"But  I  fear,  lest by any means, as the  serpent  beguiled  Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from  the simplicity that is in Christ." (2 Corinthians 11:3)

A PROPHET CONTEMPLATES WAR

A WORD FOR NEW ZEALAND
by Rick Joyner
(From a 1991 issue of the international Morning Star Journal)

Your  name  is prophetic - there is a NEW ZEAL  that  will  arise from  the church in New Zealand. This zeal for the Lord  and  His purposes  will help to bring conviction upon the worldwide  body of Christ for her Laodicean spirit of lukewarmness. Just as the call  to the Laodicean church was to "be zealous  therefore  and repent,"  your zeal will help to show the way for the  church to  repent. Do not confuse this zeal with mere human enthusiasm; true  zeal is a deep and focused commitment to the Lord and determination to do His will.
Your  zeal  will be a NEW zeal; there is a freshness to  it  that will  help  to impart a zeal for the NEW things  that  God  is doing. The bride of Christ will be without spot or wrinkle.  That she  is without spot speaks of her purity, having  been  cleansed from  sin. That she is without wrinkle speaks of her  perpetual youthfulness.  The Lord is restoring this new zeal to His  church so that she might be restored to her youth and to her first love, which is the essence of true zeal.
Christ  Church, New Zealand is literally "the uttermost  part  of the earth" as it is geographically the most distant (sic)  major city  on earth from Jerusalem. {Actually, Gisborne and  Auck land  seem technically closer to the mark - ed.}  This  city has also been prophetically named; it will become a city that  is a  church - it will be the Lord's. Though you may be  the  city that was furtherest from the beginning of the church age, you are the  closest  to the last great move of the Holy Spirit  -  you will see the beginning of the movement that will close the church age.  For  this  reason, the Lord had you placed  as  the  first nation  on  the international dateline and  therefore  the  first nation to see the sun rise. You will be the first to see the Son rise and the beginning of the day of the Lord.
Do  not  be disturbed by the onslaught of the enemy  to  thwart this  purpose,  but when the enemy attacks you one  way,  attack him  ten ways. You need not fear the enemy; he should fear  you because the One who has all authority in heaven and earth is on your  side; that One now gives you the authority to take  back from the enemy all that he has stolen from you, and to spoil  his camp  to release all that he has held captive in your land.  The enemy does not have the power to stop you; your faith and  endurance  alone  will determine the degree of you victory -  do  not stop until your victory is complete.
It  is  time for you to cast down your fears  and  pick  up your  swords.  Do  not dwell any longer on  your  insecurity  and feelings  of  unworthiness - dwell on the Son and  His  greatness which can be revealed through you. He delights in using the weak, the  foolish  and the small to confound the strong, the  wise  in this  world and the big. Do not look at your weakness or  your small  size;  look  at the Lord and His greatness  that He will demonstrate  through you. You now have the authority to  tear down  the  strongholds  of the enemy and to make  New  Zealand  a fortress of righteousness.
The  native  people  in your land are called by  the  Lord  as  a people  of dignity and honor. The enemy has made  many  inroads into  their  culture, but as deep as he has sunk his  roots  into them,  that is how deeply the Lord can fill them with  Himself. Esteem them, honor them and do them justice because the Lord has called them. The saints who arise from the native peoples of New Zealand will be pillars in the church and will stand straight and tall when others would fall.

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