Apostolic Revolution - Word of the Lord and Spoken Word

Acts 2:41-44 - "Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. And all that believed were together, and had all things common;"  (KJV)          

          God has been ministering a powerful word to me through which He deposited an additional portion to me of the following spoken word.  God has shown me that the Body of Christ has grown in worship... Yet, we need the revelation and understanding that worship and intercession go hand in hand... The Next Level is to flow by God's Spirit at the height of worship right into intercession... This flow is SO powerful!  Revival, miracles, signs and wonders WILL follow... Because God inhabits the praises of His people, and intercession is "An Entering into HIM session".  So, the end result is that we ABIDE in Him and HE in us.  This IS the manifestation of Heaven on Earth! All it takes is a United people pursuing God's presence HIS WAY...intercession... This flow is SO powerful!  Revival, miracles, signs and wonders WILL follow, because God inhabits the praises of His people.  His presence descends like a cloud as we worship, and intercession is An Entering into HIM session.  So, as the Holy Spirit descends and we begin to ascend through intercession right into His presence.  We enter INTO HIM through intercession. Then, the end result is that we ABIDE in Him and HE in us.  This IS the manifestation of Heaven on Earth!  All it takes is a United people pursuing God's presence HIS WAY.  Then in the midst of corporate worship the other day, the Holy Spirit revealed to me another higher dimension, saying that just as we must not be satisfied with feeling God’s presence within worship, but we must go further through intercession… SO, we must not be satisfied with the fires of revival, we must go to a higher, deeper and greater dimension of becoming a revolution!  This was what the apostles  experienced resulting in the birthing of the church!  Let us PRESS IN for ANOTHER Apostolic Revolution!  In fact, we must BECOME this Apostolic Revolution!

Apostolic Revolution

This is an apostolic revolution

We’re breaking out of every religious institution

And cleaning up the mind pollution,

Cause God’s Word has the only solution.

It’s called an apostolic revolution.

We’re binding and casting out the spirit of confusion

And every demonic intrusion.

This ain’t no illusion.

We’re waking up those that are snoozin’

And contending for total infusion

Of Almighty God,

Cause we are His body.

We’re giving God reverence

And pursuing His presence.

Oh yes!

We’re blessed!

As we relinquish all stress

 And enter God’s rest.

Biblical Leaders

Aren’t just Bible readers,

They take heed

To the Word they read.

They’re one out of millions

Of apathetic civilians.

Called of God

To Carry the Shepherd’s rod

And the Sword of the Spirit

Whether or not folk wanna hear it.

Like Nehemiah

Buildin’ the wall higher

The devil is a liar

Sanbalat and Tobiah were the devil’s tools

Talkin’ like fools.

Both are under our feet

Even as I speak

So, let me repeat…

This is an apostolic revolution

We’re breaking out of every religious institution

And cleaning up the mind pollution,

Cause God’s Word has the only solution.

It’s called an apostolic revolution.

We’re binding and casting out the spirit of confusion

And every demonic intrusion

This ain’t no illusion.

We’re waking up those that are snoozin’

And contending for total infusion

Of Almighty God,

Cause we are His body.

We’re giving God reverence

We’re pursuing His presence.

Oh yes!

We’re blessed!

As we relinquish all stress

 And enter God’s rest.

Biblical Leaders

Aren’t just Bible readers,

They take heed

To the Word they read.

They’ve answered God’s call

To stand up on the wall.

They’re blowin’ the trumpet in Zion

Soundin’ an alarm for the dyin’

And their characters shine

Cause they’re filled with new wine.

Like Nehemiah

Buildin’ the wall higher

The devil is a liar

Sanbalat and Tobiah were the devil’s tools

Talkin’ like fools.

Both are under our feet

Even as I speak

So, let me repeat…

© Christine Lombard, All rights reserved, Use only with permission

Living the Surrendered Life of Obedience

Living the Surrendered Life

of Obedience

            On Sunday, April 29, 2012 God spoke the following message to me as I prepared to go to church service.  He entitled the message, “Living the Surrendered Life of Obedience.”  Then He defined obedience by His Spirit as “being in the right place and position, at the right time, doing the right thing for the right reasons.”  He explained that the word right is the root word of righteous.  Therefore, it refers to righteousness, according to God’s standards.  Righteousness is determined by one’s alignment with God’s Word, Will, and Way. 

            God is calling us, His people, to incarnate His Word, fulfill His Will, and walk in His Way.  How do we incarnate God’s Word?  By eating, digesting, and becoming His Word, which is a truth God is expounding through a message He has ministered to me, “Eat that I Give Thee.”  How do we fulfill God’s Will?  By incarnating His Word and walking in His Way.  How do we walk in God’s Way?  By incarnating and becoming prophetic demonstrations of faith, hope, and love to the world, which is the economy of Heaven.  Therefore, incarnating God’s Word, fulfilling His will and walking in His Way are intricately interwoven and inseparable truths just as the Triune Godhead: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.    

            The Holy Spirit also ministered to me that one’s right place and position is both physical and spiritual.  We must seek God’s face diligently to know our rightful physical and spiritual place and position in Him.  Our spiritual position ought to always be one of complete trust and reliance on God (Proverbs 3:5-6) and surrenderance to Him as living sacrifices, holy, acceptable unto God, which is our reasonable service (Romans 12:1-2).  Yet, we must seek His face continually to know His specific right physical and spiritual place and position for us during various seasons and assignments of our life.  The right time is always NOW, because there is never any other time than now.  We cannot return to the past, and the only way that we can press into the future is by living the surrendered life of obedience NOW.  Then God began to minister to me how often our focus is upon our future destiny.  Yes, He wants us to move forward towards His destiny for us.  Yet, the only way to do this is through consistently living the surrendered life of obedience NOW.  For this reason, Hebrews 11:1 states, “NOW faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen” (KJV). 

            Doing the right thing involves actions of the spirit, soul, and body.  Our spirit, soul (mind, emotions and will) and body are all active.  We must examine the activities of our spirit, soul, and body to know whether they are righteous, which means to be properly aligned with God’s Word, Will, and Way.  For example, one may be harboring bitterness and jealousy in their heart and mind, which is not visible to man, but completely visible to God, who tries and searches the heart of man.  God is continually sanctifying His people through the Apostolic process of separation, preparation, revelation, and reformation in order to fulfill the ministry of reconciliation, which is to completely reconcile or allign us (spirit, soul and body) to God’s Word, Will, and Way.  His theme is “Whatever it Takes”, and though we may never fully understand His workings in our lives until we see Him face to face, He KNOWS what it takes!

           The actions of the spirit and soul of man lead to the right reasons, which deal with the motives of the heart, because it is very possible to be in the right place and position at the right time and doing the right thing for ulterior motives other than righteousness.  The right motives are always the same:  to please, honor, glorify, and intimately know God, and make Him known to others, by incarnating His Word, fulfilling His Will, and walking in His Way of faith, hope, and love.  After all, the greatest sermon is the one preached through a God-fearing and God-pleasing righteous life!

           Now just because God is revealing these truths to and through me does not qualify me to have already attained such a glorious a place in Him!  No!  I am yet striving to live the surrendered life of obedience, and like the Apostle Paul, I will forever testify one of my favorite Scriptures…

“But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.  Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ  Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count thembut dung, that I may win Christ, And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness,   which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which  is of God by faith:  That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection,  and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.  Not as though I had  already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that  for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.  Brethren, I count not myself to have  apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus” (KJV, 2000, Philippians 3:7-14).

           Abba Father, teach us and help us to live the surrendered life of obedience in order to give you increasing measures of glory in the Earth.  Teach us how to humble ourselves and surrender ourselves to You completely on Your Potter’s wheel.  Then INFUSE us with Your heart, the Mind of Christ and Your Spirit that You may fully use us as You please for Your honor and glory and the building of Your Kingdom.  In Jesus’ name.  Amen.   

© 2012 Christine Lombard, All rights reserved, Use only with permission

Complete Surrender

John 12:24-25 - "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.  He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal" (KJV).

 

Complete Surrender         

       I am standing at a crossroad, and my GREATEST need is not even to know which direction to take, but to completely surrender to HE Who is THE WAY... For this I will contend until I reach the end of me...

          When we reach a deeper level of surrenderance, God meets us.  He infuses us, igniting us with His presence, which is absolutely necessary for spiritual leadership and the fulfillment of God's assignment and destiny for us.  He becomes our Holy Habitation, and we become His holy habitation.  We become carriers of God's presence... vessels completely surrendered to Him... being INFUSED and USED by Him Alone! 

          Surrenderance is the greatest act of trust.  Anything else is just talk without any walk or manifestation.  God is calling us into the Garden of Gethsemene, not just to talk, but to INTERCEDE... entering into HIM and HE in us to a GREATER degree...  "Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done" (KJV, Luke 22:42).

          God is calling us to journey up Mount Moriah and sacrafice the very seed He has given us (our all) upon the altar... trusting and believing as Abraham... "Accounting that God (is) able to raise (us) up, even from the dead; from whence also (we shall receive the promised harvest) in a figure" (KJV, Hebrews 11:19).

 

© 2012 Christine Lombard, All rights reserved, Use only with permission

INFUSE Me!

II Timothy 2:20-21 - But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also [utensils] of wood and earthenware, and some for honorable and noble [use] and some for menial and ignoble [use].  So whoever cleanses himself [from what is ignoble and unclean, who separates himself from contact with contaminating and corrupting influences] will [then himself] be a vessel set apart and useful for honorable and noble purposes, consecrated and profitable to the Master, fit and ready for any good work.  (AMP)

 

          As I drove to work this morning, the Holy Spirit revealed and spoke into my spirit, "It's not how much God uses us, but the measure that He INFUSES us that matters and lasts throughout eternity. For there are both vessels of honor and dishonor in the Kingdom. For example, God used Pharoah just as He used Moses. He used King Saul just as He used King David. He used Judas just as He used the Apostles Peter, John, and Paul (though he was born out of due time, so it's not too late!) ... I immediately repented for every foolish prayer that I ever prayed in ignorance!

Psalm 19:14 - "Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, oh Lord, my strength and my redeemer."

 

Infuse Me! 

Oh Lord, God!
I want to KNOW You
Not only in my teaching
And preaching,
But in my breathing
And heart - beating.
Oh Lord, God!
I want to KNOW You
Not only in my spoken word
That is heard
But in the poetry of my heart
That flows from my deepest part.
So, let the words of my mouth
Flow north, not south
Let them be of faith, not doubt
Let the meditation of my heart
Never tear Your heart apart.
Oh Lord, God!
Do NOT pass me by,
But HEAR my heart's cry!
INFUSE me!
So, that I can finally lose ME
And YOU can finally use me.



Oh Lord, God!
Let Your burning coal touch my lips
So that I may hit and not miss
The bulls eye of Your heart, Word, and will
That those listening may be filled
With Your Light, Life, and Love
That flows from Your throne above.
As I spit each rhyme
Let my rhythm sync with your time.
Oh Lord, God!
Let Your holy fire
Be my one heart's desire
Let my words be carried by the wings of Your Spirit
So, that even deaf ears will hear it
Let Heaven kiss the Earth
As You give birth
To Your Word, Will and Way
Through the words that I pray
Oh Lord, God!
Let my redemption story
Bring YOU ALL the glory
So others will lift their eyes and C. Love
Descending like the Holy Ghost Dove.


Oh Lord, God!
I want to KNOW You
Not only in my teaching
And preaching,
But in my breathing
And heart - beating.
Oh Lord, God!
I want to KNOW You
Not only in my spoken word
That is heard
But in the poetry of my heart
That flows from my deepest part.
So, let the words of my mouth
Flow north, not south
Let them be of faith, not doubt
Let the meditation of my heart
Never tear Your heart apart.
Oh Lord, God!
Do NOT pass me by,
But HEAR my heart's cry!
INFUSE me!
So, that I can finally lose ME
And YOU can finally use me.

© 2015, Christine Lombard, All rights reserved, Use only with permission

A Voice for the Voiceless / Do You See Me? (Spoken Word)

2 Corinthians 1:3-5 – “Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.  For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.”

A Voice for the Voiceless

       God is calling His Intercessor’s NOT ONLY to cry out on behalf of those who are in bondage, but also to SEE them in the Spirit and HEAR their cry.  He is calling us to BE a VOICE for the VOICELESS, who are unable to cry out for themselves.  Never has my heart been so broken than in this time of grief, due to my brother Joe’s sudden death at the hand of suicide.  You see, I KNOW through firsthand experience the PAIN, TORMENT, and OPPRESSION of the suicidal spirit.  It is ONLY by the grace of God AND the power of war faring intercession that I did not take my own life many years ago.  Therefore, God is calling all intercessors to the forefront to be A VOICE FOR THE VOICELESS!

Do You See Me?

(Scribed January 9, 2012 travelling back from my brother, Joe’s funeral)

Do you see me as I pass by?

My eyes are dry,

But deep within my soul still cries.

My laughter rings through the halls,

But the curse of sin is still written on my spiritual walls.

Do you see me as I pass by?

Please, don’t believe the lie of hypocritical smiles,

Cuz deep within I want to die

And at my funeral you’ll still be wondering why?

I know how to fit right in with the crowd,

I know how to make you forget I’m even around.

Do you see me as I pass by?

Now you see me.

Now you don’t.

You may miss me,

But I won’t.

Do you hear me crying even as I’m dying?

You talk about love, but I still think you’re lying

That’s how I can drown out your words without even trying.

If you can’t reach me,

You can’t teach me.

I’m spiraling down a deep dark hole

Wishing this Jesus you claim to know

Could really make me whole.

Tag, you’re it!

Catch me if you can,

And teach me how to be a new man.

Do you see me as I pass by?

Then tell me why my soul still cries

And deep within I want to die?

© 2012 Christine Lombard, All rights reserved, Use only with permission

Delve into Discipleship in 2012!

The Word of the Lord:

“Delve into Discipleship in 2012!”

Matthew 28:18-20 – “Jesus approached and, breaking the silence, said to them, All authority (all power of rule) in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.  Go then and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you, and behold, I am with you all the days (perpetually, uniformly, and on every occasion), to the [very] close and consummation of the age.  Amen (so let it be).”  (AMP)

Matthew 28:18-20 –  “Yeshua came and talked with them. He said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.  Therefore, go and make people from all nations into talmidim, immersing them into the reality of the Father, the Son and the Ruach HaKodesh, 20 and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. And remember! I will be with you always, yes, even until the end of the age." (CJB)

            For many consecutive years the Holy Spirit has ministered a Word to me regarding the upcoming New Year.  This year has been unique in that He spoke to me several months ago, which is much earlier in the year than usual.  He has revealed to me that the year 2012 will be a year of Divine Discipleship.  In fact, the will of the Lord for the upcoming year is a continuation or result of His manifested Word for 2011 in the lives of His remnant.

            God spoke to me before the entrance of this year, “There is an Open Heaven in 2011”.  He also revealed that only those positioned properly would experience and receive from that Open Heaven.  The year 2012 will be a year of great impartation of what God has outpoured into His remnant into the lives of others through discipleship.  God is saying that just as 2011 has not yet passed, so the season of the Open Heaven continues.  Therefore, we must seek God’s face diligently and press into His presence to receive fully from the Open Heaven of this season, in order to be fully prepared for the season of discipleship that is coming.

            The process of receiving impartation from the Godhead through His Open Heaven and subsequently imparting into others through discipleship is a God ordained part of the Apostolic Process.  Once again, God has revealed to me the following Apostolic Process: Preparation, Revelation, and Reformation, which births and brings forth Reconciliation in our own lives and in the lives of others.  God is saying that discipleship can and will take on many unique forms in this hour.  Although relationship with God and man is the essential common factor of discipleship, God will manifest discipleship through His people in new and creative ways.  He will also connect His people in unique and creative ways.  Therefore, Proverbs 3:5-6 is crucial in this hour. 

Proverbs 3:5-6 – “Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding.  In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths.” (AMP)

We MUST be led by the Spirit of God… allowing Him to fully lead and direct our paths and relationships throughout the apostolic impartation and discipleship process.  God is saying BE READY for Divine appointments and connections as never before!  Expect the unexpected, and remember that true discipleship BEGINS and CONTINUES in and through Christ.  No matter the position to which one is elevated, we must remain submitted and surrendered to the discipleship of Christ, and the specific ways He chooses to impart into our lives.

This is a time of preparation for the fulfillment of God’s Word in our lives.  This is NOT the time to just sit idly by expecting things to “just happen”.  God is calling the INTERCESSORS to the forefront to BIRTH God’s Word and Will into manifestation!  It is time to stand as watchmen on the wall and SEE AS GOD SEES.  It is time to stand and function as God’s ambassadors in the specific TIME, PLACE, and POSITION to which He has called us individually and corporately.  God is calling the prayer WARRIORS to the forefront to war against principalities and powers that come to kill, steal and destroy the work and will of God in the Earth.  It is time to be strong and courageous, as we WAGE WAR against everything that is not like God… beginning in our own hearts and lives!  God is calling us, His Church, His Bride, His Remnant… to REPENTANCE.  For, we must set our own house in order before we seek to disciple others in setting theirs in order! 

© 2011 Christine Lombard, All rights reserved, Use only with permission

Come On! Let's Praise Him! - Spoken Word

Psalm 106:1-2 – “PRAISE THE Lord! (Hallelujah!) O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever! Who can put into words and tell the mighty deeds of the Lord? Or who can show forth all the praise [that is due Him]?”  (AMP)

Come On!  Let’s Praise Him!

Come on!  Let’s Praise Him!

Halleluiah!

Come on!  Let’s Praise Him!

Praise the Lord!

Come on!  Let’s praise Him in the mornin’

Befo’ we walk out da’ do’!

Come on let’s praise Him

Like we ain’t eva’ praised Him befo’!

Come on let’s praise Him

Mo’ and mo’ till we reach the level galo’!  Yo!

Come on!  Let’s Praise Him!

Halleluiah!

Come on!  Let’s Praise Him!

Praise the Lord!

Come on!  Let’s praise Him

Throughout our day!

Come on!  Let’s show the world

That Jesus is the ONLY Way!

Come on!  Let’s praise Him

Come what may, and no matter what men may say!

Come on!  Let’s Praise Him!

Halleluiah!

Come on!  Let’s Praise Him!

Praise the Lord!

Come on!  Let’s praise Him

Through the thick and the thin!

Come on!  Let’s praise Him

Whether we lose or win!

Come on!  Let’s praise Him

Again and again!

Come on!  Let’s Praise Him!

Halleluiah!

Come on!  Let’s Praise Him!

Praise the Lord!

© 2011 Christine Lombard, All Rights Reserved, Use Only with Permission