ACPE Word for 2004 and Beyond
Category: Prophetic Words, Global Church
This ACPE met in Colorado Springs, Colorado for two days to seek the Lord for a word for the Body of Christ. While some of these things will be fulfilled in 2004, we feel that we should not put a specific time table to the events because of the number of variables that can take place concerning prophetic words. Two of these variables are:
1. Intercession can change the course of the events.
2. The mercy of God that is extended when individuals and nations repent.
Reformation will be a key theme for the coming year wherein many prophets will call for national reformations as in the time of Josiah.
This reformation will affect the way that we do church in a structural way as the church moves out into society rather than has primary functions from a church building. The church will be in the society rather than separate from it. Many new wine marketplace churches will spring up in businesses across the world. Networking will take place more in an electronic way through web casting rather than physically being in one place for all the weekly meetings.
With this move there will be a strong wave of persecution from a religious spirit. The Lord admonished us not be get caught up in a religious spirit even from a prophetic stance and allow God to show us the areas where the spirit of religion was working.
We are entering into the favor of the Lord in a profound way. This is the acceptable year of the Lord. For this reason the Body of Christ should understand how to walk in faith to see a release of this favor.
Part of this favor will manifest in favor with the lost. It is a time for prophetic evangelism. Intercession has ripened the harvest and it is not the time to go into the harvest to reap for the fields are white with harvest. God is calling for a renewed emphasis on evangelism for every believer. Churches that heed this call and release their people into this call to win the lost will experience great growth.
Along with this favor, God will require new levels of brokenness and humility. If this does not happen, pride will enter into the hearts of those receiving the favor and they will lose what they have gained.
There is a time of refining coming to the Body of Christ. God is removing dead wood and uprooting old things. In the refining season, we will be brought into new levels of intimacy which will see the birthing of new things in our lives.
Great inroads will be made by the Body of Christ into media and Hollywood. There will be a wave of the Holy Spirit move across Hollywood and other media, related industries. We will see actors stand up in an increased measure and profess their faith in Christ.
There will be a power encounter with MTV which will result in children being set free from the wicked ways it has influenced them.
(Note: This has already begun after the half time show at the Super Bowl.)
A connection is coming between the prophets and Hollywood and media. Apostles and prophets are going to see a new teaming on a level not realized before and this will lead to city transformation movements. This will include new teachings about the Kingdom of God and seeing it influence each sector of society. There is a time of shifting and transitioning taking place as God aligns His leaders for the new wine anointing this will particularly occur with apostles and prophets.
