Change II

I will change the understanding and expression of Christianity in the whole earth in one generation. "(The Lord spoke this to Mike Bickle on Sept. 1982 in Cairo, Egypt)

God will change the expression of Christianity. There're 4 heart standards that are essential to the "change" in which the end-time church was to function. Here...

I = Intercession
H = Holiness of Heart
O = (Extravagant) Offerings
P = Prevailing Faith

Revelation 9:21 also describes 4 primary sin patterns prior to Jesus' return. The 4 essential heart standards war against these 4 primary sin patterns at the end of the age.

I = Intercession vs. Murder
H = Holiness of Heart vs. Sexual Immorality
O = (Extravagant) Offerings vs. Theft
P = Prevailing Faith vs. Sorceries

God is inviting us now to fully embrace the 4 heart standards that will fuel our war against sin and darkness in the day to come. Saying "yes" now is hard, but waiting to say "yes" until that day, will be nearly impossible. These aer our "weapons' in our war against lust now and our victory over the spirit of the antichrist in the days to come.

I = Intercession vs. murder
End time church will be built upon night and day prayer (Isa. 62:6). 24/7 prayer in the spirit of the Tabernacle of David. The final description of the church is a bride in full unity with the Holy Spirit crying out in intercession for her Beloved (Rev. 22:17). At the end of the age, there'll be little to no regard for life, no love for mercy, no capacity for compassion and great injustice raging throughout the nations. It will be a very dark time of history. However, in the mercy of God, the earth will be filled with songs of deliverance and justice during the greatest time of bondage to injustice the world has ever witnessed.

H - Holiness of Heart vs. sexual immorality
End time church will be built upon holiness of heart, having a joyful, buoyant heart that is 'fully alive' in the love of God. True love as God defines as demonstrates itself through our obedience in the secret place of our hearts (inward thoughts) and its subsequent overflow in our outward actions with joy. True rightousness hurts, it costs us something, because we turn from things that we really want to do and rending our hearts (Joel 2:12-13). Some wrongly believe that if its God's grace, then there is no pain. There is a real tearing, called enduring the cross that comes before true joy. On the opposite end, sexual immorality will be widespread and common. It will be accepted as a societal standard and expressed far beyond what we can imagine today. What is done in secret today, that which is shameful and unspeakable, will be the norm and will be done openly, boldly, an dproudly in the days to come. They cannot grasp that it is sinful, shameful, or wrong to do these things. We're already seeing this today the beginning of it. Where the end time church finds its satisfaction and anchor will function as a direct rebuke and provocation to the peoples. Thus, holiness of heart, or 'love-fueled holiness' is the only thing that will help the church overcome the wave of darkness, filth and sexual immorality that will wash over the nations.

O = (Extravagant) Offering vs. Theft
End time church will be built upon extravagant giving to the poor. This speaks of living simply and not poverty mentality. And intentionally taking less so that we could give more to the harvest and the poor of the earth.

I have to say something about this, I used to be trapped and lived with poverty mentality for years, keep thinking that I'm poor, I don't have enough to buy more, to pay for Christian school tuition fee for my children... but that's not spiritual at all, and not from the Lord at all. Since that poverty mentality is so wrong, I used to struggle with "Why are you buying these for others who are rich and have so much already while on the other hand getting mad at me when I buy something for our children???" Honestly, I felt very injustice. Years later, I directed my complain to God. One time He gave me a dream (I think God knows I won't hear Him if He whisper to me). In that dream, I gave a big amount of money to a pastor and I could remember the exact amount of money. I woke up and with a desire to give bursting in me, I did as I had dream. Seriously, I've never felt so much joy in me, not even when I spend lots of money on myself. I'm never too poor to give. Even the widow Jesus made a good comment on, she was poor yet she had something to give. Today, God is still working in me to break that poverty mentality layer after layer. I know one day I'll walk freely in that anointing of extravagant giving.

One of the biggest unaddressed strongholds in the church is covetousness, probably bigger than immorality, yet it is nearly absent in most of our conscience. Because of massive poverty and desperate famine that will touch every person on the earth in the coming days, thefts, bribery, and corruption will plague the entire earth. Therefore a commmitment to live simply knit to an overflowing free heart in the area of money is critical in a time when one man (antichrist) will quickly assume control the majority of the world's wealth (Rev. 13:17; 17:16; 18:10-19). It will shock the global community to see the church "outgiving" the nations in serving the poor, during a time when most people are only serving themselves.

P = Prevailing Faith vs. sorceries
End time church will be built upon prevailing faith or confidence in God's prophetic intervention for breakthrough in our internal reality (heart level) and in external circumstances; provision in need (no need to hoard money), protection when attacked (no need to defend or be vindictive), direction in time of darkness (eliminates fear and confusion) and power in weakness (signs and wonders). (Luke 18:8; John 14:12)

Sorceries and demon worship will be a normative expression of man's lust for supernatural power to preserve themselves and escape the torment of the devastation and destitution of that time.

These 2 groups will move i great supernatural, inexplicable power, as the rest of the earth watches to see whose God (or god) prevails in a unique clash of 2 kingdoms prior to Jesus' return. One group will reach their limit - as the sorcerers of Pharaoh and the prophets of Baal once did, while the other gorup will demonstrate the unlimited resource of power under the authority of the coming King.