April 2011 Dear Friend, I can remember in years past praying hopeful, vague little prayers almost more of an experiment in prayer than prayer itself hoping for some kind of positive outcome with the limited understanding I had on how God uses angels to answer prayers. I had always been aware of scriptures like Hebrews 1:14: Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? And Psalm 103:20, which says, Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. It was when I began to understand why I had such authority with angels that the effectiveness with which I prayed altogether changed. Since then I have become convinced that the reason so many things are left undone concerning the work of the Kingdom of God is that many of us have no idea how to view angels, nor do we know how angels view us. So many things are left undone things committed to the ministry of angels because as heirs of salvation, we don t know how to receive their ministry. But like everything else Jesus has done, He has prepared for us a place in the Father concerning angels a place of great authority and power. Love has so much to do with grace and with the ministry of angels, and God has convinced me that He loves me. I started out trying to convince God that I loved Him. But in the end, it was God convincing me of His great love for ME. And it wasn t my head being convinced, but my heart. Back then I basically thought that the worship I offered to God was a sort of homage that I owed Him. Little did I know when I entered into that place of private worship that instead of my convincing God of MY love, He would convince me of HIS love. You, too, need to be convinced of Jesus love for you. His becoming your Substitute was His choice. No one made Him do it He LOVES you! Just as no one could make Adam choose to disobey God in the Garden, no one could make Jesus choose to be obedient, even unto death on the Cross. Redemption had to be His choice. The angels knew this. They knew God could not force redemption on man. They knew that what Jesus did, He did because He loved us and because He loved His Father. Our redemption had to be born out of obedience, not disobedience. This is what Jesus said about His own life: No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father (John 10:18). Even up to those last moments in the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus had the right to choose.
When the soldiers arrived to arrest Him, Peter came to His defense and cut off the ear of the high priest s servant. But Jesus stopped him and said, Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? (Matthew 26:53) Twelve legions are more than 72,000 angels! Believe me when I say that the angels WANTED to come to Jesus aid. They loved Him and would have come in a moment. The angels knew that God had given Jesus a commandment, and in this commandment, no man had the power to take His life from Him; He had to lay it down Himself. What would have happened if Jesus had lifted His face toward Heaven and said, Father, save Me from this hour? Before He ever would have finished the prayer, there would have been more than 72,000 angels standing beside Him, ready to take Him away from that scene of suffering and unspeakable torture. But as much as the angels loved Jesus and wanted to save Him, they were prevented from doing so because He was being condemned in our place. He was beginning His journey to the Cross, and there was nothing the angels could do but marvel at His great love for mankind. As Jesus approached the last moments of His life hanging on the Cross, forsaken by man, and for a brief moment, by His Father He cried out in a loud voice, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? (Matthew 27:46) God had to forsake His Son, for Jesus was your Substitute. The Father had to forsake Jesus so He would never have to forsake YOU. Jesus paid that horrible price abandoned by man, forsaken by God, unaided by the legions of angels who were ordered to stand down so that there would never be a time that you would have to experience what He did. No matter how bad it gets, He will never leave you or forsake you, nor will the angels ever again be ordered to stand down. The same angels who could not come for Jesus can now come for YOU. When the devil tries to defeat you or condemn you for something that Jesus has already redeemed you from by His blood, God s angels are available to minister on your behalf. And because they had to refrain from helping Jesus, believe me when I say that the angels will come to minister for you with a vengeance! They WANT to be turned loose in your life, and God help anyone who tries to keep them from delivering you! So know this: When you pray and hold the Word up and stand fast in what He has said, if necessary, God will even employ legions of angels to carry out His command, because they hearken to the voice of His Word, and that s exactly what He has done in my family s life. My son Steve has gone on to be with the Lord; however, there was a time when I was believing for his salvation. During that time, I had found a place in God called Done, and I knew I could take Steve to that place, drop him off, and -2-
absolutely know that he would be saved. Now I want to share with you how his salvation unfolded. One night I got a call from Steve, and he was as frightened as a little child. His voice was full of fear. He had gone up to Washington to work on a fishing boat with a buddy of his, and after they had finished a season, they were paid quite a bit of money. So that night the two of them had a party in the apartment they had rented, and they both overdosed on morphine. However, Steve s friend died from the overdose. Afterwards, as I was talking to Steve about coming back home, I had a vision. In the vision I saw the front room of the apartment, and there was an angel about seven feet tall standing with his back to where the boys had been partying. He seemed to be dressed in the battle array of a Roman foot soldier vest, sword, everything. At about that moment, two demons came walking through the wall to the angel s right. All he did was turn his head toward the devils, and as he stared at them, they fell to the floor whimpering and crawled back out. Then Steve told me what really happened. He said, Dad, I died too. At first I just thought I was sitting up in bed, but when I looked back, I saw my body still lying there. I jumped up panicking. I was so afraid. Then I saw the angel, and he looked at me and yelled, GET BACK IN! and I came out of it and lived. STEVE GOT SAVED soon after that incident! Can you imagine how much Easter means to me the resurrection, the ministry of angels? Because Jesus has risen, I got Steve back, snatched out of a journey to hell by an angel. GOD ANSWERS PRAYER! No matter what your circumstances look like, don t stop praying, especially for your loved ones. Your friend and co-laborer, Dave Roberson
The Family Prayer Center Present-Day Speaking PT101216 Dec 16, 2010 My Generals Will Soon Be Seen My generals for this hour are those trained with the schooling that comes by My Spirit. Their schooling is on the paths of My Word and My counsel and learning to obey Me, no matter the command. My generals, whom I will bring forward in this hour, have learned to not break rank and to work well with their fellow officers. They do not lord it over any. They do not see themselves as mighty, but weak, and in weakness, they are strong in Me. My generals walk through many levels of training with My Spirit and allow the purging of many things. They humble themselves under My mighty hand and sit and listen at My feet. Those who are My generals are schooled in fellowship with Me; they ARE the ones who hear My counsel, who sit and listen at My feet. My generals do not consider rank; they only consider one thing My heart and My heart alone do they seek. My generals receive their sustenance from Me in all things and take their instructions from Me. Whatever the cost, their satisfaction is to walk as one with Me. The Church, as a whole, does not know My generals and those who are reporting to Me. They do not know the ways of My Spirit, nor do they come and take their counsel from Me. Many are those in My training, but few are they in the comparison of things. One general in ten thousand is nowhere to be seen. If you search the cities of the nations, most have no generals trained by Me. The hour is approaching soon when My generals will begin to be seen. The doctrines of men will attempt to refute the wisdom which My generals have received from Me, but My signs and wonders, such as healings of longstanding things, will bring many men to their knees. Hearts will turn and hearts will cry to see more of Me. It won t be a welcoming committee that will greet My generals as they go forth by command from Me. Widespread will be the derision by those who have made themselves generals and have not been made so by Me. Many in My Church will not recognize My generals at first and will side with those who have been esteemed in the flesh. The soft answer from My mouths and the quiet of their lips will in time quiet the voices who speak against that which I bring. The arm of My power will overturn the mouths which rise continually against Me, and some of those same voices will turn and will begin to speak for Me. It is the hour when My thunder and My quiet are about to be released the thunder of My Spirit s power and the quiet of those who serve Me. My generals hear My Spirit calling, and they are entering into more of Me. Marked will be the difference of these generals who abide in the rooms of My counsel and live in fellowship with Me. Holiness abounds in the generals who will be sent forth in this hour by My hand. I have generals who are in hiding and in training, and I will soon call them forth for the world to see and hear from Me. The fields are white for the harvest and soon will be the release of these things.
PT101219 Dec 19, 2010 You Are About to See Great Things You might as well be full of joy, and do not look at the immediate things that are happening, but look to Me. For you are about to see great things, says the Lord. PT110102A Jan 2, 2011 When You Surrender Something Totally Editor s Note: The following was before prayer for healing. When you surrender something totally to Me, then I surrender something totally to you, and you will have it you will have it. PT110102B Jan 2, 2011 Happy, Full of Joy, and Full of God in Persecution Editor s Note: The following was an interpretation of tongues. She is speaking [in tongues] about what most prayer is about. It is about desiring to see it s on His part too, and our part desiring to see what is in store for us and what He is working us towards. Even though persecution will be part of the future agenda, there will never be a time that you will not have been so happy, so full of joy and full of God. The future is nothing to be afraid of when He is in it. PT110109A Jan 9, 2011 I Will Be Represented in Revival As Who I Am Editor s Note: The following was during a time of prayer for healing. His grace is a manifestation of love. There are many keys you have yet to pick up from My Word that will help you understand why My grace operates and how. And once you understand these things, you will know that to him who believes, all things are possible. So be strong, for these things are close to being understood, and you will see, for they will rage in the revival for I will be represented as who I am, says the Lord. PT110109B Jan 9, 2011 I Bore Your Sicknesses and Carried Your Pains Editor s Note: The following was during a time of prayer for healing from the flu virus. Sometimes things that are simple, you tend to excuse, or for things that will wear themselves down and go, you tend to excuse. But know you not that what I did -2-
for one thing, I did for all things? I provided this for you, and it is My blessing to you, for I bore your sicknesses and carried your pains; therefore, you ARE healed. PT110123 Jan 23, 2011 Receive From My Love Editor s Note: The following was spoken after a time of worship. As a father delights to give his child precious things, so I delight to place into your hands the things of My Spirit, says the Lord. Your heart is now lifted towards Me, now lift your hands and receive from My love to you. Be filled. Be filled, says the Lord; be refilled. Let Me stir up that which is within you, for you and I have great exploits to accomplish together. Receive of the fullness of your Father, says the Spirit of Grace. Receive. PT110130A Jan 30, 2011 Fellowship One With Another Take to heart the things I have done for you and know that they are yours and rejoice in them. And again I say, rejoice in them. Fellowship one with another that you will grow in My Presence. PT110130B Jan 30, 2011 My Desire Is to Give You a Glimpse His desire is much like the one that He had in Paul s heart to give the Corinthians meat. His desire, He says, My desire, if you could only see now, I could give you a glimpse of what is to come. And that wasn t a bad thing. It meant it was a great thing, and so His desire is to go ahead and give us the glimpse when, right now, we shouldn t be getting it. That s the best I can explain the interpretation of it. In other words, there is something He is pleased about. PT110130C Jan 30, 2011 You Will Do Better! You know what? You will do better. You WILL. You will! You will do better. That is why the devil wants to fight so hard to make it look like you are not. You are and will! PT110206 Feb 6, 2011 Let Me Dress You for Battle A dry and thirsty land is the soul that longs for Me. Searching for those things not of My Spirit produces a hope deferred. The hope that My Word provides is an -3-
anchor for your soul. True Godly hope, that is hope in My Word and My power (which is My love), will never be deferred and will never fail. Grace and truth am I. The hope provided from human reasoning is always subject to circumstances. I am the God and Lord of your circumstances. Every knee has and will bow to My Name My Name is My Word. So build yourself up in Me and do not let the footmen tire you. Let Me dress you for battle. Exchange your weaknesses all of them for My strength will be made perfect in them as you by My grace surrender all to Me. Rejoice, your victory draweth nigh. PT110210A Feb 10, 2011 The Heart Is the Battlefield The heart is the battlefield for which we contend, and this is the fount where it all pours out. All this fear, it is nothing. Decisions are My gift to you, just as all your circumstances. Keep your eyes on Me in My love and you will see what you want to see; you will know what it is that you want to know. You will know Me in My gifts to you, and you will know My love in My gifts, for they always reveal My heart. I love you and My heart is open to you, never closed. We are never apart if you will trust in Me and leave your abilities out of the equation. I am all you need. I am your only hope. I AM the fulfillment of all things, past, present, and future. Nothing stands between Me and you if you keep your eyes fixed on Me. I AM your hope. I AM your life, for grace flows back and forth between My open heart and your open heart. This is My love for you a love that is the ocean, and you are the fish. I AM everything to you. Outside of My love, you are a beached whale and your days are numbered. You are a part of Me just as a fish is part of the ocean. My love for you is that we are One you in Me and I AM in you. You have entered through My Door My Son and now we are family; we are One. There is no fight to be in Me if your eyes are on Me. The easiest way to walk a straight line is to keep your eyes on Me. My Spirit reveals Me to you and you reveal Me to the world. Keep your eyes on Me as I am revealed to you, and everything will pan out. It is not your job to bring these things to pass. It is your job to be a vessel for My grace. I AM your hope, now and forever. Nothing can stand in My way if you will come to Me. PT110210B Feb 10, 2011 A Time of Narrowing Your Focus on Me It is the hour of the relentless pursuit of your place in the family of God rather than the family of man. It is the hour to allow Me to Father you as much as I can. Neither husband nor wife nor mother nor father nor brother nor sister nor child no sons, no daughters, nothing on earth that is is to be in the way of Me Fathering you as much as I can. -4-
Yes, you do have responsibilities in this life. Yes, you do have family in this life. Yes, you do have accountability in this life, but most of the time there are things involved in each of these relationships, in each of these responsibilities that are not a part of your walk with Me. It is a season of allowing My Spirit to help you to distinguish between that which is of the spirit and that which is of the soul, that which is of your life with Me and that which is of your life in the soul of man. That which you are involved with in your life with man is to be walked in through the companionship and the partnership of My Spirit. If it is a work of the soul, if it is a work of the emotions and the nature of the old man, it has no part in the walk of My Spirit, and those things must be turned away from. Most of the time, those things are false responsibility. Everything that you do in this earth is to be a partnership with Me through My Holy Spirit s walk with you and in you. Everything that you do is to be accompanied by My Spirit s power, for it is not by might, it is not by power; it is by My Spirit. So those things in your life that have nothing to do with your walk with Me are those things that must be set aside. Everything that you do in your job, in your business, in your relationships, in your marriage, with your family and with your friends is to be a walk with My Spirit and not a walk of your soul. Everything is to be in partnership with My Spirit. Now is the time that I am preparing My people to walk this way in preparation for the things that lie ahead. It is a crucial hour of distinguishing between the soul of man and the spirit of man and putting aside those things that are not of My Spirit and that are of the old nature, for it is the Spirit of God by which you will walk and not the old man. You are no longer that old man; you are that new man in Christ, and this is the walk that we are refining in this hour. This is the walk that is being fine-tuned and honed by My Spirit, for these things must be perfected in this hour for you to walk in the manner in which I desire for you to walk in the things that lie ahead of you. The way in which you walk by My Spirit has progressed into this place in Me that it is now the time for My sons to begin to fine-tune the walk of the Spirit and to begin to put aside those things that are the responsibilities of the soul and not the responsibilities of the spirit. It is the time to fine-tune and distinguish between soul and spirit. The things which you have been taught by My Spirit that bring the new man forward are the things that you are to give the most time to as you can. You are to walk with My Spirit and to discern between those things that are necessary in your walk with Me and those things that are to be put aside. It is a time of narrowing. It is a time of walking into that narrow path where the path is becoming narrower and narrower. These things have been spoken before and these are the things that you are walking in now. Now is not the time to get off track. Now is not the time to turn back. Now is the time to push forward into that which lies before you in your walk with Me. All of these things pertain to Me Fathering you, and all of these things pertain to you walking after the Spirit. This is the walk of the Spirit that you are pursuing, and this is companionship and fellowship with My Spirit. Everything that you do is to be done with My Spirit, who is forever with you. If there is no walk with Him, then these are the things that are to be set aside, or these are the things He is wanting to partner with you in that you have not yet allowed Him into. As you can see, it is a time of a narrowing of your focus on Me. As you can see, it is a time of you moving closer and closer to Me walking closer and closer in -5-
fellowship with Me so the things of this world become more distant to you and the things of the Spirit become your way of life. It is a time of distinguishing these things. There will be fasting. There will be much prayer. There will be much worship. There will be much time, as is possible, to be set aside to give to Me, because the more that you give of yourself to the life of the Spirit, the more that you allow Me to Father you. I am the Father of spirits and My walk with you is as a Father to you. That is who I am. And the walk that we have and the development of it, which we are walking into, is crucial for the things which we will walk in together in the days ahead of you. So hear the voice of My Spirit as I call you into a place in Me of closer and closer fellowship, a closer and closer walk with Me, a narrower pursuit and a narrower focus on who you really are in Me and who I am to you. It is a time of narrowing in your focus on Me. Heed these things. Heed these things of My Spirit, and with Me, you will walk free. We will walk, you and I, into the things I have prepared before you. PT110211 Feb 11, 2011 Circumstances and Every Knee Bowing I am not going to orchestrate your life in such a way that your soul is going to be at comfort or ease no distractions and a false peace in the absence of My Spirit and My fellowship. Circumstances bowing does not mean that your desires and wishes, which your soul produces, affects the world around you. The every knee bowing is everything that stands in the way of My Lordship and every voice that is contrary to My will My Word including your uncrucified, unrenewed mind, will, and emotions your flesh. PT110220A Feb 20, 2011 My Will Is All the Things I Have for You I speak to you of My willingness to take you by the hand and to walk with you, whether you want to walk down the path or out. It is My will it is My will to always walk up [upward in God]. It is My will to always bring you forward to more to all the things I have for you. And at times, when you understand these things, then faith comes to your heart and you give Me something that I need so that I can take My grace and move your strength forward for a season. PT110220B Feb 20, 2011 Overcoming Areas of the Flesh to Receive More Editor s Note: The following was spoken during a grace line for fasting. He just told me, because you are going to overcome another area of flesh, He will be able to give you some things that would have affected your flesh before. Things like money. -6-
PT110220C Feb 20, 2011 I Can Become Your Strength Editor s Note: The following was spoken during a grace line for fasting. I choose to do it this way because I can, for you get this close and your heart is set on truth My truth and I can come with My grace. And while you are reaching out for Me, I can become your strength. For this is not selfish on your part, but it is for the Kingdom; therefore, rejoice and become strong I have more for you than you know. PT110220D Feb 20, 2011 God Can Use the Humble He can use a really, really humble person, who appears to have nothing, a whole lot easier than a band of brass that keeps exalting all its[self]. Those usually exalt themselves off the board. He would take the humble anytime. PT110223 Feb 23, 2011 Your Adventure in Me Has Barely Begun I am the Lord thy God. I will restore the joy of your salvation, for your adventure in Me has barely begun. The ravings of the lunatic enemy, they bear no weight. Hearken unto Me and I will lead you into every victory. Lift up your heads. Don t let them hang down. You are My joy, My crown, My treasure, My pearl. With great price I purchased you, and I will not forsake you now. Rejoice! And again I say, rejoice! Lift up the feeble hands that hang down. Rejoice, I say. PT110227 Feb 27, 2011 You Will See What I Can Do Not only is your faith increased from hearing, and hearing by what I say, but it also comes into agreement with the demonstration of My Word, based on those things you have heard. For many, many made their first steps because I invaded their world and did the impossible. You will see, as the weeks and years unfold, the effect that I can have on disease and on the multitudes and those who are afflicted and those who have been placed in prison. You will see you will see, when the limits are taken off, what I can do, says the Lord, for when all these things come together, you will see a revival that will cover this earth before I return. -7-
PT110303A Mar 3, 2011 Keep Walking You Will Overtake Your Dreams He is saying, Don t be concerned. The dreams that you have, they are in front of you. They are on the road that you are walking on, and if you keep walking, you will overtake those dreams and they will come to pass. It is not your place to make those dreams come to pass, but if you keep walking [on the path], you will overtake them. PT110303B Mar 3, 2011 Let s Walk Together and Finish This You are My child, and as I stand here, I stand before you and I know you and I am not afraid of you. And I love you. You hear My voice YOU do, so let s walk together and let s finish this, because the things that I have for you are glorious. The things that I have for you are priceless. So don t be afraid of Me and let s walk forward. This part has to do with your calling. He is sharing right now with me how valuable you are and how important it is to Him that you go with Him and you finish this walk. There are so many, that s what I am hearing: There are so many who have stopped. There are so many who have come so far and stopped, and I need you. The world needs you YOU. I am talking to YOU. He is talking to YOU, and He is saying, I need YOU. The world needs YOU. Don t stop. Don t camp [where you are] don t settle. There is joy at the end of this. There is abundance a prosperity at the end of this to where not only you will be blessed, but your children s children will be blessed. -8-