Isaiah 60:22
A little one shall become a
thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it
in its time.
Zechariah 4:6
6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word
of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but
by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.
Luke 1:38
And Mary said, Behold the handmaid
of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from
her.
Europe Dead and Buried
- Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. (John 11:21)
- The Lord at some point left Europe to go elsewhere.
- When He left, He took with Him His presence, His word,
and His resurrection power.
- Like Mary, the remnant church in Europe have sent for
Him over several days while Europe was sick.
- Like Mary, the remnant church in Europe have cried,
prayed and fasted that He comes so that Europe will not die.
- Alas the unthinkable happened - the Master as it were,
did not heed the call; now it seems all hope is lost. Europe is dead and
had to be buried.
- What a hopeless situation. It is finished and the
verdict of the onlookers is, “And some of them said, could not this man,
which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should
not have died?”
- Even the remnant church who have a faith somewhat but a
dormant faith like Martha, said the same thing. It is finished, it is all
over, there is no hope.
- Like Thomas, they have said, “Let us go and die with
him” (John 11:21). “Let us just continue living our Christian life as best
as we can and quietly go to heaven or quietly prepare for His coming is
our little family, in our little church.”
- Some others have joined the world in declaring, “There
is no hope of eternity anymore. Let us live like the world and do ministry
like the world. Let us go and die with him.”
- Please
note that in this hopeless situation, Jesus said that the resurrection and
the life is here.
Europe Stripped to Mere Bones
“Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of
Israel: behold, they say, Our
bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts.”
(Ezekiel 37:11)
- Europe’s case has now gone beyond a decomposing carcass
in the grave.
- Europe’s dead body has decomposed; maggots, flies and
ants have eaten up the body completely.
- Vultures and birds of prey of every kind have picked at
the body until it has become stripped of any remaining flesh, of any life.
- The sun, the rain, the elements orchestrated by Satan
have beaten upon the worn-out bones for years.
- Now, Europe’s bones have become very dry and brittle.
Any little pressure will break it to pieces, in fact, it is breaking to
pieces as we speak.
- Our hope is truly lost as the Scripture says. We truly
have been cut off for our parts.
- Please note that even in this valley of dried up bones, the Lord
says these bones shall live and form a mighty army.
Europe
- Why this Delay Lord? Why?
“And
I am glad for your sakes that
I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless, let us go
unto him.” (John 11:15)
“Then
many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did,
believed on him.” (John 11:45)
- The greater the hopelessness, the greater the
manifestation of the power of God.
- The severity of the problem will make it very clear
that God is the one at work when the miracle happens.
- If Europe was only dead for a few hours or days, we
could even plausibly say now, Europe was not dead, Europe was only in a
coma, Europe only fainted, Europe only needed to be resuscitated.
- If the church in Europe still continued with the fire
of the Holy Ghost though in a very small measure, we may say well, all
that is needed is for the Lord to fan the flames again and the fire will
erupt again and blaze.
- No, this is not the case. Even the church in Europe is
dead, buried, decomposed, stripped to bare bones.
- Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut
off for our parts.
- Yet, it
is for our sakes, brethren, it is for our sakes, that we may believe.
- If we don’t see revival from a hopeless situation then
we will live all our lives with a knowledge of Christ’s potential power
but not know His dynamic power because we have never seen that power at
work.
- If there is no opportunity to experience a dry bone
situation, hearing the bones come together by the power of God, then our faith will be somewhat active
but largely dormant.
- Yes, it is for our sakes that He has delayed His
coming, but now, He is at the threshold. He is at the brink.
Prayer Points
- Lord, thank You for the delay in raising Europe. It is
for my good, that I may see the power of God at work, that many including
me and my household may believe.
- Lord, we thank You because as You raise will up this
our Lazarus. As the European church arises out of the grave, many will see
it and believe on Your name, in the name of Jesus.
- We give you the glory the honour and the praise in
advance for what You will do as a result of this delay, in the name of
Jesus.
Europe
- This Little One Shall Become a Thousand
- Europe, this dead, decomposed one is about to be raised
up again.
- Europe, this dried-up bone can live again and form a
mighty army.
- Europe, this one that has been reduced to nothing, to
zero, can become a thousand.
- Europe, this stripped one can be restored.
- The Lord says, I the Lord will hasten it in His time. (Isaiah 60:22)
- These things said he: and after that he saith unto
them, our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. (John 11:11)
- The determinate counsel of God is to go and wake up
this our Lazarus, Europe, from the grave.
- Heaven had decided to raise the bones from the valley,
so they told Ezekiel, open your mouth and prophesy.
- From these words, it is evident that God is set and the
resurrection and the life wants to raise Lazarus. He groans and weeps as
we are groaning and weeping. He is always set and ready to do something.
- From all the Scriptures that the Lord has been speaking
to us for some years, the Lord is saying, “I am set to come and raise your
Lazarus.”
- Prophetic declarations of the Lord have gone forth
telling us that He is set to raise our Lazarus and be taught His word.
John 11: 25-26
“Jesus
said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me,
though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in
me shall never die. Believest thou this?”
Now,
Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met
him:
- Jesus came to the threshold of raising Lazarus and He
stood in one spot.
- What is hindering Him and making Him to stand in one
spot?
- One single woman’s self-life made God stand in one
spot.
- One woman’s life made the resurrection and the
life to stand still with all His power, all His might, unable to
do what He purposed to do.
- All of heaven’s purpose was hindered because of the
life of one single woman and Lazarus remained dead, rotting in the grave.
Prayer
Points
- Lord, don’t let me be the woman who will hinder the
resurrection and the life from doing what He intends to do.
- Any trace, any aspect of self-life, in me and in my
home, that will hinder Your coming to bring us out of our graves, Lord,
please have mercy, dig it out. Use circumstances to push it out, use my
brethren to correct me, use my disicplers to address it.
- Don’t let me be like Martha who refused the instruction
of grace from the mouth of Jesus Himself, yet she was busy here, there and
everywhere; busy, yet her busyness was a hindrance to the resurrection and
the life.
- Lord, like Mary, let me be the one that will make You
weep and groan and come quickly to the aid of this our brother Lazarus,
the European church and the people of Europe in the name of Jesus.
Europe
Church - This Little One, This Dead One, These Bones Shall Become a Thousand
“Therefore,
his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest
is sick.”
(John 11:3)
“Now
Jesus loved Martha,
and her sister, and Lazarus.” (John 3:5)
- When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also
weeping which came with her, He groaned in the spirit, and was
troubled. And said, where have ye laid
him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. Jesus wept. Then
said the Jews, behold how he loved him! (John
11:33-36)
- Jesus loves His church in Europe, the basis of His
determination to raise her again is love.
- This our brother Lazarus who was so sick. He died, was
buried, and has become all bones, as is the case of the European church,
the ‘beloved of the Lord’.
- Jesus loves His bride; our motivation must be love
poured into our hearts for Jesus’ church.
- This HeartCry must be borne out of love; must be
compelled out of the His love that took Him to Calvary.
- Not our personal holiness, righteousness, discipleship or prayers, even those said on this platform. No!
- Calvary must be the basis of our cry for the European church, our cry must be: Lord Him whom you love, him who you died for, him who you paid a great price for is not just sick, he is dead, buried, decomposed, and he is now mere bones, dried brittle bones.
Believest thou
this?” Yes, we believe!
“Jesus said unto her, I
am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were
dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never
die. Believest thou this?”
2 Corinthians 2:13
“We, having the same
spirit of faith, according as it is written, believed, and
therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;”
To believe means to
accept that (something) is true, especially without proof.
Prayer Points
“Prophesy upon these bones, and say
unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.” (Ezekiel 37:4)
- Prophesy unto
the dried-up bones of our European church; prophesy unto them.
- Our European church, hear the word of
the Lord, online, offline, on all forms of social media; let this bring
about heartfelt repentance and sorrow over sin.
- Our European church, hear the Mystery of the
Gospel and let Him swallow up the mystery of iniquity that has
ravaged you.
- Call forth our European church out of the various
graves that they are in.
- Our European church who are in the grave, the
resurrection and the life is here, come out, come forth in the name of
Jesus.
- Our European church, receive the breath of God, the life
of God, in the name of Jesus.
- Let there be a shaking, a noise in this valley of bones
called European church.
- Prophesy unto the bones; let them come to together bone
to bone - no mistake, no erroneous doctrine again, correct, full,
unadulterated gospel will bring the bones of our European church together
again.
- We prophesy, let flesh, sinew be put upon you again; let
seared consciences come alive again, let reprobate minds be quickened to
be able to judge between right and wrong again.
- We prophesy, fresh skin to cover your nakedness; let
shamefacedness, modesty, restrain, be restored in our European church.
- Dear Holy Spirit, please move, breath upon our European church, the breath of life; let our slain European church Live, in the name of Jesus.
Joel 2:7-11
“They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the
wall like men of war; and they shall march everyone on his ways, and they shall
not break their ranks: Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk
everyone in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be
wounded. They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they
shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a
thief. The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun
and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining: And the
Lord shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he
is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the Lord is great and very
terrible; and who can abide it?”
Let
our European Church arise as this great army that will not break their ranks,
that will usher in the revival, the coming of the Lord that we are waiting.
