tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45638483652605180662024-02-07T04:37:24.856-08:00Tom's TakeRead my thoughts as I travel throughout Texas and the regionTom Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02222871639963375285noreply@blogger.comBlogger361125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563848365260518066.post-39905137483087146252018-01-30T17:01:00.000-08:002018-01-31T11:24:10.685-08:00ROLAND CARL SCHLUETER<style>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;">1895 – 1966</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 14.0pt;">Thomas Schlueter*</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">I’m writing this blog as I return from celebrating the 100<sup>th</sup>
anniversary of the church that first served by my grandfather – Roland Carl
Schlueter.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">The year was 1895 and in the next several years the United States would
see under President McKinley, a war with Spain, which took place near its
southern shores. It would witness a treaty signed at Paris to end the war and a
treaty signed to acquire Puerto Rico. Hawaii would also be annexed and
Galveston, Texas would be devastated by a hurricane. President McKinley would
be later assassinated. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">The United States within this period of time would be going
through trying times, so would Fred Schlueter. Fred was a traveling
salesman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His suitcase, full of a wide
array of shoes and other needed implements, accompanied him as he traveled by
horse and buggy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Trains provided his
travel on longer journeys. But right now, it was not his business that was
bothering him, nor America‘s current events. He was focused on his wife Bertha,
who was about to give birth to a child. The day was September 16, 1895 and by
the end of it, Roland Carl Schlueter would be the newest child in Manitowoc, Wisconsin.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">Roland's life would be busy his first years. At the age of six, he
would start grammar school in Milwaukee and three years later he was enrolled
in school in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Two years later he finished his last three
years of grammar school in Madison, Wisconsin. The year was 1909.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Through those years of early schooling he
heard firsthand about the devastating earthquake of San Francisco, the
admittance of Oklahoma as a state, and the fabulous journey of Admiral Peary to
the North Pole.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">He was only fourteen years old when he ventured off to Clinton,
Iowa to enroll at Wartburg College and became a member of the Quinta class,
which offered training in music. He also was actively involved in sports and
served as captain and catcher of the baseball team.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was adept at both violin and trombone and
held a prominent position in the musical organizations and swung the baton for
the "College Sextette” for several years. He gained great popularity among
the students and was elected as student monitor in his senior year at Wartburg.
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">Prior to his graduation in 1914, he answered God's call into
service. After receiving his Bachelor of Arts in June of that year, he headed
out for Dubuque, Iowa and Wartburg Seminary to study in theology. The
enrollment at Wartburg was about thirty students but the curriculum was
disciplined and tough.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While he was
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Testament and
Old Testament exegesis, history of </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">philosophy, church history, homiletics, liturgy, and other pastoral courses. Four
professors were on staff. They were M. Fritchel, M. Reu; George Fritchel and
G.J. Zeilinger. Between these four professors, all the courses, about
twenty-five, were taught.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was not odd
that in one year all your courses were taught by the same professor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This happened for Roland during his senior
year at Wartburg. The seminary, being located in the heart of land
occupied by German immigrants of English courses for those who spoke only
German. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">During
his stay at Wartburg, the campus itself went under change and the present
buildings on the main campus were dedicated in 1916, during his third and last
year on campus. Travel was still mostly by horse, horse and wagon or horse and
buggy and the overall layout of the campus included a large wagon turn, not a parking
lot. The requirements for getting into seminary were not strict or very formal.
The only admission information that was received from him was a single piece of
paper with handwritten information on it. It informed the seminary when and
where he was born, the name of his parents and where and when he went to
school. The total cost of seminary was one hundred dollars per year or three
hundred dollars total, unless it was decided that the student was in need, or
very scholarly, and eligible for a scholarship. According to records, Roland
was charged only one hundred and fifty dollars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Nothing was noted in his records to why he had to pay only half.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">On June 10, 1917, he received an official call into Pastoral
ministry from President Theodor Bogisch in San Antonio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On July 29, 1917 at St. John’s Lutheran
Church in Madison, Wisconsin, Roland Carl Schlueter, at the age of twenty-one,
was ordained into pastoral ministry by Rev. O.J. Wilke. For the next forty-nine
years, he would faithfully serve the Lord and His churches. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">TEXAS</span></span></div>
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month after he was ordained, Rev. Schlueter headed south and was installed as a
missionary pastor at a multiple-point parish in the high plains of the Texas
Panhandle. He would receive an annual salary of $600. His violin, purchased in
Madison, Wisconsin, as well as a Rand McNally Pocket Atlas of Texas also made the
trip. Away from the farmlands, forests and lakes</span><br />
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also the girl he loved, Roland would spend the first year of service helping
small parishes get started on strong foundations. The towns listed on his
Letter of Call were Lubbock, Slaton, Tahoka, Post and Wilson, Texas. He was
stationed out of Slaton/Posey<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;"> at Immanuel Lutheran Church, which had been organized as a
congregation on May 16, 1915, and he was installed as their first resident
pastor. Rev. A.L.E. Weber was there previous to Roland. Pastor Weber must have
been a large man for even Roland, at nearly six feet tall, was classified as
"Der Kleine Pastor,” compared to “Der Grosse Pastor Weber.” The church met
in private homes from 1915 until <span style="color: black;">1920.</span></span><br />
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in his short year and one month in the Panhandle, he became a well-loved pastor
who dearly loved his people. A story regarding his time in the area
shared that he was always seen on a bicycle with a Bible and a shotgun – the
latter was protection from snakes and varmints. From Slaton, he would
start making monthly trips to Wilson, which was about fifteen miles away, and
under his guidance a congregation was formally</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">organized
for the Wilson Christian Lutherans on January 29, 1918 with seven charter
members. Deep gratitude for his service was granted him when he returned for
the 35<sup>th</sup> anniversary of the Lutheran churches in that area of Texas.
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Roland
was now faced with a major decision. A larger church, First Lutheran, of
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showed interest in calling Roland to serve as their
pastor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the same time, Zion Lutheran
Church in Superior, Wisconsin was asking him to serve them. The question here
is if his future wife had any influence on his decision? On November 12, 1919,
he married Anna Herbener in Mayville, Wisconsin.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her father, Konrad Herbener, performed the
ceremony. Roland had already served five months at Zion Lutheran.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At Superior, two building programs were in
effect. At the church, renovations had begun on the building complex such as
redoing the basement. Membership grew, and the membership loved their pastor.
Anna was also showing her talents with singing, playing the organ and teaching.
The other building project was “in” the parsonage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first stage took place on August 20, 1920
and her name was Margarete.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The second
stage took place on September 4, 1921 when Arnold Earl was born. Ruth came on
January 21, 1924. So, by the time his years at Superior had ended in May of
1924, Roland and Anna had a son and two daughters. In that month of May, Roland
received a new pastoral call to Dr. Martin Luther Church in Oconomowoc,
Wisconsin where he would serve eight years and where their last child, Eleanor,
was born on October 5, 1930. Oconomowoc must </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">have been dear to his heart
for here is where</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">he returned in retirement. The lakes, the fishing, and </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">b</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">owling
were his pastime away from the parish. Building programs also went on here and
by the time</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">he left in 1932 he had again gained the heart of his people, especially
the youth.</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">
</span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">While be we there he became heavily involved in the</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">Luther League,
both locally and statewide. He was editor for some time for</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">the
Lutheran Herald of the Luther League Department. He loved kids</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">and they
were probably his greatest joy-giver. </span></span></div>
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Lutheran Church. Pastor Schlueter would be in leadership at Waverly, Iowa for eleven
years and during those years he was tested much in regard to whom was his
master - man or God? While he has at St. John's he was classified as a young
energetic pastor with deep love and concern for the young people. He was associated,
starting here, with the Bible Camps in Iowa and greatly so. He was very,
dedicated to his members and was deeply appreciated for his interest in
education. Each week he would venture off to the public schools to talk to students
about religion and Christianity. During his stay at Waverly an educational unit
was added on and dedicated at St. Paul‘s. It should be said in review of his work
and leadership at Waverly, that he was a strong influence on the youth and education
of Iowa. But what about those tests of leadership?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">During his years in Waverly, he was faced with the difficulty of
answering to certain higher-class members of his congregation. They felt since
they were among the upper class of education and wealth that they should have
more from their pastor than those lacking position and gifting. They confronted
him with their demands. His answer came through his preaching and teaching
which was without compromise.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was a
pastor and preacher to all the people and even under the pressure of forced
resignation, he continued faithful to the Word of God and preached it equally
to what he considered and equal people in need.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>His honesty, love and concern paid off with blessings and a deep love
from the congregation. In the deepest regrets, St. Paul’s released him when he
received a call from St. Paul Lutheran Church in Monona, Iowa.</span></span></div>
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nineteen years he served faithfully the congregation at Monona, and while there
he went through many trials, hurts, and joys. He came to Monona during World
War II and he quickly faced a family crisis. His oldest daughter married Myron Dettmann
and almost immediately Myron was off to the war in Germany. His son, Arnold, was
now in his first year at Wartburg Seminary following his father's footsteps.
Roland ad Anna were seeing their family grow up and leave the fold of a close
family relationship. In 1945, Arnold, on the same day in May, was ordained a
Lutheran minister and married to Helen Dettmann, Myron's sister. Arnold
immediately left for Moville, Iowa to start serving his first parish. Myron
returned from war safe and sound. Margarete and he had two daughters before she
died suddenly in 1950. Roland was in Texas at the time celebrating an
anniversary with one of his first churches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was actually on a tour of Carlsbad Cavern in nearby New Mexico when he
learned of Margarete’s death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When he
finally received the news, because there were only two phones in Slaton, Texas,
it took him seemingly forever to return to Iowa. Bad weather threatened the
plane flight home. After his return, Myron and the two girls moved in with
Roland and Anna.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They would stay with
them until Roland’s retirement.</span></span></div>
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faith. Items came up during his years in Monona such as the Right for Women to
vote in church. Since he had experienced this in Waverly with approval, he was
easily in favor of this and in 1952 it was passed. In the same year the church
building was struck by lightning causing thousands of dollars of damage. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">Mrs. Julie Dettmann Kurth, my cousin, wrote the following about
him: “</span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">He
was Pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran in Monona for 19 years. His memory isn't far
from my mind these days. He was an important part of my growing up, and I, as
many others were always under his watchful eye. My memory of him is his dark hair,
his humor and teasing, his beautiful singing voice, his bow ties, his powerful
sermons, his strong serious voice and strict ways and opinions. He walked with
God all of his life and his faith was strong and unwavering. He had a love for
books, music and teaching like many of his family members…He spent many of his
short retirement years fishing on his lake.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">Also, in
1952, Roland heard the news that the author of this blog, a grandson, was born
in Sioux City, Iowa, and from this point on my personal experience will enter
into the story. In 1955, when our family had moved to Monticello, Iowa, I had
the opportunity for seven years to grow to deeply love my grandfather. He truly
had a deep love for his congregations and his family. I have many treasured
memories of our adventures in the parsonage at Monona.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We would go out of town to the Monona Farm
where my mom’s family all lived. I was staring Fourth Grade when we moved to
the Gulf Coast of Texas when my dad started serving a congregation in
Dickinson, Texas. My memory of his love for people came to the surface when a member
of my dad’s congregation mentioned to me that it was my grandfather's inspiring
sermon which he gave on one visit South, which brought her and many friends
into the congregation’s membership. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">I remember our laughs when a young child thought my dad was Jesus
and so when Grandpa entered the room – he was God. He showed a deepest of love for
all the people he met.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My greatest
treasured memory comes in two parts – separated by many years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Grandpa loved hymns and would often go to the
church to play the organ and sing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would
join him and our favorite hymn was <u>Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise</u>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could stand right next to him and sing as
loud as possible and my voice was drowned out by his deep baritone voice. Years
later, as I was preparing to enter the pulpit and preach at a congregation I
served in Abilene, Texas, we were singing that same hymn.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remember tears of fond memories in my eyes,
but then I felt the tight grip of a hand gripping mine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I turned to see no one but knew immediately
that a certain saint was encouraging me. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">“Therefore we also,
since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside
every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">us,</span> and let us run with endurance the race that is set before
us, looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">our</span> faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the
cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of
God” (Hebrews 12:1-2).</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">Even when he finally retired back to Oconomowoc in 1962, he spent
every week for his last four years in the Lord's service. He preached almost
every Sunday in churches up to a day’s journey from home. He would spend a week
up to six months at churches with no full-time pastor. He truly and deeply loved
the Lord and all His children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He passed
into glory on May 13, 1966.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I praise the
Lord for the accomplishments, the influence, the faith and the love of my
grandfather. It was his note in a greeting card on the day I confirmed my faith
in Jesus that set the stage for my lifetime service to God. He simply
encouraged me with:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 11.0pt;">“</span></i><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, </span></i></span><span class="woj"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven
and on earth.</span></i></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i></span><span class="woj"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Go therefore and make disciples of all the
nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the
Holy Spirit,</span></i></span><span class="text"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span></i></span><span class="woj"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">teaching them to observe all things that I
have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">even</span> to the end of the age.’ Amen” (Matthew 28:18-20).</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="woj"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">*This was first
written for Dr. Bernard Holm as an assignment for Church History at Wartburg
Theological Seminary on May 7, 1975.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
was updated on January 30, 2018 after attending the 100<sup>th</sup>
anniversary of St. John Lutheran Church in Wilson, Texas.</span></i></span></span><br />
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Back in July on the 4th of Av, I wrote a blog. You can reread it here: <a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4563848365260518066#editor/target=post;postID=352218636229624687;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=1;src=postname"><span style="color: blue;">4th of Av</span></a></span></span></div>
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4th of Av was the day that Nehemiah's work began on rebuilding the gates and
walls of Jerusalem. The very first gate mentioned is the sheep gate. It was
called the sheep gate because this was the gate which the sheep and lambs used
in the sacrifice were brought through to the temple. The sheep gate is
not mentioned anywhere else in the Scriptures. It was constructed by the
High Priest Eliashib. But this same high priest gave quarters in the
House of God to the very man who was a part of the trio of enemies that sought
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At our TXAPN Leadership retreat, the Lord declared an assignment to open the
East (Sheep) Gate of our nation. It was to be done by a new contingency of
Priests and Kings. In obedience to that revelation, I joined Jon and Jolene
Hamill and Chris Mitchell on August 18, 2017 at Cape Henry near Virginia Beach.
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Henry was named on April 26,1607 in honor of Henry Frederick Stuart, the elder
of two sons of King James I of England. An expedition headed by Captain
Christopher Newport took a long voyage of 144 days from England. Cape
Henry was their first landfall, an event which has come to be called "The
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Soon after this landing the English colonists erected a wooden cross and gave
thanks for a successful crossing to a new land. In the First Charter of
Virginia, King James I devoted parcels of land <b>for the purpose of spreading
the Christian religion</b>. The Charter reads in part: "We are greatly
commending, and graciously accepting of, their Desires for the Furtherance of
so noble a Work, which may, by the Providence of Almighty God, hereafter tend
to the Glory of his Divine Majesty, in propagating of Christian Religion to
such People, as yet live in Darkness and miserable Ignorance..." Captain
Newport, with his three ships, Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery,
and the group of 104 men and boys, subsequently explored inland and established
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</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , serif; text-decoration: none;"></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">This is the
SHEEP GATE of our Nation! The reopening and dedicating of this East Gate needed
to be done as a true priestly act. We shared Communion and declared the canopy
of God over the nation. Many times in carrying out an initiative we
witness a prophetic sign. As we finished this assignment, we heard the
sound of navy jets over us and saw a cluster of 12 Navy jets in
formation. I've never seen more than six in formation, but this was 12
(apostolic and governmental), and the formation flew over us twice. We
were still shouting out praise when an eagle joined the heavenly procession.</span></span></div>
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Jamestown. Kay and I had been here before, but because
of time constraints, we were not able to go to the actual site. We
stopped only at the visitor center. That was in 2012. This time I
walked to the actual site along the river. When I arrived, I discovered
that in 2015, researchers had uncovered (excavated) the first Church - over
four hundred years after it was established. I walked and prayed over the
marked off boundaries of the church. At one end, there were four crosses.
To my surprise, one of those graves was Rev. Robert Hunt's grave.</span>
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was the one who planted that cross in the beach. He performed the first
communion on this land called America. He performed the first
wedding. The first wedding canopy and the first act of covenant -
communion and matrimony took place here - AND IT </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif;">WAS UNCOVERED. Shortly
after visiting the site, I returned to the visitor center and as I entered the
gift shop, the first book I saw (which was newly published) was entitled <u>Holy
Ground</u>. </span></span></div>
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you to this past weekend (December 14-16, 2017). I was honored to attend
Revolution 2017 - a gathering in Washington D.C. hosted by Jon and Jolene
Hamill. Speakers at the gathering included Dutch Sheets, Cindy Jacobs and
Faisal Malick. The overall message of this gathering was to proclaim, in
this year 5778, the gates opened and the bridal canopy of the Lord's glory
extended over our nation. We met in the newly opened and dedicated Museum
of the Bible which has been prophetically declared the Ark of the Covenant in
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I worshiped, the Lord drew my heart back to Cape Henry and He declared to me -
the Church (ecclesia) is UNCOVERED AND EMERGING! Watch now as My KINGDOM
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all heard of the 9th of Av (Tish'a B'av), which is a day of curses that was
brought about by the refusal of the people of Israel to enter into the land of
promise after hearing the "bad" report of the ten spies. They
rebelled against God and decided that they would return to Egypt - the place of
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<span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><b>But
today (July 27) is the 4th of Av. </b><i>“Then Eliashib the high priest rose up
with his brothers, the priests, and they built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated
it and set its doors. They consecrated it as far as the Tower of the Hundred,
as far as the Tower of Hananel” (Nehemiah 3:1). </i>Today is the day that
Nehemiah's work begins on rebuilding the gates and walls of Jerusalem. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">The very first gate mentioned is the sheep gate. It
was called the sheep gate because this was the gate which the sheep and lambs
used in the sacrifice were bought through. The sheep gate is not
mentioned anywhere else in the Scriptures. It was constructed by the High
Priest Eliashib. </span><br />
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that day they read aloud from the book of Moses in the hearing of the people;
and there was found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter
the assembly of God,</span></i></span><i><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"> <span class="text">because they did not
meet the sons of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to
curse them. However, our God turned the curse into a blessing.</span> <span class="text">So when they heard the law, they excluded all foreigners from
Israel.<sup> </sup>Now prior to this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed
over the chambers of the house of our God, being related to Tobiah,</span> <span class="text">had prepared a large room for him, where formerly they put the grain
offerings, the frankincense, the utensils and the tithes of grain, wine and oil
prescribed for the Levites, the singers and the gatekeepers, and the
contributions for the priests.</span> <span class="text">But during all this time
I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of
Babylon I had gone to the king. After some time, however, I asked leave from
the king,</span> <span class="text">and I came to Jerusalem and learned about the
evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, by preparing a room for him in the
courts of the house of God.</span> <span class="text">It was very displeasing to
me, so I threw all of Tobiah’s household goods out of the room.</span> <span class="text">Then I gave an order and they cleansed the rooms; and I returned
there the utensils of the house of God with the grain offerings and the
frankincense" (Nehemiah 13:1-9).</span></span></i><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span><br />
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high priest gave quarters in the House of God to the very man who was a part of
the trio of enemies that sought to destroy Nehemiah's plans.</span></span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span><br />
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Lord has been strongly revealing to me that a new gate is needed. On this
morning's prayer call with the Texas Apostolic Prayer Network, He prompted me
to declare that this new spiritual gate in our nation needed to be erected as a
prophetic act from the Prophet State of Texas. This sheep gate which
represents a place of entry and preparation of sacrificial lambs, needs to be
constructed with the pure hearts of the Lord's priests. It can no longer
be an entry point for those who have designs of evil. </span></span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span><br />
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<span class="text"><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">This
is a gate meant for redemption. I have no Biblical proof, but I do have a
strong sensing in my spirit, that Jesus, the Lamb of God, was brought through
this gate when He was transported from Caiaphas' house to the Roman fortress. </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">The sheep gate then speaks to us of the cross and the
sacrifice that was made for our sins. It is the starting point of everything!
Lord, let this gate be erected today, on the 4th of Av, as a sign of God's
desire to release redemption, life, hope and reformation into the nation.
As a Prophet State, we declare that the King of Glory, the Lamb of God, will
come in. Who is this King Glory - the Lord - strong and mighty.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Years ago I wrote the following declaration. Let
it be declared again today!</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">OPEN THE GATES</span></b><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">“Lift up your heads, O you gates!</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">And be lifted up, you everlasting doors!</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">And the King of glory shall come in.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Who is this King of glory?</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">The LORD strong and mighty,</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">The LORD mighty in battle.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Lift up your heads, O you gates!</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Lift up, you everlasting doors!</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">And the King of glory shall come in.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Who is this King of glory?</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">The LORD of hosts,</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">He is the King of glory” (Psalm 24:7-10).</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Rejoice in the Lord! It is the day of new
beginnings. The gates are open. </span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">I decree as a keeper of keys that the gates are open to the
King of Glory.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">I decree the opening of the gates of minds and hearts to
the kingdom of our God.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">I decree the opening of our minds and hearts to the wisdom
and revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Be opened to the Spirit of the living God – the Holy One.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Be opened to salvation, life, hope, peace and joy in the
Holy Spirit.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Let the waves of the Lord’s love and mercy be released into
each of us.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">I decree the opening of our homes and businesses to the
King of Glory.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">I decree the opening of the gates of our cities to the King
of Righteousness.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Join me in flinging wide the gates of Arlington, Texas or <b>wherever
</b>you live.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">We invite the Lord of hosts!</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">We invite the fullness of His kingdom and His will to be
manifested in our midst.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">I decree the opening of the gates of Texas.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">I remind the Lord of the places where we stood before Him
and welcomed Him.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">I decree the shores of the Gulf Coast open.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">I decree the mountains of West Texas open.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">I decree the sprawling lands of the Valley and the high
plains of the Panhandle open.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">I decree the Piney Woods and the Rolling Plains open.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">I decree the farmlands of central Texas and the Hill Country
open.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">I decree the rivers open to the King of Glory.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">I decree the cities and towns to be open to the King.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">I decree the government, the educational systems, the
families, the media, the arts and entertainment arenas, the businesses and the
churches of Texas open to</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">the Lord God Almighty – the everlasting One.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">I take the keys of the kingdom and open Texas and our
surrounding covenant States </span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">to the presence of King Jesus.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">His kingdom come, His will be done on earth as it is in
heaven.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">I decree the blowing of His wind across the land. </span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">I decree the river of God to rise.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">I decree the floodgates of heaven to open.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">I decree the structures opposed to the Kingdom of God to
crumble and fall in the name of Jesus!</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">On this day, I cry to the Lord of heaven and earth
and </span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">decree open the gates of Washington DC and the United
States.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Let the gates of righteousness and of God’s kingdom be
opened in the Spirit.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Flood the land, O Lord, with Your presence.</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">The King of Glory shall come in!</span><span style="font-family: "american typewriter" , serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"></span></div>
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Tom Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02222871639963375285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563848365260518066.post-58609858956059124672016-11-03T07:43:00.001-07:002016-11-03T07:43:37.976-07:00The Cubs Win - A Prophetic Picture<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjggAGeOVuvWKQ-PYrUsfJyYHJS55Tj6gmjH1jB9G09z4_HFnNxztr5rNgvn25mipOBnOjeck2Hbv1vrFSuRVUl2GU3INPrgfzah4Yczo7ecL_PIkQH6W5EBRDFKUWLY-vYMsy3D-1fGk0/s1600/IMG_5874.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjggAGeOVuvWKQ-PYrUsfJyYHJS55Tj6gmjH1jB9G09z4_HFnNxztr5rNgvn25mipOBnOjeck2Hbv1vrFSuRVUl2GU3INPrgfzah4Yczo7ecL_PIkQH6W5EBRDFKUWLY-vYMsy3D-1fGk0/s200/IMG_5874.JPG" width="150" /></a>Before moving to Texas in 1961 (immediately after Hurricane Carla had ravaged Galveston), I lived in Northeast Iowa and like my dad, I rooted for the only team that counted - the Chicago Cubs. I treasure the baseball signed by Ernie Banks. I was thrilled, while attending a church conference in 1985 to attend a Cubs game in Wrigley. I've been one of those that "always pulled" for the Cubs through the worst of years.<br />
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In 1945, my mom and dad were married. They remember that last pennant won by the team. In a previous blog entitled <a href="http://tomschlueter.blogspot.com/2016/11/two-visitations.html">Two Visitations</a> I wrote the following:<br />
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main part of what I'm sharing will actually refer to the reference
regarding a whirlwind or hurricane at the end of the visitation. I
believe it confirms and ties together with Chuck Pierce's word regarding
the wind being released now that has been held in heaven for the last
eight years. <br /><br />I also referred to a word that he gave to me
earlier this year: "I am bringing my people out of Babylon." We are
entering the season of restoration, victory and celebration. Last night,
I believe that we saw another indicator of this victory and of the wind
when the Chicago Cubs won their first pennant after a 71 year wait. The
exiles started returning from Babylon after the 70th year. There were
tremendous celebrations and restored hope in the faces of the players
and fans as they won last night in Chicago, the Windy City.</span></span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">And those celebrations were nothing compared to those last night as the Cubs broke a 108 year</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> drought (with a rain delay) by winning the World Series with a double (portion) in the tenth (testimony) </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">inning
of the seventh (complete) game of the series. They turned around a
certain defeat (in a turn around year) by winning three games (a
three-fold cord) in a row. Ben Zobrist, the most valuable player and a
devout follower of Jesus hit that double in the tenth which led to the
victory. He graduated from Dallas Baptist in the prophet state of Texas
where the Lord has declared for this new year that it is a time to
"Awake, Emerge and Plunder." By the way, don't miss the gathering
(called by the same name) in San Marcos, Texas on November 11-12, 2016. Go to the <a href="http://gloryofzion.org/events/awakenemerge2016/index.php">Glory of Zion website</a> for more info. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Cubs roared back like a hurricane. Victory was achieved. Celebrations are in order, and just in case you missed it - I'm really talking about the Kingdom of God. Let the winds blow!</span></span></div>
Tom Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02222871639963375285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563848365260518066.post-66152719852983109302016-11-02T07:35:00.001-07:002016-11-02T07:35:17.348-07:00A Prophetic First Fruits Weekend<b>Don't forget this word given by the Lord!</b><br />
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I not declared it and therefore is it not so that Prince of Peace House of Prayer is a
key. I hold this key in My hands and in this very hour I am using it to
open up the doors of the courts in order that my decrees and plans can
and will be released in earth. Do not take this lightly for I have asked
others to do this but they did not hear me or they refused my offer.
You have not and therefore know, that this day, I am turning you in my
hand and the door is opening.</i><br />
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This Friday (November 4) will be our monthly First Fruits worship service here at Prince of Peace House of Prayer. This morning, during prayers with intercessors across the State of Texas, I heard the Lord declare that "This weekend would be a First Fruits offering for the State of Texas and the Nation." <br />
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We will meet at 7 PM, Friday evening, November 4. We will celebrate our entrance into the month of Cheshvan. Cheshvan is the eighth month of the Jewish calendar and linked with the tribe of Manasseh. <i> </i><br />
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<i>“Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: “For God has made me forget all my toil and all my father’s house” (Genesis 41:51).</i><br />
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Manasseh means “causing to forget.” I believe the Lord is causing us to look back over the last year and allowing Him to flood us with His grace, strength and love. We will forget the turmoil, the pain, the division, the rhetoric and the "flood of anger, fear and uncertainty" that we have felt regarding terrorism, the economy, racial unrest, the elections, etc. This month marks not only the beginning month but the ending month of the Great Flood. GOD WILL CROWN THIS YEAR with His love.<br />
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Allow the fragrance and strength of God to permeate your soulish nature. This is a month to smell the awe of God and a month when the fragrance of the Holy Spirit begins to emanate so a move of the Holy Spirit can begin. <br />
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Isn't it interesting, as the Lord was pointing out to me this morning, that He is preparing in this house<br />
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(which is a key in His hand) a First Fruit offering for the State and Nation. Two ministries are coming this weekend of First Fruits. Both of them approached us to be here this weekend. <br />
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Secondly, <b>Arthur Burk</b> of Sapphire Leadership Group contacted us and asked if they could present a seminar on "How to be a Noble <span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span></span></span><br />
Subject when Your Government is Dysfunctional." The Lord is mantling us, not only with His love, but with His nobility. We are citizens of heaven. We are kings and priests of His kingdom. The Lord declared this to me in my previous blog: <br />
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linger. Don't wait. We have a great adventure ahead of us. I'm taking
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">you've never been. I'm walking with you into the great
season of your life. Don't be afraid to let go of some things that you
cherish. They have prepared you for this journey, but come on - let's
walk!"<br /><br />As I walked I saw a whole new set of armor placed on me. I
don't know how to describe it. It is brilliant in color. It glows as
crystal but looks pure like gold. It is strong and impenetrable. <br /><br />He
said, "Wherever you walk you will strengthen the land. You will release
light into the atmosphere no matter how dark. There is a troop with
you. You are not alone. They are armored as you are for that has been
your desire. We walk together. My kingdom is here. My will is done."</span></span></blockquote>
We are loved. We are mantled with nobility. Let us walk with God! He's turning us like a key in His hand to unlock the destiny of a state and nation.Tom Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02222871639963375285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563848365260518066.post-75089453559207730052016-11-01T11:49:00.001-07:002016-11-01T11:49:54.356-07:00Two Visitations<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The following experiences or visitations took place as I was on the flight back from Washington DC at All Tribes DC on October 21, 2016 and at the Heartland Apostolic Prayer Network (HAPN) gathering in Oklahoma on October 25-29, 2016.<br /><br />The first part refers back to a pair of dreams that I had had almost 20 years ago where the Lord made it clear that I was running ahead of him and moving in my own strategies. The time has changed. <br /><br />The main part of what I'm sharing will actually refer to the reference regarding a whirlwind or hurricane at the end of the visitation. I believe it confirms and ties together with Chuck Pierce's word regarding the wind being released now that has been held in heaven for the last eight years. <br /><br />I also referred to a word that he gave to me earlier this year: "I am bringing my people out of Babylon." We are entering the season of restoration, victory and celebration. Last night, I believe that we saw another indicator of this victory and of the wind when the Chicago Cubs won their first pennant after a 71 year wait. The exiles started returning from Babylon after the 70th year. There were tremendous celebrations and restored hope in the faces of the players and fans as they won last night in Chicago, the Windy City.<br /><br /><b>With Jesus (October 21, 2016) at 33,000 feet.</b><br />It's been a long time but I'm walking with Jesus on the seashore of Galilee. We've been here before. I remember him stopping as I walked on. He was stooping down and picking up rocks- challenging me to come back to Him rather than journeying on alone.<br /><br />But this time I was the one who stopped. I was wanting to linger. I was wanting to toss rocks in the water, but He was walking ahead. He turned to me and beckoned me to follow. <br /><br />"Don't linger. Don't wait. We have a great adventure ahead of us. I'm taking you to places you've never been. I'm walking with you into the great season of your life. Don't be afraid to let go of some things that you cherish. They have prepared you for this journey, but come on - let's walk!"<br /><br />As I walked I saw a whole new set of armor placed on me. I don't know how to describe it. It is brilliant in color. It glows as crystal but looks pure like gold. It is strong and impenetrable. <br /><br />He said, "Wherever you walk you will strengthen the land. You will release light into the atmosphere no matter how dark. There is a troop with you. You are not alone. They are armored as you are for that has been your desire. We walk together. My kingdom is here. My will is done."<br /><br />He is embracing me and all of His life force is encompassing me. Not only am I feeling strength, passion and newness but all infirmity is melting away. I breath it out from me. I speak it into the atmosphere. Holy. Beautiful. Whole. I'm to commune with Him. <br /><br />I communed on the plane by eating cookies. Beautiful food. "Taste and see that the Lord is good (beautiful)." “Taste and see that the LORD is good. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him! Fear the LORD, you his godly people, for those who fear him will have all they need. Even strong young lions sometimes go hungry, but those who trust in the LORD will lack no good thing.” Psalm 34:8-10 NLT<br /><br />I drank red wine which the flight attendant gave to me with no cost. "Come and eat. Come and drink with no cost." ““Is anyone thirsty? Come and drink— even if you have no money! Come, take your choice of wine or milk— it’s all free!” Isaiah 55:1 NLT<br /> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As I ate and drank I felt impurities leaving me. It is His body. It is His blood. He strengthens and cleanses me. <br /><br />As we walk on in the visitation, we go up an incline as though on steps but there is no exertion on my part. With each step I feel more strength. I briefly look nostalgically behind me. He smiles at me knowing that was is behind me has disappeared. Not gone for it has set the stage, but disappeared for it no longer is my story. The story is being written as we walk. A new chapter with each step. Each step is a victory. <br /><br />Each step I feel something hitting me. It seems as though they are arrows or spears, but they do not prosper against me. I see trials and turbulence around me but it vanishes as Jesus and I and the troop walk on. <br /><br />He declares, "Every step you take is a possession of the Kingdom being taken away from the enemy." <br /><br />I notice for the first time that we are surrounded by a host of angel warriors. They have always been there and they will walk with us. We are together like a whirlwind, a hurricane of God's glory and presence moving across the land. <br /><br />I realized that I'm sitting in Row 12 (Governmental) Seat A (Apostolic) on Flight 2237. <br /><br /><i>“You have made a wide path for my feet to keep them from slipping.” (2 Samuel 22:37 NLT)<br /><br />“Jesus replied, “‘You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’” (Matthew 22:37 NLT)<br /><br />“For the time has come for this prophecy about me to be fulfilled: ‘He was counted among the rebels.’ Yes, everything written about me by the prophets will come true.”” (Luke 22:37 NLT)</i><br /><br />This is overwhelming! O Lord Jesus! What was so amazing about this time with him was this. We walked together. We grasped each other's hand. I felt his arm around me. Thank you Jesus. I love you!<br /><br />Later as I revisited this visitation I realized that we were in the eye of the storm and literally, with Jesus, a part of the storm. The wind and we are as one. <br /><br />Tom Schlueter <br /><br />Here is Chucks' word:<br /><br />"For the last eight years I have been blowing winds in the heavens. Winds have been stirring and stirring and stirring in My heavens. But now those winds are released to come into the earth realm. What has been stirring in Heaven will now blow in the earth. Brace yourself! Brace yourself! Brace yourself! Brace yourself! For the winds that will now blow are the winds I’ve been holding back over the last eight years. Because I’ve been holding them back and you’ve been asking for them to blow earlier, NOW I will release them. I am acting on how you have sought Me in the last eight years. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br />"These winds will begin to gather an army of those that have been faithful and those that will now gather into a place they didn’t even know they belonged. The winds of adversity will now produce an army (of whom) people will say, ‘It is the LORD’s army that has changed the course of history!’ Tonight, and beginning this week, you will be bringing the turning point winds into the earth and rearranging the course of what is to become. Nations will begin now in their realignment with other nations, but I will blow off the façade that has been holding you captive. Because you have gathered here in this turning point state, now the turning point winds will come. What I’ve held back for eight years, I must now release. What goes on through May (as you begin to honor Me, and walk with Me, and gather with Me) will create a nation that has been covered over by the enemy’s hand. The winds that now blow in the earth will cause the hand of the enemy that has been controlling the movement of strategy in the earth in this nation to be seen. No longer will the enemy have an upper hand in this land!" Blessings, Chuck D. Pierce</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">While at HAPN he visited me again. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">October 28, 2016</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">In his book, <u>Beautiful Outlaw</u>, John Eldridge asked what motive
or word would you use to describe Jesus. The first word that came to my heart was "diamond." The Lord told me that He has many facets. Beauty.
Brilliance. Each brings a new view or reflection of who He is. The diamond
reflects love but also the sharpness to cut class. At that I realized that the
armor, which I could not describe, in my first visitation was made of diamond. We are armored with Him.</span></span></div>
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Here's a great article (link) by Dutch Sheets regarding the election.<br />
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<a data-mce-href="http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=21ae4b9aa9f11e4a8320b5ed6&id=2edd7fc2be&e=830f210180" href="http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=21ae4b9aa9f11e4a8320b5ed6&id=2edd7fc2be&e=830f210180">http://us5.campaign-archive2.com/?u=21ae4b9aa9f11e4a8320b5ed6&id=2edd7fc2be&e=830f210180</a>Tom Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02222871639963375285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563848365260518066.post-78563849886111243482015-10-14T14:00:00.001-07:002015-10-15T15:10:03.527-07:00Righteous Heaven Approved the Solemn AppealAlmost a year ago on October 24, 2014, I posted a blog regarding an "Appeal to Heaven." You can read it again at this link: <a href="http://tomschlueter.blogspot.com/2014/10/an-appeal-to-heaven.html">Appeal to Heaven</a><br />
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Last week as we were finishing up our vacation in New England, Kay and I journeyed to the site of the "first shots" of the American revolution at Lexington and Concord. One of the places I desired to visit was the Hancock-Clarke Home in Lexington. Most people bypass this significant location in Lexington.<br />
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Clarke graduated from Harvard College in 1752 and became the third <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-hudson_3-0"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Clarke#cite_note-hudson-3"> </a></sup>pastor of the Church of Christ in Lexington, Massachusetts on May 19, 1755. He married Lucy Bowes. His wife's cousin was John Hancock. This home was first owned by Hancock's grandfather, the Rev. John Hancock Sr. The Clarke home was the destination of Paul Revere's
ride on April 18, 1775 since Samuel Adams and John Hancock were staying with Rev Clarke. These men were sought after by the British.<br />
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As my wife Kay and I walked through the home, there was a strong sense of God's presence. It was a home that was filled with the Lord and a family of twelve children. That residue lingered in the rooms. A close examination of the flag on the flagpole out front will reveal what is called the Massachusetts Tree Flag. It was designed after the "Appeal to Heaven" flag with an evergreen tree in the top left field of white.<br />
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When we journeyed a few blocks away to Lexington Green where the first shots of the revolution were fired, we read the inscription on the monument dedicated to those who fell that day.<br />
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This is the entire inscription on the monument on the Lexington
Green. After further research I discovered that the inscription was written by the Rev. Jonas Clarke, the predominant voice of
liberty in Lexington. It was written 24 years after that day in Lexington and 16 years after the end of the war. Please note the <span style="color: blue;"><b>"highlighted"</b></span> phrase!<br />
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Sacred to Liberty & the Rights of mankind!!! </div>
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The Freedom &
Independence of America, Sealed & defended with the blood of her
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This Monument is erected </div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show">Ensign ROBERT MUNROE, and Messrs. JONAS PARKER, SAMUEL HADLEY,
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HARRINGTON, JR., ISAAC MUZZY, CALEB HARRINGTON AND JOHN BROWN,
Of Lexington and ASAHEL PORTER of Woburn,</span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show">Who fell on this field, the
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morning of the ever memorable Nineteenth of April, An. Dom. 1775,</span></div>
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their Country</span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show">Was the Cement of the Union of these States, then Colonies,
and gave the spring to the Spirit, Firmness And Resolution of their
Fellow Citizens,</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><span class="text_exposed_show">Righteous Heaven Approved the Solemn Appeal </span></b></span></div>
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<span class="text_exposed_show">The Spirit of the Lord moved over me as I read the inscription again: "Righteous Heaven Approved the Solemn Appeal." I called my wife Kay over to the monument to read it. As she did, she declared to me: "Do you see what's next to it?"</span></div>
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<b>A couple of years ago, while at Glory of Zion, the Lord had me pick up (randomly) a painting of the tribes (they were given as offering gifts). My tribe was Gad (honestly I was hoping for Judah or Issachar). But as I turned it over and read the description, my heart leapt.</b><br /><br /><i><b>The Tribe of Gad</b><br /> </i><br />
<i>Gad was the seventh son of Jacob and Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid. Gad means 'troop/soldier" or "good fortune." Mazel tov! It also meant a "camp” or a "company" as in a troop. Leah's seven sons made up a troop. What good fortune this was!<br /><br />Jacob's blessing in Genesis 49:19 is, "Gad will be plundered by marauding bands, but he will turn and plunder them." In other words, if you strike at me I will strike back and win. Moses' blessing likened Gad to a lion. In Deuteronomy 33:20-21 he declared "Blessed is the one who enlarges Gad's territory! Gad is poised there like a lion to tear off an arm or a head. The people of Gad took the best land for themselves; a leader's share was assigned to them. When the leaders of the people were assembled, they carried out the Lord's justice and obeyed his regulations for Israel. Gad was a tribe that raised cattle and sheep. They saw the land east of the Jordan as being the best for their cattle. Since they were men of war they were also best suited to protect the land from the eastern enemies, Moab and Aram (Syria).<br /><br />In Chronicles 12:8-14 the tribe of Gad is described as "men of valor, men of war fit for the battle, who could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions and were swift as the roe upon the mountains...captains of the host: the least of them commanded a hundred men and greatest, a thousand". Gad together with Ruben and Simeon were stationed on the south side of the tabernacle, Gad was faithful to carry out their pledge to side with Israel and fight on their behalf when needed and to remain in unity with the rest of the tribes of Israel.<br /><br />Gad is connected to the sixth month, Elul (August-September) in the Hebrew calendar. Tradition says Gad was born and died on the 1Oth of this month. In Jewish history this was and is a month for repentance and forgiveness. This month followed the previous two months where God dealt with the sins of the people in the wilderness at Sinai. Moses sought the favor of the Lord on behalf of the people because the Lord was ready to destroy them because of their unfaithfulness and idolatry (Gen 32-33). The people repented and God forgave them and made a new covenant with them.<br /><br />This is a month when "the King is in the field!" His light shines on us all. He moves among his people and loves for us to approach him. This is a time where he lavishes his mercy and forgiveness on us. This was the time biblically when Moses approached God for the third time on Mt Sinai for God to rewrite His covenant tables.<br /><br />The anointings for the month include:</i><br />
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<li><i>The ability to gather a company of warriors</i></li>
<li><i>To war and have victory over ones enemies</i></li>
<li><i>To remain aligned in war</i></li>
<li><i>Leadership</i></li>
<li><i>To receive the forgiveness of God</i></li>
<li><i>To walk in the light and presence of the Lord</i></li>
<li><i>The traditional symbol for God is a tent and the banner color was grey or silver. The stone could have been the grey-banded agate.</i></li>
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<b>I declared: “This is me.” This morning (August 4, 2015) as I was preparing for our upcoming Texas State Gathering at Global Spheres Center in Corinth, I opened today’s posting from “Elijah List.” My heart leapt again and the Lord declared that He was setting Texas aside as a troop. We are like the Gadites. And it is God’s timing that a week after Texas gathers, and as we draw near to Rosh Hashanah) that we enter the Hebrew month of Elul which is the month of Gad and “the Lion in the field.”</b><br /><br />Here is the posting from “Elijah List.”<br /><br /><u>"When the Gadites Rise the Goliaths Will Fall"</u> by Jennifer LeClaire, Fort Lauderdale, FL<i><br /> </i><br />
<i>"When the Gadites rise the Goliaths will fall." I heard the Holy Spirit speak those words Tuesday night after I hung up from our Appeal to Heaven prayer call.<br /><br />We're praying out the prophecies over the nation and we were praying out a prophetic word Tim Sheets released, part of which read: "As Esther, they will rewrite them by My statutes. Governors of the culture will now come forth. Remnant warriors will now emerge who have the heart of David, the wisdom of Solomon and the tenacity of Paul."<br /><br />While I was praying through that part of the prophecy, the Holy Spirit started showing me the Gadites. I began to pray for the mighty warring Gadites to rise and take out the Goliaths. Again, when I hung up I heard the Holy Spirit say, "When the Gadites rise the Goliaths will fall."<br /><br />Who Are the Gadites?<br /><br />The Gadites came from the tribe of Gad. Gad was the seventh son of Jacob. His name means "troop." The Bible describes the Gadites as "men able to bear shield and sword, to shoot with a bow, and who were skillful in battle, who went to war" (1 Chronicles 5:18). When Jacob blessed his 12 sons before he died, he prophesied, "Gad shall be attacked by raiding bands, but he shall raid at their heels" (Genesis 49:19). In other words, it looked like Gad had lost the fight but he made a comeback. Isn't that what it looks like in America even now? (Photo via Wikipedia)<br /><br />We find another mention of the Gadites in 1 Chronicles 12:8: "From the Gadites mighty men of valor, men of the war battalion, who could handle shield and sword, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and who were as swift as the gazelles on the mountains, separated themselves for David in the stronghold in the wilderness" (MEV). Remember, it was the Gadites who stood on the side of righteousness with David amid Absalom's great rebellion. The Gadites are the ones who will stand strong amid the Great Falling Away we're seeing in the Church even now.<br /><br />Matthew Henry's Commentary describes the Gadites this way: "They were able-bodied men, men of incredible swiftness, not to fly from, but to fly upon, the enemy, and to pursue the scattered forces. In this they were as swift as the roes upon the mountains, so that no man could escape from them; and yet they had faces like the faces of lions, so that no man could out-fight them. They were disciplined men, trained up to military exercises; they could handle shield and buckler, use both offensive and defensive weapons... They were daring men, that could break through the greatest difficulties. What enemies those were that they met with in the valleys, when they had passed Jordan, does not appear; but they put them to flight with their lion-like faces, and pursued them with matchless fury ..."<br /><br />Goliath Must Fall<br /><br />The Gadites had faces like lions. I like that. It means the fierceness and boldness showed on their faces, intimidating their enemies. Proverbs 28:1 says, "The wicked flee when no man pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion."<br /><br />How bold is a lion? They aren't called the king of the jungle for nothing. The Bible calls the lion "strongest among beasts" (see Proverbs 30:29-30). Amos asked, "The lion has roared; who will not fear?" (Amos 3:8) You can hear a lion roar from miles and miles away. And Peter warns us to, "Be sober and watchful, because your adversary the devil walks around as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour" (1 Peter 5:8). Of course, Jesus is the Lion of the Tribe of Judah (see Rev. 5:5). (Photo via Jennifer LeClaire, Charisma Magazine)<br /><br />Goliath, on the other hand, was just an uncircumcised Philistine. Unlike the Gadites, Goliath was not in covenant with God. Goliath could not claim the promises of God. Goliath may look big—and he is—but he is no match for the Gadites. In your life and in this nation, Goliaths have risen up to war against us. But take heart. When the Gadites rise, the Goliaths will fall. Rise up now, bold as a lion, and decree and declare your victory over Goliath. Stand for truth amid the rebellion! It's time to roar! Decree and declare that the Goliaths attacking this nation will fall, in Jesus' name!<br /><br />Used by Permission from Charisma Magazine.<br /><br />Jennifer LeClaire<br />News Editor at Charisma Media,<br />Founder of Jennifer LeClaire Ministries<br />Email: jennifer@jenniferleclaire.org<br />Website: jenniferleclaire.org<br /><br />Jennifer LeClaire is senior editor of Charisma. She is also director of Awakening House of Prayer in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, co-founder of AwakeningTV.com, a leader in the New Breed Revival Network, and author of several books, including The Next Great Move of God: An Appeal to Heaven for Spiritual Awakening; Mornings With the Holy Spirit, Listening Daily to the Still, Small Voice of God; The Making of a Prophet and Satan's Deadly Trio: Defeating the Deceptions of Jezebel, Religion and Witchcraft.</i><br /><br />The entire article can be read at: h<a href="ttp://elijahlist.com/words/display_word.html?ID=15003">ttp://elijahlist.com/words/display_word.html?ID=15003</a>Tom Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02222871639963375285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563848365260518066.post-28256929739220743322015-07-26T16:09:00.000-07:002015-07-26T16:13:08.360-07:00THE EAGLE IS BALDING: WILL THE CHURCH UNITE TO SAVE THE NATION? 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4 lymphoma. My aggressive chemotherapy treatments began on June 16, right after
I returned from serving as coordinator of The Response South Carolina in
Charleston.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Surrounded throughout this
time by the love and prayers of so many friends, my family and I are so
thankful that the adverse side effects have been minimal. </span></span></div>
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It first became obvious on Friday, July 3, as I was preparing for a prayer and
fasting event for our country the next day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>By the time Saturday evening came around, I had lost most of the hair on
my head. But the Lord has a way of taking these kinds of circumstances and
using them as “prophetic dramas,” where we live out in the natural a word He is
giving us in the spiritual. Our life experiences then become a life message
that is bigger than ourselves, a message beyond the circumstances we’ve been
through. We overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our
testimony.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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night, I felt the Lord speak to my spirit. “The eagle is balding,” I said to
Lisa. I was half joking, trying to make light of things. As Proverbs 17:22
says, “A merry heart does good, like medicine.” Yet I knew the Lord was also
placing something in my spirit that He wanted me to share the next day. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">America’s national bird is the bald eagle, representing
strength and courage. They have incredible eyesight, with the ability to spot
predator attacks on their nests from miles away. According to the book The
Eagle Story, published by Bill Gothard and the Institute in Basic Life
Principles: How to Conquer Habits, “The eagle has exceptionally sharp vision
because it has two ‘fovea,’ compared to only one in the human eye. The cones in
an eagle’s fovea are small and tightly grouped, allowing the eagle to see very
small details from extreme distances. For example, an eagle can spot an object
as small as a rabbit from a distance of up to two miles!”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The book goes on to explain that the eagle has two sets of
eyelids: conventional eyelids as well as a pair of clear eyelids called
nictitate membranes, which can be shut for protection while not inhibiting the
eagle’s ability to see. While some experts say that no creature can stare at
the sun without going blind, others argue that the extra eyelids on the eagle
allow it to look into the sun with no damage. Regardless, when feeling weak and
weary, with their eyesight dimming from age, eagles will soar toward the sun to
rejuvenate themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is what
Scripture speaks of when it says, “But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew
their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and
not be weary, They shall walk and not faint” (Isaiah 40:31).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A few days before the Lord began speaking to me about the
eagle, one of our intercessor friends and her husband were awakened in the
night by the sound of an eagle’s cry coming from the alarm of a cell phone that
was not even turned on. She prayed about what God was saying to them, then
wrote to me after they heard about what I shared at the July 4 meeting:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“The eagle represents America,” she said,
adding that it also stands for rational things, instruction in truths, renewal,
resurrection, the prophetic, leaders, seeing clearly, and wisdom. “We believe
your personal battle parallels the battle for America.” </span></span></div>
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Roots of Freedom</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How disheartening it has been for so many of us who have
prayed and cried out for our nation to see the highest court in the land
setting itself up as god in the house of God. These are the people we trust to
interpret the law, yet they have totally re-defined the nation’s constitution
in a manner so far from what our Founding Fathers intended. They have crossed
the line, assuming to dictate to God, the highest of all authorities, what is
law and what is not law. Truth is truth, no matter who tries to change it.</span></span></div>
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first inaugural address, “We have God to thank for America’s birthday!” Then he
said, “No People can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand,
which conducts the Affairs of men more than the People of the United States.
Every step, by which they have advanced to the character of an independent
nation, seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency.”
How things have changed. </span></span></div>
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than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in
the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do
the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our
children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were
free.”</span></span></div>
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freedom naturally decays as societies expand unless people of principle defend
it. That tendency has been true at every point in human history and always will
be. Government has the necessary role of defending our liberty, free speech,
the right to property, but virtue can become a vice when it attempts too much.
We must be watchful to ensure that the government’s good intentions don’t
become the overreach that becomes tyranny.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We’ve recently seen the tyranny of overreach from the
highest court of the land, so we now appeal to the greatest courts of heaven,
to the most Supreme Being –the Creator of the heavens and the earth, unto whom
every knee shall bow and every tongue confess. Jesus Himself is the one we fix
our eyes on. Though at times we feel weak, we know that when we wait upon the
Lord, He will renew our strength. We know that when we fix our eyes on the brightness
of the Son of God Himself that we will not to be blinded, but we will come back
and be awakened as a Church to impact the soul of our nation. </span></span></div>
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received numerous encouraging messages from people who were touched by this
word and sensed it was a word in season. One person after leaving the meeting
wrote to say that it was an uncanny confirmation when they saw the headline
banner on the front page of the Houston Chronicle that read, ‘Long Live The
Bald Eagle...Our national symbol Is on the rebound’.” The article accompanying
the headline read, “A nation unites to save the bald eagles”. The same thing
can happen to our nation; it can experience awakening and revival, but only if
the Church unites under Christ. </span></span></div>
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and pray for a young man who is also battling cancer. As we arrived and walked
down the hallway, they turned and saw Lisa and I through the large waiting room
windows. Just as one of them exclaimed, “The Eagle has landed” some of his
family in the waiting room suddenly heard the loud shriek of an eagle and
looked up to see a program on the television about bald eagles. Some of the
family had heard me share at the July 4th prayer gathering about regaining our
strength as the soaring eagles. They personally received this as another
confirmation and encouragement for them personally. </span></span></div>
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prayer for our nation, at the request of the Governor of Texas. As of this
writing, we have helped facilitate The Response prayer gatherings on behalf of
the Governors of Louisiana, and South Carolina; and are working on gatherings
in several more states.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Who would have thought The Response South Carolina on June
13th would gather the Church in South Carolina to pray in unity just four days
before the tragedy at Mother Emanuel AME Church?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The initial reaction of many who participated
in that prayer gathering was disbelief that this would happen after so many
came to repent and pray for their state and their nation. Yet, as we began to
engage in conversation with the pastors and intercessors there, we were
reminded that God’s timing is perfect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Many leaders of various racial and denominational
backgrounds in the Charleston area believe The Response was a providential
gathering as we crossed denominational, racial and generational barriers to
meet at the Cross of Christ together in Prayer, Worship, and Fasted-ness for our
nation. Who would have know what horrific tragedy would take place just four
days later at Mother Emanuel AME Church? In fact, we did not initially intend
to hold the gathering in Charleston, but it turned out to be God’s providence.
Thousands of Christians united after the tragic shooting in Charleston to
become a coat of many colors, standing up for their brothers and sisters,
unlike other cities where we’ve seen riots break loose. Even when the outside
agitators came, the Church in that city became an example for the rest of the
nation. From the leadership of the AME denomination to the local congregations,
the Church of Charleston sent a message to all of America on forgiveness,
healing, and hope. </span></span></div>
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of prayers and intercession that had gone before, but God allowed us to be part
of a catalytic moment and to see an answer to the prayers of reconciliation and
unity we had prayed just days before. The Church comes in great numbers, linked
arm in arm, in authentic love and unity. What the enemy intended for evil, God
is turning into opportunities for good, because the Church of Charleston and
South Carolina is demonstrating intentional love through unity, forgiveness and
healing. </span></span></div>
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especially now as we see the erosion and unraveling of so many of our moral
foundations. I’m not talking about lowest common denominator unity, but unity
in Christ. Authentic Unity is not Uniformity, but Unity that comes from our
Unique diversity, yet common relationship in Christ and His Word. He desires
for His Church to come together and soar above the many distractions that keep
us divided.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">True intercession is not just hiding in the prayer closet.
It’s standing in the gap between the living and the dead, like Moses and Aaron,
as they grabbed the censers of incense (symbolic of intercession) and ran to
stand in front of those who were perishing, begging for God to stop the plague
of sin. They cried out for mercy, for God to move on behalf of their people.
Likewise, many of you have prayed, some of you for decades, crying out in
intercession, “God, stop the plague of sin! Stop the lies of the enemy over
this nation!” God is hearing your cry. He hears the cries of His people, and He
is still on the throne. He didn’t bring us to such a time as this to leave us
hanging. </span></span></div>
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up to and leaders in politics and business are falling and failing. But in the
midst of the cleansing, God is raising up a new generation of Samuels, Esthers,
and Ruths, a generation of Deborahs, Daniels, and Josephs. They are a new,
prophetic generation of righteousness. Just as God exposed the sins of Hophni
and Phineas and raised up Samuel as a righteous judge and voice of truth in his
generation, so is He now going to expose unrighteous judges and raise up a new
generation of judiciary. God is raising up prophetic voices who are not just
prophesying for their own self-adulation and their own gain, but because they
fear God and seek His Kingdom first. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On July 24th, while speaking at the 60 years of ministry
celebration banquet for Bishop Roy Kossie, Jr, I shared that when the lions
roar, the eagles will soar. I envisioned that when the a lion roars in the
jungle, all the animals listen, the birds take flight, and eagles soar. We need
the aged lions to roar again, stirring up the church, and provoking even the
weary eagles to take flight and regain their strength. The Lion of Judah has
released a resounding roar from His Holy Habitation, awakening the eagles of
the church, calling them to action (Rev. 25:30-31, Jeremiah 25:30-31). These
eagles must soar towards the light and hope of the SON if they are to make an
impact and unite to see Awakening in the Church and Revival in the nation. We
are a generation that needs strength to come into our destiny. Only the
brightness of His presence will reveal the greater reality and greater authority
God wields. When we fix our eyes on Jesus, we can soar above our weakness and
renew our strength. Then we can fulfill God’s call and destiny in our lives and
nation. God still has plans for America, if we as the Church will unite to His
purposes. </span></span></div>
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news. We cannot let the circumstances around us dictate who we are. God has the
final word.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who will we believe? I
choose to believe the word of the Lord. He never waivers. He is the same
yesterday, today, and forever.</span></span></div>
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experiencing an attack in the natural realm that mirrors the spiritual state of
the nation. But I believe for many the sickness is a lie of the devil to distract
them and the Church from the spiritual war that rages right now. </span></span></div>
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recognize a higher authority. Some bold and courageous men and women are rising
up to speak into the very core of what’s happening in our nation—like those
even in government who are not afraid to say, “Our nation needs prayer!” </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Grande"; font-size: x-small; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Let us not forget, however, that our nation will only be
restored to its God- ordained destiny by the Church uniting in intercession
(and action). When Abraham cried out for Sodom, he pleaded with God to spare
the city if there were 10 righteous people in it. Various commentaries have
different estimates of what the population of Sodom was at the time of Abraham.
I know there are still righteous men and women in our land, but even if there
are only one in 1,000, the church must still unite for the nation. Church, you
and I are the hope of Christ to the multitudes who are shipwrecked in the sea
of despair and in a tumultuous world. We are God’s chosen ambassadors, to be
the tangible expression of Jesus, to demonstrate truth in love, a love the
world does not understand. It is not a love that tramples the sacred blood of
Jesus, but a love that shares the truth uncompromisingly in the spirit of grace
and mercy. Only then can those who hate and oppose what we stand for see the
beauty of His Holiness and the Glory Due His Name. </span></span></div>
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the faith have messaged me saying God has given them a scripture for me during their
times of prayer. That scripture is Malachi 4:2, “But unto you that fear my name
shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings.” </span></span></div>
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strength by soaring toward the Sun, we the Church—and the nation—in our time of
need must fix our eyes on the SON and soar together toward the brightness of
His presence. As we fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith
(Hebrews 12:2), we can believe for awakening in the Church in America and for
revival to spread throughout the land. </span></span></div>
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national bird, the bald eagle, the question we must ask is this: Will the
church unite to save the bald eagle nation? Or, in other words: Will the church
have a heart awakening, so we can be conduits of revival that will impact the
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Tom Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02222871639963375285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563848365260518066.post-46400026097723856862015-06-25T07:47:00.000-07:002015-06-25T07:47:37.012-07:00Pass On The Signal!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span id="goog_602409361"></span><span id="goog_602409362"></span>This morning the Lord reminded me of my college days at Texas A&M University. We were at a football game and the stands were packed with thousands of students. It was time for the students to carry out one of their traditional yells. Aggies don't do cheers, but instead have coordinated yells they carry during the games. The yell leaders on the field will give a signal of which yell will be carried out next and like a wave coming into shore the signal is passed up to the thousands of students and other fans.<br />
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The Lord showed me that this was similar today. The signal has been given. The shofar has sounded. The whistle has blown. It is time to muster the troops. It is time to gather and to see the church come together as a mighty army of kings, priests, intercessors and warriors for the kingdom. It is time for the fivefold ministry to come into its greatest season. It's time for the prophets to arise. It's time for the apostles to take the lead. It's time for Texas to gather together and to be "engaged for exploits."<br />
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Pass the word. Pass the signal along. Gather the troops. On August 6-8 the church of Texas will gather in Corinth, Texas to be "Engaged for Exploits." Answer the call today to respond and to register.<br />
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And most importantly, pass the signal on to others. It's time for us to cry out with the synchronized voice that the kingdom and the will of God will be done on earth as it is in heaven.<br />
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Sign up today at <a href="http://www.txapn.org/">www.TXAPN.org</a>!Tom Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02222871639963375285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563848365260518066.post-56481110283616463192015-06-03T07:34:00.000-07:002015-06-03T07:34:05.847-07:00Happy Anniversary - A New Anointing - MusteringOn Thursday, May 28th, I was in the Texas State Capital for our weekly prayer assignment. I was the only one who was able to come so I spent the time in personal prayer and worship. As I walked to different parts of the capital building, I went to the auditorium which is located directly below the rotunda of the capital. I was disappointed that it was locked and I could not get in. It is a special place for me.<br />
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session. After arriving at the building I once again headed to the auditorium. As I walked near the door, a man appeared out of nowhere. He had keys in his hand and he unlocked the door. He said: "This is just the auditorium." I said: "Yes, I know, but I would like to see it." He said: "No problem."<br />
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I walked through the room, reminiscing its importance. As I finished, the man appeared again and locked the doors behind me. Why was it important? Eight years ago (and today, June 3, is the actual anniversary), Dr. Chuck Pierce set me in as the director of the Texas Apostolic Prayer Network (TXAPN). The network, until that moment, did not exist.<br />
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Today is the eighth anniversary of that moment. Eight is a significant number for it speaks prophetically of new beginnings. Eight is a "gate" that leads us into the destiny and promises of God. This morning on our daily conference prayer call for Texas, the Lord released this word:<br />
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I am placing a fresh anointing on my people today. It is a fire anointing. It is an anointing which will release My fire, My presence, My strength and My glory wherever you are! It is an anointing for the Ecclesia of Texas. I am engaging you this day for great exploits. You will see My kingdom come forth. There will be a new sound that comes forth from you that will shake foundations. You have decreed that the foundations of My throne are righteousness and justice, but today I decree that, as you are seated with Me in heavenly places, you also are righteousness and justice being released into the state and nation.</blockquote>
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Lord, we embrace Your call. We move ahead with this fresh fire anointing with full conviction. You<br />
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are mustering us for this day and for this season. Lord, on Monday, we placed a covenantal stake into the ground of our state's governmental structure and declared that we will not go back to old systems and structures. We are moving ahead with You. This is the day. This is the hour. We are no longer satisfied with the status quo - it is time to move ahead. We open the doors with the key that You have given us.<br />
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As a part of this mustering, I can not express enough the importance of the gathering we are having at Glory of Zion in Corinth, Texas on August 6-8. It is imperative that each of us try our best to gather (muster) as the Ecclesia of Texas on those dates. You can read about, register and reserve hotels for "Texas: Engaged for Exploits" at <a href="http://www.txapn.org/">www.txapn.org</a>. Go there now and commit to join us.Tom Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02222871639963375285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563848365260518066.post-67889067191320642332015-05-16T13:19:00.002-07:002015-05-16T13:19:59.907-07:00A Prophetic Act?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A couple of years ago I filled in most of our backyard pond. I wanted to make it shallower and filled with rocks only.<br /><br />It used to be deep with plants and fish but was hard to maintain. The new depth didn't work. The water evaporated too fast and we eventually had to turn it off and let it dry out. We had not used it for over a year.<br /><br />This Spring I decided to go back to the original depth and shape which meant removing all the rocks and filler dirt. We finished that task today. Now for putting down a new rubber liner and decorating it with stones and plants.<br /><br />A few weeks ago I used the work on the pond in a sermon illustration. I was having to dig down, like an archeologist, to the original foundation. As I did that today - I forgot that the foundation shape of the pond looked like the United States. Prophetic? I think so. Lord, take our nation back to its roots in You.<br />
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the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?...For the Lord
is righteous, He loves righteousness; the upright will behold His face" (Psalms 11:3,7 NASB).Tom Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02222871639963375285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563848365260518066.post-38512896736515990002015-03-05T08:15:00.001-08:002015-03-05T08:15:04.530-08:00Let it Snow!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiS-FRaeQ_q9QeRRfs6bu4n2P7bHmLr_xkg4PfK4C8rfMxl9SSxZQ2w9gwrAkKTwLUIIQ9z6mbGP0sLcswq0Bn_l2V0ZtI-nQq67ejJObsJmMe-Vz-brRw7wSC-0T0et5ZBDTgzvH8iS0/s1600/Snow2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiS-FRaeQ_q9QeRRfs6bu4n2P7bHmLr_xkg4PfK4C8rfMxl9SSxZQ2w9gwrAkKTwLUIIQ9z6mbGP0sLcswq0Bn_l2V0ZtI-nQq67ejJObsJmMe-Vz-brRw7wSC-0T0et5ZBDTgzvH8iS0/s1600/Snow2.jpg" height="150" width="200" /></a><b>Beautiful. The Lord has laid down a beautiful blanket of snow!</b><br />
<b><span class="userContentSecondary _c24"> </span></b><b>Oh, the images and reminders of snow! Thank you Lord for reminding us!</b><br />
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<i>“Come now, and let us reason together,” says the LORD,<br /> “Though your sins are as scarlet,<span class="text_exposed_show"> they will be as white as snow;<br /> Though they are red like crimson, they will be like wool." (Isaiah 1:18)</span></i><br />
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<i>“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven,<br /> And do not return there without watering the earth<br /> And making it bear and sprout,<br /> And furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater;<br /> So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth;<br /> It will not return to Me empty,<br /> Without accomplishing what I desire,<br /> And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it." (Isaiah 55:10-11)</i><br />
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<i>“I kept looking<br /> Until thrones were set up,<br /> And the Ancient of Days took His seat;<br /> His vesture was like white snow<br /> And the hair of His head like pure wool.<br /> His throne was ablaze with flames,<br /> Its wheels were a burning fire." (Daniel 7:9)</i><br />
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<i>"Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having
turned I saw seven golden lampstands; and in the middle of the
lampstands I saw one like fna son of man, clothed in a robe reaching to
the feet, and girded across His chest with a golden sash. His head and
His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a
flame of fire.His feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been
made to glow in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many
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Last Sunday morning I was listening to my daily Bible reading. It was from the 15th Chapter of Mark. The following was read:<br />
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Joseph bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped him in the
linen shroud and laid him in a tomb that had been cut out of the rock.
And he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb" (Mark 15:46).</i><br />
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Tears started forming in my eyes. The simple words were so powerful and reminded me immediately of another passage from Luke.<br />
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<i>"And
while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. And she
gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and
laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn"
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Here is the Son of God - The Word made Flesh -
that was wrapped in cloths and laid in a manger and<br />
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wrapped in cloths
and laid in a tomb. As we gathered later that morning as a congregation
(Prince of Peace House of Prayer) around the communion table, I shared
the verses again. Aga<span _mce_style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #65460b;" style="color: #65460b; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">in
tears formed. As we ate of His body and drank of His blood, His
presence swept over us. We were powerfully reminded of His glory,
healing, forgiveness and love. He met us. "The Word made Flesh" met
us.</span><br />
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the Lord in all of His presence and fullness of glory meet you this
season. May He pour out His love over the State of Texas.</span><br />
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Lord has blessed us! It has been a marvelous year of co-laboring with
each of you in the Kingdom of God. I am praying that each of you will
be filled with the fullness of the Lord this Holiday Season. I d</span>ecree
His blessings and prosperity over you in the New Year. Thank you for
working together for the State of Texas and the surrounding region.
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Tom Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02222871639963375285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563848365260518066.post-20891081483737256682014-10-24T07:37:00.003-07:002014-10-24T07:37:58.469-07:00An Appeal to Heaven<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The American Revolution was beginning in 1775. The British, the most powerful
military in the world, was occupying Boston and problems in the colonies
were rising. <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">George Washington</span>
and the Continental Army were besieging British held Boston at the time. The
British troops were trapped in the city and the only way to receive food and
supplies was by sea. Washington wanted to harass and capture as many ships
bringing supplies to the troops in Boston as possible, so he formed a small
squadron of ships, outfitted at his own expense, for the task. Each schooner
was to have a special flag flown from its mast. All boats were to have "<i>An</i> <i>Appeal
to Heaven” flags</i> upon them. This flag, also known as "<i>Washington’s
cruiser flag.” </i>was a white flag with an evergreen tree in the middle
and the words “<i>An Appeal to Heaven</i>" stitched across.</span>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">On November 29, 1775,
the <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">USS Lee</span>
captured the British brigantine <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Nancy</span>.
Captain John Manley was given command of a schooner named the <i>USS
Lee</i>, after General Charles Lee. The brigantine <i>Nancy </i>was a
massive 250 ton British ship bringing supplies to Boston. Unknown to Captain
Manley and the crew of the <i>USS Lee</i>, the ship was carrying tons of
ammunition and weapons. The prize was so great that it was said our country
would have taken well over a year to produce. Not only was this the greatest
capture of the entire Revolution, it also inspired all the founding fathers and
the birth of our countries United States Navy as we know it today. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The original schooners
bearing the <i>"Appeal to Heaven"</i> flags continued capturing
British ships and performing special services for the remainder of the war
as our new Navy was being formed. In addition to the schooners, the
flag was also flown on floating batteries, river banks, in <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>towns, battlefields like Bunker Hill, and
even places of most importance like our nations capital in Philadelphia.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The Pine Tree, also
known as the <i><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">"</span>Tree
of Peace<span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">"</span></i> has
been sacred by the Iroquois Indians for over a thousand years in America.
At a very troubling time in their history, a peacemaker united six great
tribes from the Great Lake areas and established unity.. This great treaty was
symbolized by burying their weapons under a pine tree and this tree was to be
guarded by a bald eagle at its peak clutching six arrows.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The truth is, our
founding fathers and early settlers were very much influenced by the
Iroquois Indians. Just around the time of the signing of The Declaration, The
Iroquois attended a Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia. This meeting
was one of the many were the Indians would inspire our founders to unite with
them in their ways of living, laws, and style of government. It was just after this that
the "<i>Tree of Peace"</i> became known as our new "<i>Liberty
Tree" </i>and it would show itself on flags of all
kinds, especially those in the fight for our freedom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The phrase “<i>An Appeal
to Heaven</i> “ comes from John Locke from England. Locke was
one of the great philosophers of his time. He, like other English
Philosophers, was also influenced by the Iroquois in America. "<i>An
Appeal to Heaven</i>" comes from his studies on <i>“Natural
Laws"</i>, a system of right or justice common to all humankind and
derived from nature rather than from the rules of society and the only
judge is that of our Creator. Thomas Jefferson penned it well in our Declaration
of Independence:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When in the Course of human events,
it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have
connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the
separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God
entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they
should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Let's us boldly make our Appeal To Heaven in this hour. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span>
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Tom Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02222871639963375285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563848365260518066.post-69851742192589963192014-10-20T14:36:00.003-07:002014-10-20T14:36:23.590-07:00Stand with Houston Pastors<div class="vvFieldset">
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Stand with Houston Pastors</div>
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<a href="https://www.votervoice.net/Shares/BUj8JAzYAEpGAAPb31L7FAA">https://www.votervoice.net/Shares/BUj8JAzYAEpGAAPb31L7FAA</a></div>
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Tom Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02222871639963375285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563848365260518066.post-90270831665780320442014-10-16T06:35:00.002-07:002014-10-16T06:38:57.499-07:00Standing with the Houston Pastors<a href="https://draft.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4563848365260518066" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a>Yes, I am standing with the Houston pastors who have come under unprecedented attack against their First Amendment rights. The city has crossed a line! Stand with the Pastors of Houston, Texas against the efforts of Mayor
Parker who is using her bully pulpit to try and silence the church
pulpits! Please sign this petition by Family Research Council and pass it to your friends. It will be personally delivered by Family Research Council to the pastors in Houston. <a href="http://www.frc.org/alert/stand-with-houston-pastors">PETITION</a><br />
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Also, here is Texas Attorney General Abbott's response.<br />
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Tom Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02222871639963375285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563848365260518066.post-57378226366513503582014-10-08T07:00:00.001-07:002014-10-08T07:00:19.221-07:005775
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<b><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Here
are a few the words for the Year 5775 Ayin-Hei <br /> </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Robert
Heidler – “The Hebrew letter Ayin is a picture of an eye. <span class="textexposedshow">This is a year to see again; God wants to restore blind
eyes. </span>God wants to increase our ability to see! This is the year to see
again! We call forth regenerative miracles. The Hebrew letter Hei is a picture
of a window. The letter Hei represents the sound of the wind blowing through
the lattice. This is going to be a year of roaring, encircling wind. This is a
year to abide under the shadow of His wing. Psalm 91 is key this year. Live in
the eye of the storm.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Chuck
D. Pierce – “There is a divine unlocking in you that will cause God to be seen
like never before. Heaven is opening up in a different way. There will be a
shifting of authority structures in the earth. The whirlwind is going to unlock
the seed to be sown for the future. At the bottom of the whirlwind are seeds
and jewels. I am going to show you and reposition you with seeds for the
future. I am creating a new book of war! Let me unlock the seeds within you to
sow seeds in famine.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Paul
Keith Davis – “It is God’s heart that the bride will be given access to the
treasury room of heaven. We are entering a seven-year season of divine access
to the heart of God. I saw a diamond heart and a blue light hitting the heart
and spreading in seven colors horizontally. We are entering a season of time when
nothing will be held back, but the nature, character, and treasures of Christ
will be revealed through the bride of Christ.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Dutch
Sheets – “Enlarge the place of your tent. No more delay! Personal delay,
Generational delay, Historical delay!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No
more delay! We decree the Lord is bathing your bloodline with blood-covered
mercy, to awaken and live in the fullness of original intent planned for you
and yours from the foundation of the world. Shalom. Nothing missing, nothing
lacking, nothing broken!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Other words that describe this year -</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The Kingdom or Rule of God will contend
with hidden, </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">ancient-old evil Structures in both the
visible and invisible realm with a level of unheard-of righteous, aggressive
indignation and jealousy, and strategies.<br />
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A Year of Unparalleled Sounds (Multiplicity of Kingdom Languages),
Movements, Expressions & Dynamics of Holy Spirit.<br />
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A Year of New Sounds Arising from the Earth...Sounds of a New War & Sounds
of Rage <br />
will begin to Arise out of the Earth <br />
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A Year that the Winds of Heaven will Bring a Convergence of Generations
(Seeds), <br />
Movements & Nations. A Year of Unequaled 'BAPTISMS'<br />
and Unparalleled 'FIRE'</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"></span></div>
Tom Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02222871639963375285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563848365260518066.post-62958781405611323882014-06-24T14:23:00.002-07:002014-06-24T14:24:22.888-07:00Education Run Awry<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The following is written by Wanda Ulrey, a Texas Apostolic Prayer Network regional coordinator from Victoria, as a part of her class assignment for the Center for Self Governance (<a href="http://www.tncsg.org/">www.tncsg.org</a>).</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><u>Education Run Awry</u></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Wanda Ulre<b><u>y</u></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><u> </u></b> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> There has always been a
major emphasis on quality education in the United States of America. Even before the Constitution and Declaration
of Independence were written, education of children was of vital importance to
most parents. The educational system had
standards to measure the content of student learning and how students were
taught to think and process. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> The founding fathers
attended schools like Harvard and Yale.
These schools were initially set up to train ministers. The Bible was the standard book of
training. In the homes of younger
students, the Bible was used to teach reading.
</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> The first settlers knew
the importance of citizens being able to read and think in order to keep
government from atrocities that had occurred in Great Britain. Early education was remarkable using Biblical
standards to educate citizens. </span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> In our
nation today, mental exercises have deteriorated. Questions on the constitution no longer apply
in elementary education. Self-governance
has all but been eliminated in our high schools. </span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Abraham
Lincoln stated, “The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will be the
philosophy of the government in the next.”</span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> America
has the most successful government in the world, but we are losing the republic
because of the current school system of today.
Many of the early founders were educated at Harvard which had two
mottoes: “for Christ and the Church” and
“for the glory of Christ”. Christ was
the foundation of learning. Yale was
another educational institution of that era and admonished, “Above all, have an
eye to the great end of all your studies which is to obtain the clearest
conceptions of Divine things and to lead you to a saving knowledge of God in
His Son, Jesus Christ.” </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The Tenth
Amendment to the United States Constitution states: "The powers not
delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the
States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." Since education is not mentioned in the
Constitution, it is one of those powers reserved to the states. Of course, the
United States Supreme Court can declare that something not mentioned in the
Constitution is so closely related to something that is mentioned in the
Constitution that the unmentioned power is a fundamental interest, which rises
to constitutional protection. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Even though each State
had the constitutional right to education students in that State, because of biblical
standards being removed by the court system, the push began toward a more
socialistic educational system.</span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Thus there is
currently a push toward a curriculum called “The Common Core State Standards
Initiative” (the Common Core), which is a state-led effort (highly supported by
the Federal Government) that establishes a single set of educational standards
for kindergarten through 12<sup>th</sup> grade in English language arts and
mathematics. </span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Common Core is
intended to cover fewer topics in greater depth at each grade level. The standards require certain content for all
students. There is a system to track
information on all students involved, including personal data. The federal government has had great
influence over the program even though it was initiated by state governors and
education commissioners. </span></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Not all states
have adopted the Common Core standards.
Texas has chosen not to adopt the standards. Many states adopted the program because it
was not necessary to get direct approval from legislators and the process was
not made public. Many parents and
teachers are only learning that it has been adopted in their states.</span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Based on the
standards of the Constitution and the founding fathers of this nation, public
education should be a promoter of America’s original culture and Christian
values while respecting other cultures.
Education is the right and responsibility of the parents, the taxpayers
and the educators who work in our schools.
Big government is a major impediment to quality education based on
Christian values for our young people.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Going back to the United States Constitution, since education is not
mentioned in the Constitution, it is one of those powers reserved to the
states. The education of our youth
should stay with the States and local school boards. </span></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Rather than a common standard
curriculum, a public awareness program can educate parents on how students
succeed. Among these are student success
happens when parents are aware and involved in their children’s education. Parents should be educated and encouraged to
establish a schedule and routine for their children. They should regularly communicate with their
children’s teachers throughout the year.
</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">As stated before,
Texas has rejected Common Core. I stand
by this decision and hope our legislators will continue to do the same. We have an opportunity to set a standard for
the rest of the States. Standards of
education should stay locally, even to one day, returning to biblical
standards. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Citizens need to
be educated in accountability for all.
It is not just our children who need education; it is a citizenry who
have handed over their Constitutional rights to someone else and believed a
lie. This nation is a republic, if we
can keep it.</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><i>Information
on the educational standards from founding fathers was taken from “Four
Centuries of American Education” by David Barton.</i></span></span></div>
Tom Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02222871639963375285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563848365260518066.post-30803047677751019802014-06-13T07:51:00.000-07:002014-06-13T07:51:00.066-07:00Like Lightning
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span>There
were some powerful storms moving through portions of Texas last night, and over
the last few hours I have heard several testimonies regarding powerful displays
of lightning. </span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span>For
instance, Laura Mallory of Ballinger posted pictures of a tree, which was
struck by lightning.<span> </span>You can’t see the
tree because it shattered.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span>Sharon
Denney, one of our TXAPN coordinators from San Antonio told us during morning
prayers that her dad’s garage burned to the ground after lightning struck
it.<span> </span>There were thousands of strikes in
their area.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span>And
then, Beverly Hill from DeWitt County wrote:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span>Hello
Tom and Kay,</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span>I
didn't get this spoken out on this morning's call, but was about to say it when
you started talking about double portion at the end of the call. I live in
Dewitt County, Southeast of San Antonio. We had lots of lightning last night.
The heaviest part of the storm hit here close to 1:30 a.m. My dog hid under the
porch. She began giving birth to two puppies during the heaviest part of the
lightning. I heard her urgently barking loudly twice, and instead of sounding
like travail, it sounded more like announcement. At first I thought maybe she
was having trouble, but then I began hearing puppy noises and knew all was
well. I was awake and praying because there was no way to hear the loudness of
everything that was going on. Then when you all started asking God about the
significance of the lightning I felt I should share it, but didn't. Then you
spoke about double portion and that was a picture of double portion.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span>The
Lord declared that our prayers, especially the fifteen-minute conference call
prayers every morning, are like lightning.<span>
</span>Our declarations, like a powerful strike of lightning or the shot of a
rifle, hits the mark.<span> </span>It brings forth
God’s heart into action as we declare His purposes. Read Psalm 29.<span> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span>It
causes life to be birthed.<span> </span>It brings
forth energy into the atmosphere.<span> </span>It releases
nutrients into the soil.<span> </span>Yes, it can
shatter and it can cause fire.<span> </span>It is the
lightning of God.<span> </span>It is the declaratory
prayers of His saints.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span>I
encourage you to go before His throne in His courtroom.<span> </span>Hear His heart.<span> </span>Declare His purposes.<span> </span>Release His kingdom on earth as it is in
heaven. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span>THE DOUBLE PORTION IS BEING RELEASED (Isaiah 61:7)!</span></span></div>
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</span>Tom Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02222871639963375285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563848365260518066.post-81247435182224287482014-06-09T15:43:00.001-07:002014-06-09T15:46:35.068-07:00Nehemiah's Repentance - Is it Yours as Well?<style>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This is the second part of Nehemiah’s
prayer.</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">It became a confession of sins. And it came from a heart that knew God’s
heart. Nehemiah pleaded with God to open His eyes and ears and to be attentive
to the prayers that he was offering up to Him. Nehemiah’s relationship with God
was being revealed. “Lord, would You please.
I know that You are the mighty God of the entire universe, but for just
a moment, would You put Your ear down to my heart?” Here is a person with a personal relationship
with God. He is not considering God to be a vague, powerful force out there
that might hear us. No! Nehemiah says,
“Would You bring Your ear close to me? I
need to say something to You. I need to
talk to You person to person. I need to
speak into Your ear. I need to look into
Your eyes.” </span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">He was pleading day and night for
Israel. He was pleading for the Jews, but most importantly, he was confessing
their sins. If Nehemiah’s prayers, according to the text, lasted several days,
just imagine him pondering over all the sins that his father or grandfather had
relayed to him – the same sins that God Himself was now revealing to Nehemiah’s
heart. </span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">When God gets close to you, He’s going
to hear you, but, guess what – you are also going to hear Him. You are going to hear God’s heart – His
brokenness. </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Nehemiah heard the torn heart of God –
the realization that His chosen people had not kept the covenant. It was a covenant based on love and mercy,
and they had abandoned it. They had
abandoned God.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This must have been a truly heart
wrenching time for Nehemiah. I know many
of us have been in that same situation.
You can be praying and the Lord will begin to drop things on your heart
that will just wrench your heart. All
you can do is cry, “Oh, God, I’m sorry I did that!” When God’s goodness starts
coming upon us, there is a move of repentance that is heart wrenching. This experience was excruciating for
Nehemiah. </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Nehemiah may not have done any of
those things. He must have committed his
own sins, but not those. Yet, he
confessed, “Both my father’s house and I have sinned.”What about your life? What about your workplace? What about your family? What about your city, state or nation? Take a serious moment with the Lord - face to face - and declare from your heart:</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> “Both my father’s house and I have sinned.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Turn
to Nehemiah 1:5-11</span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">And I said:
"I pray, LORD God of heaven, O great and awesome God, You who keep Your
covenant and mercy with those who love You and observe Your commandments,
please let Your ear be attentive and Your eyes open, that You may hear the
prayer of Your servant which I pray before You now, day and night, for the
children of Israel Your servants, and confess the sins of the children of
Israel which we have sinned against You. Both my father's house and I have
sinned. <sup><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></sup>We have acted very
corruptly against You, and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, nor
the ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses. Remember, I pray, the
word that You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I
will scatter you among the nations; but if you return to Me, and keep My
commandments and do them, though some of you were cast out to the farthest part
of the heavens, yet I will gather them from there, and bring them to the place
which I have chosen as a dwelling for My name.'<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now these are Your servants and Your people,
whom You have redeemed by Your great power, and by Your strong hand. O Lord, I
pray, please let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to
the prayer of Your servants who desire to fear Your name; and let Your servant
prosper this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man."</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Nehemiah is the
son of Hachaliah.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This name is composed
of two Hebrews word.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The last part of
the name, Hachaliah, like Nehemiah, is “Yah” – The Lord God.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first part of the name comes from
“chakliyl” which means, “to be dark; darkly flashing (only of the eyes).” Hachaliah
can literally mean “the darkness of God.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Nehemiah was born of a father whose name meant “the darkness of God,”
and Nehemiah’s name means “the comfort of God.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Just think on
that for a while. I personally picture, whether it is historical or not,
Hachaliah’s father and mother, as Hachaliah is born, weeping over the fact that
they have left the City of God. All they could think of was, “We are in
darkness.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are experiencing the
darkness of God.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Israelites
literally felt that God had left them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Ark of the Covenant had been taken; the temple was destroyed and
therefore God was also gone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The word
for this season, like the season of the Ark being captured during Eli’s time,
was Ichabod. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Then she named the child Ichabod, saying,
“The glory has departed from Israel!" because the ark of God had been
captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And she said, "The glory has departed
from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured" (1 Samuel 4:21-22). </i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-latin;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">The people
believed that there was nothing but darkness and godlessness in their
midst.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But something must have been
placed in Hachaliah’s heart for him to name his son – the comfort of God.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Check out my
messages on this at <a href="http://www.pophop.org/">www.pophop.org</a></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3,"tn":"K"}"><span class="userContent">"Just
as “eleven” is an incomplete number, the number “twelve” is a complete
number. It signifies the number of divine government. More specifically,
“twelve” speaks of apostolic fullness. It means that everything is
going to come into all that it was intended to be. Everything is going
to come into its apostolic fullness. And the true apostle is Jesus
Christ. Everything is going to come into fullness in Jesus Christ.</span></span><br />
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So,
as we study the numbers “eleven” and “twelve,” we should see a
progression or transition from disintegration and chaos into order and
alignment. We are not destined to stay in chaos until Jesus comes and
sets everything into fullness and order. Even though we will witness the
complete perfection of all things when He returns, God is saying, 'I
want to begin to restore things NOW'” (Tom Schlueter, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Keeper-of-the-Keys/98540112998"><u>Keeper of the Keys</u></a>).<br />
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And 13 (2013-5774) is the new door we are going through. On
this 12th day of our fast, let's step through the door from chaos into
order. Let's walk through God's ordained order.Tom Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02222871639963375285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4563848365260518066.post-74293292770576432382013-11-08T07:30:00.001-08:002013-11-08T07:30:10.648-08:00Word for Texas<a href="http://www.pophop.org/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7YcS0s64Jcbd6SSVtREQKWf2sUnQ27TLSe4ISfFLt1mWBsxXtJRXUD4jpkdQX26sX30hJ67Xlh8nHif70uM1JB9seMs-TxxPeCGgNKCf-Zk7ZvH-lt-ft8ZmsqtHlJzfu-fnWUN2kSXw/s200/tsunami.jpg" width="200" /></a>Here is a vision that Pam Littrell (Pam Littrell Ministries and TXAPN Co-coordinator for the Heart of Texas Region) had on Thursday morning's prayer call:<br /><br />Here is the vision. I saw like a video, it just kept coming.<br /><br />I first saw the whole state of Texas green, deep green full of life, provision, the presence of God. Then as I looking out over the state, I saw a tsunami wave coming from the gulf. It is so big it covers all Houston even the tall buildings. As the water comes down it changes and becomes pure and cleansing everything in its path. As I keep looking I see the water spreading across the west and east and moving all the way to Austin. When it gets to Austin the water goes under the city and begins to clean the foundation. And then I see a high hill that comes up and at the top it opens up and releases all the evil. All the blackness shoots up high into the sky and leaves the city and the state. As I am looking I see water coming from the north,Oklahoma. It begins to flood into our state. It moves over Dallas area and then begins to flow to central Texas. The water from the south and the water from the north converged together in central Texas. As the water converged it began to spin like a funnel and began to spin with great intensity. It broke demonic forces entrenched in central Texas. Now, if that is not enough it swirled through out the whole state. God is sovereign and He is moving.<br />He gave me a prophetic song. Here are the lyrics. Copyright 2013.<br /><br />God is moving, God is shaking, He is changing the atmosphere.<br />God is moving, God is shaking, He is changing the atmosphere.<br /><br />His word is sent out, and it doesn't come back void, doing the will of The Lord.<br />His word is sent out, and it doesn't come back void, it changes the atmosphere.<br /><br />God is moving, God is shaking, He is changing the atmosphere.<br />God is moving, God is shaking, He is changing the atmosphere.<br /><br />The word is powerful, defeating our enemies, and they are under our feet.<br />The word is powerful, defeating our enemies, it changes the atmosphere.<br /><br />We sing, sing, sing and we shout, shout, shout, we are changing the atmosphere.<br />We sing, sing, sing and we shout, shout, shout, we are changing the atmosphere.<br /><br />As I sent this email, I began to weep from great gratitude for what Jesus's love is doing in our state and in our nation. God has heard our cries and the shift is here. As this word goes forth, we trust it is producing the life of Jesus in Texas and that it flows mightily over our nation.Tom Schlueterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02222871639963375285noreply@blogger.com0