FRESH MERCY IN KANSAS CITY

Isaiah 34- verse 15 The owl will nest there and lay her eggs, she will hatch them, and care for her young under the shadow of her wings; there also the falcons will gather, each with its mate. Look in the scroll of the lord and read: None of these will be missing, not one will lack a mate. For it is his mouth that he has given the order, and his Spirit will gather them together.

“True shepherds of God’s heart are coming forth to pastor the new owls and falcons. No more will His beloved be left alone to fight for their food”

I have been watching the fresh outpouring of  Holy Spirit falling at the International House of Prayer. I think it started November 5, 2009.

6 healing’s of hearing restored.  Stomach issue healed.  An older man just got healed of left deaf ear. Something is in the “air” there. The sound of permanent rings in my heart  about these healings.  Something is different about this fresh mercy falling. I wonder if this is the start of the “Great one” coming to our nation. My heart tells me the healings and creative miracles are exponentially expanding, in my view a epicenter center of this fresh mercy is Kansas City.

A friend (Lexington, KY) tells me when he went to his office, his staff was crying and worshiping the Lord. The Holy Spirit fell on him and broke out in tears.

Shame and self hatred are falling like flies off hundreds of young people. I can feel the anointing come through my notebook as I watch the meetings live. Here is the link IHOP. 40 people are being water baptized tonight in their facility.  A horse trough has been brought in to facilitate the baptism.

John Arnott, pastor from Toronto Fellowship is coming in December. This church had a outpouring in 1995, which was dubbed the Toronto Blessing. Bill Johnson from Bethel church is coming also. His church is in Redding, CA.

Beloved, I think a great day of awakening is upon us. Every town in the US will be hit with Holy Spirit. I look for Harvard, Yale, and Big East schools will begin to yield to the love of God. Look for creative miracles to break out in our nation.

What about us ole timers? I want to get in with this, is my heart; where He will let me serve and drink from this fountain. I have been “hit” with a lot of joy. I am grateful, so grateful.

This photo (fake) is a metaphor the Holy Spirit Crashing in on us

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THE HEALING ISLAND

An Infinite God can give all of Himself to each to His children. He does not distribute Himself that each may have a part, but each one He gives all of Himself as fully as if there were no others. – A.W. Tozer

51,146 square miles, about the size of Alabama, Mykonos, Greece belongs to the island group known as the Cyclades, since they form a rough circle around the sacred island of Delos, one the religious centers of ancient Greece.

In this area there are terms like, The Sacred Way, and temples galore. Temples to Apollo, and the temple of Artemis, Apollo’s sister. Upon the slopes of Mount Mykonos is a terrace of foreign Gods, with shrines to Egyptian and Syrian deities.

My personal Goal as I visited each port on my journey of 12 days was to take time and pray and seek Holy Spirit on how and what to pray in each port.

Here is my experience of my day in Mykonos. I cranked up my IPod and played some worship songs by a musician at IHOP, John Thurlow. As I entered into worship standing next to the sea, I began praying for various people I know who have gone through or going through extreme emotional shifts and healing intercession for many who are sick. I was surprised to be following this vein of prayer.

Then, I felt a shift in my prayers to proclaim this island, Mykonos, Greece a refuge of healing and rest for Papa’s children. As in all Spiritual wars, casualties do happen, and it seemed to me, in Papa’s humor, to redeem this “island of gods” to display his power and mercy for His kids and a kind of anointing will be resident on this island to heal all who come. God is a good God. This island is awash in religious shackles. Things are about to change.

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OCTOBER 2009 – THE MONTH OF SUDDENLY

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. ¹⁶For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. ¹⁷He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. ¹⁸And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. ¹⁹For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, ²⁰and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.

Toward the end of September, I started to sense a shift. As I pondered this “sense” I started to see a roll out of events. I see very dimly, and this sense is like a fog. It will be this way I think. This October the fog will rise and clearly many will see and interpret the times. What I sense is shock to the body. Let Colossians be one of your anchors.

1. Another shift in the financial markets
2. Look for warning shots from the financial Asians countries
3. The US dollar is fast losing its value; as the number one currency in the world
4. Smart money is now moving to the east
5. I suspect to see the Dow Jones to drop during October.
6. It is the season for the United States to be realigned with the Heart of God
7. The church at large does not seem to “get it” just how our Father views willful abortions. His Heart is in great pain. This pain is so immense the church will feel His emotions.

All of Gods ways are redemptive. So be of good cheer we serve a good God, a loving and merciful God who does not give us what we deserve.

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GOD’S CREATIVE HEART – ONE NIGHT BEAUTY

The Cereus Plant takes up to 17 years to first bloom. Then it blooms once a year, at night, then wilts.

First discovered by early navigators in the jungles of Central and South America, cuttings were taken to Europe. The first record of these plants is 1753. The name “Epiphyllum” was given to them, meaning “upon the leaf” in reference to their habit of sending out their flowers from the edges of the “leaf”. Hybridizing of these cacti from the new world can be traced back to England in 1811.

Blossoms remain open only one night. After they close, they form showy red fruits, about four inches long, which are said to be edible.

1 Corinthians 1:27But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

I was on “the job” doing a real estate shoot for a client. A kindly man who lived across the street told me of this unusual flower that was on his front porch. He said the plant would bloom soon, and then he told me the nature and history of this flower.

The wonder of God’s creation is so amazing to me. He (God) is amazingly creative, to have a beautiful flower to bloom only once a year, and to top it off, it blooms at night. The flower so beautiful, is saved only for those of the night.

This flower is a  prophetic  parable of His Grace that is so amazing.

I shot this flower at 11:15 p.m. in Lexington, KY on September 26, 2009

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GOD TALKING TO A FLAKE

Major change came into my life today. It just happened. What does it mean? I don’t know. It just happened. Ken L

My mother celebrated her 90th birthday several weeks ago. My dear sister picked the tab on the whole event. About 25 or so in attendance. All the food, drinks, professional photographers, flowers, catering, a rented home, all the works on her dime for our Mother. A generous woman my sister is.

I took a lot of photos of the event. I worked hard to assemble the collection. I ordered a hard cover, custom made photo book for a keepsake, as a gift for my mom. I delivered my gift to my mom today, a labor of love for my mom. Surprisingly, my mom seemed unimpressed and her only comment was; that I made here look fat in the photos. I was crushed, my expectations were shattered. I was hurt. I made a special trip just to deliver it. My perception then changed and I did not feel welcomed. I left in about 20 minutes.

When faced with self reliance faltering, my ego bruised, my pocket book and my self  esteem are in effect, affected. I have only one place to look for my solution.The scriptures.

First Corinthian’s 13: ⁴Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.  ⁸Love never fails. This Scripture is my base line of my life. This is a way to measure my heart when confronted with being human who is “wrapped around his own axle” . I failed today, but love does not. In that context, I hear hope.

GOD TALKING TO A FLAKE

I am driving back to Lexington having this conversation with God.  I said to God, “I got some resentments today.” And furthermore, “I got a resentment at the Catholic church cause I can’t take communion there, cause I am not a Catholic”. “I feel left out”. He says to me, “Your right, you are left out”. “But God”, I said, “my wife has become a Catholic and I don’t like it”.  Silence………………Then I heard this. “Ken, I can’t go there either”. Shocked I said,  “What!”. “Ken, I am Jewish, and I did not go through their program either”, “Therefore, according to their customs, I cannot take communion in that facility”. Softly He says to my heart, ” How does that make you feel?”. Contented I said, ” I feel better”. Musing, I thought, “Ain’t nothing like identification to feel accepted.”

Later, looking for some dust to shake off my feet. I looked down and saw clay. I looked over at God’s feet and saw nothing.

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DREAM FACTORY ONE

Jeremiah 23:31-33

Indeed, I am against those who prophesy false dreams,” declares the LORD. “They tell them and lead my people astray with their reckless lies, yet I did not send or appoint them. They do not benefit these people in the least,” declares the LORD. (my disclaimer)

In the Holy Scriptures, one will find God gives real dreams to real people. One can find examples in the Old Testament and New Testament.

I have been journaling my dreams for years. I cannot say how many.  I think some of my dreams are from Holy Spirit. I journal most of them (my dreams).

So, I am going to make some of my dreams “public”. You saw my disclaimer above. I am asking you, the reader not to “buy in” to my dreams, whether my dreams are or are not from Holy Spirit. I put that “monkey” on your head to discern. I am going to write what I dreamed, with no interpretation or application. I am not please how (my style) I write my dreams. When I dream they seem to be in detail, in color, and jump from time space to time space and when I write the dream, it seems, at least to me, not logical and odd.

A DREAM LAST WEEK

8-20-2009

FIRST SCENE: I am with the musician, Rick Skaggs. Ricky is flying an “old” airplane. We are flying at tree top level all through Kentucky. The plane flies very slow. Ricky is a risk taker. We fly through a small tunnel. I like it. I love the view. NEXT SCENE: Ricky lands the plane on a hill top. It seems in the dream this is Ricky’s father’s home. His father seems eccentric. He is laying back in recliner with a black leather coast (floor length) and his is wearing a hat like men wore in the 1940’s. His home is clean and simple. Tomatoes grow in baskets in the house. They are real tomatoes. This fruit is everywhere. I am so stunned on how he gets such ripe tomatoes to grow inside. Being a tomatoes grower myself, I marvel. NEXT SCENE: People from everywhere start showing up at this house. This home is on top of a  mountain in eastern Kentucky. Ricky says that we are all safe. Ricky says 17,000 people are praying on a mountain top in eastern Kentucky and it goes on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Ricky’s father takes me upstairs when I tell him I can use a certain software program. Its so hard to get up the stairs, I have to lay down to go up. In this upstairs room I am surprised. The room is simple but a high tech center with sophisticated computer  gear. Two men show up. They seem to be Ricky’s two brothers. This room is lie a “CENTER” for Ricky, like a business center. NEXT SCENE: Itzhak Perlman, the pre-eminent violinist of our time shows up and another anonymous eminent musical artist enters the room to see Ricky. They came to Rick’s birthday party to celebrate. [side note, not in dream, Mr Perlman was born in Israel in August 31, 145, then called Palestine] I am in awe. NEXT SCENE: I am sitting between Mr Perlman and the anonymous artist.. I reach my hand out to each and begin to intercede in deep intercession and I moan and cry out. I cry out, “Marriage, Marriage”. I hear “NEW SOUND, NEW SOUND”. Mergers and acquisitions are happening in the Spirit.

NEXT SCENE: I am shuttled into another room where men and woman are  everywhere. I was place in a seat and began to intercede with all the others in the room. END OF DREAM

Speaker, teacher, author, and revivalist Dr. James W. Goll, has written a book about dreams. The book can be ordered from James’ web site

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WHERE DOES HOPE COME FROM?

Hebrews 11 (NKV)

¹ Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. ² For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.
³ By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.

What do I hear when I listen to all the rhetoric about hope? I discovered a lot of my hope was based in magical thinking or what one might call wishful thinking.

I found in my experience that my hope must be based in truth, that is, biblical truth. This gives me hope. According to Scripture , faith is a substance. What an outrageous statement Holy Spirit says via the voice of the writer of Hebrews, “things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.

Wow, “stuff ” seen was made to be seen from the unseen.

Several weeks ago I shot this photo (a concept photo),  to recreate someone  who is losing true hope or has none. You might call this a photo prophetic view of many of the walking dead, void of God’s love and mercy.

What a gift – Hope

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FATHER’S DAY – SON OR PROBATION?

When I am rigorously honest, a lot of my walk with Jesus is filled with failure and compromise.” Me

What I want to write on Fathers’ day 2009 is about hope; rooted in our Fathers mercy and compassion. I am not here to make excuses for my life, but I know I did not come to this life with a “full deck” and my parentage had some scripting that resulting in me becoming a “survivor”.

In 1972 the Holy Spirit apprehended me, resulting in me becoming a Christian,. Since that wonderful day, my life completely changed, forever.

Fast forward to June 2009. Now 63, father of two wonderful sons, a merciful wife and two adorable grandchildren.

I can see, somewhat dimly, that my motivations in life have been for recognition, applause, and acceptance, aka, Love. This produced in me what I call “performance based faith and life”. So when I failed or sinned, I ran away from God not to Him. I was delusional about a Fathers’ love. I transferred that delusion on, to my Father in heaven. I really owe my Father an amends. Under the lash of shame, guilt, self pity and the devils words of lies, I ran away, always fearful that God was  just about “through with me”; that if I did come back to Him, I would be on probation for the rest of my life, and any misstep would send me outside His home and family.

I now know I bought into a lie.

My freedom in the Holy Spirit to be a son, friend and lover of God is growing. To be honest, my shelf life for this grace lasts about 24 hours. Failure to enlarge my spiritual life in Fathers ’s love begins to erode, and quickly.

I became aware this week that parts  of my life, I have been living on probation with humans and most of all, with Holy Spirit. Let me clear and honest, I have been acting out unhealthy and self-destructive lifestyle. This results in real guilt, shame and emotional pain. The Holy Scriptures honestly proclaims there is “pleasure in sin for a season”. This was my experience too. The Scripture makes a bold statement of truth, “for a season”. This is the real rub I can see more clearly,   “I just want to get by”, words I tell myself.

What do I do?

Run away from God, not too Him. Like a bastard son, wrongly believing I am on the sidelines of His heart, waiting for the probation to be over and then, sit in the back of the house, an orphan spirit sparingly tolerated.  Lies, all lies.

It takes God to love God, and what I have written is impossible to overcome without His aid. It is our Fathers heart.

So I proclaim to you who read this blog. You are not on probation. Happy Fathers day.

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2009 BILLY BOB CLASSIC

This is a video slide show I put together for the Billy Bob. You can link over to my web site portal PHOTOKY-FOLIO and open the folder named Billy Bob. Open the folder up double click the photo you want and with the right side of the mouse you can download any photo you want.

If you want to see the slide show in full screen, in the bottom right side of the screen are 4 arrows, click this and slide show will populate the whole screen. I have added music to the video.

Enjoy

Ken

LIVING BELOW THE BOTTOM LINE

He who has a why to live can bear almost any how –

I am blessed or cursed with a black and white personality. Someone said to me, “Ken pray for a gray day”. When it come to my Christian walk,  I migrate toward an attitude of  “my way or the highway”, “us 4 and no more”, or  “the chosen frozen”. These attitudes of mine are a robust enemy of the Grace of God and the Good News of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  From my view, religion is antithetical to spiritual freedom in Christ or what we call the Grace of God. Biblical grace is amazing!

We are in what I think are  expanding  days of uncertainty. This can result in some unhealthy dependence on religion, e.g., churches that have a benevolent hierarchical leadership that emphasizes spiritual authority of its leaders.

I know. I allowed myself to be caught up in such a scenario years ago. I do not blame the leaders, but myself. I placed an unhealthy reliance/dependency on church leaders for my spiritual maturity. I gave place in my heart and mind, putting spiritual leaders on pedals that the Gospel abhors. It is subtle, cunning and baffling, that is, religion.  A religion that binds, gives place to personalities rather than biblical principles. Religion demands conformity and control at the “end of the day”.

SOME SYMPTOMS

1. Over emphasis on serving God rather than worship of God.

2. Unhealthy loyalty to church policies and the personalities of church leaders.

3. When one questions church authority and policies, leaders constantly remind followers of spiritual headship and church authority. (this can be very subtle, this dogma usually found in 2nd tier leaders)

4. A over structured environment of church life. Slowly religion sets in, real life goes out. From my view point, real joy is demeaned. Reverence for God is dismantled, reverence for icons, statues, Church buildings is supplanted. When one reads the Gospel for what its really says; the church is organic, ripe with problems galore, spiritual turbulence, discord, and strife. Religion wants to pour concrete over it, the Gospel brings Grace, healing, truth, pain, suffering, and transparency. All issue are brought to the light, nothing is hidden, grace and truth prevail. Not so with religion.

I do not want to live below the bottom line of my life in Jesus, often amd regrettable I do. I need Mercy. I hope you do to.

Jeremiah said it this way in chapter 5 verse 31 (NI V)  The prophets prophesy lies, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?

Parenthetically, I know what I have written is one sided but I will let others balance me.

I hope you liked my photo. I shot this last week in my garage with a poster from a recent movie. The model is a lovely young lady named April. It it what  I call a concept shot.

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