TENACITY TO HIS THRONE

7/11/00

Hi Loved Ones,

Spiritually speaking, we are living in exciting and volatile times and truly the righteous of the past yearned to see and hear the things we see and hear from the Lord. (Luke 10:24) These generations before us planted their seeds via intercession and warfare, and WE are the living fruit of their harvest. Their prayers and overcomings are planted in the foundations of our own lives and now we are able to travel greater distances in the Lord, because of their faithfulness. I am deeply grateful for all those who bore the heat of the day and paved a way for us. People are now hearing Him, seeing visions, being taught through dreams, and experiencing His power and Presence in awesome ways.

One door that is now wide open is prayer. This year in particular, God is calling and rallying the hearts of His people to pray. We have been given ACCESS. The Lord is so desperate for our prayers that He hears even the fleeting thoughts of our desires and hopes— and turns them into prayers. He so loves us and wants to give us good gifts!

It is interesting that my husband, without knowing the subject of this post, just commented that several times lately the Lord has asked him a question. Wayne had been pondering this and considering why the Lord would ask this. The Lord asked him, "What do you want?"

The quickened question gave me Holy Spirit goose-bumps. I could think of no greater honor than for the Lord to ask this. The Lord brought to memory the scriptures where Esther was given audience before the King’s throne. The King asked her THREE different times, "What is your petition?"

Est 5:6 "And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.

Est 7:2

And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.

Est 9:12

Now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

The Lord asked this same question to Solomon:

2 Chron 1:7

In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee.

Both Solomon and his dad, David, were acquainted with what it meant to have access to a king’s throne, and to be granted requests. This was part of their own duties as king. When David wrote the following Psalm, he spoke the Word of the Lord, understanding the love of a Father for His successor Son:

Ps 2:7-8

I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. ASK OF ME, AND I SHALL GIVE THEE the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

And so I pass on this encouragement to us all, that our Heavenly Father waits for our attendance before His throne. He waits for us to come to Him. He waits for us to pour out our hearts so that He can answer! He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. He promised: "Keep on asking, and you will be given what you ask for. Keep on looking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And the door is opened to everyone who knocks. You parents--if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead? Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not! If you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him." (Matt 7:7-11 NLT)

Two more interesting tid-bits to writing this post. I started it on 7/11, which is personally special because my family has a long line of wonderful stories connecting to the above Matt 7:11. Now today as I am finishing, my husband just put today’s mail on my desk. On the outside of an envelope it says, "Find the answers in answered prayers!" The Lord is very serious, He wants us to pray and to seek Him. He has given us ACCESS!

The following is a vision from Annie Schisler. I believe that the fulfillment of this vision is now. She is one of our intercessors who bore a great battle to pave a way for us. She was given this vision in the 70’s.

THE DIFFERENT ENTRANCES

(from Annie’s Visions, Book 2)

"Today again there was a time of great opposition and I fought and fought in prayer but still could not get through or find the way in. It seemed that all hell was allied against me. Everything was in vain. Praise, prayer, rebuking the enemy, singing the songs of victory. Nothing that had worked before seemed to help at all. I thought that I would never be able to get through this swarm of evil hosts that surrounded me whose shadowy forms I could even see as they hurled their thoughts of fear and doubt at me ceaselessly. I would throw them out and they would crowd in again. I wondered if I would ever be able to press through that horde of evil beings that seemed so determined to hold me out. Yet I knew that He had promised me entrance and had put it entirely into my will: that if I was determined enough I could get through. So I pressed on. Finally after several hours of battle He came in great mercies.

Again before me I saw that most wonderful and welcome sight. Oh, how beautiful it was! I was drawn closer and it seemed even larger in all that shadowy darkness that surrounded it. It made all the false shadows show up even more clearly and I could see their intense activity of hindrance. At last it was there - the glorious cross of light. My soul leaped with joy within me and I relaxed within, for I knew now that I was very near unto Him whom my soul loves!

As I passed through that shining cross of purest light, His voice came to me rebuking all my fears. Oh, what a relief! Then He took me unto Himself in the wondrous splendor of that mighty Cloud of glory. I felt so fully rewarded. Nothing of the battle seemed to matter any longer. As I rested there in the silken cocoon of divine love that flowed out from Him in ever continuing waves, I felt it had all been so worth while.

As the cloud-river of tangible love flowed over me enclosing me and enfolding me in itself, it washed away all my wounds in its shining flow. He told me of His love and continued watch care over me, saying everything just the opposite of all that the enemy had been saying to me as I had tried to reach Him. When He spoke away all the doubts the enemy had tried to sow, faith, real and strong, flooded my being again and I was no more afraid.

He showed me Himself in a great building as it were, only no building was there. Into that great place where He dwells there were many, many entrances which were all different. Each one was like a different door with a different pathway leading up to it. All the doors of light were guarded by His great angels; yet they were not doors and they were not closed. All around were regions of light filled with the glory of the Lord.

He explained to me that all of these were entrances into His presence and each one was different. "There are a very great number of them and I am teaching you the various entrances. That is why you are having to go through such a variety of experiences and why it is sometimes easy and sometimes difficult to find your way through unto Me. But it is very necessary that I teach you the many entrances, for the day will come when you must bring many others through these entrances with you. Therefore it is necessary that I teach you at this time the many different entrances into My presence."

His words brought me great comfort and release for I understood the reasons for the strange battles; before they had seemed so senseless and without any reason at all."

[end of vision]

For those of you interested, Bob Jones said in 10/98, "The Lord has been instructing me to go back and look at the bread that had been stored back in the 70's. As I checked that old bread, or revelation, I discovered that this bread was as fresh today as it was the day it was "placed upon the shelf." The Lord is saying that He has stored bread (hidden manna) that He is about to release in this day and that bread is as fresh today as when it was first put away."

In the 1970’s I was given a set of 4 books which were Annie’s Visions. She was given a series of experiences where she was taken to the 3rd heaven numerous times. The books are a rare treasure of her throne room visitations and have been proven many times over as I study them, and as the Lord brings me confirmations via scripture as well as testimonies of others who have visited His awesome throne. All four books have been merged into two books, reprinted and are now available at my site. I highly recommend them for anyone wanting to understand more about the heavenlies and how they relate to what the Lord is doing in our personal lives on earth.

May He give us the tenacity to pray, to seek Him, and the joy of His answers!

Lovingly,

Sandy