September 2008

John Ives

In His Presence Fellowship

www.InHisPresenceFellowship.com

9/04/08 Thursday "Amazing Grace"; "Glory to the Lamb”;” I Need Thee"; "Holy, Holy"

Jn 4:23-24 (RSV) ²³ But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for such the Father seeks to worship him. ²⁴ God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth."

Jn 8:31-32 (RSV) ³¹ Jesus then said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples, ³² and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free."

Jn 14:15-17 (RSV) ¹⁵ "If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 1⁶ And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, to be with you for ever, ¹⁷ even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him; you know him, for he dwells with you, and will be in you.

Jn 16:13 (RSV) When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

1 Jn 4:6 (RSV) We are of God. Whoever knows God listens to us, and he who is not of God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

1 Jn 5:6-8 (RSV) ⁶ This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not with the water only but with the water and the blood. ⁷ And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is the truth. ⁸ There are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree.

Acts 1:14 (RSV) All these with one accord devoted themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.

With the turning of a new month you have entered a new realm.  Your feet are treading upon a new plane.  You shall suddenly become aware that the "game" has changed.  You must conquer and secure new territories.  The fence that has been confining you for so long has been breached.  Do not let the cares from the old season continue to weigh you down.  It is not a time to be looking back.  Victory must be seized.  I have placed a new word upon your lips.  It shall accomplish all that it has been assigned to do.  Speak forth the promptings of My Spirit and faith shall be released into the circumstances and atmosphere around you.  I place a coal from the altar of heaven upon your lips.  I touch your eyes to behold from a new, eternal perspective.  I anoint your ears to a new level of sensitivity toward heaven and the hearts of men.  I breathe upon you that you shall have My wisdom and a fresh clarity of mind.  It's time to be about the Father's business.  Sanctify yourself for the task ahead.  Suddenly new opportunities shall arise before you.  What has seemed a struggle before shall seem to be a "breeze," for indeed My Spirit shall carry you to new places, new faces and new experiences of My anointing.  Let great expectation arise within you for your eyes shall behold signs and wonders quickly manifested.  It's a new season of bountiful harvest.  Be faithful and cherish the fire that burns within.  Beyond the clamor and confusion, the glitz and glamour that the world is given to, burns the true glory that is in the sanctuary of the hearts of My chosen ones.  I have called you to equip others so that together you may set ablaze the revelation of the glory of God in the hearts of those who have lost hope and turned away from My high calling.  The time of addition shall yield to the age of multiplication.  The embers have been stirred.  The fire is once again burning.  Make the most of your time.  No matter where you go, I shall draw many who have been longing for true significance for their lives.  Come and labor in My field today.

9/07/08 Sunday "Glory to the Lamb"; "There is One"; "Our God is an Awesome God”

"Success comes from confidence."

Is 30:15 (RSV)  For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, "In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.

You need to overcome your hesitation.  Get rid of your fear of stepping out in Me.  Don't be afraid that you will be outside of My covering.  You will be My glove.  Be pliable and willing to move as My Spirit prompts you.  Your sense of awkwardness will soon give way as you feel My anointing move through you and you see REAL change happen.  The enemy doesn't want you to become a threat.  He has seen that I am moving in you and he wants to stop you.  He will try to agitate others and cause them to stand against you.  Be aware of what is really going on.  Your warfare is not against man, but against demonic forces.  Don't be drawn into arguments and controversy.  Instead, take the fight to the source.  I have given you the authority to bind them and to drive them out of your territory.  I have given you the authority to loose men from their bondage.  Everywhere that you go I have given to you to be YOUR territory.  Therefore, be alert and expect resistance to come.  Don't be ignorant of the schemes that he plans.  His plans shall not succeed for I have gone before you.  Instead of the ambushes that he has planned, I have set My own ones against him.  He shall fall by his own hand.  His proxies shall not succeed.  Take courage and ALWAYS remain in My peace.  The devil wants to move you from your place of Rest WITHIN Me.  If he can get you into your flesh, he can take you down.  Hold your position.  Hold your peace.  Be filled with My love, for that shall overcome the world.

9/11/08 Thursday "I Love You, Lord";  "Glory to the Lamb"; "Be Glorified"; "Climb Every Mountain"

Jn 14:27 (AMP)  Peace I leave with you; My [own] peace I now give and bequeath to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. [Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed; and do not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled.]

Jn 14:27 (MSG)  I'm leaving you well and whole. That's my parting gift to you. Peace. I don't leave you the way you're used to being left—feeling abandoned, bereft.

2 Cor 12:9-10 (AMP) ⁹ But He said to me, My grace (My favor and loving-kindness and mercy) is enough for you [sufficient against any danger and enables you to bear the trouble manfully]; for My strength and power are made perfect (fulfilled and completed) and show themselves most effective in [your] weakness. Therefore, I will all the more gladly glory in my weaknesses and infirmities, that the strength and power of Christ (the Messiah) may rest (yes, may pitch a tent over and dwell) upon me! ¹⁰ So for the sake of Christ, I am well pleased and take pleasure in infirmities, insults, hardships, persecutions, perplexities and distresses; for when I am weak [in human strength], then am I [truly] strong (able, powerful in divine strength).

Rev 3:1-6 (AMP) ¹ AND TO the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Sardis write: These are the words of Him Who has the seven Spirits of God [the sevenfold Holy Spirit] and the seven stars: I know your record and what you are doing; you are supposed to be alive, but [in reality] you are dead. ² Rouse yourselves and keep awake, and strengthen and invigorate what remains and is on the point of dying; for I have not found a thing that you have done [any work of yours] meeting the requirements of My God or perfect in His sight. ³ So call to mind the lessons you received and heard; continually lay them to heart and obey them, and repent. In case you will not rouse yourselves and keep awake and watch , I will come upon you like a thief, and you will not know or suspect at what hour I will come. ⁴ Yet you still have a few [persons'] names in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes, and they shall walk with Me in white, because they are worthy and deserving. ⁵ Thus shall he who conquers (is victorious) be clad in white garments, and I will not erase or blot out his name from the Book of Life; I will acknowledge him [as Mine] and I will confess his name openly before My Father and before His angels. ⁶ He who is able to hear, let him listen to and heed what the [Holy] Spirit says to the assemblies (churches).

What a grave and serious journey mankind is on!  Many are in danger.  They are indifferent and have fallen asleep.  Millions more do not even know My Name.  Yet in the midst of impending calamity, there are countless followers who don't truly KNOW Me and their pious works produce no enduring fruit.  They shall find no reward awaiting them.  You, however, are on a different path.  You have been given the keys that open the gateway to Life.  There are stones and potholes to overcome.  There are mountains to climb and rivers to cross.  But, you have not forsaken the desire deep within you to truly know Me.  This gnawing hunger causes you to press on in spite of times of pressure, slips and falls.  Guard your heart and emotions.  Don't allow yourself to become vexed at circumstances and people.  In spite of how it may appear, I AM at work and WILL complete the work that I have begun within you.  Realize in times of stress and perplexity that I am presenting an opportunity for you to yield your will and devices so that I may demonstrate My strength in and for you.  Resistance is there for you to OVERCOME in MY strength - NOT YOURS!  At the core of the mighty hurricane is peace.  Keep your heart in My peace and watch My strength manifested.  Don't allow yourself to be moved by emotions, but by My voice.  Press on!

9/17/08 Wednesday "Everyday"; "Holy Spirit, Thou Art Welcome"

Is 61:3 (KJV) To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

Is 30:19 (RSV)  Yea, O people in Zion who dwell at Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when he hears it, he will answer you.

Judges 7:20 (KJV) And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal : and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon.

Num 14:24 (RSV) But my servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has followed me fully, I will bring into the land into which he went, and his descendants shall possess it.

Judges 1:20 (RSV) And Hebron was given to Caleb, as Moses had said; and he drove out from it the three sons of Anak.

Surely I shall fulfill all that I have spoken to you and you shall inherit the promises that I have given you.  I shall reward your faithfulness.  Though there has been few, now there shall be many who shall catch the vision that you have cherished in your heart.  Do not allow yourself to be drawn away by old cares, fears and emotions.  Hold fast to the new life within you.  Remain in My Oneness.  Move by My Spirit.  The anointing shall break the yoke.  Do not fear what you see in the natural.  It is time for you to learn to depend on the supernatural.  All that is coming to pass is but the setting of the stage for your greatest season.  The world is ready to hear the message I have given to you.  They shall not be able to doubt the signs, wonders and mighty deeds that I shall perform. They have wanted to place their hopes in politicians to deliver them, but they know in their hearts that man cannot give them true peace and security.  You shall bear the treasure that they are looking for.  The fire has begun.

9/24/08 Wednesday "Great Grace"; "Sing, Alleluia to the Lord"; "Let the Glory of the Lord Rise Among Us"

Acts 4:33 (KJV)  And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.

Jn 1:14-17 (KJV) ¹⁴ And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. ¹⁵ John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. ¹⁶ And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. ¹⁷ For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

Jos 1:2 (AMP)  Moses My servant is dead. So now arise [take his place], go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land which I am giving to them, the Israelites.

There is a changing of the guard coming, a passing of the torch.  It is the end of an era and the beginning of another one.  In this new season, you must move from the plow to the sickle and from the sweat of the brow to the Voice of command.  Angels are descending and ascending.  They are on assignments to bring all things into order so that you may be established in the land.  There shall be victory in areas where you have stumbled before.  I shall bring others who have been laboring alone and they will join with you.  I am weaving a majestic embroidery.  It is time to gather the harvest.  An equinox has occurred and a shift has arisen on the horizon.  The change will be apparent for you shall move in new strength and power of My Spirit.  Do not be surprised at changes that come.  Strategies that have served you well in the past must yield to new avenues and ways of doing things.  You shall learn a more excellent way.  I shall give you wisdom and a word for the moment that shall yield spontaneous and marvelous results.  The anointing shall go forth and all the people shall be struck with awe.  What you shall have cannot be obtained by earthly means for it shall be by My Spirit.  Be careful in the days ahead that your faith not be shaken by the things that are coming.  Especially guard your steps in the next two weeks.  Surely I shall bring a great shaking.  Keep your heart open to My voice.

9/25/08 Thursday "How Great is Our God"; "His Banner Over Me is Love"; "You Deserve the Glory"

Jos 1:5-9 (AMP) ⁵ No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not fail you or forsake you. ⁶ Be strong (confident) and of good courage, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. ⁷ Only you be strong and very courageous, that you may do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you. Turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. ⁸ This Book of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe and do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall deal wisely and have good success. ⁹ Have not I commanded you? Be strong, vigorous, and very courageous. Be not afraid, neither be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.

Is 30:15a (AMP)  For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: In returning [to Me] and resting [in Me] you shall be saved; in quietness and in [trusting] confidence shall be your strength.

Rom 5:3-5 (AMP) ³ Moreover [let us also be full of joy now!] let us exult and triumph in our troubles and rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that pressure and affliction and hardship produce patient and unswerving endurance. ⁴ And endurance (fortitude) develops maturity of character (approved faith and tried integrity). And character [of this sort] produces [the habit of] joyful and confident hope of eternal salvation. ⁵ Such hope never disappoints or deludes or shames us, for God's love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit Who has been given to us.

When you abide in Me and dwelling in My presence becomes the seat of all your reality, then you will truly begin to walk in the new realm that I spoke about.  If I said it, it IS fact!  You need to look up all the times that I use the phrase "VERILY" in My Word.  Do not fear trials, testings, temptations, adversities and afflictions.  They are your means of driving a stake in the ground to establish your territory and making it a settled fact.  This is what is called "faith."  I have called you to dwell in tents.  Your territory and assignment is for a season.  Even your stay on earth is for a season.  While you dwell in your established territory it is yours, but if I call you to pull up your stakes and go, you must follow Me.  You don't want to be in yesterday' s season when the cloud of My anointing has moved.  Your TRUE territory is IN MY PRESENCE.  Make sure that your affections are upon Me and not on what I give you.  I am a jealous God, and an All Consuming Fire.  Be of good cheer, though.  There is no good thing that I will withhold from those who delight themselves wholly in Me.  These are they who truly say, "I am my Beloved's and He is mine."  My kingdom belongs to those who will seize and possess it by My Spirit.  Many try to "make it work" by using "proof texts" and speaking by rote what I have said.  Without entering by My gate, it is mere dry and empty presumption.  My gate is through My Son and His example.  They who would enter in must come through the "eye of the needle" and empty everything of themselves.  It is the way of the Cross.  I shall surely hear the cry of those who earnestly are at the end of themselves and humbly come to Me.  The demands of this new season will make it difficult for many to follow.  They must quickly decide to put away their fears and uncertainty and forsake the ways of the past.  They must lay down their familiar teachings and their traditions of men and hear what the Spirit and the Bride are saying.  Their teachings and traditions have made My Word of no effect.  Yet outside the cathedrals of the religious spirit, there is a cry arising from the wilderness saying, "Come!  Quickly embraced the opportunity at hand!  Do not despise your day of visitation!  Come out of the stony walls and rush to Me!"  Summer is over.  Fall is here.  The old generation is passing away, and it is time for the new one to arise.  "GENERATION" DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN "AGE."  Because you have walked with Me and learned My ways during the last season, you shall be equipped to nurture and equip others.  Expect to be used in new and different ways in this new season.  Expect new levels of My anointing.  The obstacles of the past have now become stepping-stones to your future.  Arise and go forth in My power.