Kindness of God brings repentance. 2018 will be great. The sides of our tent are being widened. He is going to impart to us His very essence of incomparable Love and Kindness beyond anything we have previously experienced. We will enter 2019 with an endtime fragrance that will erase the influence of empty rules, traditions and works of self promotion. There has been a stench that caused church pastors to be less acceptable than a bartender or used car salesman. It has been a long time since we were well accepted and even honoured by society. Now we face derision and suspicion. Many churches have had the courage to assess what kind of fruit they are. With a brave heart and honesty, they will comprehend how far we have fallen into our own standards of religious submission. These churches, through repentance from using their own strength to bring about God’s will, are becoming ready for the battle against the father of all lies. I belong in such a church.
 
Now the good news. Having being brought low by our carnal nature, God is not going to leave us filling buckets full of tears of failure and  regret for very long. As we take the posture of the poor man who received Mercy and abandon the idea that we are better than that wretched man, a fullness of His Grace and Mercy will flood our hearts. God will rise us up so visual before society and showcase that humanity was originally created to be filled with His Love and Beauty, Wisdom and Counsel. Out of ashes we will arise as an eagle. This spectacle of the church being made whole, by  sweet Redemption, will awaken the spirit that is resident deep in the unredeemed heart in all mankind. 
 
The "God shaped void" that is in all mankind from the time of creation until today will witness the truth that lies within God's people. A clear choice will stand before the world so clear and true that mankind will not have any excuses. They may allow Love to change their lives or try to eradicate us, but without success.
 
Are you ready? Wait one moment, we must talk about the qualifications to be part of this fantastic Family, the Family that will turn this world upside down. I was taught a long time ago to desire God with all my heart and He will give us the ability to live it out. Are you willing to relinquish all rights and forgive all who have wronged you? If so, you will enter the trade of all trades, the bargain of all bargains. My selfish un- trustworthy character for a Joy that is hard to speak about but wonderful to live in. We are being changed. We have access to live, now in His Kingdom. God is not trying to get us into Heaven but Heaven is for us now and we need it.
 
It is a tremendous thing to enter the heart of the Father. Many are camped outside of His wonderful Mercy and are not availing themselves of the Grace to walk in wholeness. Leave all self righteousness and draw near to the Father. If your desire is true, you will walk not as a servant but as a Son\Daughter.
 
In 2018, the Love of God will enter the deepest recesses of our hearts. These inner workings will never stop. In 2019, we will be so full of His love and Presence that our joy will spill on to all we come in contact with. The results of our unconditional surrender avails us of this absolute awesome walk with our Father. There will be battles in 2018 and victories will be experienced. Most of the conflict will be in our own hearts. God’s Grace and Mercy will overcome these inner hidden problems.  Failures that only you and God know about will come to an end as His Love filters into all aspects of our thoughts and deep rooted problems.
 
Again, much of the warfare  in 2018 will be learning to submit our inner man to the working of God’s Love. Learning to love one another with His Love must be our motivation. Without being compelled by Love, we will end up a very sad casualty and not the power house He intended us to become. In 2019, God will be lifting up His “Great Ones,” That is you and me.  From high above all the dark and ruthless  powers we will destroy the demonic warlords that want to destroy every aspect of goodness still resident in the earth. We are being trained by the Holy Spirit to bring judgement against all evil.
 
Our joy in the Father will be our strength.

Give up to Love and let us enjoy a life of peace with contagious laughter  and power.
 
No greater Love than when a brother/sister lays down life for another.

     Love in Jesus…Dan

It seems like a significant number of believers are biting at the bit. We often use the term, ”biting at the bit” but do we really know what this means? My oldest daughter started riding horses at 10 years old and continued until she went to university. One of the horses she had was absolutely wonderful. She won the Canadian championship on this horse. We loved to see the two of them together. Another horse she had was called Squirrel. Now this horse she bought from the race track. She did not like men. My daughter had a wonderful way with this horse. Not so with me. She would walk the track calculating moves and jumps. I was left holding holding Squirrel. With the skittish horse dancing on the end of a rope, I held onto with all my might.

How does one work with a nervous horse? 1000 pounds of volatility? It is with firm kindness and a bit in the horses mouth.

Zeal without wisdom and knowledge is extremely destructive. This results in weariness, financial drain and down right confusion. There is this saying in the realm of training a horse, ”fighting the bit.” Squirrel needed to have a harsh bit until she settled down. A bit is an apparatus that fits in a horse's mouth used to control the powerful animal. After “fighting the Bit,” the horse would require a less harsh bit that was easier on the mouth. The goal for some is to work with the horse until it does not need a bit at all. The horse would learn commands through voice and leg movements. It is like training your dog to walk beside you without a leash. No easy task. I know this very well.

In this year 2018 it is extremely important to know how far we are allowed to go. We still have a bit in our mouths. I have walked with many young and old leaders. Some of them were just ripping for a fight against the dark realm yet their inner character was a lesser match for the organized, kingdom of darkness. They simply are not ready.

The analogy of a bit in the church’s mouth is perfect. How do I know this? I have fought the bit till my mouth was full of froth and even blood, forced me to realize I wanted to go to war without first entering His Rest.

This absolutely is crucial and will probably ruin someone's day. Itching for a fight? The major qualification is all to do with entering His Rest. What does this mean? It is a state of being that no longer needs a bit in our lives to keep us from of "biting off more than we can chew or a war we are not yet ready for.”  We must have the wisdom to know it is not us who won the battle against the powers of darkness, but it was the Lord. If we do not want to fail and reap destruction on ourselves, we have to learn to enter His rest and cease from our own labours.

At the moment we must still fight against the world, the flesh and the devil. 2018 is the year God works an obedience in us that a bit will not be needed. In 2019, we will begin to fight greater dark powers. Eventually, together in unity, we will crowd out the powers of darkness out of the unseen realm. We will eventually, in the Lord, rule and reign in the very realms where the father of all lies had established his stronghold.

Restrain yourselves. Quiet yourselves. Take an honest evaluation of where your state of being is. Your home and church depends on us to know and live in His Rest.

If we do not enter His Rest we will not be able fight the fight coming in 2019.
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I am learning that before I lead others, I must be broken from my own energy or drive. A great many leaders are striving in their own strength. They will be a casualty rather than an asset. Sadly, zeal without wisdom has been the greatest downfall of the church. This will not have a place come 2019 and on.

Blessings upon your journey in the Fathers Heart.
                                    Dan

I never thought that I would call suffering my friend, I sit here with fractured ribs, vertebrae in my neck warn out, recovering from a broken back, dealing with an auto-immune disease called PMR, an uncooperative chemical system, and living with the side effects of some pretty harsh drugs. There is much more in this list, but I don’t like to give sickness too much attention. Suffice to say, I have almost lost my life several times. I know many of you are saying, pray for healing. My answer is I have. It seems the harder I pray the worse I get. Now I have believed in total healing for probably longer than you have born in this fallen world. I have forgotten what a painless life is like. 

I will not roll over and quit. So what do I do? I press into God’s Mercy. I have at times felt as weak as a kitten and I wish I was healthy. I always wonted a healing ministry. I have probably seen more sickness and death more than most. Ten years working in chronic and palliative care, six years doing pathologic autopsies on the dead searching for the cause of death, five years with eight mentally adult women living in my home. Through all this I was pastoring some of the most difficult people. This just scratches the surface of my involvement in suffering. I am tired of it! But I would not trade any of the, morbid experiences for anything.

One thing I can testify is that I have not been short-changed by God who says he heals and delivers. It will come. In the mean time He comes to me in my weakness. God’s Love and Kindness makes me love Him back. Sickness takes a back seat. I heard this story a long time ago. A man was jailed because of his faith. They whipped and beat on him terribly. Then he mercilessly was  thrown in to his dark and filthy cell. There alone with no medical help covered in blood and bruises the Lord came to him. He felt the warmth and Love of Jesus running his hand up and down the torn flesh of his back. What he said next brings me to tears. “He was so wonderful. His love was greater than the pain of the whipping and beatings. It was so wonderful. I had a strange feeling that I wanted to be tortured again just to feel His love and touch.”
                           Love You….Dan

We all can see that Governments for years have been manipulating all aspects of life to bring a system not based on the wholesome attributes given to us of the mom and pa and the kids social structures. Communistic principles are being implemented in secret by our Government that breaks down every structure that has been in place forever. Tried and true social systems, that often are somewhat flawed we know,  have sustained us and prospered us making our societies healthy, wealthy and wise. The tool of our governments has been a media that figures “the end justifies the means.”

How has this happened in the face of the church who preaches “God can do anything”? For the most part, through the past years, we have been pre-occupied with a proliferation of non essential issues. Now we are paying the price. A few Prophets have spoken to our situations. They have said we are warring with the insignificant while ignoring the "real" battles. I have opposed and grieved over what I have seen. The church has been fighting each other in the sandbox and not seen that someone has stolen the house.  "The only way darkness can grow is when the church has lost it’s light.”

It is a terrible thing to fall into the hand of God. To all of us who have disregarded the fact that God is our plumbline and have been swimming in a dirty pond, God is now judging. He has winked at our foolery. He has watched us throw sand in each others eyes. He is full of our squabbles as the enemy robs us of our children's heart.

​For some this may be the your last call to acknowledge that we have missed what truly matters. 

Those who have fallen on the Rock and have been broken are raised up in Love, Kindness and Power. These are called Sons and Daughters. You are the apple of His eye. The Loving Father exempts you of the judgement that is coming on the deaf church and our rebellious world. He wants us to pray this prayer, "God in your judgement remember your Mercy.”

​God keep you my friends.
                          Love, Dan.

For many centuries we were societies that lived and breathed in a Christian environment. You could say the culture or “matrix” was religious but not always joined with Christ. During the 1960’s rising in the vacuum where much of the church lacked relevance, a new matrix rose to create a new culture. The new chant among intellectuals was “God is dead.” The, God is dead mantra, took hold of young and old minds alike. To believe in a God brought disdain towards many young believers leaving them ostracized and even mentally and emotionally persecuted. This became the matrix of university life. By removal of any moral compass or accountability, open sex became an unbridled desire giving birth to sexual transmitted disease at an unprecedented rate.

I can appreciate people raising an eyebrow. The common understanding that witchcraft is alive and well and found in much of our present rudiments of each day is quite a stretch. Many remember the Shakespeare play Macbeth. The three ugly women witches stirring the steaming cauldron whipping up a spell. Remember, “Double double toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble….Eye of newt and toe of frog wool of bat and tongue of dog.” This type of witch has always been hidden among us. It may be your coworker or your daughter's boyfriend. The news can verify it may even be your son and daughter. Many of the atrocities committed by young people we have found some very dark occult beliefs and practices.

            

​God is now rising up a line of soldiers. This is in response to His children’s fervent and persistent prayers to see the Love and Power of the Lord manifested to this world through His church.
 
He has been working in the lives of what is to be the key soldiers for this time. For many years, and for some, decades, He has been preparing and molding character. The heart of these folks has been subject to a "purge to purity.” Out of the ashes of our own endeavours, the Kingdom will rise in the unified body of Christ, the True Army of the Lord.
 

​“Beware of negative declaration over Canada. Hope will come from longing to see My Mercy fall on Canada and it’s people. I responded to Moses as he stood in the gap for a rebellious people and preserved them from judgement. There are churches of obedience and Love who have My Ear. These are My Joy. There are many of My Flock that you don’t know of and many that do not yet know they are even called. These are ones shaped in darkness, hidden in obscurity being taught Kindness and Mercy. I will join these that I am jealous over, to My Church. There will be a oneness experienced between them and you and you will know how expansive My presence is in this world and in all it’s most unlikely  places. You will be swelled up with Might like a "horse of war,”

Part One: Basic Character For Success in Conflict

​The war is going to intensify in this season. The Lord of host is checking hearts to see who is ready for Him to teach their hands to war. It is a time of separation. Many will want to fight the dark powers and be the resistance but will be lacking the character needed. This war will be against incredible invisible evil. Deception and tyranny is well imputed in Canada with an agenda so far from all that is good and wholesome. What is good is looked at as harmful and what is harmful is seen as good. I am not at this time asked to bring forth plans and strategy in regards to this warfare. I am to disclose the conduct of the heart necessary to wrestle the father of lies. There has been too many casualties because of a zeal but a lack of wisdom. So what is God looking for in our hearts that can stand against the wiles of the devil?  What are the conditions that must be in our lives and relationships to bind him and bring him down? Almost immediately we think about the armour of God found in Ephesians 6. This is NOT to be our our first preparation. God is not calling those who think they are armed into battle. God is looking for those in everyday life in the marketplace, in church and family, are functioning in His highest call. There is a condition of heart that is so loved by God that He will not send us to war without it because He knows we will fall. He desires all of us to be in this place. OK, I have kept you in suspense long enough.