From Chuck Pierce,
24 Intense Days of Change! There is a LIFELINE Being Extended!
July 16, 2010 - Dear Pressing Saints:

Please read this very carefully. The 24 days are important for us. As soon as I gave the word at Firstfruits on Saturday, there were big changes that began to happen.
24 DAYS of INTENSE CHANGE! Here was a word given at Firstfruits last weekend!

"I have said to you that the waters will not overtake you. Throughout the times you are walking in, I see you sinking and the waters rising above your head. Stay buoyant with Me. Stay in faith over these next 30 days. If you sink, there are many traps waiting for you at the bottom in the place of the circumstances that you are walking over. I say to you-YES, you are walking over and not under. Stay above. Stay above and do not go under in this situation! The traps are greater if you go under in this situation. Trust in Me and the faith to stay above will remain in you. Stay above! Walk with Me. Keep your head up and the waters will not overtake you!

"There are 24 days that you must stay above! There are traps that would ensnare you that are lined and ordered by the enemy. These traps look like a maze and you will find yourself saying, 'I can't find my way out, for when I get out of this one I am in another.' So ask Me to keep you buoyant. When I say 'COME', keep coming, keep coming and keep coming again. Do not look back or you will sink and the traps will encompass you and you will say, 'I can't find my way out.'"

(Anita Anderson brings a lifeline from a boat out to the stage. I continue to prophesy.)

"I'm putting a lifeline out right now, so don't think that the waters will overtake you. I have thrown out a lifeline already. Do not sink down under and do not lost sight of what I have said to you. Do not think that I am a fleeting apparition in your midst. I am not fleeting. I will be there over these next 24 days to keep you above till you get repositioned.

"I am watering you during the day to keep you from burning in the fire and the heat. Even the water cannot quench the fire. But the release of My presence and My wind, and the buoyancy of your faith is keeping your head above the waters and the fire from burning your feet. Many are watching how you walk at this time, so don't look at the circumstance -- just look ahead and watch as you walk. The lifeline that I have extended before you is becoming a tightrope. You will say, 'Wait, wait, I see the way. It is very narrow and it is very dangerous but my faith will keep my feet planted and my head above the water!'

"Understand who you are. Understand the authority you have. Now I'm inviting you to come into a new abundance. I realize what is coming against you. I have allowed this thing to be created so you will destroy it. It will not destroy you, and because of that, I have abundance waiting on you. You might say, 'Yes, I am in the new. But I don't like the new.' Many will not move into the new because the new can be much more uncomfortable than the old. Some people are made in such a way that they prefer the uncomfortable to the comfortable, because they know that the comfortable will lose its glory much more quickly! Be uncomfortable now and you will enter My rest in the days ahead!"

Be like EZRA. He stopped at the River Ahava and proclaimed a fast. SET ASIDE 3 DAYS!

This is such a narrow place ahead that if we don't fast for three days then we can't get through this narrow place. I believe God brought this on us and started stirring us on Wednesday. I believe that if we will set aside 3 days to fast in the next 24 days, we will make it through this hard, narrow place that we're in.

Don't be afraid of fasting. God will choose your fast. Come into agreement with Him. Ask the Lord what three days are you to fast. This fast is to seek Him for the right way for us, for your little ones (the next generation) and for your possessions. God is speaking this so clearly: in the next 24 days there is some financial crisis that is stirring in the air.

The Enemy is On the Road!
Ezra said this, "I was ashamed to request of the king an escort of soldiers and horses to help us against the enemy on the road." What does that say to us? The enemy is on the road. Cyrus had offered them full protection -- an escort to get them back to Jerusalem. But Ezra knew that was not God's way. God would supernaturally surround them and get them into this next place. They would watch God operate. I believe the LORD is saying the same thing to us. This is what is called "the dire strait; the narrow way." It is a place you get to that is filled with your promise, but you can't get through because it is so narrow . until you stop and look and say, "Alright, now how am I making it through that?" That is what the dire strait is. That is what it looks like. How will you get through so you continue to experience the new that God has put you in?

Ezra went on to say, "So we fasted and entreated our God for this and He answered our prayer." The result? First, the LORD caused the enemy on the road to not have power to operate. This, in turn, caused their possessions to be protected for the future building plan. Finally, this also allowed their little ones to be protected so they could enter into the future. Many workings of the enemy are going to be released against us, but God says, "Stand fast. Stop three days during the 24 and let Me determine your fast. I will then secure your possessions for the future. I will secure the next generation that is to follow you in. I will remove the enemy that is on the way. Stand firm with Me. Seek Me while I may be found. I will see to it that you get through this narrow place. Some of you feel like you are on a shelf. You're not on a shelf. I am going to give you a strategy to come through in these next 24 days. I have gotten you to this place in this new journey that you're on, and now you're going to come through. Expect Me to move on your behalf. Expect Me to move. I know the plans I have for you, so expect Me to move. Expect your latter to be greater than where you began."
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The Two Words from Rev. Carol

7-15-10
The Lord told me we are going through a difficult time of change (What Chuck Pierce above called dire straits.) We have known to press in and known it would be hard and it has been.

The Lord said, "Remember love. It is like having a baby and being in labor, if you learn to breath and relax in spite of the pain, you will have the baby quicker and easier. If you go through this time with love, instead of struggling against it as you go, it will be 10 times easier. Let love be the way."

7-16-10
This morning the Lord said, "You have a long ocean to cross. Here is God's promise to you. You will not drown or be overwhelmed. It will be hard but you will prevail." Then Father God said, "Swimming across a huge ocean seems impossible, with all the sharks and dangerous things you cannot even see. But My hand is around you to protect you and when you need to rest, My hand will rise like an island to enclose you and give you rest on the way.

And when I bring you where I (God) live, I have something special to give you. I know what you need; do you know what I need? It's you! I crave you like you crave breath. Let Me bring you to Me."

Then the Lord led me to make this legal statement that I feel is for you as well: I ______________________________ submit to the process of God. I choose to trust you Lord. (Sign your name and make it your legal statement. It will release the Lord to help you even more because you have stated your alignment with Him and His process.)

Then He said, "I am not angry with you." Many of you have felt that God is upset with you or disappointed that you are not doing enough, or feeling the right things. But that is the enemy’s push. He is letting you know He is not upset with you.

Then I said something you may see in yourselves. "Look Father, I believe You. I remember a day when I couldn't have believed for this, but by what you have built in me that is of You, I believe. All the good in me is from You. Father you are saying it is going to be long and hard but you will be there with me and when I reach the other side it will be worth it for both of us. I believe.

I saw the Lord grieving the other day because He had to ask us to go through this but there is no other way to get to the other side. I said to Him. "Do not grieve Father. It's okay. I am willing. It will be over soon." "No," He said, "I need you to see that I don't ask you to go through these things lightly and that I feel it when I have to ask you to go through such things." He was right, it was a comfort to me to know He feels it so deeply. Let it be a comfort to you as well.

Chuck Pierce called us to fast 3 days some time during the next 24 days. I encourage you to seek the Lord for what He would have you do and not allow this opportunity to fall to the ground.
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Europe 2010
We (Rev. Linda Miller, Dr. Jackie Morton and myself) are getting ready to go on what the Lord has said WILL be the hardest trip of my life and that is saying a lot. He has also said it will be hard for me personally. But I know also that it is urgent that we go on this trip. Please keep this trip and the finances for this trip in prayer. I have never had so many intense and detailed death threats from so many different enemies as now.

It is a continuation of what happened both in Canada and in Dallas. The enemy is still seeking power sources and the dangers for the people of the earth are beyond comprehension. I will share more details later. We will be going through many countries, The Netherlands, Belgium, France, Switzerland, Italy and perhaps Germany and Austria. The Lord is still giving details. Please pray we have God’s schedule even to the car to rent and the hotels to stay in.

The battle is not waiting for us to leave to begin; we have each been under intense attack. Please also pray for protection for our families as we prepare and go on this trip.

JULY 11TH
We made it through July 11th, All Praise Be To God. It was intense. It had to be the most demonic day in centuries. I personally took a hit but the Lord would not allow me to fight back. That is not normal but it would have entangled me with this enemy and been deadly to even acknowledge they were there. (Normally I would simply rebuke the enemy by the Blood of Jesus Christ and that is the right thing to do.) But this was different. It was a wakeful night with many huge enemies. But they had a time limit and about daybreak it started easing up.

About 4:00 am, my son-in-law came running down the stairs to see if I was alive. He heard audibly three loud banging noises on the wall of his room that awakened him (I believe that was the Lord waking him to pray for me.) He felt there was a great danger in the house, especially for me. He checked on everyone and they were fine. He called me on the phone twice. No answer. That is extremely unusual, because I am a very light sleeper. So he came down the stairs calling my name. It was the third time that he called loudly that I finally awoke. I could feel something on me lift when he called. By the third call, which again was so unusual for me, he was afraid that I was dead. After that I prayed but was still restricted in how I could pray, because acknowledging them would open the door to them in this instance. So I said Lord someone else has to pray.

My son-in-law was praying upstairs for me. Later I received an email from Pastor Martin in Kalimpong, India. He was having his intercessory meeting and one of the women said, "We have to pray for Rev. Carol now." And so they did. That would have been around 4:00 am our time, taking into consideration the time difference. It took most of the day for the effects of that night to lift but God called the intercessors to pray and pulled me through. That is why I tell you that your prayers make such a difference. You are God’s prayer partners.

Other team members had extreme hardships as well. Rev. Linda, who works in a Nursing home as a nurse, said it was a most unusual night. It should have been light duty with everyone sleeping, but the patients were so disturbed, the administrative people had to help with the work. Then an older man, that had much trouble speaking, was being fed through a tube. He was in a high-powered motorized wheel chair. When she turned her back to him, she suddenly felt to move to one side, if she hadn't the wheelchair would have crashed into her at high speed and would have caused much damage. The old man just kept saying, "I didn't touch it. I didn't do it." and we believe him. Many of the patients were in fear but couldn’t explain why.

Others also had unusual nights and strange occurrences. Why was this particular day such a high demonic day? Because it was the first Saros Total Sun Eclipse in hundreds of years. (Saros is the name of the fallen angel in the Sun.) If you will remember I warned you to be very careful and prayerful concerning this day. I know the Lord saw you through. The enemy was particularly gunning for me on this day because of what we are about to do in Europe. But because they attacked me first, before doing other major things on their special night, and the Lord retaliated for me, they were unable to perform the other things they needed to do. Praise God.

Conclusion
We will make it through this ocean of narrow dire straits. We will fast and pray. We will receive the reward of those who prevail for the Lord. Praise God.

Keep this upcoming trip in prayer and remember: Love will lead the way. And when we walk in this Love of God and refuse to get under our circumstances, it will make the way much quicker and easier for us.

I love you and love to hear from you.