ARE YOU READY FOR AN AWAKENING?

Last year around October, I was waiting on the Lord. In the stillness I heard, “There is a storm coming”.  At that time I did not hear what the storm would be, but I knew that we would be OK. I felt like it would be a mild storm. The Lord never gave me any more information on it, but I knew to pray about it. Of course, now I know what the storm was about—a plague, or pandemic; the corona virus.
 
A few days ago when I was waiting on the Lord, I heard again, “There is another storm coming”. But, this time I knew in my heart that it would be a bigger storm.
 
I am not a doomsday thinker. I do not believe this is the time of the “last days”. In fact, the Lord told me “this is not the end, but this is the beginning”.  (More on that later).
 
What will be the next storm? Will it be a terrorist attack? Will it be weather related—a tornado, hurricane, earthquake? Civil riots? Invasion from abroad? I do not know. It could be a combination of things. But there is still a shaking going on. This shaking is to shake evil out of the church and the world. 

WHY REVIVAL/AWAKENING TARRIES
 
When this pandemic began, we (intercessors) thought this would bring a wave of repentance to our nation. Do you see a nation wide repentance movement going on? Yes, we see the remnant praying. But nation wide?  No, not really. We have prayed this passage: “If my people who are called by My name would humble themselves and pray and turn from their wicked ways”..  Where is the repentance? Where are people crying out in humility? Folks, this has not happened —yet. And until it does happen, we will not see revival. We will see revival when we, like the Italians and Brazilians we saw on Facebook, we are on our knees crying out to God in humility and repentance. What will cause this to happen? I believe that this will happen when “another storm comes”. 
 
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE HEARTS OF MEN AND WOMEN
 
Whenever there is evil in the hearts of men, God is not pleased. Recently we have seen how this evil has escalated in our nation. I believe that just as in the days of Noah, God has a way of dealing with wicked hearts. In the coming storm, wicked hearts will be judged. By that I mean they will be given a chance to repent. (God always gives man a chance to repent). But He will not allow the sin to continue. He is not pleased. So he will bring judgment. Judgment can come in many ways. As one prophet said recently, “Nature will prophesy”.  God can bring literal storms, like an earthquake, or hurricane or tornado. Many have spoken of a shaking. To me, that sounds a lot like an earthquake. It could be in the form of a terrorist attack, or a literal storm, or even another wave of the pandemic. There could be a food shortage as the result of another storm. I do not know what kind of storm it is going to be. But I personally believe that God has heard the prayers of the righteous to "drain the swamp" or rid us from the evil in our nation. And He has ways of answering these prayers.

AN AWAKENING—WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE?
 
I believe it will be like this—the worst of times if you are against God and His ways, but the best of times if you love God and His ways. I believe that only through this storm will we see TRUE revival of the hearts of men and woman. But, it will be the beginning of a new season—a season of reaping the great harvest. Yes, I believe the prophets didn’t miss that part. The revival will come. But, the storm must come first. Without the next storm, there will be no changing of hearts— there will be no revival. You can remember what it was like when you first came to the Lord, right? There was a personal shaking in your life. No shaking=no changing. 

PROTECTION FOR THE RIGHTEOUS

I do believe that we will be protected during this next storm. God made an ark for Noah, and our ark is clear: Psalm 91. God is our ark. He is an ever present help in time of trouble. But our hearts must be for Him and not against Him. We must be those “who are on the Lord’s side”.
 
WHAT SHOULD BE OUR RESPONSE?
 
Since the Lord told me about the next coming storm, I know He wants us to be prepared.  So, there are a few ways to prepare.
 
1. Be sure you are in the secret place of the most high.. spending time in His presence, listening for His personal instruction to you. Get closer…and closer to Him. PRAY. First, pray that no wickedness is in your heart. Judgment begins in the house of the Lord. Pray for pastors who love what God hates—those who endorse homosexual marriage. Pray for those who are still killing babies—we know God hates that. Pray for those who are being judged— that they will repent. Tracey Cook said that there will be those leaders both in the church and world who will die in this time—because they have not judged themselves. I believe God is judging the hearts of wicked men and women. He will remove those who continue to do evil. He can do this; He has done it before.
 2. Prepare in the natural. Do you have food in storage? Get some. It could be for a few weeks or a few months—I don’t know. But it would be wise to have extra food and supplies on hand.
 
So, we know what is coming, so let us take our place in prayer, and let us prepare for what is to come. And let us be ready to reap a huge harvest of souls. I am getting dressed for this and getting ready—how about you?