Prophet Nola, 4 November 2007, 10 AM

What is the Lord saying to us this morning? That without the Word of God in our hearts we cannot make it. I don't understand how we can live without the Word of God. The Word of God is so powerful. It speaks. When I have dropped Andre off at the airport to go to Nigeria for mission work, I really felt that I might not see him again. It was a funny feeling and it was not negative. I did not understand what it was that I was sensing. So I came home and I said to God that He needs to speak to me, to speak to me through His Word. And the Lord gave me Jeremiah 1- I have send you and you must go say what I want you to say. So I know that the apostle is send. Then I said, Lord, I need another word. And He gave me Luke where He said that if you have left wives and children, because I really felt left, because Andre is coming and going a lot. Keep on praying. Don' t just pray for him, yes pray for him, but also pray for Aje and Chantal, who is working very hard in this church. We need prayer.I want to read you something from the Word of God.

2 Kings 22: 8- "And Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD.
And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it. 9 And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Your servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD. 10 And Shaphan the scribe showed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. 11 And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes. 12 And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying, 13 Go you, inquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that which is written concerning us. 14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelled in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her. 15 And she said to them, Thus said the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me, 16 Thus said the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil on this place, and on the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read: 17 Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched. 18 But to the king of Judah which sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus shall you say to him, Thus said the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which you have heard; 19 Because your heart was tender, and you have humbled yourself before the LORD, when you heard what I spoke against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and have rent your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you, said the LORD. 20 Behold therefore, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered into your grave in peace; and your eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring on this place."

The Lord was pronouncing judgment on Jerusalem, before the reign of Josiah in Judah. Because king after king just forgot about the Word of God. So they were busy restoring the temple when Hilkiah told Shaphan the scribe that he had found a book of the Lord, in the house of the Lord. What a funny statement. Where should you find the book of the Lord? Of course you should find it there, but remember that the Word departed from the house. It was under the rubble. It was destroyed. And this morning if the Word is destroyed in your life, God says it is there. It is founded again.

So Hilkiah the priest ran to the king and said listen we have been in such a mess for all these years, but I have found the book. And then Josiah started reading it. Then the king commanded Hilkiah the priest to go and inquire of the Lord for the people and for all of Judah, because the wrath of the Lord is great against the nation. So what happened then was that the Lord answered them... "because your heart was tender, and you have humbled yourself before the Lord, when you have heard what I have spoken against this place, against its inhabitants, they would become a desolation and a curse. You have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you, says the Lord. Surely therefore I will gather you before your fathers and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace. And your eyes shall not see all the calamities which I will bring on this place". So they have bought back word to the king.

What is the Lord saying to us this morning? That without the Word of God in our hearts we cannot make it. I don't understand how we can live without the Word of God. The Word of God is so powerful. It speaks. When I have dropped Andre off at the airport to go to Nigeria for mission work, I really felt that I might not see him again. It was a funny feeling and it was not negative. I did not understand what it was that I was sensing. So I came home and I said to God that He needs to speak to me, to speak to me through His Word. And the Lord gave me Jeremiah 1- I have send you and you must go say what I want you to say. So I know that the apostle is send. Then I said, Lord, I need another word. And He gave me Luke where He said that if you have left wives and children, because I really felt left, because Andre is coming and going a lot. Keep on praying. Don' t just pray for him, yes pray for him, but also pray for Aje and Chantal, who is working very hard in this church. We need prayer.

I said to Andre, that I felt distant, I felt like I had to release him, although I am in the ministry myself, I felt a definite release.
And so last night he said to me, he sms’d me, said that the Lord has put a strong urge on him to separate and to go from city to city. And I knew that was what I have felt on the airport. To release the man of God to do what he needs to do. And it is not easy. People think it is easy, it is a sacrifice, but that is what God wants. Therefore we need to pray.

Later on I spoke to people who said that they want to go to Africa and I kept quiet and thought by myself, they are talking about it but we are doing it. What a privilege. What a privilege to actually be doing something. To lay down your life, really, to make an effort to go sit in the dust, where it is sandy, hot, with no breeze, and sweating. It is different, but it is a sacrifice because there is a calling involved. And I know that God is working with our church, differently. We are a mission church. God is raising up couples for future generations. I know it, it is everywhere. Even in Pretoria, the people says to me "Nola, I believe that God is raising up the couples in this church also." God is busy with something wonderful and we need to just humble ourselves before the Lord.

Lord, Your Word has spoken many things over the earth. It is been written concerning this time we are living in. Daniel prophesied it.
It is written down. This time has been seen by the prophets from of old. We are living in reality time, and just like Josiah we want to humble ourselves, our hearts are tender this morning. God, accomplish what you want to do in our lives today. We need to humble ourselves.

God will reveal anything that is out of order, like that temple was.
There is sometimes rubble in our lives and God wants to remove that.
Why? So that the blessings can come.