Monday, August 31, 2015

Prophetic word: Do not become too familir with the Holy One of Isreal



Turn to look at the Most High again, but this time take off your shoes for you stand on holy ground. Do not become so familiar with Him as to think you are not capable of grieving Him. Though you are the apple of His eye, and He gave His life as a ransom for you, never forget you are flesh, a breath that passes away and does not come again. As you are led through the wilderness, do not provoke Him with complaining, nor should you murmur to the point of grieving Him. Do not tempt Him in the desert, but remember His power to save and deliver, and in doing so, you will render Him limitless. Yes, the Holy One will once again redeem you from your enemies. Yes, He will work signs and wonders on your behalf and the people will marvel when they see with their own eyes how your strength is found to be rooted in the Lord. He will cause you to go from strength to strength as you come boldly before His throne of grace to find help. He will be a sun and shield to you, a strong tower and He will give you grace and glory. He will not withhold any good thing from those who walk uprightly before Him. Did He not command you to be holy as He is holy? Do not darken counsel without knowledge, but rather wait in the presence of the Lord and He will speak to you. Lay your hand over your mouth in the presence of the Lord and He will speak to you clearly and you will only hold your peace! Then you will learn He can do everything and no purpose of His can be withheld from Him. You will see yourself as you are in His light. You will see that you are quick to utter things in His presence which you do not understand, things too wonderful and deep for you to understand. It is at this place where you will discover of yourself to only know of Him by the hearing of the ear, and then transformation will take place in an instance, in the blink of an eye, you will see Him and be humbled in His sight. Then you will abhor yourself, taking back everything you said. Then, and only then, will you be renewed to true repentance, which leads to godliness. Then transformation will take place and you will be more and more like Him. He is faithful to complete this good work which He has begun in you. You did not choose Him, but He chose you. You have been chosen and ordained by Him to do His good pleasure. You will see it with your own eyes if you only believe and do not grow weary in well doing. You will reap if you do not faint during the time of adversity.

Be encouraged.
 
His best to you,

Samuel - Smashing Pillars...raising sons

Smashing Pillars International is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Your financial donations are all tax deductible. Please consider making a donation today or becoming a monthly ministry partner. The Lord has called this ministry to the global mission field from the pit to the palace. We have a work to do and you can be a part of it. Thank you in advance.

Donations can be made online at: www.smashingpillarsinternational.org

If you would like to mail in a donation, please mail to:

Smashing Pillars International
14403 Walters Rd., #681601
Houston, Texas 77014

Be sure to include your prayer requests.

Friday, August 21, 2015

PTSD Foundation of America - Houston, Texas


Visited PTSD Foundation of America Camp Hope yesterday afternoon. An amazing organization helping veterans overcome and heal from the unseen wounds of war. Shawn Adams and I were able to meet the Director of Operations Chuck Lightle and pray with him for the organization and the in the men. What an honor! We also were able to spend some time with Brad Blue who is the Veterans Coordinator at Camp Hope and also a graduate of the program. Brad walked into Shawns Customs Tees, owned by Shawn, a few days ago to order some t-shirts and struck up a conversation with Shawn about the foundation. Shawn mentioned that Smashing Pillars International was interested in ministering to veterans so Brad invited us to come over.


Shawn and I were able to meet several of the resident veterans and we had an opportunity to pray for one young man named James who is graduating from the program today. We prayed for him, we blessed him and spoke destiny into him. All the other veterans in the house had their heads bowed in prayer with us. It was awesome! We will visit again in a couple of weeks and hopefully sit in in one of their discussion groups. I'll keep you posted. Visit their site at www.ptsdUSA.org for more information.  
 
 
Pray for our troops and returning veterans. Many come home with severe emotional trauma you could not possibly fathom unless you've been there.

Samuel
Smashing Pillars...raising sons.

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Prophetic Word Through a Dream: The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of...

 
08-11-15 @ 4:29 am
 
To David B's beautiful daughter - always keep daddy's bowl ready :)
 

I receive this dreamed just before I woke up this morning. I was scheduled to teach at the Wallace Pack Prison Unit this morning. I asked if the dream was for the men this morning and the Lord made it clear that it was for them, but I also believe this is word is for all believers incarcerated in other ways other than inside a prison cell. I hope it encourages you.
 

The Dream:
 

I seemed to be with a group of coworkers at a bar after work. I do not know how late it was, it felt like it was late at night. There were no windows, but I figured it was late because everyone seemed to be very drunk and/or high. There were strippers dancing in the background. I avoided looking directly at them. It was shameful what the dancers were doing in the cages. Then the group I was with broke up and went in different directions with the intention of meeting back at the same place we were just at. That’s when I realized the bar was more like a huge club that had multiple levels, several going up above me and several going down below me.


I started walking through the club looking around for a way to get to one of the other levels. Then one of the men that was in the group I was with suddenly was walking along side me. I turned to look at him and said, hey man. He looked at me and gave me a very drunk looking smile. He was trying to hide how intoxicated he was, but he really didn’t know how obvious it was that he was totally under the influence of the liquor he had been drinking at the club.


Suddenly he made a left turn in front of me and walked straight into a men’s room to my left. That’s when I noticed stairs leading to the level below us. I went down the stairs to the very bottom floor which was very deep underground, somehow I just knew. To my surprise, there was something like an arcade with children everywhere. It looked like a scene at Chunk-E-Cheese. I walked over to a large group of kids sitting together. It seemed to be the birthday of one in the group. They were all gathered around a large movie screen watching a movie. They were in awe as they watched a movie like Peter Pam.


I walked a little closer and noticed a stack of paper bowls filled with popcorn. The bowls were decorated with the words, “THE STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF”, on them. The children were so into the movie and the popcorn looked so good I took a small stack of the bowls. The kids all had a bowl each and they didn’t even see me taking them so I grabbed them and walked away.


I starting eating popcorn as I walked away, but suddenly felt like I was stealing so I put the bowls down and started going back up the stairs to meet up with my coworkers again. End of dream
 
 
Interpretation:
 
The bar is the world. The coworkers are co-laborers, as in co-laborers in Christ. 1 Corinthians 3:9 For we are God’s coworkers. You are God’s field, God’s building.
 
So in the dream I was with believers who were under the influence of the sway of the world. They were imprisoned and controlled by the sensual senses. The dancers in the cages represented the co-workers themselves in the cages dancing to the sound and sway of the world. Mark 4:18-19 Now these are the ones sown among thorns; they are the ones who hear the word, and the cares of this world, the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. Ephesians 4:14 that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,
 
It was late at night and there seemed to be no windows. In the dream I felt like there was no hope for the coworkers I was with, almost as if they deserved to be there in the condition they were in. There seemed to be no way of escape for them. No WINDOWS of opportunity to get them out of the club. Matthew 14:15-16 When it was evening, His disciples came to Him, saying, This is a deserted place, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages and buy themselves food. But Jesus said to them, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.
 
Multiple levels of the club represents a person’s consciousness. Walking around looking for a way to get to one of the other levels. Represents trying to find the pathway to a person’s heart in order to help them. The coworker (a believer) who walks along side of me is so drunk it is obvious to me, but he thinks I can’t tell. The reality is that he is the one who doesn’t realize how drunk he really is. He is the drunk person you have been told to not waste your time arguing with. Suddenly he makes a left turn into the men’s restroom. Represents the person being so under the influence of the world, doctrines of man, demons, wisdom of the world, sexual and material lusts, etc. A person who seems beyond help and deserving of condemnation because they backslid from God, but there is a sudden left turn God is about to cause them to make in their lives!
 
Going into the men’s restroom. Represents cleansing, purifying, washing, deliverance! Bathroom is the heart, the secret place in a man that only God can see and judge. 1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the LORD does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”
 
Going down the stairs to the bottom level. Represents the heart of a man, going down deep into the heart of a matter.
 
Children’s party on the lower level. Represents the time before a person was defiled by the world. When they still were able to believe anything they saw or heard. Luke 18:17 “Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.” Luke 17:6 So the Lord said, “If you have faith as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be pulled up by the roots and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.
 
The movies they were watching. Represents the destinies and callings they were being shown by God before they were formed in the womb. They were being downloaded with everything that pertained to life and godliness. Jeremiah I:5 Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you; Psalm 139:16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, the days fashioned for me, when as yet there were none of them.
 
 
Also note that the boys in the movie Peter Pan were referred to as the "lost boys".
 
You were downloaded with the stuff dreams are made of before you knew them. 1 Corinthians 2:9 Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.
 
What does the popcorn represent?
 
Popcorn – Full of ideas; explosive promises; breaking out; bursting forth; expansion; spiritual revelation; truths and natural facts are being made aware to you.
 
Prophetic word - God is now restoring the dreams, ideas, wisdom and opportunities the enemy stole through sin, iniquity and self-destructive habits.  Windows of opportunity are coming to the believers again, specifically to the believers who are the victims of their own self-destruction. The Lord will cause them to begin making sudden left turns in life, away from compromise and dishonesty, and directly into a time of repentance and healing in the presence of the Lord. This will cause hearts to be exposed before the King and He will pardon and expunge all records to make it like it never even happened. These are the ones the Lord has chosen to show great compassion to. They will not even show themselves compassion, but the Lord will move mightily upon their hearts to reveal His sovereignty and unconditional love towards those who love God and once walked with Him intimately. Where they were once given over to defeat, missing the chance of a lifetime, or even blowing the only opportunity that ever came their way. The Lord Himself will set them free from the things of the world that have kept them like caged animals, depressed and hopeless, He will break the bars of iron and release them into their destinies they thought were long gone and dead. They will begin to dream again with new and whole hearts bestowed upon them by the King Himself. He will make them to pass under His rod once again, and will bring them into the bond of His Covenant. He will purge all in their minds that transgresses against the Lord and accept them as a sweet smelling aroma and He will be hallowed in them. Then they will know that He is the Lord, when He brings them into the blessing. And then they shall remember their ways and all their doings with which they defiled themselves. Then they will know to fear and reverence the Lord, and they will know that He is Lord of all when He does not deal with them according to their wickedness but He will deal with them for His name’s sake and to reveal His lovingkindness to all who humble themselves before the Lord. He will cause you to dream again! He will cause you to believe you can again! He will put a new song in your heart and a double-edged sword out of your mouth by which you will overcome the enemy. It will be said of you, “They overcame the works of the enemy by the blood of the Lamb and by the words of their testimonies they established the victory for themselves over and over!” Their stories so powerful, they are The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of! Says the Lord!
 
 
 
 
His best to you,

Samuel - Smashing Pillars...raising sons


Smashing Pillars International is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Your financial donations are all tax deductible. Please consider making a donation today or becoming a monthly ministry partner. The Lord has called this ministry to the global mission field from the pit to the palace. We have a work to do and you can be a part of it. Thank you in advance.

Donations can be made online at: www.smashingpillarsinternational.org

If you would like to mail in a donation, please mail to:

Smashing Pillars International
14403 Walters Rd., #681601
Houston, Texas 77014

Be sure to include your prayer requests.

Monday, August 10, 2015

Your window of opportunity - Smashing Pillars International - 1st Newsletter


SMASHING PILLARS INTERNATIONAL
Volume 1 / Issue 1

HARD TO BELIEVE 10 MONTHS HAVE PASSED BY... Greetings dear friends. Can you believe 10 months have passed since Smashing Pillars International was birthed into ministry as a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization? Although the ministry is 10 months old, I have served in churches and ministries for many years since 1996...almost 20 years. So it is safe to say He will never give up on you! He has a purpose and destiny that He has tailor made only for you to fulfill. I want to encourage you to believe and you will see the Lord work great and mighty things in your life and through your ministry. Amen.

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE MINISTRY WITH YOUR FINANCES AND PRAYERS! We have been able to do more than I would have guessed in such a short time. The real blessing has been the abundance the Lord has provided through ministry supporters to touch, save and change lives in prison, through street ministry, home meetings, youth ministry and invitations to speak in churches. You have played an important part of this. There is a move of God happening through the ministry and it is very important to me that you know how much you have been a part of it. To God be all the glory.


Lives are not only being changed through the prison ministry,
but lives are being restored by the love of Jesus Christ and the
power of His Word!
HE IS SETTING THE CAPTIVES FREE! The Lord is moving mightily through the Prison Ministry and for that we give Him glory! We recently have seen two Muslims come to Christ in our weekly classes on sonship. The men are coming into the knowledge of the sonship they have been given in Christ; something many were never taught by their own fathers. They believe now that God Himself is their father and believes in them!

WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE DOING? In a nutshell, we are helping people who have become stuck in life become unstuck. One of the hardest things to overcome in life are traumatic experiences. Severe trauma can keep a person imprisoned in a prison without walls being tormented. Through the Gospel of the Kingdom and the love of Jesus Christ working through the Holy Spirit, many are being set free, healed and starting to believe and dream again. For more information visit our website at www.smashingpillarsinternational.org.

WHERE DOES IT ALL GO? We have been able to do great things financially in the last 10 months. We have supported ministries in Israel on a monthly basis, such as, Shiloh Israel Children's Fund with David Rubin and Heart of G-d Ministries with Richard and Carolyn Hyde. We have also supported monthly the ministry of Reinhard Bonnke, Christ for all Nations. America shall be saved! We partnered with Mark Wood to send financial support to Roshan Jongba in Nepal after the earthquake they recently experienced. They are still rebuilding their village and church, which were all destroyed. We also have also sent financial support to Joshua Martinez and his family in the Dominican Republic. Joshua is a missionary there and is also teaching English in school. He was  able to get medical care for his newborn baby, who had developed a bad cough because of the finances we sent him. We are praying to send more support to them. They are out there answering the call and we can help them by providing support they need.

I took this picture during a home meeting on August 1st this year
while a prophetic word was being shared. As you can see we
need more room. Praise Good!
NOT ONLY MINISTRY ABROAD, BUT HERE'S WHAT HE IS DOING HERE AT HOME... Street ministry is being birthed, personal ministry, ministry counseling and the many other opportunities the Lord has been presenting are without number and have been very fruitful for the Kingdom and His glory. We are also having home meetings that have been exploding with growth. The Spirit of God is present to heal and to restore in the meetings. We are outgrowing my home and are praying for the Lord to reveal if we are to move into a building, and if so, when and where. Pray for us.

Recent street ministry to the homeless in downtown Houston, Texas 2015
 
2015 Street ministry downtown Houston, Texas. Praying for a young man on the streets.
 
2015 Prison ministry volunteers after awesome church service at the
Wallace Pack Prison Unit in Navasota, Texas
 
The Lord is also using the ministry to train volunteers to walk in the anointing and gifting they have been given by God. Many are teaching and preaching in the prison, street and home ministries. God is raising an army of prophetic ministers and using them to break the fangs of the wicked and to deliver all who are oppressed of the devil for God is with them.

OUR ONGOING ASSIGNMENT BEGAN IN ISRAEL 2013... In September of 2013, the Lord called me to Israel for the specific purpose of encouraging His people. I had never been to Israel and knew of no one personally that I could go with, but God, through a series of supernatural and divine appointments, set it up for me to go to Israel just 5 months later.

2013 Imparting Isaiah 54:17 bracelets to an Israeli from Tel Aviv and to a Messianic Jewish
pastor from Russia. We were at the top of Masada the desert fortress in the Judean Desert.
The Lord instructed me to have silicone bracelets made with the scripture from Isaiah 54:17 on the bracelets, "No weapon formed against you shall prosper!" I was to give them out to all who would receive them all over the land of Israel and to encourage the people that God was with them. The Lord said He would give me great favor with the people and His anointing would be on the bracelets and that it would be transferred to the people as they received them just as it was done through apostle Paul in Acts 19:11-12 Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, so that even handkerchiefs of aprons were brought from his body  to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirit went out of the them. The Lord did a mighty work that first year in Israel and began to establish some relationships in the land for me, but it was there that He revealed that I would be back the next year to do the same thing again, only bigger.

Israel 2013 with IDF Soldiers of the Givati Brigade.
 The Lord instructed me to specifically reach out to the IDF soldiers. He said many of them were traumatized and war weary. Many are young teenage boys and girls born into war and many live in fear for their lives as well as their families. What a response I received from them! They were so thankful and grateful for the encouragement and the bracelet to remind them of the day when they received a message of encouragement from God that He was watching over them to protect them.
Israel 2014 with IDF Soldier at the Jerusalem March.
Then last year the Lord sent me back to Israel to encourage His people again. This time He instructed me to take the Isaiah 54:17 bracelets, but I was to also have it on handkerchiefs and t-shirts, a 1,000 of each, 3,000 pieces total to give out as we encouraged the soldiers and people. It turned out to be 16 boxes of giveaways shipped on the plane with us. The t-shirts being the main bulk of the boxes. The total cost of everything, including the shipping fees, was about $13,000.00 and God made it happen! Many of you played a big part, including Shawn's Custom Tees in Houston and CLS Technology in Katy, Texas. Thank you so much for the support.
Israel 2014 with IDF Soldiers at the Jerusalem March.

THIS YEAR WE LEAVE SEPTEMBER 23RD AND THE TIME IS FAST APPROACHING TO RETURN TO ZION! While in Israel in 2013, the Lord clearly spoke to me that I would return every year to minister comfort to His people. Has the Lord not watched over His word to perform it? Yes indeed! The Lord has done wonderful things through us in Israel and is going to do greater things with each Feast of Tabernacles.

Israel 2014 IDF Soldiers in Jerusalem. I have stayed in touch with one of the soldiers
in this picture. He and his battalion are being encouraged by the prophetic
ministry the Lord is using me to release to them. He said it has boosted
 their moral up high, high, high to the sky. Only God can do that!
The Lord has instructed me to go again this year and to take 9,000 of the Isaiah 54:17 bracelets and bandannas to bless the soldiers and the people throughout the whole land of Israel. He has instructed me to present this opportunity for you, your business or church, to sow and prosper; to be honored and highly esteemed in the sight of God. God's promises to Abraham and his descendants are still true and valid today.

Genesis 12:2-3 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and I will curse those who curse you; and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
 

The total estimated cost of the material and shipping is $9,500.00. We will not be taking t-shirts this year. Let me encourage you to take advantage of this awesome opportunity for you to personally send an encouraging word and anointed gift to the Jewish people and the Holy Land. It is no mystery that we are living in the last days as mentioned in the Bible. We know that Jesus is coming soon. We also know that Israel has many enemies encamped around her, desiring to annihilate her and to wipe her off the map. We know the Lord will not allow this to happen, but will destroy the nations who try to destroy Israel and Jerusalem, the people and the land the Lord loves so dearly. But they need to be encouraged and the Lord has called you and I among many others from around the world to go into the land in the midst of such turmoil and danger to comfort His people. Isaiah 40:1 Comfort, yes, comfort My people! Says your God.

Israel 2014 at Jerusalem March. Jewish
Many have asked me if I am afraid to go with all the war and terrorist activity encompassed around the nation. Some have even tried to get me to change my mind about going, but how can I say no to the Lord when He said, "Father, nevertheless, not My will be done, but Your will be done Abba", for me and for you dear friend. No, the proper answer is, "Yes Lord, of course I will go for You." So no, I am not fearful, but I expect to see Him do great things. Do not think this is a vacation. It is an assignment and a lot of work with very little sleep during the entire trip. Please pray for us.

PLEASE PRAY TO THE LORD HOW YOU SHOULD GIVE... You can give by check, money order or cashiers check. It should be made out to Smashing Pillars International and mail to 14403 Walters Rd, #681601 Houston, Texas 77014.

If you prefer to give by debit/cc you may go to our website at www.smashingpillarsinternational.org and give online through your PayPal account or as a guest. You can also give over the phone by debit/cc or if you want to give cash, please contact me directly at 832-771-2629 to schedule a time and place to meet. Please remember to include your prayer request with your offering. I will place your prayer in the Western Wall at the Temple Mount on the day I visit the Old City to pray.

Smashing Pillars International is registered with the IRS as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, all donations are tax deductible. You will receive a tax statement at the end of the year for your tax records.

Please remember to keep the group I am traveling with in your prayers until we return October 6th. Pray for safe travel to and from Israel, all assignments to be completed, no injuries or illnesses, nothing stolen or lost and opportunity to minister the love of Yeshua, Jesus, everywhere we go with signs, wonders and miracles following. You can expect a good report when I return.


One last thing, please consider supporting Smashing Pillars International as a monthly partner. You would be sowing into a ministry that is very fruitful. Lives are being changed and transformed, even delivered from death...literally. You could not help but to prosper spiritually and physically by supporting the ministry.
 
John 2:5 His mother said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.”
 
We know that when the wine ran out at the wedding in Cana, Mary the mother of Jesus, told the servants to do whatever He told them to do. When they did as He instructed something supernatural happened...supernatural provision. That's what happened. The plan and vision was more successful than the bridegroom had envisioned. I don't know what vision you have before God, but if it is of God, it is bigger than you and your ability to bring to pass. You may need a supernatural harvest to bring it into manifestation.
 
When you are believing God for a harvest always ask Him what is the seed you must sow to receive your harvest. I can stand outside and desire apples off an apple tree, but I will never get the apples if I do not first sow the seed into the ground and continue to water it. Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever man sows, that will he also reap. Galatians 6:7 NKJV, but read how the NLT says it:
 
Don't be misled - you cannot mock the justice of God. You will always harvest what you plant.  
 
I only ask that you sincerely ask the Lord if you should give and then whatever He tells you to do, do that. Now receive this blessing:
 
The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine upon you, and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up His countenance upon you, and give you peace. Numbers 6:24-26
 
In Christ,
 
Samuel Ramos III
Smashing Pillars International
832-771-2629 direct
 
"Do not be deceived: Bad company ruins good morals." 1 Corinthians 15:33