Overcoming Anger
Priscilla Van Sutphin
Jun 20, 2008.
Prayers to Overcome Anger
tearsofthefather@sbcglobal.net
9-25-01
Upstream Ministries, 15660 Tustin Vill Way #27, Tustin, Ca 92780
And the LORD respected Abel and his offering, but He did not respect Cain and his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell. So the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it." Gen 4:4-8 NKJV [most scrips taken from New King James Version]
Oh Lord, forgive any areas of my life where I have been jealous, or angry and not forgiven. Help me to walk in righteousness by Your grace, that I would be able to obey all You want for me to do.
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But now, do not therefore be grieved nor angry with yourselves because you sold me here; for God sent me before you to preserve life. Gen 45:4-5
Lord, help me to be as Joseph was in forgiving those even closest to him who desired to kill him. Help me to love my enemies and to be good to those who hate me, and to pray for those who spitefully use me.
"And the LORD heard the sound of your words, and was angry, and took an oath, saying, 'Surely not one of these men of this evil generation shall see that good land of which I swore to give to your fathers, Deut 1:34-35
Father, I do not want to reap what I have sown in anger, I pray that You would deliver me from all violence, bitterness, hatred, murderous attitudes and anger. I want to inherit all You have for me.
"The LORD was also angry with me for your sakes, saying, 'Even you shall not go in there; Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall go in there. Encourage him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. Deut 1:37-38
Father, You were angry with Moses, because He acted in pride and anger again, I do not want to walk in impatience, but to be free from all things that would keep me from Your best for me. Help me to identify oh Lord, those things in my heart that are unpleasing to You, and to forgive all who have offended me. Help me to be quick to forgive Father.
"But the LORD was angry with me on your account, and would not listen to me. So the LORD said to me: 'Enough of that! Speak no more to Me of this matter. Deut 3:26 NKJV
Father, You know all things. You alone are almighty. You have said that vengeance is Mine, says the Lord! So Father help me to give up my right to be angry or vengeful, that I might inherit the promises You have made, and not walk in any rebellion in my life. I want Your ears to be open to my prayers so help me to give up any hold I have to doubt, unbelief or anything else that would rob and steal from me.
Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that I would not cross over the Jordan, and that I would not enter the good land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance. But I must die in this land, I must not cross over the Jordan; but you shall cross over and possess that good land. Deut 4:21-22 NKJV
Father, I want to cross my Jordan. I want to possess all the good things You have for me. Help me Lord, to be brave and of good courage; to let go of all wrath and anger.
Then Gideon said to God, "Do not be angry with me, but let me speak just once more: Let me test, I pray, just once more with the fleece; let it now be dry only on the fleece, but on all the ground let there be dew." And God did so that night. It was dry on the fleece only, but there was dew on all the ground. Judg 6:39-40 NKJV Father, like Gideon, sometimes I have tested You. I pray You will help me to grow in faith and trust in You, and to die to my own self sufficiency. I pray I will depend on You like Gideon did, and that I will trust in Your kindness like David did.
Then Saul was very angry, and the saying displeased him; and he said, "They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed only thousands. Now what more can he have but the kingdom?" So Saul eyed David from that day forward.
And it happened on the next day that the distressing spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house. So David played music with his hand, as at other times; but there was a spear in Saul's hand. And Saul cast the spear, for he said, "I will pin David to the wall!" But David escaped his presence twice. Now Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, but had departed from Saul.
1 Sam 18:8-12 NKJV
Father, I do not want to be a Saul and walk in fear, delusion, anger, hatred and jealousy. I want to know Your love for me and to understand Your lovingkindness, that I could be filled with Your goodness. Pour in Your love and extract all ungodly fear from my life that I would walk in TRUTH. Release me from all the pain that has caused me to be so angry inside.
And the man of God was angry with him, and said, "You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck Syria till you had destroyed it! But now you will strike Syria only three times." 2 Kings 13:19 NKJV
Father, instill me with confidence in Your ability to defend me and fight for me! Remove all ungodly anger and wrath, that I would walk in obedience to you. Extract any pain from my life that is the root of my anger, that I could face it, and forgive those who offended me. Take away my tendency to walk in my own self-sufficiency instead of depending on You & obeying You. Heal all the old memories of times I was not protected and remove all the pain in my heart.
Then Uzziah became furious; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense. And while he was angry with the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead, before the priests in the house of the LORD, beside the incense altar. 2 Chron 26:18-19 NKJV
Father, help me to walk humbly with You, to not walk in presumption and pride, that would cause me to get angry without cause. Grant me the grace to walk in humility and thankfulness Lord.
Kiss the Son, lest He be angry, And you perish in the way,
When His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him. Ps 2:12-3:1NKJV
Father, help me to walk in intimacy with You, not hiding anything, and trusting in the blood of Jesus, that paid the price for my sins. I never want to get so far away, that I don't experience Your kisses, Your voice, Your tenderness and GRACE towards me. Pour out Your perfect love in me, that it would cast down all fear. Fill me with the fear of the Lord instead of the fear of man!
Be angry, and do not sin. Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still. Selah Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, And put your trust in the LORD. Ps 4:4-5 NKJV
Father, Give me Your peace, when that peace has been disrupted by the enemy's voice! Help me to remember Your truth, when he comes to sow doubt in my heart. Help me to remember, when others fail in their love for me, that Your's is never ending, and Your presence is always close to those who fear You. Help me to get still and listen for Your wisdom and comfort in every situation that brings turmoil to my heart.
God is a just judge, And God is angry with the wicked every day. If he does not turn back, He will sharpen His sword; He bends His bow and makes it ready. Ps 7:11-12 NKJV
Father, Your word is truth. Help me to know when I feel angry about something or someone, that I am not warring against flesh and blood, but powers and principalities and spiritual wickedness in heavenly places, and that You are my strong tower, my refuge from the enemy's taunts.
You, Yourself, are to be feared; And who may stand in Your presence
When once You are angry? Ps 76:7 NKJV
Father, I have no rights, because I gave them up when I gave my heart to You. I surrendered my whole life and I choose to trust you and to depend on You to help me with all my emotions. I do not have to give in to my emotions. Give me the grace to see what the enemy is doing when I am acting out of hurt, intolerance, impatience, or frustration. Help me to remember You are in control of my life and that all things work for the good to those who are called according to Your purposes.
I will hear what God the LORD will speak, For He will speak peace
To His people and to His saints; But let them me not turn back to folly.
Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him,
That glory may dwell in our land. Ps 85 NKJV
Better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and angry woman. Prov 21:19 NKJV
Father, Help me to face all the anger in my heart, that I would not be a contentious person, or project any anger on those I love. Let Your hand be upon me that I would not do harm to anyone. Change my attitude to reflect Your own Lord, that I would fulfill the call on my life to be an ambassador for You; to love others as You have loved me.
Make no friendship with an angry man, and with a furious man do not go,
Lest you learn his ways and set a snare for your soul. Prov 22:24-25 NKJV
Father, keep me from ungodly relationships. Give me discernment to recognize when bitterness is rearing it's ugly head and to not agree with it. Keep me from aligning myself with strife and rebellion that comes through angry men or women . Help me to quiet myself within, that I could hear what You would say.
An angry man stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds in transgression. A man's pride will bring him low, but the humble in spirit will retain honor.
Prov 29:22-23 NKJV
Lord, Your word indicates that anger comes with transgression and that unrealized anger stirs up strife and arguments. Help me to walk in humility. Grant me the grace to cast all my cares upon You and to realize I need You more than the air I breathe, everyday. Help me to keep up the communion with You and to get alone with You, that You can work Your goodness in me.
Do not hasten in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools. Eccl 7:9 NKJV
Father, I don't want to be foolish. Help me to change my reactions to align with Your will in my life. Help me to change my habits and to look for You to know how to react in different situations. Help me to stop and look to You instead of reacting.
For the iniquity of his covetousness I was angry and struck him; I hid and was angry, And he went on backsliding in the way of his heart. I have seen his ways, and will heal him; I will also lead him, And restore comforts to him And to his mourners. "I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace to him who is far off and to him who is near," Says the LORD, "And I will heal him." Isa 57:17-19 NKJV
Lord, always help me to remember You lovingkindness and patience, even when I have blown it. Help me to not ever compromise to the extent I would backslide away from Your heart. You always promise to heal if we come to You in our pain, in our sadness, in our anger. I thank You Lord that You create the fruit of the lips and that You have promised to give us peace. You have said that You will make even our enemies to be at peace with us.
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he became angry. So he prayed to the LORD, and said, "Ah, LORD, was not this what I said when I was still in my country? Therefore I fled previously to Tarshish; for I know that You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm. Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live!" Then the LORD said, "Is it right for you to be angry?" Jonah 4:1-4 NKJV
Lord help keep me from the pride of self righteousness, that then looks only at the problems in other people. Help me to remember Your goodness, that You are SLOW to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and give me the grace to be like You. Keep me from doing harm to another person. Keep me from self-pity and all the ways of anger and violence. Restore to me a pure and undivided heart. Never let me get so prideful that I would align Your heart to injustice, for You only have my good in mind in all that You do.
Then God said to Jonah, "Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?" And he said, "It is right for me to be angry, even to death!" But the LORD said, "You have had pity on the plant for which you have not labored, nor made it grow, which came up in a night and perished in a night. And should I not pity Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred and twenty thousand persons who cannot discern between their right hand and their left--and much livestock?" Jonah 4:9-11 NKJV
Father, crush all the pride in me that would not allow me to have Your mercy and compassion for others, even though they are rebellious or imperfect. Never let me get into the pride of self-sufficiency and self-righteousness without Your immediate correction. Do not let me do harm to another through my words. Put a guard on the door of my lips and heart Father! In Jesus' name!
But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment. And whoever says to his brother, 'Raca!' shall be in danger of the council. But whoever says, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of hell fire. Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. Matt 5:22-24 NKJV
Father, help me to be quick to forgive any offenses and to never judge another man. You are the One and only Judge. Father, never let me succumb to jealousy over the well being or ministry of another. I don't know what others have been through. I don't know the price they have paid. Let me never assume or presume about anyone.
Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?' "And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him. Matt 18:33-34 NKJV
Father, never let me forget Your lovingkindness to me, or to be less than kind to another. Forgive me Lord for my many indiscretions with my lips, and any anger I have at not being able to control my life. For my life is in Your hands, and You work all things to the good for those who are called to Your purposes. Fill me up with Your love that I can love others. Your love never fails. Forgive me from being critical and judgmental. Destroy the work of the accuser in my life.
Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor and the maimed and the lame and the blind.' Luke 14:21-22 NKJV
Never Lord, do I want to presume on Your relationship with me. Help me to stay close to You. Fill me with passion for You, that I would not reject Your Holy Spirit when He calls to me; that I would never be too busy to spend time with You which is the only way I can get filled up with more of YOU.
And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and because he has received him safe and sound, your father has killed the fatted calf.' But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and pleaded with him. So he answered and said to his father, 'Lo, these many years I have been serving you; I never transgressed your commandment at any time; and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends. But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.' And he said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours. It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found.' " Luke 15:27-32 NKJV
Father, Your love is so unconditional and everlasting. Keep me from jealousy towards my own brothers and sisters in the Lord. Root out any discontentment with how You have dealt with me. Root out any jealousy for how you choose to use others. Help me to be content in all situations. Fill me more with Your love and kindness, that I can rejoice with those who rejoice and be grateful for the life and ministry You have given me and others, without anger at what I have not been given to do. Help me to press in to You with all my heart, and to be free from any selfish ambition. I renounce me, myself, and I, the companions of Pride and anger.
Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment." John 7:24 NKJV
Father, You alone are the righteous Judge. Help me to seek Your opinions of others and not yield to my own fleshly tendencies to judge for myself. You alone know the hearts of men, and help me to love them as You love them.
Therefore, putting away lying, "Let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor," for we are members of one another. Be angry, and do not sin": do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil. Eph 4:25-27 NKJV
Lord help me to come to You with my anger, and not to use it against others to hurt them. Help me to lay all my cares and concerns onto You. Show me the way of LIFE Lord. I give my anger and pain to YOU. Help me Lord to forgive deep in my heart, and not just on the surface. Help me to see the other person's point of view and to see them with Your eyes.
They refused to obey, And they were not mindful of Your wonders that You did among them. But they hardened their necks, and in their rebellion they appointed a leader to return to their bondage. But You are God, ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, abundant in kindness, and did not forsake them Neh 9:17 NKJV
Thank You Father for helping me to see in Your word, that You never leave us or forsake us, that Your love never is taken away, even when we get rebellious or angry or hurt others, that You continue, by Your grace to be concerned with healing us, and changing us, by pouring in your love, even when we don't deserve it. Help me to forgive others AS YOU FORGIVE ME.
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath; Do not fret--it only causes harm. For evildoers shall be cut off; But those who wait on the LORD, They shall inherit the earth. Ps 37:8-9 NKJV
Father, I see a relationship between fear and nervousness, with anger and wrath. Father deliver me in Your lovingkindness from every fear in my life, from all impatience, intolerance, worry, and doubt, that I could be filled with the knowledge of the depth of Your love for me, and be confident in that. Help me to not be presumptuous and keep me from acting in impulsiveness, that I would WAIT on You, to do only what You lead Father!
When I cry out to You, Then my enemies will turn back; This I know, because God is for me. The LORD is merciful and gracious, Slow to anger, and abounding in mercy. He will not always strive with us, Nor will He keep His anger forever. He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor punished us according to our iniquities. For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him; Ps 103:8-11
Oh Lord, I praise You for Your great love and mercy towards me! Thank You for Your ever loving kindness and unconditional love, and help me to forgive those who don't love me unconditionally. Help those persons I have offended to forgive me Lord. Heal my heart from any hidden hurts and pain, that I will not react in bitterness, but only in Your love, by Your Spirit.
The LORD is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and great in mercy. The LORD is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works. Ps 145:8-9
A soft answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly, but the mouth of fools pours forth foolishness. Prov 15:1-2 NKJV
Lord, help me to be filled up with soft answers; to react in PEACE towards those who are angry and tormented. Help me to react in LOVE and kindness to those who seem offensive and bitter themselves. I want to walk in Your love, and see others with Your eyes and react in Your heart. Put Your words on my lips. Let no corrupt communication come out of my mouth Lord.
A wrathful man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger allays contention. Prov 15:18 NKJV He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, and he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city. Prov 16:32 NKJV The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, and his glory is to overlook a transgression. Prov 19:11 NKJV
Father, I acknowledge that there are many times I have failed and have been provoked to react in anger and wrath. Help me to stop before I react, and to have the mind of Christ in all situations, that I may react in love . Take away any impulsivity, that I would wait, and look to You for how to respond in my communications with others. Help my words to always edify, comfort and build up others Lord, like You do.
The wrath of a king is like the roaring of a lion; Whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own life. Prov 20:2 NKJV
Father, always help me to have a healthy respect for authority that I would not incur Your anger. Help me to love, and pray for those in authority in my life and to always respond as You would.
It is honorable for a man to stop striving, since any fool can start a quarrel. Prov 20:3 NKJV
Father I want to be free from any foolishness in my life. Break the power of strife in my life; uproot any pride that would engender strife. Break any ancestral curses or generational curses, and spirits of strife and pride in my life.
Wrath is cruel and anger a torrent, but who is able to stand before jealousy? Prov 27:4 NKJV
Lord, Your word seems to indicate that jealousy is worse than anger or wrath. Root out any place in my heart where I have been jealous of others, including my natural family Lord. Heal the deep bitter root judgments I have made, that I could forgive deeply like You forgive and love them as You love them Lord. Keep me from the sins of jealousy, envy, wrath and anger that I would not put anything in the way of our relationship. Lord, I know that jealousy in Saul led him to a murderous attitude of heart. I renounce all jealousy and murder that could be in my heart and ask You to increase Your Holy Spirit in me, that I could live totally in YOU. Forgive the generations before me Lord for all these things. Remove the curse Father and help me to walk in the Light as You are in the light!
Open rebuke is better than love carefully concealed. Prov 27:5-6 NKJV
Lord help me to accept Your correction, even when coming from unlikely vessels. Help me to discern when the words of people are coming from You, or from their own hurts, that I would not react in anger, but with Your Spirit of understanding.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Father, Jesus’ words were that offenses will come. Help me to forgive my friends when they are insensitive to my needs or feelings. Help me to realize that when the kisses of the enemy come through another, that I fight not against flesh and blood, but powers and principalities and spiritual wickedness in high places. Help me to feel Your love and comfort, and to quiet myself when offenses come, that I can feel Your love. Help me to love those who seem to be my enemies.
And what profit has he who has labored for the wind? All his days he also eats in darkness, and he has much sorrow and sickness and anger. Eccl 5:16-17 NKJV
Lord, help me not to yield to self-pity, but understand that bad things happen to all people and I am not alone in my suffering. You are there with me suffering with me, feeling my pain and sorrow. Help me to rejoice in my sufferings and to continue to wage the good fight that I may earn the prize of Your presence. Help me to have a thankful heart for all that happens.
So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the LORD your God, For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents from doing harm. Who knows if He will turn and relent, And leave a blessing behind Him--A grain offering and a drink offering For the LORD your God? Joel 2:13-14 NKJV
Search my heart oh God and tell me if there is any wicked way in me. Show me anything I have not repented of. And grant me the grace to turn away from sins that easily beset me. Bring the power of Your love that leads to repentance and destroys the yoke of bondage over my life Father! In Jesus' name!
Who is a God like You, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in mercy. He will again have compassion on us, and will subdue our iniquities. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. Mic 7:18-19 NKJV
Thank you Lord that Your character delights in mercy. Your heart is ever towards me. Have compassion on me Lord, and subdue my iniquities, that I may walk in light all the time.
Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ forgave you. Eph 4:29-32
Oh Lord, give me a tender heart; an undivided heart, that I may know You and the fellowship of Your sufferings, that I may share in Your glory! Help me to be a braveheart. Do not let my heart bring forth words that would hurt others, but that would only bring LIFE to others.
But now you yourselves are to put off all these: anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy language out of your mouth. Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave nor free, but Christ is all and in all. Col 3:8-11
Father, any sin in my life means compromise and deception somewhere in my mind or heart. Help free me from deceptions and my sins. Deliver me from all evil, as Your word says You will do Lord! Give me a passion for You and obeying Your word! Help me to live what I have read in Your word, that I may bless and represent You well to the world that does not know You. Help me to love them as You love them Lord, even when they treat me with misunderstanding help me to react in LOVE. Pour Your love in me Lord, that I may love others as You love them.
Free me from all painful memories, especially anything still hidden in my heart that I'm not in touch with. Open up my eyes to what is in my heart, that I don't remember, and that needs to be healed and forgiven. Father heal my inner man completely, heart, mind and emotions. Help me to lay all the pain at the CROSS and to forgive anyone who has belittled or harmed me in any way that I could walk in JOY and FREEDOM! In the name and blood of Jesus I pray!
Origins And Times Are In My Hands
Priscilla van Sutphin
August 26th, 2004
Thru– www.upstreamca.org
“Waves and waves of My presence are coming to you My beloveds.
Waves and waves of My Holy FIRE will burn away all that cannot withstand the test.
Waves and waves of My love will invade the church and drive out all that opposes Me within you.
I AM a God of mercy and kindness but I am also a God of JUSTICE and FAITHFULNESS, and I AM HOLY. I said “Be holy as I am holy!” and I will not forsake My WORD. Perilous times have ensued. Guard your hearts and come to ME. I have a plan that leads to LIFE. Do not strive to figure things out as much as to depend on Me daily and hourly for what I want. YOU do NOT KNOW the hour of captivity, nor the hour of deliverance, for it is in MY HANDS. You do not know the time of My coming, nor the time of My outpouring, but know that I am close at hand. I see the conditions of the world and I am not blind to the conditions of My church. I am separating and I am binding. I am delivering and I am healing. I am testing and I am purifying. I am empowering and I am commissioning.
I am about to enter My church in a new wave of glory and I will have a purified bride when I am done. I will give you the desires of your heart that are in conjunction with My own desires for you! No one will be left behind. What kind of Father would leave his child behind on the platform as the train is taking off? Mercilessness is not MY CHARACTER. But it is the character of the religious spirit. It is the character of the evil one.”
“Was not My Word to you…”
[Phil 1:6 AMP And I am convinced and sure of this very thing, that He Who began a good work in you will continue until the day of Jesus Christ [right up to the time of His return], developing [that good work] and perfecting and bringing it to full completion in you.]
“I am a good Father, and I watch over My children. I correct My children and discipline them that they may develop MY character - Those that will let me that is, to have hold of their lives. Your lives are NOT your own! They are bought and paid for with the BLOOD of MY SON!”
Phil 2:5-8 AMP
“Since He gave up His rights as KING of the Universe and lowered Himself to be a servant and die for you, can you oh man humble yourselves to be like HIM, - if you want to live in His glory and majesty? Many of you seek My power and My glory. But you have not considered what My Son said to His own disciples. “ Can you drink the cup I drink?” Are you willing My beloveds? Are you willing to drink the cup He drank? Are you willing to LAY DOWN your life and take up the cross?”
Luke 9:23-26 NKJV Take Up the Cross and Follow Him
“I assure you that as you lay down your life, HIS LIFE will burn inside you and you will receive all that is needed to endure the days ahead. For this time will tests the hearts of men and women, boys and girls severely. With your eyes you will behold many difficult and heinous things. So I am urging you to come, to lay down your life and to lay if finally at the cross - ALL OF YOU. Not just part of you. I have WORK for you to do. Are you willing to serve instead of being served? Are you willing to suffer for My sake? Are you willing to do what it takes to share in My glory? Then tell Me My beloveds and I will direct your paths and I will lead you in paths of righteousness and glory. I will lead you with the pillar of fire by night and the cloud by day.
I am lighting sparks of FIRE in many places that formerly have been strongholds of darkness. I will make a spectacle of the enemy and I will use you, if you will do My will. I am catalyzing many flames that will spread all over the nations. The world will be ABLAZE with the FIRE OF MY LOVE! THERE IS NO MORE TIME TO HESITATE MY LOVE. COME! I will enrapture you with My love and you will take it wherever you go and many will be the great exploits of My BRIDE!”
See 2 Samuel 22 AMP The Song of David
Terror on Every Side
Priscilla van Sutphin
Aug 21st, 2004
Isaiah 63:1-4 AMP
“Great darkness has come and lawlessness is increasing.
Have I not given you eyes to see and ears to hear?
But in the midst of the darkness, I will be a great Light in you!
My light will SHINE in the darkness and it will shatter the dark places that have held the earth captive for eons. In the midst of the great darkness, My glory will increase in and on you that others might know that it is by MY HAND that deliverance comes!
The mouths of one prophet may be stopped, but another will replace him or her! The mouths of My apostles will not be stopped. Many will be like John, who knew the LOVE of the FATHER so well, and leaned into it in times of trouble. They were not able to kill him till I DECIDED TO BRING HIM HOME!
Can you see the fire of My love in My Word. Seek it out. For I am full of love and compassion. My compassions fail NOT! They are new every morning. I love My own. In the midst of great darkness you will be lights to the nations. You will overcome by the blood of the LAMB, and the words of your testimony! So testify My sons and daughters. TESTIFY, even in the midst of hardship, that I WILL UPHOLD YOU. I WILL SUSTAIN YOU.”
[I suddenly remembered a story of a little child in the holocaust days that gave testimony that in the midst of the last days of captivity, they had no food left, and the Lord sustained her for 30 days till the captivity was
Over!]
Isa 60:1-4 AMP
“I WILL REND THE HEAVENS and I WILL COME DOWN! My glory will cover the earth and there will be great healings and deliverances, miracles and creative miracles in these times! You will understand things you have not understood before! You will become adept more quickly with the sword of righteousness in your hands, and you will take the prey!”
Isa 5:29 NKJV Their roaring will be like a lion, They will roar like young lions; Yes, they will roar and lay hold of the prey; They will carry it away safely, and no one will deliver.
Jer 30:16-17 NKJV Ezek 34:28 NKJV Ezek 13:21 NKJV
Isa 63:5-64:8 AMP Isaiah 64
Truth or Dare?
Priscilla van Sutphin
Aug 23rd, 2004
Ps 91:4-8 NKJV He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. 5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day, 6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday. 7 A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; But it shall not come near you. 8 Only with your eyes shall you look, And see the reward of the wicked.
Ps 51:6-8 NKJV Mark 12:14 TLB
“I am looking for a few good men and women who love the truth more than a lie; who love truth more than compromise! I am looking for those who are not looking for a way around the truth, but for the whole truth and nothing but the truth! It is hard to find such men and women these days is it not? It seems the whole world has gone after a lie! The easy way has become the preferable way to go. “Don’t rock the boat”, people say! “Do what is politically correct”, people say! There are FEW that stand for truth and want to obey the TRUTH. It is so much easier to compromise. It is so much easier to find the way around problems of confrontation.
FAITH is standing for the Word of GOD no matter what! Faith is aligned with the truth. Unbelief is aligned with compromise! Compromise says that a little leaven is ok. But I said that a little leaven leavens the whole lump!”
1 Cor 5:6-8 NKJV Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 7 Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. 8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
I’ve said, “Surely goodness and mercy will follow you all the days of your lives, but that promise is for those who are SINCERE of HEART. Sincerity of heart is immovable from wanting the truth in your inner man! It is much easier to compromise. It is much easier to see the faults of others compared to your own. But I have said that I honor the sincere and CONTRITE heart. So follow ME. I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE! And when men were compromising, did I not confront them with the Truth in LOVE? Did I not tell them that they were white washed tombs? Did I not convict them of their sins?
I lay before you this day the way of everlasting truth and life, or the way of compromise, unbelief, and hypocrisy. Make your choice! For soon you will HAVE to make your choice. And for that choice you may have to suffer! So choose you this day WHOM you will serve! Will you come into alignment with TRUTH? Or will you SETTLE for a lie, or half-truth? Will you choose the way that leads to temporary life, or eternal life? If you ask ME for the GRACE, then I will give you the Spirit of MIGHT and you will have all the boldness and courage you need to do what is right, and to stand for justice and TRUTH. Ask and you shall receive. Knock and the door will be opened!
When John the Baptist confronted Herod, he was eventually beheaded for telling the truth. Herod did not want to kill him for he KNEW he was living a lie. Yet he was spineless to not go through with his death! Many in this day will be the same. Many of you have asked for the John the Baptist or Elijah anointing. But you’ll notice that in both of their lives, they chose LIFE and TRUTH, but were accosted by the leaders and wicked of the day. DO YOU THINK YOU CAN WALK A LINE TO KEEP FROM PERSECUTION? Did I not call you to be prophets? The church is built on the blood of the apostles and prophets remember? So when you ask for POWER, remember that it comes at a cost. Many are called but few are chosen. If you seek to save your life, you will lose it!
It is time to STAND FOR THE TRUTH! Do you DARE? Will you choose LIFE or death? Ask for My GRACE and I will give it to you! I am generous and kind, full of mercy and compassion. I know the TRUTH about what is in your heart. All you have to do is acknowledge it and ask for the GRACE to overcome and I will help you! IT IS AN HOUR TO STAND. There is no more lying down, rolling over or compromise allowed without consequence! REMEMBER that I love you and suffered and died for you! I am calling you to lay down your lives and take up MINE.”