CARRIED IN YOUR BOAT

[Let the Wind Move you, Let the Boat Carry you, and Lean back onto your Captain]

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HEARD 3/20/04: My daughter. Can I have a minute? What have I asked you to carry? Advancement. Do you think an advancement requires you to carry more? The supplies, if you ever have a full house… it's on the boat. Your boat goes with you. You're in the boat.

HEARD: Where is the following word?

VISION: I saw the word "Faith" written out.

Luke 18:8b KJV

Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

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ANSWER TO HIS QUESTION 4/07/04: Today I read the above rhema and was thinking about His questions. There are many who are stretched to the point of wanting to quit and the thought of accepting more responsibility is overwhelming. Then tonight I turned with anointed hands to the following Word to Ponder:

THE CAPTAIN OF YOUR SHIP 8/4/02

I have heard your prayers asking for guidance in charting the course and help in piloting the ship through the waters of life. Others are aboard to assist you, and yet you only want one thing and that is My reassurance and help. How your faithful heart touches My own!

Come My love, come to` Me. Take another look at the wheel, for I AM here beckoning you to come. What you do not know is that all this time I have been with you. See, My hands are on top of your hands, as together we hold onto the wheel. Lean your weight back upon Me, for My back is to the wind and I AM your shield. The wind of My Presence will fill the sails and bring you safely to your destination. My arms are around you, as I encompass you completely in your position at the wheel. With My hands over yours, the weight of moving the wheel is in My care.

As you go through the movements of leadership, it is I Who carries you, Who pilots your way, Who shields you, Who empowers you to move forward, Who carries the weight of change and Who comforts you everywhere you go. Now rest, My love, as you lean back upon Me and snuggle in to hear My heart beat for you.

"But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God." (Acts 20:24 KJV)

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CONNECTIONS: The Lord spoke to me about the boat twice this month of March. Also for a cross reference to this post, read "Put the I Quit Behind You".

UPDATE CONFIRMATIONS: Elijah List posted 2 Words in April about boats:

"The Leadership Who are Jumping Ship - and the Solution" by Steve Shultz (4/02/04)

"Jesus Is About To Step Into Some Unusual Boats" by Jim Goll (4/10/04)

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CONCLUSION

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{Words to Ponder are summaries of His quickened Words}

[Note: The following Word to Ponder was written based upon a vision when I saw a line of ships coming into the harbor. The line was in single file, and stretched far out to the horizon. It was a shocking to see all these ships that were finally coming in and there was great joy in seeing them.]

WORD TO PONDER: YOUR SHIP IS COMING IN

Yes dear ones, you have suffered hardship. These have been necessary for your training in leadership. Your ships are coming!

Friendship, fellowship, worship, relationship, kingship… leaders see with your very own eyes, your ships are coming in! Many ships are filling the horizon, laden with fruitful gifts, supplies, answers to prayer, launched ministries, home runs, more grace and more power than ever imagined. My angels have been collecting the prey and are bringing these ships overloaded with what has been taken back from enemy territory. You are about to receive a bountiful harvest.

"And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives. And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all…And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD;" 1 Samuel 30:18-19, 26 )