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DEAD MOUSE

 Dear Heavenly Father:  This morning, I come to Thee with an earnest and sincere heart. 

 I come in the mighty Name of Yahshua, and by the Holy Spirit, to You, Dear Darling Daddy Yahweh, Pappa God.

 I do not come in my own merit or name or worthiness, but, by Your, blood and mercy and love and kindness, the mercy of Yahshua.

 I bring with me today, that which I believe to be the most sincere kind of heart.  My heart is to please You.  I long for You.  I yearn to please You, to do Your sweet will, to say Your words, to sing Your praise, to think Your thoughts, to do Your will, to be what You want, do what You want, to go where You want, to see what You want, to be all that You want - in every, Every, EVERY regard!!!!!!!

 O, please help me be pleasing to Thee, in everything, always, all the time, everywhere - to the supernatural maximum.

 Thank You for every pain-free moment, for each coherent thought, for every breath of air, every heart-beat, every moment of life and peace and joy and sweet tranquillity

 Yesterday, when looking at my circumstances, finances and limitations, it seemed that I could see myself all doubled up in a corner, in a fetus position, sucking my thumb,  cowering and shivering, shutting my eyes tight against the bright light of reality, wishing the day would pass, and hoping that it wouldn't.  The core issue for me was,. again, the unfulfilled prophecies, the unactualized potential, the promises in Scripture, that remain dormant, theoretical, potential, undeveloped, unrealized, unfulfilled.

 Should I rise to my feet, take my thumb out of my mouth, lay down my security blanket, throw away my pacifier, discard my baby bottle, straighten my shoulders, open my mouth, and shout against the wind, the circumstances, the limitations, the status quo, the poverty, weakness, the lassitude. the insipidity, the tupor and stupor, the languidity,  the passivity, the inactivity, the unfruitfulness. the fruitlessness, the hopelessness, the helplessness, the poverty, the weakness, the limitations, the closed doors, and prophesy the greater works???????

 By the power of prayer, and the authority of the spoken word, should we bind the former, and loose the latter?  Should we pray and boldly prophesy the victory, the strength, the provision, the vision, the money, the open doors, the break-throughs, the miracles, the signs and wonders, the power, the purity, the acceptance, the fruitfulness, the adventures of our God.

 At a garage sale in Portland area, a couple of years ago, I purchased a hand puppet that was a grey mouse.  God used this limp and lifeless puppet that we are not to be a dead mouse victim, in our walk and relationship with Him, the Lord Yahweh.  In contrast, I remember putting a live mouse that I had caught, into the bath tub where he couldn't get out, and then putting our mouse killer cat.  I vividly remember that mouse, literally standing up on its hind feet and facing the big cat bravely, ready to fight to the death, something a hundred times bigger than itself.

 There is so very much about our lives and our Christianity, that considers itself good and proper and decent and successful, if we are only dead mice.  A dead mouse does not sin, but it does not do any good, either.  God has not called you to be dead mouse.  Nor has He called us to be dead to our limitations, our status quo, our lack of finances or our lack or productivity, or our helplessness or circumstances or our worship.

 God wants us to repent for being passive and for having a helpless victim mentality.  God does not want us to be helpless victims, cowering or sleeping in a corner.  Sometimes sleep can be an escape.  Weakness can sometimes be an excuse.  Even sickness can be an excuse.  We can allow our old age to be an excuse.  The parable of the talent is an example.  The one talent person was passive and defensive, while the others, were aggressive risk-takers.

 The Church is like a fully equipped army, fully armed - whose soldiers go to sleep, curled up in the corner, sucking its thumb, with its eyes tightly shut, hoping the enemy will die of old age, or slink away on its own.  Too often, we are like dead, limp and lifeless puppets, who are waiting for God's hand to activate us, when we are God's hand, who must decide to obey what it has already been told to do.

 A dead, lifeless hand puppet, does not lie, steal, cheat or kill.  A dead mouse does not cuss, swear, smoke or chew.  But neither does it worship and praise, and neither does it do any good.  Too often we have had a passive mentality, that waits for God to do through us what we are to do through Him.  Too often, we have been waiting for God to do what He has been waiting for us to do.

 Take speaking in tongues:  The reason that most people do not speak in tongues, is because the person is waiting for God to do all of the work.  The same is true with all of the gifts of the Spirit.  It is especially true of worship and praise, dance and shouting and clapping and the raising of our hands.

 God does not want you to be this kind of husband or wife, a dead mouse.  He does not want you to be this kind of employee, child or student.

 Look at your lifeless hand, lying limp and languid.  Mentally or verbally, tell it what to do, while allowing it to lie limp.  While we don't want it to spastically do what we don't want it to, neither do we want it to fail to exercise its will when it is told to do something positive.

 Let's study on the extent to which this passive kind of mentality has negatively influenced us:

 We have thought that as long as we are dead mice that we are safe.

 A dead mouse doesn't cuss, drink, commit immoralitydoesn't steal, murder, or even think bad thoughts.  But, neither does it praise, shout, bind, loose, sing, witness, or exercise faith.

GOD'S VICTIM

 It is really sad to see people who see themselves as victims,  who have a "victim mentality".  Perhaps they have been victims, or still are being victimized, and have never been delivered or set free or healed.  But there are many more who see themselves as God's victim.  They asked Him to do something for them, that God, in many cases had place within their grasp.  For example, let's say that I am sitting at your table, having potatoes that need salt.  So, I ask you for the salt.  But it is sitting in front of my nose.  This happened to me at the table last night.  Only it was pepper.  They wouldn't pass it to me because it was within my reach.

 The Bible says that "The time came when the saints took the Kingdom by force!"

 We will continue without salt on our food, no matter how long we beg God for it.  He already purchased it with His Own Son's Blood, and has put it within our grasp.  But something about God makes Him reluctant to put it into our mouth, or even on our plate.

 So, also its true of the Kingdom, of that which IS His will.

In this 5 :10 A.M. dream, I was just ready to go on stage of a large church as the evening speaker, to teach about the questions that would be asked before graduation would be allowed in our School of Ministries.

 One of the questions was: "Would we be allowed to prophesy things to our own advantage - name it - claim it, blab it - grab it, etc.?"  The answer, of course, is, only by the leading of the Holy Spirit, since we must always be under God's Lordship.

 Joshua asked me one time, a real classic question: "What is right: to exercise bold initiative, or to passively wait for God to do it through us?"  I laughed with glee at the brilliance of the question, as both elements, though seemingly contradictory, are necessary.  I pointed out that I have both chapters in our book, Rule the World  "Kingdom Initiative", and "Waiting On God", and that a balance by God's leading, are necessary, and that even zeal and initiative must come by the leading of God, His inspiration, and His  grace.

 As to the dream, I believe that it was from God, and that it was to be an encouragement to me that the school(s) will exist as a practical and soon reality, and that such questions should be compiled.  All of the questions in the books should, for example, be included, as well as the questions that we ask in our seminars.

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