At the beginning of 2009 the Lord told me that this was a year that the prodigals would start to return. I didn't think much of the word because it seems like it's been happening over the last couple of years seeing as I was once one myself but I didn't consider this word as very profound until I heard Him say. "The prodigal sons are coming home." At the begining of the year I didn't really see the word coming forth but that changed a few weeks ago.
There are so many soldiers missing in this army of God. There are sons that are lost and broken. Just 2 weeks ago I started noticing this very strange thing I saw the sons of God in a way that I hadn't seen before. They were emerging. As I walked around our congregation I noticed these men I'd never seen before. When I passed them I would see in the Spirit the condition they were in. Many were wounded..some broken..some were just crippled. It looked as if they had returned from a battle. Some I had seen in our congregation before and some I had not. I noticed that there were some who hung on the fringes drawn but not sure what to do about it.
As a woman in ministry it's hard sometimes for me to minister to men, I am not always comfortable especially if I can see their brokeness but I feel there's a word for the women of Christ in this. So here it goes:
This is to the ladies.. Listen ladies we can not be afraid of speaking life over the sons of God. We can't be weird about it or unhealthy, we have to be true to the nature of we are called to be as women. Now is a season where the body of Christ is begining to champion women. As Mary's carrying destiny inside of us we must call the Josephs to a place of honor and life. We can't condem or be scared we must be bold and couragous in this hour. I know if you're a woman it can be scarey being around broken men but you know who you are and nothing that's on them can affect you unless you let it. Ask the Lord how he wants you to partner in this. Even if it's from a far in intercession we must take a stand and say enough is enough! The enemy is no longer allowed to steal the Sons of God!
Now this is for the fathers and the sons who are walking in a healthy place. Call out to the sons that are hanging around the edges. Speak destiny over them. Give them a ring and a robe mark them with honor. Love on them until they become the man that God has called them to be. This is the hour for healing to flow. Sons who have forgotten who they are will start coming back..there wounds are deep but God is an amazing healer. Don't let jealousy, envy, or competetion stand in the way of your love towards them. These sons are not only on the outside but they too are on the inside of the body of Christ lost and loney not knowing who they are.You can champion thier dreams and help them find thier place as a sons of God.
I feel the call in the Spirit to really champion breakthrough over our men. There is such a hold the enemy has over thier lives through sexual brokeness, fear, control, and whatever else he uses to keep them in slavery. They are not slaves but free men, sons of God, carriers of light, protectors of the Kingdom of God and fearless warriors. It's time for them to come back to their place and join side by side on the battlefield. Women and men again fighting together ruling as orginally intened declaring heaven on earth. Once again subduing and taking dominion over creation. Jesus paid the price so that we can go to that place of relationship with the Father being unashamed and free.
I wrote this declaring what I see happening. The "she" in this writing is the body of Christ. I know that there have been many men hurt by the Bride but it's time to be free of offense and pain. They will be healed and free!!
Oh broken man will you let love in?
Or will you resist temptation to fall?
Oh broken man will your arms wrap around something true again?
Or will all the embraces of the future be hollow reminders of the past?
Oh broken man will your face ever see the smile that is deep inside?
Or did she steal all the faces when she hurt you?
Oh broken man will you ever dance again?
Or did you stop moving to the melodies that once resounded in your core?
Oh broken man will I ever see your face?
Or will the mask you wear be a permanent fixture?
Oh broken man will you ever trust again?
Or has your paranoia taken control?
Oh broken man will you ever share your heart again?
Or has it turned into stone beyond softening?
Oh broken men when will you be healed?
You will be healed when you meet your healer.
Oh Godly man thank you for loving again,
Thank you for embracing again.
Oh Godly man thank you for shining again,
Thank you for dancing again.
Oh Godly man thank you for trusting again,
Thank you for no longer being broken but being free.
"Surely the coastlands will wait for Me; And the shipsof Tarshish will come first, To bring your sons from afar, Their silver and their gold with them, For the name of the LORD your God, And for the Holy One ofIsrael because He has glorified you. Isaiah 60:9
