Pastor Bob’s Blog

Wow. It’s been ages since I last posted something. It’s time!

The Lord has been speaking to me for a few months about what’s approaching in the Body of Christ. This past Sunday I delivered what I think is a timely word from the Lord for the Church – for Abundant Life Church, but also for the Lord’s Church worldwide. Get ready for a new era in the Church!

Here it is:

2011 will be a year of “stepping over” for those who believe. It will be a year, and the beginning of an era, unmatched in the history of the Church. A year of breakthrough, fulfillment, and overflow. A year to move in the miraculous, to expect the impossible, to flow in the supernatural. A year to lift your eyes, lift your sights, and raise your vision. A year to double down and double up.

You are entering an extraordinary era of power, purity, and purpose. No more keep your focus on you. My heart for all My people is that they look outside the walls of the Church. See the pain with My eyes, and you will see it as opportunity – an opportunity to glorify Me.

This era will be marked by four things. Parts of My Body that don’t get in the flow will die out or be cut off.

1. Miracles and the impossible being performed through saints who love and believe, not just those in the fivefold ministries.
2. A rekindling of love with a focus beyond self and the institutional church.
3. Unity in the Church, bringing about great power and joy.
4. Believers who are proficient and determined in the use of the gifts, tools, weapons, and authority of the Kingdom of God.

Do not cease pursuing the gifts of the Spirit, but don’t let them be your life’s search. Loving the unloved and using the gifts for others is of greater importance to Me than your moving in the gifts for yourselves. They are not entertainment. Those who look to bring attention to themselves for their use of the gifts will no longer bear fruit, but only those who use the gifts to profit others will be fruitful. Guard your hearts. Be fruitful.

My Church must regain a focus on the poor, the hurting, and the lost. Those parts of the Body that do that will be fruitful. Those who focus inwardly will dry up and die. Bear fruit.

If you want to participate in this next era in the Church, major on faith and love, and live in the Spirit. If you do that, I can use you to do great things, extraordinary things, miraculous things.

Extraordinary upheaval will continue in 2011. Don’t be afraid; believe only. I will take care of My people. Don’t worry about your “stuff.” Be concerned about pursuing the Kingdom. The “stuff” will come. Yes, tithe, sow, and expect a harvest. Yes, confess your healing. Yes, speak the Word. But don’t let your focus be on you and yours only. I need you – I need My Church – to be in place and operating in My power and in My love. Selfishness will be a blessing-blocker like never before. Give of yourself and it will be given to you again without measure!

Look for ways to partner with other churches and ministries. Get involved in what I’ve given them to do. Reach across boundaries. Reach out to the lost. Reach out to the weak and broken. Minister. Serve. Lay hands on the sick and expect them to recover. I will move! Go where you haven’t gone before. Talk with people who don’t look like you. Minister My mercy. Expect the flow of resurrection power wherever you are – NOT JUST IN CHURCH. The dead will rise, the lame will walk, the blind will see. You are entering an era of the miraculous.

There are those of your “kind” who will say you have adopted “social justice ministry.” Don’t worry about it. Do what I’ve given you to do. Walk by faith, walk in love. Believe. Move. Go. Step into the miraculous. Step into the miraculous. Step into the miraculous. When you care for the least you unleash the power of the miraculous. Hook in to Me.

Major on Matthew 25 and Isaiah 58 and Joel 2 in 2011. Be Joel 2:13 people. I’m calling My Church to be Joel 2:13 people. Do it, and you will be blessed. Do what I’ve called you to do, and prepare the way of the Lord. Together we’ll get this job done.