were in their front yard as I was driving by, so I stopped and said hi. They told me about their neighbors who were erecting a very tall skeleton and how they did not like it. After leaving that conversation, I had thought about how annoyed and bothered by plastic skeletons and blow up goblins people are.

I know it is the spirit of the “holiday” and the symbols are bothersome. So I was thinking what could we, who don’t celebrate this “holiday”, could put in our yard to make a different statement. I thought what if we got a large communion cup and loaf of bread and then we could declare, “They overcame by the blood of the lamb, the word of their testimony and loving their lives not even unto death.” (Revelation 12:11) I thought this would be a great counter decoration.

But then today the Lord gave me a revelation of the bronze serpent on the pole in Number 21, which was God’s antidote for a people who grumbled and complained so got bit by fiery serpents. “The LORD said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.” So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.”

My antidote to this “holiday” is not complaining, but looking up to the bronze serpent on the pole, which is Jesus on the cross and as we look at Him we live. We need to change where we look, so maybe next year, erect a bronze serpent on a pole in your front yard as an antidote to the skeletons, goblins and ghosts in the yard across the street. Who knows maybe when they look at it they will get healed and live. Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

On Saturday the Lord whispered to me the words, “Junkyard”. When God gives us a word, it is not to shame or condemn, it is always redemptive, for He is a redeemer of everything, but I must say, I did not know what to do with what I heard.

On Sunday along the highway there was a junkyard old and damaged cars. It went for blocks right along the highway, so I stared at it and the Lord said again, “Junkyard”.

Then on Monday morning while walking the dog, I see on the ground a red matchbox car, it has a dented roof, unstable wheels and a crushed windshield, and the Lord says for the third time, “Junkyard”.

I get home and do some research on the word junkyard and what I learned was fascinating prophetically. A junkyard — also called a salvage yard or wrecking yard — is a place where vehicles that are no longer functional, wrecked, or abandoned are brought. They are: stripped of valuable or reusable parts, their metals are recycled, and the remainder is eventually crushed, melted down, or repurposed. In essence, a junkyard is a place where: What was once designed for movement has been stopped. But here’s what’s fascinating — nothing in a junkyard is truly “waste.” Every car, even the most mangled one, holds potential for restoration, redemption, or reuse. (ChatGPT).

I was shouting, that is it, cars, ministries, people, marriages, friendships, companies, countries, cities, families, they may be damaged, but they are candidates for restoration, redemption or reuse. I know people who feel like they are in a junkyard, they once were something people wanted and now they feel like they are useless, done with what they used to have or do, but God says, “I am restoring what is in the junkyard.”

A junkyard may look like chaos, but in truth, it’s a warehouse of hidden value. Prophetically, a car junkyard becomes a metaphor for: People or ministries once full of purpose and movement but now sidelined, wrecked, or stripped down. Lives once in motion — full of potential, now resting among the broken. But God doesn’t see the junkyard as final. He sees it as a field of resurrection — the place where He selects raw material for rebuilding. (ChatGPT)

I am speaking to the people who feel like they are in a junkyard, the Lord is coming to restore, rebuild, repurpose you. You are not forgotten, you are not done with you, you are not last years model, you were made for today. You will not miss what God is doing in the earth. You were born for such a time as this. Remember Ezekiel 37, the valley of dry bones, God is breathing on you again. It is time to rev you engine again! Www.apostolicresourcecenter.org

Sonya invited me to come to Mississippi to a conference with her and her Pastor, who is now my friend. I have spoken at Pastor Carolyn’s church while in Houston on a few occasions now. Going to support her and the ministry she was going to do in Mississippi was the motivation for this trip. 

Darleen and I packed the car, drove 6 1/2 hours to Foxworth, MS, which is 10 miles from the MS/LA border. We arrived at our hotel 90 minutes before the beginning on the first session on Friday night. We do a quick change of clothes and head to the meeting which is 8 minutes down the road. 

The town of Foxworth is population 532, which means something to me, because that was the population of Smithton, MO where I was first touched by the power of God in revival. My anticipation for this weekend was high. We arrive at the house where the conference is happening and come upon a small pavilion in the backyard where about 40 chairs are set up. 

Worship begins and immediately the glory of God fills the atmosphere. I am wondering who is this woman leading worship and where am I? I enter into worship with the sky above my head and the sound of angels singing all around me. 25-30 people are in attendance, but numbers did not matter, we were in a glory filled atmosphere and God’s presence was palpable. 

This happened both Friday night and Saturday all day, into the night. Kay, the worship leader kept saying, I do not know how to transition when the glory is among us. I didn’t need to stop, but the ministers in that location were generals in the faith and honoring them and their message demanded we transition. 

We had 5 speakers, John Mark Pool, Paul and Melissa Bradford, Andy McDougal, and Carolyn Sisson. I had never heard of these people before, but with an average age of 70, I heard from generals in the faith, who know the glory of God. All of whom have met, know and ministered with Ruth Ward Heflin. 

I was in a small town, a smaller gathering, but I am telling you, there was something about this weekend, that has marked me forever on my journey with God. One final God wink for me was when we went to the MS/LA border to see a historic house and what we found was a little white country church that looked just like the one in Smithton, MO where I first encountered the power of God and my apostolic leader Steve Gray. Markers matter and this weekend in Mississippi was a marker.