Daughters of Liberty Declaration 2006
October 13, 2005

Part 1- Theme for the Year-'Noel'

The coming year will mark the fulfillment of what the prophets and teachers have been saying for years, this is the time to NOEL, or to KNOW EL. In the days ahead it won't matter WHAT you know but WHO you know, we must KNOW EL.

1) ELohim-Almighty
2) EL Shaddai-Strong breasted One
3) El Elohe-Mighty is the God of Israel
4) El Olam-Eternal God
5) El Quanna-Jealous God
6) El Elyon-Most High God

These all denote the Most High God, the STRONG and Mighty One. El comes from the root word UL meaning 'to be strong'; it conveys strength and being strong. We must put our trust in the only One who can be trusted. In the days ahead, the world and much of the church will faint because they do NOT know their God who is STRONGER than any natural disaster or pestilence. Great fear will come upon those who do not know God as the EL of their life.

As we look back at the chaos and lawlessness in the Superdome in Louisiana after Katrina we knew that being strong and courageous was a word in due season. The fear that gripped those in the Superdome during and after Katrina moved over to Interstate 45 as southern Texas was held captive by this same panic before Rita. As great as our technology is to report and track storms, we must listen to the voice of our Good Shepherd and not rely on the emotions of the news media.

There could have been many lives that would have been saved if people had stayed home that were not in the immediate evacuation areas. Some people literally lost their lives because of a spirit of fear that forced them to move from their homes instead of staying put and staying calm. No one can make a right decision out of fear. Again, this is why the Lord is telling His people in the coming year, 'Fear NOT, for I am with you'.

One of the top news stories in the weeks leading up to The Day was of the Jet Blue airplane that had to make an emergency landing in Los Angeles. After three frightening hours of uncertainty, pilot Scott Burke landed the airplane that was suffering from a landing gear malfunction. The name Scott means 'Temple of God' and Burke means 'courageous'. God speaks through situations like this and sad to say the good news of this fell quickly by the way side because people would rather focus on the negative. This man is a hero and what a word to the Body of Christ about courage and fearlessness. He did what he needed to do and I am sure there was some fear, but courage is not the lack of fear, it is doing the right thing even though you are afraid. That is real bravery! May we use the example of this courageous pilot in the days ahead. I think the question that many in the church have been asking for years, 'Where are the Elijah's, the Daniels, and the Joshua's of our day?' can be answered in the coming year.

God is going to make His church make a decision that will separate the cowardly from the courageous. Revelation 21:8 puts the cowardly in with the unbelieving, the vile, the murderous, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters, and all liars, saying they will all perish in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. Those who KNOW EL should be full of His courage fulfilling the mandate of Luke 10:19, I HAVE GIVEN you all authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy; nothing will harm you.

We also understood the Noel to have a timeline meaning as well. This Christmas will draw a line of demarcation from those who KNOW EL and those who don't. He is the only Shelter in these times. Jesus was seen by one woman handing out roses. He is the Rose of Sharon (Song of Songs 2:1) and we didn't know it until after we received this, that the symbol for the hotel we were in was a purple rose! It had truly become our Rose Garden, which is also called the Garden Gate in the Holy Land. Psalm 110:3 says that His troops will be voluntary lovers on the day of battle. We believe the roses represented His love being given out to those who would stand in the face of fear with His praise on their lips, and love not their lives even unto death (Revelation 12:11).

The women in Africa saw a large tent in America where the American women were meeting and saw a star on top, with the words "Jesus is available here'. This confirmed the Noel theme as well as referring to a Christmas tree with a star on top. We understood this to denote the star that the wise men followed that guided them to the Christ child. We believe that this Declaration can help those who are wise and are on a desperate search for the birthing of the Man-Child Jesus in their homes, families, fellowships, cities and nations.

Clash of Kingdoms-War of the Worlds-Is 22:7-14

The movie 'War of the Worlds' has been released and the message seems to be once again that when catastrophes, tsunamis and earthquakes strike they do so without notice at times. They can leave us feeling out of control so the world and much of the church puts faith in government, technology and weapons. This is why we need to KNOW EL. It is of the utmost importance and will literally become a necessity to rely totally on the Lord. He is our refuge in times of trouble. It is interesting to note that in verse 14 of the Isaiah 22 passage, it says that because there was a sense of hopelessness and futility instead of mourning and weeping there is no atonement for them. We are not living in the day of the law; grace is available so cry out for grace and mercy in your time of need.

Kingdoms are literally clashing, light is meeting darkness and the results can look like chaos. There is a remnant that is being raised up out of the 'church Babylonian system' who are becoming like their Beloved. Even the earth is getting into alignment with this remnant. The earth and nature itself is groaning to see the manifestation of the Sons of God. (Ro 8:19-22)

In Is 22:7-14 it is noted that Israel trusted in their weapons and the armor of the House of the Forest (verse 8-a storehouse for arms). They did not look to their maker. The Lord spoke these words in relation to this verse, 'You must be 'beheaded' to 'be headed' in the right direction. Like John the Baptist, we must loose our head, rather our minds, wills and emotions and have the mind of Christ. (1st Corinthians 2:16)

When Jesus walked the earth, He said He had no place to lay His head (Matthew 8:20). He was not speaking of a place to sleep, but rather a people to LAY His HEADSHIP on. He is currently looking for this company to yield to Him so He can 'lay His head'.

A Year of Repentance and Hyssop

This is going to be a year of repentance and mourning for the sin of hopelessness. We are to be a people of hope. A Christian without hope is a carnal Christian. They might as well say to the Lord, 'I have no hope, because I don't trust in You'. This is to deny the centrality of the cross. At the cross, His blood defeated all darkness. The only thing that stands in the way of a victorious overcoming life is our belief system about the blood. Is ours rooted in the world and what we see (Is 22:13) or in the blood of the Lord of Host?

The African women confirmed this as well as they heard from heaven that this would be a year to repent for not trusting in Him. They believe the Lord will have mercy on those who recognize their lack of trust in the Lord and turn from this.

In accordance with repentance we saw that symbolically this would be a year of hyssop (Ps 51:7). Hyssop was first mentioned in Exodus 12:22 on the first night of Passover. It was used to sprinkle the doorpost with the blood of the lamb. It was also used by the priests to sprinkle the blood of the sacrifice in the Tabernacle of Moses. Symbolically, we use the hyssop when we remember the blood of the Lamb of God. All that has been secured by the Blood of Christ can be applied with our hyssop of remembrance. His Blood has removed the sin, guilt, shame and the veil that restores intimacy with the Father. It protects us, heals us and gives us Life.

Hyssop is the 'Prophetic Voice' of the Blood of Christ. Repentance and remembrance of the Blood go hand in hand. Is 63:1 speaks of the Lord coming as One whose garments have been empurpled with the blood of the grapes. The Lord is looking for a people who have allowed Him to prepare them. This indicates an 'empurpling' of their own garments, which show darkness has been removed from their minds, wills and emotions by the Warrior Himself, Christ. We may feel as if the preparation has been OUR battle, but in reality it is the Lord that has been at war in the area of our souls (minds, wills, and emotions) to recapture our minds for His Glory to be revealed in them. A yielding to His warring in our souls 'empurples' or 'makes purple' our robes of righteousness. Purple is a kingly color, and denotes ruler ship. His ruler ship over the area of our minds is a revealing of His Royal Authority to those who have yielded to His process.

Part 2-A Year for Righteousness and Justice
Revealed in the Small and Unknown

The Lord will not make a habitation in the 'church as usual' anymore. The shift has been made from the day of the 'one man' show to a company of people who walk in unity with Kingdom purposes and Heaven's backing in what they do in the earth. The barrier of separation is being destroyed and a new day is dawning for those who are willing to have a 'team' spirit. The Lord is 'gathering up the fragments and broken pieces', making them whole and useful for feeding the thousands, becoming and representing His Manna on earth. (Matthew 14:20)

In the Kingdom there is only One who shall be exalted, Christ Himself. Gone are the days of showmanship and merchandising the anointing. The bowls in heaven are full of righteous judgment for this mentality.

In times past we have heard about the changing of the guard and we have seen much with our spiritual eyes. What we have hoped for, what we have believed, what we have proclaimed can no longer be contained in the unseen realm. There is going to be a breaking forth from the spirit realm into the natural realm making those things which have formerly been hidden become a reality in the natural. This will be an overwhelming of His goodness to those who have held onto hope for His promises and unbelievable for others meaning they will still not believe and will miss their appointed time for their promises to be made manifest. The unbelieving will be given mercy at a later time, but it will greatly hinder their progress. This is the time to throw off every weight of unbelief and doubt.

Suddenly, those who have believed God will be thrust out like being released from a catapult. Believing God will take them further than even what they have believed for.
These are the small and hidden ones that have been tucked away in the Secret Place with their Father while others were out looking for fame. When God promotes you, it is safer. Self promotion will delay your release into your Kingdom purposes.

To those who have waited righteously, in others words waited in the 'right' way or God's way, they will stand at the Gates for this nation (America) and replicate what has been done in heaven for this nation. Favor will be their servant.

The 'Flavor of the Year' is vanilla! The Lord spoke these words, 'The flavor of favor is vanilla'. Vanilla seems very plain, not much to look at in this long and ugly bean, but leave it out of a recipe and your family will know it! Vanilla is very diverse in so many ways, as is favor. Favor comes in so many ways and taste different in each situation.

Favor and honor will become visible in the homes of those who will cultivate a presence with the Lord. We must ask for understanding of how we must decrease and He must increase.

The flower of the vanilla vine only lasts for a day and must be monitored closely by the gardener so that the time for pollination will not be missed. We each have an appointed time and He is watching closely to pollinate what we have cultivated, creating a savor and fragrance from the fruit.

Isaiah 48:13 speaks of heaven and earth 'standing up together'. The Lord is calling forth unity, not just in the Body but as it relates to heaven and earth as well. In verses1 and 2 it speaks of our tendency to rely on what we know or that which is from the earth, by making mention of Him, but not in truth or righteousness. As He begins to bring heaven into our (personal) earth and lift our earth up toward heaven, His redemptive purposes will become clear.

This will be an individual dealing, then corporate as we become the living, breathing purpose of His heart. In the days ahead it will be imperative that we 'become' and not just 'know'. We must 'come near' (Isaiah 48:16) and learn to live and walk in His dimension, speaking Heaven's redemptive purposes in the earth in the midst of ever growing darkness, calling heaven into our earth and that of those around us.

This year will be a time of harvest and increased righteousness for America. Psalm 118:19 declares that the gates of righteousness are to open with God's people going through them with praise.

As the levees of New Orleans broke and flooded one could interpret this to mean something bad happened. This is why we must not walk by what we see, but dig further. If you look up the word levee, you will find that it is a type of GATE. Micah 2 speaks of the breaking open of the gates. We believe that righteousness (Psalm 37 verses 25 and 39) was being ushered in when the levees broke. The gates of this nation were flushed with water, just as the Twin Tower gates on 9/11 were burned by fire. Fire and water are two symbols of the Holy Spirit and we believe that what the enemy meant for harm could become 'Father Filtered' tests for our nation.

We will and can overcome by the blood of the Lamb. It is interesting to note that Katrina means spotless and pure, Rita means priceless pearl and at this writing another storm builds in the Gulf named Wilma meaning resolute protector. All of these names describe the church and her function in the earth. Let us dig for the truth in these events and not just take their surface meaning.

Part 3-Psalm 91 Army

Again a recurrent theme in years past has been Psalm 91. We felt the Lord take this to a new level this year by saying that He would release a Psalm 91 Army. The Lord has fashioned and raised up an army born from above in the secret place, the place of abiding. John 15:4 speaks of our abiding in Him and His abiding in us. We must gain an understanding of and find our rest in that place in order to hear His voice clearly and see from His perspective. In the uncertain times ahead as in the last several years since 9/11 there will be many storms (literal and symbolic) that will cause fear in the hearts of men to the point of death if we don't see from a higher place with Him. In the midst of chaos we will be able to say, 'I will not be afraid', knowing it is His truth that sustains us.

During the evening hours at the beginning of The Day we were led to read everyone's name out loud with the meaning of that name. We understood this to mean the verse from Isaiah 43:1, 'Fear not, for I have redeemed you. I have summoned you by name, you are mine'. One of the ladies heard these words upon waking, 'Mein, mein, mein'. Mein is a German word that means MINE. We took this to remind us that He knows our name, the hairs on our head, every cell of our bodies, HE KNOWS US and we are His!

This would have certainly been important for the Jews and Christians in the days of Hitler. We found it interesting that God spoke this word in German. Perhaps it will take the courage that so many Jews and Christians did have in the days of the holocaust to make it through the times that lay before us. He is with us, He knows our situations and the solutions to them, and so we must trust the One who knows our name and calls out to us, 'MINE'.

Now, continuing on with the Psalm 91 army theme, let's compare it with West Point Academy which is our nations' most prestigious military institution. Prior to 9/11, West Point was a college full of tradition and routine with only ceremonial displays of weaponry. The Class of 2001 (enrolling just before terrorism struck our shores on 9/11) at West Point were suddenly faced with their own complacency and the horrid reality of terrorism.

There are 4 notable lessons we can learn from West point as they were willing to change with the times and know the season that was upon them as an institution. This is the Issachar anointing from 1 Chronicles 12:32 that the institution of the church needs as well.

1) West Point isn't your typical place of higher education, even in the things that really don't make sense to the logical mind. For instance their books had to be stacked in a certain way and placed in a certain spot or they were disciplined for it.

Lesson: Discipline in every area, with purposeful, deliberate actions. As the church we are under God's microscope which allows careful inspection of our motives behind our actions. Every move we make in the coming year should have clarity and deliberate Kingdom purpose in mind. We should never 'do' anything that is not heaven initiated. This will take a lot of busyness out of God' people, because we are to say and do only what the Father is saying and doing.

2) The Class of 9/11/01 CHOSE to stay. They could have walked away after 2 years
with no strings attached, but they chose to stay knowing they would end up in Afghanistan or Iraq.

Lesson: They counted the cost and saw a higher purpose than themselves.
Jesus was speaking to disciples in Luke 14:28 when He spoke of counting the cost. The key word here is DISCIPLES. Those who KNOW EL are His disciples. Disciples usually pay a higher cost than a casual believer. His whole point in the Luke passage is the warning to not start something you can not finish or you will be mocked. We must CHOSE to FINISH after we have chosen to STAY.

3) The events of 9/11 changed West Point in a day. All of the outward appearances now had to become a reality as they were made to 'practice what they preached', so to speak. Rather than head knowledge of military history they would now
have to hear from those who came from the front lines of war to teach them the strategy and reality of war.

Lesson: The church will become the message this year and not just speak it. Those who are not becoming their message will fade into the religious recesses of church structure compared with those who have BECOME the message that they have been given, who will rise to the front lines. The most unlikely ones in the eyes of man will be released with the word of the Lord in their belly and fire in their eyes. They will be bold as a lion, yet carry a humility that will make the proud bow low. These are those who secretly have been on the front lines but not in view of the church until the 'time of their revealing', which is now.

4) Personal goals were set aside for the greater corporate goal. The gave up aspirations of becoming the next big stock mogul, or entrepreneur.

Lesson: These introspective soldiers gained a world view perspective, got their priorities in order, and found something worth fighting for. It opened their eyes to see the value in others and the plight of those in bondage. Love for our King will bring us to the place of desiring to become liberators, as He has so graciously liberated us.

The Lord will Stand Up for the Poor and Needy
in A Year of Servant hood

In Acts 7:54 Christ is shown as 'Standing up' after His resurrection at the stoning of Stephen. Normally we see Jesus 'seated' at the right hand of God, but here we see Him 'standing'. We feel this is very important because He seems to have stood for Stephen who was bearing an injustice. In the days ahead we feel that Stephen is representative of all those who bear an injustice, especially in the areas of the poor and needy.

This 'standing up' of Jesus will be revealed in His Body on the earth by the church coming to the rescue of the poor and needy. No longer can the Body be passive at injustice, but we must confront it. We feel it will not be 'in word' only, but as the Spirit of God within us rises up, righteous justice will be released in the form of caring for the poor and giving them a ladder out of their plight. Not a hand out, but rather a way out for the prosperity of their future. We have seen this is response to the hurricanes in the Gulf Coast.

There have been numerous stories of evacuated people that cannot go back to their homes being given help with housing and job placement. This is where the church should really shine. Not just helping with the refuge phase but the total restoration phase as well. Small businesses giving jobs and futures, even large corporations with Christians in strategic places mobilizing new jobs for those displaced.

In the areas we have failed at this in the past, the Lord is giving new opportunities to help the poor in our nation. But sadly there will be those like Jeremiah 7:9 declares, that God asks, 'Will you steal and murder, and commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal and follow other gods you have not known, and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my Name, and say, "We are safe"-safe to do all these detestable things? Has this house, which bears my Name, become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching declares the Lord'.

Now is the time that the Lord will not stand for injustice in the earth any longer. To battle this spirit each one has been given something they can do. For some it will be financial aid, for others working in the areas of refuge, for some their time and for others providing permanent house and job placement. This allows the church to look into the faces of real people with real needs. This will require us to move from our place of comfort to become 'comforters'. This will mark the church as being the servant of all. Mark 9:35 says those who want to be the greatest in the Kingdom, must be the servant of all. One of the women came to the hotel with the supplies to do a foot washing, at the same time a woman who was participating in The Day in another state was getting a vision of a foot washing. This was confirmation that the church is entering a time of servant hood to the church and the world that will move us from a place of selfishness to selflessness.

God is forcing people to come out of hiding. We have seen humanity having to help humanity and becoming real with one another and not been allowed to come home, punch our garaged door openers and go inside without ever having to speak to another human being! With the floods, traffic jams, and hopelessness that has come our way as a nation since 9/11 we have been forced out of our INDEPENDENCE, and into relating with humanity. Isn't that what Jesus did? We can subject ourselves to a spirit of fear and run from Him and each other, or allow the situations He is putting us into, bring His church together in unity with compassion, respect and dignity for one another.

One of the more prominent visions given to the African women was of a large cotton plantation with whites and blacks working with each other taking the cotton in automobiles to a factory. We understood this to mean a restoration of the slavery that was a huge injustice by America to Africa. We are to believe God to reverse this as we came alongside of each other in the vision at the place where slavery was highlighted, cotton farming. We see this as a huge promise from the Lord as the women from these two nations came together for one purpose. We feel this could be an indication of these two nations coming together for the purpose of evangelism and equipping of the saints as well. We find it interesting that hurricanes take the same route as the slave trade ships did coming from Africa during the time of slavery in America. Could this be a curse that America will come out from under as we take our sister nation's hand and walk together in Christ?

All of us have been given something by the Lord to give and it will take each one's gift to be brought to the table in the days ahead. If all the gifts are not brought by His church He will use those outside the church because His JUSTICE is at work against those who have had to bear INJUSTICE. There can be tremendous healing from the Lord through the hands of the church like Habakkuk 3:4 says, 'His radiance is like the sunlight; He has rays flashing from His hand, and there is the hiding of His power'. The once 'hidden' power in the Lord's hands will be revealed as America's need for Her Healer is made known.

Let the days of darkness be the time the Church shines the brightest. Isaiah 60:1
Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
'For behold, darkness will cover the earth and deep darkness the peoples; But the LORD will rise upon you and His glory will appear upon you. Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising'.

We don't want the Lord to have to use those in the world, so please bring your gift to the table. No gift is without honor, all are important. The most prideful thing a believer can say is, 'Well my portion seems so small'. That is not how the Kingdom operates; He will take our small and make it BIG, just bring it! This is the Psalm 91 Army mandate!

A New Beginning and Harvest

In keeping with the Ps 91 Army, we took note that the year 2005 had been the end of a generation. The timeline of forty years ago puts it at 1965; the middle of the '60's which was a decade of 'disaster' spiritually speaking. This decade seems to be the 10 year period of time that America lost her innocence.

We saw the assignation of JFK and Martin Luther King, the embracing of the Beatles with all of their rebellion, and a rise in the feminist and antiwar movements. We are now at the end of that generation and are being given an envelope of time to recapture the lost innocence of our nation. It was a generation of unbelief and perverseness (Luke 9:41). It would be good if we could ask our Nation about the decadence of the 1960's by posing the question, 'How is that working for you'?

Obviously the choices we made as a nation are NOT working for us. The old saying goes, if it is not broken don't fix it. That is what the Israelites tried to do in Judges when the Lord was to be their Judge, but they wanted to look like the rest of the land and chose a judge. Sadly at the end of the book of Judges, even with Godly Judges in position, it says that the people did what was right in their own eyes. Even though God at times gave them Godly judges to rule them, they end up in the same mess they had begun in. This shows us that it must be a corporate people who hearts have turned, not just righteous leaders for a season. However we do believe that as the leader goes, so goes the Nation. Godly leaders in place can help the people began to turn, but it is an 'every heart' issue at stake.

As we end this generation we believe God is revealing a 'New Generation'. This generation will not settle for scraps by pushing into the High Calling of the Lord. This is the Chosen Generation (1 Peter 2:9) that will understand their Royal Priesthood. It is time to leave the dust of the '60's generation. As Peter warned the crowd in Acts 2:40, 'Save yourselves from this corrupt generation', and the first harvest was brought into the Kingdom.

There will be a great harvest of souls that have been trapped in the rebellious '60's mindset. God is releasing new sound from Heaven that is displacing the LSD music that helped trap a generation. This new sound has been prophesied in years past, but we will begin to see the firstfruits harvest of this sound. The Beatles music was intended to be a sound of praise for the people of that day that were hungry for God but not in the traditional sense. Many of them were hippies that would have loved the Jesus Movement but were captured by the Eastern influence of the music and spirituality of the Beatles. We sense that the Beatles were the chosen praise singers of the last generation but lost their way into the religious structure of the East.

The Lord greatly intended to use them and bring the last generation to Himself by their music, but now their music has been replaced with this new sound from heaven. The sound has been at work for several years being released over our Nation to bring in this lost generation. People who have been stuck, perhaps even some you have prayed for, with this 'hippie' mentality are having their mindsets loosed by this sound from heaven. Even though they are unaware, their spirit knows this sound, and it is bringing them to the cross.

This New Generation is not only for those trapped in an old mindset, but they will be the ones that will 'open the way before them' for others, because the Lord has gone out with this heavenly sound breaking open the way for them. These are the 11th hour workers that are spoken of in the parable of the Gospel of Matthew verses 9-16. We were lead to take communion at 11 PM signifying these 11th hour workers that will be released this year.

The early workers were angry because their reward was the same as the 11th hour workers. We must be careful not to have the 'elder son' (Luke 15:28) attitude and loose our gratefulness as we see the harvest and their reward. There is enough of the Kingdom for us all. Rejoice when you see the lost generation coming into this New Generation, for the Kingdom is truly at hand.

Part 4--The American Church
The Church of Sardis

The word 'Sardis' actually means 'they escaped'. In reading the history of Sardis one might think that the escaping was a good thing. It actually refers to those that escape the crusades and other such calamities. In reality the church must LOOSE the 'escape' mentality. We must not run from but run into the darkness or those there will not see the light which is contained within us.

We sensed the Lord speaking to us about Sardis and the American church. Upon further reflection it became clear that the church is in constant need of escaping the times. We are to have courage in these days and not look for ways to escape but rather the ways of the Lord for the situation.

One of the biggest 'escapes' for the American church is sports and entertainment. Before we get scolded, please know that we understand God speaks through sports and enjoys sports Himself. He is also not religious which is why 'The Passion' did so well in the movie theaters because God Himself began to take back Hollywood with this film. If He didn't enjoy these leisure activities He would not have so many fine Christians in the sports and entertainment arenas. We are not saying that sports, friendly competition, and the arts don't have a place in the church; we believe they do as you will see when you read further.

God loves the Sabbath and rested on that day Himself. We sensed that God was moving the American church back into balance. There are times when we will celebrate sports activities in the arenas we have put so much money into, but this will be balanced with times that revival meetings, prophetic meetings and intercessory meetings will take place in these same arenas. We also saw these same arenas being used to bring in and be a holding tank for the lost that will be saved, and then use that place to connect them to their city's churches for discipleship.

These are the days of the 'watchmen', that are our spiritual eyes to our nation. What if all the gatekeepers and watchmen did was watch sports! We believe many of them are consumed with it in the church. Sports are fine as long as they are under the Lord and haven't become the lord!

One of the problems with Sardis was overconfidence in themselves as being secure. As this false security continued to lull them to sleep, disaster overtook them suddenly! They did not use their advantages well and were preoccupied with their own affairs and leisure activities. We must not let this happen to our nation again.

One of the visions we were shown was a home run being hit. Recently one of the key games for the Houston Astros baseball team was the all time longest game in the post season that was instrumental in taking them to the National League Championship Series. It was 18 innings long and we understood this related to the woman earth bound for 18 years in Luke 13:11. The number 18 is the sum of 6+6+6, which is the mark of the beast or our beast nature. We believe that God has been renewing our minds so that we loose the mark of carnality on our foreheads and it is being replaced with His mark on our foreheads, 'Holiness to the Lord', which seals our minds like the Old Testament High Priests (Exodus 39:30).

We feel this woman in Luke represents the American church and the Lord has drawn us to Himself to straighten out our skeletal structure. Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft (1 Samuel 15:23) and witchcraft comes from a word that means to twist or bend. The Lord of Host is straightening up our spine that we again will become a strong force in this nation and for other nations as well, as He is purging the church of control and rebellion.

By causing the woman to straighten up, she was no longer made to look at the earth, but saw His face which readied her to look up and see the bigger picture on the horizon. It made her go from self focus and gave her a God focus.

Let us look at the verses from the letter to the church in Sardis. In Revelation 3:1, John writes,

'To the angel of the church of Sardis write: These are the words of him who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. I know your deeds; you have a reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about the die, for I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God.

Seven is the number of completion, perfection and maturity. These seven spirits of God (the fullness of His spirit) and seven stars (a perfected heavenly people) describes the present American church. We have been through a season of maturing, but he tells us to wake up! We have fallen asleep which many feel happened to us after 9/11.

The Coffee Company

In the last several years the Lord began to speak about a company of people called the "Coffee Company'. He revealed that there was a group of people that He had been preparing to be the 'strong drink' given to the church to wake her up at the dawning of a brand new day. We believe that this company is ready and currently being put in the Lord's hand for Him to pour out suddenly. It will be the voice of one (they will have one message and one voice like that of John the Baptist) crying in the wilderness, make a straight path for the Lord, prepare, prepare, prepare!

Shortly after being shown this, a new coffee company came into being called 'Heaven's Breath Coffee', no joke look it up! We believe this to be a visible sign of the word shown to us.

Continuing on with the letter to Sardis, verse 3, Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard and REPENT! As we stated earlier in the Declaration this will be a year of repentance, which follows along with this very letter. If you do not wake up I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.

We take this to symbolize the story of the wise and foolish virgins in Matthew 25:1. We always hear about wanting to be a wise virgin, but have you noticed the wise virgins had fallen asleep too! Why would you want to be a virgin wise or foolish if all had fallen asleep? The Lord revealed that there is another group of people in this famous story. Look at Matthew 25:5, it says, 'The Bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they ALL became drowsy and fell asleep'. Now look at verse 6, and see if you can see the 'hidden' company of wide awake believers that are ready to sound the call. "At Midnight the cry rang out: 'Here's the Bridegroom! Come out to meet Him!"

Do you see it? There is a company of people that has been hidden away with Him, and Jesus has released them to make the cry or to sound the trumpet to the foolish AND wise sleeping virgins! This company of people has been with Him so they know when to sound the alarm! We must long to go from being even a wise virgin who fell asleep to becoming His Messenger in this hour to wake the church as Her Bridegroom approaches.

4 'Yet you have a few people in Sardis that have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with Me, dressed in white for they are worthy. He who overcomes will, like them, will be dressed in white.'

There are 3 stages in becoming a Knight. The first stage is a 'page', the second is a 'squire' and the third is 'Knighthood'. If you were a squire, you were judged as to when you were ready for Knighthood. If you were promoted you would take a cleansing bath, fast, pray and make confession. You would then spend the whole night in the chapel praying for guidance as a Knight. The next morning, DRESSED IN WHITE, you would enter the hall with your sword around your neck.

The lord would ask you the reasons for you wanting to become a Knight and if your answers were acceptable the lord agreed to perform the ceremony. You as a squire would then be dressed in new armor and would then kneel before the lord. The lord would take a new sword and tap you gently on the shoulders three times and make a short declaration such as, 'In the name of God, I make Thee a Knight.' A joyous celebration followed.

We understand that the Lord has been in the process of knighting this company of people who will be a strong force to wake up the church. They have been dressed in white in preparation, but will now be given new armor and a new sword to match the battles for the days ahead.

Verse5, 'I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my Father and His angels'. Again the name here of the person seems very important to the Lord, and we also believe these same ones will receive angels to help them with their work on earth.

Part 5
Color for the Year-Gray

The color for the year that was given to us was gray. Little did we know what the fashion gurus were saying about the color for next year but guess what, it is gray! These colors always go along the fashion lines because it is another way God speaks.

We take this color gray to represent wisdom. James says in Chapter 1 verse 5, 'If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him'. This also refers to Jesus 'with hair as white as wool' in Revelation 1:14. This represents a 'mature head' that is leading the church. We must 'grow up into Him who is the head', Ephesians 4:15 says. The time of maturing has come, if you resisted the last season of maturing then there will be another season available, but this current season is over and you will have to wait for the next one, for He is going to release those who have cooperated with this last growing season.

We also felt this indicated silver as it has to do with words. The Book of Wisdom or Proverbs says in 25:11, 'A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver'. At the writing of this Declaration there is one woman on the team who has had the taste of silver in her mouth for a week before The Day and it continues until this present time. We take this also to be a confirmation of the silver theme. Our words are to be the setting of God's words, ours is the silver setting and His are the apples of gold. He is looking for a people that have in their mouths a 'setting' of silver' (those who have allowed their mouths to be purged by a coal from His altar) for Him to place His apples of gold.

The term, 'Thus say the Lord', is highly abused. We understand that the Lord is going to make us more accountable for the words we speak, especially when we tag His name on them. There are many words that are said to be the Lord's words that are not. We have seen a manifestation of this in some very sad situations that have been on the news because someone thought that 'God told them' to do something that was nothing more than a criminal act. Satan's voice is never going to come like something seemingly dark, rather he will disguise his voice to be in the place of God. That is actually what 'antichrist' means, not 'against' but 'in the place of' Christ. The word declares in 1 John 4:3,

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the {spirit} of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world.

It says that the 'spirit of antichrist' is not only coming, BUT HAS ALREADY COME INTO THE WORLD! We should test our words against scripture first and see if it lines up with God's character and holiness. We must realize deception and seduction always come wrapped up in religion. The sharp discernment of those who have been through the process of maturity will be able to stand in the days ahead. Mark 13:22, says
For false Christ's and false prophets will arise, and will show signs and wonders, in order to lead astray, if possible, the elect.

Who are the ELECT? We are, and while it says it won't be possible that doesn't mean that the enemy won't try. Throw off all religious thinking and ask the Lord to fine tune your hearing so that you will recognize the voice of our Good Shepherd verses the voice of the hireling.

One of the sweetest moments came when the Lord began to pour out His love in our hearts for Paul Cain. We did not expect this and we include this under the year's color theme of gray because as stated earlier gray represents wisdom or gray haired. Paul Cain represents many of our wonderful saints that are adorned with gray hair. We felt lead to repent for the church's attitude toward those who fall into sin in the church. Many times the church offers sinners who don't even know the Lord more grace and mercy than they do for one of the Lord's own. God revealed His immense restorative love for Paul and reminded us that is it His goodness that leads to repentance (Romans 2:4).

Part 6
Building God's House

We were shown an old wooden fence with a dirt road going around it but there were no people in sight. This represents the 'old way' of religion. The dirt road lead to nowhere and the fence was a wall that kept people out. This is how religion operates and this is how men build their own kingdoms. Chastisement for those who have wasted their time on building their own dreams will come this year in the hopes that those who have missed 'wasting' their time on Jesus will repent and come into the building of His house.

In a related dream we were shown a woman named Deborah holding lumber with the letter L on the end of each piece. We took this to mean 'El' or the word for Lord as stated in the beginning of the Declaration which is the theme for the coming year, 'NOEL' or KNOW EL. Those who KNOW EL will be given the privilege of building His house for they have learned the secret to knowing Him. What they add to the house will have His name on it, not their own.

In addition, the woman Deborah we took to mean Deborah from the Old Testament. She was first a prophetess and then a wife (Judges 4:4). We believe this is important for women who are on the verge of a new season in their life. This is a season where her children are grown or going off to college. She has spent her whole life on her family and raising her children and now as she releases her children into their future, her anointing that was being refined in the fires of motherhood will now take precedence. Women will be a huge part of building God's house in the coming year because of their yielding in the hidden years.

In a similar vein, one of the women had a prophetic experience last year where she was taken to a place in heaven and was standing with her nose at the door of a huge barn. There was only one woman in front of her and she looked back and saw this gigantic barn filled with women she knew to have already raised their children and were ready for the next season of their life. There were literally thousands of women everywhere inside this barn. Suddenly the door opened and she took flight. She began to soar with an angel on one side of her and a 7 year old girl on her other side.

The angel then told her to land in the clearing below but to be careful not to hit the radio tower beyond the clearing. She said she pulled hard on her parachute and landed a little bumpy but she did not want to hit that tower! She landed fine, looked up at the tower and the 7 year old girl was high on the tower and yet she looked to her left and the 7 year old girl was there also. Her thought was, how can she be way up there and down here also? End of experience.

This has so many confirmations of the release of women. Let's us start with the barn being the 'holding tank' if you will. A barn is not where most people would be happy for a long time. A barn is stuffy, hot and filled with the smells, sounds and waste of animals. But just as Jesus didn't set his appearing on Jerusalem but rather the humble place of a barn, these women were yielded to the Lord in the barn season of their life.
Women are overcomers; they will make the best of a bad situation. It is part of their mothering instinct that can be used to help their children cope in life. They are the 'sunny' side of the family, the heart of the home, and the ones with a 'can do' attitude.

We sensed that the barn also had to do with the 'American Landscape', in other words barns, farms, and apple pie are part of the foundations of America. We understood this to refer to primarily American women being released, but not exclusively.

The radio tower is also important because anyone prophetic knows that they become like a radio tower when hearing from God. His voice is going out from heaven all the time, but only those who are 'tuned in' will adjust to hear Him. This also goes back to the red wagon or Radio Flyer we spoke of on the introduction page for the Declaration.

The fact that there was so many of them shows us that God has many in waiting ready to release them suddenly, as when the door opened. Immediately they will take flight. The angel on the one side represents the helpers that heaven itself will provide for these women with guidance and swift movement in the spirit. They have been held back until now to be assigned to these women in the barn to help them accomplish heavens agenda.

The 7 year old girl actually represented the women's ministry that had the experience. At the time of the experience the woman's ministry was 7 years old. The fact that the girl was in two places at one time indicates that there is a place in God that these women have found that abides high in the heavenly realm and yet has feet firmly planted on the earth, bringing heaven itself into the earth realm. These fearless women will be used by the Lord to build His house because their agenda has been burned in the fire of preparation and hidden place

We repeat, anyone in this year that would not build His house will suffer loss of their own agenda until it is replaced with His agenda.

The Key that Opens the House

From the top floor (the 8th-8 new beginnings) of our hotel room that looked down into the lobby we notice the carpet looked like a large keyhole. It was so large that chairs and tables were set up inside the outline of the keyhole and it seemed to us that many business meetings were taking place inside the keyhole. Houston is obviously a place of commerce and industry and we understood this to mean that Houston would be where God's key would unlock the door to commerce and business for His house in America.

As we continued to ponder the 'keyhole', we saw that it appeared to look like the place where the hilt of a sword would fit snugly into a sheath. Again it is only the 'cross that became a sword' that will unlock anything in God's house. The only key is the Cross where His precious blood was poured out that allows us to accomplish anything in the Kingdom. Those who will be entrusted to Kingdom business will have this understanding, that it is not what we do but rather what He has already done that matters.

Revelation 3:7 says the Lord has placed before the Church of Philadelphia (Church of brotherly love) a key of David that He holds. What He opens with this key cannot be shut and what He shuts cannot be opened. We believe in this day of commerce and business being opened to the church the Lord Himself will watch to see if we walk in brotherly love. Love is the issue that will keep the doors of commerce opened as opposed to greed and selfishness which will shut the door.

One of our ladies was shown in a dream a green snake with the understanding that in the coming days there would be God's way to wealth and man's way. The green snake represented man's way or greed. We must resist the temptation to be seduced by this spirit of greed because God wants to release His Kingdom finances to those who will refuse the seduction of this snake.

In line with the Revelation 3:7 verse, Matthew 16:19 says, 'I will give you the keys of the kingdom of Heaven and whatever you bind on earth will be bound and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed'. This key will be given to those to literally bring those things in heaven to the earth, but will be accompanied by God's agape love for one another.

The Broom and the Raven

Part of building God's house has to do with the cleansing of the portion that is already built. One of the visions shown to us was that of a broom. We understood this to mean that there is one major cleansing the church will go through this coming year. The broom represents sweeping and witchcraft. The house will be swept clean of control and manipulation. This includes the spirit of witchcraft that it used by witches and Satanist to destroy the church, but more importantly the spirit of control and manipulation that comes from God's people themselves.

Both are wrong and both are an offense to the work of the Cross. As this spirit is removed the Cross again will become central in the church as He moves us from the church mentality to the Kingdom mentality. This is important because the church mentality tends to be inward focused while the Kingdom mentality enlarges one's vision to the bigger picture and take selfishness into selflessness. Witchcraft is the opposite of selflessness because it is all about the person using it to get their own way. God has had enough of this in the church. The church will never be equipped to bring in those who are trapped in the occult as long as we are entrenched in it ourselves.

One woman as she was falling asleep saw a huge black bird coming at her. It seems so real she woke up trying to block it from hitting her. Our first instinct was that is was witchcraft, which we believe was one part of it. Upon further research however we discovered a lot of good things about a particular black bird, the raven. We know we would all rather be referred to as an eagle, but the eagle and the raven are actually both unclean birds. Why wouldn't God speak to us about Himself and us as it relates to a raven like He does with the eagle?

Let's look at some of the Godlike qualities a raven has. Seems ravens like barren and desolate places much like John the Baptist who learned to live in the desert places with the Lord. The key word here is the barren place or the wilderness where 'The John the Baptist Company' of people lives and thrives. This causes ones roots to go deep for water making them resilient in dry times. One of the raven's favorite habitats is the rocky places. They love to fly fast and can soar for hours on end at great heights. They also hide bits of food from the others and when needed, they will silence their normal cry before take off to quietly go to a hiding place for the reserved food. This is a wonderful example of storing up the Bread of Heaven for any dry season ahead.

Doesn't this sound like most prophetic people you know? Ravens can also fly great distances without tiring and storms do not frighten these birds. Is it any wonder that we see Elijah fed by ravens at the Kerith Ravine (1 Kings 17:1-6)? One of the many reasons speculated as to why Noah send out a raven before he sent out the dove has to do with their resourcefulness. They are sharp and shrew birds making Noah's pick for the first out of the ark a perfect choice.

The last point to be made about ravens is their total dependence on the Lord for survival. This is made clear when the Psalmist say in Psalm 147:9 'He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call'. Ravens in particular remind us that what seems 'unclean' to man will be used by God in the face of the religious minded that mutter "God would never use them!'. Not only will He use those that religion would certify unclean, but He will use them as carriers of His Glory in the earth. We hope that this explanation of ravens will take the enemy's thumbprint off of this bird. All creation belongs to the Lord and can be used as symbols of His people as well.

In Closing

We look forward to more of these gatherings for women everywhere in the world that belong to the King. We pray this will be a 'roadmap' of sorts for the year ahead and beyond, and that you will receive at least as much of a blessing from reading this as we did receiving it. God Bless you in the new year of 2006.