Make Your Heart a Manger
Priscilla Van Sutphin
California USA
Dec 6th, 2007
www.upstreamca.org
tearsofthefather@sbcglobal.net
Luke 2:7 NKJV And she brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
Luke 2:16-19 NKJV And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in a manger. 17 Now when they had seen Him, they made widely known the saying which was told them concerning this Child. 18 And all those who heard it marveled at those things which were told them by the shepherds. 19 But Mary kept all these things and pondered them in her heart.
Beloveds, I want you to make your hearts a manger where I will be welcome in the fullness of Who I AM, and all that I AM. You have been told many times that I am coming with MORE of My presence and power. You have believed, and you are eager to receive. But I am trying to get your heart cleansed enough of other things in the way of receiving all that I have for you.
John 12:24 AMP I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains [just one grain; it never becomes more but lives] by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces many others and yields a rich harvest.
I am bringing many to the total death of self required to bring forth new life in Me. Many have only a portion because they have only given a portion of their heart to Me, not their whole heart. You give what you feel comfortable to give up, and you say you have given it all, but you take back control, every hour, every day, on and on. So you have not totally given everything to Me. You have some rearranging to do to fully give ALL of who you are, all your heart, all your desires to ME in order to fully obey.
So bring your full mind to the idea of complete surrender beloveds, for this is where there is REAL REST, and true freedom. You think somehow I’m going to put more on you than you can stand, but I do know what I am doing. I want at least a heart yieldedness. Many give what they think is needed, but are unbending when I tell you to go do something. You hesitate and withhold, you balk, and you falter, because you are double-minded and so you refuse to fully obey My words. I want the enemy off of your WHOLE SOUL. Unless he has NO GROUND in your soul, you are not fully free to obey, because there is constant resistance, and opposition.
I’ve told you that the TRUTH will set you free. So the WORD implanted in your heart, Not just your mind, will bring about freedom. I’ve sent angels to the earth to speak truth that will bring freedom to the soul that has a heart after Mine. So give up your RIGHTS to do this or that. You have no rights. You were bought and paid for with the BLOOD of My SON.
1 Cor 6:18-20 NKJV Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.
Release your spouse to Me, release your children to ME, release your belongings to ME, & Release all of YOU to ME, and you will be free. Repent of holding on to things, and people, to your own opinions and ideas, to your things, your house, your car, your job, and everything I HAVE PROVIDED FOR YOU. Apart from ME, you can do NOTHING. TRUST ME to do for you what you cannot do. Am I am man that I should lie? You have coveted your things in this nation, but if you won’t willingly share them with others, as I LEAD you to, then you will find them taken away, in fires, in storms, in earthquakes, and floods, and even in unjust confiscations. You do not belong to you. How can you teach others of My love and absolute surrender if you have not surrendered?
I am NOT a killjoy, wanting you to have nothing. Believe me, anything that gets stolen, or taken away, I can restore. Anything the enemy tries to take, I can restore. Anything anyone tries to take, I can restore. Anything I take away, I can restore. Did you not see how I created something from specs of matter in the beginning? So how is it, you think I am incapable of restoring all that you have lost. Many of you have lost much, and have endured such loss, knowing that one day, I would restore, trusting ME each day for provision. I am so proud of you passing the tests. Some of you may wonder at why I put you through tests. I am strengthening your FAITH. How will you know that I will come through for you, if you never lack anything? How will you teach it to those Who will endure much tragedy, unless you have gone through?
Isa 43:2 NKJV When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you.
None of this can be done in your OWN strength, but only by seeking My presence, and allowing me to do what needs be done. So ASK for ME to do it beloveds. Ask and you shall receive all that you need to prepare your heart to receive My Son in all His fullness! Ask for your heart to be made a manger! Ask for me to FILL you with My love, that drives out all FEAR. Fear is what makes you hold out or hold on to things. So ask for love and remember that he who is filled with the fullness of the knowledge of My love, receives the fullness of My Spirit. For I desire to have ALL OF YOU. I desire full union with My Bride! ”. Eph 3:17-19 AMP May Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide, make His permanent home) in your hearts! May you be rooted deep in love and founded securely on love, 18 That you may have the power and be strong to apprehend and grasp with all the saints [God's devoted people, the experience of that love] what is the breadth and length and height and depth [of it]; 19 [That you may really come] to know [practically, through experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge [without experience]; that you may be filled [through all your being] unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]!
Exclusivity Or Elasticity
Priscilla Van Sutphin
Dec 6th, 2007
Matt 5:46-48 NKJV For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 47 And if you greet your brethren only, What do you do more than others? Do not even the tax collectors do so? 48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
"Are you able to expand your hearts beloveds to accommodate the harvest I will bring in? Will you open your hearts to those who seem repulsive to you, and embrace whom I want you to embrace? For many of you are full of prejudice of all kinds. Some of you are prejudiced against the poor and weak. Some of you are prejudiced to certain races because of bitterness in your hearts, or inherited attitudes. Some of you have opinions that conflict with My opinions. Some of you are walking in attitudes of heart That have nothing to do with GRACE or humility. Some are prejudiced against the aged, or infirm. There Are many who judge anyone who is sick or unhealed as if they are in deep sin when they are not.
Some of you are so exclusive, that no matter how much I try to tug on your heart to help others, you Have self protective walls around your heart from past hurts, and you can't get past them, because you've Never gotten healing for that thing that happened, way back when. Some of you have prejudice against Men or women that is rooted in more than just fear, but anger and hatred. You have made judgments that You need to renounce and lay at the cross, the hurt and pain caused you by a father or mother, or an ex- Husband or spouse, but you can't get beyond the bitter years of pain. Renounce the vows you made Of self protection and ask ME what they are if you don't remember. I'm calling you to MY SIDE that you May get the healing and love you never received. I'm here for you if you will just come and BE with ME. I will fill you up with more of My love and peace, and all that you need.
John 14:27 NKJV Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world Gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Matt 22:39-40 NKJV And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as Yourself.' 40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."
Some of you are prejudiced against those who are unlike you. You just don't like their style, or ways of doing things. That's ok, as I made you all different, so you can yoke yourself with those who you can get Along with, but I don't want you holding ought against anyone in your heart. I don't ask you to trust those Who you know will hurt you again fully. But I ask you in your heart to love them, and send love spiritually To them. Pray for them as you would pray for a brother or sister, a child. Don't cut yourself off entirely From the rest of the body in your place. Have relationship with whomever you can relate to! Do not isolate Yourself. Come aside with ME, but do not isolate yourself. Find a small group of others you can relate to Minister to, and be ministered to by. It is important to have unity BY MY SPIRIT in this hour, that you are not alone.
When I sent out My apostles, I sent them two by two. The hour was dangerous, and their lives were at Stake. The same is becoming more and more true now. All over the world, persecution is increasing. So I tell you now to not try to go it alone in anything you do. I am creating relationships with others through Many means to help yoke together people who will love and support one another in crisis situations and in The needs of daily living. I am EXPANDING My army soon through harvest, through many suddenlies. So I ask you to expand YOUR HEART to be inclusive of who I DRAW TO YOU. Flexibility is SO important To you if you want to survive the coming days. Be willing to BEND to MY WILL, and consider your own Flexibility. Are you willing to give up things, to give up places, to give up people that I no longer want You in association with? It is important to understand MY strategies in this hour. So I ask you to come to ME, spend time waiting on ME, that you can hear the still small voice.
Isa 30:15 NKJV For thus says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel: "In returning and rest you shall be saved; In quietness and confidence shall be your strength." But you would not, Come before ME and ask me where your areas of prejudice are, that I may remove them. Ask ME to fill your heart with love for those I LOVE, and discernment to know the difference between the one I've called you to help, and the one I don't want you to touch. The enemy will send people your way also, to steal and rob your peace and time with ME. The enemy will even send those you love to do that. Guard your time with ME. Intimacy is the only thing that will keep you safe in this hour on earth. Seek ME while I may be found. Do not take Me for granted the way some of you take each other for granted. Protect your children and watch their associations. The enemy is out to kill them and everyone he can to keep them from ME, and the call on their lives in this hour. You cannot control them once they are grown, so watch over them NOW and teach them to discern. Teach them how to rebuke demons and cast them out. Do not wait. They are not too young to know ME, and the power of My Spirit."
Prov 8:17 NKJV I love those who love me, And those who seek me diligently will find me.
John 6:26-27 NKJV Jesus answered them and said, "Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me , not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. 27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him."
Jer 29:11-14 NKJV For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. 12 Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.
Resurrection Life is Increasing!
Priscilla Van Sutphin
Dec. 13th, 2006 www.upstreamca.org.
Resurrection life is coming to those unafraid of My intervention – Those who have been wanting freedom and fullness! I am not slack concerning My promises. I am there inside you and the fullness of Who I AM is realized more fully through the communion with Me. I AM LOVE, I am LIFE, I AM patience. The Great I AM is with you, Emmanuel, and My love and mercy endure FOREVER and EVER! I will in no way leave out those who are hungry and seeking ME. No matter how many curvy paths they have walked trying to seek My wisdom and intervention in their lives.
My Spirit will be poured out on ALL flesh for the great and terrible day of the Lord is at hand and you My beloveds need to live with an expectation of soon coming, and wonder, and in intimacy with ME. Do not neglect your time with ME for I am anxious to love on you and to unravel any traps the enemy has had you in. I AM LIFE. I AM yours and I AM the WAY out of any circumstance or any situation.
I will not stop till I have a spotless bride! I will not give up on you. DECLARE MY PROMISES in the morning and in the evening and throughout the day, as you keep your mind stayed on ME. I WILL loose MY KINGDOM and as you PRAISE ME in all circumstances, I will thwart the enemy’s plans against you. Rise up in praise, Shout to the heavens and walk in the confidence of My love for you, for I will NEVER leave you nor forsake you. FACE the enemy with confidence, and not FEAR and trepidation. PRAISE ME. PRAISE ME. PRAISE ME. Recall the many times I have comforted, encouraged and helped you to the devil. Face him with PRAISE and THANKSGIVING. No matter how anything looks, ask for MY peace and I will give it!"
Priscilla Van Sutphin
tearsofthefather@sbcglobal.net.
What Do You See This Night?
Priscilla Van Sutphin
Dec 25th, 2006 via Priscilla Van Sutphin www.upstreamca.org goinupstream@sbcglobal.net
It’s as if I heard someone asking Star Bright, what do you see this night? The answer came… “I see the world wrapped in darkness and snow falling in distant lands. I see the people sound asleep, some snoring and some without a peep. Men seeking to go to war, threatening each other; other things I deplore. I see hope in the eyes of children from many lands. I see children crying Because they have no food, no distant plans. I see children horrified by Men so cruel, taking off arms, and enlisting them in war school. I see many who are comfortable and fat, lying in comfortable beds, while many outside, cold and worn, tarry for a scrap in the dumpster this morn.
While others pampered and comforted lie, parents so caring yet wanting to cry. For they see the future coming about, and wonder how will it all work out. I’m trying to give them what I didn’t have you see, while there is yet chance For life good and free.
Then over here in another land far away, you hear the cries of donkeys as they bray. You hear the parents crying and forlorn, for life has filled them full of scorn. Impoverished and angry, they cry in their tears, wanting a break from oppression And doubt, unto me they make a shout. I hear the bitter cries, and want to help them out.
I look to see if someone exists that will also pray for those who are in doubt. Where are the voices, crying to ME? Ah, there is one, and another who thinks about all they see. They see the pain, and starvation and crying. In their hearts They keep on trying to enlist the help of the ONE they know, can bring relief, in the desert to make them to know, the King of Kings whose song they sing. I hear it and I’m pleased for the ones on their knees.
I know so many are weary, but the gold dust on the streets of heaven is stirring, What is this? I hear a whirring, the sound of chariots and the sound of bells. For whom are they tolling, I cannot but tell. The ONE Who comes to bring in a new era, of triumphant HARVEST and HEALING. The One Who sprinkles and gives life to all those dreaming. Invasion on earth is coming you see, angels departing to the ones on their knees, They’re surrounding the remnant and hanging out in trees, just waiting for orders.
To bring life and truth - Habitation He brings and comfort to those who need Him now. Glory comes down and spills out on the earth, I see the saints full of love and mirth. Joy inexpressible erupts in the temples, laden with love and emboldening the simple. The time of waiting is ending, and the time of JOY is ushered in, then in the soon future I also hear the din, of voices so angry, the evil one stirs, upset by all the commotion, and the Great One’s soon return.
Don’t be afraid, for what I do now. Suddenlies are erupting, you’ll see them & plow. Many have grown weary, but I’ll refresh you now. Stay in the upper room, fellowship with ME now, then out of that place, I will send you to PLOW in the fields white with harvest and the gardens of delight. For now I come quickly and to your song I’ll give DELIGHT!
Desirous of Your Love Oh Lord!
Priscilla Van Sutphin
Dec 8th, 2007
I am desirous of Your LOVE Oh Lord for everything else is nothing. I sift and sit, I stir and run, I busy myself thinking of the only One Who makes my heart so joyful and resilient when You speak I cannot But think of time just with You. I want to always RUN TO YOU for There is no one else I can run to LORD. You are the Comforter, and In Your arms is safety and comfort, peace and stillness, no effort required. Can you stay a bit longer Lord. If I fall asleep, will you still stay and Hold me? I get tired Lord. I don’t want to get tired, yet there is so Much going on around me that distracts me from You. Please rein in My thoughts, that I would focus more on YOU. Please reign in My spirit That I would hunger and thirst for YOU.
There’s no one here to hold me Abba. Won’t You rend the heavens and Come down? I long for arms that will hold me close, but there’s no One here that will answer that cry Lord. Do not stay away long this time Lord. Will You come back quickly? Can I hear Your voice again oh Lord? It gives me such JOY to hear Your voice. Nothing compares, though Other voices call. It so gives me peace to know You’re there. I see others Scampering around, hurried for this season, but I have nothing. I know That it’s all about You. And YOU are the greatest gift. I wish I could Just give YOU away. I wish others would have ears to hear, and eyes To see. But so many walk in blindness, and it breaks our hearts Lord. Won’t You come now, and scatter the enemy of our souls, so that people Can KNOW YOU?
Won’t you come this time with MIGHTY power? – be the hero of the hour? Put silence to the mocking naysayers and unbelievers? Look at how the wicked Mock Lord? Won’t you shut the mouth of the enemy? He laughs and Scours, and does what he can to rob and steal, to take and mock some more. But won’t YOU come down and even the score? Won’t You come down and Show Your power, and make a display to silence the foe for all who are in the know? We long for YOU in a dry and thirsty land Lord. Will You make us ready For the indwelling? Will You cleanse us and wash us, and make us fruitful again?
You alone are lovely Lord! You alone are all we want and all we need. But there are hungry ones. We see their faces from afar. Will You take Them too, and feed them and clothe them, and heal & deliver them? Won’t you open their eyes also Lord? Touch every lonely heart. Touch every Hungry child. Touch every homeless one, and outcast child. Lord have Your Way in this life today. Make a ruckus, Make a fuss. Make them know that It’s not about us. Let them in on the SECRET that’s true. Let them know The One and Only is YOU. Send the Son, from Your right side. Let Him Come down and KISS His bride!
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Bottomed Out
Priscilla Van Sutphin
Nov. 26th, 2007
There is a death coming to all self sufficiency in this nation. Just as there has been a pride of self sufficiency, I will bring it low. I will bring it to nothing, so that people can see that it is only in ME, that you can have any sufficiency at all. People go on spending and doing things unaware of the season and the changes coming. But all complacency and all apathy, and all slumber will be lifted. I know how to bring people to their knees. Have I not said, that every knee will bow, every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord? There is nothing coming that I have not warned you of it many times. Yet many go on in unbelief and doubt that anything will change.
I tell you that though it tarry, the judgment is written, and the days will continue to escalate. Though the mountains fall, and the rocks tumble down, though the rivers overflow, and the fire overtakes the forest, yet I will have a people for Myself that will know the sound of My voice and listen to it and follow. Blessed are they who know the joyful sound!
Ps 89:15 NKJV Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound!
They walk, O LORD, in the light of Your countenance.
There is nothing written that won’t be fulfilled - nothing written that will not be carried out as stated. You cannot pray away My judgments anymore. You can pray for your own protection. You can pray for My mercy in the midst of judgments. You can pray for the lost, but there isn’t much time left. Everything I said I would do will be. Everything I’ve told you I will do, that I will do. Lay down YOUR AGENDA and pick up MINE. WAIT ON ME.
I said WAIT ON ME! Those that WAIT on the Lord will mount up with wings as eagles, but those who refuse to WAIT on ME, will not mount up. They will not soar on the wings of the wind with Me. Wait I say. Wait on ME for directions. Though I seem quiet to you at times, I have a perfect timing for everything. Your character is being tested. Your heart is being tested, and perfected so that you reflect MY HEART. I am polishing and perfecting My precious ones, that you might SHINE with the glory I am about to pour out.
So do not get impatient with MY plan. Hold on to Me. Worship Me in the beauty of holiness! Keep trusting in Me with ALL of your heart, mind, soul and spirit. I AM at hand, and I will show you My plan. I am laying out blueprints, even as I speak, I am sending angels to you to release messages of hope, love, and direction. Do not be like Saul. I have many Sauls in the house of the Lord. I have many who are unwilling to WAIT. But be like David, and worship ME, and wait on ME, that you might hear what I have to say. Do not be in a rush to run out of My arms to do other things, but wait and rest in My arms a bit more. Hold on to ME beloveds, for I want to show you many things. I am waiting for the one who will not grow impatient with ME, but who will wait on ME.
Ps 25:5 NKJV Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation;
On You I wait all the day.
Ps 25:21 NKJV Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for You.
Ps 27:14 NKJV Wait on the LORD; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart; Wait , I say, on the LORD!
Ps 37:7-8 NKJV Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass. 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; Do not fret — it only causes harm.
Ps 37:9 NKJV For evildoers shall be cut off; But those who wait on the LORD,
They shall inherit the earth.
Ps 37:34 NKJV Wait on the LORD, And keep His way, And He shall exalt you to inherit the land; When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.
Ps 59:9 NKJV I will wait for You, O You his Strength; For God is my defense.
Ps 62:5 NKJV My soul, wait silently for God alone, For my expectation is from Him.
Ps 69:3 NKJV I am weary with my crying; My throat is dry; My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Isa 30:18 NKJV God Will Be Gracious
Therefore the LORD will wait , that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the LORD is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who wait for Him.
Isa 40:31 NKJV But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.
Isa 49:23 NKJV Kings shall be your foster fathers, And their queens your nursing mothers; They shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, And lick up the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD, For they shall not be ashamed who wait for Me."
Isa 30:15 NKJV For thus says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel: "In returning and rest you shall be saved; In quietness and confidence shall be your strength." But you would not,
Scribe: Priscilla Van Sutphin