**Prophets Arise**
*Jeremiah 1: 4-10*
4 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
5 “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you;
Before you were born, I sanctified you; I ordained you a prophet to the nations.”
6 Then said I: “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am a youth.”
7 But the Lord said to me: “Do not say, ‘I am a youth,’ For you shall go to all to whom I send you, And whatever I command you, you shall speak.
8 Do not be afraid of their faces, For I am with you to deliver you,” says the Lord.
9 Then the Lord put forth His hand and touched my mouth, and the Lord said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
10 See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms,
To root out and to pull down, To destroy and to throw down, To build and to plant.”
*Joel 2:28-29*
28 “And it shall come to pass afterward
That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your old men shall dream dreams,
Your young men shall see visions.
29 And also on My menservants and on My maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days.
*Acts 2: 17-18*
17 ‘And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God,
That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh;
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your young men shall see visions,
Your old men shall dream dreams.
18 And on My menservants and on My maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days;
And they shall prophesy.
Prophet Arise, the Prophets are arising. It is not sex symbols God is wanting, but Prophets who have the word of the Lord in their mouths.
Jeremiah had God touch his mouth, and the word of the Lord was put in his mouth.
There are many different kinds of Prophets.
The Shamar Prophet. This word Shamar means to guard, to keep, to be a watchman. This is part of the call of God on my life.
To Shamar is the protective element of the prophet’s mantle. The preserving and guarding aspect of the prophet’s ministry is needed in every church. The Shamar aspect of the prophet’s ministry is one of the most important.
The church is kept safe through prophetic intercession, prophetic discernment, prophetic praise, prophetic preaching, prophetic teaching, and prophetic worship.
This is how the church is best defended. Without a revelation of the Shamar aspect of the prophetic ministry, a local church will suffer from many attacks that can be averted.
**News flash** Prophets Arise, the age of the dreamers is upon us.
*Amos 3:7* Surely the Lord God does nothing Unless He reveals His secret to His servants the prophets.
*Job 33:14-16*
14 For God may speak in one way, or in another, Yet man does not perceive it.
15 In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falls upon men,
While slumbering on their beds,
16 Then He opens the ears of men And seals their instruction.
Prophet Arise, Prophets of Presence, Prophets of worship, those who carry the mantle of presence.
*Psalms 47:1* O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
The Holy Spirit is summoning his church; we gather to salute the King of Kings. The Prophets have exhorted us to praise God, who subdueth her enemies.
*Psalms 47:1* O clap means taqa` (taw-kah’) the Hebrew word means to use your hands as an instrument of worship, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
The word in Hebrew for shout is ruwa` (roo-ah’) means make a joyful noise; it also means to sound an alarming triumph. It also means a shout unto the Lord that destroys.
When you shout, it’s tearing down the walls. When Israel crossed Jordan and Jericho, they had walked seven times, the seventh around then the command was given, “shout” unto the Lord, the walls fell, the presence of the Lord did what could not have been done any other way.
Taking Jericho down wasn’t a man-made idea; Israel was commanded to take the city. It’s an old city, a walled city, and they never could have done this without God.
Prophet Arise, Prophets of Presence.
When I’m in an impossible situation, I want the people of presence with me; I want those who carry the presence of the Lord.
When Israel shouted, it was his presence rising upon Jericho, where Rahab lived was the only place that wasn’t destroyed. If you go to see Jericho today, you don’t see a walled city like it was in Joshua’s day; you see walls rebuilt.
The walls are tall and thick about 4 feet thick. But the massive 20-foot-thick walls are not there, why? God destroyed them. Nothing can stand against the presence of God.
The walled cities we come against are no match against the presence of God. Don’t tell me it doesn’t matter if we obey him; when we obey him, the presence will go before us.
The presence will take down the walls of cancer, Sickle Cell Anemia, Lung diseases; the presence will take down the walls of depression, and this presence will take down the walls of suicide.
The presence will take down the walls of homosexuality, that unclean spirit that is taking our young people down. The unclean spirit knows no barriers; you find it in America and Israel; it’s in the church; the unclean spirit is not a white problem or black problem; Muslims have it, and socialism has it.
The only thing that can make you right and bring you back to a right mind is the presence of God, and the only thing that can keep the devil from building a new wall is the presence of God in your life.
I tell you the presence of God will tear down the walls of addiction; where there is no presence is death and destruction.
Prophet Arise, Prophets of Presence.