Double for your Trouble

Many people have been asking me what the Lord is saying concerning 2009. Friends, the question itself is an indictment against those who ask it.

Remember what is said in Matthew 6:31-34 (NLT) 31 �So don�t worry about these things, saying, �What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?� 32 These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. 33 Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need. 34 �So don�t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today�s trouble is enough for today.

All whose eyes are upon the world which passes away and not the Kingdom which goes on forever, must repent of their sin of unbelief and return to the immutable Word of the Lord, have their faith restored and do their first works again according to holy scripture.

Anxious and fearful hearts are keeping God's people from receiving the blessings of God's faithfulness and is keeping them in total darkness and alienated from the life of God. Such double mindedness renders their faith ineffective and they cannot receive anything from God.

Having said that, I went into a Fast just before Thanksgiving. I asked the Lord to to forgive His people of their unbelief and to speak His heart and reveal His mind for those who were His chosen. I knew He would speak specifically to the times and give instruction in righteousness as He always does.

Now these are the events that happened during and after the fast:

The first night of the fast:
I was instructed of the Lord to buy golden ink pens for all of those who were around me and around my wife. These were to be personalized pen and pencil sets with each of their names inscribed on the barrel of each pen and pencil. The next day in the mail I received my Sam's club bill. Attached to the envelope of the bill was an ad for just such a pen and pencil set in 24 karat gold.

Busily I typed out a list of names of all the adults in our Church and all the co-workers at Sheila's office. Altogether there were forty names. I called the printing company and ordered the pens by way of fax.

On the second day of the Fast:
The Lord gave me scripture passages from Revelation and from Psalms.

Revelation 3:18-22 (KJV) 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. 22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

Psalms 34:17 (NLT) The Lord hears his people when they call to him for help. He rescues them from all their troubles.

Now on the third day of the Fast:
The Lord said to all who are the chosen according to My purpose: "I am going to give to my faithful ones double for all their troubles. I will restore to those who are faithful and to those who seek me double what they have lost and double that which was stolen from them in previous years." He also said: "As for those who forsook Him and followed their own pernicious ways that there was going to be double the troubles of previous years in order to bring them inline with His will.

Another scripture given on the third day of the Fast:
Exodus 22:7 (NLT) �Suppose someone leaves money or goods with a neighbor for safekeeping, and they are stolen from the neighbor�s house. If the thief is caught, the compensation is double the value of what was stolen.

THE CONFIRMATIONS WHICH FOLLOWED:

After hearing this word from the Lord I broke fast. That afternoon the Pen Company called me and told me they had made a mistake with my order and that they had sent me a double order, but that I would only be charged for one set.

On Thanksgiving day my family was coming to visit and I had ordered Turkey, dressing and beans for about 40 people. I told the Restaurant that was preparing the food that I was going to have to have a duplicate order for my Church family on the following Sunday. When we went to pick up the meal for that Sunday. The proprietor said that the meal was already paid for. That was food for eighty people folks and I was charged only for one order.

I had also ordered a coconut creme pie for Thanksgiving from a lady who was raising money for her chemo treatments. She had breast cancer so a nurse in our church fellowship was taking the orders for cakes and pies for her. When the nurse brought the pies to my house, she said that the lady had purchased too much pie filling and had an extra shell and so she felt she should make me two pies for the price of one.

Also, on Sunday a lady who didn't have a lot to give came to church and placed two checks in the collection plates and testified before the congregation that she was told of the Lord to give twice what she normally gave in tithes and offerings. She did this without knowing what the Lord had said to me earlier that week.

The following Tuesday, a lady came to my office for family counseling. The Lord spoke through me to her, that she had known the Lord and had backslidden by holding on to cares instead of casting them upon the Lord. She confessed it was so and repented. As she was leaving my office a double rainbow appeared in the sky just outside of our home. She was astonished. GOD SPOKE TO HER CLEARLY ! She said to me in front of my home: "He really does care for me!" with tears in her eyes she shoved a check in my hand and it was twice the amount the session would have been.

The new year has not started yet but the confirmations have been many and are still happening. The Lord said that this blessing was transferable to all who heard and believed. We share this with you in obedience to the Lord and I know that those who seek and obey the Lord will receive double for their troubles in the year to come.

May each of you Be Doubly Blessed,
Ron & Sheila Powell
December 27 2008