BUILDING GOD AN ARMY

Some Characteristics of God's Army

GOD'S ARMY

God is presently assembling HIS end-time army. It’s God’s army and he is in control.

Jesus is coming to lead his army. He is the Commander in Chief and will tell his Generals what to do.

This is an army and there are ranks in an army. It is the job of the Officers to relay the dictates of the Commander in Chief down throughout his army.

Privates in a regular army don't TELL the Commander in Chief what to do. The Commander in Chief has the battle plan and will give each person his or her assignments.

That warning is meant for people who like to come in and take over. That will not be allowed. If that is your goal, then please do not join.

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ONE GIGANTIC PUZZLE

God's army is somewhat like a giant jigsaw puzzle.

Each piece of the puzzle is a unit in God’s army.

God is the only one who knows what the assembled puzzle will look like. Man does not.

Jesus has the master plan and will give each unit (piece of the puzzle) its individual assignments.

Each piece will have its particular assignment, but they will connect to the pieces around them.

The pieces must connect. It’s only when a puzzle is assembled that you can tell what the picture looks like.

When all the pieces are assembled, they will fit together in perfect harmony. When all the pieces are properly connected to one another, and if we obey our Lord's instructions, his plan will work to perfection.

The problem with God's modern church

God's church is presently like an unassembled puzzle with all its pieces lying around, unconnected to one another. Each piece is somewhat like a little kingdom.

There are sections of the puzzle that are very large. Many of these are the different denominations, but they are not connected to one another. They remain isolated.

There are also many independent pieces lying around. Some are bigger than others. Some have other pieces connected to them, but they too remain isolated.

These people with little kingdoms are not concerned about the pieces around them. Each wants to be THE IMPORTANT PIECE. These people are pursuing THEIR GOALS and not our Lord's goals.

Divide and conquer

One of the enemy's most successful tactics is to DIVIDE and CONQUER.

He has been very successful in preventing God's church from uniting and becoming one. These pieces of the puzzle want to remain in control and not give up their sovereignty.

Our Lord is calling them ‘me’ and ‘my’ ministries. He is calling this church his LAODICEAN CHURCH (Revelation 3:14-19).

God's army will unite and become one

God always has a remnant, however, people who love our Lord and try to follow his leadings to the best of their ability. He calls us his PHILADELPHIA CHURCH (Revelation 3:7-13).

These are the people he is calling forth to become his army.

These people WILL UNITE and WILL BECOME ONE.

God's army will FINALLY become one.

No, this is not one monstrous denomination now. What our Lord is planning is called NETWORKING.

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NETWORKING

One way we can describe God's puzzle of his army is NETWORKING.

Each piece is independent and is part of the whole. God sees the entire picture of the puzzle. We see only one small part of it.

We are connected to those around us. We are connected to some, but not all.

The importance of doing our particular assignments

God's Army will be an army of specialists.

Each piece in God's army represents a ministry or group of people. Each piece is given a specific assignment.

It’s somewhat like the allied forces in World War II. Each country had its individual forces and assignments, but they worked together. There was a master battle plan and each group had its individual assignments.

When all the pieces are properly aligned, and if we all do what we are asked to do, it will be a masterpiece and will accomplish what our Lord wants done.

If we don’t obey him, it can mess up his plans.

The importance of hearing God speak to us

Within each division are leaders through whom God will relay his instructions for that segment of his army. We must obey him for HIS PLAN to work.

It's mandatory for Generals in God's Army to hear God speak to them

The ideal scenario is that all God's children would hear our Lord's voice, but that won't happen. That is why God has prophets.

God's TRUE PROPHETS relay the words and instructions from our Lord to his people.

Jesus is the head but gives us his instructions through his Spirit. The Holy Spirit communicates with us and guides us.

We are to do our assignments and our assignments only. If we don’t obey, then we can mess up our Lord's plan.

We are not to take another group’s assignment, but do only what our Lord tells us to do through his Spirit.

Sometimes we might be called to help another piece, but that is their assignment and not ours.

Each assignment is important. If we didn’t have people to do the menial tasks, we could have a serious problem. It’s not what your assignment is that is important, but whether you do what our Lord asks you to do.

Do whatever our Lord asks you to do to the best of your ability and you will please him.

We are not here to please man but our Lord.

Being obedient children, having a personal relationship with our Lord, and carrying out our individual assignments with a pure heart pleases him.

I want to add that we are not to be concerned about what others are doing. Our only concern should be to do what our Lord asks us to do, and then do it to perfection.

If our neighbor messes up, we are allowed to help him, but we are not allowed to judge or criticize him.

Get rid of all demonic spirits

Get rid of any RELIGIOUS SPIRITS (demonic) in your group.

Satan has an army of demons working to get man on wrong roads and away from God's perfect will for our lives.

His religious and pride spirits are very active in God's church.

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A HUGE FISHNET

You can also liken God’s army to a huge fishnet, with each knot representing a group or ministry. All are linked to the rest of the net, but not everybody is directly connected to everybody else.

One little link can catch a fish here a there, but by becoming united, we’ll be able to catch schools of fish.

Each fish represents a lost soul who comes home into God’s family.

If there is a tear or weakness in the net, others will come to the rescue and fix it as rapidly as possible. We are to work together.

We have to go where the fish are

God's army will operate outside the walls of the churches.

The main harvest is outside the walls of the church. That means that we have to get our spiritual duffs off those comfortable pews and get out into the marketplace.

You can liken this to a man fishing. He has to go into the water to catch a fish. They aren’t going to just jump into the boat.

You can continue to fish with one pole like the church is presently doing, each doing its own thing.

The better option, however, is for God’s church to become united.

Then we will have a net that will catch literally schools of fish at a time, instead of just one here and there.

Resistance from the existing church

Every new move of God has always been resisted by the established church. This move will be no different.

Each move of God then resists the next one that comes on the scene.

Let’s get beyond that and not worry about what people think. Let’s find our place in that net and only be concerned if we are doing what our Lord wants us to do.

I want to please him and not man.  

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GOD'S ARMY IS LIKE A VACATION HOME

God’s army operates outside the walls of the existing church. It is somewhat like your VACATION HOME.

We’ll meet on off church nights and will not go into competition with the churches. This will allow us to reach into the churches and recruit people to join God’s army.

Nobody is asked to leave his church in order to become part of God’s army!

Each warrior will be urged to find a church home. Nobody is asked to leave his or her church, but to simply spend a few hours a week at our secondary vacation home.

Some will choose us as their primary home. That is their choice. God gave us a free will.

What do you do on vacation? You have some fun. That is what we plan on doing.

We are a family. Now let's do what families do.

We have a job to do, but after our day's assignments are over, let's have fun and fellowship with one another.

This is not a typical Sunday worship service. We are building our Lord an army. We will be doing many things that we wouldn't do in a church service.

Our Lord has given his blessing to this plan.

If some of you don't agree with what we are doing, then don't do it. That is simple enough and also your choice.

Check out the results, however. God said that HIS ARMY, NOT MAN'S ARMY, would bring more souls back into HIS KINGDOM in the next few years than the church has over the last 2,000 years. Point made!

Establishing churches where needed

If there are areas that don't have churches that are doing things the way our Lord wants us to do them, then it will be one job of the APOSTLE(S) to establish one or more churches in that area.

These WFC churches will be required to do things God's way and not man's way.

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DIVISIONS IN GOD'S ARMY

God's army consists of 4 main divisions.

1. PRAYER WARRIORS ARMY

The first division in God's army is always the PRAYER WARRIORS.

This is spiritual warfare for the souls of man and nations and the battles will be fought in the spirit realm.

The prayer warriors will go in first to break through the barriers that Satan has erected around his captives.

Prayer puts holes in Satan's barriers. Prayer gives our Lord legal access (rules of spiritual warfare) to answer our prayers and send the Holy Spirit in to work on the hearts of these captives.

Prayers are also needed to get rid of the demonic controls over cities and nations.

The enemy scrambles the brains of his captives from being able to receive and understand the GOSPEL OF JESUS.

That is why the prayers warriors must go in first. Those barriers preventing people from understanding must be broken.

You can liken this to the bombers in World War II. They would go in and destroy the enemy’s arsenal and break down its defenses. The regular soldiers could then advance with fewer casualties.

The SPIRIT OF SALVATION (one of the 7 main Spirits of God) then works on the hearts of these captives and draws them to our Lord.

Only the Holy Spirit knows the hearts of people and whether or when they are ready to receive.

People should submit the names of their lost or lukewarm loved ones. The prayer warriors will then pray for them.

The Universal Prayer

The following is what I call the UNIVERSAL PRAYER.

Every warrior is to pray this prayer every day. Put a copy of it on your bathroom mirror or someplace where you won't forget. A couple sentences are all that is needed.

PRAY THIS PRAYER EVERY DAY!

Dear Lord: I pray for the souls and all the needs of every person living on this earth.

Now add a short prayer for the souls and needs of your loved ones. That will put them on a priority list.

I thank you for hearing my prayer, Lord.

God likes to keep things simple for his children.

How much simpler could this be?

Who will pray for the people in Satan's religions throughout the world if we don't?

Prayer gives the Holy Spirit legal access to work on the hearts of these people.

Pray, people! Pray every day. It's not how long your prayer is that counts but the fact that you do!

This is spiritual warfare for the souls of man. Prayer is one of our offensive weapons. Now you understand why!

A national prayer warrior army

Rose speaking: Lord, you haven’t said anything about the prayer warriors in WFC.

X and Y traveled to all 50 states and have been developing a prayer warrior army for some time now. There are also other national prayer warrior groups, and you gave me one name to contact when the time is right. The foundation is being established and we could just feed into that.

That is true networking and what I believe you are promoting, Lord. Even though the prayer warriors are part of the WFC vision, you haven't given us any specific instructions pertaining to this.

God speaking: I won’t say that is the group at this time, but now you got it. I also have somebody, some ministry preparing the classes. That is networking. They are still your goals, but the WFC goals are the goals of my army.

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This will be a quick work, Rose, quicker than you realize. I too have been preparing for this day, preparing each piece of the puzzle with extreme care.

Yes, others will be in charge of the prayer warriors, classes, and yes, even the youth army.

The youth and WFC will work very closely together, however, because we are dealing with families now, and they will come as one.

2. REGULAR ARMY

The second division will be the REGULAR ARMY.

After the barriers have come down, then the rest of the army can go in and invite the captives to come home to God's family.

Some will come. Some won’t.

We’ll do a lot of inviting in our local groups.

God wants every person in his army to BECOME A SOUL WINNER AND A RECRUITER.

Invite your friends and people you meet to one of our gatherings.

Don't forget to tell these people that nobody is asked to leave his or her church. That is important!

We don’t get involved in denominational differences. We have more important things to do with our time.

We must agree on the basic Gospel message, however. That is what is important!

3. YOUTH ARMY

The 3rd division is our YOUTH ARMY. The youth will play a very important role in God’s end-time army.

Once the foundation classes are in place, then our Lord will call forth his youth.

Youth also includes college students and younger people who are not tied down to careers and raising a family yet.

Get prepared, because God will pour out his Spirit on our youth and they will work wonders for our Lord.

Most of our youth have time and are not tied down to the traditions of man. They will go places and do things that the adults will refuse to do.

Our youth don’t have the traditions of man to deal with for the most part. We don’t have to dump out the garbage from these minds before we can fill them with the ‘good stuff’. We can start filling immediately.

What does God’s Word say? We are to come to him as a little child.

What do you think our Lord meant by that? Think about it for a while. Are you coming to him as a child?

Yes, our youth will become a mighty force in the years to come.

Our Lord wants our schools and this nation returned to him and our youth will play an important role in making that happen.

4. PATRIOT ARMY

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WHO WILL SERVE IN GOD'S ARMY?

What did Jesus say to his disciples after he rose from the grave?

The Great Commission

Mark 16:15-18

And he said unto them. Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them THAT BELIEVE. In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues.

This is the GREAT COMMISSION for ALL BELIEVERS.

God’s army is not limited to existing believers, however.

Every person we rescue from Satan’s POW camps is also a possible recruit. We’ll teach them about Jesus and then send them back into the fields to bring in more of the harvest.

I believe that a drug addict will be more receptive to a former drug addict who got his life turned around and who has a compassion for others than a PROUD SUPER RIGHTEOUS PERSON.

We won't win the lost by pointing accusing fingers at them. Point made!!!

Get rid of any RELIGIOUS SPIRITS in your groups. They can cause much damage.

Much of the harvest will become part of God’s army.

God's army will consist mainly of AVERAGE PEOPLE who love our Lord and want to serve him.

God is not looking for worldly credentials. He looks at the heart. He is looking for pure vessels, people who want to serve him out of love and not for personal glory and financial reward.

Warriors will continue on with their lives, but will devote a few hours a week part time. You could liken this to the ARMY RESERVES.

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PREPARING A PURE AND HOLY BRIDE

The two mandates for God's 21st Century Church are to BRING IN THE HARVEST and to PREPARE A PURE AND HOLY BRIDE for our Lord.

There are actually two harvests. We are all familiar with the harvest of lost souls throughout the world, but there is another harvest. There is also a harvest to be reaped from within the church.

Our Lord has told us over, and over, and over again that ...

If Jesus was to return for his bride today, the churches wouldn't empty out that much and even many preachers would be left behind.

Yes, the condition of the church is that bad!

The bride of Christ

The Bride of Jesus is the FIRST FRUIT OF THE CHURCH to our Lord. Not all who are saved will be chosen as a Bride of Christ.

Pray that you will be worthy to be chosen as a Bride of Christ. You don't want to remain behind and have to go through the 7-year Tribulation Period.

A bride loves our Lord and has a personal relationship with him. A bride is pure and holy and without blemishes.

Attending a church, giving your money to a religious institution, jumping the highest, or shouting the loudest will never get you chosen as a bride.

Do you love our Lord?

Do you spend intimate moments with him every day?

I'm not talking about church now, but a one-on-one personal relationship with him.

Loving our Lord and spending intimate moments with him every day is not the same as having religious experiences. Even the pagan religions of the world jump around and have religious experiences.

Are you starting to get this? We are a family and God is our Father.

Let's go back to the Garden of Eden when our Lord walked and talked with Adam and Eve throughout the day.

That sounds like a good plan to me!

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WE ARE ALL EQUAL IN GOD'S EYES

We are all equal in God’s eyes.

There have been many prophecies over the years about God's army (including the officers) being FACELESS.

Faceless simply means that these people will not seek recognition for themselves but will give our Lord all the honor and glory that belongs to him.

The Generals will march in rank with the foot soldiers in God’s army.

The leaders in God's army are not to set up little kingdoms and seek a personal following.

There is to be no self-exaltation of man in God’s army. Our Lord is to receive all the glory and the honor.

The days of man stealing the honor and glory that belongs to our Lord are coming to an end.

No personalities are to emerge. If a person promotes himself, he might be asked to step down from his position.

Pride, jealousy, and characteristics like these are to be left outside the door.

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RANKS IN GOD'S ARMY

This is an army.

There will be ranks in God’s army. Ranks are necessary for the distribution of the labor necessary to bring forth the harvest.

The Generals will train and work with the lower ranking officers. These officers will then train and work with the people in their care.

All people will need equipping for service.

This is equal opportunity for all.

Many of the Generals in God’s army will rise from the pits of hell itself. Many of the Generals will be former alcoholics, drug addicts, prostitutes, etc.

It’s not important where you came from, but where you are going that counts.

The blood of our Savior can clean up ANY MESS!

Our Lord is looking at your heart. Do you love him and want to spend time with him?

Our Lord gave his life for us. Now what are we willing to do for him in return?

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GOD WILL POUR OUT HIS SPIRIT ON MAN

The Holy Spirit is GOD'S POWER SOURCE.

Joel 2:28-32 is about to come to fruition.

Miracles and wonders are coming.

It's the power of the Holy Spirit, flowing through pure and holy vessels, that will cause these miracles.

Yes, there have been healings throughout the world up until this time. They are increasing. These are birth pains of what is coming.

We are going back to what the 1st Century Church did. The people saw the miracles and believed.

This is our Lord’s army. He is the one who also paid the price for our healing. He is responsible for the miracles and healings that will occur.

Jesus is the one who deserves all of the honor and the glory, and NOT MAN!

That is why our Lord is presently searching throughout the world for pure vessels through whom he can pour out his power. He is not looking for titles or worldly credentials. He looks at the heart of the person.

The prideful will NOT receive his power!!!

Our Lord keeps telling us that...

The first will be last and the last first!

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BUILD GOD A HUGE ARMY

God told me to BUILD HIM A HUGE ARMY and that is what we will do.

Recruit! Equip! Send!

The GREAT COMMISSION is for EVERY BELIEVER!

God wants EVERY SAINT in God's Army to become a RECRUITER!

We will then have programs in place to provide these NEW SAINTS with the education and training that these WARRIORS FOR CHRIST need to become successful warriors in God's Army.

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GOD'S END-TIME ARMY WILL COME IN WAVES

Not all of God’s army will start at the same time. God will send his forces forth in waves.

The first wave will be those ministries whose purpose is to build a strong foundation upon which others can build. Others will then join as they become equipped and ready for service.

God has been preparing many ministries behind the scenes over the last years for this coming harvest.

WFC is one part of this first wave.

The first wave will lay a strong foundation upon which future waves can build.

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BEING GOOD AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST

When you put on a Christian hat, you then become an Ambassador for Christ.

An ambassador is a representative of the one who sends you forth for service. If you are representing our Lord, then please be a true representative.

The world should see the love and characteristics of Jesus through us! Can they?

Our Lord keeps telling us that we will win the lost through love and not religion.

The greatest commandment is to love our Lord and love one another. That is what the world should see when a person claims to be a Christian.

That is also what the world should see when God's army begins to march.

We'll win the world through love and NOT religion!!!


 

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