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WORD TO PONDER: LESSONS FROM THE BRIDGE 8/02/07
Beloved ones, you have been given your sight. You have
tasted the sweetness of your future promises and you are
rushing to get there! What you do not understand is
that you have an entire company moving there with you.
You are not alone, I AM bringing the masses of My people
into the new land of their promises.
You may be on the forefront of breaking through into new
areas for expansion, but if you change, grow and move
too fast, it will bring too much strain upon those who
are helping others make the transitions. You need to
pray in more help for bigger teams, more provision for
those teams, and be willing to move at a slower pace so
that you can bring the masses with you. Stay united,
stick together and wait for increased teamwork to
solidify and reassemble. Help will come. New alliances
will connect for stronger reinforcements. Listen to the
warning signs and heed them lest all that you have built
crumble with the load.
Eccl 4:12 NKJV
Though one may be overpowered by another, two can
withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly
broken.
WORD TO PONDER: RELATIONSHIPS ARE FRAGILE – HANDLE
WITH CARE 8/04/07
Dear ones, always treat your relationships as fragile,
precious cargo. That is because relationships are
created from people who are vulnerable. These range
from close, intimate relations to casual ones. I AM
bringing people back to life, with hearts that feel My
yearnings for fellowship, bonded communications, ones
that reach through to the hearts of isolation and
misery. As the days grow darker in the world, I AM
making the hearts of My people warmer and more
vulnerable so that they will be more sensitive to My
Spirit. Beloved, what this means in practical terms:
if you say something that is not helpful and edifying,
it wounds ALL those who are involved. When My Spirit is
grieving over the soul of another, you shall feel it.
They feel it, all the body feels it. Repair your
bridges now and bring healing to that which has been
dislocated.
Heb 12:12-16 NKJV
Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down, and
the feeble knees, and make straight paths for your feet,
so that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather
be healed. Pursue peace with all people, and holiness,
without which no one will see the Lord: looking
carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God;
lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble,
and by this many become defiled.
BRIDGE COLLAPSES DURING
RUSH HOUR AT 6: 05 PM ON 8/01/07
6: 05: {desperate, sick, melancholy; restitution}
605
'anash
OT:605 'anash (aw-nash'); a primitive root; to be frail,
feeble, or (figuratively) melancholy:
KJV - desperate (-ly wicked), incurable, sick, woeful.
NT:605
NT:605 apokatastasis (ap-ok-at-as'-tas-is); from NT:600;
reconstitution:
KJV - restitution.
QUOTES FROM ABC NEWS: DEATH TOLL RISES FROM MINNEAPOLIS
BRIDGE COLLAPSE
http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/04/1996648.htm?section=justin
"As investigators looked for the cause of the collapse,
Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty said there had been
"warning signs" of problems with the 40-year-old bridge.
A local newspaper reported that plans to shore it up had
been postponed pending other repairs.
Bridge 'structurally deficient'
Investigators said determining a cause for the collapse
would take time.
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported that Minnesota's
Department of Transportation debated how to shore up the
steel truss span, which had been rated "structurally
deficient" by federal inspectors. The bridge was one of
tens of thousands of US bridges given the designation.
The agency had decided to bolt plates into areas where
inspectors found flaws in the steel girders, but that
work had been postponed while the bridge was being
resurfaced and other repairs were made over the summer,
the newspaper reported.
"This bridge has been under inspections since 1990," Mr
Pawlenty told CNN.
"There were warning signs that there were problems with
this bridge, concerns with this bridge. But no one came
forward and said a collapse is imminent or it should be
closed.
"They kept talking about future fixes. And so now, going
back with hindsight, we're going to be able to say
'Well, should they have taken a different course or is
what they did reasonable?'"
{end quote}
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SPIRITUAL INTERPRETATION AND LESSONS FROM THIS NATURAL
PARABLE IN HISTORY
The above article states that the bridge was 40 years
old. This was strongly quickened to me about my day
yesterday, the day the bridge collapsed. I did not know
what had happened in the news, since we rarely watch the
news. Today I told someone in the company I work with
that my position in the company has been a bridge
between the old and the new and I was trying to make
sure the bridge didnt topple in the process of building
a stable foundation in which to spring into promises.
Today someone emailed me the news about the collapsed
bridge and I realized what I had said about making sure
the bridge did not topple was prophetic.
I have always known my position at this company was a
parable of the older generation who have circled for 40
years, being a bridge to help the younger generations
and those left from the older generation to cross over
into the new land. The Lord told me this prior to my
accepting the position.
Yesterday was a disaster where the issues I was dealing
with had to do with too much change, too much growth and
all too fast. The problems I was dealing with at work
had to do with not enough team work to handle the
traffic, and some people on the team not following
through on their commitments to stand together united.
When they let their part down, the other half of the
team was not strong enough to carry the whole load.
Communication broke down and is on hold waiting for
resolution, reconciliation and restoration!
What I have described here is a reenactment/ fulfillment
of the same Word I wrote about above, connected to this
thread in the forum:
WHEN YOUR SUPPORT SYSTEM
CRUMBLES 1/06/07
Beloved ones, I understand so well how it feels to
suddenly, without notice, have a support system crumble.
More often then not, these are supportive relationships
that can easily wreck in the stress of life.
Relationship is like traveling a bridge over rough
waters, it divides the sorrows and doubles the joy in
life. But when that bridge crumbles it is massive chaos
until help comes. I hear your cries for deliverance and
healing, I AM sending My angelic helpers to build a
platform over the rubble to help you see your way clear.
The secret to this platform is to keep your conversation
edifying, ever mindful to build one another up,
encourage and lift one another in your faith.
Sometimes relationships are dysfunctional and what
caused them to become that way comes from broken people
having no way out of repeated abuse until all they know
is to respond through that pain, no matter what they are
dealt. Find ways to honor and support one another.
Rebuild trust by showing a true desire for change and
then walking out those changes. Find ways to express
yourself differently. Create a new future and release
the past as over and gone.
Keep moving, dear one, don’t look back, just maneuver
your way through the mess, and once away from what has
crumbled, don’t stuff your feelings. If you need to talk
to someone about what has fallen, then share your
burden. Unstuff these emotions that you have carried for
so long. Pray over them. Share your burden and bring it
all to prayer. Release and forgive, express your sorrow,
move away from the pain as you pour out that which you
have held inside. These burdens are not yours to carry
alone, ask Me for help. If you feel it is too much to
share with one person, then trust Me to bring you
several and dispense portions of this heavy heart until
you are free at last. Commit your way to Me and I will
set you free.
Eph 4:29-32 NKJV
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, even as
God in Christ forgave you.
DIVIDED CAMPS!
As another parable of this time in history, the day
before the bridge collapsed, accusations of a fast
growing forerunner ministry was brought public by others
in the same field. The forerunner ministry is increasing
in supernatural signs that others are not experiencing
and so they are in doubt. The division has grieved the
heart of the Lord very deeply. It is a division that has
been brewing many years, but held back. It was forced
into a public place that caused people that were united,
to have to choose sides. The stretch was too much, and
the bridge collapsed under the strain. The accusers did
not understand the need to join together at such a time
as this, for the sake of the children and the new land
we are about to conquer. The accused could have been the
fall guy for the sake of unity, and not defended its
ministry. But both sides chose to make it public and now
the children who do not know how to discern, who have
trusted both sides are faltering and hanging in the
middle!
Ps 35:11-14 NLT
Malicious witnesses testify against me. They accuse me
of things I don't even know about. 12 They repay me with
evil for the good I do. I am sick with despair. 13 Yet
when they were ill, I grieved for them. I even fasted
and prayed for them, but my prayers returned unanswered.
14 I was sad, as though they were my friends or family,
as if I were grieving for my own mother.
BRIDGE COLLAPSES DURING RUSH HOUR AT 6: 05 PM ON 8/01/07
6: 05: {desperate, sick, melancholy; restitution}
WORD TO PONDER: LESSONS FROM THE BRIDGE 8/02/07
Beloved ones, you have been given your sight. You have
tasted the sweetness of your future promises and you are
rushing to get there! What you do not understand is that
you have an entire company moving there with you. You
are not alone, I AM bringing the masses of My people
into the new land of their promises.
You may be on the forefront of breaking through into new
areas for expansion, but if you change, grow and move
too fast, it will bring too much strain upon those who
are helping others make the transitions. You need to
pray in more help for bigger teams, more provision for
those teams, and be willing to move at a slower pace so
that you can bring the masses with you. Stay united,
stick together and wait for increased teamwork to
solidify and reassemble. Help will come. New alliances
will connect for stronger reinforcements. Listen to the
warning signs and heed them lest all that you have built
crumble with the load.
Eccl 4:12 NKJV
Though one may be overpowered by another, two can
withstand him.
And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
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HEARD 8/04/07: A three
fold cord is not quickly broken.
Eccl 4:9-12 NKJV
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward
for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his
companion. But woe to him who is alone when he falls,
for he has no one to help him up. Again, if two lie down
together, they will keep warm; But how can one be warm
alone? Though one may be overpowered by another, two can
withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly
broken.
WORD TO PONDER: RELATIONSHIPS ARE FRAGILE – HANDLE WITH
CARE 8/04/07
Dear ones, always treat your relationships as fragile,
precious cargo. That is because relationships are
created from people who are vulnerable. These range from
close, intimate relations to casual ones. I AM bringing
people back to life, with hearts that feel My yearnings
for fellowship, bonded communications, ones that reach
through to the hearts of isolation and misery. As the
days grow darker in the world, I AM making the hearts of
My people warmer and more vulnerable so that they will
be more sensitive to My Spirit. Beloved, what this means
in practical terms: if you say something that is not
helpful and edifying, it wounds ALL those who are
involved. When My Spirit is grieving over the soul of
another, you shall feel it. They feel it, all the body
feels it. Repair your bridges now and bring healing to
that which has been dislocated.
Heb 12:12-16 NKJV
Therefore strengthen the hands which hang down, and the
feeble knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so
that what is lame may not be dislocated, but rather be
healed. Pursue peace with all people, and holiness,
without which no one will see the Lord: looking
carefully lest anyone fall short of the grace of God;
lest any root of bitterness springing up cause trouble,
and by this many become defiled.
==========
August 24, 2007
Bill Yount:
"Angels Are Descending to Inspect Spiritual Bridges
throughout the Body of Christ"
AS ANGELS WERE DESCENDING TO INSPECT THE "SPIRITUAL"
BRIDGES THROUGHOUT THE BODY OF CHRIST, THE FATHER WAS
ASKING A QUESTION... "CAN THESE BRIDGES HOLD THE WEIGHT
OF MY GLORY?"
Webster's Dictionary defines the word "bridge" as: a
structure spanning and providing passage over an
"obstacle" as a waterway.
Have you been feeling like there are obstacles in your
road of getting to where God wants you to be?
Broken Roads...Broken Bridges
I sense many are now traveling down a broken road
because of a broken bridge in their lives.
In times of war, if the enemy wants to paralyze a
nation, he will target the bridges that connect the
people in that nation to one another. Once disconnected,
they have little power to resist the onslaught of their
enemy.
I saw Many "Relationships" Representing "Bridges"
throughout the Body of Christ Deteriorating and on the
Verge of Collapsing!
I saw some relationships representing bridges that were
connecting the Body of Christ together, but had failed
to be maintained over the years and now were on the
verge of collapsing. The collapsing of these bridges
would mean that many of us would be unable to cross over
into our Kingdom purpose and destiny without these
certain relationships being renewed, restored and
strengthened.
The relationships we once thought we could go on without
were now appearing before us as our "only" bridge to
cross over into our inheritance! As I saw this, I sensed
within me a proverb in the land stating, "I am not going
anywhere without you and you are not going anywhere
without me." Whether we liked each other or not, our
opposing attitudes began to fade as we saw by
revelation, "These bridges must be restored and
updated!"
Many Dreams, Visions, Ministries and Even the Glory of
God Will Experience Delays While this "Bridge"
Inspection is Going On!
The cries of those who were injured and wounded through
"spiritual" bridges that had collapsed regarding
relationships, were now being magnified and heard in the
portals of Heaven! Angels were now being assigned as
"bridge inspectors" to carefully inspect the
infrastructure of relational bridges to see if they were
strong enough to carry the weight of the multitudes who
would cross over into glory.
Many of God's people were seemingly going through the
motions of forgiving one another, but were failing to be
reconciled to each other. Many were loving each other
from afar off, yet still felt uncomfortable being close
together to support the bridge God had called them to
help build and to be a significant part of.
Don't Burn Any Bridges Behind You!
I sensed the Lord saying to all of us, "Don't burn any
bridges behind you." Let's not write off anyone in our
lives who we don't think we need anymore. About two
years ago, I was offended by a brother in another
ministry that I thought I didn't need in my life. I was
ready and justified to separate myself from this brother
and his ministry. As I was about to sever my
relationship with him, the Lord spoke to me, "You will
need this brother and his ministry five years down the
road from now to fulfill your destiny!"
Miracle Bridges are in the Making!
Some who have tried to be reconciled with their loved
ones and even their enemies, will discover that God has
been faithfully working behind the scenes. He will honor
those who have loved the unlovable and these faithful
ones will begin seeing miracles take place to restore
their collapsed bridge (which seemed impossible to
rebuild). God will release miracles in many who have
been faithful to hope against hope in their
relationships to discover afresh that God's love can
build a bridge!
Some Bridges are Made to be Walked On!
Have you ever felt like people were taking advantage of
you at times and seemingly walking on top of you?
Welcome to the Kingdom of God! Besides having cars and
trucks passing over them, some bridges are made to walk
on. I know of one huge long bridge that is actually
closed one day a year for people to just walk across it,
and the people are thrilled to walk across that great
bridge.
With Three Nails and Two Pieces of Wood, Jesus Built a
Bridge for You and Me!
I sense the Cross is coming back into the construction
site of many of our deteriorated and collapsed bridges.
Death to self will be a powerful strengthening force to
uphold these bridges. We must humble ourselves to prefer
others and esteem their ministries and dreams even above
our own. Crosses and nails will become a common
ingredient to build these bridges that will eventually
hold the weight of the Glory of God! Welcome Bridge
Builders....and don't forget those three nails and two
pieces of wood.
Bill Yount
Blowing the Shofar Ministries
Email: theshofarhasblown@juno.com
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