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Pray Above The Opposing Sound
My beloved Richmonder’s and beyond!
Below is a dream encounter I had in February of 2018. I had actually forgotten about the encounter, however, while perusing some of the many blog drafts I have written, I came across it. As I read, my spirit began to stir. This encounter and the word the Lord released to me in 2018 is more vital now then it was back in 2018. This is a NOW word and I pray that it will stir you and cause you to RISE ABOVE THE OPPOSING SOUND! I am posting below, with a few spelling corrections, the original post. May the Holy Spirit open our eyes to His Kingdom ways and may we love His Kingdom more than the Kingdom of men.
Much love, Sherrie
—–DREAM ENCOUNTER – 2/15/2018
I was walking into our ministry building in Scotts Addition in Richmond, Virginia. I noticed all the lights were out except for light emanating from a video playing on a screen in the stage area. The inside of our space was far larger than in reality. The second floor was shaped like the inside of a coliseum and it was PACKED with people from every race. The Spirit had me specifically notice those of African American descent and those that were sent from Africa to labor with our heavenly King’s agenda for this nation. My attention was drawn to the video again. It was a 6-10 minute inspirational message like you would see during a church service to encourage stewardship, serving, evangelism, or any number of topics which highlight certain aspects of the Christian faith. This particular message was on the importance of congregational intercessory prayer. Its intent was to stir up a vision for, and attendance at, this vital ministry. I noticed, however, that the video was looping over and over.
Instead of picking up the microphone and stopping the looping video, I walked across the room and fell asleep under some steps. When I woke up the video was still looping. I shined a flashlight up into the Coliseum seating area and all the seats were empty. There were still some people in the lower portion I realized that the video had gone on too long and people were leaving. I jumped up and went into the kitchen. People were warmly hugging each other before exiting. I walked up to an older African American woman. She was very nicely dressed. Very prim and proper. Had a beautiful fur coat on (reddish with dark ends) and pearls. I went to her and said that I had not been well and I asked her to pray for me. She was so kind and said, “sure I will honey”. I remember her getting a few others as I turned to go back to the main area. I did not see the group pray for me -I’m sure they did – but I walked straight into the main area and immediately picked up up the mic and began to intercede. I could feel the partnership of heaven. SUDDENLY, as though a transparent sheet was laid over the entire metropolitan area, I saw EXACTLY what God was doing at that moment. Real Time. Not something for the future but current. As I began to pray according to what I saw I was instantly flanked with angels to the left and to the right. They were those prepared for the work of God, waiting for orders. I continued to pray in full partnership with heaven and knew exactly which angels to send where so I began to verbally release them. As I spoke, those I sent went to the exact place I sent them IMMEDIATELY. No hesitation.
As this continued, I heard a faint, yet growing, sound rising in the room. My initial thought was that someone had restarted the video from earlier. I wanted to stop it so it did not distract from praying. I went to the sound area and told the person in charge to turn the video off. I was quickly told that it was not on. We tried to figure out where the sound was coming from. We checked the sound system and saw two cassette holders with tapes inside. We took the first one completely out. The sound continued to grow. The second tape was not moving at all so it was not the cause. We could not identify the source of the sound and it continued to grow louder and louder. It sounded like many voices running over each other on a shortwave radio. Nothing distinct – chaotic. It was difficult to ignore. INSTANTLY the Lord spoke and said: “YOU MUST PRAY ABOVE THE OPPOSING SOUND”. The encounter ended.
SUMMARY:
FIRST AND FOREMOST IT IS A CALL TO NOT ALLOW THE ENDLESS DEBATE AND ISSUES OF OUR DAY DISTRACT US FROM THE KINGS AGENDA. Too many of us are praying in defense of what is going on in our nation. There is MUCH to pray about and I am not suggesting that we quit praying the headlines. However, there is a call to rise above the turmoil – the endless banter pervading almost every conversation which blankets news reports, social media and day to day conversation. The people of the Most High are marginalizing one another along social justice and political lines and it is eroding our ability to unify and pray together. In my dream/encounter, this opposing sound was soulish and inflamed by the demonic. It was specifically loosed in the prayer assembly to cause confusion, banter, and disagreement so that we would become ineffective in praying according to the strategic leadership of the Lord. This is not to say that we become inactive in standing up for what we believe is right, however, heaven’s perspective is being compromised in the fray. We must learn to pray above the growing roar of anger, dissatisfaction, pride, confusion, etc., and find the heart of the King.
SECONDARY – BUT IMPORTANT OBSERVATIONS
TRIBES, TONGUES, NATIONS – NOT DENOMINATIONS: That which the Lord is doing requires the flanking together of the Church. There is greater emphasis on unity among tribes, tongues, and nations rather than denominations. While denominational unity is important, God is summoning His people to grab hands across cultural and racial lines. This is a sign that we are coming close to the ending of the age. From out of EVERY TRIBE, TONGUE, and NATION people gather around His throne. (Rev. 7:9) This is an “on earth as it is in Heaven call” and will be a powerful testimony of the King in the face of racial disunity. This word is not about having a congregation with members that are from various backgrounds, though that is marvelous. It is about crossing cultural lines within geographic areas where there are congregations considered Black, Latino, White, Native, Asian, etc.
AFRICAN AMERICAN GRANDMOTHERS! You are vital to this next move of God. There is a specific call to African American grandmothers in the place of intercession. Especially those that have cried out in the night hours in the inner cities. God hears! Through your prayers, Abba will release greater boldness to get the work of the Kingdom completed. You are a strong backbone to those on the front-lines right now. Pray grandmothers…. BE AWAKENED, BE STRENGTHENED AND PRAY! WE NEED YOU!
MOVE BEYOND TALKING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF PRAYER AND PRAY: It is time to stop talking about the importance of prayer and stirring up passion to pray. It is time to PRAY! Many have “left the meeting” as it were because many intercessory prayer times have been more about talking and less about praying, and when we do pray the prayers are so broad-based no one would be able to recognize an answer. The looping video is about romancing the call to prayer – but never really interceding. Droning generalized prayers will cause intercessors to leave the room. It is a season for SPECIFICS born out of the leadership of Jesus. This is what will release authority from heaven, and our joy will be seeing the hand of God working in our midst. He will be glorified and we will become more and more energized for His Kingdom work.
NOTE: February 10, 2018, the Lord told me that He was raising up intercessors so mighty that they will pale the likes of Rees Howells and Daniel Nash. Their hearts will be tender and they will not desire to pray their own will. It is these that will see strategies from heaven – and what they pray WILL occur. I believe this dream encounter was a reinforcement of this word.
GEOGRAPHIC UNITY – CITY BY CITY/COUNTY BY COUNTY is key. Large networks are awesome, but the stewardship of a territory belongs to those who live there. In my encounter, it was about Richmond, Virginia and the people in the seats had been called there from the nations to join with those that have been born and raised there. God was using this as an example to me, but it is for other locations to understand Acts 17:26-27 call to steward the boundaries within which He has called us to live.
“From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.” Acts 17:26-27
THERE IS A CALL TO MANY THAT HAVE LAID THEIR “MIC” DOWN: There are those called to RALLY the troops that have laid down for various reasons. Discouragement, life’s responsibilities, exhaustion, births, deaths, etc. etc. WAKE UP AND PICK UP YOUR MIC! Get prayer from others! As you pick up that which God has given you, HE will restore that which He has called you to.
WE ARE ALL CALLED TO INTERCEDE: One of the greatest errors made over the last few decades is the acceptance that intercession is for a specialized group. Where God DOES call some to intercede more frequently than others, many have used the opportunity to let the intercessor do the prayer thing while the big girls and boys do the ministry thing. However, THOSE CALLED TO THE PLATFORM NEED TO BE IN THEIR PRAYER CLOSET AND IN THE PRAYER ROOM WITH THE PEOPLE. There is no shortcut to this next wave and the greatest among us are people of intense prayer. This next wave rests of the backbone of intercessory prayer.
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May the Lord find us all in a deeper place of prayer and intercession in this next season and may we learn to PRAY ABOVE THE OPPOSING SOUND!
Bless you and may the Holy Spirit stir you to pray. Sherrie
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The Puddles Shall Become A Stream
I have not done a blog post in some time. The blog-o-sphere is overrun and without a whole lot of bells and whistles, many blogs go unread. It is easier to do a v-log (video-log ).
This morning, however, while still in my jammies, I had a very distinct impression from the Lord that I wanted to communicate quickly. A v-log was out of the question, let the reader understand.
The Puddles Shall Become A Stream
This past Friday night we held our first “First Friday” gathering for the community surrounding our house of prayer. Earlier in the day, our staff had profound encounters with the Lord to the degree that, by the time the evening meeting came, many were still “under” the weighty Presence of God. And this bled into our gathering. I will not go into the details of the night, that is not the point of this blog. However, I will say that in the Spirit I felt a distinct shift. Not for us only, but for the community in the RVA (Richmond, Virginia) area. It may be beyond these boundaries, I am not sure, but I do know it was for the our region. Something changed…
This morning during breakfast I saw in the Spirit puddles of God’s Presence. They were representative of various churches and gatherings of those who have been seeking the God of “The More”. These are those that God has sent a spirit of divine dissatisfaction to in order to produce a groan so deep that the desire for other things would fade into oblivion. Nothing became more important than to Host His Presence. Titles, self importance, our need to “move things along”, to make a name for ourselves, ALL the idols of our hearts fell down and the ground, once covered with “all of us” became dry as the need for “all of Him” became clear. I then saw the rain of His Spirit falling on these hungry groups which were in various locations throughout the area. They encountered unusual manifestations of the Spirit AS the hunger level rose and puddles were created. I then heard the Lord say —
“The puddles shall become a stream”
I saw the puddles in each of these places begin to rise to the point that they connected with one another and the water of His Presence kept coming until the puddles which linked together became a rushing stream. I then heard the Lord say:
“the term ‘come to this meeting or that meeting to experience the glory’ will become a thing of the past – Larger city meetings will become the OVERFLOW of what I am doing in the region as the puddles become a stream”
This will be the manifestation of the “nameless and faceless” because the LORD OF HOSTS will move and it will not be about the name of this person or that person or this ministry or that because Jesus shall be lifted up in that hour. ——-
DIVINE DISSATISFACTION
Friends, we are still very much in the beginning phases of this. There is a divine dissatisfaction being poured out. Do not mistake it for something to be delivered from or something to manage or ignore, Let the groan inside lead you to the All Sufficient One. In this lies the key to His rising in our lives and in our communities. He ALWAYS pours out on the dry and thirsty ground.
So, let us seize the day by yielding to the deep stirring. Allow the dryness to take its course. He will come.
May the Lord of All Glory come swiftly,
–Sherrie
Behold, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs forth; do you not perceive and know it and will you not give heed to it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
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Egypt, Assyria (Mid-East) and Israel
In January 2015 the Lord opened my eyes to His wondrous activity in the Middle East, specifically Egypt, Iraq, Turkey, Syria and Israel. Scripture in many ways is being fulfilled right before our eyes. This month we are hosting, Doug Hershey, longtime friend, author, adventurer, and one of the most prolific teachers I know. He will be sharing on the biblical perspective of Building Up the Isaiah 19 highway, described in Isaiah 19:21-25. What is it? How should we respond?
In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian will come into Egypt and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians will serve with the Assyrians. In that day Israel will be one of three with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing in the midst of the land, whom the Lord of hosts shall bless, saying, “Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance.” ISAIAH 19:21-25 (NKJV)
In 2015 the Lord revealed to me that there would be a bridge to this Highway from Richmond and that we would have a reflection of that Highway in our city. It is beginning to unfold! This seminar is for the curious, for the serious, for the prophetic, the intercessor and all who want to be part of the unfolding of history before the return of our King!
I will share a brief update on Egypt from my recent trips along with details of upcoming trip, with a team, in June!
Follow The Lamb,
Sherrie Moore
Senior Director, Founder
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The Sound of Richmond Shall Rise!
By Sherrie Moore
And the Lord would say, I am once again releasing a sound into Richmond that will rise and will become a trumpet blast. I am releasing the singers and musicians and putting a greater grace to produce songs and hymns and spiritual songs. I am doing this to such a degree that it will capture the attention of the city and YES, even the nation. As I have said before, I NOW say again, Richmond will be known for its music. It will cause the heads of many to turn and say “can anything good come out of Richmond?” But they will not be able to deny that I, the Lord, have done this. But This is a new day and I am moving in a new way. There are those that are breaking ranks with the old and coming into the new. The songs will be songs of worship, of declaration of the Kingdom and the wooing of the harvest. There will be songs that bring deliverance to my people and songs that will bring deliverance to those that do not yet believe.
And further, as I have declared before, there will be a highway between Richmond and Nashville and that highway will release creativity in the arts, in the prophetic and in music. This highway will become a highway of holiness and the mark of those things that are released will be that that will declare my Kingdom and bring glory to MY NAME. This highway will be wide and even now I have flanked the host of heaven along this highway. The areas in between Richmond and Nashville will experienced a heightened sense of my manifest Presence and the stuck will become unstuck. The held back will be released and the bound will become free as the saints of God line up with me. As you step in, my people will no longer be self-consumed, but will be consumed by the zeal of the Lord. It will break off the orphan spirit, isolation and depression. As you line up with Me and my purposes and release the creativity and the songs, not only will I bring FREEDOM to those around you, but YOU shall also be free.
This is what the Sovereign LORD has spoken. Hear the Word of the Lord. Yield and step in!
Grace For Completion – A Call to the Generations
In 2005, Matthew and I were invited to speak at a conference in Williamsburg, Virginia. There was great emphasis on the particular uniqueness and calling of Williamsburg which was laid out by the conference host. We understood callings on cities, communities and nations, so this was not new to us. We were happy to listen and honored to be among the other notable speakers, most of whom we had great respect.
As was our custom, Matthew and I often presented together unless the Holy Spirit singled one of us out to share the message. On this particular occasion, we had prepared together and we were preparing our hearts in the midst of worship. My attention was drawn to one of the musicians and the unique instrument he was playing. It was a long, slender, white flute type instrument. The sound it created was hauntingly beautiful and I could sense the Lord’s pleasure as he played. Suddenly, the atmosphere shifted and the room became electrified. I immediately knew that the Ancient of Days had stepped into the room.
Now, the Lord has met me in various ways over the years. When I experienced salvation, He revealed Himself as Savior and Lord. He also manifest Himself over the years as Healer, Redeemer, Deliverer, Strong Tower, Refuge, and Lover of My Soul, to name a few. This, however, was the FIRST TIME I encountered Him as the Ancient of Days. I was literally stunned in His Presence. As I stood there in complete and total awe, I heard words, faint at first, and then they grew louder. The Ancient of Days was speaking. He said, “Before…before…before…” In my mind I questioned, “Before what?” He immediately said, “Before the Foundation of the World, I AM!”
Immediately, I was thrust into a vision. I saw the Spirit of the Lord hovering over the face of the deep as the earth was formed, a timeless place. At the Word of the Ancient of Days, the uncreated God that has no beginning or end, TIME WAS FORMED. Holy Spirit then proceeded to “fly” over various time periods which I understood by faint images. Adam and Eve, Seth, Enoch, Noah, Abraham, Jacob, Israel, Joseph, Egypt, Moses, David, the Prophets, Jesus, and so on. Holy Spirit was not only moving over the times recorded in the bible, but time periods across the earth. I saw the formation of nations, empires that had risen and fallen and Holy Spirit was scooping things up into His bosom, from the four corners of the earth through all generations since Adam. He continued all the way up to the current time and stood before me in the room. I have to admit, destinies over cities seemed small by comparison, though I understood in Him they have significance.
I asked the Lord what the Spirit had gathered. He said:
I HAVE GATHERED THE INTENTIONS OF MY HEART THROUGHOUT THE GENERATIONS. THOSE THINGS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN FULFILLED. I AM PLACING THEM IN THIS GENERATION TO TAKE ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. NOT ONE THING I HAVE SPOKEN WILL FAIL TO COME TO PASS! I AM THE LORD!
I then saw His hand on tribes, tongues and nations. I saw His hand on bloodlines, ancestors in family lines that had encountered the King of Glory, those to who He had His hand upon. Many had not completed the task given to them. Many peoples have experienced injustice and many of the same, at one time or another, treated others unjustly. I understood that the desire for people to understand lineage and past history was more than just curiosity or to find that “castle that is ours from the old country!”. There was and is DIVINE DESIGN on it. There is history that needs to be acknowledged. Both holy and unholy, righteous and unrighteous. The PURPOSE for all of this is not so we can be GREAT in the eyes of man or try to one up one another with our famous ancestors (some we would most likely hide). It is to DECLARE THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD THROUGHOUT ALL GENERATIONS AND TO MAKE AN OPEN SHOW TO THE ADVERSARY DECLARING THE GREATNESS OF OUR GOD.
NOTE: TO ALL WHO DO NOT KNOW THEIR HERITAGE… FOLLOW THE LAMB, YOU ARE PROBABLY FULFILLING IT NOW WHETHER YOU KNOW IT OR NOT. ALL WILL BE REVEALED AT HIS COMING! FRET NOT. SOME OF US KNOW TO PROVE A POINT REGARDING THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD.
So, to the reason for this post. I share this encounter because we are at the eve of the Jewish New Year 5777. When I looked at the numbers (and I am not a numbers person) I was immediately reminded of the encounter with the Ancient of Days in 2005. I heard the Lord say, THIS YEAR THERE IS GRACE FOR COMPLETION. (5 is the number of grace, 7 is completion — I am sure that there are numbers people out there that would find other meanings…but this is what was shared with me).
This DOES NOT MEAN that ALL THINGS BEFORE THE LORDS RETURN WILL BE FULFILLED in 5777 (though He will accomplish ALL THINGS before Jesus returns to the planet), but it does mean that there are many things God has spoken to His people, some odd and unusual things, which WILL BE fulfilled and completed in this next year and they must be. It may look impossible to some reading this…but…there is GREAT GRACE FOR YOU TO COMPLETE THE TASK. By 5778 a season on the earth will be ushered in and I understand by the Spirit of the Lord that:
NATIONS WILL DECIDEDLY BEGIN TO RELATE DIFFERENTLY AS THE CLIMATE IN THE NATIONS WILL NECESSITATE CHANGE!
AND THE MIDDLE EAST WILL BECOME MORE AND MORE THE CENTER OF THE WORLD’S ATTENTION AS THE DAY OF THE LORD APPROACHES
The year 5777 will determine if the “lines will fall in pleasant places” or not for various countries and nation states. The shift will be apparent. Not small. We will see alignments that we never thought we would see in our lifetime, while others will break ranks. It is all part of God’s set up to fulfill all that He has spoken.
In the midst of all of this, there are things each of us must complete. Things we must do. Doors we must walk into and gateways we must pass through. It is not a time to be afraid, laid back, or put things off for another day. We must be about the Father’s business.
My word of encouragement to you as we step into 5777 is:
WHATEVER HE SAYS DO IT
THERE IS GRACE TO COMPLETE THE TASK
5777 WILL BE A YEAR THAT WE WILL SEE A GREATER MEASURE OF THE MANIFOLD WISDOM OF GOD BEING DISPLAYED, THROUGH THE CHURCH, TO RULERS AND AUTHORITIES IN THE HEAVENLY REALMS (Ephesians 3:10)
IF HE SAID IT, HE WILL DO IT. HE IS JUST LOOKING FOR SOMEONE IN THE GENERATION TO SAY YES.
HE USES PEOPLE TO ACCOMPLISH HIS WILL-THIS MEANS YOU!
FOLLOW THE LAMB!
Sherrie Moore 