AN UNSTOPPABLE GLORY (First published in March 2005) By IAN JOHNSON ~ ianjohn@xtra.co.nz
God wants us to have an eternal view ~ A vision of Heaven1 Cor 2: 9-10 9 "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him." 10 But we know these things because God has revealed them to us by his Spirit, and his Spirit searches out everything and shows us even God’s deep secrets. Satan on the other hand wants us to remain blind and uninformed! Because he knows that if we get a vision of Heaven we will be unstoppable in our quest to get our friends and family into heaven. Today I had lunch with a man who is what we call a New Zealand Maori Kaumatua, or leader. He is in His late 50’s, when he was 10 he and His family had no knowledge of Jesus or his claims on their lives. In fact they were deeply into the other side, having open visions of their tribal guardian and other spirits. His young sister got cancer and was dying; He loved his little sister and wanted to see her well again. One morning while he was milking the cow He saw Jesus appear to him on the cross, Jesus spoke to him and said I loved you so much that I suffered this for you. Then Jesus appeared to him in all His Glory and said then I became like this in order to set you free. Remembering that this was a 10 year old. He ran to His mum and told her what had happened; she struggled with it and suggested they call a local minister to see what he thought. He came and was amazed at the vision the boy had received, then suggested that he lay his hand on his little sister and pray for her. As he prayed she began to convulse and vomit a black substance, They rushed her to the doctor who examined her and proclaimed, this girl is healed, the only thing wrong with her now is a lack of food, give her a feed. That was nearly 50 years ago, she is still well today! This vision of the king of Glory changed this family forever, The man is on fire to this day, He has planted churches in remote parts of NZ and seen hundreds of lives transformed because heaven came down and changed his world view forever. Satan has deceived people into believing that Heaven is a boring place, One long Church service, where disembodied spirits float around playing the harp! But Heaven is exciting, it is a place full of glory, where the atmosphere is glory and as you breathe all your senses are filled with glory. When you catch a glimpse of heaven, you see things in an eternal perspective, Your flesh will never be the same again. When Satan was forcibly removed from heaven, he became bitter against God, and against man, and against heaven. Because he is no longer welcome there. It reminds him of the time that he used to be not only in heaven but in the very throne room of the most high God, as the worship leader. (Isaiah 14:12-15) So when God’s people start to seek an eternal view, indeed a view of heaven, Satan goes into a rage. He can’t stand it. He knows that the moment someone sees heaven and tastes it atmosphere, he has lost souls, because that person will be transformed by glory. This is the key reason people oppose a move of glory. The opposition is not inspired out of heaven but out of the realms of darkness. In the Garden of Eden man walked in pure fellowship with God, The atmosphere of Eden was indeed an atmosphere of Glory because God walked with Adam and there they had fellowship, Adam & God The glory of the Father was manifest there. But when man sinned he was cast outside the realms of glory, his vision of eternity and the Glory realm began to fade with each generation. Throughout the Bible times of revival come when the Glory of God is revealed, and individuals or cities or even nations catch a glimpse of the eternal realm of glory. So it is with us, many fall away or never start because we have no concept of the wonders of heaven. Or of the realms of glory set aside for those that seek Him! Satan has robbed our vision ~He keeps us occupied with programs, methods and earth bound services with little relevance to the eternal realm of Heaven ~He keeps our attention firmly fixed on the atmosphere of earth and its pleasures. That’s why it is important to recount testimonies of experiences in the glory of God. One can inspire two, and two can inspire four, and pretty soon satan has lost control. Yea!!!!Deuteronomy 29:29 "The secret things belong to our God; but the things revealed belong to us and to our Children forever! Colossians 3:1 since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits at God’s right hand in the place of honour and power. 2 Let heaven fill your thoughts. Do not think only about things down here on earth The term "set your sights" uses the Greek word "Zetro" the same word is used: A shepherd looking for his sheep Matt 18:12 Son of man seeks the lost Luke 19:10 Woman searching for lost coins Luke 15:18 Merchant seeking pearl of great price Matt 13:45 So there is an intensity in the seeking after heaven and the Glory of the kingdom where our King is enthroned, that is more than singing a couple of songs, taking an offering, reading the word, the activity we call Church! SEARCH, SEEK KNOCK until you find your own taste of heaven's glory.The other thing about the word "Zetro" is that it is present tense! In other words keep on seeking Heaven in the now! Many fear that we become too heavenly minded, and are of no earthly good" but in fact the opposite is true. Those in history who changed things the most had a heavenly perspective. The Apostles, Those who abolished slavery, Most modern inventions have come from heavenly minded people Great leaders over the centuries have been heavenly minded. The testimony of my friend who saw Jesus in all His glory when he was 10 and who still runs after this glory 50 years later should inspire us afresh to seek the Glory of God. To shake off a religion that traps us in form and not in life. One touch of the glory of God will ruin you for the ordinary for ever.Kathryn Kulman used to say "There is more, much much more! She was never satisfied with the ordinary, because she had seen and tasted the glory. My prayer is "Lord ruin us for the ordinary, show us your Glory" Ian Johnson
www.papelim.org.nz
ianjohn@xtra.co.nz
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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
The sounds from the ends of the Earth
By Ian Johnson ~November 2007 ianjohn@xtra.co.nz
Isa 42:10
Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
12 Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.
There is a sound about to be released in the Islands of the Sea & the ends of the Earth. The Journey has been interesting to this point. Here are some notes I have made along the way.
In Early 2004
The Lord asked us to carry the "Sound" from the ends of the earth into every capital city in Australia & NZ, releasing it upon the Musicians & singers wherever we went. To date we have been to Auckland, Wellington, Brisbane, Melbourne and in three weeks we go to Perth. In New Zealand our Prayer Workz ministry has been to several key points in the north Island of New Zealand., The sole aim has been to proclaim a release of the “Sound” from the ends of the Earth.
In December 2004
an Angel with a blue and white sash and a Star of David in it like the flag of Israel, came to me in the early hours of the morning in Melbourne and said the "Sound" of glory from the ends of the Earth has been heard in Jerusalem.
What was the Sound? Well the meetings we had just had were a mixture of Gentile & Jewish believers, the songs were a mixture of Messianic & modern Christian worship. We had come together as One new Man in Christ.
Also In Melbourne; this word came forward, I didn’t realise the significance of it at the time.
Its now of time of restructuring, you are now going into a transition time in preparation for greater Glory.
In January 2005
the Lord started to speak again; He said.
The sound of glory needs to be heard from the ends of the Earth. command the sounds!
In May 2005
I received this word in relation to New Zealand.
You sit in blindness not realising your call
You watch other nations and say I want that too!
But you, Oh nations at the ends of the Earth have a different walk
You are the South wind called to blow
Blow on Israel bones a dry
to share in her glory, As nations vainly stare
Great wonder, from death to life's breath, from life comes fruit
You have a different call, Oh nations at the ends of the Earth.
Its time to see in the Spirit
In 2006
During a visit to NZ by Kathie Walters, I was transported in an Angelic Chariot to several nations of the Earth, including Israel; I had several trips all from the Ends of the Earth (NZ & Australia) through many nations to the western wall in Jerusalem. On the last trip to the wall an Angel presented me with a Rod, I have carried this back to the ends of the Earth and believe it is a symbol of the authority that has been given to the Ends of the Earth to raise up the new sound. The call is clear. There is a new sound!
In Early 2007
The Lord spoke this word to me.
In new & fresh ways, instructions must now come from the throne You will soon receive clear vision, there will be angelic encounters. Super signs & wonders.
On the 31st march 2007.
The Angel breakthrough came to me in a suddenly moment in God. Breakthrough declared he had come to usher a move of breakthrough in New Zealand. The key word I think is Usher, it raises a picture of a marriage ceremony, as the guests arrive they are ushered into their rightful place. An indication of what time we are approaching in God. And a call for ministries and individuals to align themselves with the will of God for this season. If you need to move, then its time to move. We have resigned our role as Senior Pastor of Papatoetoe Elim Church because we need to align ourselves with the purpose of God in this season.
When seasons change it begins with subtle signs, and then when the fullness of time for change arrives, it is announced with strong equinoxes, winds blast and change is in full swing.
Up until now the change in the Ends of the Earth has come with subtleness and small signs.
But now there is a change coming! There is a “Sound” about to arise from the ends of the Earth. The sound will flow through the nations, as it rolls through nations; it gathers momentum Israel will respond. And the bride will stand as “One new man in Christ.”
"For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity." (Ephesians 2:14-16)
A Word 15th April 2007.
The intensity of Glory has changed the sound
Israel has heard the sound from the ends of the Earth!
Psalmists can you hear it?
Write it down and share the sound!
Intercessors can you hear it?
Proclaim it to your brethren!
Servants of the Lord can you hear it?
Prepare for the increase!
The Journey continues!
Ian Johnson
His Amazing Glory ministries.
www.papelim.org.nz
ianjohn@xtra.co.nz
Isa 42:10
Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
12 Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands.
There is a sound about to be released in the Islands of the Sea & the ends of the Earth. The Journey has been interesting to this point. Here are some notes I have made along the way.
In Early 2004
The Lord asked us to carry the "Sound" from the ends of the earth into every capital city in Australia & NZ, releasing it upon the Musicians & singers wherever we went. To date we have been to Auckland, Wellington, Brisbane, Melbourne and in three weeks we go to Perth. In New Zealand our Prayer Workz ministry has been to several key points in the north Island of New Zealand., The sole aim has been to proclaim a release of the “Sound” from the ends of the Earth.
In December 2004
an Angel with a blue and white sash and a Star of David in it like the flag of Israel, came to me in the early hours of the morning in Melbourne and said the "Sound" of glory from the ends of the Earth has been heard in Jerusalem.
What was the Sound? Well the meetings we had just had were a mixture of Gentile & Jewish believers, the songs were a mixture of Messianic & modern Christian worship. We had come together as One new Man in Christ.
Also In Melbourne; this word came forward, I didn’t realise the significance of it at the time.
Its now of time of restructuring, you are now going into a transition time in preparation for greater Glory.
In January 2005
the Lord started to speak again; He said.
The sound of glory needs to be heard from the ends of the Earth. command the sounds!
In May 2005
I received this word in relation to New Zealand.
You sit in blindness not realising your call
You watch other nations and say I want that too!
But you, Oh nations at the ends of the Earth have a different walk
You are the South wind called to blow
Blow on Israel bones a dry
to share in her glory, As nations vainly stare
Great wonder, from death to life's breath, from life comes fruit
You have a different call, Oh nations at the ends of the Earth.
Its time to see in the Spirit
In 2006
During a visit to NZ by Kathie Walters, I was transported in an Angelic Chariot to several nations of the Earth, including Israel; I had several trips all from the Ends of the Earth (NZ & Australia) through many nations to the western wall in Jerusalem. On the last trip to the wall an Angel presented me with a Rod, I have carried this back to the ends of the Earth and believe it is a symbol of the authority that has been given to the Ends of the Earth to raise up the new sound. The call is clear. There is a new sound!
In Early 2007
The Lord spoke this word to me.
In new & fresh ways, instructions must now come from the throne You will soon receive clear vision, there will be angelic encounters. Super signs & wonders.
On the 31st march 2007.
The Angel breakthrough came to me in a suddenly moment in God. Breakthrough declared he had come to usher a move of breakthrough in New Zealand. The key word I think is Usher, it raises a picture of a marriage ceremony, as the guests arrive they are ushered into their rightful place. An indication of what time we are approaching in God. And a call for ministries and individuals to align themselves with the will of God for this season. If you need to move, then its time to move. We have resigned our role as Senior Pastor of Papatoetoe Elim Church because we need to align ourselves with the purpose of God in this season.
When seasons change it begins with subtle signs, and then when the fullness of time for change arrives, it is announced with strong equinoxes, winds blast and change is in full swing.
Up until now the change in the Ends of the Earth has come with subtleness and small signs.
But now there is a change coming! There is a “Sound” about to arise from the ends of the Earth. The sound will flow through the nations, as it rolls through nations; it gathers momentum Israel will respond. And the bride will stand as “One new man in Christ.”
"For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation, having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the law of commandments contained in ordinances, so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, thus making peace, and that He might reconcile them both to God in one body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity." (Ephesians 2:14-16)
A Word 15th April 2007.
The intensity of Glory has changed the sound
Israel has heard the sound from the ends of the Earth!
Psalmists can you hear it?
Write it down and share the sound!
Intercessors can you hear it?
Proclaim it to your brethren!
Servants of the Lord can you hear it?
Prepare for the increase!
The Journey continues!
Ian Johnson
His Amazing Glory ministries.
www.papelim.org.nz
ianjohn@xtra.co.nz
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
I HEAR HIS WINGS, I FEEL THE WIND
By Ian Johnson
St Columba wrote “Love does not concern itself with Order” and Acts 2 suggests that when love came to town in Jerusalem in 33AD it came with what seemed like anything but order.
120 souls in an up stairs room all waiting for the promise that Jesus gave, “The Spirit of God will come if I go away” Suddenly there is the most amazing sound, like the roar of a mighty rushing wind, yet it was coming it seems from heaven. Then just as suddenly flames of fire, bodies stretched to the limit by the power of God racing through them, strange language begins to flow from their lips; some began to fall over as if drunk. By now they had begun to spill out into the street, many had come running to see what the noise was, only to see drunken people at nine in the morning. Peter one of the twelve stood up best he could and decided he needed to address the situation, new power surged through his body, his mind was so alert as he opened his mouth, everything he had learned at the Torah school and on his mothers knee came flooding back to mind. He was on fire and full of the Spirit of Glory, so powerful was his message, that 3000 Jewish men & woman surrendered their life to the messiah.
Divine chaos is often a better way to measure the visitation of God, than a quick glance at the order of service sheet.
When the Holy Spirit comes to manifest the glory of God, he comes with power and with passion. The symbols we use for him are of a dove, but also of fire and of wind.
He breaks through into our normality and creates meaning and vitality.
He comes as a dove, but His wings create wind which fans the flames of passion. There is nothing that can ignite a passion for God like, wonderful Holy Spirit.
When we least expect him, He swoops into our dull, earth bound lives, and creates a wind driven fire, that flashes our faith back to life, and turns our confessions back to him.
Elizabeth of Hungry was born in 1207, and she was given in marriage to Louis 1V of Thuringia, whom she loved with a passion. She begged Louis not to go away on the crusades, but to no avail and he went any way, and he was killed. Following his death she would not be consoled and ran through the palace crying out in grief. One day she had an encounter with Jesus, the wind of the Holy Spirit was blowing upon her life afresh. Soon her human passion subsided and a spiritual passion for Jesus began to burn in her, the Spirit was fanning the flames. The Glory of God settled on her life, and she began to give herself and all her wealth to the poor. Her passion for the Lord and her addiction for his glory brought the love and the mercy of God into an explosive unity. When these things unite, Jesus is seen walking on the Earth again, and his glory is known and seen in a tangible way.
Divine discontent is the door to the longing and hunger that attracts the Holy Spirit, to the place that Paul said brings us to conformity to the image of Christ.
I am walking in a season of divine discontent, I’m no longer happy to be doing the same old same old, I can hear the wings of an approaching dove and I can hear the roar of a wind from heaven. In my humanness I could feel a little discouraged. But I hear the sound of His wings and I know he is strangely drawn to my discontentment. I can feel the suddenly of God approaching and I know he is about to bring a new season into my life.
T. S. Eliot wrote:
The dove descending breaks the air
With flame of incandescent terror
Of which the tongues declare
The one discharged of sin and error.
The only hope or else despair
Lies in the choice of pyre or pyre
To be redeemed from fire by fire.
Who then devised the torment? Love.
Love is the unfamiliar mane
Behind the hands that wove
The intolerable shirt of flame.
Which human power cannot remove?
We only live, only suspire
Consumed by either fire or fire.
Which fire will consume us? the fire of His glory or the fire of a discouraged life. I have seen too many people over a 30 year period walk away when the discouragement comes. They run from pulpit to pulpit to hear a word of encouragement, only to hear about a hard hitting and harsh God who wants then to clean up their act! Un-consoled they hide away in caves and in the darkness and pretend never to have caught a glimpse of Him.
We need the transforming power of the Holy Spirit; His glory transforms the meanest, the hardest, the most unlovely souls into firebrands of glory. Not because they have seen how bad they are, but because they have seen how Holy he is, and have felt the power of his love, they have heard his forgiveness echoed in the wind. And from a grateful heart they run headlong into this glory.
Annie Dillard wrote:
On the whole, I do not find Christians, outside the catacombs, sufficiently sensible of conditions. They do not have the foggiest idea of the power they invoke, It is madness to wear straw hats to Church, instead we should be wearing crash helmets, Ushers should issue life preservers and signal flares, they should lash us to our seats, For the God we invoke may just one day turn up and lead us to where we can never return from.
I hear the wings of a dove, I feel the wind of His Glory, I don’t know about you but I know there is a season Glory being released in the Ends of the Earth.
Amor non Tenet ordinam “Love does not concern itself with order”
St Columba
Ian Johnson ianjohn@xtra.co.nz www.papelim.org.nz
St Columba wrote “Love does not concern itself with Order” and Acts 2 suggests that when love came to town in Jerusalem in 33AD it came with what seemed like anything but order.
120 souls in an up stairs room all waiting for the promise that Jesus gave, “The Spirit of God will come if I go away” Suddenly there is the most amazing sound, like the roar of a mighty rushing wind, yet it was coming it seems from heaven. Then just as suddenly flames of fire, bodies stretched to the limit by the power of God racing through them, strange language begins to flow from their lips; some began to fall over as if drunk. By now they had begun to spill out into the street, many had come running to see what the noise was, only to see drunken people at nine in the morning. Peter one of the twelve stood up best he could and decided he needed to address the situation, new power surged through his body, his mind was so alert as he opened his mouth, everything he had learned at the Torah school and on his mothers knee came flooding back to mind. He was on fire and full of the Spirit of Glory, so powerful was his message, that 3000 Jewish men & woman surrendered their life to the messiah.
Divine chaos is often a better way to measure the visitation of God, than a quick glance at the order of service sheet.
When the Holy Spirit comes to manifest the glory of God, he comes with power and with passion. The symbols we use for him are of a dove, but also of fire and of wind.
He breaks through into our normality and creates meaning and vitality.
He comes as a dove, but His wings create wind which fans the flames of passion. There is nothing that can ignite a passion for God like, wonderful Holy Spirit.
When we least expect him, He swoops into our dull, earth bound lives, and creates a wind driven fire, that flashes our faith back to life, and turns our confessions back to him.
Elizabeth of Hungry was born in 1207, and she was given in marriage to Louis 1V of Thuringia, whom she loved with a passion. She begged Louis not to go away on the crusades, but to no avail and he went any way, and he was killed. Following his death she would not be consoled and ran through the palace crying out in grief. One day she had an encounter with Jesus, the wind of the Holy Spirit was blowing upon her life afresh. Soon her human passion subsided and a spiritual passion for Jesus began to burn in her, the Spirit was fanning the flames. The Glory of God settled on her life, and she began to give herself and all her wealth to the poor. Her passion for the Lord and her addiction for his glory brought the love and the mercy of God into an explosive unity. When these things unite, Jesus is seen walking on the Earth again, and his glory is known and seen in a tangible way.
Divine discontent is the door to the longing and hunger that attracts the Holy Spirit, to the place that Paul said brings us to conformity to the image of Christ.
I am walking in a season of divine discontent, I’m no longer happy to be doing the same old same old, I can hear the wings of an approaching dove and I can hear the roar of a wind from heaven. In my humanness I could feel a little discouraged. But I hear the sound of His wings and I know he is strangely drawn to my discontentment. I can feel the suddenly of God approaching and I know he is about to bring a new season into my life.
T. S. Eliot wrote:
The dove descending breaks the air
With flame of incandescent terror
Of which the tongues declare
The one discharged of sin and error.
The only hope or else despair
Lies in the choice of pyre or pyre
To be redeemed from fire by fire.
Who then devised the torment? Love.
Love is the unfamiliar mane
Behind the hands that wove
The intolerable shirt of flame.
Which human power cannot remove?
We only live, only suspire
Consumed by either fire or fire.
Which fire will consume us? the fire of His glory or the fire of a discouraged life. I have seen too many people over a 30 year period walk away when the discouragement comes. They run from pulpit to pulpit to hear a word of encouragement, only to hear about a hard hitting and harsh God who wants then to clean up their act! Un-consoled they hide away in caves and in the darkness and pretend never to have caught a glimpse of Him.
We need the transforming power of the Holy Spirit; His glory transforms the meanest, the hardest, the most unlovely souls into firebrands of glory. Not because they have seen how bad they are, but because they have seen how Holy he is, and have felt the power of his love, they have heard his forgiveness echoed in the wind. And from a grateful heart they run headlong into this glory.
Annie Dillard wrote:
On the whole, I do not find Christians, outside the catacombs, sufficiently sensible of conditions. They do not have the foggiest idea of the power they invoke, It is madness to wear straw hats to Church, instead we should be wearing crash helmets, Ushers should issue life preservers and signal flares, they should lash us to our seats, For the God we invoke may just one day turn up and lead us to where we can never return from.
I hear the wings of a dove, I feel the wind of His Glory, I don’t know about you but I know there is a season Glory being released in the Ends of the Earth.
Amor non Tenet ordinam “Love does not concern itself with order”
St Columba
Ian Johnson ianjohn@xtra.co.nz www.papelim.org.nz
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Dont be discouraged
If you are discouraged in your ministry you are not alone, Francis Xavier who saw many people raised from the dead, healed and set free on a daily basis was also very human. So be encouraged.
FROM the Forthcoming Book
MAN ON A MISSION ~ The supernatural life of Francis Xavier
From the Chapter entitled an Abandoned Heart
By Ian Johnson
A man abandoned in Love with Jesus
Francis took Jesus at his word, which was, if he should go away it would be better than ever for his people, for God would walk with them more than in all the ages past. His promise was;
“It is expedient for you that I go away, for if I do not go away the comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, I will send him to you.” John16:7
“He that believes in me the works that I do shall he do also”. John 14:12.
Jesus has gone to the Father in Heaven and the Holy Spirit has come to take his place; to carry on his uncompleted task, to work in the midst of His church in signs and wonders and gift of the Holy Spirit The trances, visions, revelations, Miracles and supernatural manifestations seen in the Life of Francis Xavier are meant to be the normal experiences of every believer in the supernaturally founded, supernaturally filled, and supernaturally directed church of Jesus Christ.`
The important thing to remember is that even in the midst of all these miracles, and wonders, Francis still suffered from the frailty of being human. To anyone who reads between the lines of the story of his life the fact of his humanness is evident. In his own day, and among some of his peers, he was by no means the great success we, looking back, can see him to have been. On the contrary, we are not without proofs, both internal and external, that to many at least of his contemporaries he was thought a failure. He had staunch friends who knew him well, and his capacity for friendship is manifest in every letter that he wrote, still there is, throughout his life, a certain isolation and loneliness which cannot be mistaken. At times he seems almost to cry out against it; when, for instance, he writes to all his brethren in Europe, saying he would gladly write to each one if he could; when in his moments of distress he addresses a single faithful follower in India; then he leaves all alone and hides himself away to seek the one Friend who, he knows, would never fail him. Jesus was his only true companion in the East and to him he clung relentlessly
In his letters we have evidence of his own deep conviction that he was himself of little worth. By nature highly strung and sanguine, he suffered from strong reactions; endowed with talents and gifts beyond the ordinary, he was weighed down with the littleness of men around him, blocking his way at every turn; a man of broad horizons and boundless ambitions, he seemed forever tempted to depression and despair, and to surrender every task he undertook. The real greatness of the man must surely lie in this, that he did what he did in spite of every
discouragement, from without and from within. If Jesus gave him an instruction he carried it out with passion and zeal despite his circumstances.
This zeal and passion led him in an ecstasy of love for his Jesus. It seems at times his heart would burst with the joy of knowing him. As he filled his soul again and again in these times of set apartness, the stage was set for the next season of miracles, preaching to the lost and serving the poor and sick wherever he found himself.
IAN JOHNSON
www.papelim.org.nz
ianjohn@xtra.co.nz
FROM the Forthcoming Book
MAN ON A MISSION ~ The supernatural life of Francis Xavier
From the Chapter entitled an Abandoned Heart
By Ian Johnson
A man abandoned in Love with Jesus
Francis took Jesus at his word, which was, if he should go away it would be better than ever for his people, for God would walk with them more than in all the ages past. His promise was;
“It is expedient for you that I go away, for if I do not go away the comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, I will send him to you.” John16:7
“He that believes in me the works that I do shall he do also”. John 14:12.
Jesus has gone to the Father in Heaven and the Holy Spirit has come to take his place; to carry on his uncompleted task, to work in the midst of His church in signs and wonders and gift of the Holy Spirit The trances, visions, revelations, Miracles and supernatural manifestations seen in the Life of Francis Xavier are meant to be the normal experiences of every believer in the supernaturally founded, supernaturally filled, and supernaturally directed church of Jesus Christ.`
The important thing to remember is that even in the midst of all these miracles, and wonders, Francis still suffered from the frailty of being human. To anyone who reads between the lines of the story of his life the fact of his humanness is evident. In his own day, and among some of his peers, he was by no means the great success we, looking back, can see him to have been. On the contrary, we are not without proofs, both internal and external, that to many at least of his contemporaries he was thought a failure. He had staunch friends who knew him well, and his capacity for friendship is manifest in every letter that he wrote, still there is, throughout his life, a certain isolation and loneliness which cannot be mistaken. At times he seems almost to cry out against it; when, for instance, he writes to all his brethren in Europe, saying he would gladly write to each one if he could; when in his moments of distress he addresses a single faithful follower in India; then he leaves all alone and hides himself away to seek the one Friend who, he knows, would never fail him. Jesus was his only true companion in the East and to him he clung relentlessly
In his letters we have evidence of his own deep conviction that he was himself of little worth. By nature highly strung and sanguine, he suffered from strong reactions; endowed with talents and gifts beyond the ordinary, he was weighed down with the littleness of men around him, blocking his way at every turn; a man of broad horizons and boundless ambitions, he seemed forever tempted to depression and despair, and to surrender every task he undertook. The real greatness of the man must surely lie in this, that he did what he did in spite of every
discouragement, from without and from within. If Jesus gave him an instruction he carried it out with passion and zeal despite his circumstances.
This zeal and passion led him in an ecstasy of love for his Jesus. It seems at times his heart would burst with the joy of knowing him. As he filled his soul again and again in these times of set apartness, the stage was set for the next season of miracles, preaching to the lost and serving the poor and sick wherever he found himself.
IAN JOHNSON
www.papelim.org.nz
ianjohn@xtra.co.nz
Thursday, October 4, 2007
GeoNet – Recent New Zealand Earthquakes
For the past week NZ has been shaking and moving
as well as a small eruption. The signals for a move
of God are strong.
GeoNet – Recent New Zealand Earthquakes
Below is the word I published 15th April 2007
For New Zealand
There is a shifting of the plates this is a sign of the intention of God A shaking in the natural (it will be unusual)A bursting forth in the land (something new)This will be a conformation of the release of Breakthrough.For Breakthrough is here!It is no longer a thing to be wished forIt is no longer just a dreamRipples will go out in the anointing of ElishaThe intensity of Glory has changed the soundIsrael has heard the sound from the ends of the Earth!Psalmists can you hear it?Write it down and share the sound!Intercessors can you hear it?Proclaim it to your brethren!Servants of the Lord can you hear it?Prepare for the increase! Change will occur quicklyGreat obstacles will seem irrelevant in the light of God's voiceTo those who have ears they will hear the sound in advanceTo those who are given the ability to see, they will see in advance.Already there is a sound from under the earthAlready there are signs being seen in the now.Already tomorrow has heard and is alert!This signals a changing of the GuardA change in the Atmosphere (Sounds of worship)There is a call to Obedience. Don't delay!When you hear the sound record itWhen you see the signs proclaim itA move of Glory from the Ends of the Earth!Breakthrough from the Ends of the Earth!A new sound of worship from the Ends of the Earth!Already tomorrow has heard and is alert!There is a shifting of the plates that is a sign of the intention of GodA shaking in the natural (it will be unusual)A bursting forth in the land (something new)This will be a conformation of the release of Breakthrough.This is the countdown!
Ian Johnson
www.papelim.org.nz
ianjohn@xtra.co.nz
as well as a small eruption. The signals for a move
of God are strong.
GeoNet – Recent New Zealand Earthquakes
Below is the word I published 15th April 2007
For New Zealand
There is a shifting of the plates this is a sign of the intention of God A shaking in the natural (it will be unusual)A bursting forth in the land (something new)This will be a conformation of the release of Breakthrough.For Breakthrough is here!It is no longer a thing to be wished forIt is no longer just a dreamRipples will go out in the anointing of ElishaThe intensity of Glory has changed the soundIsrael has heard the sound from the ends of the Earth!Psalmists can you hear it?Write it down and share the sound!Intercessors can you hear it?Proclaim it to your brethren!Servants of the Lord can you hear it?Prepare for the increase! Change will occur quicklyGreat obstacles will seem irrelevant in the light of God's voiceTo those who have ears they will hear the sound in advanceTo those who are given the ability to see, they will see in advance.Already there is a sound from under the earthAlready there are signs being seen in the now.Already tomorrow has heard and is alert!This signals a changing of the GuardA change in the Atmosphere (Sounds of worship)There is a call to Obedience. Don't delay!When you hear the sound record itWhen you see the signs proclaim itA move of Glory from the Ends of the Earth!Breakthrough from the Ends of the Earth!A new sound of worship from the Ends of the Earth!Already tomorrow has heard and is alert!There is a shifting of the plates that is a sign of the intention of GodA shaking in the natural (it will be unusual)A bursting forth in the land (something new)This will be a conformation of the release of Breakthrough.This is the countdown!
Ian Johnson
www.papelim.org.nz
ianjohn@xtra.co.nz
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Romance and the Kiss of God.
The Lord is calling the Islands of the Seas, and the Ends of the Earth to a place of Divine Romance with Him.
I love it! I can feel the Divine romance in the Islands of the sea! The sweet kiss of Jesus as He dwells with us.
"Let Him kiss me with tender kisses; for thy love is better than wine. your oils have a goodly fragrance; your name is as oil poured forth; therefore do the virgins love thee. Draw me; we will run after thee: The King has brought me into his chambers; we will be glad and rejoice in thee; We will make mention of thy love more than of wine: rightly do we love thee" Song of Songs 1:2-4.
When people drink wine they become influenced by it, we need the wine of God, because when we become intoxicated in his love we become abandoned to its influence.
Our cry from the Islands of the Sea.
Fill me with your divine love Jesus
Draw me away in your love Jesus
Cause me to be intoxicated in your love Jesus
An abandoned heart is possessed by that which it abandons itself to.
Oh to be possessed by the Spirit of the living God
To be kissed by his passion and overwhelmed in his love
Love sick from the ends of the Earth and the Islands of the sea
We follow Him into His chambers and become His possession. ( From my book Glory to Glory IJ 2007.)
When I fly over Australia or India it demands a response in my soul because of its vastness. But when we view the vastness of God it inspires worship from the Spirit.
Ian Johnson
www.papelim.org.nz
I love it! I can feel the Divine romance in the Islands of the sea! The sweet kiss of Jesus as He dwells with us.
"Let Him kiss me with tender kisses; for thy love is better than wine. your oils have a goodly fragrance; your name is as oil poured forth; therefore do the virgins love thee. Draw me; we will run after thee: The King has brought me into his chambers; we will be glad and rejoice in thee; We will make mention of thy love more than of wine: rightly do we love thee" Song of Songs 1:2-4.
When people drink wine they become influenced by it, we need the wine of God, because when we become intoxicated in his love we become abandoned to its influence.
Our cry from the Islands of the Sea.
Fill me with your divine love Jesus
Draw me away in your love Jesus
Cause me to be intoxicated in your love Jesus
An abandoned heart is possessed by that which it abandons itself to.
Oh to be possessed by the Spirit of the living God
To be kissed by his passion and overwhelmed in his love
Love sick from the ends of the Earth and the Islands of the sea
We follow Him into His chambers and become His possession. ( From my book Glory to Glory IJ 2007.)
When I fly over Australia or India it demands a response in my soul because of its vastness. But when we view the vastness of God it inspires worship from the Spirit.
Ian Johnson
www.papelim.org.nz
Monday, September 3, 2007
ARISE: A CALL TO RADICAL HARVEST
Chariots and Angels await our command. .
This week in a meeting with Jill Austin in Nelson New Zealand, as is my practise these days I went and sat against a wall, and waited for the Lord. The Angel and chariot of the Lord arrived who I have been with before. He said come I need to show you some things, some to share and some to hold.
Instantly I was high above the clouds, much higher than I have been before you could see the arc of the Earth. I saw thousands, probably millions of chariots and Angels in groups of 3 to perhaps 30 all waiting. I asked “who are these and what are they doing,” the Angel said “they wait” “Wait for what” I asked? “Instructions” his reply,
“from the Lord” I asked? “No they already have instructions from the Lord; they wait for his people to see and to believe, He is the Lord of the harvest and he has harvesters assigned to instruct the host but most don’t see and don’t believe.” “Are all these assigned to the harvest” I said? “Yes all” he said.
“Come I need to show you more”
I was in a place, on earth or in heaven I do not know. I saw millions all dressed in white and shining like the lightning’s of God, all shouting and praising and full of worship. The angel looked at me knowing my question; “these are the great cloud of witnesses cheering on the saints on earth they know that the saints of earth must command the host.”
I heard a voice loud and like liquid, “Tell my people I love to bless, and I love to full them with joy. Tell them to open their eyes to see; for they are not alone, I must bring in the harvest. This blessing I am sending out is for harvest, command the host, command the host!”
Instantly I found myself over the earth, I saw the host moving in, I saw areas of great light and I saw areas of great darkness. I saw the sons of the darkness lay great war on the sons of light and I again heard a voice thunder, “you are not alone!” I heard a loud cheer from the cloud of onlookers. The Angel spoke to me and said, “Tell the people A supernatural harvest has come and it is the Lords harvest. Tell them there are hosts waiting for their command, tell them war has come but the Lord is Lord of the harvest and they must move in the realms of the supernatural, the time for debating and bickering over the spiritual realm is at an end. Tell the people that those who are for them are more than those that are against them. Tell them the supernatural harvest of the Lord has come.” Again I heard a loud cheer from the onlookers.
I was back in the meeting.
There were open heavens over many nations; there were areas of great light over them and also areas of great darkness. It seemed like war, I can’t stress enough, the time for bickering over the supernatural realm must stop. It’s a strategy of the enemy to keep the people of God away from seeing the fullness of all that He has for them. If God be for us, who can be against us.
There is more yet to be revealed, needless to say it involves the following scriptures.
Revelation 12:11
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Philippians:10
That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
There is a call to abandonment to the purpose of God. It’s not about building a big Church it’s about kingdom harvesting, and building His Kingdom.
There is a warning here, don’t let your own kingdom stand in the way of the supernatural kingdom of Jesus Christ. His ways are much higher than our ways. Learn to command the army of the Lord, to command you must learn to see! To learn to see you must believe. Its time to move in to supernatural harvesting.
Harvesters of the Kingdom arise!!!
Ian Johnson
www.papelim.org.nz
ianjohn@xtra.co.nz
This week in a meeting with Jill Austin in Nelson New Zealand, as is my practise these days I went and sat against a wall, and waited for the Lord. The Angel and chariot of the Lord arrived who I have been with before. He said come I need to show you some things, some to share and some to hold.
Instantly I was high above the clouds, much higher than I have been before you could see the arc of the Earth. I saw thousands, probably millions of chariots and Angels in groups of 3 to perhaps 30 all waiting. I asked “who are these and what are they doing,” the Angel said “they wait” “Wait for what” I asked? “Instructions” his reply,
“from the Lord” I asked? “No they already have instructions from the Lord; they wait for his people to see and to believe, He is the Lord of the harvest and he has harvesters assigned to instruct the host but most don’t see and don’t believe.” “Are all these assigned to the harvest” I said? “Yes all” he said.
“Come I need to show you more”
I was in a place, on earth or in heaven I do not know. I saw millions all dressed in white and shining like the lightning’s of God, all shouting and praising and full of worship. The angel looked at me knowing my question; “these are the great cloud of witnesses cheering on the saints on earth they know that the saints of earth must command the host.”
I heard a voice loud and like liquid, “Tell my people I love to bless, and I love to full them with joy. Tell them to open their eyes to see; for they are not alone, I must bring in the harvest. This blessing I am sending out is for harvest, command the host, command the host!”
Instantly I found myself over the earth, I saw the host moving in, I saw areas of great light and I saw areas of great darkness. I saw the sons of the darkness lay great war on the sons of light and I again heard a voice thunder, “you are not alone!” I heard a loud cheer from the cloud of onlookers. The Angel spoke to me and said, “Tell the people A supernatural harvest has come and it is the Lords harvest. Tell them there are hosts waiting for their command, tell them war has come but the Lord is Lord of the harvest and they must move in the realms of the supernatural, the time for debating and bickering over the spiritual realm is at an end. Tell the people that those who are for them are more than those that are against them. Tell them the supernatural harvest of the Lord has come.” Again I heard a loud cheer from the onlookers.
I was back in the meeting.
There were open heavens over many nations; there were areas of great light over them and also areas of great darkness. It seemed like war, I can’t stress enough, the time for bickering over the supernatural realm must stop. It’s a strategy of the enemy to keep the people of God away from seeing the fullness of all that He has for them. If God be for us, who can be against us.
There is more yet to be revealed, needless to say it involves the following scriptures.
Revelation 12:11
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Philippians:10
That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
There is a call to abandonment to the purpose of God. It’s not about building a big Church it’s about kingdom harvesting, and building His Kingdom.
There is a warning here, don’t let your own kingdom stand in the way of the supernatural kingdom of Jesus Christ. His ways are much higher than our ways. Learn to command the army of the Lord, to command you must learn to see! To learn to see you must believe. Its time to move in to supernatural harvesting.
Harvesters of the Kingdom arise!!!
Ian Johnson
www.papelim.org.nz
ianjohn@xtra.co.nz
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