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PROPHETIC
CONFIRMATION “Barnabas
Type Givers” In 1998">
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CONFIRMATION “Barnabas
Type Givers” In 1998, the Lord
instructed me prophetically to move to a leased property and to call that place
a “hired house” named after Paul’s hired house in Rome where the Scripture
describes his ministry as , “boldly preaching and teaching without hindrance
the kingdom of God and those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ.”
The Lord told me that many would come to the “hired house” for
ministry and that I would also travel to the ends of the earth strengthening the
church, establishing new churches and equipping saints for the work of ministry.
He promised to make ample provision for all future ministries and that He
would use financial resources to help me know when to travel and when to stay at
home in the “hired house.” In 2001, the Lord spoke to
me in a prophetic revelation about the Barnabas type givers which was to be the
way He was to restore the New Testament pattern of having people who had the
gift of giving to be connected with itinerant equipping servants.
These givers would serve as one of the Lord’s primary channels of
resources for ministry around the world. The
Lord told me that He was raising up saints all over the world who would be
blessed materially in order to share their abundance with equipping servants of
Ephesians 4:11. In 2003, I received from my
prophet brother, Chad Taylor, the following prophetic confirmation: THE
PARTNERING PARADIGM The majority of ministries
that I have been associated with are sustained by strict itineraries and
calendar events. I have fallen
under this category and practice as well. This
in turn provides the necessary offerings and honorariums to honor or pay the
speaker for that series of meetings. The breakdown or setback in
this approach is: The always pending possibility of revival and the sovereign
move of God. Itineraries then can
run the risk of aborting revival because they have already predetermined the
length of time in that city. Thus
negating the entrance of revival or an ongoing outbreak of God’s presence in
that region or church. This type of outpouring has
been experienced on many fronts throughout history, we have called REVIVAL.
It cannot be pre-planned, dated or timed, and certainly not condensed
into a week or a series of meetings with a predetermined ending.
It defies such limitations and breaks all protocol and logic. It is God! The
handicap is this: The ministers who are locked into itineraries do not have the
liberty or grace to continue in that area or church until the move of God comes
to fruition. The demand of time and
finances have overruled the sovereign hand of God. We need sails not anchors
to prepare for REVIVAL. This is the
“paradigm shift” so to speak in partnering and giving that I am seeing, and
to some degree, experiencing. God
is bring forth a dimension in partnering and networking throughout the body of
Christ that will revolutionize ministry as we understand it now.
It will put us into an arena of liberty that the early apostles
experienced which enabled them to propagate the gospel at an alarming speed. This present paradigm of
giving and receiving limits both the ministry the recipient of the ministry.
Ministers are grid locked by calendars and pre-planned events to even pay
their bills. The recipients of
their ministry suffer because the full potential of what the Holy Spirit desires
to do in that church and city is stunted. God
desires to bring forth REVIVAL in every city; your city.
But this present paradigm must be broken. We must allow the Lord to implement and impart a new strategy
in giving and receiving that will enable front-lined end time ministries to
propagate REVIVAL. One dimension of the
partnering paradigm will be individuals whom the Holy Spirit raises up who
identify with a particular ministry and commits financially to it.
No strings attached. For
instance in Acts 4:36-37 “There was Joseph, the one the apostles nicknamed
Barnabas, the encourager. He was of
the tribe of Levi, from the island of Cyprus.
He was one of those who sold a filed he owned and brought the money to
the apostles for distribution to those in need.” These Barnabas’ type
givers will connect with a ministry in a critical junction that will enable them
to remain in a region or travel to the next one where otherwise they could not.
The business world calls these kind of people “silent partners.”
I see the shadows of these silent partners on the heels of key ministries
even now. The Holy Spirit is
speaking to them by dreams, visions and Holy Spirit impressions where and when
to sow and to commit financially. This
will set free the modern day ministries that are being sent into the earth to
liberate entire cities and regions. This year, 2003, as we are
overshadowed by war and terrorism, Barnabas’ types will rise up that will
startle statistics investing in key ministries that will reap cities and
nations. God will multiply their
seed at a stunning rate that will enable them to give into a spectrum of
ministries around the world. Harvest
will no longer be lost because of financial strangle holds. This new partnering paradigm will explode obscure and unheard
of ministries into the forefront of global impact. This is happening even now.
An apostolic foundation of giving and receiving is being established that
will withstand the weight of glory about to be poured out! Back
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