The following is the manuscript for a message I prepared this past week and delivered last night (February 8, 2014) to Global Harvest Church. Its framework came out of a dream I was given on October 8, 2013. I can not recall ever working on a sermon with as much clarity in the leadings of Holy Spirit. From the revelation of certain parts of the dream's content, to include contacting the person specifically named in my dream regarding the focus for the sermon: "forgiveness" ... I, like my friend was amazed. However, being amazed is not the goal nor the intent for this occurrence. We are at the threshold of a move of God upon and in this Nation as well as the Nations that is unprecedented by any other recorded move that was poured out from Heaven upon humanity. If you, who chose to read this, think that I am in anyway wanted to sound my own horn ... please remember with me that God once used a donkey to deliver a message to a man ... perhaps He has again ... the message is not from me ... I just know that I could not be silent. Let the harvesters come forth and the harvest be great according to His purpose. May you glean much from the following. TITLE: WALK IN FORGIVENSS, SIT IN FORGIVENESS, STAND IN FORGIVENESS KEY: WALK .... SERVANT / PRIEST SIT ...... LEADER / KING STAND .... APOSTLE / PROPHET KEY SCRIPTURE: Deuteronomy 30:16 “If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you today, by loving the Lord your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules, then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it.” Psalm 55: 16 - 19 “…I call to God, and the Lord will save me. Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he hears my voice. He redeems my soul in safety from the battle that I wage, for many are arrayed against me. God will give ear and humble them, he who is enthroned from of old, because they do not change and do not fear God.” I was praying and meditating about tonight … what I was to hear and see from Father for you … us … tonight and Holy Spirit reminded me of a dream I was given in October of last year … I believe, partly, within this dream there is a mandate for us to carry out in this new year … in this new season that we have transitioned into; where we are to prepare for the harvest of harvesters and the harvest that will then be gathered into the Kingdom of God. As I pondered the dream, it characters, its rhythms, the circumstances, I was given directions. First I was to contact the person I could contact who was named in my dream and was now being highlighted by Holy Spirit. Then Holy Spirit highlighted someone I could not contact … for he has been dead for some time. But still I could observe, hear, and learn from recorded history one of this person’s life events. Holy Spirit laid out the frame work of what was in Father’s heart to be communicated regarding a principle our being successful in carrying out the mandate for this new season we find ourselves thrust into. SET UP BY READING THE DREAM Now first allow me to set this up by laying out my dream for you so you can have some kind of platform to gather with me to begin the journey in this story Holy Spirit is telling, hopefully together we can successfully glean fruit for our knowledge, understanding and ultimately our benefit. I had this dream in October 8th of last year (2013). As I often do I wrote down the details afterwards during the morning of the dream. { It surprises me each time how detail of the dreams unfold as I write it out } HORSE AND PONY SHOW SURPRISE OUTCOME: In the dream I found myself along with my wife Denise and our first born, Sonia (now in her forties who here was age 7 or 8) standing in what appeared to be a continuous passage way that circumference the rather large stadium; all under the concrete seating. There was a major event, a Rodeo, going on that we had been spectators of and we were now waiting in this area to catch a glimpse of a very famous equine star … a Shetland Pony. As I ponder the dream seeking a revelation of its pictures I am struck by a couple of things: this “famous small pony” having greater fame than the larger more powerful and impressive horses in the event. The Lord wants to say “Very often My intent, My truth, My hidden treasure, My presence, is found not in the large, powerful, that esteemed higher by public opinion, but most often found in the small almost obscure.” For instance volumes have been written about the Welsh Revival … but one account, to me, stands out from to show just how far reaching and impacting the move of God was on the people, their animals, their work, THEIR LIFESTYLE . The historical account of the “pit ponies” of Wales, a rather small pony much like a Shetland Pony in size perhaps a little larger and stocker, were said to have started having great difficulty in performing their task because the “pit ponies” could no longer understand their master‘s commands. Why? Those “changed” masters’ commands no longer contained cursing. The “pit ponies” had to be retrained or “changed” because of the impact Holy Spirit was having on the masters’ hearts! My point? The revival truly impacted people where they lived. Even the livestock were changed! This is where we are headed but it will be vastly different in appearance and vastly more impacting than the revivals of old. I am one that holds to, as many do, of another great awakening coming to America … in fact I believe it has already begun but has not yet moved into hyperspace mode we anticipate. In fact, historically the sentiment of the faithful regarding the “state of the church” in America for the 1857 awakening and then again in the1904 and again in the 1950’s and then the 70’s has striking similarities to what is being said of the “state of the church” in America today. The other thing that stood out to me is what I strongly believe to be the prerequisite of each out break, every break through to be A GRASSROOTS PRAYER MOVEMENT. The faithful fervently and earnestly praying for God’s Presence, Holy Spirit’s lifestyle changing power to come in fullness of Heaven‘s glory. Once we stop praying for God to judge our land and start praying for him to heal our land and really mean it … He will come … but I will promise you this it will not be on the wagon drawn by the very large powerful work horses nor will it be by the larger than life personality riding on the back of a very fit polished stallion. It will be as the Shetland pony amongst the giants that will be outstanding and remarkable! In my dream I heard spoken a name of someone I know. This person name was associated with a particular action: FORGIVENSS. Friday, Holy Spirit had me contact this person who is a FB friend. We had an amazing conversation. I asked this person if they could to give me their insights or practice about forgiveness since this seemed to be Holy Spirit’s intention. Here is a break down of what was shared. Obedience Formula: Hear the command, Choose to obey (Walk it out in Authority), Rest in that Choice (Sit in Joy), Trust for the Outcome of the Choice (Stand in Faith) Yesterdays forgiveness : Be obedient to forgive those who hurt (sin against) you deeply. Obedient to what Jesus said ( in red ink) Matthew 6:14-15 “If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.” Daily forgiveness: This one had to do with on going personal relationships and knowing that one person is in relationship with another there will be offenses. Spousal, friend, co worker, children you name it there will be offense but the joy in this was the choice of pre-forgiveness in other words not taking up an offense even when the occasion rises that you could be offended. Like water rolls off a duck’s feathers and keeps the duck completely dry choose to NOT BE OFFENDED! Again this leads to great joy and strength and the absence of bitterness as one walks in forgiveness. Self Forgiveness: this one is coming to grips with the offenses you have caused other people as well as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It is simply choosing to forgive yourself and not listen to the Accuser of the Faithful who would have you believe otherwise that you are not worthy of forgiveness yourself … you failed God by not keeping his commands, his statues, his rules. This lie will keep you impotent in your prayer walk, faith walk, and walk in holiness. Important it is to forgive one’s self. To Cap it off my friend said of these that if the choice to forgive had not been made and walked out the outcome would be one of becoming “bitter“ not “better”. Bitterness would negate any chance of changing in fact it would ensnare and cripple. But the “better” was describe as having come to a CHANGE IN HEART and was able to look upon all who had offended no longer with hate and bitterness but with true compassion … "when Jesus saw the crowd, He was moved with compassion". I further quote my friend with this: “… this is my sign that I can know I have completely forgiven, when I feel that compassion!” DAVID IS NOW KING: Now this brings me to the second person named in this dream: David King. I have to say that at first I thought David King was a real time person too. I do not know a David King. But in my dream he was very prominent in the proceedings and the outcome of the important event. At first I thought he possibly was connected to my friend … I asked in our conversation. Amazed at her response she did know of a David King by way of a dream sometime ago. My was able to point me to this real time person. However, as I investigated and pondered this did not seem to be the intended focus Holy Spirit desired . So I pondered a bit more while walking Peanut ( out one year old Doxie) and I got the focus: This was to look at David who now was King. The character in my dream was David the King! That lead my thoughts to an event in David’s journey with God when as King over Israel he made a choice to not go to battle as was the time and season for him as king would go to war. He stepped into a place where he did not overcome temptation and we got the story of David and Bathsheba where A man who was the Apple of Gods Eye, A man after God’s own heart, coveted another man’s wife, plotted that man’s murder, had it carried out, and entered into an illicit relationship with the widow. And was publicly exposed by God’s prophet. It is in Psalm 51 we have a writing by David recounting when “he remembered his sin” and threw himself upon the mercy and grace of a forgiving God asking God to restore him in His salvation and once again release the joy of that divine relationship into the soul and spirit of David. He asked that Holy Spirit not be taken from him and that he, David, not be cast away from the presence of God. He spends the first 12 verses in penitence confessing his sin nature and his rebellion against God. The last seven he with anticipation of receiving his sought forgiveness, writes of his deep gratitude and how he will publicly display that gratitude before all men. Holy Spirit does not want us to focus on the sin of David while he was king. But instead he wants us to focus upon the repentance and the restoration … forgiveness sought and the forgiveness given. Close with Psalm 55: 16:19 The power of the Gospel to change a person, a people, is in it message! God has come to dwell with men! That God has made a way for that to happen! He desires not one to perish but for everyone that will to come and be in covenant with Him through Jesus Christ who is “The Way.” We have here an old testament account of how God saves completely, God forgives Completely, “…I call to God, and the Lord will save me. Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan, and he hears my voice. He redeems my soul in safety from the battle that I wage, for many are arrayed against me. God will give ear and humble them, he who is enthroned from of old, because they do not change and do not fear God.” This thought is what God is communicating … we are called to be Servant / Priest, Leaders / Kings, Apostles / Prophets. Workers of the Forever Kingdom that has come to Earth through Christ Jesus. Our task now is to pray for harvesters and for the harvest! If we step into the task, take on the mission, answer the “Now Call” to wage the battle for the dream that is in Father’s very heart (Matthew 3:16) then you and I must be willing to be and live changed lives … we must be people who not only humbly receive forgiveness but with humility forgive! For only then will our prayers be as those of David the shepherd boy, David the warrior worshiper, David the chosen and anointed King, and find wings uplifted by the wind of Holy Spirit and swiftly rise up into the very presence of our Great God, capture His eagerly willing ear, delight His Father’s heart, and fully aligned with Him, reap what is our soul’s desire to see the lost found, the captive set free, the lame to walk then run, and the mute to open their mouth to offer sounds of joyful and thankful praises to the Lamb of God! Before we can be any of these we must be like Christ Jesus. That requires for each of us a change of heart. A change that can only come through the power of Holy Spirit indwelling us. Forgiveness and humility are our clothing. Like my friend, named in my dream, has come to understand and now practices The Spirit of God calls us to be like David: praying to make a difference … that when God moves and the next humbling comes, and it will come, that in the humbling there will be a change of hearts, a turning to repentance and an entering into the bliss and joy of God’s faithfulness to forgive!