Vision - Muddy Waters

During a prayer night at church back in 2004, the Lord gave me a vision. A couple of nights ago, while I was praying before going to bed, the Lord showed me the vision again along with another vision that I had previously. Both of these are below:

Visions:
During a time of prayer and worship at home, the Lord showed me a vision. As I was praying and the Lord was speaking, I saw a map of the United States and from the middle of this map, a large fountain of water spring up from the ground. Almost immediately, the fountain became black and muddy, and continued to flow in the same manner as before. I was then brought back and saw these muddy waters springing up in the same fashion in numerous places throughout the country. There were so many of these "muddy springs" that it was difficult to number them (when I saw this vision back in 2004, there were 10 places where these springs were located... sadly enough, there were many more than that now). It is also worth noting that in this vision, the sun was setting and night soon came. As I prayed in the Spirit, understanding that these muddy waters were ministries all over the country who choose to mix their words with the Word of God, taking many captive, I was reminded of another vision that the Lord revealed to me during a previous time of prayer. In this vision, I saw a large number of stars in the sky and, one by one, they would lose their light and fall from the sky. After many instances of a single star falling, there became a point when several stars would fall at the similar times.

Understanding:
After considering what the Lord revealed again, it becomes more and more obvious to me that both of these visions are very closely related. There are many ministers who begin in the Spirit and end in the flesh. They are led away by their own lusts and become so in love with hearing themselves speak, and making kingdoms for themselves here on earth, that they choose to speak their own words and desires, even if they are exactly opposite of what the Spirit is speaking. Because they mix the word of God (Bible) with their own words, many who are hungry are partaking of these dirty waters and are not receiving the spiritual nourishment that they need to live. It is for this reason that the Lord is taking the candlestands from these churches.

During this same night, the Lord also spoke concerning this very same thing. I have provided this word below.

Word:
Out of the abundance of the heart, a man speaks. Therefore, let the desires of your heart be according to My will that you do not err in the way. For many prophecy, speaking the desires of their heart rather than the words spoken by My Spirit. They love to be puffed up and to hear themselves speak, but I tell you I take no pleasure in this. They speak falsely and lead My people astray, giving no thought to what they have spoken, for they are satisfied with the approval of men. They have their reward and surely they will be judged for the evil they have done. I tell you nothing is hidden that will not be revealed. Their ways are not hidden from Me.

May this stir you to seek God's face, to lift up the weak and to stand in the gap for those who need to come out and be separate unto Him.

God be with us,
Ryan