Vision for Lake County:  Prophetic Mtg 6/12/2010

Held at Neighborhood Christian Fellowship, Clearlake, CA

A Tsunami of People are Coming to Lake County and will experience the Greatest Revival God has Ever Done.  What God Does in Lake County Will Spread Around the Entire World.  (Pastor Steve Snyder 6/12/10)

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What God is going to do in Lake County will greatly surpass what He has done in Redding.….a huge revival is coming…. something beyond any revival that God has done before.  We will be coming to Lake County to catch the fire from you guys! 

(Bill Johnson, Bethel Church in Redding, CA  5/8/06)

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The vision could best be described as a return to the days of the Apostles.  Some of those God has called, will walk in more power than has ever been demonstrated through any human being.  (…and greater works than these he shall do, because I go to My Father.  John 14:12) 

God will surprise the church by raising up new Leaders in the Body of Christ.  God Himself will ordain these new Leaders and confirm their ordinations with such indisputable power, that there will be no question as to their authority. 

The release of Apostolic power will be so great that as the Leaders teach, preach, heal the sick, raise the dead, cast out devils, and perform miracles that the nations will flock to Lake County to witness the great outpouring of God’s power.  The invasion of people will be so overwhelming, there will not be enough places for people to stay. 

The power of God’s presence in Lake County will be so strong, and the lack of evil (holiness) will be so conspicuous that people coming into Lake County will be overcome by the Holy Spirit as they drive past the County Line on the highways. 

God will literally tear down the denominational walls to create a unity within the Body of Christ (in Lake County) that is unparalleled in church history.  This will not be a “church in revival,” like Toronto, or Brownsville or Smithton.  It will be an entire geographic region, an entire County of 1,329 square miles in revival.  Denominational prejudices and barriers will fall like the walls of Jericho. 

Understand this:  God is going to do a new thing.  Not only will pastors no longer guard their pulpits from one another, they will no longer guard the pulpits from their congregations.  The Gifts of the Spirit are for all Christians, not just pastors.  God will quickly destroy that old way of thinking and lift up the members of the Body as “a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation.” (1 Pet. 2:9) 

In the move that God is bringing to Lake County, the focus will be on God, and not men.  God will spread out the work load among the members of the Body.  It is God’s intention to have a Body that functions properly.  Christians will be zealous to exercise their spiritual gifts and lay ministers will be everywhere!  The Gifts of the Spirit will be so openly displayed among the people, that they will be accepted in all denominations.  “…The whole body, fitted together and compacted by that which every joint supplies, according to the effectual working in the measure of each part, producing the growth of the body to the edifying of itself in love. (Eph. 4:16)  (Excerpts from Dan Hobbs’ Vision in 1991)

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Before a tsunami hits, there is often a trough (rather than the crest of a wave) that reaches the land first.  This is called a “drawback”, in which the water is drawn back toward the sea.  In Lake County, we are in the “drawback” period before the big wave arrives.  This period is drawing people to the Lord and creating an atmosphere that will have people gathering together and worshipping everyday, just like we are doing here right now.  (Pastor Steve Snyder)

8 Strategic Points in Releasing the Vision

1.  Holiness.  “Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you…..”  (Mt. 6:33)  (Erin Lesko)

            Holiness/righteousness will be a hallmark of what God is about to do in His people.             (Dan Hobbs)

-If My people, who are called by My name, shall humble themselves and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from Heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.  (2 Chron. 7:14)

-For I am Jehovah who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your -God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.  (Lev. 11:45)

-Follow peace with all, and holiness, without which no one shall see the Lord;  (Heb. 12:14)

2.  Intercession for Mercy & Spiritual Warfare (Pastor Kuden) 

Do not withhold your prayers from me and I will not withhold myself from you.  I will pour myself out on you.  (Madlyn Gymnaites)  God is always seeking someone

to stand in the gap. (Pastor Kuden)

3.  Passion.  This great tsunami that is approaching will be a wave of passion.  Believers will have great (1) passion for God; (2) passion for the lost; and (3) passion for fellow 

             believers.  (Joan Sicuranza)

          All too often believers serve out of a sense of obligation or while laboring under a spirit of drudgery.  The New Testament, however, speaks of believers serving with

            exceeding joy; that our joy may be full; with joy unspeakable; with great joy and that we may be filled with joy. Joy is the passion that drives believers to make a

            difference in the Kingdom.  Joan’s word speaks of a wave of passion, a tsunami of joy that is about to sweep over believers in Lake County.   (Dan Hobbs)

4.  Justice.  In the Hebrew, the meaning of the word justice contains elements of TRUTH, righteousness, truthfulness, fairness and judging or judgment.  We will need to stand strong

             in administering justice, in separating the clean from that which is unclean.  The enemy will corrupt where humanism and secularism prevail and no line separates right from wrong,

             good from evil and the clean from the unclean.  Standing firm and administering Justice take great strength and courage.  “And what does Jehovah require of you but to do justice

            and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God?”  (Micah 6:8)  (Pastor Kuden)

5.  Mercy.   Mercy and love must balance truth and judgment.  Mercy exhults over judgment. (Jas. 2:13)  (Pastor Kudin)

6.  Knowledge of God…Faith.  Consistency in believing God.  God always provides for those who trust in Him and expect Him to provide (Pastor Kudin)…like little children

             expect their parents to take care of them.  (Dan Hobbs)

7.  Strength/Courage/Boldness to Stand Firm in the Miraculous. 

Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to His name.  But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.  (Heb. 13: 15-16)     (Berkeley Jackson)

Most of us have not considered the cost of walking in the miraculous.  Just as Jesus and the apostle were persecuted, so it will be with those who have the courage to walk in miracles in the coming Great Revival.  The devil and the world will call us phonies, frauds, charlatans, con-men.  Attacks will come from “friends” and foes alike; from the media and on the internet.  Pray for those who have been called to walk in mighty works.  Their unwavering strength, courage, boldness and faith must be of supernatural origin….and so must yours!  (Dan Hobbs)

8.  Go Forward in What I am Showing You and Take the Land…..

Do not gag on what I am about to give, as Israel did on what I gave them and then did evil in My sight.  Go forward in what I am showing you.  Take the land and do not look back to the worthless.  Look forward to the eternal.  As you see it tried by fire, then it will bring Me, the “I AM,” great glory and honor.  This place will be named “The Ransomed of the Lord.”  When the Lake of the Lord is low, My river will refresh, because My river will never run dry.  I will glorify this place and Myself here in this place.  (Warner Wilson)