Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Prophetic Word: Seeded and Pregnant with Potential

During prayer this morning, the Lord gave me this word of encouragement for those who feel like they have blown the opportunities the Lord provided in 2016. The Lord wants you to be encouraged because all is not lost. He still uses all things for the good...
 
 
 
Thus says the Lord: First things first, 2016 is behind you. Forget about the compromise, failures, and mismanagement of the Lord’s resources. Yes, you blew it, but the Lord is rich in mercy and His lovingkindness has been renewed for you in 2017. Believe it or not; you’ve learned much by the mistakes you’ve made. So it’s time to stop blaming everyone else for the mess you’ve gotten yourself into. Stop being superficial and super-spiritual and confess your sin to God and be cleansed. He still has need of you. You are still important to Him and to His plan which He is unfolding and activating for 2017. Be encouraged, you will be used mightily, even though some may say you are beyond usefulness to the Lord. Their words have no power over you. You are still seeded and pregnant with potential. Be encouraged and you will hear. When you hear, obey. When you obey, the breakthrough will come. Who is he who speaks and it comes to pass, When the Lord has not commanded it? Lamentations 3:37
 
I hope you are encouraged by this word, if you feel it is for you. Please feel free to share it with others, as you are led to.

I bless you in Jesus name.

Samuel

www.SmashingPillarsInternational.org  

Friday, December 16, 2016

Don't Give Up! Today Is Your Small Beginning!

Be encouraged and don't give up believing God. He will make good on His promise and will properly equip you to fulfill your purpose and destiny, which He planned for you before you were formed in the womb.

Be encouraged and know He is well pleased with you and the opposition and lack of direction you are experiencing at this present time is by His design. He is using this time to prune, cut away and root up the tares that the enemy has sown into your life and calling. You may feel that the Lord is not pleased with you or that you may have opened a door to the enemy, but the Lord is working intently deep in your soul to bring forth the real you. Let Him finish the process and you will be freer than you have ever experienced in your life.


I pray this word has blessed you! Please feel free to share with your friends and loved ones.

The Lord bless you with His Shalom!

Samuel


Have you been blessed by this ministry? Pray about supporting Smashing Pillars International financially. Ask Holy Spirit if He would have you give a one-time financial gift, or partner with us on a monthly basis, and whatever He tells you to do...do that. You will be blessed for it!

Smashing Pillars International is registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization. All gifts are taxed deductible. You will receive a statement of giving at the end of the year for your records.  Give online at: www.smashingpillarsinternational.org

You may also mail in your gift to:
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14403 Walters Rd. #681601
Houston, Texas 77014

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Prophetic Word – Do not cast away that promise!

So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you! Hebrews 10:35 NLT 

I am coming to visit you again; to bring forth an encounter with the One who sits at the head of the Divine Council in the Heavenlies. You are being summoned to receive your just reward. I say to you, you are My good and faithful servant. You have been faithful even when the enemy and circumstances tried to convince you that I would not be faithful to you. Time and time again, the enemy tried to convince you that I would not do all that I said I would do. Circumstances tried to wear you out and convince you to settle and to be complacent, but time and time again, you shook it off and refocused your sights on the vision that I first put in your heart many years ago. Time and time again, you remembered the vision. Time and time again, I reminded you of the vision and purpose I first called you to. I have used these times and seasons of your life, time and time again, to bring you to a greater consecration and maturity that I might entrust you with more riches from My kingdom in heaven, but also with more of My riches on the earth and the fullness of it. I am bringing you out of the wilderness that at times you seemed to not be aware of because you kept your gaze fixed on Me. I am bringing you out with a higher degree of perfection in Me and a higher degree of My Divine order. This is the right moment. This is the moment you have been waiting for, the expectancy that you have been discerning in your spirit. “Something is coming, but I am not sure what? I just know God is about to do something, but I am not sure what it is just yet.” Thus says the Lord, it comes now and it will not tarry. It is the anointing to break through and to break forth! This anointing will resurrect the things left for dead, things held back and held up. The things that were shelved are being brought to the forefront again. The things that seemed to have been placed on the back burner will begin to heat up again, and begin to boil fervently and bubble up with activity again. I am doing these things by My Spirit and not by the power or might of any man. I am resurrecting that which appeared to be abandoned even by Me, says the Lord, and that which seemed to have taken a back seat in the grand scheme of things will now come to the forefront and take its rightful place in time. Abundance, provision and stewardship have been forged in you by the fires of trial and tribulation, and will be the foundation that I will now begin to build on, and through you, I will bring forth new life in your sphere of influence. Everything is about to change, says the Lord.

So he who was dead sat up and began to speak. And He presented him to his mother. Then fear came upon all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has risen up among us”; and, “God has visited His people.” And this report about Him went throughout all Judea and all the surrounding region. Luke 7:15-17 NKJV

Arise! You who were dead, arise! Time to stand up and speak again! Lift yourself out of the box you have been confined to and begin speak again and My Word will not return to you void. This charge I commit to you, according to the prophesies previously made concerning you, that by them you may, again, wage the good warfare. Arise, and prepare yourself, for the Lord Himself rapidly approaching those who have shipwrecked their faith. He will reestablish His words in their hearts and watch over them to perform them. Arise, for the Lord Himself will rescue your faith from shipwreck by the fulfilling of His promise to you. Now is the time to rise and shine, says the Lord.  

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. 2 Peter 3:9 NKJV 

Father, I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief and restore my confidence. Teach me, by Your Holy Spirit, what I ought to say, and how I ought to say it. I commit to say only what I hear you say! In the name of Yeshua! Amen.
 

Blessings, Samuel


Have you been blessed by this ministry? Pray about supporting Smashing Pillars International financially. Ask Holy Spirit if He would have you give a one-time financial gift, or partner with us on a monthly basis, and whatever He tells you to do...do that. You will be blessed for it!

Smashing Pillars International is registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization. All gifts are taxed deductible. You will receive a statement of giving at the end of the year for your records.
 Give online at: www.smashingpillarsinternational.org

You may also mail in your gift to:
Smashing Pillars International
14403 Walters Rd. #681601
Houston, Texas 77014

Thursday, November 24, 2016

Prophetic Word: It's okay to be renewed.


God has brought you to a place where you now stand at the entrance to a new place, a new time and a new season. It is okay to enter in and not feel guilty or unfaithful. It is okay to enter in with all your heart and allow yourself to become vulnerable once again. Time to grow again. Time to produce new fruit. Time to change.

Job 14:7-9, 14

“For there is hope for a tree,
If it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And that its tender shoots will not cease.
 
Though its root may grow old in the earth,
And its stump may die in the ground,
 
Yet at the scent of water it will bud
And bring forth branches like a plant.
 
If a man dies, shall he live again?
All the days of my hard service I will wait,
Till my change comes.
 
Father,
Thank You for the power to change by the washing by the water of Your Word!
Amen!

Monday, July 4, 2016

Dream: Now Is Your Time

05-24-15 Dream – Pomegranate tree, eagle's nest, weasels


I was in my driveway at home. I had just walked out of the front door of my home. It was a beautiful sunny day and it seemed as if I had been cooped up in the house for days. It as if I was stuck in a funk for days and was just coming out of it. I was excited to get out of the house and felt a new sense of expectancy and renewed encouragement and motivation. I was going to get in my car to leave, but I noticed there was a pomegranate tree by the driveway next to the frontend of my car. It was loaded with beautiful deep red pomegranates with huge crowns on them.
 
 
I noticed a large eagle’s nest on top of the short tree so I reached up and pulled the top of the tree over so I could look into the nest. There were two smaller nests inside the nest.
 
 
One nest had two baby eagles that looked like they had just hatched. When they saw me they immediately opened their beaks and leaned forward towards me as if to feed them. The second nest had two weasels in it and when they saw the two eaglets move towards me they rose up and stood between me and the baby birds.
 
 
One of the weasels began growling at me fiercely as if ready to attack and defend its prey. End of dream

Interpretation:

Be very careful at this time who you associate yourself with and who or what you allow yourself to be influenced by because God is about to bring you out of a time where He has had you parked. Whatever the vehicle in the dream may mean to you, your business, career or maybe ministry, whatever it is, it may seem like every aspect of your life has been at a standstill, but it has not. God has been at work on you internally and relationally because both of these areas will have great impact on you in the season you are about to enter and will determine how successful you will be. Things are about to take off again. The flow of provision, increase and prosperity will begin move forward, rushing mightily, and for some, even overflowing their banks. Pun intended. The pomegranates represents God’s sweet anointing; fresh and free flowing. It also represents the fruitfulness many of you are accustom to enjoying, but have not experienced for some time now. Joy, wisdom, good health and even new growth is just ahead. It is within reach and can be easily attained just as easy as I reached up and pulled the top of the tree down toward me to look into the nest. It is done by faith because God rewards faithfulness. The internal work being done is to rid us of compromise, which is the result of being double-minded. So God has been shining light in our darkness so that we will repent and make course corrections in our hearts. I believe this is represented by the young eaglets in the nest. What God has been doing in us is new and delicate. It must be nurtured and cared for carefully to bring it to maturity. They can represent many different things such as a seers anointing, prophetic person, revelatory gifts, breakthrough or the ability to see in the realm of the Spirit, which is rare, but one thing is certain and that is that it represents a double portion/anointing being released. Compromise will bring certain death to this if it is not dealt with. The weasels in the nest represent heart attitudes, but also relationships in our lives the Lord has been dealing with, some to end and some to strengthen. IF the Lord is leading you to end a relationship you may have to have the courage to confront someone in love, but then if the Lord is leading you to strengthen a relationship you may have to be willing to be reconciled. Only you and the Lord know. Weasels would be very dangerous to young eaglet hatchlings and would only seek to devour them. No other purpose for them to be in the nest! Prophetically, a weasel represents a: person that won’t keep a promise; “weasels out”; squealer; informant; wimp; betrayal; warning not to befriend former enemies; they seek to defeat and devour you at any given time. Jesus also mentioned little foxes spoiling the vine:

Songs 2:15 Catch us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vines, for our vines have tender grapes. NKJV

Songs 2:15 Catch all the foxes, those little foxes, before they ruin the vineyard of love, for the grapevines are blossoming! NLT

Absolute obedience to the Spirit and Word will ensure blessing promised to us through our Covenant with God.

Malachi 3:10-11 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in! Try it! Put me to the test! Your crops will be abundant, for I will guard them from insects and disease. Your grapes will not fall from the vine before they are ripe,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. NLT

·        Crops – a crop is any cultivated plant, fungus, or alga that is harvested for food, clothing, livestock fodder, biofuel, medicine, or other uses. To see a crop in your dream represents the time to reap from you investments, and hard labors has come. You can expect to experience great increase in favor and financial blessings.

·        Insects – signifies minor obstacles, problems and annoyances that need to be dealt with and overcome; messengers of irritation, someone or something may be “bugging” or a “harassment” to you; insects are symbolic of exactness, attentiveness, and have keen senses; systematically devour and destroy things bite by bite; manage your thoughts and prioritize your values. Lev. 11:22; Deut. 24:19

·        Disease – Emotional upset; sickness, infirmity, bodily weakness, bondage from evil; dis-ease. Matt. 4:23; Is 53:5

Malachi 3:10-11 Bring in all the tithe unto the treasure-house, And there is food in My house; When ye have tried Me, now, with this, Said Jehovah of Hosts, Do not I open to you the windows of heaven? Yea, I have emptied on you a blessing till there is no space. And I have pushed for you against the consumer, and He doth not destroy to you the fruit of the ground, nor miscarry to you doth the vine in the field, Said Jehovah of Hosts. YLT

·        Miscarry – premature delivery of a promise before the preparation process was completed to sustain life, the death of something new, curse of barrenness, aborting one’s fruit or potential, Is 66:9. The premature demise of a new beginning; abortion or loss of an idea; the failure of a project, the passing by of a promotion, or the ending of a relationship. The literal loss of a baby’s life before it was able to be born at full term. Not taking the necessary step or care to bring a new thing forth in its proper time.

The Lord is warning us to be sober and vigilant because things about to take off again. Those who have been feeling idle are about to hit the road again with full tanks. The enemy would like nothing more to reacquaint you with the wrong people, wrong associations, wrong influences or people who spitefully use you. God will give you the authority and dominion in the realm that you know you are called to, but have not seemed to have the power and authority to rule in that realm. Also, no compromise, no complaining, no murmuring and no mixture! Do it God's way without complaining and you will enter into that which the Lord has prepared for you. Remember it is just within reach, so close and easy to reach. It is just as easy I reached up to the top of the pomegranate tree and pulled it down to me. So stay focused and purpose in your heart to be obedient to do all the Lord asks of you. Your reward is within reach. This time it will not abort. This time it will not be cast before its time. This time is your time. It’s time.
 
Receive this blessing:

May the Lord bless you and keep you;
May 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.


Shalom Shalom!

Samuel

 
Please remember us in your prayers...

Please pray about supporting Smashing Pillars International financially. Ask Holy Spirit if He would have you give or partner with us, and whatever He tells you to do...do that. 
 
Smashing Pillars International is registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization. All gifts are taxed deductible. You will receive a statement of giving at the end of the year for your records.
 
Visit us at
www.smashingpillarsinternational.org or you may give at http://www.smashingpillarsinternational.org/online-giving.html.

You may also mail in your gift to:
Smashing Pillars International
14403 Walters Rd. #681601
Houston, Texas 77014

 

Friday, July 1, 2016

Prison Ministry Report: June 30, 2016


The class continues to grow! Last night was week four and the class has more than doubled. We are just about at capacity. The Lord's presence was so tangible last night beginning with worship, during the lesson and during the anointing service. We are working on breaking free and uprooting destructive habit structures and thought patterns. Wow! The men are starting to understand that God is God, but He is also Father to them. This is foreign to many of them because many have been rejected by their earthly fathers or have never met him, but God is coming in an healing them and beginning to build and establish a new relationship with these guys. It is so amazing to see how they are so free during worship. They dance, shout, jump, cry, laugh and begin to overflow onto each other. It is an amazing sight.

Some of the truths the men have learned so far:
  • Cycles of bondage and strongholds begin with a wound, progresses to a stronghold, sin and disobedience, darkness and eventually demonic oppression.
  • A wound is just a deficit of love.
  • A stronghold is a fortress of thought. It in of itself is not demonic, but provides a way for demons to enter. "Habit - an act repeated so often that it has become involuntary. There is no new decision of mind each time the act is performed."
  • Habits are both relational and behavioral, and they affect EVERY relationship we have.
  • Sin and disobedience is how we get our "love need" met with we do not allow God to meet that need for us.
  • Darkness is not an absence of light, but a sensual love of self, a lack of revelation.
  • Demons inhabit darkness.
PURPOSES OF STRONGHOLDS
  • 1. Strongholds produce negative thoughts within us that block us from receiving or giving love.
  • 2. Strongholds restrict our knowledge of God and His love.
  • 3. Strongholds give us tunnel-vision, so we don't clearly see right from wrong.
  • 4. Strongholds shape our value systems and distort our relationships in how we value and treat other people.
  • 5. Strongholds make straight-thinking difficult, by guarding our weak spots with false feelings and emotions.
  • 6. Strongholds constantly send negative messages to our mind, will, and emotions.
Mark 1:11 "And a voice came from heaven: "You are my Son, whom I Iove; with you I am well pleased. ", NIV

EVERYONE needs praise and affirmation. A need is something that, if unmet, makes a person sick. But, if met, makes a person well. And, when we get well, we can help meet the needs of others.
Each wound and criticism acts like individual building blocks of the fortresses (strongholds) in our lives. They can cause us to draw negative conclusions on how we relate to people and, ultimately, cause us to do what we do NOT want to do.


Hallelujah! The men are learning why they do what they don't want to do and how to do what they want to do.

Please remember us in your prayers...

Please pray about supporting Smashing Pillars International financially. Ask Holy Spirit if He would have you give or partner with us, and whatever He tells you to do...do that. 
 
Smashing Pillars International is registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization. All gifts are taxed deductible. You will receive a statement of giving at the end of the year for your records.
 
Visit us at
www.smashingpillarsinternational.org or you may give at http://www.smashingpillarsinternational.org/online-giving.html.

You may also mail in your gift to:
Smashing Pillars International
14403 Walters Rd. #681601
Houston, Texas 77014

Receive this blessing:

May the Lord bless you and keep you;
May 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.


Shalom Shalom!

Samuel

 

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Prison Ministry Report: June 16, 2016


It has been a while since our last report. I want to thank everyone who prays for the ministry and supports it financially. We could not do what we do without your support. Not everyone is called to the pulpit or to going out into the streets, jails and prisons, but we are all called, some to pray and sow finances so that the "Gospel of the Kingdom" can preached. So again, thank you so much for all the prayers and financial support. It is greatly appreciated and as the scripture says - And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
 
Please add the Wallace Pack Prison Unit - Trusty Camp to your intercessor's list. The men are hungry and eager to learn. We've only held 2 classes so far and we have grown from 29 men in the first class to 34 in the second class last week! I am expecting the number to continue to grow as the men go out and inspire others to join. For the next ten weeks we will be working on breaking free from destructive habits and thought patterns. We will then work on going from a spiritual slave mentality to a spiritual son mentality for eight weeks. The goal is to move them into sonship. From there we move into the gifts of the Spirit and moving in the gifts of the Spirit. This will mean having them practice on each other! I love this part of the journey because it's awesome to see their faces as they are astonished at how they are hearing clearly from the Lord, praying for people with healing manifesting! Glory to God.
 
Testimony
 
Please pray for hitchhiker named Phillip. I was on my way home for last Thursday night's class at the trusty camp. I had just moved onto the new stretch of 99 from Hwy 290 and was headed to Hwy 249. Just as I got onto 99 I noticed a young man with a small suitcase walking on the side of the highway. It was very dark, no lamps in this area of the road. It was about 10 PM and I thought to myself how no one would be crazy enough to pick up this guy in the dark. Besides, he had to be up to no good, right? I said a prayer for him and drove on. I finally reached my exit for Hwy 249/Tomball when the Lord spoke to me and said, "I want you to turn around and go back to pick up that hitchhiker." What! I laughed and said ok, but wanted to know why. I had such a peace come over me that I knew it was God. It is about 12 miles from Hwy 290 to Hwy 249. Surely someone had already picked up the guy or maybe he turned off the highway into one of the neighborhoods? The Lord spoke then and said, "Tell him I heard him, and yes, I do know what he's going through and I do care about his situation, and I will help him, if he will allow me to." Wow! I finally made it back to Hwy 290 with no sign of him. I was hoping I would see him on the way back, and sure enough, there he was standing on the side of the highway trying to look at something in the dark. It was a photograph he found on the ground. (I think the Lord planted it there to keep him still so I could find him in the dark). I pulled up and asked him if he needed a ride. Duh. He said yes, as far as I could take him. I told him Tomball and he got in. Looked very tired and was definitely in need of a shower. He was worn, torn and over burdened physically and spiritually. He asked why I picked him up and I told him because the Lord told me to. No response from him, just a surprised look. He told me he was curious because a Hummer picking up a hitchhiker in the middle of the on a dark stretch of road could only mean one thing. Weirdo. I agreed. LOL. I told him how I actually passed by him earlier and as I was exiting the Hwy 249/Tomball exit the Lord told me to turn around and go pick him up. I told him what the Lord told me to tell him and he melted. Then the Lord told me to tell him that just as he sent a stranger to pick him up in the middle of night in the middle of nowhere that He was sending others to help him get off the streets, back on his feet and eventually reunited with his family, but it would be up to him to walk it out. He said he felt so encouraged and overwhelmed by our encounter. He was walking down the dark highway thinking about his wife who had been incarcerated recently, his own demons he was fighting, losing his children to foster care and missing them tremendously, being homeless without a place to stay, but mainly, he wondered if God knew what he was going through and if He even cared. Then this white Hummer pulls up along side of him and picks him up. Wow!
 
I dropped him off on Hwy 249 and Louetta Rd. Prayed for him before I left. He asked so what do you do when you're not picking up hitchhikers in the middle of the night? LOL. I told him I was coming from the prison where I volunteer. He asked for contact information. He said one day he would return to go into the prison with me once he gets his life cleaned up. Father, from his lips to Your ears! His name is Phillip. Pray for him and his family as the Lord leads you to.
 
Personal Prayer Request
 
Please pray about supporting Smashing Pillars International financially. Whether it's one-time gift or if you could support us monthly, the Lord will bless you and your business. We need to cover expenses for paper/supplies, educational materials, travel expenses and equipment, just to name a few. The Lord has been faithful to provide generous sowers to partner with us, but we need more. So please pray and ask Holy Spirit if He would have you give or partner with us, and whatever He tells you to do...do that.
 
Remember Smashing Pillars International is registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization. All gifts are taxed deductible. You will receive a statement of giving at the end of the year for your records.
 
Visit us at www.smashingpillarsinternational.org or you may give at http://www.smashingpillarsinternational.org/online-giving.html.

You may also mail in your gift to:
Smashing Pillars International
14403 Walters Rd. #681601
Houston, Texas 77014


Receive this blessing:

May the Lord bless you and keep you;
May 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.


Shalom Shalom!

Samuel
 

Monday, May 9, 2016

Dream: Customer canceled to go with new provider called Beacon Services


And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding. Daniel 2:21
 
But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you.   1 Thessalonians 5:1

It has been a while since I last posted anything and it hasn't been because the Lord has been silent. The Lord has been saying and revealing much, but there are times when He will call one into a secret place to not only speak of and to reveal secret things, but to also to allow a season to come to an end so that a fresh and new season can begin. God still moves in times and in seasons...

 “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.” Genesis 8:22

And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. Genesis 1:14-15

If you don't know how to "turn off" or "disconnect" from distractions and other things and people who are sometimes sent by the enemy, you can miss your time of transition from one season to the next. It can and will result in missed opportunities, time wasted and even a failed harvest. Remember we must be Kingdom minded. Obedience and faith produce righteousness that pleases the Father and that's the goal, to be pleasing in the sight of our Father.
 
I received a dream from the Lord that really spoke to me about a three year season He brought to an end, but I really didn't realize it until recently when things started to seem a little off in all areas of life...personal, ministry, relationships, projects, assignments, etc.. You get the picture. Suddenly, everything seemed like a door that does not shut properly because it is not set properly in its frame.
Been feeling this way lately? It's because God has moved into a new time and season and you're not getting it. You're too comfortable in what used to work. You hate change. You don't like not being in control. You finally have everything and everyone positioned where you want them, but now God has rearranged everything and everyone without your permission. Sorry. He doesn't need our permission, but He does want our obedience. Obey, He always looks for any sacrifices we think we can offer Him to be smothered in obedience. It the icing on the cake as far as He is concerned.
 
So the dream...
 
It takes place at my old place of employment, Waste Management. I was on the phone with an employee at Inteplast Group LTD. He was requesting a 40yd roll off for a project he was about to start at the plant. When I collected all the information I needed to set up the delivery I called the purchasing manager to request a purchase order to deliver the roll off.
 
The purchasing manager’s assistant answered the phone. I explained why I needed to speak to the purchasing manager so she put me on hold. I thought it was odd that she didn’t just transfer me as she usually does. After a minute she returned to the line and said the purchasing manager told her to tell me she is canceling service with Waste Management effective immediately. She also said I was to remove all Waste Management equipment immediately.  

I was not prepared for what she just told me. All I could think to say was I could not just cancel the service without speaking to the purchasing manager directly. The assistant said she was sorry, but the manager did not want to speak to me, she just wanted me to cancel the service and remove my equipment today. Again, I said I couldn’t because there was an existing agreement in place that was still valid so was going to have to speak to the manager first. I asked the assistant what was the name of the new company. She said - Beacon Services. End of dream.
 
What the Lord is saying through this dream is that a time of equipping and training has come to an end for many of us. We are now moving into a time of testing, very intense and destiny determining testing. Pay attention. Your adversary knows this and is on the prowl seeking for anyone who is not discerning enough to know we have been immediately led by the Spirit into the wilderness for testing. We must know and understand that we are being led of Him, and as long as we stay connected to Him, we will come out of the wilderness full of, and in the power of, His Spirit. It is in the wilderness where the supernatural takes place.
 
“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland." Isaiah 43:18-19
 
In the dream I was accustomed to doing things a certain way. I had a routine down on how I got things done, but now things are not flowing the way they normally do. First, I have an employee asking for 40yd roll off for a new project he was about to start. 40 being the number of testing and new project means a new season or new season full of testing is about to begin.
 
Purchasing manager assistant not allowing me to talk to purchasing manager represents hindered prayer. Purchasing manager being God and the assistant (Helper) is Holy Spirit. I am not saying that Holy Spirit is keeping us from talking to the Father because He will never do that, but I am saying it's time to change the way we pray. If you are used to having your prayers answered without hindrances, but now seemed to have to battle and strive through prayer time and still get no results, it's because God has changed the way He is speaking and responding to your petitions. It's up to you to get on His frequency and follow His leading.
 
Just as the customer told me I was to remove all my company's equipment from their property immediately, God is saying to us today, obey immediately when you hear the voice of the Lord speak. When God begins to move in a new direction, new way, through a different ministry, profession or whatever it is. Just do it. Just do it without complaining and murmuring. Do not be attached to material things or people, positions, places, etc. Be rooted in Him. It's in Him we live, move and have our being. Put your hands to the plow and refuse to look back at what used to be. Refuse to identify with what God was doing yesterday and expect fresh manna for today.
 
In the dream, I told the assistant I could not just cancel the service without speaking to the purchasing manager first. Even though the assistant told me to just cancel the service, I refused. I was disobedient and wanted to argue the point. As an account manager, I was trained to lock my customers in contracts to prevent them from canceling service with us and signing on with another provider. That is why I wanted to speak to the manager to force him to continue service with my company.
 
Many times when God is moving us into something new we tend to try to force Him to keep things as they are. We try to use His contract, signed in His blood, to force Him to keep things the way we think they should be, but we will never grow if He allows us to strong arm Him with His own words. So our prayers become a burden, our way of doing things begin to fail yielding results and stress level goes through the roof. Suddenly, it dawns on us - God is on the move again! Give up arguing with Him. Honor your Father and it will go well with you. You will prosper and live a long life.

The new service in the dream was called - Beacon Services. One definition of beacon is - a lighthouse, signal buoy, etc., on a shore or at a dangerous area at sea to warn and guide vessels.

The Lord is saying there is a time of testing coming and you have been trained and equipped to be a beacon of light that He intends to use to guide His chosen vessels through the darkest hour of their lives. Will you let Him use you? Are you willing to lay down all your wants and desires to make Him your only want and desire? Are you willing to give only total obedience to Him to further His kingdom and purposes? If you are willing and totally sold out then you will soon hear, "Arise and shine for your light has come!" He will set you as a beacon of light in a dark world so that His chosen vessels will be able to navigate the treacherous waters of the enemy. It's time to stand on the high places and take your position. It's time to be a voice in a dark world that at times can seem devoid of light. Remember sound is light, light is sound. All we have to do is hear and obey when light comes.

Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away, and the true light is already shining. 1 John 2:8
 
Ecclesiastes 3:1 - To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven:
 
In short, the dream says God has begun a new thing, way, season, project, assignment or whatever you want to call it, but it is certainly not what He was doing in the last season. What will this new season look like? It may look like a new business, job, career, ministry, church, friends, etc. It may mean a new circle of friends with a few old ones. It may look like living on a side of town never considered before. It may look like living in a house instead of an apartment. Whatever it looks like, one thing is sure. It will be new. It will be fresh. It will be joyful. You just may not know it yet.


Father,

Give us eyes to see with and ears to hear with that we might obey in faith for without faith it is impossible to please You. Help us to be pleasing in your sight and we will give You all the glory as You so desire.

In the name of Yeshua, our Messiah and soon coming King. Amen.
 

His best to you,

Samuel - Smashing Pillars....raising sons.
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Monday, March 28, 2016

VSSM Outreach at Wallace Pack Prison Unit 03-19-16

 
 
Smashing Pillars Intl. (SPI) hosted Victory School of Supernatural Ministry (VSSM) Saturday March 19 and what an amazing time we had together. God showed up and blessed the men in the unit, but students were also just as blessed.



We were at the unit from 12:30 PM until 8:00 PM. The service started at 2:00 PM. God did so much during this time that it would take me days to write it all out, but I do want to share some of the things He did and give Him the glory He deserves. First, let me thank the SPI intercessors who covered us while we were in the unit. You know who you are. Second, I want to thank the team of students from VSSM who came out and totally blessed the men in the unit. VSSM, YOU ROCK!

The team consisted of fearless leader Linda Spencer-Kirkwood, Mark McDaniel, David Bradley Crouch, Rebecca Rubio, Angela Newton, Maria Estebane, Marcy Benner, Maria Cristina Spiller and Richard Ramsey who also interceded for us while we were in the unit. We also want to thank Warden Robert Herrera and Chaplain David Nichols for allowing us to go into the unit to minister to the men. We are so grateful and appreciate you two men! May the Lord rain blessings into your lives.


The men were so transformed by the experience they were still talking about the outreach when I returned for Tuesday morning class. Many said the prophetic words they received from the students were so powerful and inspiring. Others were very touched by the flags and the prophetic praise dancing by Rebecca, Mark, Angie and Brad. Some of the men said they could sense God was doing something prophetically through the dancing. The band loved worshipping with Marcy. They were so blessed by her and her ability to easily flow with them in worship by the Spirit. The Lord began moving in healings and impartations after worship and the message shared by Linda. Linda had a word of knowledge for healing of pain on the left side. Several men came up for prayer and received instant healing from the pain. More men began to come up for prayer and so I asked some of the men from the unit who are in the faith based dorm to pair up with the VSSM students to pray for those who were responding to the call for prayer. It was the perfect opportunity to stir up the gifts in the men and to put to practice what they have been learning in the program. It was also hands on training for them in praying for healing. The VSSM students encouraged them to continue praying for healing even if the person they are praying for isn't healed the first time they pray. The students encouraged the men to contend for healing through prayer. The men witnessed many healings and were so on fire that God used them. Here are some of the healings reported:
  • Linda -  pain left side - several healings, no idea how many
  • Marcy - 2 healed from pain 10-0, also a healing from pain in shoulders, also another who had severe back pain in the meeting and began to cry when Marcy prayed for him because the pain left him.
  • Rebecca - prayed for a man who had Parkinson's disease and was shaking at the time, but was not shaking after he received prayer! Praise God.
  • There were other healings such as emotional and mental.
While the Spirit was moving in healing the Lord said to call everyone up who had never felt the presence or touch of God. That's when things got interesting. A few men came up for prayer, but when the Father started touching the men, more men started coming. Several men experienced the Father's touch for the first time in their lives and some were so overwhelmed by the presence and glory of God that they were on the floor laughing and crying at the same time. Thank you Jesus for touching Your sons!

Thank you Pastor Sally and Victory Christian Center for offering Victory School of Supernatural Ministry where people are taught how to bring Heaven to earth by living a supernatural lifestyle. The hands-on training, along with sound biblical teaching and knowledge they receive at VSSM, is making a difference in the lives of the students, but also in the lives of the people they encounter everywhere everyday. Go God and go VSSM!

 
A big thank you to all SPI supports. You are making a difference in countless lives!
 
Receive this blessing:

May the Lord bless you and keep you;
May 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...Shalom.

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. Thank you in advance.

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

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Friday, March 18, 2016

Does God create evil?


I woke up this morning with this scripture in my spirit. I know that this one verse can be a stumbling block for some because it gives the impression that God is the author of evil, but He is not. He is not the author of confusion, nor is He the author of evil, wickedness in other words. It is very important that this lying spirit that accuses God of evil be put down. If this lying spirit can convince a person that God is the author of evil, then it will also convince a person that God wants them to commit evil. That's bad bookey, but I don't want you to take my word for it because I have been accused of twisting and discrediting the Bible, which is totally absurd. I never said the Bible isn't true.

Full Definition of discredit      www.merriam-webster.com
  1. 1 :  to refuse to accept as true or accurate :  disbelieve <discredit a rumor>
  2. 2 :  to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of <a discredited theory>
  3. 3 :  to deprive of good repute :  disgrace <personal attacks meant to discredit his opponent>
 
Below is a very good teaching on this verse and the context that it is used in. Context is very important when we are reading the Bible. Do not just read a verse and presume to know what it means. It is always better to the read the chapter before and after the chapter the verse we are trying to understand is in. Also, we must understand when reading the Bible what is narration and what is teaching. If we can learn to distinguish the two we can avoid flaky and inerrant interpretations, which only cause schisms in the Body.
 
A simple definition of Schism:
  • a division among the members of a group that occurs because they disagree on something
Full definition of Schism:  www.merriam-webster.com
  1. division, separation; also: discord, disharmony
  2. formal division in or separation from a church or religious body
  3. the offense of promoting schism
 
The following teaching can be found on Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry at https://carm.org/does-god-create-evil. Great teaching and should clear some things up for us.
 

Does God create evil?

Isaiah 45:7 and Amos 3:6
  • (Isaiah 45:7, KJV)--"I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things."
  • (Amos 3:6)--"Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?"
Is God really the one who created evil? To answer the question we must first look at how the word for evil, rah, is used in the Bible, examine the context of the Isaiah 45:7 passage, and look at other passages on the same subject.
First of all, the Hebrew word for evil, rah, is used in many different ways in the Bible. In the KJV Bible, it occurs 663 times. Four-hundred-thirty-one (431) times it is translated as evil. The other 232 times it is translated as wicked, bad, hurt, harm, ill, sorrow, mischief, displeased, adversity, affliction, trouble, calamity, grievous, misery, and trouble. So we can see that the word does not require that it be translated as evil. This is why different Bibles translate this verse differently. It is translated as calamity by the NASB and NKJV, disaster by the NIV, and woe by the RSV.
Second, the context of the verse is speaking of natural phenomena.
"I am the Lord, and there is no other; Besides Me there is no God. I will gird you, though you have not known Me; 6That men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun That there is no one besides Me. I am the Lord, and there is no other, 7The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the Lord who does all these," (Isaiah 45:5-7).
Notice that the context of the verse is dealing with who God is and that it is God who speaks of natural phenomena (sun, light, dark) and that it is God who is able to cause "well-being" as well as "calamity." Contextually, this verse is dealing with natural disasters and human comfort issues. It is not speaking of moral evil. Rather, it is dealing with calamity, distress, etc. This is consistent with other Scriptures. For example,
  • "And the Lord said to him, "Who has made man’s mouth? Or who makes him dumb or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord?" (Exodus 4:11)
  • "Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?" (Amos 3:6)
Also, take note that Isaiah is presenting contrasts. He speaks of "light" and "darkness," "well being" and "calamity." The word, "well-being," in the Hebrew is the word for 'peace,' "Shalome." So, in the context, we are seeing two sets of opposites: Light and dark, peace and non-peace, or well being and calamity. The "evil" that is spoken of is not ontological evil but the evil experienced by people in the form of calamity.

From the above two verses (Exodus 4:11, Amos 3:6), we can see that the Lord is involved in calamity and problems in the earthly realm. Exodus 4:11 is speaking of human frailty, and Amos 3:6 is speaking of woes in a city. It is not a moral evil that God brings but calamity and distress upon people.

Of course, this raises other questions of why God would do such a thing, which I won't cover here. But, we can trust that whatever God does is just and is used for teaching, guiding, and disciplining His people.

Third, there are other verses that clearly show that God is pure and that He cannot approve of evil.
  • “The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; a God of faithfulness and without injustice, righteous and upright is He," (Deut. 32:4).
  • "Thine eyes are too pure to approve evil, and Thou canst not look on wickedness with favor," (Hab. 1:13).
We can see that the Bible teaches that God is pure and does not approve of evil and that the word, rah (evil), in Hebrew can mean many things and that contextually the verse is speaking of calamity and distress. Therefore, God does not create evil in the moral sense but in the sense of disaster or calamity.

Receive this blessing:

May the Lord bless you and keep you;
May 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...Shalom.

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. Thank you in advance.

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www.smashingpillarsinternational.org

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

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Friday, March 11, 2016

Prison Ministry 03-05-16 & 03-08-16

From left to right: Jessica, Yolanda, Israel, Ruben and Samuel
after Saturday Service at Wallace Pack Unit March 5th.
Saturday March 5th
The Lord is moving through the bi-lingual services in the unit. So grateful the Lord has brought Felipe and Gricelda Carrillo and their crew from Nueva Vida Church in Channelview to assist with the services. The men are growing and the I'm learning some Spanish! LOL! How about that? During worship the Lord had me share a verse out of Isaiah 48 and then revelation began flowing. We opened the altar for prayer and the team went to work blessing God's people...His sons. Such a sweet presence of the Lord there Saturday. Special shout out to Ruben and Israel who were overtaken by the Holy Spirit and joined the worship band as backup singers, or should I say worshipers! It was awesome and so anointed. I love these guys so much. As always, there was so much joy in the presence of the Lord. Also welcome to Jessica Quiroz, new addition to the bi-lingual team of ministers.

Tuesday morning class - March 8th
The class has grown from about 60 to almost 100 men since we first started last year. This morning Holy Spirit took the class in a direction we were not expecting. Instead of doing our lesson we ended up doing a worship, communion and activation service. We recently received approval to bring a shofar into the unit. We worshipped and then we corporately repented for all sin and iniquity ever committed on the property, asked God to cleanse the property and remove all curses that came upon the property all the way back to day 1. The presence of God filled the place. We then took communion and declared the land to be in covenant with God as well as ourselves. Mark Upchurch was with me and assisted me with anointing all the men with anointing oil made from the olive trees in Israel at the foot of Mount Tabor. The scent was so beautiful. Then the Lord had me sound the shofar over the men and the heavens were opened and a new mantle was released to the men at over the Wallace Pack Unit. Words can't do enough to describe the experience.

Please remember us in your prayers and thank you for your support.

Best,
Samuel
Smashing Pillars... raising sons.

Smashing Pillars International is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Your financial donations are all tax deductible. Thank you in advance.

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