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The Morning Star The Morning PROPHETIC BULLE TIN The WeightiestWeightiest August 2007 MATTER BY R ICK J OYNER O for me. As I moved to dodge it, it reacted instantly, chest, and though I did not feel anything physically, fire went all over and within me. It burned, but not physically. It was a spiritual fire that I felt in my heart, not my body. I also felt Then, I saw the most beautiful bridal gown I had ever seen suspended above me. It was made of other-worldly material. It was the purest white, but it also emitted the most beautiful blue and gold. I could not imagine that a more beauti­of the Lord saying, “Will you help My bride put this on?” Then the vision ended. understanding was given to me. The ball of fire such a freshness and newness to everything just emanate beauty, joy, and freshness. As I kept looking at this ball of fire, I saw into it. At its core there was another ball that was a blue/gold metal. This was the nuclear I knew that was why I was struck by the ball of fire before being shown the bridal gown. The main fire, the main passion of God, is for fire had existed without change, but also to and the natural. He loves every angel and every As I continued to watch the ball of fire, I physically. This fire does not consume matter There is so much life in this fire, which has burned from eternity. the fire that accobeautiful that Abraham feared he would be killed being close to the burning bush, but by taking physically, but by uniting with what is on His purposes. We do not need to have a prophetic Again, there is nothing weightier, there is nothing that has more substance, energy, power, Psalm 103:7,was doing. We also see this in Exodus 33:12-16: “See, Y“See, Y“See, Y“See, YYYYYet Yet Yet Yet Y““““now Ynow Ynow Ynow Your wayour wayour wayour wayououououourourourouris Yis Yis Yis YourourourourPPPP TTTTTERTERTERTER WHAT HEART 2 3 “F“F“F“Fthat Ythat Ythat Ythat You go ou goou goou goYYYYearth” (earth” (earth” (earth” (NKJVNKJVNKJVNKJV). ).).).have. Programs and good works can be noble We become like Him by seeing His glory, “But “But“But“ButHe loves people. However, if we do not love God for the one who is in love. Commitment, duty, honor, devotion to good works, and devotion to bride make herself ready. A new breed of ministry is being commissioned now. These are use her for his own purposes; rather, his be driven from the ministry of the church. Christians will begin to love each other and serve is ready. Her preparation for the greatest of all accelerate as we get closer to the end of this age. other-worldly gifts. bride get ready. Testament TTTTTERTERTERTER However, it was Bezalel who was son in the Bible about whom it was “filled with the Spirit,” which we see in Exo­ORDORDORDORDsaying,saying,saying,saying,HurHurHurHur““““filledfilledfilledfilledonze,onze,onze,onze,recognized for many centuries now. It must be like God. It is His nature. However, all of the ever seen a sunset or something of great beauty and had a sense that it was made is greater than the former, and that which is that which came to help adorn the type. We will history—the greatest masters of all will be now. This is why, at the end of this age, the most the garment that she will wear, and what she see His glory, she will reflect His glory, and she follows after her. literally means “weight.” The ultimate glory of it is the love that the Lord has for her. Her true TTTTTERTERTERTER GREAT HISTORYGREATEST 4 the new breed of ministry, some of whom will be. They will be so that ministry will become one of the most their oratory. This is not about entertainment, Word of God is worthy to be adorned with. Creativity, the basic nature of the blessed Creator, will shine through His church as a in such unity with the Creator, creativity will flow Summary after this prophetic experience and it still dominates my thinking. It has also reoriented my understanding of some basic issues. From the come. However, the way that we can best help beat faster, and a main reason for the creation is We may think that for the church to see this TTTTTERTERTERTER REATIVITYNATURE BLESSEDREATORCHURCH AS WITNESS NATURE 5 TTTTTERTERTERTER the Bridegroom will never give up on this for signs (see Genesis 1:14; Psalm 19). This is a dense, so heavy, that a teardrop size amount of it would have more weight than all human beings has such a If it is the greatest of all, then the weightiest “black hole” by the denseness of their gravity, I pondered in Psalm 8, what is man that God to share eternity with. That is your calling. ity, sitting on His throne with Him. As we get loving God more, knowing Him better, abiding in changed, but by knowing who He is in us. We do because of our love for Him.THIS WEIGHTIEST MATTERS 6 MorningStar Ministries NEWS • NEWS • NEWS • NEWS • NEWS The Grand Opening of Heritage T biggest of all. Wellington Boone, John Chacha, Rick Joyner, and the MorningStar guests that we must keep a secret for now. discounts for stays of three days or longer. We do Worship & Warfare Conference Upton and the MorningStar Worship Team. The next morning we will begin a Worship & Warfare Conference, with Todd Bentley, Rick Joyner, and Traditionally our conferences build in momentum, and when we have back-to -back like this, the second one keeps going higher. We are join us if you possibly can for one or both of these your life. You will be changed. ZAO Life Project ENYA WITAATT I have been staying in a mud hut for the past week and I will be departing for the U.S. soon. Overall, the trip went very well, though I learned a lot about what to do differently in the future. The hygiene habits. Much of the ministry took place during a very short period of time. by God in just over an hour. I will remember it for a In the morning, Pastor Solomon asked me to service, Pat Selvey, Stephen the hydro-geologist from Uganda, Pastor Jackson, and I headed for the Tanzanian border village of Borega to complete a hydro-geologic survey at a primary school that we We parked the vehicle at the school and Stephen went to work, trying to get the Terrameter to function properly. Soon, a crowd of African males, After several minutes, Pat and I stood on the fringe of the small crowd of around thirty guys, community. He walked near to us and seemed to heard what we were doing, he seemed to sneer. He then looked toward Pat and me and made some seemingly aimed toward us as the guys continued to 7 MorningStar Ministries NEWS • NEWS • NEWS • NEWS • NEWS by the laughter and was now listening to this guy. I Pat and I being white, but quite different looking The man who was mocking me provoked me and I began to think about how unusual it was to see an the 50s. I knew that he didn’t know God. I asked Jackson to come near to me: “Tell him that he is old and may not live much longer. Ask him The man replied, “No. For seventy-four years, since all of my days, I have been serving the spirits talking about change and following Jesus. Pat was The man kept looking at me, his eyes very cloudy and lost, but somehow he was being impacted by the conversation. When I looked at him, he reminded me of my Grandpa Huitt before he met the Lord in the last year of his life. The old man then looked at me and asked me if I would like him to change. I said, “When I get old and die, I’m going to heaven for eternity and I want you to be there with me.” had been laughing at this man’s jokes surrounded The old man then told Jackson that his name was Mwita and that he wanted to get away from the crowd and talk to us more privately. We stepped several feet away and continued talking. I told Jackson to just share whatever he felt he should After a few moments, Jackson said to me, “I have found out some very interesting things about this man. He is heavily involved in witchcraft and is a part of a group that enforces female mutilation in the area. He told me that the people in this area see him as a god as he is one of the leaders of this group.” remove all of the items associated with the occult. We agreed. We all piled into the Nissan Patrol with Mwita was about an 8’ x 10’ room, dark and filthy. The walls items were scattered around. Two large knives and about four inches off of the floor. There was no chair in the room and the only light shone through the open door. witchcraft and placed them in the center of the room reached into his pants pocket and pulled out a red plastic bag that was filled with charms that he We then asked him if there were any more, and he 8 MorningStar Ministries NEWS • NEWS • NEWS • NEWS • NEWS convincing, but just speaking truth in love, this man lifestyle in exchange for Jesus. Everything was beginning to make sense to him. Mwita stared at Pat you both. For many years you have come to me in then pulled me out again.” Pat and I looked at one another in shock. We asked him to clarify and he did, saying that it was Pat and I whom he had in the water. Jesus. Pat and I told Jackson to make sure that he on the dirty, concrete floor. I knelt also, followed by brother-in-law, had also joined us after he had seen ing, repenting, and receiving his Savior. Tears were in amazement at this miracle. Pat said that he his feet and I said, “We need to baptize him right now. Where is there water nearby?” Jackson suggested a small creek a couple of kilometers away and so we all drove across the border into Kenya toward the creek. The creek was not very deep and was filthy with a swift current. Looking at this creek reminded me remove his leprosy. At the creek, Pat and I both rolled up our pants, it. We held out our hands and each holding Mwita, Standing in the water, I took a couple of minutes was—that as he goes down into the water, his old the current forever. As he comes up, he is a new Pat asked him if he was ready and he said, “This is just like my dream. I’m ready.” We asked him to sit in the foot deep water with his legs upstream. We then had him lean backwards wide open and I’ll never forget the image of his face under the water. We brought him up again and stood 9 MorningStar Ministries NEWS • NEWS • NEWS • NEWS • NEWS began raising our hands and shouting thanks to God for this brand new man, cleansed of his sin and past. Mwita also raised his hands and praised! dream about Pat and me. He said that the dream I then asked him when the last time was that he had the dream. He said, “Last night.” he wanted to clean some things. We quickly sent then we took photos of us with our new brother. Three days later, we were traveling through the of his home. We stopped and greeted him. Mwita asked Pat and me, almost offended, why we hadn’t aid, “Your new name is James.” Pat name. Pat and I laid our hands on James and began of us together the next time we came to Tanzania. We agreed that we would. Our team had dinner with Pastor Jackson a couple of days after this experience and I asked extraordinary fashion, going from a leader Our ZAO Life Project is focused on providing life, both physically and spiritually. 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