2011 ACPE Word of the Lord

Cindy Jacobs:

2011 ACPE Word of the Lord

Each year, the Apostolic Council of Prophetic Elders (ACPE) meets to seek the Lord for the prophetic word. This is a team of respected prophets who have the conviction that they are an Acts 13:1-3 model. This passage notes that it was the Holy Spirit giving the word as a consensus among the group and not just to one prophet. So, even though this is a compilation of the prophecies that we have each brought to the round table meeting, it was the general consensus of the ACPE members that the Holy Spirit was speaking the following prophetic words to us.

The ACPE has met now since 1999. This year, for the first time, we invited a group of emerging young leaders to join us. As a result, we probably had the most powerful time of seeking the Lord that we have ever known. At the end of the meeting, a time of impartation took place.

While we are calling this a prophecy for 2011, it is to be understood that the time frames for the fulfillment of prophecies cannot only be confined to a calendar year period, thus this constitutes more of a seasonal prophetic word.

It is also a given that, in some cases, the obedience of the people to respond can either delay, change, or alter what we have seen by the Spirit during this time.

The Year of Transitions

This will either be a year of open heavens or a year of the perfect storm.

The number 11 has the Biblical meaning of transitions. 2011 is the year where we are transitioning from one place to another. Where we will end up at the end of this time depends, in many regards, on how we respond to the leading of the Holy Spirit.

2011 will be a year of great pressure and stress, particularly, the first three months when it will seem as if we are in a toe-to-toe battle with the forces of evil.

This is a Tipping Point Year

If, in the middle of the pressure of the season, we faint and lose heart, the scale will tip away from us and there is a possibility of great loss and defeat.

The Year of the Straits

The number 11 can be likened to places in the earth such as the Straits of Gibraltar between Spain and Morocco. We will, at times, feel constricted, but the narrowing of the way will only cause us to go to the new place that God has for us in the season if we do not fail the test during the pressure.

The Birth Canal

Another analogy that the Lord gave us was the number 11 is like a birth canal. The baby being born is going from the comfort of the womb to the stress and discomfort of being born into a new, large life.

Dreaming Dreams

Joseph shared his dreams with his 11 brothers; represented by 11 stars in Genesis 37:9 and it caused great relational stress. God will pour out a season of dreams and visions this year even among the very young. Watch out for relational stress and keep your heart right in the middle of it.

The Year of Great Expectations

Expect the unexpected in this coming year.

Hebrews 11:11 is key: By faith, Sarah herself also received strength to conceive seed, and she bore a child when she was past the age, because she judged Him faithful who had promised.

Expect a miracle! God wants to break the barrenness in your life of hope deferred. Many have given up on their dreams and downsized what they believe for because of the times. God's Kingdom is an ever-increasing Kingdom and He is for advance and not retreat.

This is not a time to compromise what God has said to you, but rather to believe that all things are possible. God is not a man that He would lie. If He said he would do something, He has not changed His mind.

A Time of Preparation, Going Deeper into God and Intimacy

New assignments will be passed out in this year of transition for those who do not draw back in the season of testing and fire. Go deeper in God and draw refreshing from His presence and you will make it to your new place of advancement and anointing.

Proverbs 20:5: Knowing what is right is like deep water in the heart; a wise person draws from the well within.

Creative Miracles

The level of the miraculous will increase with the Creator loosing miracles of creation that will directly oppose the spirits of humanism and intellectualism.

The Restoration of the Tabernacle of David

Great emphasis will be upon worship again this year. Worship is the key! Many new 24-hour houses of worship will spring up across the world and result in an open heaven over nations and many souls saved. It is harvest time!

Acts 15:16-17: After this I will return and will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down; I will rebuild its ruins, and I will set it up; So that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, even all the Gentiles who are called by My Name, says the Lord who does all things.

Great Harvest of those in the Arts/Entertainment Field

Extraordinary moves of God will occur in the entertainment and motion picture industry. Bold, new, unashamed voices will arise and many will listen to their testimonies.

Word for the United States

The nation hangs in the balance and this is not a time to grow weary of praying and acting on behalf of righteousness and justice. Don't let the pressure of the season cause you to retreat into entertainment rather than standing on top of what is happening around you.

We must watch for terrorist attacks as many are having dreams and visions of coming attacks.

One of the illustrations given to us was the phrase, "Are you ready to rumble?" This is used among wrestling aficionados as the match begins. It does more than alert the contestants that the match will start; it also creates an excited expectation in the crowd. God is asking the Christians in America today, "Are you ready to rumble?" The game is at hand and there needs to be a climax of excitement as we anticipate God's next move in the land.

2011 is one of the most critical years in the nation's history and the foundations are burning and are in danger of being destroyed. We must fast and pray and take extraordinary measures to "rumble" both the heavens and the earth.

The Eleventh Hour 11-11-11

This date will have a special significance in this "eleventh hour" time frame.

John 11:11 says: Lazarus our friend has fallen asleep, but I go that I may awaken him from slumber.

The Mayflower Compact was signed on 11-11, 1620 and God is looking for a new generation of reformers who will make a covenant with God and others to stand and fight to awaken this nation in this dire moment of history.

Proverbs 11:11: By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.

World

There is a worldwide student-led volunteer movement being birthed across the face of the earth. Satan is going to try and start wars such as he did when the first student volunteer movement started around the turn of the 20th century. World War I effectually shut down the movement as students went to war at times against each other. We must pray against the starting of a third world war, as satan wants to escalate world events for His purposes.

Psalm 110:3: In the day of Your power your youth shall be volunteers.

Korea

Particular prayer needs to take place for Korea as one of the greatest missions movements is destined to come out of this nation that will go to the ends of the earth.

We also strongly felt that President Lee should stand firm against North Korea's aggression.

Middle East

A more widespread persecution will arise against the Believers if we do not begin to intercede for the Middle East. However, there will be a move of God of the youth in nations such as Syria, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia who will not love their lives unto death.

Economy

We must intercede against hyperinflation that will strangle the ability of people of give to world missions.

Intellectual Properties

A great release of new wealth will come from ideas given from God in the form of intellectual properties. A new creative anointing of ideas for those who will use the wealth for the advancement of God's Kingdom.

Children

We are on the verge of a great Children's Awakening that will span the globe. Child evangelists will begin to preach in churches and large arenas and thousand will be saved and healed.

Compiled by Cindy Jacobs, ACPE Convening Apostle
Generals International Email: generals@generals.org

The New Season of 2011: The Best Year Yet by Russell Durose

The New Season of 2011: The Best Year Yet by Russell Durose

By Russell Durose

I believe we have moved into the next season, where the sound of the Lord of rain has come, and rain has fallen. The Lord spoke to me the other day about His Ways of restoration. We are so performance and "work" orientated that we drive at the things, trying to produce something. We who think about God moving, try to work something. I used to know a pastor who used to introduce the worship by saying "now let's create the atmosphere." In a sense this expression is laughable, but it is not. We do create the atmosphere of God when we worship because He inhabits the praise of His People.

Rest is Moving

The Lord is bringing us into REST. I had to think about that rest. When some leader tells you, to rest, does that mean you sit on the pew? No. It means you are moving...read Hebrews 2 and 4. You see that REST is MOVING AND CONQUERING your promise. You sort of rest in your faith, that is MOVE IN OBEDIENCE in the time that your promise is about to manifest. We used to pray shouting at the top of our voice, but now in this season, we literally move into a new attitude, what we do we literally spend our time listening and thanking the Lord. Yes, we go through our Jordan believing the Promise, time has come to MOVE INTO IT. How do we move into it?

We literally see God command Joshua to make the Levites put their feet into the water of Jordan, and God opens up the way, making the way not only available but DRY. 2 miracles. Yes, your way into your promises are MIRACLES only performed by God and there is not any way humanly speaking that it would happen. All we do is walk in the way that God opens, till we reach the other side and He closes the way behind us. He provides us cities and homes to dwell in. Where are we going? We are going into a land filled with good things.

We have lived maybe a 7 year cycle of need, lack and a lot of learning curves. We have sometimes despaired of even our ministry calling, we have experienced wholesale abuses, and even struggled to keep the vision before us. But now God says "I am opening a new way for you. I am opening up that which is a natural barrier to you moving into your calling, your inheritance. The Lord says it is time for you to move into it." There is no great fanfare in that...we just do what is natural, we move into the miraculous dry land that He provides. We are surrounded by the water of impossibility we are moving through a miracle. The Lord says "you are going to move into that for which you have dreamed of for so long. " Sounds good news.

The Church Should be an Organism not Organization

Obedience opens the way for the impossible. But we move when we know our season has come. I believe that corporately we are being taken to a new level of signs and wonders. The church needs to become an organism that lives not an organization that works. We have sometimes based ministry on title not function and have overlooked the beauty of the functioning gifts which bring life. We have seen our brothers and sisters as people we serve and work with rather than who we RELATE AND INTERACT ON A LOVE LEVEL. I am learning these now, and seeing that without this enriching in my spirit, this year shall not be what God has spoken to me . Yes, God announces to you...this year is going to be the BEST YET. What do you do with that?

You may say: "hmmm...I do not see that....I don't believe it...." then you're doing what the Israelites did on the banks of Jordan, you are in unbelief and negativism. You shall stay on the wrong side of your miracle...your sea, your river won't open for you. You'll go round in circles in your wilderness. You'll go almost back to Egypt...the world...God will allow it...to show you...that you have missed a generational blessing. But there is something about God though we must remember, that we are not in the Old Testament, we are in the New, and He always, in His Mercy, when we have had enough of wandering, bring us back to Jordan and say: "OK, I am going to open it for you, are you ready?"

Receive the word...2011 is going to be YOUR BEST YEAR...receive it, and see your "Jordan" open before you!

Shalom

Russell A. Durose