My church, wake up from your slumber and shake off the lethargy that keeps you captive. The chains that are there are self-inflicted. One shake of your decisions to rise up and walk for Me, and the chains will fall and you will be free.

There are souls around about you that are held captive in pain, hurt, sin, and are crying out to be saved. Open your ears and hear their cries. Allow the compassion to well up inside you once again and reach out to those who desperately need to know that I love them. It is time to set the captives free.

I have done so much for you. I have given you the tools to pull the lost souls out of the very throes of hell. I have given you the strength to endure the climb to bring others up into the mountain tops to find rest in My presence as they are coming out of the valley experience so that they can be renewed and strengthened. It is time to scream from the mountain tops who I am and give hope, give love, give them Me. But you just sit and refuse to open your eyes to see and your ears to hear.

Devastation upon devastation has taken place because I am desperately trying to get the attention of the people to turn from their wicked ways and see that I am the God of Elijah and can bring the rains to stop the droughts and the fires. I am the God of Abraham and of Moses that can protect from anything that can come down the path just as I did My chosen people at the Passover. But even My people have begun to desire the wicked ways instead of standing up and speaking of My Son’s second coming. They get discouraged because their prayers are not being answered but the truth is they are not listening to Me on what is really going on therefore they are praying amiss.

What identity are you really seeking? Are you seeking the approval of man or who you are in Me? Are you seeking the salvation of man or giving them the salvation that saves? Search your hearts and choose to walk and slumber no more. See that you are not a cripple but you are whole. Rise up My church and walk. The excuses must go and action needs to be made. Wake up and be free and do the works that I have called you to do. Spread the good news of My Word and watch the lives be changed for Me. Rise up Church and Walk!

Ephesians 5: 8-20 (NIV)
8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light
9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth)
10 and find out what pleases the Lord.
11 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
12 It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
13 But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light.
14 This is why it is said: “Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
15 Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise,
16 making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.
17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.
18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,
19 speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord,
20 always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.