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