Come With Me

From church on 5/4/08:

Word
Be determined to know nothing except Christ and Him crucified. For if you are determined to know only Me and My truth, you will never err.

Vision
I saw a brief vision of a small tree with crooked branches and no fruit. I then heard, "You will know them by their fruit. For if they have sown in peace, surely they will reap peace. If they have sown in righteousness, they will reap righteousness."

Word
All must walk according to truth, by the leading of My Spirit.

In the end, truth will stand. All else will fail, but truth will remain. Those who stand upon truth and trust in the leading of My Spirit will endure and prosper as their soul prospers. Those who lean to their own understanding and do not separate themselves unto Me will have no place with Me. For My kingdom is not meat and drink alone (not works alone) but righteousness, joy, peace and the Holy Ghost (fruit of the Spirit). Therefore those who are obedient to My voice and do enter in to My presence in this time will I cover and protect in the days to come. In the end you will stand before Me because your love for Me, your love of the truth, is greater than all else in this life. Stand fast My children and obey My voice always. I will not lead you astray, nor will I cast down My own. It is I who will lift you up and cause you to stand upon that rock that cannot be moved. Those who are faithful to Me and who let not their carnal mind keep them from the fullness of what I have for them will stand. They love not this life unto death.

Vision
The Lord said, "Come with Me" and grabbed my left hand. As we walked on the clouds, we came to what seemed to be the edge of the clouds and I saw a map of the eastern side of the USA (looking from around the Gulf of Mexico/west of Florida). I was then brought close to Michigan, then Monroe, then I was looking at our church from a top view (like there was no roof). I saw everyone that was in the church and the Lord said, "As I live, I tell you I have held nothing back from this people. All that they will ask the Father in My name will be given to them. For they have found favor in the eyes of God and nothing is hidden from them. And as for you, I tell you all that the Father has is yours. Continue to enter in to all that I put before you that you may walk in the knowledge of the power of God."

Word (heard toward the beginning of church)
Enter in to My rest that you may cease from laboring in the flesh.

Understanding/Experience:
Also, I was stirred to pray earlier that whatever is keeping us from the fullness of what God has for us, this people, this church, would be cast down and removed. As I prayed in the Spirit, I felt a strong anointing of the Holy Spirit come over me and I knew that the Lord directed me to pray the way I did. Immediately after praying, a brother in the Lord came over and told me that the Lord showed him a vision of me standing in front of a mountain. He said I spoke against the mountain and said for it to be cast into the bottom of the sea and it was cast into the bottom of the sea. After he walked away, I asked the Lord if this was from Him and He said, "Yes, not for you only but for all who are here." We definitely experienced the strong presence of God and a few others confirmed that this was what the Lord was showing them (hopefully they share it here).

Word
I have come near to speak to you. Ask of Me that I may give you understanding. If you lack wisdom, I say ask that I may pour out liberally upon you. I am with you, even in your midst this day.

Vision (from earlier during church)
I saw a wooden seat that looked like a throne with no one sitting on it. The Lord later impressed it upon me that He has made us kings and priests , that we are seated in heavenly places. It is God, by His Spirit, that empowers us to walk in the calling and election that He has placed upon our lives. We are to be seated in heavenly places, walking after the Spirit that we do not fulfill the lusts of the flesh.

The Lord is making a difference between those who are His and those who are not. He is calling us higher. He is calling us to walk in strength by His Spirit that we may make are calling and election sure. Let nothing keep you from entering in to the fullness of what God has for you. Go and buy of Him oil (the Holy Spirit). Separate yourself unto God that He may commune with you even as He communed with our Lord Jesus. There is nothing hidden from those who seek after God with a pure heart. Many are called but few are chosen. Many have heard the gospel, but who will believe?

With love in Him,
Ryan