BEN CERULLO: Thanks for tuning in today. I don’t believe you are watching or listening to this today by accident. God is moving and rising up an end time army as we speak. He has great plans for your life. You were created for greatness and for his glory to reveal in you and through you. Today, I have more of a prophetic message that the Lord has laid on my heart for you. Let’s just jump right in.
I don’t know if you are feeling or sensing in the spirit what I’m feeling. What I feel right now is a tremendous urgency to be busy, as Jesus said, about our Father’s business. The verse from Joel, Chapter 2:1 comes to my mind. It states that, “Blow the trumpet in Zion and sound the alarm in my holy mountain. Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming for it is at hand.” My friends, the trumpet has sounded. The question is, are you ready for action? Is your life in order? If Jesus were to come today, would he find you busy in the fields of harvest or are you still wondering around in the wilderness looking for the Promised Land?
No, I’m not trying to be harsh, but we’ve got to recognize the signs of the times. We’ve got to know what to do as the children of Issachar did. So, are you ready for action? If the answer is no, it’s not too late. God is sounding the trumpet and he is assembling the troops. Now, is the time to get serious to get after seeking him with all your heart. Get your lives, your family, get your finances, and get it right with God immediately. My friend, Jesus is coming and he is coming sooner than you think.
There’s no time to play games but the time for action is right now. Those who have ears to hear please hear what the Lord has to say today. Look at what’s happening and taking place all over the world. As I watch the news and see America growing more and more divided, there’s a growing frustration that’s heating up in our country. It’s getting dangerously more fragmented every day. The Bible says that a house divided against itself cannot stand. Look at the Middle East. It’s falling apart at the seams as citizen’s revolt against their governments. The natural disasters are at an epidemic level and the earth is crying out.
As I watch all this unfold, I’m reminded of the scripture in Romans 8. It says, “For the earnest expectation of the creation eagerly awaits the revealing of the Sons of God. For the creation was subject to futility, not willingly but because of him who subjected it in hope. Because the creation itself will be delivered from the bondage of corruption and into the glorious liberty of the children of God.” For we know that the whole creation groans and it labors with birth pains until now. The world is searching for an answer. The earth is crying out for order and God is waiting for the church to take her place and to establish his government here on this earth as it is in Heaven.
Now is the time for us to stop playing church and start being the church. We are not a building. It’s not a place that we go on Sundays. It’s not an organization, denomination, but becoming the church once again is our priority and it’s what we must do. Now is our time to arise from the ashes and release the kingdom of God, the power or God, the answer the world is looking for. This is the best time we have ever had for evangelism. I’m not just talking about passing out tracks on the street corner or telling you that Jesus loves them. It’s time for power evangelism. It’s time to touch people where they’re hurt, where they’re broken, with the power of God to heal, restore, to save, and deliver them from their destruction.
It means that we have got to step out in faith. Standing on the word of God and being fully persuaded that God is going to do what he said he was going to do. He’s going to perform his word. This is not the work of a man, but it’s the work of the Holy Spirit. In order to start releasing revival, first we have got to experience a personal revival. It doesn’t have to be…you know revival is not the big prolong meeting that we schedule at church. We can no more schedule revival then we can the return of Jesus. Revival is as simple as you and the Lord sitting in your car on your way to work or taking a shower, getting ready for your day. It can be you in the middle of your kitchen making breakfast, or you on your face before the Lord and crying out to God.
Revival can happen anywhere when you get your heart right. Before you’ll ever see a corporate revival, you’ve got to have that personal revival. Remember, before we experience the public victory, first we experience the personal and private victory. God wants you to know, he wants you to know him and not just about him. He wants you to know more than just the words on the page, but what those words really mean. It’s more then head knowledge. The Bible says in Daniel 11:32, “But the people who know their God, they will be strong and carry out great exploits.” What God is trying to tell us here, in this verse, he was trying to talk about intimacy. The word ‘know’ is actually a sexual word used for intercourse.
It represented a connection where the two had become one. When a man would know his wife or when a wife would know her husband, it meant that they had become intimate together. What God is saying and what he is trying to tell us is that before we see great exploits, first we’ve got to know him. We have got to become intimate with our God. I ask you today, do you want God to use your life? Most of us would say yes before we would even think about it, before we count the cost. We offer our lip service but sadly the honest truth, the answer for most Christians is really, “Yes, we want God to use us if it really doesn’t get in my routine too much. If it doesn’t put me out.
Honestly, more Christians are completely satisfied with your tickets stamped to get into Heaven. That’s good enough for you. Father God have mercy on us. We are alive today for so much more then to have our sins forgiven and to have our ticket stamped to Heaven. We are called to be his witnesses. We are called to heal the sick. We are called to raise the dead, cast out devils, to free the people who are bound and oppressed. We are called to release the kingdom of God here on this earth as it is in Heaven. We’re here to preach the gospel to all creation.
The Bible says in Isaiah, verse 60, “Rise and shine for the glow of the Lord has risen upon you.” Now is the time to get into position and to get into the word of God. Now is the time to step out on faith and to release your prophet voice before it’s too late. Jesus said this, “I must work the work of Him who sent me while it’s still daylight because the night is coming when no one can work.” My friend, the night is coming. Once the night comes, our time will be cut off. Time is of the essence. The shaking in the world is intensifying. Listen, God gave me a prophetic word that I would like to share with you.
I heard the Lord say to me the word intensification. It’s time to intensify your walk with me says the Lord. You must go past the surface and seek me with all your heart. Hold on to me during this shaking. Don’t let go or you’re not going to make it. Hold on to me my child. I need you to get into alignment with my word. Prepare yourself. I’m intensifying my glory and I need you to build a strong foundation. Strong enough to be able to hold the weight of my presence. You have not seen anything yet. There is going to come upon my people a wavy presence like they have never experienced before.
If they are not prepared, they won’t be able to handle it. My friend, this is serious. I also heard him speak to me a few months ago. He said, “I am releasing a wave of my glory and I am looking for a people to become my habitation. Jesus is coming my friend. Can you feel the urgency? Can you hear, can you feel the trumpets sounding? Are you ready for action? Let’s just pray together before we go. Right now, that the Lord would awaken our hearts and give us revelation.
Father I pray right now, that you would awaken our hearts. That those watching right now, Holy Spirit I pray that you would baptize them in revelation that they would feel the urgency of the hour that you would awaken and quicken them Lord to the things of the kingdom. That you would open their eyes to things they have never seen, their ears to things they have never heard. As they read the scripture Lord, let it come alive to them. Breathe on your spirit inside of them right now almighty God and awaken the heart of a warrior. In Jesus mighty name, Lord we thank you for what you’re doing and that you are in control. Jesus name, Amen.
You know, don’t just take my word for what I just said but be like the Berrien’s. They took what the apostles and disciples said and they searched the scriptures. They sought the face of the Lord to make sure it lined up. As you test this word, I’m sure that you are going to know that this was a word from the Lord. Dive into his word. Hold on to the Lord. Jesus is coming. Be sure to tune in next week. That’s it for now. God bless.
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