Divine Encounter at the Meat Market!

Divine Encounter at the Meat Market!

Her spirit is drying up!

My Prayer!

O’ Jesus,

I ask you to send me

 into the harvest

with the

 fire of the Holy Spirit.

How can I do

your work without the

 burning fire of your

Holy Spirit

 in my bones and flesh. 

I need Your holy fire

in my darken heart

and

mind to burn out the dross

 of sin

and

the things

which keeps your fire

from what it is 

 destined to do –

to be a burning torch

 for the lost and the saved

as well as modeling the

life of Christ and His mission –

to take the Gospel

and

                         impart it to others.

O’ Lord,

fill me with Your holy fire

which will permeate my spirit

and

soul setting both on fire

 for Your

 Kingdom to come.

I yearn

 to walk in the anointing

 and

 power of the Holy Spirit

being used to bring the

 Gifts of the Holy Spirit

to encourage,

 comfort,

and

exhort others.

Send me,

Lord Jesus

no matter the cost,

so I can go,

preach/teach/share the Word,

heal the sick,

and

 cast out the demons.

Now is the time

to release and accelerate

the moving and operation

of the Holy Spirit

in much greater ways

to foster the Kingdom of God

in the lives of those

 who do not know You,

as well as those who do know You.

I continue to worship and praise

You and the Son,

and

all the things

You have done.

Thank you,

Jesus.

On the Way to the Divine Encounter!

I need you to continue praying for me for outside the church door right in our own communities are the destitute, the hurting, the one’s giving up the faith, the dysfunctional families, the broken women and men of faith who are not getting answers to their pleas and prayers, the hurting ones, the desperate ones who need the revelation Word and power of God to come upon them, and the ones who are losing hope that nothing is changing for the better in their lives.  I encounter some of these people almost on a weekly basis.

The Lord continues to answer the prayer you read above by again leading me to another divine encounter.  Please allow me to relate this to you. 

Driving home from work, I felt peaceful and thankful for the Lord's grace and love.  

All at once, this came into my mind – I need to get lettuce, carrots, and a bottle of Vitamin C. 

I thought, Ok, l will stop at the local grocery store near my home and pick these things up.  However, I decided to stop at the meat market I pass before I get home, but they won't have Vitamin C.   

But for some reason, I felt strongly that I needed to stop at the meat market rather than go to the local grocery store near my home.  I will have to get the Vitamin C tablets some other time.

I arrived at the market. I got a basket to put the lettuce, carrots  plus some other vegetables in. 

I suggest that one avoid shopping while fasting; you will likely buy more than intended.   And boy did I get more - $30.00 more.  When one runs on empty, one wants to fill up the tank as all the food looks SOO good.

The Meat Counter Appointment!

But let me continue to tell you what transpired.  I was making my way to the meat counter which is back of the store and thinking to get one of my favorite meats – Cajun Turkey. 

There were several people at the meat counter ordering their meat and I came up to the counter and told the lady that I would like a ½ pound Cajun Turkey.

  She took my order and while standing next to a lady on my left who had just got her order filled, the Lord said, “You need to pray for this lady for her spirit is drying up.”  This was clear as a bell.

 As I write this I am beginning to weep for this lady and my heart is heavy.  I am grateful for the opportunity to share with this lady. Thank You, Jesus!

This is not usual for me to get these Words of Knowledge or a prophetic word for people the Lord leads me to. I turned to the lady and said, “What is your name?”  She responded, “Debbie.”  I told her my name and said, “I need to pray for you.” 

She immediately said, “I need prayer, my husband needs prayer, my children need prayer.  I do not know how much more I can do since my husband is an alcoholic and my children are not walking with the Lord.” 

I knew I was in the “God Zone,” and felt that Jesus was standing right beside us.  I asked her to tell me a little more about her faith and if she was born again and also Baptized in the Holy Spirit. 

She told me her husband also knows the Lord, attends church with her, but he has been in bondage to alcohol for over 30 years. 

He told her today that he was throwing his last bottle of booze away.  She mentioned she had been struggling with alcohol problems for many years in her husband's life and her own. She stated that she is now free from alcohol. Thank You, Jesus.

Her spirit drying up!

I told her that the Lord told me that her spirit is drying up.  I found out why when I asked her if she was in God’s Word daily.  She mentioned she was neglecting His Word because of all the things happening in her family.  Prayer was also being neglected.  

  Again, I said, it is reading, digesting, and pondering His Word consistently day in and day out that provides food and spiritual medicine and vitamins for her spirit to be refreshed by Him, strengthened by Him, and guided by Him.

I let her know that to neglect His Word is neglecting Jesus and the Father who desire to minister His closeness and compassion for her and her family. I sensed tat Jesus wanted to bring healing to this family.

 I then said, “Debbie, the Lord has not forgotten you and is here with us and wants to embrace you and draw you to Himself in these difficult times you are having with your husband and children.” 

It is not coincidence that I am standing here talking to you when I was going to a local grocery store to get the things I needed but God redirected me to this meat counter, and I found my divine appointment with a lady named Debbie."

Others listening in!

All the time I was saying things like this to her, the woman behind the meat counter was

listening to our conversation and when I looked over to her, she gave me a thumbs up and mouthed “Thank you” without Debbie noticing. Evidently, she knew Debbie. 

This whole incident took about 15-20 minutes with people passing by and standing next to us who must have heard my prayer and dialogue with Debbie.

 In fact, when another clerk behind the meat counter gave me my order, she also was listening in and said, “Thank you for what you were saying to this woman (Debbie).”  I asked her what her name was, and I told her I would also be praying for her as soon as I stepped away from the meat counter.

I had Debbie write down her name, her husband’s name, and her four children’s name and their ages (18, 20, 23, and 27).  As things ended, Debbie asked if she could give me a hug and I said ok.  I asked for her email address as I wanted to send her some things the Lord has given me that might encourage and comfort her.

She asked me what church I attend, and I told her. As we said goodbye, I sensed that Debbie did not want to leave and kept looking back as she walked away.

 She knew this was a divine appointment and that I was sent to her to pray for her and her family. 

God works in such simple and supernatural ways if only we are spiritually sensitive to the moving of the Holy Spirit.

I need you to also pray for Debbie and all the people who witnessed this incident who were several standing at the meat counter waiting for their order to be fulfilled.

Jesus gets all the glory and His charge to

His last day remnant!

Jesus gets all the glory for it was all arranged by Him.  I was just the mailman delivering the His supernatural word and compassion from the Lord to Debbie and to those who were over hearing the dialogue between Debbie and me.

Jesus' words are a reminder for us –

My Father

is glorified by this,

that

you bear much fruit,

and

so prove to be My disciples.

John 15:8 (NASB95)

You did not choose Me

but I chose you, and appointed you

that you would go and bear fruit,

and

that your fruit would remain,

so that whatever you ask of the

Father in My name He may give to you.

John 15:16 (NASB95)

…. so that you will walk

in a manner worthy of the Lord,

to please Him in all respects,

bearing fruit in every good work

and

increasing in the knowledge of God;

 Colossians 1:10 (NASB95)

Jesus says GO, the GO/spels say GO, the Father says GO (God) - for in the going rather than in the sitting - so that the fruit, much fruit of the aroma of compassion, the fragrance of love of the Father and His Son can supernaturally be is manifested to the lives of those Christ wishes to speak His NOW revelation Word to

The going, the sharing, the praying, the interceding, the crying for Jesus to use us is what pleases the Father and the Son and increases our knowledge of what He wants of each of us in the “GOING MISSION” which is to get beyond the church door and apply the Gifts and the Fruit of the Spirit He imparts to us to give to others.

 And let me emphasize, this is a supernatural going laced with a supernatural expectation that God’s call is to use me and you to bring His Fruit to those needing to receive it. It is the Fruit of the Holy Spirit which paves the way for the Gifts of the Holy Spirit to manifest. You need to read that again my dear friend.

But without the going, there can be little fruit bearing and fruit that remains. This may be a strong statement, but a statement I believe is true.  Jesus went, Paul went, the disciples went and now Christ is putting out His last day call – Will you GO for ME? 

Jesus would say to us…..

Will your heart ache and cry out to Me to send you so I can open the doors of people hearts for you to share the Word I want to impart to them through your obedience and faithfulness in the things I wish to show you in this late hour?

 The Time is Late!

Prior to this divine encounter with the lady at the meat market, I received this word from the Lord as I was pondering on God’s word and especially the verse above, I felt the Lord say to me:

The time is late,

The time is at hand.

The time has come.

The time of gathering

is about to take place

 on a large scale never seen

 by man and will never be seen again.

The wheat is blowing

 in the wind while

 the storm clouds are forming.

The time of the gathering in

what is in the fields

 is becoming ripe

and

 ready to be

taken into the barns.

Prepare the harvesters,

send out the harvesters,

and

quickly gather in the wheat before

 the sound of the winds

and

 the pounding of the hail and rain

come upon

 fields ripe and ready

 to bring to the barns.

As I just finished the last word barns, the Lord further put in my mind and it came as a lightning bolt,

Am I not the Lord of the harvest?

Is it not I that who has prepared the harvest

and

 called the harvesters

 to go into the fields

 and

harvest what I have

 prepared to be

 harvested?

Yes,

I say to you that the wheat

 is ripe,

it is ready,

it is waiting

for the harvesters

 to go

 and

 gather in what

I have prepared.

Do not delay,

 as I have said,

the time is late,

the time is at hand,

the time has come.

Now go with great expectations

 that what you will see

and

do will be all

of My leading

 you into these

 vast fields of ripened wheat

to be secured into My barns.

The Affirmation of the Divine Encounter!

This word was most affirmed when I encountered the lady at the meat counter.

O Lord, continue to send Me with the supernatural tools of Your Kingdom

to bring in the sheaves into the Kingdom of Heaven for when I stand before You,

I want to have done what You have called me to do!

Break my heart and crush me with a longing for You and for the salvation of those dying spiritually and otherwise who are on a journey to hell right in my own backyard.

Your mail-carrier bringing love and truth to those You have for me to speak Your Word to. In Jesus Name, Amen.

 Rich Arnold

Servant of the Lord

311 Adelaide Ave SW

Hartville, Ohio 44632

330-704-9306

richarnold3@gmail.com